Marathon/Running News: 9/21/09 - 9/28/09

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Adirondack Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 21, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Adirondack Marathon Champ Sets Course Record (Post Star) David Herr returned to defend his Adirondack Marathon title. This year he brought his wife and stayed in a hotel. The result was a new course record in a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 38 seconds.
Air Force Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		2009 Air Force Marathon Winner a Cancer Survivor (American Chronicle) Dave Johnston had a tactical plan to win the 2009 edition of the Air Force Marathon. Perhaps his plan to defeat Hodgkin's Disease in college helped him outlast his opponents in the marathon.
Akron Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 28, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		First-Timers End Up in First Place at Akron Marathon (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Richard Chelimo won the Akron Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 21 seconds on a rain soaked course. Hirut Mandefro, Ethiopia, won the women's marathon with a time of 2 hours 51 minutes and 59 seconds.
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Don't Count Him Out in Akron Marathon (Ohio.com) Michael Carbone will run the seventh annual Akron Marathon and make up for time lost during his junior year of high school when academic ineligibility kept him out of his cross country races.
	News From: Thursday, September 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Competing at an Average Age of 73, Oatmeal Milers Still Going Strong at Akron Marathon (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Ken Thompson has run across Death Valley and pulled a sled along the Iditarod trail. So when he completes the Akron Marathon it will be just another weekend for the seventy-two year old marathon runner.
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Road Runner Akron Marathon to be Aired on NEON (The Suburbanite.com) The seventh annual Akron Marathon will be televised on channel 23. The race, which starts on September 26 at 7 am, will be broadcast on the Northeast Ohio Network the following week.
Anglesey Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		North Wales is the Venue for This Week's Marathon Race for Steve Edwards (Cotswold News) Steve Edwards is well over four-hundred sub-three hour and thirty minute marathons and this week Edwards ran the Anglesey Marathon in a time of 3 hours and 52 seconds.
Atlantic City Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Who Will Save the Atlantic City Marathon? (Press of Atlantic City) Barbara Altman has stepped down from the Atlantic City Marathon after some twenty years of directing the Atlantic City Marathon. So after fifty years the third-oldest continually run marathon in the country is postponed indefinitely.
Beirut Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		2009 Beirut Marathon Gets off to Running Start With Official Launch (The Daily Star) Volunteers, musicians, acrobats and politicians gathered for the kick off celebration of the 2009 Beirut Marathon which will attract some twenty-thousand runners and has grown from sixty-five hundred since 2003.
Bellingham Bay Marathon
	News From: Saturday, September 26, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Bellingham Bay Marathon: Trio of Rookies Ready to Tackle First Race (The Bellingham Herald) The Bellingham Bay Marathon kicks off on September 27 and three area residents will tackle their first 26.2 mile race. More than fourteen-hundred runners are expected to toe the line.
Berlin Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon King Eyes a New World Mark in 2010 (Dispatch Online) Haile Gebrselassie has vowed to return to Berlin in 2010 to make another attempt at his marathon world record. The heat and humidity at race time this year slowed the Kenyan runners as he neared the finish line missing the world mark by nearly three minutes.
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Berlin Marathon Comes Up Short (BBC News) The warm still air at the Berlin Marathon seemed to hamper what could have been an amazing race. Instead Haile Gebrselassie was left to fend for himself as he struggled along for the last ten kilometers....still mustering a 2 hour and 6 minute marathon.
Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Alanis Morissette to Run a Marathon for Good Cause (People.com) Alanis Morissette is set to run the Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon on October 11 to raise money for the National Eating Disorders Association. Morissette suffered from an eating disorder in her teens and hopes to raise awareness.
Cape Town Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Spoilt For Choice: Four Marathons to be Run in South Africa This Weekend (The Witness.) South Africa will play host to a number of marathons this weekend. The KZN Marathon is a qualifier for the Comrades and Two Oceans Marathons. The Cape Town Marathon will also be held this weekend.
Chennai Marathon
	News From: Saturday, September 26, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenyans Set To Dominate Chennai Marathon (Express News) The Chennai Marathon takes place Sunday and a slew of Kenyans are set to participate in the forty-two kilometer race. The Kenyans have dominated the race in recent years and are expected to continue their reign.
