Soon after I finished the North South trail in RI, I started thinking about some of the nearby Blue Blazed trails in CT.  I had done an out and back on the Nehantic trail and was impressed by how well it was marked and the quality of the terrain.  A few people mentioned that the Narragansett Trail was a much more interesting route,

By MPF Client Evan Fineman - Breakaway Courier / CBOE Racing Team
About 100 of my closest race results opponents and I lined up for a chilly start in the Cat 3/4 race; the last of the spring series. Mike Prokopec and Chris Chapman teamed up for the fun...

This morning I woke up dreading my long run.  Earlier this week, I planned to do my long run with a local running group.  The workout was hill repeats up and down Mt. Sanitas.  One loop is 5K in distance with about 1200 feet of vertical.  The day before I decided I would do 4 laps, which would be about a 12 mile run with roughly 4800 feet of vertical, and take me about 3 hours to complete.

By Ben Nephew
While I’m not the only one who struggles to select which pair of shoes for a race, I may be particularly challenged due to the vast number of inov-8 models I have to select from.  Even after over 15 years of trail racing, I still find it difficult to decide on shoes for some races. 

After a couple years of not snowshoe racing very much at all, I decided to try and get back into it this year due to the fact that SS nationals are in VT this year and the realization that I am getting too far away from shorter races in general.  While my training has been limited by family and work obligations, I thought I was doing enough quality workouts to at least run decently. 

Your Power and Heart Rate Training Zones are essential for you as an athlete to ensure that your truly making your hard days hard and your easy days easy. Establishing your zones will increase the efficacy of your training and prescribed workouts so that you are training at the right intensity levels for maximum results.

Gearing up for the 2014 season by heading to the Catskills for the 3rd annual Slide Mountain Loop. We tackled plenty of ice while climbing up cliffs, slid down sides of peaks and worked as a team negotiating technical sections. Today was a day to be engulfed by the beauty and strength of the Catskill Mountains.

Date: October 13th, 2013
Location: Southern Catskills of NY, Slide Mountain Wilderness
Adventure: 14.2 Miles, 5,000 feet elevation gain

Push-Ups are a great way to strengthen your core while enhancing upper body strength. The push-ups in the video demonstrate the involvement of the core for stabilization and performance. These are just a few examples.

I ran three Spartan Races last year, ending with a 4th place at the World Championships in Killington, VT.  While I thoroughly enjoyed the races, I still prefer FKT’s and traditional trail races most of the time.  With my schedule this fall I wasn’t able to get to the two shorter races I did last year before deciding at the last minute to return to Killington.  I couldn’t do the Beast Championship on Saturday

Foam Rolling or Self Myofascial Release (SMR) is a form of self-induced massage therapy of your muscles and fascia. Mike Clark and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (N.A.S.M) were the one’s to bring serious attention to how Foam Rolling can help correct imbalances, decrease over active tissues and...

People often ask me why I run ultras or why I prefer the 100 mile distance? There are several reasons why, one is the feeling I have right now while sitting in my living room in NY,  the memories of the amazing people I met, the 100 miles of endless beauty I got to see.