PORTLAND, Ore. - May 20, 2012 - At the first ever Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon, it was an Oregon sweep Sunday as two in-state residents took home titles. Ryan Bak of Bend and U.S. marathon star and Olympian Kara Goucher, who trains locally with the Oregon Track Club, each prevailed in dramatically different … [Read more...]
Miller, Kampf take mile titles
May 18, 2012 By
MINNEAPOLIS - Craig Miller (Madison, Wis.) and Heather Kampf (Minneapolis, Minn.) took the respective men’s and women’s titles at the USA 1 Mile Road Championships Thursday evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. … [Read more...]
Stellar Masters Field for Freihofers 2012
May 16, 2012 By
Defending Freihofer’s Run for Women champion Lisa Harvey is set to headline another strong masters field at the 34th annual Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K on Saturday, June 2nd in Albany, New York … [Read more...]
Bawcom Smashes US Record
May 15, 2012 By
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - May 12, 2012 - Janet Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) ran a pending U.S. Record of 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds in winning the women's crown Saturday at the USA 25K Championships. The old mark - 1:24:43 - was set here in 1986 by running legend Joan Benoit Samuelson. For the men, Joseph Chirlee (Colorado … [Read more...]
Daniele Meucci takes Healthy Kidney
May 14, 2012 By
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...]
Growth of Womens Running
May 10, 2012 By
2012 State of the Sport - Part I: Growth of Women's Running COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - May 9, 2012 - With more than 7 million female U.S. road race finishers in 2011, a record high according to Running USA, it's difficult to imagine that just 40 years ago running was not widely considered an appropriate sport for … [Read more...]
Gabrielson Defends Get in Gear 10K Title
April 30, 2012 By
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...]
Misganaw wins Central Park Half
April 17, 2012 By
NEW YORK - April 15, 2012 - The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck hosted the 9th More Magazine / Fitness Magazine Women's Half-Marathon in Central Park on Sunday, April 15. More than 7,200 women participated in the race - the largest women's-only half-marathon in the country - established by More and Fitness magazines, in … [Read more...]
True repeats Boston 5k win
April 16, 2012 By
BOSTON - April 15, 2012 - A 60 degree Sunday morning with light winds meant that the scene was set for some fast running at the fourth B.A.A. 5K, held the day before the 116th Boston Marathon. With the celebrated Marathon finish line as the backdrop - and serving also as the finish line for this race - there was … [Read more...]
Ethiopians rule Carlsbad
April 2, 2012 By
CARLSBAD, Calif. - (April 1, 2012) - The 27th Carlsbad 5000 had a familiar ring with repeat champions, fast times and windy conditions. When it ended Sunday, Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia won the men's championship for the second year in a row, clocking 13 minutes, 11 seconds, tying for the fourth-fastest time ever on … [Read more...]
