Some Random Interesting Running Web Links

No matter what I'm involved in, I've been known to turn the Web upside down looking for interesting information. Here are ten (10) random, (and hopefully) interesting sites (with comments, of course) that I thought that I would throw out for public consumption:

http://www.shoewallet.com -- Although a little late for Christmas, but this is something that would make a nice birthday gift for the runner in your life. It is a pouch that attaches to top of a runner's shoe and lets you put a key, money, credit card and/or ID in it. Much like a RoadID or Smart ID tag.

http://www.txrunning.com -- Very nice and timely web site devoted to Texas track and field and cross country.

http://www.footlockercc.com -- The official site of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Plano's Scott MacPherson (and coverboy of the December 2004 Inside Texas Running edition) was one of six (6) Texas HS runners competing in 2004.

http://www.marathonmaniacs.com -- Found this while reading Bob Dolphin's write up of the Marine Corps Marathon at ontheRUN.com. A little like Steve Boone's 50 States Marathon Club, but with some varied membership requirements, such as two marathons in a week.

http://www.fast-women.com -- A well-done, very timely and up-to-date site of women's elite distance running.

http://www.aims-association.org -- Association of International Marathons and Road Races. A lot of technical information, but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.arthurlydiard.com -- (1917-2004) One of the Outstanding Athletics Coaches of All Time. Enough said.

http://www.swsanuderacingseries.com -- Southwestern Sunbathing Association 7-Race 5K Nude Racing Series. Any surprise that the male competitors outnumber the female ones by a 4-to-1 margin?

http://www.runagainstbush.org - The first time I saw one of these T-shirts was at the Chicago Distance Classic. I asked the young lady who was brandishing a baby blue T-shirt whether or not they had a site in Austin. She replied, in fact, "That's where our biggest chapter is!" Well done site (with a purpose, of course!) The blog has gone completely political now, but I hadn't really read it before. The only tab or link that I don't see on the site is: "What now?"

http://www.khannouchi.com -- It claims to be the "Offical Site of USA Distance Runner Khalid Khannouchi". It is visually pleasing to the eye, informative, but ... a bit out-of-date. Not sure if Paul Tergat breaking his world record in Berlin in October 2003 or having to drop out of Chicago that same year with an injury caused the site from being updated!