Marathon/Running News: 7/22/10 - 7/29/10

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News From: Thursday, July 29, 2010
	Around the Lake Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Peabody's Monteiro Aims To Win 24 Hour Marathon At Around The Lake (The Salem News) Kevin Monteiro ran one-hundred and six miles in 24 hours around Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefiled Massachusett last July to finish in fourth place. He hopes to win it all this year.
	Maine Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathons Filling Up For The Fall (SeaCoast Online) The Mount Desert Island Marathon in Maine has filled to capacity and the Maine Marathon on October 3 will probably close shortly.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Barcelona Could Be Last Stand For Baldini (Race Results Weekly) Celebrated Italian running legend, Stefano Baldini, who won his first European title nearly a dozen years ago, and the 2004 Olympic title in Athens, is looking to give a possible last chance effort at medaling at this years European Championships held in Barcelona
	Pocatello Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Pocatello Marathon Continues To Break Records (Idaho State Journal) The Pocatello Marathon is on course to break another record for participants. Nearly eight-hundred runners are registered for the weekend events.
	Run With the Horses Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Annual Run With The Horses Race Slated For Mid-August (Green River Star) The Run With The Horses Marathon will take place on August 21. While the course is not an easy route it is unique.
	St. George Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Big Year For St. George Marathon (KCSG.com) With sixty-five days to go until the St. George Marathon runners hoping to participate in the most organized marathon by runners world still have a little time to sign-up.
	The San Francisco Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Grad Student Surprises In Marathon Win (The Stanford Daily) Stanford Astophysics student Keith Bechtol won the San Francisco marathon with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 28 seconds. He took a three year break from the sport and returned to the marathon see where he stood.
	Wisconsin Dells Marathon & Half Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Town Puts Roadblock In Path Of Wisconsin Dells Marathon (The Journal Sentinel) The Town of Dell Prairie has refused to permit the use of their roads for the Wisconsin Dell Marathon. Dan Mitchell says that the race doesn't benefit the town at all.
News From: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
	Fox Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Cellcom To Continue Timing Services At Community First Fox Cities Marathon (Post Crescent) Cellcom will return as the Fox Cities Marathon technology partner for the September 17 through the 19 weekend of racing.
	Grizzly Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Nearly 400 Runners Expected For Grizzly Marathon (Choteau Acantha) The ninth annual Grizzly Marathon will play host to nearly four-hundred runners. Races include the marathon along with a 5K, 10K and half-marathon.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Houston Marathon Lottery Registration Opens For 2011 (Spreadit Sports) The Houston Marathon will be held on January 30, 2011 and registration for the lottery slots in the race has started.
	Melbourne Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Kai Ready To Take On Melbourne Marathon (Hastings Leader) Kai Sonter is the face of this years Melbourne Marathon. The five-year-old suffers from cerebral palsy.
	Mount Desert Island marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Planning On A Fall Marathon In Maine? (Sea Coast Online) Gary Allen, race director for the Mount Desert Island Marathon has announced that registration closed for the October 17 race. The October 3 Maine Marathon is still open but has a cap of three-thousand, five-hundred.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon's Are For Sissies (Boise Weekly) Joelle Vaught won the Where's Waldo 100K ultramarathon last year and is aiming for the Western States Endurance Race making marathon running seem simple.
		Daring Runner Prepares For Congo Marathon (Community Newswire) Chris Jackson hopes to complete twelve marathons in twelve months and will head to Congo to run the marathon on August 18.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Medal Is Finally Gold For Abeylegesse (Race Results Weekly) Ethopian-born Turk, Elvan Abeylegesse outlasted a strong field to win her first championship gold in the 10,000m, at the European Championships in Athletics in Barcelona with a time of 31:10:23.
	Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon and 1/2 Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		San Antonio Marathon Taking New Turns This Year (My San Antonio) Runners participating in the San Antonio Marathon will see a new course for the third annual event on November 14.
	The San Francisco Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		The San Francisco Marathon, 2010 Report (Examiner.com) The thirty-second annual San Francisco Marathon hosted more than twenty-four thousand runners with first time marathon runner Keith Bechtol taking top honors.
	Wineglass Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Wineglass Marathon Drawing A Lot Of Interest (Star Gazette) The twenty-ninth Wineglass Marathon will kick off on October 3 and more than eleven-hundred marathon runners have already signed up.
News From: Monday, July 26, 2010
	Carrollton Festival of Races
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Carrollton Festival Of Races Showcases Fast Race Course in 11th Year (The Saginaw News) Chuck Engle won the Carrollton Festival of Races Marathon with a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and 12 seconds with four other runners crossing the line under the three hour mark.
	Cities Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Westlink Marathon: Runner Motors Along M7 To Victory (The Blacktown Advocate) Rop Cleophas of Kenya won the the fifth annual Westlink M7 Cities Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes.
	Deseret News Classic Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyan Runner Edward Kiptum Rallies In Final Stretch For Deseret News Marathon Win (Deseret Morning News) Edward Kiptum wore race number 1 and took it as a sign that he was supposed to win the Deseret News Marathon. He did so with a time of 2 hours 20 minutes and 47 seconds.
	Odds And Ends
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Crow Pass Crossing Separates Champions From The Casual (KTUU.com) Geoff Ross took home top honors at the annual Crow Pass Wilderness Crossing Marathon with a time of 2 hours 54 minutes and 44 seconds.
		'I Did Okay' Says Women's Crow Pass Winner (Anchorage Daily News) Abby Rideout won the Crow Pass 24 mile Wilderness Marathon with a time of 3 hours 50 minutes and 54 seconds just missing the course record.
		Tadese Overwhelms Strong Field In Castelbuono (Race Results Weekly) As many elite runners struggled with the difficult course, four-time world road runniner & half-marathon champion Zerseney Tadese of Eritrea overwhelmed the field to capture the 85th running of Italy's most competetive and oldest summer road race.
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Runners In Alaska Face Some Unique Challenges (Lexington-Herald Leader) Eric Strabel faced a bear that stopped him in his tracks during his marathon race in the annual Crow Pass Crossing wildnerness marathon.
	Pikes Peak Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Belfield's Brendan Davies Plans To Conquer The 42.2KM Pike's Peak Marathon (The Express) Brendan Davies has been working out in an altitude chamber that sucks out oxygen and replaces it with nitrogen as he prepares to run the Pike's Peak Marathon.
	The San Francisco Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		San Francisco Marathon: 24,000 Unique Tales In 26 Miles (San Francisco Chronicle) From the winners to the finishers, runners in the San Francisco Marathon have stories of triumph and even a record setting day.
		Stanford Student Wins San Francisco Marathon (Mercury News.com) Keith Bechtol ran his first road marathon in San Francisco and won with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 28 seconds.
		San Francisco Marathon Won By Keith Bechtol (Mens Spot Daily News) Keith Bechtol won the San Francisco Marathon with a time of 2 hour 23 minutes and 38 seconds in his debut road marathon.