Marathon/Running News: 3/2/08 - 3/9/08

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Alpharetta Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Organizers and participants: Alpharetta Marathon was a success (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) If sunny skies and 70 degrees were not enough for a great day at the races, then how about 750 dollars. That is all it took for Sammy Nyamongo, of Marietta, to win the 26.2-mile marathon with a time of 2:33.44. Allison Dublinski , of Atlanta, collected her 750 dollar prize as the top women's finisher, crossing the line at 2:53.52.
Antarctica Marathon
	News From: Saturday, March 8, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hamlin finishes quest at Antartica Marathon (Daytona Beach Newsjournal-online) Dawn Hamlin raced her way into the Guinness Book of World Records by completing seven marathons on seven continents in only forty nine days. Hamlin, a 28-year-old Ormond Beach resident, completed the gruelling final race, Antartica Marathon, in about five and a half hours. Hamlin now joins less than 200 marathoners wordwide who have completed marathons on all seven continents. However, no female has come close to doing it as fast as Hamlin.
	News From: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Antarctic Marathon: A teacher's lesson. (Billings Gazette) Brent Weigner, who has summited more than 160 marathons in his life looks at his favorite marathon: the next one! He was joined by twenty other people from around the country. Including a wheelchair athlete from Singapore who would be the first of his kind to race a marathon in all 7 continents. Crazy or not, Weigner has stories that will last the rest of his life and experiences that few, if any, will ever enjoy.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Thursday, March 6, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Running Boston for a Cure (Wicked Local) Most runners realize that a marathon is 26.2 miles long. At age 36, Kevin McKeon realizes that his race might be much longer. McKeon has outdistanced cancer twice. His first bout was thyroid and his second, just weeks after completing chemo for the the first, was a malignant brain tumor. He has made a decision to run the Boston Marathon as part of the Dana-Farber Cancer Team to raise money for cancer research.
Buffalo Marathon
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Its a Breeze as Magwaca Wins Buffalo Marathon (Daily Dispatch) Thembakosi Ndyogolo, whose training had suffered from a groin injury could only hold on to second place as 21-year-old Transkeian, Sibongiseni Magwaca took top honors in the East London 35th Anniversary Buffalo Marathon in a time of 2 hours and 28 minutes.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Monday, March 3, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		LA Marathon Race Director Running Off at the Mouth (LA Times) Impressed by Russian Tatiana Aryasovas victory of the women's race, the 2008 Los Angeles Marathons co-founder and president, William Burke, stated in a televised interview, "You cant keep those women down. You cant get them back in the kitchen." Many have been offended by this comment and shocked at Burke whose wife is the first woman and the first African-American on the Los Angeles County board of supervisors and the first African-American woman to go to Congress from California.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Russian woman beats men in L.A. Marathon (The Statesman) Russia's Tatiana Aryasova, in her marathon debut, started her career with a win in Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon. Her time of 2 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds, allowed to win the man versus woman challenge with her nearly 20 minute head start. Kenya's Laban Moiben won the men's division in 2hours, 13 minutes and 50 seconds
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Aryasova, Moiben win L.A. Marathon (Los Angeles Times) 25,000 runners participated in the twenty-third running of the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon. 5,000 meter specialist Tatiana Aryasova of Russia debuting in the distance won the women's race in a 2:29:32 and won the $100,000 bonus in the gender race. Laban Moiben of Kenya won the men's race in 2:13:51.
Colfax Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Get ready to run your fastest Colorado Colfax Marathon ever. (the Hub Post News) Six AM on May 18, 2008 will mark the start of the 3rd annual Colorado Colfax Marathon and race organizers are touting this years race as blazingly fast. The course has been revamped with no net gain in elevation and the elimination of many of the arduous hills covered in the previous two years. Over six thousand runners are expected to travel the new scenic course which runs along the world famous Colfax Avenue.
