V 5 N. 119 African American Long Distance History from Gary Corbitt
Here is some more reasearch from Gary Corbitt:African American Running History in NovemberSummary Edition1921: 11/19 R. Earl Johnson –Edgar Thompson Steel AA wins AAU National Cross Country in...
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V 5 N. 120 Stanford's Top Running Back Has a Great Lineage - Dave Sime
Rome 1960 100 Meters FinalHary 1st, Radford 3rd, Figueroa 4th, Budd 5th, Norton 6th, Sime 2ndChristian McCaffreySubject: Christian McCaffrey's (Stanford All American running back) grandaddyJust...
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V 5 N. 121 December , 1965
DECEMBER 1965 The collegiate cross country season is over. The indoor season hasn't begun. What would seem like a dearth of competition is saved by those wild and crazy guys in New Zealand who have...
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V 5 N. 122 The 1948 Olympic Silver Medalist in 110 HH and the 1949 Little...
A few days ago, our friend Pete Brown sent me this query. Even though this is a track and field blog, we reserve the right to drift occasionally from the cinders and forest paths and write about...
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V 5 N. 123 End of Another Year
Roy , Steve , and Georgeoutside the Silver Bar, Franklin, Ohio April, 1998We're better looking now in 2016Hello to all of our loyal and first time readers. It's been a three week dry spell with...
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V 6 N. 1 January 1966
JANUARY 1966This issue is the Track and Field News version of War and Peace, a remarkable 64 pages devoted to annual awards, lists, rankings and a smattering of indoor news, definitely a track fan's...
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V 6 N. 2 Dave Sime R.I.P.
By now many of you probably already know that one of the legends of the late 1950s and early 1960s Dave Sime has passed away earlier this week on January 12, 2016. He lived a truly fulfilled life,...
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V 6 N. 3 Beijing: From Running Shorts to The Big Underpants
This article was previously published in The Cross Country Journaland used with permission from Paul O'SheaBeijing: From Running Shorts to The Big UnderpantsBy Paul O’SheaEdmonton. Paris. Helsinki....
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V 6 N. 3 What the WADA Reports Mean to Me
World Anti Doping Association (WADA) Reports #1 and #2By now we've been able to look over in our irreverant, naive and outsider looking in way and come up with a few thoughts about the WADA...
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V 6 N. 5 Navigating The Currents of Time - Paul Pearson
Navigating The Currents of TimeBy Paul O’Shea“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past,” concludes Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby.Yogi Berra said it less...
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V 6 N. 6 Trail, British Columbia, a Gold Mine of Track and Field
According to Statistics Canada, Trail, British Columbia's population was 7,320 during the Canada 2001 Census. It is the site of the world's largest non ferrous lead and zinc smelter. Sounds...
View ArticleV6 N. 7 Southern California Track Reunion
For those of you living in Southern California or passing through, here is notice of a Athletes and Coaches reunion this month. TRACK & FIELD REUNION LUNCHEONDate: Sat., Feb., 13, 2016 11:00...
View ArticleV 6 N. 9 Only Real Men and Women Run Cross Country in England!
Go Feet , a British running blog of which we are fond here at the offices of Once Upon a Time in the Vest has produced a description of the recent South of England championships accompanied by videos...
View ArticleV 6 N. 9 This week in history happenings from Gary Corbitt
These are the kind of reports we like to use on our blog. Be sure to follow Gary Corbitt's blog listed below.Gary Corbitt BlogIndoor Track & Field HistoryJanuary 28 – February 4 (1952 –...
View ArticleV 6 N. 10 Sport Dispute Resolution-Run Gum at the Olympic Trials?
I spent a long day yesterday travelling to Vancouver to attend a conference of sports mediators and arbitrators hoping to learn how the process works at high levels. The conference covered a wide...
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V 6 N.11 February, 1966
FEBRUARY 1966 Before we tell you about indoor activity in the US, we must report what is going on outdoors in Australia where a new talent has burst on the scene. John Coyle's best 5000 previous to...
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V 6 N. 12 African American Distance Runners
This great post came from Gary Corbitt's blog today. We've added some photos and some bio information.Celebrating Black History MonthAfrican American Running History Project (1880 – 1979)September...
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V 6 N. 13 Kansas Track Reunion
Another of our public service announcements. Sounds like fun if you're within 500 miles of Lawrence, Kansas.KU TRACK & FIELD REUNIONKANSAS RELAYSThursday April 21Biggs Bar B Q2429 S. Iowa St.7:00...
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V 6 N. 13 Did Run Gum Get Stuck on the Pavement?
Last week I commented on the pending anti trust suit that Run Gum had filed against the USOC and USATF boys and girls asking that a court allow Run Gum logos to be placed on the uniforms of their...
View ArticleV 6 N. 14 What You Need to Know about Drug Testing
Last week I wrote a very brief piece about what I learned about drug testing and the process that goes on after someone gets busted. Today I hope to fill in a bit more about that subject. The...
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