Former German athletes sue over forced drug use

Karen König is the first of 137 former German Olympic athletes who may sue over being forced to take performance enhanding drugs in the mid 80s. The former East German sports system forced their athletes to take the drugs, but the committee no longer exists since the...

Site Meter

I have added Site Meter to this website in the footer. I will let you know how it works out once it has had a chance to go to work. In the meantime, feel free to click the link and see statistics for this site. Obviously, there will not be any prior to today. Update:...

Chicago White Sox sweep the world series

The Chicago White Sox swept the world series last night, beating Houston 1-0. That makes for 2 years in a row that a team with a long draught in the series came through to win. The White Sox seemed fairly dominant early in the season, but the second half of their...

Mystic Places Marathon

The Mystic Places Marathon was yesterday, October 23. Alene Reta and Dzmitry Sivou won the men’s race, coming in a minute apart at 2:25:51 and 2:26:56. Abeba Tola and Elivira Kolpokova won the women’s race in 2:46:21 and 2:47:05. The course map is next to...

Marathon Rookie recommendations

In my previous two posts about Marathon Rookie.com, I went over the pros and cons of the website and the eBook. They complement each other fairly well; the eBook has some of the same content as what appears (for free) on the website, but the meat of the eBook is in...

Marathon Rookie eBook Review

Marathon Rookie.com is an eBook written by a non-runner who just completed his first marathon recently and is trying to help others complete their first one. The eBook was written by Brad Boughman, and the motto for him and his eBook is, “How to Train for a Marathon or Half Marathon – and have FUN doing it!

Marathon Rookie website review

Marathon Rookie.com is a website written by a non-runner who just completed his first marathon recently and is trying to help others complete their first one. The site was written by Brad Boughman, and the motto for him and his site is, “How to Train for a Marathon or Half Marathon – and have FUN doing it!