Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle helmet for sale

by Blaine Moore | News

A replica of Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle helmet is up for sale on eBay! I am sure that this auction will be pulled soon enough. This box contains an exact replica of the helmet that Ben Roethlisberger was wearing when he crashed his motorcycle on Monday,...

Ben Roethlisberger is in “fair” condition

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Yesterday, Ben Roethlisberger crashed his motorcycle and wound up in the hospital. Today he has been upgraded to fair condition and is expected to leave the hospital within three to five days. He has lost two teeth, chipped a few others, and apparently has no major...

ING New York City Marathon welcome letter

by Blaine Moore | Sports

The race directors of the New York City Marathon have sent out the official welcome letters: Countdown to the start of the race of your life, November 5, 2006:144 Days Entry Number: xxxxx Dear Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Congratulations! You?re in for the experience of a lifetime,...

Idiots on Motorcycles

by Blaine Moore | Injuries, News, Sports

I have written about professional sports contracts before, and how the news tends to focus on the guys that make fools of themselves rather than on those that have a good work ethic. Some of you may remember the bonehead move by Kellen Winslow who has yet to have any...

Sunday Runs

by Blaine Moore | Personal, Sports

One of the things I miss most about college are the Sunday runs. Sunday was always my favorite day. During the week, we would tend to run four to seven miles at six in the morning, and then seven to twelve at four in the afternoon. On Saturday’s we would race....

Workout Tip: Track your resting heart rate

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

Tracking your resting heart rate is a good way to prevent burnout and is a great guide to determining what type of workout is appropriate on any given day. Much like weighing yourself daily, you can use fluctuations in your resting heart rate to determine when you are...

Running Teams and World War II

by Blaine Moore | Sports

I was reading Vince Hemingson’s take over at Boston or Bust about running competitively with a group and how that is not really a good thing. This particular sin is that of judging your performance and measuring your progress and success against the people you...

ING New York City Marathon lottery results (2006)

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

The ING New York City Marathon has a lottery for who gets to run. The results are now available (as of about 11am this morning) and can be searched at their website: Both my friend that I am going to run with and I got in. I would have been surprised had we not been,...

Marathon tougher than giving birth…

by Blaine Moore | Uncategorized, Workout Tips

Laura Lohr recently ran her first marathon, and she thought that running the marathon was tougher than giving birth. She first compares the process of training for and then running a marathon to having a child: When you cross the finish line after all the labor your...

Front Squat advice requested

by Blaine Moore | Fitness

This morning, I tried doing front squats for the first time. I fairly quickly abandoned them, however, and only did one set before going back to normal squats to finish my other sets. Perhaps it is that I am still fatigued from the marathon, or my form is way off, but...