You have prepared for your race, you have arrived on the starting line, and now the gun is about to go off. You have prepared yourself to start the race, and now you have to make sure that you have prepared yourself to finish. Here are the considerations you need to pay attention to during…
Now that you know what to pack for the starting line and what to pack for the finish line, as well as what to do during the week before your race, it is time to get ready for race day. The morning of your race is important, and having a list to check off can…
Now that you know what to pack for the starting line and what to pack for the finish line, you need to figure out what you need to actually do the week before you get to the starting line. Your original goal setting should have been done before you planned your training, and I am…
Now that you know what to pack and wear before your marathon, you should consider what to pack in your post-race bag. Marathons and other long races usually require that you pack a little more than you would for a short race such as a 5k, although most of these items can be useful after…
While you need to be prepared on the starting line for any race, you can more easily make or break a marathon by what you bring bring (or forget to bring) to the starting line than at a 5k. By being properly prepared for before your race and for the starting line, you can make…
Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya won the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon today after his momentum carried his torso over the finish line. He slipped on a wet decal before the finishing mats and smashed his brain against the pavement. His doctor says that he will be all right and make a full recovery despite internal hemorraging…
There are two weeks remaining before the New York City marathon. My training this year has been really strange. I was on a roll early in the summer, only to be sidetracked by plantar fascitis. I did not manage to get myself back into the shape that I wanted to be in, but I did…
Can you predict where in a marathon you will hit the wall based solely upon your weekly mileage leading up to the race? Dallen thinks so. Somewhere along the way I found an interesting formula to predict where the wall will be: 3 times the average daily mileage over the eight weeks before the marathon….
This week is another short week. Baltimore, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Tennessee are all taking a break. This week the travelling teams have the advantage, in my mind. Carolina at Cincinnati Detroit at N.Y. Jets Green Bay at Miami Jacksonville at Houston New England at Buffalo Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Pittsburgh…
USATF is increasing the membership fees for 2007 to help support grass roots programs and services. The increase in fees is expected to generate an additional $300,000 in annual revenue, which will also go towards member benefits and sport committee-based projects along with the marketing and infrastructure improvements with the grass roots programs. Effective November…