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(2,018 pre-entrants). Held on Sunday, May 10, the 9th annual Portland Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5K set attendance records in its previous eight engagements. Finishing on the third base side of Hadlock Stadium (home of the Sea Dogs), the immensely popular race now has a double header with the launch …

MINNEAPOLIS – 2008 Olympian Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, Calif.) and David Torrence (Oakland, Calif.) took the respective women’s and men’s titles at the inaugural USA 1 Mile Road Championships Thursday night in Minneapolis, Minn. Rowbury’s time was 4:33.4, while Torrence was timed in 3:59.3.   In the women’s race Rowbury, …

IAAF inks new broadcasting agreement with NBC/Universal Sports The IAAF has announced a new agreement for broadcasting coverage across the USA with NBC/Universal Sports that includes the IAAF World Athletics Series of competitions for the period 2010-2015 and the ÌÉF Golden League,  the IAAF’s premier level of one-day meetings in …

CSU’s Terry McNatt ran 2:58:29 to finish right behind Lee Danforth at Boston. How could we have missed our hero?  We also don’t have any photos of Terry from Boston which is almost impossible as he shows up in photos at every race we cover. We have amended the article …

Hall Hauls, Merga Stays the Course by Bob Fitzgerald If just a half hour earlier the elite women had reacted to the start of Boston like wary pedestrians during rush hour in Times Square, then Ryan Hall was the guy bouncing in the cockpit of a drag racer waiting for …

(Page 1 of 3 Interval pages in the current issue of NER) Vintage World XC Stamp Thanks to NER loyalist Bill Dixon for passing on the image of a commemorative stamp celebrating the 7th IAAF World Cross Country Championships held on March 25, 1979 in Limerick, Ireland. Ireland’s John Treacy …

NOTE: Full listings of all New England/New York finishers from the Boston Marathon are listed in the May/June issue of New England Runner FEATURES 10    Spotlight On: Syracuse’s Kyle Heath: A Brighter Shade of Orange by Nate Getman Boston 113 35    Hall Hauls, Merga Stays the Course In his Boston …

Calling All Champions: If you’ve won a race of over 100 people (outright in the male or female division) in 2008 or 2009 (fun runs excluded) race honcho JJ Larner will gladly comp your entry fee. Send the name of the race and the date along with your mailing address …

2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Registration Closes as Race Reaches 45,000 Participant Capacity   Limited Number of Entries Available Through Charities and Tour Groups   CHICAGO, IL (April 23, 2009) ÌÄ®Õå¨ å¼ Open registration for the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon officially closed today as 45,000 participants have signed …

Deriba Merga, Salina Kosgei Win Boston Marathon to Move into Top Three in World Marathon Majors 2008-09 Leaderboard BOSTON, April 20, 2009 ‰ÛÓ Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Salina Kosgei of Kenya both notched breakthrough victories at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon today to vault into contention in …