Pieter Braun welcomed us into March on the Decathletes of Europe Calendar. And what a month it was! Here is the March Ten – the top decathlon-related stories, facts and figures from the month. 1 The Glasgow European Indoor Championships heptathlon was glorious. In the final few minutes one guy ran for the gold. One…
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Glasgow 2019: A Game of Fire, Ice and Blood
From the Balkan lands in 2017, the European Indoor Championships moved west, to the frozen (well, wet) fringes of the continent. Beyond Hadrian’s Wall, Europe’s fearless decathletes arrived in Caledonia and the City of Glasgow, 200 miles south of Wester Ross. Who would become the King of Heptathlon in the North? And would they find…
The January Ten
Every month, I’ll share a digest of ten decathlon-related facts, figures and features. Here’s my pick of the best of January – read it quickly because it looks like February is going to be even more fun… 1 2019 started the way 2018 ended with Kevin resplendent and expressing himself 100%. Kevin kicks off the…
Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It is X days since my last decathlon.
Bless me father, for I have sinned. It has been X days since my last decathlon. X, in this case, equals 211 and Good God those 211 days without any decathletes of Europe have been purgatory. A jaunt to the European Cross Country Championship in Tilburg in December kept me going on the live athletics…