What is it with money in this game? While purses and contracts in every other sport have continued to grow well into seven figures, in this fish market… Read more “HEADING BACK TO BEEF STEW?”
Tag: Abbott World Marathon Majors
ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS: MAKING AN “IS” OUT OF AN “ARE”
Before America’s Civil War people said, “these United States of America ARE’, in referring to their country, seeing the country as primarily an aggregate of individual states… Read more “ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS: MAKING AN “IS” OUT OF AN “ARE””
TESTING: PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE
We see a version of the honor system every weekend at road races across the globe where thousands of strangers align themselves into a solid grid behind… Read more “TESTING: PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE”
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”
2016 INTO 2017
OK, we closed the books on the 2016 campaign, which was a bit of a momentous year both in the sport and around the wider world. Now… Read more “2016 INTO 2017”
SUB2 PACK FORMS UP
Like the murmur of far off hooves that rises from a distance on a tailing breeze the Sub Two Hour marathon quest became a lot more audible… Read more “SUB2 PACK FORMS UP”
CHICAGO 2016
For the second year in a row the Bank of America Chicago Marathon staged a no-pacesetters competition. And for the second year in a row the men… Read more “CHICAGO 2016”
BACK TO PACING AS USUAL
Running fast behind pacers is a thoughtless act. You know what’s coming — in fact, it’s been negotiated — and you can either do it or you… Read more “BACK TO PACING AS USUAL”
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!
Sport, like life, is a series of self-fulfilling prophecies, for what you think you can do sets the stage for the reenactment of the belief in performance.… Read more “YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!”
THE OLYMPICS: SUPER BOWL OR PRO BOWL?
It’s not like USA Basketball will miss a beat without him, but when two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors announced that he was… Read more “THE OLYMPICS: SUPER BOWL OR PRO BOWL?”
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