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John Hancock’s  today announced its strongest US Elite Team since it began its principal sponsorship of the Boston Marathon began in 1986. The US team, recruited to compete against an accomplished international field, will challenge for the coveted olive wreath on Patriots’ Day, April 16, 2018. Four-time Olympian and 2017 …

KIRUI, KIPLAGAT SET TO DEFEND BOSTON MARATHON TITLES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (06-Dec) — Reigning Boston Marathon champions, Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, have committed to defending their titles at the 2018 edition of the world’s oldest, continuously run marathon …

BREAKING 40-YEAR DROUGHT, FLANAGAN WINS TCS NYC MARATHON By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (05-Nov) — In what she hinted might be the final marathon of her career, Shalane Flanagan became the first American to win the TCS New York City Marathon …

SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON REMEMBERS ED WHITLOCK By Paul Gains (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, used with permission Lead Photo: Ed Whitlock with Scotiabank Toronto Marathon race director Alan Brookes after finishing the 2012 race at age 81 (Photo Credit: Victah Sailer/Photo Run, used with permission) As the Scotiabank Toronto …

RUPP, DIBABA DOMINATE AT BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (08-Oct) — With powerful second half performances, Galen Rupp and Tirunesh Dibaba won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here handily, overwhelming strong fields on a warm and …

  SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, NDEREBA WAS FIRST WOMAN TO RUN SUB-2:19 By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Catherine Ndereba poses with a poster of herself setting the world marathon record at the 2001 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (photo by Jane …

KIPCHOGE, CHERONO TRIUMPH AT SOGGY BERLIN MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BERLIN (24-Sep) — Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono scored convincing victories at the 44th BMW Berlin Marathon here today, despite soggy conditions which made fast running difficult. Kipchoge, the reigning …

PACING WILL BE KEY FOR MARATHON RECORD ATTEMPT IN BERLIN By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang pose for photographers before the 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon (photo by David Monti for Race Results Weekly) BERLIN (22-Sep) — …

FARAH SAYS FAREWELL TO HAYWARD FIELD WITH PRE CLASSIC WIN By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved   EUGENE, ORE. (27-May) — In 2011, Britain’s Mo Farah made his Prefontaine Classic debut, winning the 10,000m in a European record 26:46.57.  Since that night, he has …

Gray and Erholtz Favorites at 57th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race Gray to compete against former winners Canaday and Blake, along with Kenyan, Francis Wangari, and top cyclist Cameron Cogburn PINKHAM NOTCH, NH – One man in this year’s Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race has gotten to …