Marathon/Running News: 2/17/09 - 2/24/09

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News From: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
	Cowtown Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		"Dallas Runner's 100th Marathon Comes With a Cause: to Help Blacks Hit the Track" (The Dallas Morning News) Tony Reed - CPA, author, professional speaker, and founder of the National Black Marathoners' Association -- is hoping to increase exercise among African Americans and fight diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and hypertension.
	Odds And Ends
		Training/ Health
		Long-Distance Runners Less Likely To Have Metabolic Syndrome (Medical News Today) A study of more than 60,000 men and 40,000 women, published in the March edition of "Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise," confirms previous findings that show long distance runners are significantly less likely to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes than non-runners.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		RAK Half Also World's Best 10-K? (Race Results Weekly) Runners in the recent RAK International Half Marathon may have produced a new 10K world record en route to the finish line.
	Palm Beaches Marathon Festival
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Devine Racing Expected to Purchase Marathon of the Palm Beaches (The Sun Sentinel) Chicago-based Devine Racing Management is close to finalizing a deal to buy the five-year-old Marathon of the Palm Beaches.
		Marathon of Palm Beaches Sold to Company With Uneven Track Record (Palm Beach Post) Devine Racing, which just bought the Marathon of the Palm Beaches, is reorganizing after financial difficulties involving previous ownership of the Los Angeles and Las Vegas Marathons.
	Tokyo Int'l Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Rotterdam and Tokyo Boast Strong Marathon Fields (Race Results Weekly) Both the Fortis Marathon Rotterdam, to be held on April 5, and the Tokyo Marathon, on March 22, have announced impressive international lineups.
News From: Monday, February 23, 2009
	Antarctica Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		10th Antarctica Marathon on tap (Universal Sports) Despite sub freezing temperatures and a cost of nearly two-hundred dollars per mile, the tenth Antarctica Marathon has been sold out for years. There are only 200 spots available for the twenty-six point two mile race and the 2010 and 2011 events are already sold out with the 2012 even filling quickly.
	Birch Bay Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		19 year old wins 41st Birch Bay Marathon (Bellingham Herald) The forty-first annual Birch Bay Marathon was held on Sunday and a 19-year-old University of Washington student, Patrick Wauters, won the men's marathon race with a time of 2 hours, 55 minutes, 30 seconds. Winning the race for the women was Jenny Hortsmann who ran the 26.2 mile race in 3 hours, 20 minutes and 52 seconds
	Cowtown Marathon
		Training/ Health
		The Cowtown Marathon free health screenings (Dallas Fitness Examiner) Free health screenings will be available at the UNT Health Science Center's Health and Fitness expo, to be held as part of the Cowtown Marathon weekend, on Friday and Saturday the 27th and 28th of February.
		Human Interest Story
		Monk, engineer or mama, Cowtown Marathon takes all kinds (Star-Telegram) Some start with a five kilometer race and others run something longer than the twenty six point two mile run. For many, the thirty-first annual Cowtown Marathon on February 28 is the final goal.
	El Paso Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		El Paso Marathon director touts weather, incentives (El Paso Times) Mike Coulter, race director for the El Paso marathon, says that the sunshine and challenging ones limits on the course are among the incentives to run. The March first marathon will host nearly 1,500 runners and boasts a relatively flat and fast course
	Five Points of Life Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Another 'Life' time at 5 Points Marathon (Gainesville Sun) Matt Loiselle of Toronto Canada won the Fourth Annual Five Points of Life Marathon in Gainesville Florida. His time of two hours, 26 minutes and 50 seconds was just missed the course record of 2 hours 25 minutes and 29 seconds. Ideal conditions greeted the runners with temps in the low 40's and barely a trace of wind
		Human Interest Story
		450 kids complete marathon at Five Points of Life Kids Marathon (The Gainseville Sun) Saturday marked the final steps for over four hundred and fifty children completed the twenty six point two mile distance of a marathon. Race director Brite Whitaker stated that the running "teaches kids not only healthy lifestyles and sets them on the course for future exercise".
