After all the snow last year, I bought a pair of Yaktrax, but didn’t get a chance to use them until today. Yaktrax are strap-on cleats for boots and shoes. They provide traction with abrasion-resistant steel coils and heavy-duty rubber. More info and pictures after the break.
I’m enjoying the great detail Jordan Rapp (Rappstar) is going into in his look at bike lights for safety on Slowtwitch. Jordan is a professional triathlete who was involved in a serious hit and run accident while training on his bike in California last year.
Registration opened today for the Bull Run 50 miler. The Bull Run Run is a 50 mile ultra-marathon run on the Bull Run Trail in Northern Virginia.
The Marine Corps Marathon has created a new club that offers finishers of at least five Marine Corps Marathons a guaranteed entry into the race for life. Complete info after the break.
Now that it is winter in this part of the world, you will want to check out BikeWinter.org, a site created to help keep riders in the saddle year-round. For our friends that are currently experiencing summer, bookmark it and save it for later!
Back on My Feet, a nonprofit that organizes runs in five different cities to help homeless participants work toward self-sufficiency, has been helping one Philadelphia man work towards his goal to complete a marathon.
This is a great time lapse video released by MTA Bridges & Tunnels of the start of the 2010 NYC Marathon on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
This is a video race report of the Western States 100 created by Steve Emmert. It gives you great views of the course on which he is racing. Good stuff!
We’ve added a few new activities available to your training logs, including Volleyball, Badminton and Pilates. Let us know if there are other activities that you would like to see in your training logs.
This post was written by Jason Fitzgerald (or Fitz), founder of Strength Running, a 2:44 marathoner, and online running coach. He is obsessed with injury prevention, strong coffee, and helping runners achieve their best. You can follow him on Twitter at JasonFitz1.
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