Tampa, FL. — Certainly, I’ve been a critic over the years of the sport’s de-emphasis on competition in favor of fun-running and charity fund-raising, likening that trend to… Read more “COMING AROUND AGAIN”
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RUNNING SOLUTIONS
First, let me apologize for the continuing rants about the state of the sport. But when you’ve put in 30+ years, and see a lessening of… Read more “RUNNING SOLUTIONS”
BOSTON EFFECT ON RACE PARTICIPATION
It’s been six weeks since the bombings at the Boston Marathon, time enough for the first rush of emotions to have run their course, and for… Read more “BOSTON EFFECT ON RACE PARTICIPATION”
RUNNING REMAINS MUDDLED IN FORMING WORKING PARTNERSHIPS
Seattle, WA. — With Athletics Kenya releasing news Thursday that three Kenyan marathoners face doping bans for failing drug tests, and former three-time steeplechase world champion Moses Kiptanui… Read more “RUNNING REMAINS MUDDLED IN FORMING WORKING PARTNERSHIPS”
HAVE RUNNERS CHANGED?
Thirty years ago most avowed distance runners still retained vestiges of the sport’s flinty, outsider’s origins. We were a congregation of pain seekers bonded by the… Read more “HAVE RUNNERS CHANGED?”
BLAZING FITNESS
Houston, Texas – Shellie Pfohl, executive director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition addressed the attendees of the Running USA Ashworth Youth Awards… Read more “BLAZING FITNESS”
WHAT DIRECTION RUNNING USA?
Following this weekend’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas will be the annual Running USA conference set for January 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Houston. This… Read more “WHAT DIRECTION RUNNING USA?”
RELEASING THE ATHLETE WITHIN
Trends come and go, but despite a balky economy running events throughout the country have continued to experience a wave of women participants as the overall… Read more “RELEASING THE ATHLETE WITHIN”
BILL RODGERS – ROUND JAMAICA POND
Our breath emerged in lung-heated plumes, our footfalls as soft crunches muted by freshly fallen snow. January 6, 1982, out on a 10 mile run with Bill Rodgers, long-time… Read more “BILL RODGERS – ROUND JAMAICA POND”
LET’S MOVE NOT MOVING ENOUGH?
According to the blog Health Affairs, Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move anti-obesity campaign has become increasingly imbalanced since its launch in February 2010, with exercise losing… Read more “LET’S MOVE NOT MOVING ENOUGH?”
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