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Issue 39-05-14 May 18, 2014




Upcoming Events

Wildcat Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, El Sobrante, CA, May 24
Kents Run 5K, Valparaiso, IN, May 24
YAM Scram Youth Running Festival, Burlington, VT, May 24
Mt. Wilson Trail Race, Sierra Madre, CA, May 24
Ottawa Race Weekend - Marathon and Half-Marathon, Ottawa, CAN, May 24-25
Toronto Women's Half Marathon/5K, Toronto, CAN, May 25
KeyBank Vermont City Marathon and Relay, Burlington, VT, May 25
Mountains 2 Beach Marathon and Half, Ojai, CA, May 25
Buffalo Marathon, Buffalo, NY, May 25
Memorial Day - Challenge Hearts & Minds 5K, St. Paul, MN, May 26
BolderBOULDER 10K, Boulder, CO, May 26
NYCRUNS Memorial Day 5K & 10K, New York, NY, May 26
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Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon Records Fastest Marathon Times in 13 Years


CLEVELAND (May 18, 2014) - The 2014 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon saw the fastest finish time in the last 13 years on its new and well-received full marathon course as more than 20,000 runners converged at the start line for today's race.


Philip Lagat of Kenya won the men's marathon with a time 2 hours, 12 minutes, 39 seconds, while
Sarah Kiptoo of Kenya won the women's marathon for the second year in a row, running the course in 2:34:58. The drastic course makeover, which ran predominately on the west side of the city, earned praise from runners and fans.



Lagat isn't new to the city of Cleveland, as he won the men's 10K race in 2010. He pulled away from fellow countryman Eliud Too with just a few miles remaining

after a close race for most of the way.The 37th event included a 10K, half-marathon and full marathon on Sunday and

a 5K and Kids' Run events on Saturday

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Race Director Jack Staph said: "Today's race was exceptional on many levels and marked a great day for Cleveland. The new course drew an unprecedented amount of fans throughout nearly every mile of the course. The support we received from the residents and officials in Rocky River, Lakewood, Tremont and Ohio City was wonderful. They welcomed our participants with open arms."



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Portland Locals Griffiths, Dimoff Win Rock 'n' Roll Portland


PORTLAND, Ore. (May 18, 2014) - Local runners made good on Sunday as the third Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon returned. In true Portland fashion, a cool morning drizzle led to alternating periods of sunny skies and rainy downpour as the last of the more than 10,000 entrants finished.


Jason Griffiths of nearby Hubbard, Oregon broke away from a lead pack of three around the 8 mile mark and never looked back as he cruised to a runaway victory in 1 hour 8 minutes and 45 seconds. Paul Rottich of Beaverton was a distant second almost a minute behind.



Women's champion Carrie Dimoff of Portland needed to dig down deep in the closing miles and steps to hold off the fast closing Danish Olympian Jess Drasbau Peterssen. Dimoff won in 1:14:41 with Peterssen five seconds back.


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Top Locals Break Through in Brooklyn


NEW YORK (May 17, 2014) - In only her third half-marathon, Liz Costello of the (NYAC) scored a hat trick: She won the 2014 Brooklyn Half Marathon, set a personal best of 1 hour, 13 minutes, 29 seconds, and qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.


Costello, 26, who was second in last year's Brooklyn Half behind New Zealand Olympian Kim Smith, improved by more than a minute this year to run comfortably under the sub-1:15:00 Trials qualifying time. Second place went to Hirut Damte of Agony o'de Feet (AODF), who ran 1:13:46. Tina Muir of Philadelphia was third in 1:14:29.



Yonas Mebrahtu, 26, also of WSX, had raced both the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K and the Japan Run 4-Mile on the previous weekend and strained his right hamstring in the process. Near the seven-mile mark on Ocean Parkway, Mebrahtu and WSX teammate Ayele Feisa pulled away from a pack of eight. As they approached the finish, Mebrahtu was nervous.



"I worried about sprinting, with the injury," he would say. "I hadn't run at all since last weekend-just ice and painkillers." But he took the risk-and pulled away on the Boardwalk to win in 1:04:23. Feisa (1:04:30) and Birhanu Kemal (1:05:00) completed a WSX podium sweep.



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Fredericksburg Runner Sets Record at Second-Largest Marine Corps Historic Half
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (May 18, 2014) - It was an epic day at the Marine Corps Historic Half in Fredericksburg, with two course records set and the second-most finishers (6,020) in the event's seven-year history. Area runner and Historic Half record holder Tim Young crossed the finish line in one hour, 5 minutes, 9 seconds, breaking his own course record of 1:06:57.


Erika Weidman, 23 of Alexandria, VA also broke the women's Historic 10K course record by six seconds with her 44 minute, 28 second finish.


The Historic Half, Historic 10K and Semper Fred 5K started simultaneously at 7 a.m. with cheering spectators lining each course. Together, the three events garnered a total of 7,545 finishers.


U.S. Olympian Lauryn Williams motivated runners crossing the finish on the Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg's Central Park. She is the first American woman to win medals in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.


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Boston, London Champions Bring 'Major' Competition to San Diego





SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI) announced that the Suja Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Half Marathon will feature a head-to-head matchup pitting this year's Boston Marathon champion,
Rita Jeptoo against reignin g Virgin Money London Marathon champion
Edna Kiplagat on Sunday, June 1. Fresh off their prominent victories, Jeptoo and Kiplagat sit atop the current World Marathon Major standings and will both compete this fall for the $500,000 top prize.





(Photo, above, credit Ryan Bethke)





"Never in the history of running in San Diego has there been such a titanic clash of current major champions - men or women - and this race certainly continues the rich tradition of world class running at the original Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series event," said
Tracy Sundlun, SVP of CGI and co-founder of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series. "The women's elite field reflects our continued commitment to showcasing the world's top professional runners in premier races."



Since winning in San Diego last year, Kiplagat, 34, has continued to reign as one of the world's greatest distance runners. In 2013, she made IAAF World Championships history by becoming the first woman to successfully defend her marathon gold medal. The two-time marathon world champion has a half-marathon PR of 1:07:41 from the Great North Run in 2012. She has also won the 2006 and 2007 Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon, the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon, the 2010 New York City Marathon and the 2013 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon.



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