Amy Palmiero-Winters Makes History at Badwater Ultramarathon
Palmiero-Winters became the first female amputee to complete the 135-mile Death Valley to Mount Whitney race from the lowest point in the continental U.S. to the
highest. She finished the task in 41 hours, 26 minutes and 42 seconds. The temperature in her prosthesis reached 160 degrees. Amy Palmiero-Winters lives on Long Island with her two children. She has been the overall winner of a 24-hour run and competed for the U.S. in a World 24-Hour Run Championship. She has received the Sullivan Award as the nations top amateur athlete. (photo of Amy Palmiero-Winters courtesy of Clay McBride) More
Have Jamaican Athletes Used Penn Relays to Cover Illegal Immigration?
The enthusiatic Jamaican presence, including numerous high school relays and their families and friends, has become one of the appealing mainstays of Philadelphias Penn Relays. But now a cable from the U.S. Embassy in Kingston to the State Department has been released that suggests some visa applicants have disguised themselves as student athletes to immigrate illegally. We havent found a lot of fraud with Penn Relays, per se, David Stone, consul general in Kingston, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. But Stone added there are always desperate people who want to piggyback on the Relays to get to the United States. Thats an issue, and our officers (who interview visa applicants) are fully aware of it. The cable suggested a new screening process designed to combat the high fraud associated with this event, but still allow the bona fide student athletes to travel. More
Khadevis Robinson and Alice Schmidt Triumph in Padova
Italys been very, very good to Robinson this season; he stunned with a previous victory at Romes Golden Gala. At the Meeting Citta di Padova, he was first again in an 800 with 
a 1:46.74. Alice Schmidt, wholl represent the U.S. at the World Championships in the 800, moved up to the 1500 in Padova and won in a personal best 4:08.09. Meanwhile, Cubas Olympic 110-meter hurdles gold medalist Dayron Robles has now won 12 straight races after taking first in Padova in 13.26 into a headwind. His next major test comes against David Oliver of the U.S. in Stockholm on July 29. American Molly Beckwith took third in the womens 800 in 2:00.07 as Cuban Yusneysi Santiusti prevailed in a personal best 1:58.92. ( photo of Alice Schmidt by Photo Run) More
Falmouth Road Race Has New Updated Website
The site, , is a comprehensive home for race information, athlete biographies, Falmouth weather, Twitter feed and much more. The website is easier to navigate, with mouse-over menus and a left sidebar which clearly shows user location. Currently, it has in-depth coverage of the Falmouth Mile including scholastic high school miler biographies. The mile competitions will be on Saturday, August 13, at the Falmouth High School James Kalperis Track. There is also a roadrace course map with elevation and an online media credential request form. The new clock on the home page is counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the Sunday, August 14, 10 a.m. start of the 39th New Balance Falmouth Road Race.
Caroline Kirui Shatters Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon Record
The 20-year-old from Kenya, who trains in Auburn, California, took more than two minutes off the womens record at the Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon, winning in 1:15:45. Julia Stamps Mallon, the 2009 Napa-to-Sonoma champion, was the second woman in 1:18:27. I felt strong and knew I had a good pace but never really had Caroline in my sights after a few miles into the race, commented Mallon. She disappeared once we started winding through the vineyards on the flat section so I just focused on running a strong race. Tesfaye Sendeku of Ethiopia repeated as mens titleist with a 1:04:37, with Christian Hesch next in 1:04:53 and Sergio Reyes, the 2010 USA Marathon champion, third in 1:04:55. Sendeku and Kirui each won a six-liter bottle of sparkling wine from Gloria Ferrer, a Ball Watch and $750 in prize money, with Kirui receiving a bonus of $500 for breaking the course record. More
Kayla Beattie Leads U.S. Squad at Pan American Juniors
Beattie, from Woodstock, Illinois, will do the 3000- and 5000-meter runs at the 2011 Pan 
American Junior Athletics Championships July 22 to 24 in Miramar, Florida. Other female athletes on the team, who are 16 to 19 years of age at the end of 2011, include Brook Handler and Cory McGee in the 1500, Grace Heymsfield and Alexandra Leptich in the 3000-meter steeplechase, and Allison Woodward in the flat 3000. The boys on the U.S. squad include Alex Monroe and Parker Stinson in the 10,000, Ammar Moussa and Jacob Hurysz in the 5000, Isaac Presson and Omar Kaddurah in the 1500, and Max Darrah and Eddie Owens in the steeplechase. (photo of Kayla Beattie by Photo Run)
I Promise Not to Disappoint Kenyans in Daegu, Says Peter Kirui
Kirui was the winner of the 10,000-meter run at the Kenyan National Championships, the trials for the World Championships in Daegu. His 27:32.1 in Nairobi topped Wilson Kiprop, who had led with a lap to go, by eight-tenths of a second. I knew the race was going to be tough with all the big names around and my coach advised me to run specifically behind Wilson Kiprop and Geoffrey Mutai (the Boston Marathon champ, who would finish fourth), then break off in the last 300m and it is exactly what I did and won the race, explained Kirui, whose most significant previous victories were a pair of far-flung half marathons. More.
