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Reinvigorated LA Marathon This Weekend...
The 2010 LA Marathon will be a strange beast. The first full year under new management and with a brand new course, the race is nonetheless celebrating its 25th anniversary. Is it a new race, is it an old race - we don't know what to call it. But we do know that with $143,000 for the first person across the finish line (not including time bonuses) and with over $325,000 going out in prize money, we'll expect a fast and furious race. What kind of race can we expect? Sub 2:08? fastest marathon in the USA after Chicago? Very possible.... Wesley Korir who ran 2:08:24 to win the 2009 LA Marathon will be looking to defend his title on the new faster course. Richard Limo has previously run 2:06:45 and joining him will be 2009 runner-up Tariku Jufar and third place finisher Laban Kipkemboi - plus others. On the women's side, Ashu Kasim ran 2:25:49 in Paris in 2009 and hopes to use that speed in LA, while Russian Silvia Skvortsova will hope to better her third place finish of 2009. Paige Higgins is America's best chance for a podium finisher as she hopes to better her 2:33:06 lifetime best.
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NYC Half Marathon
Haile Gebrselasse, Deena Kastor, Mara Yamauchi, Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Abdi Abdirahman, Josh Rohatinsky, Abderrahime Bouramdane, Madai Perez... Some of our favorite marathoners line up to test themselves at the NYC Half Marathon. Also of note are American standout Anthony Famiglietti and 2009 World Cross Country Champion Gebre Gebremariam. This will be a good race and we're especially looking forward to watching the Americans as they prepare for their Spring Marathons. And of course watching Geb making it look easy to run sub-60 minutes for a Half Marathon.

Recent Press Releases...
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Weekend Results
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USA and Canada Results

Catalina Marathon - Mar 13 - Catalina Island, CA
Joshua Loren, 29 of Wilmington DE, the runner-up in 2008, won the 2010 Catalina Marathon in 3:02:04. Rance Myers, 45 of Phoenix AZ, who was third at the 2010 Pasadena Marathon and the winner of the 2010 Yuma Territorial Marathon, finished second in 3:04:46. Justin Heinze, 23 of Haddonfield NJ, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 3:12:39.
Heather Fuhr, 42 of Encinitas CA, the winner of the 2007 Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon, was the first female finisher and third overall in a new course record time of 3:07:00. Fuhr's winning time broke the previous record set in 1997. Josie Jacques-Maynes, 33 of Morgan Hill CA, finished second in 3:42:46. Terry Quirk, 46 of Ventura CA, was third in 3:52:13.
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Lower Potomac River Marathon - Mar 14 - Piney Point, MD
Paul Riley, 28 of Madison WI, the winner of the 2008 Glass City Marathon and runner-up of the 2009 La Crosse Fitness Festival, won the 2010 Lower Potomac River Marathon in a new course record time of 2:31:28. 2008 Champion Michael Wardian, 35 of Arlington VA, recreated his method of competition that he employed in 2009 when he finished third... Wardian started the race late and ran the marathon with a weighted pack to try out and test the equipment he plans to wear when he runs the grueling Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) in the Sahara Desert in April. Despite starting after every other runner and being weighted down, Wardian finished second in 2:48:48 - one week after winning the USA 50K championships in 2:55:53. Karsten Brown, 35 of Front Royal VA, who had four marathon victories in 2010, finished third in 2:50:53.
Lindsay Wohlers, 24 of Hyattsville MD, was the first female finisher in 3:13:45. Luz Delia Heredia, 41 of Newark DE, finished second in 3:21:02. Susan M. Moury, 39 of Cranberry Township PA, was third in 3:39:39.
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Ellerbe Springs Inn Ellerbe Springs Marathon - Mar 13 - Ellerbe, NC
James Pearce, 30 of Durham NC, the winner of the 2009 Myrtle Beach Marathon, won the 2010 Ellerbe Springs Marathon in 2:48:06. Joseph Cuffari, 20 of Tucson AR, finished second in 2:51:22. Chuck Engle, 39 of Dublin OH, who had twenty-three marathon victories in 2009, was third in 2:55:40.
In the women's field, Kay Evans, 48 of Chocowinity NC, the winner of the 2009 Larry Yeagle Trail Marathon and runner-up of the 2009 Leading Ladies Marathon, was the winner in 3:28:16. Amy Mercer, 44 of Lexington NC, who was third in 2008, finished second in 3:29:21. Tara Wind, 31 of Cary NC,
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A Run Through Time - Mar 13 - Salida, CO
Defending Champion Timmy Parr, 28 of Gunnison CO, successfully defended his title - winning the 2010 A Run Through Time Marathon in 3:13:17. Andrew Henshaw, 24 of Colorado Springs CO, finished second in 3:14:40. Nick Clark, 35 of Ft. Collins CO, who was third in 2009, finished third again in 3:15:28.
In the women's race, defending Champion Keri Nelson, 28 of Gunnison CO, who also won in 2006, successfully repeated as champion in 3:19:05. Callie James 26 of Leadville CO, finished second in 4:12:23. Kate Lapides, 46 of Breckenridge CO, was third in 4:28:27.
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Larry Yeagle Trail Marathon - Mar 13 - Ruston, LA
Brian Myers, 20, won the 2010 Larry Yeagle Trail Marathon in 3:55:51. Claude Hicks Jr., 48, who finished second in 2008, finished second in 5:09:00. Jim Sulivan, 56, who was third in 2008, finished third again in 5:49:42.
Fran Cox, 46, the winner in 2008, was the first female finisher in 7:04:30. Oadio Barker, 48, was the runner-up in 7:04:32.
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International Results

