MANCHESTER, CT – Several national and world-class runners have signed up for the 2020 Virtual Manchester Road Race to form a platoon that includes some of the players in the history of Turkey’s remarkable occasion in Manchester.
It includes a dozen former winners who have represented 35 MRR championships and 10 other elite athletes who have close ties to the race. They volunteered to participate in the virtual occasion through the 4,748-mile distance of the race en route across the country and the world.
The race, which is positioned on the streets of downtown Manchester on Thanksgiving morning, is positioned almost in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“These wonderful athletes will not get any prizes or apparition fees this year, however, they will all earn our eternal gratitude for their help in the Manchester Road Race crisis Covid-19,” Manchester Road Race Committee Chairman Dr Tris Carta said Friday. “Jim Harvey, our elite runner coordinator, did a wonderful task in applying for their participation, adding excitement and excitement to the virtual race. “
Former virtual road race champions are Edna Kiplagat, John Treacy, Amy Rudolph, Amby Burfoot, Diane Nukuri, Eamonn Coghlan, Kim Smith, Paul Chelimo, John Gregorek, Aaron Bruan, Mark Carroll and Charlie Duggan.
Other notable participants come with Molly Huddle, Donn Cabral, Chris Thompson, Eilish McColgan, Johnny Gregorek, Christine Gregorek, Ray Treacy, Frank Conway, Brendan Reilly and Richard O’Flynn.
Carta said elite runners would download apps with GPS features on their smartphones that will allow them to run the virtual race anywhere of their choice between November 19 and 25.
A sometimes map illustrating the MRR address will appear on your phones, allowing them to track their progress on the existing Manchester Route as they run. Your names and schedules will be charged to MRR officers when they complete the virtual race.
Manchester Road Race enthusiasts can download a race tracking app (www. manchesterroadrace. com) that will alert them when an elite athlete enters the virtual race and allow them to track the runner’s progress on the course and completion time.
Registrations for the Virtual Manchester Road Race began on 1 October and are open until 24 November. Online registrations and more information about the occasion can be obtained at www. manchesterroadrace. com.
Elite picture of the Manchester 2020 road race
EDNA KIPLAGAT: Kiplagat is one of the world’s leading marathon runners and two-time world champion. She won the marathons in New York, London and Boston. Su time of 2:19. 50 at the 2012 London Marathon is a no Kiplagat became the 1st MRR champion on the last Thanksgiving when she won the Thanksgiving race at 24:30.
EAMONN COGHLAN: Coghlan won 4 NCAA titles for Villanova University. He has represented Ireland in 3 Olympic Games and has been world champion in the 5,000 meters. Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Boards”, Coghlan ran the hall mile in 3: 48. 45, a former world record that is one of only 4 sub-3: 50 indoor miles in the United States. Coghlan won the MRR 3 years in a row, 1981-1983. He published his time in the Manchester field – 21:36 – in 1983.
JOHN TREACY: Member of the well-known “Irish Connection” of the MRR, Treacy won the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Marathon and was world cross-country champion in 1978 and 1979. Treacy, an All-American runner at Providence College, won the MRR four times (1978, 1979, 1984 and 1985). His winning time of 21:26 at the 1979 MRR set a record until 1995.
AMY RUDOLPH: Rudolph is a two-time American Olympic athlete and All-American runner at Providence College. It had best marks of 14: 56,04 for 5000 meters and 31: 18. 96 consistent with 10,000 meters. Rudolph is the highest and prolific female LRM champion. First here in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2002. Rudolph is now assistant track and cross-country coach at Iowa State University.
AMBY BURFOOT: Burfoot won a record nine Manchester championships between 1968 and 1977; he was the champion of the Boston Marathon in 1968; now at 74, this year will mark the 58th consecutive time he will race at the MRR, which is a longevity record. Burfoot lives in Mystic and is an emeritus editor of Runner’s World Magazine.
DIANE NUKURI: Nukuri has competed in 3 Olympic Games for Burundi, competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (5000 meters), the 2012 London Olympics (marathon) and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. 31:38. 69 consistent with 10,000 meters in Rio. Nukuri won consecutive MRR championships in 2014 and 2015.
KIM SMITH: Smith won the NCAA Singles Field Championship and 3 NCAA track titles when he competed for Providence College. Smith has five national records in New Zealand, adding a partial marathon of 1:07. 11 and a marathon of 2: 25. 21. Smith won the MRR in 2004 and 2005.
PAUL CHELIMO: Chelimo won the United States silver medal in the 5,000 meters at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. His most productive time for the non-public occasion is 12: 57. 55. Helimo won the 2017 MRR with a time of 21 : 32. Place placed in the 2018 MRR Edward Cheserek at 21:44.
JOHN GREGOREK: Known for his lightning kick on Main Street, Gregorek won the MRR four times (1988, 1989, 1991 and 1993). He set his most productive time on the 4,748-mile circuit when he won the 1993 road race at 21:28. Gregorek, an All-American runner at Georgetown University. Gregorek has most non-public productions of 3:51. 34 per mile, 13:17. 44 for 5000 meters and 8:18. 45 for obstacle courses.
