(Set to Don McLean’s tune Vincent) Sub Two-Hour Man, With your pacers in their split array, Gazing out upon a misty day, As they lead you… Read more “SUB TWO-HOUR MAN”
WHO KNOWS WHAT’S A RECORD ANYMORE?
My old Runner’s World friend and long-time chronicler of the sport Peter Gambaccini wrote on my FB page in response to “WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD) about the first… Read more “WHO KNOWS WHAT’S A RECORD ANYMORE?”
1:59 VIENNA REDUX
Early on Vienna’s Prater Park looked like a scene out of the Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary, light fog clinging to the trees half expecting a skirmish… Read more “1:59 VIENNA REDUX”
“WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD)
I mean, what can you say at this point? There’s no winning here. If you embrace this weekend’s marathon performances in Vienna and Chicago at face value,… Read more ““WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD)”
Eliud Kipchoge’s INEOS 1:59 Challenge
Here we go – again. But this time it’s different. This time it’s not only not improbable, it’s likely. 2:00:25 in Monza, Italy in May 2017 tells… Read more “Eliud Kipchoge’s INEOS 1:59 Challenge”
BARSHIM FINALLY FILLS THE HOUSE
The IAAF World Championships finally soared last night, looking and feeling more like a world championships of old. It took till day eight of ten, but with… Read more “BARSHIM FINALLY FILLS THE HOUSE”
NEW STATUE COMING TO BOSTON MARATHON STARTING TOWN
Each Patriots Day tens of thousands of runners descend on the bucolic bedroom community of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, historic starting point of the Boston Marathon. But once the racers… Read more “NEW STATUE COMING TO BOSTON MARATHON STARTING TOWN”
A SAD STORY HOWEVER IT’S TOLD
Let’s begin with Emma Coburn’s response to the Kenyan team saying before the World Championships that they would bring the women’s steeplechase medals in Doha back to Kenya where… Read more “A SAD STORY HOWEVER IT’S TOLD”
WHEN NECESSARY ISN’T NECESSARILY RIGHT
Sometimes something might not necessarily be right in one sense, and yet be necessary just the same in another. That seems to be the grounding principle being… Read more “WHEN NECESSARY ISN’T NECESSARILY RIGHT”
BELICHICK, BASKETBALL, AND RITZ
ESPN Pardon the Interruption’s Mike Wilbon thinks that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is “ruthless” and “will crush you”, as if it were a personal thing. His… Read more “BELICHICK, BASKETBALL, AND RITZ”
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