Road Race

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 …

The Grand Final of the NER Pub Series—the 19th annual Paddy’s Shillelagh Shuffle 3M in W. Newton, MA—would have played out this past Sunday, Oct. 18, and it did, but virtually in a 4-day virtual palooza.     Big doings in 2019 as the US Olympic Trials-bound Hackett twins went 1-2 …

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 …

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 …

Two-time steeplechase Olympian Donn Cabral, a native of Glastonbury, CT, will join a host of regional elite runners (30 men & 30 women) to compete at the New England’s Finest Throwdown 5K road race Saturday, Sept. 26 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.   Olympian Donn Cabral winning the 40th …

Records Rocked in Back Cove Blockbuster     Bay Staters Marc LeBlanc and former collegiate 800m man Lee Danforth of the HFC Striders duke it out for the bronze…a duel decided by 3/100ths of a second. Photo by MickFoto/NERunner   With the 11th annual Portland Trails “Trail to Ale” 10K …

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 …

B.A.A. Announces COVID-19 Medical & Event Operations Advisory Group; Postpones Registration for 2021 Boston Marathon Cross-sector group to advise on safe return to mass participation road races         BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced the formation of a COVID-19 Medical & Event Operations Advisory Group, comprised of …