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The Monday Morning Run: Another Rupp Record, Rudisha Struggles, Vessey’s Outfit

June 2, 2014 | | One Comment

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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 MerrittRead More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Pre Classic

May 30, 2014 |

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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

The Monday Morning Run: Kiprop rolls, Obiri destorys Dibaba, American sprint struggles

May 12, 2014 |

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If you were to look at a list of marks from this weekend’s professional track meets, you would probably think the times came from a meet in July or August.  From the Doha Diamond League … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Penn/Drake Relays Recap, Spring Marathon Report Card

April 28, 2014 | | 2 Comments

In a perfect track fan’s world, the Penn Relays and Drake Relays would fall on different weekends. I loved the 4.5 hours of uninterrupted track coverage on Saturday afternoon, but with so few domestic professional meets it seemed excessive to double … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups for September 13-15

September 12, 2013 |

Mo Farah will get the lion’s share of attention at the Great North Run, but the women will have the best race of the weekend.

Several years ago, ESPN ran a promo for the Pro Bowl with the graphic “one, … Read More

Five Things We Learned in Monaco

July 19, 2013 |

Five quick thoughts on today’s Diamond League meet in Monaco…

Jenny Simpson is back.

Back in 2009, when she was known as Jenny Barringer, she ran the still-standing 1500 meter collegiate record of 3:59.90 at the Prefontaine Classic. At the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – Monaco Diamond League

July 18, 2013 |

Stade Louis II awaits. (Photo courtesy Creative Commons.)

As the season wears on, there are fewer and fewer competitions being held and they are at a higher and higher level. This weekend there is only one major competition on the … Read More