Volume 4

M&B · 2000 Editorial: January/February 2000 Why Wait for Your Second Wind? You train your other muscles, why not your lung muscles? PowerLung is designed to do just that. It can increase… Richard Benyo · 9 min read M&B · 2000 Level 3 Training Schedule: Marathon Training – More From Less Marathon Training: (More From Less By Making Every Training Mile Count, You Can Run Faster on Fewer Miles Per Week. Part One of Five. By GUY… Guy Avery · 12 min read M&B · 2000 The Marathon: An Impression The Marathon: An Impression e Marathon Experience Varies Widely Th From Runner to Runner. Can We Find Any Common Ground? BY PAUL REESE O NE OF… Paul Reese · 5 min read M&B · 2000 It’s OK to DNF — Really! It’s OK to 1 DNF—Really! The Marathon Will Always Be There, Waiting for You to Return. BY TIM MARTIN T HE ODDEST thoughts flash through your… Tim Martin · 5 min read M&B · 2000 Beyond the Beyond Beyond | the Beyond Can Marathoners and Ultrarunners Find Happiness in Adventure Racing? BY JOHN VONHOF DVENTURE RACING is an evolving multisport discipline fast becom-ing the… John Vonhof · 1 min read M&B · 2000 And the Last Shall Be First And the Last Shall Be First What Better Place to Unleash a First (and Long Overdue) Marathon Than in Greece? BY JIM WHITING aXe; 6) \… Jim Whiting · 1 min read M&B · 2000 Wounded Warriers Wounded Warriors Savvy Runners Avoid Repeating Injuries— and If They Do Get Injured, They Come Back Stronger Than Ever. BY DAVE KROMER UNNING INJURIES. Nearly everyone… Dave Kromer · 9 min read M&B · 2000 My Most Unforgettable: January/February 2000 Ny Most | Unforgettable , Marathon (And What | Learned From It) BY RON WAYNE ‘COURTESY OF RON WAYNE OSTON, April 18, 1977—The third Monday in… Ron Wayne · 14 min read M&B · 2000 Wobble to Death, Part 2 SS Wobble Book a to Death i e ee A Classic Novel Uncovered: Murder at a Six-Day Race: Part | by Peter Lovesey Editor’s Note—There are… Peter Lovesey · 24 min read M&B · 2000 Aspen Fila Skymarathon Aspen Fila Skymarathon When Runners Speak of a “Runner's High,” This Could Be What They’re Thinking Of. ASE: COLORADO—The 45 tan, chiseled “Skymarathoners,” all of whom… Editorial Staff · 16 min read M&B · 2000 Letters to the Editor: January/February 2000 MORE THOUGHTS ON CHARITY RUNNING As a veteran of 16 racewalked marathons, I read Scott Douglas’s column “An Uncharitable View” in the July/ August 1999 issue… Editorial Staff · 2 min read M&B · 2000 On the Mark Experts: January/February 2000 AT WHAT POINT […] is it too close to marathon day for tempo and interval training to be a benefit for that race? E.E. Lehman, Jr.… Editorial Staff · 4 min read M&B · 2000 About the Authors: January/February 2000 About THE Authors PAULREESE first took up distance running at age 47 in 1964 and has been active in all facets of the sport, including as… Editorial Staff · 6 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 The Birth and Early Survival of the Marathon Tom Ecker THE BIRTH AND EARLY SURVIVAL OF THE MARATHON M 53 Capitalizing on his fame, Dorando Pietri, known only as “Dorando” to his admiring fans,… Tom Ecker · 4 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 The Secret Marathon Fred Ebrahimi THE SECRET MARATHON @ 59 The new race was to be called the Oklahoma Marathon-Tulsa. I was in charge of the nuts and bolts:… Fred Ebrahimi · 5 min read Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 Warrior Tactics for Distance Runners THE PLAYFUL voice at the other end of the workout room stirs me out of a zombie-like trance. Around me the students in the class let… Editorial Staff · 18 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 My Most Unforgettable: March/April 2000 […] runevery weekend. We try to give a little extra rest before and after these efforts to ensure that your body will safely adapt to this… Editorial Staff · 24 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon Paul Reese MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE ULTRAMARATHON @ 95 From the outset, my battle plan for doing the race was predicated on finishing. Yield not to the… Paul Reese · 4 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 Key Bank Vermont […] eyes again they focused on a scrubbing-brush lying in a pool of carbolic. He crossed himself, swore violently and bundled the bedclothes over his shivering… Editorial Staff · 13 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 Marathon Rating: Vermont City Marathon The Bottom Line We have weighed various aspects of a marathon within a 1,000-point scoring grid. Besides the author of the article, a dozen runners at… Editorial Staff · 2 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 