New site is up and running

by | Run To Win Website

The new site is up and running. Expect changes over the next few weeks as I tweak things about a bit. All of the old permanent links should still be valid and should have a redirect to the new layout and new place on the site. If you notice anything odd, leave a note...

Best Marathon Training Run…ever!

by | Fitness, Personal

For the last few weeks I have had great Sunday runs. While I was here in town, I hooked up with various folks to get about 8 miles in the middle of my 17(ish) mile training runs that were quite a bit faster than I have been doing (6:19-6:24 the first week and 6:20ish to 6:30ish the second week). I went up to visit my uncles last weekend, and wanted to get a good workout in.

My uncles live, appropriately enough, 17 miles apart. Last year, I missed a turn and it wound up being a 28 mile run (which I ran 27 of), but this year I made sure I knew which direction I was going. The fun part comes in with the motivation to run faster; my girlfriend was also doing her long run.

Cut out sugar water to reduce weight gain

by | Food & Beverage

Many people turn to exercise and diet control in an effort to lose weight (Disclaimer: I am not one of those people). I was reading how sugar water equates to weight gain, which links to a Los Angelos Times article on the subject. Early research shows that your body...

New England Patriots defeat Oakland Raiders 30-20

by | Sports

The New England Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders last night in Foxboro, in a 30-20 match that ended about as was expected. The Raiders had a nice opening drive, and Randy Moss had a joggled 73-yard touchdown pass, but they just could not bring everything together...

Thomas Harrion died from a heart attack

by | Sports

The autopsy determined that Thomas Herrion’s death was caused by a heart attack. His former coach and all of his teammates all thought that he was in great shape, but apparently his large size of 310 pounds at only 6 foot 3 inches caught up to him. That is the...

Brett Favre will start despite ankle injury

by | Sports

Brett Favre will still start against Detroit on Sunday, despite having hurt his ankle. He has started 225 consecutive regular season games; every single one for the past 12 years. That is no small accomplishment. What I don’t get is why he seems so old; he is...

Jerry Rice Retires

by | News, Sports

Probably not big news anymore, but while I was out of town Jerry Rice retired. He was a great talent, and I am glad that he got some years out of him that nobody saw coming. He enjoyed himself and kept himself in the game as long as somebody was willing to let him. He...

UMaine falls to Nebraska

by | Sports

Saturday night, the University of Maine Black Bears played the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The game was televised at the Sports Arena, in Hermon, Maine. I was not really expecting Maine to do all that much, but their defense was solid. The offensive line though was full of...

Machismo and safety in sports

by | Fitness, News

Bryan Burwell of the St Louis Post-Dispatch wrote an article about Missouri football player Aaron O’Neil, who died of meningitis last July. His main gripe is that there were a lot of warning signs that something was wrong with Aaron, but they were all ignored by...