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This Day in Track & Field, X-Country, December 3, Derek Clayton sets Marathon WR (1967), Brad Schlapak wins US XC (1995)), by Walt Murphy

December 3, 2024

This Day in Track & Field History, December 1, Ron Delany wins 1956 Olympic 1,500 meters, Jacki Hansen sets Marathon WR (1974), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services

December 3, 2024

This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 26, a Dramatic 800 meters (1956), Tom O’Hara won NCAA XC (1962),

November 26, 2024

This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–November 25, William Way runs WR at 880 yards (1859), 1908 Olympic Marathon rematch in Madison Square Gardens (1908), Gil Dodds wins NCAA XC (1940), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services

November 26, 2024

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Remembering Kenny Moore – 5th In A Series With Pat Tyson By Jeff Benjamin

Originally posted on May 13, 2022 Reposted for the World Champs, July 19, 2022 Pat Tyson was the roommate...

Remembering Kenny Moore – 4th In A Series From Craig Virgin

Originally published on May 13, 2022 Republished on July 19, 2022, because people should know about Kenny Moore I...

Remembering Kenny Moore, 3rd in series, Ron Tabb Remembers…

Originally posted on May 10, 2022 Reposted on July 19, 2022 Ron Tabb is a former marathon coach, bar...

Remembering Kenny Moore – 2nd In A Series: Marty Liquori remembers

Originally posted on May 10, 2022 Reposted on July 19, 2022 Marty Liquori is one of the great ones....

Casey Carrigan (1968): High School athletes who made the U.S. Olympic Team, from the Athletes Only Archives (2004), by Mark Winitz and James Dunaway

by RBR Admin

October 26, 2022

This is from the Athletes Only archives, circa 2004, written by James Dunaway and Mark Winitz. The series is on...

The 40th Anniversary Of Sebastian Coe’s Record-Breaking 1981 Season! Second In A Series, Chapter 2 – “Surprise, Surprise!”

June 23, 2022

Seb Coe, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics The President of World Athletics was an iconic runner. The only...

The 40th Anniversary Of Sebastian Coe’s Record Breaking 1981 Season! First In A Series Chapter 1 – “Running With Complete Freedom!”

June 23, 2022

Seb Coe, photo courtesy of Athletics Weekly (via Jeff Benjamin) Seb Coe is one of the most important 800m/1,500m athletes...

Athletics Chat Episode 34-the Epilogue

March 31, 2022

RunBlogRun presentsAthletics ChatEpisode 34-the Epilogue Clip My five minutes on what we discussed in Athletics Chat 34. The pack, 2020...

2020 Athletics Chat

Conversations with Larry: In Memory of George Gandy

March 31, 2022

RunBlogRun presentsConversations with LarryIn Memory of the late George Gandy George Gandy, photo by England Athletics George Gandy died this...

Athletics Chat 21-Epilogue