Posts Tagged ‘Kara Goucher’

Running for Two

After seeing this picture of Kara Goucher and Paula Radcliffe with her daughter, Isla, I wondered why in this age of oddball road races why no one has organized a race for pregnant women? The post-race buffet would be awesome!

I Can Finally Beat Kara Goucher

In case you haven’t been surfing the running Internet, Kara Goucher took the opportunity of a Mother’s Day profile of her and Paula Radcliffe in the New York Times to announce her pregnancy.

Back in the Carnival of Running #67, I asked whether Radcliffe had given Goucher any conception tips. Looks like the deed got done just before Radcliffe arrived in Portland in January.

Times reporter Sarah Bowen Shea detailed Goucher’s ups and downs. “On May 2, she ran 13 miles at 6 minutes 50 seconds per mile. But the next day, she ran six miles at an 8:15 pace,” she wrote.

Goucher could pay for the kid’s college tuition simply by charging people to take photos of themselves racing past her.

Kara Goucher Goes Shopping

Kara Goucher won the inaugural Chicago Rock and Roll Half Marathon yesterday in 1:08:05, beating everyone, including the men.

Perhaps it is her devotion to training that leads to such success:

“When her flight to Chicago was delayed by three hours last Thursday, she went to the Nike store located inside the Portland airport, picked up shoes and running clothes, and did a 40-minute run along Airport Way so that she didn’t waste the extra time in the terminal.”

Good thing her specialty isn’t the javelin.

No Mulligans in Marathons

The Golf Blogger had his dog-walking interrupted by the Cleveland Marathon and had this to say:

Marathon running as a spectator sport can’t be as exciting as the cheering people on the sidewalks make it out to be. It exceeds golf as the most boring spectator sport. At least, the spectator of a golf match can walk along and see the entire match and doesn’t have to run along for 26.2 miles. What is the attraction? There are very few crashes, as in auto racing, the fans of which lust for conflagrations on the track. But the fans were out there, many yelling, generically, as it were, “Go, runners!” What kind of cheer is that? At least, they could be more personal, “Go, Runner Five Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-Seven, Go!” or “Run your ass off, Steve!” There must be at least one runner named Steve in the group.

I admit that seeing crashes in marathons would be pretty cool (although, like auto racers, runners do “hit the wall.” Ha-ha-ha! I kill myself). But Golf Blogger has got to be kidding me. There are a million reasons why watching marathons is WAY more interesting than watching golf. Here’s just one.

This is a photo of a marathoner:

And this is a photo of a golfer:

I rest my case.

Today’s training update: 5k time = 26:10.

Goucher to Run London on Sunday?! UPDATED

Coach Salazar says it’s a long shot, but the slow pace of the women’s race doesn’t make it completely out of the question. What do you think? Has she lost her mind because she came up just nine seconds short, or could she do it?

UPDATE: On second thought, never mind.

Nike Naked Running Camp

This is going viral even as I write, so take a look (warning: bare bottoms):

Hat tip: The Biz Runner.