October 2004
Radcliffe chooses New York return posted 27 October
Paula Radcliffe will make her return to competitive action at the New York City Marathon on 7 November. | more |
Radcliffe no longer running scared posted 13 October
SOME might have got as far away from the day job as possible; most, surely, would have headed for the beach, put their head down for a number of weeks and allowed the mental wounds to begin mending gently in the sun. Paula Radcliffe's way of dealing with being the headline failure of the Athens Olympics was to get out there and run. | more |
Lombard must return grant posted 07 October
Banned runner Cathal Lombard has been asked to return a grant of over £12,000 he received from the Irish Sports Council earlier this year. . | more |
Drugs-in-Sport: IAAF clears Turkish 1,500 champ posted 04 Oct
Official launch of Time-to-Run, database driven, worldwide Calendar posted 17th Otcober
Track: Holmes Looks To Future posted 16 October
Olympic champion Kelly Holmes plans to nurture the careers of the next generation of female middle-distance runners later this month in South Africa. . | more |
Chicago Marathon Report 2004 posted 11 October
Chicago Marathon: Evans Rutto takes title in 2:06:16 posted 10 October
Kenyan Evans Rutto won his 2nd Chicago marathon and his 3rd marathon from as many starts. This win moves him to the ranks of being the world's most dominant marathoner at present. 2nd was Njenga in 2:07:42 with Japan's Takaoka 3rd in 2:07:49. All suffered after the first half in 1:02:24. . Khalid Khannouchi with 2:08:42, could only manage 5th. Constantina Tomescu Dita of Romania wins the Women's section in 2:23:45
Ramaala wins BUPA Great South Run posted 10 October
South African Hendrick Ramaala defied strong winds in Portsmouth to claim victory in the Bupa Great South Run. . | more |
Two-time Boston Marathon champ Johnny Kelley dead at 97 07.10
BOSTON - Johnny Kelley, a two-time Boston Marathon champion who became a beloved figure in the history of the race by running it a record 61 times, died at 97.
UK: Mike East on duty in Swansea on Saturday
Ramaala set to run BUPA Great South Run posted 05 October
Two-times BUPA Great North Run champion Hendrick Ramaala is planning to add to the Great South Run title to his list of achievements this weekend in Portsmouth. . | more |
USA: Mexico Defends North American Marathon Relay Title at Akron posted 04 Oct
Drugs-in-Sport: IAAF clears Turkish 1,500 champ posted 04 Oct
World Half Marathon Champs: Paul Kirui and Yungie Sun capture titles 03.10
New Delhi, India - Kenya's Paul Kirui took the Men's title in a time of 62:15 ahead of Tanzania's Fabiano Joesph [62:31] to capture the World Half Marathon Championship title over a distance of 21.1km. In the Women's race, China's Yungie Sun took the title in a new Personal Best time of 68:40 ahead of Kenya's Lydia Cheromei in 69:00 with Romania's evergreen, Constantina Tomescu, 3rd in 69:07. Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan can be happy with her 4th place in 70:33.
