Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a particularly common knee injury that affects 100,000 to 200,000 people each year in the United States. It is the same injury that Tiger Woods struggled with when he won the US Open Golf Championship in 2008

Two Arms!

I love running.
I don’t love swimming, biking, push-ups, weightlifting, discus throwing, tossing the caber or Johnny on the Pony

Olympic Dance-Off

Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell of Jamaica are both teammates and rivals. They both have Olympic gold medals. They are the current and former world record holders in the 100 meters.
But can they dance?

Music Increases Endurance?

You have no doubt heard people tout the positive motivational effect that music can have on your running, but according to new research it may be more

Life is a Carnival…of Running

I needed to free up my eponymous blog for other writing endeavors and so decided last month to create RunningIsFunny.com for all of my running-related blogging.

Your Running News Roundup

New World Record for the Marathon
About 20 years ago, I remember stumbling across a novel about three runners vying to be the first to break two hours for the marathon. At the time, Alberto Salazar had run 2:08:13 in New York (a world record later decertified). Even after that performance, I still thought

Preparation Races, Part II

This is a follow-up from my last article about building up sharpness for your big goal race by completing preparation races.
Once you get closer to your final race, you might want to reconsider your approach to a preparation race. This is especially true if you are training for a marathon.

My Best Worst Race

I took a short break from writing about running because I had to take a short break from running. For the second year in a row, my marathon training and Boston aspirations were sidelined