Each year, thousands of runners descend onto Cape Elizabeth for the annual Beach to Beacon 10K road race.
The race, which was founded by 1984 Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson, attracts elite runners from all over the world, as well as thousands of recreational runners looking for some fun and exercise.
This year keepMEcurrent.com will be presenting a special feature in the weeks leading up to the race on Aug. 4. Local runner Scott Hersey is training for the race, and he will be writing about his training ups and downs, sharing his progress as he gets ready for the race.
Hersey’s blog will be frequently updated in the weeks leading up to the Aug. 4 race.
Click here to read Scott’s blog
So here I am, an overweight and out-of-shape middle-aged guy, writing a blog for KeepMeCurrent.com, keeping track of my training schedule for the Beach to Beacon 10K in early August. Why should you care?
I am not fast. I just want to finish, maybe get in shape and lose some weight in the process. I am not a training or fitness guru. I am just a regular guy, trying to get in shape to run in the area’s biggest road race and I am willing to share my experiences. Think of me as Joe Average. If I can do it, so can you.
That’s why I am keeping this training blog for KeepMeCurrent.com. Find it at http://b2bdiary.typepad.com. Click here to read Scott’s blogI’ve been documenting my training since early June. You can follow along virtually with my training program, offer comments and conversation about my training or yours, or even join me here in this pre-race runner’s online community.
The other reason you might find the blog interesting – remember, it’s at http://b2bdiary.typepad.com Click here for the blog – is that I am a Web geek. I work as a Web developer here in the Portland area. And I am interested in pushing the boundaries of how the Web can be used to document and illustrate my training program, up to and including race day. So far, I’ve integrated a GPS and a heart monitor and shared maps of my running courses and training data. I’ve brought my cell phone with me on training runs and taken pictures and videos that document the training experience. By the time race day rolls around, I expect to be able to post directly from my phone to the blog, allowing real-time dispatches from the race.
So if you’re interested in running, training, or general Web geekery, you should find the blog interesting.
Thanks to the folks at KeepMeCurrent.com, who agreed to sponsor me for the race – allowing me to get a late entry form – and for publicizing this experiment in micro-focused Web journalism. If nothing else, their commitment to the idea will make sure I stick to my training for the next five weeks and show up to run in the race. And make sure to stop by http://b2bdiary.typepad.com and offer up comments, suggestions and ideas for training, running the race or anything else that’s on your mind.
Click here to read Scott’s blog and offer comments
And we’ll see you on race day.
Blogging the Beach to Beacon: an interactive training discussion
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