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Badwater Ultra Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Things are heating up for Sharon Gayter at Badwater Ultra Marathon (Gazette Live) Sharon Gayter will be one of the participants in the grueling 135-mile Badwater Ultra Marathon that traverses Death Valley where temperatures will soar well above one-hundred and twenty degrees.
Big Bear Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Big Bear Lake Marathon On the Horizon. (The Sun) The Big Bear Lake Marathon is set for September 12 and will cover the highest marathon in California with an altitude over seven-thousand feet. A new course with plenty of scenic views will greet runners traversing the relatively level path.
Big Sur International Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 5, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Big Sur Marathon adds more character to event (The Californian) The twenty-fifth running of the Big Sur Marathon will give runners and spectators newly designed mile markers to view during one of the nations most scenic marathon next April
Big Wild Life Runs Marathon (prev. Humpy's Classic Marathon)
	News From: Friday, July 3, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Celebrity Marathon Runner: Sarah Palin (Examiner.com) Sarah Palin is not only a politician, she is also a marathon runner. She ran in the 2005 Humpy's Marathon in Anchorage.
Boston Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Fast Times For Jobless Runners (The Wall Street Journal) After being laid off, Ray Gobis did not go into a cocoon like what other people might have done. He did the exact opposite and ran his best race at the Boston Marathon, posting a 3:09.
Cleveland Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Cleveland Marathon Attracts Record Number Of Runners (The Plain Dealer) Cleveland Marathon attracted a record number of people this year. The May 17 event drew 12,400 registrants, 2,000 more than the previous year.
Gold Coast Airport Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Running feat on leg (Goldcoast.com.au) Shane Mundy, 46, finished his first marathon at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon and now owns a permanent reminder of the race in the form of a tattoo on his leg. Two years ago the threat of a heart attack "scared him into action."
	News From: Sunday, July 5, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan takes out Gold Coast Marathon on debut (Brisbane Times) Kenyan William Chebor took out the top seeded Shane Nankervis of Victoria to capture the overall Gold Coast Marathon title with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes nearly 5 minutes ahead of Nankervis
Grandfather Mountain Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Grandfather Mountain Highland Games to Hold Opening Ceremony Tonight (GoBlueRidge.com) The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games are being held from July 9 through July 12. The Grandfather Mountain Marathon will start on Saturday morning at 7 AM in Boone North Carolina and climb nearly to the top of Grandfather Mountain.
Grandma's Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Grandma's Registration Opens Monday (Fox 21 News) Grandma's Marathon in Duluth Minnesota will open it's registration books for the 2010 events on Monday July 13 and offer an early bird discount of ten dollars from Monday through September 7.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Grandma's Registration To Open (Superior Telegram) Early Registration for the 2010 Grandma's Marathon begins Monday and will feature a $10 discount off the $85 entry fee.
	News From: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Elite Grandma's Marathon Runner At Age 15 (Star Tribune) Tony Nikodym ran his second Grandma's Marathon at just the age of 15 at the 2009 edition.
	News From: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Former Grandma's Champ Faces Doping Accusations (Northland's News Center) Marathon runner Liza Hunter-Galvan, who won the 2008 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon and competed for New Zealand in the marathon event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has been accused of doping.
Icebreaker Indoor Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Pettit Will Host More Events at the InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) The InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon will be adding a half marathon and marathon relay for its second year.
Illinois Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 5, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Champaign marathon back for 2010 with a new date (Chicago Tribune) The second running of Illinois' newest running event, the Champaign Marathon, will return in 2010 on May 1st. The April date was scratched due to the possibility of early snow.
Lake Tahoe Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Lake Tahoe Marathon Offers 5K, 10K, 20-Mile, 26.2-Mile Walk/Run (Yuba Net News) Lake Tahoe Marathon is now offering 5K, 10K, 20-Mile, and 26.2-Mile races.
Leadville Trail Marathon
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Leadville Marathon here is "training" (Herald Democrat) Kevin Kline, a radio host from Houston, will attempt to run the Leadville Trail 100 Marathon this weekend. Kline is calling this a training run as he prepares for the Strides Across Texas 500-mile solo ultramarathon across Texas to raise money for the Texas Children's Cancer Center.
Manitoba Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Training/ Health
		Experts Caution Athletes After Manitoba Marathon Death (Winnipeg Free Press) After a death at the Manitoba Marathon, doctors are cautioning atheletes to take care of themselves.
Marine Corps Marathon
	News From: Monday, July 6, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Harris Corp. Patrols Virtual Marathon for Marine Corps Marathon (Orlando Sentinel) Harris Corp., a company know for selling combat related systems to US Military has developed a 3D tour of the Marine Corps Marathon course.
	News From: Friday, July 3, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marine Corps Marathon Scores Convention Center As Expo Venue (Washington Business Journal) The Marine Corps Marathon will host its Health & Fitness Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. It has taken nearly 5 years for the event to get into that venue.
Missoula Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 5, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Sport of Running takes off: 2000 Marathon racers expected at Missoula Marathon (Missoulian.com) The third annual Missoula Marathon is expecting over two-thousand runners for the annual running of the 26.2 mile event. Over eighteen-hundred had registered for the event as of July 3rd.
Mumbai Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		John Is Marathon Man (Times of India) The Mumbai Marathon is scheduled for January 17 and John Abraham, one of the event ambassadors, is playing a major role in organizing the event.
Odds And Ends
	News From: Friday, July 10, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		The Girl Who Ran A Marathon To Meet Obama (The Ghanaian Times) With Barack Obama visiting the country of Ghana, a marathon runner, Amida Salifu, undertook a run from the New York Times Corporation to Independence Square for the chance to meet Obama.
		Japanese Running Man (Epoch Times) Hazama Kanpei, a Japanese comedian, finished the North American leg of his quest to run and sail around the world to raise awareness of the island nations quest for the 2016 Olympics
		The longest mile and then some (The Register-Guard) Dan Olmstead owns a marathon personal best of 2 hours and 26 minutes. His last fours miles of the Western States 100 mile race would take just as long and at the 93.5 mile marker he would call it a day and succumbed to the rugged conditions.
		Find your addiction, whatever it may be. (San Marcos Daily Record) What started as a college hobby left a void in Tyler Mayforth's life. A new job and new friends challenged him with the opportunity to run part of a marathon. The obsession has moved into triathlons as well.
		Marathon Tech Review: Map Your Run, Sort Of, With GPS (The New York Times) There is a new mobile application for all runners. It utilizes a smartphone's GPS to map your run.
	News From: Thursday, July 9, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Nathan To Take On Marathon Challenge (Swindon Advertiser) Running man Nathan Taylor is putting himself through a marathon challenge to help raise money for two charities. Nathan plans on running 40 miles a day for 21 days.
		'Lorna The Runner Is Back!' (Tampa Bay Online) Lorna Michael was the first woman to run across America in the 1993 Trans-America Foot Race. After her youngest child went off to college, she decided it was time for her to focus on her goals, to get back into the running body form.
	News From: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon In Iraq Brings In $7,000 For Fallen-Soldiers Fund (Pennsylvania Local News) A Memorial Day marathon, the largest organized event held in Camp Taji, Iraq, raised nearly $7,000 for the 56th Stryker Brigade's Fallen Soldiers fund.