Coming directly on the heels of her husband, Roger Robinson, being presented with Life Membership of Athletics New Zealand last Sunday, pioneering marathoner and women’s advocate Kathrine… Read more “SWITZER TO BE HONORED BY HER ALMA MATER SUNDAY”
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MARATHON YEAR 2025 – Men
The Valencia and Cal International Marathons on December 7 marked the completion of the speed events for the 2025 marathon year. The Honolulu Marathon is up next… Read more “MARATHON YEAR 2025 – Men”
MARATHON – 2024 vs 2018
I ran across the following data while looking over past notes in my iPhone. Wanted to see how the marathon year 2024 compared with 2018 after reading… Read more “MARATHON – 2024 vs 2018”
RECONFIGURING MARATHON EXCELLENCE IN 2024
Kahana, Maui – As so-called Super Shoes and advanced nutritional supplements continue to re-order the running record books, and now that the 2024 marathon season has been… Read more “RECONFIGURING MARATHON EXCELLENCE IN 2024”
SUB-2:10s – 2024
With the congregation of the original five World Marathon Majors in 2006, the sport of marathon running entered a new professional era. The $1 million on offer… Read more “SUB-2:10s – 2024”
2023 MARATHON YEAR – WOMEN
Honolulu, HI—In tmy last post, I broke down the top marathon performances by men in 2023 (as of 3 Dec.), then compared those totals to data taken… Read more “2023 MARATHON YEAR – WOMEN”
2023 MARATHON YEAR – MEN
Honolulu, HI—Except for this weekend’s 51st Honolulu Marathon, which has rarely seen sub-2:10 men’s performances due to the warm conditions and double climb over Diamond Head at… Read more “2023 MARATHON YEAR – MEN”
LONGEST LASTING RECORDS
Last weekend’s women’s world record at the BMW Berlin Marathon got a lot of tongues wagging, including mine. Amidst the post-race babble ran the full panoply of yeas… Read more “LONGEST LASTING RECORDS”
WOMEN’S MARATHON PROGRESSION
(Update: 13 October 2024 – Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smoked Tigst Assefa’s marathon world record by 1:57 in Chicago, running history’s first sub-2:10 women’s marathon at 2:09:56) In… Read more “WOMEN’S MARATHON PROGRESSION”
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