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Lucas Sang, 1988 Olympian, was Gunned down in Eldoret

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Lucas Sang competed in the 1600 meter relay in the 1988 Olympics as the second leg for the 8th place Kenya team. He ran the fastest leg of his team, 45.08 seconds, and also made it to the quarter finals in the open 400 meter race. He became a farmer after his retirement from sports, [...]

Marathons won’t kill you after all…

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment

After hearing about Ryan Shay dying during the Olypmic Marathon Trials, or Chad Schieber dying during the Chicago Marathon, or any other runner that dies during a race or training, you may think that running is too dangerous an activity to be worth taking up. Ignoring the fact that training for and running a marathon [...]

Bobby Doyle died this weekend at the age of 58

By Blaine Moore on Monday, December 17th, 2007 | No Comments

Rhode Island marathoner Bobby Doyle died this weekend after having chest pains as he was on his way to the hospital. He was one of the best marathoners to ever come out of the Ocean State, having finished in the top 10 at the Boston Marathon 10 times and having run in the Olympic Marathon [...]

Ted Corbitt passes away at the age of 88

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 | No Comments

Ted Corbitt passed away earlier this morning in Houston, Texas at the age of 88. He was the first president of the Road Runners Club of America and a strong supporter of race course certification and a masters racing category. Ted was one of the countries first ultramarathoners and competed in the Olympic Marathon in [...]

Ryan Shay was killed by drugs

By Blaine Moore on Friday, November 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Last weekend, Ryan Shay died during the men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City. He was a hard working young man that everybody liked. He came from a close knit community that has been trying to figure out how they are going to deal with his passing. Over the past few days, there have [...]

Ryan Hall dominates the Men’s Marathon Trials

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments

Ryan Hall broke the men’s marathon olympic trials record by over a minute in his dominating win over the rest of the field this morning. He ran 2:09:02, beating Dathan Ritzenhein by 2 minutes and 5 seconds. Brian Sell was another half minute back, securing a position on the Olympic team with a 2:11:07. That [...]

Weekend News Round Up

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 | 6 Comments

Well, this weekend happened to be a very busy one, but I took it off and spent some time with friends instead of paying attention to the running world. I was not able to score a Red Sox playoff ticket, although I did get to go to the circus across the street from Fenway. They [...]

Will running a road race kill you?

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 | 5 Comments

Are you more likely to die from heart failure by running a road race than if you didn’t? An article in yesterday morning’s New York Times1 discusses the death of 24-year old Sean O’Neill at the Boilermaker 15k. It explores whether or not race directors do enough to prevent fatalities at their events. Sean’s death [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘death’

Lucas Sang, 1988 Olympian, was Gunned down in Eldoret

Marathons won’t kill you after all…

Bobby Doyle died this weekend at the age of 58

Ted Corbitt passes away at the age of 88

Ryan Shay was killed by drugs

Ryan Hall dominates the Men’s Marathon Trials

Weekend News Round Up

Will running a road race kill you?

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