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News From: Monday, March 1, 2010
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Conditions Ideal For Final Gasparilla Marathon Race (The Tampa Tribune) The tenth and final running of the Gasparilla Marathon had nearly ideal running conditions with temperatures in the mid-40s for the 6 am start unlike the previous nine years with hot humid weather or cold and windy conditions.
		Deployed But Not Deterred, Marathoner Runs Overseas Route (The Tampa Tribune) Lieutenan Colonel Sam Armwood ran the last Gasparilla Marathon on a treadmill while stationed in Afghanistan. He planned to join his wife, Amy, for the race but was deployed with the Air Force in January.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Long Journey Ends With Victory In Gasparilla Marathon For Wilson Chepkwony (St. Petersburg Times) Wilson Chepkwony won the tenth and final Gasparilla Marathon after running a race the weekend before in Jacksonville Florida and traveling more than 24 hours in bus to hop in a plane to fly to Florida. He won by more than five minutes.
News From: Sunday, February 28, 2010
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Chepkwony, Gacek Win Gasparilla Marathon (Tampa Bay Online) Wilson Chepkwony won the overall marathon title at the Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa Bay just seven days after running a marathon in Jacksonville. His winning time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 48 seconds was seven minutes slower than his time from one week ago.
		Human Interest Story
		Final Editions Of Gasparilla Marathon Draws Mixed Emotions (St. Petersburg Times) Joe Gliksman will join five other runners who have run all nine previous Gasparilla Marathons. The tenth edition of the marathon event will be the last as race organizers have not seen the growth in the marathon like the other races.
News From: Friday, February 26, 2010
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Yet Another Cold Front Is Coming, But Runners Should Miss Rain (Tampa Bay Online) The Tampa Bay area is bracing for another record cold front. Runners are putting in final preparations for the Gasparilla Distance Classic and hoping that the rain will hold off for race day.
		Ending Gasparilla Marathon Saddens Runners (Tampa Bay Online) Six runners will run their "final voyage" of the Gasparilla Marathon this weekend. Only six runners have done all nine of the 26.2 mile events in Tampa Bay and the 2010 running will be the last marathon event included with the Gasparilla Distance Classic.
News From: Thursday, February 25, 2010
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Gasparilla Classic This Weekend: Many Road Closures (10Connects.com) The Gasparilla Distance Classic kicks off this weekend in Tampa Florida. Many of the roads along the bay shore community will be closed from 5 am until noon.
News From: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Novice Gasparilla Runners Should Find Middle Ground (Tampa Bay Online) More than twenty-five thousand runners registered for the events surrounding the Gasparilla Distance Classic. With the large numbers of runners requests are being made for competitors to line up according to predicted pace to avoid congestion.
News From: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Runners Gear Up For Final Gasparilla Marathon (My Fox Tampa Bay) The Gasparilla Distance Classic will play host to the final installment of the marathon. Participant registration is way up for this years race. City officials stated that supporting the marathon was too much of a burden.
News From: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Next Year's Gasparilla Marathon Will Be Race's Final Run (10Connects) Because of the strain it places on city resources, the 2010 Gasparilla Marathon will be the last. The Gasparilla Distance Classic will continue with other, shorter races.
News From: Monday, March 23, 2009
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Gasparilla Marathon On Last Legs (Tampa Bay Tribune) February 21, 2010 will mark the tenth Gasparilla Marathon. It will also be the last time the event will be held. Race officials are citing the strain on city services as the reason for terminating the race.
News From: Monday, March 2, 2009
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Miramar Man Overcomes Wind, Rain To Win Gasparilla Marathon (MSNBC) Ronnie Holassie fought through wind, rain and chilly temperatures to win his second Gasparilla Marathon title with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 56 seconds. He was nearly fifteen minutes faster than runner-up Chad Byler of Rochester New York
		No One Challenges Kraft in Gasparilla Marathon (MSNBC) Nina Kraft of Germany seemed to power through the wet and rainy conditions of the Gasparilla Marathon on Sunday. Kraft, who has won Iron Man races in Florida and Brazil was the overall women's marathon winner with a time of 2 hours 47 minutes and 40 seconds and placed fourth overall.
News From: Monday, February 11, 2008
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Athlete Makes U.S. Trials in Last Ditch Effort (Race Results Weekly) The winner of the 2008 Walt Disney World Marathon Melanie Peters who failed to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon wouldn't let it discourage her. Twenty-eight days later she ran the Gasparilla Distance Classic Marathon and finished fifth in a 2:46:45, making the Trials qualifying time. Although Peters was taken to the medical area in a wheelchair, she is looking forward to the trials in April.
