Marathon/Running News: 7/14/10 - 7/21/10

Back to News Main Page

Sort News By: Date | Race | News Type

More News:

News From: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
	Columbus Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Road To Columbus Starts In July (Cincinnati Enquirer) Jim Pleshinger will start his training for his annual Columbus Marathon to be held on October 17. The first long run of twelve miles came early in mid-July.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Human Interest Story
		Comrades Cheat Gives Mthembu Third Place (IOL.CO.ZA) Sergio Motsoeeng who orginally place third at the eight-fifth Comrades Marathon was disqualified after testing positive for drugs.
	Deseret News Classic Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Deseret News Marathon Event Preview: Ultra Runner Jenn Shelton Will Race (Examiner.com) Jenn Shelton has thrown her name in the hat for the Deseret News Marathon which kicks off on July 24 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
		Expect A Colorful And Fast Deseret News Marathon (Deseret News) Jenn Shelton will bring her leg speed and experience to the forty-first edition of the Deseret News Marathon.
	Harrisburg Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Stay On Track With Harrisburg Marathon Goals (Pennlive.com) November 14 is the date for the start of the thirty-eighth Harrisburg Marathon. Team Aspire will bring more than ninety runners to the starting line to compete in the 26.2 mile race.
	Marathon du Medoc
		Human Interest Story
		A Marathon For Gourmands - Marathon Du Medoc (Asia Travel Tips.com) The Marathon du Medoc will kick off on September 11 for it's twenty-sixth year. The course winds though the most famous wine regions in France
	Odds And Ends
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Gold Medallists Wanjiru &Amp; Tadese To Face Off In Castelbuono (Race Results Weekly) Two of the world's finest running champions, Samuel Wanjiru and Zersenay Tadese, of Kenay and Eritrea respectively will face off at Monday's Giro Podistico Internazionale de Castelbuono
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rock N Roll Marathon Has $54 Million Impact On Economy (KPBS.org) The Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon pumped fifty-four million dollars into the coffers of the local economy. Nearly thirty-eight thousand people attended the event.
	Steamtown Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Steamtown Marathon Capped At 2,500 Runners (The Times-Tribune) The Steamtown Marathon has closed is registration door by filling to it's twenty-five hundred runner capacity. The October 10 race is known as a fast marathon course.
News From: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
	Athens Marathon (Greece)
		Human Interest Story
		2,500 Years On, Marathon Remembered As It Began (The Independent) Two Greek Marathon runners will celebrate the anniversary of the creation of their sport that occurred twenty-five centuries ago.
		When The Marathon Going Gets Tough, Remember At Least Your Race Is 26 Miles....Not 325! (New York Daily News) Two elite marathon runners from Greece will commemorate the twenty-five hundredth anniversary of the marathon by running three-hundred, twenty-five miles along the original path from Athens to Sparta.
	Cowtown Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cowtown Marathon Expands Race To Three Days (NBCDFW.com) The Cowtown Marathon and events is expanding to three days and moving to the Will Rogers Memorial Center for 2011
	Delhi International Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon Runners Eye Delhi (Southern-Courier) Jeff Hunt, 27, has earned an entry from Australia to run in the Commonwealth Games Marathon in October.
	Fox Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Community First Fox Cities Marathon Offers Fitness Challenge (Post Crescent) The twentieth annual Community First Fox Cities Marathon is promoting health and fitness to area companies by holding a friendly competition among all area businesses.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon Modifies Lottery System For Entry (Item Online) The Houston Marathon will be held on January 30, 2011. Those who have run the marathon ten years and above are to be exempt from the lottery and with a cap of eleven-thousand runners it will be slim pickings for the remaining marathon hopefuls.
	New York City Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Ritzenhein Ready To Return To New York (Race Results Weekly) Looking to re-debut his career, IAAF World Half-Marathon bronze medalist Dathan Ritzenhein will look to return, at the 2010 ING New York City Marathon.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Race Organizers Must Be Ready In Case Of Emergency. (Lansing State Journal) Certain inherent risks are taken by marathon runners and other race participants. Race organizers must still bare the brunt of the responsibility for runners safety and be prepared to handle a variety of situations.
		Jogging With Smartphone, Apps (Detroit Free Press) Runners in marathon and other racing events have been using their smartphone and an application called runkeeper to provide real-time feedback of their running progress.
	Richmond Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		New Service For SunTrust Richmond Marathon Participants: Mental Toughness Training (PR-Newswire) Many Richmond Marathon athletes are ramping up their mileage in preparation for the looming event date. The race is now offering mental training through sport psychologist Dana Blackmer.
News From: Monday, July 19, 2010
	Athens Marathon (Greece)
		Human Interest Story
		Greeks To Recreate The Marathon Run Of Pheidippides (Reuters) The Battle of Marathon happened two and a half thousand years ago and two Greek runners are hoping to recreate the legendary feat of Pheidippides.
	Atlantic City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Atlantic City Marathon To Return In October With New Race Route (Press Of Atlantic City) The Atlantic City Marathon will return on Friday October 17 for it's fifty-second year and will showcase a new route that will be completely different from the old course.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Ultr 'Races' Give Going To Extremes New Meaning (Coloradoan) When the distance of a marathon at twenty-six point two miles doesn't seem to phase you any longer, you can always run and Ultra Marathon.
	Pattaya Queen's Cup Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Tight Finish At Pattaya Queen's Cup Marathon (Pattaya People) Kenyan runner, Maisei Julius Kiplimo won the Pattaya Queen's Cup Marathon with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 13 seconds.
News From: Sunday, July 18, 2010
	Akron Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Liberty Hill Baptist's Mark Johnson prepares for marathon, supports Cleveland schools (Cleveland.com) Reverand Mark Johnson prepares for the Akron Marathon. He wishes he could run the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, but feels that he could not preach after a 26.2 mile run.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Thane Varsha Marathon Run Spreads Message Of Fitness. (One India) The Thane Varsha Marathon offered ten categories for runners, walkers including the marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers and hoped to spread the word about fitness.
		Afghanistan Hero Mark Ormrod Joins Marine Pals in Marathon Across America (Mirror.co.uk) Mark Ormrod, of the UK, who had his legs and right arm blown off by a landmine while serving in Afghanistan, will be embarking on a 3,530 mile run across the United States called the "Gumpathon" after the Tom Hanks movie "Forest Gump." That is a total of 135 marathons, which Ormrod plans to take one mile at a time.
News From: Saturday, July 17, 2010
	Great Wall Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Great Wall Makes For A Memorable Marathon (American-Statesman) The Great Wall Marathon beckons many to its alluring three-thousand, seven-hundred stone steps and for many it is just part of an amazing trip to China
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Effort Take Nashvillian, Dian Bolton, On 50-State Tour (Tennessean) Diane Bolton joined a group at her local gym in 2003 that allowed her to run and walk. By 2010 she had completed a marathon in all fifty states.
		Veteran Marathoner Says Training Team Made the Difference (Midlothian Exchange) Jerry Pisecki, who finished the 2010 Boston Marathon, feels training with a team makes a huge difference in performance. When he trained for his first marathon he trained by himself, using articles and books as his guide, and he said he was hurting by the end. Twenty years later, he turned to a training team to prepare for the Boston Marathon and blew his goal personal best time out of the water.
		Marathon Man Takes Small Steps And Larger Strides (Chicago Sun-Times) Alan Robinson was told he would no longer walk after a car accident nearly severed his cervical spine. He has done more than walk as the man who once could not move from the neck down is now running marathons.