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By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (06-Sep) -- Coming off of strong track seasons which culminated with personal best performances at the London Olympics, Janet Bawcom, Julie Culley and Amy Hastings will extend their competitive year by competing for the …

B.A.A. Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray saw the sun rise and set this week as he ran 58 miles in his home town of North Andover, Mass to complete his 46th consecutive annual birthday run on Sunday, Aug. 26, leaving his house at 2:50 a.m. and running 16 loops …

Current list has been updated to reflect those runners who have run the first 4 races as well as two of three and those runners who did not have a subscription to NER as of May 1st.  If your name does not appear below, please email us at nerunner@comcast.net. If you …

Actor Sean Astin to lead sold-out field along half-marathon course through all-new Cars Land at newly reopened Disney California Adventure   ANAHEIM, Calif. – (Aug. 28, 2012) – The Happiest Race on Earth just got happier as runners in the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend will race Sept. 1 and 2 …

By Riel Hauman (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (29-Aug) -- Three positive drug tests have been revealed involving athletes who placed in the top-10 in South Africa‰Ûªs two major ultramarathons, the Comrades and Old Mutual Two Oceans. In the biggest shock, both Comrades winner …

OLYMPIC TRIALS CHAMPION KEFLEZIGHI LEADS USA CHARGE AT NYC MARATHON By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (29-Aug) -- Led by Olympic Trials champion Meb Keflezighi, six of the top eight finishers from last January's USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston --including the …

AT 51, RUEGGER STILL HOLDS CANADIAN MARATHON RECORD By Paul Gains (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) NOTE: Veteran Olympic sports journalist Paul Gains has been writing regular stories on behalf of the 2012 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon; this is his latest piece --Ed. (23-Aug) …

Lance Armstrong, a 7-time consecutive Tour De France champion from 1999 to 2005 said he would no longer fight doping charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).   Armstrong posted on his website (Lancearmstrong.com): “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ …

John Hancock’s 2012 Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program Raises a Record $6.8 Million BOSTON, MA, August 22, 2012 ‰ÛÓ John Hancock’s 2012 Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program raised a record $6.8 million as part of the 116th running of the historic race in April of this year.  The record total for 2012 …

A mighty fine job by Common Fence Point 5M RD John Santillo and the Rhode Island Rhode Runners as the Pub Series was saved from another treacherous weather day with sun and fun overlooking Mt. Hope Bay in Portsmouth, RI.     Most notable on the AWOL list were former …