Day two at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea began with a scintillating last 30 meter sprint in the longest track… Read more “BOLT’S DQ in DAEGU”
Month: August 2011
RUPP’S DILEMMA
Galen Rupp has been groomed for years by coach Alberto Salazar at the Nike-sponsored Oregon Distance Project in Portland. Now at age 25 the American 10,000 meter… Read more “RUPP’S DILEMMA”
DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH
And so the 2011 men’s World Championships 10,000 meters is complete. And poor Mo Farah. England’s pride came up agonizingly short in his bid to win… Read more “DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH”
EDNA KIPLAGAT LEADS KENYAN SWEEP IN WOMEN’S MARATHON
Surviving a hard fall at a water stop at 37k, where she tangled legs with her final challenger, countrywoman Sharon Cherop, Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat recovered quickly,… Read more “EDNA KIPLAGAT LEADS KENYAN SWEEP IN WOMEN’S MARATHON”
2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WOMEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW
The World Championship and Olympic Marathons are different breeds than the annual major city marathons. Weather is often the overriding factor, usually for the worst, as… Read more “2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WOMEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW”
“YOUNG JOHN” & THE 2011 AFC HALF MARATHON
The great wheel turns, and thus are we all ground into dust. Such is the Rib-Taker’s design, and so must we all be delivered. I just returned home… Read more ““YOUNG JOHN” & THE 2011 AFC HALF MARATHON”
UFC SIGNS WITH FOX
Today, what was once considered the modern blood-sport version of Roman gladiatorial combat, a sport so savage that Arizona senator John McCain referred to it as… Read more “UFC SIGNS WITH FOX”
FAREWELL TO A MAN OF ARMS
Traffic along the I-5 moved slowly to and from downtown San Diego as the late summer sun held high in the cornflower blue sky. A curl… Read more “FAREWELL TO A MAN OF ARMS”
BRIAN OLINGER STEPS OUT IN FALMOUTH
No surprises on the men’s podium at today’s 39th New Balance Falmouth Road Race, as the three Kenyan favorites prevailed for the second week in a… Read more “BRIAN OLINGER STEPS OUT IN FALMOUTH”
SAN DIEGO RUNNING COMMUNITY TO MOURN LOSS OF FRIEND
I mention 9/11, because last Sunday the nation as a whole, and the San Diego area more specifically, suffered a loss which extends directly from 9/11. Jon… Read more “SAN DIEGO RUNNING COMMUNITY TO MOURN LOSS OF FRIEND”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 