High school sensation Mary Cain, the junior out of Bronxville, New York, closed with a stride-lengthening rush at last Saturday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix women’s two… Read more “MARY CAIN – CHIN UP, SHOULDERS BACK, CAN’T LOSE”
Tag: Alberto Salazar
COACH SALAZAR AND GALEN RUPP DETERMINED TO WIN IN 2013
I button-holed old friend Alberto Salazar to discuss last weekend’s 3:50.92 indoor mile PR by Galen Rupp at the B.U. Terrier Classic across town. Salazar has coached… Read more “COACH SALAZAR AND GALEN RUPP DETERMINED TO WIN IN 2013”
COMPETITION, NOT TIME, SPURS RITZ IN CHICAGO
Dathan Ritzenhein’s 60:56 third-place finish at Sunday’s Rock `n” Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon sets him up well for his marathon in Chicago in three weeks time.… Read more “COMPETITION, NOT TIME, SPURS RITZ IN CHICAGO”
1982 BOSTON MARATHON, A REMINISCENCE
* * In the spring of 1982, our Runner’s Digest radio show put together a 75-station national radio network to cover the 86th Boston Marathon. This was… Read more “1982 BOSTON MARATHON, A REMINISCENCE”
GEOFF HOLLISTER & CHICAGO MARATHON SOLD OUT
The sport of running lost one its true guiding lights today as news of Geoff Hollister’s passing was announced in Portland, Oregon. Hollister succumbed to cancer just… Read more “GEOFF HOLLISTER & CHICAGO MARATHON SOLD OUT”
WRINGING OUT THE OLD
As 2011 comes to a desultory close, with the race of 2012 shaping up to be the one for the White House in Washington rather than… Read more “WRINGING OUT THE OLD”
STEP BY STEP
In the classic Three Stooges episode, Slowly I Turned, first Mo – then Larry – smashes, hits, punches, and tears poor Curly’s clothing before knocking him to… Read more “STEP BY STEP”
RUPP’S DILEMMA
Galen Rupp has been groomed for years by coach Alberto Salazar at the Nike-sponsored Oregon Distance Project in Portland. Now at age 25 the American 10,000 meter… Read more “RUPP’S DILEMMA”
DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH
And so the 2011 men’s World Championships 10,000 meters is complete. And poor Mo Farah. England’s pride came up agonizingly short in his bid to win… Read more “DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH”
