Recent Posts Tagged With 'RECORDS'

• 100 Year Old Ruth Frith Sets New Shot Put World Record

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 18:54 in RECORDS, race results, shotput, ruth frith

  Aussie Ruth Frith recently won quite a few gold medals and set a new world record in the shot put at the World Masters Championships this past weekend. Her throw was 4.07 meters (13 feet 4 inches.) Ruth turned 100 years old earlier this year, and h...

• Dathan Ritzenhein Shatters Personal Best for American Record

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 16:16 in RECORDS, 5k, race results, dathan-ritzenhein, kenenisa-bekele, edwin cheruiyot soi

  Dathan Ritzenhein had the race of his life tonight, running what was until tonight only 0.02 seconds behind the world’s leading 5k time of the year. Cutting 20.3 seconds off of his personal best (set at the USA Outdoor Championships in 2006),...

• Tyson Gay Ran a 9.75 second 100m Prelim at the US Championships

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 09:05 in RECORDS, 100m, race results, tyson-gay

  In another wind-aided run of 100 meters, Tyson Gay ran (as I like to put it) not quite slow to finish in 9.75 seconds. That’s the 7th fastest 100 meters ever run under any conditions, although it is not eligible for the record books given the ...

• Greg Meyer to Speak at Maine Running Company this Thursday

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 20:26 in news, boston, RECORDS, marathons, blaine-moore, john-rogers, maine-running-company, michael gaige, greg meyer

  Greg Meyer will be speaking at the Maine Running Company this Thursday, April 16th, 2009. Greg Meyer is the last American man to win the Boston Marathon with his 2:09:00 in 1983. He has formerly held 2 world records (15K and 10 miles) and 10 Americ...

• Duncan Kibet Does His Best Shiva Impression in Rotterdam

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 09:03 in RECORDS, marathons, rotterdam, race results, duncan-kibet, haile-gebrselassie, james kwambai

  This weekend saw a lot of great racing, with at least 10 runners below 2 hours and 7 minutes in races around the world. Six of them were in Paris alone! Most impressive, of course, is Duncan Kibet and James Kwambai’s 2:04:27 marathon in Rotter...

• Haile Gebrselassie Runs 2:02:37 at Marathon Des Sables in Morocco!

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 12:28 in RECORDS, marathons, race results, marathon des sables, haile gebrsellasie

  Having broken the world record in the marathon a couple times over the past few years, you had to expect that Haile Gebrselassie was going to be doing something special again in the next few. Who could have expected, though, that after breaking 2 ho...

• Jenn Stuczynski Attempts the World Pole Vault Record

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 20:04 in boston, RECORDS, track, race results, boston-indoor-games, jenn-stuczynski, pole-vault

  Jenn Stuczynski set the American Indoor Pole Vault Record at the Boston Indoor Games last night at 15′ 9.75″ and then attempted to set a new world record. Here is the result of each of her jump from the video I shot at the meet: My cove...

• Josh Cox Sets US 50k Record

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 08:37 in RECORDS, 50k, race results, josh cox, alex tilson, thompson mugwana

  Despite feeling ill and being unable to keep liquids down for over 1/3 of the race, Josh Cox still managed to set the American mark in the 50k in 2:47:17. That beats Alex Tilson’s 2:51:48 set back in 2002, but was a bit short of Thompson Mugwa...

• Haile Gebrselassie Falls Short Of Marathon Record With 2:05:29

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:36 in dubai, RECORDS, marathons, race results, haile-gebrselassie

  Rain thwarted Haile Gebrselassie in his attempt to break his own world record in the marathon this morning in Dubai. He set the world record at 2:03:59 last year in Berlin, but went out a bit too fast in the first 10k in his attempt to break the rec...

• This Week Last Year: Travel, Dogs & Marathon Records

  Posted on Saturday September 27th, 2008 at 01:02 in RECORDS, marathons, eliot, 5k, last year, haile-gebrselassie, kay-west

  It was a light week this week last year. I began the week by discussing how effective body weight exercises are when traveling. This was the final article of the month on training and travel in collaboration with Scott. I collected my best tips as ...

• This Week Last Year: 100m & 5k & 50k

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 14:13 in RECORDS, 100m, 5k, 50k, last year, pisgah, back-cove, asafa-powell, lindsey-davis, mike-caiazzo

  This week last year centered on racing, covering distances from the 100 meter to the 50 kilometer. First, Asafa Powell set a new 100 meter world record in Rieti, Italy with his time of 9.74 seconds. He has since run faster than that, but no longer ...

• The Armchair Olympics Update

  Posted on Sunday August 17th, 2008 at 21:31 in Marathon, olympics, RECORDS, 100m, 10k, race results, paula radcliffe, tyson-gay, usain-bolt, 1500m, bernard legat, blake-russell

  This has been a jam-packed weekend; there was a lot going on! If only NBC actually broadcast the races, I’d be all set. I’d sit there and watch commercial after commercial. First, the women’s marathon. I almost cried when Deena K...

• This Week Last Year: Drinking Water, Warming Up, & Dean Karnazes

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 07:55 in clothes, hydration, RECORDS, warm-up, 400m, last year, dean-karnazes, john-l-parker-jr, jeremy-wariner

  This week last year, there was a good mix of running tips and running news. The first running tip that I offered was how to drink water during a race, with practical tips to keep you from having to slow down and to make sure you don’t try to d...