I'm just echoing what everyone else has already posted. Awesome! The U.S. running community needs this website...and more. We all need to come together to help you secure licensing rights to broadcasts so that you can show all events...live. U.S. media companies just don't get it.
Mark i come to your website at least once everyday and LOVE IT!!! never left a comment but i want to say that what your doing is amazing and i appreciate the hard work you are doing so people like me can enjoy seeing things & hearing from the pros we would otherwise not be able too
man i love these videos. I really hope you do the same thing in Osaka. This has really helped me to follow track since Trackshark kind of took a break i guess. But I love the workouts. It would be nice to see some sprinters and sometimes a little longer written blog. but keep up the great work
Mark and all the guys there yall are doing a fantastic job, i really think this whole thing is helping the US get more involved in track and helping younger athletes enjoy it more, thanks a lot, and these songs are amazing, could you post a list of them from each day somewhere on here, or even like someone already said, make a soundtrack, cuz i'd deff buy it, thanks so much. keep up the awesome work!!!
I'm addicted to this site! Great coverage of races and athletes. Your coverage is filling a huge void and you are a big part of the resurgence of interest in track in the US. Keep up the outstanding work.
Awesome. Check it everyday for my fix and my kids are getting into it too . . . from Billy Mills footage to Chris Solinsky. Inspiring the next generation and providing coverage we've never seen. Thanks.
Great job these past weeks. You've brought a much-needed source to track and field fans. Keep up the awesome work -- I look forward to watching all the flocasts from Osaka!
Ok. How do I get on board with this deal? How are you making $$$ doing this?
Thanks for bringing back the good days. Can't wait to see the flocast of the Webb AR on ESPN! Dude, you ROCK.
Thank you Mark for your coverage this summer. Your sacrifice of time and travel has benefited track fans everywhere. I hope the resources will be available to fund you for a long time. Let the fans of this site know what we need to do!
Flocast has basically been the savior in American track as far as im conerned. It brings attention to a seemingly non existant media coverage sport. But one that we all love, so thanks guys!
You guys are holding it down for track and field hands down...great job on bringing out the athletes personaliy. We've found out that they are people just like any other normal human being...but with a lot more Vo2 max and lactade threshold.
Really great work on the tour. Gave me new insights into the actual workings of the european circuit. For Osaka give us a lot more of the athletes work outs leading up to the Worlds. The ones you taped in Belgium were very informative.
yo, i had a great time watching your adventure. keep up the good work. more workouts and interviews about training schedules for all the nerdy coaches. b
Great job with the European trip. It was great to watch the races, watch the interviews and see some of the fun that the runners had in addition to the hard work. I'm looking forward to your Osaka coverage!
Biff is from a site that also produces track and field content. You would think instead of purposely trying to post poor comments he would embrace the sport with everyone. Guess not.
Just look at all these comments!. It is an indication of what a resounding success this site, and in particular the European segment is. I love this site and like many others that commented here was checking it daily to follow your travels. Great job! and keep it coming.
It's amazing to look back at the first few videos of the trip and see how much more mature you are with the camera now and how much more the athletes opened up to you for the last 10 days of the trip. I hope you do this for years to come because you've got something really special with this website. Keep it up.
I really hope you do something similar for osaka-that would be amazing! these videos are so fun to watch, and we'd have no clue what's going on over there without them!
Konnichiwa Mark. Great job, keep it up. Something you have is the ability to get the athletes to open up. Continue to ask questions that a runner would ask a fellow runner, that's what you've done well.
Mark, keep up the good work. You've got me and my brother addicted to your coverage. Trust me I along with others appreciate the work you are doing keep it up!
Mark-
Flotrack is the best track site I have seen. I've been keeping track of your adventures ever since the start last fall....I would really like to see more workouts, and if possible just to see what some of the athletes go thru on an everyday basis back in the good ole USA. Keep up the good work and can't wait til osaka.
