Summer of '77

Thanks to John R. for this gem depicting some old school punks limbering up for Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race on July 4th 1977. Note the go-to-hell slogan on homey's singlet. When the Supervictory apparel line is launched, rest assured that'll be the first jam we print.

NRD

National Running Day.
Act like you know.

Thought of the day

Having legs fuckin' rules!
Y'know?
Sometimes it's hard to put on your shoes and get yourself out the door.
But then you do, and you get out there and you start running, and you're like...
having legs fuckin' rules!
It totally beats not having legs.
Just sayin'.

-SV

The Whole Fixie Thing

Here at our bustling Supervictory world headquarters, there's one thorny topic in particular that keeps coming up lately; the whole fixie thing.

Some of us in the office have ridden them, some of us haven't. But there's no denying that it's gotten way out of hand. Now look, we want be real careful not to turn this into an anti-hipster rant, because that's not what we're about. We're about being positive, and about doing your own thing.

The problem is, that with the recent popularity explosion of these bikes, we have to ask ourselves: Are the kids really doing their own thing? Or are they just getting on the bandwagon on because it's THE thing?

Now, shit. The same thing happened with skating.
There was a time when riding a skateboard could get you beaten up.
The same thing happened with surfing and BMX.
Now they're all multimillion dollar industries.

And now that we're talking about it, we realize that the same thing happened with running. Yeah, that's right. Back in the day only boxers and weirdos ran, and people thought they were fucking lunatics. Then in the 70's and 80's the whole thing blew up and everybody started running. Now it's a multimillion dollar industry.

So, I guess we just settled our own discussion.
Everything is underground and cool for a while, until it catches on, blows up and becomes a multimillion dollar industry.

So the Supervictory verdict is in:
Fixies are okay.
But real punks run.

-SV

We're Number 3! We're Number 3!

Well Boston is over, and American hopefuls Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher did not win. BUT THEY BOTH CAME IN 3rd!!! 3rd place at Boston! How killer is that? They trained their asses off, they ran hard on race day, and they both came in 3rd.

Now, we here at Supervictory would've been stoked if either of them had won, but at the end of the day we really don't care. We're just stoked that we still have underdogs to root for. And in all seriousness, let's have a big SV hats off to men's winner Deriba Merga of Ethipia (2:08:42), women's winner Salina Kosgei from Kenya (2:32:16) and everybody else who went out and helped make Boston one of running's most legendary events.

Rock on.
-SV

The Boston Punk Scene

Boston has always been punk.
And I'm not talking about Slapshot or SS Decontrol.
Think way back, to the three-cornered hat wearing fancy boys who started the place.
They were fearless hardcore bastards who told England to suck it before going off and starting their own damn country. Which is about as punk as it gets.

So it's perfectly fitting that, in two day's time, a small handful of American runners will try to pull another coup and throw off the yolk of East African supremacy that has dominated the distance running scene in recent years. You see, an American hasn't won Boston since Greg Meyer in 1983. But on Monday, April 20th 2009 four Americans in the elite field will try to change that. They are Ryan Hall and Brian Sell on the men's side, and Kara Goucher and Elva Dryer in the women's field. All are at the forefront of a small movement dedicated to getting America's fat, slow ass back into a seat at the table of international distance running contenders.

And whether they win or not, let's give a big Supervictory salute to these American asskickers for going out there and trying their hearts out. Oh, and while we're handing out SV salutes, let's not forget the other 25,000 motherstompers who've logged long months and many miles working their asses off to qualify for Boston. The punkest marathon around.

Gettin' The Band Back Together

Welcome back SV diehards.
It's been a few months, and we here at Supervictory are very glad to be back.

Basically 2009 got off to a fucked up start and the zine had to go off the airwaves for a few months. First the Brown House got shut down by the cops, then Squirrel's parents took him away and tried to put in the loony bin, and Mel got busted for running bandit at a 10k in Carlsbad. As for me, I needed some time to regroup and heal after royally messing up knee while training for my first marathon, which I had to sit out.

The good news is spring is here, my knee is better, and we've got a whole mess of new editorial talent ready to bring you the best in punk rock running.

Stay hydrated.
Stay punk.

-SV