In early 1977, during my junior year at the University Of Lowell in my hometown of Lowell, Mass., I made the difficult decision to leave school and travel across the country with two friends, visiting places of interest, hiking some trails, and running – always running. To finance this trip, I got a job in…

Immediately after the Twin Cities Marathon in October 1986, I began to focus on the World Cross Country Trials to be held in February in Dallas. I was also looking ahead to the 1988 Olympic Marathon Trial and thought that training for this event would make a good start to that preparation. 1986 had been…

Tribute to Arthur Lydiard Rich Englehart THANK YOU, ARTHUR. I HOPE THEY DON’T SERVE FISH IN THE AFTERLIFE. In 1977, I was living in Washington, DC, immediately around the corner from the house where Ed Ayres was starting Running Times Magazine on the ultimate shoestring budget. Occasionally, I’d go and help out. My “payment” was…

ROAD RUNNING JOE CONCANNON HUB: BIG WHEEL OF MARATHONING October 24, 1980 As he left the interview area beneath the Prudential Center following his record run in the 1979 Boston Marathon to lead a 1, 3 (Bobby Hodge), 8 (Randy Thomas), 10 (Dick Mahoney) Greater Boston TC blitz of the race, Bill Rodgers offered an…

N.Y. MARATHONERS OFFERED CASH PRIZES, RUNNERS TELL OF CASH PRIZES April 7, 1980 Prize money totaling about $50,000 was paid to some top finishers in last year’s New York Marathon in direct violation of amateur athletic rules. Bill Rodgers, who won the race sanctioned by The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the fourth consecutive year,…

This lengthy article, by Ken Kesey, originally appeared in Running magazine (Jan./Feb. 1982, vol. 7 No. 1). With the 1981 Beijing Marathon as the focal point, expect a fascinating look at China as it was opening its doors to the rest of the world after years of secrecy and seclusion, a consequence of Mao’s “Cultural…

Cruel Shoes Malmo The following story is a response by malmo to this question from the former Track and Field Media.com website: “Doug brown is a national champion, 3 time Olympian, and in the summer of 1978 he went to Europe and ran 21 races. What were his times, splits, and places?” Being your link…

CONSISTENCY Brent “Hawk” Hawkins In all my years of running, I probably never received better advice than this, “The key to success in the art of distance running is consistency.” Now I’m talking about the consistency of training day in and day out, no matter what the weather may be, not about the consistency of…

THE ELIOT LOUNGE By “Hawk” Brent Hawkins April 1996 I couldn’t sleep at all last night. I’m not sure if it is from the anticipation of the 100th running of the Boston Marathon, the end of an era at the Eliot Lounge, or gas. But I’m pretty sure it’s over concern of the loss of…

DID CITY MAKE A FALSE STEP? Joe Concannon, Globe Staff Date: 07/07/1993 Page: 30 Section: SPORTS There was considerable fanfare when the “Walkway of the Running Stars” was dedicated in 1984 outside the Eliot Lounge, but there was no publicity yesterday when the city ripped up the patch of concrete to put in a new…