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Quote of the Day: 6/4/07
Posted June 4th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
- William Faulkner
Quote of the Day: 5/30/07
Posted May 30th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going …
Dix named Athlete of the Week by USA Track & Field
Posted May 29th, 2007 at 4:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Walter Dix has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a collegiate record in the men’s 200 meters Saturday at the NCAA East …
Quote of the Day: 5/26/07
Posted May 26th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
Quote of the Day: 5/15/07
Posted May 15th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”
- Dan Gable
Quote of the Day: 5/11/07
Posted May 11th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Pain is only temporary,
Pride is forever,
Pain passes with time and Time passes,
therefore Pain is just a strain on the Brain without Refrain,
and that’s why Cross Country runners are Insane.”
- a t-shirt
Quote of the Day: 5/1/07
Posted May 1st, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
Quote of the Day: 4/24/07
Posted April 24th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.”
- Vince Lombardi
“Boston Marathon in Iraq” to be held on Saturday, April 14.
Posted April 13th, 2007 at 1:00 PM by Allyson Rosen
Section: News & Results, Marathons
For the third consecutive year, coalition forces will trade in their combat boots for running shoes to participate in the “Boston Marathon in Iraq” to be held at the …
Quote of the Day: 4/5/07
Posted April 5th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.”
- Wilma Rudolf
Which currently declared candidate would most improve USATF if elected as President of the Board of Directors?
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- New York Marathon 08: Twenty Mile Men’s Update: Here Comes Tergat
Paul Tergat’s race has finally begun. After pacing himself within the pack for the first half of the race, he now fights for the lead. Tergat moved from 5th to 2nd place at the 25k mark, with Goumri in 1st (1:17:46).
The lead pack broke around mile 16 and. Abdirahman is no longer among them. The […] - New York City Marathon 08: 15 Mile Update: USA Won’t Give Up
Rohatinsky and Carney refuse to give up, but may have expended too much energy in the process.
Rohatinsky just moved from 16th to 2nd at mile 11 of the New York City Marathon. Kigen led the pack with a 55:41 split. Abdirahman is in 3rd, followed closely by Kirui.
Carney picked up his pace to move into […] - New York City Marathon 08: Radcliffe, 5 Others Remain in Front After 15 Miles
The 6-woman lead pack continues to stick together in a single-file line as the women has crossed the Queensboro Bridge and entered Manhattan. They passed the 15-mile mark in 1:23:49; after running a series of miles between 5:23 and 5:30).
Radcliffe (GBR) remains in the lead –doing all of the work and running into […] - New York City Marathon 08: 10 Mile Update: Abdi Fights for Lead
The men are currently running about 5:05 mile pace. The Kenyans in the elite field are moving up. Wilfred Kigen (KEN) inched out Abdirahman at 6 miles with a split of 30:31. Then Abdirahman passed Kigen around 10 kilometers for a 31:38 split, 3 seconds ahead of Rono and Hosea Rotich (KEN). Kigen fell back […]
- New York City Marathon 08: American Men Go Out Strong; Abdi Leading Through 5 Miles
The men’s race of the 2008 ING New York City Marathon is underway. James Carney of the United States led from the gun. The close pack of Carney, Josh Rohatinsky (USA) and Nate Jenkins (USA) went through mile 1 in 5:26.
The men’s lead pack remained close together at 5 kilometers. Nate Jenkins led in […] - New York City Marathon 08: Radcliffe Leads Through 10 Miles; Ndereba Falls Off Pace
Paula Radcliffe continues to look strong and has lead the entire way. Now through 10 miles in 56:25, Radcliffe has a steady trail of elites behind her - with Goucher in second and Wami & Tune trading places between third and fourth.
The single-file pack includes the rest of the favorites except for two-time Olympic […] - New York City Marathon 08: Radcliffe Looks to Replay Front-Running Style of 2007
Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the world marathon record holder and reinging NYC Marathon champion, seems determined to employ the race strategy that worked so well for her last year: front-running.
She rook the lead in the very first mile, which started off slow (6:31) as they ran over the bridge and into the wind. […] - New York City Marathon 08: Elite Women Are Off!
It’s 9:10am EST and the elite women have crossed the start line of today’s 2008 ING New York City Marathon.
Today’s weather, predicted to be mild later in the day, will likely serve as an extra challenger for these runners. That’s because right now it is about 41 degrees Fahrenheit, but with the […] - New York City Marathon 08: TheFinalSprint.com’s LIVE Coverage Begins at 9am EST
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Abdirahman Looking […] - Watch the ING New York City Marathon LIVE on TV, Internet
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