Rory Gilfillan September 15, 2014
In a recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, writer Kevin Helliker observed that although the mile had […]
Rory Gilfillan July 14, 2014
On Aug. 8, 2012, B.C. primary school teacher Ian Cunliffe commenced his bid to run 22 marathons in 22 days […]
Rory Gilfillan July 9, 2014
Toronto’s always been a city deeply uncomfortable with its entrenched contradictions. The city supports an NHL team that, despite being […]
Rory Gilfillan May 26, 2014
In March of 2013, the Pike’s Peak Marathon filled in less than six hours. Considering that Chicago and New York […]
Rory Gilfillan May 15, 2014
Someday the recent move by Vibram, the manufacturer of the iconic FiveFingers shoe, to settle with consumers for overstating the […]
Rory Gilfillan May 13, 2014
Some people were raised to fear God; I was raised to fear women, and although it was not an intentional […]
Rory Gilfillan May 11, 2014
If hockey were the arranged marriage of my teens then the marathon was that first dangerous infatuation of my late […]
Rory Gilfillan May 5, 2014
In April 2007, what New Englanders refer to as a nor-easter threatened to cancel the Boston Marathon. Despite the wind […]
Rory Gilfillan April 28, 2014
It’s not hard to guess what motivated Chelsea Crowley to counterfeit a bib and illegally run the 2014 Boston Marathon. […]
Rory Gilfillan August 20, 2013
Ben Kaplan’s EachCoach project is elegantly simple. Following each work-out, a runner logs their run in to the system by […]
Rory Gilfillan June 25, 2013
When Katherine Switzer broke both the rules and a significant barrier by racing the Boston Marathon in 1967, she opened […]
Rory Gilfillan June 6, 2013
Why does the Wall Street Journal hate running? Headlines over the past two years suggest a pattern of editorial bias […]