2011 Gansett Marathon

A couple of weeks ago I ran the first Gansett Marathon, which was the second annual race as it was moved from last year’s location in Exeter, Rhode Island to Naragansett to accommodate a larger field. This year’s race was just as well organized as last...

2011 Boston Marathon Race Results

Patriot’s Day means the Boston Marathon here in New England, when countless throngs line the streets between Hopkinton and Beantown and cheer on thousands of runners as they make their way along. I’ve run Boston twice, and I honestly think that I prefer...

Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57

Grete Waitz died early this morning at a hospital in Oslo, Norway after a 6 year fight with cancer. Grete was an amazing runner who still holds the 1500 and 3k national records in Norway. She really drew the notice of the American running scene when Fred Lebow invited...

2011 Boston Marathon Preview

The World Marathon Majors are set to get going again this year, with two of the races falling on the same weekend. Normally, the London Marathon and the Boston Marathon are about a week apart, but this year they fall on the same weekend. Here’s who to keep an...

Run/Walk Experiment 2 – No Training Edition

Last year, I laid out my plans about a week before the inaugural Exeter Marathon. I ran a Magic Mile and used Jeff Galloway’s charts to convert that mile time into a marathon time, and talked about my run/walk strategy I was planning on running. Fast forward a...

NJ Ultra Festival – Marathon

Since a 100 mile race wasn’t in the cards given that I hadn’t done the training I had wanted to over the previous 5 months, I got to run a marathon instead with a friend of mine. The last time we had run a marathon together had been in 2006, so we were...

John Rogers Talks About Beach to Beacon Training

Here’s a short 5 minute clip that was on Fox 23 Maine this morning. John owns the Maine Running Company and offers many training programs, including 2 training programs for the Beach to Beacon. I am one of the 7 certified coaches that help train the runners for...