Track And Field News
Discuss (1 comments)April 9, 2008
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Ryan Hall Takes on the London Marathon: Part Deux (Podcast) "Now several months removed from his victory at the USA Olympic Marathon Trials last November, Ryan Hall joins us for Episode 132 of The Final Sprint Running Podcast to share this thoughts on turning the page, the Olympic year, and beginning the next big chapter in his young, but already exhilarating career. In the interview he talks about his preparations for his next race, this Sunday’s Flora London Marathon, his tapering strategy, expectations, not having a specific time goal, and many other details regarding his second trip across the pond. Download the podcast to hear Ryan talk about how his younger brother Chad is adjusting to college life as he runs track and cross country for the University of Oregon. He also replies to some of the critical comments that readers have made on some of the other running websites about his faith. In addition, he explains why he enjoys blogging and he answers some of the questions that some of you have asked on his TFS Elite Athlete Blog (http://ryanhall.thefinalsprint.com), including questions about weight training for marathoners, why he’s running London instead of Boston, how he motivated himself back to the top of his game when he was struggling at Stanford and much, much more!" |
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Dathan Ritzenhein (Blog): "Keeping That Competitive Edge" New blog entry by Dathan Ritzenhein that has themes of competitiveness with an underlying aspect of mental toughness and work ethic. This was a good blog. I love reading about the drive we distance runners have. |
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"Running America" - Runners Needed for Record-Breaking Documentary "Running America is a documentary film that will follow elite adventurer Charlie Engle (Running The Sahara) and the only person in the world to complete the Triple Crown of Extreme Sports, Marshall Ulrich, on their record breaking run from San Francisco to New York. NEHST is casting 5 people per mile. All runners get to run their historic mile with Charlie and Marshall - after that new runners will join them while others drop back and continue if they want to. We have posted the route, and if you would like to run with Charlie and Marshall, sign up to be cast in the film. Celebrity runners will be announced shortly. Anyone and everyone is eligible for submissions, no matter how young, or old, no matter if you are disabled, or if you have never run before. Great opportunity to be in front of the cameras, potentially meet some celebrities, and be a part of history." |
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JOSH COX - "Miracles . . . A Runner’s Case for Theism" Cox, a 2:13 marathoner, is a graduate of Liberty University and one of a large number of elite runners who consider their religious faith a hugely important, intrinsic part of their lives. But he doesn't talk about it that much - and to many people he's a cover model with rock hard "abs" who was once on the TV show "The Bachelorette." But Cox is blogging now, and people have flooded him with e-mails about his faith, so now he responds. In great, great detail. "Leave me with my own personal experience with the Creator," he writes, "and you will find that I believe what I believe because I have experienced Him in real, tangible ways." And some of those ways are, to Cox, miraculous. And some of them had to do with his astonishing running experiences. |
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A Brief Chat With Elva Dryer Elva Dryer, a 2004 Olympic 10,000-meter runner who set her personal best of 2:31:48 in her 26.2-mile debut in Chicago in 2006, will run in the U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston on April 20. She was sixth, and the first American, in the 2007 ING New York City Marathon in 2:35:15. Dryer won the 2007 USA Half- Marathon in Houston in 1:11:42, defeating Kate O’Neill by five seconds. On Labor Day in 2007, she was second (behind Alicia Shay) at the USA 20K in 1:07:10; she was also second in New Haven in 2006. Dryer was the individual winner of the 2005 BolderBOULDER 10k in 32:51. She was second in the 10,000 at 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials and finished 19th in the event in the Athens Games. She has a personal best of 31:21.92 for 10,000 meters on the track. Dryer was part of the silver medal U.S. 8K squad at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships. As Elva Martinez, she won four NCAA Division II titles in track and cross country at the Western State College in Colorado. Now 36, she lives with husband and coach Russ Dryer in Gunnison, Colorado. |
Discuss (4 comments)April 8, 2008Kouchner Backtracks on Olympics Boycott
PARIS - France's foreign minister backtracked from comments suggesting he is open to a boycott of the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremonies, saying Wednesday that some economic decisions must be made "at the expense of human rights."
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Polo to Outfit U.S. Team For the Beijing Olympics Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. plans to announce Monday that it will be the official outfitter for the U.S. team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. |
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Calls Mount for Olympic Ceremony Boycott
PARIS - Moves to punish China over its handling of violence in Tibet gained momentum Tuesday, with a novel suggestion for a mini-boycott of the Beijing Olympics by VIPs at the opening ceremony.
Discuss (4 comments)April 7, 2008
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Alan Webb DNF at Carlsbad 5k Five runners sprinted toward the finish line of the Carlsbad 5000, and Alan Webb wasn't among them. In fact, not even close. |
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Darren Brown Makes History Darren Brown and his late father Barry Brown became the first US born father and son combo to break 4. |
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Blood and water fuel Maasai warriors' marathon They survive on fresh blood drained from the neck of a living cow, they often run for days and nights on end to find water and their shoes are made from car tires cut up and strapped to their feet. So running the London Marathon should be no problem for six Maasai warriors who have come to Britain from their village of Elaui in northern Tanzania as part of a campaign to raise money to find a vital water source |
Discuss (0 comments)April 6, 2008
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Webb's road to Beijing starts with Carlsbad 5000 road race Webb, the American mile record holder, will begin his buildup to the Olympics by running in his first Carlsbad 5000 on Sunday. |
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Suicide Bomber Kills 12 at Sri Lanka Marathon Olympic Marathoner K.A. Karunaratne was one of those murdered. |
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Abdirahman successfully defends title at US 10K championships in Richmond Two-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman successfully defended his 10-kilometer road racing national championship Saturday, defeating a field that included several top contenders for the U.S. Olympic long-distance squad this summer. |
Discuss (0 comments)April 4, 2008
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Abdirahman set to defend men’s 10 km title US Road 10k Champs Are Saturday in Richmond |
