Olympic Finals: Sunday, August 12
Today is the last day of the Olympics and there is only one event in Track & Field which actually takes place out in the streets. Here are our 3 Olympians in the Men’s Marathon:
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2012 Olympic Trials and Houston Marathon
This past weekend the Olympic Marathon Trials took place in Houston, Texas. A day later, there followed the Houston Marathon. This also happened to be my birthday weekend, so what better way to celebrate a birthday than to watch some amazing athletes and then run a marathon? It was a great weekend. I knew it…
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Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57
Grete Waitz died early this morning at a hospital in Oslo, Norway after a 6 year fight with cancer. Grete was an amazing runner who still holds the 1500 and 3k national records in Norway. She really drew the notice of the American running scene when Fred Lebow invited her to run the New York…
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A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi
Yesterday afternoon I had a few minutes to chat with Meb Keflezighi, one of the best marathoners in the United States right now. He ran for UCLA in the mid/late 1990s, and among his many accomplishments, Meb is a 3 time national cross country champion, he won the Silver Medal at the 2004 Olympic Marathon,…
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Can Elite Marathoners Listen to iPods While Racing?
Can elite marathon runners listen to music when their running in marathons? The quick and easy answer to this is no they can’t. Some elite marathoners will train with their iPods, and some of them won’t. However, you’ll never see them actually racing with an iPod during a marathon, at least not here in the…
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Cool Stop-Motion Video of the Vermont City Marathon
What do you get when you combine 25 gig of photos with some on-course digital audio and some time spent with your favorite video editing software? For Ryan Mercer, you get a really neat stop motion video of his view of the 2010 Keybank Vermont City Marathon:
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The Armchair Olympics Update
This has been a jam-packed weekend; there was a lot going on! If only NBC actually broadcast the races, I’d be all set. I’d sit there and watch commercial after commercial. First, the women’s marathon. I almost cried when Deena Kastor broke her foot barely 3 miles into the race. Magdalena Lewy Boulet made it…
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Luke Kibet wins the men’s marathon in Osaka
The men’s marathon World Cup, run along with the World Championships in Osaka, began tomorrow morning at 7:00 am (6:00 pm this evening Eastern Time). In very hot and humid conditions, Luke Kibet of Kenya stuck with the lead pack early and managed to pull away for the win. 85 runners started the race of…