KarlW

“ I'm sure most people know these by heart, but if not, the standards are: 1500m: 3:35.50; 5000m 13:20; 10000m 27:50; 3k steeple women 9:45. ”

“ This was always going to be an issue - last year 11 kenyans ran under 2:06, and only two non-Kenyans (Ryan Hall and Gebremariam at Boston). The Kenyans absolutely dominated last year, both in terms of... ”

“ Cheers Paul - I can't make it, but have to say it's awesome that events have been organized to coincide with Cooks Gardens and Christchurch. It's great organizing. The half-volleys weren't aimed at or... ”

“ February 2, in Christchurch, is a very special day in New Zealand middle-distance running history. Two of the greatest races ever run in New Zealand happened on February 2 1962 and February 2 1974. Fi... ”

“ 25 January, 1974, Dick Tayler does the business. What a finish. ”

“ Here's a good interview with Paul Martelletti from this morning's DomPost. ”

“ Stephen - if it's about electing Scottish, then I'm sure there's no problem :-) ”

“ If you search around their videos, you can also find full race coverage of the Berlin marathon. That was a great watch. ”

“ To watch the whole race in replay, go to http://www.universalsports.com/video/assetid=f4cea500-850b-44c4-bd7f-686b458f0cea.html#watch+full+marathon+replay Women elite starts 10 minutes in. There's a f... ”

“ As a non-elite runner who helps to bring up the rear of local runs, I'm not sure if its my place to say it here, but to me it seems a bit on the nose to downplay the fantastic achievement of these guy... ”

“ Great stuff - from Makau, Marders and good to see Paula back in form. ”

“ According to the IAAF top lists (i.e. for proper courses), http://iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=HMAR/detail.html Kim has now run the 12th fastest time by... ”

“ A good writeup here: http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=62572.html ”

“ This isn't displaying too well, but from what I can tell, Kim is now 14th fastest all-time. Awesome! ”

“ Absolutely loving the blogs - thanks Paul (and NZRun for hosting it) ”