Thousands of people turned out Saturday morning for the latest Susan G. Komen Florida Suncoast Race for the Cure in downtown St. Petersburg's Vinoy Park. Organizers expected to raise about $1 million for the fight against breast cancer. Events included a 10-kilometer race, a 5-kilometer race and a 1-mile fun run/walk. ...more

October 4, 2009

Tampa's Dror Vaknin and former USF All-American and St. Petersburg resident Christa Benton won Sunday's Bay to Bay 12-kilometer race. ...more

March 16, 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

For Christa Benton, her most important task for the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic was not to win but to make sure she got to the starting line of the 15-kilometer race on time. ...more

March 1, 2009

Death and destruction are part of daily life in Al Anbar province in Iraq. U.S. soldiers understand that even a routine drive down a road can be ended by mortar fire, missiles, grenades or land mines. So it was for Army Maj. David M. Rozelle on June 21, 2003. ...more

February 22, 2009

There were about 140 runners in Race of Hope, a 5-kilometer race and No-K race held Saturday in conjunction with Dade City Kumquat Festival. ...more

February 4, 2009

Runners in this year's Gasparilla races will have a nifty new souvenir to keep after they zoom in triumph or struggle in agony over the finish line: ...more

January 8, 2009

Plant junior Trenor Wilkins has been waiting for what he calls a "breakout race" to join the state's elite distance runners. After winning Saturday's Class 3A-Region 2 cross country meet at Polk Community College, Wilkins has arguably reached that goal. ...more

November 16, 2008

In his season-opening meet, Jesuit senior Connor Revord captured Saturday morning's Mountain Dew Cross Country Invitational in Gainesville. ...more

September 21, 2008

Brandon area families who formed a bond after their children were diagnosed with cancer will join forces this weekend, bolstered by a slew of friends and supporters, to raise money for pediatric cancer research. ...more

September 10, 2008