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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 precious few novels with running as a backdrop, much less ultrarunning—much less ultrarunning in the 19th century! Yet in 1970 a Head of Department at Hammersmith and West London … Read more

On the Mark Experts: March/April 1997

On the Mark: Experts tell us Marginal Gains Are we finally beginning to see an end to the race to produce equipment and training techniques designed to inch out incremental improvements in performance? Not according to the manufacturers, coaches, and researchers who continuously spend time and resources finding ways to squeeze out that extra 1 … Read more

Letters to the Editor: March/April 1997

Letters ciao PREMIER ISSUE It’s refreshing to read a publication that deals with running and fitness withouttrying to sell you a lot of products. I enjoyed Joe Oakes’s article, “Walking the Walk,” which discussed taking walking breaks during training and racing. Intuitively, many people know walking is fine, it is the social permission to take … Read more

San Francisco Marathon: A

[…] to England and beat him but he had no money. O’Leary replied sarcastically, “T’ll build you a bridge.” This so nettled Hughes that whenever he talked of O’Leary after this he would always say bitterly, “the rapscallion told me he’d build me a bridge!” As soon as word arrived of O’Leary’s winning performance in … Read more

The Great Six-Day Races, Part 2

Six-day races have been run since the very earliest days of professional running. In 1879, the first two six-day running race was held at Gilmore’s Garden (the precursor to Madison Square Garden) in New York. The concept was borrowed from six-day bicycle races, which were in vogue then. These races are endurance races, where the … Read more

Secrets of Marathoning ‘

Set Attainable Goals One school of thought recommends setting lofty goals in order to pressure yourself into high performance. Personally, I have had more success by taking the pressure off myself and setting goals that are readily attainable. When running a marathon or ultramarathon, I usually carry a split time sheet with five columns. The … Read more

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 April is Patriots’ Day, a state holiday in Massachusetts, and the unofficial first day of spring. Growing up in the Boston area, I had my ownritual that day from … Read more

The Last PR

As the sun and temperatures began to rise just before the start, I drank as much as I could hold, doused myself with water, and hoped for the best. The Europeans and Canadians continued to grouse, right up until the start. We assumed the African and Eastern European runners were equally discontent, but they seemed … Read more

Following Pheidippedes

The History Ce |, Herodotus of Halicarnasus, present my History, that Time may not draw the color from what man has brought into being, nor fail to report those great and wonderful deeds of both Greek and barbarian or the reason why they fight one another.” So begins the 650-page account of the Persian War, … Read more

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 gets them, but some get them more often than others. From my interaction with running friends and my exposure to a wide range of runners at the Bill Rodgers … Read more

Cobras and Concrete

[…] run under 2:30 at the same race the next year. As with all runners I advise, I asked Joe for samples of his past training, present fitness, and future goals. Looking at his past training logs, I noticed that Joe seemed to break down on aregular basis. His training log indicated that Joe ran … Read more

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