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☆ See Maps of Where Eclipse Seekers Flocked and the Traffic That Followed
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Charlie Smart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

See Maps of Where Eclipse Seekers Flocked and the Traffic That Followed Movement data shows the destinations with the greatest influx of people. PATH OF TOTALITY VT. MAINE St. Johnsbury Adirondack Park N.H. N.Y. PA. OHIO ILL. IND. Greater increase in activity TEXAS Texas Hill Country PATH OF TOTALITY VT. MAINE St. Johnsbury Adirondack Park N.H. N.Y. PA. OHIO ILL. IND. PATH OF TOTALITY MAINE VERMONT Bangor Burlington NEW YORK Portland NEW HAMPSHIRE Syracuse Manchester Albany MASS. NEW YORK PATH OF TOTALITY MAINE VERMONT Bangor Burlington NEW YORK Portland NEW HAMPSHIRE Syracuse Manchester Albany MASS.

Persons: Maine —, Liam Sullivan, Mr, Sullivan, Cassandra Klos, Nick Perry, Louis W.V, ”, Richard Chen, Chen Organizations: Eclipse, MAINE St, TEXAS Texas Hill, OKLA . TEXAS Texas, MAINE VERMONT Bangor Burlington NEW YORK Portland NEW HAMPSHIRE Syracuse Manchester Albany, Portland VERMONT NEW, ”, The New York Times, Associated Press, Northeast, IOWA Toledo OHIO, Columbus Indianapolis, Toledo OHIO Locations: MAINE, N.Y . PA, OHIO, Ste, Genevieve KY, TEXAS, TEXAS Texas Hill Country MAINE, Johnsbury, Adirondack, PA . OHIO, KY, Genevieve MO, OKLA . TEXAS, Lancaster, N.H, Geneviève, Mo . State, New York, Ozarks, Arkansas, Missouri, MAINE VERMONT, Portland, Portland VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE Burlington, TomTom, Maine, New Hampshire, Burlington , Vt, Somerville , Mass, Somerville, Lake, Indianapolis, St, Louis, Columbus , Ohio, Toledo, Louis W.V . MO, Newport , Vt, Brooklyn, N.Y, U.S

☆ REDs: These young athletes were bound for stardom until a mysterious condition derailed their running careers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —They were two exceptionally promising athletes, seemingly bound for track and field stardom, when their careers were derailed by a condition that doctors and researchers say they are only now beginning to understand. ‘Instituional buy-in’REDs’ symptoms can affect anyone, particularly athletes training in a culture that celebrates overtraining and undereating – or that has an unhealthy relationship with weight. Eventually, her blog morphed into Project RED-S – a site filled with resources for athletes, coaches and supporters. Access to “dietician input … and appropriate psychological support if it’s needed,” can also help prevent and treat REDs, Dr. Jawad says. Woolven’s Project RED-S aims to provide that support she lacked and initiatives like this allow Cain to envision a future that “looks really bright.”“I’m hopeful,” Cain says.

Persons: CNN —, Mary Cain, Pippa Woolven, Martin Rickett, ” Dr, Farrah Jawad, wouldn’t, Dr, Kathryn Ackerman, Cain, Woolven, you’re, ”, “, Eric Draper, marathoner Alberto Salazar, “ It’s, you’re undereating, Salazar, Women’s, ” Salazar, Jessica Rinaldi, ” Cain’s, Dave Thompson, ” accidently, ‘ Instituional, Ackerman, ‘, Nobody, Jawad, Matt Dunham, “ it’s, ” Cain Organizations: CNN, Championships, Florida State University, REDs, British Universities, Colleges Sports, Pure Sports, CNN Sport, IOC, Harvard Medical School, Sports Medicine Division, Boston Children’s Hospital, Nike Oregon Project, Reuters, The New York Times, Nike, Oregonian, Oregon Project, Sports, Doping Agency, New York Times, Florida State, ’ REDs, Health, New, National Trust, Atalanta NYC Locations: London, British, Tallahassee, “, America, ”

☆ Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and coach killed in road accident in Kenya
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Nairobi CNN —Current marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road accident Sunday night outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenyan police confirmed. The 24-year-old Kenyan athlete, who was driving a Toyota Premio, and his coach died at the scene of the crash, Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge told CNN. Kiptum’s world record marathon time of 2:00:35 set in the Chicago Marathon in October last year was ratified just days ago by World Athletics. He had only switched to running the marathon from shorter distance races a year before setting that record pace. He improved his personal best time by 50 seconds to beat the 2:01:09 record set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who is widely considered the greatest marathoner of all time.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Peter Mulinge, Mulinge, “, ” Mulinge, Kipchoge, Kiptum, Sebastian Coe, ”, ” Coe, Kelvin, Bob Verbeeck, ” Verbeeck Organizations: Nairobi CNN —, Kenyan, Toyota, Police, CNN, Chicago Marathon, World Athletics, Athletics, Management Locations: Nairobi, Eldoret, Marakwet, Rwanda, Chicago

☆ A Watch Honoring an Explorer Joins His Son’s Antarctic Trip
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Victoria Gomelsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It was very emotional.”The idea to run the marathon was Mr. Lecamp’s. When he invited Mr. Messner to join him in Antarctica, Mr. Lecamp insisted that they run the entire course together. Mr. Messner, an accomplished alpinist who scaled Mont Blanc in 2022 wearing a previous version of the 1858 Geosphere watch, was game. “I generally see life consisting of possibilities, and this was just another possibility to know my body a bit better,” Mr. Messner said. “I’m not always wearing a watch while mountaineering, but when running a marathon, it makes much more sense because time counts,” Mr. Messner said.

