The Monday Morning Run: 5 Things I’m Excited for in 2015

January 5, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

The new year is the time for resolutions, predictions and prognostications. Here is a brief list of things I’m excited to see in the world of running in 2015. I’ll post my first five today and then finish off the … Read More

Best (and Worst) of the Year

December 30, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

Yesterday I published our picks for the best athletes of the year in each of the US states and Canadian provinces. What about the best and the worst of 2014 in other categories? I’ve got a whole bunch for you.

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Fifty Athletes of the Year

December 29, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 10 Comments

newHere’s one of our athletes of the year, but we have 49 more for you.

With the year winding down, it’s time to announce end-of-the-year awards. For the second year in a row, we’re doing it our way.

Here at … Read More

Edward Cheserek’s 12 Hour Run

December 17, 2014 | Daily Relay

Edward Cheserek has several NCAA crowns to his name and was named a finalist for the 2014 Bowerman Trophy. The Oregon sophomore shared a remarkable story at the awards ceremony at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Olympic Cuts, IAAF drama and Adrian Peterson talks track

December 15, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

You may have been thinking that track and field hasn’t been let down enough by governing bodies over the past two weeks. Bribery, corruption, charges of rampant doping seemed like enough. Then, before you even had time to Google the … Read More

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

December 8, 2014 | Kevin Sully

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

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

NXN Rapid Recap

December 6, 2014 | Daily Relay | One Comment

Chris Chavez was on site in Portland, Oregon for this recap. Full results are available here. Chavez has written for ESPN Endurance, Flotrack, and more, all while studying at Marquette. Follow him on Twitter @Chris_J_Chavez

NXN Rapid Recap

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‘B’ Gone: Breaking down the new IAAF World Championship entry standards

November 19, 2014 | Jim McDannald | 6 Comments

The IAAF has released entry standards for the World Championships, Beijing 2015. I’ve taken the time to look at the changes, go into further detail about who’s already qualified and translate some of their document by committee into concepts and scenarios … Read More

I went to a psychic to find out who’s going to win the NCAA Cross Country Championships

November 18, 2014 | Mitch Kastoff

I went to a psychic to find out who is going to win the NCAA Cross Country Championships. I’m someone who is fairly pragmatic and even developed a projection algorithm for cross country, so this visit may come as a surprise. … Read More

Eastern Michigan On the Bubble

November 12, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 10 Comments

Eastern Michigan coach John Goodridge talks to (left to right) “Ice” Andresson, Willy Fink, Nick Raymond, and Warren Witchell.

Ann Arbor is one of America’s great college towns. Home to the University of Michigan, a so-called “public Ivy”, the walkable … Read More