It was a fun but tiring weekend, so details will be forthcoming later. In the meantime, I’ve got a few announcements: I’ve uploaded my photos of the marathon. I haven’t had a chance to look at the video I shot yet. Congratulations to the Dirigo runners, especially to Sheri Piers who finished in 11th place…
I received an email this morning from Patrick Vesely at Universal Sports, who will be providing live coverage online on Monday for the Boston Marathon. Here are the details for those who can’t be there live to watch it in person: Universal Sports will provide live, worldwide coverage of the 113th Boston Marathon on Monday,…
For those in the Southern Maine area that are interested, WCSH 6 News Center 6 at 6 will be doing a segment sometime this evening between 6:00-6:30 on Camp Sunshine and Mike Brooks’ 10 Days for Sunshine run. Mike is going to attempt to run 500 miles over the span of 10 days starting next…
Greg Meyer will be speaking at the Maine Running Company this Thursday, April 16th, 2009. Greg Meyer is the last American man to win the Boston Marathon with his 2:09:00 in 1983. He has formerly held 2 world records (15K and 10 miles) and 10 American records (8K, 10K, 15K, 25K, and 10 miles.) He…
The folks over at the Cox Sports Marathon finally released the elevation profile for the new course, and it definitely looks like the race is going to be a little easier this year than it was last year. I resized, rescaled, and merged together the split elevation profile that they are providing so that you…
About a month ago, the United States challenged Jamaica to a Dual-Meet Series where the two sprinting powerhouses could face off against one another in team competition. Jamaica accepted the challenge a few weeks later. Former world-record holder Asafa Powell is not very impressed with the arrangement, however. “I don’t really see the importance of…
Just a quick note this morning: I happened upon a great article at BU Today where a first time Boston runner interviewed some noteable folks about the Boston Marathon with a bent towards getting tips for a first timer. It’s a great ready, and features advice from John Kelley the Younger, Amby Burfoot, Bruce Lehane,…
Have you ever miscounted the number of weeks between when you start a training schedule and the day of your marathon? Have you ever realized 2 or 3 weeks out from your race that your schedule ends a week or two early or else goes right through your race and has the race weekend actually…
This weekend saw a lot of great racing, with at least 10 runners below 2 hours and 7 minutes in races around the world. Six of them were in Paris alone! Most impressive, of course, is Duncan Kibet and James Kwambai‘s 2:04:27 marathon in Rotterdam, where Kibet just edged Kwambai as both ran a time…
Today was my first experience with the Great Bay Half Marathon, and I really enjoyed it. It’s a well organized event on a good course. The weather was absolutely beautiful, although there were some pretty strong winds throughout much of it that made moving fast relatively difficult. About 5 minutes after the scheduled start (and…