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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 …

BAA High performance Team member Matt mcDonald believes he would have snuck under 1:04:00 if not for the hill at 12-miles. Leading from 200 meters through the mile in 4:48 and along the fog shrouded coast in the 10th mile, McDonald was never challenged as he won going away and …

SISSON, MONTANEZ TAKE USATF 15-K TITLES IN JACKSONVILLE     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         (Ed. note: Top 10 with New England natives at end of article)       (05-Mar) — Emily Sisson and Nico Montanez scored convincing …

KIPCHOGE & KOSGEI RUN FASTEST-EVER MARATHONS IN JAPAN AT TOKYO MARATHON     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge wins the 41st Tokyo Marathon (photo via NN Running Team; used with permission)     (06-Mar) — On a beautiful …

Trivia Titan for our Jan/Feb issue is Laconia, NH’s John Mercer. During his days with Club Northeast, John ran the Boston Marathon 12 years straight from 1992-2003 and has been a subscriber since Boston Running News days.           Now in his swinging sixties, John ran 20:57 …