Daily News Roundup: Simpson running cross country

January 21, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Today saw a lot of entrant announcements by races and meets, and many of them look like they’ll be great fun to watch. One of them struck me as highly unusual. And in a good way.

Jenny Simpson, the USA’s … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

January 20, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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Greetings Indoors. Just when we started to mock you for your odd features and strange distances you start the season off with an American record. And not just any record, but a record in an … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Records tonight?

January 16, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Tonight, several members of the Nike Oregon Project will be racing at Boston University. They will run in special sections during the BU Multi-Team Meet, a women’s 1,000 meters at 7:30pm and a men’s 5,000 meters at 7:40pm. You can … Read More

The 4 x 1: Rupp and Cain Chasing Records, London Field, Bekele to Paris and Supplements

January 15, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Jason and Kevin take four minutes to discuss:

-Who has the better chance of setting an American record on Thursday, Mary Cain or Galen Rupp? 

-What is a realistic place for Mo Farah to finish in the London Marathon?

-Did … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

January 13, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

After a barren few weeks, it looks like we have our first full week of legitimate professional action in the new year. Some of it came in cross country, where the international professional season continues, but we also had our … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Cain shooting for a World Junior Record?

January 9, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Mary Cain holds no World Junior records…yet. (Photo by TrackTownPhoto)

The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix announced a few of their star entries yesterday, and one of them was young Mary Cain. She’ll be running an odd distance, the 2000 … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Teams Matter, part 3

January 8, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

There’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

December 9, 2013 | Kevin Sully | 5 Comments

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We begin this edition of The Monday Morning Run right where we left off last week. Just after posting on Monday, Nick Symmonds released his list of the six records he hopes to break during the … Read More

The Morning Run

November 26, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Once again this week, the Monday Morning Run appears on Tuesday. This is partly to make way for the big weekend of NCAA action, but more so because I was hoping the extra day would produce more stories to discuss. … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

November 19, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Track and field stories rained down on us from the heavens last week. Most of them originated from Monaco, where the sport convened for the IAAF awards. A prodigy turned pro, an American city won … Read More