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News and
Updates
Race to Benefit Marcum Terrace Playground - Big race this
weekend at Pullman Square. This race is a money race and they are
offering money to every age group winner!
8/18/08
Information for the 2008 Covenant School 5K on October 11, 2008 in
Barboursville, WV posted.
8/18/08
Here's to All the Volunteers - It takes a lot of people to
put on any race. It takes a lot of people to put on something as
large as the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon. From what
we have heard, they did a great job.
8/17/08
YMCA Tests Tri-State Youth - Short story about yesterday's
youth triathlon at the Kennedy Center in Huntington, WV.
8/17/08 Here is a
great read from
Jason Pyles's Blog. Jason was the first West Virginian and the
5th American to finish. He goes into great detail what it is like to
run a race with the Kenyans. He goes into great detail from getting
on the elite bus to what he was thinking throughout the race.
8/17/08 Links to
Results from
the Parkersburg Half-Marathon Posted!
8/17/08 We have
LOTS of coverage from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half
Marathon. Congrats to all that competed. Here are the stories from
around the state:
Reta Defends Men's Title
Mutuku's First Visit Here Ends in Victory
Slusser Take First in Walk (with super cool picture, this
guys meant business)
Mutisya Wins Masters Division
Cantley Continues Warren's Streak of Two-Mile Winners
Richards Claims Women's 2-Miler
Graham-Gray, Dipietro capture Masters and Grand Masters Races
Kenyans Sweep Top Half Marathon Honors
8/17/08
Glade Springs Event a Success - A really cool story about
Dave Williams and John Dewey who traveled from North Carolina to
compete in the 1st Charlie Williamson Memorial Triathlon at The
Resort at Glade Springs. Congrats to the organizers for putting on a
successful event. Now if we could just get the results....
8/17/08
Results from the
Run For The Health of It 5K in Hurricane, WV Posted.
8/15/08
Results posted from
the 27th Annual Thomas Memorial 5K Run on August 8th in St. Albans.
8/15/08 Olympic
Track and Field begins tonight!! (Actually, that would be yesterday
for us on the east coast but we have to wait until tonight to watch
the action). As far as we know, NBC will show all Track and Field
events. Anything Track and Field related on any of the other
networks will be repeats. We will be letting everyone know what to
expect each evening. Stay tuned during the entire Olympics!!!
TONIGHT: Men's 100m Trials, Men's Shot Put Final, Women's 10K
Final (Latenight)
8/15/08
Four-time Winner Gained Confidence in Charleston en Route to
Olympics - This story about Julie Isphording talks about her
first time in Charleston looking at the hills she would be attacking
the next day. The story is just one of many that can be told about
all of the elite runners who have competed in the Charleston
Distance Run.
8/15/08
Dad, Daughter Ready for Half - This heartwarming story about
Dan and Rachel Canada of Belpre, WV. They are running this weekends
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon together.
8/14/08
2-Mile Run Serves as His Inspiration - A really great story
about Mark Greathouse from Parkersburg who has lost 64 pounds in 9
months! He will be competing in the 2-mile run that accompanies this
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon this Saturday!
8/14/08
Information for the Run For Recovery on September 27 in Huntington,
WV Posted!
8/13/08
Information for the 2nd Annual Cpl. Chuck Smith 5K/10K run on
September 13 in Beckley, WV posted!
8/13/08
Information for the Holy Family All-American Festival 5K run on
September 6, 2008 in Ashland, KY posted!
8/12/08
Want to Live a Long Life? Run. - Not really a local story
but one that may be motivational to some of us. This story finally
proves that us runners are not crazy, we can now scientifically say
why we do what we do!
8/12/08
Information posted for the Buckeye Run 5K on August 23 in
Portsmouth, OH.
8/12/08
Information posted for the Eleanor Firehouse 5K Run/Walk on Sunday,
September 14 in Eleanor, WV.
