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Author Archives: Jon Waldron
‘Miracle’ Race in EC Women’s 4×400 Relay
Have you been following the European Track & Field Championships taking place in Zürich this past week? If so, you surely have already seen the final lap of the women’s 4×400 relay. If not, I’d like to recommend you watch … Continue reading
Speed in Reverse
While scanning the letsrun.com home page a couple of days ago, a link filed under “Random News” caught my eye. The link pointed to an article in Ireland’s Evening Herald newspaper, “Irishman is World Champion retro runner.” Calling him the … Continue reading
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This Day in History: Wilson Kipketer Shatters 800m WR
Before there was David Rudisha, there was Wilson Kipketer. On August 13, 1997 – seventeen years ago today — Kipketer lined up for the 800m at the Zurich Weltklasse meet fully intending to break the world record of 1:41.73 that … Continue reading
Listening to Tissue
Something odd happened to me the other day. Or rather, something expected didn’t happen to me the other day. It was peculiar enough that when I tried to describe it to Jonathan, I found it hard to put into words. … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Is Running Complicated?
[First published September 21, 2007] Is running complicated? In spite of the fact that I seem to be writing or talking about it all the time, it strikes me that running is pretty much the simplest thing you can do … Continue reading
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Running… Away From Home
A few years ago, my friend Robert Chasen wrote a lovely paean to a course that he ran every summer while on vacation at his summer cottage in Nova Scotia. (You can read it and other essays on his blog, … Continue reading
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Sure, Bring THOSE Olympics to Boston
Every other day, it seems, there’s another story in the paper about Boston’s interest in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. The latest example: a front page story in yesterday’s Boston Sunday Globe examining the question of what happens to Olympic … Continue reading
Five Minutes a Day
One of the most reliable ways to fill the Health/Science section of the local newspaper is to report on research that finds a link between some specific activity and a longer life span. While it’s mildly interesting to point to … Continue reading
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Know Your Oval: Fun Facts About Tracks
(Image: http://www.gogeomatics.ca) I’ve always enjoyed running on tracks, and I’ve always been fascinated by them. Maybe that makes me an eccentric. After all, I have the impression that most people, if they ever think about their neighborhood running track at … Continue reading
The Dumb Guy in the Room
For the last five years my official job title at Nuance Communications has been “Research Project Manager,” which means that I manage projects and facilitate communications for a department of about 20 PhD Speech Scientists. Although all of them are … Continue reading
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