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Manchester Road Race: New winner for men, surprise wedding proposal, and three-peat for defending...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMANCHESTER – In the early morning hours, before the Manchester Road Race Thursday, Morgan Beadlescomb and Conner Mantz went for a warmup run. Beadlescomb told Mantz, the course record holder ...
Registration for Little Manchester Road Race begins Oct. 1
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 19—Registration for the Little Manchester Road Race will open on Oct. 1, the Manchester Road Race Committee announced Friday. "It's a lot of fun for the kids, and it marks the start of ...
Former winner Sam Chelanga, New Haven 20K winner Conner Mantz highlight men’s elite field at the...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSam Chelanga, Hilary Bor and Andy Butchart, all Manchester Road Race veterans, have committed to running this year’s Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, as part of the elite men ...
Manchester Road Race director Jim Balcome to retire after this year’s race
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1977 Jim Balcome was running his fastest time at the Manchester Road Race – until he was forced to stop about 600 yards from the finish line due to a bottleneck of people going through the ...
Back for an encore: 2021 Manchester Road Race women's champ Kelati prohibitive favorite
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 24—Weini Kelati entered her first Manchester Road Race last year as a relative unknown. Over the next 22:55, she turned herself into a superstar to the Manchester crowd by winning the women's ...
Manchester Road Race has come a long way from when honorary race chairman Dave Prindiville ran it in...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDave Prindiville described a road race he went to recently with his son, where the son asked the dad to sign him up. Prindiville had to use a QR code to do it; the son’s results were online ...
Road Race notebook: Longtime race director Balcome says goodbye
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 25—MANCHESTER — For the 43rd and final time, Jim Balcome's distinctive voice kicked off the Manchester Road Race with his signature phrase: "This is Thanksgiving in Manchester." Balcome ...
Weini Kelati crushed the course record at the Manchester Road Race last year and she’s back as part...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWeini Kelati, who smashed the women’s record at the Manchester Road Race last year, will return to run the iconic Thanksgiving Day race this year. Kelati, 25, of Flagstaff, Ariz., won the 4.748 ...
Road Race: Burfoot will make it 60 straight
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 5—Amby Burfoot will set a few more records at this year's Manchester Road Race. Burfoot, 76, a nine-time champion in Manchester and the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, will be competing ...
Manchester Road Race registration opens Sept. 1
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 16—Runners interested in participating in the 86th running of the Manchester Road Race will get their first chance to register for the race next month. Online registration for the race ...