Persons: Messner, Arved Fuchs, ”, Lecamp’s, marathoner, Mr, Lecamp, . Messner, “ I’m, “ Locations: Swiss, Lake Baikal, Russia, Antarctica, Blanc

☆ Is a $500 Marathon Shoe You Can Race In Only Once Worth It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Santul Nerkar | More About Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Ashley Mateo went through a recent track workout, something felt different. She hit her intervals faster than usual, her heart rate was lower, and her feet felt lighter. Ms. Mateo, a journalist and 15-time marathoner who reviews running shoes, believes she may have improved her performance thanks to the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 by Adidas, a new marathon race shoe with an eye-popping $500 price tag. “I don’t think the shoe is going to work for everyone,” she said. Only 521 pairs have been released to the public so far, targeted at runners who can run a marathon in 3 hours 30 minutes or faster.

Persons: Ashley Mateo, Mateo, Mateo isn’t, “, ” Organizations: Adidas

☆ The Billionaire Tycoon Who Can’t Stop Buying Sports Teams
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jim Ratcliffe , the British petrochemicals billionaire, was on a 5,000-mile motorcycle journey through the Andes a few years ago and feeling pretty bored with the state of sports. No one was really going after the biggest barriers in human performance anymore, he thought. Then, somewhere on the road in Argentina, he settled on a sporting achievement that actually excited him: Ratcliffe wanted to see someone run a marathon in under 2 hours. So he hired some of the best scientists in sports and the best marathoner in the world to make it happen. And in 2019, on a closed course in Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge ran 26.2 miles in 1 hour and 59 minutes.

Persons: Jim Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe, Eliud Kipchoge Locations: Argentina, Vienna

☆ Opinion: Sha’Carri Richardson says she’s now embracing the most important cause of all
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Opinion Amira Rose Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Over the past week, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Richardson has taken the transformation a step further. Online, her sometimes brash dismissal of other track athletes invited more scorn — particularly from supporters of the Jamaican team. But at the end of the day, I’ve always been with me.”Richardson is very vocal about issues facing track and field athletes. Richardson is very proud to be among prominent Black women athletes and fiercely celebrates Black womanhood. She said, wisely, after winning the 100-meter race that the most important cause she’s embracing is herself.

Persons: Amira Rose Davis, CNN —, Amira Rose Davis Michael, Davis, Sha’Carri Richardson, Richardson, ” Richardson, —, “, “ I’m, I’m, phenom, ”, “ I’ve, I’ve, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Midge Purce, Dearica Hamby, “ It’s Organizations: Department of, African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas, CNN, US, Louisiana State University, Jamaican, America, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Austin, Budapest, Hungary, Dallas

☆ A Mongolian Marathoner’s Secret Weapon? Staying Power.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Scott Cacciola | More About Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Long before Ser-Od Bat-Ochir became one of the most prolific distance runners in the world, he planted himself on the start line of the Hong Kong Marathon in 2002. At the time, Ser-Od had never run anything longer than 20 kilometers — or about 12 miles — even in training. As he labored to the finish line, well out of contention, Ser-Od came to an important realization: Marathons are long and difficult. “But here I am.”Yes, here is Ser-Od, now 41, and there is no one else quite like him. A five-time Olympian, he has now run in 74 marathons and represented Mongolia at every major international competition since 2003.

Persons: Long, Ochir, Od, “, ”, Oyuntuya Odonsuren, moonlights Organizations: Hong Kong Marathon Locations: Mongolia, Budapest

☆ Empty Ice-Cube Trays and Shrieks: Cold Therapy Comes to the Family Bathtub
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Julie Wernau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Justin Mullner, a 40-year-old doctor, emptied his family’s two ice makers into the bathtub at his home in Orlando, Fla., added cold water, checked the temperature with a thermometer, stripped down to his swim trunks and hopped in. His wife, Blair Heinke, heard him screaming less than a minute later. “I thought he was a wimp,” said Dr. Heinke, a former marathoner. “The ice cubes all melted. That’s not cold.”

