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Hartford Marathon Foundation Offers New Divisions for Athletes with Disabilities at the ING Hartford Marathon   August 2013, Glastonbury, CT ‰ÛÓ The Hartford Marathon Foundation will offer new divisions for Athletes with Disabilities at this year’s ING Hartford Marathon and Half Marathon.  Athletes who have physical challenges, visual impairments or …

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/10439779/john-kelley-memorial-statue   The fundraising project has the go-ahead from the town of Mystic and will feature a bronze statue of running icon John J. Kelley and his trusty canine running companion Brutus.   John Kelley Memorial Fund www.JohnKelley.org   

PATIENT KIPLAGAT WINS SECOND MARATHON WORLD TITLE By David Monti @d9monti (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission)   MOSCOW (10-Aug) — At the 10-kilometer mark of women’s marathon here at the 14th IAAF World Championships today, defending world champion Edna Kiplagat was running in 15th …

The 6th annual  Marathon Sports End of Summer Classic  5 mile road race will be held on Friday evening, August 23rd at Bare Cove Park in Hingham, MA. Well known as the most fun race on the South Shore, this year will be no different with the addition of several …

Joe Gray & Morgan Arritola Lead Team USA   by Nancy Hobbs   . I know he always keeps it honest and with the addition of Glenn Randall, well, he’s a guy who likes to press too,” said Gray. “It was a pretty hard effort right from the start. It …

On July 21, 2013, the Cranmore Hill Climb presented by Northeast Delta Dental will welcome the nation’s best trail and mountain runners during an unprecedented trifecta. For the first time, the USA Mountain Running Championships, the North American Central America Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Running Championships, and the U.S. Mountain Team …

IAAF Track & Field Championships, Moscow, August 10 thru 18   National Broadcast Schedule on NBC   Saturday     August 10     3:30pm-5:00pm Sunday     August 11     12:30pm-2:00pm Saturday     August 17    12:00pm-12:30pm Saturday     August 17     2:30pm-4:00pm Sunday     August 18     2:30-4:00pm       Full Schedule of events is at IAAF Site