Safe Passage 5k (2006)

by | Race Results, Sports

The Safe Passage 5k was this morning in Cumberland, Maine. A record number of participants showed up this morning, not least because of the passing of Hanley Denning this past Winter. She started the Safe Passage program, which provides education to the children who...

This Week Last Year: Books and Marathons

by | Last Year

This week last year was pretty busy. There was a lot of running news and tips, and I continued my animated weight lifting tutorials. The site also surpassed 100 people in a single day this week last year, which was a nice milestone to reach. I continued my animated...

9 ways to count laps while swimming

by | Fitness, Workout Tips

Photo by gabyuSwimming laps at the pool is a great workout, but how do you track how far you have gone? Especially when swimming laps continuously without breaks, it can become very easy to forget which lap that you are on and to get your count messed up. A lap in a...

Raymond Britt’s view of the Boston Marathon

by | Sports

Raymond Britt ran the Boston Marathon this year with his camera, and he got some really great pictures. Even though he was an hour plus behind me, I can remember a lot of the spectators that he took pictures of. It’s really cool to see that those people were out...

Visualization and Performance

by | Workout Tips

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be talking about head games for the month of April and delve into the thought processes that you may have while you are working out. This week, Scott talks about visualization and how it can...