The Carnival of Running #53

Welcome to the 53rd edition of The Carnival of Running!

Here’s Usain Bolt’s 30-second spot for SportsCenter:

Mary Lefere doesn’t want to hear your catcalls while she’s running, while Jeff Lund nearly tramples the woman he wasn’t checking out. But joyRuN wants us to post pics of our favorite body part in exchange for a Popener. What to choose, what to choose… Well, ABC News reports that “50-Year-Old Athletes Have Cells That Look Decades Younger,” so you can ogle my cells all you want. Here they are:

Pretty hot, huh? The Popener has more uses than you might realize. Jamie Stephenson won the Ottawa Beer Mile with a bottle opener in his hand the entire way. “I thought, if I put it down, I’ll never find it again,” he said.

Rob Rose runs with a group of women and notes the entire group stopped and lent assistance when one of them fell in a drainage ditch. He asks, “However, if the group was comprised of men instead of women, would they have been so concerned or would they have just kept on going? What do you say bro?” That’s easy. We all would have stopped to laugh at him, and then we all would have peed in the ditch.

The 2,500th anniversary of the original marathon is fast approaching. Commemorate it by reading Pheidippides’ race report.

Should yoga be an Olympic sport? You could couple it with pole dancing, then add knitting, fishing and beer pong.

Who needs training when you have visualization?

Get this: The University of New Mexico is holding an undie run, but “for safety reasons, all participants are required to wear running or cross training shoes.” Meanwhile, runners in Missouri would rather risk gravel rash than have their trail paved.

The Royston Runners have their cake, but now they must eat it, too.

Ultra-marathoner Richard Donovan will have his libel case against Forbes magazine heard in an Irish court. I’m guessing this is the article in question. What’s his beef exactly?

This week’s linky love goes out to Mrs. Duffy’s Marathon Blog, She Who Runs Amok, and Caution: Redhead Running. Visit them and leave your commenty goodness behind.

That’s all for this week, friends. Tomorrow marks the 51st birthday of a great American – me! Submit your posts to carnival@runningisfunny.com. Until next time, run away!