Marathon/Running News: 3/24/10 - 3/31/10

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News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
	Bataan Memorial Death March
		Human Interest Story
		Three Firefighters Complete Bataan Memorial Marathon (My West Texas) Jeff Thorn retired from the National Guard in February and made the trip to the White Sands Missle Range in New Mexico to commemorate the anniversary of the Bataan Death March.
		New York Troops Commemorate Bataan Death Marathon With Memorial Run (Read Media.com) Members of the New York National Guard commemorated the annivesary of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines at the White Sands Missle Range on March 21.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		A Happy Ending To A Marathon Nightmare (Los Angeles Times) While thousands of runners completed the new course of the Los Angeles Marathon, Jay Yim, 21, was rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack near mile eighteen. He is now listed in good condition and should make a full recovery.
	GO! St. Louis Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Past Champions Come Home For 10th Anniversary Of GO! St. Louis (Stltoday.com) The Go! St. Louis marathon will host several past champions of the marathon and half-marathon including the marathon record holder Zac Freudenburg who set the record in 2009
	Illinois Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ready To Pound The Pavement (Illinoishomepage.net) The Illinois Marathon will kick off in one month. Hotels are booked for the event and shoes sales at many area shoe stores are up twenty-five percent.
	International Zurich Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Silvin, Tluway For Zurich Marathon (AllAfrica.com) The Zurich Marathon is scheduled for next month and two Tanaznia athletes, Andrea Silvin and Jumanne Tluway will participate in the April 11.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Running Beneath The Stars At The Energizer Night Race (Sun2Surf.com) Cyberjaya hosted more than five-thousand runners for the 2010 Energizer Night Race on March 27. Events included a marathon and half-marathon.
	Prague International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Test Your Endurance In The Prague Marathon (International Business Times) Manchester will host one of Europe's most picturesque marathons with the Prague Marathon which takes place on May 9th. More than twenty-live bands will be performing along the course.
News From: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
	Boston Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Ryan Hall Confident Before Boston Marathon (MarathonNews.net) Ryan Hall finished in third place last year at the Boston Marathon. His relatively slow one-hour and four minute half marathon in Arizona in April has allowed him to fly under the radar for the Boston race this year.
		Human Interest Story
		From Rookie Runner To Marathon Runner (ConnectMidMichigan.com) Dave Gill will run in the Boston Marathon when his first running training session was 5K race. He is now running 50 to 60 miles per week and hopes to run under five-hours for the 26.2 mile race in Boston.
	Green Bay Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cellcom Green Bay Marathon's Fund-Raising Efforts Decline (Green Bay Press Gazette) The Green Bay Marathon's Run For A Reason program continues to allow runners to raise money for charity. Although this year the total funds raised to date is down about forty-percent from this same time last year.
	Ocean Drive Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ocean Drive Marathon And 10 Miler Results 2010 (Examiner.com) Temperatures in the high forties to low fifties greeted runners for the twelfth annual Ocean Drive Marathon. Chuck Engle of Dublin Ohio won the race with a time of 2:42:04.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Tongan Aims To Run In 5 World Marathons (Matangi Tonga Online) Matthew Kaea is hoping to be the first Tongan man to complete the world's five major marathons; Boston, New York, Chicago, London and Berlin.
		Planning To Run Your First Marathon? Here Are Some Tips (Citizen-Times) The number of marathon runners has increased for each of the last ten years. Some things to consider if you are jumping on the bandwagon include time of year of the race and your travel budget.
		Marathons Becoming Even More Popular (About.com) Many of the 2010 marathons have sold old well in advance of their race date. There has been a nearly ten percent increase in the number of marathon runners over this past year. Most experts claim the bad economy is to blame.
	Phuket International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Laguna Phuket International Marathon (Phuket Gazette) Go Adventure Asia will kick off the Laguna Phuket International Marathon which is the largest and fastest destination marathon in South East Asia.
