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• Gearinger Repeats as Half Marathon Champ

  By mitchpa on March 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw WILLIAMSBURG, VA, February 20, 2021, 42nd COLONIAL HALF MARATHON—Dylan Gearinger of Philadelphia won the Colonial Half Marathon for the second straight year. Gearinger, the favorite son of Berwick, PA, won easily in 1:07:55, taking one second off his… Read More ›

• Runners Love Yoga: Ann Mazur and her 2020 Pandemic Experience

  By mitchpa on March 10, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  by Karen Mitchell As we reported the week before the Olympic Marathon Team Trials, Ann Mazur qualified for The Trials – by 13 seconds. After gradually lowering her marathon times over several years, she met this lifetime goal at California… Read More ›

• MOLLY SEIDEL SPEEDS ON ATLANTA SPEEDWAY

  By mitchpa on February 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay ShawAll photos courtesy of Jane and David Monti, Race Results Weekly Hampton, GA, February 28, 2021—Molly Seidel of Cambridge, MA, exactly a year after gaining an Olympic Marathon team spot in the 2020 Olympic Trials, returned to Atlanta… Read More ›

• Into the Woods

  By mitchpa on February 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sal Citarella Even though I’ve lived in the SF Bay area for much of my life, I’m still an East Coaster at heart. Particularly, New England. How I miss the horrid winter weather, the power outages, the humidity, skeeters……. Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: A D.S.T. Change

  By mitchpa on February 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net  Daylight Saving Time or D.S.T. begins Sunday, March 14 this year. This daylight shift remains until Sunday, November 7. D.S.T. creates more evening daylight hours, and most individuals support and appreciate this time shift. Regular readers… Read More ›

• March 2021

  By mitchpa on February 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by George A. Hancock March’s View Monday begins our March runThese days with a tad more sunOr Perhaps daylight as our daysGrow longer with bigger pay. The weather slowly grows warmAnd outside people do swarmShedding the heavy winter coatObserving spring… Read More ›

• Ted Metellus Named TCS NYC Marathon Race Director

  By mitchpa on February 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  RG’s interview with Ted Metellus. His Three P’s for event management: Prepare, Plan and Produce! by George Banker Editor’s Note:  This month, Ted Metellus was named race director for the TCS New York City Marathon, the first Black race director… Read More ›

• Liu and St. Clair Dominate Icy 5K/10K

  By mitchpa on February 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw HARRISBURG, PA—The US Road Running 5K/10K New Year’s Day event, held January 30, 2021, happened 29 days late. Pennsylvania had limited outside gatherings to a maximum of 50 from mid-December through early January, in an attempt to… Read More ›

• February 2021

  By mitchpa on February 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by George A. Hancock Moving On Ah Yes, February’s hereWelcomed in loud cheerBy us winter weary soulsTreading slow on our soles. Yes, the year is moving onI do see a brighter dawnThe Eastern light is greatThis is always first rate…. Read More ›

• Wyoming Man Runs the World: A Marathon in 184 Countries – So Far

  By mitchpa on February 7, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  by George Banker, Karen Mitchell, Clay Shaw Editor’s Note: We were quite pleased to feature Brent Weigner, a friend for many decades, in this month’s Runner’s Gazette, and we sure appreciate the time he spent answering our many questions. (We… Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: Crumbling Days

  By mitchpa on February 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

   By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net February is our last full winter month. A point many road runners appreciate. Running on icy snow-covered roads gets old quick. Outside runners are moving about with a cautious eye. Winter road maintenance for numerous reasons… Read More ›

• Reminiscences of an Auld Trail Dawg

  By mitchpa on February 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  By Sal Citarella Recently, Freddi asked me if I could offer any assistance in recalling the names of pioneering women Ultra Runners. What she overlooked, was that anyone old enough to have any experiences with the pioneers would also be… Read More ›

• The Last Runner

  By mitchpa on January 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sal Citarella Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a legion of people, both male and female, who indulged in an arcane ritual called “running.” For some, it was just play and a reason… Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: New Year Thoughts

  By mitchpa on January 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net January 2021 begins on a Friday. One wonders after all the tumultuous events in 2020 whether that start date is apropos. It’s interesting. We begin the New Year at the end of the work week. In… Read More ›

• January 2021

  By mitchpa on January 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by George A. Hancock January’s Promise January’s promise is newA fresh start or a viewOf exciting calendar pagesFree, requiring no wages. A runner out on the moveEnjoys the New Year groove2021 begins the next raceThrilling the old road ace. Or,… Read More ›