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Providence marathon scheduled for May

1:37 PM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Long-distance runners can start training now. There’s a new marathon coming to Providence in May. Officials from Johnson and Wales University and Cox Communications say the Cox Providence Marathon will happen May 4, the same weekend......

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CVS apologizes for detour at 5K

10:11 AM Mon, Sep 17, 2007 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Many runners in the second wave of yesterday's CVS Downtown/5K ended up running nearly a half-mile extra after runners at the front of the wave made a wrong turn and many others followed. Race officials said the start of the......

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