Marathon/Running News: 5/5/09 - 5/12/09

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News From: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Blue Nose marathon gets overhaul to avoid last year's chaos (Metro Halifax) With an altered race route and new colored race numbers, organizers of the Blue Nose Marathon feel they have corrected the hitches in last years set up. Race organizers are hoping that number reach nine thousand participants this year.
	Cayman Islands Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cayman Marathon boost at Boston run (Caymanian Compass.) The Cayman Island Marathon takes place on Sunday December 6, 2009. Sue Greene set up a booth at the Boston Marathon exposition to spread the news of the event and tourism on the Cayman Islands.
	City of Christchurch Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Christchurchs Marathon Expecting Record Field (Scoop Independent News) Race organizers for the City of Christchurch Marathon are expecting another record setting year for participation. The 2008 event saw a record of 4601 participants in New Zealand's fastest road race slated for May 31 this year.
	Great Ocean Road Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Race for Geelong success in Ocean Road Marathon (Geelong Advertiser) With an African dominated race, Scott Rantall is striving to become the first Geelong athlete to take a podium spot in the Great Ocean Road Marathon. Rantall has won the last four Geelong half-marathon races. This year's marathon will be his first attempt at the premier road racing event.
	Great Wall Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Appleton runner readies for Great Wall Marathon (Journal Sentinel) Kerrie Larson-Kerkman has earned an amazing chance to run the Great Wall Marathon. The trip is being paid for by the Project Athena Foundation
	Green Bay Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Cellcom Green Bay Marathon will be elite (FOX11online.com) The largest elite runner field in the ten-year history of the Green Bay Marathon will compete for over $20,000 in prize money on Sunday May 17. Charles Kamindo heads up the men's marathon field as the marathon winner in 2003 and 2004.
	International Peace Marathon in Rwanda
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Disi Out of Kigali Marathon (All Africa) Rwanda's Dieudonne Disi will not run in the International Marathon slated for May 24 due to a leg injury suffered during last months Paris Marathon. Disi, 28, hopes to return to the marathon scene in Berlin in August
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rock n Roll Marathon producer signs sponsorship deal (San Antonio Business Journal) The Competitor Group which produces the Rock N Roll Marathon series has signed a two year deal with Pacific Health Laboratories. The marathon series will use Pacific Health Lab's FORZE GPS line of nutrition bars for the 2009 and 2010 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
	St. George Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		St. George Marathon Reveals 7200 Runners (Huliq News) With ten-thousand, five-hundred and ten registrants, organizers of the St. George Marathon, which takes place on October 3, will announce the luck seventy-two hundred runners selected at random for the marathon.
News From: Monday, May 11, 2009
	Brookings Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Brookings Marathon turns 40 (KXnet.com) The Brookings Marathon in South Dakota will host it's fortieth annual marathon this coming Saturday and nearly 140 runners have signed up for the 26.2 mile race. The scenic course will cover neighborhoods, parks and bike paths.
	Colfax Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Colorado Colfax Marathon May 17 (Denver Capitol Hill Examiner) The fourth annual Colorado Colfax Marathon takes place on May 17 at 6 AM along Colfax Avenue which is the longest continuous street in the United States measuring forty miles from start to finish.
	Fredericton Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Coffin captures 31st annual Fredericton Marathon (The Daily Gleaner) With numbers nearly twenty percent higher than last year, the inclement weather did not seem to be a factor for the Fredericton Marathon. Alex Coffin rolled to the victory in 2 hours 47 minutes and 34 seconds.
	Geneva Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Geneva Marathon, few surprises, but could be last one (Geneva Lunch) Tsige Germa, Ethiopia, won the Geneva Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 49 seconds. The women's overall winner was Reulen Stijntje who ran a time of 2 hours 52 minutes and 47 seconds
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon runners stay home - race is for walkers only (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) WE WALK will debut at 7 am this coming Saturday in Saint Joseph Minnesota as the first walkers only marathon. The race has a nine hour time limit and will travel along the Lake Wobegon Regional Trail.
