I saw this note from Trail Monster Jeff Walker about a Skate Ski clinic at Pineland Farms next Monday: Morgan Laidlaw, the coach of Maine Coast Nordic and the Bill Koch League skiers, is offering a beginner skate skiing clinic at Pineland on Martin Luther King Junior Day. Take advantage of this opportunity! Time: 9AM,…
Rain thwarted Haile Gebrselassie in his attempt to break his own world record in the marathon this morning in Dubai. He set the world record at 2:03:59 last year in Berlin, but went out a bit too fast in the first 10k in his attempt to break the record at Dubai in 2008. This year,…
2008 has come and gone, and 2009 has started. I was on vacation at the New Year this year, so my look back over the past year was delayed by a week or so. In 2008 I ran 390 times for 2612.9 miles in about 14 days, 22 hours and 7 minutes of running. That’s…
I am now a week out from the Running From An Angel 50 Miler, and while I don’t suffer from any illusions that I am completely recovered I do feel pretty good. I have gone for a couple of walks and runs with only mild soreness, spent a few hours snowshoeing, and an hour and…
Having never directed more than 1 race at a time, I have no idea how Joyce manages to keep track of 5 races at the same time on the same course. The Running From An Angel races included a 50 mile, marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k option. I opted for the 50 Mile race…
Now that I’ve covered my training schedule for my first 50 miler, here’s what I did in the week or so leading up to the race. I tapered very aggressively. I basically just did not worry about how much I was going to run from Christmas through the New Year (the race was on January…
This Autumn I concentrated on running a fast 5k, a goal that I was only moderately successful at (given the times that I wanted to run versus the times that I did run.) At the beginning of October, I switched my training over to get ready for my first 50 mile race which was at…
Yesterday, I ran 50 miles. At once. Yeah, strange thing to do, but it seemed like a good way to finish off a vacation. At a very rough estimate, I probably burned around 5500 calories or so in the 8 hours that that took. Here is everything that I consumed before and during the race:…
All of this week I will be sharing some tips on Winter Running Apparel, with some strategies on how to keep yourself warm, safe and comfortable in cold and dark running conditions. Today is the 6th of 6 videos, with strategies on how to stay safe when running in the dark. Hello. This is Blaine…
All of this week I will be sharing some tips on Winter Running Apparel, with some strategies on how to keep yourself warm, safe and comfortable in cold and dark running conditions. Today is the 5th of 6 videos, with strategies on how to keep your feet warm and firmly planted on the ground, as…