Rupp, Hasay charge to victory at USATF 20 km Championships
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- Teammates Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay used different tactics with similar results Monday morning at the USATF 20 km Championships in New Haven, Connecticut, as the Nike...
View ArticleNBC TO AIR LIVE COVERAGE OF NEW BALANCE 5TH AVENUE MILE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
STAMFORD, Conn. – September 7, 2017 – NBC presents live coverage of the 2017 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile this Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:30 p.m. ET. Live, commercial-free coverage of the event will be...
View ArticleSimpson, Willis Lead Fast Day on 5th Avenue
The 2017 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile featured more than 7,500 runners streaming down the east side of Central Park, the largest field in the event's 37-year history. With the biggest field to date,...
View ArticleKeitany and Farah make history at Great North Run
Mo Farah became the first athlete to win four consecutive titles at the Simplyhealth Great North Run, while Mary Keitany became the event’s third three-time winner of the women’s race in South Shields...
View ArticleGalen Rupp Triumphs at AACR Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon
Meseret Defar places first in the women’s half marathon; Historic event celebrated 40 years with 23 original legacy runners; Big Head Todd and the Monsters headlined the post-race Toyota Rock ‘n’ Roll...
View ArticleCheroben sizzles 58:40 world lead at Copenhagen Half Marathon
Abraham Cheroben clocked a world-leading 58:40 to win the Copenhagen Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (17). With the sizzling run, the 25-year-old from Bahrain became the third...
View ArticleThree-man Heavyweight battle for the World Record in Berlin
This weekend's Berlin Marathon may well be one of the greatest footraces ever. Kenenisa Bekele, considered by many, if not most, to be the greatest distance runner ever is only the second fastest man...
View ArticleKipchirchir, Hall Sprint to Victory at the USATF 10 Mile Championships
(photo: USATF) -MINNEAPOLIS – A furious dash to the finish, saw both Shadrack Kipchirchir and Sara Hall hold off their competition, as the two charged to the tape in victorious fashion Sunday morning...
View ArticleSasha Gollish Triumphs at Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon
George Byron Alex takes first place in men’s race; 3-time Super Bowl Champion Roger Craig runs on behalf of ALS Association; Ron and Susan Carino finished their 100th Rock ‘n’ Roll Race hand-in-hand -...
View ArticleKenyans Sweep 2017 B.A.A. Half Marathon
Daniel Salel earns three-peat, while Joan Chelimo runs away with title at 17th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. - Boston, MA -- Kenyans Daniel...
View ArticleAbbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K and USATF 5K Championships to Feature 10...
USATF 5K Championships to include a $60,000 prize purse – the largest of any 5K in history – and be broadcast live on USATF.TV - New York, October 11, 2017—The 2017 Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K...
View ArticleOlympians set to shine in New York City at USATF 5 km Championships
NEW YORK – 10 Olympians, headlined by silver medalist Paul Chelimo and American record holder Molly Huddle, lead incredible men’s and women’s fields Saturday morning in New York City, lining up at the...
View ArticleHuddle dominates, Kipchirchir sprints to victory at the USATF 5 km Championships
NEW YORK – Olympians Molly Huddle and Shadrack Kipchirchir ran very different races Saturday morning at the USATF 5 km Championships in New York City, but the end result was the same, as both took...
View ArticleDANIEL TAPIA WINS MONTEREY BAY HALF MARATHON
MONTEREY, CALIF. -- A large, enthusiastic crowd lining the finish line erupted Sunday as Daniel Tapia broke the tape at the Monterey Bay Half Marathon, becoming the first-ever Monterey County native...
View ArticleEthiopian double success at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2017
(photos: Procam International} - Leonard Korir ran 59:52 for third fastest half marathon ever by an American - Ethiopian runners Berhanu Legese and Almaz Ayana took the honours at the 13th edition of...
View ArticleFarah to contest Doha Half Marathon
World and Olympic champion Mo Farah will take part in the Ooredoo Doha Half Marathon on 12 January. It will be the 34-year-old’s first race of 2018 as he prepares for the London Marathon in April...
View ArticleBekele finishes his 2017 racing with a victory at the TSK25K
Kolkata, 17 December 2017 (for immediate use): Ethiopian running icon Kenenisa Bekele fell short of his target of running a 25km personal best at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K but he still dominated the...
