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Keflezighi, Lewy-Boulet take first U.S. titles of 2010 and USA Half Marathon Championships HOUSTON – Olympic Silver medalist Meb Keflezighi (San Diego, Calif.) made an early move to stake his claim on the men’s title Sunday at the USA Half Marathon Championships in Houston, Texas, running 1:01:25 for his first …

  2010 Walt Disney World Marathon Fast Facts   åá      SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE:  A record registration field of 55,500 runners is set for the 2010 Disney Marathon Weekend ‰ÛÒ a four-day ‰ÛÏweekend‰Û event (Jan. 7-10, 2010) that consists of the Full Marathon, Half Marathon, Disney-Pixar Up & Away Family Fun …

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RACE RESULTS WEEKLY ANNOUNCES 2009 RUNNERS OF THE YEAR Kenenisa Bekele and Linet Masai Recognized for Medals, Consistency NEW YORK (December 28) — Race Results Weekly, the wire service of distance running, announced today that Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan Linet Masai had been selected the Race Results Weekly 2009 …

INDIANAPOLIS – Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat will attempt to make history when he competes in the legendary Wanamaker Mile on Friday, January 29, at the 103rd Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 2007 World Outdoor 1,500m and 5,000m champion, Lagat won his seventh Wanamaker …

BOSTON (Dec. 15) ‰ÛÓ Ethiopia’s double Olympic Champion Tirunesh Dibaba will be among the headliners at the 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today. Tickets for the 15th annual Olympic-styled event are on sale now at www.BostonIndoorGames.com  or by calling 1-877-TIX-TRAC. Dibaba, nicknamed the “baby face …

Flanagan enters USA Half Marathon Championships U.S. long distance running standout Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.), who won a bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, will make her half-marathon debut on January 17 at the 2010 USA Half Marathon Championships hosted by the Aramco …

A ferocious competitor but a gentle person, it seemed Larry Olsen would outlast everyone. Rarely injured, Olsen was like the Energizer Bunny…he just kept on going…and always at a high level. He had some memorable duels with Bill Rodgers at Falmouth. It’s hard to believe but the preliminary posts of …

Keflezighi Rides in 83rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ING New York City Marathon 2009 champion part of annual holiday tradition in New York City The ING New York City Marathon 2009 men’s champion, Meb Keflezighi, the first U.S. men’s winner of the race since Alberto Salazar’s three-peat in 1982, had …

USATF announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees INDIANAPOLIS – Some of the greatest athletes of their generations, including track & field legends Joetta Clark Diggs, Andre Phillips, Randy Williams and Willie Steele, are joined by coach Dr. Ken Foreman as the 2009 inductees into the National Track & Field Hall …