Marathon/Running News: 12/23/09 - 12/30/09

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Austin Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Austin-Area Races Seem To Thrive Despite Difficult Economy (Austin360.com) Many of the Austin-area road races were run at or near capacity in 2009. The Austin Marathon sold out for the first time according to race director John Conley.
Bob Potts Heritage Rail Trail Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Time To Start Fresh In 2010 (York Daily Record) M.C. Helsabeck ran the Bob Potts Marathon on May 31, 2009 and it was the last race he was able to complete. 2009 might have been a dismal running year but 2010 is a year of hope and upcoming great races.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Registration Closed Early For 2010 Boston Marathon (Examiner.com) The Boston marathon closed two months early for the 2010 race than the 2009 race and closed early than any of the 114 previous editions. There are twenty-five thousand participants registered for 2010.
Dubai Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		"Join Me At The Start" - Haile Urges Dubai Runners To Take To The Road (Dubai City Guide) Haile Gebrselassie is urging runners in the Dubai area to sign up for the Dubai Marathon on January 22. Just a few days remain before registration closes for the chance to run with the world's fastest marathon runner.
		Breaking Record Is On Gebrselassie's Mind (The National) Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie has exposed the training plan he has followed to break his unrivaled 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 second Berlin Marathon world record.
Edinburgh Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Race Begins To Land Place In Edinburgh Marathon (Edinburgh News) Runners interested in racing the Edinburgh Marathon have a few spots left to run the marathon and raise money for a great charity. The race takes place on Sunday May 23.
Everest Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Annie's Marathon Challenge-On Everest (Hunts Post 24) Annie Furbank completed the Mount Everest Marathon. The sixty-one year-old completed the race which started at 5200 meters and ran to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis
Hartford Marathon
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		It's One Hundred For Chuck Brenker (The Resident) Chuck Brenker completed the 2009 Hartford Marathon on October 26 and with that goal he had completed his 100th marathon. He says it was not a big deal. He plans on running the JFK 50 miler despite the thought that he may have a stress fracture.
London Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Hero Back In A Flash (The Sun) Ben McBean was the first double amputee to complete the London Marathon and is urging fellow service men who lost limbs in Afghanistan to join him in 2010 as he attempts to best his own time by more than an hour.
Mobile Marathon (prev. First Light Marathon)
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Anticipation Builds For First Light Marathon (Press-Register) The ninth annual First Light Marathon will kick off on January 10, 2010 in downtown Mobile, Alabama. The course record was set last year by John Brigham with a time of 2 hours 36 minutes and 46 seconds.
Mount Desert Island marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Most Scenic Marathon in Country Just Up The Coast (SeaCoastOnline.com) The Mount Desert Island Marathon was voted as the Most Scenic Marathon in a recent marathon poll. The course delivers some of Acadia's most scenic views. The race will add a relay division next year.
North Pole Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Runner To Take Part In North Pole Marathon Despite Losing Sight In Army Accident (Daily Record) Jamie Cutherbertson lost his sight twenty years ago in an Army accident. The 49-year-old will run 26.2 miles across the north pole in temperatures of negative forty degrees celcius
Oakland Marathon Running Festival
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Oakland Marathon Race Director Speaks (San Francisco Chronicle) The Oakland Running Festival will kick off the city's first marathon in over twenty-five years in less than three months. Grass roots marketing and local running clubs have helped to support the city's new race.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		New Year Provides New Chance To Set Running Goals (The Statesman) Runners looking to break out of their running rut should sign up early for a race to improve chances of seeing their goals through to the end. Start writing in a running journal and set early goals for 2010.
		Mannington Mills' 'marathon man' Meets His Challenging 2009 Goal (NJ.com) John Emmons set a goal of running the marathon distance once per week for 2009 and completed his goal of running 26.2 miles once per week for the 52 weeks of the year. He had a glass of sparkling cider to celebrate running one-thousand, three-hundred, sixty-two point four miles.
		Cochrane Man To Run 250 Marathons In 2010 (Calgary Herald) Martin Parnell will head out of his home on January first of 2010 to run the first of two-hundred and fifty marathon circuits that he plans to run during the new year.
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Q & A : Marathon Runner Meb Keflezighi (Sign On San Diego) Meb Keflezighi became the first runner in twenty-seven years to win the New York City Marathon as an American citizen. He attended San Diego High School and answers questions about life and running.
		Tourism 26.2: Let Your Sneakers Be Your Guide With A Destination Marathon (Madison Host.com) Runners are traveling the world and seeing tourist sights by running marathons in places like the Great Wall of China and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
		West Valley's Marathon Races Through Five Cities (Arizona Central) The second year of the West Valley Marathon has added a Phoenix leg to the marathon course and will allow runners to travel through five cities along their 26.2 mile journey.
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Paul Tergat, The Sportman of the Decade (Daily Nation) Paul Tergat has established himself as a world class marathon and certainly a world class cross country runner with his five world cross country championship titles. He even finds the time to train about thirty athletes.
		Get Running! (Skiclub.co.uk) The Brighton Marathon will kick off on April 18, 2010 and registration is filling up quickly. The race will benefit the Disability Snowsport UK and the course will showcase the English Channel
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Barcelona Marathon Could Put Runners Through Their Paces (LateRooms.com) The first Barcelona Marathon was run in 1977 and the 2010 race will take place on the 7th of March beginning at 8:30 am. More than ten-thousand people have registered for the marathon.
		Running Enthusiast Packed A Lot In 88 Years (News-Record) Arnold Hecht completed five-hundred road races over his lifetime. He ran thirty marathons and flew thirty bombing missions in World War II.
Palm Beaches Marathon Festival
	News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rosarian Academy students participate in Palm Beaches Marathon Festival (Palm Beach Daily News) The Rosarian Academy Track and Field club participated with thousands of other athletes in the Palm Beaches Marathon Festival. The student athletes ran two-mile increments and completed the final 1.2 miles during the Kids Marathon Mile along Flagler Drive
	News From: Thursday, December 24, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		It's Never Too Late To Get A Running Start (TCPalm) John Ouweleen ran an impressive 3 hours, 27 minutes and 50 seconds on his way to an age group marathon win in the 65-69 age group category of the Marathon of the Palm Beaches. He ran his first marathon in 2006.
Rocket City Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Local Runner Finish Strong In Rocket City Marathon (The Huntsville Times) Runners from Madison Alabama were among the fastest finishers at the thirty-third annual Rocket City Marathon. Josh Whitehead was third with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 24 seconds.
Run for the Ranch Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Raise Money For Boys Ranch (KSPR.com) More than six hundred people showed up for the Run for the Ranch Marathon events on Sunday. The tenth annual event ran through the Phelps Grove Park area and drew runners from as far away as Brazil
		Runners Benefit Good Samaritan Boys Ranch With Charitable Marathon (KY3.com) Nearly six-hundred runners showed up Sunday afternoon to raise money for the Good Samaritan Boys Ranch near Phelps Grove Park. The marathon event is a qualifier for Boston and New York City Marathons.
Seattle Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ahead of the Pack (Suburban and Chicago) Nearly fifteen-hundred runners participated in the Seattle Marathon on November 28 and it was 1999 Burlington Central graduate, Charlie Sunderlage, who came out on top with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 26 seconds
Space Coast Marathon
	News From: Monday, December 28, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Volunteers Backbone of Space Coast Marthon (Space Coast Medicine) Near twenty-five hundred runners participated in the thirty-eighth running of the Space Coast Marathon on November 29 in Cocoa Village and the race had three-hundred, twenty-five volunteers