Track and Field Blogs - David Torrence

When I first heard about this race a couple months ago, I didn’t think much of it. Travel and Gear. I don’t need to get locked into that BS. But after seeing what Puma has been setting up, with this Unattached Mile, and the Street Meet in Boston and the ones to come, I thought to myself, “This is what I’m all about.” Events like those are something that I love to do and want to be a part of. Whether it’s making my own singlet (Your Ad Here), holding my own Mile Street Race, taking my quest to become… more »

And then the pack started moving. The gentle jostling for position during the first mile had now become an all out roller-derby of elbows and shoulders, surges and spikes. Rohatinsky firmly moves to the lead, Huling counter surges the split second the pace falters. I think we’re nearing 1000 to go, things start to burn…pace falters again…I’m starting to feel it, it’s time to go. Nervously determined, I move out and take control. Constantly looking up at the jumbotron, I realize that despite my move and continued acceleration, it looks like everybody is still there. I start to panic…getting worried…what… more »

“We don’t need to fragment it any further…I sympathize…but that’s our job to do on a larger scale.” There I was. Sitting at my computer, volume turned up, listening to this fat-cat CEO…the man with the future of USATF in his palm…tell me that I can’t do something that would make my life just a little easier. I mean, I’m thinking to myself… “Dear Mr. Logan, What you think might last 6 weeks, is my 6 months. I don’t need your sympathy, I need you to get the hell out of the way.” What if I could get discounted groceries… more »

When you get to college, you hear pretty much the same thing from just about everybody who’s been there: “This is the time of your life.” “College is the place where you find yourself.” “Everybody switches their majors more than once.” “KEGGER!!!” etc. But one little warning I failed to heed was: “It’s going to go by quicker than you think.” Because honestly, to all you freshman and sophomore collegiates: it goes by ridiculously fast. You’ll see. I always thought I had that one more year left, that extra season left, to run those times, win those meets, add some… more »