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May 18, 2018

Saturday Night In London: Night Of 10,000 PBs Hosting The British Championships And European 10,000 Cup

With a beer tent on the back straight, the spectator friendly race is stepping it up this year with a bridge crossing over the track. *Event Facebook Page *BBC Live Stream @ 3:20PM EST (Requires UK IP address) *RunnerSpace Plus Live Stream For US/Canada (Requires subscription) *Streaming For Other Locations *Recap Of 2017 Race
May 17, 2017

Saturday: British 10,000m Runners Hoping To Seal London 2017 Qualification At Highgate Harriers Night of The 10,000m PBs

Top Brits fighting for a Worlds spot include Jo Pavey, former NCAA champ Kate Avery, Andy Vernon and Dewi Griffiths.
January 24, 2017

Jo Pavey Added To Star Studded Virgin Money London Marathon Elite Women's Field

Pavey's PB is 2:28:24 from her debut in 2011. Now, she hopes to run under 2:36 and finish as the top 2 Brits to earn selection to the 2017 World team.
December 21, 2016

London Runner Makes Cool Holiday Art With His Running Routes On Strava

Owen Delaney says the positive feedback from the Strava community has motivated him to do a design everyday up until Christmas, but his kids think he's just crazy.
September 21, 2016

Jo Pavey Wins Kew Gardens 10K Road Race Over Charlotte Purdue

Chris Thompson won the men's race in a sprint finish with Scott Overall.
September 15, 2016

Sunday: UK's Ageless Wonder Jo Pavey Returns To Kew Gardens 10K Road Race

Pavey, just days from her 43rd birthday, will face fellow GB runner Charlotte Purdue. Men's race has Chris Thompson and Scott Overall.
May 22, 2016

UK 10K Trials Run Through A Bar: Total Unknown Jess Andrews Sets Huge 83-Second PB To Win British 10,000m Trials And Qualify For Rio; Jo Pavey And Andy Vernon Falter

There was drama and excitement at the British 10,000 Trials as in front of thousands of spectators and bar-goers, Andrews went from nobody to Olympian, beating Kenya's former World champion Linet Masai in the process. The night was less kind to 42-year-old Jo Pavey who most likely misssed out on qualifying for her 5th Olympic Games. On the men's side, Ross Millington won a close race in 28:28, but the only man in the race with the 28-flat qualifying standard was Andy Vernon who was 3rd Brit and is now at the mercy of the selectors if he wants to go to Rio. Recap, results, quotes and race videos. *MB: Are you ready for some craziness? Saturday night’s British 10,000 Olympic Trials was run through a bar!!
April 14, 2016

RRW Flashback: Paula Radcliffe Sets Marathon WR 13 Years Ago Today

Thirteen years ago yesterday, Radcliffe ran her still standing WR of 2:15:25. At the time, Chicago race director Carey Pinkowski put it well by saying, "She's like Neil Armstrong."
February 13, 2016

2016 BU Valentine Invitational Live Results

Friday winners included GB's Lynsey Sharp (800 - 2:00.30), Amanda Eccleson (mile - 4:26.88) as the top-4 broke 4:30, Christina Melian (5000 - 15:48) and Jessica O'Connell running 8:56 in the 3000 to beat Ashley Higginson and Emma Bates. Saturday winners included Amed Bile (7:51), Joel Hubbard (3:58) and Drew Piazza (2:21.97 - 1000).
January 19, 2016

Return Of The Champions: Eliud Kipchoge Returns To The London Marathon To Defend His Title Against Wilson Kipsang, Dennis Kimetto And Kenenisa Bekele

Field also includes World champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, Tokyo champ Endeshaw Negesse (2:04:52), 2:04:55 man Stanley Biwott and Rotterdam winner Abera Kuma (2:05:56). *MB: London Marathon elite men's field looking good.
September 28, 2015

Elite Field Announced For This Weekend's Cardiff Half Marathon / UK Half Champs

Kenya's Boniface Kongin (62:02) defends his title while Merci Jemutai-Tanui (68:42) leads women's race.
September 08, 2015

Paula Radcliffe “Categorically Denies” Cheating After She Was Implicated In Today’s Parliamentary Hearing On The Sunday Times/ARD Doping Report

"As a result of today’s Parliamentary Hearing I can no longer maintain my silence. The investigation by ARD and the Sunday Times may have been a perfectly valid enterprise if the goal was to expose cheats, their supporters, and, their infrastructures. If, however, innocent athletes, as in my case, are caught up in the desire to sensationalise and expand the story, then that goal loses a lot of credibility..." *MB: Official: Paul Radcliffe statement *Select committee revisiting Radcliffe
July 12, 2015

Full Results From 2015 Guldensporen Meeting In Belgium: GB's Ross Murray Beats Eric Jenkins, Chris O'Hare And Ford Palmer With 3:38.98

A ton of American competed at this one including. Heather Kampf beat Abbey D'Agostino by .05 in the 1500 with 4:08.73. Rachel Johnson won the steeple in 9:57, GB's Jenny Meadows beat Alexa Efraimson in the 800 (2:00.56 to 2:01.33).