Jeremy Litchfield, the founder of Atayne, was recently on Fox 23 to talk about bringing his company back to Maine. He started his company after going out for a run in a hot day and getting covered in dye from the shirt, which made him realize most performance sports apparal doesn’t fit in with his…
When you run, does anything actually get done? Or are you just traveling from one point to another, which often happens to be the same point? I’ve spoken in the past about using running as a means of transportation, and even literally running your errands rather than driving, but this past weekend I got to…
The Maine Trash Runners are gearing up for their first run 10 days from now on May 15, 2010, and you can take part! Here are the details of the run: Our inaugural trash run will bring us to the home of Danny’s on the Mall, Bowdoin College, and Frontier Café. Now that the snow…
Last year, Atayne cleaned up after the Maine Marathon by organizing a trash run. This Summer, they did the same thing for the Beach to Beacon. I wasn’t able to participate in either one, as I was out of town at a wedding for the marathon last year, and had a broken foot this year….
Weren’t able to get into the Beach to Beacon before registration closed (which happened in a mere couple of minutes this year)? Well, there’s still an opportunity to run, thanks to my friends at Atayne. Last year, Atayne adopted the Maine Marathon and sent a few runners along the course after everybody to help pick…
About a year ago, I discussed the environmental impact of running and offered some suggestions about how you can lessen the damage that you personally cause by running. This year, I’d like to revisit the topic by focusing specifically on the impact caused by marathons. The Problems Photo by Don FulanoThe vast majority of marathons…
2007 has been a really busy year here at Run to Win. The website has really grown. I wrote more this year than I did last year, and received about half again as many comments and trackbacks. More than twice as many people visited me this year than did in 2006, and there are about…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about things that deserve more attention throughout the month of October. This week, I am also going to take part in Blog Action Day and discuss the environmental impact of running. Running is a good activity in which to…