Marathon/Running News: 1/16/09 - 1/23/09

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News From: Thursday, January 22, 2009
	26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon Gets Beverage Sponsor (The Jacksonville Financial News and Daily Record) Donna: The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer, a Florida marathon being held to raise money for breast cancer research and patients, has found a sponsor. TalkingRain, a beverage company, will offer financial support to the race, which will be held on February 15 and was founded by three-time breast cancer survivor Donna Deegan, a local news anchor.
	New Denver Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Denver Marathon to become "Rock 'N' Roll" race (The Denver Post) The Competitor Group, which owns marathons across the country (including the Phoenix Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, and Nashville's Country Music Marathon) has acquired the Denver Marathon.
	New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon will see an increase in participants this year (Times Picayune) The online registration for the 2009 Mardigras Marathon has closed on-line registration with less than three-hundred slots available at the expo. The 2009 marathon and half-marathon will see some of the largest numbers of participants.
	Odds And Ends
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Central Park Track Club Mourns Founder Blackstone (Race Results Weekly) David Blackstone, founder and first president of the Nike Central Park Track Clud, has passed away at the age of 69. Blackstone, a criminal defense attorney and former marine, founded the team in 1962.
		Logan Takes Hard Line With Supplement Makers (Race Results Weekly) USA Track & Field CEO Doug Logan spoke out against performance enhancing drugs and the lack of strict regulation in the supplement industry.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kara Goucher to Defend Millrose Mile Title (Race Results Weekly) Kara Goucher, one of the top female marathoners in the U.S., will enter the mile race in the 2009 Millrose Games on January 30th. Goucher won the event in 2008, narrowly beating out Sara Hall -- the start of a very successful year that saw her place third in her debut marathon (the ING New York City marathon, no less).
News From: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
	Kilimanjaro Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		2009 Kili Marathon: Sponsors Increase Prizes (This Day (Tanzania)) The sponsors of this year's Kilimanjaro Marathon, Tanzania Breweries Limited and Standard Chartered Bank, have raised the prize money for both men and women running the marathon, the half-marathon, and the disabled race.
	Kuala Lumpur Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kuala Lumpur Marathon: FTAAA given the boot, Octagon to take over (New Straits Times) The Federal Territory Amateur Athletic Association was forced out as event organizer of the Kuala Lumpur Marathon, replaced by the federal Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU), which claimed jurisdiction under a 1997 law. This year the race has become part of the Standard Charter series of sponsored marathons.
	Odds And Ends
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Willis Looks to Challenge Lagat's Millrose Supremacy (Race Results Weekly) Nick Willis and Bernard Lagat will meet in the MillRose Games' Wanamaker Mile on January 30th, as Willis tries to repeat his narrow victory over Lagat in last fall's Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile, and Lagat tries for his seventh Wanamaker win.
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Asics Re-Signs Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor (Race Results Weekly) Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor re-signed to Asics America Corporation, their primary sponsor, through 2012.
		Probiotics 'Help Prevent Coughs and Colds in Athletes' (The Guardian) New research shows that taking probiotic (essentially, "friendly bacteria") capsules may boost the immune system and reduce the risk of catching a cough or cold in long distance runners.
News From: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Goucher Plans to Take a Break From Running, Start Family (Duluth News Tribune) Prominent U.S. distance runner Kara Goucher, who finished third in the 2008 New York Marathon, says that after this year's Boston Marathon she will take time off to have a baby with her husband, former U.S. Olympic runner Adam Goucher.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon Won't Take Elitist Path (Houston Chronicle) Steven Karpas, managing director of the Houston Marathon, confirmed that the Houston Marathon will remain for the masses of runners as well as those who push their own physical limits into the record books like Deriba Merga did while running his record breaking 2 hour 7 minute and 52 second marathon.
	Kuala Lumpur Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		StanChart KL Marathon To Become Biggest Marathon Event In Region (Malaysian National News Agency) The Standard Chartered KL Marathon is expecting 12,500 participants in its first year, which would make it the largest marathon in Malaysia. The route will go past a number of Kuala Lumpur landmarks and tourist attractions.
	Loch Ness Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Loch Ness Marathon early birds gain a guaranteed place (Press and Journal) The Loch Ness Marathon is accepting entries on a first come first serve basis. Runners wishing to participate in the marathon are able to register directly for the marathon as opposed to the ballot entry system in years past.
