There is a camaraderie in all sports that transcends the myriad off-field differences of the competitors. I find this to be particularly true in the sport of… Read more “RUBBIN’ IN THE RUN IN AT TD B2B 10K”
PORTLAND’s WCSH-TV INTERVIEW
The TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race celebrated its 25th anniversary this past weekend in Cape Elizabeth, Maine (August 5, 2023). The date also marked the… Read more “PORTLAND’s WCSH-TV INTERVIEW”
2023 TD BEACH TO BEACON 10K
Cape Elizabeth, Maine – After a thunderstorm with lightning boomed through the greater Portland area last night, forcing the cancellation of the TD B2B Kids Fun Run… Read more “2023 TD BEACH TO BEACON 10K”
QUAD CITY TIMES BIX 7 WEEKEND 2023
49th QCT BIX 7 RACE IN FULL Due to a minor injury, Boulder, Colorado‘s Nell Rojas, women’s leader in the USATF Road tour standings, had to pull… Read more “QUAD CITY TIMES BIX 7 WEEKEND 2023”
R.I.P. JOSEPH CHEBET
I know running’s focus is rightfully centered on the USATF and UK National Track & Field Championships going on this weekend to select their respective teams for… Read more “R.I.P. JOSEPH CHEBET”
DEVELOPING A SENSE OF WORTH
In 2009, a year before he passed at age 98, my father compared growing up in the 1920s and ‘30s with how he saw youngsters growing up… Read more “DEVELOPING A SENSE OF WORTH”
SYSTEMS CREATE REALITIES
I am certainly not the first, much less the only, scribe to address this issue. Inside The Games’ Duncan Mackay had a very good article out today.… Read more “SYSTEMS CREATE REALITIES”
MEMORIAL DAY 2023 – THE LETTER HOME
June 11, 1944 Camp Livingston, Louisiana Dearest (Mother), I have just returned from Bing Crosby’s new show Going My Way. It was splendid, a very sweet story… Read more “MEMORIAL DAY 2023 – THE LETTER HOME”
RICK HOYT PASSES, LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY
News of racing pioneer Rick Hoyt‘s passing reached the west coast today (22 May 2023), flooding me with memories of the early years of the running boom in… Read more “RICK HOYT PASSES, LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY”
CONSIDERING THE 2023 LONDON MARATHON
Not much, really, to add to all the other analysis of April 23rd’s remarkable 2023 TCS London Marathon. Except, gee whiz, for a once feared, myth-making distance,… Read more “CONSIDERING THE 2023 LONDON MARATHON”