From the IAAF brief report with an Ed. note: Boston photo of Rupp by Kevin Morris/Photo Run Galen Rupp of the U.S. and Bornes Jepkirui Kitur of Kenya ran to victory at the Volkswagen Prague Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday, May 6. …
Read More »Warm Weather Derails Women’s WR in London – 2:18:31 Wins Women’s Race
KIPCHOGE, CHERUIYOT SURVIVE WARM WEATHER, HOT PACE TO WIN VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (22-Apr) — Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot survived very warm conditions and an ambitious early pace to win the 38th Virgin Money London …
Read More »Dibaba Wins 3rd Consecutive World Indoor Champs 3K, US in 5th
THREEPEAT FOR DIBABA AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS By Steven Mills, @Trackside2018 (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (01-Mar) — Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia became the third athlete to win the women’s 3000m title at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on at least three occasions in …
Read More »NYC Marathon Receives 150,000 Applications for 50,000 Slots, Up 34% since 2014 (check out its qualifying times)
Record Number of Runners Apply for Entry to the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon with Over 15,500 to be Selected in Today’s Drawing for the World’s Largest Marathon on Sunday, November 4 Runners selected in the drawing will join those who earned guaranteed entry as part of a …
Read More »Boston-bound Kawauchi Going For Most Sub-2:20 Marathons WR at Marshfield (MA) New Year’s Day Marathon
BOSTON, MA, December 21, 2017—John Hancock said today that Japanese runner Yuki Kawauchi has been invited to participate in the company’s 2018 Boston Marathon Elite Team. During a visit to Boston the last week of December, Kawauchi will train on the Boston Marathon course. And on New Year’s Day, he …
Read More »Hancock Announces Strongest Ever Boston US Elite Team – Flanagan, Rupp, Hasay, Desi, Ritz, Huddle, Kastor, Abdi… (Oh my!)
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 …
Read More »Defending Boston Marathon Champions Kirui, Kiplagat Look to Defend This April
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 …
Read More »Ending 40-Year Drought, American Shalane Flanagan Wins NYC 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 …
Read More »Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Honors the Great Ed Whitlock
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 …
Read More »Oregon’s Galen Rupp Wins Chicago Marathon
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 …
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