I don't think it is just focused training goals. Certain round numbers are going to be seen as milestones. Many will be motivated to reach those milestones, rather than to push their limits to do the absolute best they can do on that day. Obviously, a lot of people pushed themselves to reach that 4-...

Wow. Good for him. Especially coming back after back-sliding for 18 months. Love the shot with Walk Off The Earth.

After 200 years of trying, someone has found a good way to season the inside of large pieces of meat.

The Seasoning Stick

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Fifty-freakin'-seven.

Yesterday, I filled a script for hydrocodone / acetaminophen. Today, they gave me another script. The nurse today said, ignore what the other bottle says, take one or two every 4 hours. I said, that bottle says one every six hours (and has the 4 mg max dose warning). THEN, the nurse looked into the...

HCcD wrote:You could probably just go, and/or call, them to verify ??

This. When I lived in Kingston I used to run on a couple of courses during the fall/winter/early spring and found that some don't mind at all, but others do not want you out there no matter the season. Asking removes any doubt.

ian wrote:... if a big city marathon with a six figure budget manages to donate a couple thousand bucks to a cause which was featured prominently in the promotions, some people are going to see this as a shady dealing.

Exactly. It all depends on how they market the affiliation with the charity.

This does bring up an interesting point, though: we're completely used to seeing running events where a charitable affiliation represents a tiny fraction of the overall event budget. Does this happen very often outside the running community or is an outsider justified in being uncomfortable with th...

turd ferguson wrote:Oh Noes! Somebody is making a profit!!!!!

I agree that the article is ridiculous.

Could we get the Kenyan a maniac home for Victoria? A great idea, though the race is putting him in a hotel while he's there. Makes you think though- I wonder if there are other athletes in his shoes who would like to do home stays for races rather than hotels- it's a neat experience for the famili...

Sask marathon - ~3500 total participants, all distances "Colour Me Rad" - ~9000 participants Where? One single event? Yup, the one in Saskatoon a few weeks ago. Or so I was told by some of the people who participated. That makes it even bigger than the Bridge City Boogie (6K) which is hea...

... and it didn't take running an ultra to do it.

This is interesting. I've never thought about nutrition in relation to my depression.

If you're fast, it could be worth entering a Telus event. I timed one event 3 years in a row, a 5K, that was associated with a fundraiser walk that drew several hundred people. The race itself never had more than 45 people in it. Telus were a sponsor and first prize the first year - for both males &...

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daddy_runner wrote:I'll keep an eye out for her.

Hope she keeps both her eyes, though I feel certain they may be blackened a bit!

I just put a pork loin roast into the oven. I cut it open and stuffed it with a mixture of onion, garlic, mushrooms, dates, figs, pecans and Balsamic vinegar. I made the stuffing the other night (sauteed all that in a pan, deglazed with Balsamic) and put it in the fridge until I got around to actua...

I expect the RD to configure the transition area to make it difficult to steal my stuff. I don't expect it necessarily to be impregnable, just difficult. For example, a fence high enough to make it difficult to lift a bike over. Some form of check ID to remove the bike from transition. I agree. I h...

Many transition zones aren't really set up for effective bike locking. That would take a bit different setup if participants were expected to lock their bikes. It's clearly not expected. The problem is that the sport started, and standards were set, at a time when people weren't riding bikes that r...

Make everyone ride a stock bike that nobody would want to steal. That's what I have thought for ages. Athletes want to push full responsibility for the protection of their hyper-expensive bicycles onto race organizations despite the fact they themselves will not make use of the single most effectiv...

I usually just have some water or milk before heading out, but if it's going to be a longer run I may eat a banana as well. Sometimes even half a banana is enough. I know some people who will have a very small bowl of oatmeal.

I guess she can relax and just have fun in Detroit.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/820200-overview" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Minimum toxic doses of acetaminophen for a single ingestion, posing significant risk of severe hepatotoxicity, are as follows: Adults: 7.5-10 g Children: 150 mg/kg; 200 mg/kg in healthy children aged...

1000 miles with a fridge on his back. What could possibly go wrong?

DLS wrote:Just an aside -- I had my first running article published in the current Canadian Running mag! It's the article on Niagara-on-the-Lake. ("Write what you know", eh?)

Congratulations.