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6 Moms to Run 198 Miles for the Homeless

They're raising 19 kids among them, working full-time jobs and now planning to cover 198 miles by foot in roughly 24 hours. That's no problem for the Six Pack Mom Attack, a group of six female runners from the Chicago area who will tackle the Ragnar Relay in June. Jennifer Fisher The Six Pack Mom Attack team...

Sally Meyerhoff: 5 Facts About the Running Champion Killed Tuesday

Sally Meyerhoff, a 27-year-old marathon champion who was preparing for the 2012 Olympic trials, was killed Tuesday when a pickup truck hit her bike, the Arizona Republic reports. Meyerhoff was struck during a training ride in Maricopa, Ariz. around 1:30 p.m., apparently after failing to yield at an intersection. According...

Bikini Cheerleaders Made Us Lose, Claims Volleyballer

(Nov. 23) -- A beach volleyball player participating at the Asian Games has blamed his team's loss on bikini-wearing cheerleaders. Adeeb Mahfoudh, representing Yemen, said cheerleaders hired to entertain spectators during breaks in play had distracted him during his team's loss against Indonesia. "They had an effect on...

ExtenZe Explainer: All About LaShawn Merritt's Male Enhancement Pills

(Oct. 19) -- LaShawn Merritt has admitted to seeking a pharmaceutical performance boost -- but not on the racing track. Instead, the Olympic champion sprinter has been suspended from competition for doping himself with a "male enhancement" product called ExtenZe. Merritt, who reigns supreme as the top Olympian and world...

Monkey Guards, Condom Clogs: 7 Bizarre Moments From the Commonwealth Games

(Oct. 15) -- The 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi made more news for the bizarre mishaps that surrounded the event than any achievement in sport. But Indian officials are still holding onto their dream of one day hosting the Olympics. "I have a dream of bringing the Olympics, but when, I don't know," Suresh Kalmadi,...

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Run Past Your Goals and Find Yourself

U.S. Olympic runner Ryan Hall once said "I think some of the most celebrated moments in human achievement should be those times when everything is going against a person and they are down in the dumps but they simply choose to get up. That's real greatness!"

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05/27/12 Runners spend Memorial Day weekend racing in Coeur... Source: CBS - KREM 2 Competitors gathered in Coeur d'Alene on the unofficial start of summer to race in the city's annual runs.
05/27/12 Vt. woman makes marathon history Source: NBC - WPTV 5 - Hanover VT It was a sunny but cool start for the close to 16,000 feet running the streets of Burlington on Sunday.
05/27/12 Kenyan Laban Moiben Sets New Marathon Event Record Source: Marketwire OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/27/12 -- Twenty-eight-year old Kenyan Laban Moiben today broke the Ottawa Marathon event record in a time of 2:09:12, shaving 19 seconds off the previous time set in 2009.
05/27/12 Kenyan and American Place First in 10K Race Source: Marketwire OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/27/12 -- With a time of 27:41, 30-year-old Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai led a talented field of elite racers across the finish line of the 10K distance in this evening's Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend.
05/27/12 SVC athletes shine again at D-II regional track meet Source: Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe OH The Scioto Valley Conference continued its show of force during Saturday's Division II regional meet at Athens High School.