Kermit Whitfield wins 100-meter dash heat at Florida Relays after Marvin Bracy false-starts | OrlandoSentinel.com
It's totally glossed over in the write-up here, but a seventh grade girl ran a 2:09 800 meter race to win the high school event at the Florida Relays this weekend. A seventh grade girl ran a 2:09.
Book Review: 14 Minutes | WSJ.com
Alberto Salazar has a new book out covering his encounters with death (among other things), and the WSJ offers up a review.
How Yoga Can Make You a Better Runner | RW News
An interview with Sage Rountree, the RW-contributing author of the new 'Runner's Guide To Yoga'.
2013 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon Raises Entrant Cap to 25,000 | Cool Running
In response to the recent increase in marathon demand, Houston is adding an additional 1,000 participants to their event next year.
Pollen is controlling the world. How'd your runs go in spite of the green air monster?
Step aside, Race Face -- there's a new face of running. And oh, what a beautiful face it is.
Meet the Ridiculously Photogenic Runner.
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How the Staten Island Ferry moves 22,000 runners and helps the New York City Marathon.
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"Have some BIG news to share with you guys tomorrow. Curious to see if anyone can guess what it is." That's whatRyan Hall tweeted to his 37,000+ followers on Tuesday. Then, when tomorrow came, he sent out the following: "Sorry to keep you guys hanging but the news is going to have to wait one more day. I'm enjoying your guys guess'!" So, delayed a day, but Thursday we finally learned the big news: "The 41st Day," a documentary film done by Tim Jeffreys, "will follow Hall in his build-up to the London Olympic marathon."
The 41st Day Teaser from Tim Jeffreys on Vimeo.
The film will include workouts, one-on-one interviews and even what Hall's life is like when he's not running. From the Kickstarter page:
Ryan isn't the ordinary runner, though. While competitors prepare in training groups under the systematic care of coaches and advisors, Ryan runs alone. Practicing what he calls faith-based coaching, he relies exclusively on the direction of his faith to dictate his training, an unprecedented and often scrutinized approach in the world of distance running. "For me, running is an art more than a science," says Ryan. One can't argue with his results up to this point, but will his faith be enough to take him to the top?
Some race registration news for you to start Wednesday:
First, the MCM10K, opens at noon ET, and will be available at http://www.marinemarathon.com/
The 6.2-mile race is run in conjunction with the Marine Corps Marathon:
The MCM10K will host 10,000 runners ages 10 and above for the 6.2 mile event occurring in conjunction with the 37 MCM on Sunday, Oct. 28. Now in its seventh year, the MCM10K offers a new course featuring more mileage along the National Mall in Washington D.C.
Additionally, the Big Sur Half Marathon -- Competitor Magazine's "Best Half Marathon" -- is now open for a discounted "Early Bird Special" registration, with rates increasing on April 16.
Every once and a while we get a reminder that everything that we value is ephemeral: that wonderful, beautiful dog that finally found its permanent home with your family became too long for this world. The antique glass that was hand-blown years ago is temporarily in a state of order; eventually entropy will irreversibly increase and the glass will be reduced to minute shards. The diamond engagement ring that you spent hours to pick out and months to finally pay off will one day be graphite. Even the man atop Everest will have to come back down eventually. Some day we'll no longer be running.
Coming to the realization that all we know will cease to be is often uncomfortable; the fact that nothing we do will last can be interpreted any number of ways. The defeatist argues that the notion that impermanence begets irrelevance: if nothing will last, what's the point of ever creating it? The cynical mind will point out that the effort far outweighs the benefit: if nothing will last, what's the point in putting forth the effort? The nihilistic will question whether of any of this matters at all.
It matters.
