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November 24, 2022
“It Was an Eye Opening Experience”: Lance Armstrong Recalls His First Ever Trip Down the PED Lane
In a recent podcast with Paul Kimmage, Lance Armstrong revealed his first PED experience. Somehow, even after getting all his titles taken away from him, he has no regret for using PEDs. Essentially Sports
November 22, 2022
Chicago Marathon – 7 Disqualified, 40 More Likely Cut The Course after 35K Checkpoint
Almost immediately following the Chicago Marathon, I began to receive emails about runners with suspicious splits. In particular I received reports of suspicious splits between 35k and 40k. Looking at the map, it is easy to see how runners could cut over 2 miles off the course by skipping the...
November 22, 2022
Cardiologist saves lives of two runners during Monterey Half Marathon
Lome helped get the male runner into an ambulance with paramedics, and noted the runner was awake, alert and stable before he was taken to the hospital. Monterey Half Marathon race director John Ellison told the Monterey Herald that after the first incident, he thought: “that was our once-in-a-decade event at...
November 14, 2022
Dublin cop banned for life after taking public transit during his marathon
An Irish runner, who works as a police officer, has been barred for life from the Dublin City Centre Marathon after he was allegedly caught taking public transit to finish last month’s race. Canadian Running
November 12, 2022
Incoming New York Road Runners Chair Says Breaking Doping Rule Was Unintentional
Nnenna Lynch, the incoming chair, serves on the committee that oversees the prohibition on runners (like her) who once served a doping suspension from racing. But she has raced anyway. NY Times (Paywall)
November 6, 2022
‘An inordinate impact’: climate crisis leaves its footprint on trail running
More than 5,000 people lined up for Ultra-Trail Australia (UTA) on the last weekend in October, making it the largest trail running event in the country and, according to the race organisers, the second-largest in the world. But the multi-day event, which includes 50km and 100km ultramarathons, nearly didn’t go...
November 1, 2022
Golden Ticket Controversy At This Year’s Javelina Jundred
Last weekend’s hyper-competitive race in Arizona’s Sonoran desert drew top talent, record-breaking paces, and confusion around nonbinary award categories. Trailrunner
October 31, 2022
British Cycling chief steps down three weeks after controversial Shell deal
Brian Facer has stepped down with immediate effect as chief executive of British Cycling, three weeks after the organisation announced a partnership with Shell UK that was fiercely criticised by environmental groups. In a statement released yesterdayon Monday, the national governing body for road and track cycling said the decision had been...
October 26, 2022
Kanye West was kicked out of Skechers’ offices after he showed up ‘uninvited,’ the company says
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was booted from Skechers’ corporate offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday after he showed up uninvited and unannounced, the company said. In a statement, the shoemaker said two executives escorted Ye and others from the company’s offices following a brief conversation and after he...
October 23, 2022
Gold’s Gym owner and 5 others feared dead after plane crash off the coast of Costa Rica
Gold’s Gym owner Rainer Schaller, his family and two others are feared dead after a plane they were on apparently crashed off Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast on Friday, officials said. The Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security posted on Facebook on Friday saying a plane heading from Mexico to Limon,...