Jenn Stuczynski set the American Indoor Pole Vault Record at the Boston Indoor Games last night at 15′ 9.75″ and then attempted to set a new world record. Here is the result of each of her jump from the video I shot at the meet:
Tomorrow evening is the Boston Indoor Games, a great event put on down at the Reggie Lewis Center every year. If you are planning on being there, then keep an eye out for me as I’ll be there with both my still and my video camera! The Games will not be televised live, but will…
The 28th running of the Mid-Winter Classic in Cape Elizabeth was this morning in what were pretty ideal conditions for the area this time of year. Temperatures hovered around 20 degrees with wind speeds under 3 miles per hour. There were 686 finishers, just a few shy of last year’s record 691. Speaking of records,…
It’s that time of year again! The Visa Championship Series starts tonight with the Millrose Games and continues next week with the Boston Indoor Games. I can’t get to New York today, but will be in Boston next week. The Millrose games will be televised live on ESPN2 tonight from 7-8:30 p.m. It will also…
Shortly after running 50 miles, I wrote a short little article analyzing what I ate the morning of and during the race. I examined the exact number of calories that I consumed compared to my estimated caloric usage. Today, I’m going to share a few of the meals that I consumed in the week leading…
I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other on running skirts. I don’t plan on wearing them, I don’t mind other people wearing them, and I doubt highly that my wife will ever wear one since she thinks that they look ridiculous. Plenty of the women in the group that I coached…
If you were hoping to run the Boston Marathon in 2009 and you haven’t registered yet, then you are going to have to work a little harder to get in: Registration is closed for the 2009 Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon does not have a waiting list, late registration on race weekend, or race day…
Despite feeling ill and being unable to keep liquids down for over 1/3 of the race, Josh Cox still managed to set the American mark in the 50k in 2:47:17. That beats Alex Tilson‘s 2:51:48 set back in 2002, but was a bit short of Thompson Mugwana‘s 1988 world record time of 2:43:38. Cox ran…
Meb Keflezighi chose a good race for his first half marathon win as he managed to beat Dathan Ritzenhein by 10 seconds this morning in Houston at the USATF half marathon championship race. He won the race in 1:01:25. “I just wanted to make a statement that I’m back and that I’m healthy and that…
Last night was the Maine Track Club annual banquet, celebrating the club’s 30th birthday. The evening was a lot of fun, with plenty of folks attending, plenty of good food, plenty of door prizes, and a plethora of awards. The club honored it’s founder, Brian “Ziggy” Gillespie (who was the coach for “Run to Win”…