Eugene Womens Half Marathon Course Will Be Previewed
The Enterprise Eugene Call Center and Eugene Womens Half Marathon will provide runners and walkers with a chance to see parts of the 13.1-mile course prior to the September 4 race. The Preview Run of eight miles of the course will take place on August 14 at 8:00am at the Enterprise Call Center (8th and Charnelton) and is free to all participants. This event was such a huge success last year, with close to 100 people coming out, that we had to do another Preview Run says Nicole Teter, the Eugene Womens Half Event Director (and still the American 800-meter indoor recordholder). More
IAAF Is Considering Adding World Relays Championships
Neville Teddy McCook, President of the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Track Field Association, says IAAF President Lamime Diack wants NACAC to organize these Championships. If this notion comes to fruition, the event would likely be staged in the United States or Jamaica and would include the 4100, 4200, 4400, and 4800 relays. More
Chicago Marathon Announces New Media Contact
The Bank Of America Chicago Marathon has a new primary media contact and its Robin Monsky, a name many readers will be familiar with. Monsky served as the Chicago Marathons media relations director from 1997 to 2000 when the race saw its largest ever period of expansion, growing from 11,000 runners to over 33,000 and posting double-digit percentage increases each fall. Monsky has also worked at six Super Bowls, four World Series, one Davis Cup Final, several regional NCAA basketball tournaments and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games (where she was Press Chief at Centennial Olympic Park). Since 2000, Monsky has occasionally popped back into the running community through her ongoing work with the Laureus World Sports Academy. There are undoubtedly a lot of media whose phone numbers and emails have changed over the last ten-plus years while she was off pursuing other interests, so Monsky is looking forward to hearing from them (or at least most of them!) at the Chicago Event Management office.
Shadrack Kosgei Repeats As Crazy 8s Champ in Tennessee
Kosgei covered the course at the Indian Path Medical Center/SunTrust Bank Crazy 8s 8K in Kingsport, Tennessee in 22:21.3, Race Results Weekly tells us. Simon Ndirangu was second in 22:24.1 as Kenyans swept the top six places in the mens race and 13 of the top 15. The other two went to Moroccans. The top American was Jesse Cherry of North Carolina in 16th in 24:59.1. There was no elite womens field at Crazy 8s this year.
Team USA Minnesotans Will Do Life Time Fitness Torchlight 5K
Ten members of the team will join a field of more than 5,000 participants at the Life Time Fitness Torchlight 5k in downtown Minneapolis on July 20. The event will begin at
7:30 and be followed by a post-race party. The runners participating are Katie McGregor, Emily Brown, Meghan Peyton, Megan Hogan, Jamie Cheever, Jason Lehmkuhle, Matt Gabrielson, Andrew Carlson, Josh Moen and Antonio Vega. The fun run starts on Hennepin Avenue and 13th Street and finishes at St. Anthony Main on Nicollet Island along the Minneapolis riverfront. The running event is held just prior to the Torchlight Parade, which is part of the City of Minneapolis’ 72nd annual Aquatennial Festival. (photo of Katie McGregor by Photo Run) More
Are Midwest Races a Little Less Popular This Summer?
Thats the suggestion of Jeff Graves, whose company Vision Events Management oversees a number of races in the region including the August 20 Madison Mini-Marathon, actually a half marathon and a 5k. Last years half in Madison filled well in advance and the cap was raised by 800 to 5,500 spots. But Graves states I dont know if well get there or not. Were seeing a trend in Midwest events that numbers are tracking even or behind. He adds we were just on fire for a long time and just blowing numbers away. We did more marketing this year than weve done the first two years put together. we cant put our finger on it. He notes that reduced fees for early entries arent always an enticement. People are holding onto their money longer, waiting to see if in theyll be in town or in shape, comments Graves. More
How Many Roadraces Are There Just for Masters?
Other than national age group championships we knew about, I never really thought about this one. But Connecticut has two certified 10ks for the over 40 runner, including last Sundays Montville Masters 10K along wooded roads that get quite hilly at times. The victors were teacher and coach Kevin Grant, 45, in 37:48 and Catherine Sikorski, 43, in 47:14. Eighty-two-year-old Geoff Eltherington completed the 10k in 54:11. More
Heres Todays Running Song of the Day
The second of four versions well be posting of a classic running song is rendered as a ballad by a young woman from Estonia who has become an international sensation. Yeah, this was news to us, too. More
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