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One of the world’s greatest long-distance runners is back in Bermuda and plans to race all three days during Bermuda Marathon Weekend.
Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women’s Olympic Marathon champion, is looking forward to reacquainting herself wit...
DATE: Jan 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Chris Estwanik retained his Gosling’s to Fairmont Southampton Road Race title, despite carrying an extra 20 pounds.
The additional weight was not the result of enjoying too much festive food, it was the weighted training vest he was wearing.
The flak...
DATE: Jan 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Track & Field
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A six-strong team of elite runners from England Athletics are competing during the Bermuda Marathon Weekend.
Mark Brace, the team leader, said it would be an opportunity for the runners to learn how to adjust to competing in another climate and a dif...
DATE: Jan 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Rebecca Moore did not initially set out to be a runner.
“I started running slightly by accident when my friend invited me along to the local athletics club one evening. I’d always been quite sporty and done a lot of swimming, but I found that runnin...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Gemma Steel is one of Britain’s most talented cross country runners. In 2014, she won the European Cross Country Championships, and two months ago was first at the British trials for the European Cross Country Championships.
Her current form suggests...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Seamus Fearon won the Hannover Re/BNAA Half-Marathon after making a decisive kick for the finish line in the last quarter-mile, while Rose-Anna Hoey successfully defended her women’s title.
In the 10K race, held in conjunction with the half-marathon,...
DATE: Nov 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Marking its 44th year, the second-oldest continuously held road race in Bermuda returns on Sunday.
First held in March 1972, the race is today known as the BNAA/Hannover Re half-marathon and 10K. The only road race in Bermuda with a longer history is...
DATE: Nov 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Chris Estwanik and Kavin Smith, two legends of the Bermuda Day Half-Marathon, finished first and third in the Bacardi 8K Road Race yesterday.
Leading from start to finish, course record-holder Estwanik comfortably defended his title in 27min 3sec, wh...
DATE: Nov 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Hundreds of runners and walkers are expected to line up for the tenth annual Bacardi 8K road race and walk on Sunday.
Since it was first held in 2007, the event has proven to be one of the most popular on the road race calendar.
Chris Estwanik, who i...
DATE: Nov 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Stephen Allen and Rose-Anna Hoey are the Fidelity International 5K road race champions.
For Allen, it was a maiden victory in the event now which was celebrating its 28th year. For Hoey it was a fourth consecutive victory in the women’s division.
In ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil