The Monday Morning Run: National records aplenty, trouble for US quarter milers and another Kenyan star

May 25, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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With no Diamond League meets on the schedule, we got to catch our breath last week. The next six days should be cracking with Usain Bolt running on Tuesday and the Prefontaine Classic and the Gotzis … Read More

Five things we learned on the Diamond League’s opening weekend

May 17, 2015 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

The 2015 Diamond League tour kicked off with two meets, in Doha on Friday and Beijing Shanghai on Sunday. Kevin Sully will have his usual analysis of the week’s action tomorrow morning, but here are five quick takes on the … Read More

Penn Relays and Drake Relays Pro Recap

April 29, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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Today is part two of the delayed Monday Morning Run. Yesterday, I discussed the London Marathon with 26 observations on the year’s best race so far on the road. Now, we turn our attention to the track … Read More

Kipsang’s streak, Felix in the 400, a high jump world record and other reasons to be excited for in 2015

January 6, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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Yesterday I went through five stories and topics I’m interested in following during the 2015 track and field season. If you missed it, it’s not too late to catch up.

Today, I’ll trot out five … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Russian doping, the return of a world record holder, NXN winners

December 8, 2014 | Kevin Sully

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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 Comment

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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: Diamond League winners, world record in the hammer, Brussels Preview

September 1, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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With Zurich in the rear view mirror, we are halfway through the Diamond League finales. All that is left of the 2014 track and season is the the Brussels meet on Friday and then a … Read More

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

June 2, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 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 Merritt … Read More

Five Things We Learned at the Prefontaine Classic

June 1, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

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The Prefontaine Classic, the third stop on the IAAF’s Diamond League tour, was held on Friday and Saturday at historic Hayward Field. IAAF Recap Complete results Race videos

Here are five of my reactive musings about the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Pre Classic

May 30, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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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