Have you ever run a race blind folded?

by | Sports

I have never run a race blind folded, but I have run many times (and raced a few times) without having the full use of my vision. This June there is a race in Boston called the Vision 5k where runners are blindfolded and given a guide so that they can experience what...

Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5k 2007

by | Race Results, Sports

Every year, the Portland Sea Dogs put on a 5k race on Mother’s Day. The team mascot, Slugger, drives in the pace car with his mother around the course, which is one loop. It is a fun race that usually has less than ideal conditions. Not today, though. The...

Man is the best runner in the animal kingdom

by | News

Man used to be a gatherer who had yet to learn how to fashion weapons that could kill things from a distance. He evolved a sense of balance and an ability to run to dead meat before anything else, which allowed him to get food before other animals. As he got better at...