Marathon/Running News: 5/13/09 - 5/20/09

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News From: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
	Brookings Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Perfect weather highlights 40th Brookings Marathon (Brookings Register) Near perfect conditions greeted runners of the fortieth annual Brookings Marathon. Chuck Engle of Dublin Ohio enjoyed the scenic course and the weather by winning the overall marathon title with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes and 21 seconds.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		A Marathon is not Enough: Dean Karnazes to Run 100 Miles to L.A. and Then Run the Los Angeles Marathon (PRNewswire) Dean Karnazes, 46, will run from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles and then run the City of Los Angeles Marathon on Monday morning. Karnazes, who grew up in southern California, reported that he has a fondness for the Los Angeles marathon due to memories of his father running the race during its inaugural year.
	Honolulu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Honolulu Marathon early signups set (The Honolulu Advertiser) The thirty-seventh annual Honolulu Marathon will kick off on December 13th at 5 am with an early entry fee of only thirty-dollars. Mail-in entries and on-site registration for the marathon will be accepted at the early bird rate until May 31.
	Lakefront Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Lakefront Marathon filled to capacity - 2750 runners (The Journal-Sentinel) Kris Hinrichs, race director, reported that the Lakefront Marathon, slated for October 4th has filled to capacity with two-thousand, seven-hundred and fifty registrations which further supports the notion that long distance races may be recession proof.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		ING europe Luxembourg Marathon Arrangements (News Station Lu) The third annual Luxembourg Marathon will be held this Saturday starting and finishing in Kirchberg. The race start is schedule for 6 pm with roads closed until midnight.
		Getting mileage out of Minnesota marathons (StarTribune) Minnesota is stepping up to the proverbial marathon plate with its offerings. Two first-time marathons popped up in the state and that has put a little bit of a strain on Grandma's marathon which may not fill to capacity for the first time in fifteen years.
		Kara Goucher on First Marathons (The New York Times) Kara Goucher ran an American record for a female debut marathon runner with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 53 seconds and most recently finished third at the Boston Marathon. Goucher answers some questions about running and racing.
	Sugarloaf Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		LaBelle first in Sugarloaf Marathon (Village Soup) Amanda LaBelle, running in her second marathon, won the woman's title in the Sugarloaf Marathon with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 24 seconds. She organized a 5K road race in Alewife the day before her marathon victory.
News From: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
	Cleveland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cleveland Marathon attracts record number of runners (Plain Dealer) More than twelve-thousand, four-hundred runners registered for the Cleveland Marathon. Jack Staph, race director, said that the registration numbers are a record for the event.
	Delaware Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Capelli leads procession of victors at Delaware Marathon (The News Journal) Marco Capelli had finished second in the Delaware Marathon in 2006 and 2007. The newly designed 2009 marathon course proved to be a winning combination as Capelli surged ahead at the 10 mile mark to win with a time of 2 hours, 40 minutes and 13 seconds.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon coming to Santa Rosa (The Press Democrat) Arthur Webb has run marathons in most every major city in California save Santa Rosa. Webb teamed up with Orhan Sarabi to get permits and design the course for the first Santa Rosa Marathon that launches August 30.
	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Soreness aside, smiles abound day after Run for the Red Marathon (Pocono Record) The Run for the Red Marathon is in the history books and Bob Werts, race director, is confident that the race raised nearly twenty-thousand dollars for the American Red Cross.
News From: Monday, May 18, 2009
	Capital City Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Stevick sticks to it for 4th win at Capital City Marathon (The Olympian) Jesse Stevick, 27, of Olympia, won the Capital City Marathon for the fourth time in 2 hours 40 minutes and 9 seconds. Second place was nearly 10 minutes behind the four-time champion.
	Cleveland Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ohio natives claim top prizes in Cleveland Marathon (The News-Herald) With a record number of participants at the Cleveland Marathon, it was a native Ohioan who ran away with the overall marathon title. Joe Stansloski, 23, who now resides in Tulsa won the marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 37 seconds.
	Colfax Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		First-timers win at Colfax Marathon (Denver Post) Heater Urata won the woman's title at the Colfax Marathon in Colorado with a time of 3 hours 13 minutes and 48 seconds. The man's overall champion went to Matt Kempton with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes.
