The Planet Wave: The Best Finishes in Road Racing
by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on January 19, 2012
I don’t know about you, but my favorite part of any road race is the final mile. By the time I get to that last mile, I just want to get to the finish as quickly as possible and get the darned thing over and done with.Plus, the crowds are usually thickest in that last stretch and if I have run well, I can savor the applause and acknowledgement from the spectators. To hear my name called is even sweeter as I hit the finish line. It makes all the hard racing worth it.When I think back on most races, the final mile is all I ever even remember. For me, that last mile in just...
The Planet Wave: Love The Half-Marathon. Hate The Name.
by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on December 21, 2011
I’m one of those runners who loves racing. And the distance I love to race the most is the half-marathon. I’m certainly not alone in my affinity for the half as it is the fastest growing road race distance. In 2010, 1.4 million of us finished a half-marathon which is more than triple what it was 10 years ago.There are many great things about the half-marathons, but one of the coolest is it happens to be the only road race distance completely dominated by women. Nearly, 60 percent of all half-marathon finishers are women.Why? The most oft-cited reasons are the same ...
The Running Nutritionist: Nancy Clark Answers Your Questions
by Nancy Clark on November 14, 2011
Quick turnaroundQ: I'm running the New York City Marathon in early November and then doing another one in January. So a quick recovery from New York City is very important for me. Other than rehydrating properly, is there any good dietary strategy I could be following to help me recover quickly? Angie Machado, Great Neck, New YorkA: Clearly, a very important part of recovery is to give your muscles plenty of time to rest after the first marathon. Your muscles need this time to heal and refuel. The...
The Planet Wave: In Search of A PR?
by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on November 8, 2011
Several years ago, a former Boston Marathon champion told me, “Whenever I see a golf course now, I think how great it would be to play a round, rather than what a beautiful place to run. When I started thinking like that, I knew I was finished as a runner.”I’m not there yet. Part of my daily pre-dawn run takes me through 10 holes of a local country club. It’s my own private training sanctuary—smooth, soft surface, rolling terrain, no traffic—and the only living things out there are the deer, possum, armadillo, fox and occasional rattler if I ventur...
The Planet Wave—Why A Marathon is Exactly 26 Miles, 385 Yards
by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on October 13, 2011
If you are running a marathon this fall (or already have run one), many thoughts will cross your mind during your long journey. And one just might be: Why the heck is a marathon precisely 26 miles, 385 yards? Or 42.195 kilometers for our metric friends?It’s a good question, one that beginners and veteran marathoners all over the world have wondered for more than 100 years. Why such an odd distance has become the worldwide standard is rooted in the ancient past.One might assume that the weird distance must have something to do with the Greeks who brought us the ancient Ol...
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