With the Fukuoka Marathon just completed, the fall marathon season (at least in terms of fast times) has come to its completion. From a competitive standpoint the… Read more “MARATHON YEAR 2013”
Tag: IAAF
ROAD RACING INCORPORATED INTO WORLD CHAMPS SCHEDULE?
Beginning in 1992 in Newcastle, England, the IAAF staged a World Half Marathon or Road Racing Championship every year for 19 straight years. By 2002… Read more “ROAD RACING INCORPORATED INTO WORLD CHAMPS SCHEDULE?”
WRINGING OUT THE OLD
As 2011 comes to a desultory close, with the race of 2012 shaping up to be the one for the White House in Washington rather than… Read more “WRINGING OUT THE OLD”
DEAR NICK SYMMONDS,
I’ve never met you, but I have always been a fan. The excitement generated by your come-from-behind racing has lifted more than one arena to its collective feet,… Read more “DEAR NICK SYMMONDS,”
CHANGING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL
Track and field is a sport of extremes, taking the most basic athletic abilities of running, jumping, and throwing, and distilling them into the Olympic motto:… Read more “CHANGING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL”
CROWDING THE NUMBERS
Thus have Prince William & Catherine been joined in Holy Matrimony in London’s Westminster Abbey with the eyes of England and the world upon them. And… Read more “CROWDING THE NUMBERS”