It happened in 2014, too. Remember? America’s Meb Keflezighi pulled away from the lead pack after 8 miles and stride by stride opened what, in his case,… Read more “125th BOSTON MARATHON – THE DAY AFTER”
BOSTON PREVIEW (SORTA)
With Seifu Tura winning today’s 43rd Chicago Marathon over American Galen Rupp, we have now had first-time major champions at all three Abbott World Marathon Majors this… Read more “BOSTON PREVIEW (SORTA)”
GEARED FOR THE DISTANCE – NO WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN 2021
What effort for this pace? That is the question every athlete has to answer in the marathon. And when we control the effort, funny how that dovetails… Read more “GEARED FOR THE DISTANCE – NO WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN 2021”
IT’S AN AGE-OLD QUESTION
Taken on its merits, Eliud Kipchoge’s marathon career will have been the bridge spanning the 2:00:00 marathon barrier. After his 2:02:37 win in London 2019, his top… Read more “IT’S AN AGE-OLD QUESTION”
RUNNING AS REMEMBRANCE
As I waited on hold to speak with Mike Long about our travel arrangements, the Beatles song “Yesterday” played on the Elite Racing telephone line. The… Read more “RUNNING AS REMEMBRANCE”
MEASURING THE HEIGHT
As Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Mondo Duplantis jack-knifed over the bar at 5.75m with room to spare during today’s Diamond League meet in… Read more “MEASURING THE HEIGHT”
TAKING A MEASURE FROM THE PARALYMPICS
Today, 30 August 2021, marks the 30th anniversary of Mike Powell’s other-worldly long jump duel with Carl Lewis at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. In that… Read more “TAKING A MEASURE FROM THE PARALYMPICS”
COMPETITION
A recent RunRepeat survey discovered that nearly a third of the runners surveyed (28.76%) started running during the Covid-19 pandemic. What’s more, and not surprisingly, newbie runners… Read more “COMPETITION”
TESTOSTERONE AGAIN
In the first 2-mile race of her professional career, Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba beat Ethiopia’s 5000m world record holder Letesenbet Gidey by six seconds in Friday’s women’s 2-mile… Read more “TESTOSTERONE AGAIN”
OLYMPIC MARATHON AFTERTHOUGHTS
Everyone keeps breathlessly mentioning how Molly Seidel was running only her third marathon in bringing home the Olympic bronze medal from Sapporo last weekend. OK, but I… Read more “OLYMPIC MARATHON AFTERTHOUGHTS”
