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Posts Tagged ‘Joan-Benoit-Samuelson’


A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi

Yesterday afternoon I had a few minutes to chat with Meb Keflezighi, one of the best marathoners in the United States right now. He ran for UCLA in the mid/late 1990s, and among his many accomplishments, Meb is a 3 time national cross country champion, he won the Silver Medal at the 2004 Olympic Marathon, [...]

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2010 Beach to Beacon Will Host a Very Strong Field

The Beach to Beacon 10 kilometer road race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine just gets stronger every year. The brain child of Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, the race follows the roads that Joanie used to run on while she first came into the sport.

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Joan Benoit Samuelson is Leading a Course Preview Tomorrow

Women and Tri-for-a-Cure participants have an opportunity tomorrow night (Thursday, June 4th) to run with Joan Benoit Samuelson along the 5k running course from the race: This Thursday evening, June 4th at 6pm, women runners and “Tri For A Cure” participants can “Run With Joanie” (as in Benoit-Samuelson) and preview the 5K course route on [...]

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Joan Samuelson will present at Freeport Performing Arts Center

As part of their Second Tuesday Speakers Club, the Freeport Performing Arts Center will be hosting a presentation by Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first female Olympic Marathon gold medalist and the creator of the Beach to Beacon 10k. Joanie will discuss the experiences that she has had throughout her life and will take questions from [...]

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Does running your marathon harm the environment?

About a year ago, I discussed the environmental impact of running and offered some suggestions about how you can lessen the damage that you personally cause by running. This year, I’d like to revisit the topic by focusing specifically on the impact caused by marathons. The Problems Photo by Don FulanoThe vast majority of marathons [...]

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Kara Goucher’s Marathon Debut » NYC this November

Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 meter runner Kara Goucher has announced that she is going to make her marathon debut at New York City this year, and that she has been planning on running it since she rode in the media vehicle during last year’s race. “Last year when I watched the race first hand, I [...]

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This Week Last Year » The Beach to Beacon

Topics this week last year were dominated by the Beach to Beacon. I started the week off by offering 4 ways to determine the length of a pool in response to a reader question on the matter. Maine Running Company hosted a talk by John L Parker, Jr. where he discussed his history as a [...]

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TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k (2008)

The 10th annual TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. As always, it was a closely contested race that is great for spectating. While the temperature was not very high during the race, it was quite humid. Unlike last year, the fog never burned off so that combined with [...]

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