One age-old saying would have you believe that “those who can, do … and those who can’t, teach.” On Saturday, three Belfast-area coaches (and athletes) showed that in their cases, those who teach, can. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ORONO – Back in her college days, Bethany Heslam was a coach’s dream. She was fast, strong, and versatile, and used those talents to win a New England pentathlon title and set a 200-meter record (25.58 seconds) that still stands. Today, Heslam is a bit… Read More
Since Chris Almy took up running about four years ago,he has enjoyed a number of personal highlights. He ran a marathon. He qualified for Boston. He ran and completed the Patriots Day classic. But on July 13, the Charleston man had another day to remember… Read More
BRUNSWICK – When former Sumner Memorial High and Dartmouth College star Parker Pruett headed back to Maine last weekend, he eagerly looked forward to a top-notch homecoming. Pruett, a Gouldsboro native, didn’t make quite the splash he’d hoped at the New Balance Maine Distance Festival. Read More
Two weeks ago, Louie Luchini’s running credentials were already impressive. He’d just finished fifth in the NCAA championships (at 10,000 meters). That made the Stanford University junior an All-American (again). And then, on June 22, the former Ellsworth High School star did something that surprised… Read More
A week after runners statewide completed a memorial run in honor of one of their best, Maine clubs received notice this week that their work isn’t done. Gary Allen of Cranberry Island said in an e-mail that a local runner, physician’s assistant and artist –… Read More
The best runner Maine has ever produced will run the first leg at 8 a.m. today. A large group will likely run the last, probably during the early morning hours on Monday. And in between, other fitness enthusiasts will pitch in to carry a baton… Read More
Every Memorial Day weekend, a group of Maine runners packs up and heads to Nova Scotia for a wild-and-wooly 24-hour event known as the Cabot Trail Relay. After more than 24 hours of running, cheering and laughing, they return home … with a year’s worth… Read More
Gary Allen proudly refers to himself as an old-school marathoner. He remembers his first attempt at the 26.2-mile distance fondly, if a bit masochistically. It was July 14, 1977. The race started at noon. In Bangor. And the temperature was in the high 90s before… Read More
For 20 years, the running camp Andy Palmer helped found brought adults from across the country to the state for a week in scenic Acadia National Park. Though Palmer had decided to stop holding the Maine Running Camp after last year’s sessions, plans had already… Read More
Tell most nonrunners about an annual marathon that’s held in the western mountains of Maine … and named after a well-known ski resort … and they’ll probably dismiss the idea as pure hilly torture. Tell the 60-mile-a-week crowd about it, and they’ll tell you about… Read More
When Andy Palmer died in North Carolina on Feb. 4, the state of Maine lost one of its elite distance runners. The Maine running community lost a friend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Two months ago, Dana Lavertu was shaking off the long Maine winter and enjoying the bare roads that made preparing for his eighth Boston Marathon a much simpler task. One run changed all that. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Steve Tuckerman will tell you that some days, running can make you dog tired. In fact, on Sunday, it’ll likely make both of his dogs – standard poodles Sasha and Mitchell, that is – tired. That’s because he’ll be toeing the starting line at the… Read More