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- Steve Prefontaine
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I appreciate the clarity with which my former colleague Mark Mudeking has addressed the issues of...
Welcome to the official blog of middle-distance track star and 2008 U.S. Olympian Nick Symmonds. Be sure to check every other Monday at http://nicksymmonds.thefinalsprint.com for Nick’s latest entry! For more information about Nick, also please visit: nicksymmonds.com
I am often asked what a post collegiate running career consists of. Sometimes I am asked by […]
Overhauling the pre-race favorite Yoko Shibui in the 39th kilometer on the steepest part of the hill, Yoshimi Ozaki won the 30th and final edition of the Tokyo Women’s International Marathon. Her winning time, 2:23:30, was the third-fastest time recorded here over this challenging course which has hosted some of history’s greatest women’s marathoners […]
Mestawet Tufa and Ayele Abshiro were the youthful winners of the 25th edition of the Fortis Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Run) in Nijmegen. Tufa, 25, won the women’s race in 46:57 missing the world record (46:55) for the distance by just two seconds. Abshiro, 17, clocked 42:16 in winning the men’s race, relegating double Olympic […]
The next episode of HBO’s critically acclaimed sports series, “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”, will sit down with the now retired and embattled American track & field star Tim Montgomery. The interview will air when Real Sports returns on November 25, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT.
Montgomery, who fathered a child with fellow sprinter Marion […]
US Road Sports and Entertainment Group, a Dallas-based company which produces endurance sports events, will launch their national 13.1 Marathon series this Sunday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The races, scheduled for Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Atlanta and Chicago, are all half-marathons organized under the slogan, “13.1 isn’t half of anything!”
“We are extremely excited about this […]
Welcome to the official blog of U.S. middle-distance runner Sara Hall. Sara’s list of running accolades include being a former NCAA All- American at Stanford, the 2006 USA 5K road champion, and the 2006 champion at the Continental Fifth Avenue Mile. Check back every other Friday for her latest entry at http://sarahall.thefinalsprint.com/
I don’t even […]
The latest episode of RunnerSpace Live brings you the rundown on what happened in the world of running during the week of 11/5/08 - 11/12/08. Topics covered in this week’s installment include:
HIGH SCHOOL
-Washington State Cross Country Championships
-Illinois State Cross Country Championships
-New Mexico State Cross Country Championships
-Delaware State Cross Country Championships
-New York State Public HS […]
Olympians Alan and Shayne Culpepper will open a new running specialty store in Louisville, Colo., this weekend called Solepepper Sports. They plan to hold a grand opening on Saturday, kicking off with a group run/walk at 8:00 a.m. led by Shayne. There will also be appearances by Jorge Torres and Steve Jones, and […]
The Samsung Milano City Marathon will be held on an earlier date this year, moving to Sunday, November 23, from its usual position on the first Sunday in December, organizers announced today. Organizers also hope that the earlier date will translate into faster times.
“It is our target to break the Italian all-comers record in the […]
In conjunction with city authorities, the new owners of the City of Los Angeles Marathon have decided to move the race from its traditional early March date to the Memorial Day holiday for 2009. According to a blog posted at the website of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, the May 25, 2009, date was […]
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