Chaos Reigned: An Oral History of the 2008 800m Olympic Trials Final

June 27, 2016 | Kevin Sully | 5 Comments

Photo: Randy Miyazaki / TrackandFieldPhoto.com

As the noise descended from the bleachers at Hayward Field and penetrated underneath the west grandstand, Tom Pappas abandoned his warm-up. Pappas was minutes away from the last event of the decathlon at … 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

The Monday Morning Run: Rowbury sweeps, Centro again, Montano returns

March 2, 2015 | Kevin Sully

Photo: TrackTownPhoto

If the main purpose of indoor track is to serve as a teaser for what is to come in the spring and summer, then this truncated professional season fulfilled its obligations. The American pro circuit came … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Boston and London announce elite fields

January 12, 2015 | Kevin Sully

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

The Boston and London marathons each announced portions of their elite fields last week.  No surprise, Meb Keflezighi will defend his title and Shalane Flanagan will headline the women’s competition in Boston against the Rita … Read More

Future Tripping: How might World Junior Champions fare?

July 25, 2014 | Daily Relay | 4 Comments

Photo Via TrackTownPhoto

The mind tends to live in the future. Rather than savor a championship it prefers to guess if another is on the horizon. It’s how we’re wired. Paul Simon captured this best: Everybody loves the sound … Read More

Athletech: Nick Zaccardi, Editor of OlympicTalk (NBCSports.com)

March 25, 2014 | Jim McDannald

Welcome to Athletech, where we discover the gear and technology the running and track & field community uses to get stuff done. If there is someone who you’d like us to feature, tweet their name to us @DailyRelay with the tag #Athletech.

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Daily News Roundup: The Olympics via CBC

February 13, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Forget the Peacock. If you have a chance, go with the Maple Leaf.

From Yahoo! Sports Canada:

TORONTO – Bashing Olympics coverage in the United States seems to have become a sport in itself for fans seeking live coverage south … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

September 9, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Photo courtesy of TrackTownPhoto

The Diamond League officially concluded last Friday with the Belgacome Memorial Van Damme Memorialmeet in Brussels. I’m sure there will be a random meet in Denmark or Italy next week, but is terms of major … Read More