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…
This week last year culminated in some reviews for Marathon Rookie and an article about hyponatremia, but most of the week dealt with cheating at various sports. Michelle Wie was DQed after cheating in her first professional golf tournament. This year, I could again talk about that first run back after being sick. Maybe it’s…
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…
The new singlets for the River Road Rats will debut at the Marine Corps Marathon on October 29th this year. The River Road Rats are the official team of the RIT Alumni. Five gentlemen from the cross country and track teams that have graduated over the last 4 years or so will all be running…
The California Golden Bears beat Washington State 21-3 this past Saturday, breaking a winless streak at Memorial Stadium that had been in place since 1979. Cal fans still got to watch the game despite the game not being covered on television anywhere near Berkeley thanks to a Slingbox.
Dean Karnazes is running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. This morning, he ran a modified version of the Maine Marathon. This was his 31st marathon, and he has 19 left to go until he finishes at the New York City Marathon. The group was a little late getting started this morning. I…