Beach to Beacon 2017

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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 6, 2005

Under a bright sky and thin, scattered clouds Saturday, the eighth TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race sparkled again through the streets of Cape Elizabeth, ending at a postcard-perfect Fort Williams Park. Leading the pack of 4,306 runners who finished was Gilbert Okari, a tall Kenyan who wore the champion’s laurel wreath for […]
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 2, 2008

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, […]
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July 30, 2017

Team of Samuelson, McGillivray has brought Beach to Beacon from conception to 20th race

The friendship between the race found and director dates back to the late 1970s.
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July 30, 2017

Some runners keep coming back to Cape Elizabeth, no matter how far away they live

Though most of the Legacy Runners live in Maine, others come from as far away as Wisconsin and Florida.
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 2, 2003

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 […]

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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 5, 2006

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 […]
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 7, 1999

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 […]
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 5, 2000

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 […]
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 1, 2009

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 […]
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July 30, 2017

Beach to Beacon: Aug. 3, 2002

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 […]