Sabotage

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.

Your Running News Roundup

Olympic Dreams
A number of periodicals covered the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to allow Oscar Pistorius of South Africa to compete in the summer Olympics. Pistorius, a double amputee, runs with carbon fiber prosthetics, called blades. In order to run in the Olympics, however

Las Vegas Marathon in Financial Trouble

The dirty laundry of some big city marathons is being aired in public. Oddly enough, the organizers of the Las Vegas Marathon figure in many of the recent controversies.

Book Review: 26.2 Marathon Stories

26.2 Marathon Stories is a lovingly crafted tribute from two authors who obviously have a deep, personal connection with marathoning.

All In A Day’s Work

No matter what part of the running spectrum we slot into, whether we’re out for a 2-mile weekend jaunt or to haul it across Death Valley and surrounding mountain ranges, most of us want to know what we can do to run better—faster or longer, or happier and healthier with fewer aches, injuries and heaving [...]

The Golden Years

In running, being over the hill just means you’re picking up steam.
If the blogosphere is any judge, the biggest news out of last week’s London Marathon was not Ryan Hall’s blistering 2:06:17, nor the fact that it was only good enough for fifth place in a race where a record six men finished under 2:07.

Your Running News Roundup

We are less than four months away from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The big spring marathons are almost upon us. The Boston Marathon is April 21, and the U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials will be held in Boston the day before. The London Marathon is April 13.

Tragedy Strikes at Sri Lanka Marathon

A marathon suicide bomber killed 12 people in Sri Lanka this weekend. Among the victims were

Races Off The Beaten Path

So you’ve run the Marine Corps Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the New York Marathon and even the Flying Pig Marathon, but now you’re looking for something a little different. Although running a marathon anywhere is a unique experience in the scope of life’s experiences, some marathons add to the interest

The View From the Front

My lovely wife signed up for a 10-week half-marathon training program and I decided to join her. The program is organized by the local Fleet Feet store and primarily

Frank Shorter on Marathoning

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming. - Frank Shorter

Marathons Going for the Gold?

Except for the traffic problems they cause, you would have to say that big city marathons generally receive positive coverage in the press. This shouldn’t be too surprising. Many newspapers and other media outlets sponsor marathons and there is little question that the races spur the local economy.
Sure, you get a few nay-sayers from time [...]

25 Celebrities Who’ve Run a Marathon

Article Summary: A fun list and photos of actors, musicians, politicians, models and TV personalities who have run a marathon.

Ever wonder who among the rich and famous have run a marathon and how you stack up against them? So did I so I set out to compile a list. An hour of googling later I [...]

Why Did You Run Your First Marathon?

Minutes after a friend and I finished our first marathon, he said something to me that I will never forget and sometimes think about. He said “at least we ran this without having to!” I did not understand what he meant so I asked him to explain. He said that some people who decide to [...]

Thinking of a Running a Marathon? Think Again

This is an article that provides advice for when is the right time in your running career for running a marathon, in addition to providing suggestions for how to approach training form marathons both mentally and physically.

How To Recognize a Marathoner

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

(Thanks to Pamalamadingdong for the tip!)

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

I’m a great believer in high mileage. While we all are, as they say, an experiment of one, and no two runners react the same to a certain type of training, a few principles do apply to all of us, and we can always learn from other’s experience.
I’ve been a runner for nearly three years. [...]

A Good Old Home Town Marathon

f you’ve ever run a marathon what you probably experienced was a start that required separating people into corrals by time to make sure the start was staggered. You probably had to shuffle along for many yards and were probably passed and then passed others for a couple of miles. The water stations stretched for [...]

A Different Kind of Runner

About a month ago I was at a local running store helping register people for a local marathon training program when I overheard an interesting exchange between a newcomer and a coach trying to decide where to place her.
“What’s your pace?” he asked.
“I have no idea.” she responded. This was not unusual; few beginners knew [...]

The Lure of the 2-Hour Marathon

Is a 2-hour marathon possible?
The 2-hour marathon is arguably the single most captivating barrier in distance running. The current popularity of marathons ensures this, as does the round figure of two hours. A two-hour marathon would see the constituent 42.195 kilometres covered in a sizzling 2:51 apiece, or 4:35 for 26.2 miles. The current record, [...]

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