BOSTON - April 21, 2014 - One year after an explosive attack rocked the Boylston Street finish line, Monday's running of the Boston Marathon -- the 118th edition of the world's oldest modern 26.2-mile race - was all about redemption. An emotional day for runners, spectators, race … [Read more...]
Wilson Kipsang wins London Marathon 2014
April 15, 2014
The world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya, was in devastating form on Sunday, 13th April, 2014, when he showed his prowess over the London Marathon course. … [Read more...]
Eliud Kipchoge winner in Rotterdam
April 15, 2014
Eliud Kipchoge was an impressive winner of the 2014 ABN AMRO Rotterdam Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in 2:05:00 but the windy conditions and poor pacemaking didn’t bring him the personal best he was looking for. … [Read more...]
New York City Marathon 2014 prepares
April 14, 2014
NEW YORK - The 2014 TCS New York City Marathon, set for Sunday, November 2, 2014, will feature a field of runners selected from more than 134,000 applications, it was announced by Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners. … [Read more...]
Champions Return for 2014 Boston
April 14, 2014
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that several former champions of the Boston Marathon® will return to participate in events surrounding the 118th Boston Marathon, to be held on Monday, April 21, 2014. Champions Joan Benoit Samuelson (ME; 1979, 1983), Amby … [Read more...]
Kenenisa Bekele sets course record on Debut
April 6, 2014
Kenenisa Bekele made his debut over the distance in style, when winning the Paris Marathon 2014 in a new course record of 2:05:04. The Ethiopian, who is still the 5000m and 10000m World Record holder, is considered the greatest distance athlete in history and had set the goal of … [Read more...]
Kenenisa Bekele ready for debut
April 4, 2014
Kenenisa Bekele, the only athlete ever who has achieved to be an Olympic Champion, World Cross Country Champion, World Indoor- and Outdoor Champion, will now make his marathon debut. He will be on the starting line of the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon coming Sunday. … [Read more...]
Women increase to start Zurich Marathon
April 3, 2014
A total of 9477 running enthusiasts have registered for the 12th Zurich Marathon on 6 April setting a new record. In the marathon category 3185 runners have signed up, the Teamrun was sold out with 900 teams two weeks before the registration deadline and the Cityrun has 2684 … [Read more...]
Negesse for Duesseldorf
March 13, 2014
World-class field headed by sub 2:05 runner Endeshaw Negesse at Marathon Duesseldorf The strongest field in the history of the event will line up for the 12th edition of the Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf on 27April. Ethiopians Endeshaw Negesse and Selomie Getnet head the … [Read more...]
African conquest of Tokyo 2014
February 23, 2014
2014 World Marathon Majors competition picked up where it left off last year, with two more course records falling at today’s 8th annual Tokyo Marathon. … [Read more...]
