Road Race

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 …

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 …

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 …

(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, …

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.   …

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 …

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 …

The GMAA Green Mtn. Marathon in South Hero, VT and the Baystate Marathon in Lowell, MA both fall under the aegis of “by runners, for runners.”   The Green Mountain AA would have hosted its 50th event this Oct, the Greater Lowell Road Runners its 32nd. Green Mtn. cancelled and …

  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 …