10K
-
High School Track and Field
Best Running Tips Blog &bull Today
Does the high school track and field course actually measure one mile four times around?Answer by Dominique: Hi Rick, Thanks for your question. Yes, it normally should. A normal high school track and field course is 400 metres long or… Full Story »
-
Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor Review
Best Running Tips Blog &bull Today
Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor Review I have always been a health buff. Even at an early age, I already drafted out an exercise regimen for myself, such as lifting weights at the gym, running, and engaging in various sports activities, to… Full Story »
-
Atlantic City Marathon has new twists for runners, volunteers alike - Atlantic City Weekly (blog)
Google News: Marathon &bull Yesterday
For merely volunteering your time at this year's event, which takes place Sunday, Oct. 17, you have the chance to win two airline tickets compliments of Spirit Airlines for use anywhere the carrier flies. That's right - if you're not… Full Story »
-
50 STATES AND STILL RUNNING: Westbury completes goal of 50 states, 100 marathons
Yahoo! News Marathon Running &bull Yesterday
When Ron Westbury, who is the administrator of Westbury Medical Care Home in Jackson and president of Westbury Enterprises, marked his 50th birthday, he set a goal of running a marathon. When he had accomplished that goal not once but several times, his goal became to run 50 marathons in three years. Photos by Diane Glidewell Ron Westbury poses with some of his many running medals. He has now completed at least one marathon in each of the 50 states. When Ron Westbury, who is the administrator of Westbury Medical Care Home in Jackson and president of Westbury Enterprises,… Full Story »
-
Yes/No: Twelve Women Sub-40 at Victory 10K?
Down the Backstretch &bull Yesterday
Labor Day. Time to get the kids ready for school, take that last chance to hit the state fair, and of course, run in the Victory Labor Day races. The Minnesota Distance Running Association's 28th annual Victory Races will take… Full Story »
-
P.H. Half Marathon attracts 1,300 runners
Yahoo! News Marathon Running &bull Sep 2, 2010
The fourth annual Patrick Henry Half Marathon last Saturday brought the running community together for one of the most unique races in the area. With the blast of a cannon, more than 1,300 runners were sent off on a 13.1-mile trek through the country roads in Ashland, along the railroad tracks, and back through the 254-acre Poor Farm Park, where the race… Full Story »
-
Best Running Tips :: Beginners Running Program
Best Running Tips Blog &bull Sep 2, 2010
The beginners running programs of Best-Running-Tips.com are a good way to start your running life. Safe, yet they make you fitter and deliver the wanted results. I have got three running training programs for beginning runners. All three of them are run/walk programs. There is a reason for that: I am a strong believer in the tortoise and the hare story. I want you to start off slow and easy with your beginners running program. I don't want you to get injured.… Full Story »
-
Northrop Grumman to be Presenting Sponsor at 2010 United States Air Force Marathon - MarketWatch (press release)
Google News: Marathon &bull Sep 1, 2010
DAYTON, Ohio, Sep 1, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation /quotes/comstock/13*!noc/quotes/nls/noc (NOC56.51, +2.39, +4.42%) today announced it is serving as a presenting sponsor for the 14th annual United States Air Force Marathon, scheduled for Sept. 18, 2010 at… Full Story »
-
Nagoya to Become World's Largest Women-Only Marathon in 2012
Japan Running News &bull Aug 31, 2010
The new race, tentatively titled the Nagoya Women's Marathon, will be open to women only and, with a field limit of 10,000, is expected to become the world's largest women-only full marathon. Designed for both elites and amateurs, the new… Full Story »
-
Bid Today to Host a 2011 RRCA Championship Event
Road Runner's Club of America &bull Aug 31, 2010
The RRCA Championship designation is awarded for the following standardized distances at the State, Regional and National level on an annual basis: 5 K, 10K, 10 Mile, Half Marathon (13.1 miles), Marathon (26.2 miles), Ultra (any distance over 26.2 miles),… Full Story »
-
Sam Chelanga Goes Fishing
Runner's World Magazine Daily News &bull Aug 31, 2010
August 31: Sam Chelanga's Splendid Summer Break // Track's New Continental Cup // Gay vs. Sam Chelanga Goes Fishing Just for the Halibut Okay, quit the groaning, yeah, it's a tired old joke. Oh, man, it took me really long," reports Chelanga. "By the end of the day I was so tired." He also spent a stint as a counselor at a soccer camp. But the Liberty University runner is back up to 70-mile weeks now and will try and reach 100 as he prepares to defend his cross country crown. You don't have to like it, you just have… Full Story »
