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JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES TOP AMERICANS MEB KEFLEZIGHI AND RYAN HALL TO RUN 2010 BOSTON MARATHON AND SEEK AMERICAN WIN BOSTON, MA, December 18, 2009ÛÓIn celebration of its 25th anniversary as the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced the signing of top Americans, …
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WBZ-TV & B.A.A. Extend Marathon Contract Three Years
WBZ-TV & THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION RENEW THEIR EXCLUSIVE BOSTON MARATHONå¨ PARTNERSHIP FOR THREE YEARS THE RENEWAL WILL MAKE WBZ-TV THE ONLY STATION TO CONTINUE 30-YEARS OF COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOSTON, MA ÛÒ December 17, 2009 ÛÒ WBZ-TV and …
Read More »Double Olympic Champion Dibaba Returning to Boston
BOSTON (Dec. 15) ÛÓ Ethiopia’s double Olympic Champion Tirunesh Dibaba will be among the headliners at the 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today. Tickets for the 15th annual Olympic-styled event are on sale now at www.BostonIndoorGames.com or by calling 1-877-TIX-TRAC. Dibaba, nicknamed the “baby face …
Read More »New England Runner Pub Series Party a Huge Hit!
it was standing room only in the Fitzgerald Room at Doyles Pub in Jamaica Plain. The 2009 edition of the New England Runner Pub Series, saw it’s largest crowd in the 11 year history of the series. Thanks to all who took the time to attend the party in this …
Read More »Shalane Flanagan to Make 13.1M Debut in January
Flanagan enters USA Half Marathon Championships U.S. long distance running standout Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.), who won a bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, will make her half-marathon debut on January 17 at the 2010 USA Half Marathon Championships hosted by the Aramco …
Read More »The Original Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run This Sunday
The Original Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run set for Sunday, December 13. Boston Athletic Association to sponsor local running celebration which starts and finishes at Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Bob Hodge to receive Jock Semple Award; Barbara Sicuso will be presented the Will Cloney Award. BOSTON ÛÓ …
Read More »NE Running Icon Larry Olsen Passes Away
A ferocious competitor but a gentle person, it seemed Larry Olsen would outlast everyone. Rarely injured, Olsen was like the Energizer Bunny…he just kept on going…and always at a high level. He had some memorable duels with Bill Rodgers at Falmouth. It’s hard to believe but the preliminary posts of …
Read More »De Reuck Honored as Masters Athlete of the Year
INDIANAPOLIS – Colleen De Reuck has been named the 2009 Masters Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field’s Masters Committee. De Reuck was honored on Saturday, December 5, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis, Ind. …
Read More »Ryan & Sara Hall Named Humanitarium Athletes of the Year
INDIANAPOLIS – 2008 Olympian Ryan Hall and his wife, 1,500m runner Sara Hall, who in 2009 started The STEPS Foundation, have been named Visa Humanitarian Athletes of the Year by USA Track & Field. The Halls will be honored on Saturday, December 5 at the Jesse Owens Awards and …
Read More »Meb Rides in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Keflezighi Rides in 83rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ING New York City Marathon 2009 champion part of annual holiday tradition in New York City The ING New York City Marathon 2009 men’s champion, Meb Keflezighi, the first U.S. men’s winner of the race since Alberto Salazar’s three-peat in 1982, had …
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