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Jun 19, 2013
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 Marathon/Running News: 1/6/13 - 1/13/13
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News From: Sunday, January 13, 2013
 Cebu City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Cebu City Marathon 2013 (PhilBoxing.com)
About three-thousand runners ran the Cebu City Marathon on Sunday Morning. David Kipuang won the men's race with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 38 seconds.


 City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon)
  Human Interest Story
   Los Angeles Marathon 2013 Participant Price Increase Tuesday (Santa Monica Mirror)
The City of Los Angeles Marathon will have a price increase of $10.00 on January 16 for the March 17 race.


 Disney World Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Thousands Participate in Walt Disney World Marathon (CFnews13.com)
Over sixty-five thousand runners stuffed the kingdoms of Orlando's Disney World to participate in the marathon and half-marathon events over the weekend.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Winner's Crowned at Disney World Marathon (WESH.com)
Adriano Bastos won the Disney World Marathon with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes and 16 seconds.


 Houston Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Ehthiopians Rule Houston Marathon, with Worku and Mohammed Winning Men and Women's Races (Washington Post)
Bazu Worku won the Houston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 17 seconds.

  Human Interest Story
   Record-Setting Marathoner Competes in Houston Marathon (News Fix Now)
Solomon Kandie will run the Houston Marathon on Sunday and hopes to break the 2 hour and 6 minute course record. He recently won the Duke City Marathon and the Tallahassee Marathon.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Clean Sweep for Ethiopia at Houston Marathon, Half-Marathon (ABC local)
Bazu Worku won the Houston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 17 seconds while Merima Mohammad won the women's division with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 37 seconds.


 Mumbai Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Anil Ambani Braces for Mumbai Marathon (India Today.in)
The chairman of one of the largest conglomerates in India, Anil Dhirubhai, will run the Mumbai Marathon


 Odds And Ends
  Human Interest Story
   Bank of America Sponsors Two Local Athletes to Bamako International Marathon (All Africa.com)
Two athletes and their coach will head to the fifth International Bamako Marathon in Mail on Sunday.


 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   The Race That Rocks - P.F. Chang's Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon (AZ Central)
P.F. Chang's Rock N Roll Marathon will celebrate it's tenth year next Sunday. More than twenty-nine, thousand runners participated in the 2004 inaugural event.

   P.F. Chang's Marathon Diehards Watch Event Grow (AZ Journal)
Mike Houk was beaten by a runner wearing a banana suit at the inaugural P.F. Chang's Marathon and has vowed to exact revenge each year since 2004


News From: Thursday, January 10, 2013
 Houston Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Chevron Houston Marathon Expected to go on as Planned (ABClocal.com)
There is a good chance that storms will greet the twenty-five thousand runners toeing the line of the Chevron Houston Marathon this coming Sunday.


 Napa Valley Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Napa Valley Marathon Coming March 3 (Napa Valley Register)
The thirty-fifth annual Napa Valley Marathon kicks off on March 3 and will present "Honoring Women Marathoning" over the weekend.


News From: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
 Canton Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Canton Marathon Co-Founder Blasts Partner (Canton Repository)
There is a battle of words rearing it's ugly head in Canton, Ohio as the two co-founders of the fledgling Canton Marathon are on the offensive over financial disparities.


 Disney World Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Prepping for the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend (Disunplugged.com)
The Walt Disney World Marathon kicks off this weekend and will comprise several events and thousand of runners.


 Houston Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Loaded Fields Set For 2013 Chevron Houston Marathon - Olympians Hall and Keflezighi to be Honorary Starters (Vindicator)
The forty-first edition of the Houston Marathon kicks off this weekend and race director Brant Kotch is expecting that all four race records could get lowered.


 Ibusuki Nanohana Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Ibusuki Nanohana Marathon set for January 13 (WWW13.ocn.ne.jp)
The thirty-second annual Ibusuki Nanohana Marathon kicks off on January 13 with over eighteen-thousand entries.


 Trinidad & Tobago Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Best Trinidad and Tobago Marathon (Newsday.co.tt)
The Trinidad and Tobago Marathon, which kicks off on January 20, has over forty-thousand dollars in prize money.


News From: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
 Boston Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Ryan Hall Among Top U.S. Runners Entered in 2013 Boston Marathon (Boston.com)
The fastest American record holder for the Boston Marathon, Ryan Hall, will toe the line of the famed race once again this April along with fellow Americans Meb Keflezighi and Abdi Abdirahman.

   First Light Women's Winner Prepping For Boston Marathon (AL.com)
Amy Huff won last year's First Light Marathon in Mobile Alabama as her first marathon. She will be running the half-marathon this year in preparation for the Boston Marathon in April.

   Keflezighi, Hall, Abdirahman Lead American Charge for Boston Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Recent Olympians Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi and Abdi Abdirahman will toe the starting line at the 2013 Boston Marathon, leading the American contingent.


 Odds And Ends
  Human Interest Story
   Kenyan Marathon Runner Kipsang Rotich Tackled by Spectator in Brazil...but Still Wins Race (The Guardian)
Edwin Kipsang Rotich was blindsided by a spectator while running the Kings Race Marathon in Brazil and managed to win the race despite the incident.


News From: Monday, January 7, 2013
 Mississippi Blues Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Mississippi Blues Marathon Winners Craig Leon, Truphena Tarus Set Course Records (Clarion Ledger)
Craig Leon of Eugene Oregon won the Mississippi Blues Marathon with a record setting time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 48 seconds.


 Sabarmati Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Sabarmati Marathon Over For Organizers Before Runners Could Finish (Times of India)
Bhargav Bhatt finished the Sabarmati Marathon and expected a lot for having just completed his marathon. Instead he got almost nothing. The race was all but gone when he arrived.


News From: Sunday, January 6, 2013
 Mississippi Blues Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Mississippi Blues Marathon- Three Thousand Runners (WJTV.com)
Laura Gorycki and Jackie Panfili are on a quest to run a marathon in all fifty states and they chose the Mississippi Blues Marathon to check Mississippi of the list.


 Xiamen International Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Negari Wins Xiamen Marathon With New Record (China Daily)
Getachew Terfa Negari won the 2013 Xiamen International Marathon with a course record time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 32 seconds.



 

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