This Sunday, Richard Strasbourg will attempt to make the Guinness Book of World Records by running the fastest half-marathon ever… backwards. So, as I was browsing through the Guinness Book of World Records (2007), looking for a skipping marathon...

I’ve received a dozen suggestions for what to name the Virtual Partner on my brand-new Garmin Forerunner 305 (and I’m enjoying the hell out of it, thank you for asking), but I though I could goose a few more entries from you if I were to come up with a...

Welcome to the 54th edition of The Carnival of Running! Since Xenia says she will not permit photos of her in her Santa suit, Running Is Funny is left with no choice but to hold an All-Santa-Suit Carnival of Running. Let’s begin with video of the...

The Prince George Citizen has hosted an escalating foofaraw for the past few weeks. It began with this paragraph in a letter to the editor from one J. Kennedy on November 20: Last of all, to all you highly-motivated runners, while I admire your...

It seems to me that if you want your marathon to be a major event, your local media has to treat it like a major event. When it comes to the California International Marathon in Sacramento, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is...