I actually find the weather here in Maine very humorous. When I ran the 1 More Mile challenge back in 2010, we had a pretty rough Winter with a lot of less than ideal running weather – snow, rain, heavy fog and the like. Then I stopped running the challenge, and the rest of the…
Lazarus Lake is well known in ultra-running circles not only for his own running but for the great races that he puts on, including Vol State, the Barkeley Marathons, and Big’s Backyard Ultra. A few years ago, he found a pitbull that had been abandoned and shot at the edge of his property, and decided…
It’s been 2 years since the 1 More Mile for Sunshine challenge ended. I didn’t make it through day 25 last time, but my friends rallied around me on the 31st to get the missing miles in and I was able to end on a high note and raise enough money for a family to…
The Alliance for Biking & Walking just released their 2012 Benchmarking Report, which describes the data that they have collected and analyzed across all 50 states and 51 of the largest cities in the country on safety, infrastructure, habits, policies, education and the economic impact of bicycling and walking. The report is a great resource…
This past weekend the Olympic Marathon Trials took place in Houston, Texas. A day later, there followed the Houston Marathon. This also happened to be my birthday weekend, so what better way to celebrate a birthday than to watch some amazing athletes and then run a marathon? It was a great weekend. I knew it…
This evening I went to write today’s journal entry in my copy of the 2012 Runner’s Almanac and realized that today’s quote was quite appropriate. “Pain Is Temporary. Quitting is Forever.” –Lance Armstrong I drove down with some friends the GAC Fat Ass 50k this morning with the intention of running all 5…
For the second year in a row, I brought in the New Year by heading out to Hopkinton at 6:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day. For 8 years now, Gary Allen has been running the Boston Marathon course first thing in the morning come rain, snow or clear skies. For the past few years now,…
The 2012 Runner’s Almanac has officially become available as of this afternoon. On November 29, I tried to go to bed early, but I had an idea. So I got up to write down some notes and went back to bed. Then I got up to take more notes. This went on until instead of…
Thanks to everybody who took part in the IceSpike contest last week! We had 54 entries this time, and our winner was AMJW from Running Overdose (Alicia, I’m guessing?) I’ll be emailing you for where to send your free set of IceSpikes. I’d like to apologize for waiting a week before choosing a winner. I’ve…
Yesterday, I held a short contest which ended about a half of an hour ago for a free set of IceSpikes. I’ll be announcing the winner below. I’d also like to announce another contest for another free set! This one will run a little longer. You have from now until Friday, December 9th at noon…