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Didn’t get a place in the London Marathon ballot this year so I decided to volunteer, handing...

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:01:02 +0100

Didn’t get a place in the London Marathon ballot this year so I decided to volunteer, handing out water at Mile 16. Here’s what I learned:

The faster someone is the less likely they are to say thank you.

The friendliest people are neither the fastest or the slowest but the people in the middle.

The mass determination and spirit of marathon runners is mind blowing.

The faster you are the more likely you are to wear a vest.

The slower you are the more likely you are to wear trousers.

If you insist on wearing a mankini please keep your “boys” in the barracks. There are children watching.

Do not walk through water stations.

Some people will piss anywhere.

Some people will spit anywhere.

Opening gels while holding water often results in dropped gel.

Very few men look good in short shorts.

Very few men look good in tight tights.

The thinner you are the more likely you are to be running.

The bigger you are the more likely you are to be walking.

Sweatbands are due a comeback.

Handing out water is a lot less exhausting than actually running and strangely enjoyable.

Water in squeezy, squirtable bottles in the vicinity of boys under the age of 15 will result in a water fight.

Steve Prefontaine (by SethwardProductions)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:31:02 +0100

Steve Prefontaine (by SethwardProductions)

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Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:53:29 +0100

The Rabies Awareness Fun Run

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:10:23 +0100

Breaking News: Cats don't make very good jogging companions

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:11:51 +0000

Breaking News: Cats don't make very good jogging companions

Elite athletes increasingly depend on technology to help them win. But what constitutes an unfair advantage, and who should decide?

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:20:05 +0000

Elite athletes increasingly depend on technology to help them win. But what constitutes an unfair advantage, and who should decide?

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Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:40:05 +0000

Ready, Steady, Act: Running In The Movies #014

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:20:05 +0000

The Enforcer

The traditional copy chases punk across inner city rooftops scene is given a cunning twist in this fantastic epic starring the might Clint Eastwood with the addition of criminal falling through a skylight on to a porno set. A classic.

A NOTE TO PARENTS FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY COACH

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:40:06 +0000

A NOTE TO PARENTS FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY COACH

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Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:10:38 +0000

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Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:53:23 +0000

The Rise of the Run-ch Break

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:34:07 +0000

The Rise of the Run-ch Break:

From The Daily Mail:

“Researchers found around one in 13 employees now swap their suits for jogging gear and pound the streets while their colleagues relax and eat.

And, over the course of the year, fitness-craving staff clock up an average of 468 miles while away from their desks.”

Subtext:

Loads of British workers are taking the piss out of their employers by going for extended lunch breaks when they should be toiling away, sweating at their desks.

"It doesn’t matter how sensitive you are or how damn smart and educated you are, if you’re not both..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:56:53 +0000

““It doesn’t matter how sensitive you are or how damn smart and educated you are, if you’re not both at the same time, if your heart and your brain aren’t connected, aren’t working together harmoniously, well, you’re just hopping through life on one leg. You may think you’re walking, you may think you’re running a damn marathon, but you’re only on a hop trip.””

- Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito

Marathon Sortie UL-100 (1986) (via the Asics timeline)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:41 +0000

Marathon Sortie UL-100 (1986)

(via the Asics timeline)

1964 Tokyo Olympics Marathon

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:00 +0000

Part One

Part Two

GOLD Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 2:12:11:22

SILVER Basil Heatley (Great Britain) 2:16:19:23

BRONZE Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) 2:16:22:8

Defending champion Abebe Bikila was back and was considered the favorite, having lost only one marathon in his career to that point – the 1963 Boston race. But he had several strong contenders, among them the American Buddy Edelen, who in 1963 had broken the world record with 2-14:28 in the Polytechnic race in Britain, and had also won the Košice marathon in Czechoslovakia in 2-15:09.6. Britain had two top marathoners in Basil Heatley and Brian Kilby. Japan was led by Toru Terasawa, who had won the 1963 Fukuoka Marathon, and broken the world record early in 1963 at the Beppu Marathon.

But there was only Bikila. The race began at 1 PM, and was contested over a very flat straight out-and-back course. Bikila ran in the lead pack right from the start. By the turnaround point, this time running in shoes, he was leading by 15 seconds, and from there to the finish, he simply extended the lead, winning by over four minutes. Heatley finished second, but had been third entering the stadium. Third went to a native son, not Terasawa, but rather Kokichi Tsuburaya. Brian Kilby finished fourth, and Buddy Edelen, hampered by a sciatic nerve injury, placed sixth.

Tsuburaya was crushed that he had been passed on the track by Heatley in front of the Japanese crowd. He vowed to improve and pushed himself in training, but it resulted in multiple injuries. Finally, in early January 1968, he committed suicide by slashing his carotid artery with a razor blade. The note he left said simply, “Cannot run anymore.”

- SR/Olympic Sports

Keep on running: tips for withstanding winter

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:41:05 +0000

Keep on running: tips for withstanding winter

A Short History of Running In Pop Videos #014

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +0000

Blackbud: You Can Run

Theme: First film of a man aggressively running towards a finish line is reversed (clever), then we see the same man in a suit similarly running in reverse. It’s clear he’s not very happy. But why? Well, he’s in a graveyard. Finally there’s a boy running backwards from what is revealed to be the scene of domestic violence. In between all this there are stylish shots of the band noodling their way through the most miserable song ever (nice reverb though). The “twist” at the end is that the boy and the man are the same person. LOOK! They’re wearing the same giant number on their vests. It’s like Tales of The Unexpected in running form. Or something. (Meaningful stare into middle distance).

Reality check: The angry man who wins the race, roaring past the pair of club runners in the final few yards is wearing unfeasibly enormous shorts - certainly not the kind of shorts someone capable of winning a race of any description (including an egg and spoon race) would ever conceive of wearing through fear of being blown into the upper atmosphere by a sudden gust of wind. Although perhaps the shorts are to match his similarly massive race number the size of which hasn’t been seen since 1954.

Can you run to the song? No.

On your marks: 2/10

Notes: The whole reverse thing was also done by Coldplay - but with less running - and by God Lives Underwater with even less running but added eating.

Nike Running Poster

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:03:37 +0000

runanddestroy:

Fin löpartypografi.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:44:01 +0000

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:41:05 +0000

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