Road Race

Heeding The Need For Speed (From the Jan/Feb ’19 issue of NER)   by Bob Fitzgerald   Amazing how the combination of a few friends mixed with some adult beverages produces epic athletic events (think Hawaii Ironman). In a subtext of the Ironman ethos, good running friends George LeCours and …

It seems in the current climate pattern here in the Northeast, race day either dawns half decent or as a full day of rain and wind. Long before this general trend, the New Bedford Half Marathon has been known for bitter temperatures-Wind, always Wind-occasionally gale force by the ocean in …

From: Race Results Weekly <rrweekly@gmail.com> All Rights Reserved (c) Date: March 17, 2019 at 1:01:50 PM EDT To: nerfitz@hotmail.com Subject: RRW: Surprise Win For Tilahun, Domination for Jepkosgei At United Airlines NYC Half NEW YORK (17-Mar) — Belay Tilahun pulled off a surprise win in the United Airlines NYC Half …

Joan Benoit Samuelson To Run 2019 Boston Marathon Celebrating the 40th anniversary of her 1979 victory, Samuelson returns to race from Hopkinton to Boston BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today that two-time Boston Marathon champion and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson will run this year’s Boston …

IAAF ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION SYSTEM At the ongoing IAAF Council Meeting in Doha, the Council approved the athlete qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The new system will allow athletes to become eligible for Olympic selection using two different criteria: . Achieve the qualification marks by discipline within …

AUSTIN, CRAGG WIN ROAD TO GOLD ROAD RACE By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Jared Ward and Parker Stinson chase eventual champion Brogan Austin at the 2019 Road to Gold road race in Atlanta (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly) ATLANTA …

PEACHTREE TO CELEBRATE 50TH RUNNING WITH $50K COURSE RECORD BONUSES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (19-Feb) — The Atlanta Track Club plans to celebrate the 50th edition of their AJC Peachtree Road Race 10-K on July 4 with an especially big bang. The …

BHZ Pre-Game Race Day on Super Sunday brought no Polar Vortex (just departed), nor did it bring tropical breezes, BUT at 30˚ with no wind and a cloud cover for the 9:30 am start hard by the Barrel House Z Brewery in S. Weymouth, it did offer prime racing conditions…and …

Photo: Running by the “Gingerbread” Houses at 5-miles, photo by FitzFoto/NERunner (Ed. Note: Since it’s inception in 1998, NER has missed a grand total of two MV 20s, one because of a wedding and I can’t recall the other reason, but I do know these were regrettable conflicts. There’s everything …

Here’s Why:   (Photo by Scott Mason) The current women’s record after last year’s inaugural running is 19:35 (6:18 pace) set by one of New England’s top Masters—Central Mass Strider Leslie O’Dell, 41, of Albany, NH.   Give ‘Em Hell O’Dell will be plying her trade at the Mid-Winter 10M …