Marathon/Running News: 5/27/10 - 6/3/10

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News From: Thursday, June 3, 2010
	Chester Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hundreds Complete Inaugural Chester Marathon (Flinshire Chronicle) Nearly eight-hundred runners completed the inaugural Chester Marathon. Julian MacDonald won the title with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 5 seconds.
	Everest Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Nepalese Sherpa Wins Highest Marathon In The World On Mount Everest (Asia News) Phurba Tamang won the Everest Marathon with a time of 3 hours 41 minutes and 20 seconds. The race began at an altitude of five-thousand, three-hundred and sixty-five meters.
	New York City Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Geb To Debut In New York (Athletics Weekly) Marathon World Record Holder Haile Gebrselassie will make his debut in the New York City Marathon on November 7. The course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 43 seconds could be in jeopardy.
	Odds And Ends
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Mini Goes To The Max: 7 World Champions Coming To New York (Race Results Weekly) 7 World Champions will be in the field at the NYRR New York Mini 10-K on Saturday, June 12, in Central Park.
		Human Interest Story
		Anger Over Marathon Wheelchair Ban (TVNZ) Christchurch Marathon officials have banned competitors in this weekends marathon from using wheelchairs. The ruling has upset the paraplegic community.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Onders Sets Crab Festival Marathon Record (Kodiak Daily Mirror) Bob Onders won the Crab Festival Marathon with a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and 29 seconds which broke the old record of 2 hours 48 minutes and 20 seconds.
		Human Interest Story
		Case Against Engle Detailed (News & Record) Ultra-marathon runner Charlie Engle faces fifteen charges with his alleged mortgage fraud scheme. Engle, 47, was arrested last month and remains free on his promise to appear in court.
News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
	Disney World Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Monday Newest Twist For Disney Marathon A Free Day! (Chip & Company) The Disney World Marathon will give runners a free day at the park starting in 2011. Runners who finish the marathon on January 9, 2011 can bring the medals back the next day to gain free entrance to the park.
	London Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		'Fastest Pensioner' During London Marahon 'Took Ten-mile Short Cut' (Telegraph) Anthony Gaskell who is sixty-nine years of age finished the London Marathon in 3 hours and 5 minutes. He was set to receive an award until it was discovered that to run the fast time he had to run the last 13.1 miles of the race in under an hour. Gaskell admitted to taking a "short cut" in the race.
	Marathon du Medoc
		Human Interest Story
		Running's On The Wine List (The Spec) The Marathon du Medoc started in 1984 and combined wine tours with running. The event inspired a similar running event in the Niagara wine country.
	NAIA Marathon Championships - Men
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		O'Lexey, Hellman Snare National Titles (Black Hills Pioneer) Wendy O'Lexey of Black Hills State University won the NAIA women's marathon title with a time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 59 seconds to successfully defend her title from 2009
	New York City Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Gebrselassie To Run New York Marathon (ESPN) World Record holder Haile Gebrselassie says he will run the 2010 New York City Marathon, because not doing it would leave his career incomplete.
		Human Interest Story
		Gebrselassie To Make USA Marathon Debut In New York (Race Results Weekly) Haile Gebrselassie, world marathon record holder announced during the National Running Day that he will make his US debut at the 2010 ING New York City Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Chance To Rub Elbows With Distance Legend (Houston Chronicle) Haile Gebreselassie, the marathon world record holder, announced he will be running the 2010 New York City Marathon.
		Haile Gebrselassie To Announce Possible New York City Marathon Debut On National Running Day (Examiner.com) Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie is expected to announce that he will run the New York City Marathon this November.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Shay's Serious About This Marathon Thing (Healthy Living) Shay Sorrells has some motivation behind losing weight. She lost more than half of her body weight and will now attempt to train for and run a marathon by the end of the year.
		The Galapagos Marathon, Half Marathon And 10K Running Events (Earth Times) The Galapagos Marathon will be held on San Cristobal in Ecuador on August 1 ,2010 which is dedicated to the protection of the islands and educating visitors to the islands.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Shaw's Kodiak Marathon Mark Falls (Anchorage Daily News) Bob Onders from Cody Wyoming shattered the Kodiak Crab Festival Marathon record previously held by Laddie Shaw. Onders ran 2 hours 43 minutes and 29 seconds to win the marathon
	Ridge Runner Races
		Human Interest Story
		Ridge Runner Marathon Leads Distance Fans From Around The World To Make For Cairo In June 2010 (PR*Urgent) The Ridge Runner Marathon kicks off in Cairo on June 5 and more than eight-hundred runners are expected to attend the race events.
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon To Host Strongest Elite Field In Race History (Examiner.com) Four men who have run under 2 hours and 8 minutes will gather this weekend for the Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon making it the strongest elite field in the races thirteen year history.
	Stillwater Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Tisell, Brinkman Prevail At Stillwater Marathon (Stillwater Gazette) Tom Tisell won the Stillwater Marathon with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 31 seconds. Kelly Brinkman won the women's title with a time of 3 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
	Wickham Park Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Local Ultra Runner Lasts 87.5 Miles At Wickham Park Marathon (Daily Press) Cheryl Lager made it through 87.5 miles in the Florida heat last weekend while attending the Wickham Park Marathon and Ultra races.
News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Muzhingi Wins The Comrades (The Zimbabwean) Stephen Muzhingi defended his Comrades Marathon title with a time of 5 hours and 29 minutes. The eighty-fifth running of the ultra race had a stacked field of runners.
		Russian Twins Claim Comrades Victory (Sowetan) Elana and Olesya Nurgalieva took home first and second place honors in the women's division of the Comrades marathon to continue their dominance of the race since 2003
	Footstock Race Weekend
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Footstock Racing To Find Volunteers (Cochrane Eagle) As athletes are preparing for the 2010 Footstock Marathon, event organizers are in a race of their own to find enough volunteers to have the event go off without a hitch.
	Gold Coast Airport Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		$250,000 Campaign For Gold Coast Marathon (Gold Coast) The 2010 Gold Coast Marathon has been launched with a two-hundred and fifty thousand tourism marketing campaign that should lure more runners to the region.
	Madison Marathon (Mad City Marathon)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heat Closes Course At Madison Marathon (LaCrosseTribune.com) Ricky Reusser won the Madison Marathon for the fourth straight year despite hot and humid conditions which shut down the race just four hours into the event.
	Med-City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Volunteers Make Sure Med-City Marathon Is Smooth-Sailing (Post-Bulletin.) The sweltering heat didn't stop nearly thirteen-hundred runners from racing in events that surrounded the Med-City Marathon. George Slicho found time to volunteer and share some jokes as runners passed by.
	Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Waterloo's Drew Is Canadian National Marathon Champ (The Record) Stephen Drew won the Canadian National Marathon Championship at the Ottawa Marathon this weekend with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes and 47 seconds which was good enough to finish as the first Canadian across the line.
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Beware Of Runner: 2010 Rock N Roll San Diego This Sunday, June 6 (About.com) The Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon will kick off this Sunday and the race is expected to draw more than twenty-thousand runners and over one-hundred thousand spectators.