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Direct Links: 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer Antarctica Marathon Athens Marathon (Greece) Austin Marathon Boston Marathon City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon) Dubai Marathon Edinburgh Marathon Everest Marathon Florida Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K Frankfurt Marathon GO! St. Louis Marathon Hartford Marathon Honolulu Marathon Jacksonville Marathon Kiawah Island Marathon London Marathon Marathon Bahamas Mount Desert Island marathon Myrtle Beach Marathon Odds And Ends
26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer
	News From: Monday, December 21, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Team of 26 Asheville Runners Being Assembled for Marathon War on Cancer (Mountain Xpress) Twenty-six runners will travel to Jacksonville Beach, Florida in February to run the National Breast Cancer Marathon in support of Jane Roane. Team Jane will race on February 21 on a flat and fast course.
Antarctica Marathon
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Gregory McCarthy finishes Antarctic race, has run marathons on seven continents (Washington Post) Gregory McCarthy finished the Antarctic Ice Marathon on Tuesday and has officially completed a marathon on all seven continents. Jason Wolfe won the marathon with a time of 4 hours 46 minutes and 50 seconds.
Athens Marathon (Greece)
	News From: Monday, December 21, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Classic Greek Marathon: Bemidji Man Runs The Historic Route (Bemidji Pioneer) Christopher Hoffman ran the Classic Greek Marathon in November. Competing in just his third marathon along with four-thousand, six-hundred other runners, Hoffman traversed the original marathon course from Marathon Bridge to Athens with on lap in the first Olympic Stadium.
Austin Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Austin-Area Races Seem To Thrive Despite Difficult Economy (Austin360.com) Many of the Austin-area road races were run at or near capacity in 2009. The Austin Marathon sold out for the first time according to race director John Conley.
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Austin Marathon Has Its Own iPhone Application (Austin 360) The Austin Marathon has introduced it's very own iPhone application that is free for download on the Apple App store. The mobile application will provide results and information about the marathon.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Registration Closed Early For 2010 Boston Marathon (Examiner.com) The Boston marathon closed two months early for the 2010 race than the 2009 race and closed early than any of the 114 previous editions. There are twenty-five thousand participants registered for 2010.
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Keflezighi, Hall Set For Boston Marathon (Washington Times) The two biggest names in American distance running will grace the starting line of the Boston Marathon in 2010. Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall will go head to head in April and vie for the title.
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Keflezighi Targets Boston Triumph (Sporting Life) Meb Keflezighi already has an Olympic Silver medal in the marathon and one New York City Marathon title to his name. In April, the Eritrea-born runner hopes to add Boston to his resume.
	News From: Friday, December 18, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		John Hancock Financial Announces Top Americans Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall to Run 2010 Boston Marathon and Seek American Win (PRNewswire) John Hancock has signed top American runners Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall to toe the line at the Boston Marathon in April to seek the first American win since 1983.
		US Marathoners Back In Running (Boston.com) The Boston Athletic Association has announced that Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall will go head to head in an attempt to become the first domestic Boston winner since Greg Meyer in 1983.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Monday, December 21, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Los Angeles Marathon Unveils Expanded Charity Program; Sixty Official Charities To Take Part In 2010 Race (Pr-Canada) The new Stadium to Sea course for the Los Angeles Marathon is just one major change occurring with the race. A charity program has been added that will raise funds for sixty non-profit organizations.
Dubai Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Britain's Adopted Marathon Man Targets Euro Place At Dubai Marathon (Dubai City Guide) Tomas Abyu lived less than twenty-five miles apart and will run with his homeland hero in the 2010 Dubai marathon in an attempt to join the ranks of the world marathon running elite
	News From: Monday, December 21, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		I enjoy the challenge and opportunities (The National) Stuart Horsewood has run one-hundred marathons and had a daily running streak of just over ten years. He plans on running the Dubai Marathon in January as his one-hundred and first marathon.
Edinburgh Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Race Begins To Land Place In Edinburgh Marathon (Edinburgh News) Runners interested in racing the Edinburgh Marathon have a few spots left to run the marathon and raise money for a great charity. The race takes place on Sunday May 23.
