Get ready to check out two athletes with identical personal best times in the 10 km distance – Kenyan runner and winner of last year’s Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon, Daniel Chebii and his Ethiopian rival, Mosinet Geremew (both 0:27:36). [Read more…]
Oyugi, Thomas Win AFC Half
SAN DIEGO – August 18, 2013 – A sold-out field of more than 8,000 elite and recreational runners from 46 states and 14 countries participated in the 36th edition of the America’s Finest City Half Marathon and AFC 5K held Sunday under cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. [Read more…]
Korir, Gebre win Garden of the Gods
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 the hilly 10-mile course, breaking her old course record by four seconds. On Sunday morning, Gebre placed 19th overall and outdistanced the women’s field by 2:28. [Read more…]
Cold wins for Tadese and Cherono
Despite temperatures that felt as if the Czech capital was enclosed in a refrigerator, the Hervis Prague Half Marathon produced a thrilling men’s race and a course record in the women’s competition. Eritrea’s world record holder Zersenay Tadese did not set any best times, but he won with a time of 60:10. [Read more…]
Tadese seeks Prague World Record
Zersenay Tadese intends to attack his own world record in the Hervis Prague Half Marathon on Saturday. The 31 year-old Eritrean had established the current best of 58:23 minutes in Lisbon three years ago. [Read more…]
Dam tot Damloop awarded Silver Label
The Dam tot Damloop has been assigned the Silver Label for Road Races by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The organiser, Le Champion, meets the stringent requirements that the IAAF has attributed to the label. [Read more…]
Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend Moved
Philadelphia Marathon officials announced that the date of the race has been changed from the weekend of November 22-24 to the weekend of November 15-17 — one week earlier than planned — to adjust to the scheduling of a prestigious national trade convention on sustainability in Philadelphia and to ensure the best experience and amenities for race participants. [Read more…]
Greatest Depth of Results at RAK
As the 7am starting horn sounded on this pleasantly cool (13C) Friday morning in the UAE’s northern-most emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), the sense of anticipation was almost tangible with world class elite fields gathered of unprecedented depth. At Thursday’s pre-race press conference, the big names were very reluctant to give anything away, illnesses and injuries mentioned by several, and one got the clear impression that cards were being kept well up the sleeves of various tracksuit tops. [Read more…]
Mutai aiming to regain RAK Title
As for each of the previous six editions, this year’s RAK Half Marathon on the northern shores of the UAE on Friday 15th February, promises fast times and fierce contests in both men’s and women’s races. [Read more…]
Gebrselassie targets hat trick
Haile Gebrselassie goes for a Vienna hat trick. One of the greatest athletes of all times will come back to the Austrian capital and compete in the half marathon, which will be staged parallel to the Vienna City Marathon on 14th April. The 39 year-old Ethiopian has won the OMV Champions Race in the past two years and now intends to add a third win plus possibly attack his own course record. [Read more…]