Marathon/Running News: 8/12/09 - 8/19/09

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News From: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
	Lake Tahoe Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Lake Tahoe Marathon Offers 78.6 Mile and 124.6 Mile Ultra Runs (YubaNet.com) The Ninth Annual Lake Tahoe Marathon will conclude on September 27 after offering several choices for ultra runners and marathon runners. The world-record for the fastest three day marathon was set by South African Oosthuizen with a time of 8 hours 11 minutes and 8 seconds.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon in Hyderabad on August 30 (Press Trust of India) The second annual Hyderabad Marathon will take place on August 30th. Events include the 42 kilometer marathon, 21 kilometer half-marathon, and the 10 kilometer race. The marathon will start at 5 am.
		Discovery of Running Talent a Pleasant Surprise for Air Force Lieutenant (Schriever Air Force Base) Caroline White is a 1st Lieutenant who has pole vaulted and jumped from airplanes. In 2007 she was talked into running her first marathon. She shattered her own expectations by running 3 hours and 9 minutes.
	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		P.F. Changs Rock N Roll Marathon up for SportsTravel Award (Business Journal) The Rock n Roll Arizona Marathon has been nominated by SportsTravel Magazine for the Travel Award which recognizes the event for superior organization, attendance, and participant experience.
	World Track & Field Championships Women's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Paula Radcliffe claims she will only run in World Championships if she is 100 percent fit after New York win (Mirror.co.uk) Paula Radcliffe would only state that she could run the World Championships in Berlin if she was one-hundred percent after her New York City Half-Marathon victory.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		The Africans Are Hearing Footsteps (The Wall Street Journal) Kara Goucher will be chasing a little bit of immortality by attempting to claim the top spot in the marathon on Sunday in Berlin. She is no longer caught up in the rigors of training but much more about racing.
News From: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
	Big Wild Life Runs Marathon (prev. Humpy's Classic Marathon)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rainy Weather Doesn't Deter Sunday Humpy's Marathon (KTUU.com) Cloudy skies dominated the horizon for Humpy's Marathon on Sunday. The weather didn't stop more than two-thousand runners from completing races. Vin Robinson took home top honors in the marathon with a time of 2 hours, 56 minutes and 14 seconds.
		Cropper Wins Third Straight Humpy's Marathon (Anchorage Daily News) Debbie Cropper will return to Willow Crest Elementary with one of the best summer stories for her students to hear. She won her third Humpy's Classic Marathon with a time of 3 hours 14 minutes and 9 seconds.
	Houston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Run For a Reason (Examiner.com) While the Houston Marathon sold out in record time, as of Sunday morning, there were still one-hundred and seventeen "Hero" entries left. The Run for a Reason program allows race participants to run for one of the marathon's official charity partners
	Mayor's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Man: Rifle Runner Has Lofty Goal (Post Independent) Ken Skelly ran his first marathon at the Albuquerque New Mexico Marathon in September of 1989. Since then he has completed 42 more marathons in 41 states on his way to finishing a marathon in every state.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Three-Provinces Marathon Presents Rural Challenge (Independent Online) The Powerade Three-Provinces Marathon will race through the Northern Cape, North West and the Free State along it's 42 kilometer challenging course. Over 400 hundred athletes are expected for the race with the hope of qualifying for the Two Oceans and Comrades Marathon
		Running is a Sport With An Empowering Effect (Lansing State Journal) Being a runner is more than doing track workouts or setting personal records. From and early age Ann Crane recognized, like many other runners, that running gave her something back immediately. She could run and feel free.
	Pikes Peak Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ultradistance Champ In It For Fun Of It All (Denver Post) Anita Ortiz set an age group record in winning the Pikes Peak Marathon on her first attempt. Ortiz, 45, of Eagle Colorado does not own a television set but drew a little inspiration from the early days of TV.
	Via Marathon (formerly the Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon for Via)
		Human Interest Story
		Register by Sunday for Health Network Marathon (The Morning Call) September 13 will mark the kickoff for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon. Registration for the marathon will close on Sunday and should attract more runners than ever with it's newly designed course by Bart Yasso
	World Track & Field Championships Men's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Eugene Runner Sixth in 10,000; Rupp Eighth (The Statesman Journal) Galen Rupp ran a season best of 27 minutes and 37 seconds in the IAAF World Championship 10,000 meter on Monday night. Dathan Ritzenhein placed sixth with a personal best of 27 minutes and 22 seconds. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, finished first and remained unbeaten in the ten-thousand meters for his fourth world title with a time of 26 minutes and 46 seconds.
