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Thank You, Our Daughters (And Sons) 23 Oct 2012 | 09:43 pm
Sunday morning, at the first Runner's World Half Marathon, I finished the distance with my daughter, Laura, and her pace team, Kris and Cristina. It was a thrill equal to completing the Athens Maratho...
Pioneer Women: Doris Heritage And Mary Slaney 18 Oct 2012 | 06:57 pm
Last week, working on a long-term research project, I visited with two of the U.S.'s greatest women distance runners: Doris Brown Heritage and Mary Decker Slaney. Both were pioneers of women's running...
Harvard Prof. Dan Lieberman Running Strong–With Shorter Stride 17 Sep 2012 | 11:04 pm
When I first ran with Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman about five years ago, he hadn’t yet begun to study the footstrike biomechanics of runners. He was looking at a much bigger picture...
Freedom Now For Lance Armstrong! 11 Sep 2012 | 12:49 am
I never thought I’d find myself in Lance Armstrong’s corner. But that’s where I am after the recent announcement that he can’t run the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Why not? Where’s the harm? I’ve...
John J. Kelley Race (Free!) Celebrates 50th on Saturday 31 Jul 2012 | 02:43 am
If you've got an opening in your race calendar this weekend, and live within reasonable driving distance of southeastern Connecticut, I've got a suggestion for you. And I can guarantee you won't regre...
Running Home: 50 Years Later, Little Has Changed 16 Jul 2012 | 08:58 am
I’m on vacation at my brother's cottage near Long Island Sound; it’s less than a mile from the home where I grew up. I have run the nearby roads so often--for 50-plus years--that I recognize every cra...
Merry Lepper–The First Woman Marathoner 3 Jun 2012 | 01:23 am
Thursday evening in Tucson, I finally met the most historically-important, completely-unknown runner in America. Her name is Merry Lepper. In December, 1963, she became the first woman to run a marath...
Congratulations 2012 Boston Finishers–You Ran Brilliant 18 Apr 2012 | 12:30 am
Congratulations, Boston Marathoners. On Monday, you proved why you are a special group of runners. You were tough enough to qualify for Boston, the world’s pre-eminent marathon. And then, facing condi...
Who Will Light the Olympic Flame on July 27? It’s Time to Speak Your Mind 19 Mar 2012 | 03:47 pm
Hey, people. Four months to go. It’s time to let the world know who should light the Olympic Flame in London on July 27. Who was the first runner to break 4 minutes in the mile? Roger Bannister, natch...
How to Get Ahead in TV-land: Run Backwards (How Else?) 13 Mar 2012 | 06:35 am
Tomorrow, Tuesday, I make my first appearance (or so I’ve been told) on the national and quite popular “The Doctors” TV show. I’m not expecting the Hollywood talent agents to inundate me with calls an...
