Marathon/Running News: 5/29/08 - 6/5/08

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Bayshore Marathon
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Gun Lake man at eighty sets marathon record (MLive.com) Back in 2001, Jerry Johncock set a personal goal to run at least one hundred marathons by the age of eighty. Johncock turned eighty earlier this year and posted an age group record time of 4:11:51 at the Traverse City State Bank Bayshore Marathon which was incidentally his 102nd marathon. Johncock plans to run a few more marathons before he retires from the sport.
Berlin Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		IDF delegation to Berlin Marathon runs into funding obstacle (The Jerusalem Post) The 35th Berlin Marathon will take place on September 28. It is expected to draw 40,000 athletes and more than a million spectators. The IDF wanted to send a command of 60 officers to run the Berlin Marathon but due to over booked facilities on the German military post the IDF will have to pay for the housing of its 60 officers and is unable to find the funding.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Friday, May 30, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Bostons famed marathon a worthy for me and Lance Armstrong (Fort Collins Now) Felix Wong ran the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon in the world, with grand plans. After training hard to qualify with a 3:03:24 at the St. George Marathon since men under thirty-five years must run a sub 3:10, Wong took to the start with anticipation. Although Wong was almost thirty minutes off ex-Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Wong was happy with his quad busting 3:28:46 time.
City of Christchurch Marathon
	News From: Monday, June 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hooper scores hometown win in Christchurch Marathon (Stuff.co.nz) Kiwi Rowan Hooper won his second marathon in New Zealand beating Australian Dave Ruschena to win the Christchurch Marathon in 2:21:41. Debuting in the distance, Ruschena took second in a 2:22:08 and Paul Martinico finished third. In the women's race Sandra Prosenica won the women's race in 2:57:37. Sally Anderson was second in a 2:59.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Troubled L.A. Marathon is up for sale (LA Times) In a continued struggle with its finances, Devine Racing LLC, the race event management company behind such races as the Los Angeles Marathon and Las Vegas Marathon, has announced publicly for the first time that the Los Angeles Marathon is for sale. Potential interest has stemmed from Falconhead Capital the owners of Elite Racing, Dallas-based U.S. Road Sports and Entertainment Group which recently purchased the ING Miami Marathon and Los Angeles media executives Russ Pillar and David Kingsdale. Devine Racing's debt includes what it owes its creditors - vendors, elite athlete/champions and the Nevada Highway Patrol in conjunction with the 2007 Las Vegas Marathon.
Comrades Marathon (88km)
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon mum set to conquer South African race (Northern Territory News) Shaye Hatty, a thirty-seven year old mother of three has juggled work, training and family life in order to prepare for the grueling 86km Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa. Her schedule involves a 100km-a-week running routine that includes tempo runs, speed work and 65km long runs. Hatty has completed twelve marathons, but this will be her first ultra.
		Old gold and new for Comrades (IOL.CO.nz) Gold was the subject of discussion at a Comrades Marathon breakfast announcing the race's new title sponsor, the Gold Fields mining company. The rising price of gold was not the issue at hand, but a "missing" 100oz gold statuette for last year's record-breaking winner, Leonid Shvetsov. This is the base for the legal battle between the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) and former race sponsor Harmony Gold.
Cork City Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		8,000 compete in second Cork marathon (Irish Times) East Cork's Roy Fahy won the second Cork City marathon in a time of two hours 33 minutes 55 seconds after finish third in the first annual event. He was two minutes ahead of second place finisher Eoin O'Connell whose time was 2 hours 35 minutes and 57 seconds. St Finbarr's Cathal O'Connell finished third in 2 hours 36 minutes and 17 seconds. The women's marathon was won by Sligo Athletic Club's Lucy Brennan with a time of 2 hours 54 minutes.
Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		White Rock Marathon, title sponsor end agreement (The Dallas Morning News) After a five year sponsorship deal, Dallas White Rock Marathon officials have released Georgia-based Wellstone Communities from the remainder of its commitment as the race's title sponsor. Wellstone president and CEO John Lowery said the slow residential real estate market in the Dallas area makes it difficult for his company to justify the cost of sponsorship. Marathon officials said they will seek a new title sponsor.
Everest Marathon
	News From: Sunday, June 1, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Nepali runner Deepak Rai wins Everest marathon (Nepal News) Deepak Rai scored three successive victories in the 6th edition of Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon winning the 2008 edition in 3:53:14, starting from the base camp of Mt. Everest at the altitude of 5,364 meters. Rai set the course record in 2006 in a 3:28:27. Phurba Tamang was second and Phuri Sherpa became third in 4:10:29. In the women's race Ang Phuti Sherpa clocked 5:33:10 beating Mingma Chamgi and Mingma Phuti Sherpa who are two Sherpa girls from the same village.