	World Track & Field Championships Women's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Hansons-Brooks Runner to Compete in World Championships (The Source) The Hansons-Brooks Distance Project had it's first Olympic men's marathon finisher in 2008. The Rochester Hills-based group will send it's first women's competitor to the 12th IAAF World Championship Marathon to be completed on August 23rd in Berlin. Desiree Davila will join four other women in the marathon final.
News From: Monday, August 17, 2009
	Edmonton Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Edmonton Marathon Records Shredded (Edomonton Sun) Runners from Africa tore up the record books of the Edmonton Marathon on Sunday. The perfect conditions on a cool, no wind morning allowed Hilary Cheruiyot to take more than ten minutes off the record formerly held by Dallas Raudebaugh
	Helsinki City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Helsinki City Marathon Jumbles Capital's Traffic (YLE.fi) More than six-thousand runners from forty-six countries raced the 26.2 mile course of the Helsinki City Marathon on Saturday. The event which started at 3 pm snarled traffic past 9 pm along the main street of Mannerheimintie.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Training - The Ice Bath. Running For a Cause Means Learning Runners' Tips and Tricks (Examiner.com) The Silicon Valley Running for a Cause training group is helped out by Jennifer Ibarra and she offers advice to beginning runners. The ice bath is a great way to help speed recovery especially after the groups longest run of the training season.
		Another Reminder Colorado is Best (The Denver Post) From the Leadville 100 mountain bike race, which Lance Armstron won this year, to the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon over the weekend, Colorado is proving to be an endurance athletes paradise.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Radcliffe Takes Familiar Path to the Finish Line at New York City Half-Marathon (The New York Times) Paula Radcliffe raced down seventh avenue to capture the New York City Half-Marathon title with at time of 1 hour, 9 minutes and 45 seconds to complete her return after a nine month layoff. American Ryan Hall finished third in the men's half marathon in 1 hour 2 minutes and 35 seconds.
	Pikes Peak Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Carpenter Goes Unrivaled at Pikes Peak Marathon (The Gazette) Matt Carpenter continued his dominance of the Pikes Peak Marathon with his tenth win and fourth consecutive title with a time of 3 hours, 37 minutes and 2 seconds. The top contender to beat Carpenter did not show for the race.
		Falls Fail to Deter Ortiz, 45, in Pikes Peak Marathon (The Denver Post) Anita Ortiz, 45 of Eagle Colorado, won the Pikes Peak Marathon on Sunday despite two falls that left her with bloody legs and a twisted ankle. The seven-thousand, eight hundred foot ascent left Ortiz smiling after setting the age group record for a 45 to 49 year old woman with a 4 hour and 28 minute marathon.
		Human Interest Story
		Streaks Continue at Pikes Peak Marathon (The Gazette) Brenton Buston finished the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon for the seventeenth year while Bill Coffelt ran the marathon for the 26th time in a row. And for a race that involved 150 injuries, ten of which needed stretches, streaks mean so much more
News From: Sunday, August 16, 2009
	Edmonton Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Edmonton Marathon No Sweat for Death Race Vet (Edomonton Sun) Edmonton's Jack Cook will run the Edmonton Marathon in just over three hours and it will seem like a walk in the park after his fourteen hour victories in each of three Canadian Death Race victories
News From: Saturday, August 15, 2009
	Blue Ridge Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Inaugural Blue Ridge Marathon Takes Starter's Gun in April (The Franklin News Post) April 24, 2010 will mark the beginning of the Blue Ridge Marathon that kicks off in Roanoke Virginia. The race will cover some of the highest peaks on the famed Blue Ridge Parkway during it's 75th anniversary.
	Log Train Trail Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Sunday Fun at Log Train Trail Marathon (Alberni Valley News) The twentieth anniversary of the Log Train Trail races takes place this Sunday beginning at 10 am at McLean Mill. The whole event is not about awarding first place, but rather a coming together of like-minded people, runners and walkers.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Energizing Socks Enhances Running Performance During SmoothToe New England Marathon (Business Wire) David O'Meara is hoping to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 11 minutes. He hopes to do it one mile at a time. The 46 year-old is racing in the Smooth Toe New England Marathon and will cover one mile at a time during 27 one mile races.
	Pikes Peak Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		A Race To The Sky...And Back (The Denver Post) One of the oldest annually run marathons in the country is also the toughest. The 54th Pikes Peak Marathon kicks off this Sunday and will climb to over fourteen thousand feet before coming back down to base camp in Colorado Springs.
	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Rock N Roll Marathon Organizers Repay City (Sign On San Diego) Race organizers of the Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego returned nearly one-hundred and fourteen thousand dollars to the city of San Diego for inappropriate discounts given to the race over the last four years.