Marathon/Running News: 7/16/09 - 7/23/09

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News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
	Deseret News Classic Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Sticking to its roots: Deseret News Marathon celebrates 40th year (Deseret News) Jim Santomier asked Keith West to sponsor a "long distance" race in 1969 and forty-years later the Deseret News Marathon is still running strong. The first year saw 43 finishers and the tradition of holding a marathon on Pioneer Day continues.
	Frankfurt Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Cheruiyot and Kigen to meet in Frankfurt Marathon (Sporting Life) Robert Cheruiyot will take on fellow countrymen Wilfred Kigen at the Frankfurt Marathon on October 25. Cheruiyot, running in his first marathon last year, set a course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 21 seconds eclipsing Kigen's record by 37 seconds.
	Grandfather Mountain Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Cowie Wins The 2009 Grandfather Mountain Marathon (Blue Ridge Parkway Guide) Steve Cowie from Greensboro North Carolina won the forty-second annual Grandfather Mountain marathon with a time of 2 hours 46 minutes and 31 seconds. Cowie, a civil engineer, trained about one-hundred miles a week getting ready for the event.
	Great Wall Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Oswestry runner 'hits wall' in first marathon at Great Wall Marathon (Advertizer) Joshua Alston ran the Great Wall Marathon as his first marathon. The marathon has over three-thousand, seven-hundred steps along the 26.2 mile course and Alston won his age group with a time of 4 hours, 34 minutes and placed 27th out of more than 800 runners.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon events shatter speed records. (Houston Chronicle) The Houston Marathon closed open registration for all events in just two and one half days after registration opened. Steven Karpas stated that people who were unable to get into the race last year seemed to rush to get into the race this year.
	Johnstown Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Still Hope For 34th Annual Johnstown Marathon (WJACTV.com) With more than twelve thousand dollars needed to keep the Johnstown marathon running this year, a local businessman has stepped forward and raised nearly half of the funds. Howard Bernstein of Penn Installations has called the community into action to keep the event alive.
News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
	Accra International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Accra International Marathon scheduled for September 27 (Home Page Ghana) The Accra International Marathon will kick off on September 27 from the Ghanaman Soccer of Excellence and end at La Pleasure Beach. The 42-kilometer race is set to raise awareness of the link between health and lifestyle
	Chicago Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic gold medalist Wanjiru makes U.S. marathon debut in Chicago (Examiner.com) Sammy Wanjiru ran to gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with a marathon time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 32 seconds. His PR of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 10 seconds will be his focus at the 2009 Chicago Marathon where Wanjiru hopes to not only break his own record but set a new world record on the flat and fast course.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Council moves Los Angeles Marathon back to March, shifts route (Los Angeles Times) The 24th annual City of Los Angeles Marathon has been unanimously voted by the city council to be moved back to March on the 21st. The new date and "stadium to sea" route is hoped to bring in a new record number of runners after a decline in participation in 2009
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Getting Into The Houston Marathon Is Not A Sprint (Houston Press) With registration for the Houston Marathon filled to capacity and the hysteria over, at least until race day, many runners sat up late to hit the registration lines at precisely at 12:01 am. The overwhelming surge in registrants cause the sign-up site to crash. The transfer clause enacted for the 2010 race caused a flurry of registrants to stay up for the early morning registration to ensure their opportunity to snatch one of the twenty-two thousand spots.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		95-year-old runner sets new world record (News National) Frank Levine ran his first marathon at age 65 and thirty years later he is setting world records. Levine set an age group record on the track in the 5000 meter event with a time of 50 minutes and 10 seconds. The 95 year-old plans on running until he reaches "120".
	Quad Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		National artist Darrell Bush commissioned for Quad Cities Marathon poster (Quad-Cities Online) International artist Darrell Bush will create the poster for the twelfth anniversary of the Quad Cities Marathon taking place on September 27. Joe Moreno, race director, is excited to have a piece of art work for the marathon that will exemplify the interaction of nature and running the marathon
News From: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Delco Man Looks to 44th Boston Marathon (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Neil Weygandt is looking to run and finish his 44th consecutive Boston Marathon. He has the longest consecutive streak in the nation's premier road race.
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		L.A. Marathon Muddle (Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles Marathon is being moved from a Sunday in March to a Monday in May. This change is due to objections from the religious community.
