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Akron Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 18, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Liberty Hill Baptist's Mark Johnson prepares for marathon, supports Cleveland schools (Cleveland.com) Reverand Mark Johnson prepares for the Akron Marathon. He wishes he could run the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, but feels that he could not preach after a 26.2 mile run.
Badwater Ultra Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Aurora Man Wins Punishing Badwater Marathon (Chicago Tribune) Zach Gingerich won the 2010 Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley. He ran the 135 mile race in 24 hours, 44 minutes and 48 seconds.
		Colorado Runner Jamie Donaldson Wins Her Third Badwater Ultramarathon And Sets New Course Record (Examiner.com) Jamie Donaldson won the women's division of the Badwater Ultramarathon for the third year in a row and set a new course record with a time of 26 hours, 16 minutes and 12 seconds.
Berlin Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 16, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		N-TV Nabs Berlin Marathon (Variety.com) German web TV N-TV has acquired the rights to the Berlin Marathon set to be held on September 26.
	News From: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		September's Berlin Marathon To Attract 40,000 Runners (Web Wire.com) More than forty-thousand runners are expected for this year's Berlin Marathon slated for September 26. Direct rooms says that the chance of finding a room to be slim heading into marathon weekend.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		2011 Honda LA Marathon Presented By K-Swiss Expects Record Field (PR-Newswire.com) Registration for the 2011 City of Los Angeles Marathon will open on Thursday July 15 and race organizers are expecting a record field for the March 20th, 2011 Race
Cowtown Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		The Cowtown Marathon Moves To Will Rogers, Expands To Two Days (Star-Telegram) The Cowtown Marathon has announced that it will be moving to the Will Rogers Memorial Center, changing the running courses and expanding the running event to two days on February 26 and 27 of 2011
Detroit International Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 11, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Detroit Free Press Marathon (Detroit Free Press) The Detroit Free Press Marathon is hoping to get you involved with the race without running a step of the 26.2 mile marathon.
Grandfather Mountain Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Steve Cowie On Grandfather Marathon Weekend (News-Record) Steve Cowie won the Grandfather Mountain Marathon and completed a weekend of endurance events in the Boone North Carolina mountains.
	News From: Sunday, July 11, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Steve Cowie: Grandfather Time (News-Record) Steve Cowie won the Grandfather mountain for the second consecutive time with a time of 2 hours 56 minutes and 54 seconds on a course with notorious elevation gains.
		Cowie Captures Second Win (Seymour Herald) Steve Cowie, of Greensboro, North Carolina repeated as overall winner of the Grandfather Mountain marathon with a time of 2:56:54.
		Cowie, Tolley Take Grandfather Mountain Marathon (Go Blue Ridge) Steve Cowie won the Grandfather Mountain Marathon with a time of 2 hours 56 minutes and 54 seconds.
Great Wall Marathon
	News From: Saturday, July 17, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Great Wall Makes For A Memorable Marathon (American-Statesman) The Great Wall Marathon beckons many to its alluring three-thousand, seven-hundred stone steps and for many it is just part of an amazing trip to China
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon
	News From: Monday, July 12, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Istanbul Marathon Challenge For Abthorpe Friends (Towcester and NN!2) Tim Pope and Alan Eastwood are hoping to finish the Istanbul Marathon on October 17. They are finding a way to run through the heat of the summer in hopes that the temperatures in October will be much lower.
Kiawah Island Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 16, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		A Goal In Mind, Runner Returns To The Streets For Kiawah Marathon (Winston Salem Journal) Mike Larson may have very little eyesight but the 43 year-old has not lost his love for life and running. He will compete in the Kiawah Marathon in December despite being legally blind
Marine Corps Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		The Marine Corps Marathon Voted Best Marathon For Families (News Blaze) Beginning on July 14, those who registered for the thirty-fifth Marine Corps Marathon who are unable to run the race may transfer their entry to a non-registered runner.
Missoula Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Thousands Race To Missoula To Compete In Fourth Annual Missoula Marathon (KBZK) The Missoula Marathon nearly doubled it's total participation from 2009 after "Runners World" magazine voted it the best overall marathon out of over 400 others.
	News From: Monday, July 12, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Thousands Race to Missoula to Compete in Fourth Annual Missoula Marathon (KXLF.com) After receiving the distinction of Best Overall Marathon from a vote in Runner's World magazine, the 2010 Missoula Marathon nearly doubled its number of participants to over 4,200.
		Local Pair Takes Missoula Marathon Titles (KECI.com) Kiefer Hahn broke his own course record by winning the Missoula Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 37 seconds.
		Helena Native Hahn Wins Third Missoula Marathon (Helenair.com) Kiefer Hahn won his third Missoula Marathon title on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 37 seconds.
	News From: Sunday, July 11, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kiefer Hahn Wins 2010 Missoula Marathon (Missoulian) Kiefer Hahn won the Missoula Marathon for the third straight year and his time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 37 seconds was nearly three minutes faster than the course record he set last year.
		Missoula Marathon: Record Number of Runners Convene For Race (Missoulian) With nearly 5,000 participants among the events, the Missoula Marathon, voted in January 2010's Runner's World magazine as the Best Overall marathon in America, easily eclipsed their previous high turnout.
Nike 26.2 = Nike Women's Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 15, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Nike Women's Marathon Event (San Francisco Chroncile) Of the thirty-seven thousand people who signed up for the Nike Women's Marathon, only twenty-thousand were accepted. Lombardi sports has two entries that will be given away.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Sunday, July 18, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Afghanistan Hero Mark Ormrod Joins Marine Pals in Marathon Across America (Mirror.co.uk) Mark Ormrod, of the UK, who had his legs and right arm blown off by a landmine while serving in Afghanistan, will be embarking on a 3,530 mile run across the United States called the "Gumpathon" after the Tom Hanks movie "Forest Gump." That is a total of 135 marathons, which Ormrod plans to take one mile at a time.
		Thane Varsha Marathon Run Spreads Message Of Fitness. (One India) The Thane Varsha Marathon offered ten categories for runners, walkers including the marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers and hoped to spread the word about fitness.
	News From: Saturday, July 17, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Man Takes Small Steps And Larger Strides (Chicago Sun-Times) Alan Robinson was told he would no longer walk after a car accident nearly severed his cervical spine. He has done more than walk as the man who once could not move from the neck down is now running marathons.
		Marathon Effort Take Nashvillian, Dian Bolton, On 50-State Tour (Tennessean) Diane Bolton joined a group at her local gym in 2003 that allowed her to run and walk. By 2010 she had completed a marathon in all fifty states.
		Veteran Marathoner Says Training Team Made the Difference (Midlothian Exchange) Jerry Pisecki, who finished the 2010 Boston Marathon, feels training with a team makes a huge difference in performance. When he trained for his first marathon he trained by himself, using articles and books as his guide, and he said he was hurting by the end. Twenty years later, he turned to a training team to prepare for the Boston Marathon and blew his goal personal best time out of the water.
	News From: Friday, July 16, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		How Young Is Too Young To Run? (The Salem News) There has been a multitude of pre-teen runners that have completed a marathon and the question of how young is too young is a hot topic.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Top American-Born Runner Joins Bix Field (Quad City Times) Meb Keflezghi will be joined by Ryan Hall for the Bix Race through the streets of Davenport on July 24th