Marathon Blues with Ryan Hall

Even superstar runners like Ryan can have a bad day in the marathon. Few of us would call 4th at NY in 2:10:36 winning $60,000 “bad”, but few us train 24/7 as a career for two marathons a year. Race performance, thumbs up or down, is more a matter of personal perception than the numbers on the finish clock.

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

posted by tmcnatt in Stories on November 4, 2009

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Lose the Shoes?

An interesting video and article discovered by Sumner. Has Nike and the rest of the shoe conglomerates pulled the lycra over our eyes? New York Times: video article

posted by tmcnatt in Stories, Training on October 6, 2009

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Everest Marathon 2007 - The Infinite Course

Everest Marathon 2007 - The Infinite Course1

Dateline: May 29th, 2007

by Tom Dmukauskas

Somewhere around 5:15am, my tentmate Grant2 rousts me from an uneven slumber. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been sleeping on a Thermarest in addition to the 2-inch foam mattress pads that the trekking company has provided.  While these accoutrements have provided a much more restful environment than usual while camping, they fail to triumph over the jagged rocky, icy and even-where-it’s-kind-of-flat-it’s-really-sloping landscape that is Everest base camp.  (more…)

posted by tdmukaus in Stories on June 3, 2007

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2006 New York City Marathon

by Jonathan Wyner.
Dateline: November 5, 2006

Some characters in the NYC road race:

-The short squat woman from Colombia who was like a cannonball with limbs, and ultimately got me to the finish line
-The TWO sets of twins running together in hot pink and orange outfits. Boy did THEY get attention from the crowd.
-The woman with a burnt leg whose muscles looked to be completely atrophied and yet she had such a quick stride
-The man with no arms running so smoothly…remarkable (more…)

posted by admin in Stories on November 5, 2006

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18th Annual Fred Brown Lake Winnipesaukee Relay Race Around Lake in Winnipesaukee, NH

by Geoffrey Kent.
Dateline: September 23, 2006

Once again CSU made a triumphant showing in the annual Lake Winnipesuakee relay. CSU’s Mixed open team garnered a strong eighth place overall and fourth in the Mixed Open ranking in the 65.1 mile, eight legged relay. The placing is impressive given the 26 Mixed Open and 99 overall teams competing, which was an increase from 19 and 90 respectively from last year. (more…)

posted by admin in Stories on September 23, 2006

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