	Malibu Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Registration Open for the Inaugural Malibu International Marathon (GlobalNewswire) November 15 marks the beginning of the inaugural Malibu International Marathon. The race starts near the Carmillo Airport at 7 am and winds through some of the most scenic areas in Malibu.
	Nike 26.2 = Nike Women's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		'Spirit of giving' motivates runners (The Wichita Eagle) More than one-hundred Wichitans are preparing for the Nike Women's marathon on October 18th in San Francisco. Many look at running with friends as a cost cutting therapy session and a great way to help others by using the race as a fundraiser.
	World Track & Field Championships Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Gebrselassie to race Kibet in Berlin World Championships marathon (Reuters Indian) Haile Gebrselassie will run against his Duncan Kibet in a showdown of marathon giants at the 2009 World Marathon Championships to be held in Berlin on September 20. Less than thirty seconds separates the two world leading marathon times.
News From: Monday, July 20, 2009
	Chicago Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic Champion May Make Run at Marathon Record in the Chicago Marathon (The New York Times) Olympic Champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya will try to set a world record in the Chicago Marathon in October. To many, his run in the Beijing Olympics marathon was the greatest marathon run ever.
	Friendly Massey Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Indias marathon man completes 93rd long run (Thaindian News) Ashis Roy completed his seventh marathon for 2009 by placing second in the 70 plus age division at the Friendly Massey Marathon in Canada. The oldest competitor, Roy, ran the 42 kilometer race in 6 hours and 43 minutes which was 6 minutes slower than his Niagara-on-the-Lake Marathon four weeks ago.
	Houston Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Open Registration Over For Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Half Marathon (KHOU) Officials on Monday announced that open registration for the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Half Marathon is over. Both races were sold out in record time.
News From: Sunday, July 19, 2009
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Los Angeles Marathon a bad idea (Santa Monica Daily Press) Bill Bauer writes in to the Santa Monica Daily Press to let the city of Santa Monica know that the congestion and trouble of hosting the runners far outweighs the benefits to the city.
	Dingle Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Run wild with Dingle Marathon (Independent.ie) September 12 will mark the beginning of the Dingle Marathon. The marathon will abandon traditional city street routes and take a course the passes by mountains and the sea.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		'Spacing out' helps distance runners cope with rigors of race (Sacramento Bee) Bryan Morrison was on his way to winning the Western States 100-mile race in 2006 when he collapsed just prior to the finish line. Morrison has little memory of that finish line. Other runners strive for this "spacing out" early on in the longer distance races.
	Pattaya Queen's Cup Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan wins Pattaya Marathon yet again (Pattaya Daily News) Two-thousand runners participated in the Pattaya Marathon on Sunday July 19. The marathon race began at ten minutes after four in the morning with Micah Kipserem Chuma, of Kenya, winning the race with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 38 seconds.
News From: Friday, July 17, 2009
	Big Bear Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Duel in Big Bear (Big Bear Grizzly) Slater Fletcher is inching closer to overall leader Ted Devito of Big Bear Lake in the Conquer the Bear extreme sport challenge. The two athletes are separated by only six minutes with the marathon event to be contested on September 12 at the Run the Bear Marathon.
	Deseret News Classic Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Deseret Marathon/10K/5K race registrations near deadline (Deseret News) Saturday is the last day to register for the Deseret News Marathon and accompanying events. Late registration takes place on July 22 from 4 to 9 pm and again on July 23 from 11 am to 6 pm at the EnergySolutions Arena. Late registration for the 26.2 mile race is 65 dollars.
	Friendly Massey Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Friendly Massey Marathon events set to go. (The Mid--North Monitor) The North Shore will play host to the thirty-third annual Friendly Massey Marathon today. Events began on Saturday with the marathon kicking off 6 am on Sunday.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runners excited for Houston Marathon sign up (The Daily News of Galveston County) Steven Karpas expects the Houston Marathon to be nearly fifty-percent filled by this time next week. Excitement for the premier winter marathon in the country has been building for months.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Chevron Houston Marathon Registration Draws Many (Thaindian News) Registration has begun for the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon. Even with 4000 newly added spots for the upcoming race, the number of spots left are dwindling.
		Chevron Houston Marathon 2010: Excitement On The Rise (Sports News) The 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon is coming to town and the entire Houston community is very excited to host the event. The Houston Marathon is Houston's largest single day sports event.