This past weekend saw the conclusion of the 2013-racing season for many top U.S. distance runners. Between the USA 5 km Championships and the NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile, fans got one final fill of non-marathon competition. Here’s what we learned:
Geoffrey Mutai won the Udine Half Marathon on Sunday (22) in 59:06, one of the fastest times ever on Italian soil and the fourth-fastest time in the world this year.
Defending champion Meselech Melkamu will return to the scene of her triumph last year when she runs the BMW Frankfurt Marathon on 27 October, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, the organisers announced on Monday (23).
As one of the fastest women in the field, Joyce Chepkirui s victory at the Dam tot Damloop was not unexpected. But Nguse Amlosom was a surprising winner of the men s race at the 29th edition of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race held over 10 miles between...
Ethiopian Ketema Nigusse and home star Yevgeniya Danilova were the winners at the Siberian International Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, in Omsk on Sunday (22).
