Last Monday’s so-called Boston Marathon has made a mockery of long distance running. The world’s best practitioner of the art, Haile Gebrselassie ran 2.03.59 in 2008, on an admittedly fast, but fully authenticated marathon course, in Berlin; and now sees … Read more

Speculation about the two-hour marathon is in the news again. In the week leading up to the London and Boston Marathons, a very good documentary was aired on BBC Radio 4, made by my pal Chris Dennis. It is still … Read more

Nobody tells me anything. You would think, would you not, that being a journalist (even semi-retired) for thirty years or more would keep me up to speed on info, especially in my own arena, ie athletics? Not necessarily. For example, … Read more