Marathon/Running News: 3/29/10 - 4/5/10

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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.
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
		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.
		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.
Bayshore Marathon
	News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Sticking With The Same Plan To Replicate Success In Bayshore Marathon (MLive.com) Bill Khan is planning on repeating his race on May 29 in Traverse City when he competes in the Bayshore Marathon. His training plan is simple. Replicate what he did last year for the race.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		On The Road To Boston (Recordnet.com) Haley Rush will be running the Boston Marathon on April 19 after running her very first marathon in a time of 3 hours 22 minutes and 18 seconds at the Napa Valley Marathon
		Brookline Dad To Run Boston Marathon For Daughter's Care (Wicked Local.com) Ted Johnson will run the 2010 Boston Marathon on April 19 while raising money for the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary's Team Eye and Ear after his daughter developed a sevee infection but was able to receive treatment
	News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Outsourcing The Boston Marahton (NECN.com) Runmyerrand.com, based out of New England, allows users to sign on and get small tasks and errands completed. Greg Zunkiewicz will run the Boston Marathon in April for one his clients.
	News From: Thursday, April 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Taking On The Boston Marathon (Valley Breeze) Patrick Canning has not run a marathon in ten years. Never mind the fact that he has also had two knee surgeries since then. Canning will attempt to complete the famed Boston Marathon while raising money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
	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.
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
Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
	News From: Thursday, April 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Dallas White Rock Marathon Announces Largest Donation To Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children In Race's History (PR WEB.com) The Dallas White Rock Marathon presented a check for three-hundred, sixty-two thousand dollars to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children, the largest in the race's history. In total the race has donated just over one point three million to the hospital
Estes Park Marathon
	News From: Thursday, April 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Scenic Estes Park Marathon Going Cup Free (Estes Park Trail) One of the most scenic marathons in the country, Estes Park Marathon, is going cup free. Hydra Pouch, a Boulder company, is eliminating the use of cups from the 26.2 mile course
Fargo Marathon
	News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Fargo Marathon: Runner Entries Up By 2,000 (IN Forum) While Fargo might have been worried about competition from the Stillwater Marathon and the Minneapolis Marathon, registrations this year are up more than two-thousand entries from this time last year.
GO! St. Louis Marathon
	News From: Friday, April 2, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		23,000 To Participate In GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend (St. Louis Business Journal) More than twenty-three thousand participants have registered for event surrounding the GO! St. Louis Marathon scheduled on April 11. The half-marathon filled to it's capacity of twelve-thousand registrants in record time.
	News From: Thursday, April 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Pacers Lead The Way In Marathons (StlToday.com) On April 11, nearly fifteen-thousand runners will cross the start line of the GO! St. Louis Marathon, half-marathon and relay. Many of them will follow guys like Paul Carringer who will lead a group to complete the race in four hours.
	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
Gopher Attack Marathon
	News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Renouf Wins Look Matters Gopher Attack Marathon (Leader-Post) Conor Renouf won the 2010 Gopher Attack Marathon in 2:59:38.
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.
Hong Kong Marathon
	News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Trianingsih: Run, Tri, Run (The Jakarta Post) The Hong Kong Marathon is a notoriously difficult and humid 26.2 mile course. Trianingsih or "Tri" as her friends call her sand and hummed her was to the woman's overall title last month with a time of 2 hours and 47 minutes.
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.
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.
Lincoln Marathon
	News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Lincoln Marathon Will End Inside Memorial Stadium (Huskerextra.com) More than eight-thousand runners participating in events surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Marathon will have the opportunity to finish their race inside of Memorial Stadium for the first time in the races thirty-three year history.
London Marathon
	News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Charities To Benefit As Mums Enter London Marathon (Manx Radio) The London Marathon kicks off on April 25th and three mothers from the Isle of Man are raising as much money as possible for special charities by walking the 26.2 mile race through the street of London.
		Man Takes On London Marahton In Honor Of Grandad (Community Newswire) Iain Plant is hoping to raise two-thousand pounds for Alzheimer's Research Trust after his father was diagnosed with dementia three years ago. Plant will run the London Marathon as part of his fund raising effort.
	News From: Thursday, April 1, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		'If I Can Run A Marathon, Anyone Can' (BBC News) Actress Sophie Thompson, known best for her role in Four Weddings and a Funeral, will run the London Marathon as she plans to run every other day in preparation for the 26.2 mile race
	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.