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Twice Dead After Cycle Crash, CT Triathlete Set for NYC Half

March 12, 2013 at 04:30pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

The colostomy bag didn’t stop her. Neither did the pair of wound VACs or the drainage tubes. Or the fact that she died twice.

“I said to my husband, ‘I need to get back out there,’” said Colleen Kelly Alexander. “It’s the only way I knew how to be.”

On March 17, 2012, Alexander—leaning on a walker decorated for St. Patrick’s Day—finished the Leprechan 2-Mile Walk in Madison, CT, in 2 ½ hours. It was a milestone Read More

Categories: NYC Half, Human Interest

Keflezighi Withdraws from NYC Half

March 12, 2013 at 12:00pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Citing tightness in his calves, Meb Keflezighi has withdrawn from Sunday’s NYC Half 2013, it was announced today by New York Road Runners.

Keflezighi, the 2009 ING New York City Marathon champion, has been battling the tightness for about a week. Although he has been able to maintain his aerobic fitness through cross-training on a bike, he and longtime coach Bob Larsen alerted NYRR last night that they felt he should withdraw from the race to Read More

Categories: NYC Half, Pro Athletes

5 Things You Should Know About Me: Maegan Krifchin

March 11, 2013 at 10:00am EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

A high school All-American at 800 meters while competing for JFK-Bellmore on Long Island, Maegan Krifchin went on to have a solid middle-distance career at Syracuse University. But in 2011, while a full-time graduate student at Ithaca College, Krifchin joined Stotan Racing, and under the father-son coaching team of Bill and John Aris her career has taken off. Krifchin followed up a breakthrough fifth-place finish at the 2011 ING Philadelphia Rock ’n’ Roll Half-Marathon by Read More

Categories: NYC Half, Pro Athletes

Wilson Kipsang, Kim Smith Join Field for NYC Half

March 06, 2013 at 11:30am EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Wilson Kipsang, who in 2012 won both an Olympic bronze medal and the Virgin London Marathon, and Kim Smith, who has run the fastest half-marathon ever on U.S. soil, headline the international field of athletes set for the NYC Half on March 17, it was announced today by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.

“We are privileged to host Wilson Kipsang and Kim Smith here in New York again, and welcome every opportunity Read More

Categories: NYC Half, Pro Athletes

5 Things You Should Know About Me: Guor Marial

March 05, 2013 at 02:45pm EST | by Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

A man without a country, Guor Marial ran into the world spotlight in 2012 when he was given permission in late July to run the marathon in the Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee flag. Born in southern Sudan, Marial fled his village of Pan de Thon in the midst of civil war when he was just 7 years old, only to be kidnapped twice and forced into child labor. After finally reaching Egypt, Read More

Categories: 5 Things, NYC Half

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