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• A Return to Hershey: The 2021 PIAA Cross Country Championships

  By mitchpa on January 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Ed Bosch Hershey, PA, November 6, 2021—What is it about cross-country we runners and coaches find so addictive and love so much? I first heard of this sport called cross country growing up in rural Warren, Pennsylvania, where by… Read More ›

• Kaminski and Cocchiaro Win as Celtic Returns for 22nd Running

  By mitchpa on January 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw Celtic Solstice 5 Miler, Baltimore, MD, December 18, 2021—After a one-year absence, the Celtic Solstice 5 miler returned to Druid Hill Park in Baltimore.  A Pre-Christmas favorite directed by Karen Menge and Jim Adams (who now live… Read More ›

• Peck and Sibert Take Top Honors in NCR Trail Marathon; Ardanuy and Murray Prevail in the Half

  By mitchpa on December 31, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by George Banker Sparks, MD, November 27, 2021—The 32nd running of the Northern Central Railroad Trail (NCTM) Marathon and Half Marathon started at the historic Oldfields School, a college preparatory school for girls in grades 8 through 12. Founded in… Read More ›

• From Freddi / January 2022

  By mitchpa on December 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Take the time at the new year to count your blessings. As long as we can put one foot in front of the other, as long as we have love, family, and friendship in our lives, as long as we… Read More ›

• January Poet’s Corner

  By mitchpa on December 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  by George A. Hancock January 2022 Saturday begins a New YearQuiet now without a cheerA few are up and outsideLike runners on a road ride. We begin a new log bookRunning steady never shookFor many, running is easyEven in winds… Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: January Thoughts

  By mitchpa on December 30, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net Our new 2022 year begins on a Saturday. This is an appropriate time to begin something new. The weekend gives us the chance to work out or remove the bad links. Plus, this fresh new morning… Read More ›

• Back to the blossoms. . . 49th running of the 2022 Credit Union Cherry Blossom

  By mitchpa on December 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  “The Runner’s Rite of Spring” April 3, 2022 Registration for the lottery opens Monday, January 3 and extends through11:59 P.M. on Sunday, January 16 at http://www.cherryblossom.org. The event will also offer a Virtual Edition with registration opening on January 3…. Read More ›

• Hicks wins Gold but Ireland takes team title in U23 event

  By mitchpa on December 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Dublin, Ireland, European Cross Country, U23 Event, December 12, 2021—Charles Hicks of Great Britain & Northern Ireland won in 24:29. Hicks, who runs for Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, had to withstand a very strong challenge… Read More ›

• Battocletti is champion again

  By mitchpa on December 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Nadia Battocletti of Italy moved up to the U23 and won  in 20:32.  Battocletti was champion of the Euro XC U20 race in Tilburg (2018), and Lisbon (2019).   Team Italy won the team championship, as well, with… Read More ›

• Megan Keith from Inverness wins U20 Gold

  By mitchpa on December 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Dublin, IRL, European Cross Country, U20 Women’s 4K, December 12, 2021—Megan Keith of Great Britain (Inverness, Scotland) and a student at Edinburgh University, brought home the gold with a three-second victory.  Keith’s winning time was 13:41 for the 4000-meter race…. Read More ›

• Christensen Dominates U20 Race

  By mitchpa on December 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Dublin, Ireland, European Cross Country, U20 Men’s 6K, December 12, 2021— In the first race of the day, the U20 Men started the SPAR European Cross Country Championships with a 6,000-meter race at the Sport Ireland Campus… Read More ›

• Great Britain & Northern Ireland Win Mixed Relay

  By mitchpa on December 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Dublin, Ireland, European Cross Country, Mixed Relay, December 12, 2021—Olympic 800-meter runner Alexandra Bell brought the Great Britain team from seventh to first on the third lap of the mixed relay.  Benjamin West took the final lap… Read More ›

• Ingebrigtsen Dominates in Dublin

  By mitchpa on December 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Dublin, Ireland, European Cross Country, Senior Men’s 10K, December 12, 2021—Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway took charge late in the race to win the Senior Men’s event in 30:15, as he dropped his true competitors lap by lap… Read More ›

• Grøvdal wins in Dublin again with strong final lap

  By mitchpa on December 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Dublin, Ireland, European Cross Country, Senior Women’s 8K, December 12, 2021—Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  of Norway only led for one lap – the important last lap – as she powered away from all competition to win by 20 seconds. … Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: December Runs

  By mitchpa on December 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net December begins its 31-day run on a Wednesday this year. Our last 2021 month is filled with exciting events. The Christmas season is here. And then after Christmas we celebrate the beginning of a new calendar… Read More ›