Patriots Day 5 Miler

by | Race Results, Sports

The results of the Patriots Day 5 Miler are now up at the Maine Track Club’s website. As I mentioned yesterday when discussing my Patriots Day race, the weather was fairly conducive to a quick time if not a record breaking time. A small bit of headwind early in...

How To: Bridge Exercise

by | Animated How-To, Fitness

How to perform a bridge exercise with an image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized image. The bridge exercise is a static move. There is no movement involved other than getting into and out of the correct position. The picture above is not a...

My Patriots Day 5 Miler

by | Personal, Race Results

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Maine Patriots Day 5 Miler went off today at noon. This annual race has been a mainstay in Portland for 77 years now. This year is the first time that I have run it. It was a fun race. The course is not particularly imaginative, but they...

Roger Mayweather is suspended for brawl

by | Sports

Floyd Mayweather’s trainer, Roger Mayweather, has been fined and suspended for his part in a brawl a week ago. Zab Judah, who has a history of violence outside the ring, hit Floyd Mayweather with a few illegal blows with five seconds remaining in the tenth...

Dangerous Superset: Leg Press to Calf Press

by | Workout Tips

This morning I was working out at the gym, and I saw a woman doing leg presses. The weight was fairly low and she did not seem to be exerting herself too much, which is fine. What caught my attention, though, was that after she got done doing the leg press, she...

Bob Sheppard misses Yankee’s home opener

by | Sports

For the first time in 56 years, Bob Sheppard misses opening day at Yankee Stadium. He threw out his hip on Monday night and will miss the three game series against Kansas City, but hopes to be back for the homestand against Baltimore on April 21. “I am very...

Regular features will return next week

by | Run To Win Website

Thank you for bearing with me while I pack up and move. I am (not quite) settled into my new home, and should have non-library internet access by the end of the week. I plan on picking up with my regular features again starting next week. In the meantime, I hope that...

New Rule #9: There is no magic system

by | New Rules

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 #9. There is no magic system of exercises, sets, and reps. The authors present two corollaries to...