Choosing The Perfect Marathon Training Program
Vol. 14, No. 1 (2010)
Choosing The Perfect Marathon Training Program
With a group or alone, you can find numerous programs. et’s be honest. The friends who twisted your arm to sign up for this year’s [mara are in way better…
Flanagan’s Run, Part 12
Flanagan’s Run, Part 12
[…] special book bonus The Trans-Am heads to Chicago and a run-in with members of the Capone mob. Part 16. The first 20 chapters of Flanagan’s Run were published in…
Going For The All-Geezerteam
Going For The All-Geezerteam
Going for the All-Geezer Team One runner’s search for meaning in age-group road racing. suburban Concord, Massachusetts, surrounded by fleet, fit females as we hit the first m…
Howto Better Televise A Marathon
Howto Better Televise A Marathon
How to Better Televise a Marathon Twelve steps that will improve our viewing pleasure. think it was right about the time that Olympic gold medalist Sammy Wanjiru was bursting th…
My First Marathon …On Fresh Legs, With A Fresh Mind
My First Marathon …On Fresh Legs, With A Fresh Mind
My First Marathon… on Fresh Legs, With a Fresh Mind Too much, too soon, can lead to doom. t’s not like me to miss a class. OK, so maybe I…
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 14, No. 1)
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 14, No. 1)
were a group of about eight runners, and the response from Philip Manning was “Bloody hell! What was that?”—which cracked us all up. I explained that, while it wasn’t ty…
Pacing As Soulcraft
Pacing As Soulcraft
Taking the larger view of helping someone finish well. to make a gentle joke. But you would never call him graceful. Not unless you saw him on skis. On skis…
Running Crosswise
Running Crosswise
Race for the solution. Across 1. Marathon 3. Protective cream 9. Tension 10. Ran for the prize 14. Rest 15. It will be, in Spanish 16. Encourage other runners, for…
Women’S World And National Yearly Marathon Best-Time Trends
Women’S World And National Yearly Marathon Best-Time Trends
precariously perched atop a motorbike. Nine times out of ten, it seems, the audio signal is lost, which leads to the usual disconcerting dead-air time, uneasy banter and laughte…
260To 3:09
Vol. 14, No. 2 (2010)
260To 3:09
My long, strange, and highly unlikely journey from Montana to Boston. was the fat kid in my school. OK, maybe “fat” is a little harsh. I wasn’t what doctors would…
Boston After Knee Surgery?
Boston After Knee Surgery?
3-year-old boy passed the ball to me, I stuck out my left leg to trap the ball, the ball struck my foot, and my leg swung like a pendulum: I…
Dog Days At Boston
Dog Days At Boston
Man's best friends sometimes aren't. BY D. CHRIS RISKER pop culture to haute couture, our love affair with the dog has reached new heights and shows no sign of abating,”…
Flanagan’s Run, Part 13
Flanagan’s Run, Part 13
[…] special book bonus Paying back Chicago injustice with a justice of a different kind. Part 17. BY TOM MCNAB The first 21 chapters of Flanagan’s Run were published in…
Health Advice For International Marathons
Health Advice For International Marathons
Health Advice for Running International Marathons Everything you need to know about staying healthy when running marathons in foreign lands. to attract your tourist dollar and e…
How The Boston Marathon Got Me Out Of A Traffic Ticket
How The Boston Marathon Got Me Out Of A Traffic Ticket
A true story. have a PhD in traffic school. While this is a great way to keep tickets off my Department of Motor Vehicles record, the problem is that I…
In Pursuit of a BQ and a Sub-4:00
In Pursuit of a BQ and a Sub-4:00
In Pursuit of a BO and a Sub-4:00 How | learned they are not one and the same. morning. There is excitement in the air, anticipation—all runners know that “It’s…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 2)
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 2)
(And What | Learned From It) BY ELLEN LYONS race, the Super Bowl held in my backyard every year. Boston was my first marathon—I was a charity runner with a…
Odeto Boston 1987
Odeto Boston 1987
Ode to Boston 1987 Let's bring this poem up to date two-plus decades and see how the immutable can change. Somewhere on the Boston course The sun is shining dim….
