Formulaic Bolt, summer track in the US, false start in Shanghai + reliable rabbits

May 17, 2016 | Kevin Sully

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After last week’s absence I’m going to try and squeeze in two weeks worth of Diamond League meets into one edition of the Monday Morning Run.

This weekend, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin and Usain … Read More

Baysa goes stealth to win Boston, brewing Semenya storm and saying goodbye to the best nickname in T&F

April 19, 2016 | Kevin Sully

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Here’s the good news track and field– doping might not be the main story hanging over the sport heading into the Olympics. This seems like an impossibility with Russia currently suspended, Kenyan … Read More

10 Things I’m interested in following in 2016

January 11, 2016 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

After 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

The Monday Morning Run: Hammer world record, Felix to the 400, more doping investigations

August 3, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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The Stockholm Diamond League found itself in the unenviable position of being the final major meet before the World Championships. Virtually all of the fields on Thursday were depleted and the athletes that did compete … Read More

SPEED Rankings #3: Sprints and Hurdles

June 17, 2015 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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Usain Bolt is running slower than he did when he was 17. Andre De Grasse is giving Canada their best sprint hope since Donovan Bailey. The women’s high hurdles is a wonderful mess to figure … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: NOP investigation, Tarmohgeddon defined and a javelin controversy

June 9, 2015 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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First, the good news. Between last week and this week there are four Diamond League meets. The bad news is sandwiched in between those is a doping scandal that bridges two continents and threatens to bring … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Barshim goes higher, Gatlin doubles, Keitany returns

September 8, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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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

The Monday Morning Run: Mid-Season Diamond League Review

June 23, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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You know it is a slow week in track and field when Jesse’s Weekend’s Best Match Ups post only goes five deep. The Diamond League was off last week, the Europeans were competing in their … Read More

Monday Morning Run: High jumpers flirt with world record, Blake stumbles, Rudisha wins

June 16, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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Like the rest of the sport’s world, last week was very busy for track and field.  We experienced maximum overload on Saturday when the NCAA Championships and the New York Diamond League overlapped for an … 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