For the first time in its history, the Escalon Park Fete will give each finisher a medal. These custom-designed medals play up the city’s rich history surrounding the railroad. The race, which features a 2-mile [Read More]
Fourth of July races continue to grow, making the holiday the second most popular day for runs only to Thanksgiving Day. For the second straight year, finisher numbers for Fourth of July races increased to [Read More]
Following a national trend among longer-distance road races, half-marathon participation continued to decline in 2016. According to a recently released report from Wichita, Kan.-based Running USA, the number of half-marathon finishers in 2016 was about [Read More]
The clock is ticking to the start of the Western States 100 Endurance Run, June 24-25, and it looks like recent hot temperatures have taken care of much of the snowpack. As a result, race organizers say [Read More]
U.S. marathon participation in 2016 followed the national trend for other race distances with a slight, but continued, decline in numbers, according to the latest report from USA Running. A total of 507,600 runners finished [Read More]
Citing lack of manpower, the people behind the Merco Credit Union Half Marathon and 5K in Merced have decided not to hold the events in 2017. There is no word whether they will return in [Read More]
Shortly before the U.S. independence day, Modesto’s own Jon Olsen will be representing the United States as part of a team competing in the 2017 IAU 24-Hour World Championships. The goal is to see how [Read More]
If you’re a regular visitor to CVRunning.com, you may notice some new things with the website. We’ve transitioned into something called responsive Web design. This allows the page to be viewed as easily on a [Read More]
Santa Rosa MarathonFor the third time in the past four years, the Aug. 28 Santa Rosa Marathon has been steeped in controversy. This year, the 3:03 race pacer steered one of the lead packs off [Read More]
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