Posts filed under 'Columns'
Here you will find posts filed under a specific theme and/or author. Mike Antonucci’s ‘Running Is Funny’ for example.
Jessica has written considerably for us here at Complete Running - mostly focusing on the ultra and trail running scenes. She's been particularly busy lately over at her blog
- Running is a Journey - writing up a boatload of reviews. Here's a sampler of what's been on tap at Jessica's lately:
Reviews of Moeben sleeves and skirts (two reviews in one post)
A review of the Energizer Trailfinder Headlamp
and a review…
Need a laugh? Then head on over to CRN alumni Mike Antonucci's Running is Funny website and let the hilarity begin!…
I love running.
I don't love swimming, biking, push-ups, weightlifting, discus throwing, tossing the caber or Johnny on the Pony.
Running seven days a week is really, really bad for my legs, so my off-days are off-days. I don't run and I don't (grimace) cross-train.
That is, until an injury forced me to find some way to maintain a semblance of aerobic fitness while recuperating. Standing in the gym with dozens of machines…
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?
Judge for yourself in this video of Bolt and Powell having a dance-off at a party sponsored by Puma after the Olympics.
There is a hi-res version on the Puma web site titled Chasing Bolt.
I'm guessing this is…
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.
I was perfectly willing to fill it with my normal rantings, but I wondered if there was a Carnival of Running to help me direct readers to other useful material.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a blog carnival is, according to Wikipedia, "a…
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 by peroneal tendonitis.
I was pretty bummed about it, especially because my wife and I planned a week's vacation around the Maui Half Marathon. OK, so we were still going to enjoy the sun, sand and surf…
Last weekend I ran a local 5k that was conventional in every way but one—the race began and finished in a cemetery.
Normally I would consider a run through a graveyard in July's sweltering heat an ill omen. But the temperature cooperated and there was plenty of shade. The only downside was, well, not wanting to stand around on the grass, if you know what I mean.
It got me to thinking…
Flotrack's Christopher Kelsall recently interviewed Nobuya "Nobby" Hashizume, a coach of the Lydiard method and one of the co-founders of the Arthur Lydiard Foundation. In the interview, they discuss the popularity and success of the Lydiard method, coaching in Japan and the United States, tricks to running fast, and why it's important to do everything from the bottom of your heart.
Check out the interview here…
The Olympics begin in two weeks, and as much as we admire all those amazing athletes from around the world, it's extremely difficult to identify with them.
If my calculations are correct, Tyson Gay achieves a speed of 23 mph for his 100 meter sprints. You couldn't get a bicycle up to that speed from a standing start.
So I decided to learn about the Olympians at the other end of the…
One of CompleteRunning.com's most popular columns of all-time is a list of 25 Celebrities Who've Run a Marathon by Mark Iocchelli.
Knowing that you totally smoked Al Gore is inspirational for some, but isn't it even more inspirational to know that you have accomplished something that very famous people have not?
I think so. So here is a list of celebrities who have never covered the 26.2. I'll even use Mark's categories:
Actor…
Dateline London: "Athletes looking for a performance boost are increasingly turning to a little blue pill more usually taken for its off-the-field benefits: Viagra.
"Some sports authorities say the drug is now finding a following among athletes.
"The World Anti-Doping Agency is currently studying Viagra's effects in athletes, but hasn't yet banned it. Experts are divided over whether it actually offers athletes an edge."
As a public service, CompleteRunning.com provides this series of…
I happen to be in Washington, DC for this Independence Day weekend, and how better to celebrate than an early morning run.
Of course, you are reading this on July 4th, the traditional Independence Day, but I went for my run on July 2nd, which, as everyone ought to know, is the real Independence Day.
I'm not much for scenery while running. My gaze usually centers on the ground about 15 feet…
There is plenty of advice here, and on other websites, about how to improve your running. But what do you do on those days when nothing seems to work?
You know what I mean. Your intervals are slow. Your strides are uneven. Your mood stinks and you're completely gassed about halfway through your 12-miler. You're out there on the road, already flipping through your mental file for the proper adjectives to…
Writing a humor column about running isn't exactly curing cancer, but I have pride, too.
So it's doubly difficult when I come up with an idea, only to find someone else has already written an awesomely funny article on the topic.
We've all read (and in many cases, written) those standard pieces about tackling the marathon for the first time. A parody of these articles is long overdue. Well, the folks over…
Before you were a runner there is no way you would have paid $90 for a pair of sneakers--every six months.
Before you were a runner you thought people who were running just before a race were insane.
Before you were a runner you would have spit out the sugar water that you now drink every 10 minutes.
Before you were a runner you thought women runners were too skinny.
Before you were a…
Politics is a marathon, not a sprint. That is, of course, unless you entered the ACLI Capital Challenge in Washington, DC.
The 27-year-old race benefits the DC Special Olympics and features teams of elected officials and federal employees. You wouldn't expect to find speedsters on the floor of the House or the Senate, but you would be surprised at the quality of some of the runners serving in Congress.
The king of…
Too old to win anymore? Here's one race that levels the playing field for veteran runners.
The Buzz Oates No Excuses 5k in Sacramento, California, is the brainchild of Rich Hanna of Capital Road Race Management. Some of you may recognize Rich as a great but unheralded ultramarathoner. He won a silver medal at the World 100k in 2001, and he's still formidable at age 43. Last March, he won the…
Sure, anyone can post a video of a treadmill accident on the Internet, but it takes thought and creativity to rise to the top of this YouTube sub-genre.
In countdown form, here are the treadmill videos you'll want to roll over and over again:
#5. The Shrimp. Watching a household pet's confusion over a moving treadmill is old hat. But there isn't too much competition for the best shrimp-on-a-treadmill video.
#4. Lazy Cat…
The following is excerpted from a document recently discovered during an archaeological dig near Athens. It appears to be a running log with the name Pheidippides scrawled upon it. I translate it here from the ancient Greek, invoking the Muse as I do so.
August 31, 490 BC:
Sunny, with a little bit of wind. Did my final long run today. Was a bit of a struggle. These new Nike sandals don't…
Type that phrase into Google and you get 43,000 hits (plus 48 videos). But who wants to go through all those agonizing drills? Here are 10 surefire ways to improve your speed.
Switch to the metric system. You're running 5k and 10k races. Why are you telling people your mile splits? "Dude, I ran 6:12s the whole way!"
Join the Keystone Kops.
Change your apparel. While pasting wings on your heels will only…
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