The Boston Marathon has announced the new qualifying standards, which will go into effect in 2013. Basically, runners will need to run at least 5 minutes and 59 seconds faster than the current standards in order to BQ. (The standards are all being made 5 minutes faster, and they are also going to stop allowing…
The recent change in hosting here at Run to Win meant that the contact forms on the website were broken – so if you have tried to get a hold of me in the past few weeks but haven’t heard back from me, I apologize and ask that you send your email again. Anything sent…
Unfortunately, the police have said that the shoulders in Cape Elizabeth will now be plowed back far enough for 800 runners by Sunday morning, so the race has been postponed until February 27th. You can get the full details on the Mid-Winter Classic website. If you can’t run, you can transfer your registration to another…
A couple of weeks ago I got to run the last Ghost Town 38.5 (click here for my race report) which takes the runners up Highway 152 for 6 miles and then sends them off into the Gila National Forest for the majority of the race before turning us around and sending us back the…
I went into the 2011 Bradbury Squall having no idea about what to expect, having never run a snowshoe race before and having run an ultramarathon the previous weekend. Since I didn’t know how long it would take me, how fast I could run, or how I would compare to the other runners, I just wanted to finish in the top third of all finishers and called that good for my goal going into the race. It was a good race, with a start and finished on groomed double track and the majority of the race taking place on single track.
The Natural Running Symposium took place in October of 2010 at the Maine Running Company. Danny Abshire from Newton Running, Kirsten Buchanan from Impact Sports Medicine and Jamie Raymond from Raymond Chiropractic joined John Rogers to talk about barefoot and natural running in front of a crowd of about 60 people. Each speaker had their…
I had the privilege of running the final edition of the Ghost Town 38.5 this January, and it was a lot of fun and involved eating a lot of really good food…well, at least before and after the race. There was plenty of food available during the race as well, but I didn’t eat nearly…
Didn’t get into the Beach to Beacon last year? Frustrated by how quick it sold out and don’t think there were enough lottery slots? Felt that you weren’t paying enough to run the race? Well, not to fret, the 2011 registration guidelines have been announced! Similar to last year, there will be a multi-tiered registration…
The Natural Running Symposium took place in October of 2010 at the Maine Running Company. Danny Abshire from Newton Running, Kirsten Buchanan from Impact Sports Medicine and Jamie Raymond from Raymond Chiropractic joined John Rogers to talk about barefoot and natural running in front of a crowd of about 60 people. Each speaker had their…
Jack LaLanne is the “GodFather of Fitness” and spent most of his life encouraging a healthy lifestyle among Americans. His television show promoting fitness, good nutrition, and his own ideas about how to lead a better life aired for over 40 years from 1951 through 1985. He’s also done some pretty amazing physical feats, such…