Regional News

Defending Champions Return to Boston for this Sunday’s B.A.A. Half Marathon   Defending champions Daniel Salel and Mary Wacera set to lead strong professional field for the 16th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.   NAME CITIZENSHIP PERSONAL BEST Daniel Salel KEN 1:00:41 …

Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon Sell Out for 12th Straight Year   Run for a Reason charity race entries available in the marathon and half marathon HOUSTON (September 26, 2016) – The Houston Marathon Committee announced today that the 45th annual Chevron Houston Marathon and the 16th Aramco …

  BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today continued its notification to applicants of their acceptance into the 2017 Boston Marathon®. In preparation for the 2017 Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. implemented the same registration process for qualified runners as it used in the 2012 through 2016 Boston Marathons, allowing …

2017 Boston Marathon Registration Now Open   Registration Will Remain Open until 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 21   BOSTON – Registration for the 2017 Boston Marathon is open and will continue to be open through Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. ET. During this period, any eligible …

PROVIDENCE EARNS DOMINANT WIN AT BC BATTLE IN BEANTOWN By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FRANKLIN PARK, BOSTON, MA (16-Sep) — With temperatures in the mid-70s and a brisk wind blowing across Franklin Park, the weather could not have been better for today’s BC …

GETS GREAT NORTH RUN HAT TRICK By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SOUTH SHIELDS, ENGLAND (11-Sep) — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah of Great Britain became the first-ever athlete to win the Great North Run half-marathon three years in a row, defeating American …

Final race is Paddy’s Shillelagh Shuffle on 10/16 in West Newton, Ma. If you have run 5/5 and plan on running the finale please email us your preferred jacket size at nerunner@comcast.net. We are trying to get the order into New Balance earlier this year.  Thanks everyone who spent a …

NER Pub Series XIX Women’s Standings After Finish For A Guinness, Race No. 5 of 6   Open Women (Top 50 Score)   1. Kara Haas                            246 2. Amanda Watters                  238 3. Sarah Barrett                        215 3. Kristin Shaw                        215 5. Christine Howe                    205 6. Katrina Martyn                     202 7. …

It was all sunshine, gentle breeze, great food (fish tacos, etc.!) and copious amounts of Guinness by the water at the post-race Marina venue for Finish For A Guinness.   If not for a Keystone Cops act that took overwhelming men’s favorite Shane Quinn and about 10 of the top …

NER Pub Series XIX Men’s Standings After Finish For A Guiness, Race No. 5 of 6   Open Men (Top 50 Score)   1. TJ Unger                                  227 2. Patrick Bugbee                        225 3. Andrew Holmes                      216 4. Lee Danforth                           215 5. Joe O’Leary                            206 6. Kevin Delaney                        201 7. Chris Smith …