Clarence Demar Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 28, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rain Cannot Slow Down the 32nd Running of the Clarence Demar Marathon (The Keene Sentinel) Justin Fyffe won his second straight Clarence Demar Marathon in dark and dreary condition with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 47 seconds. Holly Parker took home the women's title with a time of 3 hours 7 minutes and 22 seconds.
Des Moines Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Mile Posts: Des Moines Marathon's Arrow Pointing Up (Des Moines Register) The October 18 Des Moines Marathon seems to be on the upswing. A new expo venue will provide room for the sixty vendors and nearly five-thousand marathon runners that are expected to attend the marathon events
Detroit International Marathon
	News From: Thursday, September 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		True Running Mates (Detroit Free Press) Chad Johnson of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project will toe the line of the Detroit Marathon on October 18. But the bigger date will happen when he marries Melissa White, a teammate, next summer. White will be a top competitor in the Chicago Marathon this October.
Fox Cities Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 21, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Kapral Family Runs Into the Record Books (The Northwestern) Sixteen members of the Kapral family finished the Fox Cities Marathon in under six hours to set a new Guinness World record for the most siblings to finish the same marathon.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heidke, Spencer are Winners in Fox Cities Marathon (Greenbay Press Gazette) Mike Heidke won the nineteenth annual Fox Cities Marathon with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 30 seconds to beat out defending champion, James Levash, who finished in 2 hours 36 minutes and 6 seconds.
		Baraboo Teacher Julie Spencer Wins Women's Race in Community First Fox Cities Marathon (Post Crescent) Julie Spencer will return to her classroom with a first place souvenir from the Fox Cities Marathon. Spencer won the women's marathon race with a time of 2 hours 45 minutes and seven seconds.
Great Wall Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Appleton's Kerrie Larson-Kerkman Defies Odds, Pursues Marathon Running Dreams in China (The Post-Crescent) Kerrie Kerkman ran the 2009 Great Wall Marathon in China thanks to the Project Athena foundation which provides women who have survived a major illness with the funds to pursue their athletic dreams.
Kampala Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Twenty Camp at Iten for Kampala Marathon (The New Vision) The sixth annual Kampala Marathon is set of November 22. Twenty long distance athletes have moved to Iten, Kenya for altitude training just prior to the event which should bring in around fifteen-thousand runners.
Knoxville Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Dedication Starts Covenant Run Sign-ups (Farragut Press) September 1 marked the beginning of registration for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. The ever-growing marathon also includes a half-marathon, marathon-relay, and 5K run.
Lake Tahoe Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 28, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Favorite Meissner Wins Lake Tahoe Marathon for First Time (Tahoe Daily Tribune) Sean Meissner won one of the warmest Lake Tahoe Marathons in the event history with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes easily outdistancing other marathon runners. Gretchen Brugman won the women's title.
	News From: Saturday, September 26, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Meissner Bids For First Marathon Title (Tahoe Daily Tribune) Sean Meissner has won the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon (3 marathons over 3 days) four times. This year race director Les Wright has singled Meissner out as the pre-race favorite as defending champion Tony Torres is out of the race due to injury.
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Lake Tahoe Marathon and Running Festival This Week (RGJ.com) The Lake Tahoe Marathon kicks off today with the first of three days of marathon racing. Kilian Jornet will be attempting to break the record for running one-hundred and sixty-five miles of the Tahoe Rim Trail.
		Tahoe's Great Race is Sunday (Lake Tahoe Action) Tony Torres has won the Lake Tahoe Marathon for the past three years but may be unable to defend his title due to an injury. Second place finisher in 2008, Lynryd Skynrod could be another runner to take the top spot.
	News From: Thursday, September 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Lake Tahoe Marathon Week to Start with Speed Golf Tournament (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza) The Lake Tahoe Marathon takes place this weekend and will kick off with an eighteen hole round of speed golf where players combine their time and score on the course for top honors. Only three clubs are allowed per golfer.
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Tahoe Highway 89 to be Closed for Lake Tahoe Marathon (Sierra Sun) State Highway 89 around Lake Tahoe will be closed for the Lake Tahoe Marathon event. The marathon begins in Tahoe City and over three days will circumnavigate Lake Tahoe.