The Mud Hog Trail Race is debuting this year at the Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford, New Hampshire. The race is on June 16th and will be a team effort between two people. One person will run the course while the other bikes it, and after completing an obstacle they will switch off. At the…
I have never run a race blind folded, but I have run many times (and raced a few times) without having the full use of my vision. This June there is a race in Boston called the Vision 5k where runners are blindfolded and given a guide so that they can experience what it is…
Every year, the Portland Sea Dogs put on a 5k race on Mother’s Day. The team mascot, Slugger, drives in the pace car with his mother around the course, which is one loop. It is a fun race that usually has less than ideal conditions. Not today, though. The weather was beautiful, with a slight…
Two years ago, I ran the Mystic Places Marathon. It was one of my favorite marathons that I have run to date, and I figured that I would run it again some day when I was closer to my goal of running one in all 50 states. Last year, the Mystic Places Marathon was renamed…
The Back Cove 5K Race Series has kicked off with it’s inaugeral race of the season, and we could not have asked for better weather. The temperature was in the high 60s, the wind was not as stiff as normal this time of year, and there were over 50 finishers for the first race of…
This year, there will only be 18 races in the Back Bay race series on Wednesday nights; there is no race on the Fourth of July. Last year‘s race series was won by Mike Caiazzo (average of 16:37) and Lindsay Davis (average of 19:59). The races all begin at 6:00 on Wednesday evenings between May…
After Justin Gatlin first faced his ban from professional track & field for steroid use, he started working out for a few NFL football teams. Nothing came from it, though, and none of the teams that he worked out for last year brought him in for a formal workout. This offseason, however, he has gone…
I had tendonitis in my knee 7 years ago. I also had a stress fracture. It was no fun, and I hope to avoid that ever happening again. Unfortunately, it is not the most uncommon injury. Asafa Powell, who is currently the world record holder at 100 meters (pending Justin Gatlin‘s appeal regarding steroid use),…
A couple of years ago, I wrote about how Tom Brady signed a new contract with the Patriots and extended his terms through 2010. After signing Randy Moss this weekend, it has come out that Tom Brady restructured that contract in order to give the Patriots enough cap room to assume Moss’s former contract from…
The Groton 10k Road Race is the second USATF New England Grand Prix event of the year, and the first of three events over the next month. Josh Ferenc managed to hold a lead by two seconds to win the men’s race in 31:32, while Caroline Bjune held a slightly larger lead to win the…