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Providence Journal sports writer Carolyn Thornton blogs the Rhode Island running scene.

May 3, 2009 - May 9, 2009 Archives


Was that you at the Cox Providence Rhode Races?

11:21 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

In case you missed it, Journal photographer Glenn Osmundson captured Sunday's Cox Providence Rhode Races on video. Click here to see if he caught you coming across the finish line - or doing a little boogie.......

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Your turn: What did you think of the Cox Providence Rhode Races?

5:11 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

If you took the starting line for either the marathon, half-marathon or 5K at Sunday's second annual Cox Providence Rhode Races, how would you rate the experience? What did you think of the new course? How was the support along......

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Results of second annual Cox Providence Rhode Races

10:52 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Click here for a complete list of results from the second annual Cox Providence Rhode Races, which included the Cox Sports Marathon, the Willow Tree Half Marathon and a 5K.......

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In their own words: "Biggest Loser" brothers Mark and Jay Kruger in town for Cox Providence Rhode Races

Mark and Jay Kruger 1.jpg 8:47 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Brothers Mark and Jay Kruger, participants on Season 5 of Biggest Loser: Couples on NBC, were in town today for the Cox Providence Rhode Races. Both completed the Willow Tree Half Marathon, with Mark, 36, of Dartmouth, Mass., crossing the......

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Zuleger celebrates #71 with #32

8:04 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Fred Zuleger celebrated his 71st birthday today by completing his 32nd marathon. The Coventry resident, who finished the Cox Sports Marathon at the Cox Providence Rhode Races in 2:08:50, has competed in more than 1,940 long distance races, including the......

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Best is truly "the best" at Cox Sports Marathon

7:53 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

A high school biology teacher by day and a runner, well, any time he's not in the classroom, Drew Best claimed his first marathon victory in five attempts at the 26.2-mile distance, winning the Cox Sports Marathon at today's Cox......

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Magill, Davis prevail in Cox Providence Rhode Races 5K

Chris Magill.JPG 7:50 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Despite racing for the first time in about six months, Chris Magill successfully defended his 5K crown at the Cox Providence Rhode Races, clocking a winning time of 16:37. "I'm just trying to get back into it again," said the......

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Driscoll top woman at Cox Sports Marathon

7:39 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The head coach of Coventry's girls cross country team and the assistant coach of the Oakers girls outdoor track team, Michaela Driscoll showed yesterday that she doesn't just talk the talk. She can also walk the walk - or rather,......

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At 42, Hillery's still got what it takes, wins Willow Tree Half Marathon

Trish Hillery.JPG 7:20 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

She was the first of Ray Treacy's Irish recruits at Providence College in the mid-1980s. Now, she is 42, the mother of three teenagers and a fourth-grade teacher at Pleasant View Elementary School in Providence. And yesterday, about two decades......

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Lonergan wins Willow Tree Half Marathon debut

6:58 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Finishing first in his first attempt at a half-marathon? Eric Lonergan certainly couldn't have asked for anything better. But the former North Kingstown All-Stater and Rhode Island College standout says he thought there was some sort of mistake when he......

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