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Category Archives: The Sunday Read
The best of The Sunday Read: 2012
Looking back over 2012’s Sunday Reads, some dominant themes quickly emerge: minimal and barefoot running, the tragic death of ultrarunner Micah True, anything and everything to do with marathons and, of course, Paul Ryan! What a year: in footwear, less … Continue reading
The Sunday Read: best running shoes ever, naked runners, and dead butt syndrome
Do you have dead butt syndrome? Hey, I don’t know. First of I heard of this terrible problem was from a HuffPo story below. Maybe if you ran in the Best Running Shoes Ever, you’d be able to feel your … Continue reading
The Sunday..er, Monday, Read: Yetis, South Pole Marathon and more
It’s late, it’s unreliable, but it’s here! The Return of The Sunday Read. Or maybe this edition could be Son of The Sunday Read. Or how about Revenge of The Sunday Read? Perhaps sometime soon we could even have A … Continue reading
The Sunday Read: Beat nipple chafing and win that marathon!
The Dublin Marathon will run for the 33rd time on Monday with its largest field yet: more than 14,000 people. Despite that, the race lost its title sponsor when the National Lottery pulled out. Marathon organizers are concerned they may … Continue reading
The Sunday Read: The dead, the dying and the dopes
Yes, yes, I know it’s Monday and not Sunday. And, yes, I know it’s been two weeks and you’ve been sniveling about the lack of posts on this blog. Well, I managed to escape from the tiny locked room where … Continue reading
The Sunday Read: …is back! Ultra trends, Paul Ryan and more.
Every time a heart problem fells a runner during a race, the debate over whether marathoning is dangerous to heart health or not bursts anew. Refreshingly, one group isn’t arguing the point, but rather trying to do something about it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Garmin, marathons and heart failure, Paul Ryan, pulmonary edema, Scott Jurek, Ultrarunning, XTerra
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The Sunday Read: talk like an ultra runner
In this week’s Sunday Read, Ryan Hall runs an ultra, Paul Ryan recants his marathon, National Geographic talks to an ultrarunner, and Outside tells us how to talk like an ultrarunner. Confused yet? I sure as heck am, but that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Krissy Moehl, Paul Ryan, Ryan Hall, Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc, Ultrarunning
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The Sunday Read: Special Paul Ryan edition
Like Meb, Geb and Mo, suddenly to runners Paul Ryan is a recognizable name in the sport. And, damn – if Ryan is to be believed – he may not have run a 2:03 or a 2:06, but back in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Grandma's Marathon, Paul Ryan, Runner's World, Ryan Hall
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The Sunday Read: Marathon restrictions and misplaced trails
Should there be an age restriction on marathons? At least one Canadian race believes so, changing its rules this week to prevent young runners from participating in fulls. A reader on the CBC News website wondered that if it’s all … Continue reading
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Tagged Marathon by the Sea, Prince Edward Island Marathon, Runner's World, trails, Yoga
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The Sunday Read: Dylan Wyke’s tweets, drinking, and dying. Plus: party rocking
Did Canadian marathoner Dylan Wykes lose Olympic gold because he tweeted too much? That’s what Running World columnist Mark Remy suggests. Remy worked up a graph correlating the number of tweets to the success of Olympic marathoners and suggests – … Continue reading
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Tagged doping, Dylan Wykes, Hal Higdon, Jonathan Vaughters, Micah True, Stephen Kiprotich
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