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Blog: This weekend's half-marathon in Liverpool with have a Beatles theme. Organizers decided to pay tribute this year to the city's famous musical group.
Here's a link where you can learn more
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Blog: The Honolulu Marathon has completed its nearly two-month review of seven hours of finish-line video. There was a glitch with the electronic tags used for timing. 2,400 runners whose times were lost have been found.
Click here to read more
Blog: Ever been on vacation and wished you could fit in a run? Now you can. They're called "City Running Tours". You take a guided tour of a city while jogging.
Here's a link to a story about it
Click here to visit the City Running Tours website
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Blog: Here's a video from Runner's World that demonstrates the "Drunk Flamingo". It's a great way to improve your balance.
Blog: Ever been on a long run and your iPod/MP3 battery died? Most of us do forget to charge our gadgets every now and then. When a battery dies, it is frustrating, to say the least.
A solution may not be too far off in the future. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created tiny fibers that generate electricity from body movement. That means that you'll produce enough "juice" to power your gadgets. Pretty cool, huh?
I just hope we don't all end up looking like the Borg from Star Trek!
Here's a link to the short article
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Blog: Runner's World unveiled a new home page for their website today. One of the things they are promoting on the page is a way for you to get a customized training program called the "Smart Coach". It asks you for a recent running time, the distance you ran, your goal distance, and how hard you want to train. Based on that information, it gives you a training schedule to follow.
Looks pretty cool. Click here to get your training schedule
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Blog: This was taken from the Community Covenant Church's website:
"Community Covenant Church is again providing runners an opportunity
to participate in one of the world’s premier marathons and, in doing
so, help send children to camp. For the third consecutive year, the
church is accepting applications for two numbers in the historic Boston
Marathon, scheduled this year for April 21.
Although some 20,000 people run in the marathon (26 miles, 385 yards), entering the event is difficult because of the large number of individuals eager to secure a place. In addition to the $150 entrance fee, the applicant also must have run a qualifying time at a previously certified marathon.
Runners who use the Community Covenant numbers do not have to qualify or pay the fee. However, in return for the numbers, runners must agree to use the opportunity to raise money for the church camping scholarship fund."
To learn more about this opportunity, click here
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Blog: Sega Toys' new product, the Body Trainer, will be available in Japan sometime in April. The Body Trainer makes training suggestions based on the user's heart rate. It monitors this by having a tiny clip attached to the user's ear.
It will be available in 3 models: walking, jogging and aerobics
Click here to read more
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Blog: This is a really good article from the New York Times that addresses the question, "Does weightlifting make a better athlete?".
Click here for the answer
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Blog: As a member of the opposite sex, I can't contribute much of an opinion on this. Just thought it was sort of interesting and funny.
Here's the press release headline: First Seamless Running Skirt Debuts at Los Angeles Marathon
This was taken from the press release......
"This running skirt is not your typical pink running skirt. It has a built in
lycra compression short which means no thigh bunching, and a
non-elastic waist band eliminates chafing. Zensah Fabric®, a
proprietary fabric, wicks away moisture, fights bacteria and odor."
Click here to read the rest
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