Marathon/Running News: 5/21/06 - 5/28/06

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Bayshore Marathon
	News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Sarah Plaxton Comes Back from Injury to Win Women's Title at Bayshore Marathon (Record Eagle) The Highland resident, who missed last year's Bayshore Marathon with a knee injury, returned Saturday and won her sixth women's title.
	News From: Friday, May 26, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Running Toward a Better Lifestyle in Bayshore Marathon (M Live) Antieau-Olson is a recovering alcoholic. She says she's been going to Alcoholics Anonymous for seven years and has been consistently sober for more than two years. She says she uses running to keep her life on course after a bout with depression.
Blue Nose International Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Summerside Runner Leads Islanders in Blue Nose Marathon (The Guardian) Scott Clark of Summerside, the top Island finisher at the Boston Marathon last month, led the P.E.I. contingent at the Blue Nose international full marathon. Clark completed the course in two hours, 51 minutes and 53 seconds, for third place overall among 342 runners.
Capital City Marathon
	News From: Saturday, May 27, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Capital City Marathon Seen as a Success (The Olympian) Race organizers took a bit of a gamble this year, creating a new race course that took the runners from downtown Olympia out to Boston Harbor and back, replacing a relatively flat course with a hilly one. In revising the course, they added a lot of beautiful scenery of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and other eye-pleasing rural landscapes.
	News From: Sunday, May 21, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hills of New Capital City Marathon Course Punish Runners (The Olympian) Jesse Stevick won, running by himself for the final 20 miles and winning in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 59 seconds.
Cleveland Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Determined Cleveland Marathon Runner happily Sets Mark (Cleveland) Amy Winters she set a world record for a female amputee runner by completing the 26.2-mile run in three hours, 26 minutes and 16 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, May 21, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Michigan Man Wins Cleveland Marathon (Macon) Eric Hartmark man won the 29th annual Cleveland Marathon with a time of two hours, 27 minutes and 25 seconds.
Coeur d' Alene Marathon
	News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Coeur d'Alene Marathon draws varied crowd (Coeur d'Alene Press) Runners flocked to the Coeur d'Alene Marathon for a variety of reasons - some as an escape, some as part of a goal and others for the beauty.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rucker captures Cd'A Marathon (Coeur d'Alene Press) Jim Rucker, running in his second marathon was the winner in the 2006 Coeur d'Alene Marathon in a time of 2:35:04. Julie Gilchrist, in her first marathon, was the winner for the women.
Colfax Marathon
	News From: Friday, May 26, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Inaugural Colorado Colfax Marathon Draws a Crowd (Denver Post) Brian Boyle was one of 820 marathoners who completed the 26.2-mile course through three cities along Colorado's storied and sporadically sordid thoroughfare.
	News From: Thursday, May 25, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Colfax Marathon Raises Bar (Denver Post) A six-pack of marathon participants plans to visit every bar on Colfax.
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Colfax Marathon Effort (Denver Post) Saundra Robinson run to battle her cancer and felt great.
	News From: Sunday, May 21, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Mountains and Sun make for Picture Perfect Colfax Marathon (Rocky Mountain News) More than 5,000 people ran, walked and in a few cases rolled their wheelchairs along a 26-mile stretch of Colfax Avenue in the first-ever Colorado Colfax Marathon. Comments of runners are given.
Comrades Marathon (88km)
	News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		S. Africa's Comrades Ultra-marathon Attracts 12,000 Runners (People's Daily Online) While still in the throes of processing and resolving final queries related to entries, race manager Renee Smith confirmed that the administration has captured and confirmed 9,941 men and 1,992 women to date.
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		What Comrades Marathon Runners Really Do (Super Athletics) Runners who had entered the 2005 Comrades Marathon were asked to complete an online questionnaire. Five hundred and seventy four responded, and the demographic data, as well as information about training and race management provides the first substantial evidence of what Comrades Marathon runners really do.
Delaware Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Routine Weekend for Delaware Marathon Winner (Delaware Online) Chuck Engle churned through the race's four laps in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 22 seconds.
General Running (Non-Specific)
	News From: Saturday, May 27, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Champ Ndereba Conducts Local Clinic (Seacoast Online) Boston Marathon winner Catherine Ndereba delivered a speech during a runners clinic at Portsmouth High School, in conjunction with Rye by the Sea Races.
	News From: Thursday, May 25, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Radcliffe Eyes for Running in 2008 (China Daily) Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe said her injured foot is healing "really well" and she will resume her normal training routine next week. "My long-term plans are for Beijing," she said.
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		26.2 is a very Pretty Book to Make the Reader Think (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) Book review. Kathrine Switzer and Roger Robinsons succinct but substantial history of marathoning asks the right questions about athletic excellence. It sets marathoning into proper perspective as a human endeavor.
Green Bay Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 22, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Michailova Wins Again at Green Bay Marathon (Green Bay Press Gazette) Michailova captured her second straight Cellcom Green Bay Marathon women's title on Sunday, finishing the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 45 minutes, 21 seconds.
		Green Bay Marathon Lures 5,000 out for a Cool Run (Green Bay Press Gazette) Kenyan Wilson Komen of Washington repeated as the men's winner of the marathon with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds.
		Komen, Michailova Defend Green Bay Marathon Titles (Duluth News Tribune) Komen was the men's winner Sunday in 2 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds while Michailova finished in 2:45.21.
	News From: Sunday, May 21, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Record Breaking Green Bay Marathon (W Bay) A record breaking crowd pours across the starting line in Downtown Green Bay. The race is breaking new ground this year not just in popularity and numbers but also in technology, becoming the first marathon anywhere in the nation to time every single runner, every single mile.
Hatfield-McCoy Marathon
	News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Locals Train for Months for Hatfield-McCoy Marathon (Appalachian News Express) Different reasons for participating in the marathon are given.
	News From: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Hatfield-McCoy Marathon Draws Bigger Crowd (Appalachian News Express) With this year's race just two weeks away, businesses throughout the Tug Valley are gearing up for the area's biggest annual event.
Honolulu Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Woman Trains for Honolulu (Durham Region) Running a marathon is never an easy job, even without factoring in dealing with a debilitating affliction such as ankylosing spondylitis. Still, Cassandra Williams of Ajax is taking on that challenge at the 34th Annual Honolulu Marathon in December.
Madison Marathon (Mad City Marathon)
	News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heat Shuts Down Mad City Marathon (WKOW) Near 90 degree temperatures spark marathon organizers to shut the course down. It was the first time in the 12 year history the marathon was shut down - in fact the organizer said to me he's from Florida at that "this weather is hot".
	News From: Saturday, May 27, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Mad City Marathon: For Foldvari, Running is a Uniquely Madison Experience (The Capital Times) Foldvari will compete in his 12th Mad City Marathon and is one of nine state runners who has never missed the local event.
		Mad City Marathon: Champ Finds Course Appealing (Wisconsin State Journal) Article on Thomas Brunold who won last year the marathon.
	News From: Thursday, May 25, 2006
		Human Interest Story
		Make Way for Mad City Marathoners (The Daily Page) The Mad City Marathon and its shorter associated runs will affect movements in a broad area extending from the Troy Drive/Warner Park neighborhood to Picnic Point, to Nakoma and Seminole, the Arboretum and Olin-Turville Park by way of the Rutledge/Spaight Jenifer and East Johnson/Gorham corridors.