The overwhelming favorite of RW staffers. Honor Roll: Downward Dog simple quad stretchįavorite Energy Bar: Clif Bar, Crunchy Peanut Butter Do it in the parking lot after a group run at your own risk. And for those of us too balky to contort ourselves into a one-legged inverted staff pose, it’s easy and satisfying. It’s a simple, effective way to stabilize your core and work your glutes. Honor Roll: Run slow when you’re supposed to run slow The whole rest thing is easier understood than mastered. This typically involves cross-training, early nights to bed, and-gasp-days off. But to stay healthy and get truly fit, you need to rest, too. We’re good at going long, pretty good at going hard, and sometimes decent at going easy. Patience can be tougher than persistence. Reader’s Choice: Lance Armstrong Steve Prefontaine Honor Roll: Billy Mills Dick and Rick Hoyt Ed Whitlock Terry Fox proved that an ordinary person can change the world. Or how he continued his Marathon of Hope until his cancer had metastasized to his lungs. Perhaps it was how he raised support and funding for research. Maybe it was the audacity of his run-3,339 miles on a prehistoric prosthesis. Reader’s Choice: Usain Bolt’s world records at the 2009 World Championships Honor Roll: Ryan Hall winning 2008 Olympic Trials Joan Benoit winning the 1984 Trials In hot, humid conditions, the Kenyan ran a breakneck pace from the gun to crush a stellar field-and the Olympic record by nearly three minutes. We’ve seen amazing athletic feats, but none match Sammy Wanjiru’s bravura 2008 Olympic Marathon win (2:06:32). Ovettīest Performance: Sammy Wanjiru in Beijing None of their duels had more drama than the final of the 10,000 meters at the 2000 Olympics, as Geb nipped Tergat by nine-hundredths of a second. Though Tergat was the superior cross-country runner, in head-to-head meetings Geb usually got to the finish a little bit sooner than his Kenyan rival. Paul Tergatįor nearly a decade, these two legends traded punches in big races, swapping world records and top podium positions. Honor Roll: Usain Bolt Bill Rodgers Brian Sellīest Rivalry: Haile Gebrselassie vs. It’s sad but true that his tragic death at age 24 only burnished his legacy. Even his failures-cue his fourth-place finish at the 1972 Olympics-seemed heroic. He had attitude and could pull off a perfect mustache. RW editors and thousands of readers see that elusive quality in Pre. And the icing on the cake: No more lost chip fees.Ĭoolness is like celluloid obscenity-you know it when you see it. They make racing less stressful, bring faster and more accurate results, and eliminate choke points at the finish line. The growth of relays and half-marathons is great for running, but the emergence of disposable timing chips is making the world a better place. Honor Roll: Rod Dixon celebrating his come-from-behind win at the 1983 New York City Marathon with a defeated Geoff Smith collapsed on the ground Mary Decker screaming on the infield moments after tangling with Zola Budd in the 1984 Olympics.īest Invention or Trend in Racing: Disposable Timing Chips Ryun would go on to run faster, of course, but it’s doubtful that he dug any deeper than he did that day in Wichita. The prep senior had broken the four-minute barrier once the previous year, but this was the first time he’d done it in a high-school-only meet-and was his best time to date. If you want a glimpse of pure joy and agony, study the scene as Ryun wins the mile in 3:58.3 at the 1965 Kansas State Championships. Best Running Photograph: Jim Ryun Going Sub-4
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