Category: Professional Running
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Flagstaff’s Biya Simbassa, center, ran the fourth fastest U.S. marathon time in Valencia; Left, Abby Hall wins a UTMB 100K in Australia; Right, Sara Hall broke her own U.S. masters marathon record in Valencia.Weekend Results: Simbassa Runs 4th Fastest American Marathon in Valencia, While Sara Hall Sets U.S. Masters Record; Flag High’s Van Meerten Wins AZ 5K on Track; Abby Hall Wins 100K in Australia
Weekend Results: This much is certain: If you wanted to run fast, Sunday’s Valencia Marathon was the place to do it. Several Flagstaff-based elite runners heeded…
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Photo Gallery: Sedona Turkey Trot 5K
More than 1,200 runners participated in Thursday’s Sedona Turkey Trot. A gallery of images:
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Dark Sky Distance’s Weini Kelati (right) won her fourth straight Manchester Road Race Thursday, while teammate Edwin Kurgat was overtaken by Andrew Colley, who got the win.Thanksgiving Results: Dark Sky’s Kelati Wins Manchester Road Race for 4th Straight Year, Herrera 2nd in Men’s Race; Izzo, Cox Win Sedona Turkey Trot
It’s become something of a Thanksgiving tradition, up there with the Macy’s Day parade and the dog show on TV and squabbling over politics at the…
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Left, NAZ Elite’s Ahmed Muhumed wins the Philly Half Marathon. Center, Flagstaff High’s Yohanes Van Meerten finished 10th in the NXR Southwest Regional. Right, Flagstaff’s Lindsay Prescott placed sixth in the JFK 50 Miler.Saturday Results: Flagstaff High’s Van Meerten 10th at NXR Southwest; NAZ Elite’s Muhumed Wins Philly Half; Flag’s Prescott 6th at JFK 50-Miler
Aside from the NCAA Championships, it was a busy day of racing for Flagstaffians. Some results: –At the Nike Cross Southwest Regionals in Mesa, Flagstaff High’s…
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Forget Sound Running: Why Not a Charity Flagstaff Pro XC Race at Buffalo Park: Dark Sky vs. NAZ Elite vs. Smith Group vs. McKirdy
No one asked me, but … Thursday’s Sound Running Cross Championship in Austin, Texas, is perhaps the only high-profile professional cross country race in the United…
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Edwin Kurgat of Dark Sky Distance, coached by Stephen Haas, won Thursday’s Sound Running XC Championship in Texas.Dark Sky’s Kurgat Wins Men’s Title at Sound Running XC Championships; Chelangat, Izzo 2-3 for Women
Edwin Kurgat and his Under Armour Dark Sky teammates conquered the Camp Mabry course in Austin, Texas, on Thursday morning, winning both the individual and team…
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PROFILE: Aaron Davidson Had Big — Some Might Say Delusional — Marathon Dreams, but He’s Made Them Come True in Flagstaff
Every so often, on the infamous letsrun.com message board, some anonymous runner will post that they plan to chuck it all, move to Flagstaff, go all…
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Weekend Results: NAZ Elite’s Muhumed Continues Hot Streak, Wins Another Road 10K
Hoka NAZ Elite middle distance star Ahmed Muhumed is on a roll recently, winning road races around the country. Sunday, he beat an impressive foreign field…
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PROFILE: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Pro Sub-Ultra Trail Running with Williams’ Rachel Tomajczyk
She always was an outstanding and versatile runner. You don’t win the Nike Cross Nationals and place second at Foot Locker in high school without having…
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McKirdy Trained runners Yemane Haileselassie (left) and Julia Paternain (shown while at the University of Arkansas) excelled this weekend in half marathons.Weekend Results: Haileselassie Wins Boston Half; Paternain 2nd at Indy Half; Davidson Wins Phoenix Half and 5K; Schiff Takes Pass Mountain 50K
Yemane Haileselassie, the former Eritrean Olympic steeplechaser now a road racer for McKirdy Trained in Flagstaff, won the Boston Half Marathon on Sunday morning in 1:01:46…
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