Would you share a win?

by | Race Results

Imagine that you are in a race, and you have been working with another runner for many miles. You know that you are both running faster than you could have alone, and there’s a $1000 pot for the first place finish. Would you be able to share that win, and the...

This Week Last Year » The Beach to Beacon

by | Last Year

Topics this week last year were dominated by the Beach to Beacon. I started the week off by offering 4 ways to determine the length of a pool in response to a reader question on the matter. Maine Running Company hosted a talk by John L Parker, Jr. where he discussed...

TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k (2008)

by | Race Results

The 10th annual TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. As always, it was a closely contested race that is great for spectating. While the temperature was not very high during the race, it was quite humid. Unlike last year, the fog...

Men’s 4×400 American Record may be voided

by | News

In 1998, Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington and Michael Johnson set the American 4x400m record with a time of 2:54.20. That record is in discussions to be removed, with the 2:54.29 that was run in the 1993 World Outdoor Championships getting reinstated....

Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 12

by | Race Results

It was a beautiful evening for a run tonight. Now that week 12 is under the bag, there are only 6 races left so if you haven’t run yet then you need to show up next week in order to appear on the leader board. Chris Harmon made his first appearance since week 3,...

Would you give your medical information to a race?

by | Sports

The Beach to Beacon is trying something that I haven’t seen a lot of to date. They are trying to collect relevant medical data on as many of their runners as they can so that if there is an emergency it will be available to the first responders who are on site....