Age: Confidential! But I’m a masters runner (over 35) and a martial artist—aikido Height/weight: 5 feet, 6 inches; 120 pounds Residence: Chicago Freveletti’s first thriller, 2009’s Running from the Devil (William Morrow), is about Emma Caldridge, an ultramarathoner and chemist whose plane crashes on a flight from Miami to Bogota. It was named the best [...]

  Holassie Wins His Third Palm Beaches Marathon By Sharon Robb On a chilly Sunday morning, the most heart-warming moment came just a few yards away from the finish line of the Palm Beaches Marathon. Two-time Olympian Ronnie Holassie of Miramar, a South Florida running scene fixture for more than 20 years, grabbed his 3-year-old [...]

Want to tell Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler something? Put on your running shoes. According to a Sun Sentinel report, Seiler has started a monthly two-mile run through a city neighborhood. The first jog kicks off at 7 p.m. on Monday at Huizenga Plaza downtown. “It’s a little more entertaining way to interact with residents [...]

Fort Lauderdale’s Anton Van Zyl won the men;s division of the inaugural Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon on Saturday, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Van Zyl, 37, finished in 1 hour, 14 minutes, 51 seconds, pulling away from second-place finisher Matthew Dobson in the final stretch. An estimated 11,000 people participated in the Disney Wine & [...]

  The Greater Fort Lauderdale Road Runners, one of the largest and oldest running clubs in the area, is asking local runners to complete a nine-question survey about their experience with the club. Members and nonmembers can answer it. The club’s goal is to help shape the future of the club. To take the survey, [...]

    Channel 7 morning news anchor trains for half marathons as a means to keep in shape, stay healthy and deal with stress. “Running is my therapy,” she says. Click here to read a Q&A with Cruz that SFA editor David Raterman wrote for the Sun Sentinel.

  Every day hundreds of cyclists pedal over the Rickenbacker Causeway connecting Miami to Key Biscayne, joined by more runners and pedestrians. Often it feels like Russian roulette, and sometimes athletes do get killed or injured. Miami-Dade County is finally proposing a $4.5 million plan to calm speeding automobiles along the way. The plan sets [...]

  Congratulations go to Sun Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo, who completed last weekend’s half-marathon associated with the annual Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon. In a follow-up column, Mayo wrote, “As I hit the finish line of the A1A Half-Marathon along Fort Lauderdale beach on Sunday — my cramping legs shooting fire after 13.1 miles — two [...]

  Barefoot on the Beach 5K Run will take place in Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 28. This will be the first race of its kind anywhere in Florida, according to organizer Kelle Burke. Although considered a “barefoot” event, socks will be permitted if they do not exceed 1/8 of an inch in thickness. The race [...]

    The 3rd Annual King of the Hill 5K Challenge will take place on Aug. 29 at Vista View Park in Davie. The park sits on 160 acres of the now closed Davie Landfill. This race, organized by WestSide Online, is open to all runners and includes open and elite heats. According to an eblast [...]