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RW Daily News, views, rants, raves, and other bits of running-related nonsense-some of it useful-from the editors of Runner's World. Updated every weekday. · Runner's Digest: 2.12.2010 <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/runners-digest-2122010.html> Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor... Well, Maybe Snow <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/neither-snow-nor-rain-nor-well-maybe-snow.html> The King Has a New Running Blog! <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/i-cant-compete-with-this-guy.html> 'Most of All, I Feel Happy' <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/most-of-all-i-feel-happy.html> ALERT: Cell Phones Damage Drivers' Brains! <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/warning-cell-phones-atrophy-drivers-brains.html> Runner's Digest: 2.5.2010 <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/runners-digest-252010.html> Doggy Bag? Or Body Bag? <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/our-food-will-kill-you-no-ours-will.html> Sidewalks, 'Joggers,' and S.L.U.T.s <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/sidewalks-joggers-and-sluts.html> Distance Runner ISO Sole Mate <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/first-impressions.html> Watching a Marathon is Boring? <http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2010/02/running-v-football-which-is-more-boring.html>
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February 12, 2010 Runner's Digest: 2.12.2010
Jeff Dengate and Brian D. Sabin Today is Friday, Feb. 12, 2010-a good day for a run. The Countdown Austin Marathon: 2 days Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras: 16 days LA Marathon: 36 days National Marathon: 36 days Knoxville Marathon: 44 days Boston Marathon: 66 days Big Sur International Marathon: 72 days Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon: 79 days The Ticker "Christopher Lamperski visited a portable toilet <http://savannahnow.com/sports/2010-02-07/tybee-run-winner-outlasts-field>-during the race-and still won the Critz Tybee Run Half-Marathon."... Need another reason to enjoy a beer tonight? Neither do we. Here's one anyway: Turns out, the stuff is good for your bones <http://www.livescience.com/health/beer-bone-health-100208.html>... Not running related, but cool nonetheless: Medalists at the 2010 Vancouver winter games will don precious metals recovered from e-waste <http://www.livescience.com/environment/etc/100209-olympic-medals-e-waste.html>-dead BlackBerries, broken iPods, and such... Speaking of Olympians, here are six things <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/178408.php> you can learn from them... "My marathon PR? It's 3:42:29.40441860012832953." Hey, thanks, world's most precise clock <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18493-worlds-most-precise-clock-created.html>!... Glenn Greenberg, of Rockford, Ill., is the first person to have run a marathon AND a half-marathon on all seven continents-maybe? <http://www.sturgisjournal.com/lifestyle/health/x644565930/Runner-hopes-feat-is-one-for-the-record-book> ... Meantime, Pablo Aguilera, of Redwood City, Calif., is training to bust another Guinness World Record: for running a marathon while dribbling a basketball <http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14370930>... Rest easy, Live Strong <http://www.livestrong.com> supporters: Your yellow wristband won't kill you, despite rumors to the contrary <http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/livestrong.asp>...
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Is that a runner using the popular-and disgusting-strategy of smooshing donuts together, to take 'em down four at a time? See more photos <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/322884.html> from this year's Krispy Kreme Challenge.
Photo: Ethan Hyman/Raleigh News & Observer
BartWatch
Hook 'em Horns! Look for Bart at the Austin Marathon this weekend, where he'll be speaking at the expo (at 5 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday), signing books, and running past the University of Texas's campus when he goes for 26.2 on Sunday.
The Quote
"They think, 'If he can do it, I can do it, it doesn't matter.' And I think that attitude is kind of a little bit insane."
-Dror Vaknin, a University of Tampa track coach, on newcomers who assume they can run a marathon with little training (via Tampa Bay Online <http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/04/undiagnosed-illnesses-put-even-experienced-runners/>)
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February 11, 2010
Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor... Well, Maybe Snow
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Mark Remy <http://rodale.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f86af5688330120a888e0a7970b-popup>Holy rock salt! Are you kidding me with this weather?
As you probably know, if you've been reading or watching or listening to any form of media whatsoever, or as you definitely know, if you live where it's happened, a humongous snowstorm has much of the eastern U.S. We're talking tons of snow here. My neighborhood looks less like eastern Pa., and more like. The sidewalks have been transformed into snow-walled, ceiling-less hallways. I keep waiting for loudspeakers to announce, "Imperial troops have entered the base."
I am ashamed to say that, because of the weather, I skipped the 5-mile easy run that was on my schedule yesterday. Just couldn't do it. In my defense, I did spend a fair amount of time walking/bounding through deep snow with the dog (see above). And what seemed like 19 hours shoveling.
That counts for something, right?
So: Report in, please. Do you have a paralyzing amount of snow where you live? And if so, has it kept you from running?
Also, if you haven't been running, what have you been doing with yourself instead? Napping? Drinking cocoa? Making the world's coolest snowman, which shoots flames from its mouth <http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimoremomblog/2010/02/the_firebreathing_snowman_of_b.html>?
Leave a comment, below, and let us snow.
Sorry -- leave a comment and let us know.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to figure out how and where I can do today's mile repeats.
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