It’s been an electrifying week in the sport of marathon running. First, the 129th Boston Marathon was on Monday, then the 45th TCS London Marathon six days… Read more “FROM BOSTON’S HILLS TO LONDON’S FLAT: SOLO BREAKAWAYS DEFINE SPRING MEN’S MAJORS”
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HAS THE MARATHON WALL BEEN TORN DOWN?
The crosscurrents of history and technology met up at the Boston Marathon in its 128th year. The notoriously downhill, quad-busting early miles of the Boston Marathon course… Read more “HAS THE MARATHON WALL BEEN TORN DOWN?”
BASEBALL’S OPENING DAY HERALDS THE BOSTON MARATHON’S IMMINENT RETURN
As the hard winter cold gives way to the unrelenting muds of spring, the small dividing strip of land along Commonwealth Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts between Center… Read more “BASEBALL’S OPENING DAY HERALDS THE BOSTON MARATHON’S IMMINENT RETURN”
LORE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON HILLS
As we continue with the week-long Virtual Boston Marathon 2020, we return to the dusty bins of the Runners Digest Radio show archives. Today, we dig up… Read more “LORE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON HILLS”
PATRIOTS’ DAY IN THE TIME OF RUIN
The world beyond holds close beneath the cavernous night, as fever dreams tear through brain tissue like the preamble to an autistic dawn. Soon, once hopeful, true believers… Read more “PATRIOTS’ DAY IN THE TIME OF RUIN”
CROWD CHAOS AT TOUR DE FRANCE
“There’s no way to control a crowd like that if they don’t want to be controlled,” said former Boston Marathon race director Will Cloney after huge throngs on… Read more “CROWD CHAOS AT TOUR DE FRANCE”
RED SOX, CUBBIES & THE BOSTON MARATHON
As the winter snows give way to the unrelenting muds of March, the small dividing strip of land along Commonwealth Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts between Center… Read more “RED SOX, CUBBIES & THE BOSTON MARATHON”
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