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Olympic Showdown Over 3000m a Must-Watch Race at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (27-Jan) -- The men's 3000m at Saturday evening's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is overwhelmingly intriguing. Some would say it's a dog fight, with a trifecta of Olympic...

Selection trials – The Royal Commissions of athletics

Signifying What, Exactly? A Column By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe Never hold an inquiry unless you already know the outcome, goes a wise old political maxim. It’s a saying I’ve cited before, but as it is a few years since its...
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Hicham El Guerrouj’s World Record Mile – Video

In 1999, Hicham El Guerrouj ran 3:43.13 in a mile race, Roma (Stadio Olimpico) 14 JUL 1998 - breaking the previous world record by over a second. El Guerrouj, from Morocco, also holds the world record for the 1500m and...

IndyCar Champion Scott Dixon: The Unlikely Runner

Scott Dixon has won 4 IndyCar Championships, the Indy500, and has the most career wins of any current IndyCar driver. He is also a runner. The physical demands experienced by IndyCar drivers are unlike almost no other. Travelling at...

Ford Palmer’s Super Bowl Connection Runs Through Patriots

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (25-Jan) -- It was the fall of 2010, and Ford Palmer was grinding out intervals at the Monmouth University track in West Long Branch, N.J., preparing for the upcoming...

Celebrating Steve Prefontaine’s 66th birthday

Steve Prefontaine: A runners’ runner A Column By Mark Tucker Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) “A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts,...

Running for Northern Arizona University

Running for Northern Arizona University Runner's Tribe Journal by Mel Townsend Running for Northern Arizona University has been an experience I wouldn’t change for the world. I get asked very often how I ended up at NAU, a relatively small university...
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Watch one of the greatest races ever run

One of the greatest races ever run - Dave Wottle 1972 Olympic 800m Final Race Video Dave Wottle's victory - frequently listed among the greatest races ever run. He came from last place at the end of the first lap...

From the Clouds: The Career of Yuriy Borzakovskiy

From the Clouds:  The Career of Yuriy Borzakovskiy Written by Sam Burke - © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved “Borzakovskiy is already out of this race”.   Sebastian Coe commentating during the Sydney Olympic 800m semi-final when Borzakovskiy trailed the field...
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Usain Bolt Born To Run – Documentary

BBC documentary Katie Gornall travels to Jamaica to meet the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, fresh from his Rio 2016 Olympics success BBC Documentary 2016 via The Way To Win - YouTube