Coast to Coast reviewed in the Chronicle

by Blaine Moore | Books

I have written about Coast to Coast on this site quite a bit to give it a little promotion after it got published. I even gave a copy away. Coast to Coast was recently reviewed by the Chronicle: When talk of writing a book about the experience came up, months after...

Tough runs back to back

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Personal

Yesterday morning, I ran the Bridgton Four Miler in 22:38. With a day and a half of rest, I ran a good quarter mile workout fartlek style at the Back Cover 5k Race Series this evening. Given that I did not properly fuel for the race (I only ate at breakfast and lunch...

Maine Fourth of July Race Recap (2006)

by Blaine Moore | Race Results

Here is a quick breakdown of races this Fourth of July. I’ll cover the Bridgton Four on the Fourth, the Freeport L.L. Bean 10k, the York Four on the Fourth, the Kennebunkport Goose Rocks Beach 5K, the Winthrop Friends on the Fourth 5k and the Sebec Village...

Fourth of July races

by Blaine Moore | Sports

One of the great things about this country’s birthday is that there are races all over the place. There are 3 or 4 of them within a quick driving distance from my house, and this year we are doing a different one than usual. Before, we always ran a 10k near...

The Endurance 50 Registration Opens

by Blaine Moore | Sports

I am running the New York City marathon in early November, and will plan on pacing a friend of mine into a 3 hour first attempt. The training to get me there centered around running a marathon two and a half weeks earlier than that as well, with Dean Karnazes as he...

This Week Last Year: Race Results, Marathons, and a Book Review

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

It is now time to highlight what I wrote about at this time last year. The Literacy 5k race results, a race that I happened to win. My first impressions of the Marathon Guide website, and a list of my Fall marathon candidates. A book review of Marathoning for Mortals,...

No Tour de France for Jan Ullrich!

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

Dozens of cyclists have been barred from participating in the Tour de France after being linked to a Spanish doctor charged with illegal doping. Among those being barred are Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso. The suspensions came down from the individual teams themselves....

New animated pushup demo at Okolo.org

by Blaine Moore | Animated How-To

Okolo has decided to have his own set of animated exercises on his website (much like I have done), and he has begun with how to do pushups. He has an animation of himself doing a pushup, along with instructions of how to do them. He also explains how to do handstand...

Is “bonking” actually good for you?

by Blaine Moore | Fitness

Dr. Bente Klarlund Pederse of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, believes that we should spend some of our time training in a glycogen-depleted state in order to maximize our training benefits to increase production of the immune system agent Interleukin-6. In...

Why can only fat people buy belts?

by Blaine Moore | Personal

I do not buy belts very often. Tonight, I threw out a belt that I have had for at least 8 years. Three or four days ago the end of the belt finally fell away from the rest of the belt past the notch that I use, which had been hanging on by less and less over the last...