Marathon/Running News: 4/19/08 - 4/26/08

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News From: Saturday, April 26, 2008
	Cleveland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cleveland Student train for Cleveland Marathon (WKYC Channel 3) Sixty-six students at a local Cleveland school are taking part in the "We Run This City" youth marathon program. The student athletes will run 25 miles over 12 weeks and complete the final 1.2 mile of the Cleveland Rite-Aid Marathon to finish their own personal marathon to discover a healthy lifestyle and a better awareness of physical activity.
	Colorado Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Mayor, city manager starters for Colorado Marathon (Northern Colorado Business Journal) Last years Colorado Marathon drew 42 states and 6 countries. Fort Collins has been rated by Runner's Magazine as one of the top 25 running communities in the nation. The marathon will start in Poudre Canyon, and drop 1,200 feet as it passes through Laporte and along the river to finish in the center of downtown Fort Collins.
	Long Island Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Free Clinic for 2008 RexCorp LI Marathon Festival of Races (Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot) Every runner participating in the 2008 RexCorp Long Island Marathon Festival of Races has a free pass to a clinic held Tuesday, April 29, in the auditorium of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, starting at 8 p.m. Topics include last minute prep for the marathon and the half marathon and how to have a positive experience.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Kona will put his marathon mania on hold (Sign on San Diego) Ed Cabanero won an Ironman Hawaii lottery spot last week and, while most would be stunned, all it meant for Cabanero, a La-Jolla engineer, is that some of his running would take a step down to prepare for the 2.4 miles of swimming and the 112 miles of biking for the Ironman event. These two grueling distances are capped off with nothing less than a marathon.
	Olympics 2008 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Kenya overdue for an Olympic marathon title (Saturday Nation) The most grueling of the Olympic events, the marathon is steeped in history, both ancient and modern. From the legendary Pheidippides to the legendary Bikila running barefoot in the 1960 Olympics
	Rock 'n' Roll Country Music Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Brings Runners, Revenue To Nashville (News Channel 5) The Nashville Country Music Marathon will start off with a bang this weekend as more than 30,000 runners along with over half a million spectators generating at least 30 million in local revenue over the weekend.
	Vancouver Discovery Walk Marathons
		Human Interest Story
		Discovery Walk celebrates life (The Columbian) Sixty-three-year-old heart-transplant recipient Donald Arthur has decided that Vancouvers International Discovery Walk Festival is the marathon event for him. Arthur's goal is to walk a marathon in all fifty states to promote organ and blood donation. To date, hes walked twenty seven marathons in sixteen states.
News From: Friday, April 25, 2008
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Samuelson 79 runs last marathon (The Bowdoin Orient) Joan Benoit Samuelson arrived at Bowdoin in the mid 70's as only one of two females. She would graduate as a Boston Marathon Champion. Samuelson ran her last competitive marathon in Boston on Monday in 2 hours and 49 minutes at the age of 50. A most impressive feat for one of the pioneers of women's running
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Cheruiyot Shows Grace Amid Unrest (Courant) In a world of bravado, loud noises and hot temper the marathon brings serenity and peace. The Kenyans who ran in Boston run so quietly. To watch the Kenyans run 26.2 miles is to understand tranquillity. They are Walden Pond on two willowy reeds
		Abuja Marathon Baits Top Runners with Prize Money. (This Day Online) The first annual Abuja Marathon will take place on September 27th. The organizers of the marathon are attempting to draw in top competition by offering well over 4 hundred thousand dollars in prize money.
	Olympics 2008 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon champion Baldini suffers stress fracture (The Guardian) The 2004 Olympic marathon winner Stefano Baldini has a stress fracture of his left leg. The Italian Athletics Federation stated that Baldini will be out for 30 days or so. The injury was noticed by the 36 year old when he finished 12th at this month's London Marathon. Baldini should be back in good time to compete at the Beijing Games in August.
	Salt Lake City Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Runners Hit the Pavement for Salt Lake City Marathon (The SLC Globe) The Salt Lake City Marathon raised over $220,000 for cancer research last year. More than 12,000 runners hit the street this past weekend to start it again. Genna Tufa, Bronx, NY finished in first place with a time of 2:23:10. The women's champion Maria Portilla, Albuquerque, N.M. finished with a time of 2:40:24 won for the second straight year. The winners took home $5,000.
News From: Thursday, April 24, 2008
	Chicago Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Registration Closes as Race Reaches 45,000 Participant Capacity (News Blaze) The Chicago Marathon field has filled to it's capacity for the October race with 45,000 runners registering and filling the vacancies 6 months prior to the official race start. Along with the runners, nearly 1.5 million spectators will be present on the course and the event will raise over 10 million dollars between 65 charities.
	International Peace Marathon in Rwanda
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		$23,200 At Stake for Kigali Marathon Winners (allAfrica) The Rwandan Kigali Marathon will raise it's stakes for the top finishers in the marathon and half marathon in an effort to attract top competitors from around the globe. The first five winners in the marathon event are expected to take home 2000, $1500, $1200, $800 and $600 respectively. Winners in half marathon will pocket $1600, $1400, $1200, $800 and $500 respectively. Each prize is up nearly 50% over last years prize purse.
	Olympics 2008 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Lel, Ndereba lead Kenyan Olympic Marathon Squad (Race Results Weekly) Three-time Flora London Marathon champion Martin Lel, four-time Boston Marathon champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and half marathon world record holder Sammy Wanjiru have been selected for the Kenyan Olympic Marathon Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Reigning world marathon champion Catherine Ndereba, 2008 Paris Marathon champion Martha Komu and Salina Kosgei will make up the women's team.
