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Amsterdam Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Getu Feleke Sets New Course Record For Amsterdam Marathon (EthioSports) Getu Feleke of Ethiopia won the thirty-fifth edition of the Amsterdam Marathon with a new course record time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 34 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Getu Feleke Sets Amsterdam Course Record 2:05:44 (IAAF.org) Getu Feleke won the thirty-fifth edition of the Amsterdam Marathon with a new course record time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 44 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, October 16, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Fast Times Expected At Amsterdam Marathon (IAAF.org) The thirty-fifth annual Amsterdam Marathon kicks off this Sunday with a very fast field and over thirty-thousand entrants
Arkansas Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathoner Pads Victory Total At Arkansas Marathon (Times Record) Robert Preston won the forty-second Arkansas Marathon with a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds.
Athens Marathon (Greece)
	News From: Thursday, October 21, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Record Participation In 28th Athens Classic Marathon To Mark 2,500th Anniversary Of Marathon Battle (People's Daily Online) A record twelve-thousand runners will participate in the Athens Classic Marathon which will mark the 2500th anniverasry of the Marathon Battle and the run completed by Pheidippides.
Atlantic City Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		2010 Atlantic City Marathon Smokes 2009 (Atlantic City Central) The 2010 Atlantic City Marathon allowed runners to traverse a more scenic course and provided more prize money for top competitors.
	News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Fast Learners Win In Atlantic City Marathon (Press of Atlantic City) David Raucci won the fifty-second edition of the Atlantic City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 4 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		52nd Annual Atlantic City Marathon Comes To A Close (Press of Atlantic City) David Raucci won the 52nd annual Atlantic City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 4 seconds.
		Human Interest Story
		Atlantic City Marathon And Other Fun Things At The Shore Today (Press of Atlantic City) The flat and fast Atlantic City Marathon kicked off on Sunday Morning with up to five-thousand runners expected.
	News From: Saturday, October 16, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Atlantic City Marathon Route Takes Runners Past All Of The City's Great Sights (Press of Atlantic City) The new course for the fifty-second Atlantic City Marathon on Sunday will pass by every casino in town as well as most of the city's other landmarks.
	News From: Friday, October 15, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Atlantic City Marathon Organizers Seek Volunteers For Sunday's Race (Press of Atlantic City) Perhaps running a marathon is a bit much for you. Volunteering for the Atlantic City Marathon may just be the nudge you need to run your marathon.
Baltimore Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rutoh Surprise Winner Of Under Armour Baltimore Marathon (Track Alerts.com) David Rutoh won the Baltimore Marathon when he had only hoped to slip into the top ten as he faced a field of top-notch runners who had run much faster than Rutoh.
	News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rutoh's Burst In 22nd Pushes Him To Baltimore Marathon Win (Baltimore Sun) David Rutoh came from third place during the twenty-second mile of the Baltimore Marathon to win with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 11 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan David Rutoh Wins Baltimore Marathon (KBC.com) David Rutoh won the tenth annual Baltimore Marathon with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 11 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, October 16, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rutoh Surprise Winner of Under Amour Baltimore Marathon (RunningUSA Wire) David Rutho, of Kenya, who had to pay for his own trip after his travel expense request was declined, surprised everyone, including himself by winning the 10th running of the Baltimore Marathon with a time of 2:13:11.
		Human Interest Story
		Baltimore Marathon: And They're Off (Baltimore Sun) Nearly five-thousand runners began the Baltimore Marathon with over one-hundred and forty-thousand dollars up for grabs for the top runners.
	News From: Friday, October 15, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Running Is Not More Dangerous Than Other Sports, Studies Show (Baltimore Sun) It seems the death of a marathon runner grabs our attention, and the media's attention more so than a death in any other sport.
Beijing Int'l Marathon
	News From: Friday, October 22, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Sammy Mugo Aiming For Beijing Marathon Title Defense (IAAF.org) The thirtieth edition of the Beijing Marathon will more than likely be won by a Kenyan.
Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Bizz Johnson Marathon Brings In People By The Boat Load (Lassen County Times) The Bizz Johnson Marathon took place on October 9 alongside the Rails to Trails Festival.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Thursday, October 21, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		A Run On The Boston Marathon Leaves Many In The Dust (Boston Globe) The Boston Marathon open registration and closed in just over eight hours and registration flaws kept along with savy online registrants kept many would be runners in the dark.
		Rush To Web Snags Many Would Be Boston Marathon Runners (Boston Globe) Glen Holyoke was filled with the excitement of following in his dads footsteps by running the Boston Marathon. He found frustration trying to register online and ran out of time during his only break during the day as a school teacher. He returned post-work to find that the race had filled.
	News From: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Local Runners Still Hopeful For Boston Marathon (Metro West Daily News) The Boston Marathon closed in a record time of just under nine-hours. Many runners were shut out by the fast ending to the online registration process.
		Human Interest Story
		The Sprint Before the Boston Marathon (Wall Street Journal) The 2011 Boston Marathon registration was open and closed in the blink of an eye. The twenty-one thousand slots were gone in just over eight hours.
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Online, Sprinters Win The Race : Boston Marathon Sells Out In Less Than One Day (Boston Globe) The twenty-thousand available spots for the 2011 Boston Marathon were snatched up in just over eight hours.
		Boston Marathon Sells Out In A Day (Boston Globe) Registration for the 2010 Boston Marathon took over two months to sell out. The twenty-two thousand slots available for the 2011 race were gone in less than nine hours.
	News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Sign Up Monday For The 115th Boston Marathon (Metro West Daily News) Registration for the one-hundred and fifteenth running of the Boston Marathon opens on Monday at 9 am with a cap of twenty-five thousand athletes.
	News From: Friday, October 15, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Boston Athletic Association Registration (Boston Herald) The Boston Marathon will open online registration Monday for the one-hundred and fifteenth running of the annual marathon event held on April 18,2011
Bucharest Int'l Marathon
	News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan Men Take Top 3 Places In Bucharest Marathon (USA Today) Duncan Koech won the Bucharest City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 59 seconds.
Chunchon Int'l Marathon
	News From: Friday, October 22, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Merga Takes On Defending Champion Wami At The Chuncheon Marathon (IAAF.org) The sixty-fifth edition of the Chuncheon Marathon will pit Mulugeta Wami, the defending champion against a strong elite field of runners.
Columbus Marathon
	News From: Thursday, October 21, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Grumpy Start, Happy Ending At The Columbus Marathon (Cincinnati Enquirer) Just a three hour and forty-five minute marathon runner, J. Pleshinger shares the good, the grumpy and the happy ending about the Columbus Marathon.