My old Runner’s World friend and long-time chronicler of the sport Peter Gambaccini wrote on my FB page in response to “WHAT A WORLD!” (RECORD) about the first… Read more “WHO KNOWS WHAT’S A RECORD ANYMORE?”
Tag: Derek Clayton
TIME, TIME, TIME, LOOK WHAT’S BECOME OF ME
There are those who put a lot of stock in birth order in determining a person’s psychological development. Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was one of the… Read more “TIME, TIME, TIME, LOOK WHAT’S BECOME OF ME”
BERLIN 2017: IS PAST STILL PROLOGUE?
In the past, it was the pure strength men, or those who couldn’t quite finish fast enough on the Olympic track to earn medals, who sought solace… Read more “BERLIN 2017: IS PAST STILL PROLOGUE?”
2009 VS 2016 – MARATHON LISTS
During the height of the running boom there was one seemingly unassailable mark, the 2:08:34 marathon world record set by Australia’s Derek Clayton in Antwerp 1969. Before… Read more “2009 VS 2016 – MARATHON LISTS”
SUB-2:00:00? DO THE MATH
Every year or so, the talk of the 2-Hour Marathon rises like some Kubrickian obelisk heralding the coming of a new age. Most recently, NYRR featured a Head to… Read more “SUB-2:00:00? DO THE MATH”
