The Golden State

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400-pound marathoner celebrates nine hours, 48 minutes and 52 seconds of 'pure hell'
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Kelly Gneiting, a former national champion sumo wrestler, finishes the L.A. Marathon and may have set a Guinness record.
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RB's Grabill second at championships
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Sometimes, those last-minute decisions turn out to be good ones. Molly Grabill, running barely a day after her name was entered in the field, raced to a runner-up finish Saturday in the junior women race at the USA Cross Country Championships. Grabill, a senior at Rancho Bernardo High, placed second to Aisling Cuffe, the reigning Foot Locker national champion from upstate New York who finishes second to no one.
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Hasay now a role model for prodigies
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A few young runners emerged as distance running prodigies in 2010. As we prepare to flip the calendar, we urge them to pay heed to how Jordan Hasay carries herself. This year, the darling of U.S. track and Oregon sophomore showed why she is their perfect role model.
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Ryan Hall interview
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Ryan Hall sat down with long-time running journalist and columnist Steve Nearman in he days preceding the ING NYC Marathon. Major changes are happening in his training, coaching and the place he and his wife Sara call home.
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Hall's solo flight leading him nowhere
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In the wake of splitting with highly-successful coach Terrence Mahon, Ryan Hall has decided to become his own coach. While athletes like swimmer Jason Lezak have had success on their own, it is questionable whether Hall is cut from the same cloth.
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My Next Step
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Why I’m leaving the Mammoth Track Club I believe we are all dynamic individuals and thus change is an inevitable part of life. Recently, I prayerfully decided that it was time for me to make a change in my running career and withdrawal from the Mammoth Track Club. by Ryan Hall
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Ryan Hall Leaves Mammoth Track Club
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Ryan and Sara Hall have left their longtime training group, the Mammoth Track Club. They no longer appear on the group’s roster, and a source close to the Halls has confirmed their departure. That source says that the Halls, currently on vacation in Central America, will make a formal announcement later.
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Ryan Hall: 'I was too focused too early'
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After pulling out of the Chicago Marathon because of a lack of race fitness, Ryan Hall took some time to answer our questions about what went wrong in his training.
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Keflezighi Repeats at Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon
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On a perfect autumn morning in the Bay Area, reigning ING New York City Marathon champion and 2004 Olympic medalist Meb Keflezighi defended his title at the 2010 Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon, crossing the finish line in 1 hour, 1 minute, 45 seconds.
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Cross country: Raising expectations
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For the men and women of Stanford cross country, the 2009 season was a year to forget. After disappointing finishes of 10th and 16th at the NCAA Championships respectively, both components of the Cardinal’s historic program faced serious questions. But after a valuable learning process, Stanford is back, looking to reclaim its throne atop the collegiate distance running elite.
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Cragg and Kosgei Set Course Records at Lexus Santa Monica 5000
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In a morning of thrilling finishes overlooking the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Irish Olympian Alistair Cragg set a new course record of 13:54 and held off Kenyan Aron Rono (14:05) in the fifth annual Lexus Santa Monica 5000 presented by K-Swiss.
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A Fresh Look At Competition
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This week it was announced that the Olympic Marathon champion, Sammy Wanjiru, will run this year's edition of the Chicago Marathon. I, for one, am very happy that Sammy has chosen to come back and defend his title. His presence in the race will certainly push us all along to run faster than we otherwise could. I believe that running with others who have experienced their own breakthrough helps me to enter into a breakthrough of my own. by Ryan Hall
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It Begins... by Ryan Hall
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I can't believe its already August! Last week I finally returned home to Mammoth Lakes, which coincided nicely with my return to 'true' marathon training. I write 'true' because I have learned to embrace all the different elements of marathon training, including the month break after the race and the two months of 5k/10k training. However, I always get excited when it becomes time to put in those long, hard runs that characterize what preparing for a marathon takes. by Ryan Hall
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Hall, Koll take USA 7 Mile Championships
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As midsummer thunderstorms blew through the Quad Cities, 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon champion Ryan Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) stormed past early race leader Antonio Vega (Minneapolis, Minn.) at five miles to take the men's title at the USA 7 Mile Championships, running 32:55. In her professional road racing debut, Lisa Koll (Ames, Iowa) easily took the women's title in 37:52. The championships were hosted Saturday for the second consecutive year by the Quad-City Times Bix 7
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Ten things you didn't know about Maggie Vessey
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American middle distance runner Maggie Vessey burst onto the scene in 2009 with a victory in the 800m at the Prefontaine Classic and an historic run at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco. She reveals a handful of things you may not have known about her.
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Anna Pierce talks about food for your body and soul
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US middle-distance star Anna Pierce talks to spikesmag.com about her passion for cooking. 'I started cooking for myself at college and it is something that kind of evolved. I worked as a bartender and waitress and I became exposed to different types of food.'
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Bay to Breakers spoilsports need to step aside
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OK, we've got some immediate action on the drunken bad behavior at this year's Bay to Breakers. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is calling for a hearing. Which he did last year, of course, and amid much huffing and puffing about what might be done, this year's event was worse than ever. Mayor Gavin Newsom wasn't the only one who found the idea of another hearing amusing.
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Bay to Breakers provides world record, nudity
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For the second year in a row, the annual ING Bay to Breakers race saw a world-record run turned in by one of its Kenyan contestants. Breaking the women's world record for a 12-kilometer run in 38:07, Lineth Chepkurui ran an average mile of 5:07 and was the first female runner to cross the finish line. She beat her own freshly set world record by three seconds, accomplished in her May 2 performance at the Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Wash.
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Chris Solinsky get the American Record
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Chris Solinsky get the American Record and so much more as he breaks 27 minutes. Links to Let'sRun.com message board thread with prelim results.
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Ryan Hall Post 2010 Boston Marathon
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Ryan Hall talks about his race at the 2010 Boston Marathon. Check out his foundation here www.thestepsfoundation.org
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“The Golden State” has long been a popular designation for California and was made the official State Nickname in 1968. It is particularly appropriate since California's modern development can be traced back to the discovery of gold in 1848 and fields of golden poppies can be seen each spring throughout the state. The Golden State Museum is also the name of a new museum slated to open in late 1998 at the California State Archives in Sacramento. The museum's exhibits will bring to life the momentous events of California's history through a series of innovative, interpretive exhibits.
source: http://www.library.ca.gov/history/cahinsig.html