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

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A2A Arbuckles to Ardmore Race for Mercy
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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.
	News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		A2A Marathon Exceeds Organizers' Expectations (KTEN) The Arbuckles to Ardmore Marathon has more than nine-hundred registered runners and proceeds from the race are to benefit the cancer center in Ardmore.
Auckland Marathon
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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.
Bataan Memorial Death March
	News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
		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.
Big Sur International Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Big Sur's 25th Highlights Busy April (Monterey Herald) April marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Big Sur International Marathon. The race is sold out but there are many other activities in the area for runners and spectators to participate.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
		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.
		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.
	News From: Sunday, March 28, 2010
		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.
	News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Boston Marathon Will Add 200 More Portable Toilets (The MetroWest Daily News) The Boston Marathon will make one change to the marathon. Race organizers are adding two-hundred more portable toilets to the start of the race.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Hall Determined To Win The Boston Marathon (WBZTV.com) In a short 26 days Ryan Hall hopes to win the Boston Marathon. He finished third in the 2009 edition of the famed race.
		Human Interest Story
		A Visit With Brendon O'Leary (Whitman & Hanson Express) Brendon O'Leary ran the Around the Lake Marathon this summer in a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and that has propelled him to run the Boston Marathon this April as a return to his distance running passion.
Chicago Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		2010 Chicago Marathon Sold Out! (Examiner.com) The October 10th Chicago Marathon closed it's registration doors as the race reached capacity in just over 50 days setting a new record for filling the races forty-five thousand slots.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
		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.
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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
GO! St. Louis Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
		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
Green Bay Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
		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.
Guam Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 26, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Guam Marathon Registrations Due (Pacific Daily News) The thirty-ninth Guam Marathon and relay closed online registration on March 23. There is no race day registration for interested participants.
Illinois Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
		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
	News From: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
		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.
Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon, MiniMarathon Runners Urged To Register (FOX41.com) The Kentucky Derby Festival has a cap of fifteen-thousand participants and there are few than one-thousand slots left. The races are slated for April 24th.
Knoxville Marathon
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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.
	News From: Sunday, March 28, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		A Soaking Wet Finish At The Knoxville Marathon (VolunteerTV.com) More than fifty-eight hundred participants started the Knoxville Marathon dry and finished in a raining downpour with blowing wind. The winning time was just over 2 hours and 23 minutes despite the harsh conditions.
	News From: Saturday, March 27, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Knoxville Marathon Already Miles Ahead (Knoxnews.com) The numbers for the Knoxville Marathon have surpassed the 2009 mark by nearly three hundred registrants and that number is expected to grow by race day.
London Marathon
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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.
	News From: Friday, March 26, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		What To Wear To Run The Marathon (GraziaDaily.co.uk) Team Grazia will be led in the London Marathon by senior editor Jane and deputy editor Marianne and they will be raising money for Amnesty International. Race day outfits have been the topic of much debate.
Marathon des Sables
	News From: Monday, March 29, 2010
		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.
	News From: Friday, March 26, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Stuart's Dream...To Run Across The Sahara (Sydney Morning Herald) Stuart Gibson will head to Morocco in North Africa to fulfill a dream by running in the 25th Marathon Des Sable which equates to running one marathon a day for six days.
		Bewdley Man Facing Ultimate Marathon Challenge (The Shuttle) Phil Newton will be among runners hoping to complete the 'toughest footrace on earth' by running the equivalent of one marathon a day for six days while crossing the Sahara.
Napa Valley Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 26, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Napa Valley Marathon Announces Winners Of Aid Station Competition (Napa Valley Register) Dozens of volunteers line the course of the Napa Valley Marathon. The thirty-second annual marathon recently handed out prizes for those aide stations with adequate staffing and exemplary assistance to runners.