8/10/08 More
pictures from the
2008 HealthyHuntington.org Triathlon and Kids Try-athlon posted!
8/10/08
Older Runners get CDR Tune-up at Coonskin - Of course they
are talking about the Charleston Distance Run on August 30th. This
15-mile race has seen the likes of Bill Rogers and Frank Shorter in
the past.
8/10/08
Elite Runners Highlight Men's Field - The Parkersburg
Sentinel and News Half-Marathon is less than a week away. This truly
is a HUGE deal for the state of WV as some of the best runners from
around the world (well, those who are not in Beijing right now) will
be running in Parkersburg. So many elite runners contacted race
director, Chip Allman, that he almost had to turn some away.
8/6/08
Results from
the Diamond Electric 5K Run/Walk Charity event on 8/2/08 in Eleanor,
WV Posted!
8/5/08 The
2008 Olympic Track and
Field Event Schedule has been posted! NBC will not be
showing Track and Field live. The only live events will be the men's
and women's marathon. We will try to update everyone on what events
will be televised every day throughout the Olympics!!
8/4/08 Information
for the Crew Community Church 5K Run/Walk in Huntington, WV on
August 23, 2008 posted!
8/4/08
Grandt Selected for World Running Team - Levi Grandt is part
of one of the fastest families in WV. His sister, Clara, runs for
WVU and ran in the nationals. He is honored with competing on team
USA in Switzerland.
8/4/08
Injury forces Pomrenke out of Half-Marathon - The three-time
race walking champion from Williamstown, WV has a freakish accident
and will not be able to defend her title.
8/4/08
Complete coverage of the 11th Annual Debbie Green 5K in Wheeling, WV
- This is one of the fastest 5Ks in WV. The Wheeling News Register
did a great job covering this race from many different angles!
8/4/08
Results and
Pictures from the
HealthyHuntington.org Triathlon/Duathlon Posted.
8/3/08
Triathlon Tests Youngsters - Word has it that more young
people showed up then was expected which means that this was a
tremendous success. Congrats to all the young athletes who competed!
8/3/08
More than 200 Join in Triathlon - The Herald Dispatch
clearly supports local fitness as it COMPLETELY covers the 2008
HeathlyHuntington.org triathlon!
8/3/08 The
Herald-Dispatch has posted picture galleries from the
HealthyHuntington.org Triathlon and
Kids Tryathlon.
8/3/08
Results and
Pictures from the
HealthyHuntington.org Triathlon/Duathlon Posted.
8/2/08 Results
for the HeathlyHuntington.org Kids Tryathlon in Huntington, WV posted. Pictures
coming soon!!
7/30/08
Locals Gearing Up for Road Race
- The Debbie Green Memorial 5K run in Wheeling, WV brings out some of
the best runners in the northern part of WV. This article highlights
some of the runners that are expected to attend the race this weekend
(August 2nd).
7/30/08
5K Run Coming to Chief Logan - Looks like the Logan, WV area
will be getting a race in a couple of weeks. This is a MONEY Race for
anyone that is interested. $100 to the first place male/female, $75 for
second place, and $50 for masters.
7/30/08 Due to
message board request,
results from the 2007 Greenbo Lake 5K Challenge Posted!
7/29/08
Results from the 5K for CASA
on 6/21/08 in Ashland, KY posted!
7/28/08
Funny??!?? or Stupid link of the day: Beer Marathon - Little story
on some people who are trying to drink a beer a mile. The math in the
story didn't really add up. They said 30 beers. Anyway, I bet these
people would have no problem taking in gels and sports drinks during
their marathons after doing this!
7/28/08 Just
posted information for the Jogging for Jesus 3K Run/Walk in Sandy Hook,
KY on October 4th, 2008.
7/27/08
Results from the J. Cecil
Jarvis Triathlon in Bridgeport, WV posted!
7/27/08
Half-Marathon Field Strong - The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Half-Marathon is just a couple of weeks away and if anyone wants to see
some of the nations (or worlds) best, it looks like Parkersburg's
Half-Marathon is the place to do it.
7/27/08
Local Team Competes in Triathlon - This "User Submitted" story
comes to us from the Point Pleasant Register!
