The Non-Track Fan’s Guide to the Olympics: Men’s running events

August 8, 2016 | Kevin Sully | 10 Comments

If you haven’t paid attention to track the last four years, then this post is for you. If you do pay attention to track, but are interested in the education of your friends, relatives and acquaintances who will dabble in … Read More

Lagat’s throwback Saturday, Allen completes comeback, Merritt in the 200m

July 10, 2016 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

There were five finals on the penultimate day of the Olympic Trials, featuring old and young, fast and faste,r and the best race of the meet thus far. Some highlights…..

The men’s 5000m In terms of exciting races that didn’t … Read More

Geoffrey Kamworor broke the only rule of falling down in a race–and it was awesome: Monday Morning Run

March 28, 2016 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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This week the parade of March World Championships continued. The time between indoor track and outdoor track was occupied by the World Half Marathon Championships, which took place on Saturday in the United Kingdom.

Back-to-back, … Read More

US medal projections for WIC, smart tactics from BTC and a high jumping Mary Cain: Monday Morning Run

March 14, 2016 | Kevin Sully

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The US Indoor Championships occupied the main headlines in the professional ranks. For a recap of the NCAA Championships stay tuned to this space for Jesse’s recap.

The Medalists

The top three performances of the week…..

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Whose career would you rather have, Meb or Rupp? Biggest World Indoors favorite, and other reader questions

March 8, 2016 | Kevin Sully

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Let’s the start with the bad news, over the past week there have been a string of positive drug tests including, world champion 1500m runner Abeba Aregawi, Tokyo Marathon champion Endeshaw Negesse and Olympic silver medalist Gamze … Read More

26 thoughts from Olympic Trials Marathon

February 16, 2016 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Some leftover thoughts from Saturday’s Olympic Trials. Be sure to check out Jesse’s takeaways from the race, Brendon’s look at social media and our recap podcast featuring Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden.

1) I know a good number of you thought Rupp … Read More

What you have in common with Genzebe Dibaba, Rupp’s debut in context: Monday Morning Run

February 1, 2016 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Despite my completely logical arguments to the contrary, Galen Rupp is running the Olympic Trials marathon in less than two weeks. The loss of my (already very limited) credibility is the running world’s gain. Rupp is the ultimate wildcard and adds … 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

Monday Morning Run: No, Galen Rupp’s not running the marathon

December 14, 2015 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

As 2015 starts its bell lap, we enter the “what if” point of the season.  Meaningful results are spare this time of year, which creates a wondrous array of speculation about what might, or might not, happen in 2016.  Some of … Read More

SPEED Rankings #3: Mid-Distance and Distance

July 10, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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Lausanne, Paris and the US Championships helped cement a few favorites for the World Championships and provoked more questions in other events. Here is the latest look at the best in world according to one man’s … Read More