A little bit of backstory. My college PRs for 1,500m, 3k and 5k all came as part of a double. My sophomore year I ran 14:20 on calm Friday night at Mt. Sac; Sunday morning I came back and ran 3:49.5 for 1,500m. My fifth year I ran roughly 14:22 f...
Jan 25th 2011, 2:30pm
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It was early on a Thursday morning in April 1977 when Randy Thomas aimed his '76 Toyota Celica down Route 2 toward Boston. Two of his Greater Boston Track Club teammates would be waiting in a parking lot on Route 128 for Thomas to collect them on t...
Jan 25th 2011, 2:20pm
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Yes, we did have a not so Brief Chat with Kara Goucher just before she ran her first race since giving birth, last Sunday's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half Marathon, in which she placed second in 1:14:02, and you can read that one here. But quite a bit has...
Jan 25th 2011, 1:57pm
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One of the nice things about this sport is watching the development of youth. While it is harder these days to make an impact internationally as a young person, the opportunity is still there for many. Following are ten young people that I think wil...
Jan 25th 2011, 1:50pm
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Junior Jenna Bohnen (Erie, Colo.) set a NCAA Championship provisional qualifying and personal best mark in the 20-pound weight throw as four throwers, three jumpers and three sprinters represented the Adams State College wome...
Jan 22nd 2011, 3:00pm
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An early season NCAA Championship provisional qualifying mark was achieved by ASC sophomore Dyson Mortensen (La Jara, Colo.) on Friday night as the Grizzly sprinters, jumpers and throwers kicked off the 2011 portion of thei...
Jan 22nd 2011, 2:58pm
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BOULDER - University of Colorado junior Katie Dreher led the Buffs with a third-place finish in the women's pentathlon at the Potts Indoor Invitational on Friday at Balch Fieldhouse.
Dreher recorded a personal record of 3,409 points over the cou...
Jan 22nd 2011, 2:32pm
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PHOENIX, AZ -- (January 14, 2011) -- One of the top U.S. marathon hopefuls for the 2012 London Olympics, Kara Goucher will make her return to road racing at the 8th annual P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon & Half-Marathon on Sunday, Janu...
Jan 14th 2011, 9:53pm
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