DULUTH, Minn. June 21, 2014 – Kenya’s Dominic Ondoro made history today while winning the 38th running of Grandma’s Marathon. The 26-year-old ran the fastest time ever run on the Grandma’s Marathon course – 2 hours, 9 minutes and 6 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 2:09:37 set in 1981 by Minnesota’s Dick Beardsley. Ondoro […]
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Ondoro Breaks Grandma Record
July 31, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Chebet Claims 35th Freihofer
July 30, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Chebet Claims Second Victory in Record Field at 35th Freihofer ALBANY, NY (June 1, 2013) — At the 35th running of the Freihofer’s Run for Women, held on the streets of downtown Albany, Kenya’s Emily Chebet proved that there’s a lot to be said for course knowledge. Against world-class competition, Chebet, 27, prevailed in a […]
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Korir, Utura Claim Titles
July 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment
DAVENPORT, Iowa – The 2013 Quad-City Times Bix 7 lived up to its pre-race depth as Leonard Korir of Kenya and Sule Utura of Ethiopia claimed the Men’s and Women’s Elite titles – their first career starts at the 39th edition event. Korir covered the seven miles in 32 minutes, 15 seconds to outlast Silas […]
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Sambu, Daska Defend BAA 10K Titles
July 28, 2017 By Leave a Comment
BOSTON – Records tumbled in bunches here at the fourth B.A.A. 10K, as both Stephen Sambu (KEN) and Mamitu Daska (ETH) successfully defended their event titles from 2013. Sambu, 25, raced his way to a world leading time of 27:25 and set an American All-Comers Road Record (pending) for 8 kilometers en route, while Daska […]
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Chebet Wins Third Title at Freihofer’s Run
July 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
ALBANY, NY (May 30, 2015) – Perfect running weather and a new course greeted a field of 3,807 runners for this morning’s 37th annual Freihofer’s Run for Women. The course re-design was made necessary by a beautification project of the stunning Empire State Plaza, a change that will remain in place for the race through […]
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Cheruiyot Wins 2014 Dallas Marathon
July 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Shitaye Gemechu of Ethiopia won the women’s 2014 MetroPCS Dallas Marathon, Logan Sherman of Dallas won the men’s 2014 MetroPCS Half Marathon DALLAS (Dec. 14, 2014) – Kimutai Cheruiyot of Kenya pulled away from James Kirwa in a close race on a breezy race morning to win the 44th running of the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon […]
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Limo, Kimaiyo Win LA Marathon Titles
July 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES (Sunday, March 15, 2015) – Warm temperatures may have slowed the fields slightly, but the action was as hot as ever at the ASICS LA Marathon Sunday morning. As the race got underway, American favorite Ryan Hall shot to the lead, stringing out the men’s pack and separating himself from the U.S. contingent, […]
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Caroline Rotich wins Boston Marathon 2015
July 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Caroline Rotich sprints to Boston Marathon 2015 victory – By the 5K mark of the 119th Boston Marathon, Desiree Linden had shed her hat and tossed away her long-sleeved shirt. If the 31-year-old American had to be the one to assure that this year’s race was run at an honest pace, with no excuses for […]
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Kipchoge aims for record at Berlin Marathon
July 6, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Berlin Marathon – Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is currently the best marathon runner in the world. The 2016 Olympic champion is aiming to run faster at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24 than his compatriot Dennis Kimetto who set the world record on the renowned fast course in 2014, stopping the clock at 2:02:57. Eliud […]
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