	Green Bay Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kiprotich gladly waits for win at Green Bay Marathon (Post Crescent) Geoffrey Kiprotich won the Green Bay Marathon with a time of 2 hours 20 minutes and 6 seconds. Race organizers were not sure if he had won. One of the lead runners fell on the course and the lead vehicle went back for that runner and lost the new race leader which caused the mix-up at the finish line
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Mascom Sponsor Bosele Marathon (Mmegi Online) Cellular phone service provider Mascom had injected a monetary sponsorship to the Bosele Marathon which race organizers hope will lure international athletes to the June 27 42.2 kilometer race
	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Morseman wins Run for the Red; Haas repeats as women's winner (Pocono Record) Bryan Morseman, 23, of Addison New York trains in a region similar to the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. The training seemed to pay off for Morseman as he won the overall marathon title at the Run for the Red with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 59 seconds.
	Riga Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Belarusian runners take top honors at Riga Marathon (The Baltic Course) Oleg Gur, of Belarus, won the Riga Marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 35 seconds. Katarina Demidova won the woman's overall marathon title with a time of 2 hours 47 minutes and 30 seconds.
	Rockford Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Polish man wins Rockford Marathon (Rockford Register Star) Janusz Sarnicki won the second annual Rockford Marathon after finishing as runner up in the inaugural race in 2008. His time of 2 hours, 36 minutes and 22 seconds was eight seconds faster than the winning time in 2008.
	Sugarloaf Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		France native Helmlinger runs to victory at Sugarloaf Marathon (Bangor Daily News) Near perfect conditions and a nearly flat to downhill course allowed first time Maine visitor Gabriel Helmlinger to win the overall Sugarloaf Maarathon with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 11 seconds.
News From: Sunday, May 17, 2009
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		MacLennan wins fourth Blue Nose Marathon title (The Chronicle Herald) David MacLennan won his fourth Blue Nose International Marathon title. His winning time was 2 hours 36 minutes and 5 seconds. Jen Nicholson was the top woman finisher with a time of 3 hours and 7 seconds.
	Capital City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Young and old come out to run Capital City Marathon (The Olympian) Over sixteen hundred runners will be on the winding roads of Olympia starting at 7 am. Race Director Lesley Roberts has asked driver to be patient for athletes who are participating in this one day 26.2 mile event.
	Odds And Ends
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Amos Choge wins Mombasa marathon (Kenya Broadcasting Company) Amos Choge outlasted the defending champion, Peter Mutua, of the Mombasa International Marathon by winning with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 44 seconds. Mutua finished nearly four minutes behind Choge. The women's winner, Nelly Jeptoo, won with a course record time of 2 hours 54 minutes and 38 seconds
	Ogden Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Wold, Judd win Ogden Marathon (Deseret News) Seth Wold, 25 ,of Salt Lake City took the title at the Ogden Marathon with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 51 seconds. Anna Judd, 39, of South Ogden made up over four minutes in the final seven mile to eclipse Sarah Long for the win with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 22 seconds.
News From: Saturday, May 16, 2009
	Delaware Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Delaware Marathon finds new room to run (The News Journal) The Delaware Marathon will host over eighteen-hundred runners in several races for the sixth annual marathon. The 2009 event has moved starting locations about one mile from Frawley Stadium to Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park
News From: Friday, May 15, 2009
	Windermere Marathon (UK)
		Human Interest Story
		1,000th entry in for England's Windermere marathon (Westmoreland Gazette) The Windermere Marathon topped the one-thousand runner mark when Tom Southward from the Glaxo Road Hill Harriers entered the marathon race. The course will run along the largest lake in England
News From: Thursday, May 14, 2009
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		2005 World 5000m champion Limo limbers-up for Los Angeles Marathon (IAAF) With no clear favorite for the twenty-fourth running of the Los Angeles Marathon, Benjamin Limo, who won the 2005 World 5000m championship, will offer his talent as a contender for the top spot.
	Cleveland Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon events kick off Friday, with races on Saturday and Sunday (The Plain Dealer) Retta Feyissa won last year's Cleveland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 34 seconds. This years marathon will offer one-thousand dollars to the overall male and female winners.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Nhlapo eyes Comrades Marathon (The Sowetan) Fusi Nhlapo, South Africa, won the Comrades Marathon in 2003 and believes he is ready to reclaim the title on May 24. He has finished in the top seven of the Comrades Marathon seven times.