Distance Running - Marathon Running

8000 expected at Indian Open Marathon
Times of India
NEW DELHI: As many as 8000 participants from across the country are expected to compete in the 23rd edition of the Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon which will also be a qualifying event for the upcoming London Olympics. The annual marathon, which ...

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First Spin: Download Siinais' Dreamy 'Marathon'
Spin Magazine
The group's debut album, Olympic Games, bowed in Europe last year, but it's set to hit these shores on February 21 via Splendour Records. "Marathon," our first taste of that record, is a wordless rocker that brings in tendrils of shoegaze noise over ...

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A Kenyan Show Of Force At RAK Half Marathon
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The 30-year-old comes to Ras Al Khaimah ready to prove himself worthy of an Olympic spot, as he is one of six men named in the running for Kenya's three Olympic Marathon entries. Mutai will race the RAK Half Marathon before returning to the Boston ...

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Last Chance At London: Exclusive Interview With Dylan Wykes
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By Jon Gugala The Canadian hopeful has one shot left to qualify for his country's Olympic marathon team. Many records have been broken in the marathon as more and more talented track athletes forgo racing on the oval for chasing fast times on the roads ...

Marathon: The Ultimate Spectator's Sport
Stride Nation
by kleph on Feb 10, 2012 10:01 AM PST in Marathon Racing As a fan of Alabama football, I find few things more exhilarating than attending a game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. To be on hand for a key contest with 101820 of my fellow Crimson Tide fans is an ...

Leadership Newspapers
London 2012: best of the web
The Guardian (blog)
The Kenyan Olympic marathon world record holder, Patrick Makau, says he will be going for an historic double victory in April's London marathon and the Olympics. The top Kenyan athletes are supporting a half-marathon to celebrate United Nations ...
'Africans Will Perform In Olympics'Leadership Newspapers
African Olympic dream for CoeSPORT24
Coe: My 'dream' to see Africa stage OlympicsUniversal Sports (blog)

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New York Times
Out on the Open Water
New York Times
The American marathon swimmer first attempted the feat in 1978 when she was 28, swimming 50 miles, or 80 kilometers, in 41 hours and 49 minutes before currents pushed her so far off course that she had to abandon her mission.

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StarAfrica.com
Kenya's Patrick Makau vow to 'sweep" his opponents in thr Olympics games
StarAfrica.com
Berlin world Marathon champion Patrick Makau has set his focus on winning the Olympic title in August in London. Makau, described the recently named provisional Kenya team for the London Olympic games as the best ever and assured Kenyan's of medal haul ...
Kenya's Makau eyes historic London doubleThe Citizen Daily
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UNEP plans marathon to celebrateCoastweek

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Leadership Newspapers
Kenya's Makau eyes historic London double
The Citizen Daily
Kenya's marathon world record holder Patrick Makau said Wednesday he would be going for an historic double victory in April's London marathon and the Olympic Games in the same city three months later. Makau, who set a new world mark of 2hr 3min 38sec ...
London 2012: best of the webThe Guardian (blog)
'Africans Will Perform In Olympics'Leadership Newspapers
African Olympic dream for CoeSPORT24
Universal Sports (blog)
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Boston Marathon elite field announced
Boston Globe
By Matt Pepin Twelve runners with personal-best marathon times better than 2 hours, 10 minutes headline the elite field for the 2012 Boston Marathon, organizers announced today. Defending champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel previously announced ...
Boston Marathon releases elite fieldsUniversal Sports (blog)
Defending champs return to Boston MarathonBeaver County Times

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Bet on Olympic athletes? This way, it's OK
CNN
But a new organization is wagering that it's not only possible to openly bet on Olympic athletes, you can raise money for charity at the same time. Charitybets.com, founded by Auburn University track and field alums, allows anyone to select from a ...

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Olympics recruitment: a marathon not a sprint
Recruiter
The director of London 2012 at Adecco, the exclusive recruitment partner to the London Olympic and Paralympics has urged employers not to wait until the last minute to hire staff. With less than six months to go before the 27 Julyopening ceremony of ...

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Sunderland Echo
Marathon hopeful Aly’s training boost
Sunderland Echo
OLYMPIC marathon hopeful Aly Dixon has been given a cash boost as she bids to be part of this summer's games. The Sunderland road runner, who is entirely self-funded, was given £500 by organisers of this May's Marathon of the North, which is taking ...

Sowetan
Rene goes all out for Olympics
Sowetan
SOUTH Africa's leading woman marathon runner, Rene Kalmer, has channelled all her focus this year on one race - the Olympic marathon. SOUTH Africa's leading woman marathon runner, Rene Kalmer, has channelled all her focus this year on one race - the ...

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The Associated Press
Ice not thick enough for Dutch skating marathon
The Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the ...
Europe's brutal cold may allow Elfstedentocht, 125-mile skating marathon, to ...Public Radio International PRI
Dutch hopes grow for 125-mile speedskating raceAlbany Times Union

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New Vision
UAF opens marathon camp in Kween
New Vision
“We just want to ensure that at the end of training our athletes can sustain marathon competitions,” Mawerere noted. He added that so far 25 participants had reported to undergo the one month training. “These include some of the finest runners in the ...

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High school track prodigy Oshier could rewrite record books at Humboldt State
Times-Standard
Mark Conover and Danny Grimes caught the community's attention in the 1980s, earning national titles in the 10000 meters, and in Conover's case, winning the US Olympic Trials marathon and claiming an Olympic team berth. Talented trackster Bill Scobey ...

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Athletics Africa
Coolboy Ngamole cruises to Olympic qualifying as KZN athletes battle effects ...
The Witness
ALTHOUGH slower than his time in the Valencia marathon in November, Coolboy recorded his second Olympic qualifying mark and his second SA marathon championship title in George at the weekend, crossing the line in 2:13:18. Ngamole ran away from the ...
Ngamole, Bosman are South African champions, eye Olympic squadsAthletics Africa

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Coastweek
Makau eyes historic London double
Herald Sun
KENYA'S marathon world record holder Patrick Makau says he will be going for an historic double victory in April's London marathon and the Olympic Games in the same city three months later. Makau, who set a new world mark of 2hrs 3min 38sec in winning ...
Top Kenyan athletes support UNEP's 40th anniversary half-marathonGhana Business News
UNEP plans marathon to celebrateCoastweek
Top Kenyan Athletes Support Half-Marathon to Celebrate UNEP's 40th AnniversaryStarAfrica.com

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Kalmer targets Olympic marathon
SPORT24
Johannesburg - South Africa's leading female marathon runner, Rene Kalmer, has channelled all her focus this year on one race - the Olympic marathon. Kalmer, 31, has competed five times over the classic 42.2km distance, but made a major breakthrough in ...