By Michelle Hamilton Runners try pre-race meditation at the San Francisco Marathon expo. Silence fell over the room as the meditation instructor asked the group to lower their eyes. Shoulders dropped. Breath deepened. It’s what you’d expect from a meditation session—except for the thu...
I’m in London totally immersed in RW's coverage of the Olympic Games, but I just noticed today’s New York Times Phys Ed column titled “Diet vs Exercise for Weight Loss,” and it’s bothering me a little. I think it amounts to a straw-man argument in positing that we all believe exercise...
If you've got an opening in your race calendar this weekend, and live within reasonable driving distance of southeastern Connecticut, I've got a suggestion for you. And I can guarantee you won't regret it: Run the Ocean Beach John J. Kelley 11.6 miler. John J. Kelley. Photo courtesy L...
Story and photo by Michelle Hamilton Marianne Juarez, M.D., updates a runner's status via smartphone at the San Francisco Marathon. At mile 24 of Sunday’s San Francisco Marathon, as Harley Davidson motorcycle riders stood watch over the course and peace-loving punk rock band Groovy Ju...
The only expectation for your first race: TO FINISH . This takes all the added pressure off and allows you to enjoy the journey and culmination of all your hard work. If you want to feel truly liberated, leave your watch in your car! Run for the FEEL of it rather than the speed of it....
It's uncanny how timely this is. While not the same scenario as you illustrated above, I was so mad at myself this morning for being STUPID and risking my life doing that whole "I know the light is about to turn green but I just know that I can sprint across this busy intersection bef...
Dathan Ritzenhein graduated from high school in 2001, and has made every U.S. Olympic team since then. Things haven't gone smoothly for him at the Olympics, however. In 2004, he dropped out of the 10,000 with a serious foot injury. In 2008, he qualified in the marathon, but lost impor...
That took Phelps to 19. 15 are gold - this was already the record, the two bronze from Athens and the silver last night making up the collection. Phelps has three events remaining - a leg in the 4 x 100m medley relay where it is very difficult to see the USA not winning gold, then the...
. I tried to explain the biological passport concept, how it evolved out of the realization that traditional anti-doping methods were relatively ineffective, and that our insistence on finding a "smoking gun" in order to detect doping was compromising the fight against doping. That is...
Present at each of the events will be the Vibram FiveFingers® Tester Team, including Corrado Giambalvo one of the world’s top minimalist running coaches. The Team will be on hand to advise on training and running for all levels of runner from beginner through to highly experienced. Af...
London Day 5: GB on the golden board as Sporting Giants bears fruit and other thoughts Two very quick thoughts on medal-stories from the day's action 1) The "Tall and talented" programme bears fruit So the hosts got on the Gold medal board today, courtesy Heather Stanning and Helen Gl...
Justin Lagat is our newest columnist, he will write a piece a week for us. A young runner and writer, Justin wrote this column about his friend and team mate, Wilson Kiprop, the winner of the Kenyan Olympic Trials for 10,000 meters.
It was her second place finish in the 2011 Boston Marathon--arguably the defining race of her career--that the U.S. was confronted her talent (though not without some initial confusion: announcers were so shocked to see her battling in the last 10K that they repeatedly and without iro...
