Thanks to all 2008 NER Pub Series participants who made the trip to Doyle’s Pub in Jamaica Plain, on Thursday night for the annual awards/jacket presentation evening. As always it was a “spirited evening.” One ‘business’ aspect of the evening was the voting of a race from the 2008 series …

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JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES TOP AMERICAN RYAN HALL TO RUN 2009 BOSTON MARATHON Olympian and U.S. Trials Champion Ryan Hall seeks American win in Boston BOSTON, MA, November 18, 2008-In its 24th year as the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced the signing of Olympic …

TORONTO. November 17th, 2008.  Online Registration is now open for all Canada Running Series ’09 events, including Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, at www.canadarunningseries.com . Registration for ’09 includes the popular COMBO PACKS, that offer runners major savings and the chance to build their own personal “pack‰Û_” of major, “goal‰Û_” races …

November 10, 2008, Waltham MA One new event, several repeat races, and a pair of returnees will highlight the 2009 USATF-New England Grand Prix series. The seven Road Race Championships composing the coming year's series were selected Monday evening at Brandeis University. Thirteen races were whittled down to the selected …

It was a great day for cross country at Franklin Park as the USATF New England’s played out before the NCAA Div. 2 Regionals. Under partly sunny skies with moderate temps and good footing, the first race of the day, the Masters 8K, was taken out Maine’s Bobby Winn. The …

INDIANAPOLIS – Kara Goucher has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after running the fastest marathon debut ever by an American woman at the ING New York City Marathon Sunday in New York City. The 2007 World Outdoor 10,000m bronze medalist, Goucher crossed the line in …

BY THE NUMBERS ING New York City Marathon 2008 November 2 THE RACE ‰âÂ. 38,356 starters ‰âÂ. 37,899 finishers ‰âÂ. 66 percent of the finishers were male, and 34 percent were female ‰âÂ. 3,153 finishers from Italy, which had the highest number of non-U.S. finishers ‰âÂ. 3,037 finishers from Great …

Let‰Ûªs Call This Chapter ‰ÛÏBud‰Û They tell me when one reaches that certain age he shouldn‰Ûªt give a ‰ÛÏBy your leave.‰Û (‰ÛÏHey, what can they do to you?‰Û) So boot me or hoot me, there‰Ûªs still a mucky bottom of angst in the old bottle. And for the better part …