This was a fun week in running news. Find out what it's really like to be an ultramarathoner and what motivated Alex Nemet to complete+ACY-nbsp+ADs-seven races of 100 miles (or more) in just six months. A documentary about the amazing Girls on Run organization (Chicago chapter) won an Emmy. A Boston … [Read more...]
Kenyan Distance Domination
Leading up to last weekend's New York City Marathon there was great coverage of the elite athletes, as always. But this year's attention focused heavily on Kenyans, with good reason, as you will+ACY-nbsp+ADs-read.This NPR piece+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-ndash+ADs +ACI-How One Kenyan Tribe Produces The World's Best Runners,+ACI looks … [Read more...]
Running in the News…
Five for FridayHere are five articles I found especially noteworthy from this week's running-related media coverage. Please let me know what you think+ACE-This very interesting article in The New York Times describes a group of runners training for this weekend's New York City Marathon.Set for Marathon, … [Read more...]
Cyndi Elias, Kickin’ Cancer’s Butt
I first read heard about Cyndi Elias last October when I read her story in this +ACI-Turning Point+ACI column in the+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Saint Paul Pioneer Press. At that point, she was training for the 2012 NYC Marathon. She was one of the many registered runners who+ACY-nbsp+ADs-travelled to NYC, only to (almost immediately) … [Read more...]
Upper Midwest Races, Serious about their Series-the Great Lakes Marathon Series
Yesterday, Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minn., announced another+ACY-nbsp+ADs-interesting+ACY-nbsp+ADs-partnership +ACY-ndash+ADs the+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Great Lakes Marathon Series.The Great Lakes Marathon Series is a collaboration of 25 marathons in the U.S. and Canada that take place along North America+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s five Great … [Read more...]
Long Run(ning Stories): Longform journalism on running from the NY Times
I'm a fan of long-form journalism. I've always enjoyed reading well-researched, in-depth articles on topics that matter to me. Recently, two+ACY-nbsp+ADs-such running-related articles caught my attention.Tim DanielsonNYTimes.com+ACI-After the Mile+ACIAJg-nbsp+ADs-in+ACY-nbsp+ADs-The New York TimesTim Danielson was among an … [Read more...]
Rocky Mountain High on the Prairie (Colorado Running Hall of Fame)
Yesterday, the Colorado Running Hall of Fame announced the inductees to their 2013 class.Three+ACY-nbsp+ADs-of the athletes have impressive running histories in Minnesota as well.Jane WelzelJane Welzel was the National Marathon Champion (2:33:25) in 1990 (Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, Minnesota). She also won … [Read more...]
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Beth Heiden Reid & Joanne Reid
When Colorado Bulldog Senior+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Joanne Reid won the women's 15-kilometer freestyle mass start at the 2013 NCAA Skiing Championships yesterday, it was even+ACY-nbsp+ADs-more momentous+ACY-nbsp+ADs-than+ACY-nbsp+ADs-handily claiming+ACY-nbsp+ADs-a national title.Joanne Reid (photo courtesy: Colorado Buffaloes - cubuffs.com)Almost … [Read more...]
Forest for the Trees - or Who the Heck is K.V. Switzer?
In the 1980s, I was deep in the throes of track +ACY-amp+ADs field fever. The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles had only solidified my burgeoning love of this new (to me, at least) sport.I was in high school at the time and went back to school in the Fall still hyped up from the just-completed Olympics. … [Read more...]
Joan Benoit Samuelson & Kathrine Switzer
There's an exciting week ahead for women runners as well as running fans in general.From a personal standpoint,+ACY-nbsp+ADs-these celebrations+ACY-nbsp+ADs-of leaders in women's running+ACY-nbsp+ADs-couldn't have come at a better time. I'm working on a number of projects related+ACY-nbsp+ADs-to the subject+ACY-nbsp+ADs-and these two … [Read more...]