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We’re Back – February 2021 Issue of New England Runner
2:11 Marathoner McDonald Joins B.A.A. High Performance Team
Matt McDonald Joins Team B.A.A. BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that Matt McDonald, the tenth-place finisher at February’s U.S. Olympic Trials – Men’s Marathon, has joined the B.A.A. High Performance Team. McDonald, a 2:11:10 marathoner and Ivy League 10,000m champion, will be coached …
Read More »B.A.A. to Launch Multi-Purpose Athlete’s Village Online Hub on January 5
Boston Athletic Association to Launch Athletes’ Village, Virtual Community for Runners of All Levels BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced the upcoming launch of Athletes’ Village, a virtual community for runners of all levels and abilities. Athletes’ Village will be a virtual hub for free monthly challenges as …
Read More »Throwback Thursday – The Inaugural 2001 B.A.A. Half Marathon (including Open & Masters Winners Thru 2011)
Jean Cann’s tribute to NER’s 2012 Race of the Year, tracing its origins and rising popularity with runners following a course along the Emerald Necklace (that only took Frederick Law Olmstead 20 years to complete). Scroll to bottom for Open and Masters winners through 2011. B.A.A. Half Marathon—Event With …
Read More »United Airlines NYC Half Marathon Cancelled For Second Straight Year
(Ed. note: Pandemic help is on the way, but not in time for a March 15 event that, in 2019, registered 24,659 finishers.) 2021 United Airlines NYC Half Canceled Due to Pandemic-Related Health and Safety Concerns Annual March race is one of the world’s largest half marathons …
Read More »Snippets From The USATF-NE XC Championships at Mine Falls Park in NH
IMG_1500 Click for Opening Video. Catarina Rocha, photo by FitzFoto/NERunner With a designation for both ME & NH as COVID red zone states a few days before the USATF-NE XC Championships at Mine Falls Park in Nashua, NH-compounded by a midnight race eve mandate for MA residents …
Read More »B.A.A. Adds 8X NCAA All American Anna Rohrer & Top 10 Trials Finisher Jonas Hampton to High Performance Team
Anna Rohrer and Jonas Hampton join Team B.A.A. B.A.A. High Performance Team adds All-American & Olympic Trials Top 10 Finisher BOSTON– The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the addition of Anna Rohrer and Jonas Hampton to the B.A.A. High Performance Team. Rohrer, an eight-time All-American at Notre Dame, …
Read More »Missing October Marathons – The 43rd Annual Cape Cod Marathon
One of our favorite events and usually slated around Halloween. The fright in 2019 was the weather for the unveiling of the marathon’s new coastal route. Gusting winds and driving rains made the going just a tad arduous, but so much better than what was to come in 2020. …
Read More »Missing October Marathon Series – The 19th Annual Mount Desert Island Marathon
Marathoners are a rugged, adventurous sort and the rugged beauty of the Mount Desert Island Marathon in Bar Harbor, ME elicits a great many smiles per mile -captured and replicated in NER via Maine native son and photog extradonnaire Kevin Morris. The brainchild of RD Gary Allen of Crow …
Read More »History Interrupted, Part II – The B.A.A. Boston Marathon Will Not Be Held In April, 2021
2021 Boston Marathon Will Not Take Place in April B.A.A. to Seek Rescheduled Date in Fall 2021 BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that the 125th Boston Marathon, traditionally held on the third Monday in April—Patriots’ Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—will be postponed until at least the fall …
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