The Portland Bicycle Commuters are putting on another seminar next week, this month about Traffic Safety. This seminar will focus on knowledge and techniques to enable cyclists to ride safely and confidently with car traffic on public roads. This month’s seminar will be taught by member Jeremy Fink. Jeremy rides every day from Munjoy Hill…
Thanks for the emails over the weekend; my neck is doing much better tonight than it was a couple days ago. On Friday afternoon, I tweaked or pulled something when I began my run that led to my spending the rest of the afternoon on the couching and requiring assistance to get up. Saturday morning…
Last night at the Golden Gala track meet in Rome, Asafa Powell pulled up in the 100 meters with a groin injury. He is the former world record holder and is one of the favorites in Beijing next month. “He’s OK, but he felt his groin cramp up and stopped running as a precaution,” said…
This week last year was a busy one, and ran a pretty wide range of topics. I began the week by continuing the discussion of technology and fitness by describing 7 ways to time workouts. This article ran the technological ladder from using the sun to using an RFID chip on your shoe. In a…
Today reminds me a lot of my birthday a couple of years ago, when I pulled a muscle in my neck and had to cut back on my training for a few weeks. I didn’t hear any cracks today, and it isn’t nearly as painful, but I managed to tweak or pull something when I…
Liliana Popescu is one of the fastest 1500m runners in the world this year, clocking 4:00.35 at at a grand prix meet in Bucharest a few days before the indoor world championships. Unfortunately, she is probably not going to be able to display her talents on the world stage. Romania does not want to break…
I’ll admit it. Having never met Curtis Wheeler before, and seeing the pace he set from the very beginning, I fully expected him to blow up within a half mile and fall back to the crowd. Of course, I didn’t find out who he was until after the race, or else I would have known…
Sad news today, as the Maine Woods Trail Marathon has been canceled this year. The Maine Woods Trail Marathon has been cancelled for this year! A storm went over the area last week and took down many trees which made the trail impassable in many places. Six bridges were washed out, one cannot be found….
It was not too long ago that Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100 meters that any human has ever done. He had the assistance of a good tailwind, which will keep him out of the record books, but that is still impressive none the less. Even so, he is stronger in the 200 meter distance…
Were you watching the 800 meter race in the Olympic Trials the other day? If not, you missed a great show. I’ve included a video after the break of the race. The first 2 and a half minutes are athlete introductions, and the gun goes off right at the 2:30 mark. The race lasts less…