By George Banker WASHINGTON, DC—On Saturday, March 26, 2022, the streets of the Nation’s Capital hosted the 10th edition of the United Airlines Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series. Over 12,000 runners toured the city. “Running an event you used to… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Boston, MA, April 18, 2022, 126th Boston Marathon—Evans Chebet of Kenya won the 2022 Boston Marathon in 2:06:51, in the eighth fastest time in Boston Marathon history. Chebet took off from the pack at… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw Boston, MA, April 16, 2022—In its 9th year, the BAA 5K has grown into a major race itself, with runners from around the globe and all 50 states. The race starts and finishes on Charles Street in… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell We’re happy to share photos and background for many of the athletes who attended today’s press conference and made themselves available to the media for interviews and photos. On paper, it may be considered… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw Washington, DC, April 3, 2022—Susanna Sullivan of Reston, VA had “that look” that she was determined and focused, right from the start. No USA woman had won the CUCB in 25 years, until Nell Rojas won the… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw HARRISBURG, PA, April 2, 2022, Capitol 10 Miler—Fred Joslyn of Boiling Springs won the Capital 10 Miler in 54:54. Tyler Lundquist of Palmyra was second in 55:27. Michael Hiestand of Elizabethtown was third in 58:43. Jesse Smith… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw New Holland, PA, March 26, 2022, Garden Spot Half Marathon—One of my favorite races, we ran the inaugural Garden Spot Marathon in 2009. It has now transitioned into a boutique half marathon, with a companion low-key 10k…. Read More ›
By Sal Citarella Recently, renowned Coach G. Howid Hurtz, of Gopher County Community College and The Gopher It Running Club, gave a presentation at the Seniors’ Center to help us older folks remain fit and active. His talk was aimed… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw New York City, NY, March 20, 2022—Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia waited to the final steps to pull free of Irine Cheptai of Kenya, to win the United Airlines NYC Half-Marathon in 1:07:35. Teferi set a new event… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw Harrisburg, PA, Lucky Charm 4 Miler, March 19, 2022—While neither winner Zoë Matherne or Trevor Conde wore green, most of the 648 finishers did. The Harrisburg St. Patrick’s Parade followed the new 4-mile race. In past years… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw March 13, 2022, Lafayette, LA—Chris Lapoint, 48, of Youngsville, LA won the Zydeco Marathon in 2:48:26 winning by nearly six minutes. Jessica Hiskey, 27, of Oxford, MS won in 3:16:54, by nearly 21 minutes. Grant Gallatin of… Read More ›
By Bev and Bill Bull BERWICK, PA–David Haines, Madison Township, PA, showed he could not only run for diamonds, but he could also run for cookies! Haines had finished a solid third with a time of 45:47 at the Diamonds… Read More ›
Interview by George Banker The term resilience means to become stronger or healthy after something terrible happens. The word resilience may not be sufficient to describe Sika Henry. In 2019 she suffered a traumatic bike accident that would have ended… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw Jacobus, PA, February 5, 2022—The York Winter Series is in it’s 42nd year, and the Jacobus 5 miler has been a mainstay since the start of the series in 1979. This year was the last running across… Read More ›
by Clay Shaw Gulf Shores, AL, January 30, 2022, Big Beach Marathon—It was a 50-State Marathon Club reunion event, with a liberal time limit of seven hours. After spending ten January days in Central Mexico, we decided to “get away”… Read More ›
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