LAGAT TO MAKE MANCHESTER ROAD RACE DEBUT By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (14-Nov) — Instead of relaxing and enjoying the warm sunshine of Tuscon, Ariz., on Thanksgiving Day with his family, five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat will instead face the bracing air of Manchester, …
Read More »Ending 40-Year Drought, American Shalane Flanagan Wins NYC Marathon
BREAKING 40-YEAR DROUGHT, FLANAGAN WINS TCS NYC MARATHON By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (05-Nov) — In what she hinted might be the final marathon of her career, Shalane Flanagan became the first American to win the TCS New York City Marathon …
Read More »RI Molly Huddle Wins 25th US Title With 5K Championship Win in 5K
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. …
Read More »15 Years Ago, The NYC Marathon Put Women First
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 …
Read More »Kenyans Salel, Chelimo Lead 6,431 in B.A.A. Half Marathon
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 …
Read More »Oregon’s Galen Rupp Wins Chicago Marathon
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 …
Read More »16 Years Ago, Catherine Ndereba (Now 45) Ran Sub-2:19:00
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 …
Read More »Defending Champions Set for Sunday’s B.A.A. Half – Olympians ‘Ritz’, ‘Abdi’ Lead Americans – Full Elite Lineup
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 …
Read More »Big Three – Olympic Gold Medalist Kipchoge, Bekele & Kipsang Ready To Break WR 2:02:57 in Berlin
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) — …
Read More »After 4-Year Stint, B.A.A. High Performance Director Terrance Mahon Departing After 2017
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 …
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