Marathon/Running News: 5/27/10 - 6/3/10

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Bayshore Marathon
	News From: Sunday, May 30, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Graf, Cheruiyot Take Bayshore Marathon Titles (Record-Eagle) Jessica Graf won the women's division of the Bayshore Marathon with a time of 2 hours 49 minutes and 37 seconds. Hilary Cheruiyot won the overall title with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		26th Annual Bayshore Marathon (Up NorthLive.com) Hilary Cheruiyot won the twenty-sixth Bayshore Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds.
Buffalo Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Train Interrupts Buffalo Marathon (Buffalo News) A freight train appeared on the Buffalo Marathon course near the eleven mile mark interrupting the marathon and half-marathon race for about one-hudred to one-hundred and fifty runners.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		East Amherst's Frazier Triumphs In Buffalo Marathon (Buffalo News) Amy Frazier won the women's division of the Buffalo Marathon with a time of 3 hours 9 minutes and 52 seconds. Mohammed Awol won the overall title with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 3 seconds
	News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Buffalo Marathon Gets Stronger By Year (Buffalo News) The Buffalo Marathon has shown steady growth since its rebirth in 2001. The organization and the size of the half-marathon are just two reasons for the growth.
	News From: Friday, May 28, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Buffalo Marathon: Lokwatom Leads Elite Field (Buffalo News) Jason Lokwatom hopes to defend his Buffalo Marathon title from 2009. He won the marathon in a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 44 seconds.
Calgary Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Greenwood 'Sprints' To Record At Calgary Marathon (Calgary Herald) Ellie Greenwood set a new course record for the women's division of the Calgary Marathon with her time of 2 hours 52 minutes and 23 seconds.
		Killer Hill Cools Off Winner's Torrid Pace At Calgary Marathon (Calgary Herald) Graeme Wilson won the forty-sixth annual Calgary Marathon with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 14 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Baxendale's A Late Starter But She's An Early Finisher (Calgary Herald) Nancy Baxendale might be seen only at the starting line of the Calgary Marathon as the 48 year-old has high hopes of winning the women's division
	News From: Friday, May 28, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Canada's Top Marathoners Get Ready And Set At The Calgary Marathon (News Wire.ca) Nancy Baxendale and Jason Loutitt are chasing the women and men's victory at the Calgary Marathon. They both face a talented field.
	News From: Thursday, May 27, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Close To 9,000 Runners To Take Part In The Calgary Marathon (CNW) The Calgary Marathon kicks off on Sunday May 30 and more than nine-thousand runners are expected to clog the streets.
Casper Wyoming Marathon
	News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Casper Marathon, Half-Marathon Set For June 6 (Casper Journal) The eight annual Casper Marathon kicks off on June 6 and registration is open as there is no registration on race day.
Chester Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 3, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hundreds Complete Inaugural Chester Marathon (Flinshire Chronicle) Nearly eight-hundred runners completed the inaugural Chester Marathon. Julian MacDonald won the title with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 5 seconds.
Coeur d' Alene Marathon
	News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Schioberg Earns First Marathon Win At Coeur d'Alene Marathon (CDApress.com) Kjell Schiober won the Coeur d'Alene Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 44 minutes and 47 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, May 30, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Branson Back To Defend Title At Coeur d'Alene Marathon (CDApress.com) Chandra Brason hopes to defend her title at the Coeur d'Alene Marathon on Sunday. The thirty-third annual marathon is expecting more than fifteen-hundred runners in total for the weekend running events.
Comrades Marathon (88km)
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Russian Twins Claim Comrades Victory (Sowetan) Elana and Olesya Nurgalieva took home first and second place honors in the women's division of the Comrades marathon to continue their dominance of the race since 2003
		Muzhingi Wins The Comrades (The Zimbabwean) Stephen Muzhingi defended his Comrades Marathon title with a time of 5 hours and 29 minutes. The eighty-fifth running of the ultra race had a stacked field of runners.
	News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Comrades Marathon 2010 Results: No Win For American Josh Cox (Examiner.com) Josh Cox managed to finish the Comrades Marathon despite stomach cramps and dehydration. He placed 186th with a time of 6 hours 51 minutes and 29 seconds.
		Back-To-Back 'Down' Wins For Muzhingi (IOL.co.za) Stephen Muzhingi won the 88 kilomter Comrades Marathon with a time of 5 hours 29 minutes and 1 second.
		Nurgalieva Twins Dominate Again At Comrades; Cox Struggles (Race Results Weekly) Stephen Muzhingi of Zimbabwe became the 1st runner to win back-to-back "down" runs in 24 years as he pulled away from the field near the bottom of the final climb at the Comrades Marathon.
	News From: Sunday, May 30, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Muzhingi Wins The Comrades Marathon (Times Alive) Stephen Muzhingi, Zimbabwe, won the 88 kilometer Comrades Ultra-marathon with the second fastest time in the race's history of 5 hours 23 minutes and 27 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		US Athlete Aims For Win At Comrades (Daily Dispatch) Leonid Shvetsov, record holder for the Comrages Marathon, retired in October. And now American Josh Cox hopes to claim the top spot in the ultra-marathon.
	News From: Friday, May 28, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Bend Ultrarunner To Race In South Africa (Bend Bulletin) Kami Semick is one of the most accomplished ultrarunners in the United States. She will be racing in the eighty-eight kilomter Comrades Marathon in South Africa
Disney World Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Monday Newest Twist For Disney Marathon A Free Day! (Chip & Company) The Disney World Marathon will give runners a free day at the park starting in 2011. Runners who finish the marathon on January 9, 2011 can bring the medals back the next day to gain free entrance to the park.
Everest Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 3, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Nepalese Sherpa Wins Highest Marathon In The World On Mount Everest (Asia News) Phurba Tamang won the Everest Marathon with a time of 3 hours 41 minutes and 20 seconds. The race began at an altitude of five-thousand, three-hundred and sixty-five meters.
Footstock Race Weekend
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Footstock Racing To Find Volunteers (Cochrane Eagle) As athletes are preparing for the 2010 Footstock Marathon, event organizers are in a race of their own to find enough volunteers to have the event go off without a hitch.
Gold Coast Airport Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		$250,000 Campaign For Gold Coast Marathon (Gold Coast) The 2010 Gold Coast Marathon has been launched with a two-hundred and fifty thousand tourism marketing campaign that should lure more runners to the region.
London Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		'Fastest Pensioner' During London Marahon 'Took Ten-mile Short Cut' (Telegraph) Anthony Gaskell who is sixty-nine years of age finished the London Marathon in 3 hours and 5 minutes. He was set to receive an award until it was discovered that to run the fast time he had to run the last 13.1 miles of the race in under an hour. Gaskell admitted to taking a "short cut" in the race.
Madison Marathon (Mad City Marathon)
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heat Closes Course At Madison Marathon (LaCrosseTribune.com) Ricky Reusser won the Madison Marathon for the fourth straight year despite hot and humid conditions which shut down the race just four hours into the event.
	News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heat Closes Course After Reusser, Manlove Win Madison Marathon Titles (Madison.com) Ricky Reusser won the Madison Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 39 seconds. An hour later officials made the decision to close the course due to concerns about the heat.