	Reno's Rock-n-River Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rock N River Marathon Seeking Volunteers (Reno Gazette Journal) Race organizers are expecting more than three-thousand participants for the Rock N River Marathon and half-marathon on May 2. A 10K and a 1.2 mile fun run are also scheduled for the weekend.
	Rotterdam Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kipruto Ready To Challenge Kwambai In Rotterdam (IAAF.org) Vincent Kipruto won the 2009 Paris Marathon and is now ready for the Rotterdam marathon and the challenge of competing against pre-race favorite James Kwambai
	Southern Indiana Classic Marathon and Half Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Course For Brand New Southern Indiana Classic Marathon Creates Some Questions (Tristatehomepage.com) Evansville will host a new marathon in Indiana on April 11. Many local residents are concerned about the number of roads that the race will close or only offer limited access to vehicular traffic.
	Whidbey Island Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Oak Harbor Lures Runners To First City-Run Marathon (Whidbey News Times) Approximately ninety percent of registered runners for the Whidbey Island Marathon are coming from off-island residences. Race organizers hope the event will become a destination event.
News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
	A2A Arbuckles to Ardmore Race for Mercy
		Human Interest Story
		More Than 1,000 Participate In Ardmore's First Marathon (KXII.com) Ardmore Oklahoma held it's first marathon on Sunday to raise money for a new cancer center. Runners from as far away as Scotland participated.
	Auckland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		2010 Adidas Auckland Marathon Entries Set To Open (Voxy.co.nz) Registration for the 2010 Auckland Marathon open on Wednesday the 7th of April. The marathon and half-marathon have filled to capacity more than four months prior to the race date.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		25,000 Run From Stadium To Sea (Daily Bruin) A record twenty-five thousand people competed in the twenty-fifth running of the Los Angeles Marathon. The 2010 course marked the inaugural year of the "Stadium to the Sea" course
	Knoxville Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kiprotich Cruises To Knoxville Marathon; Wolski Wins Women's Race (Knoxnews.com) Kathy Wolski won the woman's title at the Knoxville Marathon with a time of 3 hours 2 minutes and 11 seconds. Geoffrey Kiprotich led the men's field from start to finish to win with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds.
	London Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		London Marathon 2010 - How To Run A World Record Time (Mirror.co.uk) To win the London Marathon you will need to be someone like Haile Gebrselassie who's 2 hour 3 minutes and 59 second world record from September of 2008 still stands. That's four-minutes and forty-four seconds per mile for 26.2 miles.
	Marathon des Sables
		Human Interest Story
		Race In Sands Is Long Beach Man's Ultimate Challenge (Press-Telegram) John Callos has a wonderful wife, child and, what many would consider, a successful life. However he's will attempt to run nearly one-hundred and fifty miles across one of the most foreboding areas of the planet: The Sahara Desert.
	Oakland Marathon Running Festival
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Oakland Cheers Its First Marathon In 25 Years (San Francisco Chronicle) The city of Oakland hosted a marathon and half-marathon for the first time in more than 25 years. More than sixty-five hundred people participated while Tony Torres of Cedar Glen took home top honors for the marathon with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 38 seconds
	Ocean Drive Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Late Burst Helps Chuck Engle Of Ohio Become First Two-Time Winner Of Ocean Drive Marathon (Press Of Atlantic City.) Chuck Engle, Dublin Ohio, used a late surge to pass Andrew Migonis in the final miles of the Ocean Drive Marathon to capture his second overall title.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		More Runners Hitting The Streets 'Barefoot' (CTV.ca) The newest trend in running shoes is not really a shoe at all. More runners are swapping out their over-engineered shoes for bare feet or for a product known at the Vibram Five Finger shoe.
News From: Sunday, March 28, 2010
	Boston Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		4-Time Boston Marathon Champ Cheruiyot Withdraws (WBZTV.com) Four-time Boston Marathon Champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot has suffered a hip injury that has forced him to withdraw from the Boston Marathon. Cheruiyot also holds the course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 14 seconds.