July 9th, 2008 — , News, marathons, trails from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Sad news today, as the Maine Woods Trail Marathon has been canceled this year.
The Maine Woods Trail Marathon has been cancelled for this year! A storm went over the area last week and took down many trees which made the trail impassable in many places. Six bridges were washed out, one cannot be found.
The race [...]
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June 20th, 2008 — , Dean Karnazes, Last Year, cycling, fuel, marathons, records, walking from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year was dominated by exercise related news, although there were a few less topical articles that were worth looking at.
This week last year, there was a debate about whether or not you should refuel during a marathon or whether you should stick to water. I had to throw my 2 cents [...]
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June 5th, 2008 — , New York City, Sports, lottery, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Just a quick note that if you entered the lottery for the 2008 New York City Marathon, the results are available. Just do a search for your name in their entrant database:
http://webapps.ingnycmarathon.org/entrantsearch/
Good luck for anybody that tried to get in through the lottery!
May 29th, 2008 — , IAAF, News, Trevor Graham, USATF, carnival, doping, fantasy sports, marathons, track from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
There is a lot happening this week in the world of running, so today I have a quick round up for you rather than providing a series of short articles on each one.
Trevor Graham found guilty of lying to investigators
Things are not looking good for Trevor Graham, a track coach who has had multiple athletes [...]
May 13th, 2008 — , Emily LeVan, Jeanne Hackett, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Kristin Barry, Olympics, Sheri Piers, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Jeanne Hackett interviewed Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry this evening at Peak Performance Multisport as part of her “A Running Conversation” lecture series.
The talk went for about 50 minutes, with a little better than half of that time devoted to Kristin and Sheri answering Jeanne’s questions and the rest of the time devoted [...]
Continue reading → An Olympic Trials Retrospective by Kristin Barry and Sheri Piers
May 9th, 2008 — , 10k, 5 miles, 5k, 6 miles, Personal, marathons, running, swimming from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
It has been an interesting week since winning the Cox Sports Marathon this past Sunday. Thanks for all of the comments and congratulations over the past week. It has meant a lot to me, whether it has been in person or on the phone, through email, comments on this site or on others. [...]
Related StoresMay 5th, 2008 — , Bill Rodgers, Cox, Devin Jones, Geoff Smith, Heather Bessette, Kathleen Jensen, Race Results, Rhode Island, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This weekend saw the first running of the Cox Sports Marathon in Providence, Rhode Island, along with the Willow Tree Half Marathon and the New Balance 5k.
The weather might have made for a slightly tough 5k, but it was ideal for long races such as the half marathon and the marathon. The [...]
May 4th, 2008 — , Cox, Personal, Race Results, Rhode Island, marathons, records from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I now own a marathon course record.
May 2nd, 2008 — , Cox, Personal, Rhode Island, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Well, it has been a very busy day as I prepare to head down to Providence this weekend for the Cox Rhode Island Marathon. I ran an easy 2 and a half miles at lunch time to stretch the legs out, and despite my best efforts to leave work 15 or 20 minutes early [...]
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April 27th, 2008 — , 10k, Last Year, Parry OBrien, cycling, laps, marathons, swimming, taper, traffic from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year was filled mostly with racing news, and what wasn’t racing was related in some way to swimming.
I offered 9 methods for counting laps in the pool. I usually use the buoys on the lane dividers.
A revolutionary in the shotput in the early 50s, Parry O’Brien died of a heart attack [...]
April 22nd, 2008 — , Olympics, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I have uploaded my photos from the women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. I have not had time to title or tag them all yet, but they are in chronological order if you’d like to browse through them.
You can view the entire set by going to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45929840@N00/sets/72157604682112162
April 20th, 2008 — , Blake Russell, Deena Kastor, Emily LeVan, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Kristin Barry, Magdalena Lewy Boulet, Olympics, Race Results, Sheri Piers, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Today was the women’s Olympic Marathon Trials.
Congratulations to all of the women that finished!
Magdalena Lewy Boulet led most of the race, building a 40 second lead within 4 miles and extending that to almost 2 minutes throughout the race. In the last lap and a half, though, Deena Kastor [...]
April 18th, 2008 — , Boston, Last Year, London, fire, marathons, weather from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Just like last week last year, most of what I wrote this week centered around the Boston Marathon. This week I described what happened as opposed to what was coming up.
The website updated automatically as I ran with text alerts, notifying the site about my disappointing finishing time. I missed out on all [...]
