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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 [...]

In print: December 2009 Running Times

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:47 +0000

I have two pieces in the December 2009 Running Times: a profile of masters middle-distance ace Scott Hartley (not the first time I’ve shined the spotlight his direction) and a discussion of the new progress being made by American distance runners against the East African dominance in the track distances, as highlighted by the 2009 [...]

Matt McCue’s “An Honorable Run”

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:35:34 +0000

Matt McCue turned his experiences as a high school state champion and walk-on at the University of Colorado into an interesting and worthwhile book.

Athlete of the Year Finalists

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:01 +0000

The IAAF has announced the finalists for Athlete of the Year. Here's who I nominated and how they did.

Forecasting a marathon on the fly

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:20:53 +0000

I made up a spreadsheet to analyze a marathon's splits while the race is still going on.