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• Paul Turner wonders why the lowly foot gets taken for granted

  May 5, 2013 in Features on Page D1 You’ve heard, of course, that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The credit for that fateful stride usually goes to courage or determination. Fine. But …

• Spokane runners support cancer survivors

  April 22, 2013 in City on Page A1 The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure filled downtown Spokane with a crowd dressed in pink for the seventh running of the race under cool Sunday morning temperatures. Spokane … 3

• N.Y. run shows solidarity with Boston

  April 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 NEW YORK – Thousands of New Yorkers donned “I Run for Boston” bibs during a 4-mile run Sunday in Central Park, one of a number of races held around the …

• London Marathoners pay tribute to Boston

  April 21, 2013 in Sports LONDON – Few sounds are more deafening than that of 34,000 marathon runners turning completely silent, standing totally still, defiant in the face of terror. The deep silence, 30 seconds … 1

• Flanagan best US hope in Boston Marathon in years

  April 14, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 BOSTON – Shalane Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead watching her father run the Boston Marathon. Her mother was a marathoner, too, setting the women’s world record in 1971. But …

• Keflezighi keeps marathon cancellation in perspective

  November 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 NEW YORK – Meb Keflezighi need only think of the Staten Island mother whose two children were swept away by flood waters to keep perspective on the cancellation of the …

• Alternative energy

  July 10, 2012 in Health on Page C1 “Ultrarunners take off at sunrise and continue through sunset, moonrise, and another sunrise, sunset, and moonrise. Sometimes we stumble from exhaustion and double over with pain, while other times we …

• Former WSU rower named to national team

  July 8, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 Former Washington State University rower Liz England has been named to the 2012 U.S. Under-23 National Team and will compete with the women’s four crew at the World Rowing Under-23 …

• Marathon madness is an addiction

  June 16, 2012 in Health, Washington Voices on Page V1 I used to think marathon runners were incredible athletes, obsessive addicts, slightly insane or all of the above. I also thought they were young, skinny and gifted – something I …

• Gear Junkie tries out Altra Running’s Lone Peak trail shoe

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 After finishing the 12K Bloomsday road race today in Spokane, perhaps 40,000 or more runners will be looking for a bit of solitude and fresh air – both of which …

• Doug Clark: 72-year-old runner keeps on winning

  March 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 I first met Bill Misner 25 years ago when he was preparing for his first 50-mile footrace with a horse named Zeke. We spoke again in 1998 after he (Misner, …

• Yaktrax offer traction to active winter goers

  February 26, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 Steep and snowy, the race course jutted almost vertically in front of my face. It was my third day in Vail, Colo., where earlier this month I competed in a …

• Murder charge issued in girl’s running death

  February 23, 2012 in Nation/World MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama woman is under guard at a hospital after she gave birth following her arrest in the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter, who authorities say was … 10

• Learning to run away from fears

  February 11, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Sometimes the news hits home like a sucker punch. I felt that blow last month when I read about Sherry Arnold, the Montana mother and teacher who went for a …

• AFL to use six officials this year

  January 31, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 The Arena Football League will move to a six-man officiating crew during the 2012 season it announced Monday. The league will utilize one referee, an umpire, line judge, side judge …

• Course record shattered at NYC Marathon

  November 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 NEW YORK – Geoffrey Mutai likes his chances in any championship-style marathon. The Kenyan has turned in two eye-popping performances in seven months in races without pace-setters after he shattered …

• Team teaching fitness

  October 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 On the eve of their districtwide cross-country race, Seltice Elementary School students in Post Falls received race tips from two marathoners who work as personal trainers at a nearby athletic …

• Family endures ultra adventure in Sahara

  September 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 T he Sahara Desert was a high point for the Lowe family, led by a father with a weakness for challenging his endurance. In the past year, Ted Lowe of … 1

• Hazards of desert trek paled to Cairo taxi

  September 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C13 “Cairo was a dump,” Ted Lowe said, recalling the day he arrived in Egypt with his daughter and son to race an ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert. They bought all …

• Siblings who race for Shadle Park are each other’s biggest fan

  September 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Neither Nathan or Kendra Weitz is sure if the energy they expend cheering for each other has a negative effect on their own performance. They are convinced, however, that if …

• Runners Soul continues to grow as owner caters to clientele

  August 21, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Curt Kinghorn is Spokane’s running retailer. After buying The Human Race from Bloomsday founder Don Kardong in 1986, he opened Runners Soul downtown in 1999. While taking a break at … 6

• Bike gives Aylward a leg up as Ironman nears

  May 22, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Tom Aylward speeds off on his bike into the Rathdrum Prairie wind, accelerating quickly, determined not to let his training partners catch him. In the past month, the 62-year-old’s biking … 3

• In brief: Spokane Shock add two quarterbacks to roster

  May 19, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Arena football: The Shock added quarterbacks Steven Sheffield (in photo) and Casey Hansen to their roster Wednesday after the team had two quarterbacks injured in last week’s win over Dallas. …

• Sunday Locals: Gray, Vandersloot receive honors at Gonzaga

  May 8, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 A pair of basketball standouts and two soccer players picked up individual honors at the Gonzaga Senior Student-Athlete Awards Social that recognized 66 seniors. Basketball players Steven Gray and Courtney …

• Warden’s Bloomsday streak ends at 34 years

  May 5, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The 12-kilometer Bloomsday 2011 run is history and so is Ginny Warden’s 34-year streak as a finisher. “It had to end sometime, and 91 seemed like the right age to …

• Top elite runners returning for Bloomsday

  April 26, 2011 in Sports Bloomsday elite athlete coordinator Jon Neill admitted out of the chute that the 35th edition of the 12-kilometer run will have to go far to top the world-record breaking performance … 1

• Time to start your Bloomsday training

  March 15, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Some years I remember to register for Bloomsday well in advance and feel very prepared. Other years I might be in shape for it, but forget to register until the … 1

• Running wonderland

  January 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 A day without a run is a lost day for Garth Merrill. In 2010, the owner of Fleet Feet Sports in Coeur d’Alene missed fewer than 30 days of running. … 2

• Front Porch: Next time the mascara’s running alone

  September 30, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A strange affliction seems to have overcome many of my 40-ish friends. It began with vague murmurs about cholesterol and too-snug jeans. Soon, discussion became peppered with talk of morning …

• Despite death, Spokane to Sandpoint race will continue

  August 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 Organizers of a relay run from Spokane to Sandpoint say there was little they could have done to prevent an accident that killed a Greenacres woman over the weekend. The … 5

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