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Buckeye Trail 50k - Event record list (1994-2011) 16 Aug 2011 | 07:55 am
Link to PDF file In 2011, Beth Woodward reset her own course record by a margin of 9+ minutes. In four attempts, Woodward owns four wins and four of the five fastest BT50k in 18-year event history. S...
Report: 2010 Glass City Marathon 30 Apr 2010 | 11:52 pm
(Statue of Sy Mah at the entrance of Olander Park, Sylvania, Ohio, where miles 16-17 of the Glass City Marathon passes by.) Five years ago upon crossing the finish line of the Flying Pig Marathon, in...
Preview: 2010 Fools Trail Run 11 Mar 2010 | 02:57 pm
Article below published in the March 2010 WRTR newsletter. With registration reaching full capacity late last week, the field is set for the 2010 Fools Trail Run. The second year race will be held on...
Green Jewel tomorrow 6 Mar 2010 | 07:36 am
Saturday marks the third running of the Green Jewel, a 50-km road run connecting the westside paths of the Cleveland Metroparks. The run starts near the mouth of the Rocky River on Lake Erie and follo...
Yearly goals 5 Mar 2010 | 04:20 pm
What is a personal blog without a "yearly goal" post? Here are a few running related goals I'll shoot for this year: - 12 months x 250 miles - 2:55 or better marathon (April or May) - Return to La...
Heart rate zones for for runners 5 Mar 2010 | 05:23 am
Here is a nifty calculator from Runningforfitness.com to help determine heart rate zones, given the inputs of Maximum HR and Resting HR.
Happy 2010 2 Jan 2010 | 03:53 pm
New Year's Day view from our Pacific Beach vacation spot If you're still following this dormant blog, I apologize. I've been absent from telling the tales about my 2009. Finishing the MMT, getting ma...
2009 race links, results & reports 31 Dec 2009 | 03:04 pm
Massanutten highlighted my 2009: 12/5 - URINEO FA 50 Mile (9:51) 11/26 - Homerun 4 Homeless 4 Mile (23:51) PR 11/1 - Inland Trail HM (1:21:53) PR 10/3 - Nature's Bin 5k (17:37) PR 9/26 Akron Mara...
URINEO FA report 9 Dec 2009 | 02:37 am
At the start of last year's URINEO FA, the results of the Massanutten lottery were already in. I was amongst a group of NEO Trail Club members with a spot secured in the 2009 MMT. I joined the others ...
Report: Inland Trail Half Marathon 5 Nov 2009 | 03:06 pm
Finishing MMT in May was my Superbowl for the year. I didn't make other plans to race long, marathon or otherwise, for the rest of the year. I took a pass at a fall marathon/ultra effort and decided t...
