It wasn’t supposed to happen like this

“Half an hour ago, we were planning this meeting to let you know how the season would move forward. Now, it’s to let you know there will be no spring season.” 30 minutes after the NCAA announced the cancellation of all its championships, Fredonia’s athletics director Jerry Fisk brought the whole track team into a […]

It’s time to postpone the Olympics

For a while, it seemed like COVID-19 couldn’t possibly interfere with something as far away as the Olympics. But now, it seems inevitable.  With the virus continuing to spread, athletes’ training routines are going to be interrupted, and the Olympics, if they run as scheduled, will suffer with participating athletes either not being in their […]

Eligibility and coronavirus: Dissonance in a difficult conversation

Due to COVID-19, the spring NCAA winter and spring championships were cancelled. Subsequently, most colleges and universities cancelled their spring athletic season.  Since that decision, a debate has sprung regarding athletic eligibility for winter athletes.  Sports like basketball and indoor track and field never got to have their season’s championships decided. Instead, the coronavirus decided […]

The church of the pre-race beer

It’s a pretty poorly kept secret that runners like beer. Like a lot. Whether it’s a community 5k with a hoppy reward at the end, or Hoka One One pro Kyle Merber on Twitter, runners like to have a beer or two after a good race.  Or maybe even before. For some runners, a beer […]

Atlanta: The odd ones out

After a long buildup and a lot of anticipation, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are finally over.  The race was held in Atlanta, and the top three men’s and women’s finishers got to punch their tickets to Tokyo. The odd man out On the men’s side, Galen Rupp won decisively and outright, resolidifying his […]