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• 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 ›

• December Poet’s Corner

  By mitchpa on December 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  by George A. Hancock December’s View Wednesday begins December’s runOften cold, snowy with little sunBut December’s always very brightBecause those lights shine right. Out on my early December runI find fantastic Christmas funGreat displays with gala lightsProvide miles of warm… Read More ›

• Marathon and Half Marathon Records Shattered in Philadelphia Races

  By mitchpa on December 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By David Block PHILADELPHIA, PA, NOVEMBER 20-21, 2021—The AACR Philadelphia Marathon, the Dietz and  Watson Philadelphia Half Marathon and the Rothman Orthopedic 8K returned after a one-year hiatus. COVID-19 prevented these races from taking place last year, but the pandemic… Read More ›

• Chesire and Sexton Win With New Course Records

  By mitchpa on December 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Philadelphia, PA, November 21, 2021—Mike Chesire of Kenya won the Philadelphia Marathon in 2:13:28.  Dylan Gearinger of Philadelphia moved up through the ranks and caught Chesire in Manayunk, then fell back a bit, but stayed steady to… Read More ›

• Alter and Sunderlin Win the 49th Harrisburg Marathon

  By mitchpa on December 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Nathaniel Alter of Lancaster, representing the F & M Track Club, took off fast and had nearly a four-minute lead at halfway.  Alter, who ran just under 1:13 for the half, won in 2:30:44.  Vinnie Caroselli of… Read More ›

• Cummings Makes A Comeback and Peterman Takes Top Honors At The JFK 50 Mile

  By mitchpa on December 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  By George BankerPhotos by Clay Shaw The 59th JFK 50-Mile Run, was on Saturday, November 20, 2021, in Boonsboro, Maryland. The organizers moved forward, adapted to change, and worked across jurisdictions to plan a perfect event. The goal was to… Read More ›