Lauren Fleshman, a two-time national track champion, decided to race the New York City Marathon as preparation for her effort to run the 5,000 meters at the 2012 Olympics.
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Running 26.2 Miles to Be Faster at 3.1
Paula Radcliffe’s mark of 2:15:25, set in April 2003, remains nearly three minutes faster than any other woman’s best time.
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Radcliffe’s Women’s Record for Marathon Looks Unbreakable
To run the course of the New York City Marathon today is to appreciate just how different the city has become.
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Marathon Route Gives Snapshots of Change in New York
Discount retailer Filene’s Basement and its parent corporation Syms Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, ending a beloved and bizarre competion: the annual Running of the Brides. The liquidation of Filene’s means all 46 of its stores will close by January, leaving the would-be brides no place to run to.The company cited competition from larger department stores and the economic downturn as reasons for the filing. Read full article > >
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Filene’s Basement files for bankruptcy, ends Running of the Brides
When the elite runner Buzunesh Deba trains, she shares sidewalks and park paths with the amateurs who make up most of the city’s jogging population.
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Deba Could Be the First New Yorker to Win the City’s Marathon
A domestic version of the running of the bulls was set up this weekend on a private ranch in a community outside Phoenix.
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The Stroll of the Bulls: Arizona Keeps It Tamer
Former president almost enlisted Clint Eastwood as his running mate.
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Vote Bush/Eastwood in ’88?
The decision by the world governing body for track and field nullifies the benefits to women of pacesetting by faster male runners, which can exist in some marathons and other races.
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For Women’s Road Records, Only Women-Only Races Will Count
The deadline to apply to be Britain’s top police chief passes later, with four officers in the running for the Metropolitan Police job.
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Deadline for Met commissioner job
As no doubt you have seen, Ban Ki Moon officially put himself in the running for Secretary General. On Al Jazeera English last night, I discussed why I think Ban deserves another five years at the helm of the UN. (Longer, fleshed out rumination [1] here). I’m not the only one who thinks Ban should get the nod for a second term. The P-5 is quickly lining up behind him. The White House just released…
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P-5 Lining Up Behind Ban Ki Moon’s Re-Nomination
Diamond Diggs shows up for running practice at Cardozo High School most days. Sometimes she arrives, but without her running shoes. Sometimes she goes to practice, then leaves within minutes. It is hard to say when Diamond will decide to go. Or, when she decides not to, why. Still, the 16-year-old sophomore keeps showing up. On some Saturday mornings, when most of her classmates are sleeping, she rises at 7, when her grandmother reminds her gently: “Diamond, baby, you still going?” She leaves the apartment in far Northeast Washington with its crushed blue velvet sofas and walls lined with family portraits. Outside, she races down a steep set of stairs to the street. Then Diamond walks four desolate blocks, passing woods and a dead creek, to catch a train. It takes nearly an hour before she arrives at Cardozo, at 13th and Clifton streets NW, to prepare for the National Marathon. Read full article > >
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Teens Run DC mentoring program perseveres at Cardozo High
A Miss USA contender with a penchant for forging signatures? Oh, she is so fired. Shaletta Porterfield, who was set to appear as Miss Wisconsin USA in next month’s pageant, has dropped out of the running after being charged with three counts of…
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Miss USA Contender Scandalized
Geoffrey Mutai’s time, 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds, is not considered an official world record, however, because the course is not record-eligible.
Heavy rain curtails the running at the start of the final day of pre-season testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya.
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Rain hits final day of F1 testing
John Gruber has an intriguing speculation that Apple will follow up the expected spring release of the iPad 2 with another upgrade (the iPad 3, presumably) in the fall. He’s only making an educated guess here, but I like his reasoning. Here’s his prediction for how Apple will round out the year: So, here’s my guess at Apple’s iPad plans for 2011: * An iPad 2, fairly soon. Say, a March announcement, shipping in the first week of April. Faster, more RAM, maybe more storage, thinner and lighter, a front-facing camera.1 Running iOS 4.3. * iOS 5, announced at a developer event in March, shipping in June. * iPad 3, shipping in September, announced at the annual iPod event. Running iOS 5.1, same as the next-generation iPod Touch. Read the full story at Daring Fireball .
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What Apple Might Do in 2011
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