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News From: Thursday, December 9, 2010
	Charlotte's Thunder Road Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Run The Thunder Road Marathon Race, Get A Free Beer Or Milkshake (Creative Loafing) The Cowfish is offering a free draft beer or milkshake to all marathon runners who show their marathon race number at the Thunder Road Marathon.
		Thousands To Participate In Thunder Road Marathon (WCNC.com) Runners from around the United States will flood the streets of Charlotte this weekend for the Thunder Road Marathon.
	Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series - Anglesey Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Coastal Triumph On The Trail (Dorset Echo) Daniel Doherty won the Endruance Coastal Trail Series Marathon while Diane Roy won the overall women's title.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Pacemaker or Not, Honolulu Abuzz About Makau (Race Results Weekly) Though he's coming off impressive wins at the Rotterdam and Berlin Marathon and carries a 2:04:48 personal best, Makau will be on a working vacation, operating as a pacemaker, and will not finish this weekend's Honolulu Marathon.
		Human Interest Story
		Honolulu Marathon Officially Opens (KITV.com) The Honolulu marathon is expecting eight percent fewer Japanese runners for the 2010 marathon but still counting on a one-hundred million dollar ecomomic plug from all runners.
	Kiawah Island Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		26.2 for $10K: Albright, Friends Honor a Classmate (News-Record) Greensboro attorney Erik Alright has successfully raised more than $10,000 dollars for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training as part of the Kiawah Island Marathon as a way of honoring close friend Kari Berg, who was diagnosed in June with acute myelogenous leukemia.
		Kiawah Marathon Gets Greener (The Post and Courier) Taking notice that running events often surprisingly polluting events, the Kiawah Island Marathon has made a concerted effort to go "green", eliminating paper registration, giving leftover food to charity, recyling and composting, and even reusing or recycling discarded running shoes.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Emil Zatopek: The Czech With A Heart Of Gold (Herald Sun) Emil Zatopek handed Ron Clarke a small box as Clarke boarded the plan back to London after the two spent time together in 1966. The gift inside was nothing but gold.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenyan Star Chases Zatopek Record (The Age.com.au) Josephat Menjo hopes to have great weather for the Zatopek 10,000 meters as he goes for the record with his 26 minute and 56.74 seconds 10k personal best.
		Human Interest Story
		'One And Only' Marathon A Goal Well Met (Marlborough Express) Just over eight-hundred people enjoyed the New World Marlborough Marathon with more than one-third of the filed from out of town.
		Tergat In Hospital After Eldoret Crash (Daily Nation) Paul Tergat was hospitalized after a car accident on Thursday while traveling to Eldoret.
	Redding Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Redding Marathon: Push Through Most Difficult Training Days (Record Searchlight) With the Redding Marathon less than six weekes away, any hopeful participant should be well into their training program.
	Tucson Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Upcoming Tucson Marathon Raises Funds For Arizona Cancer Center (Examiner.com) This year's Tucson Marathon will be benefitting Better Than Ever. The program is desinged to encourage participants to make exercise as part of their life.
News From: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
	California International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathon Runners (Sacramento Bee) Wrapup and slideshow of the 2010 California International Marathon, won by Canadian Dylan Wykes in 2:12:39, with Ethiopian Buzunesh Deba winning the women's race in 2:32:13
		Not All Runners at CIM Have Clear View (Folsom Telegraph) Included in the 6,000+ participants at the 2010 California International Marathon were 15 visually impaired runers, who competed in the 2nd annual Visually Impaired Marathon Championships at the CIM.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Honolulu Marathon Loses Sponsor Nike (KITV.com) While the estimated six-figure sponsorship that Nike has provided to the Honolulu Marathon was substantial, it has opened the door for many local companies.
		Honolulu Marathon Misses Nike, But Not As Much As You Might Think. (Honolulu Star Advertiser) After sixteen years of sponsorship, Nike has pulled the plug on its relationship with the Honolulu Marathon. A pure symptom of the economy says Jim Barahal, president of the marathon.
		Fasi's 'Initiative And Clout' Brought Marathon To Honolulu (Honolulu Star Advertiser) While cleaning out the Honolulu office, the event's president opened an item which provided a glimpse into the history of the Honolulu Marathons beginnings.
		Honolulu Marathon Information (KITV.com) The Honolulu Marathon kicks off at 5 am on December 12 with more than twenty-thousand runners and walkers.
	Lisbon International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Freeborn Defies the Strikers to Run in Lisbon (Your Local Guardian) Due to the continuing strike by air traffic controlls in Spain, school teacher Dave Freeborn had serious delays and re-routed flights, but was still able to get to the race on time and eventually finish in 4:58:41.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Jerry Rich Runs Marathons In Each State, Gears Up For 51 (WLTX.com) Jerry Rich started running to prove to a friend that he would stave off old age. He ran his first marathon in Kiawah Island in 1998 and hasn't looked back.
		Kalamazoo Marathon Features Run Through Campus (WMU News) The city of Kalamazoo will host its firt marathon and the proposed course route will take runners through the Western Michigan University campus
	Rehoboth Seashore Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Rehoboth Beach Marathon Expected to Draw 1,300 (The Daily Times) In its 3rd incarnation, the Rehoboth Beach Marathon is looking to add nearly 600 runners, for a total of 1,300, due to it being one of the later events in the season on the East Coast.
	Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Two friends Perform Dares for Charity (InsideToronto) In order to raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Carol Devine and Melanie Ostry have been daring each other to contests. The dares included daring a friend Barb Chambers to run a marathon, which she did (the Rock n' Roll Las Vegas marathon) after giving up her car to prepare.
News From: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
	California International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Photo Essay: California International Marathon 2010 (Sacramento Bee) A photo essay of the 2010 California International Marathon.
	Kiawah Island Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Kiawah Island Golf Resort Marathon - Race Course Information. (Gather Sports) The thirty-third annual Kiawah Island Marathon takes place this weekend. The marathon and half-marathon are run on a loop through the scenic golf resort village.
	Luton Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		A Marathon Effort in the Bank by Letchworth's Richard (The Comet) Richard Kell, a bank worker turned marathoner has run 736 miles this year as he raised money for the armed services charity, Help for Heroes.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Letchworth Marathon Man Ready For One More (Comet 24) Richard Kell will take on his 26th marathon of the year when he competes in teh Lutton Marathon.
		City Councilors To Adidas: Boycott Jerusalem Marathon (Jerusalem Post) Jerusalem city counselors sent a letter expressing opposition to the course for the Jerusalem Marathon.
	Reggae Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Green, Mondon Top Reggae Marathon (Track Alerts.com) Rupert Green defended his title at the Reggae Marathon with a winning time of 2 horus 30 minutes and 27 seconds.