Road Race

  BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION   185 Dartmouth Street, 6th Floor   Boston, Massachusetts 02116   617-236-1652   www.baa.org   September 8, 2015   Field size will be 30,000 official entrants for the 120th running of event. BOSTON — Registration for the 2016 Boston Marathon opens on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET. …

Previewing the contestants in the program that NER runs in conjunction with the Hartford Marathon/Half. This is the same 5-pg. Feature as in our Sept/Oct issue. Click “Download Now” below.

GHEBRESLASSIE SURPRISES AS YOUNGEST EVER WORLD MARATHON CHAMP By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) BEIJING (22-Aug) -- The 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics got off to a shocking start here as a plucky teenager from Eritrea, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, became the …

Norwood’s Napper Tandy’s Flyer 4M, while a challenging course and certainly run in humid conditions, was far easier on Publicans than the Common Fence Point 5M or Falmouth Road Race that many partook in just 4 days earlier. Plus, Larry “Mr. Inspiration” Cole, 81, had a good race at Falmouth …

    2. Gregory Picklesimer             191 4. Patrick Bugbee                      171 6. David Wilson                        150 8. Jason Cakouros                     147 10. Macdara Nash                     141 12. Andrew Holmes                  125 14. Jimmy Fallon                      112 16. Jon Waldron                          80 18. Cory Hofmann                      71 20. James Craig                          56 22. Ken Warren                          51 24. George Braun                       46 …

Following Race No. 4 of 6, Nappy Tander’s Flyer 4M   WOMEN OVERALL (Top 50 Score)   1. Ginger Reiner                         199 2. Candice Gagnon                     187 3. Holly Madden                         183 4. Deb Downs                             164 5. Eileen Cakouros                      154 6. Elizabeth Utz                          141 7. Amanda Watters                     137 8. Victoria Bok                           134 9. …

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Nagel in CR, BAA Top Team At Doyle 5M by Steve Mazzone In an effort to increase entries and boost up the competition, the race committee of the Bobby Doyle Five-Mile Summer Classic (Aug. 9) put in a successful bid this past winter to be part of the USATF-NE Grand …

B.A.A. Enhances Community Effort with The Road to Wellness 5K The Boston Athletic Association was founded with a mission of promoting fitness through sport and its best known vehicle for doing so is the Boston Marathon. It is probably safe to say that the race founders could not have imagined the …

SAMBU IS BIG WINNER AT FALMOUTH; WINS RACE, COUNTDOWN BONUS **Nukuri Dominates Women’s Race** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) FALMOUTH, MA, USA (16-Aug) — A dramatic series of events played out here at the 43rd New Balance Falmouth Road Race, …