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28 Jul 2014 | 6:08 pm
Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo scored a convincing victory in the Bogota International Half-Marathon, while Geoffrey Kamworor led a Kenyan clean sweep in the men's race - Boston Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo took a runaway victory at the 15th edition of the Bogota International Half-Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (27).
Jeptoo is one of the fastest half-marathoners in history with a 66:27 lifetime best but this time was never going to be threatened in the Colombian[…]
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28 Jul 2014 | 5:24 pm
Women’s field also includes sub-4:30 minute Milers Sarah Brown, Gabriele Grunewald and Lauren Penney; 3rd edition in downtown Pittsburgh features new American Pro Mile with a $20,000 prize purse; 4th stop on the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour - PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Two-time defending champion Heather Kampf of Team USA Minnesota is going for a three-peat at the 2014 GNC Live Well Liberty Mile, scheduled for Friday evening, Aug. 1 in downtown Pittsburgh. Kampf, 27, will face a[…]
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28 Jul 2014 | 5:20 pm
2014 Boston Marathon champion will also appear at Health & Fitness Expo and host charity run - FALMOUTH, Mass. - Meb Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist who in April became the first American man since 1983 to win the Boston Marathon, will compete in the New Balance Falmouth Road Race on August 17, race organizers announced.
“I am so happy to be coming back to Falmouth,” said Keflezighi, who will be on the starting line in Woods Hole for[…]
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28 Jul 2014 | 5:17 pm
Championship records from US hurdler Kendell Williams and Cuban triple jumper Lazaro Martinez provided the highlights of the final day of the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 on Sunday (27).
Williams overhauled her compatriot Dior Hall off the last barrier of a thrilling race to win the 100m hurdles in a championship record of 12.89, equalling the fifth-fastest junior time ever and just 0.05 away from the world junior record of 12.84, which has been on the books since[…]
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