I think that I probably wasn’t alone while dreading the 5k last night. When I left work, it was 91 degrees out with no air movement. Thankfully, by the time that I drove to the race start, about 5 miles towards the ocean, the temperature had dropped about 20 degrees and a nice breeze had…
Today is National Bike to Work day, so I gave my bike a quick tune up last night and rode into town this morning. Hopefully this year I’ll do a better job of actually riding the bike in to work or at least running home on days when I can get a ride in to…
When you run, does anything actually get done? Or are you just traveling from one point to another, which often happens to be the same point? I’ve spoken in the past about using running as a means of transportation, and even literally running your errands rather than driving, but this past weekend I got to…
I got an email from the folks at the Pineland Farms Trail Challenge and Festival of Races this morning looking for volunteers, so here is some information about what’s going on and what’s needed. If you’ll be in Southern Maine on Memorial Day Weekend, I highly recommend that you come out and run a race…
The Boston Athletic Association has set the date and time when registration will open for the Boston Marathon next year: BOSTON, Mass. – Registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon® will open on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be conducted online at www.baa.org. The 115th Running of the Boston Marathon will…
Tyson Gay is, as I like to say, not quite slow… On a straight track in Manchester, U.K. this morning he ran a 19.41 second 200 meter race, beating Tommie Smith’s 19.5 second race on a cinder track in San Jose, California back in 1966. He faced a slight headwind, which seems to be when…
I was a bit tired when I got out for my run this evening after work. I figured that the run would give me some energy so I didn’t waste any time getting out the door. About 2.5 to 3 miles into the run, a kid on one of those razor things or whatever they…
Portland’s weekly Summer 5k race series kicked off this evening with temperatures about as great as you could ask for in any race and a nice tailwind for the first mile. Of course, that meant that there was a pretty stiff breeze in the last two miles but all in all the weather was quite…
There can be a lot of reasons for shoulder cramps and shoulder pain when you are running, some which aren’t very serious and some that are very serious. If your shoulders hurt, then it is probably worth seeing your doctor or physical therapist to make sure it isn’t one of the more serious problems such as a problem with your heart (cardiac angina) or spleen, or some sort of bursitis or spinal problem. More than likely, it’s just a minor muscular imbalance or weakness or a minor issue with your running form that a coach could help you correct. Here are 5 areas that you can address to see if they provide relief.
The Barefoot Runner’s Society is organizing a 200 meter “race” tomorrow evening in Michigan in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. The original plan had been for having the largest turnout of barefoot runners at the Fifth Third Riverbank Run the following day, but required a closed course in order to be eligible…