The Bermuda Triangle Challenge
The Bermuda Triangle Challenge
The Bermuda International Race Weekend provides an inexplicable attraction. “Come quick! It’s like a dagger! We cannot escape!”” —FRANTIC CRIES FROM THE JAPANESE FREIG…
The Rest Of My Life
The Rest Of My Life
A short story. Ti y late husband showed me how to survive.” She glanced back. “My Lord taught me how to live.” Her eyes sparkled. “Both of them told me…
We Suffer For You, Boston
We Suffer For You, Boston
A look into the long New England winters preparing for Patriots’ Day. ’m having a hard time breathing on this run through the cemetery. It’s the middle of a blizzard…
2:59:59
Vol. 14, No. 3 (2010)
2:59:59
How close can you shave your goal? kee Lakefront Marathon, you have to understand the history. It’s not that Ts understand my trepidation as I approached the finish of the…
Don’T Meddle With Tradition
Don’T Meddle With Tradition
The best of the U.S. marathon finisher’s medals— 2009. front of our huge 19-inch screen in utter disbelief at what I was witnessing. In the late stages of the marathon,…
Flanagan’s Run, Part 14
Flanagan’s Run, Part 14
[…] special book bonus There is no shortage of troubles as the race enters its final miles. Part 18. The first 22 chapters of Flanagan’s Run were published in our…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 3)
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 3)
[…] through the Boston Marathon because she is in a similar pace range to mine. She trained hard and ran tough. She showed me what is possible for those of…
Qualifying For Boston At Kona
Qualifying For Boston At Kona
How to land that qualifying time after swimming 24 miles and biking 112. f thousands of people who run marathons every year in the United States, (Ce would like to…
Racing Man
Racing Man
Joe Dudman likes to race… and race… and race. That’s because the 45-year-old from Portland, Oregon, likes to race . . . a lot. Asked once, at the end of…
Shrubb Nearly Pegs Out “In A Great And Terrible Contest”
Shrubb Nearly Pegs Out “In A Great And Terrible Contest”
A century ago. ne hundred and one years ago, marathon running reached unprecedented heights of popularity in New York, where the world’s top men raced each other on a tiny…
The Double Demons Of Heat And Dehydration
The Double Demons Of Heat And Dehydration
What marathoners and ultrarunners need to know about the effects of heat and dehydration on distance-running performance and health. ith the hot summer months rolling in fast, n…
The Ted Corbitt Legacy
The Ted Corbitt Legacy
Preserving Corbitt’s collection on the sport of running. legacy of distance running, course-certification standards, and pioneering techniques in physical therapy, he also lef…
Will The Real World Record For 50 Miles Please Stand?
Will The Real World Record For 50 Miles Please Stand?
Some controversies never go away. “You’ve got to be small, light, [have] strong legs, good heart, good lungs, and no brain cells—{because] it’s a stupid thing to do.” …
Bree Lambert
Vol. 14, No. 4 (2010)
Bree Lambert
Lessons from a people’s champion. [{ | found my talent for endurance events when my daughter was born,” said Bree Lambert. What was it about motherhood that started Bree tow…
Crewing For Pamreed
Crewing For Pamreed
Crewing for Pam Reed It takes special skills to support an ultrarunner. couple of options. The obvious choice is to enter an ultra event; the alternative is to crew for…
Flanagan’s Run, Part 15
Flanagan’s Run, Part 15
special book bonus The battle for all the marbles leads to Central Park. Part 19. The first 23 chapters of Flanagan’s Run were published in our last 18 issues. Chapter…
Marathoning Mom
Marathoning Mom
Getting back into the racing scene In December, I was lucky enough to run the half-marathon of the Dallas White Rock Marathon with Bill Rodgers. He comes down every year…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 4)
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 4)
(And What | Learned From It) Photo courtesy of J.D. Fischer OS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, | February 19, 1984—The cool, crisp air plays across our bodies as we line up just…
Road Warriors Of Volstate
Road Warriors Of Volstate
event, revealed both apprehension and deep determination. When Mike O’Melia (Alabama) dropped at 130 miles in ’08, he was taunted by Cantrell, “All these miles you’ve co…
Running My Life, Part 1
Running My Life, Part 1
Running My Life The challenge of running from sea to shining sea. BY BRUCE TULLOH Part 1 of 3 April 21, 1969 Excerpt from the book Four Million Footsteps t…
The Marathon Life Of Reilly
The Marathon Life Of Reilly
Ya really gotta love what ya do. ports to exotic locations, schmoozing with fit-looking thinclads, running helter-skelter down forested trails in the Bois de Boulogne. Checking …
The Running Of The Bull Run Run
The Running Of The Bull Run Run
Or, how | looked for a bluebell and found a 50-mile race. don’t believe in ultramarathons. I want to be clear about that. I mean, I know they exist, unlike…
Ultrarunning Power Couple Makes Grand Slam History
Ultrarunning Power Couple Makes Grand Slam History
