Irish Road Rover will kick off the local running season

by Blaine Moore | Sports

I have already run the Mid-Winter Classic, but it sort of stands on it’s own despite being a Maine Grand Prix race this year. The official start to the racing season seems to be the

Would you use tobacco if it cost you $20,000?

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, News

Would you use tobacco if it was going to cost you $20,000? Do you think that you could kick your habit for at least the duration of a baseball season? The manager for the Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona, is (quite literally) betting that he can. He needs to abstain...

Will the 24 hour treadmill world record be broken this weekend?

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports, Treadmill Tips

The Great Lakes HSA 24 Hour Treadmill Challenge will begin tomorrow evening at 5pm in Rocky River, Ohio. Twelve runners will attempt to run a new world record distance by 5pm Saturday evening. Each runner will run for at least 2 hours, but some members of the team...

Swimming Tip: Remember to tie your shorts

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips

Photo by richelleantipoloThis tip does not apply to people who use speedos or other tight swim trunks. It is for the average men like myself that just use a regular old beach bathing suit when they swim laps in the pool. Before you get in, remember to tie your draw...

How many pairs of shoes do you need to be a runner?

by Blaine Moore | Equipment, Shoes

One thing that I have been asked a few times is how many pairs of shoes somebody needs to consider themselves a runner. A more frequent question is how many pairs of running shoes do I own. There is no one easy answer to this, and the answer depends slightly on how...

RIT loses, Jan Ullrich retires, and football players weigh in

by Blaine Moore | News

Rather than writing on different news notes that I have noticed from over the weekend, I thought (for the sake of brevity) that I’d just link to the interesting articles. Saturday evening, I went to the RIT at Bentley hockey game. RIT lost by one point, 7-6....

A book on Bending

by Blaine Moore | Books

In a collaborative effort with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we wrote about books throughout the month of February. This week Scott takes a look at the Diesel Crew electronic book on how to get started in the wonderful world of Bending. Bending is taking pieces...

This Week Last Year: Polar Bear Wrestling and Banditing Deer

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

This week last year was pretty light article wise, but what was there was mostly worth reading. There were some amazing stories about people and animals, and I offer some great workout tips with a book review. Meaty stuff! In a counterpoint to the week before’s...

The doping case against Floyd Landis just got weaker…

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

It seems that as far as doping labs go, they can never seem to get anything right. It was not too long ago that an 7 year old anonymous blood sample that had no control samples (since the control samples had been previously tested came back negative) seemingly proved...

Why is there always a headwind when running or biking?

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

Photo by penmachineOne thing that most runners or cyclists will notice at some point in their career is that there is always a headwind. No matter which direction you are running or biking in, North, South, East or West, you can never avoid a headwind. You may be...