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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 1, 2012 at 5:29pm
Today’s top news links…
Pro news Berlin marathon fallout. Geoffrey Mutai won the Berlin Marathon yesterday and clinched the World Marathon Majors title and the $500,000 prize that goes with it. But Mutai’s training partner, Dennis Ki...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 28, 2012 at 8:06am
This week’s FloAwards watch list is out, the first of the season. (“FloAwards” makes it sound like it’s hosted by a sassy waitress who tells people to kiss her grits.)
USA Today writes about the new York City Marathon’s ret...more
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Renee Metivier Baillie is Moving on Up (Distances that is)
by carabyrd
posted September 27, 2012 at 6:36pm
The Chicago Marathon is a little over a week away. The course is known for being fast and has become the race for many to debut at the distance. One of the runners making her debut at the marathon distance is Renee Metivier Baillie. Track and field fans a...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 27, 2012 at 8:04am
First, and most important, is me. I’ll be on Toledo coach Kevin Hadsell’s Coffee Talk radio show, available at WXUT.com from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Today’s guests are Stanford head coach Chris Miltenberg, New Mexico head coach Joe Franklin, ...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 26, 2012 at 9:03am
The top ten links of the later part of the day…
This week’s national college cross country rankings are out. No changes at the top, but the middle changed a lot; many on the women’s side were due to the Inter-Regional Bubble Buster he...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 25, 2012 at 9:18am
The day’s top news stories…
The new college cross country regional rankings are out. Two teams who did well at this weekend’s Bubble Buster right here in Toledo zoomed up their rankings: winner Butler went from #7 to #3 in the Great L...more
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Race report: Equinox half marathon
by Fast at Forty
posted September 24, 2012 at 2:03pm
The inaugural Equinox half marathon was a blast. Every fledgling race has growing pains, and this one certainly had a few kinks, but overall the organization was flawless even with the logistical nightmare that comes with a point to point course. The buss...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 19, 2012 at 8:21am
Your top ten news links of the day…
The new House of Run podcast is up! Kevin and Jason interview Daniel Gordon, whose new documentary about the 1988 Olympic men’s 100 meter final, 9.79*, just premiered at the Toronto International Film Fes...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 18, 2012 at 7:20am
Your top news links of the day…
Weekend results Britain’s Great North Run half marathon: Tirunesh Dibaba won her half marathon debut, and London Marathon champ Wilson Kipsang won a close, thrilling race. Read the IAAF report.
At the GNR, o...more
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Trackcenter Top Twenty
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 15, 2012 at 9:24pm
If you’re a regular reader of this space, you may have noticed that the daily top ten links package has gone silent for the last few days. Truly regular readers of this space know that I’m a high school teacher and I coach cross country in th...more
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Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 6, 2012 at 10:27pm
Your top ten news links of the afternoon…
The House of Run’s morning news links: start lists from the Diamond League final, Jamaicans arguing for multiple World Championships wild cards, and Oscar Pistorius’s rant.
Germany’s Bj&...more
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Olympic adventures: Event Days 2, 3 and 4
by LHiggs
posted August 7, 2012 at 5:54am
I finally have some downtime after a whirlwind of Olympic events. No one could accuse us of wasting our time here! Over the last few days we have seen rowing, the women's triathlon, the bronze medal men's singles and doubles badminton (which I finally kno...more
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Olympic 100 meters & Marathon previews
by carabyrd
posted August 4, 2012 at 11:33am
The 100 meters and the marathon are as different as night and day. But what they do have in common are that they both will have very strong fields at this Olympic games. The 100 meter finals will be this afternoon at 3:55 (CST) and should be shown on NBC ...more
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Kara Goucher: Small steps to greatness
by therunningeconomist
posted July 14, 2012 at 10:34pm
While living in a hotel with my husband and dogs after a derecho hit western VA, I had the opportunity of interviewing Kara Goucher by telephone. Kara took time out of her 4th of July to speak with me and offered kind words of support for our situation. P...more
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MCM Base Building
by Run Girl Run
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:15pm
For a lot of people, training for the Marine Corps Marathon starts this week. And in some ways, MCM training starts for me this week too. We're 16 weeks out from the race, which is the number of weeks most marathon training plans prescribe. But since...more
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What is America's favorite distance to race?
by therunningeconomist
posted June 18, 2012 at 2:57pm
Towns and cities across the nation boast running events on a weekly basis. These road running events range from a mile to a marathon and longer. What is America’s favorite distance to race? The half marathon!
The half marathon is 13.1 miles and typ...more
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Fast Girls
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 2, 2012 at 9:11pm
If you are one of the women taking part in the Flora Mini-marathon or the Tri-burgh in Mayo, maybe you can get some extra inspiration from these women.'Fast Girls' is the fictional tale of a group of British sprinters looking to qualify for a World Champi...more
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How Triathletes Can Avoid a Fast Start
by Loren Fogelman
posted May 13, 2012 at 8:12pm
Too frequently triathletes are told by their coaches to ignore what is going on around them. The coaches who tell you to just not do it are unaware of the power of habit. Following the crowd, going out too fast because of the other athletes around you, ...more
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Canadian Half-Marathon Championships Race Recap
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted April 30, 2012 at 12:10am
Results: 1:19:01 (PR PB) 6th female.What a ride.Oh wow, where do I start! This is quite possibly the most amazing running experience I have had post-college. The entire weekend, from walking into my hotel room at 11:59pm on Friday to meet my sleepy-eyed r...more
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Lucky #13: Dorchester Crab Run Race Report
by Run Girl Run
posted April 16, 2012 at 6:44pm
I ran half marathon #13 on Saturday. I set a new PR. I finished 4th in my age group. And finally, after years of trying, I broke two hours in a half. So lucky #13 was pretty good to me. The day started early in the morning with a two-hour drive to ...more
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13-year-old Winter Vinecki: Competing for a Cause
by Laura Landgreen
posted April 16, 2012 at 10:48am
Her name is Winter Vinecki, and on April 29th, 2012, she will embark upon her quest to be the youngest person to ever complete a full marathon on every continent. But Winter isn’t doing this just to hold a world record, which she will upon successful com...more
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