by Blaine Moore | Race Results, Sports
The 9th annual Kerryman Pub Road Race and Mary’s Walk were today in Saco, Maine. Ethan Hemphill and Timothy Rider both broke last year’s record setting pace by over 10 seconds; Ethan won by 2 seconds in 15:23. That ain’t walking, especially this...
by Blaine Moore | Last Year
Just about all of the news this week last year was about making your body better. There was a race report, a review of some gloves, and a whole bunch of articles about lifting weights and getting in shape. I continued the animated lifting series with instructions on...
by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips
When all of your training consists of one activity, it is easy to compare your workout load from week to week. If you are only running, you can compare your total time ran or your total mileage. The same goes for biking and swimming. However, when you cross train or...
by Blaine Moore | Sports, Treadmill Tips
After writing a few articles about the Great Lakes HSA 24 Hour Treadmill Challenge and the resulting world record treadmill run, one of the runners stopped by and left a few comments and emails. Jim Snyder (pictured at right) had the following to say about the event,...
by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, March is the month of Music and other audio topics. This week I would like to start us off with my thoughts on running with headphones. This is not a new topic for me to discuss; last November I...
by Blaine Moore | News, Race Results, Sports
Shani Davis skated 1:42.32 and broke the world record yesterday in the 1500 meter speed skating. He broke the previous record, which he set about a year ago, by 0.36 seconds. There have been a few records going down recently. Sven Kramer broke his own 5000 meter...
by Blaine Moore | News, Race Results, Sports, Treadmill Tips
The other day I wrote about an attempt at the treadmill world record for running 24 consecutive hours by a team of 12 people. Jim gave me a heads up that they had in fact broken the record before I remembered to check for myself. Not only did they break it, though;...
by Blaine Moore | Race Results, Sports
The 11th annual Irish Road Rover was this morning in Portland, ME. The weather was absolutely beautiful. Members of Dirigo R.C. took 5 of the top 10 spots in the race, including the top 3. Not everybody registered as Dirigo, though. Claton Conrad handily won the race...
by Blaine Moore | Last Year
There was not a lot of news this week last year. There were a few notes about the goings on in the wider world of sports, a shoe review, and a few weight lifting tips. I continued my animated weight lifting demos with how to do an overhead triceps extension with a...
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