by admin | May 31, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Andrea Peet had just passed the 11th mile of the 2020 Mississippi Blues Marathon when she felt an abrupt jolt. She’d already steered around several potholes on the course, but she had seen this one too late. Her recumbent trike veered off course. As she steadied the...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Saturday morning in Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S. Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk won her 11th career U.S. title at the USATF 25 km Road Championships, becoming the third woman ever to win four USATF 25 km championships. Read More
by admin | May 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, the world-record holder at 5000m, 10,000m and the half marathon, will make her marathon debut in Valencia, Spain, on Dec. 4. Gidey, 24, broke the 5000m world record in Valencia in October 2020, then broke the half marathon world record in...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As Sika Henry worked to become the first female African American professional triathlete, she remembered her childhood conversations about race with her family. Her parents told Henry and her brother, Nile, stories about their paternal grandfather, who was a track and...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
An unexpected yet familiar face approached Abby Wambach when the retired soccer star crossed the finish line of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Shalane Flanagan, the 2017 NYC Marathon champion and 2008 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist, waited around at...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jocelyn Rivas, 24, completed the final leg in her quest to become the youngest runner to finish 100 marathons on Sunday when she crossed the finish line at the Los Angeles Marathon. Now she’ll await ratification from Guinness World Records. Wearing bib No. 100,...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Marathon runner Mary Keitany retired from the sport on Wednesday because of a back injury, ending a career in which she won multiple races in London and New York and set the world record for a women-only race. The 39-year-old Kenyan said pandemic-related travel...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On May 6, 1967, Maureen Wilton, a 13-year-old girl from a suburb of Toronto, Canada, attempted to break the women’s marathon world record of 3:19 at a small race a few miles from her home. Under the guidance of her track coach, Sy Mah, she had already become one of...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In 2016, U.S.-born Israeli Beatie Deutsch (AKA Marathon Mother) placed sixth in the Jerusalem half marathon — watching her, you’d never guess that the Orthodox mom took up running only four months prior. The following year, she ran the Tel Aviv Marathon… while...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk said she never expected to be a new mom competing in the Olympics, and she also never expected to have to worry about whether she would be allowed to bring her infant daughter to the Olympics. The coronavirus pandemic...
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