I think that I probably wasn’t alone while dreading the 5k last night. When I left work, it was 91 degrees out with no air movement. Thankfully, by the time that I drove to the race start, about 5 miles towards the ocean, the temperature had dropped about 20 degrees and a nice breeze had…
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part was about nutrition basics and fueling, and the third part was…
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part was about nutrition basics and fueling, and the third part was…
This year’s cross country clinic is going to be tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 at the University of Southern Maine’s Gerald Talbot Auditorium in Luther Bonney Hall on the Portland Campus. The lineup is very similar to last year, with the addition of 3 world class athletes and a nutritionist, although Bob Bramen, the head…
It was a good night for a race. It was relatively warm, but nowhere near as humid as it has been. This led to the gravel path around the Back Cove being nice and dusty, leaving a fine layer of grit on everybody’s legs. Matt Lane won the race in an easy 17:12, almost 80…
This morning was the LL Bean 4th of July 10k, which I have not run for the past few years. As I said back in 2005, this course is not quite flat: Today was far and away the best running weather that I have ever had on this course. It was humid, but the temperatures…
The 4th Weekly Back Cove race was last evening, and the photos are already online. I especially enjoyed the photo of the guy pretending to be my logo in front of the banner! All of the fast guys were out last night, which almost made me regret my decision to run slow this week. (Almost.)…
The 40th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival is this weekend, and the 24th running of the Clam Festival Classic 5 mile road race was this morning. The temperature was a cool 84 degrees (compared to last year’s 96 fahrenheit) despite starting at 8 o’clock in the morning. Bob Winn held a course record of 23:58 on…