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(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   …

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, …

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 …

  Boston Marathon Fundraising Surpasses $400 Million Milestone  $32.1 million raised for charity programs through the 2020 Boston Marathon Virtual Experience  BOSTON –The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that $32.1 million was raised for 242 non-profit organizations surrounding the 2020 Boston Marathon and Boston Marathon Virtual Experience. With this …

Long a favorite of native New Yorkers, New Englanders (and others) Wineglass features a fast. flat and scenic point-to-point course through the southern Finger Lakes from Bath to Corning. It was originally slated for Oct. 4, 2020. (from the Nov/Dec 2019 issue of New England Runner)   Burks, Hagley Harness …

For the first time in 41 years, there will be no Foot Locker XC National Championships this Dec.   Organizers pulled the plug today in a tweet that cited the usual safety concerns but was scant on detail. There was hope that Foot Locker would persevere after the Nike Cross …

The setting is The Village in bucolic Litchfield, CT. The watering hole is situated at the top of Litchfield Common by the race start.   The late, great Tommy Leonard of Eliot Lounge fame and founder of the Falmouth Road Race is listening to the confession of Litchfield streaker Billy …

Black Hawk Flyover & Mile 27 Post-Race Party presented by Samuel Adams Caps Off Boston Marathon Virtual Experience Race Week   Flyover recognizes originally postponed Boston Marathon date, honors frontline workers   Black Hawks over Hopkinton, 2014, courtesy of FayFoto   BOSTON—On Monday, September 14 two MEDEVAC HH-60 Black Hawks …

  Some people ran a virtual race over Labor Day, others kicked back with a barbeque and a few cold wines. Katie Spotz, 30, chose instead to run across Maine from the Canadian border down to Belfast, 137.8 miles in total.   A clean water activist who has raised over …

While sanctioned by USATF, the meet wasn’t publicized, to the point that NER loyalist and ardent photog Jack Prior (Newton Sports Photography) didn’t know where it was until he saw a set-up image on Instagram revealing the Newton North HS track just two miles from his house. All photos are …