The Berlin Marathon course is known as one of the fastest in the world, with the current world record run over its flat, runner-friendly 26.2 miles. Jim Eder, a Doylestown resident, wanted to know what […]
The Delaware Canal towpath has been around for the better part of 200 years but in the 21st century it’s been storm-tested more than ever. The remnants of Hurricane Ida left a trail […]
There are always tears on a particular day in mid-September but come this weekend things might get even more emotional. It’s the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an American tragedy which left […]
John Mundy was always a fast runner so when he began to attend newly opened Holy Ghost Prep in the early ‘60s, he wanted to go out for the track and field team. […]
For years, the familiar sign on the bridge across the Delaware has read: “Trenton Makes, the World Takes.’’ Maybe now they should change that slogan to “Trenton Makes, and Takes the World.’’ […]
Way back at the beginning of the modern running movement in the 1970s, a New Zealand coach/guru named Arthur Lydiard was credited with the concept of LSD – long, slow distance. Lydiard’s basic […]
Leave it to the Tokyo Olympic Games to say good-bye with one last debate. We’ve already been through enough hand-wringing over whether to even stage the controversial Olympiad due to the pandemic but […]
It’s the biggest, the boldest and the best. Sunday’s Steelman Triathlon, now in its 17th version, has survived a downturn in attendance several years back, plus last year’s pandemic-related restrictions, to bounce back in style. […]
There are 10-mile races and then there is the Broad Street Run, which is quite worthy of a perfect “10’’ rating. So it was with great joy that everyone learned the 41-year-old gem would be […]
What if they held an Olympics and nobody came? Or, perhaps even sadder, what if they held an Olympics and no one was allowed to come? The Tokyo Olympic Games, operating under a dark cloud […]
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