After 31 year-old track and cross country champion Keninisa Bekele’s superb marathon debut in Paris today, 2:05:03 — course record, sixth fastest debut in history, fastest first-time… Read more “NUMBERING UP BEKELE’S MARATHON DEBUT”
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ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GOES RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR JULY 4TH
Last year Portland, Oregon trained Matt Tegenkamp won the U.S. Road 10K Championship in 28:25, but only finished sixth overall in the AJC Peachtree Road Race. … Read more “ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GOES RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR JULY 4TH”
29TH CARLSBAD 5000 PROMISES SEASIDE FIREWORKS
With Competitor Group, Inc. back in the elite athlete game, the San Diego-based event and media company has come out swinging in 2014. First they introduced their… Read more “29TH CARLSBAD 5000 PROMISES SEASIDE FIREWORKS”
PEGASUS SPORTS PERFORMANCE SEEKING FINAL BETA TESTERS
Over the last several years I’ve been following the development of a sensor-based technology that I thought held great promise for running, but that has had… Read more “PEGASUS SPORTS PERFORMANCE SEEKING FINAL BETA TESTERS”
BAA ANOUNCES PLANS FOR MARATHON TRIBUTE
Everyone knows it will be a special year at the 2014 Boston Marathon, as the grand old race and its host city commemorate last year’s tragic… Read more “BAA ANOUNCES PLANS FOR MARATHON TRIBUTE”
B.A.A. Increases Prize Money Structure and Institutes Performance-Based Bonus Incentives for B.A.A. Distance Medley Events
BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today (Feb. 6, 2014) a new prize money structure for B.A.A. Distance Medley events, which will award nearly $150,000 in… Read more “B.A.A. Increases Prize Money Structure and Institutes Performance-Based Bonus Incentives for B.A.A. Distance Medley Events”
USATF MEN’S LDR CHAIR CALLS ON L.A. TO MATCH HOUSTON’S OLYMPIC TRIALS MARATHON PRIZE PACKAGE
On January 29th USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and LA MARATHON LLC announced that Los Angeles had been awarded… Read more “USATF MEN’S LDR CHAIR CALLS ON L.A. TO MATCH HOUSTON’S OLYMPIC TRIALS MARATHON PRIZE PACKAGE”
LOS ANGELES AWARDED 2016 OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS
It must have been the toughest of tough calls, but it’s LA over Houston in 2016. Here some background on the selection from a previous post. LOS… Read more “LOS ANGELES AWARDED 2016 OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS”
BATTLE LINES DRAWN IN KENYAN TAX REVOLT
Taxation can impoverish as well as replenish, overturn empires or elevate kings. It is getting the balance right that counts. Last Wednesday 400+ members of Kenya’s running… Read more “BATTLE LINES DRAWN IN KENYAN TAX REVOLT”
COMPETITOR GROUP REVERSES COURSE ON ELITE COMPETITION
Admitting error isn’t easy, but it can be cathartic. In light of the strong, some might even say vehement, reaction to its decision last September to… Read more “COMPETITOR GROUP REVERSES COURSE ON ELITE COMPETITION”
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