Runners had lots of options for a Fourth of July run. Maybe too many. Three races of various lengths suited all shapes and sizes. Still, I can’t help but think that the events competed against each other for runners. Perhaps…

Was the way everyone in the stadium knew they were watching something special, saw the time on the clock, knew it was a world record, but knew to hold its breath until the windspeed showed its ugly head.

Then, a sigh, but…

The NBC family of networks will offer an hour or two of coverage of the Track and Field trials for the next week. Here’s the schedule. If you can’t wait until late evening _ at least most nights _ log on…

Our colleagues at the Indianapolis Star have written a nice story on a fund-raiser for Brigette Schutzman, the cross country and track runner at St. Louis University who suffered severe injuries in a car accident on New Years Eve. Given…

Living on the west side of the Mississippi, we get caught up in the race scene here. We forget that “here” also should include our neighbors to the East.

In effort to build bridges _ as opposed to tollways _…

We have a few snippets left from our trip to Des Moines for the Hy-Vee ITU World Cup triathlon, from which St. Louisan Sarah Haskins emerged as an Olympian.

1. What a job by the organizers in Des Moines, basically to…

Zac Freudenburg of the 180 Energy Runners finished seventh, just 1 minute, 40 seconds behind the leader, in the Mount Washington Road Race.
The bad news for Zac is that only the top four qualified for the U.S. Mountain Running…

St. Louisan Sarah Haskins will get another chance to earn the final spot on the Olympic triathlon team Sunday, when, despite flooding and fears of cancellation, the International Triathlon Union Des Moines World Cup will be held in its original format:…

We’ve chronicled the struggle and triumph of Katie Sutton, winner of the 2007 St. Patrick’s Day run and 2006 GO! half-marathon, who was diagnosed last summer with breast cancer. She made her return to running at this year’s St. Pat’s…

OK, so mountain running isn’t an Olympic sport. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a trials race. And St. Louisan Zac Freudenburg of the 180 Energy Runners will join the best Saturday at the Mount Washington Road Race in New Hampshire.

The…