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 [...]
Will we finally see the first American winner in 26 years?
The Boston Athletic Association has announced that Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi will run in the 2010 Boston Marathon. Hall placed third at the race last year and followed that up with a top-5 finish at the New York City Marathon. Keflezighi came back from [...]
The men’s and women’s course records fall by equal amounts of a perfect day for ultrarunning.
Written by: Bryon Powell
Fast fields, fair skies, and temperatures climbing into the forties contributed to a course record day at this weekend’s Stone Cat 50 mile run, held in Willowdale State Forest, not far from the Massachusetts Bay. This [...]
INDIANAPOLIS – Sean Quigley has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 20th Mayor’s Cup Cross Country 8 km Championship Sunday at Franklin Park in Boston.
A Braintree, Mass. native, Quigley won the men’s 8 km race in a lean over 2008 champion Jacob Korir, finishing in 23 minutes, 54 [...]
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BOSTON – Sean Quigley, 24, originally from Braintree, Massachusetts, won in a lean over last year’s champion Jacob Korir, of Kenya, to win the 20th Mayor’s Cup Cross Country 8k Championship at Boston’s Franklin Park on Sunday in a time of 23 minutes, 54 seconds. Quigley, a graduate of LaSalle University [...]
American Rebecca Donaghue finishes a strong second on the women’s side.
Nineteen year-old Ethiopian Tilahun Regassa took the overall title at the 2009 Cigna Falmouth Road Race in Falmouth, Mass. Tilahun won in dominating fashion, even waving to the crowd mid-race, with a time of 31:41, good fourth fastest all-time. On the women’s side Ethiopian Mamitu [...]
The 2009 Cigna Falmouth Road Race saw a newcomer take a big win in front of an appreciative crowd. Nineteen year old Tilahun Regassa of Ethiopia won the men’s road race in a very fast 41:41. The women’s race was won by Ethiopian Mamitu Daska in 36:23. All photos by PhotoRun.net.
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FALMOUTH, Mass. — Defending champions Tadese Tola of Ethiopia and Edith Masai of Kenya will join a strong field of world-class athletes in the 37th CIGNA Falmouth Road Race on Aug. 9. Tola will be challenged by two-time Falmouth runner-up and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, Meb Keflezighi, as well as several other elite runners from [...]
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Former marathon world record holder Steve Jones will be appearing at The Greater Boston Running Company, 1844 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, Mass. on April 16 at 7 p.m.
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