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Over the past 15 years, Running USA has reported on the Second Running Boom, particularly as it relates to U.S. road races, and in 2011, per our data analysis, there were a record 13.9 million road race finishers in this country compared to approximately 5.2 million in 1991 (a 170% …

SIMON TO RUN RECORD FIFTH OLYMPIC MARATHON By David Monti (c) 2012 http://RaceResultsWeekly.com, all rights reserved (used with permission) (20-Jul) -- Lidia Simon left her Boulder, Colo., home yesterday bound for the London Olympic Games and a date with history. On August 5, Simon will become the first woman ever …

B.A.A. Half Marathon Registration To Open July 18, 2012  Field of 7,000 Expected To Fill Quickly.     BOSTON ‰ÛÓ The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) will open registration for the 2012 B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at 10:00 …

B.A.A. Half Marathon® Quickly Reaches Field Size Limit    B.A.A. Distance Medley entrants headline the field with one race remaining in the three-race series   BOSTON ‰ÛÓ The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that registration for the 2012 B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy …

Ambrose and Snow capture titles at 2012 Amica IRONMAN 70.3 Rhode Island   PROVIDENCE, RI (July 8, 2012) ‰ÛÒ Paul Ambrose (AUS) and Caitlin Snow (USA) won the 2012 Amica IRONMAN 70.3 Rhode Island today, crossing the finish line at the State House in 3:54:29 and 4:32:50, respectively. Ambrose, 28, …

TWO RUSSIAN GOLD MEDALISTS DISQUALIFIED, BANNED FOR DOPING By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (03-Jul) -- In a stunning development, three Russian athletes, two of whom had won European Championships gold medals in 2010 and 2011, were banned today by their federation …

Tarmoh withdraws from women’s 100m Olympic Team EUGENE, Ore. ‰ÛÒ Jeneba Tarmoh has withdrawn herself from consideration for one of three Olympic Team positions in the women‰Ûªs 100 meters. In an email forwarded to USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower at 9:37 a.m. Pacific Time by her agent, Kimberly Holland, …

The Euro Boom in Women‰Ûªs Running   by Kathrine Switzer   The start line was less than a mile walk straight up Avenue 17 Juni, in the same prestigious location as the BMW Berlin Marathon.  ‰ÛÏYou don‰Ûªt need to be there until three,‰Û noted race director Mark Milde, ‰ÛÏbut after …

Don’t Mess With Maine!   Like St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland, concerned members of the Maine running community were successful in forcing unscrupulous race promoter Dean Reinke from their region. They were not so successful in keeping him from, as he has many times before, absconding with …

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