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    1976 MEN’S OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS – EUGENE, OREGON

    LIGHTING THE FUSE It was 49 years ago, today, 22 May 1976, that the U.S. staged its Olympic Trials Marathon to determine the three-man team to represent… Read more “1976 MEN’S OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS – EUGENE, OREGON”

    May 22, 2025May 23, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    BOSTON 1975: WHEN THE FUTURE WAS JUST BEGINNING

    “Boy, There’s Nothing Like This Back in St. Louis!”

    April 20, 2025April 21, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    BOSTON: A SIREN’S SONG OF SPEED

    The Boston Marathon sings a sweet song of speed within its test of endurance, its melody beginning with the marching drum-and-fife call to the line in Hopkinton… Read more “BOSTON: A SIREN’S SONG OF SPEED”

    April 14, 2025April 15, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    NEW YORK CITY LATE RACE DUSTING

    There were no clouds of dust like in 1982 when Alberto Salazar pulled free from Mexico’s Rodolfo GÓMEZ coming off Columbus Circle into Central Park along a… Read more “NEW YORK CITY LATE RACE DUSTING”

    November 4, 2024November 4, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    MARATHON GROUNDBREAKERS

    Since Australia’s Derek Clayton ran history’s first sub—2:10 marathon in Fukuoka, Japan, on 3 December 1967, there have been a total of 4538 sub—2:10 marathons (as of… Read more “MARATHON GROUNDBREAKERS”

    October 30, 2024November 1, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    SKEPTICISM RATHER THAN CELEBRATION FOLLOWS WOMEN’S WORLD RECORD IN CHICAGO

    The hue and cry about Ruth Chepngetich’s 2:09:56 women’s world marathon record in last Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon is not toning down. Poor John Korir,… Read more “SKEPTICISM RATHER THAN CELEBRATION FOLLOWS WOMEN’S WORLD RECORD IN CHICAGO”

    October 15, 2024July 17, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    ANOTHER WORLD RECORD FALLS IN CHICAGO

    30-year-old Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich destroyed the women’s marathon world record today (13 Oct. 2024) at the 46th Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Her time of 2:09:56 ripped… Read more “ANOTHER WORLD RECORD FALLS IN CHICAGO”

    October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    CHICAGO 1982: A REBOOT

    First run in 1977, this Sunday, Chicago hosts its 46th marathon (it lost 2020 to the Covid-19 pandemic; 1987 to sponsorship issues). One of the six Abbott… Read more “CHICAGO 1982: A REBOOT”

    October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    THE MARATHON: ENDURING BUT NO LONGER ENDURANCE

    As a practical matter, conditions will either expand or retract distance in any race, but especially an endurance race. Heat, headwinds, uphills, and humidity are expanders. Cool,… Read more “THE MARATHON: ENDURING BUT NO LONGER ENDURANCE”

    August 11, 2024August 13, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    HAS THE MARATHON WALL BEEN TORN DOWN?

    The crosscurrents of history and technology met up at the Boston Marathon in its 128th year. The notoriously downhill, quad-busting early miles of the Boston Marathon course… Read more “HAS THE MARATHON WALL BEEN TORN DOWN?”

    April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 by Toni Reavis

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