Marathon/Running News: 12/26/09 - 1/2/10

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Bob Potts Heritage Rail Trail Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Time To Start Fresh In 2010 (York Daily Record) M.C. Helsabeck ran the Bob Potts Marathon on May 31, 2009 and it was the last race he was able to complete. 2009 might have been a dismal running year but 2010 is a year of hope and upcoming great races.
Dubai Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Breaking Record Is On Gebrselassie's Mind (The National) Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie has exposed the training plan he has followed to break his unrivaled 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 second Berlin Marathon world record.
		"Join Me At The Start" - Haile Urges Dubai Runners To Take To The Road (Dubai City Guide) Haile Gebrselassie is urging runners in the Dubai area to sign up for the Dubai Marathon on January 22. Just a few days remain before registration closes for the chance to run with the world's fastest marathon runner.
GO! St. Louis Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Go! St. Louis Half-Marathon On Record Pace For Registrations. (Examiner.com) The GO! St. Louis Marathon and Half-Marathon are on record setting pace for registrations for the April 11 marathon race. Race capacity is expected to fill before race weekend.
London Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		First-Time Marathon Runner Is Run With Richard Winner (Easier Lifestyle) Sharon Mogg will be running with Sir Richard Branson in the London Marathon and will raise at least two-thousand euros for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Her son Keelan lives with Cystic Fibrosis
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Hero Back In A Flash (The Sun) Ben McBean was the first double amputee to complete the London Marathon and is urging fellow service men who lost limbs in Afghanistan to join him in 2010 as he attempts to best his own time by more than an hour.
Long Island Marathon
	News From: Friday, January 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Early Bird Registration For LI Marathon 'Festival of Races' (Hicksville Illustrated) January 15 marks the end of the early bird registration for the Long Island Marathon. The marathon events are set to kick off on April 30 and run through May 2.
Marathon Bahamas
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Bahamas, An Ideal Vehicle For Tourism (The Nassau Guardian) A large number of runners have turned to the internet for their marathon travel packages. Marathon Bahamas will join the ranks of Boston, New York, Chicago, London and Beijing by offering extensive travel packages for the marathon
Mobile Marathon (prev. First Light Marathon)
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Anticipation Builds For First Light Marathon (Press-Register) The ninth annual First Light Marathon will kick off on January 10, 2010 in downtown Mobile, Alabama. The course record was set last year by John Brigham with a time of 2 hours 36 minutes and 46 seconds.
Mumbai Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Mumbai Marathon Will First Run To Court (DNA - Read the World) The Mumbai Marathon is slated for January 24, 2010 but a public interest litigation may have the event put on hold. Possible terror attacks, non-payment of dues, and suffering by the public due to traffic diversions are cited in the litigation.
North Pole Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Runner To Take Part In North Pole Marathon Despite Losing Sight In Army Accident (Daily Record) Jamie Cutherbertson lost his sight twenty years ago in an Army accident. The 49-year-old will run 26.2 miles across the north pole in temperatures of negative forty degrees celcius
Oakland Marathon Running Festival
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Oakland Marathon Race Director Speaks (San Francisco Chronicle) The Oakland Running Festival will kick off the city's first marathon in over twenty-five years in less than three months. Grass roots marketing and local running clubs have helped to support the city's new race.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Friday, January 1, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Gebrselassie Takes 8km Road-Race Victory In Germany (Athletics Weekly) Haile Gebrselassie took home top honors in the Trier Road 8K with a time of 22 minutes and 23 seconds. The time and victory served as a pre-lim to the Dubai Marathon to be held later in January.
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Tips For Escaping A Running Rut (St. Louis Post Dispatch) Many runners face long bouts of training and can find themselves a bit lifeless and stuck in a running rut. Experienced runners know that taking off the watch or finding a new running routes may help escape the blues.
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		New Year Provides New Chance To Set Running Goals (The Statesman) Runners looking to break out of their running rut should sign up early for a race to improve chances of seeing their goals through to the end. Start writing in a running journal and set early goals for 2010.
		Mannington Mills' 'marathon man' Meets His Challenging 2009 Goal (NJ.com) John Emmons set a goal of running the marathon distance once per week for 2009 and completed his goal of running 26.2 miles once per week for the 52 weeks of the year. He had a glass of sparkling cider to celebrate running one-thousand, three-hundred, sixty-two point four miles.
		Cochrane Man To Run 250 Marathons In 2010 (Calgary Herald) Martin Parnell will head out of his home on January first of 2010 to run the first of two-hundred and fifty marathon circuits that he plans to run during the new year.
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		West Valley's Marathon Races Through Five Cities (Arizona Central) The second year of the West Valley Marathon has added a Phoenix leg to the marathon course and will allow runners to travel through five cities along their 26.2 mile journey.
		Q & A : Marathon Runner Meb Keflezighi (Sign On San Diego) Meb Keflezighi became the first runner in twenty-seven years to win the New York City Marathon as an American citizen. He attended San Diego High School and answers questions about life and running.
		Tourism 26.2: Let Your Sneakers Be Your Guide With A Destination Marathon (Madison Host.com) Runners are traveling the world and seeing tourist sights by running marathons in places like the Great Wall of China and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Palm Beaches Marathon Festival
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rosarian Academy students participate in Palm Beaches Marathon Festival (Palm Beach Daily News) The Rosarian Academy Track and Field club participated with thousands of other athletes in the Palm Beaches Marathon Festival. The student athletes ran two-mile increments and completed the final 1.2 miles during the Kids Marathon Mile along Flagler Drive
Redding Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 31, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathons Become Part Of Training For Even Longer Runs (Record Searchlight) Bev Anderson has won the women's division of the Redding Marathon several years. She has used the marathon as an early year training run to prepare for longer races later in the year including the Javelina Jundred.
Run for the Ranch Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Benefit Good Samaritan Boys Ranch With Charitable Marathon (KY3.com) Nearly six-hundred runners showed up Sunday afternoon to raise money for the Good Samaritan Boys Ranch near Phelps Grove Park. The marathon event is a qualifier for Boston and New York City Marathons.
		Runners Raise Money For Boys Ranch (KSPR.com) More than six hundred people showed up for the Run for the Ranch Marathon events on Sunday. The tenth annual event ran through the Phelps Grove Park area and drew runners from as far away as Brazil
Seattle Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ahead of the Pack (Suburban and Chicago) Nearly fifteen-hundred runners participated in the Seattle Marathon on November 28 and it was 1999 Burlington Central graduate, Charlie Sunderlage, who came out on top with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 26 seconds
Space Coast Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Volunteers Backbone of Space Coast Marthon (Space Coast Medicine) Near twenty-five hundred runners participated in the thirty-eighth running of the Space Coast Marathon on November 29 in Cocoa Village and the race had three-hundred, twenty-five volunteers
Xiamen International Marathon
	News From: Friday, January 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		2010 Xiamen International Marathon Starts Off (China.org) More than forty-eight thousand runners showed up for the events surrounding the Xiamen International Marathon on Saturday Morning. China dominated the women's race last year while Bazu Worku of Ethiopia has the fastest time of fifteen men who have run under 2 hours and ten minutes.
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		150 Thousand Flower Pots To Decorate Xiamen Marathon Course (What's On Xiamen) The Xiamen Marathon course will be lined with one-hundred and fifty thousand flower pots. The races will attract more than fifty thousand runners who will traverse the Huandao Road in early January.