The Fergusons do the miles together. “One hundred miles of heaven and hell.”—Wasatch Front 100 motto Slam” for fear it would jinx their chances of attaining their goal. …
When Hitting The Wall Takes On A New Meaning
When Hitting The Wall Takes On A New Meaning
The Great Wall of China Marathon. thon. But in the Great Wall Marathon, runners literally hit the wall—twice. Runners climb the Great Wall of China just after the five-kilomet…
Along And Dusty Run
Vol. 14, No. 5 (2010)
Along And Dusty Run
THE MAARATHON’S 2,500TH ANNIVERSARY A Long and Dusty Run Having run in Athens three times in a half century, the author prepares for one last trip in the footsteps of…
Musings From Marathon
Musings From Marathon
One of my favorite sayings is that talent is everywhere; it only needs an opportunity. By 1972 it was clear that plenty of women had talent but didn’t even know…
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 14, No. 5)
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 14, No. 5)
(And what | learned from it) BY ALAN PIERCY “Tt is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the…
Pheidippides And The Battle Of Marathon: Faq
Pheidippides And The Battle Of Marathon: Faq
Unlike us, the Athenians saw intellectual education and physical education as inseparable and equal, both necessary for preparing a citizen to be capable of participating in a d…
Research In 2009
Research In 2009
Research in the Marathon and Ultramarathon in 2009 ELIZABETH A. LOUGHREN, PhD, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UK, AND MICHAEL L. SACHS, PhD, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, USA last year (2009) o…
Running My Life, Part 2
Running My Life, Part 2
Running My Life The challenge of running from sea to shining sea. Part 2 of 3 Editor’s note: On April 21, 1969, Bruce Tulloh of England set out to run…
Shalane Flanagan: The Runners’ Daughter
Shalane Flanagan: The Runners’ Daughter
Be careful to pick your parents well. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island for her first attempt at a marathon. The last time a female American distance runner with Flanaga…
The Origins Of The Marathon
The Origins Of The Marathon
THE MAARATHON’S 2,500TH ANNIVERSARY Why was the 1896 Olympic Marathon held over the longest route from Marathon to Athens? And was the odd 42K eventual standard distance an ar…
The Purple Runner, Part 1
The Purple Runner, Part 1
special book bonus Runners converge on London to pursue their competitive dreams. Part 1. Perhaps more than the quest for the elusive four-minute mile, the prospect of a sub-two…
The Unstoppable 21St-Century Marathon Boom
The Unstoppable 21St-Century Marathon Boom
1990s, the nadir for U.S. marathon running was reached in 2000, when both the men’s and women’s Olympic Trials races failed to produce a single athlete able to achieve the…
Three Legends Conspire
Three Legends Conspire
THE MAARATHON’S 2,500TH ANNIVERSARY Several ancient Greek legends and a 19th-century Greek peasant inspire a unique athletic event: the marathon. And then export it to Boston….
Core Vs Skin Temperatures In Marathon Runners
Vol. 14, No. 6 (2010)
Core Vs Skin Temperatures In Marathon Runners
Core Versus Skin Temperatures in Marathon Runners The concern of runners competing in high-temperature races is justified. lace July 15, 2007. Our research team from the Montana…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 6)
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 6)
(And what | learned from it) BY KAREN RIDDLE weight division, 35-pound minimum pack. No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam—these words were on the T-shirt and they haunted me….
Running A Marathon Is Never Easy
Running A Marathon Is Never Easy
Especially after swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 hot, windy miles. unning a marathon is never easy. Then there is running a marathon after you’ve just swum 2.4 miles in…
Running My Life, Part 3
Running My Life, Part 3
Running My Life The challenge of running from sea to shining sea. Part 3 of 3 Editor’s note: On April 21, 1969, Bruce Tulloh of England set out to run…
The Crucible
The Crucible
died. It seems like an odd story to bring up now, but it makes me smile because Nick has mentioned it to me several times over the last few months…
The Marathons Of Minnesota
The Marathons Of Minnesota
The weather can be cold, but hearts are always warm. frozen tundra blanketed by snow in subzero temperatures come to mind. Yes, the weather here can be less than ideal….
The Purple Runner, Part 2
The Purple Runner, Part 2
special book bonus Warren Fowles heads to England to get the rest of his life underway. Part 2. Chapter 3 Thirty-six-year-old Warren Fowles guffawed as he and his outrageous gro…
The Science And Art Of Peaking And Tapering
The Science And Art Of Peaking And Tapering
The Science and Art of Peaking and Tapering for Your Best Marathon From these late-in-the-game strategies, a successful or failed marathon emerges. that I learned when I was for…
Trail Runs
Trail Runs
Who doesn’t love blackberries and spiders? he Hagg Lake 25K Trail Run, leading the women’s field by an unknown amount—tiring but determined—and then [hit gravel, literal…
