by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 10.1.23, Riga, Latvia, World Athletics Road Championships—World Athletics introduced two new distances and added them to the half marathon championships, which were last held in Gdynia, Poland in October 2020. While the new races… Read More ›
by George A. Hancock Autumn Begins Ready or not, here we go Our weather is never slow Autumn begins on the first Amidst a summer crying burst. Meteorological autumn is here Listen, do you hear a faint cheer? Many folks… Read More ›
by Clay Shawwith photos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 10.1.23 Riga, Latvia—Beatrice Chebet of Kenya won the first ever World Athletics Road Running Championships 5K in 14:35 to establish herself as the first ever champion. Chebet, who won gold… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell 10.1.23 Riga, Latvia, Men’s World Athletics Road Championships—Yomif Kejelcha led nearly the entire race and broke everyone but one. Yomif Gebrhiwet, a smaller, fellow Ethiopian tucked in for much of the race as Kejelcha… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw The newly recognized road mile records fell today in Riga, Latvia. (Newly recognized by World Athletics as of September 1, 2023) Hobbs Kessler of Ann Arbor, MI won an exciting and close race to win in 3:56.13,… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell On October 1, 2023, Riga, Latvia will be the site for the very first World Athletics Road Racing Championships. The last road championships of any kind was the once-postponed (COVID-19) World Athletics Half Marathon… Read More ›
by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Ophelia dominated the weekend, but the race directors improvised and the volunteers did their jobs despite the rain and wind. The runners raced in Downtown York. Samuel Gerstenbacher of Lancaster won… Read More ›
by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 17, 2023, Philadelphia, PA—For the third year, the Philadelphia Distance Run is back in the ownership of Philadelphians. Erika Kemp of Providence, RI won the half marathon in 1:10:32. Before… Read More ›
Interviews by David Block The men’s field of the 2023 Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) came down to a one-on-one showdown between this year’s winner, Panuel Mkungo 1:00:48 and runner-up James Ngandu 1:01:21. Ngandu won the PDR last year clocking a… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell September 10, 2023, Harrisburg, PA—Fred Joslyn of Boiling Springs, PA tuned up for his upcoming Berlin Marathon by winning the Harrisburg Half Marathon in 1:13:47. Joslyn was running seriously and opted… Read More ›
by Karen Mitchell There were a lot of events over the weekend and Runner’s Gazette covered three of them. On Saturday Clay and Karen went separate ways. No coin toss was needed, as both events are a pleasure to cover…. Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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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