I took a small spill yesterday on my trail run. I felt myself losing my footing and tried to roll so I’d land on my side instead of my face (I’d rather break a shoulder than a neck) and while I wouldn’t have been too happy I was doing all right until my head got…
Over the last few months I’ve been making my way through the Pure Fit Radio archives, and on one of the episodes they did an interview with Bryan Boyle. It sounded like an interesting story that he had, so I picked up his book, Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back From…
My second of two races this weekend was the Bradbury Breaker. It’s a 9 mile trail race at Bradbury Mountain in Pownal, Maine. It was a good time, and I have to give big kudos to Ian and Ryan for once again putting on a first class event. The last couple of years, I’ve been…
Beautiful weather saw some fast times on my return to the streets of Cape Elizabeth. The lead pack saw some intense action as Gebre Gebremariam managed to hold off a mid-race surge by Alan Kiprono and Wilson Chebet to win the race in 27:40.4. There were 11 runners under 29 minutes. The women’s race wasn’t…
Temperatures in the upper 80s with a fair bit of humidity made things a bit toasty this week at the Back Cove 5k, but Andrew Clemence (17:13) and Christine Irish (19:56) didn’t let that slow them down as they both won their races by over a minute. 186 people finished the race on Wednesday night,…
The Beach to Beacon 10 kilometer road race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine just gets stronger every year. The brain child of Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, the race follows the roads that Joanie used to run on while she first came into the sport.
Which sport is tougher, running or cycling? Here’s a video of a conversation between a runner and cyclist to try and find out: The truth is, both sports are as hard as you make them. That said, the comment about Lance Armstrong saying that the marathon was the toughest thing he’s ever done including the…
As I go through the week, I find a lot of trivia, fun articles and news bits that are worth sharing, so this week I’ve actually kept track a little bit. Sometimes a track workout leaves you sweaty. And sometimes, that sweat gets left on the track in your own image. (See More) It took…
Last week I skipped the Weekly Back Cove Series since I knew that I’d run faster than I should right after my 50k. There were 169 people that braved the weather, but the storms held off in Portland long enough for the racers to stay dry. Nick Wheeler (16:21) and Christine Irish (20:04) both ran…
Daniel Quintanilla got some footage of last weekend’s ultramarathon out on Great Cranberry Island and put together a nice 5 minute video to give you a good sampling of what the island race is all about: