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Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #6 - The State of Women's Soccer in the US, NCAA Cross-Country Championships, MMA and more
by anngaff
posted November 19, 2010 at 1:06pm

Sunday afternoon, MarQ Piocos and l will host the weekly Women Talk Sports Radio Show at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific. Lots to talk about this week, so Show #6 will be a full one! Our main topic of discussion will be about women's soccer in the United St...more

This Weekend: NCAA Cross-Country Championships and more
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 19, 2010 at 11:59am

NCAA ChampionshipsThe NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships are Monday in Terre Haute, Indiana.Women at 12:08 PM EST, Men at 12:48 Meet website / Flotrack coverage / Cross Country Town USA pageLIVE webcast begins at Noon on Monday at NCAA.com LIVE P...more

Your Track Vault Pick of the Week - the Oldest Annual Cross-Country Race in the US
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 18, 2010 at 11:43am

It's been a little while since I've done one of these. Today's pick is in honor of cross country season, a 1979 profile of the oldest annual cross country race in the USA. The Northfield Mount Hermon School is situated on the banks of the Connecticut ...more

What's on: The weekend in track & field
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 12, 2010 at 1:00am

DomesticIt’s Regionals weekend for college cross country. USTFCCCA Regionals PageFlotrack Regionals pageNine regions, two automatic qualifiers each, plus thirteen at-large bids available. Weird stuff can and does happen at these. Flotrack will be tweeti...more

Rebecca’s Army finishes fourth at PIAA XC Championships
by Running Rebecca
posted November 7, 2010 at 2:41pm

Rebecca Donaghue’s squad accomplished their goal of a top five finish, when they locked up fourth place by scoring 215 points using a 34-second compression. Emma Cousins led the way as she finished 68th. 4. State College (6) 29 Emma Cousins, Fr* 20:1...more

Rebecca’s Army is ready for States
by Running Rebecca
posted November 5, 2010 at 12:53pm

Rebecca Donaghue talks about the State College Girls’ XC season and goals for the upcoming PIAA Championship. The team won the District 6 Title for the ninth consecutive time. They are currently ranked tenth in the latest PennTrackXC.com Team rankings...more

What's On: The weekend in cross-country
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 29, 2010 at 2:53pm

Part 1:Conference Championships!It's conference championship weekend in college cross country.Flotrack has an XC Conference Central page, as does the coaches' association.Major conference action follows, in chronological order. Click on a team for a rac...more

What's On: The Weekend for Cross-Country, Track & Field and Road Racing
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 21, 2010 at 10:42pm

InternationalThe BUPA Great South Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, will be run on Sunday through the streets of the English city of Portsmouth. Race websiteThere will be live TV coverage on BBC Channel 5 beginning at 10:30 AM local time.The men's fi...more

What's on in track & field this week
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 18, 2010 at 9:54pm

Basically, nothing. It's fall, there's no action besides cross country and road racing.Track on TVPrefontaine, 6:00 AM Monday and 10:10 AM Friday on The Movie Channel XtraRunning the Sahara, 1:05 PM and 10:00 PM Tuesday on Showtime Extreme; 9:45 AM Thursd...more

Race report: Jensen Stables XC
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 18, 2010 at 1:52pm

The tone of disgust was unmistakable. On all fours, scrambling up the side of an extremely muddy hill, climbing over fallen tree logs, the voice came from behind me. “Is this a joke?” On the inside, I smiled. I would have smiled on the outside, but...more

Cross Country?
by Chic Runner
posted September 1, 2010 at 5:40pm

I see so many teams out running lately and saw even more up training while I was in Big Bear last week. It all reminds me a lot of when I ran cross country in high school! I remember getting up and doing double days and not showering and camping while in ...more

Look both ways, please
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 27, 2010 at 7:58pm

Dear high school girls cross country team, Kindly look around before you take off in a pack across the park road. I realize you are teenagers and hence invincible, but I assure you, it will hurt when I run you over while going 21 mph on my bike. You won�...more

Race report: Mud Run
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 3, 2010 at 3:41pm

Actually, this more of an event report than a race report. See I don’t exactly race cross country events. I participate. I leave the racing to others. In fact, I leave the fast trail running to others. When I try to pick up the pace or even match the pa...more

Diablo Valley College to reinstate teams
by Title IX Blog
posted July 8, 2010 at 4:11pm

Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, California) will reinstate the men's and women's cross country, track and tennis teams cut four months ago, in settlement of a threatened investigation and review by the Office of Civil Rights. The two-year college, ...more

Chebet out-sprints Masai to win World Cross Country Championships
by anngaff
posted March 28, 2010 at 4:39pm

Pre-race co-favorite Linet Masai was outsprinted by a countrywoman for the second straight year to lose the lead and take silver at the World Cross Country Championships. Masai, just 20 years old, led a very aggressive race over the muddy and difficult ...more

Rainy and Muddy - how the World Cross-Country Championships are meant to be
by anngaff
posted March 26, 2010 at 4:39pm

The IAAF World Cross-Country Championship - arguably the toughest distance race of all - takes place this Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A few weeks ago, the Polish national race took place on the same course, and the lead women could barely run 6 min/mile ...more

Mud, grace, trails and more mud
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 20, 2010 at 9:57pm

The original plan for Saturday was a tempo run in conjunction with the Bengal 5K race in North Buffalo. But going a bit long on my first outdoor bike ride of the season (well worth it to be cycling anywhere but my basement) followed by a long and somewhat...more

Onward Cindy: A life well lived
by TJ's Turf
posted February 7, 2010 at 4:00pm

When people are asked to describe Cindy Brochman there are invariably a number of responses: a laugh, a quizzical ‘Hmm…. how do you describe Cindy?’ Then, inevitably, people will begin to share their memories of Brochman.Often the stories are about ...more

Save Johanna's Brain
by LHiggs
posted January 28, 2010 at 1:22pm

This morning @BrooksElite drew my attention to a new blog that, well, made me tear up a little. Save Johanna's Brain is a website set up to raise money for Brooks athlete Johanna Olson, who is battling her second brain tumor. Johanna is just 30. She is a ...more

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