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Published on October 31, 2024
Manchester Road Race News
Road Race royalty will be crowned once again at the Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving Day. Race officials will award $1000 incentive bonuses and the designation of “King” or “Queen of the Hill’ to the first male and female runners who ascend the race’s long Highland Street hill and cross the broad blue stripe that is painted on the road there near the statue of four-time MRR champion Joe McCluskey.
Olympian Weini Kelati will seek her fourth straight victory on Thanksgiving Day. The 27-year-old Kelati, who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, has won the MRR women’s championship for the past three years in a row and holds the women’s course record of 22:55, which she set during her initial Manchester appearance in 2021.
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