2011 Pig

Check out the latest marathon poster from a friend of mine, who works with the PIG 

If you're running the Flying Pig and are a member of the RunInAMillion group, you'll get access to the V.I.P. event on Friday night. Post a comment to let me know you're attending!

Has this happened to you?

It has been so warm and beautiful this week, you couldn't help but get outside to run.

This week, while trying to do just that. I ran into a 'little' bit of a problem. Living in the rural part of NJ where I do, there's a lot of wild life in the area. I've had deer in my front yard, groundhogs living in the woods behind my house, even a bear picking through the garbage in my garage.


But this week, while out on my run - got attached by a dog

500 miles....

No, I'm not referring to the Proclaimer's song "500 miles" - for those of you who ran under Coach Naegle for HHS XC team, there was a 500 mile or 300 mile club. This was the incentive program from June 1-August 31 to keep you training during the summer to get you ready for the fall season. If you completed this - you received a special "500 Mile Club" t-shirt and plaque at the end of the season.

As you've probably seen, Ultra-Marathoner Dean Karnazes has been running cross-country to raise awareness and support for childhood obesity and health. We thought that averaging 5.5+ miles a day throughout the 92 days of summer could be a tough task - especially once you started taking days off and got back-logged on the accumulated miles you now had to make up .

Dean Karnazes completed this same mileage, not in 92 days - but in 10.

 Check it out:  http://www.dadt.com/live/special/runacrossamerica/map/index.html

TICKER results 2010

I have to admit, the holidays have caused me to loose track of some events during December and January.

But looking back at the results and the current ticker, which is now over 1,060 race miles for 2010 (which is only May-December) it was quite an accomplishment for this small group of runners!

There were many 'firsts' - such as first 5K, first 10K, Half- or Marathon. All notable accomplishments. Even more amazing is the stats that make up the races.

(Because I'm a statistical geek, I had to throw in a pie-chart!)

The races that this group participated in covered 10 STATES and
2 COUNTRIES

There were 75 different events. Among them, the most common race was (no surprise) the 5K distance


The marathon, half- and ultra-marathons covered about 27% of all races or 19 different events

INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS to everyone!!
Congrats to all who participated and to everyone who got out there to run!

Doesn't matter how fast or slow we are -- as long as we're out there!!

New Years Resolutions - Round 2

Need a second start?

Another chance?

Do-Over?

Did your New Year's Resolution to "start running more" not really pan out in January? February 1st (the 'unofficial restart' to resolutions) has been slammed with treacherous winter weather - prohibiting a lot of these 'best of intentions'.

I've been fortunate enough to get outside to put some miles in, while I attempt to repair (or replace) my current treadmill. I was even able to get out over the weekend - both Sat & Sun - to have this weather wreck havoc on my running!

Although I had only gotten a few days back in to my schedule, I found myself with a sudden awareness on my caloric intake. Oddly enough, after my run this weekend, I felt the impulse to splurge for a coffee drink. Not the best post-run beverage, but wanted to reward myself for running outside in the 20 degree weather.

Then I got to thinking...

is one of those coffee drinks really any better than having a beer or a glass of wine? So I compared two coffee drinks and two beers:

Now, I don't claim to be an expert nutritionist, but International Delight had only 45 calories compared with 116 and 125 for each beer (Guiness, of course being the higher).
But the frappuccino drink had 170 calories PLUS 26g of Sugar!

I wouldn't recommend any of these as 'post-run' drinks, but if you're going to indulge then remember that if  you can't get out to run these calories away, that 30 minutes of shoveling snow will burn 300 calories!