http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:20:10 -0600 http://media.mgnetwork.com/ric/images/RuninRich/100x125rirLogo.gif http://www.runinrich.com 100 125 http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/runnerbills-holiday-night-light-runs/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:43:26 -0600 December 9 and 11.  Free and festive.  Refreshments and prizes.  Click for more info. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/derese-deniboba-crosses-the-half-marathon-finish/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:44:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com McDonald’s Half Marathon winner Derese Deniboba eking out a 1 second victory over Elijah Kitur. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/jynocel-basweti-crosses-the-finish/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:40:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com With his win at the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, Jynocel Basweti claims the marathon hat trick, three marathon wins in three months. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/hat-trick-for-basweti-at-suntrust-richmond-marathon/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:38:00 -0600 PRICE WINS WOMEN’S IN RICHMOND RETURN.  Jynocel Basweti won the SunTrust Richmond Marathon in 2 hours 22 minutes and claimed the marathoner’s hat trick, three marathon victories in three months.  “This is my first year training like this,” said Basweti, who beat last year’s SunTrust Richmond Marathon winner Mohamed Awol (2:24:51) by two and a half minutes.  Basweti, who won the Quad Cities Marathon in September and the Denver Marathon in October and trains in Albuquerque, had won the Quad Cities Marathon in 2006. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/slideshow-marathon-half-marathon-8k/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:08:00 -0600 See shots of the runners and the sidelines from all three races yesterday. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/women-training-light-works-for-price/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:47:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Long runs were not part of the regimen for women’s winner.  Practice, it is often said, makes perfect. Except where Kristin Price is concerned.  Price won the women’s portion of yesterday’s SunTrust Richmond Marathon despite a training regimen that was as spontaneous as it was unique.  “I didn’t do any long runs” while preparing, said Price, a 26-year-old resident of Raleigh, N.C. Coming to Richmond at all, she said, “was kind of a spur of the moment thing. I like it that way, to tell you the truth. If I plan too far in advance and work too hard to get ready - who knows? I might get hurt.“ http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/men-basweti-pulls-away-wins-suntrust-richmond-marathon/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:36:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Leaving no doubt.  Misgivings accompanied Jynocel Basweti to the starting line of the 31st SunTrust Richmond Marathon. All had been banished by the time Basweti reached the finish line in Shockoe Slip.  Basweti outran his doubts to win yesterday’s 26.2-mile race in impressive fashion. He finished in 2:22:22—2½ minutes faster than second-place finisher Mohamed Awol, last year’s champion; and 5½ minutes faster than third-place finisher David Cheromei, last year’s runner-up. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/race-winners-overcome-gloom-gusts/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:27:00 -0600 Neither rain nor wind nor gloom of early morning delayed Robert Letting or Jane Murage from the swift completion of the nTelos 8K road race.  Letting, a 24-year-old Kenyan, won yesterday’s men’s competition in 22:42. He finished 17 seconds, roughly a full city block, in front of his closest pursuer. Letting, who trains in Albuquerque, N.M., said he found the damp and unseasonably balmy conditions more than a bit unpleasant.  “I thought it was warm and I thought it was humid,“ Letting said. “I was worried about the humidity, especially. I drank a lot of water” as the race unfolded. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/winning-two-different-ways/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:14:00 -0600 Never mind the overcast skies and slick streets. Ethiopian runners Derese Deniboba and Alemtsehay Misganaw found Richmond to be as enjoyable yesterday as Hartford, Conn., had been for them last month.  The first McDonald’s Half Marathon produced a dramatic climax. About 8:35 a.m., spectators gathered near the finish line at 9th and Cary streets, looked west and saw, racing together down Cary, three runners - Deniboba, Elijah Kitur and Tasfaye Girma.  Watching the trio approach was Abiyot Endale, who had faith in his best friend’s closing kick. Sure enough, with about 100 meters to go, Deniboba shed Kitur and Girma and sprinted to the tape to win in 1 hour, 6 minutes and 50 seconds. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/more-non-running-race-participant-stories/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:02:00 -0600 What better reason to party than watching thousands of runners pad by your house.  Judi and Steve Boggess erected a dining fly at the foot of their driveway on Scottview Drive. From it, they dispensed pastry, quiche, coffee and Bloody Marys to about seven of their neighbors.  It’s the fourth race in as many years that the couple has used as an excuse to entertain. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/races-not-just-for-runners/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:54:00 -0600 Police, fans, volunteers make events a fine social gathering.  