The ups giveth and the downs taketh away. It is the arc of life on this temporal plane.This past week, two more big names were brought down… Read more “PRO ROAD RUNNING’S FADING RAINBOW”
Month: October 2026
THE GATE AND THE ICEBERG
A text came in from Greg Meyer on a bright October morning. Since Greg won the Chicago Marathon in 1982 and Boston in 1983, I thought he… Read more “THE GATE AND THE ICEBERG”
OVERFED: Sports in the Age of Too Much
This morning I got up, and the first NFL game was already on. It was being played in London, and the kickoff was 6:30 a.m. Pacific. If… Read more “OVERFED: Sports in the Age of Too Much”
Fifty Years at the Finish: Remembering the 1977 Bonne Bell 10K
With the Red Sox getting thumped by the hated Yankees in the Bronx and the Patriots stumbling through the kind of September that conjures memories of the… Read more “Fifty Years at the Finish: Remembering the 1977 Bonne Bell 10K”
