August 2008 Archives
As
occasional readers will know, I’ve been writing a book with a sport/sneakers/track&field
background over the last few years.
I was totally blown away by Bolt’s amazing win the Olympic 100 metres today, and it surely marks the return of track as a major sport. Really since Carl Lewis it’s been in the doldrums, but at the end of the day the raw challenge of the sport – to be the fastest woman/man, the highest jumper in the world, etc – is so fundamental, and so compelling.
Anyway I
feel inspired, and as my train flashes through the
