Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 24, 2009, 5:57 pm
It’s been a slow month. Training’s been bland. Track season’s over. Waterfront race this weekend and my head is elsewhere. Wait, is that…? Yep. Joan Benoit Samuelson runni...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 15, 2009, 3:00 pm
Flotrack’s Chris Kelsall had a lengthy chat with Kevin Sullivan recently. It’s exciting to hear Sully is “fully committed to the 2010 season” at age 35.
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 12, 2009, 7:59 pm
Hilite: Gary Reed rips through the last 200m for 2nd place and a 1:45.23. Event by event recap.
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 11, 2009, 9:14 am
The summer track season will, for the most part, wrap up this weekend at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece. The usual suspects from the Great White North will be spiking up in Ga...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 11, 2009, 8:19 am
It’s go time in Aussie land and a 20-year-old warrior from Edmonton decided to start the weekend right. Paula Findlay opened the Triathlon World Championships with a bronze medal in the U-23 di...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 8, 2009, 7:05 am
Here’s a great interview from a west-coaster heading into the NCAA scene with full force: Cameron Levins.
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 4, 2009, 10:35 pm
Both Gary Reed and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep finished off their Golden League seasons with impressive runs at the finale in Brussels today. Lopes-Schliep blasted a PB in crappy conditions for a 12.49 i...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 3, 2009, 7:27 am
This is it. Friday night lights. All the marbles. Bragging rights galore: The final day of Golden League action from Brussels, Belgium. Three remain in the hunt for one. million. dollars. Yelena Isi...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 2, 2009, 4:59 pm
I was pumped to see Anthony Famiglietti’s new DVD Run Reckless stuffed in my mailbox. Considering how much inspiration I drew from his filmmaking debut, Run Like Hell, I was ready to start shavi...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 1, 2009, 10:08 pm
This, friends, should keep us going for weeks.
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 1, 2009, 9:52 pm
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 31, 2009, 10:38 pm
Found this in-depth interview from Jeremy Rae. It is from April, but the buzz he seems to stir up will no doubt start to catch again once school starts.
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 31, 2009, 4:01 pm
Perdita Felicien  re-asserted herself as an international threat yesterday at a rainy, windy Grand Prix meet in Gateshead, England notching a second-place finish in 12.95 behind Jamaica’s Brigi...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 31, 2009, 2:36 pm
Ritz blogs about his 12:56.27 in Zurich: I knew I was ready to go.”
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 28, 2009, 6:07 pm
B.C.’s Cameron Levins should have a nice swagger this weekend after dipping under 3:50 and taking the Canada Summer Games 1500m gold in 3:49.34 Friday in PEI. It was his second time topping the ...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 28, 2009, 4:01 pm
Kenenisa Bekela is vicious on the track. Despite a 60.92 opening 400m and a 2:30.67 first 1,000m split in the men’s 5,000m in Zurich’s Golden League action today, he still looked frustrate...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 27, 2009, 9:10 pm
Geoff Harris delivered in the 800m today, thankfully. After a short season in Europe and much ballyhoo over who should or shouldn’t compete at the meet, the Nova Scotia native got it done in 1:5...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 27, 2009, 8:30 am
Kenenisa Bekele is steering a pretty lucrative ship towards the sweet treasure chest a Golden League title can offer. The 5km in Zurich tomorrow will no doubt add a layer to his super-human legitimacy...
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Ben Stevenson posted an article on Poppingblisters - Aug 26, 2009, 3:52 pm
I totally missed the men’s and women’s marathon in Berlin last weekend. Such is life. The Canadians proved to be gaining some cred among the world’s best and the Brooks marathon proj...
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