The weather in Monaco a day ago wasn’t conducive for a world record attempt at distance—79˚ with a high dewpoint—but 23-Year-Old Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei—proved undeterred. Photo from 2019 World Championships by Kevin Morris. The current World Champion in XC and at 10,000m had set a world road 5K record …
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2019 B.A.A. Boston Marathon. Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has been meeting regularly with city and state officials to discuss all updates related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10, 2020. In consideration of this and guided by Boston Mayor Martin …
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Photo: An early turn in the 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials with eventual US team members Jared Ward and Galen Rupp (back right) visible. Photo by MickFoto/NERunner As covered in the May/June issue of NER, the IAAF dropped a bombshell on March 10 with the announcement of drastic reductions in …
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With the current weather scenario for Boston, defending champion Yuki Kawouchi is looking better – not great – but better. We said “Marshfield” to Yuki this afternoon in the Copley in Boston and this brought a broad smile. Marshfield is where Yuki set the world record for most sub-2:20 marathons, …
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B.A.A. Announces Meb Keflezighi as 2019 Boston Marathon Grand Marshal Boston Marathon Schedule of Events Released BOSTON (1-April) – Today, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced the Grand Marshal for the 123rd Boston Marathon, to be run on Monday, April 15, 2019. Meb Keflezighi, winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, will …
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CHEPTEGEI REBOUNDS FROM KAMPALA MELTDOWN TO TAKE WORLD CROSS COUNTRY GOLD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved AARHUS, DENMARK (30-Mar) — In Kampala two years ago Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei tried to run away with the men’s senior title at the IAAF World Cross Country …
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John Hancock Announces 2019 Boston Marathon Elite Team 82 Elite Athletes, Including Olympians, Paralympians, World Champions and Abbott World Marathon Majors Winners, from 15 Countries Invited for 123rd Running on April 15 BOSTON, MA, January 10, 2019, 10:00 a.m. EST—John Hancock and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the …
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FARAH, KOSGEI TAKE CHICAGO MARATHON TITLES IN RAINY CONDITIONS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (07-Oct) — Britain’s Mo Farah and Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei both scored convincing wins at today’s 41st Bank of America Chicago Marathon held in cool, but very humid and rainy …
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WITH PACEMAKERS BACK, FARAH & RUPP FEELING RIGHT AT HOME AT CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (05-Oct) — After a three-year hiatus, pacemakers will be back again at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here on Sunday when the race …
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Used with permission – Copyright 2018 Race Results Weekly(tm), all rights reserved. May not be reprinted or retransmitted without permission. BMW Berlin Marathon (45th) (An Abbott World Marathon Majors event/IAAF Gold Label Road Race) Berlin, GER; Sunday, September 16 Distance: 42.195 km, AIMS-certified loop course Finishers: 28,443 men + 12,332 …
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