Olympic Finals: Sunday, August 12

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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: Men’s Marathon at 6:00 AM EDT Meb Keflezighi Ryan Hall Abdi Abdirahman I...

2012 Olympic Trials and Houston Marathon

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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...

Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57

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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...

A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi

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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...