“It’s dark out; I’m not getting up yet”. He walked into the bathroom, took a prodigious piss, and then plopped back into bed. Laying in bed images of the run he would do in a few hours fleetingly crossed his mind—he could hear the wind bellowing outside. It’s going to be cold he mused as [...]
Archive for July, 2008
The Road to the Trials: A Story–Part 1
Posted in Story, tagged 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials, Brain Sell, Fiction on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Qualifying for the Olympic Trials: Your Journey Starts Here by Nate Jenkins
Posted in Article, tagged 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials, 2:19, Benji Durden, Bill Bowerman, Boston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Glycogen, Houston Marathon, Kenny Moore, Marathon, Nate Jenkins, New York City Marathon, Olympic Trials, Percy Cerrutty on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
2:19:00 this is the new standard to qualify for men’s US Olympic Trials marathon. It is three minutes faster then the old standard but only 56 seconds faster then the standard was in 1984 when the USA had is most qualifiers (260 or so). Also, though the exact qualifying window is yet to be [...]
A Sacred Kindred
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I apologize for not having written anything since Monday night. A good friend of mine got married in San Diego–I am from Pennsylvania. So for me, this was to be a full fledged vacation, and true vacations can not be had sitting with laptops. I was actually, and still am, sick of [...]
Who is Macharia Yuot?
Posted in Interview, tagged 2:15, Lost Boy, Macharia Yuot, Marathon, Olympic Trials, Sudan on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From being a Lost Boy of Sudan, to running at Widener University, a division 3 school, where he was a multiple time national champion, to becoming an American citizen, and then finishing 33rd in the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials, it is easy to say Macharia Yuot, 25, has come a long way.
Can you tell us [...]
DN Galan Results
Posted in Track and Field, tagged 400m, Jeremy Wariner on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.iaaf.org/gp08/results/eventCode=3921/sex=M/discCode=1000/result.html
DN Galan Preview-Women
Posted in Track and Field, tagged 100m, 100m Hurdles, 5000m, Amy Rudolph, Carmelita Jeter, Kim Smith, Lolo Jones, Marshevet Hooker, Meseret Defar, Molly Huddle, Muna Lee, Sara Slattery, Stockholm, Torri Edwards on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The fast heat of the 100m features four Americans: Muna Lee, Marshevet Hooker, Carmelita Jeter, and Torri Edwards. This meet should be quick and I would not be surprised to see the Olympic Trials order reversed.
The 5000m features Americans Sara Slattery, Amy Rudolph, and Molly Huddle. Each will be looking for redemption coming [...]
DN Galan Preview-Men
Posted in Track and Field, tagged 1000m, 100m, 110m Hurdles, 3000m, 3000m Steeple, 400m, Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Anthony Famiglietti, Aries Merritt, Asafa Powell, Chris Lukezic, Craig Mottram, Dayron Robles, Ed Moran, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Matt Tegenkamp, Terrance Tramell, Usain Bolt, Yuriy Borzakovskiy on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 100m features the fleet Jamaicans Asafa Powell and world record holder Usain Bolt. With these two athletes in the race a world record is a distinct possibility.
The 400m features Americans Jeremy Wariner and Kerron Clement.
The rarely contested 1000m should be scintillating with Sudanese phenom Abubaker Kaki Khamis, reigning olympic champion Yuriy [...]
Heusden KBC Night
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I will not be able to do live blogging, sorry. I will do a comprehensive write up of the results however.
