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Training/ Health
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Masks to help Team GB breathe easy in Beijing (Telegraph UK) In preparation for pollution at the 2008 Beijing Olympics British athletes will be issued with specially designed face masks. The high-tech anti-pollution masks to avoid respiratory problems during final preparations for the Games in August. Paula Radcliffe has already tested a protoype while training in South Africa.
		Paula Radcliffe training to breathe easy and lay Olympic ghost (The Times) World Record holder Paula Radcliffe will hit the streets of Beijing covered in smog that is 15 times denser than in London at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. UK Athletics is doing all it can to help with the environmental challenges asthmatic Radcliffe will encounter by identifying foods and supplements rich in antioxidants. She has already undergone a rigorous series of tests in Potchefstroom, South Africa, involving swallowing a tiny body thermometer, to see how her body copes with the heat.
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
	Dubai Marathon
		News From: Thursday, January 17, 2008
		Gebrselassie Hoping for Perfect Race in Dubai (Race Results Weekly) Haile Gebrselassie is going into the 2008 Dubai Marathon with many elements conducive to a new world record which include three to four injury-free months, near-perfect conditions: a flat course, excellent pacemaking, ideal weather and a well-marked and measured course.
	London Marathon
		News From: Thursday, January 17, 2008
		Re: London Marathon, Hall Says "Practice Makes Perfect" (Race Results Weekly) Coming off a 2:09:02 at the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials, Ryan Hall has set his race calendar for 2008 with the London Marathon being his first and possibly only big scale race prior to the Beijing Olympics. Having finished seventh in his debut marathon in a 2:08:24, Hall will once again join a top elite field including Martin Lel, Abderrahim Goumri, Felix Limo, Jaouad Gharib and Stefano Baldini. As per his coach Terrence Mahon of Team USA California Hall is young, takes care of his body, is a very efficient runner with amazing recovery abilities perfect for marathoning.
	Mumbai Marathon
		News From: Thursday, January 17, 2008
		We will give India Mumbai Marathon race a shot, say GROE trio (The STANDARD) The members of the Greatest Race on Earth Team will run Mumbai this weekend. John Maluni (2:11.35) together with female pair, Irene Mogaka (2:36.15) and Jemimah Jelegat plan on takine top honors. Jelegat was thrilled to be traveling to Mumbai as she is able to leave the civil unrest in her home training venue near the Rift Valley.
	London Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		Paula Radcliffe Coup for London Marathon (Telegraph) Even though Paula Radcliffe won the New York Marathon, in which she outsprinted Ethiopia's Gete Wami to the line in 2hr 23min 9sec, back in November she will still run in the Flora London Marathon on April 13th. The 34 year young woman hopes for Gold in Beijing and many think this might only hinder her chances of the only benchmark she lacks on her running career.
	Dubai Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		Fagan hoping to leave visa debacle behind for Dubai Marathon. (Independent) Although Fagan visa to American has been rejected he still has high hopes of sorting it out and returning but only after he runs Dubai with the likes of a hopeful 2:04 world record pace to be set by Gebreselassie
	London Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		Radcliffe chases fourth London win (CNN International) World record holder Paula Radcliffe will attempt a fourth win of the London Marathon in April 2008 before heading to Beijing for the Olympic Games. Other participants on the women's roster are Gete Wami, Berhane Adere, Constantina Tomescu-Dita, Svetlana Zakharova, Benita Johnson, Salina Kosgei and Irena Mikitenko.
		It's Official - Radcliffe to Return to London (Race Results Weekly) Fresh off a victory at the 2007 New York City Marathon, World Record Holder Paula Radcliffe will take on the 2008 London Marathon as preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Radcliffe thinks that the marathon will be good preparation for the Olympics at which she is looking to redeem herself. Radcliffe dropped out of the 2004 Athens Marathon.
	Dubai Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		World Tunes In For Richest Marathon Race In History (Middle East Events) The 2008 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which is offering the largest prize purse ever, plus a $1 million bonus for a new world record will be broadcast to over one hundred million homes. The Friday race will feature world record holder Haile Gebrselassie's attempt to break his current standing world record of 2:04:26 from the 2007 Berlin Marathon. The field also includes Sammy Korir, Lorna Kiplagat, Berhane Adere and last yearâs winners Willy Rotich and Askale Tafa Magarsa
	Little Rock Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		Little Rock Marathon's new course begins and ends in River Market area (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) The start and finish of the Little Rock marathon will be on the River Market Area for the March 2 race. Bill Torey, race director, stated that the new finish will allow for the ever growing field to expand again and allow ample room for post race festivities.
