Providence and Savannah Expand Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series to Sixteen Events in 2011
San Diego, CA – August 4, 2010 – The Competitor Group (CGI), the leading media and event company in the endurance sports industry, today announced two new markets for the 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Providence Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, August 7, 2011 and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon & Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, November 5, 2011.
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Fitting of its amusement park setting, Rev3 Quassy produced an exciting roller-coaster of a pro race, with Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae making dramatic come-from-behind attacks on the run to take the 2010 titles.
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The Rev3 Triathlon series opened on a strong note back on May 9 in Knoxville, Tenn. Because New Zealand’s Matt Reed and Great Britain’s Julie Dibens were victorious in that race, they have more incentive than others to win Sunday’s Rev3 Quassy triathlon in Middlebury, Conn. With the wins, each of them is eligible for the $125,000 prize purse up for grabs if any male or female can sweep the three-race Rev3 series.
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Meb finished fifth in the 114th Boston Marathon.
Written By: David Monti
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NEW YORK (21-Apr) — Reigning ING New York City Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi announced here today that he is forming a charitable foundation which will support varied causes in health, fitness and education. Called the MEB Foundation, which the Olympic Marathon silver medalist said stood for “Maintaining Excellent Balance,” the announcement was made at the RUN store by Foot Locker just off of Union Square in Manhattan.
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Foundation to promote healthy living.
American Meb Keflezighi will be down in New York City to announce his new foundation known as the MEB Foundation. The MEB foundation will focus on promoting health, fitness and education in the United States and in Meb’s native country of Eritrea.
Meb will be at RUN by Foot Locker located between 5th Avenue and University in New York City on Wednesday to unveil the foundation. The announcement of his foundation comes just two days after his gutsy fifth place finish at the 2010 Boston Marathon.
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We were there at the 114th Boston Marathon to give you a recap of the race and post-race interviews with top Americans Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi and Paige Higgins.
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Meyer and Westover take crowns.
Written By: Mario Fraioli
Standing out in her yellow singlet on the left side of the TV screen, Heidi Westover of Walpole, New Hampshire was right in the mix during the early miles of Monday’s Boston Marathon.
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Check out all the great shots of the 2010 Boston Marathon from our partners at PhotoRun.net.
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After he won the B.A.A 5K we found Josh Cox to find out why he came to Boston and how he found himself in the 5K.
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Competitor.com caught up with American Michelle Frey before she took to the streets in the 114th Boston Marathon.
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City Sports hosts big names in barefoot running.
Written By: Mario Fraioli
One look at the feet of the crowd gathered inside City Sports on Boylston Street Saturday morning and it quickly became apparent this was not a footwear fashion contest.
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We take you back to Boston for our second day of RunCenter from the 114th Boston Marathon. In today’s episode we cover the B.A.A 5K and Invitational Mile, give our predictions for Monday’s race and bring you an exclusive interview with American contender Meb Keflezighi.
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Cox wins 5K, Baddeley and Uceny take titles in mile.
Written By: Mario Fraioli
Since he was already in town to do some promotional work for a few of his sponsors this weekend, Josh Cox decided on Saturday night that he might as well feed off the energy of the electric atmosphere around him and participate in a local road race on Sunday morning.
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Competitor.com is on the scene in Boston for the 114th Boston Marathon. In this special Boston Marathon edition of RunCenter we talk to all the contenders at the press conference, check out the expo and give you a history lesson on the Boston Marathon course.
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Top professional and high school runners to compete.
Written By: Mario Fraioli
While the weekend’s main event will take place on Monday, a handful of high level middle-distance races will be contested on Sunday morning with the BAA Invitational Miles, which will take place on a three-lap USATF-certified course that starts and finishes at the Marathon finish line on Boylston Street.
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