A publication for Great Lakes runners
The Current
Field notes, gear, and what's beyond the running. New writing from the lakefronts, the rail trails, the forests, and the working cities.
We Had to Start with a Singlet
Wilma Rudolph in Rome. Billy Mills in Tokyo. The announcer shouting “Look at Mills! Look at Mills!” inspired a generation of runners. The greatest moments in distance running happened in singlets. ...
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Wilma Rudolph in Rome. Billy Mills in Tokyo. The announcer shouting “Look at Mills! Look at Mills!” inspired a generation of runners. The greatest moments in distance running happened in singlets. ...
Rask means fast in Norwegian. Meridian is the line on a map that tells you where you are. Rask Meridian is built for the Great Lakes. Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and the places in betwe...
Rhud Metzner won the first Chicago Marathon in 1905. By thirty seconds. He qualified for the Athens Olympics. He didn't go. Reasons unknown. He went back to driving his cab. He kept running for the...