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Welcome to the first episode in TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast’s special-edition series: “TFS ElectionCast 2008: Interviews With The USATF Presidential Candidates”. This series will introduce you to the candidates for president of the governing body of track & field in the United States: USA Track & Field (USATF). Today’s episode is the first of three […]

Today’s podcast gives listeners a unique look into the life of sports agent Merhawi “Hawi” Keflezighi of HAWI Sports Management, who happens to be the brother of none other than 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi. Hawi discusses Team Meb’s recent involvement with Nike+ Human Race. He also talks about what inspired him to become […]

Olympic medalists Tsegaye Kebede and Gete Wami of Ethiopia were victorious at today’s BUPA Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields, England, the world’s largest half-marthon.
Kebede, the Beijing Olympic bronze medalist in the marathon, beat compatriot Gebre Gebremariam by a wide margin. Clocking 59:45, he was the only athlete to break the one […]

According to the New York Road Runners (NYRR), 2008 U.S. Olympian and top American marathoner Abdi Abdirahman will meet with middle school students at the St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School in Harlem on October 7, following the September 30 announcement that he will run in the 2008 ING New York City Marathon. Abdirahman […]

Race director Carey Pinkowski has completed his elite fields for the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 12, adding two of the most successful athletes in the race’s 31-year history.
Two-time defending women’s champion Berhane Adere of Ethiopia got her second victory at Chicago last year when she caught rising Romanian star, […]