Olympic Finals: Sunday, August 5
Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event. Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:
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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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Boston Indoor Games – Make Your Picks
Tomorrow evening is the Boston Indoor Games, a great event put on down at the Reggie Lewis Center every year. If you are planning on being there, then keep an eye out for me as I’ll be there with both my still and my video camera! The Games will not be televised live, but will…
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2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part V: The Athlete’s Panel)
The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part was about nutrition basics and fueling, and the third part was…
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World Records and the Boston Indoor Games
I went to watch the Boston Indoor Games this evening, and it was great. There was a lot of really good competition, and we got to see numerous meet and national records, as well as a world record 5k. Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopa absolutely crushed her old mark of 14:32.93 set two years ago. She…