Racing has always been the most lucid teacher, revealing hard truths with each carving stride. The ways of God are more mysterious, as Ryan Hall… Read more ““YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT””
Category: Opinion
THE ENDS AND MEANS OF LANCE
At what point do ends and means come into conflict with ones such as Lance Armstrong or his obsessive Ahab-like hunter, USADA? That question surfaced again this past… Read more “THE ENDS AND MEANS OF LANCE”
CIRQUE de S’OLYMPICS
Now that the Olympic flame has been extinguished in London, the time has come to consider the lessons learned and to plot the road ahead. Certainly, Team… Read more “CIRQUE de S’OLYMPICS”
STRIVING TO AN IDEAL OF A HIGHER LIFE
The father of the modern Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, defined Olympism to include “adhering to an ideal of a higher life, to strive for perfection.” An honorable goal,… Read more “STRIVING TO AN IDEAL OF A HIGHER LIFE”
DRINKING THE OLYMPIC KOOL-AID
It is a spectacle beyond wonder, and an all but incomprehensible effort to stage, primarily for the host city and its organizing committee. But so, too, for… Read more “DRINKING THE OLYMPIC KOOL-AID”
BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED
The following is a response to my last post TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD which outlined the political wranglings at last weekend’s Aviva London Grand… Read more “BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED”
TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD
I just finished watching an undistinguished 1957 horse opera called The Big Land starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo on Turner Classic Movies. (It’s a low-key Saturday). … Read more “TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD”
OLYMPIC PETITION – ROAD RACING
PETITION BACKGROUND (Preamble) Since its rapid growth during the so-called Running Boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, the sport of Road Racing has become a world-wide… Read more “OLYMPIC PETITION – ROAD RACING”
POOR WEATHER FORECAST FOR KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
Ngong, Kenya – With fewer electronic pursuits available in rural Africa, time is spent more in the age-old give and take of robust conversation, where, whether the… Read more “POOR WEATHER FORECAST FOR KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS”
RUDISHA FOCUSED ON TIME AT ADIDAS GP
The build-up to the London Olympics is well underway. On June 9th the reigning 800-meter world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya will make his U.S. debut… Read more “RUDISHA FOCUSED ON TIME AT ADIDAS GP”
