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Photo of the Week: Calgary Police Half Marathon, 2007 »

Race Entry fee – $50
New Runners – $124
Beating my old PR for the course by 24 minutes – PRICELESS
This weeks featured photo is a collage of my fav photos from yesterday’s Calgary Police Half Marathon. What an awesome day for a race.

This photo is from my Flicker Site. But you can read more [...]

April 28th Shoutout »

There’s quite a list of new running blogs this week. Check some of them out and make them feel welcome to the Running Blog Family.
The Angry Runner
The Runner Within
Just your everday kind of gal
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Sparty 26.2
26.2 Freakin Miles
Dave’s Distance Running
Gasping For Air
+Long Road to Boston
Greg On the Run
Positive Splits from [...]

Video of the Week: Steve Prefontaine »

In 1972 Steve Prefontaine set the American record in the 1972 5k (13:22.8) and was set to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games. The race shown in this video is the epitome of drive and determination. You can practically feel the lactic acid building up in your legs and your lungs as you watch [...]

Web Site of the Week: Athlinks.com »

(We did a quick review of Athlinks.com a while ago. Here’s a closer look.)
Athlinks.com is a unique and useful Web site for runners, multi-sport enthusiasts, or endurance athletes. The site combines the very popular social aspects of the Internet with race results and event listings.

Some of the main features of the site [...]

How To Recognize a Marathoner »

From the Official User Gallery of the 2007 Flora London Marathon. Enjoy!

(Thanks to Pamalamadingdong for the tip!)

Can Running Ruin Your Teeth? »

Recently, I had a disappointing visit to my dentist. “Why so glum” you ask? Well, he found three cavities (tiny ones but still).
Honestly, I’ve never had the toughest chompers—even as a kid I struggled with cavities whereas, my brother could chew on stones, never brush his teeth, and still never get a single cavity. But, [...]

12 Tips to a Terrific Taper »

Springtime is here, and with it come a multitude of spring marathons. If you’re closing in on an upcoming marathon, your actions during the final two weeks before the race are crucial to your performance. From that point on, it’s all about the taper.
Tapering is a period of “active rest” when your body [...]

5 Secrets to Balancing Running and Family »

I strongly believe in the value of high mileage, and as such spend a lot of time on the road.

Running 80 miles or more per week at my usual training pace of roughly 8 minutes per mile sees me racking up somewhere between 11 and 12 hours each and every week during peak training. Nonetheless, [...]

The Down Side of Gettin’ High »

Come on, admit it. Even if you haven’t done it before, you’ve wanted to. Everyone else is doing it. I’m talking, of course, about high altitude training. What did you think I was talking about?!
Yes, train high, race low (or more accurately: live high, train low, race lower); every endurance [...]

Photo of the Week: Water Hazard »

Watch your step at water stations. If they are anything like this one they could be a bit hazardous. Those sponges look a little slippery.

The photo was taken at the Paris Marathon, April 2006. Thanks to Hughes Leglise-Bataille for sharing this photo with us. Be sure to check out his other photos at his Flicker [...]

Introducing the Complete Running Network Newsletter »

We’ve wanted to do this for a long, long time and it’s finally here!
Issue #1 of the CRN Newsletter has some really cool news and tools in it. It was sent to about 900 runners this past weekend (April 21-22).
Did you get your copy? If you didn’t, and would like to receive future issues just [...]

Photo of the Week: Boston 2007 »

Congratulations to these two Running Blog Family 111th Boston Marathon champs, the incomparable Running Chick With the Orange Hat, and her trusty companion, the unstoppable amazing hip.

(jeff, and Dianna, mile 7-ish; photo courtesy Renée Dekona.)

According to a story in the April 17 edition of The New York Times,
This was the most dismal day to run [...]

Will Run for Money »

We all enjoy the benefits of running and the enhanced quality of life it brings, but wouldn’t it be great to get paid for it? No, I’m not talking about becoming a professional runner and winning races and making money, I’m talking about being paid to just be a runner. Sound farfetched? [...]

Site Maintenance »

Hello faithful readers. CRN will be doing some maintenance beginning Friday evening. You will likely experience periodic connection problems to the site throughout the weekend.
Everything should be sorted out by Monday morning with our hope that load times for the entire domain will have improved by then.
Thanks for your patience. Have we told you lately [...]

The Race Registration Conundrum »

This upcoming Sunday I’m joining 5,000 other runners in the La Jolla Half Marathon, a scenic and challenging seaside course that everyone must finish in under three hours. Some will likely be running with someone else’s number because they didn’t register for their own before the popular race sold out.
How do I know? For the [...]

2007 Boston Marathon Results »

Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya won his second straight Boston Marathon in a time of 2:14:13, gaining an astounding 20 seconds on runner-up James Kwambai of Kenya in the last two kilometres. The times for all runners were slowed by rain and wind. Cheruiyot’s time was the slowest to win at Boston in thirty [...]

Photo of the Week: Boston 1904 »

Today many are running the Boston Marathon. This is what the race looked like back in 1904. Wishing all the runners out there a great race.

Photo courtesy of Running Past, Vintage Photos.
We are always looking for interesting photos so if you’ve got a photo you would like featured, please leave a comment with the [...]

2007 Boston Marathon Preview »

Defending champion Robert Cheruiyot headlines the field at the 111th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16. Cheruiyot set a course record of 2:07:14 on his way to winning his second Boston Marathon. Cheruiyot also won the Chicago Marathon last October, vaulting him to the top of the standings in the World Marathon Majors.
Cheruiyot will be [...]

This Week’s Newest Running Blogs »

Hi everybody! Here are the latest additions to the Running Blog Family. Please be sure to pay them a visit!
Nob Hill Runner’s Journal
Taka Laka
The Run Around
Road to Chicago
La lente de primer
orden
Lisa Running Journal
Leslief44
See Gundy Run
Fumbling Toward Endurance
Light Speed Turtle
Starting over with 100 miles
Tex_roadrunner

Video of the Week: A Friendly Reminder »

When we train we have good days and bad days. We have runs that work for us and give us confidence and then we have runs that go not so well and make us feel like poseurs who have no business running at all. Aren’t we funny?
Well yes. Some of us are [...]

An Insider’s Guide to the Boston Marathon »

For most marathoners, making it to the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., is the completion of a long journey filled with endless miles of training and months of anticipation. But once you make it there, you still have a race to run, and a very difficult and entirely unique one at that. The Boston course [...]

Retail Therapy: Runway Meets Running »

Most men probably have no clue who Stella McCartney is, or they think she’s Paul McCartney’s ex-wife with the prosthetic leg and questionable past. Women in the know are more likely to be aware that Stella McCartney was the head designer for Chloé for years before launching her own brand of high-fashion, celebrity-hyped clothing.
It seems [...]

Get Your Skirt On »

(Yes it’s that time again. Time to revisit running skirts.)
A few short years ago they were obscure. Reserved for “those” women. Do real runners even wear them?
Running skirts. Are they practical? What’s the point? Some women will say they are comfortable. Some wear them to look cute [...]

Ethical Running »

It’s not often that ethical dilemmas occur during road races (at least those that don’t involve Rosie Ruiz), but two recent incidents got me thinking about how much responsibility each of us has to watch out for our fellow runners.
In a 10K race recently, one of my teammates was up front the entire race, trading [...]

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