Up until now, athletes have not been able to update their blogs during the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee was too scared about copyright infringement and the release of sensitive information. Athletes that did update their websites during the 2004 or 2006 games did so without permission from the IOC. Beginning with Beijing, athletes will…
Race directors that want to insure and sanction their races through the RRCA or USATF know that they need to begin enforcing the “No Headphone” rules at their races. The RRCA has decided that the main problem isn’t necessarily enforcement, it’s education, and so they have designed a handy logo that race directors can put…
Many fans and athletes are getting fed up with the seemingly constant stream of doping scandals that have been hurting the sport of Track & Field over the past few years. Tyson Gay wants to do something about it. He has offered a guarantee that nobody will ever find any illegal substances in his body….
It didn’t really occur to me yesterday as I was running or in the short amount of time that I had to write about the race between the race cleanup and the Super Bowl, but yesterday’s 10 miler included 4 women who are competing in the Olympic Marathon Trials in April. That’s some pretty neat.
This morning could not have gone any better for the race directors at the Mid Winter Classic. The 10 mile race seemed to go off without a hitch, from volunteer support to record participation, and even including beautiful running weather. It was about 34 degrees out with an average 5 mile per hour wind, which…
The Mid-Winter Classic 10 Mile Road Race is this Sunday, February 3rd at 9:45 a.m. This is an excellent early season run, and is the first race of the season for me every year. The race takes place in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Race day registration is available in the high school cafeteria, and you can…
Should Dwain Chambers be allowed to compete on the international stage despite his previous use of performance enhancing drugs and the UK Athletics tough stance on doping? According to the IAAF, then yes, he should be allowed to compete. This is a huge blow to the strict UKA anti-doping policies that they are trying to…
Spectators at this year’s Boston Indoor Games got to see some more records set, continuing last year’s trend. Meseret Defar took the spotlight, leading Kim Smith into a world record pace in the 2 mile with a time of 9:13.94. The former indoor world record of 9:23.8 was set at the 2002 Boston Indoor Games,…
The USATF has put together a Fantasy Track & Field game for the Visa Championship Series called Pick & Win. You need to live in the United States and be at least 18 years old to win, but each week you can win a gift bag by picking the athletes who perform the best in…
Photo ByOskar NijsSammy Korir of Kenya ran his first marathon in under 2 hours and 9 minutes in Rotterdam back 1997, a course where he has run under 2:09 3 times. When Paul Tergat ran his (then) world record time of 2:04:55, Sammy Korir was only 1 second behind him. Last Friday, he placed 3rd…