A day that began with trucks loaded with starting-line equipment mired in the mud in fields off Fowler Road ended in victory for a pair of Kenyans, a triple-dip for a pair of Mainers and ice baths for the overheated in a busy medical tent. Ed Muge successfully defended his title in the 12th TD […]

Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race, with the attendant expectation of celebration for such a milestone event. But gee whiz, how could you possibly top Number Nine? On what might have been the most glorious Saturday of summer – early-morning fog burned off by […]

The friendship between the race found and director dates back to the late 1970s.

The scene just beyond the finish line of the 17th annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K resembled a bowling alley with human pins. Four runners had arrived but only North Yarmouth native Ben True remained on his feet. He bent over and clasped hands with each of the three Kenyans sprawled on the green turf […]

It’s not every competition where 14-minute milers are greeted at the finish line with handshakes and high-fives from an Olympic gold medalist, but Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Beach to Beacon 10K is not your ordinary road race. Resplendent in red after running the 6.2-mile course herself alongside fellow marathon legends Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter and […]

The rain never showed up and the humidity faded. The fourth annual Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K began like the previous ones – thousands of runners lined up on Route 77 ready to begin another Vacationland August day with a 6.2-mile run. But there were surprises, with unexpected runners named Evans, Christine and Andy collecting […]

They all expected the worst. From the runners, who expected to wake up Saturday morning to either rain or humidity, to the organizers, who thought, surely, after last year’s near perfection, there would be some major gaffe. But no. The second running of the Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K road race went better than anyone […]

At about 5 o’clock Saturday morning, three hours before the scheduled start of Saturday’s sixth Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K road race, race director Dave McGillivray dropped two tables on his big toe, possibly breaking it. Bad omen. An hour before the race, heavy rain fell over Cape Elizabeth as traffic backed up and runners […]

Out of the hordes of spectators offering empathy and encouragement to the local boy trying to make good, there was really only one guy who knew exactly how Ben True felt Saturday in the 19th TD Beach to Beacon 10K. Like True, Matt Lane grew up in Greater Portland. Like True, Lane twice narrowly missed […]