by: Matt Taylor
February 24, 2008

*Photos of Day 1 of 2008 USATF Nationals
*Results

Matt Taylor, a pioneer in the running online world (founder of Chasing Tradition, Chasing Kimbia, and most recently Runnerville; he now works for Puma and was a college teammate of LetsRun.com's Wejo at Yale), went to the meet on behalf of LetsRun.com. We love what Matt has done for the sport and are consulting with him on a variety of things.

What he reported back is below. It backs our contention that most of the national championships are pretty boring and a lot needs to be done to the schedule to try and entertain the fans. Otherwise even in a running town like Boston, hardly anyone will go to the meet.

Seriously, that was the second worst indoor track meet I've ever been to, last year's meet being the worst. I can't even describe how boring it was. That is, until the 3000ms.

Shannon Rowbury
photo by Victor Sailer

Women's 3000m Recap Recap: Shannon Rowbury Gets the Convincing Win
The women's 3k was a good race. Jen Rhines looked