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Fleet Feet Sports invites the public to a free presentation at its store by Frank Shorter on Wednesday, October 24th at 7:00 pm. Shorter's talk will discuss the upcoming men's Olympic Marathon Trials being held on Saturday, November 3rd in New York's Central Park, the day before the New York City Marathon.

The 2007 world-class Denver Marathon will ring in its second year with unprecedented sports momentum and almost double the number of race registrants as last year for the annual race that will occur in the Mile High City on Sunday, October 14, 2007. Approximately 10,000 participants are planning to participate over race weekend, which includes a marathon, a half-marathon, ING marathon relay and the McDonald(1)s Mile Kids Race. The McDonald(1)s Mile Kids Race, which has doubled in size since last year, will now be held on Saturday, October 13. The race day will draw runners from around the world and more than 1,200 volunteers will join together again to help make the event a success over the course of race weekend.

Second alternate in 2000. First alternate in 2004. Olympian in 2008. The third time was the charm for American triathlete Laura Bennett of Boulder, CO (left, photo by Frank Wechsel/triathlon.org), who claimed the first spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team with a third-place finish at the ITU BG Beijing World Cup in Beijing, China on Saturday.

Laura Bennett (left, photo by Frank Wechsel/triathlon.org) had been so accustomed to medaling at the world triathlon championships that her eighth place finish last year in Lausanne, Switzerland was an unusual - and disappointing - experience.

Nearly 600 runners and walkers traveled 3.1 miles down Upper Bear Creek Road to the Evergreen Lake House in the Evergreen Town Race 5K.

The Canadian Trail and Mountain Running Association (CTMRA) in association with the Canmore Challenge Trail hosted the fourth North American Central American Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Running Championship in Canmore, Alberta, on Saturday, July 28, 2007. Teams from the United States, Canada, and Mexico competed over the 12 kilometer route with the U.S. teams winning the championships in both the male and female divisions.

Three-time U.S. 1,500m champion Alan Webb (file photo) on Saturday broke the American record in the mile, clocking 3:46.91 at the Atletiek Vlaanderenmeet in Brasschaa, Belgium. The mark breaks the record of 3:47.69 set by National Track & Field Hall of Famer Steve Scott in 1982 and makes Webb the eighth-fastest man in history, behind Hicham El Guerrouj, Noah Ngeny, Noureddine Morceli, Steve Cram, Daniel Komen, Venuste Niyongabo and Said Aouita.

Fernando Cabada cruised to an impressive win in his Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon debut, setting a course record of 1 hour, 4 minutes, 57 seconds, and defeating two-time defending champion and former course record holder Celedonia "Cele" Rodriquez of Alamosa, CO. Patty Rogers of Lakewood, CO earned the women's crown in 1:22:38. Each winner was awarded with a double magnum of Merlot from Sebastiani Vineyards, a Ball Watch and $500 in cash.