Good running form can be an important part of preventing injuries and extending the life of your running shoes. Recently, I was asked by somebody if the wear on the outside edge of their heel was normal as he had just recently begun running in more minimal shoes than he was used to. His question…
Bradbury Mountain hosts 2 trail racing series. The first is the Summer series which consists of 3 trail races, and the second is the Winter series which consists of 3 snowshoe races. The Breaker is the 2nd race of the Summer Series. This was my second year running the Breaker, and I think that it…
A couple of weeks ago I made it to the Beach to Beacon expo for the first time in I don’t know how many years…at least 5 or 6. It has grown quite a bit since the last time that I was there. One of the booths had a few of my friends at it,…
Relentless Forward Progress is a great introduction to ultramarathons for the average marathoner. Bryon Powell does a good job of covering a lot of different topics that the curious marathoner would want to know about taking the next step. Where he falls short, however, is in the format that that information is presented in, at…
This was my second trip to Great Cranberry Island for the ultramarathon, and I had a great time despite the fact that I didn’t finish the race. The only other time that I dropped out of a race was when I was in high school and I fell down the side of a mountain and…
Jennifer Pharr Davis first hiked the entire 2,181 miles of Appalachian Trail in 2005. In 2008, she returned, and covered the entire distance between Mount Katahdin in Maine and Springer Mountain in Georgia in 57 days, 8 hours, and 35 minutes, faster than any woman had ever covered the distance before. Yesterday (July 31, 2011),…
Does stretching make you a better runner, or a worse runner? Should you stretch before your run, after your run, or both? Stretching damages your muscles, the same as any other kind of workout, so that they can come back with appropriate adaptations to withstand that activity in the future. Granted, the microscopic tears from…
There hasn’t been a lot of news about Oscar Pistorius for a few years. Oscar is a double amputee that was banned by the IAAF for having an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes, and then allowed back into competition following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The position that the CAS took…
While I will occasionally read something from their website, I very rarely purchase an issue of Runner’s World anymore. When I was younger, I was subscribed for years, but around the time that I got to college it just didn’t seem relevant to me anymore. The other day, however, I picked up a copy. It…
Go to just about any marathon, and you’ll find people raising money for cancer research. We all know somebody that has been impacted by some sort of cancer or another. Today’s guest post is by Kate Flaherty, an outreach coordinator for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. She is passionate about nutrition and fitness and believes that…