Just like last week last year, most of what I wrote this week centered around the Boston Marathon. This week I described what happened as opposed to what was coming up. The website updated automatically as I ran with text alerts, notifying the site about my disappointing finishing time. I missed out on all of…
This week last year was centered on my preparations for the Boston Marathon. I began the week by discussing my taper and race goals, which wound up not being feasible no matter how realistic they may have began as. I quickly began to wonder whether the Boston Marathon would be rained out or not. This…
Ryan Hall’s Splits 10K, 29:11 20K, 58:58 1/2, 1:02:13 30K, 1:28:38 40K, 1:59:23 finish, 2:06:17 This morning was the London Marathon, and coming through in an impressive 5th place was Ryan Hall with a time of 2:06:17. He came across the line over 2 minutes faster than he ran last year in the race. Ryan…
Maine Running Company will once again bring in a marathon legend during the week of the Boston Marathon. This year, Dick Beardsley will return once again to relive the 1982 “Duel In The Sun” between himself and Alberto Salazar. The Maine Running Company will have copies of “Duel In the Sun” for sale and Dick…
The Maine Running Company is holding a “fund” run for Emily and Maddie LeVan Thursday, April 3rd, at 6:00. There will be a discussion about training for the Olympic Trials that will include Emily LeVan, Sheri Piers, and Kristen Barry. The Two Trials fund raiser has raised over $41,000 of the $52,400 goal so far,…
Thanks to everybody for the well-wishes and for the queries about how I ran this weekend. I will keep this very brief since I managed to catch a small bug and am going to spend a few more days resting and not taxing myself. The flights down to Georgia were uneventful, and it was quite…
If all is going according to plan, then I am on my way down to Atlanta right now for the RRCA Coaching Clinic and for the ING Georgia Marathon. I have a review scheduled to appear on the site tomorrow morning thanks to a couple of excellent readers from my newsletter, and if I can…
Once again, I seemed to miss a week for looking back. Last week last year was busy, with quite a few news notes, training tips, and discussions on research findings. I discussed some research on the merits of tempo workouts vs. interval workouts. Personally, I prefer a good mix of different types of workouts in…
Now is the last chance that you will have to get your questions answered in the interview with Emily LeVan on Wednesday night! If you have a question, you can ask it here: http://www.marathoning.org/ask/Emily-LeVan.html If you just want to dial in and listen to the interview or ask your questions in person, or if you’d…