The Five Five: Wednesday, May 7 7 May 20147 May 2014 1. Winner of OC Marathon disqualified 2. Cool piece on the Dopey Challenge 3. Running scared 4. Why pace calculators can't always be trusted 5. This is the saddest, most beautiful…
The Five Five: Monday, April 7 7 Apr 20147 Apr 2014 1. Kenenisa Bekele wins his marathon debut in 2:05:03 at Paris 2. Jared Campbell's Barkley Marathons race report--you need to read this 3. How to be mentally tough for a 100-mile race 4.…
The Five Five: Tuesday, March 25 25 Mar 201424 Mar 2014 1. An oral history of Florence Griffith-Joyner's world record 100M 2. Train to recover, don't recover to train 3. A message to non-runners 4. Man who attacked runner in 2004 Olympic…
five questions… Five Questions: Maddy Hribar 24 Mar 20148 Apr 2014 I first learned about Maddy Hribar from the Facebook postings of friends of mine there, namely Ally Speirs, Caleb Masland, and Peter Larson. I friended her and have followed her…
The Five Five: Friday, March 21 21 Mar 201420 Mar 2014 1. How standing up at work affects blood sugar 2. Big news from the running bizness. Glad she's no longer with Nike 3. Interesting way to predict your Boston finish…
The Five Five: Thursday, March 20 20 Mar 201420 Mar 2014 1. The art of the marathon taper 2. Woman takes selfies with hot guys in the background during NY 13.1 3. So, it's ok to NOT LIFT BIG!!!?? 4. Running…
The Five Five: Wednesday, March 19 19 Mar 201419 Mar 2014 1. Meghan Arbogast Tarawera 100 K race report 2. Great tip from a VERY successful blogger 3. How a warm-up routine can save your knees 4. Can't wait to see how…
The Five Five: Tuesday, March 18 18 Mar 201418 Mar 2014 1. Recoil: Running's Superpower 2. The editor of Elle magazine ran a 13.1 in the middle of Fashion Week 3. Teen dies after finishing 13.1 4. Ten-minute plyometrics work for…
The Five Five: Monday, March 17 17 Mar 201417 Mar 2014 1. VERY important post from Caleb. Happens to the best of us 2. Mo Farah collapses at end of NYC 13.1 3. Why speed matters in ultras, pt. 1 4.…
The Five Five: Friday, February 28 28 Feb 201428 Feb 2014 1. Five reasons Disney needs a Stars Wars themed race 2. Stillness on the run 3. Thirteen best ultra running excuses (no. 13 gave me a snort) 4. Characteristics of a…
The Five Five: Thursday, February 27 27 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 1. On youth and ultra running 2. Death Cab's Ben Gibbard is a trail runner 3. When Ultra runners go too far (that's possible?!) 4. Running the Alps? There's an…