Winter Running Apparel For Your Head

by | Workout Tips

All of this week I will be sharing some tips on Winter Running Apparel, with some strategies on how to keep yourself warm, safe and comfortable in cold and dark running conditions. Today is the 1st of 6 videos, with strategies on how to keep your head warm. (Update:...

Have You Ever Run With a Kenyan For Your Birthday?

by | News

Have you ever received a run as a birthday present? Michael Chambers has. For his 40th birthday this year, his wife arranged for Richard Kiplagat to go for an 8 mile run with him. Kiplagat splits his time between Marakwet, Kenya and New Milford, N.J. He is a 10-time...

Once a Runner now available!

by | Books

Once a Runner will officially be released in the 2nd quarter of next year, and runners have been waiting for years for the book to be printed again. For a (very) limited time you can get an early copy of the book at the Maine Running Company, as a case of the books...

Running 20 miles every other day can be tough.

by | Personal

On Saturday, I ran 20.1 miles and then took a 2 and a half hour nap. On Sunday, I took a 90 minute nap and then ran 6.6 miles. On Monday, I ran 21.3 miles and then took an 80 minute nap. On Tuesday, I went to work and didn’t have a chance to nap, but ran 5.4...

Blackstrap Hell Trail Video #2

by | Race Results

Here is another video from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge, this time from gIANt Parlin. As in yesterday’s video, the transcription is after the break: Pre-race instructions: “Everybody has, I think, a race map. It is a well marked course. “This...

Blackstrap Hell Trail Video

by | Race Results

A video is now available from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge last month, put together by Jeff Walker using my footage and Ian Parlin’s photographs. He did a great job, and it’s too bad it took me so long to get him the video footage in the first...

31 Days of Adding “One More Mile”

by | Race Results

Congratulations to Erik Barr for starting with a 1 mile run at the beginning of November and adding 1 more mile each day through the beginning of December, when he ran 31 miles. Erik ran a total of 496 miles (although he snuck a few extra in there so that he could...