Three quick reminders: 1. The Harborcreek Learn-to-Run clinic with Sandie Sweet starts tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Harborcreek Community Park. More info here. 2. You have the choice of a few off-peninsula races this weekend. More info here. 3. Jim Lang’s Tuesday Night Race League (TNRL) begins on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Harborcreek [...]
Worth Reading * Dogs get high, too, but ferrets don’t. * 10 biggest running mistakes * Does it seem like it takes longer to recover the older you get? Um, it does. Here’s why. * For the ladies: Jezebel: If You Must Think About your Weight, Here Are 10 Things to Think About Warning: there [...]
Well, this is an interesting event posted by Big White Trailer Timing’s Jim Lang yesterday — a Country Triathlon that starts, most appropriately, at a place we country folk all call home — The Gem City Gun Club. Here are all the details in amusingly cute country speak: Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013 @ 4 [...]
As seen along the streets of Cleveland on Sunday morning: Funny T-shirt: Happy calves: (Yes, most of these are blurry….I was RUNNING!) Simple works, too: These people love the Indians: Two oldies, but goodies: Truth: Cute parent signs: This woman was getting a LOT of laughs and high-fives from the women in the race: Maybe [...]
6: 25 a.m. Sunday morning Dan and I are walking toward the marathon start line in front of the Cleveland Browns stadium, though it reads “Cleveland Browns Sta” because the “dium” metal letters are missing. No matter, this isn’t our first rodeo. We’ve run this race for years now. We know where were going. The [...]
Got some late responses to Friday’s question about the weirdest thing ever found on the road while running: As I was running in Alaska, I turned a corner and almost ran into a moose. Very large creature up close. Luckily, she turned and fled! — Jamie M. An old wrecked airplane — Randy Harris Many [...]
Jim Lang, owner of Big White Trailer timing, has resurrected the Tuesday Night Race League, a casual and totally free weekly “race” or run series (depending on how you want to handle it) held in various places throughout Erie County. Here’s the basic who, what, when, where and why about TNRL from Jim’s TNRL page [...]
Wooden Shoe 5K Wooden Shoe 5K in Clymer, N.Y. — Saturday, May 18. 178 finishers. Complete results here. Top males: 1. Peter Boyd, 38, Union City, 16:43 2. Shawn Wiler, 18, Columbus, 17:09 3. Adam Rowe, 32, Ripley, 17:50 Top females: 1. Katie Kuttenkuler, 29, Erie, 19:24 2. Kimberly Turner, 29, Corry, 20:09 3. Rebecca [...]
What is the weirdest/strangest/most shocking thing you ever saw laying in the road/trail on a run? A fat raccoon ….. the biggest that I’ve ever seen. I was running on the multi-purpose trail on the bay side @ Presque Isle and it was sitting there just off of the trail, and showed absolutely no fear [...]