San Diego, CA — The Carlsbad 5000 has built its impressive reputation on record performances. To date 16 World and eight U.S. records have been notched on… Read more “TONI’S CARLSBAD 5000 PREVIEW”
Month: March 2014
CLYDESDALES GALLOP TO THE RESCUE
Oldie but a goodie. Found this 1991 chestnut. Phone rings not long back. Guy on the other end pushing the idea of a Clydesdale category in the… Read more “CLYDESDALES GALLOP TO THE RESCUE”
EERIE PARALLELS TO 1930S EUROPE?
(This is not a post about running. I was a history major in school, and have written a book about my parents who met and married in… Read more “EERIE PARALLELS TO 1930S EUROPE?”
DAVE BEDFORD ON WORLD RUNNING™
The sport of road racing has always had an arms-length relationship with the IAAF, the international governing body for the sport of track & field (athletics to… Read more “DAVE BEDFORD ON WORLD RUNNING™”
ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GOES RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR JULY 4TH
Last year Portland, Oregon trained Matt Tegenkamp won the U.S. Road 10K Championship in 28:25, but only finished sixth overall in the AJC Peachtree Road Race. … Read more “ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GOES RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR JULY 4TH”
29TH CARLSBAD 5000 PROMISES SEASIDE FIREWORKS
With Competitor Group, Inc. back in the elite athlete game, the San Diego-based event and media company has come out swinging in 2014. First they introduced their… Read more “29TH CARLSBAD 5000 PROMISES SEASIDE FIREWORKS”
THE FALL, THE FAINT, THE FORM
New York, New York — The story was The Fall and The Faint, but what struck me, and several other veteran observers of the distance running game,… Read more “THE FALL, THE FAINT, THE FORM”
COMPETITOR GROUP NAMES GOLF EXEC AS NEW CEO
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI), the San Diego based company that owns and operates 53 events around the world, including its flagship Rock ‘n’… Read more “COMPETITOR GROUP NAMES GOLF EXEC AS NEW CEO”
AARON BRAUN READY FOR HIS CLOSEUP IN L.A.
Los Angeles, Ca. — Three American men have taken home the Asics Los Angeles Marathon title in its 28 years, Rick Sayre in the inaugural 1986, Mark… Read more “AARON BRAUN READY FOR HIS CLOSEUP IN L.A.”
RUN SAFER, A MESSAGE FOR A MODERN WORLD
America’s innocent mid-century mythology, when neighborhoods were neighborhoods and the focus was on family, has long since been reduced to Tea Party yearnings and Toby Keith song… Read more “RUN SAFER, A MESSAGE FOR A MODERN WORLD”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 