Fall Marathon Candidates

by | Sports

Now that I have done the legwork, there are 7 races that meet my criteria. My criteria is that they must be between September 1st and December 1st this year, and that they must be in New England, and that they must not be in Maine or Massachusetts. The races are:...

MarathonGuide.com

by | Reviews

MarathonGuide.com is a site that I found last night that has the best list of marathons that I have yet seen. I am in the process of trying to find at least one but preferably two marathons that I can run this fall, and I searched a variety of sites to see what was...

Smart Goggles

by | Technology

The BBC has an article about a new type of goggles designed by an industrial design student named Katie Williams. They are called the “Inview Goggles” and they feature a small compass which tracks when you change direction in the pool. They can tell you...

Literacy Volunteers 5k

by | Race Results, Sports

The 14th annual Literacy Volunteers 5k Road Race was yesterday. It was certainly a not cold day. Runners battled heat in the 80s and 90s on a course that offers little to no shade. There was a slight headwind in a few places that helped to cool things off. Blaine...

Beach Run

by | Fitness, Personal

When I was in college, we used to go down to Camp Winona for Spring training. 10 miles in the morning, 5 in the afternoon, hang out in Daytona or at Lake Winona the rest of the day. One day during each trip we would check to see when low tide was going to be early in...

Ty Law starts showing the goods

by | Sports

Former Patriots back Ty Law is finally doing workouts for teams again. He must be recovering from his broken foot sufficiently to show off the goods, so it will be interesting to see where he winds up. Given that he is represented by Kevin and Carl Poston, a couple of...

Beef Jerky

by | Food & Beverage, Recipes

Beef jerky is a great snack. It’s easy to make, it stays good for a long time (especially in an air tight container out of the sun), it can be frozen and thawed as many times as you want without affecting the taste, and it is easy to carry. You can make it taste...

Antispam Cleanup

by | Run To Win Website

One of the annoyances of running your own blog is cleaning up all of the spam hits as they come in. It hasn’t been too bad, but they come in waves so I need to constantly be checking. I hopefully have fixed it so that I won’t be getting spam comments from...

Eat to be Fit: A Book Review

by | Books, Reviews

Eat to be Fit by Mike Foley was worth reading but it was not as useful to me as I thought it would be. For somebody that is looking to lower their body fat percentage or for somebody that is looking to lose weight, then I think it is a great program and the book would...

Dealing with Migraines

by | Fitness

Migraines are bad. Chemical problems that cause the brain to hallucinate and creates an extreme photosensitivity and aversion to noise. Once the hallucinations begin to end (or sooner), a bad headache comes on. How do you tell that you are having a migraine and not...