- Yikes: Runner finishes Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal with a broken leg! [See the youtube video.] According to the Embrace Running podcast, the athlete had to have surgery after the race. Question: Would you have kept running with a broken leg?
- Terrific article about fueling for your first marathon.
- Wow, so Meb is running the RnR San Diego Half Marathon on June 1. Even better, he is also pacing the 1:30 group.
- Whats-her-name Chicago Marathon winner Liliya Shobukhova got banned for doping.
- Runner's world reviews the Runkeeper Breeze app. "A new app from RunKeeper tracks the exercise you get when you’re not running—without eating your phone’s battery life." Would be interesting to see if this will ever be available for Android devices.
- Saskatoon Road Runners Association is screening "Spirit of the Marathon II" on May 12th. Doors open at 6pm.
- According to Wikipedia, the origin of the "marathon" comes from a messenger who ran to Athens from the battle at Marathon to give word that the Persians had been beaten. Pheidippides (that was the guy's name) died after completing his task. He probably should have fueled up with Salted Caramel Gu.
- The folks at Ebay need to work on their search algorithms.
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