16 February 2011
The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) announced on Wednesday that they are lowering the time to qualify for the Boston Marathon by 5 minutes for both genders of all age classifications. The change is in response to the 2011 Boston Marathon filling up in just over 8 hours. There will also be no 0:59 second leeway […]
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09 February 2011
An elite field showed up in Huntsville, Texas this Saturday for the 2011 Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail Race that included Scott Jurek, Anton Krupicka, Karl Meltzer, Liza Howard, Zach Gingerich and a young pup by the name of Ian Sharman, who not only won the race but set a course record by 32 minutes […]
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07 February 2011
Sierra Cub members doing grunt work on New York’s Riverside Park. For free. That’s what it was. But one of them was a runner. He took off to Central Park, looking for a magic place. Lee and Willard, two of my roommates at the hostel, know I’m going. They’ll hardly raise a panic if I […]
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03 February 2011
Here is a look at The 10 Best Marathons in Tennessee. The list is up for debate and based on some personal preferences and experiences. Feel free to drop a comment below with your thoughts on any of the marathons listed below or any that might have been omitted. Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon (race […]
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29 January 2011
From time to time here on Run It Fast we feature races that we highly recommend because one of us have run the race before and had a great experience doing so. The Strolling Jim 40 Mile Run in Wartrace, TN is one of these races. It’s an ultra marathon of 40 miles that is […]
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29 January 2011
Here is a quick rundown of the male and female winners from the 2011 Half Marathon Championship in Houston on Saturday. MEN 1. Mo Trafeh, 1:02:17 2. Ryan Hall, 1:02:20 3. Patrick Smyth, 1:02:32 4. Fasil Bizuneh, 1:02:47 5. Jason Lehmkuhle, 1:02:49 Ryan Hall was leading at the 13 mile mark before Trafeh unleashed a […]
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16 January 2011
Esto es para mi amigo Albino, even though I let you down in Nájera. I stood and watched you run alone across the bridge over Rio Najerilla and into the singeing heat toward Belorado. I could have changed my mind. I could have slung on my bottle pack and caught up. There was time – […]
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13 January 2011
The Across The Years 72-Hour Endurance Race is over and Vikena Yutz was the female winner putting down 216.237 miles during the three-day race. Not only was she the #1 female, but Kena placed sixth overall. Second place female went to Joan Hellman with 200.082 miles and third to Iliana Dimitrova with 157.518 miles. All […]
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09 January 2011
Fredison Carneiro won the 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon with a time of 2:21:14. The first woman to cross the line was Leah Throvilson with a time of 2:42:10. Here is a look at the top finishers from the 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon in Orlando, Florida. Walt Disney World Marathon Men Fredison Carneiro – […]
28 December 2010
Ultra marathon legend Scott Jurek discusses how he became interested in running, ultra marathons, and how he gets through such extreme races and distances with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Scott has won Badwater, Western States several times, and almost every other endurance running race in the United States. Follow Scott Jurek on Twitter Follow Run […]
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