Recent content by beowulf

Re: Mary Keitany is thirty-five years of age! All these athletes getting better with age, it really is astonishing.

I will be very surprised if Federer ever wins another major. Nadal probably has another French Open in him if he can stay fit. The Australian Open has always been a bit of a strange tournament because it comes at the start of the season after a long winter break. This means most players have...

Re: The excuses will come thick and fast for the times. It is a fast track will be the excuse that will most likely be disseminated by the media, because most people have no idea or really care about how ridiculous these times are. All I know is that the two women running from Japan - a...

Re: I guess Puerito did not get your message....or Kreuziger. It has been pretty dull this year as far as the GC goes, but other parts of the tour have not been so bad. However there really was very little attacking of note and it is just a bit dull.

Re: I imagine he is doping, but the way he tends to trail off in Tours certainly makes it look like he might be "cleanish".

She was a middle distance runner who competed at the World Indoors in the 1500m this year, so it is not that surprising she beat a record that is on the slow side. Three women from Japan beat her time at the same event to put it into perspective. Only one of the Japanese I would consider to be...

Re: Also, rugby is a continuous sport where players gradually get fatigued which means they cannot hit each other as hard. American football on the other hand has offensive and defensive players who spend a lot of their time resting, which means they have more energy to smash into each other...

Re: Re: Or you could take away their pads and helmets. If they did that the game would become a lot less violent quickly.

Re: Re: I think it comes down to a lack of a drug culture in Japan. Obviously there are people who take recreational drugs in Japan, but they are in the minority and they would very seldom admit to it, because it really is seen as something you should not do. They do not really differentiate...

Yuki Kawauchi: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2013/06/yuki_kawauchi_meet_the_marathon_running_government_clerk_who_s_a_national.html Basically he just runs until he drops. The marathon is about mental toughness and this guy is as tough as they come. I would like to think that...

Re: This Kimmage article hits the nail smack, bang on the head.

Re: Imagining riders doping is not exactly a stretch, but motorized bikes? Even for cyclists who dope I think that is a bridge too far. Just from a moral standpoint I think it is too much even for cheats. It reminds me of Tyler and Floyd both being incredulous at Armstrong grousing on Tyler...

Up until this year there had only ever been one other woman who had won a Grand Slam title at the age of thirty-three and that was Martina. With the Wimbledon victory Serena is the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam Title in the history of the sport. She, at the age of thirty-three when most...

Re: Re: They changed texture of the court in 2001. It was apparently done to give a more consistent and higher bounce late in the tournament for players. I think it has played a role in the decline of serve and volley tennis, but I would say that the use of heavier tennis balls at Wimbledon...

We have a female Chris Horner! Mariya Konovalova of Russia yesterday finished second at the Nagoya Marathon running a PB and setting a 40+ WR in a time of 2:22:27. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/nagoya-marathon-2015-kirwa-konovalova Admittedly she bettered her PB by only 20 seconds...