After an anticipated 28,000 recreational runners burn off pre-holiday-dinner calories at the Applied Materials “Silicon Valley Turkey Trot” on... Time-to-Run - Pre-Event News … [Read more...]
NYRR Millrose Games sponsors
November 27, 2013 By
NEW YORK – New York Road Runners (NYRR) will become the title sponsor of the 2014 Millrose Games, the most prestigious indoor track & field event in the United States, it was announced by Dr. Norbert Sander, President of the Armory Foundation and Mary Wittenberg, CEO of the NYRR. … [Read more...]
Collegiate Running Association to Include Trail
November 25, 2013 By
RICHMOND, Va. - Steve Taylor, cross country and track & field coach at the University of Richmond, had a vision. “About five years ago the idea came to mind that there was a need to create additional competitive and social opportunities for college students who enjoy running,” said Taylor. “Given restrictions … [Read more...]
Contenders at 2013 XTERRA
November 21, 2013 By
Contenders Aplenty at 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship KUALOA RANCH, Oahu – The 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship will feature defending world champions, former world champions, a new national champ, former national champs, and numerous other runners with international experience. In essence, it will be … [Read more...]
Huddle, Flanagan provide the fireworks
November 18, 2013 By
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 17, 2013) – Punishing early paces led to blistering fast times, as a world best and an American record were set Sunday morning in historic Alexandria, Virginia at the .US National Road Racing Championships. … [Read more...]
Hesch banned for 24 months
November 15, 2013 By
USADA announced today that Christian Hesch, an athlete in the sport of Track & Field, has accepted a two-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation. Hesch voluntarily admitted having used erythropoietin (EPO) which is prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing and the … [Read more...]
Mwei, Mudy Win Atlanta Half
November 15, 2013 By
ATLANTA – (October 7, 2012) – A record field of 4,500 registered participants hit the streets of Atlanta’s Town Brookhaven community for the fourth Allstate Life Insurance Atlanta 13.1 Marathon® and Karhu 5K events on Sunday morning. The 13.1-mile half marathon and 5K started and finished in Town … [Read more...]
Kiwis abroad end June 03rd 2012
November 15, 2013 By
USA Prefontaine Classic Diamond League Eugene Oregon – 1/2 June 2012 This year’s world leading javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar of Hamilton finished third at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene Oregon. Farquhar sent the javelin out to 82.23m in the opening round of the competition but was unable to improve over the … [Read more...]
Korir, Gebre win Garden of the Gods
November 15, 2013 By
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. – The Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run is dry, high and hard. Yet Belainesh Gebre has managed to set and reset the women’s course record each time she has run this demanding race, and this year was no different. Gebre, 25, ran a blazing 58 minutes and 45 seconds on [...]Korir, Gebre win … [Read more...]
Kim Smith wins BAA 10km
November 15, 2013 By
New Zealand distance runner Kimberley Smith showed great form leading up to the London Olympic Games marathon winning the BAA 10km road race in a record breaking 31m 36s. From the start Smith stuck with the group of elite women which included Ethiopia’s Aheza Kiros. They shared the pace through 5km in 15m 58s, Kiros … [Read more...]
