The Beach to Beacon 10K road race turned 10 in grand fashion Saturday. Three new champions were crowned. A wheelchair course record was lowered. The race founder, Joan Benoit Samuelson, ran through the streets of her youth. “It was great,” Samuelson said after arriving at fog-bound Fort Williams alongside Jacqueline Gareau, the respective 1979 and […]

This was after James Koskei, having learned from last year’s too-early sprint, outkicked Henrick Ramaala to win by one second. This was after Adriana Fernandez, eight months after giving birth, dethroned the four-time champion, Catherine Ndereba. This was more than two hours after the fifth annual Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K road race had snaked […]

The sun danced on the ocean again. The world’s best runners returned Saturday and dazzled as well. The town of Cape Elizabeth wrapped its arms around the event for a third year, as thousands of people lined the curves of the course, waving flags, shouting encouragement, offering water, soaking in the sights. Even with controversy […]

Early Saturday was not the time to seek solitude in this upscale, waterfront burg, as more than 6,000 runners and spectators immersed themselves in a glorious, scenic and dramatic Maine morning. In an atmosphere of clear, blue skies, refreshingly crisp air and a spectacular view of Casco Bay, Johannes Mabitle ignored his surroundings. He wanted […]

Stephen Kosgei Kibet looked over his shoulder and almost felt relief. No one was in sight. After finishing second twice, including last year, and fourth another time, the 28-year-old Kenyan finally won the TD Beach to Beacon 10K on Saturday. He pulled away from the lead pack in the final mile to finish first among […]

The day started somber and gray, with 10 seconds of respectful silence to remember victims of the April 15 bomb blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. It ended, for the first time in the 16-year history of the Beach to Beacon 10K road race, amid raindrops inside Fort Williams Park. Not for […]

The 11th running of the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race Saturday morning turned out to be a foggy affair, with a pair of Kenyans winning the overall titles, two new champions being crowned in the Maine division and one state icon wrapping another in a larger-than-life embrace. In the absence of sunshine, […]

A few minutes before the start of the seventh Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K road race Sunday, as raindrops spattered thousands of runners gathered behind the starting line on rural Route 77, Joan Benoit Samuelson took the microphone. “The weather is a little bit different at the finish line,” she advised, “so you’ll have to […]

Cool temperatures, no threat of rain or fog, cloud cover for sensitive skin, the gentlest of breezes, sunshine on the awards ceremony and two women breaking the old course record. The latest edition of the Beach to Beacon 10K road race had it all. “It was Lucky 13, what can I say?” said Joan Benoit […]