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”
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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?”
THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF SCANDAL
So on the same day that WADA unanimously declares Kenya non-compliant with its anti-doping code, thereby threatening the East African running juggernaut with exclusion from this summer’s… Read more “THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF SCANDAL”
RUPP IS IN!!!
I think he’s the best marathoner in America right now, though he has never even run one. Olympic 10,000 meter silver medalist and American record holder Galen Rupp… Read more “RUPP IS IN!!!”
THEORY OF PERVERSE INCENTIVES IN RUNNING
When applied to American politics the theory of Perverse Incentives shows how gerrymandering congressional districts has led to gridlock rather than problem-solving – ostensibly the purpose of… Read more “THEORY OF PERVERSE INCENTIVES IN RUNNING”
RYAN HALL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
The end of an era is upon us. And it is hard to believe, really. Ryan Hall announced his retirement from competitive athletics today at the still… Read more “RYAN HALL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT”
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?
The self-inflicted wounds suffered by the sport of athletics in 2015 fit neatly into a world at-large now forced to come to terms with an apocalyptic nihilism that doesn’t share the basic assumptions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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