Take a few minutes out of your day and watch Ron Heerkens short film about the 0SPF Trail Half marathon. It is really the story of a group of dedicated runners sharing what they love with the rest of the running community. After watching the movie head over to #TrailsRoc and see what else Eric and his …
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9.344 Meters
I love the mile, but I don’t really trust the 1600. Let’s do a bit of math. If you run 1600 meters in 4 minutes 38 seconds you are running at a speed of 5.755 meters per second. It also means it takes .174 seconds to run 1 meter. The mile is 1609.344 meters long. If …
Sometimes 6 weeks is all you need
If you’ve ever wanted to race the mile but weren’t sure the best way to go about it, Roadkill has you covered. If you have built a decent base training for 5k or longer races you can easily make the switch to the mile. I’ve added this as a training page as well so it will be …
Old Guys Running Fast
As I approached 40 years old there were a 3 races I had on my to do list. All of them were mile races, all of them masters only. The first one was the Messenger Mile which I raced last month. The second was the Hartshorne Mile which I raced last weekend. The third is the …