This week last year was chock full of races in Maine. It was this year as well. Most of the news had to do with running in some shape or another. I spoke about how one of the best things about the Fourth of July are all of the Fourth of July races you can…
The IOC has announced new rules about how it will decide which sports will be included in the Olympic Games and which ones will be removed. Previously, the committee had to vote individually for every sport, and a two-thirds majority was necessary to add or remove a sport or game from what was scheduled for…
Competitive cycling is trying to get it’s act together, and has managed to get 189 riders to side their pledge against doping. I can not fault anybody for signing the pledge, but I would not have done it.
Update: All of the results for races I knew about are now accounted for, as well as the results for a race I hadn’t previously been aware of. There were at least 4561 people who finished a road race on Wednesday. It is the Fourth of July today, one of the more popular days for…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about the technology of fitness equipment throughout the month of July. Scott starts the month off with a talk about the sustainable gym. There have been some great strides in utilizing the power generated by our workouts to help…
Alberto Salazar was hospitalized yesterday after collapsing this weekend while training runners at the Nike campus. The newspapers are calling it an unknown “heart event” that has not yet been diagnosed. A stent was used to open an artery after he arrived at the hospital yesterday. I would like to wish him well and I…
This week last year touched on a whole range of subjects, from weight lifting to drugs to accidental cheaters and how purposefully bonk during a workout. I shared my experience of lifting weights after breaking my ring finger. It had had a week to heal, and while there were no rings that were going to…
This week there were a few sports stories that were worth mentioning but that didn’t need a whole lot written about them, so I am linking them up here. NFL Europe has folded after 16 years. I think that this is a bad move if the NFL thinks that they are going to expand popularity…
Update: I’ve removed the links to Trails.com from this article as in the years since I’ve written the review I have heard that the company has gone downhill and is not worth using. While the trail maps are nice, there are better alternatives out there and nothing forgives poor customer service or repeated billing after…
John Berardi at Precision Nutrition has come up with a new promotion to get people in shape. He is hosting the Body Transformation Challenge for folks who are willing to take some measurements and before and after photos of themselves. There are three prizes: Grand Prize: Free groceries & supplements for 1yr 1st Runner Up…