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USA 5-K TITLES FOR KIPCHIRCHIR & HUDDLE AT ABBOTT DASH TO THE FINISH By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (04-Nov) — The men’s and women’s USATF 5-K road championships could not have played out more differently here this morning in Central Park. …

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, THE TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON PUT WOMEN FIRST By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: The elite women starting the 2002 New York City Marathon (from left to right): F6, Joyce Chepchumba (KEN); F9, Kerryn McCann (AUS); F60, Silvia Skvortsova …

Kenyans Sweep 2017 B.A.A. Half Marathon Daniel Salel earns three-peat, while Joan Chelimo runs away with title at 17th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. BOSTON, MA (8-Oct) — Kenyans Daniel Salel and Joan Chelimo swept the top spots at today’s 17th annual …

RUPP, DIBABA DOMINATE AT BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (08-Oct) — With powerful second half performances, Galen Rupp and Tirunesh Dibaba won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here handily, overwhelming strong fields on a warm and …

  SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, NDEREBA WAS FIRST WOMAN TO RUN SUB-2:19 By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Catherine Ndereba poses with a poster of herself setting the world marathon record at the 2001 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (photo by Jane …

Reigning Champion, USA Olympians Return to Boston for this Sunday’s B.A.A. Half Marathon Defending champion Daniel Salel and B.A.A. 10K winner Joan Chelimo lead strong international field for 17th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon. Olympians Dathan Ritzenhein and Abdi Abdirahman front American charge. BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association today announced …

PACING WILL BE KEY FOR MARATHON RECORD ATTEMPT IN BERLIN By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang pose for photographers before the 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon (photo by David Monti for Race Results Weekly) BERLIN (22-Sep) — …

  Terrence Mahon to Complete Work as Director of B.A.A. High Performance Program California native to return to west coast at the conclusion of 2017.   BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Athletic Association today announced that head coach of its high performance team, Terrence Mahon, will depart the organization at …

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2018 BOSTON MARATHON OPENS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11   Field size will be 30,000 official entrants for the 122nd running on April 16 BOSTON — Registration for the 2018 Boston Marathon opens on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The B.A.A. will use the same process …

VETERANS SIMPSON, WILLIS WIN AGAIN ON 5TH AVENUE By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (10-Sep) — Experience counts on 5th Avenue. Jenny Simpson and Nick Willis proved that here today with emphatic wins down the famed New York City boulevard. Simpson scored …