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Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
	Vienna City Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Kenyans Limo, Kibet And Biwott Chase Glory In Vienna (Athletics Africa) Felix Limo will headline the Vienna City Marathon on April 18. Eight runners that have run under 2 hours and 10 minutes for the marathon will join Limo in an attempt to go under the course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds.
	New York City Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Meb Keflezighi To Defend New York City Marathon Title (The New York Times) Meb Keflezighi will return to the New York City Marathon on November 7 to attempt to be the first American since Alberto Salazar to win back-to-back titles. Deena Kastor has also entered the race and is the current American women's marathon record holder.
	Marathon des Sables
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Mohamad Ahansal Dominates Third Phase Of 25th Marathon des Sables (Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse) Mohamad Ahansal, Morocco, continues to lead the twenty-fifth running of the Marathon des Sables. The eighty-two point two kilometer fourth phase kicks off today and is considered the hardest part of this ultra-marathon stage race.
	Chicago Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Olympic Marathoner Hall Eyes U.S. Mark In Chicago (Daily Herald) Ryan Hall, who is just days away from running the famed Boston Marathon, says he intends to run the Chicago Marathon in October and take a shot at the U.S. marathon record.
	Boston Marathon
		News From: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
		Van Dyk Seeks Record Ninth Wheelchair Win At Boston Marathon (Boston Running Examiner) Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa, is hoping to win his ninth wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 19. He will be joined by more than twenty other wheelchair competitors at the start line.
	Vienna City Marathon
		News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Felix Limo At The Ready For Vienna City Marathon (Austrian Independent) Felix Limo has a personal best marathon time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 14 seconds. Limo, who has marathon titles in London, Chicago, Berlin and Rotterdam will compete in the twenty-seventh Vienna City Marathon
Post-Race Review/ Results
	North Pole Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Taiwanese Runner Finishes Third In North Pole Marathon (Focus Taiwan) Joep Rozendal, Netherlands, won the overall title of the North Pole Marathon on Thursday after the race was briefly suspended for severe weather.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
		Wichita Runner Wins Kanopolis Rockin K Trail Marathon (Wichita Running Examiner) Zach Bailor won the Wichita Kanopolis Rockin K Trail Marathon with a time of 3 hours 52 minutes which smashed his own time for the same course at last years race by more than 30 minutes.
	Two Oceans Marathon (56km)
		News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Athletes Clinch Four Top 10 Spots In Two Oceans Marathon (The Herald) Four athletes from Zimbabwe claimed spots in the top ten of the Two Oceans Marathon while three Lesotho athletes dominated the top three spots with Mabuthile Lebopo won the race with a time of 3 hours 6 minutes and 18 seconds
		First-timer's 10th Spot In Two Oceans (Weekend Post) Sandile Ngunuza finished in tenth spot at the Two Oceans Marathon as the first South African to finish the 56 kilometer race with a time of 3 hours 15 minutes and 42 seconds.
	Hong Kong Marathon
		News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		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.
	Two Oceans Marathon (56km)
		News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
		Lesotho Trio Dominate Two Oceans (Dispatch Online) Mabuthile Lebopo won the forty-first annual Two Oceans Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes and 18 seconds and led a contingent of three Lesotho athletes across the line of the 56 kilometer race
		News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Lesotho Runners Rule The Oceans (IOL.co.za) Mabuthile Lebopo won the forty-first Two Oceans Marathon in a time of 3 hours 6 minutes and 18 seconds. Olesya Nrugalieva took home top honors for the women with a time of 3 hours 19 minutes and 48 seconds
	Gopher Attack Marathon
		News From: Saturday, April 3, 2010
		Renouf Wins Look Matters Gopher Attack Marathon (Leader-Post) Conor Renouf won the 2010 Gopher Attack Marathon in 2:59:38.