Nagoya Int'l Women's Marathon - Mar 14 - Nagoya, Japan
Yuri Kano, of Japan, the winner of the 2007 Hokkaido Marathon and runner-up at the 2008 Tokyo Marathon, won the 2010 Nagoya International Women's Marathon in 2:27:11. Kano, who also finished seventh at the 2009 World Championships Marathon, made her move at the 31K mark on her way to the victory. Reigning ING New York City Marathon Champion Deratu Tulu, of Ethiopia, finished second in 2:28:13. Besides her win at the 2009 New York City Marathon, Tulu was the winner of the 2001 London Marathon and was fourth at the 2009 World Marathon Championships. Running in her sixth Nagoya International Women's Marathon, Hiromi Ominami, of Japan, the runner-up at the 2004 Berlin Marathon and winner of the 2007 Rotterdam Marathon, finished third in 2:28:35.

Antarctica Marathon - Mar 10 - King George Island, Antarctica
Robert Youngren, 35, won the 2010 Antarctica Marathon in 3:50:02. Pieter-Christiaan Van Oranje-Nassau, 37 of Netherlands, was the second male finisher and third overall in 4:22:55. Peter Barbera, 53, was the third male to finish in 4:23:28.
Kathryn Youngren, 35, finished second overall and first in the women's race in 3:58:59. Marit Janse, 49, finished second in 4:57:40. Kelly Hansen, 25, was third in 5:04:11.
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Cyprus Pafos Marathon - Mar 14 - Pafos, Cyprus
Joe Cawley won the 2010 Cyprus Pafos Marathon in 2:51:22. Peter Newmann finished second in 3:10:21. Dave Lemon was third in 3:14:12.
Jessica Walker was the first female finisher in 3:32:30. Tomoko Ueta finished second in 4:00:12. Yvonne Davies was third in 4:07:05.

