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2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalists Meb Keflezighi of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya are set to run at the 35th CIGNA Falmouth Road Race on Sunday morning, August 12.
The scenic waterfront seven-mile course winds from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights. A field of 10,000 is expected, and prize money totaling $90,300 will […]

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Episode 66 of The Final Sprint Podcast features the second and final installment of a two-part, in-depth interview with the legendary female running pioneer and passionate Lydiard protégé LORRAINE MOLLER. (Click here to listen to part 1 of this interview featured in Episode 65).
Lorraine began an unprecedented, 28-year international career by running barefoot in […]

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Last Sunday California’s Dockweiler Beach welcomed novice runners, track veterans, and time-honored Olympic idols to the 14th annual Keep L.A. Running Charity Run. In a record field of over 2,000 participants, experience bested younger legs; this year’s male and female 10K victors were not only “over the hill”, but over the half-century mark.
For 54 year-old […]

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Active.com has put together a wonderful page devoted to celebrating 35 years of Title IX. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics. Although athletics has created the most controversy regarding Title IX, its gains in education […]

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The Boston Athletic Association tonight will present the sixth annual Patriots’ Award to marathon legend Joan Samuelson. The award, introduced in 2002, recognizes a New England sportsperson or organization for contributions both to sport and to the local community.
Samuelson burst onto the scene when she won the 1979 Boston Marathon. The Bowdoin College student crossed […]

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Many of the world’s greatest runners, both past and present, came together for this morning’s John Hancock Boston Marathon Press Conference at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA.
John Hancock , the race’s principal sponsors, opened the event and spoke about their dedication to the sport, the Boston Marathon legacy, and changing the lives […]

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TheFinalSprint.com’s monthly Success Story selection aims to highlight remarkable and factual accounts of runners who have overcome major obstacles and/or changed their lives, or the lives of others, through running and fitness.
I am proud to announce that TFS’s April 2007 Success Story and my guest in Episode 37 of The Final Sprint Podcast is the […]

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The cold and rain did nothing to stop the determination of the 10,317 runners at the 37th annual Dallas White Rock Marathon; a race that led to two new marathon records.
Kenyan Moses Kororia finished the race in 2:12:04; breaking Jeff Lodwick’s 24 year record of 2:12:18. Kororia was also able to overtake Russia’s Svetlana […]

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Lance Armstrong has done it - completing his first ever marathon in 2:59:37; coming in 824th place among the male finishers and averaging a 6:51 min/mi pace. Armstrong looked strong throughout the marathon; often pushing his pace team and successfully achieved his goal of breaking 3 hours (although just barely). Only at the […]

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Lance Armstrong skeptics who believe that Amrstrong will be unable to break 3 hours consistently state how different riding a bike is as compared to running.
Although running is much harder on the body (Just ask Lance who has repeatedly said that “gravity” makes running much hard on his joints), Armstrong has now done […]

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