Tampa, FL. – The Gasparilla Distance Classic began 40 years ago when what came to be known as the first Running… Read more “GASPARILLA CELEBRATES ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY”
RUNNING IN OFFICE
While most people take up running to improve their physical well being, perhaps shed a few pounds, the real revelation comes when their mental and psychological state… Read more “RUNNING IN OFFICE”
BRADY AND PATRIOTS TRANSCENDANT
The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy – author of The Curse of the Bambino, no less, a book about the Boston Red… Read more “BRADY AND PATRIOTS TRANSCENDANT”
CAMPUS UNREST – CHALLENGING SELF-BELIEF
Protests, at times violent, have broken out in recent days against provocative right-wing speakers at U.C. Berkeley and NYU. The initial reaction has been to lay blame… Read more “CAMPUS UNREST – CHALLENGING SELF-BELIEF”
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROMOTING AND DIRECTING
Interest in this Friday’s Standard Charter Dubai Marathon continues to mount, though it has little to do with competition. Instead, the focus is almost entirely centered on… Read more “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROMOTING AND DIRECTING”
EDINBURGH XC WHIPS MAN U IN TV RATINGS
So the (semi) big news as reported in Athletics Weekly was that last weekend’s Great Edinburgh XCountry International Challenge beat vaunted Manchester United football in the TV ratings game in Great… Read more “EDINBURGH XC WHIPS MAN U IN TV RATINGS”
WHO HAS TO FIGHT THE LAW?
While the clock tells no lies, neither does it ask any questions. Instead it merely records our passing in cold indifference. And so in athletics’ ongoing fight… Read more “WHO HAS TO FIGHT THE LAW?”
GEEKING ON KENENISA’S NUMBERS
On January 20th Ethiopia’s triple Olympic track gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele will start the sixth marathon of his career at the Standard Charter Dubai Marathon. Coming off… Read more “GEEKING ON KENENISA’S NUMBERS”
BEKELE SIGNS ON TO DUBAI & LONDON
Much of what push back there’s been against the three Sub-2 Hour marathon projects concerns their focus on time rather than competition. Now comes word came that… Read more “BEKELE SIGNS ON TO DUBAI & LONDON”
CORRECTING THE RECORD(S)
Give them this, the IAAF, heretofore one of the premier La Cosa Nostras of international sporting organizations, has at least begun to honestly wrestle with the scourges… Read more “CORRECTING THE RECORD(S)”
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