Great question — and one that gets to the heart of elite pacing strategy and physiological sustainability. John Korir entered the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon… Read more “HOW FAST IS STILL TOO FAST?”
Category: Commentary
Athlos and the Ten Hurdles to Track’s Reinvention
Alexis Ohanian’s Athlos and Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track are bold swings to revive track and field—a sport gasping for air in the USA outside the Olympics.… Read more “Athlos and the Ten Hurdles to Track’s Reinvention”
A DIFFICULT RACE IN A DIFFICULT TIME: CHICAGO 2025
This weekend, 55,000 brave souls will line up in Grant Park for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the original Abbott World Marathon Majors.… Read more “A DIFFICULT RACE IN A DIFFICULT TIME: CHICAGO 2025”
Stop Calling Championship Wins “Upsets”
Every time a favorite loses at Worlds or the Olympics, the headlines scream “shocking upset.” Enough already. These aren’t upsets. This is what racing looks like. Geordie… Read more “Stop Calling Championship Wins “Upsets””
Lessons from the Long Run: Susanna Sullivan and the Spirit of Civic Endurance
In the opening days of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, American marathoner Susanna Sullivan reminded us what quiet perseverance looks like. A sixth-grade math teacher… Read more “Lessons from the Long Run: Susanna Sullivan and the Spirit of Civic Endurance”
High School Prodigy Cooper Lutkenhaus Stuns in 800m Final, Echoes Jim Ryun’s Legend
As 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus rounded the last turn heading into the straight in Sunday’s USATF 800-meter final in Eugene, Oregon, the broad-shouldered junior-to-be at Northwest High School… Read more “High School Prodigy Cooper Lutkenhaus Stuns in 800m Final, Echoes Jim Ryun’s Legend”
Mic’d Up and Moving Forward: A New Way to Feel Track and Field
Both sports—track and baseball—have long been tethered to their pasts, defined by records, nostalgia, and a reverence for tradition. Yet, each has also faced a rupture: These… Read more “Mic’d Up and Moving Forward: A New Way to Feel Track and Field”
YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE – OR, A 4-MINUTE MILE
There is no doubt we are in a grand era of women’s ascendancy in many fields. Their goals are lofty. Their dreams have been long denied, and… Read more “YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE – OR, A 4-MINUTE MILE”
BOSTON: A SIREN’S SONG OF SPEED
The Boston Marathon sings a sweet song of speed within its test of endurance, its melody beginning with the marching drum-and-fife call to the line in Hopkinton… Read more “BOSTON: A SIREN’S SONG OF SPEED”
SYNERGY SOWS SPEED
Racing is urgency distilled—whether along the sharp edge of competition itself or in the relentless refinement of that edge leading to the moment when the starter raises… Read more “SYNERGY SOWS SPEED”
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