The Miracle Cure »
Runners can entertain each other for hours talking about the symptoms and effects of various leg injuries and ailments. Useful treatments, however, tend to amount to one thing: RICE.
Retail Therapy: Men’s Bamboo Tee »
Admit it: You’re a sucker for a multi-faceted product. I saw this tee and I was immediately intrigued with the fabric. It’s made of bamboo?!
Your Running News Roundup »
Where do you buy your shoes? One of the oldest pieces of advice passed along to new runners is to buy your shoes at a running store. They have the staff and resources, the argument goes, to ensure that you pick the right shoe for you. What few people mention is that most of their [...]
Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome »
You innocently bend over to pick something off the floor and suddenly— low back pain! Examination by your doctor reveals that you haven’t got a disk injury or a hip problem and your blood work doesn’t demonstrate any inflammatory arthritic conditions, yet you still don’t have a diagnosis. What could this be?
Rudy Guiliani On Leadership »
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.
–Rudy Guiliani
Photo of the Week: Who’s Got the Soap »
This week’s photo was taken during last year’s Chicago Marathon. No shortage of water in this photo. Thanks go to BrokenBat for this one. Be sure to check out his other photos on his Flickr photostream.
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Jim Goodwin on Life »
The impossible is often untried. –Jim Goodwin
The Boston Marathon – Time Machine »
This remarkable film clip shows Bill Rodger’s 1979 Boston Marathon win
Buckminster Fuller on Training »
Don’t oppose forces. Use them. –Buckminster Fuller
The Most Pointless Marathon Story Ever Written »
Yes, it’s a provocative charge, but what else can you say about a Reuters story by Alastair Himmer headlined, “Tokyo marathon runner solves mystery of sore nipples“?
Science Wednesday »
At every gym, there is a dark and mysterious place. There are heavy things that can crash and bang, as well as easily hurt someone. I’ve cast surreptitious glances toward this world, even tried to step inside, but it is beyond my comfort zone. I have no problem throwing on bright yellow clothing and running [...]
Photo of the Week: Slug Lane »
If the races I ran had this lane, it’s likely where you would find me…lol.
Thanks Jeanne, aka WebSphinx for letting us feature your photo from the Arlington 9-11 Memorial 5k. You can see more photos on her Flickr Site or better yet, check out Jeanne’s blog.
Got a photo you would like featured, leave [...]
Beijing 2008: Where Will the Media Stand? »
There’s nothing like the prospect of prohibiting free speech to rile up the media. In a short span of days, the British Olympic Association’s inept and naive move to prohibit their athletes from criticizing China during the Olympics
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Mt. Cameroon Race of Hope – Conquering a Volcano »
The Mt. Cameroon Race of Hope pits runner against elevation, loose volcanic rock. 50 degree temperature changes and sheer will. For a lucky few there is gold in them thar hills
The Way to Go »
I promise not to be graphic in discussing this topic, but I will be candid. I’ll also ease into it gradually, so you’ll have multiple opportunities to click on this handy modesty link, which will take you to the Complete Running home page with no harm done.
Calvin Coolidge on Success »
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.–Calvin Coolidge
Retail Therapy: Spring Fever »
Spring fever.
I think we’ve all got it, especially those of you up north who have been buried up to your eyeballs in snow. I can’t make the snow go away, but
Your Running News Roundup »
How are you doing on your new year’s resolutions? Chinese New Year arrived on February 7, so think of it as another chance to get a fresh start. The Age (Australia) has a good piece about the role the mind plays in exercise. Setting realistic goals and creating accountability
Martin Luther King Jr. on Life »
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Your Right to Shoes »
How many pairs of running shoes do you have stashed away somewhere in your home? How long has it been since you wore the oldest pair?
If you’ve been a runner for any length of time, you’ve got more running shoes lying around than you can possibly use.
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Photo of the Week: How Cold is Too Cold? »
Are you a fairweather runner? If the temperatures dropped to below -30C or -22F would you still run? Well Saturday, 56 runners in Calgary did just that as they competed in the Nose Hill Cross Country 4/8k Race. The runners believe it or not, ranged in age from 6 to over 70. The great thing [...]
The Triska- Deca- What? »
The half-marathon is one of the most challenging and most enjoyable race distances many runners will ever experience. And yet, for years it has suffered a reputation as the Rodney Dangerfield of road racing: it doesn’t get any respect.
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