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”
Tag: Fred Lebow
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROMOTING AND DIRECTING
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”
NO LONGER SIMPLY A MAN’S WORLD
“This is a man’s world,” James Brown sang as sweat poured down his face and his voice cut with a plaintive soul that only he and maybe… Read more “NO LONGER SIMPLY A MAN’S WORLD”
THE FESTIVALIZATION OF SPORT — Respite from the competition of life
In our center-right, celebrity-saturated society it is all but apostacy to say, as Yale University Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom did in a C-SPAN interview in… Read more “THE FESTIVALIZATION OF SPORT — Respite from the competition of life”
RACING WITH THE STARS?
The field lists for the winter and spring racing seasons are flooding out now as the sport begins to emerge from its turn-of-the-year hibernation. The Dubai Marathon goes… Read more “RACING WITH THE STARS?”
BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED
The following is a response to my last post TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD which outlined the political wranglings at last weekend’s Aviva London Grand… Read more “BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED”
EMOTIONAL CONFORMATION
How many times have you watched a race and thought, “Boy, was he/she born to run?”, thereby giving voice to the emotional power released by the human… Read more “EMOTIONAL CONFORMATION”
MEMORIES OF GRETE
April 18, 2011 will forever be remembered as one of the most bittersweet in running history. After a magical morning when the running gods blessed us with… Read more “MEMORIES OF GRETE”
