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Chebet Wins World Athletics Road Running Championships 5K
by Clay Shawwith photos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 10.1.23 Riga, Latvia—Beatrice Chebet of Kenya won the first ever World Athletics Road Running Championships 5K in 14:35 to establish herself as the first ever champion. Chebet, who won gold… Read More ›
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Gebrhiwet and Kejelcha Break Away From Field in World Athletics Road Championships 5K
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 10.1.23 Riga, Latvia, Men’s World Athletics Road Championships—Yomif Kejelcha led nearly the entire race and broke everyone but one. Yomif Gebrhiwet, a smaller, fellow Ethiopian tucked in for much of the race as Kejelcha… Read More ›
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American Hobbs Kessler and Diribe Welteji Win World Athletics Road Mile Race
by Clay Shaw The newly recognized road mile records fell today in Riga, Latvia. (Newly recognized by World Athletics as of September 1, 2023) Hobbs Kessler of Ann Arbor, MI won an exciting and close race to win in 3:56.13,… Read More ›
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1st Ever World Athletics Road Racing Championships
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell On October 1, 2023, Riga, Latvia will be the site for the very first World Athletics Road Racing Championships. The last road championships of any kind was the once-postponed (COVID-19) World Athletics Half Marathon… Read More ›
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Gerstenbacher wins third straight York White Rose Run; 14-year-old Leah Navarro leads the women
by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Ophelia dominated the weekend, but the race directors improvised and the volunteers did their jobs despite the rain and wind. The runners raced in Downtown York. Samuel Gerstenbacher of Lancaster won… Read More ›
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Kemp and Mkungo Win PDR Half Marathon
by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 17, 2023, Philadelphia, PA—For the third year, the Philadelphia Distance Run is back in the ownership of Philadelphians. Erika Kemp of Providence, RI won the half marathon in 1:10:32. Before… Read More ›
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2023 Philadelphia Distance Run Champs
Interviews by David Block The men’s field of the 2023 Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) came down to a one-on-one showdown between this year’s winner, Panuel Mkungo 1:00:48 and runner-up James Ngandu 1:01:21. Ngandu won the PDR last year clocking a… Read More ›
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Joslyn and Schlegel Win Harrisburg Half
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 10, 2023, Harrisburg, PA—Fred Joslyn of Boiling Springs, PA tuned up for his upcoming Berlin Marathon by winning the Harrisburg Half Marathon in 1:13:47. Joslyn was running seriously and opted… Read More ›
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Simpson and Jill Krebs Win the Sasquatch 10K
by Karen Mitchell There were a lot of events over the weekend and Runner’s Gazette covered three of them. On Saturday Clay and Karen went separate ways. No coin toss was needed, as both events are a pleasure to cover…. Read More ›
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George and Weaver Win Bird-in-Hand Half Marathon on Humid Morning
By Clay Shaw September 9, 2023 Bird-in-Hand, PA—James Weaver of Adamstown, PA won by four and a half minutes after a third-place finish in 2022. Weaver, who won in 1:16:37, left no doubt. Two runners who ran with Weaver for… Read More ›
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Sisson and Young Win USATF 20k Championships in New Haven
By Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 4, 2023, Faxon Law New Haven Road Race, New Haven, CT—Clayton Young and Conner Mantz, training partners from Provo, Utah, came to the 46th Faxon Law New Haven Road Race,… Read More ›
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Annapolis Hills and Heat Did Not Slow Kenig-Ziesler and Doiron
Story and all photos by George Banker August 27, 2023, Annapolis, MD—It was 48 years of running for the Annapolis 10 Mile Run. The race started as a conversation among friends about men being more physically fit than women (1976)…. Read More ›
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Maryland Runners Win Rail Trail 10 Miler
By Clay Shaw August 27, 2023 York, PA—Alexander Loper of Abingdon, MD won the 25th Rail Trail 10 Miler in 54:59. The race which starts in Seven Valleys, PA and enters the rail near milepost 11, just 11 miles north… Read More ›
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Victor Kiplangat of Uganda is a Most Happy Champion
By Clay ShawPhotos Courtesy of Michael ScottandJane Monti for Race Results Weekly August 27, 2023, Budapest, Hungary, World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023—Running on the same awesome course the women ran on Saturday, the men started in Heroes’ Square at 7… Read More ›
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Ethiopian Women Dominate in Beautiful Budapest
By Clay ShawAll photos courtesy of Michael Scott August 26, 2023, Budapest, Hungary, World Championships Marathon—I had been to Budapest twice before, and was really hoping to be there in person in 2023. But, things didn’t workout as hoped. The… Read More ›
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