Marathon/Running News: 10/18/10 - 10/25/10

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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.
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.
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.
Beijing Int'l Marathon
	News From: Sunday, October 24, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopian Siraj Takes Victory In Rain Soaked Beijing (IAAF.org) Gena Siraj won the Beijing Marathon with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 45 seconds in a heavy downpour for the entire 26.2 mile race
		Foreign Runners Impressed by Beijing Marathon 2010 (English.xinhuanet.com) Though the event featured rain and gloomy weather, participants thought highly of the 2010 running of the Beijing Marathon, calling it a great atmosphere, professional, and well-designed.
		Surprise Package Wang Jiali Wins Women's Title At Beijing Marathon (People's Daily Online) Wang Jiali surprised the pack with a late race surge to win the women's division of the Beijing Marathon
		Beijing Marathon Celebrates 30th Anniversary (Beijing Review) Despite rain and cloudy weather, a crowd of 30,000-plus runners took part in the 30th running of the Beijing Marathon, which saw Ethopia's Gena Siraj win in 2:15:42.
	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
		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.
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
		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.
		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.
	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.
Casablanca Marathon
	News From: Monday, October 25, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopian Athletes Dominate Casablanca Marathon (EthioSports.com) Ethopians were able to take two-thirds of the each side of the men's and women's races at the 2010 Casablanca Marathon, with Shumi Gerbaba taking the men's side in a new course record of 2:09:03, and Yeshimebet Tadesse winning the women's race in 2:31:10.
		New Course Records in Casablanca (IAAF.org) Ethiopians Shumi Gerbaba and Yeshimebet Tadesse set new course records in the men's and women's races respectively, at the 2010 Casabalanca Marathon, with times of 2:09:03 and 2;31:35.
Chunchon Int'l Marathon
	News From: Sunday, October 24, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kiptoo Smashed Chuncheon Marathon Record With 2:07:54 (IAAF.org) Benjamin Kiptoo won the sixty-fifth edition of the Chuncheon Marathon in Korea with a course record time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 54 seconds.
	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.
Columbia River Power Marathon
	News From: Sunday, October 24, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Scenic Columbia River Power Marathon Doubles Turnout (East Oregonian) Dennis Brands won the Columbia River Power Marathon with a time of 2 hours 51 minutes and 6 seconds.
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.
	News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Record 15,000 Marathon Participants Pound Streets To Beat Of Music During Columbus Marathon (Columbus Dispatch) The Columubs Marathon course was lined with over eighty musicians that set up instruments and sand to the record fifteen-thousand runners who participated in the running event.
Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
	News From: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Students Ready For Dallas White Rock Marathon (The Optimist) More than one-hundred and fifty people participated in the Abilene Christian University "Run the Dallas White Rock Marathon.
Des Moines Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		The Des Moines Marathon's Final Mile (Des Moines Register) The ninth running of the Des Moines Marathon allowed spectators to see some of the finiest running the city has ever witnessed when James Kirwa smashed the course record with his 2 hour 14 minute and 20 second sprint over the 26.2 mile course
	News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		James Kirwa Smashes Course Record At Des Moines Marathon (Des Moines Register) James Kirwa won the Des Moines Marathon in a course record time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 20 seconds.