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April 13th, 2008 — , Boston, Heartbreak Hill, Last Year, Tim Montgomery, crime, doping, hypothermia, marathons, weather, weight lifting from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year was centered on my preparations for the Boston Marathon.
I began the week by discussing my taper and race goals, which wound up not being feasible no matter how realistic they may have began as.
I quickly began to wonder whether the Boston Marathon would be rained out or not. This led [...]
April 13th, 2008 — , Gete Wami, Irina Mikitenko, London, Martin Lel, Race Results, Ryan Hall, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Ryan Hall’s Splits
10K, 29:11
20K, 58:58
1/2, 1:02:13
30K, 1:28:38
40K, 1:59:23
finish, 2:06:17
This morning was the London Marathon, and coming through in an impressive 5th place was Ryan Hall with a time of 2:06:17. He came across the line over 2 minutes faster than he ran last year in the race.
Ryan Hall managed to stay with the leaders [...]
April 4th, 2008 — , Alberto Salazar, Boston, Dick Beardsley, Maine Running Company, News, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Maine Running Company will once again bring in a marathon legend during the week of the Boston Marathon. This year, Dick Beardsley will return once again to relive the 1982 “Duel In The Sun” between himself and Alberto Salazar. The Maine Running Company will have copies of “Duel In the Sun” for sale [...]
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April 2nd, 2008 — , Emily LeVan, Kristen Barry, Olympics, Sheri Piers, Sports, cancer, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The Maine Running Company is holding a “fund” run for Emily and Maddie LeVan Thursday, April 3rd, at 6:00. There will be a discussion about training for the Olympic Trials that will include Emily LeVan, Sheri Piers, and Kristen Barry. The Two Trials fund raiser has raised over $41,000 of the $52,400 goal [...]
Related StoresMarch 27th, 2008 — , Georgia, Personal, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
If all is going according to plan, then I am on my way down to Atlanta right now for the RRCA Coaching Clinic and for the ING Georgia Marathon. I have a review scheduled to appear on the site tomorrow morning thanks to a couple of excellent readers from my newsletter, and if I [...]
March 22nd, 2008 — , 8k, Boston, Last Year, doping, ice, intervals, marathons, tempo, traffic from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Once again, I seemed to miss a week for looking back. Last week last year was busy, with quite a few news notes, training tips, and discussions on research findings.
I discussed some research on the merits of tempo workouts vs. interval workouts. Personally, I prefer a good mix of different types of workouts in [...]
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March 12th, 2008 — , Emily LeVan, Olympics, Sports, cancer, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The interview this evening with Emily LeVan went really well. It involved a good mix of my own questions with the ones that were sent in to be asked. The replay of the call is live at Marathoning.org.
On the call, our conversation ranged from talking about Maddie’s condition, childhood cancer, and how this [...]
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March 10th, 2008 — , Emily LeVan, Olympics, Sports, cancer, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Now is the last chance that you will have to get your questions answered in the interview with Emily LeVan on Wednesday night! If you have a question, you can ask it here:
http://www.marathoning.org/ask/Emily-LeVan.html
If you just want to dial in and listen to the interview or ask your questions in person, or if you’d like [...]
Continue reading → Last Chance to Ask an Elite Runner Your Questions!
March 3rd, 2008 — , Emily LeVan, Olympics, Sports, cancer, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
If you had an opportunity to ask an elite athlete any question, what would it be? Would you ask about training? About racing? About diet? How about asking how difficult it is for your 4 year old child to be diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)?
On Wednesday, March 12th at 7:00 [...]
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February 21st, 2008 — , New York City, News, marathons, running, volunteering from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Thinking of running in the New York City Marathon, but don’t want to wait for the lottery to find out if you get to run? If you belong to the New York Road Runners, then you may be used to obtaining a guaranteed entry by competing in at least 9 of the 50 events [...]
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February 19th, 2008 — , Run To Win Website, biomechanics, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I just got off of the line from the second marathon questions call. There were not very many people on the call, so I think that I might go back to having the calls on the weekends as there were 3 times more people on the line. I did not get any questions [...]
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January 5th, 2008 — Hanson Brooks, Jeff Galloway, Joan Benoit Samuelson, McMillan Running Calculator, Nova, Run To Win Website, Runners World, marathons, pace, running, training from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I would like to thank everybody that was able to make the conference call this afternoon, it was a lot of fun and it lasted for about 65 minutes. There were about a dozen people on the call in total. At one point there were 6 or 7 people dialed in through the [...]
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January 3rd, 2008 — Run To Win Website, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Last week, I asked you whether or you had ever run a marathon before. I have had questions sent to me about marathon preparation and recovery on quite a few different topics, and I will be answering these questions on a live conference call this weekend.
