News of racing pioneer Rick Hoyt‘s passing reached the west coast today (22 May 2023), flooding me with memories of the early years of the running boom in… Read more “RICK HOYT PASSES, LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY”
Category: Commentary
CONSIDERING THE 2023 LONDON MARATHON
Not much, really, to add to all the other analysis of April 23rd’s remarkable 2023 TCS London Marathon. Except, gee whiz, for a once feared, myth-making distance,… Read more “CONSIDERING THE 2023 LONDON MARATHON”
KIPCHOGE UNSURE WHY HIS LEG GAVE OUT IN BOSTON
In Tom Derderian’s magisterial book, the Boston Marathon: The History of the World’s Premier Running Event, he describes the 1990 Boston Marathon thusly. /When 1988 Olympic marathon… Read more “KIPCHOGE UNSURE WHY HIS LEG GAVE OUT IN BOSTON”
FINALLY, THE GOAT IS READY TO CLIMB
With no TV gig to distract me this year, and thousands of miles separating me from my old haunts, I’ve been freed up this 2023 Patriot’s Day… Read more “FINALLY, THE GOAT IS READY TO CLIMB”
PRE-BOSTON 2023 – A HISTORY LESSON
Coming into the 1996 Boston Marathon, history draped the centennial of the grand race like the bunting atop the finish line structure. That Patriot’s Day, a record… Read more “PRE-BOSTON 2023 – A HISTORY LESSON”
KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA
With marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge making his Boston Marathon debut next Monday, the anticipation for the 127th edition of the grand old race has rarely… Read more “KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA”
RECORD WATCH FOR BOSTON
After the announcement that men’s marathon GOAT and world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, would be coming to run the Boston Marathon for the first time… Read more “RECORD WATCH FOR BOSTON”
RESPONDING TO THE TIMES
On 2 March 2023, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced changes to the 2024 PGA Tour season that look suspiciously like a riposte to the challenge coming from… Read more “RESPONDING TO THE TIMES”
FIGURING OUT FAST
Considered the fastest player in the NFL, 29-year-old Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, running his first track competition since 2014, when he ran for Oklahoma… Read more “FIGURING OUT FAST”
WORLD RECORD ERAS
Just messing around here on a coolish SoCal morning. This past week we saw two field event world records go down (or up, as the case may… Read more “WORLD RECORD ERAS”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 