Marathon/Running News: 10/2/07 - 10/9/07

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News From: Tuesday, October 9, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Deena Kastor Tours U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon course (USA Track & Field) Kastor, along with her coach Terrence Mahon, was guided on a running tour of the Olympic Trials course.
	Chicago Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Distressed Chicago Marathon Runner Thanks Guardian Angel (CBS 2 Chicago) Wepprecht says Jeff stayed with him until his wife arrived to take him back to Plainfield. Then he just disappeared in the crowd. Wepprecht hopes to find him so he can properly say thanks.
		Chicago Marathon Debacle Won't Affect 2016 Bid (Sun-times) Olympic marathons bear no resemblance to the Chicago Marathon. Olympic marathons are confined to less than 200 elite runners with a maximum qualifying time of two hours and 22 minutes. Olympic marathons have been held without incident in even greater heat and humidity than Sunday's 35,867-person field that included thousands of amateurs.
		Chicago Marathon Maelstrom (The Chicago Tribune) Pinkowski maintained that marathon officials staged the best event they could on a day of record heat. But many runners and race volunteers stepped up their criticisms, saying that Pinkowski and his team failed to adequately plan for runners' water needs.
	Dubai Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		100 Day Countdown To Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2008 (Middle East Events) This year the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon will follow a new route, commencing at Zabeel Park. The run will follow an anti-clockwise circuit of the city passing many of Dubais iconic landmarks.
	General Running (Non-Specific)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kastor Is Steps Ahead (The Boston Globe) Comments on the race and Kastor's performance.
	Maine Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		1st-timer Takes Maine Marathon (Times Argus) Vassallo beat the old record held by six-time winner Byrne Decker, by more than 3 minutes. He finished Sunday's event in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 54 seconds.
	Odds And Ends
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kastor Looking Forward to Another Race in Boston (Race Results Weekly) Kastor run the course for the US Olympic trials in order to get familiar with it.
	Twin Cities Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ukrainian Outruns Kenyans to Capture Twin Cities Marathon (Mshale) The only runners who seemed oblivious to the heat were 2004 runner up Ukrainian Mykola Antonenko, and Russian Svetlana Ponomarenko, who easily claimed the mens and womens titles respectively.
News From: Monday, October 8, 2007
	Bellingham Bay Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Runners Brave Wind, Rain During First Bellingham Bay Marathon (Bellingham Herald) Erin Delude, a 27-year-old from Bellingham who won the womens marathon, said the only relief along the 26.2-mile course came in a stretch along the Interurban Trail.
		Delude Wins On Womens Side At Bellingham Marathon (Bellingham Herald) Delude passed Katie Caba with about two miles remaining in the 26.2-mile race when the two passed through Boulevard Park.
	Chicago Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		When a Marathon Goes Wrong (Time) The statistics don't give a sense of the chaotic scene on the ground during the marathon. Beyond the very real challenges posed by the weather, the problems included a communication breakdown between event organizers and competitors, a water shortage that left novices dangerously dehydrated, and a wave of anger among experienced runners over the decision to cancel the event when some were as little as a mile away from the finish line.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Chicago Marathon Cut Short For First Time Ever (The Chicago Tribune) The stoppage happened about 3 1/2 hours after the start gun on an abnormally sweltering autumn day, amid complaints of insufficient water for more than 35,000 runners.
		Cox Is Top American Finisher In Chicago Marathon (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) A local athletes long-running dream of making the Olympics took a giant stride forward when Mike Cox took eighth place overall and finished with the best time of any American runner in a sweltering-hot Chicago Marathon.
		Chicago Marathon Cancelled After 1 Dies And 302 Go To The Hospital (Short News) It was the hottest in the marathon's history, hitting 88ºF/31ºC. Of the 24,931 that participated, 4,000 finished before it was shut down at 11:30 am, 3.5 hours after it started.
		Human Interest Story
		Man Who Died In Chicago Marathon Had Heart Condition (CBC Canada) A heart condition, not record-setting heat, killed a Michigan police officer who died running during an unusually hot and humid Chicago Marathon, an autopsy showed.
		Next year: A Smaller Chicago Marathon? (The Chicago Tribune) We could learn some lessons from our neighbors in Milwaukee. Like the Chicago Marathon, Milwaukee's Lakefront Marathon was held on Oct. 7 with similar weather conditions, but race officials were able to minimize heat-related issues largely because with just 1,671 finishers, they didn't have as many runners to worry about.
	Des Moines Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Des Moines Extends Marathon Invites To Chicago Marathon Runners (Des Moines Register) The IMT Des Moines Marathon announced today that it will allowed athletes registered for the Chicago Marathon to register for the IMT Des Moines Marathon at a discounted rate of $15 off of the $90 registration fee.
	San Antonio Marathon-Marathon of the Americas
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		San Antonio Selected For Newest Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (San Antonio Business Journal) The inaugural race will take place on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, and will replace the city's existing San Antonio Marathon. Organizers expect to draw more than 15,000 runners and walkers to the event.
	Steamtown Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Crane Captures Steamtown Marathon (Citizens Voice) Steven Crane won in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 7 seconds, and fell shy of an Olympic Trial berth.
	Twin Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runner, 76, Has Perfect Twin Cities Marathon Attendance (WCCO) Greg Prom has a perfect attendance record with the Twin Cities Marathon, and has run a total of about 65 marathons during his entire racing career that started at 45.
News From: Sunday, October 7, 2007
	Chicago Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ivuti Wins Chicago Marathon, Heat Halts Race (Guardian Unlimited) Ivuti and Gharib were neck-and-neck crossing the finish line in a time of two hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds, with the winner called several minutes later as the temperature climbed towards 27 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit).
		O'Neill Grabs Honor As Top U.S. Female At Chicago Marathon, But It Wasn't Easy (The Chicago Tribune) She was clocked in 2 hours 36 minutes 15 seconds and lost her appetite for pizza, but she left the sweltering course "really excited and very motivated."
		Patrick Ivuti of Kenya Wins Chicago Marathon in Photo Finish (International Herald Tribune) Ivuti, competing in only his second major marathon, leaned at the finish line for an unofficial time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds.
		One Dead, 250 Hospitalized After Heat-Shortened Chicago Marathon (ABC News) A Michigan man died while running the Chicago Marathon as stifling heat and humidity forced race organizers to shut down the course midway through the race.
		Ivuti and Adere Clinch Chicago Dramatic Chicago Victories in Oppressive Heat (IAAF) By the time the runners left the starting line in Chicago's Grant Park thermometers were registering very high temperatures and the air was thick with humidity. Conditions deteriorated from there and race organisers were forced to suspend the race before noon.
		Heat Scorches Chicago Marathon (Chronicle News Service) Ivuti leaned at the finish line to edge Jaouad Gharib of Morocco by 0.05 seconds. Ethiopia's Berhane Adere rallied to successfully defend her women's title.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Record Heat Could Slow Chicago Marathon Runners (The Chicago Tribune) Marathon organizers said they are heeding the warnings. Aid stations will be stocked with more fluids and ice, fire hydrants equipped with mist adapters will be opened along the route and the number of cooling stations and buses will be increased.
	City of Oaks Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Folks Gearing Up for the City of Oaks Marathon (WRAL) The inaugural City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon are set to take place on Nov. 4.
	Colombo Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Colombo Marathon Today (The Hindu) Nearly 1,000 participants including local school children, athletes from Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, England and Sri Lanka will take part in different categories.