2 Mile Run

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When Boynton Beach resident Roderick Smith was growing up, he didn't have a track and field club to help him train. So after running in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and the two-mile run for Lake Worth High School and becoming a cross-country All-...

As a freshman, Donn Cabral wasn't the slowest runner on his soccer team. He was the second-slowest. So he went out for track to improve his speed. At first glance, then-Glastonbury track coach Peter Oviatt didn't think much of him. He wasn't very big....

Chapter 1: The pay zone Last summer, a new gasoline station opened in South Elgin, an old farming village on the Fox River that's now being swallowed by the westward sprawl of Chicago. As service stations go, it's an alpha establishment. A $3 million...

September 10 Evening of Stars. Amateur salsa dancers compete for prizes at 4 p.m., winner makes a return appearance at 7:30 p.m. with champion professional salsa dancers, part of the River to River Festival, rivertoriver nyc.com, Battery Park, Main...

People's heartfelt thank you's... I would love to give a renowned Thank You to my twin sister Ellen Raab. I had just had a heart attack and a slight stroke before Hurricane Wilma and my sister took care of me and our little dogs during the Hurricane....

The first little move was a test. Evans Rutto's surge about 19 miles into the 26th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on Sunday morning was brief. He glanced over his shoulder, as if to ask the rest of the contenders, "Who's game?" A mile later, when the 35-...

Shadrack Kosgei smiled the first time he saw snow. Barely awake, he lifted his head from his pillow and watched as flakes fell near a light just outside his bedroom window in West Chester, Pa. ``Like little white flowers falling to the ground,''...

When Amy Rudolph arrived in Manchester in November 1995, she was a relative unknown in road racing. Rudolph's college credentials were impeccable. She was the NCAA indoor mile champ and she won the 1,500 meter outdoor national title at Providence...

Twelve days ago, Ian Connor outkicked Kenyans Eric Chirchir and Patrick Nthiwa to win the Richmond Marathon 8K. He could barely walk for three days afterward. At Thursday's 68th Manchester Road Race, he was still in recovery mode. And there were the...

A week and a half ago, Emilie Mondor couldn't run one step. That she could run 2 miles, competitively, in Thursday's Manchester Road Race was an accomplishment. Mondor set the course record last year in 23 minutes, 59 seconds and became the first woman...