This Week Last Year: Knots, Marathons and Medicine Balls

by | Last Year

This week last year had more of the same with race results and NFL picks. I also discussed:

  • A video demonstration of how to tie your shoes so that they do not come untied while you are running is one of my most linked to articles on this site. I use the runner’s knot every day and have yet to have a pair of shoes come untied since I started using it a few years ago. I also listed a few exercise related How-To articles that were written on other sites around the same time.
  • I reviewed Chariots of Fire, which must be the most well known running movie ever made.
  • Dean Karnazes began the Endurance 50 and ran his first of 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. This year, Brad Alsop is running a marathon every day between the 4th of July and Veteran’s Day on November 11th. So far, he has run 82 of the 131 marathons in his efforts to raise money for the Injured Marine Semper Fi fund.
  • I learned how to mix up my pushups with medicine balls, which has become my standard method over the past year. I also offered a race tip: run a bit early in the morning before a race to properly loosen up your body.
  • Two years ago, I climbed Mount Washington and I wrote about gym etiquette.