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The Monday Morning Run: Russian doping, the return of a world record holder, NXN winners
December 8, 2014 | Kevin SullyPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
The Monday Morning Run is back after the winter sabbatical. Upon our return we don’t get much actual running news. Instead, we are greeted with our usual themes of massive doping scandals and bureaucratic bungling!
First, … Read More
Goodbye Diamond League, Hello Battle of the Sexes
September 10, 2014 | Daily Relay | One CommentPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
In 1976 ABC aired a new show, Battle of the Network Stars. ABC, NBC and CBS each chose 10 of their top actors and actresses, outfitted them in classic 70’s gear, and asked them to … Read More
The Monday Morning Run: Barshim goes higher, Gatlin doubles, Keitany returns
September 8, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One CommentPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
The Diamond League finale in Brussels spanned the entire 2014 professional track and field season in two hours. The high jump was spectacular, the men’s 100 was controversial, an American woman shined in the mid-distances … Read More
Future Tripping: How might World Junior Champions fare?
July 25, 2014 | Daily Relay | 4 CommentsPhoto Via TrackTownPhoto
The mind tends to live in the future. Rather than savor a championship it prefers to guess if another is on the horizon. It’s how we’re wired. Paul Simon captured this best: Everybody loves the sound … Read More
Monday Morning Run: The rise of Tori Bowie, Gatlin’s personal best, Bolt’s 2014 schedule
July 21, 2014 | Kevin SullyPhoto Via TrackTownPhoto
Vacation kept me away from the Monday Morning Run the last two weeks, but it looks like I returned just in time. Last Friday, the Monaco Diamond League meet delivered its normal heaping of extremely fast … Read More
Friday’s Best Matchups
June 27, 2014 | Jesse SquireCan anyone challenge Bernard Lagat in tonight’s 5000 meters? If so, who?
For this weekend’s USATF Championships, I’m abandoning my usual format of previewing the best matchups of the entire weekend and instead doing it one day at a time.
Monday Morning Run: High jumpers flirt with world record, Blake stumbles, Rudisha wins
June 16, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 CommentsPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
Like the rest of the sport’s world, last week was very busy for track and field. We experienced maximum overload on Saturday when the NCAA Championships and the New York Diamond League overlapped for an … Read More
The Monday Morning Run: Another Rupp Record, Rudisha Struggles, Vessey’s Outfit
June 2, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One CommentPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
All Prefontaine Classic, all the time. If you missed any of the races, the videos are archived here. There were two American records, David Rudisha and Asbel Kiprop both looked human, Kirani James and Lashawn Merritt … Read More
The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Pre Classic
May 30, 2014 | Jesse SquirePhoto: TrackTown Photo
The Prefontaine Classic will be held tonight and tomorrow at historic Hayward Field and it totally dominates the weekend’s news in track and field.
There are other competitions this weekend–NCAA prelim rounds, the Gotzis decathlon and … Read More
Daily News Roundup: Asafa Powell’s Hearing
January 15, 2014 | Jesse SquireLast June, former 100 meter world record holder Asafa Powell tested positive for a banned stimulant (oxilofrine). His hearing in front of an anti-doping panel began yesterday and continued today. It has been interesting to say the least.
Besides Powell, … Read More