Marathon/Running News: 12/2/09 - 12/9/09

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News From: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
	California International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Record Numbers Compete in California International Marathon (El Dorado Hills) All fifty states and twenty countries were represented in the sea of more than thirteen thousand runners present for the California International Marathon this past weekend.
	Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Dallas White Rock Marathon 8 a.m. Sunday (The Dallas Morning News) Kate Meise will run the Dallas White Rock Marathon as her chance to just be KATE. She is the mother of six young children, but the marathon gives her a chance to continue her new healthy living lifestyle.
		Racing Toward Record at the Metro PCS Dallas White Rock Marathon (EarthTimes) The Dallas White Rock Marathon will kick off on December 13,2009 and race organizers are expecting more than twenty-thousand runners which will be a record for the race.
	Fargo Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Fargo Marathon Rated Best Value in Runner's World Magazine (INFORUM.com) The Fargo Marathon was rated as a best value by the popular running magazine Runner's World. It was rated as the eighth best marathon in the U.S.
	Fukuoka Int'l Open Marathon Championship
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kebede Sets Record For Marathon Triple (IAAF.org) Tsegaye Kebeded won the Fukuoka Marathon in 2 hours 5 minutes and 18 seconds. He also ran 2 hours 5 minutes and 20 seconds in London and 2 hours 8 minutes and 35 seconds in Berlin. An average of 2 hours 6 minutes and 24 seconds for a new triple marathon record.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Breaking Down Language Barrier During the Honolulu Marathon (Honolulu Advertiser) More than one-hundred Japanese translators will be in a race of words during this Sunday's Honolulu Marathon. Translators will be stationed throughout the course and at the finish line to assist the influx of Japanese runners.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Malaysia's First-Ever Night Marathon in February (The Star) February 6, 2010 marks the first-ever night marathon to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first twenty Malaysians in the marathon event will get cash rewards.
	Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Las Vegas Runner Who Collapsed at Sunday's Race Dies (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Eric Reitman, 32, Las Vegas, collapsed near the end of the Las Vegas Marathon and received immediate medical attention. Reitman was unable to be revived and autopsy results are pending.
	Roxbury Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Roxbury Marathon Set Saturday (Voicesnews.com) The sixth annual Roxbury Marathon and half-marathon will take place on Saturday December 12 at 8:30 am. There is a five-dollar entry fee for the race that starts at Everett Hurlburt Community Park
News From: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
	Cayman Islands Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Steady Speirs Returns In Style (Caymanian Compass) Steve Speirs won the Cayman Islands Marathon with a time of 2 hours 59 minutes and 5 seconds. Pre-race favorite Scott Brittain dropped out of the race a few miles prior to the finish of the 26.2 mile race.
	Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		White Rock Marathon Doctor Offers Advice To Runners (The Dallas Morning News) Sunday marks the fortieth running of the Dallas White Rock Marathon and Dr. Bob Fowler, the race's medical director is offering some free advice to help maximize your potential for fun while running the marathon or the half-marathon.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		For Octogenerian Runner, White Rock Marathon is a Macho Thing (The Dallas Morning News) Gene Brock of Arlington is low-tech. So low-tech that entering the fortieth running of the Dallas White Rock Marathon was the most difficult thing about the race. Brock was able to enter the race and hopes to be the oldest finisher of the marathon.
	Fukuoka Int'l Open Marathon Championship
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede Wins Fukuoka Marathon, Results (Examiner) Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopia, ran away with the sixty-third Fukuoka International Marathon with the ninth fastest marathon time in the world of 2 hours 5 minutes and 18 seconds.
	Kiawah Island Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Legend Hal Higdon To Speak in Charleston (Post and Courier) With the recent surge in marathon participation, early running legends like Hal Higdon are in high demand. Higdon will speak in Charleston and then at the Kiawah Island Marathon during the race expo.
	Marathon Bahamas
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Bahamas Will Enhance Bahamian Road Racing History (The Nassau Guardian) The Marathon Bahama will kick off on February 14, 2010. The event will bring back memories of the late 60's and early 70's for many residents when races were a major part of the Bahamian culture.