Here are a few of the sample topics that [...]
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December 31st, 2007 — Personal, marathons, running, weight from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
2007 has come and gone, and 2008 is about to start.
This year, I ran just shy of 1900 miles, which is half again what I ran last year. I attribute that to my lack of injuries this year, with a short stint of achilles tendonitis that I managed to nip in the bud. [...]
December 30th, 2007 — Charlie Breagy, News, Rhode Island, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Rhode Island now offers two marathons with the addition of the Cox Sports Marathon in Providence. It is one of 3 races that make up the Rhode Races running festival. A half marathon will start out with the marathon, and at a separate location there will be a 5k. The race [...]
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December 28th, 2007 — Run To Win Website, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I have run a few marathons, and I have made a lot of mistakes.
Those are all mistakes that you don’t have to make.
There are some simple steps that you can take to enjoy your race, race well, and then recover sufficiently to enjoy the rest of your day and be mobile after your race. [...]
December 22nd, 2007 — Chad Schieber, Donald Redelmeier, News, Ryan Shay, death, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
After hearing about Ryan Shay dying during the Olypmic Marathon Trials, or Chad Schieber dying during the Chicago Marathon, or any other runner that dies during a race or training, you may think that running is too dangerous an activity to be worth taking up. Ignoring the fact that training for and running a [...]
Related StoresDecember 19th, 2007 — Environment, New Rules of Lifting, Run To Win Website, contracts, knots, marathons, race preparation, running, tempo, track, treadmill from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
2007 has been a really busy year here at Run to Win. The website has really grown. I wrote more this year than I did last year, and received about half again as many comments and trackbacks. More than twice as many people visited me this year than did in 2006, and [...]
December 18th, 2007 — News, Olympics, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The qualifying standards for the men’s US Olympic Marathon Trials have been changed and no longer differentiate between an “A” qualifying standard or a “B” qualifying standard. Had the new rules been in place for the 2008 trials, the field of 179 qualifiers would have been reduced to 69 qualifiers.
The former standards called for [...]
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December 15th, 2007 — Sports, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The humor group “Improv Everywhere” creates humorous situations in and around New York City. Some of their stunts have included an annual “No Pants” subway ride, synchronized swimming in Central Park, and a lost fan in Yankee’s Stadium named Rob. Rob went to get some food, but got lost on his way out [...]
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December 14th, 2007 — Olympics, Sheri Piers, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Runner’s World has published an interview today with Dirigo runner Sheri Piers, who recently qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials with a time of 2:45:36. The interview touches on her running history, her long break from competitive running, and how she trains while working as a nurse practitioner and running a household with 5 [...]
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November 19th, 2007 — 10k, 8k, Kirby Davis, Kristin Barry, Olympics, Pete Bottomley, Race Results, Sheri Piers, Sports, Todd Coffin, USATF, cross country, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Dirigo RC had a good showing this weekend with strong performances in the Philadelphia Marathon and the New England Cross Country Championships.
Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry both ran very strong marathons in Philadelphia, starting and finishing together in 2:45:36! They were 59th and 60th overall, placing 8th and 9th for the women’s race. [...]
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November 16th, 2007 — Joan Benoit Samuelson, Maine Running Company, NCAA, News, Olympics, Sports, aging, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
“If it wasn’t for all of you, I wouldn’t be running around in circles wondering what I’ll be when I grow up.” –Joan Benoit Samuelson, November 15, 2007
Joan Benoit Samuelson spoke last night for about an hour at the Maine Running Company. She was the first women’s Olympic Marathon gold medalist in 1984, has [...]
Continue reading → 9 Questions for Joan Benoit Samuelson at Maine Running Company
November 10th, 2007 — 8k, Dean Karnazes, Endurance 50, Last Year, New York City, RIT, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
After a few days off from the site to run the marathon (during which time I got a lot of traffic, surprisingly enough), I wrote up my thoughts and experiences from New York City while Scott began the next month’s topic on injuries.
The first thing to note about New York City was that the crowds [...]
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November 7th, 2007 — Deena Kastor, Gete Wami, Meb Keflezighi, Race Results, Robert Cheruiyot, Sports, World Marathon Majors, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya and Gete Wami of Ethiopia were the recipients of the first $1 million payout from the World Marathon Majors this week. The majors will pay out every year going forward on a 2 year rolling cycle. Both runners received $500,000 checks.
For the inaugural 2 year cycle, there were 11 [...]