		Human Interest Story
		Gebrselassie claims he was quoted out of context. (Shanghai Daily) ETHIOPIA'S world marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie had officially pulled out of the Olympic games. His reasons for pulling out of the Beijing Olympic marathon event, stating he wants to chase down his own world record time at the Berlin marathon on September 28. He felt it would be impossible to run two quality marathons inside of five weeks.
		Beijing to hold Marathon for 100 days countdown to Beijing Olympics (china view) The Sport for All Marathon will take place on April 30th in Beijing and will mark the start of the 100 days countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. More than 10,000 people are expected to take part in the race that starts at the Olympic Park and runs to Bird Nest National Stadium for 31.5 kilometers instead of the standard 42 kilometers.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenya excludes world champion Kibet from marathon team (The Guardian) The Kenyan Athletic Council Secretary, David Okeyo, has excluded world champion Luke Kibet from the men's marathon team for the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. He has been placed as an alternate behind four-times Boston marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot and three-time London marathon winner Martin Lel despite his performance at the world championships in Japan last year. World marathon champion, Catherine Ndereba, was named to the Kenyan women's squad. Samuel Wanjiru, who was runner-up at this month's London marathon, was named to the men's 3rd spot and preferred over Kibet on merit and overall faster times.
News From: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ficker Runs U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (Inside Triathlon) Top Ironman triathlete Desiree Ficker, 31, finished 79th of 124 finishers and 148 entries at the 2008 U.S. Womens Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston April 20. She finished second at the Ironman world championship in Kona in 2006. She ran the marathon in 2 hours, 48 minutes and 11 seconds. Her time on the multi-lap trials course was 18 minutes slower than the U.S. trials winner Deena Kastor and roughly equal to the time Lance Armstrong ran on the traditional Boston Course
	Boston Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Top American male had a buddy nipping at his heels Boston marathon (Free Press) Nick Arciniaga and Pat Rizzo had trained with Team Hanson in Rochester Hills for the 08 edition of the Boston Marathon. A winter day running left Rizzo with a serious head wound after being struck by an out of control vehicle. His reason for finishing Boston, much more starting Boston, was to meet Arciniaga at the finish line.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon raises $1.2M for charity (Houston Business Journal) Participants in the Chevron Houston Marathon have raised more than $1 million for charity for the first time in the events history. The January 13 race generated $1.26 million for 45 charities as part of Run for a Reason, the event's fund-raising program. The total shows a 48 percent increase over the $852,000 raised last year.
	Olympics 2008 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Gebrselassie explains withdrawal from Olympic marathon in Beijing (China View) Ethiopia's world marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie explained the reason for hnot running the 2008 Beijing Olympics is due to his desire to beat his standing world record at the 2008 Berlin Marathon on September 28. Gebrselassie broke the world record at the 2007 Berlin Marathon with a 2:04:26 finish. He has vowed to attend the Olympics even if he does not qualify for the men's 10,000 meters race.
	Twin Cities Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Half Full (Star Tribune) The October 5th Twin Cities marathon has more than 50 percent of the 11,000 spots available for the 2008 running already gone and the race could fill in record time, officials say. Race registration is well ahead of last year even with the additional 500 spots allocated this year.
	Vienna City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Vienna Marathon goes to grass (Weiner Zietung) The 25th Vienna City Marathon is next Sunday and the day before the marathon, a football field will be laid down for athletes running the marathon so that a 13 meter wide stretch of grass will become the finishing straight for the 20,000 plus runners expected to turn out for the event.
News From: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
	Boston Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan Wins His 4th Boston Marathon (The New York Times) Robert Cheruiyots fourth Boston Marathon victory may be the stuff of legends. Then consider his extreme impoverished childhood and his worn torn country that forced him from training in his homeland and you might think his fourth victory even more improbable.
		Human Interest Story
		Lance Armstrong Tackles "Heartbreak Hill" (Showbuzz) Race veterans told Lance Armstrong, the 7 time Tour de France champion, that he hill are not that bad. "They were wrong," said Armstrong, who finished 496th in 2:50:58. "They are harder, and they do come at a difficult time in the race."
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Van Dyk Wins Wheelchair Race of 2008 Boston Marathon (Trans World) Ernst Van Dyk won in the men's wheelchair race of the 2008 Boston Marathon in 1 hour and 26 minutes and 48 seconds. The native South African has won seven of the last eight Marathons. This year, Van Dyk led from start to finish to win Boston which he failed to do so last when he lost to Japan's Masazumi Soejima
		Cheruiyot and Tune win Boston Marathon titles (Guardian) Defending champion Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya won his fourth Boston Marathon on Monday in 2 hours and 7 minutes running the 6th fastest time over the rugged Boston course. Ethiopia's Dire Tune finished first in the women's race in the closest dual in Boston's 112 year history. Cheruiyot, the first Kenyan man to win four Boston Marathons after victories in 2003, 2006 and 2007
	Olympics 2008 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon star Tergat to skip Beijing Olympics (CNN) Former marathon world record-holder Paul Tergat will not run at Beijing Olympics for several reasons. The 38-year-old Kenyan cited a lack of fitness following four months in the military. Tergat, who held the marathon record from 2003-2007, wants to give younger runners a chance at the Olympic Games.
News From: Monday, April 21, 2008
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Oaklander on Olympic Marathon Team (SanFrancisco Chronicle) Magdalena Lewy Boulet secured a spot on the Olympic team Sunday in the U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials in Boston. Lewy Boulet, a 34-year-old Oakland resident and an assistant coach on the Cal track and field team, did the hard work in the first half of the race over a loop course and finished second in a personal best of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 12 seconds to earn the trip to Beijing in August to represent the U.S. of A in the 2008 Olympic Games.