The Monday Morning Run

September 16, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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On the first of several “dead weeks” after the track season, running fans were treated to a match-up of three different eras of distance running dominance. Mo Farah, Kenenisa Bekele and … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

September 9, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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The Diamond League officially concluded last Friday with the Belgacome Memorial Van Damme Memorialmeet in Brussels. I’m sure there will be a random meet in Denmark or Italy next week, but is terms of major … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

September 3, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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The past week was surprisingly busy even as the outdoor track season slowly winds down.  We have meets to recap, potential match-ups to preview and doping news. But let’s start on Friday–the day the … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

August 26, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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Welcome to the off-season, or to be more accurate, the post-World Championships exhibition season (not to be confused with the pre-World Championships exhibition season).  Even after Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Stockholm, there are … Read More

Monday Morning Run

August 19, 2013 | Kevin Sully

A few weeks prior to the World Championships I wrote about a potential malaise in Moscow. With a rash of injuries to the sport’s superstars and several doping controversies still swirling the highlight of the 2013 season looked to be … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

July 29, 2013 | Daily Relay | One Comment

Mo Farah didn’t set a British record in winning the 3000m on day two of the Sainsbury Anniversary Games in London on Saturday, but he was still a primary newsmaker. His 7:36.85 was a bit more than four seconds off … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

July 22, 2013 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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If you were playing a version of Mad Libs based on events from the last week in track and field you would have quite the array of words or phrases to choose from. … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

July 15, 2013 | Kevin Sully

I know we aren’t supposed to be surprised by positive drug tests anymore. We are supposed to say that in 2013 nobody is above suspicion. The mantra comes with being a sports fan in tune with the realities of this … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

July 8, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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It is one of the many idiosyncrasies in professional track and field that the Diamond League schedules two meets in one week and then leaves the schedule completely open … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

July 1, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Most of the major national championships have come and gone which means Diamond League meets are back at full strength.  There were also high-level competitions in Ostrava and Edmonton and injury news that could greatly impact the World Championships.  Let’s … Read More