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DAVILA OUT OF BOSTON MARATHON By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (28-Dec) -- Olympic marathoner Desiree Davila has withdrawn from the 2013 Boston Marathon, organizers said today. Davila, 29, from Rochester Hills, Mich., has been dealing with a "slow-healing femoral stress fracture …

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE RUNNER GIRLS By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with Permission) (23-Dec) -- Do people want to know what two high school girls who run cross country have to say? The answer is decidedly, "yes!" The Runner Girls, who tweet under …

Registration Now Open for 200-Mile Vermont Running Relay 8th Annual Green Mountain Relay to Run through Heart of Vermont   December 20, 2012– Registration is now open for the eighth annual Green Mountain Relay, a 200-mile team running relay race in Vermont.   The Green Mountain Relay will take place …

FAVOR HAMILTON ADMITS TO DOUBLE LIFE AS LAS VEGAS ESCORT By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (NER Photo of Jen Toomey, Favor-Hamilton and Molly Huddle at New Balance indoor Invitational by Randy Osga) (20-Dec) -- Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton has acknowledged …

BOSTON, MA, December, 18, 2012‰ÛÓJohn Hancock Financial today announced the return of 2012 Boston Marathon champions Sharon Cherop and Wesley Korir of Kenya for the 117th running of the race on April 15. Wesley Korir ran the smartest race of his life in winning the 116th Boston Marathon.  Deftly handling …

Bring Back the Mile Launches Anniversary Contest $359 Running Warehouse gift certificate for the winning video or photo to be featured in BBTM’s #IAMTHEMILE anniversary video on RunnerSpace.com. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ‰ÛÒ (December 12, 2012) ‰ÛÒ Bring Back the Mile launched on January 18, 2012 with a video and a …

Syracuse, NY ‰ÛÓ The 21st annual Syracuse Festival of Races (SFoR) has been selected by USA Track & Field‰Ûªs Masters Long Distance Running Committee to host the 2013 USA Masters 5 km Championship for both men and women on Sunday, October 6, 2013. This will mark the sixth consecutive year …

This month Meaghan Hobson of La Salle University will become the next athlete-in-residence fellow at NE Distance, the new community-based distance running project in New England.  She will be moving to Woonsocket, RI to join the program by the end of this year.  Meaghan possesses 55 second 400 meter speed …

Rocha and Cheserek Capture First Place Titles in 34th Annual Foot Locker   Cross Country Championships Northeast Regional RACE HIGHLIGHTS: Catarina Rocha of Peabody, Mass., and Edward Cheserek of Newark, N.J., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) Northeast Regional today.   Edward Cheserek, a senior at St. Benedict’s …

INDIANAPOLIS – Lopez Lomong has been named the recipient of the Visa Humanitarian of the Year Award, USA Track & Field announced Thursday. Lomong will be honored on Saturday, December 1, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Daytona Beach. Fla. The event is held …