It's the end of the year, and a stones throw to the US Trials. That, and the suspension of Coleman has everyone trying to figure out the men's sprint squad. That's not going to be easy, because not everyone competed in 2020. Those that did had an abbreviated season and right now everyone is training for 2021 Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
My Favorite All Time Middle Distance Runners
Oct 2nd, 2012
12:00 pm PDT
12:00 pm PDT
I’m still working on this years top 10 lists, so going to take another trip down memory lane and look at my favorite middle distance runners. As stated previously,you must be retired to make the list so that precludes the addition of current athletes like David Rudisha. It doesn’t diminish the list however, as some of the best ever have already graced the track Read More...
Trials Day 4 – Half Way to London
Jun 26th, 2012
8:11 am PDT
8:11 am PDT
Heading into the midway break, Monday was the first really "quiet" day of the Trials. But then, how do you compete for headlines with Eaton's WR, Dead Heat Gate, and the returns of Justin Gatlin & Tyson Gay? After all that excitement Monday was rather tame. With most of the London berths in the day's field event finals already decided based on limited numbers of individuals with "A" standards, the"drama" for the day was produced by the two 800 finals Read More...
The Pieces are Coming Together
Apr 29th, 2012
9:42 am PDT
9:42 am PDT
The great thing about the Penn Relays is that it's the first time we get a large gathering of top athletes together at the same meet. The tough part is that they aren't competing head to head and they're not competing in individual events - so "evaluating" where they are can be a bit more difficult Read More...
Memories of the Games – Hart & Robinson
Feb 8th, 2012
5:26 pm PST
5:26 pm PST
Between now and the start of the Games there will be quiet periods between the action. One of the things I’d like to do during the down times is share some of my memories of the Olympics. In most cases I will look at individuals or individual races, so today I’m going to start with my first major memory of the Games – Eddie Hart & Rey Robinson in Munich (’72) Read More...
What Will Our Male Middle Distance Presence be in London…
Sep 29th, 2011
8:36 am PDT
8:36 am PDT
Looking back on 2011 & Daegu, and forward to 2012 & London, I find three areas in the U.S. that concern me. One is the men’s sprints & hurdles which I recentlytouched on. Another is our field events in general – something I’ll be talking about in the very near future. The other, that I’ll be addressing today, is our male middle distance runners Read More...