This Week Last Year: Headphones and Injuries

by | Last Year

I felt great after running in New York City, but I can not say that the marathon took no toll on my body at all. It was very obvious after I returned to the weight room this week last year that squats and lunges right after a marathon can leave you sore for a while....

How to train young athletes (Endure! Review)

by | Books, Reviews

Rick Karboviak believes that most high school running coaches in this country are training our kids incorrectly, and that it is hurting the sport. He believes that we need to do more to develop the next generation of runners, and provides some solutions and strategies...

A 3 year old learns to wheel chair race

by | Race Results, Sports

The following race recap was written by Sara Holtsman, who runs in the St. Louis, Missouri area. She fits in time as a lawyer between her workouts. This past weekend, she had the pleasure of introducing a new athlete into the sport of running and wheelchair racing....

Patriots Day 5 Miler on Veterans Day

by | Race Results, Sports

I got down to the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler today, which is Veteran’s Day. I’m glad that I got there early; they put me on parking duty and I got to warn people to park higher and higher up the Eastern Prom as the parking lots filled up. Between the race...

The best sources of running advice…

by | Fitness

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about great sources of information for the month of November. Today, I would like to talk about the best sources of running advice. The trick to getting good running advice is to...

This Week Last Year: New York City Results

by | Last Year

After a few days off from the site to run the marathon (during which time I got a lot of traffic, surprisingly enough), I wrote up my thoughts and experiences from New York City while Scott began the next month’s topic on injuries. The first thing to note about...