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The RunBlogRun Book Review: A Complicated Yet Inspirational Path Lit by Lightning, The Story of Jim Thorpe, by David Maraniss.
This is the review of Path Lit by Lighting, The story of Jim Thorpe, written by David Maraniss. The review...
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COROS Athletes Watch #10: The Most Excellent Adventures of Des Linden
This is our tenth COROS Athletes Watch, and the focus is on Des Linden, who is a two-time Olympian, a...
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0regon 22 World Athletes Champs Redux: 200 meter final: Noah Lyles leads American sweep with an American record
I missed this column by Sean MacPherson, and once I read it, I really liked it. I think it is...
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Birmingham 2022 Diary: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Moving in the right direction
Careers for athletes are not linear equations. They have highs, lows, and sometimes, plateaus. Stuart Weir, the senior writer for...
Read moreDetailsDavid Wallechinsky: Answering some big questions on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, by Orrin Konheim for RunBlogRun
As he did in 2016, Orrin Konheim spoke with David Wallechinsky, one of the top experts of the Olympic Games,...
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Casey Carrigan (1968): High School athletes who made the U.S. Olympic Team, from the Athletes Only Archives (2004), by Mark Winitz and James Dunaway
This is from the Athletes Only archives, circa 2004, written by James Dunaway and Mark Winitz. The series is on...
Read moreDetailsAll 209 countries have heroes…
I have been wanting to write this piece for some time. Today, it came together as I was editing. I...
Read moreDetailsThe 40th Anniversary Of Sebastian Coe’s Record-Breaking 1981 Season! Third In A Series, Chapter 3 – “The Need For Speed, An Indiana Rookie & Cheeeeerio Theriot!”
Seb Coe en route to his WR 1000m, photo via newspaper, credit Bob Sly Coe Vs Theriot 1981 AAA 800...
Read moreDetailsIn The Presence Of A Legend -Coach Bill Dellinger!
This piece was done during the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, in June 2021. Bill Dellinger is an iconic coach and...
Read moreDetailsZatopek, Takahashi and Kipchoge highlight opening of MOWA Olympic Athletics Collection room
Olympic Athletics Collection, photo © MOWA Olympics Athletics Collection, photo © MOWA Olympics Athletics Collection, photo photo © MOWA The...
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