Marathon/Running News: 7/24/09 - 7/31/09

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News From: Friday, July 31, 2009
	Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rock the Seattle Marathon 2010! (Associated Content) The Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon will host the 2010 edition of the marathon in the summer again. Those who participated on June 27, 2009 were pampered with a great course and first class amenities.
	Route 66 Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Willaims Co. Announces Sponsorship Of Route 66 MarathonThe (KTUL.com) The Route 66 Marathon has gained a title sponsor for the Tulsa based race for the next three years. The marathon is one of Tulsa's largest road races and the Williams Company joined in a three year agreement with the marathon
News From: Thursday, July 30, 2009
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Los Angeles Marathon Get Early Nod From Council (Santa Monica Daily Press) The final leg of the Los Angeles Marathon has been given approval by the city council of Santa Monica to traverse streets that have previously only allowed 5K and 10K runs.
	Green Bay Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Mom, Can I Run a Marathon? (Sun Sentinel) Dan Anderson completed the Green Bay Marathon at the age of 14. Despite starting to blow up around mile 17, cheering crowds fueled him toward the finish line to join the elite club of young long-distance runners.
	New York City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Healthy Samuelson mulls running fall marathon (Sun Journal) Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won the first women's marathon Olympic Gold Medal in 1984 at the Los Angles Games, may run a fall marathon and it could be New York City
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		25th Anniversary of Joan Benoit Samuelson's Gold (WCSH6.com) Twenty-five years ago Joan Benoit Samuelson won Olympic Gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Games in the first women's olympic marathon. Joan remembers the year well as it was the same year in which she was married
		Gadgets, Web Sites To Make You A Better Runner (CNN.com) Nike, Polar, and Garmin are reaching out to runners to help them run better. They each have new high-tech gadgets and web-sites to help you monitor the information collected by the watch.
		United Kingdom Athletics Downgrade Marathon Selection Standards For 2010 (UK Press) Mara Yamauchi and Paula Radcliffe were the only two women who qualified for the World Championship Marathon next month. The top man, Andi Jones who has a personal best of 2 hours and 15 minutes, was three minuts shy of the old qualifying standard.
		Morning Running - Still Better Than a Treadmill (RUNOREGON) Running in the morning can be a difficult way to train for many athletes training for a fall marathon. Are treadmills the answer for you?
		Marathon Training: Bullet-proofing Your Body (Evening Herald) Making the starting line of a race the legnth of a marathon without any injuries is a huge task for many novice runners. Many of the causes of these injuries are very preventable.
		Long Runs Are Important To All Running Programs (Examiner.com) Long distance running is proving more and more beneficial for runners in the 5K and 10K category as well as the marathon and half.
News From: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
	Air Force Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Air Force Marathon Fees Increase August 2 (WHIOTV.com) The fees for the U.S. Air Force Marathon, half-marathon and 5K will be increasing on August 2. The marathon and the half will increase ten dollars and the 5K will go up by five dollars with the 10K remaining the same.
	Chennai Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Chennai marathon postponed to September 27 (Press Trust of India) The Chennai Marathon was slated to take place on August 22 has been moved to September 27 to prevent any conflicts with the World Track and Field Championships being held in Berlin from August 15 to 23.
	Comrades Marathon (88km)
		Human Interest Story
		Comrades Marathon 2010 (Limpopo Informatnt) If you are dreaming of running the Comrades Marathon in 2010 for the eighty-fifth running of the race registration and training programs are starting up.
	Grizzly Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		More than 300 runners sign up to run Grizzly Marathon Events (Choteau Acantha) The Grizzly Marathon, located in Choteau Montana, will hold it's eighth annual event on Saturday August 1st. Race Director Syd Rogers stated that 92 marathon runners had signed up for the newly revamped course.
	Johnny Miles Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Everything in place for annual Johnny Miles Festival (Cape Breton Post) The legacy of Johnny Miles lives on with the Johnny Miles Festival held from July 31 to August 2 in Sydney Mines. Miles broke the marathon world record in Boston in 1926 by four minutes and won the prestigious race again in 1929
	Mt. Everest Challenge Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runner steps up for orphans after Everest Marathon (East and Bays Courier) Glenn Marvin ran the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon on May 29 after a two-week long sickness and very little sleep. Marvin went on to an orphanage where ten-thousand dollars that he raised is being used to provide home and schooling to orphans and destitute children.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Picking The Right Training Shoe (Examiner.com) Picking the right shoe for your running endeavors can be a tidious task for many runners. Swollen feet, thick socks, and orthotics can make picking out the next pair a bit of a challenge.
		Loving life on the run (Monadnock Ledger-Transcripts) Bill Engle has run every distance possible between the 5 kilometer race and the grueling 26.2 mile marathon. Engle, now 78, has logged over 500 sanctioned races on his legs despite slowing times.
		Cardiac Effects of Marathon Running (Cardiousource) With the total number of people running marathons expected to reach five-hundred thousand, physicians can expect more questions about the pro's and con's of marathon running. Recent research suggest that complications from the long distnace running can account for sudden death in an apparently healthy individual
		Maine Bows To Tribes Athletic Stars (Boston.com) Andrew Sockalexis was a native American who finished fourth in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912 and twice as the runner up in the Boston Marathon will be honored by a tribute from the Maine Legislature along with his cousin Louis, who many historians believe was the first native American to play major league baseball.
	World Track & Field Championships Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Ethiopia Selects Strong Track And Marathon Delegation For World Championships in Berlin (IAAF.org) The Ethiopian Federation has listed their contigent of distance runners for the 12th IAAF World Championships. Tsegaye Kebede, Deriba Merga, and Yemane Tsegaye head up the marathon force headed to Berlin in August
		Olympic Champions Felled As Kenya Picks Team To World Championships For Berlin (IAAF.org) Kenya's World Track and Field Championship Team will include some former Olympic medalist who have their work cut out for them if the hope to keep their medal status at the World Championships to be held in Berlin in August.
News From: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rossi-Fogle ran through pain at Boston Marathon (York Daily Record) Nancy Rossi-Fogle found out she was pregnant and had a bleeding ulcer after she finished a grueling march of 26.2 miles while finishing the Boston Marathon in 3 hours and 51 minutes. Perserverance was only half of her battle.
	Cities Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Title defenders win M7 Cities Marathon (Blacktown Sun) Julius Maratim won the Cities Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 12 seconds. Magda Karimalipoulos won the women's marathon title for the third year in a row.
	Mount Desert Island marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Participation Tourism with the Mount Desert Island Marathon (Village Soup) The Mount Desert Island Marathon is looking for individuals and businesses who want to help grow the race. The marathon brings people from all over the world to the great state of Maine to participate in the 26.2 mile race.
		Ten things you should know about supporting the Mount Desert Island Marathon (Village Soup) The Mount Deseret Island Marathon provides a list of the top ten reasons why supporting the 501-c-3 not for profit organization is a great idea.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		For marathon training, less can be more (Chicago Tribune) While many athletes will profess a marathon training plan that includes five or six days per week, the injury-prone, time-pressed runner may see the full benefits of a three or four day training program.
		Man on the move: Yamada to retire. (The Hindu) Japanese marathon runner Yamamda, who was one of the pioneers of the Japanese marathon movement and a competitor in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics is retiring at the age of 81 after completing three marathons this year.
		Marathon runner has no limitations, not even at age 65. (San Diego News Network) Cammy Wesson-Cohen has been grateful for every day she has and found inspiration to run her first marathon after watching younger friends run the Rock N Roll marathon.