(Kevin Sweeny, Lucky Gray & Jim Henry relax post-race, Photo by MickFoto) Congrats to all publicans who took the first steps along the malt & hops highway at the 15th annual An Ra’s Mo’r 5K hard by MIT’s University Common and the Asgard Restaurant. The Host Somerville …
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Running USA’s Annual Half Marathon Report
America’s fastest growing distance reaches record levels again; Göteborg regains world’s largest 13.1 mile road race title Photo of Half at the Hamptons (NH) by FitzFoto COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – (March 21, 2012) – Running USA’s third annual Half-Marathon Report shows that the 13.1 mile distance had another year of …
Read More »DMSE Sports New Website, 30 Race Schedule
Milestone season highlighted by 25th year with the Boston Marathon, the 15th TD Beach to Beacon and the first year at the helm of the historic Falmouth Road Race BOSTON (March 21, 2012) ÛÒ DMSE Sports is off and running in 2012 with a schedule of 30 road races …
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RI’s Smith 2nd as Dado Sets NYC Half Record
Kirui men’s champion; event record 15,336 finishers at 7th edition; $4.8 million raised for charity By Jim Gerweck, Running USA wire NEW YORK – (March 18, 2012) – For the seventh running of the NYC Half, the New York Road Runners brought in almost 90 professional athletes, ranking it …
Read More »Interviews with Top Americans at NYC Half
March 18, 2012 An Interview With: DATHAN RITZENHEIN KARA GOUCHER DESIREE DAVILA MEB KEFLEZIGHI RICHARD FINN: We have our four leading Americans here. We have Kara Goucher in the middle, third place today; Desi Davila, ninth place on the ladies side. On the men’s size, …
Read More »Online Registration for B2B Closes in 5 Minutes!
ShareThis Online Registration for 2012 TD Beach to Beacon 10K Closes in Record-Breaking Five Minutes, Lottery Phase Underway 1,850 slots will be filled with lottery drawing March 23 CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (March 15, 2012) ÛÓ The online portion of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race registration filled 4,000 …
Read More »Largest 8K in USA Gets A Bit Bigger
Registration Closes for 2012 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K as 40,000-Participant Capacity Is Reached 40,000 Registered Participants Matches Largest Field in Event’s 33-Year History CHICAGO – Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K, the world’s largest 8-kilometer road race, closed today when the 40,000-participant capacity was …
Read More »125th Commemorative History of B.A.A. to be Published
The Boston Athletic Association, best known as organizer of the Boston Marathon®, today announced that a special commemorative book to celebrate its 125th anniversary will be published in 2012. Titled ÛÏB.A.A: 125,Û this illustrated history will be published by Skyhorse Publishing and will feature a preface by Boston …
Read More »5 US Athletes Into Inaugural IAAF Hall of Fame
Five American athletes named to innaugural IAAF Hall of Fame ISTANBUL, TURKEY ÛÒ The IAAF announced Thursday that Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Al Oerter and Jesse Owens will be among the initial 12 members of the inaugural class for the IAAF Hall of Fame. The IAAF and President …
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