I just heard that Dick’s Sporting Goods is declaring May 2010 National Runners’ Month, and is celebrating this announcement by sponsoring 10 races across the United States that expect to see a combined 75,000 finishers. The races take place between May 2nd and June 5th. They’ll be starting a social media campaign and designing tools…
I just watched a very cool video from Outside Magazine about Chris Lieto, which was sent along to me because of the great headline copywriters from the magazine (as evidenced in the screenshot above). It’s a very neat concept about how magazines in the near future will move just like online video and will appear…
When a race course is certified by the RRCA or USATF, it’s measured by the shortest route a person can run and remain on the course. When most people race, they run the most convenient route through the course that they can, which isn’t necessarily the shortest. Ignoring the inherent inaccuracies of handheld GPS devices,…
. . . . After the registration fiascos of the past 2 years, I wrote an open letter on how to improve the Beach to Beacon with a few suggestions on how to improve the process (many of which were implemented this year.) And with this year’s improvements, registration closed once again in record time….
I recently received this email from Heather Murray: Dear Blaine, I have been reading your newsletter for some time now and i love all your tips. My question however is this: Is it possible that running is a sport that will never develop for some people? I am a triathlete with running as my weaker…
Just a reminder, registration begins this weekend for the Beach to Beacon 10k. If you are a Cape Elizabeth resident, you can register tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. and can avoid trying to beat the rush of the other 10,000 people that want to run for 24 hours (or at least until the 600 reserved…
Andy Schachat has just signed on to announce at the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler in Portland, Maine. Andy is the voice of the Mount Washington Road Race and has announced other premier events such as the Beach to Beacon 10k. He is very well known in the New England area and always does a great…
If you are a race director and put on an RRCA Championship race, you may already qualify for sponsorship by Gatorade. However, if you put on a non-championship RRCA race, then you can now benefit from discounted rates when purchasing Gatorade products for your race. Products available through the purchase program include: Gatorade Thirst Quencher…
Eating well while traveling can be difficult. Hours on the roads, quick stops at restaurants, and bad hotel food served to captive audiences can easily lend itself to a “not quite right” feeling in your gut even a week after you get home and back to your normal diet. There are a few tactics you…
Gary Allen was 10th out of 579 finishers on Saturday at the Snicker’s Marathon in Albany, Georgia. He ran the race in 6:32 pace for a 2:51:03 finishing time, which is doubly impressive because Gary is in his early 50s and has run sub-3 hour marathons every decade since the 1970s. Here’s a news clip…