Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
High Quality Elite Field at the Frankfurt Marathon
The Frankfurt Marathon will get underway on Sunday with an elite field which looks capable of living up to expectations for a high quality race. As many as 12 runners who have broken 2:10 are entered and eight women...
BC Cross Country Championships this weekend
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Location, Parking & Shuttle
The Championships will take place in Beban Park in Nanaimo. The park is located just north of downtown Nanaimo, close to the old and new Island Highways. Google Map
Shuttle between BC Ferries Departure...
ATHENS MARATHON, “THE AUTHENTIC” ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Eliud Kipchoge, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, Gladys Cherono and Mare Dibaba are the candidates for the 2015 AIMS Best Marathon Runner Awards
Athens, the birthplace of the Marathon, will be the focus of attention for the international running scene for three days...
Dathan Ritzenhein interview
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Dathan Ritzenhein is one of America’s all-time best runners over a range of distances from 3000-metres to the marathon.
Until Bernard Lagat ran 12:54.12 in 2010, Ritzenhein held the national 5,000-metre record at 12:56.27....
Jim Finlayson’s beer mile world record attempt – October 18, 2015
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See his slightly better performance from three weeks ago, here.See the story with his splits and photos, here.
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Erin Burrett Interview
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Erin Burrett of Nanaimo, BC won the 2015 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon in her debut at the distance. She finished in the time of 2:39:17 and finished ahead of the very experienced marathoner...
Jim Finlayson takes first and second fastest super master beer mile times in world...
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Jim Finlayson of Victoria, BC on September 27, 2015, set the Beer Mile World Record in the super master age-group (40-plus) with his finish time of 5:01.24. Tonight he set out to improve...
Zach Meineke Prevails at the Fifth Annual rungevity Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half...
With views of the sun rising over the majestic Arch in front of them, thousands of runners took to the streets of Missouri’s largest city to run the fifth anniversary of the rungevity Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half...
Lanni Marchant and Eric Gillis perform well at Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
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Canadians Lanni Marchant and Eric Gillis appear to have stamped their tickets to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games marathon. Gillis was a 2012 London Olympian and both were the top Canadian...
GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Video – lead runners
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