Posted: September 21, 2004

Athletics: Top Road Races On Tap Next Weekend

From David Monti

(c) 2004 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com

With the official close of the track season with last weekend's IAAF World Athletics Final, the fall road racing season hits full stride this weekend, led by the real Berlin Marathon, cite of last year's world record run by Paul Tergat.

In addition, there are more than 30 events on the Race Results Weekly event calendar for Saturday and Sunday, including seven highly competitive half-marathons in seven countries:

  BUPA Great North Run Half-Marathon (24th), Newcastle, GBR
  Cerrone Providence Half-Marathon, Providence, RI, USA
  Dexia Route du Vin Half-Marathon (42nd), Remich, LUX
  Le Lion 2004, Montbeliard, FRA
  Maratonina Città di Udine, Udine, ITA
  Oni Meia-Maratona de Portugal (5th), Lisbon, POR
  Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half-Marathon, Toronto, ON, CAN

Assistant Editor Bob Ramsak and I will be ready to bring you all of the results next Monday.