Racing: Terefe Zewdie, Vivian Cheruiyot Win Carlsbad 5000; Webb drops out

CARLSBAD, Calif., (April 6, 200 – In a tight men’s race to the finish line, Ethiopia’s Terefe Marego Zewdie edged out England’s Mo Farah to win the Carlsbad 5000 today in a time of 13 minutes, 34 seconds. Vivian Cheruiyot ran uncontested to the finish in her debut on the oceanside course in [...]

Racing: Americans score top-20 finishes at world cross-country championships

EDINBURGH, GBR - Alex Gits finished 13th in the junior women’s race while Emily Brown was 18th and Jorge Torres finished 19th in the senior men’s race to lead Team USA at the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships Sunday at Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park.
Gits, a freshman at Stanford Universityled the Team USA junior women with [...]

Racing: Webb to run Carlsbad 5000 in pre-Olympic tune-up

CARLSBAD, Calif., (March 27, 200 — After breaking Steve Scott’s quarter-century old American mile record last summer in Brasschaat, Belgium, 25-year-old Alan Webb will have an opportunity to take down San Diego native Marc Davis’ 1996 American road 5k record of 13:24, also set at the Carlsbad 5000. Webb has chosen to open his [...]

Training: five reasons for teen runners to run on a track team

I received a really interesting e-mail the other day that read as follows:
My 14 year old son has been running 10ks, 5 ks, 11 mile trail runs and is training for a half marathon that we will be running together.
I am encouraging him to join the track team at school for the benefits of the [...]

Races: Andrew Carlson, Deena Kastor win USA 15km titles

JACKSONVILLE - Andrew Carlson (Bloomington, Minn.) captured his first national title as 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist and defending women’s champion Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), dominated the women’s field at the 2008 USA 15km Championships Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.
Despite strong, gusty winds, Carlson took charge of the men’s lead pack early, leading a group [...]

Racing: Kastor, Browne, Sell headline fields for USA 15km Championships

INDIANAPOLIS - 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist and defending women’s champion Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), will line up this Saturday, March 8, looking to earn an unprecedented sixth national title at the 2008 USA 15 km Championships in Jacksonville, Fla. 2008 Olympic marathoner Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.), will face 2000 champion Dan Browne [...]

Racing: Dathan Ritzenhein, Shalane Flanagan win USA cross country championships

SAN DIEGO-2004 Olympic team members Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C) and Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.) each scored convincing victories at the USA Cross Country Championships at Mission Bay Park in San Diego on Saturday.
Flanagan, fresh off a stint of altitude training in Mexico, cruised to a 70-second victory over runner-up Renee Metivier Bailie (Boulder, Colo.) over [...]

Racing: Shalane Flanagan, Colleen De Reuck, on the 2008 US cross-country championships

INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field served as the host of a conference Thursday afternoon featuring two-time USA women’s cross country champions Shalane Flanagan and Colleen De Reuck.
Flanagan and DeReuck discussed their preparations for the 2008 USA Cross Country Championships in San Diego on Saturday, where both open and junior men and women will look [...]