7/27/08
Bun Run Sets Huntington 5K Record - Thanks to our own Jason
Pyles and his awesome research, the Bun Run 5K is getting some good
press. We beat the previous "Internet Era" record by just 2 people.
7/26/08
Results,
Pictures and
Interviews for the 2008 Bun Run 5K
in Huntington, WV posted!
7/26/08
Herald-Dispatch's Gallery from today's Bun Run 5K.
7/26/08
Kids Triathlon - A great video story about the HealthyHuntington.org
Kids Triathlon coming up this Saturday August 2!
7/25/08
Winners's announced for Great Teays 5K - Short little article
about last weekends race at the Hurricane Wave Park.
7/25/08
Information for the Greenbo Lake 5K on 10/25/08 at the Greenbo Lake
State park has been updated!!
7/25/08 Event
information added for the
Faith Runners 10K
on 10/18/08 in Paintsville, KY. This group just completed their first 5K
and by looking that the pictures, they give out some good awards and
look like they are very organized.
7/25/08
Utah couple’s goal is to run a half marathon in all 50 states -
This couple is entering the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon
on August 16th. We have heard of people running marathons in all 50
states, but no half-marathons!! Anyway, good for them!!!
7/25/08
Duncan hits pedal early for runaway - We had to pull this one
from the archives. This article is from the SuperQuik 5K in Flatwoods,
KY on June 28th.
7/25/09
Results and
Pictures from the 1st Annual
Faith Runners 5K in Staffordsville, KY on 7/19/09 Posted.
7/24/08
Cox set to run MSU's new sport - That is Bruce Cox set to run
Mountain State University's new XC program in Beckley, WV. He brings
many years of experience. With the dismissal of the men's XC programs at
Marshall and WVU, it is really nice to see XC starting at another school
in WV.
7/24/08
River City Runners vital to local race - The Parkersburg based
River City Runners gets a nice write-up about their contributions to our
sport and their importance to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Half-Marathon. This event is also the US Men's Championship
Half-Marathon.
7/24/08
Boyles just misses out on Olympics
- A nice profile of a race walker from Parkersburg, Matt Boyles, who
just missed his opportunity for going to Beijing.
7/24/08
Striders win six medals at Duke meet - The Charleston Striders
sent a few of their athletes south and they came back with some nice
hardware!
7/24/08
Prize money increased for Distance Run
- We are talking big bucks here plus prize money for EVERY SINGLE AGE
GROUP, how does $150 for 1st all the way to $50 for 3rd sound?
Complete
Money List
7/24/08
7/24/08
Cabell County Middle Schools to add Cross Country - This is an
excellent opportunity to get more young people out and running! Spread
the word!
7/24/08 This may
not be recent news but something not many people know about. The Paul
Ambrose trail system in Huntington, WV. The 23-mile trail system is
planning to connect the Altizer area to Ceredo-Kenova. Work on 8 miles
of the trails was supposed to begin this summer. For more information on
this, check out the
Paul
Ambrose Trail for Health (PATH) Website! Post your thoughts about
this on the
Message Board!
7/22/08
Bun Run Coming Saturday (Herald-Dispatch) Yes, Our sport is
getting coverage in the paper!!! Check out this article about some of
the secrets to holding such a great race. Also, don't forget to sign up.
Let's see if we can break the record number of runners for a Tri-State
5k of 348 runners!!
7/21/08
Results for the PIO Track
Club All Comers Track and Field Meet in Marietta, OH posted!
7/21/08 The
HealthyHuntington.org Triathlon is coming up in a couple of weeks.
They are adding a duathlon this year!! We have just posted the
results to the 2007
HeathlyHuntington.org Triathlon! Check them out!
7/19/08
Results,
Pictures, and
Interviews from the
Great Teays 5K in Hurricane, WV Posted.
7/18/08
Results from the High
Rocks Celtic Classic in Lewisburg, WV on March 15, 2008 Posted!
7/15/08
Information for the 13th Annual Marshall Alum Run on October 18th in
Huntington, WV Posted!!
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