	Miami Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Largest Field Ever to Run This Sundays ING Miami Marathon (PRNewswire) This coming Sunday nearly 15,000 runners will flood the streets of Miami marking the largest field to attend the largest marathon and half marathon combination event in the country.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Cox Breaks American 50K Record (Liberty Flames) Josh Cox smashed the American 50K record, which had stood for nearly seven years, by almost four and a half minutes. His last five miles were completed on a track after he finished the Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon. He completed the 31 mile race in 2 hours 47 minutes and 17 seconds.
		The Marathon - One of the Largest Mobile RFID Applications (E-week) While completing a marathon may seem like a monumental task to some, tracking runners along the course and registering their start and finish times is one of the largest RFID tasks. Especially considering a race in the magnitude of thirty-thousand runners.
	Tallahassee Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		35th Annual Tallahassee Marathon will be Sunday, February 1 (Wakulla.com) The Florida State University will host the thirty-fifth annual Tallahassee Marathon on February first. The out and back course along St. Marks Trail will host runners from twenty-nine states and four countries.
News From: Monday, January 19, 2009
	Bayshore Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Bayshore Marathon training picks up (Record-Eagle) The half-marathon has already sold out for the twenty-seventh running of the Bayshore Marathon and Half-marathon. With only 18 weeks to go for the May 23rd race, registrants have taken to the roads in preparation for the 26.2 mile race.
	China Coast Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		British tourist Hennessy runs away with China Coast marathon trophy (South China Morning Post) Andrew Hennessy was off the course record set in 1981 by nearly eleven minutes. But his time of 2 hours and 45 minutes was enough to win by almost ten minutes. Hennessy also won the Jersey Shore Marathon in 2007 and 2008.
	Dubai Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ethiopia's Less Known Runners Rake-In Millions (Addis Fortune) Bezunesh Bekele finished fourth at the 2007 IAAF World Championship Half Marathon. She was able to win the Dubai Marathon this year in 2 hours 24 minutes and 1 second. She collected 250 thousand dollars for her victory which was almost one minutes slower than her second place finish last year.
	Houston Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Merga, Erkesso set records, win Houston Marathon (Houston Chronicle) Deriba Merga sailed alone for the last nine miles to capture the men's marathon title at the Houston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 52 seconds despite swirling winds. His time smashed the twenty year old course record by over two minutes.
		Winners Thrilled By Progess (Houston Chronicle) Meb Keflezighi, the silver medalist at the Athens Olympics in 2004, struggled with injuries much of last year -- but he won the Half Marathon Race in Houston on Sunday with a personal record time of 1:01:25. Magdalena Boulet, the women's winner, is also recovering from injuries.
		Houston Marathon surrenders two records (Houston Chronicle) Deriba Merga of Ethiopia won the Houston Marathon on Sunday by a wide margin, clock and final time of 2:07:52. The second-place runner, Benson Cheruiyot of Kenya, was nearly four minutes behind him. Despite the blistering pace, however, Merga was still dissatisfied: before the race he had been aiming for a time of 2:05, which would have been the fastest time ever posted on U.S. soil.
	Mountain Maryland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		130 signed up for Inaugural Mountain Maryland Marathon (Cumberland Times News) The Inaugural Mountain Maryland Marathon is less than ninety days away from the April nineteenth start date. Race organizers are over half way to their goal of registering two-hundred runners for the marathon, half-marathon and 5K combined.
	Mumbai Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Oops! Wrong winner felicitated at Mumbai Marathon (Hindu News) Aruna Devi, from Manipur, was finally declared the winner of the women's Mumbai Marathon. Race organizers erroneously awarded the top honor to another runner when they did not realize that Devi had crossed the line minutes ahead of who they thought had won the women's race.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Haile Gebrselassie's story set to run and run (Hindu Times) When breathing was difficult for Haile Gebrselassie he was told to stop running all together. Since then he has become the only man to run under 2 hours and 4 minutes in the marathon. He has his eyes set on gold at the London Games in 2012.
	Redding Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Warm weather doesn't slow down Meissner (Record Searchlight) The eighth annual Redding Marathon began at Shasta Damn Vista Point. Despite warmer than usual temperatures Sean Meissner of Sisters, Oregon, won the race in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 42 seconds, well ahead of second place.
	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Record day at P.F. Chang's Rock N Roll Marathon (Arizona Central) While the overall course record of 2 hours 10 minutes and 33 records by Kenya's Haron Toroitich in the 2004 inaugural marathon will stand, the American 50K record was smashed by Josh Cox with a time of 2 hours and 47 minutes.