River Bank Run 2019: the young runners!

Thoughts about my home town race, and the continuing surge of running youth

Here are my thoughts about my home town race, and the continuing surge of running youth. The future is looking bright, so let’s keep this trend going……

Des Linden is everywhere this week

Des Linden is dominating the marathon media this week! There’s a video put out by Brooks, in which she responds to 26.2 questions; an article on Runners World’s website, in which she shares some mental strategies for conquering the …

Runners to watch in 2018 Chicago Marathon (w/ updates)

There are a lot of great stories to follow in the 2018 Chicago Marathon. From the return of the pacers, to the inspiring stories of non-elites who are running.

And, of course, there are the elites. Here are five …

3rd Annual T.Rex Stampede Coming in Oct

Plans already being made for a 4th annual event 

[Updates follow the original post ]

Ever wanted to run while wearing an inflatable T-Rex costume? Yea, there’s a race for that. It’s called the T.Rex Stampede, and it’s being …

NYC Marathon 2018: Shalane Flanagan, Geoffrey Kamworor, Desiree Linden

November is still a little ways away, but the race is already full of awesome

[Updated Aug 25, 2018. Updates follow the original post. ]

As the list of elite runners committing to this year’s New York Marathon grows, it’s …

what would hurt more: being gored by a wild animal, or being called a ‘jogger’?

Fox News ran a headline stating a “jogger” had been gored by 2,000-pound bison while on morning run. The victim, 26 year old Craig Neilson, is in training to run an ultra. So, the dude clearly ain’t a jogger. …

NYC Half Marathon Features Big Change For 2018

The popular NYC Half Marathon is getting its first major change

From a post at Competitor Running:

Since the event began it 2006, [the NYC Half Marathon] has always run from Central Park to Lower Manhattan, with a few