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Running Recap: Busy Weekend of Road Racing and Cross Country
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 28, 2011 at 10:06pm

Photo: LetsRun.com   Lots of competition over the weekend… Road Racing The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, was held on Sunday in the Indian city. The results were close, competitive and fast; eleven men broke 1...more

Running with a Purpose: Establishing New Goals for The New Year
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted November 28, 2011 at 1:21am

I have been running....obviously! I took 3 weeks after the marathon to get my legs under me before I resumed any sort of real training. The last two weeks I have started to feel like my old self again.I'm still feeling tired. Like I squeezed 18 weeks of m...more

Cross-Country & the Roads: Silicon Valley Turkey Trot & Manchester Results, News and the Weekend Preview
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 25, 2011 at 5:27pm

Results, the weekend’s event schedule and previews, and all the news headlines… Thanksgiving has turned into a traditional road race day. It appears both the masses and the pros (and semi-pros) use it the same way: as a fun day to get out a...more

College XC Season in Review
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 23, 2011 at 3:22pm

Over at Flotrack.org, I just posted a review of the men’s college cross country season. I thought I’d keep some for my own website, and posted the women’s season in review here. Upset. Out in the post-race mosh pit trying to get interv...more

Exciting Weekend at the NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 23, 2011 at 12:15am

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Over the weekend I took my traditional trip out to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. This is the ninth time it’s been at Indiana State’s Laverne Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, and I’ve been t...more

Turkey Trot: Training Plan Revisions
by Chic Runner
posted November 22, 2011 at 11:10pm

So when I made my training plan I might have been giddy with excitement or simply stupid, but after getting up and trying to run and working on getting my mileage back up, it’s been difficult to stay committed, and yes, I’m what.. two weeks in...more

Gearing Up For A Healthy Holiday Season
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 22, 2011 at 10:32pm

There is a specific moment which to me connotes the beginning of the holiday season. It’s when Santa appears at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Maybe I’ve bought into decades of advertising campaigns designed to get me t...more

NCAA Cross Country Championships: Watch the final kick & post-race interviews with Reid, Hasay
by anngaff
posted November 22, 2011 at 11:15am

The race video of the full 6K race of the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships at Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, IN, is below. Fast forward to 19:00 to watch an exciting sprint to the finish between defending champ Sheila Reid of Villanova an...more

A New Personal Best! 8 Miles & Running
by Chic Runner
posted November 21, 2011 at 11:23pm

So this Saturday I knew that I had to get my long run done. I had 8 miles on the old platter and to say I was nervous would be an understatement. B had to work so he left at 5 am, and I fell back asleep, knowing that soon my alarm would go off and I would...more

Reflecting on a Fun and Exciting Weekend at the Philadelphia Half Marathon
by Run Girl Run
posted November 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

I put off writing this blog post all day yesterday, thinking by this morning I would have a better idea of what to say about yesterday's race. Some friends and family who ran the race But I've still got nothing. I didn't have a ton of fun (mainly bec...more

NCAA D1 Cross-Country Championships: Reid Defends Individual Title, Georgetown Stuns
by LHiggs
posted November 21, 2011 at 2:47pm

The women’s NCAA D1 XC Championships race was a great follow-up to a pretty boring men’s race, which featured a lot of footage of Arizona’s Lawi Lalang running alone. Silje Fjortoft of SMU tried to replicate Lalang’s domination, except she attempt...more

NCAA D1 XC Championships Preview
by LHiggs
posted November 21, 2011 at 8:34am

When: Monday, November 21st, noon ET. Watch live HERE Let me start by saying that I put very little stock in the official rankings in XC. So much can happen. Teams usually go in with a solid five runners, and someone inevitably has a bad day. It’s reall...more

Why Runners Should Take An "Off Season"
by smartrunner
posted November 20, 2011 at 9:02pm

Do You Give Yourself an Off Season?? Here in the Midwest, race season is typically from April or May through October. That is the time of year when most runners are in their peak training, running a higher volume of miles and intervals. If you trai...more

Running marathons is bad for your health.
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted November 20, 2011 at 10:30am

Didn't you hear??? I sure did. Last week someone let me know.Gees.I should have taken up smoking. Or competitive eating. What am I doing running? I could be indulging in cheese burgers and fried chicken every night.I was talking to someone the other day a...more

2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships odds and ends
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 19, 2011 at 3:48pm

First off, a reminder of the weekend’s schedule of events (all times Eastern). Sunday at noon: Flotrack live “blue carpet” show Monday at 11 AM: Flotrack live race day show (like ESPN’s GameDay, but better because it’s cross country) Monday a...more

Philadelphia Half Marathon Goals
by Run Girl Run
posted November 18, 2011 at 1:11am

The race is officially three days away and I really can't wait for it to get here. For the most part, my training has gone really well and I feel prepared for this race. I'm antsy to get out there and see what I can do. Philly last year But as far as...more

Lauren Fleshman on the NYC Marathon (Part 3 of 3): The Race
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted November 17, 2011 at 2:17pm

In case you want the background story to this three part series, you can read part one or part two as you please. Control The pack spreads out almost instantly as we climb the first mile up the Verezzano-Narrows Bridge and I settle back into a controll...more

Penn State's Caitlin Lane Recaps Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Meet in a Tumultuous Weekend
by CaitlinLane
posted November 14, 2011 at 4:29pm

We left for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships with heavy hearts, but happy to be escaping the madness. We hopped on the bus after practice and traveled to Princess Anne, Maryland for the second time in two years. The women were on a mission. A missi...more

Great Lakes Regional Report: Michigan wins comfortably, Toledo edged by Michigan State for 2nd
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 13, 2011 at 11:58am

Complete results Flotrack coverage University of Toledo story This afternoon the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships took place at Toledo’s Ottawa Park. In case you haven’t been following my previews of the meet, Ottawa Park is vir...more

NCAA Div. I South Region XC Championships: link to public photo gallery & results
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted November 13, 2011 at 1:01am

I went to Tuscaloosa today for the NCAA Div I South Region Cross Country Championships. Snapped a good bit of photos from the men's and women's race. The link to the public gallery is below:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.971461656156.2349168.265...more

Track & Field/Marathon Headlines: Oly Trials Marathon to be televised, IAAF Congress news and more
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 11, 2011 at 12:40am

Lots of interesting news this morning… The rumor is that Oregon freshman Lukas Verzbicas, who set the national high school 2-mile record and broke the 4:00 mile, is leaving the team to in favor of a return to triathlons. Flotrack broke the story yeste...more

Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Preview: Women’s Teams
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 10, 2011 at 8:42pm

On Monday I previewed the men’s teams at the upcoming NCAA Great Lakes Regional cross country championships. Today I look at the women’s teams. To review, this is the qualifying round for the NCAA Championships, to be held in Terre Haute on Monday, ...more

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