Joan Benoit Samuelson will be speaking at the Maine Running Company on Thursday evening, November 15th. She will be talking about race preparation, training up here in Maine, and will host a general Q & A session. Joannie was the first women’s Olympic Marathon gold medalist in 1984, has won the Boston Marathon twice and…
I got down to the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler today, which is Veteran’s Day. I’m glad that I got there early; they put me on parking duty and I got to warn people to park higher and higher up the Eastern Prom as the parking lots filled up. Between the race and a boat launch,…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about great sources of information for the month of November. Today, I would like to talk about the best sources of running advice. The trick to getting good running advice is to spend time where runners congregate. Here are…
As the price of Once a Runner soars up near $500 for a used copy, the release date for Again to Carthage approaches at the end of November. The official publication date for Again to Carthage is November 26, 2007. I am not sure when Once a Runner will be republished, but John had said…
After a few days off from the site to run the marathon (during which time I got a lot of traffic, surprisingly enough), I wrote up my thoughts and experiences from New York City while Scott began the next month’s topic on injuries. The first thing to note about New York City was that the…
Last weekend, Ryan Shay died during the men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City. He was a hard working young man that everybody liked. He came from a close knit community that has been trying to figure out how they are going to deal with his passing. Over the past few days, there have…
This past Patriot’s Day, I was running the Boston Marathon in the wake of a Nor’Easter. Up here in Portland, though, the Nor’Easter was in full effect, which caused the cancellation of the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler by the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Greater Portland. It was not safe to hold the race, and…
Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya and Gete Wami of Ethiopia were the recipients of the first $1 million payout from the World Marathon Majors this week. The majors will pay out every year going forward on a 2 year rolling cycle. Both runners received $500,000 checks. For the inaugural 2 year cycle, there were 11 races…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about great sources of information for the month of November. Scott begins the discussion this month with a list of strength training forums. Scott lists 7 of the best strength training forums that he frequents, although I have only…
The following race recap was written by Ryan Pancoast, who traveled to New York City to watch the trials this morning. Ryan is an illustrator who maintains a studio in Stanford, Connecticut. Last weekend, Ryan set an almost 20 minute PR in his second marathon. For more information about Ryan, to see his online portfolio…