Things You May Have Missed This Week

Romain Mesnil ran naked through the streets of Paris to protest the loss of his sponsor. He ran with pole in hand…his vaulting pole.

Micah Kogo set a World Record for the road 10k. Video is available.

Let's Run's Robert Johnson analyzed this year's World Cross Country Championships and how to improve them for the future. His best ideas: hold them only every second year and move them up a few weeks. And he shows how Kenya's brutal training-camp system is fundamentally flawed.

Haile Gebrselassie identified his hero: Nelson Mandela.

Michael Jordan is supporting the Chicago 2016 bid. But what about Bill Swerski's hero, Mike Ditka?

A Spanish steeplechaser ran down a thief. When will the crooks learn? It seems like this kind of story pops up all the time.

The proposed USA v. Jamaica sprint-only dual meets will start up next year.

Weekend Update

Let's Run brings us The Big Picture for the week. WCSN has their Athletics Notes, Athletics Weekly has the international roundup, and Runnerville has their weekly podcast.

Weekend Update

Let's Run has their weekly report, Athletics Weekly just does the World XC, Runnerville's weekly podcast is up, and WCSN has their Athletics Notes.

Weekend Update

It was a "slow week" where "nothing much" was "happening".

Let's Run's "week that was" and Runnerville's "weekly podcast" are up, but no one else has a weekly report--not Athletics Weekly, not WCSN, not NBC Olympics.

Weekend Update

Let's Run's weekly update is up, as is Athletics Weekly's and the new podcast of Runnerville Weekly.

Weekend Update

Let's Run gives their thumbs-up/thumbs-downs, Runnerville Weekly is up, and NBC Olympics and WCSN have a quick look at the indoor Worlds.




GOOD NIGHT, AND HAVE A PLEASANT TO-MOR-ROW!

Weekend Update

Weekend updates from Let's Run along with a page of links to every major collegiate conference meet.

Didn't get to this until this morning; I was up relatively late following the first-ever Ohio Primary Election That Actually Counted For A Damn Thing. Note to the 90+ percent of municipalities & school districts whose tax levies passed: this won't happen again, so press the statehouse to move the primaries up to Super Tuesday!

And I'm posting at 8:15 a.m. because I've got yet another snow day. My school district averages about 1.5 snow days per year, but we've maxed-out with five each both this year and last. Global climate change for sure (the Great Lakes aren't freezing over, causing more snow & ice storms).

Weekend Update

The weekly summary from Let's Run is up, as well as three international roundups from Athletics Weekly, the weekend's top 30 stories (!) from Joe Battaglia at NBCOlympics.com, and a USATF summary by Elliot Denman of WCSN.

Weekend Update

Let's Run has its weekly roundup, and Athletics Weekly picks up what the Brojos missed.

Weekly Update

Weekly updates from Let's Run, Athletics Weekly, and WCSN.

Who's that in the photo? The "Rick Mercer Report" is a north-of-the border Daily Show with an occaissional mean streak. On this week's show he trains with the Ottawa Lions and Glenroy Gilbert!

Weekend Update

We have weekend updates from NBC Olympics, Athletics Weekly, and Let's Run.

We also have a transcript of Ato Boldon, Lewis Johnson, and Dwight Stones discussing the Wariner/Hart situation, and Dave Ungrady's notebook at WCSN.com.

Weekend Update

I will not call you ignorant, nor insult you. I'll merely direct your attention to weekly summaries at Let's Run and Athletics Weekly.

Weekend Update

Good evening, and what can I tell ya?

Whatever Let's Run is missing, Athletics Weekly picks up.

That's the news, and I am outta here.

Let's Run Weekly Update

Need an update on the last week in world & US distance running? Don't look to that guy. Every Tuesday, Let's Run has it. This week: XC and road running results, Masback leaves, Jones going to the slammer.