The Monday Morning Run

February 10, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

Photo Via TrackTownPhoto

The American professional indoor season started with a bullet. Two obscure world records, shoe issues, lap miscalculation and the blossoming on a new sprint star. Plenty of discussion below about the highs and lows from … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

February 7, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds lead off two evenly matched 4×800 relay teams, and the winner might break the world indoor record.

The first really big domestic meet of the weekend will be on Saturday, the New Balance Indoor Grand … Read More

5 Questions with Deborah Maier

February 7, 2014 | Pat Price

photo: Phil Bond

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Deborah Maier, as she comes off a … Read More

Daily News Roundup: World Record!

February 6, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

The reigning world indoor champion has just set yet another world indoor record. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

Just this afternoon, Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba ran 3000 meters in 8:16.60 at the XL Galan in Stockholm. It’s a world indoor record, breaking … Read More

Daily News Roundup: National Signing Day

February 5, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Today is national letter of intent signing day for several college sports, track and field (and cross country) among them. It’s a relatively minor happening in our sport as compared to what happens with football or men’s basketball, and I’m … Read More

The 4 x 1: Dibaba’s record, Rupp’s decision, best match-up this weekend and the newest phenom

February 5, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Jason and Kevin take four minutes to discuss:

 

 

-Was Genzebe Dibaba’s 1500-meter world record the best performance of the indoor season?

-Which is the bigger accomplishment, a indoor world record or an indoor … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Another thought on college dual meets

February 4, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 6 Comments

Last April’s Oregon vs Arkansas dual was an awesome meet. (Photo by TrackTownPhoto.)

Not everyone is a fan of collegiate dual meets, but I am. Duals were commonplace up through the 1970s and then began a long, slow decline in … Read More

College Weekend Recap

February 3, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

(Photo: Razorbacks.com)

Last week’s college action was mostly about the individuals, while two weeks ago it was mostly about the teams. This week it’s a bit of both.

 

Razorback Team Invitational

Results “#1 Arkansas wins Razorback Invitational, … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

February 3, 2014 | Kevin Sully

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With just over a 30 days until the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland the indoor season has somehow already reached the halfway point. Though a month has passed, the bona fide professional action in … Read More