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AFTER TWO-YEAR HIATUS, UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF COMES ROARING BACK WITH TOP ELITE FIELD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (22-Feb)     — After being cancelled two years in a row due to the pandemic, the United Airlines NYC Half will return on …

RECORD-BREAKING DAY FOR D’AMATO, HALL IN HOUSTONBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (16-Jan) — Despite near-freezing temperatures at the start, both Keira D’Amato and Sara Hall broke the American records for the marathon and half-marathon, respectively, at the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half-Marathon this …

SEVEN OF THE LAST EIGHT MEN’S CHAMPIONS TO RUN 2022 BOSTON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (13-Jan)     — Organizers of the Boston Marathon announced a men’s elite field today which was breathtaking in both breadth and depth.  Seven of the …

 Olympic & Paralympic Medalists Headline Fastest and Most Decorated Women’s Field for 126th Boston Marathon     126th Boston Marathon April’s Race Celebrates 50 Years Since the Inaugural Women’s Division in 1972             BOSTON— The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today the fastest and most …

VERY DEEP FIELDS FOR SUNDAY’S USATF HALF-MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved       (02-Dec) — Sunday’s USATF Half-Marathon Championships, hosted by the Mortgage Network Half-Marathon in Hardeeville, S.C., features very deep fields.  Spurred by a $40,000 prize money purse ($7,000 for the …

Qualifier Acceptances Announced for 2022 Boston Marathon All qualified participants who submitted an application November 8-12 will be accepted, provided they submitted an approved and verified qualifying time     BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) proudly announced that all qualified athletes who submitted applications during the 2022 Boston Marathon registration …

2022 United Airlines NYC Half to Return at Full Scale with 25,000 Runners Application for the 2022 United Airlines NYC Half Entry Drawing Opens Today   NYRR Launches Non-Binary Time Qualifying Standards   New York, November 18, 2021 – New York Road Runners (NYRR) today announced the highly anticipated return …

125th Boston Marathon Raises $26.6 Million For Area Non-Profits BOSTON     Photo courtesy of BAA   On the occasion of National Philanthropy Day, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that $26.6 million was raised for more than 200 nonprofit organizations through this year’s historic 125th Boston Marathon on …

Snippets from Sunday’s Half Marathon amidst the Western Mass rural splendor of Monson.   Prize money for this challenging hillfest runs 5-deep starting at $400. Past champions are comped entry and win an extra $100 if they win again.   Unseated were 2018 champ Jaidiby Zapata of Millennium Running, 2nd in …

BREAKING OLYMPIC CURSE, PERES JEPCHIRCHIR WINS TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     NEW YORK (07-Nov) — Never in the 50-year history of the TCS New York City Marathon has an Olympic Marathon champion won the …