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Athens Marathon (Greece)
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
Bataan Memorial Death March
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		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
Blue Nose International Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
		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.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
Canberra Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		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.
Catalina Marathon
	News From: Sunday, March 14, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Canadian Triathlon Star Sets Women's Record In Catalina Marathon (Press Telegram) Heather Fuhr, Canada, set the women's course record by winning the Catalina Marathon with a time of 3 hours and 7 minutes. The overall winner was Joshua Loren who took the top honor with a time of 3 hours 2 minutes and 4 seconds.
Chicago Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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)
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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
	News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 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.
		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
	News From: Monday, March 15, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Tito Morales: He's High On Los Angeles Marathon (Daily News) This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles Marathon and race organizers have give the city something to be proud with the knew "Stadium to the Sea" course.
Comrades Marathon (88km)
	News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		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
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		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.
Dong-A Seoul International Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
Ellerbe Springs Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Durham Man Wins Ellerbe Springs Marathon (Richmond County Daily Journal) The nineteenth annual Ellerbe Springs Marathon was won by James Pearce of Durham North Carolina with a time of 2 hours and 48 minutes.
	News From: Sunday, March 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Cancer Survivor To Run For Special Cause at Ellerbe Springs Marathon (Richmond County Daily Journal) Charles Woodward knows that most people don't give him a chance at finishing the difficult 26.2 miles of the Ellerbe Springs Marathon. Woodward, a cancer survivor, will raise funds while attempting to prove detractors wrong.
Georgia Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
	News From: Sunday, March 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		ING Sponsorship Ending, But Georgia Marathon To Go On (Atlanta Journal Constitution) The four-year-old Georgia Marathon was informed that ING would no longer sponsor the race. US Road Sports and Entertainment Group stated that the race will go on.
		Georgia Marathon Fixing Past Mistakes (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Curtis Pfaff went to Georgia to run his fiftieth marathon. He finished the race but it was not the celebration he had hoped for citing a complete disaster in race organization. Race director, Jeff Graves, is making changes including start corrals and a better bag drop-off.
Marine Corps Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
		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.
Modesto Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
Myrtle Beach Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Whining Has Run Its Course (The Sun News) The Myrtle Beach marathon was canceled due to a once-a-decade snowstorm in the area. City officials called off the race and many of the expected participants are still complaining.
	News From: Sunday, March 14, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Myrtle Beach Marathon Apology Deal Has Takers (The Sun News) The Myrtle Beach Marathon have had a few takers on their apology deal of taking half-off on next years entry fee after city officials canceled the race due to pending snow and ice.
Nagoya Int'l Women's Marathon
	News From: Sunday, March 14, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kano Wins Nagoya Women's Marathon In 2:27:11 (IAAF.org) Yuri Kano made her move at the thirty-one kilometer mark of the Nagoya Women's Marathon and never looked back. She finished with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 11 seconds, more than one minute ahead of Deratu Tulu in second place.
Ocean Drive Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 19, 2010
		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.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Thursday, March 18, 2010
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Artery Problems For Runners (HC2D.co.uk) A recent Greek study has shown that marathon runners tend to have high blood pressure and other heart conditions caused by the stress of preparing for marathons.