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 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
As the Arizona and Michigan presidential primaries arrive, the final four Republican candidates continue their slash-and-burn tactics as they vie to take on President Obama in… Read more “THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM”
SAME AS IT EVER WAS
As we approach this weekend’s USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, once again we find the advance stories focusing as much on… Read more “SAME AS IT EVER WAS”
WHY POLS SHOULD RUN?
A piece for Sunday. In a 2004 Vanity Fair article James Walcott wrote: “Mass culture secretes condescension and borderline contempt for any quest for artistic expression… Read more “WHY POLS SHOULD RUN?”
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”
CHUNKY MONKEY CONVENIENCE
*** ***** “I could really use some ice cream.” “Wait till the next commercial, and I’ll go over to Store 24.” “Think they’ll deliver?” “From across the street?”… Read more “CHUNKY MONKEY CONVENIENCE”
BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012
Again in 2012, the two springtime World Marathon Majors, Boston and London, will be staged six days apart. Boston’s 116th annual sets off from Hopkinton on… Read more “BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012”
‘BRING BACK THE MILE’ Expands Website
After a successful splash launch, bringbackthemile.com has expanded its website with a State Federation Petition requesting that the Mile be brought back to the State Championship … Read more “‘BRING BACK THE MILE’ Expands Website”
GEOFF HOLLISTER & CHICAGO MARATHON SOLD OUT
The sport of running lost one its true guiding lights today as news of Geoff Hollister’s passing was announced in Portland, Oregon. Hollister succumbed to cancer just… Read more “GEOFF HOLLISTER & CHICAGO MARATHON SOLD OUT”
