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    FROM TULIPS TO 2:10s

    The original Running Boom was a bit like the tulip-mania that gripped the Netherlands in the early 17th century, a special (speculative) bubble that grew, bloomed brilliantly,… Read more “FROM TULIPS TO 2:10s”

    December 28, 2020January 3, 2021 by Toni Reavis

    OP-EDS HAVE SOMETIMES EXCLUDED BROADER PERSPECTIVES

    If Bob Dylan was right that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”, then you don’t need a white history professor (or… Read more “OP-EDS HAVE SOMETIMES EXCLUDED BROADER PERSPECTIVES”

    May 15, 2020December 31, 2020 by Toni Reavis

    BILL RODGERS ON-THE-RUN: REMEMBERING HIS 1975 BOSTON MARATHON WIN

    On this 21st of April 2020, we remember perhaps the second most famous marathon of the inaugural running boom era, the 1975 Boston Marathon. Besides the 1972… Read more “BILL RODGERS ON-THE-RUN: REMEMBERING HIS 1975 BOSTON MARATHON WIN”

    April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by Toni Reavis

    RUNNING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

    We live in transgressive times where the Coronavirus has, with a shocking immediacy, imposed boundaries previously seen only in futuristic dystopian movies. Yet, here we are being… Read more “RUNNING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES”

    March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by Toni Reavis

    RESOLUTE RUPP

    There are runners who do well on flat courses, others who perform their best on difficult layouts. There are those whose wheelhouse is in paced races, and… Read more “RESOLUTE RUPP”

    March 1, 2020 by Toni Reavis

    WILL 2020 BRING NEW INSPIRATION?

    For those with enough wear on their tires, “twenty twenty” will always sound more like an eyesight assessment than a calendar year. Yet here we are, the… Read more “WILL 2020 BRING NEW INSPIRATION?”

    January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 by Toni Reavis

    CELEBRATING GLOBAL RUNNING DAY ON FRED LEBOW’S BIRTHDAY

    This Wednesday, June 5th is Global Running Day, and there will be celebrations and recognitions throughout the world. But perhaps Global Running Day should be recognized two days… Read more “CELEBRATING GLOBAL RUNNING DAY ON FRED LEBOW’S BIRTHDAY”

    June 3, 2019June 4, 2019 by Toni Reavis

    A NEW YEAR BUT THE SAME OLD US

    These days accusations fly across the political spectrum faster than shuttlecocks in an ambidextrous badminton tournament. But what’s a lie, and who’s to say?  There’s your question… Read more “A NEW YEAR BUT THE SAME OLD US”

    January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 by Toni Reavis

    CHICAGO 2018: TOO MANY CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT

    Though it was a Frenchman, Michel Bréal, who first suggested that a distance race be held in the 1896 Olympic Games and be called the Marathon, it… Read more “CHICAGO 2018: TOO MANY CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT”

    August 10, 2018August 11, 2018 by Toni Reavis

    AN ENCOURAGING WORD IN A VOLATILE WORLD

    We were broadcasting the National Scholastic Track & Field Championships for ESPN from the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.  It was Sunday, March 11, 1990.  The very… Read more “AN ENCOURAGING WORD IN A VOLATILE WORLD”

    March 21, 2018 by Toni Reavis

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