Category: Professional Running
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PROFILE: Before Retirement, One Last Chicago Marathon for Three-Time Olympian Diane Nukuri
So many races, so many memories. Three Olympics. Fast times, good times, disappointing times. Top 15 marathon finishes from New York to Chicago to London. Miles…
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Flagstaff’s Claire Rogan (left) won Saturday’s Sky Peaks 50-Miler. Brian Smith (right) outlasted everybody in the Babbitts Backyard Last Person Standing.Weekend Highlights: Claire Rogan Wins Sky Peaks 50 Mile; Linkletter, Haileselassie Win in Boulder; Davidson Wins Akron Marathon; Plus Babbitts Backyard Results
Last year, at the Sky Peaks 50K on and around the San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff’s Claire Rogan earned her first major ultra victory in the 50K.…
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Galen Rupp (left) is now a volunteer assistant coach for NAU during cross country while he trains in Flagstaff.Meet NAU’s New Assistant Coach: Galen Rupp
It’s well known, of course, that Galen Rupp, Olympic medalist and America’s most prominent marathoner in the past decade, is coached by NAU’s Mike Smith. Now,…
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Transfer Alex Carlson (top, left) and redshirt freshman Emma Stutzman (bottom, left) will be featured for the women and Cael Grotenhuis (right) for the men in Saturday’s Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson.Quick Hits: Start Lists Out for NAU’s Meet in Tucson Saturday; Dark Sky’s Ejore 3rd at Athlos 1,500
Nearly a month after opening the season with the George Kyte Classic at Buffalo Park, NAU’s cross country teams return to action Saturday with the Dave…
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Aussie Jackson Sharp (left), a former six-time All-American at the University of Wisconsin, has signed with NAZ Elite. At right, Flagstaff’s Heidi Nadeau finishing the Mammoth Trail Fest 26K.Quick Hits: NAZ Elite Adds Aussie Middle-Distance Runner Jackson Sharp; Local Results from Mammoth Trail Fest
Hoka NAZ Elite has bolstered its growing track roster on Tuesday when the group announced the signing of Australian middle-distance runner Jackson Sharp, who has just…
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Flagstaff’s Simbassa Outlasts Bor to Win USATF 10K Road Title in New York
Biya Simbassa, who trains in Flagstaff and formerly was coached by Ryan Hall, won the Great Cow Harbor 10K, which serves as the USATF 10K Road…
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PROFILE: Faster as a Master: Flagstaff’s Chris Gomez, Former NAU Runner, Remains Elite into His 40s
The thing about Chris Gomez is, well, he doesn’t look like a masters runner. Not when he’s running with that fluid stride, certainly. And especially not…
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Mercy Chelangat (left) and Wesley Kiptoo, both of NAZ Elite, at Sunday’s Philadelphia Distance Run Half Marathon.Race Results: NAZ Elite’s Kiptoo Wins Philly Half, Chelangat 2nd Woman; Flag’s Moynihan 2nd in Montana’s Run the Rut 11K
Roads: It was a good day for Hoka NAZ Elite half marathoners on Sunday at the Philadelphia Distance Run Half Marathon. Wesley Kiptoo, deep in marathon…
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Volunteers, at left, paint quarter-mile mile markers on Lake Mary Road. At right, Flagstaff ultrarunner Pete Mortimer shown during the 330K Tor des Geants in Italy.Quick Hits: NPA Boys 7th at Ojo Rojo Meet; Mortimer Survives Tor des Geants, Places 65th; Lake Mary Road Markers in Place
Quick hits for a Friday: — Northland Prep Academy traveled to Chandler for Friday morning’s Ojo Rojo Invitational, and the Spartan boys placed seventh as a…
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Trail of the Week: The Soulstice Run 7-Mile Loop in Parks
One of my few running regrets during my five years in Flagstaff is that I was never able to participate in the Soulstice Mountain Trail Run…
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