When non-runners find out what I do for a living, they invariably ask, “You broadcast and announce running events? What do you say? They’re just running.” And… Read more “I TEACH COMPETITION”
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Choosing Our Boulder: Running and the Absurd
Cape Elizabeth, ME—It is a rainy morning in Maine. The TD Beach to Beacon 10K is over and the Asics Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod awaits… Read more “Choosing Our Boulder: Running and the Absurd”
El Youssfi Wins Historic Bix 7; Kemboi Gets Her Redemption
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Nine men turned together from Kirkwood Boulevard onto Brady Street to begin the final mile of the 52nd Quad City Times Bix 7. Never… Read more “El Youssfi Wins Historic Bix 7; Kemboi Gets Her Redemption”
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up: Chris Wardlaw, Super Shoes, and the Question Running Won’t Answer
I don’t know if Australian Olympian Chris Wardlaw intended to start a fight – maybe he did. But he certainly articulated a feeling many lifelong observers of… Read more “When the Numbers Don’t Add Up: Chris Wardlaw, Super Shoes, and the Question Running Won’t Answer”
From Cobblestones to Carbon: Why Sebastian Sawe’s 1:59:30 Starts in Rome, 1960
Last Sunday in London, Sebastian Sawe ran 1:59:30—the first sub-two-hour marathon ever recorded under record-eligible conditions. He did it wearing the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3,… Read more “From Cobblestones to Carbon: Why Sebastian Sawe’s 1:59:30 Starts in Rome, 1960”
NOW WHAT? SAWE & KEJELCHA GO SUB-2 IN LONDON
And so, it is done. From the legend of Pheidippides in 490 B.C. — the myth that inspired the inaugural Olympic Marathon in Athens 1896 — the… Read more “NOW WHAT? SAWE & KEJELCHA GO SUB-2 IN LONDON”
ON THE HEELS OF BOSTON: CAN LONDON GO FASTER?
It has been a long time since the London Marathon men’s winner ran slower than the Boston Marathon men’s champion. • Boston 2011: Geoffrey Mutai ran 2:03:02,… Read more “ON THE HEELS OF BOSTON: CAN LONDON GO FASTER?”
A Pleasurable Difficulty: Reading the Marathon
Without a ball or a modicum of violence, the idioms of American sport, the marathon has never quite caught on with the public as primarily a sporting… Read more “A Pleasurable Difficulty: Reading the Marathon”
THE COST OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS
America’s Ilia Malinin stepped onto Olympic ice in Milan carrying not just a five-point lead after his win in the short program, but a sense of inevitability.… Read more “THE COST OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS”
THERE’S NO MASTERING AGE
Turning a new year (the Gregorian calendar, yesterday), or hitting a new age (me, today)—neither is for the weak or the timid. Which makes the word master… Read more “THERE’S NO MASTERING AGE”
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