One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is to ignore aches and pains when they are minor. Your body is very good at telling you things; the trick is learning how to distinguish between minor tears that are getting repaired and major tears that could lead to an injury. The easiest thing to…
The DO Running Journal has a pretty good article about downhill running by John Harding. In it, there are six points to be made about downhill training: It is a good way to work fast twitch muscle fibers. It is a good way to develop and improve technique. It is a good way to test…
One of my favorite runs has to be the preseason Beach Run at Daytona Beach. When I was in college, we had two preseasons each year. At the end of each Summer my cross country team would get together a week or two before classes started. We would go somewhere different every year or two,…
It is now time to highlight what I wrote about at this time last year. The L.L. Bean 10k race results, which included a great quote from one of the kids at the race. The lack of runner friendly roads in Long Island, NY. A review of Sportshoe Center, a local shoe store. A review…
Apparently, Dean Karnazes was not the first to think of running an “Endurance 50” style event. Sam Thompson has already begun to run 50 Marathons in 50 States in 50 Days. He began on July 1st in Colorado, and will finish on August 19th in Mississippi. Dean Karnazes begins his promotion on September 17th. The…
I have written about Coast to Coast on this site quite a bit to give it a little promotion after it got published. I even gave a copy away. Coast to Coast was recently reviewed by the Chronicle: When talk of writing a book about the experience came up, months after the relay, the task…
Yesterday morning, I ran the Bridgton Four Miler in 22:38. With a day and a half of rest, I ran a good quarter mile workout fartlek style at the Back Cover 5k Race Series this evening.
Here is a quick breakdown of races this Fourth of July. I’ll cover the Bridgton Four on the Fourth, the Freeport L.L. Bean 10k, the York Four on the Fourth, the Kennebunkport Goose Rocks Beach 5K, the Winthrop Friends on the Fourth 5k and the Sebec Village Fourth of July 5k.
One of the great things about this country’s birthday is that there are races all over the place. There are 3 or 4 of them within a quick driving distance from my house, and this year we are doing a different one than usual. Before, we always ran a 10k near Portland. This other race…
I am running the New York City marathon in early November, and will plan on pacing a friend of mine into a 3 hour first attempt. The training to get me there centered around running a marathon two and a half weeks earlier than that as well, with Dean Karnazes as he does his 50…