To nobody’s surprise Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge will make a world record attempt this September 24th at the BMW Berlin Marathon, site of the last six men’s marathon… Read more “KIPCHOGE TO ATTEMPT OFFICIAL WORLD MARATHON RECORD IN BERLIN 2017”
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TIME TO GET UP!
People wonder where the next Steve Prefontaine is, that runner who can both race with charismatic elan while simultaneously challenging the status quo to the point where… Read more “TIME TO GET UP!”
GRETE’S PLACE
We learned last week that the apartment building Grete Waitz (nee Anderson) grew up in in Oslo, Norway had been fitted with a plaque recognizing the place… Read more “GRETE’S PLACE”
HEADING BACK TO BEEF STEW?
What is it with money in this game? While purses and contracts in every other sport have continued to grow well into seven figures, in this fish market… Read more “HEADING BACK TO BEEF STEW?”
TOM FLEMING (1951 – 2017)
Tom Fleming was always a hard charger, a larger than life presence whether on the road in competition or at the post-race party where stories flew as… Read more “TOM FLEMING (1951 – 2017)”
GEEKING ON KENENISA’S NUMBERS
On January 20th Ethiopia’s triple Olympic track gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele will start the sixth marathon of his career at the Standard Charter Dubai Marathon. Coming off… Read more “GEEKING ON KENENISA’S NUMBERS”
SUB2 PACK FORMS UP
Like the murmur of far off hooves that rises from a distance on a tailing breeze the Sub Two Hour marathon quest became a lot more audible… Read more “SUB2 PACK FORMS UP”
CHICAGO 2016
For the second year in a row the Bank of America Chicago Marathon staged a no-pacesetters competition. And for the second year in a row the men… Read more “CHICAGO 2016”
MONDAY NIGHT RAW
What were they thinking — or not thinking, as the case may be? In a race that close, the stakes so high, I mean, why didn’t Wilson… Read more “MONDAY NIGHT RAW”
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!
Sport, like life, is a series of self-fulfilling prophecies, for what you think you can do sets the stage for the reenactment of the belief in performance.… Read more “YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!”
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