Marathon/Running News: 1/22/08 - 1/29/08

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A Run Through Time
	News From: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Chaffee County Running Club members will host the fourth annual Run Through Time Marathon/Half Marathon (The Mountain Mail) The Run through time will go from Salida to Turret, Colorado and return on a rigorous trail back to Salida. The gun goes off at 9 am in front of the Scout Hut in Salida. The March 15th race was dreamed up by Rickie Redland and Jon MacManus of Salida on a long run. They encourage runners to simply run and have fun while doing it. With and entry fee of only 35 dollars for the marathon, Redland and ManManus expect a large gathering of local runners.
Austin Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		How to set an Austin marathon goal (Austin 360) According to most predictions, the Austin Marathon is not an easy course. Take into consideration all the factors for the marathon that will affect your time. The weather and the course are two obvious factors. Take into consideration the psyche of the individual runner and you add a whole other element to predicting an accurate pace for your marathon.
	News From: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
		Training/ Health
		Peaking toward the marathon (The Statesman) In final weeks prior to marathon day rather than tapering, sports physiologists such as Greg McMillan think that mileage should only be lowered minumally in those final weeks rathern than doing the traditional tapering. Two weeks out, run fourteen to fifteen miles at an easy pace for your Sunday long run and make your last speed workout ten days out, Also, make sure you do get enough carbs without gaining weight.
Belfast City Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		In the long run, for this pair it will be worth all the effort (Belfast Telegraph) It's no longer a feat to complete one marathon, many like are setting goals of multiple marathons in consecutive days and doing it in the name of charity. Peter Ferris and Robert Robb will run an epic six marathons in six counties in six days raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Alzheimer's Society. They begin the challenge on May 5, 2008 at the Belfast Marathon, then to races in Downpatrick, Armagh, Enniskillen and Omagh, before finally completing the challenge in Limavady.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Sunday, January 27, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Dana-Farber friends run for their health (The Boston Herald) Patient Partners held their annual breakfast to allow more than 30 competitors in the Boston Marathon to meet cancer patients whom they have been paired with. The program, which started in 1992, has worked to pair runners and provide a great connection for those with critical illness within the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
	News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Huckabee enters Boston Marathon to run with charity (The Boston Globe) Team Hoyt charity team has a running champion in Mike Huckabee. Not only is he running for president, he is running for Team Hoyt in the Boston Marathon. The 51 year old presidential hopeful has lost 110 lbs and will raise money for the duo of Team Hoyt
	News From: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		John Hancock Financial Announces Return of Defending Champions to Run 2008 Boston Marathon (PR Wire) John Hancock Financial, a principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, announced the return 2007 champions Kenyan Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Russian Lidiya Grigoryeva for the 112th running of the esteemed Boston Marathon. Cheruiyot will be going for his fourth win which would put him in the league of marathon greats Bill Rodgers and Clarence DeMar who have won the race four or more times.
		Defending Champions to Return to Boston (Race Results Weekly) Organizers of the Boston Marathon announced the participation of 2007 defending champions Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Lidiya Grigoryeva for the 112th Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon will actually be the second race of an extraordinary weekend of marathon running. On Sunday, April 20, the USA Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon will be contested on a special criterium course through Boston's Back Bay and nearby Cambridge.
Chicago Marathon
	News From: Sunday, January 27, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Jackson Metro Residents Prepare for Chicago Marathon (WLBT) Nearly 40,000 participants will begin preparation for the Chicago Marathon in October. Two-hundred hopefuls gathered in Jackson, MS for the start of the 36 week Marathon Makeover program aimed at achieving what many think to be impossible.
	News From: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Makeover Kicks off Saturday. (Clarion Ledger) Started with a complaint and a challenge in 2004 by Mark Simpson and his marathon fanatic friend, the program aims to take most anyone and train them for the Chicago Marathon. The popularity of the program has grown from 20 people finishing the 2004 Chicago Marathon to well over 200. The program kicks off Saturday in Jackson, MS.
Cowtown Marathon
	News From: Sunday, January 27, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Some runners need to stretch themselves (Star-Telegram) The Cowtown Marathon has added a 50-kilometer ultramarathon race to the 2008 event festivities to celebrate their 30th anniversary. 50 kilometers is only five miles longer than a marathon, but for a new ultra runner, that five miles extra means everything.
