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November 2006 Archives
8:48 AM Wed, Nov 29, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Carolyn Thornton  Email
The Christmas Run/Walk for Home & Hospice Care of R.I. will hold its 23rd annual road race, Sunday at 10 a.m. in Newport. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $50,000, first supporting the HOPE Center for Cancer......
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3:34 PM Tue, Nov 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis is coming up this Saturday - Dec. 2 - at the Bristol Town Beach and Sports Complex. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The race starts at 10. Click here for more details courtesy of......
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2:27 PM Fri, Nov 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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Former Ponaganset star Stephanie Pezzullo and Brown grad Patrick Tarpy ran two of the fastest 5K times of the day, as they helped represent the U.S. at the 2006 International Chiba Ekiden, held on Thanksgiving Day in Chiba, Japan. A......
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2:13 PM Fri, Nov 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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The seventh running of the Mews Tavern "Gear and Beer" Party & 5K Road Race featured the event's biggest turnover ever, but Warwick's Matt Pelletier was undeterred, winning the 3.1-miler in Wakefield with a time of 15:43. Sharon Siedliski, also......
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1:06 PM Fri, Nov 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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Pete Volkmar provides this report on last Sunday's L'il Rhody Runaround: ``On a cool, overcast day during hunting season, 200 runners braved the forest to run the L’il Rhody Runaround 8 mile trail race. It could have been more muddy,......
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12:54 PM Fri, Nov 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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Earlier this week, USA Track & Field announced that Dan O'Brien, Lynn Jennings, Kevin Young, Ollan Cassell, Rex Cawley and Bill Nieder will be inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. Below, USATF provides the transcripts from......
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11:59 PM Wed, Nov 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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21st annual BankNewport Pie Run When: Thursday, Nov. 23, 8:30 a.m. Where: Newport County YMCA, 792 Valley Road, Middletown Distance: 5 mile run, 3 mile walk Entry fee: $17.00 on-line registration at www.needtorace.com $20.00 mail-in and post registration E-mail: newportrunningclub@msn.com......
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11:43 AM Tue, Nov 14, 2006 | Permalink |
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USA Track & Field reports that American Sanya Richards was named the IAAF Female Athlete of the Year. Here's more from USATF on the announcement: "Sanya Richards was honored November 12 as the top female track athlete in the world......
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9:29 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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Running USA Wire reports on Runner's World magazine's selection of its annual running shoe awards: Runner's World Selects Nike Air Pegasus 2006 Shoe of the Year Mizuno Wave Elixir Named Best Debut of 2006; Brooks, ASICS Win Best Innovation Awards......
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9:16 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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A report from Nick Bottone Jr. on the Knights of Columbus 5K, won by Paolo Castiglioni and Ann Hird: "The Knights of Columbus 5K Road Race, long a quaint and scenic run through Westerly's historic North End and a characteristically......
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6:04 AM Sun, Nov 12, 2006 | Permalink |
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Roland Lavallee of North Smithfield (51:48) and Joann Mathews of Dartmouth, Mass. (1:03:32) were the individual winners and the Rhode Island Road Runners' "A" team captured the Belle Watling Trophy at the 28th annual Bristol 10-Mile Footrace, yesterday at Colt......
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11:14 AM Thu, Nov 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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Westerly Track & Athletic Club is set to host its 15th annual Lil' Rhody Runaround, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. in Charlestown. For those who have never given this race a try, I've reprinted below an advance I wrote on......
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4:29 PM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Barrington Eagle Speed and Providence Cobras Running Clubs joined forces at last weekend's AAU-New England District Cross Championships, held at Fresh Pond Reservoir in Cambridge, Mass. And it proved to be a winning combination. Fresh off her win at......
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3:46 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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Up to this point, 120 men have met the qualifying standards to compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the marathon, which will be held the day before next year's ING New York City Marathon. And Matt Pelletier......
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3:18 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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On May 28, Lilly May Pearce was born with only one-third the amount of blood in her body that is normally needed for an infant to survive. The baby girl defied the odds and did survive; however, due to the......
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