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06.09.2008 10:41 am

The best of the rest on a busy weekend

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.08.2008 8:54 pm

Haskins uses world championships as more than a tune-up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nice job, Sarah Haskins, on the silver medal at the ITU World Championships in Vancouver. She’s picked a good time to put her best foot forward on the international scene.

A graduate of Parkway South, Haskins crossed the line in…

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06.07.2008 7:54 pm

Familiar names fill top 10 at KC’s Hospital Hill Half

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Area runners — and runners who have fared well in races here — dominated the field of 1,800 at Kansas City’s Hospital Hill Half-marathon.

At the top was Mathew Chesang, who has won the last two Go! half-marathons. Chesang’s time…

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06.07.2008 9:59 am

Fleet Feet expands to deep South (County)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fleet Feet St. Louis has become even more true to its name with the opening of a third store, this one in Fenton. The location complements the first two stores, in Chesterfield and St. Peters.

What a burgeoning market for…

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06.06.2008 8:23 pm

Track tries to clean house before company comes this summer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s an Olympic year. Just as the common folk care about the presidential race once every four years, the casual fan pays a little attention to track and field. The powers-that-be in the sport seem to be putting their best…

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06.06.2008 8:08 pm

Ethiopian sets women’s 5,000-meter world record

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.05.2008 10:55 am

Some of area’s top runners head cross-state for Hospital Hill Half

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Members of the Go! St. Louis staff and Big River Running will head west to participate Saturday in the half-marathon of Kansas City’s Hospital Hill Run. In its 35th year, the event is one of the oldest and most prestigious…

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06.03.2008 12:08 pm

Area triathletes hit the water, bike and pavement across the country

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The more triathlons you schedule, the more St. Louisan triathletes you discover.

Olympic hopeful Sarah Haskins will compete Sunday at the ITU World Cup championships in Vancouver. The most prominent names in the sports will compete in the pro division of…

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05.30.2008 9:58 am

Complete results confirm Lyons’ victory in Memorial Day Run

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Now, you can officially pat Brian Lyons on the back for his victory in the University City Memorial Day 10K. Complete results are posted, showing Lyons finished in 31 minutes, 19 seconds, 41 seconds ahead of Zac Freudenburg. Mairi Burfoot…

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05.28.2008 3:52 pm

Lyons roars back at U. City lions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The official results haven’t been posted, but from the photos, Brian Lyons seems to have crossed the line first in the University City Memorial Day 10K run on Monday.

Lyons also won the St. Pat’s 5-mile run and served as…