Everest Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Annie's Marathon Challenge-On Everest (Hunts Post 24) Annie Furbank completed the Mount Everest Marathon. The sixty-one year-old completed the race which started at 5200 meters and ran to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis
Florida Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Clermont Sports Complex to Host Florida Marathon (Orlando Sentinel) The sports complex of Clermont will host the Florida Marathon for the third annual marathon. The marathon begins at 7:30 am and the course will run along 26.2 miles of paved trail.
Frankfurt Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Frankfurt Organizers Target Even Better IAAF Gold Label Race (Track and Field Resource) Gilbert Kirwa won the 2009 Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 23 seconds. The race organization and other details have confirmed the IAAF Gold Label Status for the 2010 event.
GO! St. Louis Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		GO! St.Louis Registrations Filling Up, Fees About To Increase (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Registration for the GO! St. Louis Marathon is filling up quickly and the April race is seventy-five percent ahead of last year's pace. Entry fees will go up on January first.
Hartford Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		It's One Hundred For Chuck Brenker (The Resident) Chuck Brenker completed the 2009 Hartford Marathon on October 26 and with that goal he had completed his 100th marathon. He says it was not a big deal. He plans on running the JFK 50 miler despite the thought that he may have a stress fracture.
Honolulu Marathon
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Honolulu Marathon Helped Fill Hotels (Biz journal) More than twenty-thousand runners helped to fill Hawaii's hotel room capacity to 59.1 percent for marathon weekend. Each of the islands saw a positive increase in room occupancy while the rest of the nation saw a decline.
Jacksonville Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 21, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		First-Time Winners Triumph At Jacksonville Marathon (News Jacksonville.com) Justin Jacobs won the Jacksonville Bank Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 13 seconds. Jacobs is the first local resident to win the race in five years.
	News From: Sunday, December 20, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Jacksonville Marathon Draws Big Turnout (The Florida Times-Union) The Jacksonville Marathon is expecting a record field for the Sunday race. The 7 am start and sixty dollar entry fee will bring total participation up to nearly twenty-five hundred runners.
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Participation in Jacksonville-area road races is still running strong (Jacksonville Sports) Race organizers of the Jacksonville Marathon are expecting about a ten-percent increase in participation over last year to roughly twenty-three hundred runners.
Kiawah Island Marathon
	News From: Sunday, December 20, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		The Joy Of Not Running Enough To Finish Race (GoUpstate.com) Lane Filler shares her experience of running the Kiawah Island Marathon in 4 hours and 48 minutes with a montage of emotions and a lifetime of memories. She was happy to be finished running.
London Marathon
	News From: Saturday, December 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Everest Was A Mental Challenge. My Leg's Designed For Walking On The Flat (The Sun) Ben McBean lost his right leg and left arm in a land mind explosion in Afghanistan last year. Despite horrific injuries and thirteen surgeries he has taken on the London Marathon and took on the world's highest mountain.
Marathon Bahamas
	News From: Friday, December 18, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Bahamas Off And Running (The Nassau Guardian) The Marathon Bahamas will kick off on Sunday February 14, 2010 and will be the first marathon on the islands in twenty years. The course will cover downtown Nassau and run through Old Fort Bay.
Mount Desert Island marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Most Scenic Marathon in Country Just Up The Coast (SeaCoastOnline.com) The Mount Desert Island Marathon was voted as the Most Scenic Marathon in a recent marathon poll. The course delivers some of Acadia's most scenic views. The race will add a relay division next year.
Myrtle Beach Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Myrtle Beach Marathon Sold Out Earlier This Year (SC Now.com) The Myrtle Beach Marathon will be held on February 12 at the Convention Center. The race has been sold out for several weeks with more than eighty-five hundred runners expected to compete.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Paul Tergat, The Sportman of the Decade (Daily Nation) Paul Tergat has established himself as a world class marathon and certainly a world class cross country runner with his five world cross country championship titles. He even finds the time to train about thirty athletes.
		Get Running! (Skiclub.co.uk) The Brighton Marathon will kick off on April 18, 2010 and registration is filling up quickly. The race will benefit the Disability Snowsport UK and the course will showcase the English Channel