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News From: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
	Blue Ridge Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Blue Ridge Marathon Gave New Legs To Local Economy (Roanoke Times) The Blue Ridge Marathon brought nearly three-hundred and fifty thousand dollars to local area businesses and gave twenty-thousand dollars of profit to the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, a nonprofit group.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Champion Aims To Improve Time At Comrades Marathon (IOL.co.za) Stephen Muzhingi is confident he will run faster at the 2010 Comrades Marathon than he did in 2009. He hopes to run the race in under 5 hours and 23 minutes.
		Americans Stir Buzz At Comrades Marathon (Race Results Weekly) American 50K Record holder Josh Cox is set to run the 2010 Comrades Marathon. The last American to win the race was marathon legend Alberto Salazar in 1994.
		Comrades 2010: The Top Contenders (South Africa.info) Sunday will mark the start of the Comrades Marathon and the list of elite athletes entered into the field should make for one of the most competitive Comrades in recent history.
	Kuala Lumpur Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Organizers Target 18,000 Participants For Kuala Lumpur Marathon (Bernama.com) Race organizers are targeting eighteen-thousand participants for the Kuala Lumpur Marathon which is an increase of three-thousand over last year.
	Med-City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Med-City Marathon: It Could Be Hot, Or Maybe Not (Post Bulletin) Hot and oppressive could be the words used for the Med City Marathon taking place this weekend at 7 am on Sunday. Race staff said that safety of the runners is paramount.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Sports Legend Revealed: How Was The Length Of The Olympic Marathon Decided? (Los Angeles Times) The length of the marathon has changed since it's inception some twenty-five hundred years ago. The current distance was established at the 1908 Olympic Games
	Phuket International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		International Runners Race To Record-Breaking Laguna Phuket International Marathon (Phuket Index) The fifth annual Laguna Phuket Marathon kicks off next month and the influx of runners to the small island marathon will push it into the record books despite the political turmoil in the country.
	Wickham Park Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Face Ultra Challenge At Wickham Park Marathon (Florida Today) The sixteenth Wickham Park Marathon kicks of over the Memorial Day weekend. The marathon is combined with an ultra race of fifty, one-hundred, and two-hundred miles.
	Yellow River Estuary International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Yellow River Marathon Cheat In China Disqualified After Ringer Revealed (Examiner.com) A second controversy in China just months after cheating took place in the Xiamen International marathon has rocked the Yellow River Marathon. The "winner" of the half-marathon was disqualified when video evidence showed she was not the same one who started the race.
News From: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Tiny Taga Top Woman At Blue Nose Marathon (The Chronicle Herald) Kinue Taga was possibly the smallest runner in the Blue Nose Marathon and also the winner of the women's division with a time of 3 hours 26 minutes and 20 seconds.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Nonyana Eyes Comrades Title (Sowetan) Lucas Nonyana is the top South African ultra-distance runner and is hoping to win the Comrades Marathon.
		Andy Baldwin, Josh Cox And Bart Yasso Head To Africa For The Comrades Marathon (Examiner.com) The American Record Holder in the 50K, Josh Cox, and running guru Bart Yasso are racing the Comrades Marathon as part of Team World Vision.
		Blind Runner To Tackle Comrades Marathon (IOL.co.za) Francois Jacobs will run the 2010 Comrades Marathon to raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation in South Africa as a way of helping others outside of his own physical challenge of being blind.
	Copenhagen Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		De Reuck Narrowly Misses Age Group World Record (Times Live) Colleen de Reuck won the women's division of the Copenhagen Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 51 seconds at the age of 46.
	Edinburgh Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runner Dies At Edinburgh Marathon (BBC.co.uk) Douglas MacFarlane collapsed while running the last leg of the Edinburgh Marathon relay and died after being transported to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
	Everest Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Preparations Underway For World's Highest Marathon - Everest (Gulf Times) Race organizers are preparing for the world's highest marathon and regardless of snowfall or any weather barriers the race will go on as scheduled.
	Fargo Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Fargo Marathon: Knutson Content With Growth Of Race Events (InForum.com) The Fargo Marathon has estimated that the total number of participants in the events surrounding the Fargo Marathon is between twenty-thousand, five-hundred and twenty-one thousand and that may be big enough for the race director.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Ace Athlete Tips From Rwanda (All Africa.com) Benjamin Kipkoech Limo is convinced that Rwanda has the reserve of athletes to rival the running talent of Kenyan athletics if the youth of the country are nurtured
		Battle For Survival In Scorching White Peak Marathon (Matlock Mercury) Adam Dunajko won the White Peak Marathon with a time of 3 hours 10 minutes and 32 seconds
		Pregnant With Possibilities: Marathoner Kara Goucher Is Due In September, Giving Her Time To Train For The 2012 Olympics (Oregon Live.com) Kara Goucher is taking a little time off from racing this year to prepare for the birth of her child in September and then run a spring marathon in 2011 to earn a trip to the Olympic Trials
News From: Monday, May 24, 2010
	Blue Nose International Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		New Champ In Town At Blue Nose Marathon (The Chronicle Herald) Greg Wieczorek moved to Halifax three weeks ago. He now owns the title of Blue Nose Marathon champ by running away with the race in a time of 2 hours 39 minutes and 3 seconds to upset the defending champion.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Bethuel Netshifhefhe Revs Up For Comrades Marathon (Sowetan) Bethuel Netshifhefhe finished ninth in the Comrades Marahton in 2009 and has emerged as one of the clear favorites for the 2010 race.
	Copenhagen Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Alan O'Shea Second In Copenhagen (Athletics Ireland) Mikkel Kleis took top honors in the Copenhagen Marathon with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 29 seconds. Alan O'Shea was second with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 52 seconds.
	Edinburgh Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Duncan Is City Slicker In Capital Marathon (Edinburgh News) Nicola Duncan became a hero by finishing third in the Edniburgh Marathon on her debut race in just over three hours. Steve Littler won the overall title with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 31 seconds
		Lancashire Runner Wins At Last Gasp On A Sweltering Day For Edinburgh Event (Sport.Scotsman.com) PINK tutus, pink kilts and pink faces were seemingly de rigueur for this year's Edinburgh Marathon, the sun which drenched each and every one of the 26 miles from the city centre to the conclusion at Musselburgh Racecourse yesterday ensuring that those without appropriately air-conditioned apparel felt the adverse effects of the conditions.
	Fargo Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Fargo Marathon Runner Gets Finish-Line Proposal (Stamford Advocate) Susan Carlson got a medal for finishing the half-marathon course in Fargo and shortly thereafter she was asked for her hand in marriage.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathon Win Gives Thorvilson A Boost To Olympic Hopes (InForum) Leah Thorvilson smashed the course record at the Fargo Marathon and in doing so she qualified for the women's Olympic Marathon Trials
	International Peace Marathon in Rwanda
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyans Sweep Kigali Marathon Honors (The New Times) Peter Limo won the International Peace Marathon in Kigali with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds leading a top three sweep of the men's race.
	Riga Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Runners From Morocco And Belarus Triumph In "Nordea" Riga Marathon (The Baltic Course) Slimani Benazzouz won the twentieth edition of the Riga Marathon with a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 33 seconds.