Dublin Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Double Duty for Marathon Man: All Work and All Play (Review) 40 year-old Peter Sewell raised £3,700 for the British Red Cross and received Tesco's Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year. Sewell did so in part by running two marathons in the same week and still made his regular work hours. Considering the two marathons were in two different countries, Ireland (Dublin) and New Your (USA), it was a feat that probably won't soon be repeated.
El Paso Marathon
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		1,250 run El Paso Marathon (El Paso Times) The 2008 El Paso Marathon in its second running saw Dirk Deheer and Angie Song-Rooney win the men's and women's races respectively. The race attracted 1,250 participants which was a twenty percent increase from last year.
Great Ocean Road Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 7, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Kenyan marathon runner James Mugo Kariuki vows to return to Great Ocean Road Marathon (Geelong Advertiser) Despite threats and civil unrest in the Rift Valley of Kenya, Mugo Kariuki will return to the Great Ocean Road Marathon. Kariuki uses his prize money to care for orphans back in his African village. He won the 2006 race and finished second in 2007. A trio of Ethiopians stand in his way of claiming victory again.
Green Bay Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Runners warming up for May's Cellcom marathon (Green Bay Press Gazette) Cellcom Green Bay Marathon training run drew out over one hundred runners in freezing temperatures. The race sponsors runs that began in mid-January.
Greenway Trail Marathon
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Fighting hunger one step at a time (Bridgeton News) With the number of hungry individuals growing in the area, local pastor, Rev. Steve Shuster, pastor of First United Methodist Church, has decided to run the 2008 Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Marathon to increase awareness of this issue and raise funds for a local organization that assists these residents in need. The funds he has collected, so far, will go toward the Help and Hope Ministries' food closet. So far he has received about $8,000 from his congregation and the community.
Honolulu Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Honolulu Marathon gives economy $108.89M boost (The Honolulu Advertiser) Despite having 809 fewer runners than the year before, the 2007 Honolulu Marathon's economic impact on the state increased by $7.3 million, a new report says. In comparison, visitors who came specifically for the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl accounted for $28.07 million in spending and generated $2.5 million in state taxes. The positive economic impact news follows a difficult period for the marathon association.
Kroll's Diner North Dakota Roughrider Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 7, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Krolls Diner marathon scheduled (Jamestown Sun) The Krolls Diner North Dakota Roughrider Marathon will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Pioneer Park in Bismarck, North Dakota. A half marathon and marathon relay divisions will also be available.
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon
	News From: Monday, March 3, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Shami wins Lake Biwa Marathon (IAAF) Mubarak Shami of Qatar won the 2008 Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:08:23 edging out Eritrean Yared Asmeron at the 36K mark. Many Japanese were also excited about the race within a race as Lake Biwa Marathon was the last men's qualifier for Japan's Olympic team. Satoshi Osaki who finished first Japanese in 2:08:40. The Japanese team will be announced on March 10th.
		Qatar's Shami wins Lake Biwa Marathon ahead of Ertirea's Yared Asmerom (International Herald Tribune) Eritrea's Yared Asmerom surged late in the race but could not hold onto Qatar's Shami who won by 11 seconds with a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 23 seconds. Third place went to Japan's Satoshi Osaki with a time of 2:08:36.
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Osaki makes the grade / All but earns ticket to Beijing with 3rd place at Biwa behind Shami, Asmeron (Daily Yomiuri Online) The 2008 Lake Biwa Marathon saw Kenyan born Qatari Mubarak Hassan Shami, the silver medalist at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, win in a 2:08:23. Yared Asmeron was runner up in 2:08:34 and Satoshi Osaki was third in 2:08:36. Osaki, a Japanese Olympic Team hopeful, set a personal best and may have secured himself a spot on the team. Lake Biwa Marathon was the final qualifying race for the Japanese Olympic Team.
