McCormack To Run 50th Consecutive Manchester Road Race
Dennis McCormack first started running the Manchester Road Race when he was 14. He was a freshman on the cross country team at East Catholic High School. He wore black Converse sneakers. It was 1965....
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MANCHESTER – Neely Spence Gracey had never run in the Manchester Road Race until Thursday but her dad had told her all about it."He spoke so highly of the race, I felt like I'd already been here," she...
View ArticleNukuri-Johnson Wins Manchester Road Race In Fourth Try
MANCHESTER — Even though she had led the race from the third mile on, Diane Nukuri-Johnson wasn't quite sure that she would win the Manchester Road Race women's title until she turned onto Main Street...
View ArticleTrue Wins Manchester Road Race; Nukuri-Johnson Wins Women's Race
MANCHESTER — If they closed their eyes and blocked out the loudspeakers and the crowds lining the sidewalks cheering and the finish line banner looming ahead, Ben True and Sam Chelanga could have been...
View ArticleManchester Road Race Through The Years
Photos from the Courant archives of the Manchester Road Race, held each year on Thanksgiving morning.
View ArticleTradition Brought Runners To 78 t h Annual Manchester Road Race
MANCHESTER — Tradition is what motivated runners to come out to the 78th annual Manchester Road Race Thursday morning, despite the snow and freezing rain that fell across the state Wednesday night....
View ArticleWest Hartford Store Donates New Sneakers To Young Manchester Runners
MANCHESTER — Watching animated, chattering kids lace up their new running shoes Friday, Stephanie Blozy smiled and said, "It's like an early Christmas." The owner of Fleet Feet in West Hartford has...
View ArticleCan't Have Thanksgiving In Manchester Without The Road Race
When the starter's pistol goes off and 15,000 runners and walkers surge forward on Main Street, Jim Balcome has to say it. "This," Balcome intones to the crowd at the Manchester Road Race, "is...
View ArticleYou Must Have A Drink At Hungry Tiger On Manchester Road Race Day
On Thanksgiving morning 1981, Don Denley Jr. and his father went to take one more look at the bar near the first mile marker on the Manchester Road Race course. It had been a strip joint. It was...
View ArticleCrazy Costumes Create Mardi Gras Atmosphere At Manchester Road Race
Back in 1982, when Steve Hancock and his friends started running the Manchester Road Race wearing ugly plaid jackets and singing Platters songs, they got plenty of funny looks and raised eyebrows. Now...
View ArticleManchester Road Race: Since 1989, It All Starts With Bob Moran
The first year Bob Moran was the official starter for the Manchester Road Race, he almost got trampled. Moran stood in the middle of Main Street, in front of about 5,000 runners, fired the starter's...
View ArticleFather, Daughter Ready For Thanksgiving Day Manchester Road Race Milestone
On Thursday morning, Sarah Pandiscio and her dad Curt will get up early as usual and head to Manchester for the Thanksgiving Day road race.It will be her 20th consecutive year running the race. Sarah...
View ArticleManchester Road Race: Main Street Flag Has Heartfelt Significance
In December of 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage fire claimed the lives of six firefighters. Manchester Fire Battalion Chief Dan Huppe was one of more than 30,000 firefighters who went to pay his...
View ArticleCharlie Duggan's Manchester Legacy All About Perseverance
MANCHESTER — In 1978, Charlie Duggan had been in training for the Olympic trials. He was fit and ready to race at the Manchester Road Race that fall. Duggan, a track and cross country star at Hartford...
View Article79th Manchester Road Race The 'Place To Be' On Thanksgiving
MANCHESTER — Under blue skies and sunshine on a balmy Thanksgiving morning, thousands descended on Main Street and the surrounding areas for the 79th annual Manchester Road Race. Event organizer Jim...
View ArticleNo Regrets: Manchester Road Race Local Favorite Donn Cabral On The Course,...
MANCHESTER — When he's running on the Manchester Road Race course, Donn Cabral can always tell that he's home. "That's the only time I get called 'Donny,'" he said. "And I love it. On the course, I'm...
View ArticleTreacy Brothers Are Back In Manchester And Ready For Road Race
John Treacy was at it again Monday. There he was, at the podium at the Manchester Road Race press luncheon, bantering with five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat, who had never run the 4.748-mile...
View ArticleJoe McCluskey's Daughter To Run Manchester Road Race 70 Years After Her...
In 1901, John McCluskey came to Manchester from Ireland because he had heard the Cheney Brothers silk mill was hiring workers. Two years later, he returned to Ireland to marry his fiancée, then...
View ArticleLynette Walker to run her 41st Manchester Road Race
Years and years ago, Lynette Walker ran for the first time in London with her husband, George. You’re so unfit, he told her, as he trained for rowing. You should run with me. They ran a mile. They...
View ArticleOlympians Lagat, Huddle Slated To Run The Manchester Road Race
Olympians Molly Huddle, Bernard Lagat, Paul Chelimo and Donn Cabral are among the elite runners who will compete at the Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving Day. The 4.748-mile race will take place...
View ArticleBernard Lagat To Run Manchester Road Race For First Time
Bernard Lagat doesn’t much care for running hills. Either up or down. “Mmm, not much,” said the five-time Olympian. “I like flat.” Not much of that on the Manchester Road Race’s 4.748-mile course, he...
View ArticleHuddle, Linden Are Back For The Manchester Road Race
MANCHESTER – Molly Huddle was just out of Notre Dame, only 23 years old, the first time she came to the Manchester Road Race in 2007. She was a 10-time All-American; she finished fourth that year....
View ArticlePaul Chelimo, Buze Diriba Winners Of 81st Annual Manchester Road Race
Molly Huddle got outkicked by Buze Diriba at the BAA 5K, a race she had won the previous three years, in April on Boston Marathon weekend. She ran her best time for that race on the course that day —...
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