I ran 2160 miles this year and am only in slightly worse shape
Oh! 800m World champion and Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop won the Back Half the Marathon Huntsville, Alabama in 1:11:16. He’s been running about 30 miles per week.
Feels like Strava needs to make it more obvious that my friends are not traveling around the world cycling in a different city every morning
The top 10 Christmas songs according to a sub three hour marathoner👇🧵1/14
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if your Turkey Trot was not on the World Athletics calendar, you actually did not race this morning.
Stepping away from Thanksgiving to WhatsApp European agents
I’m skipping the turkey trot this year to maintain the illusion of still being the fastest person in my hometown
Taking this as shots fired but admittedly this was a very funny week
David@davidmruns.bsky.social · 2y agoOne of the best Lap Counts ever released, if I dare say so myself.
Can’t a guy double his mileage in peace without being asked what he’s training for? It might just be a mid-life crisis or bad lighting in the bathroom mirror
Going to tell my kids that I ran 70 mpw in high school in these shoes and my achilles always hurt
Some interesting tidbits about the 800m World Champion Mary Moraa www.tuko.co.ke/sports/athle...
Orphaned at 2 years, now a global star, Mary Moraa shares her inspiring story
Mary Moraa was left orphaned at a young age but overcame all obstacles to become a World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist in the women's 800m.
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I’m buying Ethan Strand, Gary Martin, and Liam Murphy 1500m stock this year - I’ve seen what I need to see
Track: Ease into it and aim for a negative split with a big close XC: Sprint as hard as you can for the first kilometer and slowly die
Coach Diljeet Taylor is really just so good at coaching and I’m convinced she must not have the same 24 hours in a day as the rest of us
Rooting for Chris Derrick today - hoping he can finally win this one!
Absolutely grinding in excel today planning the event schedule
One of the most overlooked prospects has to be Samuel Ogazi of Nigeria. In his freshman year at Alabama, in the 33rd race of the season! — he runs a PB to make the Olympic final.
Kyle Merber@kylemerber.bsky.social · 2y agoYoung talent in the Men’s 400 Muzala Samukonga (21)-43.74 Chris Morales Williams (20)-44.05 Quincy Wilson (16)-44.20 Busang Kebinatshipi (20)-44.22 Letsile Tebogo (21)-44.29 Lythe Pillay (21)-44.31 Samuel Ogazi (18)-44.41 Deandre Watkin (21)-44.48 Matheus Lima (21)-44.52 Judson Lincoln (20)-44.55
Young talent in the Men’s 400 Muzala Samukonga (21)-43.74 Chris Morales Williams (20)-44.05 Quincy Wilson (16)-44.20 Busang Kebinatshipi (20)-44.22 Letsile Tebogo (21)-44.29 Lythe Pillay (21)-44.31 Samuel Ogazi (18)-44.41 Deandre Watkin (21)-44.48 Matheus Lima (21)-44.52 Judson Lincoln (20)-44.55
Love that the World Champion is making her 1500 debut in Kingston! I can think of some other recent 800 meter runners that moved up in distance and thrived…
Chris Chavez@chrischavez.bsky.social · 2y agoNews: 800m World champion and Olympic bronze medalist Mary Moraa will test herself over 1500m in 2025 after signing with @grandslamtrack as a Racer. She’s never run one! citiusmag.com/articles/mar...
Daryll has been winning Olmypic and World medals since 2016 but is low key just getting started 💪🏾 Considering her consistency at both 100 and 200, don't be surprised if she wins a couple of the SLAMs in the short sprint group 👀
CITIUS MAG@citiusmag.com · 2y ago✍️ 🇬🇧 Daryll Neita, a 3x Olympic medalist and 3x World Championship medalist in the 4x100m, has signed on as a Racer with @grandslamtrack.bsky.social. 🗣️ “I’m really excited to be the first British woman announced as joining Grand Slam Track, and can’t wait to start racing in this fresh new league.”
Tomorrow feels like a good day to announce some more Racers… let’s add some new flags!
Right now in college dorms across America there are teammates debating whether or not they should get in their car to drive across the country to cheer on their friends at NCAAs — do it!
I saw someone wearing a 2019 Long Island Mile shirt on a run this week
Chris Nickinson@chrisnickinson.com · 2y agoJust saw someone wearing a Eugene 2022 volunteer jacket in Pensacola. About as random as the time I saw some dude in Rome wearing a FSU Starter jacket.
Buried the lede here… Daniel Mateiko and Sebastian Sawe debuts!!! If you watched the rabbiting job for Kiptum’s WR or the smoothest half at the World Road Running champs and thought, “those guys look like they could have kept going,” well now we’ll find out.
CITIUS MAG@citiusmag.com · 2y agoThe 2024 Valencia Marathon elite fields have been announced for the race on Dec. 1st. 🇪🇸 Key names running include Sisay Lemma, Kenenisa Bekele, Amane Beriso, Sara Hall + more. Here's a look at the fields: citiusmag.com/articles/val...
