by Clay Shaw HOUSTON, TX, JANUARY 19, 2020—Askale Merachi of Ethiopia has always been one of my favorite athletes. She was one of my invited athletes for the Lancaster Race Against Racism 5K, was a house guest before her win… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Morgan Pearson of Tinman Elite was the strongest man, as the weather really got wicked for the final race of the day. Pearson, of Boulder, CO. won in 29:54 and was only man… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, December 14, 2019—Aisling Cuffe, from Croton-On-Hudson, NY, and running for Saucony won the Open Women 6K in 20:07. Cuffe, now 26, was once a HS running prodigy, having won the 2010 Foot Locker XC national… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Sascha Scott of the Syracuse Track Club had a strong race, winning the Masters women 6K in 22:26. Margaret Brennan of Asheville Running Collective was second in 22:35. Nancy James-Klinger of The Janes… Read More ›
by Sal Citarella At the risk of sounding like a mystic, a flake or worse, I’d like to relate an incident that occurred to me once while running. I can only present it as a classic “out-of-body” experience, and ask… Read More ›
by Carl Scharwath My first experience with US Road Running was a month ago at the Green Springs Park, Florida 5K/10K race. The race was through a beautiful park and I was impressed with the way it was organized. The… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw HOUSTON, TX, JANUARY 19, 2020—Askale Merachi of Ethiopia has always been one of my favorite athletes. She was one of my invited athletes for the Lancaster Race Against Racism 5K, was a house guest before her win… Read More ›
Submitted by Barbara Rushman The Rose City Runners celebrated their 40th Anniversary with a catered dinner party at Community House in Madison, NJ (AKA The Rose City) on November 24. A memorabilia table displayed club-related articles dating back to the club’s… Read More ›
By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net February is an interesting running month. Winter rages in numerous geographic locales. Yet spring signs are evident. One nice spring sign occurs on February 11. This is the volunteer date for Major League Baseball players to… Read More ›
by George A. Hancock Extra Day Our February has an extra dayAnd many seek the best wayTo enjoy this Leap Year timeWithout spending any dime. Leap Year is an easy correctionCreated once for our protectionAs we steadily spin on this… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw HARRISBURG, PA, JANUARY 1, 2020—A cool thing about races in the holiday season, is that many folks from faraway places might be in Central Pennsylvania for the holidays. Runners from North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, as well as… Read More ›
From Freddi At the dawn of 2020, I wanted to share, with a little update on my age, a column from 12 years ago, when I turned 60. Now that I have hit another milestone birthday, it is more relevant… Read More ›
It’s an honor to share the photos of all of the Road Runners Club of America’s presidents, from RRCA Founder, Browning Ross to the present president, Mitchell Garner. Former president Harold Tinsley gave us permission to post it. Thank you… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Morgan Pearson of Tinman Elite was the strongest man, as the weather really got wicked for the final race of the day. Pearson, of Boulder, CO. won in 29:54 and was only man… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, December 14, 2019—Aisling Cuffe, from Croton-On-Hudson, NY, and running for Saucony won the Open Women 6K in 20:07. Cuffe, now 26, was once a HS running prodigy, having won the 2010 Foot Locker XC national… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Sascha Scott of the Syracuse Track Club had a strong race, winning the Masters women 6K in 22:26. Margaret Brennan of Asheville Running Collective was second in 22:35. Nancy James-Klinger of The Janes… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Jacques Sallberg of the Cal Coast Track Club won the 10K that had 444 Masters runners between the ages of 40 and 59. Sallberg ran the muddy course at Lehigh University in 32:55. … Read More ›
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Joe Sherran, 62, of Club Northwest easily won the Masters 60-and-up men’s 60-plus at the USATF XC Championships in 28:42. Days of rainy weather led to a muddy and slippery 8K course at… Read More ›
By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net The New Year begins early on a Wednesday morning. Some folks are probably still celebrating. Others are sleeping, seeking rest for the new 2020 day. January 1, 2020 ushers in a do-over. Our New Year begins… Read More ›