	Ft. Lauderdale A1A Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		A1A Marathon winner too fast even for race escorts (Sun-Sentinel) The men's winner of the A1A Marathon, Antonio Sousa of Lisbon, Portugal, waited over 30 minutes after breaking the course record to have his moment of glory. Sousa was alone from mile 9 and paced ahead of the motorcycle escorts to cross the line before officials recognized he was finished
		Human Interest Story
		Mugging Victim Scores a Personal Victory at A1A Marathon (Sun Sentinel) Erica Flaks of Boca Raton returned to competitive running -- and finished second among women -- at the 2009 A1A marathon, coming back from more than a year away due to injuries from a mugging.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Pompano Beach's Baxter is top woman at AIA Marathon (Miami Herald) Mari-Lee Baxter of Pompano Beach took the woman's marathon title in Sundays A1A Mrathon in Fort Lauderdale with a time of 3 hours and 24 minutes and 10 seconds. Portugal's Antonio Sousa, vacationing in Florida, was first overall in the male category with course record time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 22 seconds.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Honolulu Marathon generates more than $100M (Honolulu Advertiser) The Honolulu marathon may have seen a drop in participation this year due to a downturn in the economy, but the strength of the Japanese contingent of runners and their money still caused an economic impact of over one-hundred million dollars and over four million in state taxes.
	Hyannis Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Road racing: Off and running in Hyannis Marathon (Cape Cod Online) Nick Watson, a 34 year-old anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, captured the 29th annual Hyannis Marathon with a winning time of 2 hours 41 minutes and 35 seconds despite cold, rain and windy conditions.
	London Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		David to run London Marathon dressed as Buzz Lightyear for Macmillan Nurses (Thurrock Gazette) David Barnes of Dalroy Close, South Ockendon, will run the London Marathon dressed as Buzz Lightyear, in order to raise money for the Macmillan Nurses. Barnes lost his father to cancer in September, and says that the Nurses were a "great support" in his father's final weeks.
	Miracle Match Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Park, streets closed due to Miracle Match Marathon (The Lariat Online) Various areas of Waco, Texas will be traffic free as nearly seven hundred runners flood the streets for the Miracle Match Marathon. The twenty six point two mile race purpose is designed to raise money and awareness for the National Bone Marrow Foundation.
	New York City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Want to Run the N.Y.C. Marathon? Get Out Your Checkbook (New York Times) The New York City Marathon will be held on November first this year and the economic uncertainty has caused the marathon to increase registration fees. The marathon is now the most expensive premium marathon in the country with an entry fee of one-hundred and seventy-one dollars for non-members of the New York Road Runners Club
	Odds And Ends
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Get Training for Joburg Marathon (Joburg.org) March 13 is the deadline for applications to the 2009 Johannesburg Marathon, to be held on March 22nd. The course is a loop that starts and ends at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens and passes a number of city landmarks.
		Training/ Health
		Training hints for budding marathon runners. (Health News) Training for the grueling forty-two plus kilometers of a marathon should probably start with a check up from a general practitioner and then three to four months of preparation training runs.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic buzz still swirls around marathon champ Dita (Daily Yomiuri) 2008 Olympic women's marathon champion Constantina Dita will run the 5K lead-off leg for Romania, in the 27th annual Yokohama International Women's Ekiden. This will be the final edition of the event, which will be replaced by a new women's marathon next year.
		Human Interest Story
		Running for a cause: Holland native competing in six marathons to raise money for Evergreen Commons (The Holland Sentinel) Larry Erlandson is turning 60 this year, and is celebrating by running 6 marathons. He hopes to raise $20,000 for Evergreen Commons, a non-profit center in Holland, MI.
		Kids Finish Six-Month Marathon in Austin (My Fox Austin) With child hood obesity reaching epidemic proportions, the Kids Marathon is Austin involved over 62,000 kindergarten through 5th grade kids registered to compete the 26.2 mile trek by running one quarter of a mile or one half of a mile increments over six months to complete the full marathon distance of 26.2 miles.
	Pikes Peak Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		At 44, a Running Career Again in Ascent (The New York Times) Matt Carpenter is having a resurgent career in high-altitude racing.
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		MGD 64 To Be Official Sponsor of Rock n Roll Marathon Series (The Business Journal) The Rock 'N' Roll Marathon series announced that their official beer sponsor will be the low-calorie MGD 64.
News From: Sunday, February 22, 2009
	Odds And Ends
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kibet, Kiplagat Clinch Glo-Half Marathon $.1 Million (All Africa) Kibet Luke, of Kenya, and Lornah Kiplagat, of the Netherlands, won the men's and women's races at the 2009 Glo-Lagos International Half-Marathon.
News From: Saturday, February 21, 2009
	Honolulu Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Honolulu Marathon generates more than $100M (Honolulu Advertisor) Despite a smaller than usual number of runners, the 2008 Honolulu Marathon generated an estimated $100 million in visitor spending, as well as $4 million in state tax revenues.