Passing the Torch: Ireland to Kenya via NYC

An assignment on the Millrose Games that I covered (photo and writing) for Running Times is now available online. Here's an excerpt:

Perhaps he's a prophet or just an expert in the field, but the Irish running legend Eamonn Coghlan had predicted two-time world champion Bernard Lagat's win at the 102nd Millrose Games on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

He wasn't the only one, as Lagat himself had proposed as much last year. After winning the famous Wanamaker Mile for the sixth time in 2008, Lagat announced he would come back in 2009 to take a stab at Coghlan's meet-record seven wins.

Born in Kenya, the 34-year-old American fought a strategic race against New Zealand's Nick Willis to finish in 3:58.44 for his seventh win, tying the record of the earlier favored son of Millrose.

And some additional images of mine to what is posted online: