INDIANAPOLIS – USA Track & Field on Monday announced the USA Running Circuit (USARC) schedule for 2009. The fifteenth edition for the men and fourteenth for the women, the 2009 USARC has ten events for men and nine events for women.    The USA Running Circuit (USARC), a USA Track …

2009 Boston Marathon Entries On Record Pace: 20% Ahead of Schedule   Boston, Mass. ‰ÛÒ The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today that entries for the 113th Boston Marathon, to be held on Monday, April 20, 2009, are pacing 20% ahead of the same time last year. As of January …

                                                                            2-time Olympic gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba set for return to Reebok Boston Indoor Games BOSTON (Jan. 8, 2009) –Tirunesh Dibaba, the only woman in track and field to win two …

Life-size statue of race director added to growing field at Bix Plaza DAVENPORT, Iowa – Ed Froehlich does not miss much as the long-time race director of the Quad-City Times Bix 7. However, his race committee revealed a huge holiday surprise when it was announced that Froehlich’s likeness will join …

The inaugural “New England’s Finest” program at the 15th ING Hartford Marathon went off with a bang on Oct. 12. On a sunny and dry day, the program’s male marathoners would place 1-3-4 with female marathoners finishing 2-3-4-6-8. When the marathoners and half marathoners split ways at 3.5-miles, Pat Moulton, …

The annual Applefest Half Marathon and two-person Half Marathon Relay has earned a lot of praise in its 27-year history for outstanding quality, organization and innovation. It’s always been listed as one of New England Runner’s Top Races and this year it has been selected as “Race of the Year.” …

FEATURES Race Spotlights On‰Û¢ 10    ING Hartford Marathon/Half Marathon RI’s Moulton Leads “New England’s Finest‰Û¢bCrLf at ING Hartford Pat Moulton led a bevy of New England’s best Open and age-group competitors through the Soldiers and Sailors arch to the finish area by Bushnell Park during autumn’s most competitive marathon/half marathon …

FEATURES Race Spotlights On: 10    ING Hartford Marathon/Half Marathon RI’s Moulton Leads “New England’s Finest” at ING Hartford Pat Moulton led a bevy of New England’s best Open and age-group competitors through the Soldiers and Sailors arch to the finish area by Bushnell Park during autumn’s most competitive marathon/half marathon …

Sign up by Dec. 31, 2008 and Save on Registration Fees Providence, RI ‰ÛÒ Runners who participate in the Cox Sports Marathon and Willow Tree Half Marathon this spring will experience a new race course ‰ÛÒ one that starts and finish in downtown Providence and in between showcases scenic views …

Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba Recognized for Multiple Olympic Titles   NEW YORK (December 22) — Race Results Weekly, the wire service of distance running, announced today that Ethiopians Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba had been selected the Race Results Weekly 2008 Runners of the Year.  RRW, the world‰Ûªs most …