The Polo Grounds

09/04/2025

So cross-country season is upon us once again. And with it come so many memories of places and races and runners we've known and idolized over the years. And one of those places so special to so many of we enthusiasts of the sport is Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx. Here is an excerpt from Blood, Sweat & Spikes: Running the Wetmore Way recollecting some of the history and personal memory of that special piece of ground.

The place that made American Cross-Country

05/22/2025

Mr. Grant's Gift. New post on the blog. Check it out!

NJ’s Trove of Track & Cross Country Memory

04/24/2025

It's Penn Relays weekend so we thought it would be a perfect time to reach back into the archives and take a look at one of Bernards High School's best years at the Carnival. 1983.

Franklin Field, Philadelphia

04/07/2025

The 1983 NJSIAA Meet of Champions. Outddoors for the first time at South Plainfield's Frank Jost field.

South Plainfield, NJ

01/16/2025

IT’S BOOK RELEASE DAY!

BLOOD, SWEAT & SPIKES: Running the Wetmore Way
At the height of the first American Running Boom, a small town in New Jersey emerged as a magical place in the sport. Tiny Bernardsville, in the Somerset Hills produced dozens of local, state, age-group, and national champions and claimed a place in the pantheon of American distance running. A junior program fed a high school team of boys and girls that claimed legend status. Before he was one of the best collegiate distance running coaches on the planet, Mark Wetmore was the young, ambitious, experimental coach of this program. BLOOD, SWEAT & SPIKES is one story of one of those runners in that town and the people who made it unique in the history of the sport.
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01/14/2025

Prepping for Penn. The 1986 Colonial Relays.

Williamsburg, VA

01/12/2025

Just a few days until we start shipping the book! See the official book trailer here >>>

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01/03/2025

It's book excerpt day today!
Blood, Sweat & Spikes: Running the Wetmore Way releases Jan. 15th. Available for pre-order now.

Excerpt from BLOOD, SWEAT & SPIKES