Photo by Jim HarrisMaurice Green, who has won the 100 meter race in both world championship and Olympic races, has decided to hang up his spikes in order to pursue coaching and business opportunities. “Today I’m officially announcing my retirement from the sport. I don’t think I can have that mental battle with myself coming…
This morning could not have gone any better for the race directors at the Mid Winter Classic. The 10 mile race seemed to go off without a hitch, from volunteer support to record participation, and even including beautiful running weather. It was about 34 degrees out with an average 5 mile per hour wind, which…
This week last year, I talked a bit about proper locker room etiquette, sharing some mostly obvious rules about how to get along with your neighbor in the locker room. If the locker room isn’t your thing, Scott also discussed the basics of setting up a home gym. In racing news, Dirigo managed to sweep…
The Mid-Winter Classic 10 Mile Road Race is this Sunday, February 3rd at 9:45 a.m. This is an excellent early season run, and is the first race of the season for me every year. The race takes place in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Race day registration is available in the high school cafeteria, and you can…
How did your fantasy track team do last week at the first “Pick & Win” for the Visa Championship Series? My team put me into 296th place with 91 points. Hopefully this week I will do a little better, but at least I made the top 500. I was less than 30 points behind first…
Should Dwain Chambers be allowed to compete on the international stage despite his previous use of performance enhancing drugs and the UK Athletics tough stance on doping? According to the IAAF, then yes, he should be allowed to compete. This is a huge blow to the strict UKA anti-doping policies that they are trying to…
How far would you run to see a movie? Last week, there was a 1 night showing of The Spirit of the Marathon in 1 theater here in Maine. Crow Athletics and the Spudland Racers got together to send some runners down to Brunswick to catch the movie last Thursday evening. The catch? They lived…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we wrote about food and recipes for the month of January. I’d like to finish the month up by offering a few of my favorite chicken recipes. Chicken is a great source of protein because it contains all of the essential amino acids…
Spectators at this year’s Boston Indoor Games got to see some more records set, continuing last year’s trend. Meseret Defar took the spotlight, leading Kim Smith into a world record pace in the 2 mile with a time of 9:13.94. The former indoor world record of 9:23.8 was set at the 2002 Boston Indoor Games,…
It is that time of year again. If you live in Maine currently or are a native Mainer, then the Maine Running History website is looking for updates on your personal records in the marathon and at other distances. You can email them your relevant info or fill out a form right on the website….