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For the first time in 41 years, there will be no Foot Locker XC National Championships this Dec.   Organizers pulled the plug today in a tweet that cited the usual safety concerns but was scant on detail. There was hope that Foot Locker would persevere after the Nike Cross …

The setting is The Village in bucolic Litchfield, CT. The watering hole is situated at the top of Litchfield Common by the race start.   The late, great Tommy Leonard of Eliot Lounge fame and founder of the Falmouth Road Race is listening to the confession of Litchfield streaker Billy …

Two-time steeplechase Olympian Donn Cabral, a native of Glastonbury, CT, will join a host of regional elite runners (30 men & 30 women) to compete at the New England’s Finest Throwdown 5K road race Saturday, Sept. 26 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.   Olympian Donn Cabral winning the 40th …

Records Rocked in Back Cove Blockbuster     Bay Staters Marc LeBlanc and former collegiate 800m man Lee Danforth of the HFC Striders duke it out for the bronze…a duel decided by 3/100ths of a second. Photo by MickFoto/NERunner   With the 11th annual Portland Trails “Trail to Ale” 10K …

Black Hawk Flyover & Mile 27 Post-Race Party presented by Samuel Adams Caps Off Boston Marathon Virtual Experience Race Week   Flyover recognizes originally postponed Boston Marathon date, honors frontline workers   Black Hawks over Hopkinton, 2014, courtesy of FayFoto   BOSTON—On Monday, September 14 two MEDEVAC HH-60 Black Hawks …

  Some people ran a virtual race over Labor Day, others kicked back with a barbeque and a few cold wines. Katie Spotz, 30, chose instead to run across Maine from the Canadian border down to Belfast, 137.8 miles in total.   A clean water activist who has raised over …

While sanctioned by USATF, the meet wasn’t publicized, to the point that NER loyalist and ardent photog Jack Prior (Newton Sports Photography) didn’t know where it was until he saw a set-up image on Instagram revealing the Newton North HS track just two miles from his house. All photos are …

B.A.A. Announces COVID-19 Medical & Event Operations Advisory Group; Postpones Registration for 2021 Boston Marathon Cross-sector group to advise on safe return to mass participation road races         BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced the formation of a COVID-19 Medical & Event Operations Advisory Group, comprised of …

Boston Marathon Champion Ambassadors Announced for 124th Boston Marathon Virtual Experience     BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and Boston Marathon principal sponsor John Hancock have announced that reigning wheelchair champion Daniel Romanchuk, 2018 winner Des Linden, five-time wheelchair champion Tatyana McFadden, and 2014 victor Meb Keflezighi will serve as …

Gloomy conditions but upbeat spirits on the final run to Fenway.     Emotional Ending to Medford2Medford Virtual Run Across America     The Medford2Medford: Run Across America was inspired by Dave McGillivray’s epic 1978 run from Medford, OR, to Medford, MA. Boston (August 29, 2020) – Medford2Medford, the virtual …