Marathon/Running News: 6/1/10 - 6/8/10

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Calgary Marathon
	News From: Sunday, June 6, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Runner Tests Limits Of Endurance And Sanity Chasing Her Passion (Calgary Herald) Ellie Greenwood stepped down to the marathon distance in the Calgary Marathon and obliterated the women's field with a time of 2 hours 52 minutes and 23 seconds.
Casper Wyoming Marathon
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Casper Native Matt Beamer Wins Casper Marathon In Record Time (Star Tribune) Matt Beamer won the Casper Wyoming Marathon with a course record time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 1 second in nearly perfect racing conditions.
	News From: Sunday, June 6, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		The Casper Marathon Looks To Set New Participation Marks (Star-Tribune) The eighth edition of the Casper Wyoming Marathon will see an increase in numbers largely due to the marathon relay race.
		Casper Marathon Draws Traveling Runners (Casper Star-Tribune) Vicki Becker of New York will complete the Casper Marathon as her final marathon of the fifty states and she does so one day before her fiftieth birthday.
Chester Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 3, 2010
		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.
City of Christchurch Marathon
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Smith Wins Cold, Wet Christchurch Marathon (Stuff.co.nz) Matt Smith won the City of Christchurch Marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 14 seconds in cold and damp conditions.
	News From: Sunday, June 6, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		The Christchurch Marathon In The Wet (The Press) Matt Smith bested more than five-thousand runners in the Christchurch Marathon while Magda Karimali-Poulos wone the women's division
		Matt Smith Wins Christchurch Marathon (Stuff.co.nz) Matt Smith won the Christchurch Marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 14 seconds despited rain and cold temperatures.
Coeur d' Alene Marathon
	News From: Friday, June 4, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Sandpoint Woman Wins Cd'A Marathon (Bonner County Daily Bee) Jody Aslett, 41, took home top honors at the Coeur d'Alene Marathon in the women's division with a time of 3 hours 6 minutes and 32 seconds.
Comrades Marathon (88km)
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Comrades' Marathon Winner Zim Has Chosen To Forget (The Standard.) Stephen Muzhingi was hoping that his nation would celebrate his back to back Comrades Marathon victories. The country and the government seem to have forgotten his success.
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		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
		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.
Deadwood-Mickelson Trail Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		More Than 1,950 Runners Run The Mickelson (Black Hills Pioneer) Ryan Kircher won the Deadwood Mickelson Marathon with a time of 2 hours 52 minutes and 6 seconds
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Mickelson Trail Marathon Comes Down To A Sprint (Rapid City Journal) Ryan Kircher won the Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon with a time of 2 hours 52 minutes and 4 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, June 5, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Deadwood Mickelson Marathon Srpints Toward Notoriety (Rapid City Journal) The Deadwood Mickelson marathon and half-marathon saw an increase sixty-three percent in their registration. The ninth annual event starts Sunday.
Disney World Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
		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.
Everest Marathon
	News From: Thursday, June 3, 2010
		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.
Fallen 4 Marathon
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Fallen Four Marathon Run In Whitecourt (Edmonton Sun) Tom McGrath won the Fallen Four Marathon with a time of 3 hours 8 minutes and 7 seconds.
Footstock Race Weekend
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		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
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		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.
Grandma's Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Grandma's Marathon Running Until It Hurts (Twin Cities Daily Planet) The thirty-fourth Grandma's Marathon kicks off this weekend and Jonathan Stefonek will participate in the race and add to the diversity of body types that are represented.
	News From: Friday, June 4, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Grandma's Marathon Closes With 7,375 Entries (Duluth News Tribune) While the Grandma's marathon race numbers may be on the decline, the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon and William A. Irving 5K have record entries.
Houston Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon Goes To Lottery System For Entries (Houston Chronicle) The thirty-ninth Houston Marathon will switch to a lottery system when selecting runners for the January 30th race.
Knoxville Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Covenant Health Will Sponsor Knoxville Marathon For Next Three Years (Knoxville Biz.com) Covenant Health has added three year to their contract with the Knoxville Marathon as the largest road race in East Tennessee.
Lewis and Clark Marathon (MT)
	News From: Monday, June 7, 2010
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Montana State's Adams, Curry Top Field At Sentimental Race (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) Matt Adams won the Lewis and Clark Marathon in Bozeman Montana with a time of 2 hours 38 minutes and 7 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, June 5, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		Japanese Man Comes To Bozeman With Unique Take On Running And The World (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) Nishi Hajime has run marathon in all fifty states and on all seven continents including sevent-two countries. His next stop is the Lewis And Clark Marathon in Bozeman Montana.
London Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
		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.
Madison Marathon (Mad City Marathon)
	News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
		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.
Malibu International Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
		Human Interest Story
		6 Months To The Malibu International Marathon 2010 Edition: Register & Start Your Training to the "Run To Paradise" (Earth Times) The second edition of the Malibu Marathon kicks off on November 14th. The race has selected Speed Fleet and Diaz Human Performace as the official coaching and training program.
Marathon du Medoc
	News From: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
		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.