☆ Sifan Hassan Wins London Marathon in Stunning Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Andrew Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sifan Hassan, an Olympic track champion from the Netherlands running her first marathon, staged a stunning comeback on Sunday to win the London Marathon in one of the most dramatic and unexpected finishes in the race’s history. In winning, Hassan showed both her stunning range as a runner — she was a triple medalist in three shorter distances on the Tokyo Olympics track two years ago and holds the world record in the mile — but also her inexperience as a marathoner. An Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete better known for her middle-distance success, Hassan fell off the pace about an hour into the race after stopping to stretch her aching left hip, dropped behind the lead group at times and pushed it at others, and even offered drinks to her rivals as they ran. And Hassan, 30, did it all despite training for the race during Ramadan, a month of fasting that left her unable to complete long runs because she could not drink or eat during the day.

☆ The Boston Marathon Route: The Ups, the Downs and That Citgo Sign
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the lay marathoner, qualifying for Boston is a crowning achievement. At the top of Heartbreak Hill in mile 20 of the race, the Citgo sign outside Fenway Park, roughly a mile from the finish, comes into view. The Bus RideNearly everyone who runs Boston takes the bus from Boston Common out to Hopkinton. These are your people, folks every bit as crazy as you are about splits and intervals and hill training. For once, you are not the weird running obsessive.

☆ The Greatest Marathoner Faces a New Challenge: The Boston Marathon’s Hills
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When you’ve pushed the boundaries of human achievement as far as Eliud Kipchoge, there comes a time when you have to start inventing milestones. He’s also the only human ever to run 26.2 miles in less than two hours, a feat achieved in a non-race environment. Yet there are also milestones that Kipchoge hasn’t reached. No one has won all six of the world’s major marathons. No one has won three gold medals in a row at the Olympics in the marathon.

☆ World Transplant Games: The unexpected journeys of four athletes to one of the biggest competitions you've probably never heard of
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Eryn Mathewson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

British supporters gesture during the opening ceremony of the XXI World Transplant Games 2017 in Malaga, Spain on June 25, 2017. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesWhat are the World Transplant Games? The World Transplant Games is not a household name like the Special Olympics or the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The Road Race starts at the 2019 World Transplant Games in Newcastle-Gateshead, United Kingdom. Price is currently recovering from a non-transplant related surgery, but said she’s ready to make her second appearance at the World Transplant Games.

watch nowMichael Bryand, 35, first got Covid in September 2020. And currently, as many as 23 million Americans have what's considered long Covid, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Long Covid is 'something invisible'Michael Bryand, here with his family, first got Covid in September 2020. Ramey was a nurse in San Antonio for 30 years before she got Covid in 2020. Verduzco-Gutierrez works primarily with Covid patients, including Ramey and Bryand, through the long Covid clinic she established in 2020.

☆ The Marathoner Who Is Running Faster Than Ever—Into Retirement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At a time when Roger Federer, Tom Brady and LeBron James have won championships deep into their late 30s and early 40s, it’s easy to forget that most athletic careers end quietly. Greats fade, young guns rise and time gets the upper hand. Running is no different. “In this sport and in all sports, so often people wait to retire until their body fails them and then they retire,” said Ben Rosario, executive director of the Hoka Northern Arizona Elite training group. “Very rarely do people go out on their own terms and get ahead of that.”

☆ Eliud Kipchoge Lowers His Own Marathon World Record by Half a Minute
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Eliud Kipchoge clocked 2:01:09 in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday to shave 30 seconds off his previous best-mark. Eliud Kipchoge sliced 30 seconds from his own marathon world record Sunday in Berlin, lowering the mark to 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds. The feat underscored the 37-year-old Kenyan as perhaps the greatest men’s marathoner of all time.

☆ Ferdinand Omanyala: Africa's fastest man races to make Kenya a 'sprinting nation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya: The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " greatest of all time ," and Kipchoge showed it once again at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in the men's marathon. That's back-to-back wins for the Kenyan superstar, making him only the third man ever to defend his gold medal in this event. Hide Caption 5 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Faith Kipyegon, Kenya: Kenya celebrated more record-breaking success on the track when Kipyegon defended her gold medal in the women's 1,500m, setting a new Olympic record in the process. Hide Caption 6 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Uche Eke, Nigeria: The young athlete became the The young athlete became the first gymnast to qualify and compete for Nigeria at the Olympics. Hide Caption 8 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Selemon Barega, Ethiopia: Crossing the finish line ahead of Ugandans Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo, Barega captured the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters.

☆ I treat people with sports-betting and gambling addictions. Here's how I help them recognize the problem and what treatment is like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-25 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Many of my sports-gambling clients are reluctant to see me, but gambling therapy may be conditional on living with their parents or partner or accessing family money. Helping people with a sports-gambling addiction is tough because, as with all gambling addictions, there's a history of winning. Recognizing a gambling addiction can be difficultGambling is often described as the "invisible addiction." To help gamblers recognize the extent of their disorder, I start with a spreadsheet exerciseI ask them to total time and money spent gambling over three to six months. The network is a single national access point to local resources for those seeking help for a gambling problem.

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