Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thurs, Dec 8

You saw our new SaltStick contest? It's about dang time someone invented a good way to carry salt! Check it out here. Oh, and bring your best haiku game!

Everyone knows about the movie Unbreakable. Now hear from JB Benna what it was like to make it in our brand new podcast.

OK, what the heck happened at the Las Vegas Marathon? Geez!

What are your plans for February? How about a trail run in the Cayman Islands? Check out the Cayman Islands 50k.  More info here.

Glen Redpath and Diane Finkle complete 24 hour event.  Hey RD's, put on more timed events! Please?

Monday, November 7, 2011

Mon, Nov 7

Great weekend for cold weather racing! Lithia Loop results and pics here and NYC Marathon results here.

The NoMeatAthlete talks about iron.

Did you hear our new podcast with AJW?

Will the new $2,000 stipend to collegiate athletes ruin college sports?

I'm famous for finding shirts, gloves, hats, gloves, and money on my runs, but I've never, ever found one of these.

How to teach kids to love running.

Running 26.2 to be faster at 3.1.  Goes both ways.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Wed, Nov 2

Sounds like Geoff Roes has lost interest in Western States.

Wardian, Meghan Arbogast, Max King, and others named in USATF's MUT Runners of the Year.

NY Marathon is this weekend.  You watching?

More on that wacky runners-in-light-outfits event in Scotland.

Max King, Erik Skaggs, and Jenn Shelton will all be racing Lithia on Saturday.  Yeah, I'm getting chicked.

Did you know Ryan Hall lives in Redding, California now? I'll be driving thru on my way to Ashland...maybe I'll pick him up and see what he can do on the trails.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Thurs, Sep 29, 2011

How exercise strengthens the brain.

This Irishman just ran his first trail ultra, and it sounds like's addicted already.

Meb is racing in Skechers. Really? Sounds sketchy.

Dean Karnazes is continuing his speaking tour and inspiring new runners.

How do forefoot runners walk around the house? Interesting question.

Karl Meltzer learns what the back of the pack looks like...And he's impressed.

Looks like Geoffrey Mutai will be running the NYC Marathon. This should be awesome.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tues, Sep 13

Which is harder to get into? States or Boston Marathon? Boston registration opens today.

Veteran ultrarunner and RD of the Minnesota Voyager has heart attack after race. Get well soon.

...and this triathlete passed away after going into cardiac arrest during a tri.

Older athletes pushing the limits.

Jurek's 5 years at UTMB. Good read.

Scott Dunlap's Wasatch 100 race report with some incredible pictures. What would you expect?

Timmy Olson's TransRockies "big kids camp" belated race report.

And Jean Pommiers turns in a race report from Rio Del Lago 100. Didn't go as planned, but Jean is a fighter.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wed, July 27, 2011

Boston stud Geoffrey Mutai wins the 10k in Castelbuono with a 29:05.


We're waiting for the weather to cooperate so Diana Nyad can make her epic endurance swim from Cuba to Florida.  Check out the numbers, then remember she's 61.


Meanwhile, Lisa Bliss is underway in her 145 mile solo, unsupported Badwater crossing. She's pulling/pushing a 240 pound cart full of water. Two hundred and forty damn pounds to the top of Mt. Whitney. Watch her SPOT beacon here.


Looks like Roes is back in form, winning Crows Pass for a third straight year.


Prepaid IV fluids at the Leadville finish? Huh? Read Thornley's take on it here and AJW's and Rod Bien's in the comments.