	News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		NBMA selects Cowtown Marathon for 2009 event (Black Athlete Sports Network) The National Black Marathoners' Association has selected the Cowtown Marathon for its 2009 Event. The NBMA seeks to encourage Black Americans and others to pursue a healthy life-style through long distance running and walking. As one of the largest events in the Southwest, Cowtown Marathon will be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary.
Dong-A Seoul International Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Warming Up for the Seoul International Marathon (Donga) Around 70 athletes will compete in Jeju as preparation for the March 16th Seoul International Marathon. Choi Gyeong-ryeol, who coaches many of the athletes uses the 8km race to prepare his athletes legs for the marathon. Athletes train on the hills usually the day after their long of ninety minutes or more.
Dubai Marathon
	News From: Saturday, January 26, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Magical Martin books Olympic Marathon place (Westmeath Examiner) After a set-back over a visa difficulty forcing him to drop out of the Houston Marathon, Irishman Martin Fagan qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing at the Dubai Marathon; but the qualifier did not come without its own share of pain. Fagan was on a 2:10 pace, then encountered spasms in his back and right hip after the 25k mark. He crossed the line collapsing in pain and was brought to hospital; but managed the qualification time.
	News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Dubai Marathon: The Unsung Heroes (Xpress Sport) The 2008 Dubai Marathon had some top running heroes headlining the race, but there are many that had not had a mention, such as 84-year-old Swede Sven Ol-Mars who finished the race in just over six hours. Ol-Mars has run over fifty marathons.
	News From: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Sammy Korir Becomes First Man to Run 10 sub-2:09 Marathons (IAAF) Following the 2008 Dubai Marathon, Sammy Korir became the first man to run ten sub-2:09 marathons in a lifetime. Korir's personal best is 2:04:56 at the 2003 Berlin Marathon where he paced Paul Tergat to the former world record. Stefano Baldini is scheduled to run the 2008 Flora London Marathon where he could become the first man with fourteen lifetime sub-2:10s.
Gasparilla Distance Classic
	News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Distance Races Run Into Glitch (Tampa Bay Online) Tampa race organizers for the Gasparilla Distance Classic, which includes the Bank of America Marathon, are thinking of pulling the plug on using the new timing system they have slated for race day. Contracted to use Michigan-based SAI Timing, SAI Timing's new electronic timing device failed to work at the 2007 Honolulu Marathon leading to a runner and race director's worst nightmare. Race officials may switch back to using Championchip since more than 17,000 runners are expected to participate in race weekend.
Marathon de Marrakech
	News From: Monday, January 28, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopia's Debele Lemma Wins Marrakech International Marathon (Magharebia) Siyoum Debele Lemma, of Ethiopia, ran 8 seconds faster than the 2007 winning time by Samy Chumba,of Kenya, (2:10.56). Lemma won the 19th Marrakech International Marathon on Sunday. His fellow countrywoman Yeshi Esayias won the women's race in 2:35.40 easily outdistancing her compatriot by nearly 13 minutes.
	News From: Sunday, January 27, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopian Double at the Marrakech Mmarathon (IAAF) Ethiopians had a double triumph at the 2008 International Marrakech marathon. Siyoum Debele Lemma won the mens race in 2:10:48 and Yeshi Esayias won the womens race in 2:35:40. It was the nineteeth running of the marathon.
Miami Marathon
	News From: Monday, January 28, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Garcia, Lijleblad win Miami Marathon (S.I.) Jose Garcia, of Guatemala finished the Miami Marathon with a time of 2:17.43 which was good enough to win. Garcia pulled away in the last mile and a half to beat Kenyan runner Samuel Kiprotich, 2:18:14, and Ethiopian runner Demesse Tafera, 2:18:29. Kelly Lijleblad held on to win the women's race in 2:47:13, beating Russian runner Nedezha Tuptova, who had a time of 2:48:09. Brian Sell of Rochester Hills, Mich., set a new course record in the half marathon, finishing in 1:03:46.
	News From: Sunday, January 27, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Great day for marathoners in Miami (Miami Herald) More than 10,000 runners, including an international elite field, competed in the 2008 ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon. Jose Amado Garcia of Guatemala, the Pan American Games silver medalist, won the 26.2-mile marathon in 2:17:43. American Kelly Liljeblad won the marathon in 2:47:13, but missed the qualifying time for the U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials by thirteen seconds.
