By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- On Sunday, Emily Sisson will make her long awaited half-marathon debut here at the United Airlines NYC Half. She'll line-up alongside training partner and two-time defending champion Molly Huddle as one of the American favorites,...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- Callum Hawkins is back on American soil ready to become the first Scotsman to win the United Airlines NYC Half here on Sunday. The former Butler Bulldog is running his first major American road race,...
Entries Open for 2017 Dryland Traverse Dryland Event Management’s only event to bear the Dryland name, the Dryland Traverse Adventure Trail Run, has garnered a reputation as a challenging but highly enjoyable event – both on and off the trails. In 2017 the Dryland Traverse will take place from the...
The following world records have recently been ratified... World records Women 20km: 1:01:40* mx, Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017 Previous: 1:01:54 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP, 15 Feb 2015 Half marathon: 1:05:06 mx, Peres Jepchirchir, (KEN) Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017 Previous: 1:05:09 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP,...
With 10 days to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, final entry figures suggest it will be the biggest edition of the championships since 2006. An expected 557 athletes from 60 teams are set to compete in the Ugandan capital on 26 March, surpassing the figures...
UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF IS A MARATHON OF SORTS FOR CRAGG By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (14-Mar) -- By all accounts, American Olympian Amy Cragg considers herself a marathoner. She won the USA Olympic Trials Marathon a year ago, placed ninth in the Olympic Marathon...
Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ The lure of qualifying performance for the World Championships as well as collecting a coveted national title will be on the minds of a number of the leading athletes competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships at Porritt Stadium, Hamilton this weekend. Current...
Defending champion Shuko Genemo returns to Vienna Defending champion Shuko Genemo will return to the Vienna City Marathon. The Ethiopian youngster caused a surprise when she took Austria’s most prestigious road running event with a personal best of 2:24:31 despite very strong winds in 2016. While the weather was the...
Stopping the clock at 23.00 (w: +1.5), the fastest time by an Australian this year, the performance puts her in the box seat for green and gold selection if she can win the national crown at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships later this month. http://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ella-nelson-qualifies-london-2017-michelle-jenneke-misses-smallest-margins/ Women’s 200m (Nelson), the women’s 100m...
Ella Nelson (NSW) is one step closer to a start at the IAAF World Championships after a strong win in the women’s 200m to qualify for London 2017 on a blustery day at the 2017 SUMMERofATHS Grand Prix. Stopping the clock at 23.00 (w: +1.5), the fastest time by an...
