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• Makarevich and Favorito win Delaware Marathon; Fish and Farber Win Half Marathon

  By mitchpa on April 25, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Wilmington, DE, April 23, 2023—Both Elena Makarevich and Dave Favorito won the Delaware Marathon by wide margins at the Delaware Running Festival organized by Corrigan Sports Enterprises. Makarevich of Gaithersburg, MD won in 3:11:38. The 44-year-old masters… Read More ›

• Boston Marathon: Chebet repeats, Obiri wins her first

  By mitchpa on April 19, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Boston, Massachusetts, April 17, 2023—Don’t bet against Evans Chebet! It’s not often that a defending champ is not the big pre-race story. Chebet, the 2022 Boston and New York City Marathon champion, was somewhat… Read More ›

• Abebe and Beadlescomb Blitz the B.A.A. 5K

  By mitchpa on April 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Boston, MA, April 15, 2023—Morgan Beadlescomb of East Lansing, MI rounded the corner with twelve of his elite-field mates, and used his 3:52 miler speed to take the win in 13:25…. Read More ›

• Boston: It’s time

  By mitchpa on April 14, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  by Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell The world’s most historic marathon will have the world’s fastest marathoner in a stellar pro field. Monday’s Boston Marathon, the 127th running, will feature 2:01:09 world record holder Eliud Kipchoge. Kipchoge… Read More ›

• Greenwalt and Fabeberg Win Cherry Blossom 5K

  By mitchpa on April 11, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Washington, DC, April 1, 2023—For the 50th Anniversary of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 miler, the organizers brought the “fun run” to a solid dedicated race status, held on Pennsylvania… Read More ›

• Chelangat and Kidanu Win Overall as Sara Hall and Hillary Bor Win USATF 10-Mile Champs

  By mitchpa on April 4, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Washington, DC, April 2, 2023, 50th Anniversary Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Miler—History was on display and history was made in DC in the 50th running of the Credit Union Cherry… Read More ›

• Rizzo repeats as Garden Spot Champ

  By mitchpa on March 30, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell New Holland, PA, March 25, 2023, Garden Spot Half Marathon—Madelena Rizzo of Wyncote, PA and Ramsey Sybel of Mt Joy returned as defending champions to the 2023 event.  Hard rain was… Read More ›

• 115th Edition of The Millrose Games

  By mitchpa on March 28, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Gary Fanelli NEW YORK, NY–The 115th edition of The Millrose Games went off smoothly on February 11, 2023, one of the best editions ever.  Many records were set in highly competitive fields. The Millrose Games is a full-on track… Read More ›

• What’s the Message?

  By mitchpa on March 28, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sal Citarella I’ve always liked to ramble off the road. Whether it was Van Cortlandt Park in NYC, or South Mountain in MD or the Marin Headlands beyond the Golden Gate in CA, as long as there’s dirt under… Read More ›

• Was I Dreaming?

  By mitchpa on March 28, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sal Citarella As I lay in bed, I became aware of something warm and wet on my hand. Couldn’t be my wife; she was on the other side. Could the toilet have overflowed! I opened my eyes with a… Read More ›

• Matherne and Mahalsky Win Lucky Charm

  By mitchpa on March 25, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw Harrisburg, PA, March 18, 2023, Lucky Charm 4 Miler—Zoë Matherne of Philadelphia won the Lucky Charm 4 Miler in Harrisburg.  Matherne won the 2022 event and repeated as champion with a time of 24:09.  Teal Liu of… Read More ›

• The First Ladies of Running

  By mitchpa on March 23, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  By Peg Morrison In 1984 Joan Benoit won the first Women’s Olympic Marathon in convincing fashion. We all saw it on TV. However we all saw something slightly different, in keeping with our individual perspectives. Many saw “Joanie Benoit.” I… Read More ›

• Obiri Sets Course Record; Ugandan Men Dominate

  By mitchpa on March 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw New York, NY, March 19, 2023, United Airlines New York City Half Marathon—You have to be the most elite of athletes to win World Cross Country.  Hellen Obiri of Kenya, who won World Cross in Aarhus, Denmark… Read More ›

• Lund & Bruce Earn Silver in Mixed Relay and Win Individual Medals the Next Day

  By mitchpa on March 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 18-19, 2023, World Masters Athletics Cross Country Championships—April Lund of Bismarck, North Dakota and Ben Bruce of Flagstaff, Arizona had convincing wins at the USA XC championships in… Read More ›

• Running With My Dream Team

  By mitchpa on February 28, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  By Freddi Carlip Marty Cooksey…Julie Brown…Nancy Conz…Grete Waitz…Joan Benoit Samuelson…Lorraine Moller…Lynn Jennings…names that have passed my lips in reverent, awed tones. Some women dream of becoming the next Cindy Crawford or Claudia Schiffer. Not me (I’m too short anyway). I… Read More ›