Vermont City Marathon: My Splits

Here are my splits from the Vermont City Marathon this past Sunday. I did not get a split at mile 26, so the last split is actually for 1.2 miles or around thereabouts. Also, miles 7 and 11 did not get clicked until I was a bit past them as I was busy sucking down goo...

The Vermont City Marathon: Course Analysis

The Vermont City Marathon has a very spectator friendly course. My fiance was easily able to see me run by 6 times. The course is also a bored runner friendly course, because there are no multi-lap segments. You do cross over the same points more than once, but only...

The Vermont City Marathon

This weekend was a lot of fun as I drove out to and ran the Vermont City Marathon. Over the next few days I will be posting some more information up about the race as I get a chance to put my thoughts and memories to the site. I plan on discussing the race for people...

Vermont City Marathon: Sunday, May 28th, 2006

The Vermont City Marathon is this Sunday. The race begins at 8:05 in the morning (unless you are a wheelchair participant in which case you start at 8:00 am sharp), and some time around 11 am I should be coming through the finish line. It is a loopy type course that...

Additional Podcasts

I recently wrote about Phedippidations, a podcast by Steve Walker for and about running. At Strength News, Chris has listed some of his favorite podcasts that he has been recently discovering. Check out his page for a short list of fitness and strength training...

How To: Bridge w/knee tuck

Bud Gibson expanded upon my normal bridge and swiss ball bridge articles to show how to do a swiss ball bridge with a knee tuck. I am definately going to have a go with this exercise; it never even occurred to me to try something like this. I wrote previously about...

Nike + iPod = No need for GPS

Nike and Apple have teamed up to create a replacement for bulky GPS watches. No longer will you need to strap on multiple watches, bulky global positioning system receivers, or small waistband-clipped pedometers. Synchronizing your iPod will also download your...

7 year old swims to shore from Alcatraz

Braxton Bilbrey is a second grader who swam from Alcatraz to Aquatic Park in San Francisco this morning in 47 minutes. He swam for 2 hours 4 days a week to train for the swim after reading about a 9 year old who had completed it. His parents supported his desire to...

New Rule #20: Have Fun

Every weekend over the next few months, I am going to be examining each of the New Rules of Lifting from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove’s new book. This is rule #20. If it’s not fun, you’re doing something wrong. The authors talk very little about...