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3rd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic is Tonight
Sorry for the late notice, I just found out that the 3rd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic is today and hadn’t noticed it on the schedule before now. The past two years were very informative; if you’d like to read my ...
Cross Country Running to be Considered for 2014 Olympics
Last September, Bekele, Tergat, and Gebrselassie wrote an open letter to the International Olympic Committee to try to get cross country reinstated into the Olympic Games. Cross country was originally removed after the 1924 Paris Games when unseason...
Some Local Kids Will Compete In A National Cross Country Race
This letter was written by Todd Coffin, whose son will be running with other Southern Maine kids at the National Junior Cross Country Championships next week in Mechanicsville, Virginia at Pole Green Park. Competition takes place in five two-year ag...
Craig Cup 5k Race Videos (2008)
Yesterday I took my new camera to the Craig Cup 5k and got some footage of the race. The first video includes the starting line instructions and dedications for the race, as well as the start of the race itself. The second video includes the runners...
Craig Cup Run for Life 5k (2008)
This morning held perfect cross country racing weather for fast times at the Craig Cup Run for Life 5k at Twin Brooks Recreation Center in Cumberland, Maine. 104 runners crossed the line in temperatures in the low 60s with a breeze that wasn’t...
Runners & Volunteers needed for Craig’s Cup 5k
Miss running cross country? Now is your chance! The Craig Cup 5k is this Saturday at 9:00 at Twin Brook Recreation Center in Cumberland, Maine. The future of the race was not too certain up until a few weeks ago, but Jeff Walker has stepped up to t...
Will cross country racing return to the Olympics?
Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselassie, and Paul Tergat have written an open letter to IOC President Jacques Rogge in an effort to return cross country running to either the Summer or Winter Olympics. Here’s a copy of that letter: AN OPEN LETTER ...
2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part V: The Athlete’s Panel)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part ...
2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part IV: Meet the Athletes)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part ...
2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part III: Biomechanics & Footwear)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment and the second pa...
2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part II: Nutrition Basics & Fueling for Performance)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the second part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment. This part cove...
2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part I: Injury Prevention and Treatment)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. The clinic lasted for about 2 hours, although most of the speakers and coaches were available before and after the clinic for qu...
Cross Country Clinic update…
I’m still busy putting together my notes into something cohesive from the cross country clinic. My goal right now is to finish over the weekend and to publish the notes on Monday morning, so keep an eye out then! It will be well worth reading...
2nd annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic is tonight
This year’s cross country clinic is going to be tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 at the University of Southern Maine’s Gerald Talbot Auditorium in Luther Bonney Hall on the Portland Campus. The lineup is very similar to last year, with the addit...
This Week Last Year: Dave McGillivray, iPods, and Cross Country
This week last year, I wrote about the first annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic, which I split into two parts. The first half covered topics such as progression, stretching and goal setting, while the second half covered topics such...
