Blog Posts on track

Prefontaine Classic Preview: Clash of the Hurdling Titans by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 23, 2012The 110m high hurdles in the 38th Prefontaine Classic has the makings of an epic race. Eugene, the United States’ Tracktown, is the fourth stop of the Samsung Diamond League. Read: “Pre Classic Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles – Can It Get...

Liu Xiang 刘翔 Clocks 12.97s in Shanghai! by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 19, 2012Not even a rain-soaked track and a 0.4 m/s headwind could slow Liu Xiang 刘翔  . Competing in his home city of Shanghai, Liu stamped his class on a loaded sprint hurdles field. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion came out of the blocks well, trailing...

Cut Loss by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 16, 2012I’ve always been a fierce competitor, in most aspects of life. Quitting isn’t my thing. I don’t usually try new things, but when I do, I give it my wholehearted attention. The decision to stop hurdling wasn’t an easy one. It t...

Su Bingtian 苏炳添: Asia’s New Sprint Star by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 8, 2012I was awestruck by Su Bingtian’s (苏炳添) victory at the recently concluded Super Grand Prix in Kawasaki. The Chinese 100m dash record holder, stopped the clock at a wind-aided 10.04s (+ 2.9 m/s). The young Su, still only 22-years old, edged...

Thank you to the Rappler! by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 3, 2012I have much respect for Maria Ressa’s Rappler. It’s a no-nonsense approach to journalism, devoid of the sensationalist streaks rampant in today’s local news outfits. While checking my blog stats a while back, I noticed that some of...

Some Updates by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Apr 29, 2012The first few days were the hardest. It took some time before the facts of life sunk in – that my competitive hurdling days are over. A part of me found it hard to finally let go. But thankfully, my logical side had the upper hand in the end. T...

Arrivederci, Hurdles! by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Apr 24, 2012“We’re all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children’s game, we just don’t… don’t know when that’s gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we̵...

Track Beauty of the Week: Kseniya Vdovina Ксения Олеговна Вдовина by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Apr 23, 2012Kseniya Vdovina Ксения Олеговна Вдовина is this week’s track beauty! The Russian is an experienced relay campaigner. She has a personal best of 50.67s in the 400m dash, making her an ideal peg in the formidable Russian 4x40...

SANDWICH'S LATEST ALBUM - 4-TRACK MIND by Just Juncci Music on Apr 17, 2012 DOWNLOAD LINK: SANDWICH - 4-TRACK MIND (just skip the ads and you'll have it free)1 Feedback2 Food For The Soul3 Mom4 Ultrasound5 Hair Pin6 Too Far7 Love Is8 Bottleneck9 Replete10 Tentacles11 Slowly12 Sugarstalk13 She Don't Care14 Sabit15 Every...

Holiday Thoughts by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Apr 8, 2012I just friggin’ hate it how the athletics stadium stay closed during holidays. The Philippines, being a supposedly Roman Catholic country, values its religious holidays. During Holy Week, the five-day weekend notwithstanding, being a sprint hur...