Story and photos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 2.3.2024, Orlando, FL—Amber Zimmerman of Philadelphia led five Pennsylvania finishers in the 2024 USA Olympic Marathon Trials in sunny Orlando, Florida. She finished in 2:34:58 in 30th place. Last year she was… Read More ›
An interview with David Monti by George Banker Race Results Weekly (RRW) provides a valuable service to coaches, agents, race organizers, athletes and other journalists through its weekly, comprehensive report on running events from around the world, via a weekly… Read More ›
By George Banker The JFK 50 Mile (JFK) is the oldest continuously held ultramarathon in the US. On November 18, 2023, the race celebrated its 61st run. Throughout the years, thousands have started the race in downtown Boonsboro, Maryland, and… Read More ›
By Mark Will-Weber The first real stars of the Berwick Marathon were runners from the Carlisle Indian School. At the 1909 race, their war whoops reverberated in the chilled autumn air at the start on Market Street—and less than an… Read More ›
By Sal Citarella You may know me as a runner; whether I’m good or not is debatable. You may know me as a writer; whether I’m good or not is debatable. What you don’t know about me is that I… Read More ›
By Sal Citarella I’m certainly not the first runner who has been faced with his own mortality. It’s just that this is the first time it has happened to me. I don’t like it. From age 16 through the big… Read More ›
By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net The 2023 Badwater 135 ultramarathon created running history. Eighteen-year-old Kaylee Frederick, from Greater Johnstown, Pennsylvania, became the youngest Badwater finisher after she crossed the finish line in 40:06:43. The Badwater 135 is described as the toughest… Read More ›
By Gary Ishler Those of us who started running in the 1970s might remember many early hits from the immortal band Chicago. In particular, a song titled, “25 or 6 to 4.” Written shortly after Woodstock, the song’s said to… Read More ›
By Sal Citarella Remember how it used to be? That is, of course, a relative question but for those of us who started running in the ’50s or ’60s (1958 for me) a lot has changed. Not just that you… Read More ›
By Carl Scharwath RG Interview: Jodi Weiss Spring is here, time to lace up those new running shoes and breathe in the bouquet of nature’s rebirth. I am happy to bring to you not only an amazing runner but also… Read More ›
By Jack Heath Tom Osler often called Browning Ross the George Washington of American Distance Running for Browning’s efforts in founding the Road Runners Club of America, and the resulting explosion in the popularity of distance running in America. If… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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