When the Flying Finn took America

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Paavo Nurmi’s exhausting, amazing, outstanding 1925 tour of the U.S.

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The Stacks Archive of Løpe Magazine articles

We Don’t Deserve Teachers

A story that is only kind of about running. 

Issue No. 036
The Art of Throwing

On the shot put, with Michelle Carter.

Issue No. 35
10 Seconds, Coverage of the Olympic Trials

Preview

Day 1 – Ryan Crouser’s Moment

Day 2 – Sha’Carri Richardson’s World

Day 3 – Mothers on Father’s Day

Day 4 – No Jogging Allowed

Day 6 – The Inevitability of Emma Coburn

Day 10 – 6 Minutes, 32.99 Seconds

Fire on the Track?

Maurice Greene and the joy of racing. 

Issue No. 034
The Barely Believable Life of Andarín Carvajal

He was Cuba’s first Olympic marathoner, among other things.

Issue No. 033
Ready

On the start of a cross-country race. 

Issue No. 032
The Life of Larry

One of track and field’s good guys.

Issue No. 031
Fastest Unkown Time

What running 171 miles means.

Issue No. 030
Is this the Greatest On-The-Go Workout Ever?

It’s the same thing daily, and, crazy as it sounds, it just might work for you.

Issue No. 029
Track & Solidarity

The women of William & Mary Track and Field stage a boycott.

Issue No. 028
If They Build an Ekiden in Michigan, Will Anyone Come?

The first edition of the relay race in Michigan was successful by the athlete’s standards, who hope there is another run in 2021.

Issue No. 027
By a Stride

It was cold. It was windy. But the 1955 Men’s N.C.A.A. Cross-Country Championship produced the closest finish in the history of the race.

Issue No. 026
Can Willie Banks Change Track & Field … Again?

He was the first to start the slow, rhythmic clap before a triple jump that is ubiquitous today. Now, he’s looking to improve the sport behind the scenes.

Issue No. 025
From Philly With Love

When the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games, Franklin Field did its best to host an “alternative” Olympics.

Issue No. 024
First

Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. If the 1940 or ’44 Games were not canceled, she might have done so sooner. Or, Lula Hymes and Jean Lane might have beat her to it.

Issue No. 023
Runner’s Itch

What exactly happened at the 2006 N.E.S.C.A.C. cross-country championships?

Issue No. 022
What if Roger Bannister Trained Today? 

Experts weigh in. 

Issue No. 021
Escape from White City

Romania’s star runner. A crowd of 25,000. And a plot to flee the Iron Curtain. 

Issue No. 020
The Klecker Family Running Circus

“Our weird family of runners.”

Issue No. 019
The Tracks of New York

A city of 8 million, and over 200 tracks to run on. 

Issue No. 018
Two Marathons

Two perspectives, as Ashley Higginson and Liam Boylan-Pett run 26.2 miles chasing an O.T.Q.

Issue No. 017
Either for Real or Stupid

Thirteen years after she set the American Junior Record in the Marathon, could Jenny Spangler live up to the hype at the 1996 Olympic Marathon Trials? 

Issue No. 016
The 100 Greatest Runs, Jumps, and Throws of All Time

A Løpe Magazine special, in five parts.

Issue No. 015

More—or Less—than 2 Hours, 45 Minutes

Sarah Fountain wants to be Armenia’s first Olympic marathoner, even as standards are changing.

Issue No. 014

Four Midshipmen Gone

After tragedy, all the 1989 Naval Academy cross-country team could do was run. 

Issue No. 013
Throw Like Nobody’s Watching

DeAnna Price is changing what is possible for American hammer throwers.

Issue No. 012
Segmented Reality

Mount Tamalpais, Strava, and chasing virtual records.

Issue No. 011
Betty and Katty

Long before Dan vs. Dave, the press hyped a match-up between two of the early twentieth century’s fastest women.

Issue No. 010
Ultra Allure

This will be my last ultra, right?

Issue No. 009
D.Q.’d

Showboating and the Ivy League, courtesy of Jimmy Wyner.

Issue No. 008
Before Yuki

Yoshiaki Unetani, Japan, and the Boston Marathon.

Issue No. 007
Innocent People Don’t Run

The Huwe Burton story. 

Issue No. 006
The Fall

Over a decade later, stories are still coming out of the women’s 600-meter dash at the 2008 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships, where Heather Kampf (née Dorniden) shocked everyone.

Issue No. 005
The No-Nonsense, Fist Fightin’, 27-Time National Champion Who Raced His Ass Off

Meet Joe McCluskey, the most interesting man in 1930s running. 

Issue No. 004
The Michigan

A workout so nice they only named it once. 

Issue No. 003
When the Fifth Avenue Mile was Yuuuge

Wait. Who sponsored what now? 

Issue No. 002

The History of the United States According to the Women’s Steeplechase

Less than thirty years ago, the steeplechase was a men’s-only event. But after years of false starts, ever-changing barriers, and water pits that simply were not there, American women have staked claim to the event. Today, Emma Coburn is a world champion and the steeple is gaining steam and popularity.

Issue No. 001
But Here Comes Columbia

The 2007 Penn Relays 4×800-meters, where Columbia University shocked the world. 

Issue No. 00A
Breaking Four: A Family Affair

How Sam Bair III followed Sam Bair, Jr., into the record books. 

Issue No. 00B