Interest in this Friday’s Standard Charter Dubai Marathon continues to mount, though it has little to do with competition. Instead, the focus is almost entirely centered on… Read more “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROMOTING AND DIRECTING”
Tag: Dave Bedford
WHO HAS TO FIGHT THE LAW?
While the clock tells no lies, neither does it ask any questions. Instead it merely records our passing in cold indifference. And so in athletics’ ongoing fight… Read more “WHO HAS TO FIGHT THE LAW?”
THE NEED FOR WHITE HATS V. BLACK HATS
Last night’s Standard Charter Dubai Marathon showed in microcosm all the strengths as well as all the weaknesses confronting foot racing as public spectacle. From a purely… Read more “THE NEED FOR WHITE HATS V. BLACK HATS”
DAVE BEDFORD ON WORLD RUNNING™
The sport of road racing has always had an arms-length relationship with the IAAF, the international governing body for the sport of track & field (athletics to… Read more “DAVE BEDFORD ON WORLD RUNNING™”
2013 – YEAR IN REVIEW
The biggest, as well as saddest, story in running this past year was the bombing at the Boston Marathon in April. Of such magnitude were the… Read more “2013 – YEAR IN REVIEW”
BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012
Again in 2012, the two springtime World Marathon Majors, Boston and London, will be staged six days apart. Boston’s 116th annual sets off from Hopkinton on… Read more “BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012”