RUNNING Sunday Blue Moon Half Marathon and 5K Pop Stansel Park, Palm Harbor ...more

November 7, 2009

Citing the strain the event places on city services and resources, Gasparilla Distance Classic Association race director Susan Harmeling said Sunday the marathon will cease to be part of the race weekend beginning in 2011. ...more

March 22, 2009

A record crowd of nearly 20,000 runners, joggers and walkers hit the streets of Tampa this weekend to take part in four races offered in the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic. ...more

March 2, 2009

The winner of the 2009 Publix Super Markets Gasparilla half marathon, Richie Cunningham, sounds like a character out of a television show. But don't be fooled. The only attribute this tough-as-nails Australian triathlete shares with the fictional character is his bright red hair. ...more

March 1, 2009

Miramar's Ronnie Holassie braved strong winds and, late in the race, rain, to capture his second Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Marathon on Sunday in Tampa. ...more

March 1, 2009

There was a time when Ryan Hall would have had plenty of company running on Bayshore Boulevard in the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15-kilometer race. That was "back in the day," as many of the area's old-time runners like to say, when the world's best distance runners regularly made this event their first stop of the season. ...more

March 1, 2009

He didn't break the record, but Olympic runner Ryan Hall recorded the fastest time for the Gasparilla 15-kilometer run since it stopped awarding prize money in 1998. ...more

February 28, 2009

During the next two days, more than 20,000 runners and walkers will hit the streets of Tampa to participate in one of four road races at the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic - a record for the event since all of the runs were combined into a single weekend of competition in 2003. ...more

February 28, 2009

These days, no one could blame you for thinking scandal or disgrace will eventually ensnare professional athletes with even the most solid of moral foundations. These are, after all, cynical times. ...more

February 27, 2009

2008 Olympian Ryan Hall has come to Tampa to compete in Saturday's Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15-kilometer road race. Hall, the American record holder in the half marathon (59 minutes, 43 seconds) who is tuning up for next month's Boston Marathon, responded to questions posed by Tampa Tribune running and triathlon writer Bill Ward about his early running career, his days as a Stanford University star, his faith and, now, running as a professional. ...more

February 26, 2009