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Source - I feel so ashamed that I just used People magazine for a source. I too will not be running in Boston, but you can’t post my picture it would leave too many people drooling. Marathoner in Training
said… I am not running Boston, and will probably never, unless they make an exception for me. [...]

We were sure glad night time came along to cool things off during our 19 hour day. It was one of the best birthdays I imagine I will ever have!!! I would have done a lot better than top 25% overall finishing time had I not had nutrition issues late on the bike. It was [...]

It was the 16th time since 1991 that a Kenyan has won the world’s oldest annually contested marathon. “The course is so tough, so it feels great to me,” he told a news conference after winning the $150,000 winner’s prize and becoming only the fourth man to win four Boston Marathons. Cheruiyot also earned a [...]

Robert Cheruiyot has won his third consecutive Boston Marathon and becomes the first four-time winner since Bill Rodgers. On the women’s side, Ethiopian Dire Tune won in a thrilling finish that was the closest in Boston Marathon history. Tune and Alevtina Biktimirova ran stride for stride with each other for the last few miles, then [...]

Boston’s marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and is considered to be one of the world’s most prestiguous road racing events. The race is managed by the Boston Athletic Association and draws 20,000+ participants and an estimated attendance of over 500,000+ spectators all along the race course. The 27 mile 385 yard course begins [...]

Cheruiyot pulled away from Bouramdane as they entered the Newton Hills, reaching the crest of Heartbreak Hill with a 27-second lead and coasting to the sixth-fastest time in Boston Marathon history. Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova after a back-and-forth last mile to win by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the [...]

Tune and Alevtina Biktimirova ran stride for stride with each other for the last few miles, then exchanged the lead several time in the last 800 meters. The 25-year-old Biktimirova ran Boston once before in 2006, and finished sixth. She won the Honolulu Marathon this December. The 22-year-old Tune won her second straight Chevron Houston [...]

Ruiz stepped to winner’s podium beside Rodgers and was garnished in the traditional laurel wreath. Analysts quizzed Ruiz on the finer points of running and she supplied very basic answers. I really did,” said a teary Ruiz, who vowed to take a lie-detector test if she had to. With no evidence that she had completed [...]

And as the deadline for public comment on the FDAs proposal to loosen restrictions on off-label marketing materials, pharma lobbyists descend on Washington. The story is in the Wall Street Journal. But not before veteran pharma champion andbiotech directorThomas Stossel MD of Harvard Medical School and co-writer and Harvard doc Dennis Ausiello MD got their [...]

All I have is a backpack full of technology, a shoestring budget and a very important list. When everything is crossed off my list I get to go home! Let me know if you want to trade one of those shoestrings for help. But at least Ill be going out in style. Tomorrow (the 21st, [...]

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Of course, since we do love a three-day weekend, it is now on the third Monday of April. Patriots’ Day commemorates the Battle of Lexington, which occurred on April 19, 1775, the day after Paul Revere’s Ride. For the country folk to be up and at arm. I have always rather enjoyed Patriots’ Day. The [...]

Saturday’s paper shuffled marathon weekend away while front-page space was reserved for an article (with photograph!) about a kitty cat that had a peanut butter jar stuck on its head. They are gifted athletes and certainly deserve attention, but marathon weekend is about much more than the people who cross the finish line first. The [...]

This blog shares my experiences in running marathons, half-marathons, 5Ks, or whatever else I am able to locate. Today we will see the 112th edition of the Boston Marathon. I hope to follow this closely, and would try to catch the webcast from the official website. In particular, I would be interested in following the [...]

Ours is a large and diverse community including many long-term residents, recent immigrants, and students attending the local universities. The 112th Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 21st — Patriot’s Day. Yesterday I gave a runner’s perspective of the race. The Boston Marathon usually draws a crowd of between 500,000 and 1 million [...]

Kastor, a bronze medalist at the 2004 Athens Games, had an unofficial 2 hours, 29 minutes, 35 seconds on the day before the Boston Marathon. Womens marathon team by Lewy Boulet and Blake Russell. Kastor, Lewy Boulet and Russell were all wrapped in American flags. Lewy Boulet, who ran alone in front of the slow-paced [...]

There’s nothing I can really add to this post by Blake over at his Sunclipse blog. At least in America, teaching well-corroborated science is more likely to lose you your job or your career or your quiet enjoyment of your home than trying to propose ID-idiocy. People have suffered death threats for no more. Thanks [...]

Fortunately, Runner’s World asked that very question. And some of the arguments put forth, both for and against, were interesting to say the least. I think some of the arguments are pretty lame, to be honest, but I find myself siding with the “No” group on this one. My reasoning is that this system really [...]

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This year’s Army Ten Miler will take place October 5th, and a field of 26,000 runners is expected. The race begins at the Pentagon, which is probably as close as most people will ever get to the famed hub of the Department of Defense. The Web site says that the race usually sells out in [...]

Symmary:
For Sundays 23rd Army Ten-Miler, what likely will stand out in many minds is the heat. Servicemembers dealing with temperatures in Iraq that are still topping 100 degrees every day, its a little hard to complain about conditions in Washington, D.C. Still, for the 26,000 runners who participated in Sundays race, the mini heatwave, with [...]

Symmary:
For Sundays 23rd Army Ten-Miler, what likely will stand out in many minds is the heat. Servicemembers dealing with temperatures in Iraq that are still topping 100 degrees every day, its a little hard to complain about conditions in Washington, D.C. Still, for the 26,000 runners who participated in Sundays race, the mini heatwave, with [...]