View ArticleEdris and Tirop take Bolzano victories
World 5000m champion Muktar Edris clinched the third Boclassic victory of his career, winning the 10km race in Bolzano in 28:45 to beat Moroccan runners Soufiane Bouqantar (29:07) and Hicham Amghar...
View ArticleStars and Stripes Design Available Exclusively to Armed Forces Members and...
ATLANTA – March 5, 2018 -- Active duty members of the armed forces as well as reservists, National Guard and military veterans will be honored and celebrated at the 49th AJC Peachtree Road Race on...
View ArticleRupp commands the spotlight at Roma-Ostia half
US long distance star Galen Rupp will be in the spotlight at the 44th edition of the Huawei Roma-Ostia Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday (11). “I am very happy to run in Rome, I...
View ArticleAJC Peachtree Road Race Lottery Open
Registration for the 2018 AJC Peachtree Road Race opened today, Thursday, March 15 through an online lottery at AJC.com/peachtree. Those wishing to be one of the 60,000 participants of the 49th...
View ArticleYimer, ‘a man of the track’, looks to break medal ground in Valencia
It usually takes young Ethiopian runners time to ward away the shyness and agree to interviews, especially when their most recent performance have catapulted them to the short list of favourites ahead...
View ArticleStart lists available - IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon...
The start list for the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 on 24 March are now available. A record 288 athletes --160 men and 122 women-- from 82 countries have...
View ArticleHat trick of world half marathon titles for Kamworor
Geoffrey Kamworor wins in Valencia, photo by Jean Paul Durand for IAAF Kamworor for 3rd time Unlike in the women’s race, the record books were not revised by the men at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World...
View ArticleKenya’s Alex Korio to defend his TCS World 10K title / men's elite filed...
Kenya’s Alex Korio, the defending TCS World 10K champion, will return to Bengaluru and take on his compatriot and IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 winner Geoffrey Kamworor at this...
View ArticleEmily Lipari Repeats as Medtronic TC 1 Mile Champion
Australian Sam McEntee wins men’s title in first visit to the event, with more than 1,700 runners participating in downtown Minneapolis - Minneapolis, Minn. – May 10, 2018 – Emily Lipari of San Diego...
View ArticleVIP's Will Be Russian to Finish
Members of Congress will try to put talk of collusion, the House Chaplain and the 2018 election behind them, as well as some of their colleagues, as they lead teams in the annual ACLI Capital...
View ArticleTuliamuk, Chelanga charge to victory at the USATF 25 km Championships
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – Cool temperatures and an overcast sky led to fast times and competitive races at Saturday morning’s USATF 25 km Championships in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Aliphine Tuliamuk...
View ArticleNYRR New York Mini 10K to Surpass 200,000 Total Finishers on Saturday, June...
Record number to race Rising New York Road Runners youth race, while Boston Marathon champions Des Linden and Tatyana McFadden will lead star-studded professional athlete fields, including first-ever...
View ArticleReigning Champions Return to 49th AJC Peachtree Road Race
Race to Host the 2018 USATF 10 km Championship - ATLANTA – June 14, 2018 – Three of four reigning AJC Peachtree Road Race champions will return to defend their titles. The defending women’s champion...
View ArticleVeteran Runners Win First U.S. Road Titles at 49th AJC Peachtree Road Race
ATLANTA – July 4, 2018 – For the 49th consecutive year, Atlanta began its Fourth of July on Peachtree, as 60,000 runners and walkers converged on a humid summer day to finish the AJC Peachtree Road...
View ArticleDefending Champion Ben Blankenship & Top U.S. Miler Amanda Eccleston Headline...
July 20 night time 1-mile race offers a $30,000 prize purse presented by GNC Live Well; event is third stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2018 PITTSBURGH (July 5, 2018) – Defending champion Ben...
View ArticleAll 4 Defending Champs Return to 46th New Balance Falmouth Road Race
Sambu Seeks 5th Straight; Chepkoech Eyes Course Record; McFadden and Romanchuk Lead Wheelchair Field - FALMOUTH, MA (August 8, 2018)—Making history at the New Balance Falmouth Road Race last year...
View ArticleFlanagan Surprises, Chepkoech Cruises in New Balance Falmouth Road Race
McFadden and Romanchuk Repeat as Winners in Wheelchair Division - FALMOUTH, MA (August 19, 2018) – It was a day to rewrite history at the 46 th running of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race, as Ben...
