Marathon/Running News: 9/18/09 - 9/25/09

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Adirondack Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 21, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Adirondack Marathon Champ Sets Course Record (Post Star) David Herr returned to defend his Adirondack Marathon title. This year he brought his wife and stayed in a hotel. The result was a new course record in a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 38 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, September 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Soldier in Afghanistan Runs 'Mirror Adirondak Marathon' (WPTZ.com) D.J. Dryer from Florida is running a marathon every weekend. This weekend he will not be in New York to run the Adirondak Marathon but he will run a mirror race in Afghanistan from his military base.
Africa University International Peace Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 18, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenyan Runners to Grace Africa University Peace Marathon (The Herald) Some of the best long distance runners in the world will be in attendance at the Peace Marathon this weekend. Kenya, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe will be sending several athletes to join the entry list which now tops four-hundred runners.
Air Force Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		2009 Air Force Marathon Winner a Cancer Survivor (American Chronicle) Dave Johnston had a tactical plan to win the 2009 edition of the Air Force Marathon. Perhaps his plan to defeat Hodgkin's Disease in college helped him outlast his opponents in the marathon.
	News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Yellow Springs Teacher Wins U.S. Air Force Marathon (Dayton Daily News) Dave Johnson of Xenia Ohio is a cancer survivor. He can now add marathon champion to his list of successes. Johnson won the Air Force Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 42 seconds.
	News From: Friday, September 18, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Air Force Marathon Just Keeps Going (Dayton Daily News) Molly Louden drove the marathon course in preparation for the series of events that take place on Friday and Saturday. The 26.2 mile race kicks off for the 13th annual event at 7:30 am Saturday morning.
		A Marathon and Much More at the Air Force Marathon (Cincinnati.com) The Air Force Marathon kicked off this weekend with event ranging from the 5K which was hosted on Friday and the marathon, 10K and half-marathon being run on Saturday.
		Air Force Marathon Expo Offers Last Minute Sign-Up (Springfield News-Sun) The 13th annual Air Force Marathon starts on Saturday September 19th and registration is still available at the race expo through 8 pm on Friday. Guest speakers and merchandise booths will greet runners at Wright State's Nutter Center
Akron Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Don't Count Him Out in Akron Marathon (Ohio.com) Michael Carbone will run the seventh annual Akron Marathon and make up for time lost during his junior year of high school when academic ineligibility kept him out of his cross country races.
	News From: Thursday, September 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Competing at an Average Age of 73, Oatmeal Milers Still Going Strong at Akron Marathon (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Ken Thompson has run across Death Valley and pulled a sled along the Iditarod trail. So when he completes the Akron Marathon it will be just another weekend for the seventy-two year old marathon runner.
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Road Runner Akron Marathon to be Aired on NEON (The Suburbanite.com) The seventh annual Akron Marathon will be televised on channel 23. The race, which starts on September 26 at 7 am, will be broadcast on the Northeast Ohio Network the following week.
	News From: Saturday, September 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Interest Running High in Akron Marathon (Ohio.com) Registration for the Road Runner Akron Marathon is up an impressive eighty-seven percent and total numbers could reach ten-thousand participants with online registration coming to a close on Monday.
Anglesey Marathon
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		North Wales is the Venue for This Week's Marathon Race for Steve Edwards (Cotswold News) Steve Edwards is well over four-hundred sub-three hour and thirty minute marathons and this week Edwards ran the Anglesey Marathon in a time of 3 hours and 52 seconds.
Atlantic City Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Who Will Save the Atlantic City Marathon? (Press of Atlantic City) Barbara Altman has stepped down from the Atlantic City Marathon after some twenty years of directing the Atlantic City Marathon. So after fifty years the third-oldest continually run marathon in the country is postponed indefinitely.
Beirut Marathon
	News From: Friday, September 25, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		2009 Beirut Marathon Gets off to Running Start With Official Launch (The Daily Star) Volunteers, musicians, acrobats and politicians gathered for the kick off celebration of the 2009 Beirut Marathon which will attract some twenty-thousand runners and has grown from sixty-five hundred since 2003.
