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Category: The Five

  • The Five: wednesday, April 24

    Five for you: 1. Do you run trails and ultras because you are addicted to risk? 2. Running USA: State of the Sport, Pt 1 3. Runners World gives a FAQ for qualifying for Boston 2014 4. Do we have a finite number of heart beats? 5. Growth of women’s marathon participation Have a great…

  • The Five: Tuesday, April 23

    Five for you: 1. Boston finishers selling their medals for charity 2. Lessons learned from running all over the world 3. Two professors assert they can calculate running speed from footprints alone 4. “RunNow” coalition is launched in aftermath of Boston 5. I heard Sarah on UltraRunner podcast and have enjoyed her blog.  Here;s a…

  • The Five: Friday, April 19

    Here’s the five: 1. Why do some people feel they run faster at night? 2. Busting the “big lungs” myth. 3. ITB Syndrome: Prevention with Stretching and Strengthening 4. Man gets a ticket for running backwards. 5. How Boston will affect other races.   Run today.  Backwards, forwards, or sideways.

  • The Five: Compassion and Kindness at the Boston Marathon. Thursday, April 18

    Here are five links to stories of the inherent goodness of your fellow humans. 1. Using social media to help. 2. People showing compassion and kindness. 3. A digital record of awesome kindness. 4. Four stories. 5. Doing whatever they could to help. Bonus: Therapy Dogs come to Boston! Run today for those who ran to help.

  • The Five: Articles/Blogs about Boston you NEED to read. Wednesday, April 17

    Here are 5 articles/blog entries about Boston that you should read, if you haven’t already done so. 1. The Promise of the Boston Marathon 2. Scott Dunlap’s recap of his excellent race, and what came after 3. The Boston Marathon and the Importance of Sport. 4. This has been well circulated, but so worth re-posting:…

  • The Five: Inspiring stories from Boston. Tuesday, April 16

    5 sources of inspiration from yesterday’s tragedy: 1. When the bombs went off, we ran toward the screams, not from them. 2. Runners crossed the finish, and kept running to donate blood. 3. People like my friend Bill Fisher (working the finish line as a post-race medic) put their lives in danger to help. 4.…

  • The Boston Five: Monday, April 15

    5 for Boston Marathon Day! 1. How to track the race via various methods! 2. Some vintage pics of Boston Marathons past.  And some more here. 3. Fun facts you may not know about Boston Marathon. More facts here! 4. If you watch these amazing men without crying and wanting to run a 100 miles,…

  • TGIF5! The Five, April 12

    TGIF5 (Thank God it’s the Friday 5), Friday 5: 1.  Plank bad for runners?  hmmm 2. Hope I can be this guy in a couple of years. 3. Really interesting training diary 4. If you’ve been running a while, you’ve probably sampled all of these. 5. What’ll they think of next, “Philosopher soccer?” Here’s a…

  • The Five: Thursday, April 11

    Here’s the five: 1. Find your runner name? Bibsy O’Plantar? um, no 2. More info on Lactate threshold. 3. Another from Alex Hutchinson and a couple of weeks old, but so relevant to my training right now. I am dealing with allowing myself to fail in training runs. Pushing harder. 4. Oooookay. I will not…

  • The Five: Wednesday, April 10

    Here ya go–5: 1. Kenyans and PEDs?  Just doesn’t seem right. 2. If anyone deserved a statue, it is these two amazing people. 3. Ultrarunner Podcast had an interview with the race director of this race, so I am interested in following the results.  Women’s preview 4. Lake Sonomoa men’s preview. 5. Never too late…

  • The Five: Tuesday, April 9

    April 9.  A great day in World History.  Here’s the five: 1. 91? 3:04?  Jeez. I’ve got work to do! 2. Oddly genius. 3. Janet is a nursing student at JSU, where I work! 4. Setting goals and why they need to be scary to us. 5. I’m due a re-fitting soon.  Good tips. Run…