In Chicago I will be at least this pumped, guaranteed. When my random skill of running fast and talking to people results in a unique travel opportunity to a city I’ve always wanted to visit, I’m PUMPED! Chicago is that city, and the Magnificent Mile Women’s Half Marathon and 5k is … [Read more...]
Learning from Champions
PIC via Get Up Stand Up Paddle magInteresting interview with Brazilian SUP'er Nicole Pacelli in this month's Red Bulletin. Just 22 now, she won the first Women's Stand Up World Tour last year. Great insight into what makes a champion, especially when asked about the pressure of competing with that … [Read more...]
HOKA ONE ONE revives the 2-Mile National Postal Competition
The Race Is Back On. The revival of the Postal 2-Mile is a revival of the spirit of high school distance running, the revival of finding a true national champion and most importantly the revival of a team together. We are proud to reintroduce the running world to the Hoka One One National … [Read more...]
Byline to Finish Line Race Report: Summer Sizzler 2014
We were lined up by race number, curled around the beach, waiting our turn to plunge into the Niagara River and begin our adventure at the Summer Sizzler short triathlon. In the course of the pre-race conversation, I learned the woman next to me, Rebecca, was doing her first race. And she … [Read more...]
Byline to Finish Line: Willow Creek Triathlon Race Report
Somewhere in the lake was an orange buoy. I noticed it when I first arrived at Quaker Lake, but now it was gone, vanished behind a thick fog which had settled into the valley of the Allegheny Mountains. The lake, which was calm and peaceful in the early morning, had become something eerie. … [Read more...]
What do you think about charity races?
Lindsey Gibbons, Grainne McManomon and Tara Dillon at Colour Dash 2014, Dublin Sometimes a serious day out fundraising for charity can just be about having fun with your trainers on. These three women were among thousands running a brisk 5km in Dublin at the weekend for the Irish Cancer Society. … [Read more...]
Game On! Campers Making Sports News: Congrats to Lexi S
Congrats to Lexi S for completing her first 5K on July 26, 2014, running in the Big 10 race. According to her proud parents, she ran in the spirit of her Game On! team Wisconsin, which by the way also happens to be her dad’s alma mater. So proud. … [Read more...]
2 seconds, no finish clock picture, but satisfaction: Molly Huddle breaks her own AR
All that she did in 2014, was leading up to this race. The twelve and one half laps that Molly Huddle ran in Monaco Friday night, the two seconds off the AR, and, right after, Molly knew she could run faster... Molly started the 2014 season with her third place debut in the NYC Half Marathon … [Read more...]
Pregnancy running log week 31, 32, 33 via @MegganFranks
One unfortunate event occurred during week 32...I am now unable to handle running on the road. The ligament pain when logging miles outside is just too much for me, plus the humidity is so high right now I struggle to breath throughout most of the run. Therefore I will be stuck with the treadmill … [Read more...]
Lauren Fleshman: A Kick in the Pants, Peachtree Style
Before this weekend, (having never been there), when I thought of Atlanta I thought of this: Nightclubs… Freeways packed with cars, blanketed in humid steam… and Martin Luther King Jr. But after my three-day visit for the Peachtree 10k, thanks to the hospitality of the … [Read more...]