View ArticleDes Linden Leads Stacked Pro Field at 2018 Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. / TAMPA, Fla. (August 23, 2018) – The 2018 Rock ‘n’ Roll® Philadelphia Half Marathon will once again include a world-class group of elite men and women when they toe the line on...
View ArticleJoshua Cheptegei runs world record 15K
Joshua Cheptegei won the 2018 NN Seven Hills Race in a new world record of 41.05 taking 8 seconds of the previous world record. Cheptegei took the lead in the beginning of the race and he saw his...
View ArticleKara Goucher interview at RnR San Antonio with Larry Eder, RunBlogRun
Kara Goucher is a two time Olympian and World Championship Silver medalist at 10,000 meters. In 2008 and 2012, Kara ran on Olympic teams, and did so well. In 2016, Kara Goucher came oh so close to...
View ArticleDesi Linden Interview at Rock 'n Roll Marathon with Larry Eder, RunBlogRun
Des Linden has been busy all summer and fall. And, it has not stopped. This last weekend, Desi was in San Antonio, Texas, for one of her sponsors, Rock 'n Roll series. At San Antonio, Des was running...
View Article2019 Carlsbad 5000 Registration is Open!
The Carlsbad 5000 is one of the iconic races that only could be held on the West Coast. This race has had a history of fast racers and fine runners, and large fields. The challenges to the race have...
View ArticleNYRR New York Mini 10K to Host Women’s USATF 10K Championships
Stephanie Bruce to line up in New York to defend her USATF 10 km title at the world’s original women-only road race - New York, January 17, 2019 – The NYRR New York Mini 10K, the world’s original...
View ArticleTitle: 361 USA Announces 'The 361 Cup' Retail Racing League (Sponsored Post)
The performance running business has at least 48 brands. The competition is fierce, as local running stores battle to stand out in a running culture that wants performance at a good price. How does a...
View ArticleKiprop equals course record, Teferi clocks fastest debut at Ras Al Khaimah...
Kenya’s Stephen Kiprop continued where he left off last year by winning the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon on Friday (8) in an equal course record of 58:42, moving to joint sixth on the world all-time...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Brings Fun to the Run in San...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (April 7, 2019) – Approximately 7,000 registered runners from age 12 to 78 took to the streets of San Francisco on Sunday to participate in the seventh running of the 2019 United...
View ArticleBAA 5K: Rain Doesn't Dampen Exciting Races at 2019 B.A.A. 5K BY BARBARA...
The BAA 5K has developed into a key event of the BAA Boston Marathon weekend. The event had 8,484 runners competing in the Back Bay of Boston, held on Saturday morning before the Boston marathon. The...
View ArticleBAA Invitational Mile: Photo Finishes Highlight B.A.A. Invitational Mile BY...
The BAA Invite Mile has become an institution in Boston. On Boston Saturday, the Invite Mile is part of the Boston Marathon Weekend. It has become a big fan favorite. The fields feature top young...
View ArticleKing Chez Claims his crown by Dan Cruz for Carlsbad 5000
Last Sunday, Ed Cheserek, to the delight of his fans and of his sponsor, Skechers, took the win in Carlsbad. His time of 13:29 was a WR equalling event, as the IAAF began recognizing road WRs in 2019....
View ArticleGEAY REPEATS, WANJIRU WINS HER FIRST AT THE 43RD BLOOMSDAY Champions Will...
Spokane, Washington—Last year Ethiopians had their way over the 12-kilometer course, as they went one-two in both the men's and women's divisions of the Lilac Bloomsday Run. But this year Kenya was...
View ArticleTirop v Chelimo could mean another course record at the TCS World 10K...
Bengaluru, India, 17 May: The women’s race at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2019 on Sunday (May 19) will bring together two of the world’s leading distance runners who will be using the IAAF Gold Label...
View ArticleTRAVEL TO OVERSEAS RACES ON THE RISE, BUT SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES THREATEN...
The IAAF hosted a convention on global running in Lanzou, China, on May 31-June 2. Over 600 delegates went to the event and the IAAF released a study on running research, plus some fine discussions....
View ArticleThe State of Running 2019, by Jens Jakob Andersen for IAAF and RunRepeat.com
The IAAF Global Running Conference was held May 31-June 1 in Lanzhou, China. At the conference, over 600 delegates learned about the state of the sport, where trends are globally and were provided...
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