A committee made up of race directors, athletes, media, corporate executives and club officials has named Glass City Marathon (Toledo, Ohio) Director Clint McCormick as the MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Race Director of the Year. MYLAPS is the presenting sponsor. He was honored at a reception at the Road Race Management Race Directors’ Meeting in Hollywood, FL, …
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By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (17-Nov) — Newly-crowned national 5-K champions Weini Kelati and Drew Hunter are the top entrants for the 85th Manchester Road Race, America’s most prestigious Thanksgiving Day race, scheduled for Thursday, November 25, in Manchester, Connecticut. The race returns to an in-person format on the …
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By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (17-Nov) — Led by four Olympians, the Nike Bowerman Track Club dominated today’s second annual Michigan Pro Ekiden at Stony Creek MetroPark in Shelby Township, Michigan. With Olympic 10,000m fifth-placer Grant Fisher running the 10-K anchor leg in 28:37, Bowerman clocked a course record …
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By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (07-Nov) — Never in the 50-year history of the TCS New York City Marathon has an Olympic Marathon champion won the famous five-borough race from Staten Island to Central Park. Several had tried, including Americans Frank Shorter and Joan Benoit Samuelson, …
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By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (11-Oct) — Kenyans Benson Kipruto and Diana Kipyokei won today’s first fall edition of the Boston Marathon here this morning, breaking away in the latter stages of the race to each pocket $150,000 in prize money, the largest first prize in global …
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Ruth Chepngetich and Seifu Tura Crowned Champions at the 43rd Running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Daniel Romanchuk completes the hat trick and Tatyana McFadden wins her ninth title in the elite wheelchair competition. CHICAGO — In the 43rd running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon race organizers and participants celebrated the …
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By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (12-Sep) — It was strength against speed in the final 400 meters of the women’s race at this morning’s USATF 10 Mile Championships hosted by the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run in Washington, D.C., and strength won. Marathoner Nell Rojas, ninth at …
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By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (11-Aug) — The first-ever fall edition of the Boston Marathon will feature more than 140 elite athletes across all divisions including dozens of Americans the Boston Athletic Association and John Hancock Financial jointly announced today. Twelve of the elite athletes (four women and eight …
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By Rich Sands, @sands(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (08-Aug) — Eliud Kipchoge added to his already superlative legacy with a dominant win at today’s Olympic men’s marathon, cruising home to a seemingly easy victory on an uncomfortably hot morning on the final day of the Summer Games. The 36-year-old Kenyan became only …
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By Rich Sands, @sands(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed. (07-Aug) — Peres Jepchirchir survived a war of attrition to capture the Olympic gold medal in the women’s marathon on a hot and humid morning in Sapporo, pulling away from Kenyan teammate Brigid Kosgei in the final …
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