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News From: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
	Austin Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Less Running, More Recovery As You Taper For Marathon (Statesman.com) Most runners who cut their mileage back the last three or so weeks prior to a marathon find themselves feeling sluggish and irritable. Still, most experts advise less mileage and more recovery in the weeks prior to your big race.
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Hendrickson Has Plenty Of Motivation To Run First Boston Marathon (Salem News) Cherie Hendrickson is best known for her hockey skills. But she will join more than five-hundred and fifty other runners on the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge Team raising money for cancer research.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Honda To Be Title Sponsor of Los Angeles Marathon (The Desert Sun) Honda has agreed to be the title sponsor of the next three Los Angeles Marathons. The race has been run since 1986 and Honda will serve as the first title sponsor and will continue to award a car to both female and male race winners.
	Florida Marathon & 1/2 Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Melbourne And Beaches Music Marathon: Feb. 6-7 Event Brings Together Lovers of Running and Music (PRNewswire) The second annual Melbourne and Beaches Music Marathon will be held on the weekend of February 6 and 7. The race will serve as the USATF state marathon championship and the National 8K Championship.
	Hong Kong Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Giving Cancer A Run For Its Money (The Standard) The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society said that the latest global findings show that a daily jog of 30 minutes can significantly lower the risk of cancer.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Japan Air Line Expected To Remain Honolulu Marathon Sponsor (Honolulu Advertiser) Despite their recent bankruptcy, Japan Air Lines will continue as the Honolulu Marathon title sponsor. The airline has been the title sponsor for the last twenty-five years and should continue said race organizers.
	Kansas City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runner Uses Father For Inspiration As He Prepares For This Year's Kansas Marathon (Lawrence Journal-World & News) Joe Farthing will be competing in the Kansas City Marathon nearly ten years after suffering a heart attack. Kansas added the marathon to the 2010 list of events and Farthing jumped at the opportunity.
	Little Rock Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		2010 Little Rock Marathon Medal Unveiled (Arkansas Online) The Little Rock Marathon unveiled the 2010 version of the world's largest marathon finishers medal. It is an honor the marathon has held for the last six years and the tradition continues.
	London Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		London Marathon And Great North Run Under Investigation (More Than The Games) This year will mark the thirtieth running of the London Marathon which has raised hundreds of millions of pounds for charitable causes. Allegations are now rising from television company Blakeway Productions about the sum of money the London Marathon makes from charities.
	Miami Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		New ING Miami Marathon And Half-Marathon Race Director Embraces Challenge (Miami Herald) David Scott left the University of Miami to take the lead position at the helm of the ING Miami Marathon after twenty-eight years. The event is expected to bring in nearly eighteen thousand runners.
	Mount Lemmon Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon A New Way To See Mount Lemmon (Arizona Daily Star) Mount Lemmon is known for skiing and hiking trails and in October of 2010 the quiet little village of Summerhaven will be known for the finish line of the Mount Lemmon Marathon. The race will climb nearly six-thousand feet straight up Mount Lemmon
	Myrtle Beach Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		A Different Picture Of May Develops For Myrtle Beach Area (The Sun News) A series of laws snuffed some of the bike tourism that occurred in Myrtle Beach in 2009. But 2010 is showing signs of improving with food shows and the revamped Myrtle Beach Marathon.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Men (UWBADGERS.com) The University of Wisconsin Badgers have two former distance runners making the switch up to the marathon and making waves in the process. Simon Bairu and Tim Nelson ran impressive 62 minute half marathons in early January.
		Support The Shays' Cause (Detroit Free Press) Sarah Shay will be running her first marathon on behalf of her brother, Ryan, who was competing in the Olympic Marathon trials in 2007 before collapsing and passing away. She is also helping to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.
		Training Minus The Miles (Post and Courier) Lowcountry CrossFit are attracting runners and triathletes into their gym and showing them how to train for major events without logging major miles. The trainers are are showing athletes how they can be ready without all the aches and pains of major mileage.
		Rare Nerve Disorder Strikes Former Athlete: Former Runner Launches Web Site For Those Afflicted By Transverse Myelitis. (Savannah Morning News) Gregg Sapp suffered partial paralysis from transverse myelitits. The marathon runner began to experience tingling in his foot that spread quickly to his whole lower body.
