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The men’s race at the 2008 ING New York City Marathon will feature an impressive assembly of both international and American distance talent. While defending champion (and 2007-2008 World Marathon Majors champion) Martin Lel is out, most of the other top runners from last year as well as an extremely accomplished group of newcomers […]

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Now that the Olympics have ended, athletes must reevaluate their goals. For Kara Goucher, that means moving up to the marathon distance. Goucher, 30, announced last month that she planned to make her debut November 2 at the New York City Marathon.
The elite women’s field includes world record-holder (2:15:25) Paula Radcliffe, 34, of Great Britain […]

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The critically-acclaimed documentary, “Run for Your Life: The Story of Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon“, will screened tonight in Philadelphia, PA.
The documentary, which features rare footage, interviews with running legends and a killer soundtrack, was also shown earlier this year at the Running Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon and the Tribeca […]

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The average runner or sports fan has no hope of winning the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 2, but under a new promotion announced today by race organizers he or she could win a new car on race day nonetheless.
The promotion, called Pick & Drive, invites fans to pick the top-3 male […]

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To mark it’s 40th anniversary, New York Magazine had a panel of experts rank the top ten New York City athletes of the last forty years. Two experts included Grete Waitz, a nine-time New York City Marathon champion and women’s running pioneer.
Other athletes ranked in the top ten by a majority of […]

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On the heels of Nick Willis’s victory at last month’s Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile, the New Zealand theme continues in New York next month when Rod Dixon and Kim Smith run the ING New York City Marathon.
Dixon, 58, will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of his classic victory over Geoff Smith at the 1983 […]

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The world’s most famous road mile is poised to add another thrilling chapter to its history when double world champion Bernard Lagat does battle with Olympic bronze medalist Nick Willis and U.S. Olympic Trials 800m champion Nick Symmonds here on Sunday at the 28th edition of the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile.
Lagat, who also has […]

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Following in her coach’s footsteps, 2007 IAAF World Championships 10,000m bronze medalist Kara Goucher will make her marathon debut at the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 2.
“Last year when I watched the race first hand, I decided I wanted to run in New York,” Goucher commented. “The ING New York City […]

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Welcome to the official blog of top U.S. distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein! Check back every other Tuesday for Ritz’s latest entry at http://dathanritzenhein.thefinalsprint.com/ as he prepares to represent the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
Well it has been a month now since the last blog posting. Sorry to the regular readers […]

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Welcome to the official blog of top U.S. distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein! Check back every other Tuesday for Ritz’s latest entry at http://dathanritzenhein.thefinalsprint.com as he prepares to represent the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
It has been a long couple of days. I left Eugene on Tuesday morning and flew to San […]

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