I received another email from Patrick at Universal Sports, this time with information about the London Marathon: This Sunday, April 26th, Universal Sports will continue the Marathon Month with LIVE coverage of the Flora London Marathon via UniversalSports.com. Fans in the US and Canada can tune-in to watch the world’s top marathon runners compete head…
The Boston Marathon is quite an experience, and this week I’ve read quite a few reports that capture what it feels like to be part of it. I’ll be reprinting a few of them here, starting with Candice Chappell’s report of her first time running Boston. I met Candice through the Running Ahead forums, where…
Just yesterday, Kara Goucher was considering the London Marathon. It took about a day or so, but her coach, Alberto Salazar, has talked her out of running. The AP is listing her possible attempt at running London 6 days after Boston as having been unprecedented, but I know that that isn’t true. At least 5…
Boston Marathon Weekend and Patriots’ Day. They seem like a good reason for a vacation day and to head south for an hour and a half for a few days, wouldn’t you say? This weekend, I decided to celebrate the holiday with a couple of giveaways through my email newsletter. If you aren’t familiar with…
Try to imagine that you have an honest chance of winning the Boston Marathon. You run the marathon, and there are still 8 women in the lead pack past 20 miles because the pace is so slow (remember, you have an honest chance of winning!) Then imagine that you are outsprinted in the last mile…
It was a fun but tiring weekend, so details will be forthcoming later. In the meantime, I’ve got a few announcements: I’ve uploaded my photos of the marathon. I haven’t had a chance to look at the video I shot yet. Congratulations to the Dirigo runners, especially to Sheri Piers who finished in 11th place…
I received an email this morning from Patrick Vesely at Universal Sports, who will be providing live coverage online on Monday for the Boston Marathon. Here are the details for those who can’t be there live to watch it in person: Universal Sports will provide live, worldwide coverage of the 113th Boston Marathon on Monday,…
For those in the Southern Maine area that are interested, WCSH 6 News Center 6 at 6 will be doing a segment sometime this evening between 6:00-6:30 on Camp Sunshine and Mike Brooks’ 10 Days for Sunshine run. Mike is going to attempt to run 500 miles over the span of 10 days starting next…
Greg Meyer will be speaking at the Maine Running Company this Thursday, April 16th, 2009. Greg Meyer is the last American man to win the Boston Marathon with his 2:09:00 in 1983. He has formerly held 2 world records (15K and 10 miles) and 10 American records (8K, 10K, 15K, 25K, and 10 miles.) He…
The folks over at the Cox Sports Marathon finally released the elevation profile for the new course, and it definitely looks like the race is going to be a little easier this year than it was last year. I resized, rescaled, and merged together the split elevation profile that they are providing so that you…