Posted on February 15, 2008 by coachjoeenglish
In the wake of last year’s ban of headphones in USATF sanctioned marathon road races, the Road Runners Club of America has announced a new logo to identify those races enforcing the ban.
The headphone ban was implemented to address safety concerns on race courses and has been widely unpopular with runners. Races such as Grandma’s [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
As we turned the clocks back this weekend, a funny thing happened. For many of you that run after work, you suddenly started running in the dark. Gone are the remains of daylight, the darkness of the early winter sky left in their place. Here in the Portland, that one little hour made a dramatic [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
In an earlier post, I wrote about the proper side of the road to run on: when there are no shoulders or side-walks, you are supposed to be on the left side of the road (facing traffic). You can read the whole discussion of these traffic rules here.
This weekend I received the following question in [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
Back on April 10th, I posted an article about the fact that USA Track and Field had adopted a new rule banning headphones in races - and at that time Grandma’s Marathon was the first to announce that they would enforce the ban. Since then, it’s been quiet (no punn intended).
On May 1st, the Napa [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
iPOD aficionados beware. It may be the end to your favorite tunes out on your next marathon race course.
For those of you that are triathletes, the rules in all triathlons already reflect a ban on headphones at USA Triathlon (USAT) sanctioned events. It makes sense to eliminate headphones in triathlons, where people are speeding along [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
This story starts with a little argument that broke out on a run last weekend. It wasn’t a fight between my running partners and me – although that happens at times. This one broke out between me and a driver.
The more that you run, the more you’ll run into people that dislike the fact that [...]
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