Ideal Conditions Yield Record Times In 2019 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Stanley Kebenei breaks Greg Meyer’s American record set here in 1983; Rosemary Wanjiru runs fastest U.S. all-comers, women’s-only race record; Jemal Yimer defends his title (Ed. note: Five days after we posted news that Greg Meyer had …
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World Class Fields Announced for B.A.A. 5K and B.A.A. Invitational Mile Defending champions Buze Diriba and Hagos Gebrhiwet join American record holder Ben True to lead full slate of B.A.A. races on Saturday Photo: from 2018, top-25 15:00 runners Nick Roche of Oregon, The BAA’s Brian Harvey, Heartbreaker’s Conor …
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John Hancock Announces 2019 Boston Marathon Elite Ambassador Team BOSTON, MA, March 27, 2019—John Hancock today announced its Elite Athlete Ambassador Team for the 2019 Boston Marathon to be held on April 15. Boston Marathon champions Meb Keflezighi, Tatyana McFadden, Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Greg Meyer and Uta Pippig …
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B.A.A. Announces Meb Keflezighi as 2019 Boston Marathon Grand Marshal Boston Marathon Schedule of Events Released BOSTON (1-April) – Today, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced the Grand Marshal for the 123rd Boston Marathon, to be run on Monday, April 15, 2019. Meb Keflezighi, winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, will …
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Photo: The lead pack at Upton through a 4:58 mile – Western Mass runners Ben Groleau and Dennis Roche (rear), CT’s John Busque and the BAA’s Jonas Hampton and Eric Ashe. All photos by MickFoto/NERunner. Quick Takes from Mr. Dooley’s on Upton 15K, Cohasset 10K The weather on Sunday, …
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CHEPTEGEI REBOUNDS FROM KAMPALA MELTDOWN TO TAKE WORLD CROSS COUNTRY GOLD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved AARHUS, DENMARK (30-Mar) — In Kampala two years ago Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei tried to run away with the men’s senior title at the IAAF World Cross Country …
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Heeding The Need For Speed (From the Jan/Feb ’19 issue of NER) by Bob Fitzgerald Amazing how the combination of a few friends mixed with some adult beverages produces epic athletic events (think Hawaii Ironman). In a subtext of the Ironman ethos, good running friends George LeCours and …
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USA CHAMPION KIPCHIRCHIR FOCUSED ON TEAM MEDAL AT WORLD CROSS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved AARHUS, DENMARK (28-Mar) — One of the oldest expressions in sports is that there is no “I” in “Team,” and reigning USA cross country champion Shadrack Kipchirchir has …
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It seems in the current climate pattern here in the Northeast, race day either dawns half decent or as a full day of rain and wind. Long before this general trend, the New Bedford Half Marathon has been known for bitter temperatures-Wind, always Wind-occasionally gale force by the ocean in …
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From: Race Results Weekly <rrweekly@gmail.com> All Rights Reserved (c) Date: March 17, 2019 at 1:01:50 PM EDT To: nerfitz@hotmail.com Subject: RRW: Surprise Win For Tilahun, Domination for Jepkosgei At United Airlines NYC Half NEW YORK (17-Mar) — Belay Tilahun pulled off a surprise win in the United Airlines NYC Half …
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