How did your fantasy track team do at the Tyson Invitational “Pick & Win” for the Visa Championship Series? My team didn’t do nearly as well as at the Reebok games, but better than at the Millrose Games, and put me into 231st place overall with 228 points between the three events. I am now…
Thinking of running in the New York City Marathon, but don’t want to wait for the lottery to find out if you get to run? If you belong to the New York Road Runners, then you may be used to obtaining a guaranteed entry by competing in at least 9 of the 50 events put…
Tonight led to an interesting run, as evidenced in the photo the right. I considered postponing my run until late tonight so that I could see the eclipse while I was running, but decided that it wasn’t worth staying up that late. I knew that the eclipse would begin around the time that I finished…
Are you going to have an opportunity to see the Olympic Trials out in Eugene this Summer? If so, then you may be in a for a treat. The University of Oregon and the local Olympic organizing committee have pledged to make the trials a tobacco free event, meaning that you shouldn’t have to deal…
I just got off of the line from the second marathon questions call. There were not very many people on the call, so I think that I might go back to having the calls on the weekends as there were 3 times more people on the line. I did not get any questions from anyone…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about do-it-yourself home exercise implements throughout February and March. This week, I’d like to talk about utilizing snow in your workouts. If you live in a climate where there is a good amount of snowfall, then you don’t need…
Haile Gebrselassie set the mark for the indoor 2 mile world record in 2003 at 8:04.69. Yesterday, Kenenisa Bekele broke that mark by 0.34 seconds in Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham to set the new 2 mile world record at 8:04.35. “It was not easy but I knew I could do it,” Bekele said….
This week last year I was fighting off an infection that kept me away from the computer for extended periods. Scott continued our series on books by writing about health and fitness books. I pointed out that lifting weights is a means to an end and not an end in and of itself. In doping…
Up until now, athletes have not been able to update their blogs during the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee was too scared about copyright infringement and the release of sensitive information. Athletes that did update their websites during the 2004 or 2006 games did so without permission from the IOC. Beginning with Beijing, athletes will…
Stay tuned this weekend for some good entertainment. First, on Saturday, February 17th, the Ford Ironman World Championship from Hawaii will be airing on NBC from 2:00 until 3:30 EST. Then, on Sunday, you can watch tonight’s Tyson Invitational on ESPN at 5:00 P.M. EST. Don’t want to wait and have 4 minutes to spare?…