LEWISTON — The first doctor told Mike Brooks to quit running before it killed him, in 2013. He’s heard an earful since, heeded little and kept running even after open heart surgery, a stroke, a knee that needs to be replaced, terrible back pain and a big toe that doesn’t move anymore. Instead, it’s been […]
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Gold-medal triathlete Gwen Jorgensen running Beach to Beacon as part of shift to marathons
Gwen Jorgensen, center, runs during the women’s 10,000-meter run at the U.S. Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. (AP file photo) The Beach to Beacon 10K race brings elite runners to Cape Elizabeth every year, and 2018 is no different with Olympian Molly Huddle and former winner Ben True running Saturday. This year’s race […]
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Local runners gear up for Boston Marathon
Todd Michaud, left, who ran the Boston Marathon last year and plans to run it again this year again, trains with a group of friends in Sabattus Wednesday night. Running down Main Street from left to right are, Michaud, Steve Dubois, Shawn Vincent, and Wil Mendoza. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) SABATTUS — The Sabattus Recreation Running […]
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Scruffy little dog named Gobi scores book, movie deals
NEW YORK — As dog stories go, this one about a scruffy little stray named Gobi has legs for miles. The sand-colored pooch with big, soulful eyes has a book out and movie deal after she happened on ultra-runner Dion Leonard last year during a 155-mile race across desert dunes, over mountains and through yurt […]
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Maine Coast Marathon mistake had some runners going 26.7 miles
BIDDEFORD — Organizers of a Maine marathon are apologizing for a course error that caused many runners to go an extra half-mile, costing some a chance to run in next year’s Boston Marathon. Officials with the Maine Coast Marathon say some runners in Sunday’s race were mistakenly directed down a dead end before looping back, […]
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Selectmen discuss safety, cleanup issues for upcoming marathon
KINGFIELD — The annual Sugarloaf Marathon on May 21 is expected to bring thousands of visitors to town, selectmen learned at their meeting Monday night. Event organizers shared their plans to make the 35th year for the state’s oldest continuously run marathon as safe and well-organized as possible. Proceeds from sponsorships have raised $75,000 over the past […]
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Dirigo Wellness Center to host ‘Color Me Healthy’ 5K on Oct. 5
DIXFIELD — The Dirigo Wellness Center is hosting its inaugural “Color Me Healthy” 5K run or walk at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Unlike regular 5K run and walks, where people run along a set route until they finish, the “Color Me Healthy” 5K is influenced by the nationally renowned “Color Me Rad” 5K, where […]
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Boston Marathon: For local runners, crossing finish line well worth the training
For months, thousands of runners — including many from Maine — trained hard to run in one of the world’s marquee marathons in Boston, a race beset a year ago by unfathomable tragedy. Monday, with the finish line in sight, with the runners seeing the yellow-and-blue banners in the distance on a street stuffed with […]
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The Hot Corner: They run, and we all win
The bad guys lost. That’s what today — the past year, really — is about in Boston. In New England. In America. On the continuum of responding to tragedy, specifically the finish-line bombings at the 2013 marathon, I stand tiptoeing the edge closest to David Ortiz’s defiance and lean away from the rest of the […]
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118th Boston Marathon: Local runners see triumph emerging from tragedy
LEWISTON — Paula Rousseau’s first Boston Marathon was everything she had dreamed and more. Then, 20 minutes after crossing the finish line, the Lewiston woman heard the first explosion. Sitting in an alley about a block away with her running partner Barbie Clement, Rousseau initially thought maybe it was a part of the historic race’s […]