Mark,
You're providing better coverage of track and field than the American media ever has. As a track fan, I greatly appreciate all the work you have done and I look forward to your coverage of the World Championships. As I recall, there was no televised coverage in the US at the last world championships. I hope that is not the case this year but regardless I'm going to be checking flotrack religiously.
Mark you are the best!
Keep the workouts coming cause it is cool to see what it takes to reach that level instead of just showing the races.
Awesome on everything else!!!
these videos were the best, I don't think I'll ever get tired of the Leuven 800. What I wouldn't give to have been doing what you were for the last month.
This was awesome Mark. As said, you really developed from being able to just capture the moments, and somewhat relying on them, to being able to influence things and tell/convey great, funny stories and their meaning to the athletes.
You guys are doing great things for track! Now all you need to do is add Carlson as a commentator (possible "Team Flotrack"? Hah)!
Great videos. One suggestion (you may already be able to do this): Make them able to be downloaded onto an iPod/iPhone/etc... I may get fired if I keep watching at work.
Mark, you are not only giving us valuable race footage, but going beyond the track and revealing a more natural, unscripted, taste of life on the professional circuit while personalizing the athletes.
Mark, you've done a great job. I like the full meet coverage (video of all the heats too) and the workouts and the interviews. I also enjoy watching the athletes just goofing around and the Leuven 800 was the best. The music and editing is fantastic.
Throw in more athlete features. Maybe follow Mottram around one day in Osaka. You are doing all the right things, more of it would be great.
For the last three weeks, the first website I checked in the morning has been Flotrack. What will I do until Osaka? In any case, the three kinds of videos I most enjoyed were, first, the athletes interacting with each other (going out for waffles and bowling, for example), second, the interviews (in hotels before the races and outside after the races), and third, the workouts.
I truly enjoyed each and every segment that you produced from Europen tour.
Ihave been following T&F for fifty years, with attendence at ficve Olympic Games and two World Championships along with many other running events.
I am looking forward to your Oasaka trip.
I surely enjoyed 64 Olmpics in Japan.
Cy Quinn
I loved the Euro coverage...You gave us the Alan Webb AR Record in the mile...Flotrack 800 was great...the workouts were a good add...knowing what the athletes are like off the track was a great plus...You did great and I am looking forward to Osaka...keep this going!
Dude, if you do anything even remotely close to this for Osaka it will be unreal and welcomed. Keep it going, everyone is behind you and the site. How could they not be.
yeah just leaving another comment to show you even more support and hopefully keep motivating you to keep doing what you are doing. To me a lot more runners now have faces and personalities and they aren't just names on result lists. I really hope you find a way to make money doing this so that you can keep it up for a long time to come
More Andrew Carlson, More workouts in osaka. Even More of you Mark. Flotrack is getting better and better. The best videos have come in the last 3 weeks. See you in Osaka.
I agree with eveyone else. I loved checking in each day to see what was going on both on and off the track. For Oaska give us more Andrew Calrson commentary. He was outstanding.
it's been said a thousand times already but great set of videos... showing aspects of the european circuit we'd never see... the day to day stuff was great to mix it up ... the workout videos were top notch and of course... the flotrack 800 was incredibly entertaining... can't wait for Osaka...
oh and the idea for the leonel manzano workout would be awesome! I'd love to see that kid tuning up for Osaka!
Roll on Osaka, great work. Love the workout videos and just seeing how the athletes live day to day. try hanging out with some sprinters, jumpers, throwers.
The Europe videos have been fantastic Mark, you have done an absolutely brilliant job over there and everyone really appreciates your hard work. I really liked seeing how everyone hangs out together and the workout videos were one of the highlights, though nothing beat the Flotrack 800m.
it's awesome cause no one else is really doing this kind of stuff for running right now! keep up the good work Mark (everyone else that helps out too)!
HEY MARK GREAT WORK IN EUROPE,DON'T CHANGE A THING.
