Thanksgiving Morning Drumstick Dash
UPDATE: Steve Kerr from Wheeler Mission says “we have about 15,000 runners and walkers pre-registered. Last year we ended up with a total of 15, 327 participants and with the weather forecast looking fantastic, we could hit 17,000+. We’ll see what tomorrow’s packet pick-up brings.” Run with me Thursday morning! Online […]
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
PP NETWORK HIGHS: 45 South Bend 47 Lafayette 45 Muncie/Marion 46 Anderson 47 Indy 47 Hendricks County 55 Evansville The biggest chance of showers today will be from Lafayette to Muncie southward, and will come in the morning and early afternoon. Thunder is possible in the southern third of the state. The wind stays tame, […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
OK, a string of sunny icons was just too boring. So there are some weather wrinkles for tonight, but nothing huge. Temperatures are big today, running almost ten degrees above average. It will be the first day since a week ago yesterday with an 80-plus Indianapolis high temp. We are halfway through the month, and […]
Mini Marathon Video Montage
Here’s a video montage of the 2012 One America 500 Festival Mini Marathon via Michelle Pemberton of The Indianapolis Star. An estimated 35,000 runners and walkers traveled the 13.1 miles from Downtown to the Track and back. George Towett from Kenya finished first. His unofficial time: 1 hour, 5 minutes, 8 seconds. Kenyans had won […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
No Wind Advisory for Indianapolis today. We’ve finally banished the breeze. It left town in a hurry. At 5pm Monday the Airport was still noting a gust of 26 mph. By 7pm, down to 8 mph. The wind went “calm” at 2am, and shouldn’t get above about 5 mph today, from the west. The highest […]
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
Just another above average day is ahead. Indianapolis is definitely NOT The Epicenter Of Winter. But don’t take a meteorologist’s word for it. Straight from the sports desk, here’s “Sports Illustrated” writer Peter King: “Best weather I’ve seen at a Super Bowl in years. Just eerie. 52, sunny, light breeze. XC runners at UIndy jogging […]
Are You Faster Than A Groundhog?
The "Indy Runners" club has two races to help you in your training for longer Spring races, or just to relieve your cabin fever. Or, just because you're crazy. First up is the "Groundhog 7" on February 12th. That race got sidetracked by the weather last year. This year the race has been moved to […]
Drumstick Dash/Wheeler Mission Wrap Up
If you ran the Drumstick Dash on Thanksgiving Day you should know the work of Wheeler Mission goes on the other 364 days of the year. When this weekend’s cold snap hit, they were ready. Friday night they had around 90 men sleeping on mats on their floors once they had used up all their […]
News On The Run: Utah Underwear
Thousands of runners may have broken a Guinness World Record for most people running in their underwear in Utah. About 3,000 people showed up to run in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City? Talked with a Twitter follower yesterday who just wrapped a 12 mile run in preparation for a Fall Marathon. Don’t forget if […]
News On The Run: Healthy Habits For Labor Day
New Hampshire Nuns used the therapeutic power of running to help trouble kids, and their work has evolved into the St. Charles 5-K, held every Labor Day. Imagine the sight of bouncy kids in orange vests, accompanied by nuns in habits (which seems aerodynamically ill-advised, doesn’t it?) Last year, the race drew 500 runners and […]
Tuesday News On The Run
You will have to hydrate and cut back this afternoon and early evening. Heat index numbers return to the triple digits. This will be the worst day of the week with respect to both temperatures and humidity. So: spend some time in the shade and read. Runner’s World has summaries of some of the biggest […]