Milo and the Calf

Tag: new york marathon

  • More Thoughts on the Marathon

    UPDATE: The Marathon has been canceled or postponed.  Who knows.  This was probably the right decision.  The level of vitriol that was being heaped on NYRR and the running community was extreme.  Now let’s see if the New York Post will try to get the Giants game canceled.  I am rethinking the post below about…

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    Running Heroes – The Six Women of the 1972 New York Marathon

    The primary means of political dialogue in America is through sports.  The fight for racial integration took place on the baseball field.  We have wrestled with the equal rights for women in school sports, on golf courses, and in distance running.  We use sports to argue over who is an American*, to champion animal rights,…

  • Nativist / Racist / Enough of This

    For the people out there who know me in real life, you know I am a pretty political person. I have spent most of my adult life working in political organizations. But this blog isn’t suppossed to be about that, it is suppossed to be about running. And then, Meb Keflezighi has to go and…

  • New York Marathon

    Congratulations to Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans setting a new PR in  3:33:02 Derartu Tulu winning the women’s division in 2:28:52 Meb Keflezighi becoming the first American in 27 years to win the NYC marathon, finishing in 2:09:15 I am especially moved by Meb’s performance. The American running media has expended gallons of ink on…

  • Not this year.

    Thank you for applying for the ING New York City Marathon 2009. Unfortunately, you were not selected in the lottery drawing. Please understand that we have to limit the size of the field to ensure a top-quality experience. Well, that’s that. I am not running New York this year, looks like I’ll be doing the…