Eritrean sets new half marathon world record of 58:23 at Lisbon Half Marathon.
Zersenay Tadese bested Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru’s half marathon world record by 10 seconds in Lisbon, Portugal Sunday. Along the way he also took down Haile Gebrselassie’s 20 km world record, which he lowered from 55:48 to 55:21.
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The Eritrean half-marathon genius will have plenty of other fast runners to push him along.
The EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, which takes place Sunday in Portugal’s capitol city, is always fast, but this year organizers hope it proves to be the fastest half marathon ever run. Zersenay Tadese has announced that his goal is to better [...]
A fascinating study by exercise physiologist Samuele Marcora has proven that fatigue in endurance is nothing more and nothing less than quitting.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
The design was simple, but the results were profound. Samuele Marcora, an Italian-born exercise physiologist at Wales’s Bangor University, and his colleague Walter Staiano brought 10 male athletes into [...]
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A big weekend of track and field and running wraps up with impressive an unexpected results.
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
If any indoor track and field world records were going to be set this weekend, surely they would be set at the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Doha, Qatar, right? Nope. The University of Oregon’s Ashton Eaton [...]
Hard-luck Lolo Jones wins gold in record style at indoor track world championships.
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
American hurdler Lolo Jones has had so many setbacks (chief among them her fall in the 100m hurdles in Beijing) that, in reporting on her victory Saturday in the 60m hurdles at the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Dohar, Qatar, [...]
Things could change with a full slate of events scheduled for Saturday.
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
The element of team competition gives the NCAA track and field championships, indoors and outdoors, a layer of excitement that is not matched at the elite level. The relays especially bring the excitement of team competition to a fever pitch. A [...]
Alison Semrau and Stephen Cross will be married on Saturday and run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon—with a third of their wedding party—Sunday.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
Alison Semrau, 33, is a real estate attorney in Dallas. Her fiancée, Stephen Cross, 45, is a financial analyst. She’s a runner; he’s a triathlete. After tying [...]
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series Comes To Dallas Sunday With A New Half Marathon
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
An estimated 12,000 runners will take part in the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon on Sunday. Shakespeare’s warning about the Ides of March notwithstanding, mid-March is a perfect time of the year for running in North [...]
The marathon American record holder is on the comeback trail after foot surgery last year.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
I can think of no other elite runner whose career has combined such extreme highs and lows. The Moroccan-born American has soared as high as any runner in history, breaking the marathon world record twice and the [...]
Think you need a motion control running shoe because you have flat feet? Think again.
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
As you probably know, running shoes are made and sold in categories. The major categories of trainers are performance (or lightweight), cushioned, stability, and motion control. The primary function of running shoes is to prevent injury. The rationale [...]
