The Carnival of Running #35

Welcome to the 35th edition of The Carnival of Running!

This week’s video features the world’s lamest free runner.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is in the news for quirky behavior, and at least one person wants to attribute it to his predilection for running. This is a weirdly bipartisan view of the effects of marathoning, since some applied it to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Eleven-year-old Abdissa Bari has a future in distance running if he doesn’t lose his way.

In the same race, five women who are all between four and eight months pregnant teamed up to run the Manitoba Marathon relay. Their team name is “Knocked Up, But Not Out.”

Here we go again. Running is like running a small business.

The Mugwumps 10k in Anchorage, Alaska, has an unusual rule: if you run it too fast, you can never run it again. It’s not a problem for most of us, though. The cut-off is 45 minutes.

Tonight there’s another Stiletto Run, this time in Buffalo, New York. Apparently the record for stiletto run participants in a single race is 265.

It’s interesting to see all these doubts about the possibility of a two-hour marathon. Who can confidently predict advances in science, training and medicine?

Time Out Chicago has an interview with Deena Kastor, who plans to run the Chicago Marathon, which she won in 2005.

You’re never too old to pull a Rosie Ruiz.

LLOL (Literally Laughing Out Loud) is a Dave Barry fan and needs to shave four more minutes to BQ, so she’s entitled to some Running Is Funny linky love.

Kelly Johnson at Run Oregon offers good advice: be proud of your fast.

We all love a good run, but can it really compare to a good Dunkin’ Run? Somebody has to turn this into a type of hash run. I love Dunkin’ Donuts, but we don’t have them in California. If you do, see how it works.

It’s not a surprise to learn that Bill Rodgers is old school when it comes to running shoes.

Wil Losch’s memories of Grandma’s Marathon include three plates of chicken mornay.

Ben Passons writes about waving to other runners when you see them, but I’m more interested in something else he does: assign nicknames to the runners he sees, like Sideburn Guy, Pink Top Lady, the Pirate, Way Too Short Shorts Guy, and Spock. I often do this myself. How about you? And what are some of the best names you’ve come up with?

There will no interruption in blogging, but business will preclude my putting the carnival together, so the next Carnival of Running won’t appear until Wednesday, July 15. Until then, run away!