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 Moore led the first half…
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…
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 agents who tend to ask…
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 like…
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 bots, but we…
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…
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 just a regular headache? Does light or noise cause your…
Running with the Buffaloes is a book told from the experiences of Chris Lear and his season with the University of Colorado’s men’s 1998 cross country team. It fills the reader in on what it takes to train for a team that is nationally competitive every year. Most of the emphasis is on Mark Wetmore…
The inaugeral Friendly’s New England Mile was this morning. It runs through downtown Portland on Congress Street, from the Roma to Lincoln Park at the base of Munjoy Hill. The course features a 70 foot drop, and they have been billing it as an opportunity to see a sub 4-minute mile. Unfortunately, there was not…
Without Limits is a story about Steve Prefontaine, a runner for the University of Oregon. I enjoyed the movie much more than Prefontaine, which was released a year earlier. Donald Sutherland does an excellent job narrating the story as Bill Bowerman, the eventual founder of Nike and Pre’s mentor. As a running story, it is…