Older News

Houston Chosen to Host 2012 Men's and Women's USA Olympic Marathon Trials
USA Track & Field, the governing body of running in the USA has selected Houston to host both then men's and women's 2012 Marathon team trials. The trials will be organized by the Houston Marathon Committee and will be held on January 14, 2012, the day preceding the Chevron Houston Marathon. In a statement by Doug Logan, President of USATF, Logan cited the success that the Houston Marathon has had in annually hosting the men's and women's half marathon champinships. The decision to hold both the Men's and Women's trials in the same location marks a departure from past years when the two events were held in different locations. By all accounts, the selection of Houston and the mid-January date will be ideal for runners and the sport. The combination of both events in one location can be expected to maximize press coverage and exposure; the mid-January date is just over six months before the Olympics allowing the event to select runners close enough to the race date to ensure the best selection and early enough to ensure that runners can fully recover and peak for the Olympics; and the profile of Houston - flat - well matches what the runners will find in London.
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America's BEST Men to run Boston Marathon 2010
Keflezighi and Hall to run Boston
Finally! We've been getting tired of watching the best of the USA heading over to London for their Spring Marathon, but not this coming year - now we have something to talk about...
Meb Keflezighi is not the fastest marathoner in the world, but he is one of the greatest and most consistent champions. Keflezighi's heart, spirit, attitude and goodness combine to let him gut out podium finishes as great as a Silver medal at the olympics and national championship titles. Before the 2009 New York City Marathon, Keflezighi had never won a marathon (but had multiple impressive major runner-up finishes), but with his win in New York in a Personal Best - and New York should not be a personal best course - Keflezighi jumped into the ranks of the great champions. And we hope he'll repeat that in New York.
Ryan Hall IS the fastest American marathoner currently running and has the second fastest American maraton time ever behind just Khalid Khannouchi. Hall proved his mettle in an impressive and overwhelming win at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials Marathon, but has yet to gain a major win on the International stage and was disappointed with his third place finish at the 2009 Boston Marathon...
With Keflezighi and Hall both running the Boston Marathon, there is a real chance that an American could win a race that has not seen an American champion since Greg Meyer won in 1983.
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Boston Marathon Announces Lineup
The Boston Marathon had previously announced that Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall would be running the 2010 marathon, but now the marathon has also announced the list of past champions who will be returning to run. On the men's side we'll see the following Boston Marathon champions: Deriba Merga (2009), Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (2003,2006-2008); and the women's race will include: Salina Kosgei (2009), Dire Tune (2008), Lidiya Grigoryeva (2007) and Catherine Ndereba (2000,2001,2004,2005). This will be a [another] Boston Marathon to remember.
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Revised: Marathoning Alive And Well in USA - 2009 Shows Unprecedented Growth
As we complete our year-in-review reports There were nearly 468,000 marathon finishes in the USA in 2009 - an increase of approximately 9.9% over 2008. That's the largest year-to-year growth in finisher numbers since MarathonGuide.com began keeping industry records in 2000 and surpasses even the year-to-year growth seen in the abnormal year of 2001 to 2002 when travel and finisher numbers were down in 2001 after 9/11, leading to the unrealistic growth percentage in 2002. As has been the trend, women continued to make up a higher percentage of the total finishers, reaching a record 40.5% of finishers in 2009. We're finishing up our reports and will have the full report before the end of January.
And, because the year is over... The complete list of "best Boston Qualifiers" (a proxy for fastest marathons):
2009 Boston Qualifiers Recap

2009 - A Great Year for Marathoning
2009 was a great year for marathoning. While the year ended without a new world record (we were getting used to that!), the year saw everything else we could possibly ask for. Another resurgence in American running, new heroes, the unexpected and repeated heroics from some old favorites (and we apologize for using the word "old" - it's just relative)... Here, MarathonGuide.com recaps some of what we think was the best of 2009.
Most Inspirational Marathon Moments of 2009

Congratulations Meb and Yordanos Keflezighi!
We love to write about one of our favorite heroes: Meb Keflezighi. We often write about what a great runner and inspiration he is: silver medalist at the Olympic Marathon, multiple USA record holder and champion, and most recently the New York City Marathon winner. We also write about what a nice guy he is - always an undertatement. But less often do we get to remind people of what a great family man he is...
A baby girl, Yohana, was born to Meb and Yordanos Keflezighi at 8:32PM PT on Sunday January 17th at Mammoth Hospital in Mammoth Lakes. Meb was in Houston attending functions for the USA Half Marathon Championships and had not yet headed home when word came that his wife was beginning labor. Originally, the Keflezighi's believed they had another week or ten days until their child might be born. Travel options from Houston and a weather storm approaching Mammoth Lakes meant that Meb did not reach Mammoth until 18 hours after his daughter's birth. Meb and Yordanos are already the proud parents of two other daughters: Sara and Fiyori.

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