Berlin Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon King Eyes a New World Mark in 2010 (Dispatch Online) Haile Gebrselassie has vowed to return to Berlin in 2010 to make another attempt at his marathon world record. The heat and humidity at race time this year slowed the Kenyan runners as he neared the finish line missing the world mark by nearly three minutes.
	News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Berlin Marathon Comes Up Short (BBC News) The warm still air at the Berlin Marathon seemed to hamper what could have been an amazing race. Instead Haile Gebrselassie was left to fend for himself as he struggled along for the last ten kilometers....still mustering a 2 hour and 6 minute marathon.
	News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Gebrselassie retains Berlin crown (BBC Sports) Haile Gebrselassie took home his fourth title at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds in very warm conditions which hampered his attempt to break his own world record.
		Haile Gebrselassie Wins the Berlin Marathon (2:06:08), But No New World Record (Examiner.com) Haile Gebrselassie won his fourth title at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday morning missing his own marathon world record by finishing with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds.
	News From: Saturday, September 19, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Record to Stay, Say Tergat and Wanjiru (Saturday Nation) Haile Gebrselassie is hoping to race to a new marathon world record in Berlin this weekend. Paul Tergat and Samuel Wanjiru said the it is unlikely as the pressure and weather will not be conducive to a record setting day.
Bismarck Marathon
	News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Mahoney Wins Bismark Marathon (The Bismark Tribune) Joe Mahoney, a native to Bismark, won the Bismark Marathon with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 58 seconds which was more than nine minutes better than second place.
Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Alanis Morissette to Run a Marathon for Good Cause (People.com) Alanis Morissette is set to run the Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon on October 11 to raise money for the National Eating Disorders Association. Morissette suffered from an eating disorder in her teens and hopes to raise awareness.
Cape Town Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Spoilt For Choice: Four Marathons to be Run in South Africa This Weekend (The Witness.) South Africa will play host to a number of marathons this weekend. The KZN Marathon is a qualifier for the Comrades and Two Oceans Marathons. The Cape Town Marathon will also be held this weekend.
Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
	News From: Friday, September 18, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Run the Dallas White Rock Marathon in Team (CBS 11) More than twenty-thousand runners will participate in the Dallas White Rock Marathon events in December. If you are not feeling up to the marathon, relay teams are available to "run the rock".
Des Moines Marathon
	News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Mile Posts: Des Moines Marathon's Arrow Pointing Up (Des Moines Register) The October 18 Des Moines Marathon seems to be on the upswing. A new expo venue will provide room for the sixty vendors and nearly five-thousand marathon runners that are expected to attend the marathon events
Detroit International Marathon
	News From: Thursday, September 24, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		True Running Mates (Detroit Free Press) Chad Johnson of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project will toe the line of the Detroit Marathon on October 18. But the bigger date will happen when he marries Melissa White, a teammate, next summer. White will be a top competitor in the Chicago Marathon this October.
Equinox Marathon
	News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Saari Cruises to Second Equinox Triumph in Three Years (Daily News Miner) Matias Saari won his second Equinox Marathon with a time of 2 hours 51 minutes and 5 seconds in what has been called one of the most grueling marathons in the country.
	News From: Saturday, September 19, 2009
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Saari Hopes For a Peaceful Equinox Marathon (NewsMiner.com) Matias Saari is hoping for a relaxing Equinox Marathon at the 47th annual event. Saari is hoping to finish first out of the eight-hundred or so runners that will travel over one of the most grueling marathon courses in the country.
	News From: Friday, September 18, 2009
		Human Interest Story
		Resurging Equinox Marathon Receives a Few New Twists (NewsMiner.com) Registrants for the Equinox Marathon are nearing last year's number of eight-hundred and fifty. The growth in relay teams has force race officials to close several roads to allow for the one-hundred plus relays.
Fox Cities Marathon
	News From: Monday, September 21, 2009
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Heidke, Spencer are Winners in Fox Cities Marathon (Greenbay Press Gazette) Mike Heidke won the nineteenth annual Fox Cities Marathon with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 30 seconds to beat out defending champion, James Levash, who finished in 2 hours 36 minutes and 6 seconds.