A visibly emotional NYRR President and CEO Mary Wittenberg stood alongside New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson in the New York City Marathon media center tonight… Read more “DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY”
Tag: ING New York City Marathon
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
There was no right answer in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Instead organizers of the New York City Marathon were faced with a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t proposition.… Read more “DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T”
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB
Just as democratic U.S. President Barack Obama and republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were able to put their political differences aside yesterday in the face of the… Read more “MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB”
THE WILL TO OVERCOME
I more than suspect that New York City is deeply conscious of being challenged – that it feels the millibars of pressure exerted by Hurricane Sandy not… Read more “THE WILL TO OVERCOME”
NYRR BENDING TO THE FORCE OF HURRICANE SANDY
Hurricane Sandy is pummeling the eastern seaboard of the United States with a storm whose scope has little to no precedence in modern times. A population base… Read more “NYRR BENDING TO THE FORCE OF HURRICANE SANDY”
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”
MEASURE OF THE MARATHON
*** With so much opposition all around, When everyone is against this thing or that, And the ties that once bound us in union, Hang loosened to trip us… Read more “MEASURE OF THE MARATHON”
FEARFUL NO MORE – MARY KEITANY
Kenya’s Mary Keitany came into the 2010 ING New York City Marathon in wide-eyed wonder. Hailing from the Baringo District of Kenya the talented young athlete was… Read more “FEARFUL NO MORE – MARY KEITANY”
NYRR LIVE BEGINS 11 A.M.
New York Road Runners will once again present its innovative web-based show NYRR Live, hosted by me and former London Times Olympic writer David Powell. Join us Tuesday through… Read more “NYRR LIVE BEGINS 11 A.M.”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 