(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 …
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Rowbury, Torrence Win Inaugural US Road Mile Championship
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, …
Read More »IAAF Inks Deal With NBC/Universal Sports – TV Track Listings
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 …
Read More »Pub Pandemic Hits Series, Irish Village Ground Zero
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 …
Read More »Boston 113 – Hall Hauls, Merga Stays the Course
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 …
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(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 …
Read More »Table of Contents – May/June 2009
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 …
Read More »Calling All Champeeeens!
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 …
Read More »Chicago Marathon Closes Out at 45,000 Entrants
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 …
Read More »World Marathon Leaderboard Changes After Boston Marathon
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 …
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