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Lead Stories: Thursday, August 28, 2008

USATF Release on the Passing of NYRR Founder Ted Corbitt

Posted December 12th, 2007 at 5:48 PM by Andrew Goodman

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Trail / Ultra

Ultrarunning legend, 1952 Olympian, New York Road Runners Founding President and pioneer in the field of course measurement and certification Ted Corbitt died Wednesday of cancer in Houston, Texas. He was 87.

Corbitt began his running career as a sprinter in Cincinnati and didn’t run his first marathon until he was 32 years old, placing 15th at the 1951 Boston Marathon. At age 54 he ran his 175th marathon, in Boston, in 2 hours 49 minutes 16 seconds, less than one minute slower than his first marathon 23 years earlier. His fastest marathon time was 2:26:44 in 1958. He ran a total of 199 marathons and ultra races during his career and formerly held American Records at 50 miles, 100 miles and 24 hours.

Shortly after the founding of the Road Runners Club of America in February 1958, Corbitt founded the first RRCA chapter in April of that year, the New York Road Runners Club (now the New York Road Runners). Corbitt was elected as the second president of the RRCA at the organization’s 1960 Annual Meeting.
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USATF Launches Study to Determine Effect of Pre-Run Stretching on Injuries

Posted September 10th, 2007 at 5:14 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Cross Country, Track & Field, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

USA Track & Field, the national governing body of track and field, long-distance running and race walking, has launched a large-scale study to determine the relationship between pre-run stretching and running injuries.

Runners 13 years of age or older who run 10 or miles a week are encouraged to participate in the study. The results of the study will be published for use by the running community and other interested groups. “It is an important study in that there has not been a large, randomized, well-controlled study to show the effect of pre-run stretching on injuries,” said study coordinator Alan Roth, PhD.
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St. Hilaire and Spangler to be inducted into RRCA Hall of Fame on March 24th

Posted February 17th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Announcements, Olympics

Two U.S. Olympians, Judi St. Hilaire and Jenny Spangler, will be inducted into the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 24, during the four-day RRCA Convention to be held in Chicago. The selection committee released their decision today.

The RRCA Hall of Fame consists of American citizens who have shown long-term excellence in long distance running and/or have made outstanding contributions to the sport. Members of the Hall include legendary athletes like Horace Ashenfelter, Doris Brown Heritage, Ted Corbitt, Lynn Jennings, Steve Prefontaine, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Frank Shorter, and Bill Rodgers.
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