Trail Climbs Sharply: A Running Documentary on the USATF-NE Mountain Running...
Here is a just released short running documentary by Filmmaker Ian MacLellan, followed some of the USATF-NE Mountain Circuit runners through the six races. It is called Trail Climbs Sharply: A Running...
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Ten weeks on the ElliptiGO: Over 1500 miles
After 10 weeks on the ElliptiGO, I have to consider it an overwhelming success. I have averaged 150 miles/week and have enjoyed every single mile.August 26-September 1Monday: 8 milesTuesday: 30...
View ArticleWatch this finish: 2013 Bupa Great North Run: Mo Farah, Kenenisa Bekele, and...
Three great runners. Who will win?You can watch the full race here.Here is a slow-mo video of mile 12. Wow!
View ArticleSlow Motion video of mile 12 of the 2013 Bupa Great North 1/2 Marathon:...
I added this to my previous post, but just wanted to highlight the wonderful running strides of these three great champions! Kenenisa Bekele, Mo Farah, Haile Gebrselassie all in slow motion, but still...
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Happy Anniversaries!
Exactly 40 years ago this week, I signed up for the cross-country team as a freshman at Falmouth High School. It was the first year of the then new high school in Falmouth with a new track (both have...
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2013 Seacoast Century: Tragedy on the Bridge
On Saturday, I participated in the Seacoast Century. Things did not go according to plan all day after a tragic fatal accident on the course changed the complexion of the day and event.Leading up the...
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Attacking Pack Monadnock on the the ElliptiGO
Last Saturday, I decided to ride my ElliptiGO up Pack Monadnock. I had been thinking about trying this all summer, but my thoughts were more about riding out to the mountain from my house on my...
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ElliptiGO End of Summer Classic aerial drone video
Here is a really neat video of the End of Summer Classic races held in August, including the first ElliptiGO race ever held on the east coast. Dragonfly Aerials used an aerial drone to take some of the...
View ArticleRare old video footage of Amby Burfoot winning the 1968 Boston Marathon
I just noticed this video that was uploaded to youtube today. I have never seen much footage of Amby Burfoot running in the 1969 Boston Marathon. That 1968 race was the first time I decided I wanted to...
View ArticleRare old video footage of Frank Shorter winning the 1971 Pan Am Games...
In the year before winning Olympic Gold, Frank Shorter won the Pan Am Games Marathon held in Cali, Columbia. Frank had won the 10,000m race a few days earlier and was facing stomach problems throughout...
View ArticleRare old video of Abebe Bikila running the 1969 Seoul International Marathon:...
Here is another wonderful vintage video which was just uploaded to youtube. It may be the last ever video taken of Abebe Bikila running as he finished 2nd in the 1969 Seoul International Marathon. The...
View ArticleSporting Greats: Haile Gebrselassie documentary
Here is a recently uploaded documentary from Australia on the great Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie. His story has been told many times, but it is still fun to see some of his first major races...
View ArticleCan you keep up with Ryan Hall?
Asics has come up with a new way to get the ordinary runner or spectator to appreciate how fast a world class marathoner runs. Here is the Ryan Hall treadmill. Can you keep up?This the Run with Ryan...
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Indoor Training: Treadmill, Rowing, and indoor ElliptiGO
Indoor wheelsNow that it is getting too cold and dark to ride my ElliptiGO outdoors, I have transitioned to indoor workouts. Over the past month my mileage was limited due to a bad viral infection and...
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What do you think is inside of a Hoka One One running shoe?
Over at Freakrunner, we learn what the inside of a Hoka One One shoe really looks like, when a Evo Stinson model is sliced in half. I sure was expecting a whole lot more foam inside one of those shoes!...
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The half-kneeling kettlebell windmill
This is a new variation on the kettlebell windmill exercise. Sometimes I have problems with a standing windmill when creating too much torque or an improper twisting motion and not being as stable as I...
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Usain Bolt vs. a Cheetah: Visualization from National Geographic's Big Cat Week
Very cool visualizations. Don't try to outrun a cheetah!In 2011 I went on a trip to work in the Mathare Valley slums of Nairobi, Kenyan. I just signed up to to the trip again this summer. At the end of...
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Sports Action Camera: GoPro, Looxcie, Polaroid? Super Sports Camera Deal
I know I have been wanting to try a sports action cam like the GoPro HERO3 video camera. I recently won a Looxcie HD Explore Pack video cam and it arrived yesterday. I haven't had a chance to use it...
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Sort of got racing again for the first time in months!
After 37 mile ElliptiGO ride Thanksgiving morning.The last month was pretty uneventful, then Thanksgiving happened, before I went back to a boring routine again. Unfortunately, I have got my second...
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