50 Marathons 50 States 50 Days

by Blaine Moore | Sports

One of my goals in life is to run a marathon in every state. I do not have any interest (right now) in races longer than the marathon. I have previously written about Dean Karnazes when I reviewed his book Ultramarathon Man. Things do not seem to have changed much in...

New Rule #13: A good warm-up may not make you warm

by Blaine Moore | 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 #13. A good warm-up doesn’t have to make your body warm. The authors believe that doing low...

New Rule #12: Fast Lifting is not more dangerous than slow lifting

by Blaine Moore | 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 #12. Fast Lifting is not more dangerous than slow lifting. Conventional wisdom states that fast...

Tip: Run facing traffic

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

When running down the road, you should always run facing traffic (except where local laws state otherwise) because it is much safer for you. Any time that you are a pedestrian and are not on a sidewalk or crosswalk, then you should be facing traffic. You want to run...

Lance Armstrong will run the New York City Marathon

by Blaine Moore | News

Lance Armstrong is going to run the New York City Marathon this November. He has no plans to start running marathons professionally. I have about a week to decide if I want to run it as well. I have an automatic qualifying time, but need to register by the end of the...

Paul Tergat misses London Marathon

by Blaine Moore | Injuries, Sports

Paul Tergat won the New York City marathon last November, and has been training really well in the lead up to next weekend’s London Marathon. Tergat had to pull out of the London Marathon at the last minute, though, due to a calf injury. Tergat said: “What...

Benefits of the Bridge Exercise

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips

This morning, I put up an article explaining how to do the bridge exercise. After reading it, Bud Gibson asked: So, what does this exercise do for me? Is it supposed to work on abs and core strength? That�s what the description suggests. I like the illustration and...

Patriots Day 5 Miler

by Blaine Moore | 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 Blaine Moore | 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 Blaine Moore | 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...