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CAVEAT: For the great unwashed who have still not taken the redemptive NER plunge, a general amnesty until Friday, May 27 has been granted to get a subscription, and thus stay on the Pub Series docket. After Friday, an additional pruning of the standings will take place with the …
Read More »2011 Pub Runners After Three Races-Updated 5/27
If your name does not appear in the list below, please email us at nerunner@comcast.net. There were several mistakes in the timing/results of the first two events. Thanks everyone who made it out to Norwell, Ma, and we look forward to seeing you at McGuiggan’s Pub 5K, on June 26th …
Read More »NYC Marathon Chosen as Sports Event of the Year
ING New York City Marathon 2010 Selected as Sports Event of the Year At 4th Annual SportsBusiness Journal Sports Business Awards WorldÛªs Greatest Road Race Chosen from Nominees Including 2010 NCAA Final Four, 2011 NBA All-Star Game, and 2011 Winter X-Games Wednesday Night in Manhattan New York, May …
Read More »Team USA Squad Selected For World Marathon Championships
Team USA Marathon squad announced for 2011 World Championships in Daegu INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – USA Track & Field announced Tuesday the Team USA womenÛªs marathon squad for the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, to be held in Daegu, Korea, August 27 ÛÒ September 4. Coming off of a …
Read More »BAA’s Jeannette Faber 3rd at US 25K Championships
{Editor’s Note}: From a regional standpoint (and that’s who we are!) a big shoutout to the Bay State’s Jeannette Faber (nee Seckinger). Faber is the two-time ING Hartford Marathon champion with a PR 2:41:06 on Oct. 9, 2010 followed a month later with a PR 2:39:41 at New York that …
Read More »Boston Marathon Champions to Run BAA 10K
Boston Marathon Champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel returning to Boston for B.A.A. 10K on June 26. Reigning champions will compete in the inaugural event. BOSTON ÛÒ The Boston Athletic Association today announced that 2011 Boston Marathon menÛªs and womenÛªs champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel, both of …
Read More »When In Rome…
by Paul Josephson Page 1 of 5 in the Running Around the World Section IÛªm running a few European marathons this year to check out crowds and organization, to sightsee, press the body to its limits, and to experience the joys of carbo-loading under the influence of …
Read More »History’s Fastest 10K Tandem Headed to Central Park
Komon and Kogo, the Two Fastest 10K Road Runners of All Time, to Compete Against Strong International Field for Record $25,000 First-Place Prize at UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 14 Kenyan standouts Masai and Ndirangu and rising stars Curtis, St. Lawrence, and Forrest among challengers Three-time …
Read More »Joggling Turnips Unite!
by Thom Gilligan I always thought that setting a world record in the marathon was serious business. Haile Gebrselassie has my complete admiration for his 2:03:59 romp in Berlin. I had the good fortune to be an eyewitness in the finish line grandstand in London in 2003 when Paula …
Read More »Registation for 1st BAA 10K Opens Wed., May 4
Boston Athletic Association to Open Registration for Inaugural B.A.A. 10K on Wednesday May 4 at 10:00 a.m. Boston, MA. ÛÒThe Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that registration for the inaugural B.A.A. 10K opens on Wednesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. Online registration will take place at www.baa.org/races/10K, and …
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