Monday Morning Run: Penn/Drake Relays Recap, Spring Marathon Report Card

In a perfect track fan’s world, the Penn Relays and Drake Relays would fall on different weekends. I loved the 4.5 hours of uninterrupted track coverage on Saturday afternoon, but with so few domestic professional meets it seemed excessive to double … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Meb stuns in Boston, Jeptoo dominates, Eaton’s newest challenge

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For the second straight year, I had difficulty processing what was taking place in Boston. There was Meb Keflezighi on my television screen hanging on to a lead as the final miles ticked away.

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Boston Marathon: Picks and Predictions

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The Daily Relay staff looked in the crystal ball and made their predictions for the 2014 Boston Marathon.  Be sure to follow the Daily Relay Twitter account for all the updates from Monday’s race.

Jim

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The Monday Morning Run: Kipsang and Kiplagat triumph, Farah struggles

Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat were the big winners at the London Marathon, but much of the talk centered on Mo Farah’s debut. We being the Monday Morning Run with 26 takeaways the biggest race thus far in 2014.

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The Monday Morning Run: Bekele debuts, Florida Relays recap and London Marathon preview

We are halfway through our tale of two debuts. Kenenisa Bekele delivered in his first attempt at the marathon yesterday and now Mo Farah will take his turn this weekend. Those two athletes bookend our weekly recap.

The Medalists

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The 4 x 1: Bekele’s debut, Bromell vs. Hughes, USATF DQs and Rudisha

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Jason and Kevin take four minutes to discuss:

-Is Sunday’s Paris Marathon Kenenisa Bekele’s best chance to win a marathon?

-Which young sprinter had a better performance last weekend, Trayvon Bromell or Zharnel … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Lagat’s American record, Zharnel Hughes shines, USATF dysfunction

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Now that the professional outdoor season has begun in earnest, the next few months are starting to look pretty interesting for American track fans. The following events take place in the United States before the … Read More

The Wind Read Zero: An oral history of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 100-meter world record

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A track and field record book is supposed to simple–a straightforward metric of greatness. Time and distance neatly sorted and printed on meet programs and affixed to the bottom corner of television … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

For good reason, all the attention of the weekend was on the collegians competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships. There were world leads, American records, world junior records and a thrilling 4 x 400 that clinched a sweep of the … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

Typically, we begin the Monday Morning Run by awarding gold, silver and bronze to three best performances of the week. In a weekend where they handed out actual medals, that exercise didn’t seem as useful. Instead, we recap the World Indoor … Read More