Marathon/Running News: 7/27/09 - 8/3/09

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News From: Monday, August 3, 2009
	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
		Human Interest Story
		New Los Angeles Marathon Route Will End At Ocean (Mercury News) The Twenty-fifth Los Angeles Marathon is making a move to March 21st and adding a subtitle of Stadium to Sea for the marathon course. The 26.2 mile race will begin at Dodger Stadium and finish at the ocean in Santa Monica
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Uxbridges Fletcher is Making Marathon Strides (Telegram) Sumner Fletcher is ready to run faster in the marathon than she has ever raced before. The University of Vermont graduate ran her first sub-3 hour marathon in only her second Boston Marathon this past April and she is now focused on bettering her time of 2 hours 56 minutes and 44 seconds.
		Runners corner: Lets get on the road to a better life. (Wicked Local - North Andover Citizen) With two-thirds of Americans reaching the obesity level and the worst health of any industrialized nation it's should be a simple solution to reverse the situation. Anyone with a reasonable health can make the change and with a minimum ten week program
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Girl Power! Kara Goucher Rocks The Rock & Roll 1/2 Marathon (Chicago Now) Kara Goucher wins the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half-Marathon. She was the outright winner, leading all men and women in a field of 14,400 runners, finishing in 1 hour, 8 minutes and 5 seconds.
	Perth Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Perth Marathon winner eyes City to Surf (Perth Now) Stephen Courtney, who won the 2009 Perth Marathon, has run forty-three marathons to date and hopes to complete one-hundred marathons. The City to Surf Marathon is next on his list and with twenty-five thousand going to the winner, Courtney is hoping to have a shot at some cash.
News From: Sunday, August 2, 2009
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Parkersburg Half-Marathon Entries On The Rise (News and Sentinel) The twenty-third annual News and Sentinel Half-Marathon is less than three weeks away and over 700 runners have registered for the race. The record for race registration was set in 1993 with a total of one-thousand, three-hundred, and sixteen runners and walkers.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		New Marathoner Kara Goucher In For The Long Haul (Chicago Tribune) Kara Goucher thought that coach Alberto Salazar was putting her down after her third place finish in the 10,000 meter race at the Osaka Championships two years. He told her to switch to the marathon. She has worked on her speed and she now has a win at the Chicago Half-Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Running: These Pacesetters Still Lead The Way (The Washington Times) Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter and Joan Samuelson led the way with their marathon running in the 70's and 80's. Theses three mega-runners are still logging the miles some thirty years after what most would call their running peak
	Route 66 Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Inaugural Route 66 Quarter Marathon Brings 1400 to Blue Dome District (Tulsa World) Jerry Faulkner, 27, of Edmond Oklahoma won the inaugural Route 66 Marathon with a time of 35 minutes, and 17 seconds. This was a tune up for Faulkner as he prepares to defend his Route 66 Marathon title from 2008.
News From: Saturday, August 1, 2009
	Frank Maier Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Frank Maier Marathon and Douglas Island Half-Marathon Results (Juneau Empire) The Frank Maier Marathon was held in Juneau Alaska over the weekend. The winning time for men's race was delivered by Snider who ran a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 16 seconds.
	Grizzly Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Grizzly Marathon road races draw 437 runners to Choteau (Acantha) Choteau Montana played host to the Grizzly Marathon events and more than 437 runners took advantage of the days activities. Chuck Engle took home top honors with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 17 seconds on the tough, hilly, gravely course.
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
		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.
		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.
		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.
		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.
		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?
		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
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
		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
		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.