How to find an inaugural race (or any local race)

by Blaine Moore | Sports, Workout Tips

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about some things that you might be able to do locally throughout the month of April. This week I will wrap things up by sharing some ways to find local races, especially...

This Week Last Year: Swimming

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

This week last year was filled mostly with racing news, and what wasn’t racing was related in some way to swimming. I offered 9 methods for counting laps in the pool. I usually use the buoys on the lane dividers. A revolutionary in the shotput in the early 50s,...

Safe Passage 5k (2008)

by Blaine Moore | Race Results

The Safe Passage 5k was this morning, with little to no wind, a clear sky, and cool but warming temperatures. There were 392 finishers. Ethan Hemphill led a string of 4 Dirigo runners to win the race in 15:29, with Suzanne Ray taking the women’s race in 19:07....

LaTesha Jenkins beats drug charges

by Blaine Moore | News

One of Trevor Graham’s athletes that has tested positive for steroids has had her career restored after appealing the drug tests. Her case has been under review and appeal since 2006. LaTesha Jenkins can now compete again now that she has both won her appeal and...

Making up workouts is a bad idea, especially during a taper

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips

What do you do when you aren’t motivated to run, or when your schedule gets interrupted and you have to miss a workout? If you are like most runners, then you try to make up that workout later in the week. I definitely recommend against doing that, especially...

Olympic Trials Photos

by Blaine Moore | Sports

I have uploaded my photos from the women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. I have not had time to title or tag them all yet, but they are in chronological order if you’d like to browse through them. You can view the entire set by going...

Benefits of Sharing a Home Gym

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about some things that you might be able to do locally throughout the month of April. This week, Scott offers a few benefits to sharing your home gym with a training partner, not...

Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials

by Blaine Moore | Race Results

Today was the women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. Congratulations to all of the women that finished! Magdalena Lewy Boulet led most of the race, building a 40 second lead within 4 miles and extending that to almost 2 minutes throughout the race. In the last lap and...

This Week Last Year: Boston and a State of Emergency

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

Just like last week last year, most of what I wrote this week centered around the Boston Marathon. This week I described what happened as opposed to what was coming up. The website updated automatically as I ran with text alerts, notifying the site about my...

Two Trials » A Goal Exceeded and the Nightly News

by Blaine Moore | News

I want to take this opportunity to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to Emily and to Maddie LeVan for not only meeting but also exceeding their goal of raising $52,400 for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. And not only have they exceeded their goal, but they did so...