The New York City Half Marathon 2009 took place on August 16. Ethiopian Tadese Tola had the fastest time, finishing the NYC half-marathon route in 1 hour, 1 minute, and 5 seconds. The result fell just short of...
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Dale Neumann was found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide for the death of his daughter, Madeline Kara Neumann, in Wisconsin on August 1, 2009. His wife Leilani Neumann was found guilty of the same in May 2009. Madeline Kara Neumann was ill with untreated diabetes, and...
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"Ryan claims Women's Mini MarathonMonday, 1 June 2009 19:13The 27th Flora Women's Mini Marathon attracted over 40,000 entrants on Bank Holiday Monday with victory going to Rosemary Ryan.The Limerick native clocked...
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Pittsburgh MarathonMay 3, 2009-- After 6 years, the Pittsburgh Marathon returns to Pittsburgh. Over 10,000 people participated in the marathon. I volunteered at a relay station near my apartment building. It was a slightly chilly, cloudy day with some sprinkles-- nice...
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Peter Wilkinson, a cnn.com digital news producer, ran the London Marathon while constantly updating his status on Twitter. At first, he had a spotter with him so he wouldn't run into any people or stationary objects has he ran and tweeted. Wilkinson's time wasn't bad (3...
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Thousands took part in the Nashville Country Music Marathon in Tennessee today, and Amos Matui from Kenya won in the men's category, with a time of 2:13:40. As he won the 'battle of the sexes' as well, where the...
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It was an amazing event. It was the first time I had ever witnessed 10,000 men ,women and children running along the main thorough fares of Tel Aviv sans transportation. The first thing that struck me was the...
We've just heard from the Namibia Ultra Marathon race director Steve Clark, that everyone is now back in Swakopmund. Steve said the race was very tough with temperatures getting up to 42 ºc. Winner Darren Roberts was very surprised and shocked to hear he...
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The Suntrust National Marathon and Half-Marathon will take place tomorrow starting at 7 a.m. in Washington, D.C. The Marathon starts at 7 a.m. at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium and ends at 1 p.m. at the stadium as...
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For the first time, a local has won the Las Vegas Marathon. Abebe Yimer outran his nearest competitor by 32 seconds to be come the first-ever Clark County winner of the annual race."Abebe Yimer, 28, raced along the Las Vegas Strip, the downtown Fremont Street Experience and...
Two Ukrainians beat more than 7,300 participants in the 2008 Philadelphia Marathon. Andriy Toptun completed the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 19 minutes, 58 seconds. The native of the Ukraine took the lead in the...
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From Champoli.comLet’s say you’ve run 300 miles non-stop, you’ve run 1310 miles in 50 days (make that 50 marathons, in 50 different states), and logged over 5000 race miles in a single year. What do you do...
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A 58-year-old Brazilian runner Carlos Jose Gomes collapsed and died after finishing the New York City Marathon. Another athlete died severtal hours later. Annual NY marathon took place on Sunday...
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ALL 2,500 runners taking part in the OMM Marathon, in the Lake District this year, are safe and have been accounted for tonight. Some hardy souls even completed the course, completely oblivious of the alerts...