Little Rock Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		No Cause Yet In Death Of Little Rock Marathon Runner (KTHV Little Rock News) Results from an initial examination of the body of Adam Nickel have been inconclusive. Nickel was the twenty seven year old Wisconsin man who collapsed and died after finishing the 2008 Little Rock Marathon. The Pulaski County coroner's office says more tests will be done that could take three to four weeks.
	News From: Monday, March 3, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Cause of Little Rock Marathon runner's death still unknown (Appleton Post-Crescent) Adam Nickel, 27, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who died after finishing the 2008 Little Rock Marathon. An autopsy was performed on Monday night, but the results have not been released. This was Nickel's sixth marathon.
		Doctors To Perform Autopsy After Madison Man Dies During Little Rock Marathon (Arkansas Gazette) Officials said that there is no word yet on what caused the death of a Little Rock Marathon runner, Adam Nickel. The Wisconsin man who runs many races per year died after completing the 26.2 mile race in 3:02:26. Nickel, only twenty-seven years old, was a graduate student studying pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	News From: Sunday, March 2, 2008
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Little Rock Marathon Winner (Arkansas Times) The 2008 Little Rock Marathon attracted thousands to the streets of the city on a warmer day than expected. Tamrat Ayalew, formerly of Ethiopia, now of Atlanta, Georgia won the men's race in a little over than 2:20. Ayalew had recovered from being shot in the knee.
		Human Interest Story
		LR Marathon: No. 1306 and No. 1309: Like father, like daughter (Arkansas Online) Heath White ran the 2008 Little Rock Marathon with his eleven month old Paisley who was diagnosed with down syndrome. Team White received permission from race co-director Geneva Hampton to run with the stroller, which isnt permitted in USATF sanctioned race events.
		Man dies after crossing Little Rock Marathon finish line (Fox 17) Emergency crews tried to resuscitate one man who collapsed after crossing the finish line of the 2008 Little Rock Marathon. Medical crews were not able to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead. They are not releasing the man's name until his next of kin has been notified.
		Runner collapses, dies at Little Rock Marathon finish line (Arkansas Online) It was a little more than three hours after the 2008 Little Rock Marathon began that runner Adam Nickel looked tired but kept walking after crossing the finish line. He collapsed and emergency crews quickly began administering CPR. Nickel was twenty-seven years old from Wisconsin.
London Marathon
	News From: Friday, March 7, 2008
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Paula Radcliffe reveals why she pulled out of the London Marathon (Mirror UK) Paula Radcliffe, the marathon world record-holder, has suffered a soft tissue injury to her big toe on her right foot. With the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games a few months away, she was advised to take the precaution of missing London to prepare for the Olympics. Having since traveled from her training base in Albuquerque, New Mexico to travel to Germany for treatment, she had sustained her injury while training and had to take two weeks off.
	News From: Thursday, March 6, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Keely to Tackle London Marathon (The Review) "A massive sense of achievement" and soon "I'll be to old" motivated The dainty heel wearing mother of two to tackle the 26.2 mile London Marathon. Keely Williams will run to improve her fitness and raise money for the NSPCC children's charity.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Paula Radcliffe Withdraws From London Marathon With Toe Injury (Bloomberg) World record holder Paula Radcliffe withdrew from the 2008 London Marathon due to a toe injury. Radcliffe, the champion of London Marathon in 2002, 2003 and 2005, would have been attempting her fourth win. The women's field will include Gete Wami, Berhane Adere, Constantina Tomescu-Dita, Svetlana Zakharova and Britons Hayley Haining and Liz Yelling
	News From: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
		Human Interest Story
		Peer Pressure and Social Status Pours Runners into London Marathon (Bromley Times) Jack Murphy, John Murphy, Stephanie Wood, Lisa Campbell and Kevin May will join thousands of elite and non-elite runners in the London Marathon next month. Whether it is the sporty lifestyle or peer pressure from fit friends ,this year's London Marathon promises to be a goal oriented race.