What the athletes are saying at the New York City Marathon

October 30, 2015 | Daily Relay

We liked Kevin Sully’s New York City Marathon storylines so much that we figured we’d find out what the athletes thought. Here’s athlete perspective on Sully’s six storylines heading into marathon weekend.

Who challenges Kipsang?

Now that Gebre Gebramariam has … Read More

New York City Marathon Preview: Who challenges Kipsang? Kenya or Ethiopia in women’s race? What about Meb?

October 27, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Ahead of Sunday’s New York City Marathon, here are six questions that I hope to get answered.

Who challenges Wilson Kipsang?

Kipsang hasn’t won a marathon in a year, but still enters as the favorite. The man he beat in … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: 26 Thoughts on the London Marathon

April 28, 2015 | Kevin Sully

Photo: Chicago Marathon

Due to results overload, we are splitting up the Monday Morning Run this week (not to mention posting it on Tuesday……). The London Marathon recap is on tap for today with the full review of … Read More

An Archetypal London Marathon Preview

April 24, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Predicting marathons is hard. If you rely on form charts and personal bests then the unpredictability of 26 miles spits you out and makes you look like a neophyte. If you get too cute … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Estrada shines, Centrowitz’s double and Bekele goes for two

January 19, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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‘Tis the season for tune ups. On the roads and track this past week, the professionals ran under-distance, over-distance and, in some cases, multiple races in order to prepare for what is to come. It’s … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: London Marathon and more

April 11, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Does the world record get broken this weekend? There’s a lot of money to be made if it does.

1. Everybody vs Everybody

Women’s race, Virgin Money London Marathon Sunday, 9:15am local time (4:15am ET) Race website Live webcast from … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

December 16, 2013 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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Later in the week, the Daily Relay will proudly present our end-of-year-awards. Pat, Jesse and I will give our “best-ofs” in 15 different categories. In putting them together, we realized that 15 weren’t enough. … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

November 11, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

Last week, the IAAF announced the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year. No surprise, the nominees are Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Bohdan Bondarenko, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Zuzana Hejnova and Valerie Adams. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

October 31, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The New York City Marathon is back on TV!

This is hands-down the best weekend of the fall for distance running fans. Collegiate conference championship meets begin on Friday and go through Sunday plus the biggest road racing event of … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

October 28, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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The Daily Relay will have on-site coverage from the New York City Marathon, including a comprehensive race preview later in the week. Before the press conferences, I wanted to start this edition of The … Read More