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5/3 Riverbank Run Welcomes Back Inaugural Winner
FOX 17 ReporterWest Michigan's Fifth Third River Bank Run is back again for the 35th time. It's a special year for the big race and the thousands who plan to lace up Saturday morning. It’s a record year. Race organizers say 21,000 people are registered for all...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Greg Meyer
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Second annual Run for the Dream draws national field for 8K, many locals for half marathon
A national-class field is again entered and several thousand runners will compete in the second annual Run For The Dream race weekend in Williamsburg. The women's winners in the inaugural 8-kilometer race, Chris Kimbrough, and half marathon, Kristin...
Tags: Track and Field, Road Running, U.S. Military, Running, Boston Marathon
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Shorter heads list of U.S. men's marathon greats
There is no doubt Frank Shorter is the greatest U.S. men's marathoner ever.
And what better time than now to think about his stature - and that of all U.S. marathoners - with the U.S. Olympic marathon trials coming up Saturday in Houston?
So here is...Tags: Pan American Games, Awards and Prizes, Madison Square Garden, Road Running, Boston Marathon
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Hussein, Kimbrough win inaugural Masters 8K races
Mbarak Hussein hopes to compete well into his 50s and 60s, inspiring younger runners the way older runners motivate him. Chris Kimbrough simply hopes to compete more frequently.
Hussein and Kimbrough were the overall winners of the inaugural Fit to Run...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Track and Field, Health, Boston Marathon, College of William and Mary
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Early registration to end Thursday night for Melbourne marathon
The Fitness Center - Orlando SentinelThe early entry period for the State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon Weekend will end at midnight on Thursday, Sept. 30. Here are the fees and times for the big races set for Sunday, Feb. 6: Marathon (start time: 7 a.m. ) Until midnight Sept.... -
Jamestown's Colin Mearns wins national mile run with help of his father
247-4963— One hundred meters from the finish of the National Scholastic Indoor Championships' mile run, Jamestown High senior Colin Mearns ran 5 meters behind the leader, Canadian national champ Eric Dillon. To win, Mearns not only was going to have to...Tags: Ben Johnson, Schools, Track and Field, University of Virginia, Marathon
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PPL Encouraging Customers To Shop Around For Best Energy Rates
Multi-Media ReporterPPL customers might have got some surprising mail recently. The company is telling its customers, it's okay to get your energy from another company. "We highly encourage customers to shop, shop, shop because that's what the competition bill is all about,...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Home Heating, Companies and Corporations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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PPL loses 30 percent of customers; People shopping around for power
Staff reporterSince rate caps expired, both electric customers and companies are doing business differently. Many people are shopping around for better prices, looking to save some cash. The idea of shopping for a power supplier isn't new. The Electric Choice...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Electricity Production and Distribution, Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping
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Down That Road Again
Courant Staff WriterBill Rodgers ran his first road race as a high school senior. So did Amby Burfoot. Both ran at the Manchester Road Race. They both won the high school division - Burfoot from Fitch High in Groton in 1963, Rodgers from Newington High in 1965. They would...Tags: Track and Field, Manchester Road Race, Marathon, Sports
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Cullen Giving It A Re-Run
Courant Staff WriterMary Cullen didn't know much about the Manchester Road Race last year. She had never seen the course. She didn't know about the Highland Street hill. "That was definitely harder than I had anticipated," she said Thursday at the prerace press conference...Tags: Death, Accidental Death, Thanksgiving, Track and Field, Manchester Road Race
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What, No Shoes? Yes, Mr. Robbins
Courant Staff WriterThe Manchester Road Race generally draws runners wearing all kinds of outfits, but the group assembled at the end of Main Street before the race Thursday stood out. There were about 30 of them, most were barefoot, at a prerace warmup in honor of...Tags: Eyewear, Track and Field, Manchester Road Race, Marathon, Ceremonies
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First Time's The Charm
Courant Staff WriterSteve Flanagan's claim to fame, his daughter said Thursday, was that he finished ahead of Bill Rodgers in the 1973 Manchester Road Race. "But I think that was when Bill Rodgers wasn't known as Bill Rodgers yet," Shalane Flanagan said. "It was just the...Tags: Family, Track and Field, Manchester Road Race, University of Connecticut, Sports
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