Coach Joe’s Tucson Marathon Story

The Tucson Marathon is coming up this weekend. I would normally write a race preview for it, but I thought instead I might share my own Tucson Marathon story. I ran both the Tucson half and full marathon long before I started my blog, so I’ve never shared the story. I think in telling it [...]

Races: California International Marathon TV Coverage

For post-race coverage, click here.
The California International Marathon will be broadcast live in the Sacramento Area. If you have family or friends running in the event, or you want to record the coverage and see yourself pass by the cameras, the details are below.
Live Television Coverage
Television Coverage of the California International Marathon will be on [...]

Races: Don’t Miss the Ironman World Championships on NBC!

The Ironman World Championships were held in Kona, Hawaii on October 13th, 2007. This weekend we get to see the action unfold in the special broadcast of the event on NBC. So set your DVRs and don’t miss it!
Television Coverage Schedule
Television coverage of the 2007 Ironman World Championships will be broadcast on December 1st, 2007 [...]

Races: California International Marathon 2007 Race Preview

Update: for post-race coverage, click here.
The California International Marathon (CIM) is quickly approaching and appears set to be another exiting race with great conditions for runners once again this year. Last year’s CIM champion and second-place finisher both return, after finishing together in a dead sprint and having the 2006 race decided on the line.

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Finishing CIM in 2006

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Originally uploaded by Coach Joe English

Here are a couple of pictures of me finishing the California International Marathon in 2006. Click here to see a slide show.
Check back here this week for continuing coverage in the lead-up to the race.
See these articles already on the [...]

Races: Seattle Marathon in hot water over charity fundraising

Articles in the Seattle Times yesterday and today highlighted a scandal of sorts at the Seattle Marathon. Apparently runners were told that money from their entry fees was being paid to the UW Medical Center patient housing fund, when in fact only money specifically donated to the fund by runners went to the charity.
In Monday’s [...]

Interview: California International Marathon Race Director John Mansoor

With the California International Marathon (CIM) quickly approaching, I sat down with CIM Race Director John Mansoor to talk about what makes this race so unique. John has been the race director for all 25 years that the race has been in existence, so he’s the expert on CIM. The race will be held on [...]

Training: how does speed-work make you faster and how hard should intervals be?

A reader posed the following question recently: how does speed-work make you faster and how hard should intervals be done?
Good questions. These are meaty topics, so just think of this as the “quick answer” to the questions. I’ll write more about pacing intervals next spring when more of you have this on your mind.
How does [...]