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Little Rock Marathon Announces Medal The Little Rock Marathon has been one of the fastest growing marathons in the USA, known for its hospitality and fun... One of its trademarks has become its medal and specifically the size of the medal - the largest in the world. To heighten excitement, the race has announced its medal through a press conference and release and is proud to announce that the 2010 Little Rock Marathon finisher's medal will be 7 3/4 inches long BY 6 inches wide and weigh in at 1.67 pounds.
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Grandma's Marathon (6/19) Registration Open
Registration has opened for the 34th running of Grandma's Marathon, the largest Summer Marathon in the USA (and always one of the largest 15 in the country). The race, named after the Grandma's group of restaurants, is held annually in Duluth, MN on Lake Superior about 2-1/2 hours north of Minneapolis. Grandma's Marathon is embraced as the largest annual event in Duluth and is unique in the world of marathoning as the lakeside city of 85,000 hosts nearly 20,000 runners participating in the marathon, half marathon and 5K.
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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

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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Recent Press Releases...
If you aren't checking out the Press Release page on a daily basis, you're missing out. We'll do our best to highlight the most important items - but often we can't write about everything on the home page... Don't forget this page...
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Your Favorite Tool - The Pace Band Creator
With Marathon season upon us, the most common question to MarathonGuide.com is: "where can I find your [famous] pace band creator." You [the reader] asks: "What's That?" We answer: "one of our coolest tools creates wearable pace charts for the marathon (or ANY distance) for ANY pace - in miles or kilometers." If you have a marathon coming up (or even a shorter race), check it out and print one out.
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Weekend Results
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USA and Canada Results

Surf City Marathon (prev. Pacific Shoreline Marathon) - Feb 7 - Huntington Beach, CA
Matt Wiltse, 33 of Las Vegas NV, won the 2010 Surf City USA Marathon in 2:37:19. Akos Konya, 35 of Oceanside CA, finished second in 2:37:59. Dan Kuch, 35 of Lake Havasu City AZ, who had two marathon victories and four podium appearances in 2009, was third in 2:42:07.
In the women's field, Karen Warrendorf, 36 of Vancouver BC, the winner of the 2009 MauiParadise Marathon, was the winner in 3:05:24. Regina Joyce, 53 of Lynnwood WA, finished second in 3:06:13. Shannon Meredith, 39 of Colorado Springs CO, was third in 3:07:33.
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Death Valley Trail Marathon - Feb 6 - Death Valley, CA
Dan Johnson, 22 of Spokane WA, won the 2010 Death Valley Trail Marathon in 3:01:03. Chris Wehan, 28 of Santa Cruz CA, finished second in 3:01:49. Craig Dolecki, 36 of Redford MI, was third in 3:03:12.
Laura Matsen, 27 of Portland OR, was the first female finisher in 3:17:53. Maria Petzold, 28 of Oak Park CA, the winner of the 2009 Diamond Valley Challenge Marathon and third place finisher at the 2008 New Catalina Eco Marathon, finished second in 3:20:26. Sada Crawford, 43 of Sierra Madre CA, was third in 3:28:17.
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Sedona Magazine, The Sedona Chamber of Commerce The Sedona Marathon - Feb 6 - Sedona, AZ
Jason Wolfe, 33 of Flagstaff AZ, took an early lead and never relinquished it on his way to winning the 2010 Sedona Marathon in a new course record time of 2:44:22. Ryan Stevens, 26 of Flagstaff AZ, was the runner-up in 2:55:02. Jonathan Scoville, 22 of Provo UT, finished third in 3:05:50.
Erin Bennion, 32 of Cedar City TN, won the women's race in 3:30:15. Katherine Metzger, 29 of Phoenix AZ, the runner-up in 2009 and third place finisher at the 2009 Flagstaff Marathon, finished second again in 3:35:23. Linda Vigil, 41 of Carlsbad CA, was third in 3:45:59.
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Tallahassee Marathon - Feb 7 - Tallahassee, FL
James Kiptoo Cheruiyot, 27 of Searcy AR, the winner of the 2010 Miracle Match Marathon and 2009 Bass Pro Shops and Lewis & Clark Marathons, won the 2010 Tallahassee Marathon in 2:26:50. Orinthal Striggles, 34 of Elgin SC, who finished third at the 2010 Miami Marathon and was the runner-up at the 2009 Jacksonville and City of Oaks Marathons, finished second in 2:34:04. Justin Gillette, 27 of Berne IN, who had two marathon victories and six podium appearances in 2009, was third in 2:34:14.
Beth Moras, 50 of Ridgewood NJ, the runner-up at the 2006 National Marathon and the third place finisher at the 2003/2005 New Jersey Marathons, was the first female finisher in 3:16:05. Melissa Gillette, 27 of Berne IN, the winner of the 2008 Knoxville Marathon and runner-up at the 2008 Kona Marathon, finished second in 3:18:37. Olivia Swedberg, 26 of Tallahassee FL, was third in 3:29:25.
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State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon - Feb 7 - Melbourne, FL
Brian Alessandro, 29 of Covington KY, won the 2010 Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon in 2:39:12. Gregory Lemmon, 24 of Cincinnati OH, finished second in 2:46:22. Jeremiah Ryan, 42 of Sarasota FL, the runner-up at the 2008 Sarasota Marathon, was third in 2:57:39.
Eileen Posgay, 46 of Plantation FL, was the first female finisher in 3:20:22. Helen Cox, 46 of New Smyrna Beach FL, the winner of the 2007 Wickham Park Marathon and 2006 Orlando Xtreme Marathon, finished second in 3:26:15. Angela Wells, 44 of Cocoa Beach FL, was third in 3:31:43.
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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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