Members of the 180 Energy Runners and Big River Running gather before the St. Patrick’s Day Parade run. Photo courtesy of Jeff Bockhorn/180 Energy Runners.

I bet all you guys who checked the forecast Friday night and decided that the weather…

St. Louisan Jillian Petersen has joined Sarah Haskins at the Olympic triathlon training center in Colorado Springs for elite athletes.

Petersen got 2008 off to a good start, finishing 3rd last weekend in the International Triathlon Union’s Pan American Cup in…

The men’s and women’s cross country teams at Washington University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale were honored this week for being swift afoot and swift of thought.

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association honored both schools as All-Academic…

Die-hard cross country runners turned out Saturday for the first Mud n Gutz race in Jefferson Barracks. The 8K/4K combo was the brainchild of Delbert Marriott of Sikeston, who envisioned a European-style cross country race. Marriott enlisted the help of…

Shalane Flanagan won the women’s division of the USA Cross Country Championships over the weekend in San Diego. Her winning time of 25 minutes 26 seconds was 1:10 faster than Renee Metivier. Also qualifying for the U.S. squad that will…

As part of her triathlon training in Florida, St. Louis native Sarah Haskins entered the ING Miami Half-Marathon and finished fourth. Her time of 1 hour, 19 minutes, 2 seconds was three minutes behind the winner, Yolanda Fernandez. Haskins referred…

Reader Rudy Schwarz wanted a little more detail on the Frostbite series half-marathon, how Mike Farrell beat Zac Freudenburg by just one second, in 1 hour 11 minutes 22 seconds. So, we went straight to one of the sources for…

St. Louisans look forward to the St. Patrick’s Day Run, scheduled for March 15, and the Go! St. Louis races, April 5 and 6. The events combine to attract more than 20,000 runners.

But for those who can’t wait, we…

I’m embarrassed that this item slipped through the cracks:

Fleet Feet St. Louis was named one of the Top 50 running stores in the country last month by the Running Network. The group received nominations, then sent mystery shoppers to the nominated stores,…

Because of an update in blog software, we’ll take Sunday off. But here’s something to tide you over: my Saturday column on Brigette Schutzman, a sophomore on the St. Louis University track and cross country teams. She was in a car…