July 29, 2020
The Olympic Track & Field MVPs, Part I: 1896-1960
The 2020 Olympic track and field action was supposed to begin this week and we're feeling nostalgic. Football has a Super Bowl MVP. Baseball has a World Series MVP. We need to have an Olympic MVP. Today, we name an Olympic MVP for every Olympics from 1896 to 1960.
*MB: Let the debate begin. Here are our Olympic MVPs from 1896 to 2016.
December 15, 2016
Book Review: Pat Butcher Travels to the Czech Republic for "Quicksilver: The Mercurial Emil Zátopek"; How Does It Compare to the Other Zátopek Biographies?
And the verdict is in, which of the three biographies of Emil Zatopek - the man RW called the greatest of all-time - is the best?
July 27, 2016
Book Review: "Endurance: The Extraordinary Life And Times Of Emil Zatopek" By Rick Broadbent Offers A Compelling Look At Zátopek, His Competitors, And The World In Which He Lived
Endurance is one of three Zátopek biographies that were released this summer (Today We Die A Little! by Richard Askwith and Quicksilver by Pat Butcher - which we have not reviewed yet - are the others). This one's worth a read as it offers insight into not just Zátopek's life, but those of rivals Alain Mimoun, Gordon Pirie and Jim Peters as well as Zátopek's former coach Jan Haluza and his brutal treatment at the hands of Czechoslovakia's communist regime.
May 25, 2016
Book Review: The Emil Zátopek Biography "Today We Die A Little" by Richard Askwith Is A Fine Work
This well-researched biography on the "patron saint of running" - a man whom Runner's World named the greatest runner of all time - is one of three English-language biographies on the Czech legend coming out this summer. *Purchase here.
March 30, 2016
Week that Was: More Madness From the World Half Champs, Colleen De Reuck Still Has It, Some US Road Action and Should the IAAF Change the World Track Champs?
Get up to date on the last week in the running world.