One week from today the 39th BMW Berlin Marathon will kick off the post-Olympic fall major marathon season. Part of the week’s menu in Berlin… Read more “BERLIN MARATHON – MEN’S PREVIEW”
Author: Toni Reavis
TONI REAVIS is a veteran broadcaster/writer who has been informing and entertaining audiences for over four decades with his signature baritone pipes, encyclopedic knowledge, and sharp wit.
One of the most respected names in running journalism, Reavis today mixes his passion for sport with his wide-ranging interest in politics, media, and culture.
Currently residing in San Diego, California where he writes his influential tonireavis.com blog, Toni also serves on the board of directors of the Entoto Foundation, a 501C3 charity that brings needed health care to Ethiopia.
In 2009 Reavis was inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions.
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ROAD RACING INCORPORATED INTO WORLD CHAMPS SCHEDULE?
Beginning in 1992 in Newcastle, England, the IAAF staged a World Half Marathon or Road Racing Championship every year for 19 straight years. By 2002… Read more “ROAD RACING INCORPORATED INTO WORLD CHAMPS SCHEDULE?”
COMPETITION, NOT TIME, SPURS RITZ IN CHICAGO
Dathan Ritzenhein’s 60:56 third-place finish at Sunday’s Rock `n” Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon sets him up well for his marathon in Chicago in three weeks time.… Read more “COMPETITION, NOT TIME, SPURS RITZ IN CHICAGO”
GO! ST. LOUIS
Since hosting the 2004 U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, my hometown of St. Louis had drawn back into its well-established, but less than heart-thumping reputation… Read more “GO! ST. LOUIS”
ROMNEY AT ODDS WITH PATIENCE AND AMBITION
As the professional fields for the 2012 BMW Berlin and Bank of America Chicago Marathons have been announced, it reminds us that the marathon requires a different… Read more “ROMNEY AT ODDS WITH PATIENCE AND AMBITION”
“YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT”
Racing has always been the most lucid teacher, revealing hard truths with each carving stride. The ways of God are more mysterious, as Ryan Hall… Read more ““YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT””
THE ENDS AND MEANS OF LANCE
At what point do ends and means come into conflict with ones such as Lance Armstrong or his obsessive Ahab-like hunter, USADA? That question surfaced again this past… Read more “THE ENDS AND MEANS OF LANCE”
CIRQUE de S’OLYMPICS
Now that the Olympic flame has been extinguished in London, the time has come to consider the lessons learned and to plot the road ahead. Certainly, Team… Read more “CIRQUE de S’OLYMPICS”
STRIVING TO AN IDEAL OF A HIGHER LIFE
The father of the modern Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, defined Olympism to include “adhering to an ideal of a higher life, to strive for perfection.” An honorable goal,… Read more “STRIVING TO AN IDEAL OF A HIGHER LIFE”
DRINKING THE OLYMPIC KOOL-AID
It is a spectacle beyond wonder, and an all but incomprehensible effort to stage, primarily for the host city and its organizing committee. But so, too, for… Read more “DRINKING THE OLYMPIC KOOL-AID”
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