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Protecting the rights of pregnant athletes in the NCAA
Posted August 9th, 2007 at 11:45 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results
NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics met last month in Charlotte N.C. to focus on how best to educate athletes on their rights and protections. …
Keeping Your Inner Athlete Motivated in the Face of Life Changes
Posted July 14th, 2007 at 12:19 PM by Kristin Bland
Section: Motivation, Health & Fitness, Exercise
I have always owned the identity of an athlete. Practice schedules, conditioning, training-these have been ingrained in my person as the standard routine of every day. This all started …
Goumri unphased by warm weather; satisifed with top three finish
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 11:37 PM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The first words out of Abderrahim Goumri at the post-London Marathon press conference were of gratitude for everyone involved in this unifying race: “First I want to thank the people who work …
Men’s Splits at 15k
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 5:32 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Men’s 10 mile time is 48:32, with a projection of just over 2:07. The 15k splits are 0:45:13 for the top three Limo, Ramaala, and Gharib. America’s Khannouchi, as well as, Gebrselassie, Lel, Cherono, Tergat, and Ossa holding …
Three female leaders packed closely for now, but Kiplagat beginning to speed-up again
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 5:30 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Kiplagat, Zhou, and Wami are the three packed together in front. Kiplagat has frequently glanced over her shoulder to see how things are shaping up behind her and is starting to stretch the pace a bit.
The time …
Women’s Half-Marathon Update
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 5:20 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The women’s half marathon split is 1:09:58 for the leading five; Zhou, Kiplagat, Adere, Wami, and Dita; and 1:10:37 for Johnson in sixth.
The Australian Beita Johnsosn is slowly dropping off even more (30 seconds or maybe even a …
Men begin to pick-it up
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 5:02 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The men are starting to roll after the second mile, following a slower start with a two mile split for the men at 9:58. They made the 1st mile at a 4:59 split, and the 2nd at 4:56. …
Women Rounding Mile 10
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Having past the 10 mile mark the women are standing at a 9 mile projection of 2:19:16, with the 10k leading split held by Kiplagat at 32:55.
Adere, Zhou, Wami, Dita, and Johnson following with a 32:56, and USA …
Women pass the 5 mile mark
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 4:38 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The women are now heading out of the 5th mile. The 5k split was 16:22 for the lead pacers. The leaders ran a 5:04 third mile (quick because of the first downhill section), 5:15 fourth mile, and a …
2007 London Marathon: Elite women are on their way!
Posted April 22nd, 2007 at 4:00 AM by Kristin Bland
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The elite women are off as the 2007 London Marathon kicks off at 9am (London time)!
Kiplagat, and Johnson are currently leading the group behind the two pacers. Zhou and Adere are following right on the heels of the two …
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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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