Corvallis, OR, March 30, 2011–Strands Fitness Event Registration (SFER) has announced that they will take up the challenge set by a growing list of race directors… Read more “Strands Fitness Steps Up to Pledge Challenge from Race Directors”
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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A Conversation: Director, USATF Foundation & USATF Vice-Chair Jack Wickens
A retired executive with United Heath Group, Jack Wickens has been involved with the USA Track & Field Foundation since 2005. Then in December 2008 he was… Read more “A Conversation: Director, USATF Foundation & USATF Vice-Chair Jack Wickens”
Arizona Promoter Joins $1 per Entry Pledge
Steve Taggart of Tagg Running Events in Tucson, Arizona has become the third race director to pledge $1.00 per entry to help fund U.S. distance running training camps.… Read more “Arizona Promoter Joins $1 per Entry Pledge”
Thin Scrims of Sweat Soon Pearled
Thin scrims of sweat soon pearled, Gleaming beads fleeing in terror From prisons of flesh, Engulfed in the flow of a coursing ambition In the white-noised hush… Read more “Thin Scrims of Sweat Soon Pearled”
Meseret Defar Aids Entoto Foundation
The big beneficiaries of the on-going second running boom have been charities. Nearly $1 billion was raised last year for a wide variety of causes through… Read more “Meseret Defar Aids Entoto Foundation”
READY, SET, SWEAT?
One study says coffee is good for you, another says it’s bad. Sugar, same; salt, yes. In fact, you name it, and there are reports written by… Read more “READY, SET, SWEAT?”
RICH GET RICHER
At this month’s Oscars, the extravagant goody bags that were once bestowed on the Red-Carpet brigade – containing schwag like jewelry, spa treatments, luxury trips, and the… Read more “RICH GET RICHER”
THE END OF THE MYTH
ODE TO THE L.A. MARATHON Go now to your rest, old distance, Be unafraid, your time is at hand, Where for years you held full dominion, Today,… Read more “THE END OF THE MYTH”
