Marathon/Running News: 3/13/10 - 3/20/10

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News From: Saturday, March 20, 2010
	Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon (formerly the National Marathon)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Michael Wardian Wins His Fourth National Marathon (The Washington Post) Michael Wardian won his fourth National Marathon title on Saturday with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes and 58 seconds. The defending champion Patrick Moulton had stomach cramps beginning at mile 14 and still held on to finish in 2 hours 26 minutes and 3 seconds.
		Michael Wardian Wins Another National Marathon, Right To Utter Jingoisms (SB Nation) Michael Wardian captured his fourth men's National Marahon in it's five years of being held and out ran more than three-thousand other runners including last year's defending champion.
News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
	Athens Marathon (Greece)
		Human Interest Story
		Greece Marks 2,500th Marathon Anniversary (Balkan Travellers) The Athens Marathon will mark this year as the twenty-five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Marathon in Ancient Greece. This year's race has reached a global level with other cultural events surrounding the anniversary.
	Boston Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Ethiopia - Boston Marathon Champion Deriba Merga To Defend Title On April 19 (Nazret.com) Deriba Merga, Ethiopia, will take to the streets of Boston on April 19 to defend his 2009 Boston Marathon title. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya, will hope to improve on his second place finish to Merga last year.
	Chicago Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ready, Set, Train: Your Guide To Running In Chicago (Chicago Now) In 2009 more than thirty-three thousand, seven-hundred runners completed the Chicago Marathon. The course winds through twenty-nine Chicago neighborhoods. There is only 6 months to go before the race kicks off in 2010
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Running From The Recession (Los Angeles Times) Michael Ward had a 4 am to 6 pm routine until he was laid off from his job as an editor for a newspaper. He used his anger and joblessness to run two miles. This weekend he will join twenty-five thousand others who will run the Los Angeles Marathon
	Cracovia Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Runners Head For Krakow (Easier Travel) The ninth annual Krakow Marathon kicks off on April 25th. The race traverses the banks of the Vistula River within view of the Wawel Castle.
	Dong-A Seoul International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Stiff Challenge For Aruseis Defense Ambitions In Seoul Marathon (IAAF.org) The eighty-first Dong-A-Seoul Marathon on Sunday will feature some strong fields on the men and women's entry list. Moses Arusei is ready to defend his 2009 title.
	Georgia Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Annual Georgia Marathon To Close Atlanta Streets Sunday (Atlanta Journal Constitution) The fourth annual Georgia Marathon will provide thousands of runners the opportunity to run through the streets of Georgia this weekend. 2009 saw more than twelve-thousand runners traverse the closed streets of the 26.2 mile course.
	Modesto Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Sunday's Inaugural Modesto Marathon Embraces Topography (Merced Sun-Star) The inaugural Modesto Marathons will be a friendly, flat, fast and involve farmland for the 26.2 mile course. Race participation has exceeded the goal number of one-thousand and 5K registration is still underway.
	Ocean Drive Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		12th Annual Ocean Drive Marathon (Atlantic City Central) The twelfth annual Ocean Drive Marathon kicks off on March 28 at 9 am. The 26.2 mile point to point race winds through Cape May County. Other accompanying events include a ten-mile race, 5K and 1.5 mile fun run.
	Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon (formerly the National Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		National Marathon Course (Washington Post) The fifth annual National Marathon begins at 7 am in the District of Columbia and street closings will start at 6:45 am and continue to near 2 pm.
	Tobacco Road Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		The Tobacco Road Marathon (Cary Citizen) The Tobacco Road Marathon will include more than twenty miles of the American Tobacco Trail. Race events include a half-marathon and the 26.2 mile featured marathon.
	UHC North Carolina Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		North Carolina Marathon Strives To Kick It In High Gear (News & Record) The third year of the North Carolina Marathon should put forth an excellent race for participants. Melissa Fourrier directs the race and stated the this year will be another year of "fine-tuning" a great race.
