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Sanya Richards won her third straight women’s 400m title Sunday at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany, becoming the first athlete ever to win a 200-400 double at the meet and posting one of three American titles on the day. The winner of the 200m on Saturday, Richards …

8th Annual B.A.A. Half Marathon Just One Month Away 5,000 runners preparing for October 12th event   Boston, Mass. – The eighth annual B.A.A. Half Marathon presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, will be held October 12, 2008 at 8 a.m. The event will feature 5,000 runners …

Registration for 113th Boston Marathon Openrd on September 3 Six new organizations added to official Boston Marathon Charity Program   Boston, Mass. ‰ÛÒ Online registration for the 113th Boston Marathon, scheduled for April 20, 2009, will begin at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, September 3. Held on Patriots’ Day, …

by John Barbour

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Defending champion, Dan Browne (Beaverton, Ore.) returns to New Haven, Connecticut for the USA 20 km Championships in hopes of winning his fourth U.S. 20 km title. The women’s field will be headlined by former Olympian Elva Dryer (Gunnison, Colo.); the 2007 USA half marathon champion will …

START YOUR ENGINES: The ABC’s of Sports Nutrition Eating a performance-enhancing diet isn’t easy, and for many runners, nutrition is their missing link. If that’s your case, here are a few ABC‰Ûªs to get you started on the path to winning with good nutrition. Always eat breakfast; it’s the meal …

The ING Hartford Marathon/NER “New England’s Finest” program is six pages in length in the Sept/Oct issue, including introductory letters from ING Hartford Marathon RD Beth Shluger and NER Editor/Co-Publisher Bob Fitzgerald, along with photos and text on the course, the marathon’s ‘green initiative’ and its elite half marathoners. Here …

by John J. Kelley, illustration by Andy Yelenak

Tuesday Evenings   B.A.A. Half Marathonå¨ TRAINING CLINICS at Marathon Sports (Boston store location), presented by the Boston Athletic Association, adidas and Marathon Sports.     Special Nights Free and open to entrants in the B.A.A. Half Marathonå¨, and their guests.   All clinics will take place at: Marathon Sports …

The entire community has been saddened by the loss of local young running talent, Gabe Pacione. 18, in a car accident last weekend. Gabe was a recent graduate of Hamilton-Wenham High School and an accomplished athlete, where he was a two-time Massachusetts cross-country champion and named Boston Globe’s Co-Runner of …