As I sit in my Dodge Charger rental outside the Bombay Bar in Ventura, California, marathon runners from the 5th Cliff Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon come limping by… Read more “SURFSIDE MARATHON IN VENTURA”
Category: At the Races
MELODY FAIRCHILD – YOUTH STAR TURNS MASTER MOTIVATOR
Cleveland, Oh. — Young Alexa Efraimson put her abundant talent on display last night in Portland, Oregon, clocking 2:01:13 for 800 meters at the Portland Twilight meet,… Read more “MELODY FAIRCHILD – YOUTH STAR TURNS MASTER MOTIVATOR”
BOSTON MARATHON PRESS DAY
Boston, MA. — Press day at the Boston Marathon as principal sponsor John Hancock Financial Services introduces 2015 elite/pro fields. Count me among those who is not… Read more “BOSTON MARATHON PRESS DAY”
2015 HAPALUA: RACE REPORT
Honolulu, HI. — In the pitiless game of hunter and prey there are no guarantees, only daily survivals. Today, under its unique Chase format, in which 24… Read more “2015 HAPALUA: RACE REPORT”
THE HAPALUA: BRANDING A NEW EVENT
Honolulu, HI. — The Hapalua, Hawaii’s Half Marathon is quite a mouthful for a race name, especially when you consider it was born out of the long-standing and… Read more “THE HAPALUA: BRANDING A NEW EVENT”
SWEET TREATS AT 2015 HAPALUA
Honolulu, Hi. — 36 hours from Nairobi, but for Peter Kirui, Nicholas Kemboi and Emily Chebet, the three Kenyan born Chasers in Sunday’s 4th Hapalua, Hawaii’s Half Marathon,… Read more “SWEET TREATS AT 2015 HAPALUA”
2015 CARLSBAD 5000 RUNDOWN
Carlsbad, CA. — Warm and windy, not the alliterative conditions they were hoping for at the 30th Carlsbad 5000. Perhaps serene and swift would have been more… Read more “2015 CARLSBAD 5000 RUNDOWN”
CARLSBAD 5000 CHANGES COURSE
Carlsbad, CA. — While it was the inaugural San Diego Rock `n` Roll Marathon that set Elite Racing off onto its national manifest destiny in 1998, a… Read more “CARLSBAD 5000 CHANGES COURSE”
2015 ASICS LA MARATHON MEN’S PREVIEW
Though Southern California gives the impression of soft, off-shore breezes and bronzed sun-screened skin, the actual weather in the massive L.A. basin is quite parochial to its… Read more “2015 ASICS LA MARATHON MEN’S PREVIEW”
RITZ AND RHINES TAKE GASPARILLA TITLES IN TAMPA
Tampa, Fl. — Finishing under a warm butterscotch sun three-time U.S. Olympians Dathan Ritzenhein and Jen Rhines captured top honors today at the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic… Read more “RITZ AND RHINES TAKE GASPARILLA TITLES IN TAMPA”