	Grandma's Marathon
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Ready, set, click: Grandma's Marathon moves to online registration (Duluth News) Grandma's marathon has been fast on racing times but a little slow on the uptake of racing technology. Chip timing was finally added in 2001 marking Grandma's as one of the last major US races to add electronic timing. Scott Keenan, executive director of Grandma's Marathon, stated that he was cautious but in the end he admitted that allowing Marathonguide.com of New York to do the registration will save Keenan and his marathon about three hundred man hours and $30,000 dollars by utilizing the online capabilities.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Sunday, January 13, 2008
		Numbers adding up for Paula Radcliffe (Telegraph UK) World Record Holder Paula Radcliffe who is currently at a UK Athletics warm-weather training camp in Potchefstroom near Johannesburg is looking forward to the Olympics. She is aware that both training and luck will be needed on race day. She waxes on the significance of the number seventeen.
	Mumbai Marathon
		News From: Saturday, January 12, 2008
		Three marathoners eye Olympics berth at Mumbai run (Express India) As race day for the Mumbai Marathon approaches, Satya Prakash, Ram Singh Yadav and Benning Lynkoi will be focused on the 2:18.20 time qualifier for Olympics. The Hong Kong Marathon will be the final qualification chance if things do not work out in Mumbai. There has been no Indian marathon runner has been to the Olympics since 1980.
Post-Race Review/ Results
	Dubai Marathon
		News From: Friday, January 18, 2008
		Gebrselassie Oh So Close in Dubai (Race Results Weekly) Haile Gebrselassie started the 2008 Dubai Marathon at a break neck finishing the first half in 1:01:27. Wanting to do a faster last half, Gebrselassie did not have enough to hold on. He finished in a 2:04:53.
	Mumbai Marathon
		News From: Friday, January 18, 2008
		Mumbai Marathon fever lands one enthusiast in hospital (Express India) Forty-five-year old Roger Desouza ran out of time to train for the marathon in Mumbai. His last ditch effort to prepare for the 26.2 mile race backfired. Desouza found himself in surgery for compartment syndrome. His legs had to be operated upon after he was told to take pain medicine and began flooding his body with water.
	Dubai Marathon
		News From: Friday, January 18, 2008
		Martin Fagan Qualifies For Beijing Marathon at Dubai (Athletic Association of Ireland) Martin Fagan pushed the pain barrier and ran the Dubai Marathon in 2 hours 14 minutes 06 seconds. This time put him comfortably inside the Olympic A qualifying standard of 2.15 and earned him a trip to Beijing.
		Second fastest of all time for Gebrselassie in Dubai Marathon (IAAF) Winning the 2008 Dubai Marathon, Haile Gebrselassie ran the second fastest marathon in history, 2:04:53, but fell short of the prize bonus of $1,000,000 US Dollars for breaking the standing world record. Geb and his pacemakers went out at an alarmingly fast pace hitting the 10km mark in 28:39 and at half marathon mark in 61:27. In the women's race seven women were still together at halfway in 70 minutes, Berhane Adere ran away in the last few kilometres, to win in 2:22:40.
	Houston Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
		Houston Marathon event earns 'rave reviews' (Houston Chronicle) 17,000 runners participated in one the smoothest Houston Marathons to date. Steven Karpas stated that the future of the marathon looks very bright. And considering the have been flooded with positive responses, locked up the US 1/2 marathon championships for the next three years and sponsors to boot, it should continue to run very well. Registration has opened for 2009 and will shut down at the end of January and not re-open until later in the year.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Kenyan unopposed in Clark Marathon (The Phillipine Star) In his debut marathon Kenyas Hillary Lagat won in a 2:26.29. Native Filipino Cresenciano Sabal came in second in a 2:26.48 having lost steam in the final 3k. Southeastern Asian Games bronze medalist Jho-An Banayag was the easy winner in the women's race, posting a time of 3:02.51
	Houston Marathon
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Carney and O'Neill Win First USA Titles at Houston (Race Results Weekly) James Carney and Kate O'Neill won their their first USA titles at 2008 US Half Marathon Championships held in conjunct with the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon. The race which brought Ryan Hall into the foreground last year was dominated by Carney debuting in the distance. Carney won in a 1:02:21. Track star Kate O'Neill had competition in US Olympic Marathon Team hopefuls Blake Russell and Elva Dryer; but O'Neill pulled through to win in a 1:11:57.
