Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up
Ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek posted a race recap of the World 24 Hour Championships race in which he recently set a new American record. He ran an incredible 165.7 miles in 24 hours. France, host country of the 2012 Olympics unveiled their Olympic mascot designs. They look like rejected concept art for a Disney movie [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up – Race Video Edition
For this edition of Friday Fun, I wanted to post a few interesting running videos I’ve seen this week. The first is Chris Solinsky, a professional runner for Nike, breaking the American 10,000 meter track record. With a time of 26:59, he is also the only non-African to have cracked the 27:00 barrier. It is [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up – Boston Marathon Edition
I haven’t done a link round-up in a while, so what better reason than a Boston Marathon Race Report Edition! For anyone who isn’t familiar with the Boston Marathon, it is easily the most prestigious marathon in the world. Why? Most marathons let just about anyone in, regardless of how fast or slow they will [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up
In my trail-running post, I mentioned it could be as easy or as hard as you wanted it to be. Ultra-runner Ray Sanchez is definitely embodying the “hard” range of ultra-running. He’s trying to complete three of the hardest 135 miles races in one calendar year. Hulu is streaming The Spirit of the Marathon, a [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up
The Los Angeles Marathon is this weekend. Apparently the L.A. Marathon has the second-largest number of spectators (around 1,000,000!), only following the New York Marathon. (Come on Chicago!) Man dies after completing half-marathon. People tend to trot out these terrible anomalies and call running unsafe. However the article ends by saying, “A 20-year study on [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up 03/12/10
Two runners are running across a 400 mile frozen lake in Siberia, pulling 100 pound sleds and unassisted by skis. They are covering the 400 miles over a course of 10 days to raise awareness for water conservation. Running 26.2 miles not sound hard enough for you? This teacher tried to break the world record [...]
Friday Fun – Running Link Round-Up
Washington Times – The Best Runners of the Decade The Decade’s Best Moments in Running (I’m particularly partial to #5) How Running Helped Apolo Ohno Treadathlon: 154 miles in 24 Hours (Old story, but interesting) Any other interesting running links I missed this week? Have a great weekend and good luck on that long run!
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