BOSTON - Records tumbled in bunches here at the fourth B.A.A. 10K, as both Stephen Sambu (KEN) and Mamitu Daska (ETH) successfully defended their event titles from 2013. Sambu, 25, raced his way to a world leading time of 27:25 and set an American All-Comers Road Record (pending) for 8 kilometers en route, while Daska … [Read more...]
Molly Huddle wins New York Mini 10K
Blue skies, a star-studded field, and the empowering spirit of the world’s original all-women’s road race gave Molly Huddle all the motivation she needed to set a new American all-women’s 10K road record at the Oakley New York Mini 10K in Central Park. … [Read more...]
Afewerki Berhane wins BolderBOULDER 10k
BOULDER, Colo. 2014 - BolderBOULDER, America’s All-Time Best 10K, today announced that 52,115 walkers, joggers and runners registered for the 2014 race and 45,828 racers crossed the finish line this Memorial Day. The registration and finisher numbers do not reflect the additional 2,600 service men and women that … [Read more...]
Stephen Sambu wins Healthy Kidney 10K
NEW YORK (May 10, 2014) - Stephen Sambu called it the best performance of his life. After following two-time UAE Healthy Kidney 10K champion Leonard Patrick Komon for two miles, Sambu caught his Kenyan countryman at the top of Harlem Hill and passed him on the way down. In the lead with less than 300 meters to go, … [Read more...]
Komon Wins Healthy Kidney 10k
NEW YORK - May 11, 2013 - Cloudy skies and rain showers just before the start could not deter the 5,851 runners who finished the ninth-annual UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 11 in Central Park. … [Read more...]
Reilly Wins USA 10K Title
BOSTON - (October 8, 2012) - In her first year as a professional, emerging star and 4:29 miler Chelsea Reilly (Oakland, Calif.), in a surprise, won her first U.S. title at the 36th Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women on Monday. Reilly, Hellen Jemutai of Kenya and Tara Erdmann (Los Angeles) broke away from the main pack … [Read more...]
Kiplagat Wins NYRR Mini 10K
NEW YORK - (June 9, 2012) - On a day when the NYRR New York Mini 10K celebrated 40 years of being the first, and often the best, women-only race in the world, Kenya's Edna Kiplagat used some nostalgia of her own to pull away from Aheza Kiros of Ethiopia for a victory under cloudy and somewhat muggy conditions in … [Read more...]
Kiprono, Daska Win BolderBOULDER 10K 2012
BOULDER, Colo. - May 28, 2012 - When Deena Kastor crossed the finish line in third place at Monday's 34th Dick's Sporting Goods BolderBOULDER 10K, she took a few steps and a couple of deep breaths, then turned and hugged teammate Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, who had finished a few seconds and one place ahead. … [Read more...]
Daniele Meucci takes Healthy Kidney
NEW YORK - May 12, 2012 - At the start of the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday morning, the buzz was all about the 2012 U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon team of Meb Keflezighi, Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman, who would be competing in the same race for the first and probably only time between January's U.S. Olympic … [Read more...]
Gabrielson Defends Get in Gear 10K Title
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - April 28, 2012 - Defending champion Matt Gabrielson took the win again, while Emily Brown cruised to the women's crown at the 35th Get in Gear 10K in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Gabrielson, 33, of St. Louis Park, finished in 30 minutes, 1 second in the men's race and Brown, 27, of Minnetonka, … [Read more...]