With cool weather expected and the nature of the current game where no record is safe, thought I’d bring us back to 2011, the year Geoffrey Mutai… Read more “NEW YORK CITY 2011 – LOOK BACK AT A RECORD RUN”
Tag: Abbott World Marathon Majors
PINKOWSKI ON KIPCHOGE & 1:59
Not too snappy a game in Chicago last night as the NFL’s “nobody-plays-preseason-games-anymore-and-it-shows” 100th season kicked off with a 10-3 snoozer between the league’s oldest rivals, Da… Read more “PINKOWSKI ON KIPCHOGE & 1:59”
SHOULDN’T A GOAT HAVE TO CLIMB?
The praise for Eliud Kipchoge continues to pour in from every corner. His masterful performance in London last weekend cemented his place as the preeminent marathoner of… Read more “SHOULDN’T A GOAT HAVE TO CLIMB?”
FIRST BOSTON PREVIEW BEFORE THE DELUGE
In last year’s IAAF Competition Performance Rankings for the marathon, At number 82 Boston Marathon USA 16 APR 2018 515 3 7967 110 0 8482 So, we… Read more “FIRST BOSTON PREVIEW BEFORE THE DELUGE”
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
We’ve all been dumped. And it hurts. But the immediate reflex is always to beg her/him to take us back. “Please, just tell me what to do.… Read more “BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO”
NEW OLYMPIC ENTRY STANDARDS
The entry standards for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were released yesterday (March 10, 2019) by the 216th IAAF Council meeting in Doha, Qatar, site of this summer’s… Read more “NEW OLYMPIC ENTRY STANDARDS”
DEFINING MARATHON PRs
It’s been another memorable year in the world of marathon running even as 2019 begins to rise with news that Chicago Marathon champion Mo Farah will once… Read more “DEFINING MARATHON PRs”
