Marathon recovery training tips

by Blaine Moore | Fitness

I was going through the recently restored Running Blog Family list of articles published over the last day or so, and found an article over at Boston Dreams and Michelin Stars that dealt with a similar topic as I did when I wrote about how marathon recovery is not...

Marathon recovery is not instantaneous

by Blaine Moore | Fitness

After running your marathon, you will fall into one of three camps. You are hurting and you can not imagine ever doing something like this again.You are hurting and are set to take the next few weeks/months completely off to recoverYou feel pretty good and think you...

Vitruvian Running Shoes

by Blaine Moore | Equipment, Shoes

I am considering the purchase of a pair of Vitruvian Running Shoes. I first heard about them after listening to an interview with the owner of Vitruvian Running on Run Cast Weekly. The shoes are mail order only, and have a very good return policy. I emailed the...

Complete Running » Running Blog Recents returns!

by Blaine Moore | News

Complete Running’s Running Blog Recents has been down for the last few weeks, but they are now back up and running. You can visit the Running Blog Recents webpage by pointing yourself to the following URL:...

Dick Pound rejects Lance Armstrong exhoneration

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

Dick Pound has now responded to the report exhonerating Lance Armstrong from the doping allegations of last August. He claims that the reports finding are “farcical” and full of holes. He said the report had so many factual errors that “pointing them...

Lance Armstrong calls out Bode Miller (and Dick Pound)

by Blaine Moore | News

Last January, Bode Miller accused Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong of using steroids in a Rolling Stones interview. Well, Lance Armstrong has now used Men’s Journal to call out Bode Miller: “Listen, I’m not a fan,” Armstrong said. “He...

Complete Running will be down for the weekend

by Blaine Moore | News

Complete Running will be down for a few days as they switch hosting providers. While it is available, you can see the press release at their site: Complete Running. If you are reading this while they are down, here is their press release verbatim (if anybody from...

Back Cove 5k Race Series (Or, How to Run a 5k 3 days after your marathon…)

by Blaine Moore | Personal, Race Results

Week four of the nineteen week Back Cove 5k Race Series was tonight, and there was a good turn out. There have been over 70 people registered over the past month for the series, which is more than I expected this early in the season. Today, I went out not knowing what...

Lance Armstrong’s name is cleared

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

Last August, I wrote about how Lance Armstrong was accused of doping in the 1999 Tour de France. French newspaper L’Equipe accused Lance Armstrong of using EPO, an illegal steroid. A Dutch anti-doping agency has exhonerated Lance Armstrong and claims that not...

Vermont City Marathon » Thoughts and Review

by Blaine Moore | Reviews, Sports

The Vermont City Marathon was the most part a very well run race. I have a detailed course analysis already written, and here I would like to touch on a few other aspects of the race. The expo was not quite as large as Boston’s was, but it was larger than most...