Gebrselassie and Kastor headline strong fields.
Written by: Sean McKeon
The 2010 edition of the New York City Half Marathon will feature marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia and American half-marathon record holder Deena Kastor. Both men’s and women’s fields are stacked and both races will prove to be important indicators for the upcoming spring marathon season.
Gebrselassie will look to reclaim his 2007 title, which he won in a course-record 59:24. Gunning to take down the former half-marathon world record holder will be two-time New York City Marathon champion Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam. Gomes dos Santos comes in with designs on improving upon his personal best 59:33 and Gebremariam hopes to add a title in NYC to a resume that also includes a 2009 world cross country championship victory. Also ready to challenge up front will be Irish 10,000m record holder Alistair Cragg and American Olympians Abdi Adirahman and Anthony Famiglietti.
On the women’s side Kastor will seek to improve upon her 1:09:42 win at January’s P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon. The 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist will have her hands full with Britain’s newest star, Mara Yamauchi. Kastor and Yamauchi are both preparing for the Virigin London Marathon, where the Brit finished second last year. Also in the field are 2009 Hokkaido Marathon champion Kiyoko Shimahara of Japan and and 2008 New York City Half Marathon runner-up Madaí Pérez of Mexico. Other Americans to keep an eye on include US 25K champion Sally Meyerhoff and Olympic trials qualifier Heidi Westover.
The NYC Half Marathon will be streamed live on Universal Sports and a full recap and photos will be available here on Competitor.com following the race.
About the Author:
Sean McKeon is the editor for Competitor Running. He is a former NCAA All-American at Stonehill College (MA) and is still actively competing in road races. He can be reached at smckeon@competitorgroup.com
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Keflezighi still plans to run Boston Marathon in April.
Written By: David Monti
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NEW YORK (11-Mar) — Reigning ING New York City Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi has withdrawn from the NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, March 21, the New York Road Runners announced yesterday.
Keflezighi, who is also planning to run the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19, said he lost training time due to a knee injury and needs to play catch-up in order to be ready to compete in Boston.
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Thanks to his second consecutive record setting performance, Bernard Lagat was named the USATF Athlete of the Week. Lagat set a new American record for 5000m at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. His time of 13:11.50 broke the previous record of 13:18.12 set by Galen Rupp in 2009. Lagat was named Athlete of the Week the week before after his record eighth Wannamaker Mile victory at the Milrose Games.
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PhotoRun.net caught some of the highlights of the meet, including Bernard Lagat’s new indoor American record for 5000m.
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Lagat Makes History With 8th Wanamaker Mile Victory
Written By: David Monti
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It was over in a New York minute.
With an explosive move at the bell, two-time Olympic medallist Bernard Lagat opened a big lead in tonight’s Wanamaker Mile at the 103rd Millrose Games to collect a record eighth Wanamaker victory, breaking his tie with Irish legend Eamonn Coghlan, the famed Chairman of the Boards.
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Written By: Peter Gambaccini
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With the challenge of the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games looming just six days ahead, Britain’s Andy Baddeley showed impressive early season form as his 3:55.64 win at the New Balance Games here came close to erasing Mark Carroll’s Armory Track & Field Center record of 3:54.98. Erin Donohue was a virtual wire-to-wire winner with her 4:28.92 mile, though she did get a late challenge from an unexpected source. Both athletes set indoor personal bests.
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Men’s and womens’s distance events continue to get stronger.
Nick Willis of New Zealand and Americans Galen Rupp and Anna Pierce have been added to the already stellar fields at the 2010 Reebok Indoor Games, to take place February 6th in Boston, Mass. Among the athletes already heading to Boston is Ethiopian double Olympic gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba, where she will compete in the women’s 5000m.
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Olympians Ian Dobson and Erin Donohue to headline field of professional athletes scheduled to run.
New York, December 21, 2009—As the clock strikes midnight on December 31, New York Road Runners (NYRR) is kicking off the new year in Central Park with fireworks, a costume contest, and a four-mile fun run for thousands of runners at the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run.
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We were on the scene in San Diego for the 31st Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships, to see who would be crowned the king and queen of high school cross country for 2009. Check out the highlights of a soggy day in which Megan Goethals and Lukas Verzbicas earned their first national titles.
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Each region has a contender to look out for.
The 2009 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships will take place Saturday at a wet Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif. As has become customary over the past few years, the usually dry San Diego weather will take a vacation for the weekend of the championships, leaving the top high school runners in the country to deal with what many consider true cross country conditions. Along with the mud and hills of Morley Field, the competitors will have to be prepared for some fierce competition on Saturday. Following are the top contenders for this year’s national championship crowns.
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