Phedippidations world wide half marathon results

by Blaine Moore | Race Results, Sports

The results of the Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon are now available on the website. The results are not yet complete, so they will be constantly updating as more people report their finishing time. As of when I am writing this, 112 of the 562 participants...

Presidential Road Race (2006)

by Blaine Moore | Race Results

The Presidential Road Race is a 5 miler in Kennebunkport Maine. The race was missing its perennial favorite to win, Ethan Hemphill, who had not lost the race since 2002. Beautiful weather helped Patrick Moulton of Pelham, New Hampshire cruise into a 4 minute and 39...

A cross country race, half marathon, and long run all rolled into one

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Personal

This morning was the final Craig’s Cup 5k cross country race at Twin Brooks recreation center in Cumberland, Maine. The race doubled as the Maine State Cross Country Championship, as well. As I will not have time to get a long run in tomorrow, the plan was to...

This Week Last Year: Legless Football Players and Post Season Baseball

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

This week last year was dominated by baseball, with a few fitness tips and a story about some stupid referees. A lot of people have found Run to Win by searching for an article about a legless football player named Bobby Martin who got tossed during a game for not...

RIT places second at Geneseo Invitational

by Blaine Moore | Race Results, Sports

My RIT Tigers made the front page at the NCAA website this week with their performance last weekend at the Geneseo Invitational. The RIT men’s cross country squad, ranked 23th in the latest NCAA Division III poll, finished second out of 18 teams at the Geneseo...

Week 5 NFL Picks

by Blaine Moore | Sports

This week, I need to make up for my past performance in odd weeks and do a little better. Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Seattle have byes this week and will not be playing. It is shaping up to look like there is a whole lot of home field advantage this week. Miami has...

Phedippidations world wide half marathon is this weekend

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Have you ever run a half marathon, or have you ever wanted to? Steve Runner, the host of the internet radio show Phedippidations, has organized a half marathon race that takes places in 23 different countries this weekend. The half marathon is a mutual race run by...

Running is now broadcast on the YES network

by Blaine Moore | News

The YES Network has a show called “Running!” that will be broadcast a few times per week throughout October beginning this Saturday. Information about the show can be seen at Sportfilm.com. Thanks to Jank at Run Mystic for the tip.

Never bandit a race under any circumstances

by Blaine Moore | Sports

I do not hold with banditing races and I never have. A bandit in a race is any person that runs the course and makes use of the race support but has not paid for the right to be there. Jon over at the complete running network wrote about how he no longer holds with...

Why do you run?

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Joan Nesbit Mabe asked an elite athlete who wants her to coach him to write an essay on why he runs. Jason Jabaut spent a few weeks thinking about that, and after countless drafts wrote a bit over 400 words trying to explain it. In his essay (which you can read in...