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UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Could Be Komon-Kuma Showdown

May 10, 2013 at 08:30pm EST | by NYRR Staff

“My goal is to win,” said Abera Kuma of Ethiopia, speaking at a press conference the day before the 2013 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K. Across from Kuma were four Kenyans whom he’ll face on the Central Park course, among them Leonard Patrick Komon, who holds not only the Central Park 10K record—he ran 27:35 to win this event in 2011—but also the world road 10K record of 26:44.

Kuma’s goal would look like hubris if Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Tyson Gay Wins 100 Meters at Jamaica Invitational

May 08, 2013 at 04:15pm EST | by NYRR Staff

In a recent interview with SPIKES magazine, two-time U.S. Olympian Tyson Gay made a bold proclamation for a 30-year-old sprinter: “I believe my best years are ahead of me.” Racing this past Saturday, May 4, at the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston, Gay took a big step—and as many more steps as it took him to travel 100 meters—toward justifying those words, when he grabbed first place in his signature event.

Winning the 100 meters in Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Kenyan James Kirwa Wins Again at Pittsburgh Marathon

May 06, 2013 at 04:15pm EST | by NYRR Staff

While he’s not on par with, say, local heroes Terry Bradshaw or Mario Lemieux, James Kirwa is becoming something of a legend in the Steel City. Yesterday, May 5, the Kenyan runner won the 2013 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, breaking the tape for the second year in a row with an unofficial time of 2:13:37.

It wasn’t a course record, but Kirwa did reach the Boulevard of the Allies—the finish line of the 26.2-mile course—slightly Read More

Categories: Marathon News

NYC Half PB Brings Hartmann to Boston on High Note

April 09, 2013 at 08:00am EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Last year, Jason Hartmann finished fourth in the Boston Marathon, as top American. On Monday, coming off a massive personal best in the NYC Half on March 15 that “didn’t take a lot out of me,” he will toe the starting line in Hopkinton again, and he is a man with a plan—even if the plan is to just see how things unfold.

“My training plans don’t focus on time, just on getting better,” he told Read More

Categories: NYC Half, Pro Athletes

Three Spring Races Mark 10 Years with NYRR

April 01, 2013 at 01:30pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

A trio of New York Road Runners events will celebrate a joint milestone this month: The Scotland Run, New York Colon Cancer Challenge, and More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Women’s Half Marathon will each mark the 10th year of its major partnership.

Registration is still open for all three races. The Scotland Run 10K is Saturday; the Colon Cancer Challenge15K, 4M, and Walk are Sunday; and the More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Women’s Half Marathon Read More

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