	Trinidad & Tobago Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		More Improvement For Jones (Trinidad Express) Richard Jones ran an impressive 2 hours, 28 minutes and 5 seconds in his fifth marathon at the Trinidad and Tobago event. His first marathon in 2005 was completed in 2 hours 45 minutes and 32 seconds.
		USA's Sawe And Akor Defend Trinidad and Tobago Marathon Titles (Track Alerts.com) Simon Sawe and Mary Akor won the men and women's marathon titles respectively at the twenty-eighth running of the Trinidad and Tobago Marathon. Sawe won his third title with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 9 seconds.
News From: Monday, January 25, 2010
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Taking The Plunge As A First-Time Marathoner (The Boston Globe) Angela Morello ,23, put in her first few miles along the Charles River while preparing for the Boston Marathon. She was motivated by watching the runners go past her apartment and wanted to be a part of the mass of runners going the 26.2 miles of the marathon.
	Carlsbad Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		First Time's A Charm For Marathoner (Sign On San Diego) Brian Baker was hoping to earn prize money at the Carlsbad marathon so he could afford travel overseas. He won the marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 39 seconds and claimed twenty-five hundred dollars for his place and time bonus.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Human Interest Story
		Last Chance To Register For The Comrades Marathon (The Zimbabwean) Marathon hopefuls will have one last chance to register for the Comrades Marathon starting on Saturday morning January 30 at 9 am. Race officials are taking two-thousand more entries which are expected to go within an hour.
	El Paso Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Children Will Have More Time To Run All 26.2 Miles In this Year's El Paso Marathon (El Paso Times) The Loya Family YMCA and the El Paso Marathon are set to encourage children 14 and younger to run the marathon over the course of several weeks. The first 1.2 miles will be run on the marathon course.
	Ft. Lauderdale A1A Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Westrec Marinas Lead Charge in Raising Money for Children's Charity During A1A Marathon (The Triton) Ft. Lauderdale will play host to the A1A Marathon and Half-Marathon on February 21, 2010 and Team Westrec will be raising money for Helping Hands of Harbour Towne Inc. which benefits local children with chronic medical conditions.
	Hong Kong Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Athletes Gather For Hong Kong Marathon (Response Source) The Hong Kong Marathon will kick off on February 28th. Events surrounding the 26.2 mile race will include 10K and the half-marathon. The marathon course will traverse the Stonecutters Bridge which opened in December 2009.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Bristol Runner To Tackle Ten Marathons In Ten Days (This is Bristol) Dave Wintle, 43, has thirty-two marathons under his belt and will tackle ten more on ten consecutive in the Brathay 10 in 10 Challenge around Lake Windermere all designed to raise money for disadvantaged people in the local area.
	Putrajaya International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Overwhelming Response For Putrajaya Night Marathon, 8,000 Target Surpassed (Bernama.com) The Inaugural Putrajaya Night Marathon has cleared the eight-thousand registrant mark and forced race organizers to turn down hopeful participants for the February 6 marathon.
News From: Sunday, January 24, 2010
	Carlsbad Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Man, Woman Make Easy Wins At Carlsbad Marathon (San Diego News Network.) Brian Baker took home the top honors at the Carlsbad Marathon with a five minute margin of victory over second place and a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 39 seconds. It was the third fastest time in the races eighteen year history.
	Yuma Territorial Marathon and Half Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Myers Wins Inaugural Yuma Territorial Prison Marathon (Yuma Sun) Rance Myers completed twenty marathons in 2009 and his second of 2010 resulted in a victory. Myers won the first annual Yuma Territorial Marathon with a time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 30 seconds.
News From: Saturday, January 23, 2010
	Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners For Haiti Relief (Cincinnati Enquirer) The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon and Bob Roncker's Running Spot are asking area runners and walkers to make donations to Haiti Relief for the Matthew 25 Ministries.
	GO! St. Louis Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		GO! St. Louis Marathon Expects Sellout Of Half-Marathon Next Month (STL Today) Race organizers of the Go! St.Louis Marathon are expecting to fill the ten-thousand runner limit for the April 11 race by the end of February. The race sold out the week before the event started in 2009.