So now Dane’s admitted to cheating.  He’s refusing to give his medal back. Running is Funny said it best (these are highlights from the LA Time article): “The medal was given. I would not give that back. I’m proud of it.” Also: “In my mind I ran the full 26 miles.” Cool. In my mind, [...]

I am (ahem…was) a big fan of the Biggest Loser.  Last night on the show, Dane from the black team got voted off the show.  They always do this big inspirational segment at the end discussing where the contestant is now.  Last, night, they showed footage of Dane finishing a marathon in 3:57 minutes with [...]

1. I got a solid 12-miler in this weekend.  It was a great run – one of those days where it’s just nice to be out and to be active.  The weather was in the mid-40′s, so it wasn’t too hot or too cold, the sun was out, and there was a nice breeze to [...]

I have to say I was really excited to run the 5k Run for Catie this past Saturday.  Catie is a local girl who was diagnosed with a spinal tumor recently, and all the proceeds from this race went straight to her family to defray medical costs.  I really love races like this because it [...]

I was intrigued recently over the story of Arien O’Connell.  O’Connell was the woman’s “real winner” of the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco.  She didn’t actually win the race though, since it seems Nike decided it would be a good idea to start the “elite” runners 20 minutes ahead of the regular race pack.  [...]