Since 2003, per Running USA State of the Sport Reports, the half-marathon has been the fastest growing standard distance in the United States with a 12.5% annual finisher growth rate, and moreover, from 2006-12, the number of 13.1 mile finishers grew a noteworthy 10%...
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Bryan Sharkey’s most gratifying marathon win came Sunday at the 10th Palm Beaches Marathon and Run Fest. A former middle distance star at Miami’s Gulliver Prep and Princeton, the 26-year-old Sharkey lunged for the finish line and...
SAN DIEGO – August 18, 2013 – A sold-out field of more than 8,000 elite and recreational runners from 46 states and 14 countries participated in the 36th edition of the America’s Finest City Half Marathon and AFC 5K held Sunday under cloudy skies and...
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. – The Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run is dry, high and hard. Yet Belainesh Gebre has managed to set and reset the women’s course record each time she has run this demanding race, and this year was no different. Gebre, 25, ran a blazing 58...
ATLANTA – (October 7, 2012) – A record field of 4,500 registered participants hit the streets of Atlanta’s Town Brookhaven community for the fourth Allstate Life Insurance Atlanta 13.1 Marathon® and Karhu 5K events on Sunday morning. The 13.1-mile...
