SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Runners from around the world took over the streets of America’s finest city to enjoy live bands and unmatched fanfare along the new race courses at the 16th Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon & ½ Marathon to Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Sunday morning. The race not only […]
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New Courses Bring Fast Times
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Komon Wins Healthy Kidney 10k
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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. From the moment the starting horn sounded, Kenya’s Leonard Patrick Komon (right, middle, NYRR) made it clear that […]
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Columbus Breaks Records
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – October 20, 2013 – Athletes in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon lucked out with weather conditions, but it wasn’t luck that broke the following Columbus Marathon records this year: The event raised a record-breaking $ 1.25 million and counting for Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the second year of the […]
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Santucci, Burka Win Pittsburgh titles
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At the 6th DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon on Sunday morning, Clara Santucci of Dilliner, PA and Gebo Burka of Ethiopia won race titles in convincing fashion, clocking 2 hours, 32, minutes, 25 seconds and 2:16:30 respectively. In the UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon Kenyan Sophy Jepchirchir shattered the event record with her 1:11:37, […]
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Fastest Cleveland Marathon Times in 13 Years
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CLEVELAND – The 2014 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon saw the fastest finish time in the last 13 years on its new and well-received full marathon course as more than 20,000 runners converged at the start line for today’s race. Philip Lagat of Kenya won the men’s marathon with a time 2 hours, 12 minutes, 39 […]
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Ondoro Breaks Grandma Record
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DULUTH, Minn. June 21, 2014 – Kenya’s Dominic Ondoro made history today while winning the 38th running of Grandma’s Marathon. The 26-year-old ran the fastest time ever run on the Grandma’s Marathon course – 2 hours, 9 minutes and 6 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 2:09:37 set in 1981 by Minnesota’s Dick Beardsley. Ondoro […]
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Chebet Claims 35th Freihofer
July 30, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Chebet Claims Second Victory in Record Field at 35th Freihofer ALBANY, NY (June 1, 2013) — At the 35th running of the Freihofer’s Run for Women, held on the streets of downtown Albany, Kenya’s Emily Chebet proved that there’s a lot to be said for course knowledge. Against world-class competition, Chebet, 27, prevailed in a […]
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Korir, Utura Claim Titles
July 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment
DAVENPORT, Iowa – The 2013 Quad-City Times Bix 7 lived up to its pre-race depth as Leonard Korir of Kenya and Sule Utura of Ethiopia claimed the Men’s and Women’s Elite titles – their first career starts at the 39th edition event. Korir covered the seven miles in 32 minutes, 15 seconds to outlast Silas […]
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Sambu, Daska Defend BAA 10K Titles
July 28, 2017 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
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Chebet Wins Third Title at Freihofer’s Run
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ALBANY, NY (May 30, 2015) – Perfect running weather and a new course greeted a field of 3,807 runners for this morning’s 37th annual Freihofer’s Run for Women. The course re-design was made necessary by a beautification project of the stunning Empire State Plaza, a change that will remain in place for the race through […]
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