Marathon/Running News: 6/28/10 - 7/5/10

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News From: Monday, July 5, 2010
	Badwater Ultra Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Local Runner To Test Limits In Ultramarathon (WLWT.com) Local man, Dave Corfman explains how the Badwater Ultramarathon will test his mind and body as he runs in 125 degree heat from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney.
	Detroit International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Detroit Free Press Marathon (Detroit Free Press) The Detroit Free Press Marathon launched a new facebook page to replace the old page. Race organizers sent out updates to thousands of runners.
	Gold Coast Airport Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Young Kenyan Crowned Gold Coast Marathon King (Goldcoast.com.au) James Kariuki won the Gold Coast Marathon ran 2 hours 13 minutes and 53 seconds. Kaori Yoshida of Japan took home top honors for the women with a time of 2 hours 31 minuetes and 33 seconds.
		World Record For Portenski (NZ.sports.com) Bernie Portenski set a world record in the marathon for her 60 to 64 age group by running 3 hours 1 minute and 30 seconds at the Gold Coast Marathon
		Gold Coast Teen Finishes Thanks To Strangers (Goldcoast.com.au) Stephen Mahoney began to stumble just fifty meters before the finish line of the Gold Coast Marathon. The kindness of strangers allowed him to finish his first marathon.
		Kariuki Wins Gold Coast Marathon But No Record (Goldcoast.com.au) James Mbugua to win his second marathon at the Gold Coast Marathon with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 53 seconds.
	Madison Marathon (Mad City Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Organizers Vow Change After Frustrated Runners Slam Madison Marathon (Madison Host.com) The sweltering heat was one uncontrollable issue at the May 30 Madison Marathon. Race officials were, however, slammed for situations well within their control.
	Milo Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenyans Top Milo Marathon (Manila Standard Today) Abraham Missos needed the full 26.2 mile of road to outpace fellow countryman Willy Tanui in the Milo Marathon. Missos won with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes adn 43 seconds.
	Missoula Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		'Warrior' To Go Distance In Zoo Town Missoula Marathon (Missoulian) Carol Dellinger wears a ten inch scar on her chest after surviving the removal of her right breast due to breast cancer. She will deliver a message when she runs the Missoula Marathon next weekend.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Too Much Water Is Bad Way To Beat Heat (WBIR.com) Health officials want people who exercise outside to carefully consider what they wear and how much water they drink especially with the return of temperatures in the nineties.
		Bangkok Airways Holds 1st Samui Island Marathon Princess Cup (E Global Travel) September 19 marks the kick-off of the first Samui Island Marathon with more than one-thousand runners expected from around the world.
		Runners Racking Up Mileage For Marathon Season (Daily Record) The heat of July and August is one of the most popular times for runners to rack up their mileage for a booming fall marathon season. Running clubs are popping up to help runners hit their goals.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		If All Goes To Plan, Meb To Defend Bix 7 Crown (Quad Cities Times) Meb Keflezighi hopes to defend his Quad-Cities Times Bix 7 title. That plan depends on his most recent knee injury.
		Human Interest Story
		Heavily Pregnant Olympian Paula Radcliffe Runs 10Km Charity Event (Daily Mail) Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, who is due with her second child in September, took part in a ten-kilometer race.
		Kirksville Hosts First Ever Marathon (Heartland Connection) Ninety runners took part in the first ever Stars and Stripes Marathon and events in Kirksville Missouri on the fourth of July.
		Marathons, School And Family (Grand Forks Herald) Cindy Sondag is in her fourth year as a medical student, the mother of two-children and recently won the Manitoba Marathon and finished fifth in the Fargo Marathon.
News From: Saturday, July 3, 2010
	Fox Cities Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Community First Fox Cities Marathon Presented By Kimberly-Clark Improving As 20th Anniversary Nears (Post Crescent) The Fox Cities and Green Bay Marathon have worked to compliment each for years. Green Bay took place this past May and Fox Cities will host it's twentieth annual race on the weekend of September 17.
	Gold Coast Airport Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Valley Runners Take On Marathon (The Daily Examiner) Fifty Yamba runners are headed to the Gold Coast Marathon which will serve as host for more than twenty-three thousand runners for the marathon, half-marathon, 10K, 5K, 4K and 2K races.
		Women Dominate Gold Coast Marathon (Gold Coast.com.au) The Gold Coast Marathon will host more female participants than male runners for the first time in the race's thirty-one year history.
	Missoula Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Dover Runner Represents First State In Montana Race (Dover Post) Jess Manning will run the Missoula Marathon in Montana as the first Delaware resident to compete in the race
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Arlington's Michael Wardian Sets Indoor 200-meter Track Marathon Record (Washington Post) Michael Wardian ran an indoor 200 meter track for two-hundred, twenty-one times to break the indoor marathon mark set in 1928.
News From: Friday, July 2, 2010
	Bellingham Bay Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Bellingham Bay Marathon Has A New Course (Seattle Post Intelligencer) The Bellingham Bay Marathon has a proposed point to point course that starts at Gooseberry Point
	Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		Dallas White Rock Course Shaping Up (Dallas Morning News) Just over five months remain until the start of the Dallas White Rock Marathon. Race organizers say that eighty-percent of the course will remain the same with part of the course going by the Art District.
	Foot Traffic Flat Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		2010 Foot Traffic Flat Marathon Information For Packet Pick-Up and Day-Of (Oregonlive.com) The Foot Traffic Flat kicks off this Sunday with the half-marathon sold out. The marathon starts at 6:30 am and a new Firecracker 5K has been added to this year's list of events.
	Gold Coast Airport Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Runner Takes On Marathon Challenge (The Chronicle) Catherine Laird will take off on her first half-marathon run at the Gold Coast Marathon events. It started as a way to recover from injuries sustained in a car accident. It has become a passion.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Race On To Smash Gold Coast Marathon Record (Gold Coast.com.au) The fastest field in recent history is set to toe the line at the Gold Coast Marathon and race promoters feel the course record set in 1989 could fall.
		Human Interest Story
		Challenge Set For Gold Coast 42km Race (Tweed Daily News) The Gold Coast Marathon started thirty-one years ago and attracted one-hundred twenty-four runners. The 2010 race will host more than five-thousand participants.
		Gold Coast Marathon Effort For Athletes (The Gladstone Observer) Brett Stevens is hoping to run under three hours and thirty minutes for the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. Stevens is hoping to be in the top twenty to twenty-five percent of all finishers.
	Grandma's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Grandma's Marathon Opens Registration (Duluth News Tribune) The thirty-fifth annual Grandma's Marathon will take place on June 18, 2011 and registration is now open on-line at www.grandmasmarathon.com
	Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Registration Begins For 2011 Derby Festival Marathon Runs (WHAS11.com) The Kentucky Derby Marathon Festival opened online registration on July first for the 2011 running events.