Archive for the ‘Running’ Category
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
By Laura Pappano
It has become a provocative theme: Marathons and motherhood. Five of the top six women to cross the finish line in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon are moms.
1. Winner Derartu Tulu, 37, of Ethiopia – an two time Olympic gold medalist at 10,000 meters in 1992 ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
That blur you see is a 45-year-old woman breaking a record. (OK, snapping with an iPhone enhances the effect in this case).
That's right. Yesterday at the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race -- which was also the Men's and Women's 20K National Championships -- Colleen DeReuck set a ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
The lead women's pack at mile 18 of The Boston Marathon 2009
One of the most frustrating things about watching the Boston Marathon is that it’s hard to tell how fast the runners are. I’m not talking TV coverage or the delay in the Boston Athletic Association website in ...
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
By Sarah Odell
As a freshmen at Wellesley College, I gawked at a larger than life poster hanging in Boston’s Prudential Center that featured a blurred runner and hundreds of smart, attractive, and energetic women cheering wildly, along with the tag line: “Sometimes losing your hearing is the best inspiration.”
“What is ...
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