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Motor racing-Indy 500 tightens security in wake of Boston bombings
ReutersBy Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS, May 25 (Reuters) - Security at Sunday's Indianapolis 500 will be ramped up as race officials of one of the year's biggest one-day sporting events respond to last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings. Officials of the...Tags: Boston Marathon, Auto Racing, Indianapolis 500, Road Running, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Lehigh Valley Health Network marathon registration has opened
Registration is open for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via on Sept. 8. So far, 1,700 runners have signed up. About half of those runners will do the full marathon while the other half are participating in either the half marathon, relay...Tags: Boston Marathon, Road Running, Sports
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Triathlons or 600-mile stock car races: No problem for Johnson
ReutersThe 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...Tags: Armed Forces, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Daytona 500, Hendrick Motorsports, Carl Edwards
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Special events boost charter schools
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...Tags: Schools, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Charter Schools, Soccer
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READER SUBMITTED: Hartford Marathon Foundation Partners With Connecticut-based Aspaeris
StatewideThe 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...Tags: Social Issues, Charity, Hartford Marathon, Physical Fitness and Exercise, The Finish Line Incorporated
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Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race
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...
Tags: Road Running, Multiple Sclerosis, Sports
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Athletics-Kenyan runner Mary Keitany expecting second child
ReutersNAIROBI, 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...Tags: Road Running, London Marathon, Sports
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Tough Mudder race bringing 21,000 people to Schnecksville
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...
Tags: Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center, Road Running, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Memorial Day, Sports
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Blue Ridge Marathon: More runners means more economic impact
Assignment ManagerLast month's Blue Ridge Marathon brought more runners and pumped more economic activity into the Roanoke Valley than ever before. That's according to a study released Monday by the Roanoke Regional Partnership and the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional...Tags: USA Today, National Hockey League, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Road Running
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Not running scared: Security measure seen and unseen at Run for the Red
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Security was foremost on the minds Sunday of Run for the Red organizers and local police, who ramped it up to unprecedented levels following last month's Boston Marathon bombings. "This was a very big planning effort between our local, state and federal...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Boston Marathon, Politics, Elections, Road Running
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Perfect weather for personal bests
The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)No rain and mild temperatures made for ideal running conditions and helped some runners set personal records during Sunday's 32nd annual Capital City Marathon. Runners were greeted by overcast skies during the early morning starts of the marathon, half-...Tags: Personal Service, National Weather Service, Boston Marathon, University of Notre Dame, Road Running
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Chicago runners to help Boston bombing victims
"Gloria Steinem once said, 'Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it,'" said Jothy Rosenberg, who lives near Boston and was diagnosed with bone cancer at 16 and had to have his right leg amputated. Three years later,...
Tags: Duke University, AIDS, Science and Technology, Road Running, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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