PORTLAND, Ore. – (May 16, 2012) – Olympian Kara Goucher will lead a sold out field of nearly 14,000 runners though the streets of East Portland for the first running of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland Half Marathon on Sunday, May 20. The inaugural event will kick off Portland’s celebrated Rose Festival, with 20 live bands performing on 14 [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO – (May 14, 2012) – As the Zazzle Bay to Breakers kicks off its second century on Sunday, May 20, 2012, the City can bank on seeing the highest caliber of competition to grace this race in decades. Welcoming back an Olympic silver medalist, the course record holder and former Boston Marathon champ, this race [...]
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Samuel Bailin Wins Men’s Division Of QC Distance Classic Half Marathon Hundreds of runners laced up their shoes in Moline, Illinois for a chance at running glory in the Quad Cities Distance Classic Half-Marathon and 5K. Kelley Timmerman, 47, of Geneseo, Illinois won the women’s half-marathon. Samuel Bailin, 23, of Iowa City, Iowa won the men’s division [...]
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By David Monti, Race Results Weekly (16-May) — Big half-marathons in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Portland, Ore., this weekend will feature top American athletes, organizers reported late yesterday. The Brooklyn Half-Marathon, part of the New York Road Runners’ Five Borough Series, will be run on a revamped course from Prospect Park to Coney Island on Saturday. At [...]
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Kenyan and Ethiopians To Dominate Field At Ottawa Marathon On May 27 Confirmation of top-ranked runners in the 2012 Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend is shaping the May 27 marathon into one of the most highly anticipated spectator sports of the season. Event records are expected to fall with a strong contingent of Kenyans and Ethiopians dominating [...]
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By David Monti, Race Results Weekly (15-May) — With Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis as pacemaker, 11 athletes achieved personal best times over 1500m at the Swarthmore College Last Chance meeting in Philadelphia last night, led by Columbia University’s Kyle Merber who clocked 3:35.59. Twelve men broke 3:40.00 despite the lack of appearance fees or prize [...]
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MYLAPS offers the best-in-class sports timing systems to measure, publish and analyze race and practice results for all sports. MYLAPS are the partner of choice for professional and amateur sports organizations around the world. The customers include timekeepers, clubs, event organizers, federations, track owners, participants and spectators. The MYLAPS BibTag system at the 2012 Boston Marathon had [...]
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Marathon runners take their hardware seriously, and rightly so after journeying 26.2 miles to cross the finish line. After finishing second and third the last two years, the Williams Route 66 Marathon finisher medal has been ranked number one among North American marathon medals, according to the May/June issue of Marathon & Beyond magazine. Marathon & Beyond formed a 23-member panel [...]
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Organizers of the 5th State Farm Melbourne Music Marathon Weekend, to be held February 2-3, 2013, announced some additions and changes to event start times. To alleviate congestion and to better spread runners out along the course, race organizers will implement separate start times for the marathon and half marathon. New to the weekend is the [...]
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