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Two of the nine Bermuda-based runners who completed the prestigious Boston Marathon on Monday achieved the automatic qualifying time to gain a spot in next year's event.
Tatsuhiko Hoshina and Claire De Ste Croix easily met the challenging time standa...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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Chris Estwanik smashed his course record in the Cornerstone 10 Mile road race, making full use of a tailwind on the return leg of the out-and-back route to cross the finish line in 50 minutes and 37 seconds.
And his wife Ashley made it a family doubl...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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A bad road accident on the night before Sunday's Lindo's to Lindo's 10K race was the reason why the event had no mile markers on the route, one of the race directors has explained.
The wreckage of the car and bike on South Road, near the junction wit...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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With no-one to trouble him after the opening mile Lamont Marshall ruled this year's Lindo's to Lindo's 10K road race with an impressive piece of front running that saw him break 32 minutes on the testing course.
By the time he broke the finish line i...
DATE: Mar 08, 2010
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Bermuda's top road runner Chris Estwanik has put out a call for youngsters to get a taste of racing under floodlights at the annual Pro Shop Dash at Dark junior running event next month.
"It is unique in that it is a racing event held at night. Not t...
DATE: Feb 25, 2010
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Bermuda's top Ironman triathlete Tyler Butterfield has secured sponsorship that will see him through to the 2012 London Olympics.
The 27-year-old, who made history as the youngest Olympic triathlete when he competed in Athens in 2004, has been given ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Runner Lamont Marshall broke his indoor one-mile personal best competing at a New Balance Collegiate Invitational track meeting at the Armory in New York.
He shaved three seconds from his indoor best when he ran four minutes and 17.82 seconds in the ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2010
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He speaks no English, but that hasn’t stopped Franco Sfarra travelling from his home in Italy to compete in the Bermuda International Race Weekend each year for 23 years.
Last weekend the 76-year-old was back again, proudly wearing a racing vest bear...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Cold weather in New York and the dry air of Arizona made road running harder than expected for Bermuda's Otis Robinson as he competed in a number of overseas competitions over consecutive weekends.
Last Sunday he lined up in the Rock and Roll Half-Ma...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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Two world-renowned great marathon runners have given Bermuda International Race Weekend ringing endorsements.
Kenya's former world marathon champion Douglas Wakiihuri and American legend Dick Beardsley praised the organisation and spirit of the three...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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