Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Don’t know what it sold for, don’t care. What I care about is unworthy poseurs taking credit for others’ ideas. Ken Kesey at the ’80 Olympic Trials, Edward Abbey and Indigenous marathoners and, most definitely, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at the 1980 Honolulu Marathon – all ideas presented to Nike BEFORE they purchased the magazine….
It’s not what you once did that counts the most, but what you keep doing. – John Kelley The Elder So slow, looking like a living fossil…. Closed a note to Benji Durden – “36 degrees at dawn. No snow.” Response – “We were 7.2° overnight and we have warmed to 8.2° now. It will…
It will be interesting if a woman makes the men’s world champs qualifying standard, and an American man doesn’t? – Tom Raynor The Petition – says to me – 2:09:56 is itself prima facie evidence of fraud. ‘No effin’ way that’s legit. Hell, anybody can see that’ for you non-legal-types. Which reminded me of the…
“WADA is now aware of at least three cases where athletes who had committed serious anti-doping rule violations were allowed to continue to compete for years while they acted as undercover agents for USADA, without it notifying WADA and without there being any provision allowing such a practice under the (global) code or USADA’s own rules,” WADA said in a…
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. – John C. Maxwell On Nov 12, 2024, at 10:08 AM, Stephen DeBoer wrote: Greetings fellow high mileage running enthusiasts: I am going to make an effort to compile that 100K list I mentioned doing last winter. I have come up…
“The thing I had to keep telling myself was that I could be bleeding from the eyes and I would not drop out.” Keith Brantly just looks youthful. He ran his first road race in 1978. He was sixteen. And his career ended more recently than most of the early stalwarts of the sport. Heck,…
“I will watch those that I used to be. The stallions that dominate the race and pummel it into submission. I will cheer them for their abilities in a sport that has given me sustenance. Helped me make sense of myself. And there is always the future. The next year. The next decade. I hope…
“I thought I would run well tonight, because it was a flat course. But I thought the competition would be easier than it was.” – Bill Rodgers If you remember anything at all about the endurance athlete best known as Boston Billy Rodgers, you can well imagine he had a lot of energy and could…
My marriage was blowing up. I lit the fuse. I was losing control of RUNNING magazine. Had no idea. Only one thing made sense, the Big Apple. From Track & Field News. November 1980. With recollection from Patti Catalano. November 2019. ALL AROUND THE TOWN. East Side, West Side… through all five boroughs. Alberto Salazar,…
I’m an entertainer. I wear costumes for the people, so they can loosen up and not be stuffed shirts. It’s an uptight world, and this is one way to relax. Races are like a parade of humanity. I know it’s OK to wear a costume. I don’t need people’s approval. – GF Sr. You can…