2 · 2000 On the Mark Experts: March/April 2000 Letters KEEP IT UP! I’ve been a subscriber for over a year now, and all I can say is, keep up the great work. Every issue… Editorial Staff · 4 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 The burst of oxygen and nutrients fuses with damaged or near-dead IQ points and slowly revives them, slowly but surely bringing them back on line (or on board, if you want to stay away from the too-too modern and stick with the sailboat analogy) The burst of oxygen and nutrients fuses with damaged or near-dead IQ points and slowly revives them, slowly but surely bringing them back on line (or… Editorial Staff · 2 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Editorial: IQ Aerobics IQ AEROBICS Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s when many of us were running more marathons than was wise, several of us hatched a… Richard Benyo · 4 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 On the Road with Scott Douglas BOOKING A TRIP TO MARATHONING'S PAST Here's how the last book on marathoning I read puts it: "Marathon runners feel that the marathon is a microcosm… Kathrine Switzer · 11 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 The Man of Steele Defies Science Someone forgot to tell Fay Steele that sprinters and distance runners, especially ultrarunners, are totally different breeds. As they say in the Army, Steele didn't get… Mike Tymn · 17 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Marathon Training: More From Less WELCOME TO the third part of this special five-part series on optimal marathon training. While the first two parts dealt with general training principles and the… Guy Avery · 20 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 The Day of the Amby This is the fourth in an exclusive series of marathon memoirs by Johnny J. "The Younger" Kelley of Mystic, Connecticut. The other three articles by the… John J. Kelley · 9 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Blow Up, Break Down A FAT woman in hospital pants isn't much of an anomaly in a Midwestern airport. But it was a unique experience for me, a normally slight… Stephanie Ehret · 23 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Track Time LOOKING BACK at my college running days in the mid-1970s, the memories of doing workouts on the track emerge with crystal clarity. At that time, I… Dave Kromer · 6 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 A Run Between Two Oceans MANY PEOPLE consider Cape Town one of the most beautiful and isolated cities in the world. The city sits on a peninsula that extends southward with… Michael Brandt · 12 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon SILVERTON, COLORADO, July 9–11, 1999—I can tell you why I'll never forget this ultramarathon in three little letters: DNF. Yes, that stands for Did Not Finish,… Editorial Staff · 24 min read Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Quad Cities Marathon Runners in the Quad Cities Marathon. Photo: Todd Mizener / Moline Dispatch MAYBE THERE'S something to this Indian lore. As legend has it, the God of… Editorial Staff · 14 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Letters TAKE ME BACK Reading Marion Raycheba's account of the National Capital Marathon, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," in your January/February 2000 issue put me right back in… Editorial Staff · 2 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 On The Mark 1. RACE FOR SPEED. If you run enough shorter races (a 10K, 15K) while building toward a marathon, is it still necessary to do speed work… Editorial Staff · 3 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Working Assets In recent years many businesses have taken creative approaches, using trips and premiums to motivate employees to do a better job—a better job that usually involves… Richard Benyo · 4 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 On the Road with Scott Douglas RUNNERS: YEAH, WE'RE ALIKE When he was running for president in 1988, Richard Gephardt would tell this story: The Air Force had these bases up in… Kathrine Switzer · 9 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 The Perfection Chasers INCREASINGLY, PHYSICAL, mental, and spiritual challenges are vanishing. Modern society has propagated the notion that the American Constitution somewhere guarantees happiness, safety, and complete medical coverage,… 3 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Running Was My Best Friend (age 40, 9 completed marathons, 2:12 PR) WHEN I first began running in high school, I hated it. The