Track and field is a sport of extremes, taking the most basic athletic abilities of running, jumping, and throwing, and distilling them into the Olympic motto:… Read more “CHANGING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL”
DAEGU: MEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW
The men’s marathon begins at 9 a.m. Sunday local time (Saturday night 8 PM Eastern in the USA) to open the final day of competition at… Read more “DAEGU: MEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW”
FAVORED BY THE GODS
I was in Helsinki in 1983 when Mary Decker took on the Soviet machine in the inaugural IAAF World Track & Field Championships over 1500 and 3000 meters. … Read more “FAVORED BY THE GODS”
BOLT’S DQ in DAEGU
Day two at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea began with a scintillating last 30 meter sprint in the longest track… Read more “BOLT’S DQ in DAEGU”
RUPP’S DILEMMA
Galen Rupp has been groomed for years by coach Alberto Salazar at the Nike-sponsored Oregon Distance Project in Portland. Now at age 25 the American 10,000 meter… Read more “RUPP’S DILEMMA”
DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH
And so the 2011 men’s World Championships 10,000 meters is complete. And poor Mo Farah. England’s pride came up agonizingly short in his bid to win… Read more “DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH”
EDNA KIPLAGAT LEADS KENYAN SWEEP IN WOMEN’S MARATHON
Surviving a hard fall at a water stop at 37k, where she tangled legs with her final challenger, countrywoman Sharon Cherop, Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat recovered quickly,… Read more “EDNA KIPLAGAT LEADS KENYAN SWEEP IN WOMEN’S MARATHON”
2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WOMEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW
The World Championship and Olympic Marathons are different breeds than the annual major city marathons. Weather is often the overriding factor, usually for the worst, as… Read more “2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WOMEN’S MARATHON PREVIEW”
“YOUNG JOHN” & THE 2011 AFC HALF MARATHON
The great wheel turns, and thus are we all ground into dust. Such is the Rib-Taker’s design, and so must we all be delivered. I just returned home… Read more ““YOUNG JOHN” & THE 2011 AFC HALF MARATHON”
