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The Meb Book

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:25:23 +0000

Maybe it’s because I don’t follow the message boards, but I’m surprised I haven’t seen more comments about Meb’s forthcoming book with Dick Patrick. I was wondering last week when Patrick was going to write a book, and now I know the answer. Meb has a great story and Patrick will do a good job [...]

Boston, marathon field caps, and demand

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:48:08 +0000

My article for the Boston Marathon program about field caps, qualifying, and high demand for big-city marathons.

Slicing and dicing the marathon splits

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:11:19 +0000

If you’re watching the Boston Marathon tomorrow, it can be interesting to watch how the race is developing, but it’s not always easy to track whether the pack is picking up, slowing down, or chasing a course record. As I did for New York, I’ve whipped up a spreadsheet for the Boston men and women which [...]

The third entry

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:27:04 +0000

Ethiopia's traveling fans have transformed the atmosphere in the Aspire Dome for the World Indoor Championships.

What to watch from Doha

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:16:06 +0000

With not all of the world's best competing in the indoor season, it's worth taking a look to see which events will be worth watching at the World Indoor Championships.

World Indoors: An affordable ticket

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:58:05 +0000

According to the newsletter which came in this morning’s email, a day ticket to the World Indoor Championships costs QR10. At today’s rate of QR3.6 to $1, that puts the price of tickets for all three days of World Indoors (assuming they’re available) at about $7.50. Of course, you need to buy plane tickets to Doha [...]

Coming attractions

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:46:19 +0000

A few notes on coming assignments while I struggle to find time to complete other thoughts: I’ll be at the Millrose Games a week from today, January 29th. I’ll also be at the Boston Indoor Games on the 6th of February. Capping that, I’ll be at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha in early March, including the [...]

R.I.P. Ardie Rodale

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:23:09 +0000

There's good news from Boston, but also less obvious running news from Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Lessons from the archives

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:18:27 +0000

Small observations from clearing up my recorder from past meets.

Filling the Boston Marathon

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:20:31 +0000

If you haven’t already noticed, the Boston Marathon has reached its entry limit and closed (late Friday or early Saturday, it hardly matters which). This is easily two months earlier than the Marathon has ever closed before. First, hold the panic. There are still “guaranteed” entries floating around out there which were already counted under the [...]