Defending Champions Highlight Top Contenders in 2018 Boston Marathon Push Rim Wheelchair Division World best and course record holders Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar return to defend titles at the 122nd Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day BOSTON – Eight Boston Marathon champions, including reigning winners Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar …

Ricardo Santos Named New Coach of B.A.A. High Performance Team BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that Ricardo Santos will become the next coach of its High Performance Running Team, effective March 15. Santos most recently served as Director of the Iona College (New Rochelle, New York) Cross …

Harold Parker State Forest   Harold Parker may not have been a runner, but he has made a lot of runners happy. His namesake state forest in North Andover, MA, offers 3,000 acres of rolling hills, rocky glacial deposits, and low-lying swamps with miles and miles of trails traversing them. …

WILLIS, MARTINEZ LEAD NYRR WANAMAKER MILE FIELDS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (09-Jan) — Two-time Olympic medalist Nick Willis and 2013 IAAF World Championships silver medalist Brenda Martinez are the leading entrants for the NYRR Wanamaker Miles, part of the 111th …

The Magical Team Apex Of Our Youthful Running National Cross-Country Championships, Raleigh, NC, 1979 —The GBTC as we knew it ended on a high note   by Bob Hodge   I joined the Greater Boston Track Club in 1974 and for every year after that our primary goal in the …

(Ed. note: The Atlanta TC is the 2nd largest running & walking club in the US and since Olympian Rich Kenah, who used to work for Global Athletics (the group behind the New Balance Indoor GP) took over as Executive Director in 2014, the organization has continued to sizzle. The …

THREE USA RECORDS FOR HUDDLE AT ARAMCO HOUSTON HALF-MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HOUSTON (14-Jan) — The sun had yet to rise over the massive George R. Brown Convention Center here, when 33 year-old Molly Huddle of Providence, R.I., had pocketed three …

BOSTON, MA, January 11, 2018— In its 33rd year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock today announced the elite field for the 122nd Boston Marathon on April 16. A complete field list follows.   Six Boston Marathon champions and 17 top U.S. runners will challenge an exceptional …

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The sun was out to warm the grounds of Marshfield HS to 1˚ F for the 9:00 am start of the Marshfield Road Runners 37th New Year’s Day Marathon. (Yuki at 10-miles, all photos by FitzFoto/NERunner) The no frills club event started in 1981 with 3 runners and was called …