My ex-Boston Marathon 2010

I didnt write anything here for over the year. The reason was my first full, yes i finished but i burned. I got sick of running, thinking about running, writing about running. But now i am back, and being back means 10 races in 2010 (9halfs, and 1 full). Ready for new updates….. and no, [...]

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Last night i managed to drag my lovely wife to see the ‘encore’ presentation of the famed movie “Spirit of the Marathon”. Movie theatre was full of people, and looking around i could swear most of them couldnt run 5k. Again i was probably wrong, it just shows that runners come in all sizes and [...]

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well, right in my neighborhood there is a 5k race. All money goes to some charity again, Islands or Shummway Elementary PTO. Just wondering, do we need a “higher cause” to run, isnt running for a sake of running old? But whatever reason, please join, it is small, fun, saturday morning race, right here in [...]

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For over an hour now, i tried to register for local 5k, and 10k, on active.com, just to realize it is not Mac friendly, and its constant begging to log in, confused my Safari browser. (i know it is only 5% of all internet browsers on the market, but i am not changing it, i [...]

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so here it is, new world record for marathon (even not official world record, just the world fastest time), for all of you who wonder what event should you pick for your new PR.

BERLIN (AP) — Haile Gebrselassie took advantage of a perfect course and ideal conditions to set a world record at the Berlin [...]

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A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months.
Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle.
He said the feat was [...]

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There is something interesting about indian marathon runners pushing the limits, last time i post about 5 year old, now it is 94 year old. Here is another article from BBC news:
A 94-year-old athlete was first off the starting blocks as 11,000 runners took part in the annual Edinburgh Marathon.
Fauja Singh, the official starter [...]

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Budhia Singh phototaken from BBC News
The coach of a five-year-old Indian boy famous for running marathons has been charged with torture, police say.
They say that Biranchi Das was arrested after Budhia Singh’s mother said she had found scars on the body of her son. Mr Das strongly denies any wrongdoing.
Budhia began running at three and [...]

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