Today, August 24, is the day that I won my Olympic gold medal in 2004 in Athens Greece. Not only did I win the 100 meter hurdles but I broke the Olympic record with a personal best time of 12.37! It is very hard to put my feelings into words but one word that I can use to describe it is relief. I … [Read more...]
Ask Lauren: How to Run the Perfect 5k
In Chicago I will be at least this pumped, guaranteed. When my random skill of running fast and talking to people results in a unique travel opportunity to a city I’ve always wanted to visit, I’m PUMPED! Chicago is that city, and the Magnificent Mile Women’s Half Marathon and 5k is … [Read more...]
Learning from Champions
PIC via Get Up Stand Up Paddle magInteresting interview with Brazilian SUP'er Nicole Pacelli in this month's Red Bulletin. Just 22 now, she won the first Women's Stand Up World Tour last year. Great insight into what makes a champion, especially when asked about the pressure of competing with that … [Read more...]
HOKA ONE ONE revives the 2-Mile National Postal Competition
The Race Is Back On. The revival of the Postal 2-Mile is a revival of the spirit of high school distance running, the revival of finding a true national champion and most importantly the revival of a team together. We are proud to reintroduce the running world to the Hoka One One National … [Read more...]
Way Over Her Head, High Jump Fashionista Inika McPherson Is Taking It Higher
Inika McPherson is one of those athletes one does not forget. The high jumper is making a name for herself in our sport. David Hunter caught up with her recently and here is his feature on the high jump power house. Inika McPherson: Way Over Her Head HJ Fashionista Is Taking It … [Read more...]
Amantle Montsho tests positive, a commentary on drugs in sport
It happened about three in the afternoon on Saturday, 2 August. I got a note that an athlete had tested positive. I went over to my friend, Duncan MacKay, editor of Inside the Games, and asked his team if they had heard about it. Duncan told me about their story on insidethegames.biz , which … [Read more...]
Lashinda Demus: My trip to the OTC to find out what the heck is wrong!
Have any athletes out there ever got to the point where you actually wish something terrible was wrong with you so that you had a valid excuse for your disappointing performance? 2014 was the first “bad season” of my career. I have dealt with injuries and setbacks before, but … [Read more...]
World Junior Track & Field Championships, Day 3: It’s Mary Cain’s world, we just live in it
Mary Cain's race, among US high schoolers, may have been one of the most anticipated events of the week here! That she won was pretty impressive, because, on the world level, this just does not happen for American women. That she did it in the style she did, with the finesse, control and final kick … [Read more...]
2 seconds, no finish clock picture, but satisfaction: Molly Huddle breaks her own AR
All that she did in 2014, was leading up to this race. The twelve and one half laps that Molly Huddle ran in Monaco Friday night, the two seconds off the AR, and, right after, Molly knew she could run faster... Molly started the 2014 season with her third place debut in the NYC Half Marathon … [Read more...]
Lausanne and Harry Jerome via @karathrowsjav
Two continents, two weeks, two competitions, two different versions of Kara, similar end results. Lausanne, Switzerland is my new favorite European competition. Flying into Geneva was fun because it was pretty countryside, then the mountains that we could see from the shuttle all the … [Read more...]