We interrupt our Open Championship Coverage for a running public service announcement: when racing, be careful not to cover up your bib, or it can mess up your timing chip! It was the biggest race of the year: the Boilermaker, the de facto national championship of the 15K distance. 16,000 runners, including Olympians. Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, England, and over 20...
We turn from the U.S. Open to the Open Championship, but first we’ll kill two birds with one stone with our next guest on the Jay’s Plays show. Joe Wilczynski is a legendary running coach, and with the 40th running of thr Boilermaker 15 in Utica today, he’ll be graduating another class of rookie runners to the finish line and leading his Mohawk...
Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Running Magazine, by Jay Flemma UTICA, NY – It happens sometimes in running; a race becomes so beloved, so iconic, so much fun that it spawns a spin-off, a sister run. Then the new run becomes almost as popular as the first. The most famous example is the pair of Canyonlands runs near Moab, Utah. The spring half marathon...