Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday (January 20)
The Ethiopian legend will lead the Marathon field in the Middle East’s biggest mass participation event in what will be only his second appearance on the Dubai roads – a surface he will share with more than 30,000 “running mates”.
Athletics NZ Weekly Roundup 16 January
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
HASTINGS
Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic, Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park – 14 January 2017
Angie Petty made it eight years in a row in the Sylvia Potts Memorial 800m. Petty had to work hard over the final 150 metres to head in...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (15-Jan) -- Despite soaking humidity and fog that shrouded the tops of this city's tallest buildings, Jordan Hasay of Portland, Ore., made an impressive half-marathon debut here today at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon, clocking 1:08:40 on a record-standard...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (14-Jan) -- Here's an assortment of news items ahead of tomorrow's Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half-Marathon:
GOUCHER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HASAY: Olympian Kara Goucher, who is in Houston as both a commentator for the television broadcast and to...
Angie Petty takes eighth Potts Classic 800m title
Angie Petty won the feature women’s 800m race for an unprecedented eighth time after very strong finish at the Potts Classic on a balmy Saturday evening in Hastings.
Petty tucked in behind the early pace-maker and Katherine Marshall until the home straight where...
Already Looking Ahead To Boston, Hasay Ready For Half-Marathon Debut
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (13-Jan) -- Two days before the longest race of her life, Jordan Hasay is excited by the new, longer-distance direction of her 13 year-old running career which, she said,...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(12-Jan) -- Forty-four elite runners representing ten different nations will compete in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, led by world record holder Dennis Kimetto and two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat, organizers announced today. These elite athletes...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (11-Jan) -- New York City runners have a new home away from home at the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, located on Manhattan's West Side just two blocks south of Central Park. The newly...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NOTE: It will be 10 years this week since Ryan Hall broke the USA (and North American) half-marathon record at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 14 January, 2007. Since Galen Rupp may be trying for Hall's record on the...
Nitro News: Olympic champion will bring showbiz to Nitro
It is not unusual for an Olympic champion to be talented in a number of areas and that’s certainly the case for Bolt All-Stars Olympic champion Kerron Clement who has made a name for himself on and off the track.
Olympic gold,...