	Memphis Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Woman Who Died After St. Jude Half-Marathon ID'd As 32-Year-Old Missourian (Memphis Commercial Appeal) Molly Trauernicht, 32, of Wentzville Missouri completed the half-marathon distance at the St. Jude Memephis Marathon and collapsed. The cause of death has not been ruled.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Larry Legend Will Be Missed (Telegram & Gazette) Larry Olsen collapsed during a Sunday run with friends and did not recover. The highly successful age group runner and coach turned sixty-three last month and had set scores of national records as a masters runner.
		Marathons Are For Sissies (Phillyburbs.com) The marathon seems to have hit nearly everyone's bucket list and more and more people are taking up the running hobby to find out what running 26.2 miles will do for them.
		U.S. In Another 'Running Boom' (Republican Herald.) Frank Shorter won the Olympic Gold Medal in the marathon at the 1972 Munich Games. It sparked a running boom that peaked in the late 1980's. Large numbers of runners are flocking to marathons and many are realizing that some races are closed.
	Palm Beaches Marathon Festival
		Human Interest Story
		Achilles International Charity Sponsor of the 2009 Marathon of the Palm Beaches (Examiner) Downtown West Palm Beach was packed with runners and a special group of military veterans from the Achilles Freedom Team. The veterans escorted children completing their marathon mile.
	Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyans Dominate (Sowetan) Christopher Toroitich and Caroline Rotich won the men and women's titles of the Las Vegas Marathon. Toroitich finished in 2 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
		Kenyan runners Christopher Toroitich, Caroline Rotich win Las Vegas Marathon (Los Angeles Times) Kenyans Christopher Toroitich and Carloine Rotich topped the winners list at the Las Vegas Marathon on Sunday. Toroitich won the overall title with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
	Space Coast Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		There's Room For All In Guinness World Records Book (Florida Today) Rory Helzer was hoping to break a world record for the marathon distance while wearing stilts. Helzer missed the one mile world record by about thirty seconds and was unable to better the marathon record.
	Wrightsville Beach Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Quintiles Becomes Title Sponsor of New Marathon in Wrightsville Beach (dBusinessNews) Quintiles is announcing it has agreed to be the title sponsor for The Wrightsville Beach Marathon that will take place next March. The marathon will include a half-marathon with a course that extends from Wrightsville Beach to Wilmington.
News From: Monday, December 7, 2009
	Beirut Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ethiopian Wins in Big Beirut Marathon (Earth Times) Mohammed Hussein Teman and Mihred Tadesse won the men and women's divisions of the Beirut Marathon on Sunday. Teman won with a time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 12 seconds.
	California International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Sacramento's Marathon Runners Brave the Cold (The Sacramento Bee) Despite the cold and wind that engulfed Sacramento, Tesfaye-Girma Bekele and Buzunesh Deba won the men and women's overall titles in the California International Marathon.
		Human Interest Story
		Run, Sacramento (Sacramento Bee) Several reporters from the Sacramento Bee trained for the California International Marathon. Preparation appears to be the major factor in getting to the starting line. Logistics seem to be rule one for marathon racing.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		California International Marathon 2009 Results: Bronx Resident Tesfaye Bekele Wins, Josh Cox 2nd (Examiner) Tesfaye Girma-Bekele won the California International Marathon with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 42 seconds. Josh Cox followed closely with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 52 seconds.
	Everest Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Yak Attack Fails to Faze First Female Home (Otago Daily Times) Anna Frost won the women's title in the Everest Marathon by smashing the course record despite being knocked down and chased by a Yak. Her time of 4 hours and 35 minutes and 4 seconds just over 27 minutes off the course record.
	Memphis Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		New Information About St. Jude Marathon Death (MyEyeWitnessNews.com) Race Organizers of the Memphis Marathon confirmed that the runner who passed away during the marathon events was not from the Memphis area. She was attended to immediately after she collapsed while crossing the finish line of the half-marathon race.