The Monday Morning Run: US upsets Jamaica, Sanya Richards-Ross shines, Kenya falters

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The World Relays churn out headlines. World records. Upsets. Americans crashing out in a relay. Americans celebrating a victory in a fashion that will in no way come back to haunt them later on in the summer.

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Penn Relays and Drake Relays Pro Recap

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Today is part two of the delayed Monday Morning Run. Yesterday, I discussed the London Marathon with 26 observations on the year’s best race so far on the road. Now, we turn our attention to the track … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: 26 Thoughts on the London Marathon

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Due to results overload, we are splitting up the Monday Morning Run this week (not to mention posting it on Tuesday……). The London Marathon recap is on tap for today with the full review of … Read More

An Archetypal London Marathon Preview

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Predicting marathons is hard. If you rely on form charts and personal bests then the unpredictability of 26 miles spits you out and makes you look like a neophyte. If you get too cute … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: 26 Takeaways from the Boston Marathon

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The Monday Morning Run is a day later to accommodate the Boston Marathon. Boston alone would have been enough to discuss, but there are also results from the track and the surprise announcement of Eugene … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Bolt/Gatlin rivalry, Mekhissi injured, who is Elaine Thompson?

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The proxy war between Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin is heating up, both on the track and in the media. Last week, Bolt’s manager and coach took shots at Gatlin on separate occasions. Over the weekend, … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: World XC recap, Dibaba misses record, fast times in Texas

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Road, track and cross country meets top this week’s headlines in running.  Kenya and Ethiopia dominated in cross country (as expected), the wind blew in Texas (as always) and Genzebe Dibaba didn’t … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Farah fights the tape and the tape wins, Rudisha goes 1:44

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Due to the slow week in track and field, the Monday Morning Run is shorter this week. Fortunately, the action will pick up shortly. April is a sneaky good month for running and it might even … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Bolt/Rudisha return, Q & A with Jared Ward and Huddle rolls

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It was a very busy week in the world of running. There were three major road races in the United States, and appearances on the track from David Rudisha and Usain Bolt.

The Medalists

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The Monday Morning Run: 8 Things We Learned This Indoor Season

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Last weekend’s European Championships in Prague was the last major meet on the professional indoor schedule. More on that at the bottom of the Monday Morning Run. First, let’s look big picture and discuss some takeaways … Read More