How much time do you spend in front of a computer?

by Blaine Moore | Books, Reviews

Do you ever get stuck working for too long and just can’t seem to find a way to get out the door for your run? Or has it been so long since you ran that you couldn’t even say when or how far it was? Israel over at Fat Man Unleashed has a short eBook...

This Week Last Year: Calendars, Toys and 2 Hour Marathons?

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

This week last year was a busy one, with a lot of quality articles on a wide range of topics. News bites were mixed in with training advice, and a good description of toys was mixed in with reader questions. The week began with a discussion of a number of different...

Maine Running Company now recycles your old running shoes

by Blaine Moore | News

The Maine Running Company has started a running shoe recycle program, which is great news for Southern Maine. Before the program began at Maine Running, the closest shoe recycling center was in New Hampshire and they only accepted a few pairs of shoes at a time. Maine...

Exhaustion settles in…

by Blaine Moore | Books

Ever since I originally wrote a series of articles on marathon preparation and recovery for some friends of mine a year and a half ago, I thought about writing a book on the subject. I finally began that project this past Summer, and for the past couple of months I...

Garmin ForeRunner + Indoor Track = ???

by Blaine Moore | Equipment, Personal

I wore my new Garmin ForeRunner 305 to the indoor track today so that I could make use of the heart rate monitor. That aspect of my workout was a failure, but I learned quite a few things about my new GPS watch and running on an indoor track. When I got home, I was...

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur has died

by Blaine Moore | News

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur of France passed away yesterday at the age of 70. She ran 2:01.9 in the 800 meter at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, losing the race by 0.8 seconds in a world record setting performance by Ann Packer of Britain. She also competed in...

“Setting and Achieving Your Goals in 2008” Clinic

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Tomorrow night, Professor Bill Gayton, PhD. will talk about how your goals directly impact your athletic performance at Peak Performance Multisport. He is a sports psychologist from the Psychology Department at the University of Southern Maine. He will identify the...

Make Your Own Protein Bars

by Blaine Moore | Food & Beverage, Recipes

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about food and recipes for the month of January. This week, Scott shares a method for making your own protein bars out of a few simple ingredients. Scott’s recipe calls for...

Getting Lost while Running in the Middle of a Lake

by Blaine Moore | Equipment, Personal

I got lost in the middle of a lake today while I was out running. (If you have never done it before, then be sure to read the FAQ about Lake Running first!) You would think that it would be pretty difficult to get lost in the middle of a lake. After all, there are no...

Listen to the Replay of the Marathon Questions Call

by Blaine Moore | Run To Win Website

I would like to thank everybody that was able to make the conference call this afternoon, it was a lot of fun and it lasted for about 65 minutes. There were about a dozen people on the call in total. At one point there were 6 or 7 people dialed in through the...