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”
Category: Travels with Toni
INTO THIN AIR – KAMARINY STADIUM
Iten, Kenya – To understand the fullness of Kenyan athletics excellence come to Kamariny Stadium in the slow season after the provisional and national championships have been… Read more “INTO THIN AIR – KAMARINY STADIUM”
ON THE ROAD TO LONDON: THE CATTLE DIP LOOP
Iten, Kenya – When we pulled up to the small ramshackle clump of buildings where today’s run would begin shortly after 6:00 a.m., the first dusty blue… Read more “ON THE ROAD TO LONDON: THE CATTLE DIP LOOP”
PERILS OF THE PRESS TRUCK
In order to get involved in the sport of road racing you have to get past certain things, like parental admonishments about not playing in the… Read more “PERILS OF THE PRESS TRUCK”
JOHN MICHUKI: RUNNING ENVIRONMENTALIST
It is understandably easy to forget in America’s own continental sanctuary that the world is a rather more hostile place, where for the vast majority of people the concept… Read more “JOHN MICHUKI: RUNNING ENVIRONMENTALIST”
THE CULTURE OF RUNNING IN EAST AFRICA
Take away that they have grown up at an altitude higher than the New York Yankees salary cap, and cut the air like six-inch stilettos, one… Read more “THE CULTURE OF RUNNING IN EAST AFRICA”
BAD SANTA
Times were lean in 1974. In fact, it had been a rough year all around. In the first months of that annus horribilis, the Arab oil embargo still had… Read more “BAD SANTA”
THE PETER KIPROTICH CHERUS FOUNDATION
The tales of greatness are legion, some from this year of 2011 sure to become legend. Yet for all the running success that comes pouring out… Read more “THE PETER KIPROTICH CHERUS FOUNDATION”
9/11 RUNNING REMEMBRANCE
The 24th Philadelphia Distance Run was scheduled for Sunday September 16, 2001. Our TV crew had planned to fly east on Thursday the 13th after completing our… Read more “9/11 RUNNING REMEMBRANCE”
BILL RODGERS – ROUND JAMAICA POND
Our breath emerged in lung-heated plumes, our footfalls as soft crunches muted by freshly fallen snow. January 6, 1982, out on a 10 mile run with Bill Rodgers, long-time… Read more “BILL RODGERS – ROUND JAMAICA POND”
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