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    125th BOSTON MARATHON – THE DAY AFTER

    It happened before. Remember?  America’s Meb Keflezighi pulled away from the lead pack after 8 miles and opened what turned out to be an insurmountable lead in… Read more “125th BOSTON MARATHON – THE DAY AFTER”

    October 12, 2021April 15, 2022 by Toni Reavis

    BOSTON PREVIEW (SORTA)

    With Seifu Tura winning today’s 43rd Chicago Marathon over American Galen Rupp, we have now had first-time major champions at all three Abbott World Marathon Majors this… Read more “BOSTON PREVIEW (SORTA)”

    October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    GEARED FOR THE DISTANCE  – NO WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN 2021

    What effort for this pace? That is the question every athlete has to answer in the marathon. And when we control the effort, funny how that dovetails… Read more “GEARED FOR THE DISTANCE  – NO WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN 2021”

    September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    RUNNING AS REMEMBRANCE

     As I waited on hold to speak with Mike Long about our travel arrangements, the Beatles’ song “Yesterday” played quietly on the Elite Racing telephone line. The… Read more “RUNNING AS REMEMBRANCE”

    September 11, 2021February 4, 2022 by Toni Reavis

    TAKING A MEASURE FROM THE PARALYMPICS

    Today, 30 August 2021, marks the 30th anniversary of Mike Powell’s other-worldly long jump duel with Carl Lewis at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. In that… Read more “TAKING A MEASURE FROM THE PARALYMPICS”

    August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    TESTOSTERONE AGAIN

    In the first 2-mile race of her professional career, Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba beat Ethiopia’s 5000m world record holder Letesenbet Gidey by six seconds in Friday’s women’s 2-mile… Read more “TESTOSTERONE AGAIN”

    August 21, 2021June 2, 2022 by Toni Reavis

    BUILDING ON THE TOKYO GAMES

    Here we are once again, in Olympic withdrawal, basking in the afterglow of the Tokyo Games. And despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the lack of fans,… Read more “BUILDING ON THE TOKYO GAMES”

    August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    SHA’CARRI

    There has always been a tension between the rules makers and rules breakers, a tension whose roots lie deep in the Garden of Eden beneath the Tree… Read more “SHA’CARRI”

    July 4, 2021July 5, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    OBLIVION WORKS

    A word about walking unwittingly into a swarm of bees while listening to an engaging podcast amidst a raging pandemic in a public park and not getting… Read more “OBLIVION WORKS”

    February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    VALUE OF A HERO II

    (The following is a reblog of a May 3, 2011 post offered as a happy birthday nod to the running boom’s original hero who turned 73 today,… Read more “VALUE OF A HERO II”

    October 31, 2020 by Toni Reavis

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