Human Interest Story
	Martian Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		A Running Invasion This Weekend At The Martian Races In Dearborn (Ann Arbor.com) The Martian races take place this weekend in Dearborn Michigan. The Martian themed races are creating a humorous buzz around the area, but it's a serious competition as athletes in the Meteor 10K will vie for thousands of dollars in cash prize money
	London Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		London Marathon 2010 (About.com) The London Marathon kicks off on Sunday April 25. More than forty-eight thousand runners will take part in the 26.2 mile race.
		London Marathon Funding A Major Fillip, Says Stewart (More than the games) Ian Stewart hopes to resurrect long distance running in the United Kingdom. Other than Mara Yamuchi's second place finish at the London Marathon last year there have been few plusses for the Brits.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Increase In Running Injuries Ahead Of Brighton Marathon (The Argus) Physiotherapist across the city of Brighton have noticed an increase in demand as the Brighton Marathon draws near. Knees, backs, hips and ankles seem to be the source of much of the anguish of the runners.
	Marine Corps Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Marine Corps Marathon Registration Begins (Merinews.com) The thirty-fifth Marine Corps Marathon has opened it's registration doors and more than ten-thousand runners have entered the race which has a registration cap of thirty-thousand.
	Dead Sea Marathon
		News From: Thursday, April 8, 2010
		Dead Sea Ultra Marathon Kicks Off Friday (The Jordan Times) Nearly six-thousand runners will take part in the Dead Sea Marathon that kicks off on Friday. Registration numbers are up nearly two-thousand over last years numbers.
	Paris Int'l Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Asics Organizes First Ever 'Live Running Casting' At Paris Marathon (PR Newswire) The Paris Marathon will be held on April 11th and Asics is looking for female runners to become the face of it's new women's running line.
	Eisenhower Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Icelanders Will Participate In Eisenhower Marathon (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle) The Group Study Exchange sponsored by the Rotary has a group visiting Rotary clubs in the U.S. Abilene Kansas, home of the Eisenhower Marathon will host three members who hope to complete the race this weekend.
	Canberra Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Bundanoon School Teacher Just An Everyday Hero (Southern Highland News) Linda Christison was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2003 and she was planning on running the Canberra Marathon to raise funds to fight the disease. A court case has forced the cancellation of the marathon but Christison will run just the same
	Taunton Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Taunton Marathon Entries Hit New High (Somerset County Gazette) More than seventeen-hundred runners have signed up for the Taunton Marathon and Half-marathon this Sunday which is a new registration record.
	Nike 26.2 = Nike Women's Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Sign Up For The Nike Women's Marathon And Marine Corps 2010 (Examiner.com) The Nike Women's Marathon is open and you have until April 16th to register for the drawing to run in the women only marathon. The Marine Corps Marathon opens at noon on April 7th and should reach it's thirty-thousand runner capacity quickly.
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Zayed International Charity Marathon To Be Launched In New York In May (WAM Emirates News Agency) May 15th marks the kick off of the Zayed International Charity Marathon in New York City to help raise funds for the Healthy Kidney Center.
	Green Bay Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Green Bay Marathon Distance Events Nearly Full (FOX11online.com) The Green Bay Marathon has reached seventy-five percent capacity and is expected to fill in the coming weeks. The half-marathon is nearly ninety-percent full.
	Boston Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Boston Marathon Director Thankful For Support For Family (WBZTV.com) Dave McGillivray, race director for the Boston Marathon, has been running the marathon literally and figuratively. His running began by raising money for the Jimmy Fund. Now thousands of miles down the road Dave's daughter, Chloe seems to have benefited from Dave's good deeds.
	New York City Marathon
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		New York City Marathon Hopefuls - All 120,000 Of Them - Await Wednesday's Live Lottery (DNAinfo.com) More than one-hundred and twenty thousand runners will wait to see if they have won the lottery today. The lottery to see if they have won the privilege to run in the New York City Marathon
	Odds And Ends
		News From: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
		Marathoner Dick Beardsley To Speak In Kalamazoo Monday (MLive.com) Dick Beardsley who is most famous for finishing second in the Boston Marathon, will speak in Kalamazoo on Monday.