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2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon | ||
News From: Friday, August 31, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Men's Olympic Marathon Trial Appears To Have Deep Field (Sign On San Diego) Mention of some of the athletes among the 168 runners who qualified for the trials. | ||
Air Force Marathon | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Record Number Of Runners Lining Up For US Air Force Marathon (Business Journal) Registration for the Sept. 15 event is up by about 20 percent from last year, with 5,404 people registered. | ||
Chicago Marathon | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Last Chicago Marathon With LaSalle Name Will Go Out With A Bang (Sun-times) Around the time tens of thousands of local runners and others from around the world gather for the big race, Bank of America is expected to complete its acquistion of LaSalle Bank. Among the things B of A will get with that purchase is the marathon, which is a valuable LaSalle Bank asset. | ||
General Running (Non-Specific) | ||
News From: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Feast Planned For World Marathon Champion Kibet (The Standard) Kibet, 24, the man who opened Kenyas gold medal account and ended the countrys 20-year wait for marathon glory at the global stage, will be accorded a heroes welcome. | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Radcliffe Tribute For Tomlinson (BBC) Radcliffe, who presented Tomlinson with the BBC's Helen Rollason Award for bravery at the Sports Personality show in 2002, talks about her. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 2, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
IAAF President Speaks On Marathon, Doping, And Championships' Format (The Canadian Press) Comments on the World Champiosnhips and the future. | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
World Championships Impact World Marathon Majors Leaderboards (Race Results Weekly) On the men's side, the impact on the 2006/2007 season, was muted. The women's competition for the 2006/2007 season is the most interesting. | ||
Heart of America Marathon | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Engle Wins Heart Of America Marathon To Cap Busy Weekend (Columbia Tribune) Chuck Engle run in Tupelo and finished in about 2 hours, 37 minutes, good enough to win his sixth Tupelo Marathon. Then, Engle finished 26.2 miles in 2:42:50, good enough to win Columbias 48th annual Heart of America Marathon by about six minutes. | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Heart of America Marathon Draws Small But Dedicated Crowd (Columbia Missourian) The races challenges might offer one explanation for its low turnout. Heat, humidity and Boone County hills particularly Easley, whose apex marks the marathons halfway point have contributed to the courses reputation, prompting many an aspiring marathoner to shop around for a more forgiving 26.2-mile route. | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Heart of America Victory Part Of Marathon Double (Columbia Missourian) Chuck Engle won the Heart of America Marathon finishing ahead of 146 runners in 2 hours, 42 minutes and 50 seconds. This was the 108th marathon that Engle has finished and the second in two days. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 2, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Heart of America Marathoners All Set For Race (Columbia Missourian) Comments on the race by some runners who will participate. | ||
Loch Ness Marathon | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Monster Entry For Loch Marathon (BBC) Several elite runners have put their names down for the marathon, which takes place on 7 October. | ||
London Marathon | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Charity London Marathon Runner Loses Battle With Cancer (ABC News) Jane Tomlinson died at the age of 43, seven years after being told she had only six months to live. | ||
Marine Corps Marathon | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Marine Corps Marathon Announces Speaker Series Schedule (News Blaze) The Speaker Series offers runners the chance to get motivated and learn from well-known health and fitness experts. | ||
Napa Valley Marathon | ||
News From: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Kaiser Permanente Remains Napa Valley Marathon Title Sponsor (Napa Valley Register) Three fortunate developments transpired for the Napa Valley Marathon which will bolster the 30th annual running of the race on March 2, 2008. These are told. | ||
New York City Marathon | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
World Champion Ndereba Joins NYC Marathon Field (Race Results Weekly) Women top athletes participating are mentioned. Ndereba, who became the only woman to win a second world marathon title when she beat back an impressive field in Osaka, sees New York as the one great race in America she has not yet won. She's won the Boston Marathon four times and the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon twice. | ||
World Champ Ndereba Joins Field for New York Marathon (AFP) Elite field is mentioned. Kenya's Catherine Ndereba, who captured the marathon title at the World Athletics Championships, and 2006 runner-up Tatiana Hladyr will run. | ||
Odds And Ends | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Of Babies and Running a Marathon (The News Today) Article on life and running. Concludes that love is the reason that keeps all of us running. | ||
News From: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Hometown Hero Runs Many Marathons To Help Kids Battling with Incurable Disease (KSBY) Tim Borland's goal is to run 63 marathons in 63 days to raise money to fight Ataxia-Telangiectasia or A-T. | ||
Pocatello Marathon | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
700 Run Pocatello Marathon (Idaho State Journal) Kory Wheatley, of Pocatello, crossed the finish line in two hours, 51 minutes, 16 seconds - the best finish in this year's race. | ||
Regina Queen City Marathon | ||
News From: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Priest Running Queen City Marathon For Charity (Leader-Post) Father John Weckend is participating in the marathon and doing a little fundraising for Visitation House, an Archdiocese of Regina inner-city outreach drop-in centre for women and their children. | ||
Rock 'n' Roll Montreal Marathon | ||
News From: Friday, September 7, 2007 | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Top Distance Runners Tackle 42.2-km Montreal Marathon (The Gazette) Elite field, information on course and comments by some past runners is given. | ||
Space Coast Marathon | ||
News From: Friday, September 7, 2007 | ||
Training/ Health | ||
Training For Space Coast Marathon Starts Now (Florida Today) Starting today, and for the next 11 Fridays, the Running Zone in Melbourne and Coach Bernie Sher will offer a 12-week Half Marathon training plan developed specifically for beginning fitness enthusiasts. | ||
Tupelo Marathon | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Engle Wins 6th Tupelo Marathon (Daily Journal) Engle won in a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds. The victory was his sixth overall in Tupelo since his first win in 2000. That year he set the course record with a 2:34.33. | ||
Wolverhampton City Marathon | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Wolverhampton Marathon Fever Hits City (Express And Star) More than 25 runners signed up for the marathon in memory of 45-year-old Kingswinford man Gavin Tipper, a former rugby player who died after collapsing during a run on August 21. | ||
World Track & Field Championships Women's Marathon | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Low-key Reception For World Marathon Champion Ndereba (The Standard) The pageantry that greeted the arrival of her team mates the day before was consciously missing, with only a handful of family members and a few journalists on hand to receive her. No government or Athletics Kenya officials or politicians showed up to meet her. | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Ndereba Reigns - Kenyan Runner Wins World Championship Marathon (Sowetan) Ndereba was crowned the new world marathon queen when beating a competitive field with a time of 2hrs:30min:37sec. Chunxiu Zhou, the winner of the 2007 London Marathon, came second in 2:30:45 and was followed home by local superstar Reiko Tosa in 2:30:55. | ||
Rillstone Makes Her Mark In World Marathon (Reuters) Rillstone, from Auckland, clocked 2hr 33min 58sec, just 3min 21sec behind the winner, Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya. | ||
Kenya's Ndereba Strikes Marathon Gold (Asahi) Ndereba added another World Championship medal to the gold she captured at the 2003 worlds in Paris and the silver she took home from Helsinki in 2005, completing the course through the streets of Osaka in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 37 seconds. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 2, 2007 | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Ndereba Takes Back Title in World Championships Marathon (Race Results Weekly) Comments on the race, and by C. Ndereba. | ||
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