October 29, 2024
The World Series Is Super Popular In Japan, But Its Audience Is Just 1/4th of What Distance Running Draws in Japan
It's wild that the World Series is drawing more tv viewers in Japan (15.9 million) than in the US (13.8 million), but did you know that a 2-day road race that takes more than 10 hours to complete has attracted nearly 65 million viewers?
January 28, 2015
WTW: 2015 Is The Year Of Bernard Lagat; Shannon Rowbury, Cas Loxsom And Moses Mosop Off To Good Starts; And Kawauchi Triumphs Over The US Again
Even if Bernard Lagat sucks by his lofty standards, 2015 is going to be the year of Lagat. Shannon Rowbury, Moses Mosop and Cas Loxsom are off to good starts in 2015, and we take a look back at 2014 as Yuki Kawauchi once again ran more sub-2:10 marathons than all of America combined. Plus some props to the Chevron Houston Marathon.