FROM THE EDITOR — High-Tech Shoes: Evolution Or Revolution?
TRACK-SHOE TECHNOLOGY has come impossibly far since I joined the sport. I got my first pair of spikes in 1963…. Read More
March 2021
STATUS QUO — March
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: A tight quad forced World 200 champ Dina Asher-Smith to cancel… Read More
LAST LAP — March
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone/will go a long way towards shaping… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — March
DO YOU VALIDATE? Facing an empty schedule, 22 inches of snow outdoors and no indoor facilities, high school coaches in… Read More
LANDMARKS — March
Hired: Seiko Hashimoto, 56 As president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, after Yoshiro Mori resigned in a firestorm of criticism… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — March
Records reported since the February issue. W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); C = Collegiate; +… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Men’s 1500 Scene
IT’S NOT OUTLANDISH to project that one of the most-anticipated events at June’s Olympic Trials will be the men’s 1500…. Read More
Powerful Oregon Featuring Milers Galore
MILING IS BREAKING OUT in Duck Town. Again. With head-scratching times and depth. Many aspects of life have come without… Read More
Josh Thompson Impressing As A Late Bloomer
IT’S A JOURNEY for all of us and Josh Thompson is OK with that. The 27-year-old Bowerman TC miler hopes… Read More
Madrid WIT — Grant Holloway Breaks Vintage Hurdle Record
MADRID, SPAIN, February 24 — It had been an indoor season of fabulous races for Grant Holloway: fabulous but frustrating,… Read More
T&FN Interview — Matthew Centrowitz
WE’RE FEATURING U.S. MILERS all month, to culminate with a thorough focus on all the players to keep an eye… Read More
Sam Tanner Balancing Olympic Dreams & NCAA Goals
“IT IS SLOWLY, slowly starting to sink in about how fast that actually was,” Sam Tanner says of his… Read More
ATL IV — Notable Laps From Allyson Felix & Jaylen Slade
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, February 21 — A pair of 200s, one from über-vet Allyson Felix, the other from a prep half… Read More
Collegiate Digest — Recordbreaking Continues
AS REPORTED in the February edition’s Collegiate Digest, the Olympic year started with a bang, KC Lightfoot and Athing Mu… Read More
Craig Engels Ready To Move Up At Least A Spot From ’16 OT
YOU THINK YOU’RE PINING for the Olympic Trials? Distressing as the pandemic delay has been for all who love the… Read More
Toruń WIT — A Brilliant 1:43.63 For Elliot Giles
TORUŃ, POLAND, February 17 — With a 4th-place finish at the ’18 World Indoor Champs on his résumé, Elliot Giles… Read More
Shot Star Turner Washington Hasn’t Forgotten The Discus
LIKE HIS OLYMPIAN FATHER, Turner Washington made his name in the discus. Now the Arizona State soph is making his… Read More
New Balance GP — A Trio Of American Records
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, February 13 — Around-the-oval action rolled out fast and furious at the New Balance Indoor GP… Read More