by Blaine Moore | Race Results
This is just a quick update now that I’m home from Providence. I ran my race plan perfectly, at least through the half marathon. I was at 77:24 at halfway. Then I blew up. My left calf got a little tweaked around 15 miles in, so I slowed down and changed my gait...
by Blaine Moore | Race Results
The Boston Marathon is quite an experience, and this week I’ve read quite a few reports that capture what it feels like to be part of it. This is Mike Girouard’s view of the marathon from the first corral. I met Mike at the 2009 Boston Indoor Games. If...
by Blaine Moore | Race Results
The Boston Marathon is quite an experience, and this week I’ve read quite a few reports that capture what it feels like to be part of it. I’ll be reprinting a few of them here, starting with Candice Chappell’s report of her first time running Boston....
by Blaine Moore | Race Results
This weekend saw a lot of great racing, with at least 10 runners below 2 hours and 7 minutes in races around the world. Six of them were in Paris alone! Most impressive, of course, is Duncan Kibet and James Kwambai’s 2:04:27 marathon in Rotterdam, where Kibet...
by Blaine Moore | Race Results
Today was my first experience with the Great Bay Half Marathon, and I really enjoyed it. It’s a well organized event on a good course. The weather was absolutely beautiful, although there were some pretty strong winds throughout much of it that made moving fast...
by Blaine Moore | Race Results
I’m heading for bed, so I’m laying this story to to bed as well. Yes, the Marathon des Sables is 151 miles long. No, there is no 26.2 mile option. Yes, today is April 1st. And finally, no, Haile Gebrsellassie was not running a world record marathon by...
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