San Diego’s Mission Bay Park was awash in sun and wind today for the final of the 2012 USATF Dirt Dog Cross Country Championship, an 8K slog… Read more “CLEANING IN PROGRESS”
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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“I’M WELL – WITHIN REASON”
I was out today, and as always when out and about you endlessly get asked, “how are you doing?” by every Tom, Dick or Sally who stands… Read more ““I’M WELL – WITHIN REASON””
THE RACE IS THE THING
And so the long race is over, and a winner has newly been crowned. The taste of victory is sweet, while the flavor of loss quite bitter.… Read more “THE RACE IS THE THING”
HONOLULU SNARES WILSON KIPSANG FROM SANDY WRECKAGE
Hurricane Sandy’s vast power has been such that it has now tossed elite marathoners to the far ends of the globe in hopes of redeeming their 2012… Read more “HONOLULU SNARES WILSON KIPSANG FROM SANDY WRECKAGE”
RESURRECTING A DAMAGED IMAGE
Sandy was one of those freak storms (we hope) formed by separate weather systems merging into a sum-bitch beyond measure of its parts. As a category… Read more “RESURRECTING A DAMAGED IMAGE”
MARATHON EASY TARGET FOR HURRICANE IRE
What had always been a unifying force in America’s melting pot city, the one thing that drew every New Yorker and visitor together, has now been blown… Read more “MARATHON EASY TARGET FOR HURRICANE IRE”
DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY
A visibly emotional NYRR President and CEO Mary Wittenberg stood alongside New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson in the New York City Marathon media center tonight… Read more “DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY”
CANCELLED!!!!
Bowing to the rising tide of criticism about their decision to go forward with this Sunday’s ING New York City Marathon in the savage wake of Hurricane… Read more “CANCELLED!!!!”
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
There was no right answer in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Instead organizers of the New York City Marathon were faced with a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t proposition.… Read more “DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T”
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB
Just as democratic U.S. President Barack Obama and republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were able to put their political differences aside yesterday in the face of the… Read more “MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB”
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