* As reported on Examiner.com on May 31st, it seems that even hip hop legends like De La Soul are getting into the fitness craze. On April 28, in collaboration with Nike, De La released an approximately 45-minute exercise-oriented album specifically designed to be listened to while in a gym or outside running. Beginning with a neutral warm-up track and then proceeding into tracks with heavy beats and a host of energy, the album is meant to follow a normal workout routine including its normal highs and lows. While the article did not mention whether De La Soul listens to their own music whilst working out, they should be commended by their attempt to encourage their fans to hit the gyms and get into shape.
* As reported on BBC.com (United Kingdom) on June 1st, many of the competitors to last weekend's Edinburgh Marathon were left wanting more....water that is! Once the marathon was over, many of the runners began complaining about many of the water stations along the route having run out of water. Jan Fulton, who competed in the race told BBC Scotland news website:
"There was no water at three of the stations for six miles between 15
and 21 miles". Of the 13,104 entrants to the marathon, only 8,260 finished. Having run in NYRR's Brooklyn-Half Marathon last weekend and experiencing empty water stations, I can't imagine what runners on mile 23 must have been thinking when told there wouldn't be able to get any water at the promised water station. The article did not provide any responses given by race directors and their silence leads one to believe that maybe they too were suffering from dry mouths!
* As reported in the New York Daily News on June 5th, on July 17, 2006, Brooklyn resident Keither Zeier, a member of the Force Reconnaissance, Special Marine Command Unit, was told he would never walk without a cane again after an Improvised Explosive Device exploded under his armored vehicle in Falujah, Iraq. How did he respond to the news? Put it this way, last month, Zeier completed a 31-hour 100-mile ultramarathon beginning in Key Largo, Florida and finishing in Key West. Despite losing 21 pounds and vomiting so much that paramedics had to give him fluids intravenously, Zeier finished the ultramarathon and was able to raise $50,000 for the Special Operation Warrior Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides full scholarships and grants to the children of fallen military special operations perssonnel. Beginning the ultramarathon convinced he would never quit no matter what, Zeier recounted that ""I saw the sun rise, the sun set, and the sun rise again...I was running this race in honor of my friends. I would never be able to live with myself if I had quit. I would drop dead on the ground before I quit that race". Congrats, Mr Zeier, on a job far more than well done!!
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Next Weekend's Marathons
Saturday, June 13th
Bear Lake Marathon (Garden City, UT)
Mangum Track Club Boogie Marathon (Ellerbe, NC)
Hatfield-McCoy Marathon (Williamson, WV)
Marathon-to-Marathon (Marathon, IA)
Maryville Marathon, The Chamber Country Classic (Maryville, MO)
City Of Rexburg Teton DAM Marathon (Rexburg, ID)
Daily Herald Utah Valley Marathon (Provo, UT)
Sunday, June 14th
Edge To Edge Marathon (Ucluelet, BC)
Mama Rose's Estes Park Marathon (Estes Park, CO)
Lake Placid Marathon (Lake Placid, NY)
Light At The End Of The Tunnel Marathon (North Bend, WA)
Swan Lake Marathon (Viborg, SD)
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