Posted: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 | 
Ultra-runner Karl Meltzer set off on the biggest race of his life on Aug. 5. His challenge: to run the entire length of the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail in less than 47 days.
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Posted: Friday, 22 August 2008 |  For our Olympic athletes, numbers matter.
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Posted: Friday, 08 August 2008 | 
Nike is partnering with Air New Zealand to fly five runners and their guests to Australia to run the race in Melbourne at 9 a.m. on Aug 31, then fly back to the U.S, across the International Date Line, to run the race in Los Angeles at 8:31:08 p.m.
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Posted: Monday, 04 August 2008 | Ever wonder if stretching
before runs does any good? If you run at least 10 miles per week and are older
than 13, you can help USA Track and Field find out.
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Posted: Monday, 04 August 2008 |  Let It Out: The Movie, a
40-minute documentary the Kleenex brand will release this August, features
Olympians, Olympic hopefuls and Olympic fans sharing how they’ve been inspired
by their favorite Olympic Games memories.
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Posted: Thursday, 31 July 2008 |  You don’t have to live like
Grizzly Adams to know how to cook delicious food over a campfire, and New
Yorker Melissa Mullins is proof of that.
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Posted: Thursday, 24 July 2008 |  World-Class Professional Cyclists Will Return to California in February to Compete Across 800 Miles of the State in Nine-Day Stage Race
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Posted: Monday, 30 June 2008 |  As triathlons explode in popularity and the recent Ironman USA in Lake Placid, N.Y., sold out in under an hour, the new Westchester Toughman Half Ironman in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., will satisfy the niche for the ultimate challenge. The event, scheduled Sept. 21, 2008, is the first half-Ironman in Westchester County and the only half-Ironman open to registration within a four-hour radius. |
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Posted: Thursday, 05 June 2008 | Let's hear it from the experts. The New York Times weighs in on whether the "magical" four-to-one ratio of carbohydrates and proteins truly boosts athletic performance, or whether it is all hype. According to the specialists, true nutrition defies the "recovery product" industry. See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/health/nutrition/05Best.html?ref=style |
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Posted: Monday, 14 April 2008 |  The word “athlete” seems to take on a new definition when you’re talking about ultramarathoners. Dean Karnazes rose to prominence in 2006 by running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. This year, he is attempting to complete the world’s five major desert foot races in a single calendar year.
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Gymnastics and basketball may get the most attention, but here’s what to expect from our favorite sports.
An Ode to Central Park
I used to measure my runs by distance: exactly one mile from my apartment to the 59th Street entrance of Central Park; a full loop around the park road is exactly 6 miles minus 33 yards; the shorter loop cutting off both ends is 4 miles minus 77 yards. And I knew my basic park landmarks.
Summer Ski Bunny
It’s 92 degrees outside, too hot and humid to run, so I’m at the mall—not to shop or hit the 14-screen movie theatre, but to ski. Yes, ski. I’m headed up the escalator in the Mall of the Emirates, a 2,400,352-square-foot behemoth that houses the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. Ski Dubai. The huge dome, which makes new snow year round, offers five runs from beginner to the world’s first indoor Black Diamond run (steep with a 200-foot drop).
Publisher's Notes - The Feel Good Season