The Boston Athletic Association announced today that Terrence Mahon, former head coach of the Mammoth Track Club and for the last year the head endurance coach for… Read more “TERRENCE MAHON JOINS BAA AS HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH”
Month: September 2013
TEAM-BASED COMPETITIONS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS
In a response to my latest post, PRO RUNNER DAVID TORRENCE – “Don’t Blame Elite Athletes for State of the Sport”, journalist Parker Morse wrote, “Kudos to Mr.… Read more “TEAM-BASED COMPETITIONS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS”
PRO RUNNER DAVID TORRENCE – “Don’t Blame Elite Athletes for State of the Sport”
Reaction to the Competitor Group’s decision to discontinue much of their elite athlete program at their Rock `n` Roll Series events in the United States continues to come… Read more “PRO RUNNER DAVID TORRENCE – “Don’t Blame Elite Athletes for State of the Sport””
DOUGLAS WAKIIHURI TURNS 50 – The Marathon is like a Rose
(With an addendum by Brian Sheriff, an old racing friend of Douglas’s) Today is the 50th birthday of Douglas Wakiihuri, who remains one of the favorite sons… Read more “DOUGLAS WAKIIHURI TURNS 50 – The Marathon is like a Rose”
GETTING FIRED LAUNCHES RODGERS
In this excerpt from the archives of my old Runners Digest Radio show in Boston, we go on-the-run with marathon legend Bill Rodgers, four-time Boston and New… Read more “GETTING FIRED LAUNCHES RODGERS”
69TH AZTEC CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
Growing up along the western bank of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the most frequent boasts one heard was that something or other… Read more “69TH AZTEC CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL”
THE FESTIVALIZATION OF SPORT — Respite from the competition of life
In our center-right, celebrity-saturated society it is all but apostacy to say, as Yale University Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom did in a C-SPAN interview in… Read more “THE FESTIVALIZATION OF SPORT — Respite from the competition of life”
KENNY MOORE – THE SENSATIONS OF RUNNING
Perhaps best known for his many brilliant articles in Sports Illustrated, for whom he began writing in 1971 while still an active world-class marathoner, Kenny Moore… Read more “KENNY MOORE – THE SENSATIONS OF RUNNING”
DUMBING DOWN, SLOWING DOWN
In a recent keynote address at the Andrus Center for Public Policy in Boise, Idaho, retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor lamented what she called… Read more “DUMBING DOWN, SLOWING DOWN”
RUNNING VS BOXING: CONNECTING WITH THE SPORTING PUBLIC
Foot racing and boxing are two of the world’s most ancient and primal forms of athletic competition. Over the last 24 hours we have witnessed two great sporting contests,… Read more “RUNNING VS BOXING: CONNECTING WITH THE SPORTING PUBLIC”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 