Oscar Pistorious Qualifies for 400m World Championships
There hasn’t been a lot of news about Oscar Pistorius for a few years. Oscar is a double amputee that was banned by the IAAF for having an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes, and then allowed...
View ArticleJennifer Pharr Davis Sets New Appalachian Speed Record
Jennifer Pharr Davis first hiked the entire 2,181 miles of Appalachian Trail in 2005. In 2008, she returned, and covered the entire distance between Mount Katahdin in Maine and Springer Mountain in...
View ArticleGreat Cranberry Island 50k – 2011
This was my second trip to Great Cranberry Island for the ultramarathon, and I had a great time despite the fact that I didn’t finish the race. The only other time that I dropped out of a race was when...
View Article2011 Bradbury Mountain Breaker
Bradbury Mountain hosts 2 trail racing series. The first is the Summer series which consists of 3 trail races, and the second is the Winter series which consists of 3 snowshoe races. The Breaker is the...
View ArticleStone Cat: Preparing to Run 50 Miles
My first 50 mile race was almost 3 years ago, right after the new year in 2009. It was the Running from an Angel 50 Miler in Henderson, Nevada. In the year leading up to that race, I ran 2614 miles,...
View ArticleStone Cat: Running 50 Miles Through the Woods
Trail Monsters at Stone CatYesterday, I wrote about preparing to run 50 miles and the handicaps and advantages that I had over my first 50 miler 3 years ago. I laid out my race strategy, and today I...
View ArticleNew Year’s Day Boston Marathon
2012 Boston Ice SculptureFor the second year in a row, I brought in the New Year by heading out to Hopkinton at 6:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day. For 8 years now, Gary Allen has been running the Boston...
View ArticleGAC Fat Ass 50k – 2012
GAC Fat Ass 50kThis evening I went to write today’s journal entry in my copy of the 2012 Runner’s Almanac and realized that today’s quote was quite appropriate. “Pain Is Temporary. Quitting is...
View Article2012 Olympic Trials and Houston Marathon
Finish Line at the Houston MarathonThis past weekend the Olympic Marathon Trials took place in Houston, Texas. A day later, there followed the Houston Marathon. This also happened to be my birthday...
View ArticleMichelle Jenneke Loves the 100m Hurdles
Michelle Jenneke absolutely dominated heat 2 of the IAAF World Junior Championship last weekend in Barcelona with her 13.52. The video of her warmup and race performance was quickly forced to be taken...
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