Author: Jon Mulkeen
Combined events and the 400m hurdles – the unlikely couple
Back in October, decathlon world record-holder Ashton Eaton announced that he’s going to give the 400m hurdles a try this summer. And so began the speculation about how fast he can run over the barriers around one lap of the track. This week he said that he is aiming for somewhere between 47 and 48 […]
My spectator PBs
Following on from my recent athletics bucket list, I’m continuing with the theme of “lists that all athletics fanatics should keep” with my set of spectator PBs. In other words, the best athletics performances that I have witnessed in person. The thought of making note of my spectator PBs hadn’t even crossed my mind until […]
Race-based accolades undermine potential of ‘great white hope’
I was as pleased as the next person to see that young Frenchan Christophe Lemaître became the first white man to legally run under 10 seconds for the 100m. I find it interesting when there are cultural outliers in sport, but I try not to give too much credence to such things. Hopefully this distinction […]