A story in future tense. obbi Jo was racing through the streets of Fairbanks when her iCoach blasted B her out of her dream and into her bedroom darkness. “Rise and shine,” said the chirpy, aerobics-instructor voice she’d thought so inspirational when she’d picked it from the 200 or so available options. ““Today’s morning run … Read more
Two Aussies from Melbourne transformed the marathon in 1967-71. The modern age of marathon running was launched at that same time, with three journeys into the unknown, all three blasting off, of all places, from Melbourne, Australia. 1. On December 3, 1967, when the men’s world marathon best had stood for two years at 2:12:00, … Read more
back in Ardsley, outside of Philly, where I grew up, back living at home, still running and feeling this feeling about being in the Olympic Games someday. I took a job with Jack Bucciarelli as a landscaper. Jack was an authentic Italian, with a terrific Italian accent. Over the phone on the day before I … Read more
[…] taller than mesquite and locust trees. Outside of the canyon there are no trees for many miles in any direction, at least not any that were not planted and watered by people. A little farther I get to a sign labeled Buena Vista. I drop off a mesa area on the trail and into … Read more
Fastest Marathons by Event and Their Trends— Women Based on a six-year average using winning times. very year, big-city marathons such as New York, Boston, London, and Berlin F are won in fast times. For example, three women’s world records have been set in Berlin. However, that marathon has not always attracted the very top … Read more
Stepping It Up Race directors are listening to the running CARA McLAURIN ESAU in 15 feet of snow. Even worse, we had to do any necessary research at the library using actual books. And it was painstaking. If we needed to seek opinions from others, we had to conduct surveys in person or on the … Read more
Upgrading marathon finisher medals is cheaper than most realize. magine one morning walking into your den, cup of coffee in hand, and the first sight you behold is a pig’s hind quarters mooning you from your wall. It’s not exactly good motivation for putting on your sneakers for your A.M. run, or is it? Many … Read more
This is my Pre view. Another, better one comes from someone who knew well this runner I never met. At the time when Dan Wojcik asked me about Prefontaine, I was paying my annual visit to Jeff Galloway’s running camp near Lake Tahoe. Jeff has come there every summer since the mid-1970s, first to train … Read more
(And what | learned from it.) ANYON, TEXAS, October 20, C 2012—Twenty weeks of training through a hot Texas summer, the highest weekly training mileage ever, a persistent cough a month before the race, a couple of cracked ribs from coughing, and two weeks of complete inactivity—it’s amazing to think that all of that could … Read more
this. You can have a big garbage bag ready, but you should be prepared to hunt down the flung cups. They’re not being rude or litterbugs. They’ re just concerned about the seconds it might take to place their rubbish in an appropriate receptacle. Toddlers. Sometimes runners will enter your aid station, thrust their own … Read more
Trans-Alps 2011 Distance Climb Max (mi) (ft) elevation (ft) Day 1 Oberstdorf, GER to Hirschegg, 17 5,900 7,000 AUT Day 2 Hirschegg to Schruns 31 8,000 7,000 Day 3 Schruns to Galtur 26 5,900 8,000 Day 4 Galtur, AUT to Scuol, SWI 25 7,700 9,000 Day 5 Scuol bergsprint 4 3,100 7,000 Day 6 —Scuol, … Read more
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