Road Race

BOSTON, MA, January 11, 2018— In its 33rd year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock today announced the elite field for the 122nd Boston Marathon on April 16. A complete field list follows.   Six Boston Marathon champions and 17 top U.S. runners will challenge an exceptional …

The sun was out to warm the grounds of Marshfield HS to 1˚ F for the 9:00 am start of the Marshfield Road Runners 37th New Year’s Day Marathon. (Yuki at 10-miles, all photos by FitzFoto/NERunner) The no frills club event started in 1981 with 3 runners and was called …

BOSTON, MA, December 21, 2017—John Hancock said today that Japanese runner Yuki Kawauchi has been invited to participate in the company’s 2018 Boston Marathon Elite Team. During a visit to Boston the last week of December, Kawauchi will train on the Boston Marathon course. And on New Year’s Day, he …

John Hancock’s  today announced its strongest US Elite Team since it began its principal sponsorship of the Boston Marathon began in 1986. The US team, recruited to compete against an accomplished international field, will challenge for the coveted olive wreath on Patriots’ Day, April 16, 2018. Four-time Olympian and 2017 …

KIRUI, KIPLAGAT SET TO DEFEND BOSTON MARATHON TITLES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (06-Dec) — Reigning Boston Marathon champions, Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, have committed to defending their titles at the 2018 edition of the world’s oldest, continuously run marathon …

HALL, RITCHIE TAKE USA MARATHON TITLES AT CAL INT’L MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved   SACRAMENTO (03-Dec) — In sunny, windless and cool conditions, Sara Hall of Redding, Calif., and Timothy Ritchie of New Haven, Conn., clinched the 2017 USATF Marathon titles …

MARATHON DEBUT WAS “LONG TIME COMING” FOR KATIE MATTHEWS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO (02-Dec) — The official elite athlete introductions had ended at the expo for the 35th California International Marathon and USA Marathon Championships and Katie Matthews was attempting a …

POWERFUL SPRINTS GIVE CHELIMO, DIRIBA MANCHESTER WINS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved MANCHESTER, CONN. (23-Nov) — Under brilliant blue skies here this morning, Paul Chelimo and Buze Diriba shook off the near-freezing temperatures and rallied to win the 81st Manchester Road Race, America’s …

LAGAT TO MAKE MANCHESTER ROAD RACE DEBUT By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (14-Nov) — Instead of relaxing and enjoying the warm sunshine of Tuscon, Ariz., on Thanksgiving Day with his family, five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat will instead face the bracing air of Manchester, …

BREAKING 40-YEAR DROUGHT, FLANAGAN WINS TCS NYC MARATHON By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (05-Nov) — In what she hinted might be the final marathon of her career, Shalane Flanagan became the first American to win the TCS New York City Marathon …