Marathon/Running News: 5/8/10 - 5/15/10

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News From: Saturday, May 15, 2010
	Ogden Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ogden Marathon A Race In Time (Salt Lake City Tribune) The 10th anniversary of the Ogden Marathon was no disappointment. With more than 7,500 participants, fans, and family, downtown Ogden businesses got a boost race weekend.
News From: Friday, May 14, 2010
	Casper Wyoming Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Casper Marathon Registrations Accepted (Casper Journal) The eighth annual Casper Marathon is set for Sunday June 6th and will kick off at 6:30 am. The race will offer a marathon, half-marathon and relay.
	Cleveland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Concord Township woman is 62 and running in 70th marathon in Cleveland on Sunday (The Plain Dealer) Jeannie Rice will run the Cleveland Marathon on Sunday and complete her seventieth marathon in doing so. She took up running in 1983 and completed her sixtieth marathon in 2008 at the Cleveland Marathon.
		Cleveland students will show off their conditioning efforts by running races this weekend (The Plain Dealer) More than five-hundred Cleveland public school students will complete the final 1.2 miles of the Cleveland Marathon and more than 100 will complete the 10K races associated with the Cleveland Marathon.
	Colfax Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Colorado Colfax Marathon Entries On the Upswing (Denver Post) The Colorado Colfax Marathon has seen revamped courses and five different race directors in as many years and numbers for the race still continue to climb.
	Delaware Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Familiar Faces Will Dot Delaware Marathon's Biggest Field (The News Journal) The seventh annual Delaware Marathon will feature the current course record holder and and the 2009 marathon winner.
	Gold Coast Airport Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		The Marathon Effect (Coolum & North Shore News) Running a marathon takes between thirty-thousand and fifty-thousand steps to run a marathon. The stress on the body is more than most any other physical challenge yet every year thousands pound the pavement leading to the Gold Coast Marathon
	Green Bay Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Cellcom Green Bay Marathon: Preble Grad Among Elite Runners (Green Bay Press Gazette) Jessica Jacobs has always had determination and confidence. She is entered as one of the seventeen elite females in the Green Bay Marathon including last years winner Janet Cherobon.
	Med-City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Hit Ground Running At Med-City Marathon (Post-Bulletin) The Med-City Marathon will take place on May 30 and will offer a half-marathon, 20-mile run and a 5K.
	Odds And Ends
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		New Mombasa International Marathon Record Established (Coast Week) James Kariuki Mbugua took home top honors at the Mombasa Marathon with a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and five seconds to establish a new course record.
	Ogden Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Ready For Ogden Marathon (Standard-Examiner) Five-hundred and ninety-five runners lined up for the first Ogden Marathon. More than twenty-five hundred runners will line up for the tenth annual race this weekend.
	Palos Verdes Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Palos Verdes Marathon Runs On Saturday (Daily Breeze) The forty-fourth Palos Verdes Marathon kicks off at 7 am on Saturday. The race events include the marathon, half-marathon and 5K.
	Quad Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Quad Cities Marathon Adds New Challenge (Quad Cities Times) The thirteenth Quad Cities Marathon will offer non-profit organizations the chance to compete in the marathon relay as well as offer t-shirts cut to fit women.
	Tel Aviv Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Tel Aviv Marathon Draws Record Number Of Runners (Haaretz.com) More than eleven-thousand runners participated in events surrounding the Tel Aviv Marathon. Thirty-nine required medical attention.
	Windermere Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		World Records Could Fall At Windermere Marathon (The Westmorland Gazette) Adam Holland has the current world record for ten marathons in ten days and is on pace to set the record again at this year's Windermere Marathon
News From: Thursday, May 13, 2010
	Belfast City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Belfast Sunday Marathon Plans On Hold After Church Row (Belfast Telegraph) The Belfast Marathon will not move from Monday to Sunday for at least one more year as church leaders raised a big fuss about the move from the May Day holiday.
	Boston
		Human Interest Story
		George Is A Marathon Marvel (Clarion Ledger) Jim George has emerged a world class athlete after starting off his athletic career a little undersized. He finished second in the 50 to 54 age category in Boston with a time of 2 hours 40 minutes and 54 seconds.
	Colfax Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Readying For Colfax Marathon (Aurora Sentinel) More than thirty-five hundred runners have signed up for the Colorado Colfax Marathon this weekend. The marathon kicks off at 8:30 am at City Park
	Edge to Edge Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Edge to Edge Marathon A Few Weeks Away, Event Needs Local Support (Canada.com) On June 13 the Edge to Edge Marathon will have an all-time record number of runners participating in the event. With the record number of runners comes a need for an increased number of volunteers to ensure a smooth, safe and successful race.
	Great Ocean Road Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Defending Champion May Not Run In Great Ocean Road Marathon (Geelong Advertiser) Charles Muturi may not make the starting line of the Great Ocean Road Marathon to defend his title. The Australian embassy his visa application along with several other African runners.
	Green Bay Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		79 "Elite" Athletes In Green Bay Marathon (FOX11Online.com) The Green Bay Marathon will host seventy-nine elite athletes who will chase down twenty-thousand dollars in prize money.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		American Marathon Record Holder Khalid Khannouchi Back After Injury (Examiner.com) Khalid Khannouchi still holds the fastest marathon time by an American. He underwent foot surgery thirteen months ago and will run his first race in a long time in a 10 K this weekend.
		Marathon Event Coming To Whitby (Durham Region News Advertiser) The Whitby International North Committee is hosting a marathon run/walk on May 22 and May 23. The race is being held to raise money for SickKids
		Solar Car Equipped With Sharp Solar Cells To Lead Runners In Kenyan Open Marathon (ACN Newswire) The second annual Safari Marathon will take place on May 23, 2010 in Nairobi. The lead athletes in the race will be paced by a solar car.
News From: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
	Edge to Edge Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Record Numbers Expected For Edge To Edge Marathon (West Coaster) The 2010 Edge to Edge Marathon is expecting more than nine-hundred runners for the course that runs between Tofino and Ucluelet
	Eugene Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Folsom Mom Wins Marathon (Folsom Telegraph) Midori Sperandeo is a forty-three year-old who won the Eugene Marathon with a time of 2 hours 44 minutes and 21 seconds which has qualified her for the Olympic Trials for the fourth time.
	Green Bay Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Green Bay Marathon Organizers Lace Up The Final Preparations (WBAY.com) The Green Bay Marathon is just a few days away and the final details are being put together for more than ten-thousand runners who are expected to participate.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		All Set For Phikwe Marathon Silver Jubilee (The Botswana Gazette) The Phikwe Marathon kicks off on July 10 and holds one of the highest rankings by the IAAF for marathons. The silver anniversary will pass out prize money to the top three finishers.
	Pattaya Queen's Cup Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		See The Runners At The Pattaya Marathon (PR LEAP) The Pattaya Marathon kicks off on July 17th and rooms are filling quickly for the weekend events which include the half-marathon and a quarter marathon.
	Sugarloaf Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Sugarloaf Marathon And 15K Return (The Irregular) On May 16 the oldest Marathon in Maine will kick off with more than six-hundred runners expected to participate.