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Nepalese runner wins world's highest marathon for the third time (Earth Times) Two-time defending champion Dip Kumar Rai, a farmer by profession, had a three-peat at the Everest Marathon winning in 3:53:14. Phurba Tamang was second in 3:58. The race starts near Khumbhu icefall at an altitude of 5,400 meters near the Everest base camp and ended in the town of Namchebazar 2,000 meters below.
Long Beach Marathon
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		New Long Beach Marathon Course Runs Through CSULB (Gazette News) International City Racing (ICR) and California State University, Long Beach, made a joint announcement about a major course change to the Long Beach Marathon. The course will be taken out of Naples and off Studebaker Road so that Belmont Shore residents will no longer be trapped by road closures.
Manitoba Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Podruchny running in his 100th marathon in Manitoba (Winnipeg Free Press) This Fathers Day Tom Podruchny will run his 100th marathon at the age of 71. He ran his first marathon in 1971 in Manitoba and will be the first Manitoban to reach the century mark in the marathon. When he did his first marathon, most of his relatives did not think he would live through it.
Maui Marathon
	News From: Friday, May 30, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Early entry discounts for Maui Marathon end soon (Honolulu Advertiser) Early entry discounts for the Maui Marathon end May 31, 2008.
Mont Blanc Marathon
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Mont Blanc Marathon subscriptions already up on last year (Chamonix Chamonet) Chamonix Mont Blanc Marathon, which takes place the weekend of the 28 and 29 June, has attracted double the number of subscriptions compared with the same time last year. Although this year the race will be held in conjunction with the fifth stage of the Salomon-Endurance National Trail Challenge offering a mix of traditional marathon with a mountain race, the 42.195km marathon has a 2240m of positive height gain and 1190m of descending height change. also, new for this year, race organizers routed the race to take place on more trails than asphalt and limited the number of food and drink posts halved to four with in the hope of making the course more authentic.
North Olympic Discovery Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Nearly 2,000 expected to run weekend marathon (Peninsula Daily News) Over sixteen hundred runners are registered for the various running events during the North Olympic Discovery Marathon weekend of which 1,070 are women and 608 are men. New to the North Olympic Discovery Marathon are the Olympic Medical Center 5K and 10K run.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Thursday, June 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Mini-Marathon Event Kicks Off In Farmington Hills (Detroit NBC 4) Students at Gill Elementary will kick off a summer long fitness initiative to walk a marathon over the course of their summer break. On Friday, over 500 students will run the first half mile of the marathon. Funds are being raised for school activities.
	News From: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Endurance Training Doesn't Have to Be an Uphill Battle (Washington Post) Howard Schneider found motivation from a popular voice to finish the Marine Corp Half Marathon. Several opportunities exist to help keep you motivated for even the full marathon. Schneider suggests that if the 26.2 mile race seems a bit to long to go for the half and even the 5K to get things started.
		A few words from man who started all this (Union Tribune) Frank Shorter sat in the VIP tent of the Rock n Roll marathon and looked on as African runners crossed the line. He looked on in complete surprise that he, too, at one time had run as fast. The 1972 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist, now age 60, stated that better days are ahead for American runners.
	News From: Sunday, June 1, 2008
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Indefatigable Ndereba bags 10,000m title (Danily Nation) Catherine Ndereba, completed a rare double with victory in the 10,000m race Saturday at the Prisons national championships at the Nyayo National Stadium. Ndereba beat out Pauline Wangui and former London marathon runner-up, Salina Kosgei to win in 33:10.1. Wangui was second stopping the clock at 33:35.4 and Kosgei third in 33:53.2. Ndereba is heading back to the United States to train for the Beijing Games where she will run the marathon.
	News From: Saturday, May 31, 2008
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Queen Elizabeth marks 1908 London Olympics and Centenary of Classic Marathon Distance (IAAF) Queen Elizabeth II hosted a reception last night to mark the centenary of the 1908 London Olympic Games when the classic marathon distance of 26.2 miles was used for the first time to allow the Royal family to watch the start of the race from the window of the nursery in Windsor Castle. The 1908 Olympics were due to be held in Rome, but London stepped in when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906. The 1908 Olympic Marathon was famous for incident surrounding Italian Dorando Pietri who had led the race but collapsed after entering the stadium in first place; but was later disqualified and first place awarded to American Johnny Hayes.
