Week 3 NFL Picks

Dallas, Kansas City, Oakland, and San Diego are not playing this week. This means that half of my fantasy football team is on a bye, but that’s what I get for not drafting my own team and not trying to make any moves after I got back from my honeymoon. I had a...

Dirigo sweeps Craig’s Cup race #2

The second of three races in the Craig’s Cup series was this Wednesday evening, September 20th. Dirigo swept the board with the top four positions. Mike Payson, Josh Zolla, and Pete Bottomley repeated their 1-2-3 performance from the first race on August 30th....

Pushups and Medicine Balls

Friday afternoon I went for a 15 mile run averaging race pace even with warmup and cooldown. When I returned to the gym, I was a little tight so I decided to stretch for 20 or 30 minutes before showering and continuing on my way. While I was stretching, I saw a man...

Obesity is caused by evolution

The 10th International Congress on Obesity in Sydney was held at the beginning of the month. Gluttony was given a pass as to the reason that the world is so obese these days, and evolution was found to be at fault. The problem is so bad, they contend, that this...

Dean Karnazes is on his way

Dean Karnazes vowed to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, following in the footsteps of Sam Thompson, although I’m not sure he knew Sam would be doing it before him when he was initially planning this ordeal. He has begun his trek across the country and...

Chariots of Fire movie review

Chariots of Fire is a movie about Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, two very talented runners in the early 1920s. Two men with the same goal but who have vastly different approaches to attaining that goal and to living their life. Eric Liddell is a devout follower of...

Portland Trails 10k (2006)

The Portland Trails 10k, aka the Tukey Trot 10k, aka the Trail to Ale, was run this morning. It also played host to the Maine Senior Games. It was rather warm with temperatures near 90º, but a constant breeze kept the course feeling a little cooler. Michael...

This Week Last Year: Racing and Barry Bonds

Last night had some random notes about site improvements and a couple news notes along with talk about races, Barry Bonds. I talked about two races this week last year. The first was the Dan Cardillo 5k, which many people have been reading over the last week or two...