The World Marathon Majors start up again tomorrow morning, with 3 races remaining in the next month and a half to finish out the 2009-2010 season. A $1 million prize purse is on the line for the top marathoners in the world on a 2 year rolling basis. Most of the action, especially for the…
I imagine that this video won’t be around too long, since most of these parody skits get taken down pretty quickly, but it’s worth a laugh if you have a few minutes:
Yesterday afternoon I had a few minutes to chat with Meb Keflezighi, one of the best marathoners in the United States right now. He ran for UCLA in the mid/late 1990s, and among his many accomplishments, Meb is a 3 time national cross country champion, he won the Silver Medal at the 2004 Olympic Marathon,…
It’s Autumn, which means that Cross Country Season has arrived! This was always my favorite time of year growing up, mostly because cross country running is a lot of fun. For me, it definitely beats running on the track or roads. Running over the grass and trails for position rather than time makes it a…
If you are interested in learning a bit more about me (because you just can’t get enough, obviously, right?) then check out my friend Corey’s site where she just got an in-depth interview posted that we did in the past week or so. We cover topics ranging from how I got started in the sport…
If you’re going to be in a Southern Maine area on September 26, then I highly recommend that you come out to Pineland Farms for the Combat Cancer 10K. It’s a new race, part of the “Fight Back” weekend. On that Saturday they have a bike ride and lobster bake, and then on Sunday is…
I recently ran the Bradbury Bruiser, which is the third of three trail races at Bradbury Mountain State Park, and it was a lot of fun. It’s 12 miles of very twisty, very turny, mostly single track racing. There were multiple switch backs. There are sections where you can get dizzy if you are going…
Yesterday, the Umstead 100 opened registration, but somebody decided to be sneaky and made a fake registration link at Active.com that allowed people to register early (since the race directors decided to let those 29 people into the race.) This seems to me to be an easy way to scam people, just poorly executed given…
The other day I went for a run and wanted to try a new nutrition product, Gu Chomps. A friend of mine that’s sponsored by Gu had told me that I needed to give them a fair shake, and another buddy had given me a package of these to try. Since I’ve never had them…
In my article about what to do in the week leading up to your marathon, Heather asked if overindulging a little the weekend before a marathon is going to be a problem. She’s a little worried that she might be dehydrated and might have a little trouble re-hydrating before the race. I don’t think that…