Regional Race Report: Rock the House 8K (VA)
The newly named Rock the House 8K continued to grow as runners started at the Celebrate Fairfax Festival. Last year the race was a typical pre-summer day in June with more than modest humidity that would climb to about eighty degrees. This year the course would be littered with liters of perspiration as the region launched into a record heat wave.
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Regional Race Report: Run The Rockies Half Marathon/10K (CO)
Johannes Rudolph of Boulder celebrated his 43rd birthday by winning the Run the Rockies Half Marathon Saturday in Frisco, CO. Rudolph's winning time was 1:21:38. "It's nice, high air," Rudolph said. "Clean air. ... I don't' like big races, I didn't run the Bolder Boulder this year because of all the people and noise.
Stoltz, Vanlandingham Win XTERRA Southeast
PELHAM, AL – Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz overcame a flat tire and the hard charging Dan Hugo to win the men’s race while mountain bike phenom Shonny Vanlandingham pulled off the first big win of her XTERRA career to take the women’s XTERRA Southeast Championship at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County today.
Walker Breaks AR, Mutola Wins Again at Nike Prefontaine Classic + Quotes
EUGENE, OR. Meet records fell across all event groups, none bigger than Brad Walker's American record in the pole vault, and Maria Mutola had a historic exit Sunday at the Nike Prefontaine Classic. The fourth event of USATF's Visa Championship Series, the Nike Prefontaine Classic drew a meet-record 14,221 fans to Hayward Field, site of the 2008 U.S.
Regional Race Report: OHSAA State Track & Field Champs
Columbus, OH, June 6-7, 2008 from Matt McGowan. The 101st Boys and 34th Girls Ohio High School Athletic Association Track and Field Championships saw numerous outstanding performances, including 17 State meets records. For the fifth year The Ohio State University Jesse Owens Memorial Track was the site of the largest high school track and field meet in the country . .
Regional Race Report: Rocky Mountain Half Marathon (CO)
June 8, 2008 – The 2008 Rocky Mountain Half Marathon and McDonald’s Women’s 8k significantly increased its number of participants with nearly 2,000 registered runners, almost doubling the number of runners that registered last year, while hosting elite field winners such as Lafayette resident and two-time Olympian Alan Culpepper.
Triathlon World Champs: Haskins Gets Silver & Reed Accomplishes Mission
VANCOUVER, Canada (June 8, 2008)--Sarah Haskins (St. Louis, MO / Colorado Springs, CO) is getting to like Vancouver. Last year she earned her first World Cup top-three finish in the city and on Sunday she topped that with a silver medal at the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championship.
Oeinck Earns Second Silver Medal at Triathlon World Championship
VANCOUVER, Canada (June 8, 2008) --There must be something about the rain - or it could just be the World Championship stage - that motivates Jasmine Oeinck (Littleton, CO / Colorado Springs, CO). For the second-straight year Oeinck powered her way through dreary, wet conditions to earn a silver medal at the ITU U23 World Championship.
Kibet Holds Off Perez, Kastor for Victory in New York Mini 10K
New York, June 7, 2008—Dutch Olympian Hilda Kibet led fellow Olympians Madai Perez of Mexico and Deena Kastor of the United States to a one-two-three finish in a hot and steamy 37th running of the New York Mini 10K in Central Park on Saturday. Kibet pulled away in the last mile of the 6.2-mile race to claim the $10,000 first-place prize with a winning time of 32:43.
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Special: U.S. Women's Olympic Marathon Trials
4-25-08 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women's Marathon Ends in Historic Fashion
4-20-08 Kastor Rallies to Win U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon
4-20-08 Race Day Commentary from Larry Eder (American Track & Field)
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Overcoming The Fear Of Failure
Have you ever wanted to try some new activity or sport, but you were afraid to take the chance because you thought you might not be able to successfully perform the skills required? Have you ever not participated in a race because you were worried that you might not run a fast time or that specific competitors would outperform you?
Saleema Ross Works Magic with New Runners
Saleema Ross of Fort Washington, MD is a bundle of energy. She does not keep the energy all to herself. Ross, a long time Washington Running Report Ranked Runner encourages a hardy band of runners from her work place to join her on daily runs.
