As a road race director, I have to say that this is just about the coolest idea that I've ever heard of. I just signed up to a half marathon called the World Wide Half Marathon, which is taking place in October. But this race is a little different...it's virtual and it's free.

Since I finished 2nd last year at the "Four on the Fourth" in Chester, CT, I jumped into this race thinking that I may have an outside chance of being the first one across the line even though the field size was close to 1,000. But I should have known that I was in trouble when I lined up at the starting line next to a guy with the words "Pain is Temporary" permanently tatooed across his back!

Some mosquitoes in Manchester, Connecticut tested positive for West Nile virus yesterday. This is the first sign of West Nile in Connecticut this year and the ninth year that the virus has been found in the state. The mosquitoes that...

I've received a few e-mails asking about thoughts on the question of whether it's beneficial for runners to do any upper-body training. As you might expect from a lawyer (like politicians, we are generally incapable of giving straight answers), the...

Happy Fourth everyone! And best of luck if you're doing a holiday race today! Or if you're just out there running around town, don't forget to look around and realize that we're very lucky to live in such a wonderful...

For my pre-Fourth of July post here's a great recipe passed on by my little sister that you can use for the BBQ tomorrow. She's even more of a health freak than I am (she'll be competing in the Lake...

Just as Team Supreme (my racing team) started assembling a squad to compete in the Mystic Marathon Relay this year, Bart caught wind of a rumor that the race has been cancelled due to the organizers' inability to find a...

I just wanted to use this post to issue a great-big thank you to The Reminder, a local weekly newspaper publication. One of their reporters, Connie Yan, recently wrote this full-page article on this blog which has apparently helped to...

I think we can all agree on the fact that running is not just about physiology...psychology plays a big role too (I personally think it's about a 50/50 split). Certainly anyone who has run a marathon will tell you that...

A new way to enhance your training which I am currently experimenting with is setting up a personal training blog. This is the digital age and blogs offer a way to add a new and interesting element to your running...

Today I'm officially setting my sites for the next two-and-a-half months on a monster of a race called the Pisgah Mountain 50K Trail Race on September 9th. That's 31 miles and therefore my very first foray into the strange world...

This past weekend Dan, Bart and I spent our annual running mancation weekend get-away in Lake Placid, New York, deep in the heart of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. This is our third trip together to a Northeastern camping location for...

This past weekend Dan, Bart and I spent our annual running mancation weekend get-away in Lake Placid, New York, deep in the heart of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. This is our third trip together to a Northeastern camping location for...

The U.S.A. Track Field Association has created a website that every runner should check out. USATF - America's Running Routes is a site that uses Google Map technology to help you map out your different running routes, post them for...

The U.S.A. Track Field Association has created a website that every runner should check out. USATF - America's Running Routes is a site that uses Google Map technology to help you map out your different running routes, post them for...

Back in the late 80's when I first started running I vaguely recall trying to go out for a training run with a walkman. For those of you who are under the age of 20, a walkman is a portable...

Back in the late 80's when I first started running I vaguely recall trying to go out for a training run with a walkman. For those of you who are under the age of 20, a walkman is a portable...

Back in the late 80's when I first started running I vaguely recall trying to go out for a training run with a "walkman". For those of you who are under the age of 20, a walkman is a portable cassette player, and the first ones that came out were nearly the size of bricks (this was before Sony came out with that smaller, yellow sports-walkman that you could strap to your arm). Suffice it to say that the run went horribly because carrying the walkman was cumbersome and having to constantly fiddle with the buttons and wires made me miserable for the rest of the run.

I'm pretty excited about a running website that I've stumbled upon called YourRunning.com. It's a social utility site that is essentially the running world's version of MySpace and Facebook. It's free to register and it allows you to provide a...