The Boston Marathon sings a sweet song of speed within its test of endurance, its melody beginning with the marching drum-and-fife call to the line in Hopkinton… Read more “BOSTON: A SIREN’S SONG OF SPEED”
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MARATHON GROUNDBREAKERS
Since Australia’s Derek Clayton ran history’s first sub—2:10 marathon in Fukuoka, Japan, on 3 December 1967, there have been a total of 4538 sub—2:10 marathons (as of… Read more “MARATHON GROUNDBREAKERS”
WHO IS THE WOMEN’S DISTANCE GOAT?
Coming off this year’s spring marathon season, I recently penned an article debating who was the GOAT male distance runner in history, the greatest of all time.… Read more “WHO IS THE WOMEN’S DISTANCE GOAT?”
RECORD WATCH FOR BOSTON
After the announcement that men’s marathon GOAT and world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, would be coming to run the Boston Marathon for the first time… Read more “RECORD WATCH FOR BOSTON”
WOMEN RECORD SETTERS AT BOSTON
With yesterday’s announcement that men’s marathon world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya will run the Boston Marathon for the first time next April, I went over… Read more “WOMEN RECORD SETTERS AT BOSTON”
ANOTHER WORLD RECORD, ANOTHER HISTORIC TIME
We have so obviously entered a new historical cycle that what came before, even two days ago, no longer merits close inspection. It’s just another weigh-station on… Read more “ANOTHER WORLD RECORD, ANOTHER HISTORIC TIME”
ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS: MAKING AN “IS” OUT OF AN “ARE”
Before America’s Civil War people said, “these United States of America ARE’, in referring to their country, seeing the country as primarily an aggregate of individual states… Read more “ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS: MAKING AN “IS” OUT OF AN “ARE””
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”