Marathon/Running News: 7/19/09 - 7/26/09

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Accra International Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
		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
Boston Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
		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.
Carrollton Festival of Races
	News From: Sunday, July 26, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Carrollton Festival of Races features smoother course (Mlive.com) The Carrolton Festival of Races will kick off at 5 am for marathon walkers or those with disabilities who wish to attempt the marathon. More than 100 runners have signed up for the revamped course that involves three laps to complete the 26.2 mile course.
	News From: Friday, July 24, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Carrollton Marathon Changes Route To Give Runners Extra Boost (The Saginaw News) Carrollton Marathon is being changed for the marathon's 10th anniversary. The monotonous eight laps around a five kilometer course will become something, race director, Craig Douglas, thinks will add a little more "zest".
Chicago Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
		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.
	News From: Monday, July 20, 2009
		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.
City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
	News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
		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
	News From: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
		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.
	News From: Sunday, July 19, 2009
		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.
Deseret News Classic Marathon
	News From: Saturday, July 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon moxie: Scott survives fatigue, pain to claim women's crown at Deseret News Marathon (Deseret News) Allie Scott struggled the final three miles but managed a sub 3-hour marathon victory at the Deseret New Marathon on Friday. Her time of 2 hours 56 minutes and 41 seconds outdistanced Julie Thomas, 2nd place, who finished with a time of 3 hours 2 minutes and 11 seconds.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		'Tough' Deseret News Marathon conquered by Kenya's Yego (Deseret News) David Yego, Kenya, called the Deseret Morning News Marathon "tough". "too tough". But he was the first to cross the finish line as he pulled away at mile 19 to win with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 42 seconds
	News From: Friday, July 24, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Utahn Wins Women's Deseret News Marathon (Deseret News) Allie Scott, 22 year old from Salt Lake City, prevailed from an agonizing final three miles to win the Deseret News Marathon. She was the only female runner to finish the race in sub 3 hour times.
		Kenyan Finishes Strong To Claim Deseret News Marathon Victory (Deseret News) David Yego wins the Deseret News Marathon after trailing the leader for the first 18 miles. On mile 19, Yego took the lead and never looked back.
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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.
Dingle Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 19, 2009
		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.
Frankfurt Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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.
Friendly Massey Marathon
	News From: Monday, July 20, 2009
		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.
Grandfather Mountain Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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.
Grandma's Marathon
	News From: Saturday, July 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon run was unfinished, but not unfulfilled (Post Bulletin) Joy Larson, 51, was running the Grandma's marathon last month when the heat advisory nearly canceled the race. At mile 19 she was not going to finish. The heat index had climbed to ninety-eight degrees. She told herself it was okay not to finish.
Great Wall Marathon
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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
	News From: Sunday, July 26, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon training program week 1 (The Examiner) Kelly Smith is listing his specific training program in a week by week format for all runners to read and watch. His flexible plan provide for long runs, speed work and rest day.
	News From: Saturday, July 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon sells out in 60 hours (Galveston County Daily News) You had to be a fast runner to get into the Houston Marathon and Half Marathon last weekend. The half-marathon filled to capacity of 11,000 entrants in less than 24-hours and the marathon filled to 11,000 entrants by the end of Sunday night.
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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.
	News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
		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.
	News From: Monday, July 20, 2009
		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.
Johnstown Marathon
	News From: Saturday, July 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		YMCA tackles Johnstown Marathon task. (The Tribune-Democrat) Organizers of the 34th Johnstown marathon had previously announced that the marathon would be canceled for 2009. Sharon Jones, Director of the YMCA, says they are about forty-five hundred dollars short of the goal of twelve-thousand to move the race forward. The race lost it's key corporate sponsor and that setback has put organizers into an overdrive fund raising mode.
	News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
		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.
Malibu Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
		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.
Mayor's Marathon
	News From: Sunday, July 26, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Countdown begins for Mayor Marathon (The Times of India) The Mayor Marathon of Thane, India is ready to starts it's annual marathon slated for August 2. Total participation for the day's events will reach forty-five thousand runners.
Mount Desert Island marathon
	News From: Friday, July 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Really Relay at Mount Desert Island Marathon (Village Soup) While race director Gary Allen, of the Mount Desert Island Marathon, has been staunch about everyone running the marathon cover the same distance, the self-titled "stubborn" director has opted to add a new team relay division.