Baker Trail Ultra 50 mile

Baker Trail Ultra Challenge. - 50 mile

Clear Creek 18 mile run

Clear Creek 18 mile Garmin

Online Portal to Ohio Trails

Online Portal

Book Review: The Perfect Mile (2004) Neal Bascomb - Bannister, Landy, and Santee and the 4 minute mile

The Perfect Mile (2004) Neal Bascomb

With the passing of the great Sir Roger Bannister I highly recommend this terrific book about the great completion that occurred at that time between Englishman Bannister, Australian John Landy, and American Wes Santee.  They were all amazing, breaking the 4 minute mile on cinder tracks with lousy shoes and antiquated training methods.  Anyone who gripes that they can’t do something because they don’t have a nice enough _______ (fill in the blank) should read this book!   I wonder what these guys would have run with 2018 shoes, tracks, and training. 

Roger Bannister gave up competitive running to had a long esteemed career as a physician.   What an example of a fine human being.

Slate Run 10K

Clear Creek Half Marathon - Cemetery Hill and Ridge

Highbanks 4 mile Loop

Great for a cold, rainy, ICY day!

New Years Day Run 2018. 5 degrees and a Bald Eagle Sighting!

Well a nice brisk day at Alum Creek.  No one else there yet - I guess 5 degrees might scare some people off.

As I stretched before the run a Bald Eagle set down on a branch near me  - I guess trying to understand what sort of idiot does this kind of stuff.  

It was a fabulous day - sunny, brisk and the snow was packed down by the snow mobiles.  Could not have been better - well maybe 20 degrees instead of 5...

Happy New Year!

Highbanks 5 K Loop

Snowy Mohican Trail Run

Mohican 100 - 5 am start

Clear Creek 17

Hurricane Nate

Great Seal State Park

17+ Mile Loop at Clear Creek Park

Prairie Oaks 8.5 Miles

Great Seal State Park: Half Marathon - Over 2400 ft elevation change (In Central Ohio?)

Are we Running Slower?

Americans are Running Slower

This link suggests that we are overall running 9 - 10% slower.  This is based on the results of large races with at least 2,000 participants.  You have to wonder if this is really true.  SO many people are now getting into running and entering races at an early point in their training.  They are not too worried about a time but just want to finish.  I think that is a good thing.  The more people that are outside exercising the better.

So  - lets all run FASTER and prove this "study" wrong!

17 + Mile Trail Loop at Clear Creek Park - Check it out!