In 1980, Terry Fox started running across Canada to help raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Terry had lost his right leg to bone cancer 3 years earlier at the age of 18. Unfortunately, the spread of his cancer accelerated during the run and he had to stop after 143 days (and shortly thereafter…
I imagine that this video won’t be around too long, since most of these parody skits get taken down pretty quickly, but it’s worth a laugh if you have a few minutes:
Ian put together a video of last weekend’s “Fat Ass” 50k for your enjoyment: Now you, too, can enjoy the excitement of 30 miles in the snow but without all the wet feet and scraped shins! The next TMR Fat Ass is scheduled for March 28th at Bradbury Mountain.
Just a quick update that I got the DVDs in the mail today, so once I have everybody’s addresses I will be able to mail them out next week. Any suggestions on how best to mail them are more than welcome. Now, for the proof: Greg and Rick have already won copies of the movie,…
The movie Run For Your Life chronicles the life of Fred Lebow, who was one of the most influential people that brought road racing and major city marathons to the public consciousness. Fred founded the New York City Marathon at a time when the city really needed something positive, and was one of the catalysts…
In 2006, Dean Karnazes was the second person to run 50 marathons in all 50 states on consecutive days. You can now watch a documentary of his exploits on the big screen, which is titled after his book, Ultramarathon Man:
Did you get to see Spirit of the Marathon on either of the nights that it was screened throughout the country? If not, you may get another chance. The Spirit of the Marathon is going to be screened 16 more nights, but only in select cities near specific events. Here is a full list of…
Stay tuned this weekend for some good entertainment. First, on Saturday, February 17th, the Ford Ironman World Championship from Hawaii will be airing on NBC from 2:00 until 3:30 EST. Then, on Sunday, you can watch tonight’s Tyson Invitational on ESPN at 5:00 P.M. EST. Don’t want to wait and have 4 minutes to spare?…
Not being a part of the Coast to Coast run back in 2004 is one of the few regrets that I have in my life, which is a large part of why I like to share news about it even 4 years later. The other reason that I like to discuss it, of course, is…
How far would you run to see a movie? Last week, there was a 1 night showing of The Spirit of the Marathon in 1 theater here in Maine. Crow Athletics and the Spudland Racers got together to send some runners down to Brunswick to catch the movie last Thursday evening. The catch? They lived…