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BOSTON, Mass. – Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has officially entered the 2008 Boston Marathon, the Boston Athletic Association has announced. As has been reported in the media, Huckabee has been training while on the campaign trail. He will join Team Hoyt, a local charity which strives to integrate the …

  Boston, Mass. – Following her first tour of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon course, Deena Kastor spoke with reporters via teleconference from the Boston Athletic Association’s office. Kastor, along with her coach Terrence Mahon, was guided on a running tour of the Olympic Trials course on Tuesday …

Video by Chris Poulos | Men's Olympic Trials Marathon | Nov. 3, NYC

On Friday, Dec. 14, Merry Nelson of the Rhode Island-based Organization Plus Timing Service e-mailed NER with some shocking news – RI’s most prolific distance runner, Bobby Doyle, had died en route to a Fall River Hospital. There was no additional news at the moment but over the weekend details …

BOSTON, MA, February 27, 2008-In its 23rd year as the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial announced their team of top male contenders for the 112th running of the race on April 21. Three-time Boston Champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot is set to defend his title against 2007 …

  JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES 2008 BOSTON MARATHON ELITE INTERNATIONAL FIELD Five Past Champions, Course Record Holders, 2007 Runner-ups Head Field of 31 Athletes for 112th Running BOSTON, MA (March 12, 2008)-In its 23rd year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced its elite team …

Jill Geer | ITF Press Release

WBZ-TV and VERSUS to Again Televise Race BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Athletic Association announced today that the 112th Boston Marathon will be televised live, wire-to-wire, both locally and nationally on Monday, April 21. WBZ-TV (CBS owned-and-operated, Channel 4) will once again be providing live local coverage. Their broadcast will …

 Boston Marathon hopeful Deena Kastor is the first to admit that not all of 2006 went swimmingly, despite a 2:19:36 US marathon record performance in winning last April’s London Marathon. At New York she placed sixth behind the two chief rivals she’ll face at Boston-defending champion Rita Jeptoo of Kenya …

A natural athlete, Wiscasset, Maine’s Emily LeVan was an All-American field hockey player throughout high school and college. In her one year of running at Bowdoin College she set the 400m school record that still stands. When she discovered a love of marathoning the results were similar. The only New …