In an age where every reality has been reduced to another manufactured or processed product, where the words and actions of our elected leaders are marbled with hidden… Read more “WOMEN’S TEAM COULD YIELD MEDAL THREATS”
Category: Opinion
NOT ALL BIRTH DATES ARE EQUAL
All birthdays are wonderful in that we even have one. The odds against being conceived, much less born, are so great — scientists calculate the probability at about… Read more “NOT ALL BIRTH DATES ARE EQUAL”
WRINGING OUT THE OLD
As 2011 comes to a desultory close, with the race of 2012 shaping up to be the one for the White House in Washington rather than… Read more “WRINGING OUT THE OLD”
TEAM USA ARIZONA Receives Grant from 2011 Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon
Partnership Between Professional Race and Elite Athletes Highlighted One of the first posts on this blog WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE HALF MAKES MAJOR AMERICAN PLEDGE outlined race… Read more “TEAM USA ARIZONA Receives Grant from 2011 Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon”
WELCOME TO THE DUNCE-CAP CORNER
What, is David Stern in his dotage bucking for the USATF CEO job now? Unbelievable. You’ve just come off a forced player lock-out which has… Read more “WELCOME TO THE DUNCE-CAP CORNER”
RELEASING THE ATHLETE WITHIN
Trends come and go, but despite a balky economy running events throughout the country have continued to experience a wave of women participants as the overall… Read more “RELEASING THE ATHLETE WITHIN”
DISTANCE RACING HAS HIT THE WALL
Politically incorrect or not, the truth is both indisputable and self-evident: The utter domination of distance running by athletes from East Africa, a continuing trend which has seemed to… Read more “DISTANCE RACING HAS HIT THE WALL”
VERZBICAS CHOOSES TRIATHLON OVER RUNNING
Just last week sub-4:00 high school miler Lukas Verzbicas announced he was leaving the sport of running at the altar (quitting the University of Oregon after… Read more “VERZBICAS CHOOSES TRIATHLON OVER RUNNING”
WILSON KIPSANG MUDDIES KENYAN OLYMPIC MARATHON WATERS
Wilson Kipsang wins in Frankfurt As a less-than-100%-fit Moses Mosop held on for his 2:05:37 course record win at the October 9th Bank of America Chicago… Read more “WILSON KIPSANG MUDDIES KENYAN OLYMPIC MARATHON WATERS”
OCCUPY WALL STREET AND TEA PARTY BOTH WRONG
The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street crowds are bookend political movements – one on the far right, the other on the outer left – each… Read more “OCCUPY WALL STREET AND TEA PARTY BOTH WRONG”
