Road Race

Following the 23rd Annual Doyle’s Emerald Necklace 5-Miler in Jamaica Plain on April 7 Open Women (Top 50)     1. Christina Campbell 50   2. Kim Ionta   49   3. Amanda Watters 48   4. Rita Donahue 47   5. Mimi Fallon 46   6. Leslie O’Dell 45 …

After three years of various podium places at the West Island 5K the husband/wife team of Falmouth’s Mike and Emily Stone doubled down to cop $100 each during the 8th edition this April 28.   Photo: The Falmouth TC’s Mike Stone (L) and Tracksmith Hare’s Eric Holmes separated from the …

Pub Series Race No. 2 to Feature Inflatable Pub Where else but Liam Maguire’s Almost 5-Miler for the epic race premiere of this authentic 26 x 16 inflatable pub—not at the ‘before’ party at Liam’s from 4-6 on Saturday, May 4 (NER will be there!)…nor the ‘after party’ at Liam Maguire’s …

The Locale   You’re down the Cape in May before the summer onslaught. You can walk the streets, move about in a restaurant, take in the bikepath to Woods’ Hole, all without being sardined by the sunscreen slathered masses.   You can hear the birds and not the autos, be …

A BREAKAWAY AND A SPRINT DELIVER BOSTON MARATHON WINS TO DEGEFA AND CHERONO By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (15-Apr) — An early breakaway by Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa and a sizzling final sprint by Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono delivered victories here today at the …

GEBRHIWET, NGIGE WIN RAINY B.A.A.  5-K By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (13-Apr) — On a rainy, windy and cool morning here in Back Bay, Hagos Gebrhiwet and Monicah Ngige splashed their way to victories at the 11th annual B.A.A. 5-K in 13:42 …

FAST KICKS GIVE DOMANIC, HILTZ B.A.A. INVITATIONAL MILE WINS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (13-Apr) — Robert Domanic and Nikki Hiltz were the winners here today of the 11th annual B.A.A. Invitational Mile on the streets of Back Bay.  Domanic, who represents …

With the current weather scenario for Boston, defending champion Yuki Kawouchi is looking better – not great – but better. We said “Marshfield” to Yuki this afternoon in the Copley in Boston and this brought a broad smile. Marshfield is where Yuki set the world record for most sub-2:20 marathons, …

Ideal Conditions Yield Record Times In 2019 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Stanley Kebenei breaks Greg Meyer’s American record set here in 1983; Rosemary Wanjiru runs fastest U.S. all-comers, women’s-only race record; Jemal Yimer defends his title (Ed. note: Five days after we posted news that Greg Meyer had …

World Class Fields Announced for B.A.A. 5K and B.A.A. Invitational Mile   Defending champions Buze Diriba and Hagos Gebrhiwet join American record holder Ben True to lead full slate of B.A.A. races on Saturday Photo: from 2018, top-25 15:00 runners Nick Roche of Oregon, The BAA’s Brian Harvey, Heartbreaker’s Conor …