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Is Your Refrigerator Running?
MMRC is contemplating moving its HQ to Costa Rica, where our group runs will be messed with only by monkeys and toucans instead of snow, ice, and sub-freezing temps. While we pack our running thongs (and we’re not talking footwear), read Barefoot Josh’s latest favorite links >>
MadMayo Press Conference: Valentine’s Day Massacre
Ah, love. Hearts, flowers, chocolates, and… the Valentine’s Day Massacre Marathon Relay! This Sunday, February 14, MMRC runners Barefoot Josh, Tamara, Blair, and Lori take on Country Park in 26.2 miles of relay glory. Rumor has it that Blair is wizard-crafting a magical baton. Will it make the team faster—or even better looking? After all, [...]
You Could Run 40 MPH… You’re Just Not Twitchy Enough
Usain Bolt tops out at 27.3 miles per hour, but he could do better—and so could you. According to Wired:
“The human frame is built to handle running speeds up to 40 miles per hour, scientists say. The only limiting factor is not how much brute force is required to push off the ground as previously [...]
Barefoot Josh’s Reading Rainbow
More snow, now rain, still cold, and the groundhog tells us to suck it up because there’s more just like it TK (that’s “to come” in editor-speak). Barefoot Josh reads the blogs so we don’t have to, and rounds up the best of the best—modestly including his own personal snarkfest, of course. Follow him—and very special guests Run-DMC!—over the reading rainbow >>
Runners Are Awesome, Reason #317
We MadMayoites love running on the Greensboro Greenway. We’re honored to share the path with Special Olympics athlete Andy the Marathon Man. His dedication to the sport is an inspiration, and the runners who cheer him on are an example of our running community’s good heart. Good running makes for good hearts, and good hearts [...]
There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Cupcake
MMRC groups runs and events are free (despite the headline), but even so, we always wrangle a little added value into every outing. Who knows what participants might get post-run: fudge, coffee, primitive trophies? Yes to all of those! This January saw the first of many Cake Runs, wherein the added value is pretty obvious—and totally worth coming out for. Barefoot Josh knows his way around a pastry recipe, that’s for sure. Read more about the January Cake Run >>
Diane van Deren: Medical Miracle, Ultrarunner Extraordinaire
MMRCer Jack has a talent for finding fascinating running stories, like this New York Times article about ultrarunner Diane van Deren’s upcoming speed ascent of Argentina’s Mount Aconcagua, the highest summit in the Western hemisphere at 22,841 feet. While this is an amazing feat in itself, several elements make it even more remarkable.
Van Deren, profiled [...]
Sunday Links
Sure, Sunday is allegedly a day of rest, but we all know that runners can’t truly rest. Even on rainy Sundays when we’re parked on the couch snarfing down ginger cookies, we’re busy looking for ways to improve our finish times, garner loot, and be recruited for medical studies. Well, at least some of us are…
Not Born to Run? Try These Tips
Not born to run? These ideas might help:
Start walking. Get an inexpensive pedometer and count your daily steps—there’s evidence that it can motivate you to walk more. A San Diego State University professor tells the Los Angeles Times, “We don’t know why exactly, but keeping a number, a prompt, in our consciousness on a regular [...]
Anne Lundgrad Voted WNC Outdoors Athlete of the Decade
Again, wow. Just wow. From the Asheville Citizen-Times: “Anne Riddle Lundblad … an extreme mountain running phenom, takes the title of the Citizen-Times Western North Carolina Outdoors Athlete of the Decade.”
Lundblad, 43, entered her first ultra, the Uwharrie 40-miler, in 1999, and tied for first place. Since then, she’s dominated the ultradistance field on the [...]
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