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George and Weaver Win Bird-in-Hand Half Marathon on Humid Morning
By Clay Shaw September 9, 2023 Bird-in-Hand, PA—James Weaver of Adamstown, PA won by four and a half minutes after a third-place finish in 2022. Weaver, who won in 1:16:37, left no doubt. Two runners who ran with Weaver for… Read More ›
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Sisson and Young Win USATF 20k Championships in New Haven
By Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 4, 2023, Faxon Law New Haven Road Race, New Haven, CT—Clayton Young and Conner Mantz, training partners from Provo, Utah, came to the 46th Faxon Law New Haven Road Race,… Read More ›
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Annapolis Hills and Heat Did Not Slow Kenig-Ziesler and Doiron
Story and all photos by George Banker August 27, 2023, Annapolis, MD—It was 48 years of running for the Annapolis 10 Mile Run. The race started as a conversation among friends about men being more physically fit than women (1976)…. Read More ›
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Maryland Runners Win Rail Trail 10 Miler
By Clay Shaw August 27, 2023 York, PA—Alexander Loper of Abingdon, MD won the 25th Rail Trail 10 Miler in 54:59. The race which starts in Seven Valleys, PA and enters the rail near milepost 11, just 11 miles north… Read More ›
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Victor Kiplangat of Uganda is a Most Happy Champion
By Clay ShawPhotos Courtesy of Michael ScottandJane Monti for Race Results Weekly August 27, 2023, Budapest, Hungary, World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023—Running on the same awesome course the women ran on Saturday, the men started in Heroes’ Square at 7… Read More ›
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Ethiopian Women Dominate in Beautiful Budapest
By Clay ShawAll photos courtesy of Michael Scott August 26, 2023, Budapest, Hungary, World Championships Marathon—I had been to Budapest twice before, and was really hoping to be there in person in 2023. But, things didn’t workout as hoped. The… Read More ›
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Ardunuy and Duarte Conquer the Dreaded Druid Hills
By Clay Shaw 8.12.23 Baltimore, MD—Dreaded? Well maybe it is the hills or the summertime weather? Likely both. Two-time Baltimore Marathon champion Jeremy Ardanuy won the Dreaded Druid Hills 10k in 33:23. Zack Kaminski of Baltimore was second in 34:16…. Read More ›
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Cree and Iwasa Win Wellington Marathon
Article by Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Wellington, New Zealand, June 24, 2023—Ingrid Cree of Wellington won the Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon by 14 minutes and broke the existing women’s record by 17 seconds. Cree won in 2:48:19 on… Read More ›
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Is There Life After Death? (Death as a runner, I mean)
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 ›
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Kaylee’s Badwater 135 Run
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 ›
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Hartzell and Beckert Win Run for Reading 5K
by Clay Shaw Mechanicsburg, PA, August 5, 2023—OK, the Run for Reading is for books, not for the nearby city of Reading. Anyway, it’s kind of a reverse inside joke. This race was held at East Winding Hill Park near… Read More ›
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Poet’s Corner for August 2023
by George A. HancockPhotos by Bob Hancock August Clouds Clouds create a darker dawnFor runners skipping the yawnThis group is up and on the roadPursuing the next run episode. August clouds darken our streetRunners carefully place their feetAvoiding road holes… Read More ›
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Zimmermann & Daubord Lead Record Field in SF Marathon
by Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 7.23.23 San Francisco, CA—While San Francisco is still struggling post-covid with retail and in-person office jobs, the San Francisco Marathon and other races had a new record of 29,431 participants. The… Read More ›
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75(K) in 48 at 64
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 ›
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Ah, The Good Old Days!
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 ›
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Juneteenth Half Marathon and 10K (Fort Stanton Park, Washington, D.C.)
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