WELL ONE COMENT, LOWER YOUR AUDIO WHEN INTERVIEWING OR SPEEKING
I MEAN THE MUSIC, NICE JOB AND I CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAD.
great music)
I really enjoyed the European Adventures videos. My favorite was the 800 race. It was quite entertaining. Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to seeing what yall do in Osaka. Meanwhile, welcome back to Texas!
Mark don't change anything! I enjoyed turning it to see what you had to say each day. You brought the personalities out of our track heros. That is something that most of us don't get to see in the U.S. Remember to Americans, track is over after June...Thank for bringing us along.
You are really developing as a documentarian and video blogger.
How about a vlog where you talk about the art of interviewing athletes, the blogging process, what hardware and software you use, how you got the idea of this project, what you like most/least about it, and so on. A behind-the-scenes look.
Mark you did a remarkable job on your European tour. I think there isn't anything you should change for Osaka. Keep up the great work, enjoy and be safe. Oh enjoy your sleep. Ha Ha
Sorry for the short video but today was a long day. Andrew Carlson and I headed to the airport together at 7 in the morning after getting back from Heusden late on Saturday. I had a lot of fun the last 25 days and I could not of kept up the blog without all your support. It was hard work but well worth it. I learned, experienced new cultures and met a ton of great people. I will try to get a little recap video done here in the next couple days. I am in Austin so I think I will try to get a Leo Manzano workout, so look for that. I will be heading to Osaka and I'm thinking I will try to do something similar if you guys want. Tell me what you liked and didn't and I will try to make Osaka better. I think I am going to sleep for a couple days. I will talk to ya'll soon.
Mark July 30, 2007
I am going to be traveling in Europe covering a lot of meets and interviewing lots of people. Bookmark this page or get this RSS feed to follow my journey around.
Day 25
Thanks for bringing back the good days. Can't wait to see the flocast of the Webb AR on ESPN! Dude, you ROCK.
i dont know if it is your name or your completly stupid comments but i think i am speaking for everyone, STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE you little minion
Flotrack is the best track site I have seen. I've been keeping track of your adventures ever since the start last fall....I would really like to see more workouts, and if possible just to see what some of the athletes go thru on an everyday basis back in the good ole USA. Keep up the good work and can't wait til osaka.
You're providing better coverage of track and field than the American media ever has. As a track fan, I greatly appreciate all the work you have done and I look forward to your coverage of the World Championships. As I recall, there was no televised coverage in the US at the last world championships. I hope that is not the case this year but regardless I'm going to be checking flotrack religiously.
Keep the workouts coming cause it is cool to see what it takes to reach that level instead of just showing the races.
Awesome on everything else!!!
You guys are doing great things for track! Now all you need to do is add Carlson as a commentator (possible "Team Flotrack"? Hah)!
Throw in more athlete features. Maybe follow Mottram around one day in Osaka. You are doing all the right things, more of it would be great.
Ihave been following T&F for fifty years, with attendence at ficve Olympic Games and two World Championships along with many other running events.
I am looking forward to your Oasaka trip.
I surely enjoyed 64 Olmpics in Japan.
Cy Quinn
extremely glad: you are going to osaka
keep up the good work mark, this place is on the top of my list of daily clicks...
1. WORKOUTS
2. 'day in the life of...' ..I loved seeing what the athletes eat, and do for fun.
oh and the idea for the leonel manzano workout would be awesome! I'd love to see that kid tuning up for Osaka!
Don't change a thing too
espectially elite's workouts ,it's great
Thanks to you a lot
WELL ONE COMENT, LOWER YOUR AUDIO WHEN INTERVIEWING OR SPEEKING
I MEAN THE MUSIC, NICE JOB AND I CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAD.
great music)
Don't change a thing!!!
How about a vlog where you talk about the art of interviewing athletes, the blogging process, what hardware and software you use, how you got the idea of this project, what you like most/least about it, and so on. A behind-the-scenes look.