"Thousands of runners are taking part in the Walt Disney World marathon Sunday morning.
Athletes run for their place in the Disney record books, WESH 2 News reported.
It's called a Magical 26 miles, and runners come from all over to experience Disney's annual marathon.
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"Kenya's David Cheruiyot won the Houston Marathon in an unofficial time of 2:12:31, his third win in the race.
Ethiopia's Dire Tune set a record — an unofficial time of 2:24:39 — in the women's event, breaking her own mark of 2:26:52, set last year.
Cheruiyot pulled clear...
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Tatsuo Okawara was the oldest finisher from Japan in the December 9th,
2007 Honolulu Marathon. At 90 years old, he completed the 42.19 kilometers
(26.2 mile) course in 8 hours, 11 minutes. He walked briskly and...
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"Host nation Thailand enjoyed a winning start to the athletics on Friday, taking six gold from nine events on a day that saw five Games records broken.
But Vietnam and the Philippines dominated the competition on...
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More than 14,000 people participated in the Seattle Marathon today. "Event Information
Date: Sunday, November 25, 2007
Start: 5th Avenue between Harrison and Mercer Streets, east of the Experience Music...
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I forgot about the yearly November Novel Writing Month event or should we call it a marathon until Burstblog mentioned it today in step with National Blog Posting Month, another motivational undertaking. Is exhaustion the main result of these contests?
New York (ANTARA News) - Actress Katie Holmes, the wife of Tom Cruise,
ran the New York marathon in under six hours Sunday. Then she kept
going in high heels to the premiere screening of her husband's new
anti-war film Lions for Lambs.
The movie, directed by Robert...
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"She finished ahead of Ethiopian Gete Wami (2:23:32) and Latvian Jelena Prokopcuka (2:26:13). Prokopcuka had won here the last two years.
Radcliffe, who has won all seven of the marathons she has finished in her...
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I'm picturing a small army of security guards jogging alongside her, but that's probably overstating things. Anyway, the NYC marathon runs by my front door every year, and it's pretty spectacular -- bands play,...
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With its now traditional marathon, Ljubljana has joined other cities around the world where the 42-kilometre race is not only one of its main sporting events but also one of its major social occasions.
The 12th...
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"The coach of a six-year-old Indian boy famous for running marathons has been charged with torture, police say.
They say that Biranchi Das was arrested after Budhia Singh's mother said she had found scars on the body of her son. Mr Das strongly denies any wrongdoing.
Budhia...
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Last week marked the completion of a 180 km (112 mile) relay race from The Hague, Netherlands to Brussels, Belgium, conducted by the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe, to call attention to the urgent need for increased drug education as a means of curtailing drug abuse...
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An anonymous buisinessman and his entourage have set a record that few will try to top: highest bar tab, at the equivalent of over two hundred thousand you ess dollars. And, no, they didn't do a runner, but...
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For most runners, the marathon is the longest run they will ever
attempt. But the Marathon for a Drug-Free Hungary team will probably
never look upon a mere marathon as a challenge again, after completing
their...
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Wet and misty conditions greeted runners of the 36th annual Vancouver Marathon. The event, which started in 1972 with 5 laps of Stanley Park followed its more recent route winding through the city. What the crowds...
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