The effects of the Boston Marathon bombings are rippling across track and field as the sport kicks off its spring season.

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If history continues, it may be harder to get a spot this year than to actually finish the race, since it has sold out for 11 straight years, despite hosting the largest field of any half-marathon in the country.

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Next year's field will include 10 men who have run a marathon inside 2:07.

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The teams were on the field for 6 hours, 32 minutes in a marathon game that ended at 1:41 a.m. on the West Coast.

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Tygart said amateur track and field competitions, archery events and even the Pikes Peak marathon have paid to have Usada testers on race day.

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He'll be in the field along with American Dathan Ritzenhein, the 2009 worlds half-marathon bronze medalist.

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Marathon picked up Obiang as a partner through his stake in Geogam, a partner in the Alba field.

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