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November 3rd, 2007 — New York City, Olympics, Race Results, Ryan Pancoast, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The following race recap was written by Ryan Pancoast, who traveled to New York City to watch the trials this morning. Ryan is an illustrator who maintains a studio in Stanford, Connecticut. Last weekend, Ryan set an almost 20 minute PR in his second marathon. For more information about Ryan, to see [...]
November 3rd, 2007 — Brian Sell, Dan Brown, Dathan Ritzenhein, Khalid Khannouchi, New York City, Olympics, Race Results, Ryan Hall, Sports, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Ryan Hall broke the men’s marathon olympic trials record by over a minute in his dominating win over the rest of the field this morning. He ran 2:09:02, beating Dathan Ritzenhein by 2 minutes and 5 seconds. Brian Sell was another half minute back, securing a position on the Olympic team with a [...]
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November 2nd, 2007 — Casey Moulton, New York City, Olympics, Patrick Moulton, Sports, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Casey MoultonPhoto #58 by Don PentaTomorrow morning, the men’s Olympic Marathon Trials will begin at 7:35 EDT. 179 men have run qualifying times to compete in the event, and only 3 of them will be able to continue on to the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
The race will be more interesting than [...]
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November 2nd, 2007 — Boston, Donald Megerle, Movies, Nova, Reviews, Steve DeOssie, Uta Pippig, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
You may have read about the Nova Marathon Challenge at this year’s Boston Marathon. Tufts University coach Donald Megerle and 3-time Boston winner Uta Pippig took a dozen people off of the street and trained them for the marathon over a span of 9 months.
Throughout the entire process, one person who was diabetic sustained [...]
November 1st, 2007 — Blaine Moore, Marine Corps, Personal, Race Results, Sports, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I felt pretty strong in the last few hundred yards. I waved for the crowd, got them pumped up when my name was announced over the intercom, and hammed it up as I sprinted in. And by sprinting in, I mean picking up the pace a little bit over what I had been running. It [...]
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October 31st, 2007 — Blaine Moore, Marine Corps, Matt Hougan, Paul Epstein, Personal, Race Results, Ryan Pancoast, Sports, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I was about 4 people away from the starting line when the gun went off.
It took all of about 1 second for me to cross over the line. My goal was to run between 2:40:00 and 2:45:00, and I was hoping to be at 2:45:00 pace halfway through and then run negative [...]
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October 30th, 2007 — Blaine Moore, Marine Corps, Paul Joseph, Personal, Race Results, Sports, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I am not a big fan of traveling, and getting down to Virginia this past weekend has not made me a fan of it. The only flight that was on time was the one that left Portland for JFK. I’ll leave it at that.
When we arrived in DC, it was raining pretty hard. [...]
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October 27th, 2007 — Last Year, Marine Corps, marathons, race preparation, rest from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year was dominated once again by thoughts of the marathon, but this time I wrote my series on marathon preparation.
My marathon preparation series consisted of 9 articles of 9 bullet points each. The first couple of articles just happened to come out that way, so I ran with it and made [...]
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October 26th, 2007 — Marine Corps, Personal, fitness, marathons, taper from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Last night I only got a bit over a mile in for a run because one of my socks broke; it kept falling into my shoe under my heel. This is disappointing since it was one of my favorite pairs of socks; oh well, that’s what I get for keeping them around for a [...]
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October 24th, 2007 — Marine Corps, Sports, marathons, running, strategy from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
It is only a few days before I leave for the Virginia/Washington D.C. area to run the Marine Corps Marathon. I have started thinking about my race strategies and what I hope to accomplish. The race’s website, though, leaves a bit to be desired.
Their course map is atrocious. It is [...]
October 20th, 2007 — 5k, Dean Karnazes, Last Year, Robert Cheruiyot, Tom Ryan, cross country, hydration, hyponatremia, marathons, running, the wall from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year I had marathons on my mind.
The Chicago Marathon just can not catch a break these past few years. This year there was the debacle with the heat and canceling the race, but last year Robert Cheruiyot slipped on a race decal and split his head open. His momentum carried [...]
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October 14th, 2007 — Byrne Decker, Dan Vassallo, Kristin Barry, Maine, Mark Goettel, P.J. Gorneault, Race Results, Scott Hornney, Sheri Piers, Sports, Stephanie Crawford, marathons, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The Maine Marathoner was last weekend and was won by Dan Vassallo as he powered through to a 2:26:54 in his first marathon. He beat Byrne Decker’s course record from last year by 3 minutes; Byrne finished in 3rd this year, 9 minutes from the front. The winning relay team was the Dirigo [...]
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