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Kiplagat Draws on Marathon Victory to Win NYRR New York Mini 10K

June 10, 2012 at 09:00pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

About 2.5 miles into this morning’s NYYR New York Mini 10K, Edna Kiplagat took attendance. Who’s in this lead pack? Who isn’t? Then she conducted a quick survey. Who’s looking good? Who isn’t?

Apparently satisfied with her findings, the 2010 ING New York City Marathon winner and 2011 IAAF World Marathon Champion readied herself. Just past the 5K mark, Kiplagat stepped out of the pack, veered over to a water table, grabbed a cup, stepped back Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Kiplagat, Husband in Spirit of NYRR New York Mini 10K

June 08, 2012 at 11:00am EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Edna Kiplagat said yesterday that she’s approaching her training for the Olympic Marathon this summer the same way she approached her training for the IAAF World Championships Marathon last summer.

Which makes sense, considering she won.

Kiplagat, winner of the ING New York City Marathon in 2010, is in town to compete in tomorrow’s NYRR New York Mini 10K. The 32-year-old-Kenyan, who began her Olympic marathon training four weeks ago, says she plans to use the race Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Bound in the Sisterhood of History

June 07, 2012 at 07:00pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Jacqueline Marsh (left) and Nina Kuscsik don’t really know each other, but they have history in common: They both ran the six-mile Crazylegs Mini Marathon in 1972, two of the 78 women to enter the first women-only road race in the world.

This morning, holding a vintage T-shirt from that first year as they posed for photos to mark the 40th anniversary of the race now known as the NYRR New York Mini 10K, they bantered like Read More

Categories: Human Interest

"A Special Day" in Times Square

June 07, 2012 at 04:45pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Running toward the future, 100 young athletes from New York Road Runners youth programs were at center stage yesterday in Times Square, participating in an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of the International Association of Athletics Federations and a century of track-and-field excellence around the globe.

“I am very happy to be here today in one of the world’s most famous places: Times Square, New York,” said IAAF President Lamine Diack in remarks that opened Read More

Categories: Human Interest

5 Things You Should Know About Me: Lindsey Scherf

June 07, 2012 at 04:45pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

When Lindsey Scherf was growing up in Scarsdale, Edgewood Elementary School held a “Mile Day,” and in fifth grade she beat everyone—girls and boys alike—while breaking the school record. She soon joined the Westchester Track Club, coached by Mike Barnow, and became a dominant national-level junior runner; while competing for Harvard, she broke the American junior record for 10,000 meters when she ran 32:51.20. The horizon was nothing but bright, until a tangled misunderstanding over her refusal Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

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