“There’s no way to control a crowd like that if they don’t want to be controlled,” said former Boston Marathon race director Will Cloney after huge throngs on… Read more “CROWD CHAOS AT TOUR DE FRANCE”
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RUPP IS IN!!!
I think he’s the best marathoner in America right now, though he has never even run one. Olympic 10,000 meter silver medalist and American record holder Galen Rupp… Read more “RUPP IS IN!!!”
Toya Reavis Added to USD XC Coaching Staff
Sept. 22, 2015 SAN DIEGO, Calif. – University of San Diego cross-country and track head coach Will Guarino is pleased to announce the addition of Toya Reavis… Read more “Toya Reavis Added to USD XC Coaching Staff”
I WANT A NEW DRUG – CHICAGO DROPS PACERS
After a decade long assault, the sport of athletics hit the sweet spot with its dopamine release on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford,… Read more “I WANT A NEW DRUG – CHICAGO DROPS PACERS”
DEFLATED IN COURT?
Though the Symmonds Matter has managed to leak into the public sphere, let there be no doubt as to which sport’s legal case the population is riveted. … Read more “DEFLATED IN COURT?”
SOUTH CAROLINA COACH EXPANDING YOUTH RUNNING OPPORTUNITIES
Both the state of South Carolina and the sport of athletics (track and field) are going through a particularly trying patch right now, though hardly on a… Read more “SOUTH CAROLINA COACH EXPANDING YOUTH RUNNING OPPORTUNITIES”
A FRIEND IN NEED
Even as the running world goes all sideways with allegations of wrongdoing and such, the “real world” continues to spin, though often uncontrollably. Got a message from… Read more “A FRIEND IN NEED”
RON CLARKE DEAD AT 78
Like so many other athletics fans world-wide, I note with sadness the passing of Australian great Ron Clarke, who died earlier today of kidney failure at a… Read more “RON CLARKE DEAD AT 78”
LETTERMAN & DEMERIT CARDS
MOCKING FOR MILLIONS David Letterman retired last night after a run of 33 years behind talk show desks at NBC and CBS. In hosting the last of… Read more “LETTERMAN & DEMERIT CARDS”
WITTENBERG TO LEAVE NYRR
The New York Road Runners announced today (12 May 2015) that its long serving President and CEO Mary Wittenberg will step down next week to take on… Read more “WITTENBERG TO LEAVE NYRR”