		Garcia wins Miami Marathon (The Ledger) Jose Garcia of Guatemala won the 2008 Miami Marathon in a 2:17:43. Kenyan runner Samuel Kiprotich placed second with a time of 2:18:14 and Ethiopian runner Demesse Tafera finished at 2:18:29. Kelly Lijleblad of Boulder, Colorado, won the women's race in 2:47:13, beating Russian runner-up Nedezha Tuptova who trailed by a minute.
		Sell sets course record in Miami half marathon (Palm Beach Post) Brian Sell, US Olympic Marathon team member, ran a personal best and a course record of 1:03:46 at the Miami Half Marathon. In the marathon Jose Garcia, of Colombia won the men's race and Kelly Liljeblad of Boulder, Co. won the women's race.
	News From: Saturday, January 26, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Miami Marathon a welcome escape for Kenyan runners (Miami Herald) Five elite racers from Kenya escape from the violence occurring in their home country to participate in the 2008 Miami Marathon. They have altered their lives - for training they try to stay within 5 kilometers of his home. These runners are defending champion Jared Nyamboki, Wilson Chepkwony, Sammy Nyamongo, William Serem and Wesley Chelule.
	News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Miami Marathon will have Olympic feel (The Sun-Sentinel) With the participation of US Olympic team member Brian Sell in the Miami Marathon's Half Marathon, race organizers are encouraging spectators to wear red, white and blue and bring small flags to wave and help promote the "Miami to Beijing" theme at Sunday's race. Other Hansons-Brooks Distance Project will be participating as well. Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. Because of the political unrest in Kenya, Chemokil Chilapong, Evans Ogaro and Penuel Nyagaka Osoro were forced to withdraw from the marathon.
		Training/ Health
		Headphone ban falls on Miami runners' deaf ears (Miami Herald Tribune) For safety reasons, USA Track and Field, the sport's governing body, prohibits the use of iPods and other headphone devices in running events; but the Miami Marathon is not enforcing the ban. Race director Robert Pozo does agree that headphones, mp3 players, sunglasses with flap-down speakers and the like are hazardous, but he is following the lead of the Walt Disney World and New York City Marathons.
	News From: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		UM med school dean ready to run Miami Marathon (Miami Herald) Pascal Goldschmidt, 53, dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, runs and stays very fit for life and his demanding job. With a Miami Marathon best of just under 4 hours, he motivates others to run and serves as one of the most well known cardiologists in the country. All this fitness and he still finds time for a wife and two children.
		Human Interest Story
		Juan Carlos Gil and Staff Sergeant Dustin Tuller Win 2008 Avis 'We Try Harder' Awards at ING Miami Marathon (CNN Money) PR Racing and Avis Rent A Car System, LLC announced today that Juan Carlos Gil and Staff Sergeant Dustin Tuller have won the 2008 Avis "We Try Harder" award in conjunction with the ING Miami Marathon. The award honors individuals who endeavor to overcome considerable obstacles through courage and extraordinary effort. Juan Carlos Gil, a member of the Achilles Track Club, was born with cerebral palsy. Staff Sergeant Dustin Tuller is an Iraqi war veteran who suffered severe gunshot wounds and lost both his legs as a result.
		For runners, it's 26.2 miles and 1 goal: to finish the Miami Marathon (Miami Herald) Nearly 3,700 runners will vacate their cars this Sunday morning and run 26.2 miles. Roughly covering the distance from Ft.Lauderdale to Miami. Jasper Bell, entering his fiftieth plus marathon, it is all about being in the race together with the other runners. They all have one goal: Get to the finish line.
		Three Kenyans out of Miami Marathon (Miami Herald) One woman and two men from Kenya have pulled out of Sundays Miami Marathon. Among the elite athletes are Evans Ogaro, 41, and Penuel Nyagaka Osoro, 35, of Eldoret. Ogaro finished in second place in 2:15:28 at the 2006 Rhein Marathon in Bonne, Germany. Osoro's has a personal record of 2:11 in the marathon back in 2002. He ran 2:15:43 at Bonne, Germany in 2005. The marathoners train in Eldoret which has been beset by violence since the disputed presidential election in late December, 2007