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”
KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS 2012
Nairobi, Kenya – While it will take the USA the better part of ten days to select their complete Olympic track and field team, the Kenyans essentially… Read more “KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS 2012”
MEET AT THE CORNER SHOP – FARTLEK INTO MAASAI LAND
Ngong, Kenya – The town of Ngong awakens early, well before the sun, as many of its 57,000 residents must commute into Nairobi for work. And with… Read more “MEET AT THE CORNER SHOP – FARTLEK INTO MAASAI LAND”
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”
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