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Barrington's Eagle Speed on display at youth races

3:46 PM Fri, Sep 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The Barrington Eagle Speed Running Club enjoyed another strong showing in the youth race series held in conjunction with the CVS/pharmacy Downtown 5K earlier this month. The club sent in this report on its runners' accomplishments that day: In the......

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Record field expected for SRU 5K Mansion Run

2:00 PM Fri, Sep 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Race organizers for Salve Regina's seventh annual 5K Mansion Run are expecting the largest field in the event's 7-year history, tomorrow in Newport. And they'll even have a ``nun with the gun'' - as in Salve Regina President Sister M.......

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Friday youth XC series begins today

9:19 AM Fri, Sep 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Attleboro YMCA Youth Cross Country Races When: Fridays - Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13 and 20th. Where: The Y’s Norton Outdoor Center on RT 123 in Norton, MA (1 Mile from the Norton/Attleboro line. Across from Downtown Cafe) Distance: approximately......

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Pack up and join Rhody's Run for the Troops 5K

10:07 PM Thu, Sep 28, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Kristin Struck and her family have a simple mission: "We want our troops that are stationed overseas to know without a doubt that we are thinking of them and hoping and praying for their safe return." That mission, begun about......

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Bousquet, Nolan win Westerly Hospital Healthy Harvest 5K

2:52 PM Tue, Sep 19, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

``A beautiful end-of-summer day, a little hotter than expected as were the post race raffle prizes,'' Nick Bottone Jr. reports from the Westerly Hospital Healthy Harvest 5K, held Sunday. ``Tom Bousquet and Elizabeth Nolan had no problem with the heat......

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Rudolph, Famiglietti headline field of Americans at Downtown 5K

9:46 PM Fri, Sep 15, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Here is USA Track & Field's assessment of the talented field of Americans that will converge on the city of Providence to compete for the U.S. 5K crown at Sunday's CVS/pharmacy Downtown 5K: U.S. Olympians Anthony Famiglietti (New York, N.Y.)......

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Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Race set for Sunday

2:05 PM Fri, Sep 15, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The sixth annual Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Cross Country Race/Walk will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Bryant University campus. Hosted by the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Foundation and Bryant, the event was established after the Sept. 11,......

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Cabral, Cardi repeat at Run Around the Block 15K

11:55 PM Sun, Sep 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Dan Cabral and Tara Cardi successfully defended their titles at the 31st annual Run Around the Block 15K Race, held Saturday on Block Island. Cabral, of Glastonbury, Conn., cruised to victory in 51:50, 51 seconds ahead of Providence's John Rogers.......

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Eat, sleep and run a LOT in Weeks 15 and 16

11:41 PM Sun, Sep 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Sleeping well, eating well and listening to your body will be especially important over these next two weeks, for those following Danny Gough’s Breakers Marathon ``Get Out There!’’ Training Program. ``Week 15 and 16 represent the highest mileage of any......

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The final four weeks: A preview of what's to come

11:31 PM Sun, Sep 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

You may remember in an earlier installment of the Breakers Marathon ``Get Out There!'' training program when Danny Gough suggested that runners try to conceptualize the marathon training cycle as being ``divided into thirds with seamless transition periods between each......

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The man behind the marathon

5:32 PM Fri, Sep 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Stay tuned. Danny Gough will soon be providing weeks 15 and 16 of his Breakers Marathon ``Get Out There!'' training program. In the meantime, I thought you might like to learn a little bit more about the man who hopes......

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Online registration for 111th Boston Marathon begins today

10:24 AM Wed, Sep 06, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Beginning at noon today, the Boston Athletic Association will open up on-line registration for next year's Boston Marathon, which will have a limited field size of 22,500 official entrants. To qualify for the 111th Boston Marathon - slated for April......

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