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Irish running legend Sonia O’Sullivan had released an autobiography entitled, “Sonia, My Story” (Penguin Ireland).
The book tells O’Sullivan’s story from from her childhood in Cobh, County Cork, through her early successes on the track and through the other highs and lows of her career.
The book is available on Amazon.com at this link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonia-My-Story-OSullivan/dp/1844881636/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222699770&sr=8-1

(c) 2008 Race Results […]

He’s already the world record holder for the standard 42,195m marathon distance and has the two fastest times ever to his credit, but Haile Gebrselassie will be back at Berlin on Sunday hoping to shave yet another few seconds off of his world’s fastest time of 2:04:26 set on the same course one year ago.
But […]

Sara Slattery of Lafayette, Colo., won today’s U.S. Women’s 8-K Championship in Akron, Ohio. For the 26 year-old athlete, who won the Pan Am Games 10,000m title in 2007, it was her first ever U.S. open title on any surface.
Slattery went for victory early, sharing the lead with race favorite Katie McGregor. They […]

A German woman hasn’t crossed the finish line first at the real,- Berlin Marathon since Uta Pippig won in 1995, her third Berlin victory. But, with 2008 Flora London Marathon champion Irina Mikitenko in the race, organizers hope that will change on Sunday for the 35th edition of the race.
Mikitenko, 36, was the surprise […]

Here are a few news items that have crossed my desk recently:

“BETH O” TO RUN ING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Model, animal lover and fiancé of radio personality Howard Stern, Beth Ostrosky, will run the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 2, for the benefit of the North Shore Animal League. Known as […]