Monday Morning Run: No, Galen Rupp’s not running the marathon

December 14, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

As 2015 starts its bell lap, we enter the “what if” point of the season.  Meaningful results are spare this time of year, which creates a wondrous array of speculation about what might, or might not, happen in 2016.  Some of … Read More

Kiplagat & Chumba prevail without pacers, Puskedra becomes the marathoner America’s been waiting for: 26 thoughts on the Chicago Marathon

October 13, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo: Chicago Marathon

After a brief sabbatical, the Monday Morning Run is in full force. It’s on a Tuesday this week, but hey this was the first step in getting back to a semi-regular schedule after my wife … Read More

Sunday a reminder that, even for elites, marathoning hurts

November 4, 2014 | Daily Relay

Photo: New York City Marathon Facebook

The sheer number of people who complete marathons every year – 541,000 Americans in 2013, according to Running USA – can obscure how difficult the task is. All of the runners in … Read More

The New York City Marathon a trial for the Trials

November 1, 2014 | Daily Relay | 2 Comments

Deep elite fields of American men and women will have their feet planted on the New York City pavement for Sunday’s marathon, but you’ll have to forgive them if the back of their minds are somewhere in the cloudless skies … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: New York City Marathon Over/Unders

October 27, 2014 | Kevin Sully

Photo via Wikimedia Commons

We waited through the pacers of Berlin and the wind of Chicago to finally arrive at the end of the fall marathon season. The New York City Marathon is Sunday, with the women starting … Read More

Monday Morning Run: 26 Thoughts on the Berlin Marathon

September 29, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo via Creative Commons/Flickr

Dennis Kimetto set the world record of 2:02:57 and Shalane Flanagan came up short in her quest to break the American record. Sunday’s Berlin Marathon, the first major of the fall, was chocked full … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Spearmon’s positive test, Fall marathon preview

September 22, 2014 | Kevin Sully

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

There is only a one week break between the end of the track and field calendar and the beginning of the fall marathon season. Catch your breath because the three majors this fall are shaping … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: World Relays, College Championships and more

May 23, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The world is coming to the Bahamas for the first ever IAAF World Relays this weekend, a meet that looks like it will be great fun. There’s plenty of other action this weekend too: three lower-tier national collegiate championships, US … Read More

5 Questions with Josphat Boit

April 24, 2014 | Pat Price | One Comment

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Josphat Boit, who helped Meb Keflezighi break away in the 2014 Boston Marathon Monday. … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Olympic Marathon Trials to LA

January 29, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Photo by USATF

Shortly after 3:00pm Eastern time, the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials site was announced as Los Angeles. USATF, municipal, and Los Angeles marathon bigwigs held a press conference at the Los Angeles Coliseum to make the announcement.

Thirteen … Read More