Why I Run

We all have our reasons for running. We want fitness and speed and PRs and time alone and lots of other things. Some of us are super serious and competitive and some of us are just starting out and haven’t really committed to reasons yet and some of us are just working to [...]

Running Upstream

Last Weekend I ran the San Francisco ING Bay to Breakers which is as much street theater as it is a race. Elite runners line up first followed by seeded runners followed by people who actually intend to run the race followed by a lot of crazy people in costumes. There are also [...]

Setting Goals in Running

It’s a big run weekend with lots of runs posted to the CRN Race calendar.
Everyone goes into a race with some sort of goal in mind—everything from “qualify for the Boston Marathon” to “finish” to “have fun.” Sometimes we reach our goals and sometimes we don’t and sometimes we accomplish something that wasn’t [...]

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 [...]

How To Recognize a Marathoner

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

(Thanks to Pamalamadingdong for the tip!)

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 [...]

Video of the Week: Are You Ready?

There is a ‘blogumentary’ called ChasingKimbia that chronicles the training life of a group of elite runners as they prepare for the big marathons: Boston, New York. Much of the footage is on YouTube.
As I watched this clip I was also struck by their form. When I see pictures of me [...]

Video of the Week: Great Finishes

For most of us running on the track is a means to an end. We need a little more speed so we go run some repeat intervals. But for some of us, running on the track is the means to the ultimate end game—an Olympic medal. In the first case getting a [...]

In It for the Long Haul

Apologies to those of you in the colder climates for last week’s “Spring has sprung” comment. I know some of you had to run in 30°F weather or slog your way through slush. It is warming up, though and it’s time to really start working on those training plans for the summer’s big [...]

There’s No Easy Way Out

If you want to train for a marathon there is but one way to do it—train! It doesn’t matter if you are going for a sub-six-hour finish or a Boston Qualifier; you still have to train and it’s hard work and it can hurt but when you get to the end of that [...]

Video of the Week: California Dreamin’

Watching this clip makes me want to hop in the car, drive down to the Monterey Bay and just run.

(The Team in Training South Bay Run Team from Los Gatos, California.)

YouTube Video: Dean Karnazes

Today I give you a video of my bud Dean Karnazes.

Dean is by no means the only guy in the country who suffers from a certain version of lunacy that compels him to run in 100+ mile increments but he’s the only one I’ve met personally. For 2006 his shtick was to run 50 [...]

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 [...]

Video Inspiration: Female Runner With A Message All Of Us Can Relate To

More often than not, the videos I show here on Saturdays feature male runners. This is not by design. In fact, I often find it difficult to find videos featuring female runners.
But today, I found an amazing little gem that brought me close to tears. The video features a young woman with the universal message [...]

Video: Alan Webb’s High School World Record Mile

Alan Webb is one of the great hopes for American distance running. In this video clip, he takes the field as a high schooler competing against established world-class athletes including such greats as Hicham El Guerrouj and astounds the world with a time of 3:53.43 in the mile - beating a high school world record [...]

Via YouTube: Terry Fox

If you don’t know the story of Terry Fox, you should.
The night before his leg was amputated, Terry Fox read about an amputee who ran the New York City Marathon. The article inspired Terry’s Marathon of Hope, an incredible cross-Canada run on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer research.
Terry’s story inspired the annual [...]

Video: Lance Armstrong & Matthew McConnaughey

Because it’s just really funny (don’t ever get famous).

[source: Duncan Larkin]
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YouTube: More Team Hoyt (Rick and Dick)

Our World’s Strongest Dad post from a few weeks ago continually brings people to CRN so we thought we’d feature two more video clips by this amazing dynamic duo. These two video clips are more documentary in nature than World’s Strongest Dad was. Are you ready to be inspired?
Team Hoyt: An Inspiring Story of [...]

Via YouTube: Julie Moss Competing in the 1982 Hawaii Ironman Triathlon

A classic piece of unbelievable determination as demonstrated by Julie Moss. As the announcer in this video said, Ironman hasn’t been the same since.

Via YouTube: World’s Strongest Dad

It doesn’t get any more inspiring than this, folks! For your viewing amazement, here are Dick and Rick Hoyt. Note: This YouTube video may not be visible in bloglines or other feed readers.

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