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Three Running notes of interest
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted February 28, 2013 at 8:33am

Three notes to throw at you this afternoon… First, a retraction of sorts. Late last week I posted a list of Ohio’s indoor all-comers records, the best marks ever made within the state. I’m fairly certain that I’m the only perso...more

Joan Benoit Samuelson & Kathrine Switzer
by TJ's Turf
posted February 25, 2013 at 8:16am

There's an exciting week ahead for women runners as well as running fans in general.From a personal standpoint, these celebrations of leaders in women's running couldn't have come at a better time. I'm working on a number of projects relate...more

Super Woman is Real! Meet the Women Redefining What Little Girls Want to Be When They Grow Up (plus a give-away!)
by Morgan Sjogren
posted February 14, 2013 at 9:00am

Note: Read to bottom of this post to learn how to enter for the give-away. Believe I Am is giving a Training Journal and Betty Designs is giving a wrist band, beenie and water bottle kit! As an NCAA All-American coxswain for the Princeton Women’s R...more

Injuries and the Lessons Learned
by amyYB
posted February 1, 2013 at 3:10pm

Injuries and the lessons learned February 1, 2013 During a run this week, it occurred to me that my Achilles was not tight, sore, or achy.  Wow!  It has been 15 months since surgery and I can say it has finally healed.  What a great feeli...more

Ladia Albertson-Junkans is Balancing It All; Elite Running and a Full Time Job
by carabyrd
posted February 1, 2013 at 8:57am

          Ladia Albertson-Junkans is back to elite running after getting her graduate degree. She had a great prep career in Minnesota. She was the Minnesota State High School Cross Country champion as a sophomore and compete...more

Kertesz to Hansons ODP
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted January 31, 2013 at 7:50am

About two hours ago, Emma Kertesz announced that she will be foregoing her senior year of eligibility at the University of Toledo and will be joining the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Rochester, Michigan, as a professional runner. She asked me to re...more

When consistency gets in the way
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 25, 2013 at 8:07am

I spent much of December cleaning up my email. My inbox wasn’t necessarily crowded with tons and tons of emails, but much like my actual U.S. Postal Service deliverings, my electronic mailbox was getting cluttered with junk. So I started to unsubscr...more

Trusting myself (byline to finish line blog)
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 2, 2013 at 1:07pm

Confession time: It was a difficult holiday season. A family health emergency meant Christmas was spent in the emergency room with the following week in a high alert status, though most of it was spent in hurry-up-and-wait mode. The health emergency is no...more

We Met on the Internet, and Now We’re Hitched!!! (@laurenfleshman blog)
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted January 2, 2013 at 7:57am

It all started with Twitter in 2010. Everyone was talking about it. Ashton Kutcher was doing it. I finally signed up. I didn’t get it. So when someone followed me, I’d scan through their tweets to get a feel for how other people were using i...more

Track and Field News year-end awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 31, 2012 at 3:41pm

Last week Track and Field News announced its year-end awards: Athletes of the Year for men and women and World Rankings in each of the standard (Olympic) events. As always, there is argument about these various awards–as there should be. The men&r...more

A New Year (@knightrunner22 blog)
by Jenny on the Run
posted December 30, 2012 at 10:01am

I’m not usually one for great big resolutions, as I think the more grandiose the idea, the more likely you are to fall through on completing it. I am always one for setting both short and long-term goals, however– doing whatever you can to bet...more

Wearing What Fits (featuring @URSportswear)
by Byline to Finish Line
posted December 19, 2012 at 8:50pm

A few weeks ago, I was chatting with Jacalyn, the CEO and overall amazing woman who runs UR Sportswear, about a bunch of different topic including (no surprise) women’s sportswear. There were discussions about if a medium looks too small and why som...more

Rocket City Marathon Race Recap
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted December 11, 2012 at 8:37am

Before I write about Huntsville... I apologize that I still haven't blogged about Vancouver yet. For those of you that don't know, I was 21st there (Vancouver) in 25:02 (7K through the mud). I was happy with the race, so happy, that I got up the next morn...more

Funny Marathon Signs
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted November 30, 2012 at 7:25am

Still haven't blogged on my last race. It's funny that when it goes well, we take forever to write a recap.Because I have really no idea what to expect from my body next Saturday, I thought I would share a couple of marathon sign funnies. Most of you have...more

Equal Pay For Women Athletes: Elite Prize Purses
by Salty
posted November 12, 2012 at 3:40pm

Are women entitled to the same prize money as men, even if their field size is much much smaller?...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 8, 2012 at 8:13am

Your top ten news links of the afternoon… Sports Illustrated’s Nick Zaccardi writes about Lolo Jones on ice. Gary Cohen does a long-form interview with Leo Manzano. Cody Moat has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:30am

Your top news stories of the late afternoon… The IAAF’s finalists for its women’s athlete of the year award are Kiwi shot putter Valerie Adams, British heptathlete Jessica Ennis, and American sprinter Allyson Felix. Track and Field Ne...more

Marathons: Tips from a Pro ... maybe
by Felicity (Fawkes) Hawksley
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:18pm

I've always been one for experiments. Us sisters, when we were little, ate some dry dog food, just to see what it tasted like (salty). Then there was the time that, aged about 9, I convinced my little sister to let me lick her eyeball, just to see wha...more

Creating Stability in T & F Contracts
by amyYB
posted November 6, 2012 at 5:08pm

CREATING STABILITY IN TRACK & FIELD CONTRACTS   My last journal detailed the various track & field contracts from gear to lucrative base salaries offered by shoe companies.  I want to explain the funding of track and field and give my ...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:05pm

Here are your top ten news stories of the afternoon… Track and Field News named its 2012 High School All-Americans in the December issue; here they release the #1-ranked girls in each event. Many of the pros who had been slated to run in New York...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 4, 2012 at 12:46pm

With the New York City Marathon no longer on the schedule, it frees up space for a lot of other news. Geoffrey Mutai and Mary Keitany are World Marathon Majors champions. Mutai had it clinched regardless of New York’s results, and Keitany had a bi...more

More Reactions to NYC Cancelation
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 3, 2012 at 6:32pm

The announcement came last night as I was out to dinner; I wrote my quick post last night in a movie theater during the trailers before Argo. (Very good film, go see it.) No one yet had time to reflect on what happened. There’s no shortage of opin...more

Bread or Marathons? To run or not run the NYC Marathon
by The Rabbit Hole
posted November 3, 2012 at 9:13am

Photo from nydailynews.Hurricane Sandy has left its wake of destruction.  With many New Yorkers still without power and water Mayor Bloomberg has decided to proceed with this weekend's marathon; a decision that has divided the city as strongly as the...more

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