CBC.ca
Time to shine
Charlottetown, The Guardian
In 2004, she ran her first marathon in Rome and has made an effort to encourage others to become active. While improved health has been her reward for ...
Final touches being made to torch relay visitOrangeville Citizen
Olympic Torch RelayStittsville
Mountie sticks with torchLadysmith Chronicle

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RunnersWeb
Running Man
Wall Street Journal
The New York City marathon champion on running, religion and what it means to be an American. By BARI WEISS When Meb Keflezighi finished the New York City ...
Athletics: USATF News & Notes, Volume 9, Number 57RunnersWeb

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Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts
The Associated Press
Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations. ...

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Austin runner remembers her brother as she trains for marathon
Austin 360
By Pamela leblanc Two years ago, long-distance runner Ryan Shay collapsed and died of a heart attack five miles into the US Olympic Marathon Trials in New ...

Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts
ESPN
AP Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations. ...

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Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts
eTaiwan News
AP Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations. ...

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For one father, Phila. Marathon is special
Philadelphia Inquirer
Top local runners registered for Sunday include Doreen McCoubrie of Malvern, a women's masters runner who ran in the 2004 and 2008 Womens Olympic Marathon ...

Olympic medallist Strolls in to town
ChronicleLive
And next week they will boost their standing among the region's athletics clubs by having Olympic marathon bronze medallist Charlie Spedding as their guest. ...

Mikitenko and Baldini to compete at Great Australian Run
European Athletics
The Melbourne star cast includes the past two Olympic Marathon champions - Beijing winner Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Italian Stefano Baldini, the champion ...
Irina Mikitenko show hits roadHerald Sun

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Collis Birmingham out of shadow
Herald Sun
While Mottram will only be jogging it as part of his ambassadorial role, Birmingham has his sights set on upstaging Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru ...

Marathon running has seen a resurgence in the US
Record-Searchlight
When it became an Olympic sport in 1896, the distance was 24.85 miles (40 kilometers) and wasn't officially lengthened to the current standard of 26.2 miles ...

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Canoe.ca
Final touches being made to torch relay visit
Orangeville Citizen
Marathon runners, in a dance routine, direct spectators' attention to the snowboard choreography, to a rock 'n roll beat, on Murray's Mountain. ...
Olympic Torch RelayStittsville
Mountie sticks with torchLadysmith Chronicle

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China coaches race for 2012 Olympic positions
China Daily
Coaching positions up for grabs this time include the men's 110m hurdles, men's walking, women's marathon, women's discus and women's hammer throw. ...

Japan - Marathon gold medalists start farm
Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
Japan's former Olympic marathon gold medallist Naoko Takahashi has decided to become a vegetable farmer. The 37-year-old, who won gold at the 2000 Sydney ...
Japanese athlete to run farmInside Japan Tours

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Telegraph seek runners for London Marathon to help Brain and Spine Foundation
Telegraph.co.uk
Previous non-running team captains include Olympic kayak gold medallist Tim Brabants, Ade Adepitan – the television presenter and Paralympic wheelchair ...

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CTV Olympics
Olympic Torch Relay
Stittsville
Joan and Don Cooper belong to both of the Ottawa area Volkswalking Clubs which hold regular walks ranging from five kilometers right up to a marathon 42 ...
Mountie sticks with torchLadysmith Chronicle

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Telegraph.co.uk
Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington weighs up cycling for London 2012
Telegraph.co.uk
At Ironman Australia only two of the men beat her in the marathon and she was 10th overall. Genetics are only part of what makes Wellington successful. ...
British triathlon star Chrissie Wellington targets cycling gold at London 2012road.cc

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Unhappy Lee Troop criticises proposal not to increase funding
Geelong Advertiser
SPORTS Minister Kate Ellis said the newly-released Crawford report into Olympic funding that it might "ruffle a few feathers." Olympic marathon runner Lee ...

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AFP
Mikitenko relishing return to Australia
The Press Association
The 37-year-old German will step down in distance to 15 kilometres for a race which also includes the United States' former Olympic marathon bronze ...
Mikitenko joins star cast in MelbourneInternational Association of Athletics Foundation
Mikitenko to compete in Great Australian RunAFP
Wanjiru to face Baldini in AustraliaKenya Broadcasting Corporation

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Sydney Morning Herald
Gold-medal stoush
The Age
One member of Coates' study group is Olympic marathon legend and former head of the Australian Institute of Sport Robert De Castella, who has spent much of ...
A sporting nation dividedThe Canberra Times
'No cash' for AFL in reportThe Age

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