		A Punch List For The North Carolina Marathon (News & Record) Creigh Kelly has witnessed more than five-hundred races and he will be the emcee for this Saturday's High Point North Carolina Marathon. Race organizers have a checklist for putting forth a great race that others may overlook.
		North Carolina Marathon: IronMike Townsend's Letter To His Grandson (News & Record) Mike Townsend worked long hours and smoked cigarettes until 1976 when his daughter, who has since bore Mike a grandson, reached for one of his cigarettes. He writes a letter to his grandson Reid to encourage him to live a healthy life.
News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Tanya Bloomfield To Run Bluenose Marathon Barefooted (The Coast) Tanya Bloomfield hopes to raise ten-thousand dollars for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church by running the Bluenose Marathon...barefoot.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Everything You Need To Know About The Los Angeles Marathon (KNX1070) The Los Angeles Marathon kicks off this year with a new route and that means new street closures during the race and new places for spectators to watch the race.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Human Interest Story
		Huge Comrades Marathon Entry Confirmed (SouthAfrica.info) The final entry number for the Comrades Marathon has been confirmed at twenty-three thousand, five-hundred and sixty-five runners. This will be the second largest field assembled for the race.
	Marine Corps Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marine Corps Marathon Offers Free Online Trainer, Marine Corps Marthon Book To Winners (News Blaze) The Marine Corps Marathon will offer a free online training program to the overall and age group winners of the Run to Register 10K being held on March 27.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Nutrition Can Make Or Break A Marathon Runner (Times & Transcript) Scott Tate, a kinesiologist from Toronto, is encouraging long distance runners to eat high carbohydrate meals for dinner and breakfast before running a marathon.
	Regina Queen City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Regina Marathon Has New Name (Global BC) The tenth annual Queen City Marathon has signed a multi-year sponsorship with Saskatchewan Credit Unions. The September 12 event attracted more nearly thirty-seven hundred runners in 2009.
	Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon (formerly the National Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		National Marathon To Disrupt D.C. Travel (Washington Post) The National Marathon will begin impacting traffic starting at 6:45 am and continue until the race concludes near 1 pm. Spectators wishing to travel to the race course are encouraged to use the Metrorail or Metrobus.
	Wrightsville Beach Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Wrightsville Beach To Host First Quintiles Marathon This Weekend (Star News Online) More than eighteen-hundred runners have responded to the inaugural Quintiles Marathon at Wrightsville Beach. The marathon and half-marathon add to an already impressive line-up of local events.
News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
	Bataan Memorial Death March
		Human Interest Story
		Local Runners Head West For Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon (The Huntsville Item) The Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon takes place on March 21 at White Sands Missle Range in New Mexico. The race memorializes the death march of U.S. and Filipino soldiers forced to do a four day march on April 9, 1942
	Canberra Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Refunded As Canberra Marathon Falls Over (The Canberra Times) Race organizers of the Canberra Marathon will issue full refunds to runners who paid to enter that race. With only four weeks to go until the race, officials conceded that they could not go forward with the marathon.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Los Angeles Marathon: Defending Champ Korir Faces Tough Field (MarathonNews.net) Wesley Korir ran and won the Los Angeles Marathon last year in a course record time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 24 seconds and collected nearly two-hundred thousand dollars. He hopes to repeat that stunt in 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Los Angeles Marathon For Observers: Dine And Drink On The Cheap (NBC Los Angeles) DineLA has released a list of places to eat close to the course of the Los Angeles Marathon so that spectators can sit, eat and drink while they cheer on their family and friends running the marathon.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Human Interest Story
		Second Largest Comrades Field Ever (East Coast Radio) More than twenty-three thousand entries have been accepted for the grueling eighty-eight kilometer Comrades Marathon. Only the twenty-four thousand participant field of 2000 has been larger.
	Cracovia Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Krakow Warms Up For Annual Marathon (OPODO) The ninth year of the Cracovia Marathon kicks off on April 25 in the heart of the city of Krakow. The 26.2 mile course traverses many of the city's landmarks and along the banks of the Vistula river.