2011 New York City Marathon Preview

This weekend is the New York City Marathon, the largest marathon in the world. So large, in fact, that they’ve recently decided to make obtaining guaranteed entry much tougher than it has been in recent years by abolishing the 3 strikes and you are in rule and...

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...

2011 NYC Marathon Guaranteed Entry – How It Works

Entry into the 2011 New York City Marathon lottery process opened on January 10 this year, and the application period will remain open until April 19 of 2011. That seems a bit early to me given that the race is not until November 6, but those are the dates that they...

World Marathon Majors: 2010 New York City Marathon

The New York City Marathon is always the last race of the year for the World Marathon Majors. For 2009-2010, the results of this race won’t make any difference in the long run as both Sammy Wanjiru and Lillya Shobukhova have the title locked up. (Well,...

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...