Dathan Ritzenhein and Kara Goucher
Sunday's NYC Half will feature a professional athlete field that includes 17 Olympians, plus 11 men with personal best times under 1:02:00, and 11 women with personal best times under 1:10:00. Among...
View ArticleFrom Japan to Times Square: Young “Legends” Set Out to Conquer NYC Half
Regardless of how Kento Otsu and Yuta Shitara fare at Sunday's NYC Half and beyond, they will be able to say—to paraphrase Bogey—"We’ll always have Hakone."Like the basketball player who hits the...
View Article5 Things You Should Know About Me: Jo Pavey
Jo Pavey's early running career was a highlight reel of national championships and a British under-15 age-group record at 1500 meters. Then in 1990, at the age of 17, foot surgery was “a bit of a...
View Article5 Things You Should Know About Me: Julie Culley
After graduating from Rutgers University in 2004, New Jersey native Julie Culley quit running and joined AmeriCorps. A short while later, however, she instead took a job as head coach of the new cross...
View ArticleRhines, Frey Headline More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Women’s Half-Marathon
For Jen Rhines, the road to a fourth U.S. Olympic team will go up and down the hills of Central Park.Rhines and two-time U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier Michelle Frey—the two fastest runners in...
View ArticleThompson, Curtis Join NYC Half Field
Last November, ING New York City Marathon weekend was a big one for both Chris Thompson and Bobby Curtis. That Saturday, Thompson won the inaugural NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5K, and the next day...
View ArticleHead to Head: Half-Marathon in the Olympics?
As we approach London 2012, the half-marathon is on a roll, surging in both popularity and performance: Witness the expansion of the field for the NYC Half on March 18 from 10,000 to 15,000. And New...
View ArticleBeyond the Stats: Dathan Ritzenhein
When Dathan Ritzenhein goes to bed on the eve of the NYC Half on March 18, he'll close the curtain on a trying 12 months.On March 18, 2011, Ritzenhein had what he thought would be a simple surgery on...
View ArticleNYC Half is Set For a Whole Lot More Coverage
With the NYC Half less than two weeks away, plans for unprecedented coverage are being finalized. Emmy Award-winning ABCTV 7 sports anchor Rob Powers and two-time Olympian Todd Williams are expected to...
View ArticleMartin Lel Joins ING New York City Marathon Field
Two-time ING New York City Marathon champion Martin Lel of Kenya, coming off a big win last month in the Rock ’n’ Roll Lisbon Half-Marathon, will return to NYC on November 4, as will Ed Moran, the...
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