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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

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

Week 5.5 (@karathrowsjav blog)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:03pm

Rehab has gotten so much more fun since my last blog! I thought that walking over hurdles, doing glute bridges, and not being in horrible pain during passive flexion was fun, but I've come so far in three weeks!  I got to start swimming at four week...more

Trackcenter Top Ten: Fatheads?
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 5, 2012 at 7:24am

You know Fatheads, the sports-centric wall graphics. The other night I checked out their site and found that they do in fact have an entire Olympic section, offering gymnasts’ and swimmers’ images, but nothing from track and field. I tweeted...more

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

JILL OF ALL TRADES: How Being a Multi-Sport Athlete Keeps Me Balanced
by SemperSarah
posted October 30, 2012 at 6:21pm

Being active is my lifeblood. Whether I am playing soccer or snowboarding, I welcome every athletic adventure that comes my way. The variety of sports I participate in encourages balance, balance enhances health, and health breeds happiness....more

The Importance of Health Insurance: ObamaCare (MacKenzie Hill blog)
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 30, 2012 at 7:30am

Hey Everyone, So, I know it has been a while since I have posted but I’ve been resting for the past couples of days fighting off my Asthma.  I’m happy to say that I am at the tail end of it and should be back to 100% in the next day or t...more

The Weekend’s Best Track and Field Matchups
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 27, 2012 at 10:08am

There’s a lot going on this weekend. For the fan, which are the most hotly contested matchups, and why? Here’s my top ten rundown. 10. Jo Pavey vs Claire Hallisey Sunday, BUPA Great South Run, Portsmouth ENG From the IAAF race preview: &ldq...;more

Sarah Robles Stories- Collegiate Nationals 2008
by Pretty Strong
posted October 26, 2012 at 7:59am

My coach and I were just talking about this competition recently and he said, "That was probably one of your more impressive athletic feats." I figured I'd start sharing little stories here and there from my athletic career. "Eets for fun!" Collegiate Na...more

Pushing Thru (MacKenzie Hill blog)
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 22, 2012 at 7:26am

Hey Everyone I am so happy I was able to get through the 1st week of training!!! Now it wasn’t easy, and I can tell this year in a whole is not going to be “easy”.  But I think I will improve a great deal and have a great time in m...more

Knee Rehab Update #1 (@karathrowsjav blog)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted October 19, 2012 at 7:47am

Warning: There are post-op pictures at the bottom of this post!  They're not gaping wounds or anything, but if you don't want to look at bloody steri-strips, don't! :)  As many of you may know, I tore my ACL on my fourth throw at this summer&rs...;more

1st day of training (MacKenzie Hill blog)
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 18, 2012 at 7:44am

Hey Everyone, So yesterday was my 1st day back and let me tell you it was a long one, to say the least.  It started in Long Beach at 8am…. I drove 2 hours to practice, due to traffic and a long commute.  Once I got to practice we started...more

The Truth About Pro Running and Babies (Lauren Fleshman Blog)
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted October 12, 2012 at 7:16am

This shouldn’t come as a shock to you when I say at some point in the next four years I want to have a kid. Over 30, married five years, obsessed with your baby…it adds up. And since it’s after an Olympic year, any woman over 26 that yo...more

The Championship Runs Through Oregon
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 11, 2012 at 7:36am

As you may recall, last year I reintroduced the collegiate Dual Meet Rankings for Track and Field News. These had been compiled annually from 1970 through the mid-90s, by which time the collegiate dual meet almost completely disappeared and the rankings...more

The Business of Track & Field Contracts
by amyYB
posted October 8, 2012 at 11:08am

The Business of Track & Field Contracts I have started this journal entry a dozen times with the themes of Doors Open and Close, The Roads Are Open, A Different Path and A New Journey. Not one of those themes seemed to convey the thoughts and feelin...more

Training Groups For Distance Runners
by amyYB
posted October 6, 2012 at 12:53pm

What options are available for athletes to continue training?...more

Cost of Training for Elite Distance Runners
by amyYB
posted October 6, 2012 at 12:45pm

The Cost of Competing at the Elite Level in Distance Running The fall has arrived and the Olympic athletes are starting to come out of the post-Olympic black hole.  Some will decide to continue training and others will retire with their dreams achie...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 3, 2012 at 9:25pm

The top news links of the afternoon… I’ll be on Coffee Talk, the weekly college track and cross country radio show, at WXUT.com from 6 to 8 PM today (Eastern time). The new House of Run podcast is out. Jason and Kevin recap the race that w...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 2, 2012 at 9:43pm

Today’s top afternoon news links… College news… The new college cross country poll is out, and Florida State has overtaken #1 in the women’s rankings. Here in the Rust Belt, Toledo’s women are at #15, the highest ranking ...more

Habitat For Humanity Build-a-thon 2012
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 2, 2012 at 7:54am

Hey everyone, So this weekend was AMAZING!! I went to Sony Studios and joined Habitat For Humanity at the Build-a-thon 2012, building homes for the Culver City Project.  Now I must say it was my 1st time doing that, hammering in nails, building wall...more

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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