Breaking News!!! (as of 11 a.m.)

Nike has reversed their position, Arien O’Connell has been awarded first place, read the story at SFGate.com — seems the uproar that was posted yesterday online put the pressure on Nike. An extended post will be added tonight as an update (since I’m at...

Sorry, Fastest Time Didn’t Win

With over 20,000 competitors at the Nike Women’s Marathon this past weekend, an interesting thing happened: The finisher with the fastest time, didn’t win. That’s right! Arien O’Connell, a 24-year old from New York City, ran the fastest time of...

Nike Women’s Marathon 10.19.08

The Nike Women’s Marathon (and Half-Marathon) is this weekend in San Francisco and the local excitement is building. Thousands of people have been training on their own, in teams, or with charity organizations (see Kristen to the right). They have spent months...

RNRSJ: Round 2

The Rock n Roll San Jose Marathon is 3 days away – as the Chronicle says, 96 Hours… so let’s think back to October 14, 2007 to prepare for this weekend. It was my first RNR race and first local event outside of San Francisco, so it was a pleasant...

A Hefeweisen Well Deserved…

With the San Jose Jose Rock n Roll Marathon in 4 days, I have just been informed that Widmer Beer will be at the Finish Line Festival to provide (all runners over 21) one FREE BEER. And if you want more, it’s only $5. How awesome is that? Although I have never...

They try to make me go to Rehab…

I’d like to say I was like no, no, no. But I was forced to say yes, yes, yes. And thinking about it, that is probably the best thing. You might be asking yourself, is this the first step in a 12 step program? Unfortunately, this blog is not that exciting. I have...