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Two World Champs Added To The Millrose Games Lineup
Posted January 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Two reigning World Champions, shot putter Reese Hoffa (Pictured) and pole vaulter Brad Walker, will return to Madison Square Garden on Feb. 1 to compete in the …
Train for the Marathon With Olympic Trials Hopeful, Get Colllege Credit
Posted January 7th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Among the thousands of runners who will participate in running events during Grandma’s Marathon weekend this June, a few dozen will be there …
Athletes on Performance- Enhancing Drugs Risk Harming Their Children
Posted November 30th, 2007 at 4:10 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Nutrition, Supplements, Health & Fitness, Drugs In Sports
Some people think that we should let athletes take performance- enhancing drugs because they think that these athletes can only harm themselves and do not harm others. We already know that anabolic steroids …
USATF announces 2007 Mountain/Ultra/Trail
Running Awards
Posted November 30th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra
The Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Council of long distance running has chosen the 2007 USATF Mountain Runners of the Year, Ultrarunners of the Year, and Contributor of …
America’s Tyson Gay Named Male Athlete of the Year
Posted November 27th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Three-time World Outdoor champion and 2007 Jesse Owens Award winner Tyson Gay was named the Male World Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Gala …
Elite Endurance Athletes Brace for The North Face Endurance Challenge Championship
Posted November 25th, 2007 at 10:25 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra
The North Face Endurance Challenge, a four-region, nationwide running event for outdoor athletes seeking to explore their personal limits, culminates in grand fashion on the Pacific shores north of …
Quote of the Day: 11/24/07
Posted November 24th, 2007 at 7:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.”
- Derek Jeter
A Guide to Life With Knee Pain
Posted November 17th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab
Knee pain sufferers, especially those with osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK), experienced dramatic life changes including the ability to work, exercise and stay in their homes, according to a recent survey conducted by …
China Attends World Conference on Doping
Posted November 16th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Olympics, Drugs In Sports
A Chinese delegation is in Madrid to attend the third World Conference on Doping.
Led by Duan Shijie, vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport, the delegation is comprised of officials from …
IOC President Asserts Zero Tolerance Against Doping as Top Priority of His Mandate
Posted November 12th, 2007 at 11:04 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Olympics, Drugs In Sports
Speaking ahead of the World Conference on Doping in Sport that will open in Madrid next week, IOC President Jacques Rogge said that the fight against doping remained at the top …
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- Nick Symmonds: A Typical Day in the Life of a Pro Runner (Elite Athlete Blog Entry 25)
Welcome to the official blog of middle-distance track star and 2008 U.S. Olympian Nick Symmonds. Be sure to check every other Monday at http://nicksymmonds.thefinalsprint.com for Nick’s latest entry! For more information about Nick, also please visit: nicksymmonds.com
This blog is for Micah who requested an entry detailing a typical day in the life of […] - Ivuti & Shimahara Win Soggy Honolulu Marathon
Pelted by driving rain and splashing through huge puddles, Patrick Ivuti and Kiyoko Shimahara won the 36th edition of the Honolulu Marathon convincingly here today, each pocketing $40,000 in prize money.
Ivuti, who finished fourth in the 10,000m at the 2000 Olympics, ran aggressively in the first section of the contest, pushing up the race’s infamous […] - McMillan Elite, Boulder Running Co./adidas Win 2008 USATF Club XC Champs
McMillan Elite and Boulder Running Company/adidas easily took the respective men’s and women’s titles Saturday at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.
Saturday’s races were held under windy and blustery conditions, with a light dusting of snow that accumulated the night before. Temperatures were in the high […] - Jordan Hasay Wins Second National Foot Locker XC Championship
Jordan Hasay (Pictured) of Arroyo Grande, Calif., and Solomon Haile of Silver Spring, Md., won the 2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif., today. The runners competed under cloudy conditions with a slight drizzle and a temperature of 59 degrees.
[…] - Note on the News:
Obama’s Sister Meets With Kenyan RunnersThe half-sister of USA president-elect Barack Obama met with the group of Kenyan runners who will be running the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
“He is impressed with the spirit and discipline of the elite runners,” Maya Soetoro-Ng said at a specially-arranged dinner. “He is proud of the Kenyan runners.”
The story is posted […] - Gert Thys Doping Case, Suspension Finally Over
The Gert Thys drug case, which has been dragging on since 2006, has finally come to an end with the announcement by Athletics South Africa (ASA) on December 11 that Thys’s suspension ended on that day after two years and 7½ months. Thys had tested positive for the prohibited substance Norandrosterone at the […]
- What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
There’s just one event on this week, and only on the web. It will eventually be covered on TV, but not for over a week.
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
footlockercc.com, Noon (EST) Saturday
The 30th annual national high school championships will be webcast live from San Diego’s Balboa Park. The girls’ race begins at 9:15 […] - Twin Cities Awarded Various USA Road Running Championships
Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., the Minneapolis not-for-profit which organizes the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, has been awarded various USA road running championships over the next several years, including the first-ever USA road mile championships. All of the championshpis were awarded at the recent USATF convention in Reno, N.V.
The championships are as follows:USA Road Mile […]
- Note on the News: Kenyan Runner Becomes Birthday Gift
Kenyan Richard Kiplagat, a former NCAA star for Iona, became a birthday gift for a well-to-do New Yorker whose family hired Kiplagat to run with him on his 40th birthday for $400. The New York Road Runners (NYRR) and Kiplagat’s agent, Tom Ratcliffe, arranged the meeting.
You can read John Branch’s story in the New […] - Jon Rankin:
We Can All Be Heroes
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 21)Welcome to the official blog of rising U.S. track & field star Jon Rankin, the inaugural member of TheFinalSprint’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry at http://jonrankin.thefinalsprint.com
Last night, December 5th, 2008, I attended the Nike high school cross country event called the Nike XC Cool Down in […]
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Jimmy said:
Hey nick, im a big fan.. do you do any cross training? and why did you decide to run d3 in college...