The smile that Linwood “Bliley” Gray wore as he crossed the Ntelos 8K finish line in his wheelchair, arms raised in triumph, cheered everyone who saw it yesterday.  Gray, 53, who lives at a Ruxton Health facility in South Richmond, would not have made it around the course without the help of Jessica Rony, Lauren Clements and Lisa Lake, who took turns pushing his wheelchair. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/runners-challenge-themselves/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:42:00 -0600 Bobby Lamy crossed the finish line, shirtless, and a wide smile creased his face. He stopped, raised his arms over his head, turned to the crowd as if to say, “Look what I just did.“  The spectators began to applaud, and Lamy soaked in the moment.  He really had done it.  The 55-year-old faculty member in finance at Wake Forest University had come to the SunTrust Richmond Marathon to attempt to qualify for the Boston Marathon. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/kenyan-beats-last-years-winner-in-richmond-marathon/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:24:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com There would be no photo finish at the SunTrust Richmond Marathon this year. Jynocel Basweti made certain of that. Basweti, a 21-year-old Kenyan, won this morning’s 31st rendition of the local race with a commanding performance on a windy and unseasonably humid day. His time of 2:22:22 was 2½ minutes faster than that of second-place finisher Mohamed Awol of Ethiopia, last year’s champion; and 5½ minutes faster than that of third-place finisher David Cheromei, last year’s runnerup. Awol defeated Cheromei by one-tenth of a second in last year’s sprint to the finish. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/kenyan-former-ur-assistant-coach-triumph-in-marathon/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:29:00 -0600 Jyocel Basweti, a 22-year-old from Kenya, won the 31st SunTrust Richmond Marathon men’s race this morning with a time of 2:22:22.  Kristin Price, a 26-year-old from Raleigh, N.C., who once served as an assistant track coach at the University of Richmond, won the women’s marathon in 2:45:03.  Basweti defeated runnerup Mohamed Awol, the 2007 SunTrust champion, by nearly two and a half minutes on a warm and increasingly windy day. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/ethiopian-runners-capture-mcdonalds-half-marathon-titles/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:02:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Ethiopians were the victors in this morning’s McDonald’s Half Marathon in Richmond.  Derese Deniboba, 26, won the men’s race with a time of 1:06:50.  Alemtsehay Misganaw, 28, was first in the women’s race with a time of 1:18:34. One other race has been completed today—the nTELOS 8K. The SunTrust Marathon is still under way. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/letting-murage-capture-ntelos-8k/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:34:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Robert Letting, a 24-year-old who trains in Albuquerque, N.M., won today’s nTELOS 8K road race in Richmond with a time of 22:42.  Jane Murage, a 21-year-old who trains in Boyersford, Pa., won the women’s race in 25:48. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/for-area-children-everyones-a-winner-in-this-race/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:19:01 -0600 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH KIDS RUN. Amid a light mist, the Churchill Gang - A.J., Hailey and Logan - encouraged one another as they circled SportsBackers Stadium last night during a mile run, a prelude to today’s 31st annual SunTrust Marathon.  http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/expect-a-tight-finish/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:50:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Like 2007, marathon favorites could take race right to the tape.  Has David Cheromei gained a step?  Has Mohamed Awol lost one? Those questions will be answered, quite possibly in dramatic fashion, shortly after 10:15 this morning at the finish line of the 31st SunTrust Richmond Marathon.  Awol and Cheromei, who a year ago delivered the closest finish in the race’s history, are the co-favorites in this year’s 26.2-mile competition. Awol, a 30-year-old Ethiopian, won last year by a wafer-thin margin after surviving a 200-yard sprint to the finish. He and Cheromei finished with identical times (2:20:20). So inseparable were the two as they approached the line that Cheromei may have cost himself a victory by leaping to reach the tape while still a stride and a half away. http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/last-but-runner-strives-to-improve/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:48:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Who says winning is the only thing? Certainly not Barry Roberts, the competitor who finished last in the 2007 SunTrust Richmond Marathon.  Roberts, a 55-year-old from Norfolk, said last year’s race, his first 26.2-mile endeavor, was special for the most basic of reasons: pride.  “People said, ‘Why in the world are you doing this?‘“ Roberts said. “I said, ‘Because I want to. Because it’s there.‘ They said, ‘But you can’t win.‘ I said, ‘So what? I don’t expect to win. I didn’t enter to win.‘“ http://www.runinrich.com/index.php/general/article/a-sons-cross-country-courtesy/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:09:00 -0600 http://www.runinrich.com Californian returns home each November to run race to please his mother.  Bullock, a former Richmonder, travels roughly 6,000 miles each November to bring a smile to his 73-year-old mother’s face. Some of those miles are easier than others. The journey always includes participation in the 26.2-mile SunTrust Richmond Marathon.