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CAL INTERNATIONAL TO HOST 2022 USATF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     (17-Jun) — Organizers of the California International Marathon announced this morning that they will be hosting the 2022 USA Track & Field (USATF) Marathon Championships on …

127th Boston Marathon Field Size Established as 30,000 Participants; Registration to be held September 12–16, 2022       BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that the field size for the 127th Boston Marathon, scheduled to take place on Monday, April 17, 2023, has been established as 30,000 participants. Registration …

SCHWEIZER, KLECKER TAKE USA 10,000M TITLES IN CLOSE RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (28-May)     The men’s podium finishers from the 2022 USATF 10,000m Championships (left to right): Joe Klecker (1st), Grant Fisher (2nd), Sean McGorty (3rd) (photo via …

Great day at Evan’s Run…post-race; otherwise, in a word: Brutal. So congrats to the survivors of Pub Series Race uno, all 306 finishers out of 505 entrants, the best entries for the race since 2014, with over half a million raised for autism awareness.       How bad was …

Congrats to Scott Mindel on running two half marathon PRs within a month, but more to the point, in winning our latest Puma Shoe Giveaway Trivia Quiz.           Scott correctly answered that the “Vineyard Kid” now lives near the staring line of the Boston Marathon in …

JEPCHIRCHIR, CHEBET CAPTURE BOSTON MARATHON TITLES IN EXCITING RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (18-Apr) — Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet won today’s Boston Marathon in 2:21:01 and 2:06:51, respectively, in the race’s first edition on Patriots’ …

GREGOREK, RODENFELS CAPTURE B.A.A. INVITATIONAL MILE TITLES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (16-Apr) — Two athletes with strong Boston ties won today’s 12th annual B.A.A. Invitational Mile held on the streets of Back Bay this morning.  Johnny Gregorek, …

COURSE –BUT NOT WORLD– RECORD FOR SENBERE TEFERI AT B.A.A. 5-K     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (16-Apr) —     Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi came here not only to win the 12th annual B.A.A. 5-K, but to also break her own …

B.A.A. Announces Grand Marshals, Official Starters & Race Week Festivities Surrounding 126th Boston Marathon       BOSTON—In anticipation of the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the Grand Marshal, Official Starters, and festivities in celebration of the world’s oldest annually run …

Trivia Time   For NER subscribers, answer correctly from the Mar/Apr issue for a chance at a free pair of Puma shoes.       1) There are two runners pictured racing on an oversized track at Boston College. One would be the fourth scorer for the GBTC squad that …