	Disney World Marathon
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Bastos, Peters take Disney marathon honors (Sun Sentinel) In his fifth win in six years, Brazilian Adriano Bastos won the 2008 Disney Marathon in a 2:20:56. The runner-up John Garton came in a 2:35:02. Former University of Miami track star Melanie Schultz Peters of St. Petersburg won her first marathon title in a 2:47:29. Sonia Friend-Uhl who was running in memory of her brother finished second in a 2:49:24 despite winning the Marathon of the Palm Beaches one month ago.
	Everest Marathon
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		Scottish woman wins Everest Marathon, breaks world record (Economic Times) Angela Mudge, 37, a doctorate in physical chemistry from Scotland, wins the Everest Marathon in 5:02.00. Mudge beat the existing women's record by thirteen minutes. The prior female course record was 5:16.03. The present men's record is 3:50.23. The Guiness Book of World Records recognizes this race as the highest marathon in the world with a start close to the Everest base camp in Nepal at 3,446 meters.
	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
		News From: Sunday, January 13, 2008
		Mike Aish of New Zealand posts first marathon victory, Ethiopian sets women's course record at Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon (USA Today) Mike Aish of New Zealand broke the African stranglehold on the Roc;13k 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon winning in a 2:13:20. Aish has run only one previous marathon before - Fukuoka Marathon. In the women's race for the fifth consecutive year, Ethiopian Adanech Zekiros won in a course record of 2:31:14.
	Houston Marathon
		News From: Sunday, January 13, 2008
		Cheruiyot wins Houston Marathon in sprint finish (Chron) Kenya's David Cheruiyot does a hat-trick and wins the 2008 Houston Marathon in 2:12:31. Returning women's champion Ethiopia's Dire Tune set a record finish in an 2:24:39.
		Records Abound at the 36th Running of the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon (RunningUSA Wire) The Chevron Houston Marathon held its 36th running with over 14,000 participants in its race weekend. In the women's race defending champion Dire Tune smashed her previous course record in a 2:24:40. Daivd Cheruiyot took his thrid win in four years with a 2:12:32. Held conjunctly with race festivities is the USA Half Marathon Championships at which James Carney debuting in the half marathon won in a 1:02:21, twelve seconds ahead of Team USA Minnesota's Jason Lehmkuhle. Kate O'Neill broke the tape in 1:11:58.
Non-Marathon/ Other Running
	Bermuda Marathon
		News From: Friday, January 18, 2008
		Switzer running in the Bermuda Triangle challenge (Bermuda Sun) Katherine Switzer, 60, best known for running as a bandit in the Boston Marathon and campaigning to have a women's marathon included in the Olympics, is running the three races in the Bermuda Triangle challenge to promote running to women. She is aiming simply to run a sub 2:15 half-marathon in this final leg of the challenge.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Thursday, January 17, 2008
		Fearing distractions and spying, China has Olympic athletes keep a low profile (USA Today) Fearful that opponents may be spying, China's field of about 800 athletes for the upcoming Olympics will move to the heavily guarded, Beijing-based National Sports Training Center. Also, in preparation for the games, with the forecast predicting a fifty percent chance of rain, the government plan to turn off the rain with cloud seeding technology in which more than eighty rocket launchers have been arranged from nine miles to seventy five miles outside Beijing to seed threatening clouds and release their rain before it reaches the Chinese capital on the days of the opening and closing ceremonies.
	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
		News From: Monday, January 14, 2008
		P.F. Chang's races could expand (AZ Central) With the recent creation of Competitor Group Inc. established with Falconhead Capital's purchase Elite Racing, Triathlete magazine and Competitor Publishing, David Moross, Falconhead Capital's chairman and chief executive officer is looking to grow the PF Chang brand by establishing sports camps for triathlons, creating international races and acquiring faster runners by offering bigger prize incentives and bonuses.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Saturday, January 12, 2008
		Alicia Shay-In pursuit of an Olympic dream (Arizona Republic) After the death of Ryan Shay at the 2008 US Olympic Trials in New York, no one has been hit harder than his wife of four months, Alicia Shay. A professional runner herself, Shay will not abandon her own olympic dreams in the 10,000 meter distance. She is back in training beginning her racing season at the Gate River Run (U.S. 15K Championships), March 8.