by admin | Feb 7, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Fiona O’Keeffe smashed the women’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials record in her debut at the distance on a warm Saturday to secure her spot in the Paris Games. O’Keeffe finished in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 10 seconds to break the American...
by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
If you have a gym pass or access to a treadmill, here is an experiment to try with caution – or, safer still, restrict it to a thought experiment. Put the speed up to a whisker under 12 miles per hour – assuming, of course, that it lets you, as many home treadmills...
by admin | Feb 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jill Jamieson is up for the challenge. Despite telling others she’s not an elite athlete, all would disagree when they learn she’s training to participate in the World Marathon Challenge taking place from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. This event involves running seven marathons...
by admin | Dec 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the darkest moments of her toughest training sessions, professional marathon runner Mary Ngugi likes to lean on her trackside audience for motivation. That’s not necessarily her coach — or her training partners — but a much younger group of...
by admin | Nov 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Meghan Duggan entered the year having never run more than two miles at a time. “In hockey,” she said, “it was really a no-no to do any type of long endurance training.” Now the three-time Olympic medalist is in her final preparations to race Sunday’s New York City...
by admin | Oct 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
2016 Olympic 10,000 metre champion Almaz Ayana, 30, set a new course record in a glorious debut marathon win at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday in 2:17:19. Ayana ran the fastest-ever marathon debut by a woman and her time is the seventh-best on the world all-time...
by admin | Oct 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday. Sisson finished with a time of 2:18:29, beating Keira D’Amato’s record by 43 seconds, the Chicago Marathon tweeted. D’Amato set the previous...
by admin | Sep 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As 50,000 London Marathon runners take to the capital’s streets on Sunday, spectators may notice a few more grey (or purple, see above) hairs poking out from under the caps and beanies. Analysis has revealed the number of female runners aged 50 and older finishing the...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
With the last pale-yellow traces of sunrise hanging over the track at St. Christopher’s School, Keira D’Amato prepares to run. It’s 6:37 a.m. on a Thursday in June. The surrounding streets have yet to wake, save for a local running group logging laps around the track...
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Imagine running a marathon every day… for 104 days in a row. Earlier this year, amputee ultrarunner Jacky Hunt-Broersma did just that. Her impressive feat set an unofficial women’s world record. Read More
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