I was headed to bed last night when I came across Professor Sean Hartnett’s Facebook tribute to the great Kenyan marathon runner Sammy Wanjiru, who passed on this May 15th… Read more “REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU”
Tag: Bank of America Chicago Marathon
“WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD)
I mean, what can you say at this point? There’s no winning here. If you embrace this weekend’s marathon performances in Vienna and Chicago at face value,… Read more ““WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD)”
BELICHICK, BASKETBALL, AND RITZ
ESPN Pardon the Interruption’s Mike Wilbon thinks that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is “ruthless” and “will crush you”, as if it were a personal thing. His… Read more “BELICHICK, BASKETBALL, AND RITZ”
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”
PROFESSIONALIZING THE GAME
Ever wonder why average runners have to qualify for the Boston Marathon, but the elite runners don’t? Well, for one thing, there is a competitive marketplace for… Read more “PROFESSIONALIZING THE GAME”
PRIZE DOLLARS AND SENSE
Monday’s 122nd Boston Marathon was one for the ages. Epic you might say. I’ve seen local Boston TV hurricane coverage in the past that looked less nasty… Read more “PRIZE DOLLARS AND SENSE”
BREAKING 2 STILL ALLURING?
And so the grand experiment has come to a conclusion. And, oh, so close did it come to its vaunted goal, just one second per mile short… Read more “BREAKING 2 STILL ALLURING?”
TOP 10 POSTS OF 2016
As the interesting, arresting year of 2016 comes to a close I thought I’d go back through this year’s blog offerings and see which ones captured the… Read more “TOP 10 POSTS OF 2016”
IT’S ONE WAY TO BE A UNIFIER
Night moves, day moves, afternoon moves, this boy’s got all the stamina the contenders in the Chicago Marathon hope they’ll have Sunday morning in Lincoln Park. And… Read more “IT’S ONE WAY TO BE A UNIFIER”
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”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 