AARON BRAUN: Braun tied the MRR field record (first set through Phillimon Hanneck in 1995) when he won the 2012 MRR in 21:19. 37. The brand remained until 2018, when Edward Cheserek won in 21:16. Braun also finished moment at mrR 2013. Braun has a non-public 2:12. 54 in the marathon. He is a cross-country and long-distance coach at California State University in Sacramento.
MARK CARROLL: Carroll, a local from Cork, Ireland, an All-American competitor at Providence College who won the 2000 European Indoor Championships in the 3000 meters. A two-time Olympian, Carroll won the MRR in 1998 and 2000, both times at 21:49. He also had 3 placements so far here (1996, 1997 and 1999). He is one of Ireland’s most flexible long-distance runners, with a diversity ranging from the mile (3: 50. 62) to the marathon (2: 10. 54). Carroll lately coaches the elite team of the Boston Athletic Association.
CHARLIE DUGGAN: Perseverance was worth it for Duggan at MRR 1980, when he won the road race on his thirteenth attempt. In 12 previous attempts, Duggan has finished the moment twice, won two third places and steadily placed himself among the 20 most sensitive runners. Springfield College All-American finished among the 25 most sensible road corridors 23 times between 1968 and 1991. This will be Duggan’s 53rd consecutive MRR.
MOLLY HUDDLE: Huddle, two-time U. S. Olympic athleteBut it’s not the first time And runner at Notre Dame, she recorded a woman’s best time in the MRR field in 2017 when the moment ended Buze Diriba. Diriba broke the popular course with a time of 23:57, with Huddle part a step in 23:58. Huddle also ranked fourth in the 2007 MRR. He set an American record (30:13. 17) when he finished sixth in the 10,000 meters at the Rio De Janeiro Olympics. track championships.
DONN CABRAL: Cabral grew up in Glastonbury and was an NCAA champion in the 3000-meter obstacle course when he ran for Princeton University. He finished eighth in the final obstacle course at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. 8: 13. 37. Cabral the ultimateist at MRR 2015 with a time of 21:36. He also came third here in 2012 and fourth in 2013 and 2014.
CHRIS THOMPSON: Thompson is a British runner who won the silver medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2010 European Championships, won the King of the Hill festival and finished third in the 2017 MRR general standings with a time of 21:26. Thomas placed third here in 2016 at 21:35. Thompson set a non-public 1:01. 07 at last March half marathon in London.
EILISH McCOLGAN: McColgan represented Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He holds the Scottish obstacle course record (9:35. 82) and recorded his non-public time of 31:16 in the 10,000 meters in a race in London in 2019. it had intelligent functionality at the 2016 MRR when it finished fifth in 24:16.
JOHNNY GREGOREK: Gregorek, an All-American runner at Columbia University and the University of Oregon, finished 10th in the 1500 meters at the 2017 World Championships in London and won the silver medal that time at the 2019 Pan American Games. Indoor mile at 3:49. 98 at a festival in Boston in 2019 and recorded its most productive non-public record of 3:35 in the 1500 meters at a festival in New York later that year. John Gregorek’s son Johnny holds the world record with his father for the fastest combined times recorded through a father-son duo. It ranked 15th on the 2015 MRR.
CHRISTINE GREGOREK: Christine Mullen Gregorek competed for Georgetown University and won NCAA singles championships in the six hundred thousand meters. She is married to John Gregorek and is Johnny Gregorek’s mother. Christine ran the mile at 4:29. Christine, John and Johnny hold the combined father-mother-son time record on the mile.
RAY TREACY: Ray Treacy grew up in the small town of Villiersthe, Ireland, and followed his younger brother John to Providence College. Ray finished moment in the MRR twice. He was runner-up to his brother John in 1979 and finished at Eamonn Coghlan in 1981. Treacy served for many years as head coach of cross-country and track at Providence College. She led the brothers’ women’s cross-country team to an NCAA division. 1 championship in 2013.
FRANK CONWAY: Conway, originally from Ireland, a noted Ray Treacy artist at Providence College. He ran a 56. 78-mile indoor race at a festival in Boston in 1989. Conway finished third in the 1990 MRR with a time of 21:49 he also finished 13th in the 1992 MRR at 22:34.
BRENDAN REILLY: Reilly, a graduate of Loomis Chaffee, Boston College and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, founded Boulder Wave, a company that provides high-altitude education and control to some of the world’s most productive long distance runners. she is the 2019 MRR champion Edna Kiplagat. Reilly finished 22nd in the 1982 MRR (23:57) and 13 on the 2013 MRR (23:05).
RICHARD O’FLYNN: O’Flynn is a local in Cork, Ireland, who was a three-time All-American and Big East champion at Providence College. He finished the moment at the 1985 NCAA cross-country championships. MRR in 1985 and 1987 and finished third here in 1983. He achieved his most productive time in the Manchester Loop – 21:34 – in 1987.
This article was originally published in Manchester Patch