Results from yesterday’s Zurich Diamond League meet showed the poles pulling apart as some rode the high of the 2013 Moscow World Championships, while others looked like… Read more “THE RIVALRY CONTINUES – DEFAR OVER DIBABA IN ZURICH”
Month: August 2013
McGILLIVRAY CELEBRATES 35th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS RUN ACROSS AMERICA
It was 35 years ago today that Medford, Mass. native Dave McGillivray completed his 80-day Run Across America from Medford, Oregon to Fenway Park to raise money… Read more “McGILLIVRAY CELEBRATES 35th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS RUN ACROSS AMERICA”
NICK ROSE ON FARTLEK TRAINING
Trying out a new sound feature here on the blog. From my old Runner’s Digest radio show days in Boston I have untold hours of interviews and… Read more “NICK ROSE ON FARTLEK TRAINING”
FAMILY DINNERS
It is a long-lost tradition in these frenetic, more individualized times, but in days of yore families came together to eat dinner as a unit. In… Read more “FAMILY DINNERS”
RUNNING’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE – Building the bridge to fitness
San Diego, Ca. — Driving home from yesterday’s Wild Duck 5K in Vista, the opening race of the 2013 Dirt Dog Cross Country Series, we came upon… Read more “RUNNING’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE – Building the bridge to fitness”
AMERICA’S TRAGEDY
The story of three “bored” teens gunning down 22 year-old Australian baseball player Chris Lane as he jogged in Duncan, Oklahoma this week has once again… Read more “AMERICA’S TRAGEDY”
THINKING ON YOUR FEET
How many times have each of us come together in a working group to brainstorm an idea or try to come up with an idea to more fully… Read more “THINKING ON YOUR FEET”
BECOMING THE FIRE
He ran as if the savage smell of musk had filled his flaring nostrils, As eyes ablaze, he ripped the constant earth with greedy strides. Ahead, ever-left… Read more “BECOMING THE FIRE”
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE LEONID BREZHNEV?
Even as the 14th IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Moscow reached its first crescendo yesterday with Yelena Isinbayeva’s thrilling win over American Olympic champion Jen… Read more “WHERE HAVE YOU GONE LEONID BREZHNEV?”
WATCH OUT FOR THE WHITE GUY
Falmouth, Ma. — Charming, but telling, comments yesterday by Kenya’s Micah Kogo after his New Balance Falmouth Road Race sprint finish win over a determined Ben True of… Read more “WATCH OUT FOR THE WHITE GUY”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 