News From: Friday, February 8, 2008
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Peters Takes Gasparilla Women's Marathon (Tampa Bay Online) Missing the U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials by just 29 seconds at last month's Disney Marathon, St. Petersburg's Melanie Peters is preparing for the 2008 Gasparilla Marathon. The U.S. women's B qualifying time is 2:47. Peters, a 24-year-old Michigan native, crossed the finish line of Sunday's race with fifteen seconds to spare.
News From: Thursday, January 24, 2008
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Distance Races Run Into Glitch (Tampa Bay Online) Tampa race organizers for the Gasparilla Distance Classic, which includes the Bank of America Marathon, are thinking of pulling the plug on using the new timing system they have slated for race day. Contracted to use Michigan-based SAI Timing, SAI Timing's new electronic timing device failed to work at the 2007 Honolulu Marathon leading to a runner and race director's worst nightmare. Race officials may switch back to using Championchip since more than 17,000 runners are expected to participate in race weekend.
News From: Friday, January 4, 2008
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Floridians Have Shot To Share Gasparilla Marathon Purse (Tampa Bay Online) In order to promote competitive distance running Tampa's Gasparilla Marathon officials will offer prize money for the top three Florida finishers. This is in response to the abscence of Floridians in the recent U.S. Olympic men's marathon trials and only three qualifiers from the state competing at the women's trials.
News From: Monday, February 19, 2007
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		A Heated Bank of America Marathon Finish On A Chilly Day (TBO) After 26 miles of Sunday's chilly and often blustery Bank of America Marathon, the race was decided in the final two-tenths of a mile when two gifted Ethiopian runners squared off in an all-out sprint.
News From: Monday, February 27, 2006
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Russians Weather Elements, Field at Bank of America Marathon (TBO) Running in rainy and cool conditions that worsened as the wind picked up in the race's second half, Strijakov finished in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 34 seconds, winning the marathon.
		Sultanova-Zhadnova Dominates Women's Bank of America Marathon (TBO) The 44-year old Russian won the event in 2 hours, 41 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the rest of the women's field by almost seven minutes. It's her second consecutive Gasparilla marathon victory.
News From: Sunday, February 26, 2006
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Bank of America Gasparilla Distance Classic Today (Tampa Bays 10) There's a new individual Outback Steakhouse Military Division in the 15K, 5K, marathon and half marathon. The Outback Steakhouse Military Division will be open to active, retired and former military personnel.
News From: Sunday, February 6, 2005
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Course Records Fall In Tampa Bay Marathon (TBO) Race results and comments by winner
News From: Saturday, February 5, 2005
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Tampa Marathon to compete with Disney (The St Petersburg Times) Description and comments on the race
News From: Monday, January 26, 2004
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Hops' top two keep company until it counts (St Petersburg Times) Kenyan David Maritim ran with Phil Castillo until mile 24 where he pulled away to win.
News From: Monday, January 6, 2003
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Day Anything but Routine for Hops Winners (St. Petersburgh Times) With a steady pace of 5:37 per mile, Jeff Fabian won the Hops Marathon in an unexpected time of 2:27:35. Fabian says he doesn't run all that much, but he still managed to beat Richard Roberts with over a three minute lead. St. Petersburgh's Kim Donaldson took lead in the women's race for her city in a time of 3:01:18.
News From: Sunday, December 9, 2001
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Delie fulfills longing for first marathon victory Series (St. Petersburg Times) Jeff Delie, 45, captured the Hops Marathon title with a time of 2:44:00.
News From: Monday, December 3, 2001
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Delie Surprises Himself In Hops Marathon Win (The Tampa Tribune) Jeff Delie wanted to be the top finisher in the over 40 category at the Hops Marathon. Instead he won the race.
News From: Friday, January 19, 2001
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Hops Marathon may add prize money (St. Petersburg Times) In an attempt to appeal to world class runners, the Hops Marathon in Tampa, Florida may begin to add prize money as early as this year.
News From: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Human Interest Story
		Hops Marathon by the Bay: Patience pays off for winners Series (St. Petersburg Times) Jeff Delie or Corinne Morales ran to victory at the Hops Marathon by the Bay.
News From: Monday, December 11, 2000
	Gasparilla Distance Classic
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Phillips, Teats emerge victorious in Hops Marathon by the Bay in Tampa (St. Petersburg Times) Christy Phillips of St. Petesburg took the women's field in the Hops Marathon by the Bay in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, crossing the line in 2:54:55, despite hot temperatures. Tony Teats of Oldsmar took the men's field in 2:30:06 as he starts working to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
		Marathon Man finishes with flourish in Tampa (St. Petersburgh Times) Jerry Dunn, 54, who completed his record 200th run of 2000 on Sunday in the Hops Marathon by the Bay in Tampa, ran his fastest time of the year, 4:05:30. Next up: the Run for the Lungs charitable race.

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