A 3 year old learns to wheel chair race

by Blaine Moore | 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....

Joan Benoit Samuelson will speak at Maine Running Company

by Blaine Moore | News

Joan Benoit Samuelson will be speaking at the Maine Running Company on Thursday evening, November 15th. She will be talking about race preparation, training up here in Maine, and will host a general Q & A session. Joannie was the first women’s Olympic...

Patriots Day 5 Miler on Veterans Day

by Blaine Moore | 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 Blaine Moore | 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...

Again to Carthage will be published at the end of the month

by Blaine Moore | Books

As the price of Once a Runner soars up near $500 for a used copy, the release date for Again to Carthage approaches at the end of November. The official publication date for Again to Carthage is November 26, 2007. I am not sure when Once a Runner will be republished,...

This Week Last Year: New York City Results

by Blaine Moore | 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...

Ryan Shay was killed by drugs

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

Last weekend, Ryan Shay died during the men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City. He was a hard working young man that everybody liked. He came from a close knit community that has been trying to figure out how they are going to deal with his passing. Over...

Patriot’s Day 5 Miler Rescheduled to Veteran’s Day

by Blaine Moore | Sports

This past Patriot’s Day, I was running the Boston Marathon in the wake of a Nor’Easter. Up here in Portland, though, the Nor’Easter was in full effect, which caused the cancellation of the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler by the Boy’s and...

World Marathon Majors pays out $1 Million

by Blaine Moore | Race Results, Sports

Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya and Gete Wami of Ethiopia were the recipients of the first $1 million payout from the World Marathon Majors this week. The majors will pay out every year going forward on a 2 year rolling cycle. Both runners received $500,000 checks. For the...

A list of strength training forums

by Blaine Moore | Websites

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. Scott begins the discussion this month with a list of strength training forums. Scott lists 7 of the best strength...