Bode Miller tries professional baseball

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Bode Miller is going to play professional baseball for the Nashua Pride after signing a 1 day contract to play on July 29th. “I have just started my foundation over the last several months, and to be able to play professional baseball and have my foundation in...

Icing Your Woes: Ice Early, Ice Often

by Blaine Moore | Injuries, Workout Tips

One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is to ignore aches and pains when they are minor. Your body is very good at telling you things; the trick is learning how to distinguish between minor tears that are getting repaired and major tears that could lead to an...

Running Downhill

by Blaine Moore | Fitness

The DO Running Journal has a pretty good article about downhill running by John Harding. In it, there are six points to be made about downhill training: It is a good way to work fast twitch muscle fibers. It is a good way to develop and improve technique. It is a good...

Preseason and Beach Run memories

by Blaine Moore | Personal

One of my favorite runs has to be the preseason Beach Run at Daytona Beach. When I was in college, we had two preseasons each year. At the end of each Summer my cross country team would get together a week or two before classes started. We would go somewhere different...

This Week Last Year: Race Results, Reviews, and a Rant

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

It is now time to highlight what I wrote about at this time last year. The L.L. Bean 10k race results, which included a great quote from one of the kids at the race. The lack of runner friendly roads in Long Island, NY. A review of Sportshoe Center, a local shoe...

Another 50 Marathons 50 States 50 Days has already started!

by Blaine Moore | Sports, Websites

Apparently, Dean Karnazes was not the first to think of running an “Endurance 50” style event. Sam Thompson has already begun to run 50 Marathons in 50 States in 50 Days. He began on July 1st in Colorado, and will finish on August 19th in Mississippi. Dean...

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...