Olympics 2008 (Men)
	News From: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Haile Gebrselassie chasing another Olympic medal (CBC Sports) Haile Gebrselassie was vocal about his decision to skip the 2008 Beijing Olympic marathon due to environmental conditions, but the world class athlete is eyeing the 10,000 meter Ethiopian team, where in remains one available spot with 10,000 m specialists Sihine and Bekele already safely on the team. There is still one major 10,000m race where Ethiopians will try to run fast enough to impress the selectors and that is the Prefontaine meet June 8. The Ethiopian head coach, Dr Wolde Kostre, is expected to send a younger athlete if he runs even one second faster than Gebrselassie.
	News From: Saturday, May 31, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		U.S. Olympic marathon runner is hoping to inspire younger athletes (Ann Arbor News) Brian Sell who will represent the United States as part of the three-man marathon team at the Beijing Olympics along with Hansons-Brooks Distance Project teammate Clint Verran will appear at the expo that kicks off the weekend's annual Dexter-Ann Arbor Run. Sell, who finished second to controversial Ethiopian Alene Reta in last year's half-marathon, will not participate this year because it conflicts with his Olympic training schedule.
	News From: Friday, May 30, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Beijing Olympic marathon dream comes to an end for Canadian Warwick (The Star Phoenix) Canadian Jason Warwick had one last shot at an Olympic berth at the ING Ottawa Marathon, having missed qualification at the Rotterdam Marathon in April. But due to difficult Olympic marathon standards set by Athletics Canada (a full four minutes faster than the international guidelines), Warwick and his fellow Canadian competitors had to step up his performance early on. No Canadian runner qualified for the Olympic marathon team at the Ottawa Marathon.
Olympics 2008 (Women)
	News From: Thursday, June 5, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Benita Johnson to carry father's spirit to Beijing Olympics (Herald Sun) Benita Johnson's victory was bitter sweet at the Freihofer's 5km road race in Albany, New York. As she crossed the finish line, she learned that her father Tony Willis had died of a degenerative neurological disease he had been sick with for some time. Her father introduced her to the sport and will be with her as she runs at the Beijing Olympics. Johnson will make the decision on whether she runs the 10,000m or marathon in the next two weeks.
	News From: Monday, June 2, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Athens' deserted Games sites a warning to London Olympics (Telegraph UK) Athens spent more than £9 billion on staging the Olympics, slightly less than the current estimate for the 2012 London Games, and leaving Greece with a national budget deficit of 6.1 percent. Of the twenty-two venues built in Athens, twenty-one are in a state of disrepair and closed to the public due to lack of interest and vandalism.
	News From: Sunday, June 1, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Radcliffe - It can't happen again (Guardian UK) At thirty-four years of age, Paula Radcliffe has been running for twenty three years and collected a number of accolades on the track, in cross country and on the roads in several high profile races such as the 2000 Sydney Olympics with international fields. Yet etched into the memories of many are scenes from the women's race at the 2004 Olympic marathon in Athens where Radcliffe dropped out during the race failing the crowds and herself. Radcliffe plans to run the Beijing Games and has kept her options open to run the London 2012 Olympic Games as well.
	News From: Saturday, May 31, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Legends back rejected mother's Olympic bid (New Zealand Herald) Liza Hunter-Galvan is determined to run at the Beijing Olympics to create new memories for her brain-injured daughter although New Zealand Athletics has ruled her out for Olympic berth. Hunter-Galvin, a mother-of-four who ran in the 2004 Athens Olympics, has fought back from her own injuries suffered when a truck ploughed into the family's car in the United States last year causing extensive brain damage to her daughter. Olympic triple gold medallist Peter Snell, and bronze medallists and marathon champions Lorraine Moller and Rod Dixon are supporting Hunter-Galvan as the tribunal makes a secondary consideration.
Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend)
	News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon House athletes take top place in marathon (Inside Toronto) Tara Quinn-Smith, a member of the Brooks Canada Marathon Project (BCMP), was the women's Canadian champion and placed fourth internationally at the ING Ottawa Marathon with a time of 2:33:57 in her debut in the marathon distance. The twenty-eight-year-old and her husband Andrew Smith, with a time of 2:19:58, qualified for the Berlin World Championships in August 2009. There were five long-distance runners from High Park's 'Marathon House,' a residential program for competitive runners vying for the Olympics, who competed in Ottawa. The Brooks Canada Marathon Project is in it's second year offering lodging for its runners as well as medical and travel support and performance-based financial incentives due to a $1.5-million commitment from Brooks Canada founders.
Phuket International Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		The 2008 Laguna Phuket International Marathon will take place on Sunday 15 June. (National News Burea Public Relations) A two day expo will kick off the Laguna Phuket International Marathon. Well over 5,000 participants will compete in the race day activities. Several TV and radio stations will be airing the event, live and on broadcast delay.