Olympian Kara Goucher outran Katie McGregor to take the USA Women’s 10-mile championship, one of the elite battles at the Twin Cities Marathon festival.

Goucher, bronze medalist at the 2007 world championships in the 10,000 meters, broke McGregor’s 2006 course record…

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia shattered his own marathon record and became the first man to run the distance in less than 2 hours, 4 minutes. Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon in 2:03:59 Sunday, improving his world record time by 27…

Here’s the report from USA Track and Field:

PROVIDENCE - Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.) unleashed a powerful kick to win his second men’s 5 km title in 13:42, while Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) cruised to her second consecutive women’s title in…

On the strength of distance events, Big River Running finished fifth in the men’s division of the USA Track and Field National Club Track and Field Championships over the weekend in Olathe, Kan.

A shoutout to their cross-state rivals, the Kansas…

1. Tyson Gay will be fine by the time the 100 meters rolls around.

2. Great to see people diving for the line. They’re hungry. Took me back to watching my son’s cross country races, when those guys would dive to…

What a busy weekend for runners and track athletes near and far! We’ve already featured Sarah Haskins, Tirunesh Dibaba and the strong area contingent at the Hospital Hill Run in Kansas City. Unless we want to get stuck forever in…

Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia set a women’s world record in the 5,000 meters, finishing in 14 minutes 11.15 seconds at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo.
But what do you make of her post-race comments to reporters?
“I was trying my best…

Lots of noteworthy performances at the adidas Track Classic last week in Carson, Calif. Most of the major players who will appear at the U.S. Track Trials next month were there, as were some of the best from around the…

Let’s start close to home.

Bryan Glass of the 180 Energy Runners finished first in the Lake Run 12K near Bloomington, Ill. Glass beat a field of nearly 800 runners, finishing in 38 minutes 50.1 seconds. Here’s the full story, courtesy…

We covered the nuts and bolts of the Brigette Schutzman Festival of Miles in Tuesday’s paper. Here’s the link in case you missed it. For a slideshow of the evening, click here.

Congratulations to Vianney and Mizzou grad Neville Miller, both on…