October 22, 2012
By Doug Binder, Armory Track
As Alan Webb drove into the teeth of a North Dakota rainstorm last Wednesday night, the U.S. record holder in the Mile was looking forward to new horizons on his latest trek west.
Webb is a new father and has set his sights on new goals. For more than a decade he...
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October 20, 2012
By John Brant, Runner's World
For Mary Cain, it began with a hero-worship photo-op at the Olympic Trials last June. For Alberto Salazar, it began later in the summer, when he watched a YouTube video on his laptop computer. From these seemingly humble seeds a potentially mighty tree has...
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October 20, 2012
By The Trailer
EUGENE, Ore. – It’s a small race in Gent, Belgium, and Aisha Praught is freezing. It’s pouring rain, and it’s windy, and these are probably the worst conditions you could try to run a steeplechase in.
Praught, of Moline, Ill., is devoid of her college team, running one of her...
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October 17, 2012
By The Trailer
EUGENE, Ore. – Erik van Ingen is not afraid to leap if he has to.
“I don’t think getting beat, whether it’s at conference or NCAAs, sees a venue,” the 23-year-old says. “It’s the same as a footrace when you’re a kid, or racing bikes around the neighborhood.
“It’s raw...
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