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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 8 of 17

Beautiful weather and a strong field led to 9 finishers under 18 minutes last night with Claton Conrad winning the race in 16:19 by over 40 seconds. Erin Lane was the only woman under 20 minutes as she finished with her husband and daughter in 19:53. There were 244 finishers in the race. I just [...]

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Boston Marathon Weekend – Will I See You?

Patriot’s Day is on Monday, which means that it’s Boston Marathon weekend! Will you be there? If so, keep an eye out for me. I was hoping to get to the expo this weekend, and may still get there on Sunday, but I think that the best bet to catch me there is going to [...]

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Volunteers Needed for Maine Marathon on October 4th

The Maine Marathon is next Sunday on October 4th, and volunteers are still needed! It’s a big undertaking for one of Maine’s showcase events, so if you have some extra time and can help out you should head into Portland. Volunteers will be given a T-Shirt and a coupon to attend a 2010 Portland Sea [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 4

There were 202 people that thought that there was some beautiful running weather this evening at the Back Cove with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s, which led to the closest finish so far this year with 4 guys hunting for a win with only a 5 second spread. Nick Wheeler won the race [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 3

Cooler and wetter conditions greeted the runners last night at the Weekly Back Cove Race Series, where 72 finishers crossed the line. The series already has 415 registered runners. Daniel Salvo led the way this evening, beating Seth Differ by 11 seconds in a time of 18:45. Robin Metcalf had a slightly larger lead than [...]

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Mike Brooks & Camp Sunshine to be Featured Tonight on WCSH6

For those in the Southern Maine area that are interested, WCSH 6 News Center 6 at 6 will be doing a segment sometime this evening between 6:00-6:30 on Camp Sunshine and Mike Brooks’ 10 Days for Sunshine run. Mike is going to attempt to run 500 miles over the span of 10 days starting next [...]

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Sample Tracks Are Now Available!

This is just a quick note so I can get some sleep, but the sample tracks for the coaching session with Tom Ryan are now available! If you had previously signed up for the interview, you should have a link waiting in your email box. If you haven’t signed up yet, then you can do [...]

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Update » Nike Is Going to Announce Arien O’Connell As A Winner

Last night, I explained my reasons why I think that Ariel O’Connell did not win the Nike Women’s Marathon this past weekend. After all, she wasn’t the first to cross the finish line. Thanks to a thoughtful reader, though, it appears as though Nike might be changing their minds. Here’s the reply he received through [...]

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Tim Montgomery Sentenced to Additional 5 Year Prison Term

Last year, Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 4 years in prison for his role in a bank fraud scheme. The former Olympian had already had his medals stripped from him, and was convicted of laundering $775,000 through phony checks. His latest set of woes was set in place by his guilty plea last July to [...]

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Haile Gebrselassie breaks 2 hours 4 minutes in the marathon!

A year ago, Haile Gebrselassie set the marathon world record in Berlin. This year, despite losing a week of training this month, he was able to break his own mark under near perfect weather conditions. “Today, I’m so, so, so happy. Everything was perfect today,” Gebrselassie said. “I had a small calf muscle problem and [...]

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