-
August 31: Sam Chelanga's Splendid Summer Break // Track's New Continental Cup // Gay vs. Carter in Zagreb // Mizuki Noguchi's Comeback // Nick Willis and the 12th of October
Runner's World - Racing News &bull Aug 31, 2010
August 31: Sam Chelanga's Splendid Summer Break // Track's New Continental Cup // Gay vs. Sam Chelanga Goes Fishing Just for the Halibut Okay, quit the groaning, yeah, it's a tired old joke. Oh, man, it took me really long," reports Chelanga. "By the end of the day I was so tired." He also spent a stint as a counselor at a soccer camp. But the Liberty University runner is back up to 70-mile weeks now and will try and reach 100 as he prepares to defend his cross country crown. You don't have to like it, you just have… Full Story »
-
Commentary: Ready to run--uh, rather walk fast--in another marathon - San Jose Mercury News
Google News: Marathon &bull Aug 31, 2010
At precisely 7:38 this morning, the Chambers Brothers spoke to me. Seconds after my fingertip located my iPod's on-button, "Time Has Come Today" blasted its way from 1968 and into my ear-buds. Six years ago, I lurched across the finish line at the Medoc Marathon in France, the seventh time I'd covered such a distance. Dehydrated, exhausted and barely vertical, I swore I'd never… Full Story »
-
Squat 5x3 @ 60kg
Go Hard &bull Aug 30, 2010
Chicago Triathlon RR - I've done a lot of things at races; knocked on someone's door to ask if I could use their bathroom, stopped to fix someone's flat, crashed into another com... The flashing wings of kingfishers and the… Full Story »
-
Bernard Lagat's U.S. 3000 Record
Runner's World Magazine Daily News &bull Aug 30, 2010
Bernard Lagat Sets American 3000-Meter Record of 7:29.00 Lagat won the 3000 at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Qatar and in June, in Oslo, he established a new U.S. 5000-meter record of 12:54.12. Lagat was second in the Rieti race, which was won by Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia in 7:28.70. Chris Solinsky, the American 10,000-meter recordholder who has run sub-13:00 for 5000 meters three times this year, was fifth in the 3000 in a personal best of 7:34.32. In other Rieti races, Olympic gold medalist Asbel Kiprop continued his mastery of the 1500 with a win in 3:31.78, with… Full Story »
-
August 27-28: Bernard Lagat Sets American 3000 Record of 7:29.00 // David Rudisha Smashes World 800 Record Again // Josephat Menjo's 26:56.74 Is 2010's Fastest 10,000 / Fasil Bizuneh Is USA Men's 10 Mile Champ // Molly Huddle Goes with the Flow
Runner's World - Racing News &bull Aug 29, 2010
Bernard Lagat Sets American 3000-Meter Record of 7:29.00 Lagat won the 3000 at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Qatar and in June, in Oslo, he established a new U.S. 5000-meter record of 12:54.12. Lagat was second in the Rieti race, which was won by Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia in 7:28.70. Chris Solinsky, the American 10,000-meter recordholder who has run sub-13:00 for 5000 meters three times this year, was fifth in the 3000 in a personal best of 7:34.32. In other Rieti races, Olympic gold medalist Asbel Kiprop continued his… Full Story »
-
A new marathon in Jerusalem in 2011
Where Will You Run Your Next Marathon? &bull Aug 29, 2010Until next year Jerusalem was only hosting a half marathon and a 10k race. In 2011, the organizers have decided to add a marathon distance race to the event. Full Story »
-
High Country Running: Flag marathon, half marathon, and 10k are set for Sept. 25
Yahoo! News Marathon Running &bull Aug 29, 2010
Training for a marathon is like managing a community health center: It takes vision, hard work, stamina -- even a little craziness -- and if done well, it results in health and wellness. That is why the staff at North Country HealthCare decided five years ago to make a marathon its… Full Story »
-
Running with a Limp
Best Running Tips Blog &bull Aug 29, 2010
Right now I am training for my cross country season. I had to take a couple of weeks off due to an ankle pain and swelling on my left foot. As of right now I am slowly beginning to run again taking it day by day.… Full Story »
-
Morales and Gianinn victorious in Ironman 70.3 Brazil
Ironman.com News &bull Aug 29, 2010
Argentina's Ezequiel Morales let his feet do the talking at the Ironman 70.3 Brazil today while winning the fifth edition of the Ironman 70.3 Brazil in Penha, Brazil. Morales ran more than eight-minutes faster than his closet rival and second… Full Story »
