I more than suspect that New York City is deeply conscious of being challenged – that it feels the millibars of pressure exerted by Hurricane Sandy not… Read more “THE WILL TO OVERCOME”
Month: October 2012
NYRR BENDING TO THE FORCE OF HURRICANE SANDY
Hurricane Sandy is pummeling the eastern seaboard of the United States with a storm whose scope has little to no precedence in modern times. A population base… Read more “NYRR BENDING TO THE FORCE OF HURRICANE SANDY”
STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER
STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER A story has surfaced in the international media, from a minority interest website in recent days, alleging my link… Read more “STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER”
INNOCENCE UNVEILED?
18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–778) asserted that “…nothing is so gentle as man in his primitive state, when placed by nature at an equal distance from the… Read more “INNOCENCE UNVEILED?”
BEHIND ANOTHER SET OF BARS
I received a reply to my latest post TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION from a fellow traveler, John Dehart, who suggested that criminal penalties and prison time… Read more “BEHIND ANOTHER SET OF BARS”
TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION?
With yesterday’s decision by cycling’s federation to bow to USADA’s comprehensive report of massive doping violations and conspiracy, UCI has stripped American cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de… Read more “TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION?”
A PLACE WE COULD ALL CALL HOME
Among its gentler parochialisms, Boston is called “The Hub”, or in full, “The Hub of the Universe” — a title conferred by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1858. … Read more “A PLACE WE COULD ALL CALL HOME”
LANCE IN DESCENT
Massive brewer Anheuser-Busch joined massive shoe company Nike today in dropping sponsorship of cyclist and cancer fund-raising champion Lance Armstrong after USADA’s Pyrenees of evidence linking the… Read more “LANCE IN DESCENT”
SUB-2:00:00? DO THE MATH
Every year or so, the talk of the 2-Hour Marathon rises like some Kubrickian obelisk heralding the coming of a new age. Most recently, NYRR featured a Head to… Read more “SUB-2:00:00? DO THE MATH”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 