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WITH MURRAY'S WIN AT WIMBLEDON, ATHLETICS DROUGHTS COME TO MIND By Chris Lotsbom (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with Permission) Photo by Jeff Johnson CLEVEDON, ENGLAND (09-Jul) -- On the seventh day of the seventh month, seventy-seven years after the last Briton won the Men's Wimbledon …

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NEW BALANCE NAMED FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL SPONSOR OF COMRADES MARATHON ‰ÛÒ THE WORLD‰ÛªS ULTIMATE HUMAN RACE   Global athletic leader New Balance announced today their official signing of the technical footwear and apparel multi-year sponsorship contract for the Comrades Marathon, the world‰Ûªs greatest ultra marathon and one of South Africa‰Ûªs …

Run New England Strong   by Molly Huddle   I remember what started me running. It wasn’t the gym class mile or the chance to compete with the boys at a school field day, but the festival atmosphere of our town’s local summer race. My dad and I would ‘race’ …

Kenyan Stephen Sambu and Ethiopian Mamitu Daska Capture Top Honors at B.A.A. 10K   Third Annual event in Boston’s Back Bay was B.A.A.’s first road racing event since this year’s Boston Marathon and sold out field of participants ran with strong support for running in the City.   By Michael …

TRAFEH, NELSON WIN USA HALF-MARATHON TITLES By Charlie Mahler (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved DULUTH, MINN (22-Jun) — Mo Trafeh and Adriana Nelson won titles at the USA Half-Marathon Championships here today with race plans that put pressure on their challengers from the first strides of the …

BEATING THE HEAT, FLANAGAN WINS THIRD USA 10,000M TITLE By David Monti (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) DES MOINES, IOWA (20-Jun) — After a quick opening lap of 72 seconds, Shalane Flanagan was never seriously challenged at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships …

DASKA AIMING FOR WIN AT B.A.A. 10-K By Chris Lotsbom (c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) (19-Jun) — Returning to Boston for Sunday’s B.A.A. 10-K, Ethiopian Mamitu Daska is confident that she has what it takes to win the $5,000 first-place prize at the third annual …

FRAZIER, LEINGANG SET 5000M RECORDS ON DAY ONE AT NEW BALANCE NATIONALS By Chris Lotsbom (c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission)   GREENSBORO, N.C. (14-June) — The first day of New Balance Nationals Outdoors here, the American national championships for high school athletics, ended with remarkable …

MOSHIYWA, ELENA NURGALIEVA WIN COMRADES MARATHON By Riel Hauman (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PIETERMARITZBURG (02-Jun) -- If there is such a thing as an undramatic Comrades Marathon, this one was it. Claude Moshiywa was at the front of the 88th Comrades since he took the lead …