Running

As parents, we’re supposed to encourage our children to follow their dreams, to try new things, to push themselves. Last night, when my crazy-runner-guy brother mentioned that he was going to run in a 10K race today, my middle dude immediately said...

For the city-run charter schools in Pembroke Pines, raising money to keep them running is an uphill battle. The charter schools don't have access to the same tax money that funds Broward County Public Schools, so they turn to alternative sources of...

Ultramarathons are to running what the Marquis de Sade was to romance. Not sure I support such extremism. When one of the sport's stars, a frantic rabbit by the name of Shannon Farar-Griefer, runs the infamous Badwater, she races on desert roads so hot...

The Sports Xchange Staff Report, NASCAR Wire Service Triathlons or 600-mile stock car races: No problem for Johnson Distributed by The Sports Xchange May 23, 2013: Weekend Preview Long distances don't scare Jimmie Johnson. It doesn't matter...

The Hartford Marathon Foundation (HMF) is pleased to announce a continued partnership with Aspaeris, creators of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts (APS). Entering a second year of event sponsorship with HMF, Aspaeris will support the 20th running of the ING...

Hartford Courant Enfield Extra Twilight 5K Race. This year's Twilight Road Race will be held July 6th at 6 p.m. Sponsored by The Hartford Courant Enfield Extra, the 5K race winds through the historic Thompsonville area and is part of Enfield's Town...

Thousands of people are expected to descend upon the Revolution Off Road adventure park in Clermont Saturday for the Superhero Scramble obstacle course run. People will wear capes and tights, painting their faces to imitate their favorite fantasy...

NAIROBI, May 22 (Reuters) - Twice London marathon champion Mary Keitany will not compete this year because she is expecting her second child, a close friend of the Kenyan runner said on Wednesday. Keitany, 31, won the London Marathon in 2011 and 2012 but...

They're calling it the Philadelphia Tough Mudder, but we're calling it the hometown Tough Mudder in the Lehigh Valley. According to Meghan Chisolm of DKC Public relations, Marketing & Government Affairs, which is promoting the event, about 21,000...

The first ever baseball meeting between Memorial and North draws seven major league scouts and a good crowd to Carson Park's No. 2 diamond and they are rewarded with a classic pitching duel between winner Jim Stewart and loser Dick Lund. The Old Abes...

HARC, an organization serving people with intellectual and related disabilities, held it's ninth Annual Walk and first Annual 5K Run on Sunday, May 5 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The event brought together over 500 of HARC's clients, staff,...

The Richard M. Keane Foundation's 12th Annual 5K Walk/Run sponsored by Stop and Shop will be held at Standish Park in Old Wethersfield, June 2 at 11 a.m. (Take I-91 to Exit 26 /Old Wethersfield. Follow signs to Department of Motor Vehicles/ Standish Park)...