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”
Tag: Frank Shorter
WHAT’S ARTIFICIAL, WHAT’S NOT?
New records ennoble us all, for they represent the best of who we are. And when they come in our own time, some of that greatness attaches itself… Read more “WHAT’S ARTIFICIAL, WHAT’S NOT?”
FALMOUTH’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Falmouth, MA – We celebrated the 50th running of the Asics Falmouth Road Race last year. But as with all such runnings and anniversaries, there is always… Read more “FALMOUTH’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR”
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 1976 – THE CROSSROADS
As the running world gears up for the 50th TCS New York City Marathon next Sunday, November 7, 2021, here’s a look back at the time when… Read more “NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 1976 – THE CROSSROADS”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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?”
