running commentary?
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Entering the sub 2-hour marathon debate
›
Background The two-hour marathon: Can it happen? The debate heated up with Dennis Kimetto's time of 2:02:57 in the fall of 2014. As I ...
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Qualifying times
›
A 2009 New york times article asked whether slow runners were spoiling the prestige of the marathon. Many of those slower runners, claimi...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Oil!
›
I found these quotes from CBC articles on oil prices, from 2012 and 2014, looked rather peculiar when placed side by side. CBC April ...
Monday, 20 October 2014
Marathons and aging
›
What's the best age to run a marathon? There are a surprising number of pet theories floating around, anything from young runners are ta...
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Joggling and other things
›
In no time at all I've seen September come and go. Mind you this was the month I had prepared for months in advance. Four things had to ...
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Mental Paella
›
What happens when you wait too long between entries? A backlog of all kinds of dumb, frivolous, unfiltered ideas that need expunging. Get ou...
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Canadians are slow
›
I was browsing this year's half marathon standings over at Marathon Canada. The top ten include familiar names like Eric, Reid, Dylan...
‹
›
Home
View web version