News From: Sunday, May 10, 2009
	Bayshore Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Bayshore Marathon events could have 5,000 entrants (Traverse City Record-Eagle) The Bayshore Marathon was capped at seventeen hundred runners and the half-marathon was capped at fifteen hundred runners. Both races filled within seven weeks. With only two weeks to go until race day the 10K has over twelve hundred runners and still climbing.
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Heck Of A Run For Blue Nose Marathon (The Chronicle Herald) Organizers of the Inaugural Blue Nose Marathon didn't know if anyone would show up for the first races in 2004. The number of participants could reach ten-thousand for the May 22 and 23 events.
	Bob Potts Heritage Rail Trail Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Bob Potts Marathon Ready For Chapter 2 (The York Dispatch) The second annual Bob Potts Marathon will kick off on Sunday at 6:30 am. The race will boast more than 24 states represented and three countries.
	Fargo Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rochesters Gilman outruns Kenyans (The Dickinson Press) Pete Gilman, 33, outlasted the Kenyan field in the fifth annual Fargo Marathon to win the overall marathon title with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 33 seconds.
		Cueno wins womens Fargo Marathon (The Dickinson Press) Nicole Cueno, 29, claimed the fifteen hundred dollar prize for first place in the fifth annual Fargo Marathon with a time of 2 hours 53 minutes and 15 seconds.
	Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Buckentine, Christen win Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (St. Cloud Times) Joe Buckentine, St. Cloud, won the overall marathon race and Kalli Christen,St. Cloud, won the women's marathon race at Lake Wobegon Trail Saturday
	Mississauga Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Mom sets record to win Mississauga Marathon (The Mississauga News) Krista Duchene won the women's marathon title in the Mississauga Marathon with a record time of 2 hours 51 minutes and 40 seconds. The overall marathon winner was Antony Gitau, Kenya, with a time of 2 hours 38 minutes and 46 seconds.
		Human Interest Story
		An Inaugural Marathon At Mississauga (LFpress.com) Ben Mulroney will run his first marathon at the Mississauga Marathon on May 16 and is happy that his clothes are fitting better and he is sleeping better.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Run Like a Girl: a documentary about women's running through the decades (Run Oregon) Charlotte Lettis Richardson, Portland, follows the societal changes of women in athletics in her documentary Run Like a Girl that began well before the Title IV implementation.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Windy Conditions Hindered, Then Aided Runners At The Mini (Indy Star) The largest half-marathon in the country gave runners a windy start and chilly temperaturs. Festus Langat won the Indy Mini with a time of 1 hour 2 minutes and 51 seconds. Janet Cherobon won the women's race for the fourth year in a row with a time of 1 hour 10 minutes and 59 seconds.
	Ogden Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ogden Marathon Festivities Begin Friday (Standard-Examiner) The city of Ogden will host more than five-thousand runners this weekend for the tenth annual Ogden Marathon which takes place on Saturday.
	Prague International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ivuti clocks 2:07:48 course record in Prague (IAAF.org) Patrick Ivuti, Kenya, took the lead for a second time and held on for the win in course record fashion at the Prague Marathon with a time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 48 seconds. His time was more than a minute ahead of the previous course record and only two seconds shy of his career best.
		Kiptanui Sets Course Record To Win Prague Marathon (GreenwichTime.com) Eliud Kiptanui, 26 of Kenya, set a new course record at the Prague Marathon with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 39 seconds.
	Skopje Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Sreten Nimkovic, Marija Vrajic - winners of Skopje Marathon 2009 (Macedonia International News Agency) Europe Day in Macedonia's capital city was marked by Sreten Nimkovic, Serbia, winning the Skopje Marathon with a time of 2 hours 29 minutes and 9 seconds. The overall women's marathon winner was Marija Vrajic of Croatia.
News From: Saturday, May 9, 2009
	Air Force Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		AETC seeks runners for 2009 U.S. Air Force Marathon (Air Education and Training Command) The thirteenth annual 2009 U.S. Air Force Marathon takes place on September 19 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio and the Air Education and Training Command will select two men and two women to represent the AETC in the marathon race which is open to the public.
	Fargo Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Minnesota runners take Fargo Marathon (KXnet.com) Despite a strong contingent of North Dakota residents entering the Fargo Marahton, it was Minnesotans that claimed the top spot in both the women and men's marathon races.