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Track and Field News year-end awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 31, 2012 at 3:41pm
Last week Track and Field News announced its year-end awards: Athletes of the Year for men and women and World Rankings in each of the standard (Olympic) events.
As always, there is argument about these various awards–as there should be. The men&r...;more
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Canadian National Cross (Pre-Race)
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted November 24, 2012 at 2:19pm
I "raced" in spikes for the first time since college this past Saturday at a small cross-country race in Clinton, MS. With National Cross one week away, I ran the race as a tempo. Still, I wasn't confident in my ability to hammer out 7k on a muddy XC cour...more
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My First Mailbag (T&F;)
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 22, 2012 at 4:08pm
Yesterday evening I was reading Bill Simmons’ most recent mailbag at Grantland.com. His collection of responses to off-the-wall emails is always so much fun.
A few minutes later I checked Twitter and, lo and behold, I had a question! This comes t...more
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2012 NCAA XC D1 preview
by carabyrd
posted November 15, 2012 at 9:50pm
The D1 NCAA Cross Country championships will happen this Saturday. The race is being held at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The women’s race will begin at noon and if you can’t make it out to Louisville, you ...more
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NCAA Cross Country Championships Fan Guide
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 14, 2012 at 8:22pm
Here it is, everything you ever wanted to know about the 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (but were afraid to ask).
Key links:
NCAA Championship home page Flotrack coverage page Runnerspace page Live results
All your questions answered!...more
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History Lessons from Cross Country
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 12, 2012 at 4:03pm
I’m currently working on a project to compile results of past USA Cross Country Championships. Of course, the main source of data is back issues of Track and Field News; between my own collection and some scans sent to me by Garry Hill, I can get b...more
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NCAA DI XC Regionals Live Blog
by carabyrd
posted November 9, 2012 at 8:27am
6:20 PM
Last post...hope anyone who was following this throughout the day enjoyed it. I make no claims to certitude, so take these projections for what they are--an educated guess. Have a good weekend.
6:09 PM
And the individual qualifiers...
AUTOMATI...more
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Weekend’s Top Ten Matchups
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 9, 2012 at 8:01am
Today’s news roundup is all about the upcoming weekend. Here are what look to be the best head-to-head competitions.
10. Guelph vs Record Books CIS Championships This Saturday is the Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross country championships, at t...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 8, 2012 at 8:13am
Your top ten news links of the afternoon…
Sports Illustrated’s Nick Zaccardi writes about Lolo Jones on ice.
Gary Cohen does a long-form interview with Leo Manzano.
Cody Moat has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:30am
Your top news stories of the late afternoon…
The IAAF’s finalists for its women’s athlete of the year award are Kiwi shot putter Valerie Adams, British heptathlete Jessica Ennis, and American sprinter Allyson Felix.
Track and Field Ne...more
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Marathons: Tips from a Pro ... maybe
by Felicity (Fawkes) Hawksley
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:18pm
I've always been one for experiments. Us sisters, when we were little, ate some dry dog food, just to see what it tasted like (salty). Then there was the time that, aged about 9, I convinced my little sister to let me lick her eyeball, just to see wha...more
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Creating Stability in T & F Contracts
by amyYB
posted November 6, 2012 at 5:08pm
CREATING STABILITY IN TRACK & FIELD CONTRACTS
My last journal detailed the various track & field contracts from gear to lucrative base salaries offered by shoe companies. I want to explain the funding of track and field and give my ...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:05pm
Here are your top ten news stories of the afternoon…
Track and Field News named its 2012 High School All-Americans in the December issue; here they release the #1-ranked girls in each event.
Many of the pros who had been slated to run in New York...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 4, 2012 at 12:46pm
With the New York City Marathon no longer on the schedule, it frees up space for a lot of other news.
Geoffrey Mutai and Mary Keitany are World Marathon Majors champions. Mutai had it clinched regardless of New York’s results, and Keitany had a bi...more
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Great Cross Country Courses: The South
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 28, 2012 at 6:07pm
Yesterday I said I’d go to the Midwest next, and not until Monday, but I found some extra time. Here are the best cross country facilities in the southern parts of the USA.
The Unique: Panorama Farms
Nominated by Bill Hague, reader and Duke XC fa...more
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Great Cross Country Courses: The West
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 27, 2012 at 4:50pm
When I first started looking into the nation’s great cross country courses, I thought it would be a short list, maybe ten deep. It turns out that I was very wrong. The number of courses that are beautiful, challenging, well-managed, and historic i...more
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