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The Non-Track Fan’s Guide to the Olympics: Men’s running events
August 8, 2016 | Kevin Sully | 10 CommentsIf you haven’t paid attention to track the last four years, then this post is for you. If you do pay attention to track, but are interested in the education of your friends, relatives and acquaintances who will dabble in … Read More
Hoka One One recap, Semenya and Ayana roll and Ethiopian marathon selection
May 24, 2016 | Kevin SullyPhoto: TrackTownPhoto
I spent last Friday evening at the Hoka One One Mid-Distance Classic. In prior years, this meet has hosted an exciting Mo Farah double, Mary Cain’s most impressive record and a cool back-and-forth when Nick Symmonds took a … Read More
10 Things I’m interested in following in 2016
January 11, 2016 | Kevin Sully | One CommentAfter a year of doping and corruption stories that piled up so high that they became hard to keep straight, it’s the Olympics to the rescue in 2016! Or at the very least, it’s the Olympics to the diversion! Here … Read More
Kemboi and Fraser-Pryce Repeat: Breakfast in Beijing
August 24, 2015 | Kevin SullyPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
Some lessons from Monday in Beijing….
-Champions reign
Ezekiel Kemboi and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won another global championship. Fraser-Pryce was supposed to win, but her ability to consistently put down winning performances is remarkable as … Read More
The Monday Morning Run: The Felix double, Bolt’s back and Jager gets so close
July 6, 2015 | Kevin Sully | 4 CommentsPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
The Diamond League returned on Saturday and if there is a more patriotic way to spend a fourth of July than watching a track meet from Paris on your laptop I don’t know what it … 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
Monday Morning Run: Devon Allen ups the ante, Simpson beats Cain, Spearmon’s future
June 30, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 CommentsPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
I spent the weekend sweating through multiple shirts at the USA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento. Today’s edition of the Monday Morning Run runs through some of the highlights from Sunday.
-In the span of a … Read More
The Monday Morning Run: Ben True’s World Lead, Santos upsets Merritt, Gay’s suspension
May 5, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 CommentsPhoto via TrackTownPhoto
Sprinters in Kingston, distance runners in Palo Alto, but first a few more words about Meb. These are the last ones, I swear. Until he wins New York City in the fall.
This week, Amby … Read More
Daily News Roundup: Teams Matter, part 3
January 8, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 CommentsThere’s a reason the Brits go bonkers for this guy, and it’s not because he runs for Nike.
Over the last two days I’ve talked about how team identity and team competition is where track and field and road racing … Read More
The Monday Morning Run
October 21, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One CommentAshton Eaton will try his hand at the 400-meter hurdles next season
Photo courtesy of TrackTownPhoto
Track fans received their first bit of positive non-championship season news when Ashton Eaton’s coach Harry Marra said that … Read More