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TFS News Briefs: 2/04/08

Posted February 4th, 2008 at 3:23 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, TFS News Briefs

Wanjiru Wins Spanish Half-Marathon in 59:26,
Sets Sites on London, Beijing
Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru won the 21st Mitja Marató (half-marathon) de Granollers near Barcelona, Spain with a time of 59:26. proving that he is fit and ready for the Flora London Marathon this April. He also has his sites set on the Beijing Olympic Marathon this summer.
Read more at: [IAAF]

Maurice Greene Reaches “Journey’s End”
Former Olympic and world 100m champion Maurice Greene announced his retirement after unsuccessful battles with nagging injuries. Read more about this story at: [IAAF] Read more about Greene at: [Wikipedia]

Field Events Dominate Governor’s Cup Indoor Meet in Samara, Russia
A sellout crowd at the Governor’s Cup Indoor Meet in Samara, Russia was treated to world-class performances in the field events by a top-notch international field of athletes from 17 countries.
Read more at: [European Athletics]
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USATF Fills Men’s 10-K Championship Void

Posted January 30th, 2008 at 8:04 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Road Racing

When their annual convention closed last December in Honolulu, USA Track & Field had a noticeable void in their national championships calendar: there was no 10-K road championship for men. That competition was hosted successfully last year by the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Ga., but because the Peachtree takes place every year on July 4 — right in the middle of the U.S. Olympic Trials — hosting the championship there was a non-starter for 2008.

Enter the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10-K in Richmond, Va., one of the fastest growing road races in the United States. Last year’s edition saw 20,587 finishers, an increase of 25% from a year earlier. USATF announced today that they had awarded the 10-K championship for men to this event, which will be held for the 9th time on April 5.
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Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k to host USA Men’s 10 km Championship

Posted January 29th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

USA Track & Field has announced that the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k will host the 2008 edition of the USA Men’s 10 km Championship on April 5, in Richmond, Va.

The fourth-largest 10 km in the U.S., the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K had more than 25,000 runners in 2007 and will feature a total of $25,000 in prize money with $7,500 for the champion. Top U.S. men. including Olympian Dan Browne, are expected to join the 2008 field.
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Kogo smokes Parelloop 10-K; nearly sets world record

Posted April 1st, 2007 at 3:57 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Micah Kogo, the Kenyan who ran a world leading 26:35.63 for 10,000m at Brussels last September at age 20, smoked the flat course at the Parelloop 10-K today in Brunssum, Netherlands, recording the third-fastest certified 10-K ever on the roads: 27:07.

On record-standard courses (no net elevation loss and start/finish separation less than 5 km) his mark is second all-time only to the IAAF-ratified record of 27:02 set by Haile Gebrselassie at Doha in 2002.

“I felt strong today but the wind in the last kilometer was too much,” said Kogo in a statement released by his manager, Ricky Simms, of PACE Sports Management in Teddington, England. “I knew I was inside 27:00 mins pace at 9 km but I lost seven seconds in the final km with a 2:49 split.”
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Racing For Charity: Motivation On A Whole New Level

Posted November 1st, 2006 at 7:00 AM by Trish Monks

Section: Motivation, Columns, SPOTLIGHT

Last Sunday I did a race. Nothing surprising about that, I often race - and the distance, 10 kilometres, is a particular favourite of mine.

However, what was different this time - was that, for the first time ever in a race, I wasn’t ‘racing’.

I know - it sounds crazy – doing a race without ‘racing’ (and by that I mean going as fast as I can - trying to get a new PB [personal best], pass the lady in front with pigtails, not get overtaken by the chap in a banana costume - that kind of thing) . . . BUT at this event, my aim was something quite different.

The race was for Cancer Research UK, and I was there primarily to pace a friend of mine round what was his first (and hopefully not last) race, and make sure he met his goal of running all of the way round! Read the rest of this entry »

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