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 …

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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 …

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 …

Goucher 3rd as fastest American woman ever at NYC Marathon; 4 Americans in men’s top 10 NEW YORK – World record holder Paula Radcliffe won her third ING New York City Marathon as 2007 World Outdoor 10,000m bronze medalist Kara Goucher turned in a history-making American performance in third Sunday …

The Battle for the Women’s WMM Title Heats Up When a women’s field described by race director Mary Wittenberg as, “The best we have ever assembled,‰âÂVbCrLf goes to the start line on Sunday for the ING New York City Marathon, the stakes for Ethiopia’s Gete Wami will be almost four …

New York Road Runners Offers New Elements for ING New York City Marathon 2008   Added elements both at the start and along the course, in addition to various pre-race promotions, to make this year’s event memorable   New York, October 27, 2008-Wave starts, expanded split timing for all runners, more …