possibility of running a marathon seemed about… Mark Conover · 6 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 The Grail Was Sub-2:20 Michael Sandrock still competes in races such as the University of Colorado alumni cross-country meet, but he no longer dreams of running a sub-2:20 marathon. California… Michael Sandrock · 9 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Enjoying the Process (age 36, 17 completed marathons, 2:46 PR) TWO FACTS characterize my marathon experience. Number one is that I have been successful. I have not set world,… Jonathan Beverly · 10 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Running’s Been Good I proceeded to train like a demon during the winter. Unfortunately, I got waylaid along the way. . . . In April, the Runner's World staff… Richard Benyo · 12 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 It’s a Celebration of Life (age 51, 26 completed marathons, 3:18 PR) Marathoning, in all its splendor, made a serendipitous entrance into my life. Roughly 20 years ago, to increase my… Rhonda Provost · 7 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 The Challenge of Testing Limits (age 33, 18 completed marathons, 3:40 PR) MY PASSION for running evolved over time. I remember as a young child seeking out adventure, testing my limits… Jenny Hadfield · 8 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 That Sinking Feeling THE WATER taxi driver called me out of the warm, wood-paneled cab of his motoscafi and pointed through the pouring rain. The lights of my hotel… Jonathan Beverly · 15 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 A Dog Day Afternoon HE WAS mad. Really mad. Mad at a life that had given him, a fierce brave male dog, the wimpy, effeminate name of Muffette. An owner… Laurie Parton · 5 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Marathon Training: More From Less Part 4 of 5: The Core of Your Training Program — Getting Fitter. If you've been following along for the first three parts of this series… Guy Avery · 15 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, July 1-4, 1999—Thousands and thousands of miles, six continents, 89 ultraruns, and 7 adventure races behind me, and I still tend to recall… Marshall Ulrich · 16 min read M&B Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Wobble to Death, Part 3 Ay t= E Wobble uw to Death A Classic Novel Uncovered: Murder at a Six-Day Race: Part IV by Peter Lovesey Editor’s note: The first three… Peter Lovesey · 26 min read Vol. 4, No. 4 · 2000 Santa Clarita Marathon Courtesy of the Santa Clarita Marathon GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCES history more often than the other way around. The proof of Nicolaus Copernicus's heretical theory that the Earth… Editorial Staff · 17 min read M&B · 2000 Editorial: September/October 2000 […] the beauty of the sport. You can typically find a marathon to run that’s within easy driving distance of the front door. And you can… Richard Benyo · 3 min read M&B · 2000 Level 3 Training Schedule: Marathon Training – More From Less DeHaven Takes Seventh in Marathon SYDNEY—Rod DeHaven, America’s lone entry in the men’s Olympic Marathon, placed seventh in today’s race, the highest finish by an American… Editorial Staff · 22 min read M&B · 2000 A Hardy Norwegian Marathon […] mance Sl Oe oe ee eee warms : : : Z:bb 706 : : : JOG-UON) * I […] eu rscnusmec oes BE5L Peel OLIL… Editorial Staff · 17 min read M&B · 2000 My Most Unforgettable: September/October 2000 […] charter a C130 Hercules to fly to the continent and scope out the feasibility of sucha venture. He also wants to do the famed Marathon… Editorial Staff · 18 min read M&B · 2000 On the Road With Kathrine Switzer: November/December 2000 Race Directors! Tired of T-Shirts? Try Windshirts! V Made of 100% Supplex—a lightweight, fast-drying, wind-blocking fabric that’s cottony soft to the touch. V Great for Event… Kathrine Switzer · 3 min read M&B · 2000 Up & Running FLORIDA IN JANUARY... Sure, the weather is great now, but think ahead to next January. THINK FLORIDA! Think award-winning beaches, fun family attractions and world class… Editorial Staff · 1 min read M&B · 2000 The 10 Percent Solution THE FUTURE OF MEASUREMENT Measurement News isan excellent magazine with considerable technical integrity. Runners would do well to analyze their performance objectively, although the dialogue that… Editorial Staff · 4 min read M&B · 2000 Post Office Box 3rd Annual Photo by Mark Bowen Join us for the Third Annual Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon May 6, 2001. It promises to be a dream come… Editorial Staff · 1 min read