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News From: Thursday, March 29, 2012
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Kathrine Switzer Speaks On Women's Running At Boston And Beyond (The Morning Call) Kathrine Switzer is known as an icon for women's running as she broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon in 1967 despite being tackled by race organizer Jack Semple
	Chicago Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Flashback - Chicago Marathon 1999 (Race Results Weekly) Khalid Khannouchi first set the marathon world record at the LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon in 1999. Your editor was there to cover the race, and we're reprinting my story for you today as a way to honor Khannouchi after he announced his retirement yesterday.
	Eisenhower Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Eisenhower Marathon In Abilene To Benefit Needy Families (Marion County Record) The annual Eisenhower Marathon will kick off at 7 am on April 14 with an out and back course that travels through Brown's Park
	Knoxville Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Knoxville Marathon Runs To A New High (KnoxNews.com) Race director, Jason Altman, said that the Knoxville Marathon will hold a record number of participants with over seven-thousand, two-hundred. The 2011 race hosted just over sixty-five hundred.
	Lansing Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		New Marathon Planned For Lansing In April (Argus Press) The Lansing Marathon will kick off on April 22 and race organizers are expecting to attract two-thousand participants.
	Lincoln Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Experienced Runner Excited To See The Newcomers Finish Lincoln Marathon (Journal Star) The Lincoln Marathon kicks off on May 6 and runner Mark Patton will compete in the marathon and hopes to witness those who will be completing their first marathon.
	London Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Flashback - London Marathon 2002 (Race Results Weekly) With Khalid Khannouchi making his retirement official yesterday, your editor thought a great way to honor his career was to reprint Mark Butler's story on the 2002 Flora London Marathon, where Khannouchi beat both Paul Tergat and Haile Gebreslassie and broke his own world record, about 20 minutes after Paula Radcliffe had broken the women's world record for an all-women's race.
	Ocean Drive Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Ocean Drive Marathon Attracts 1,400 Runners (Shore News Today) The fourteenth annual Ocean Drive Marathon hosted nearly fourteen-hundred runners beating the old record of nine-hundred and four.
	Shires of Vermont Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Shires Marathon To Return For Second Year (Manchester Journal) The second annual Shires of Vermont Marathon will return to Manchester on Sunday May 20. The 2011 Marathon attracted over 300 participants.
	Trailbreaker Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Resurgent Trailbreaker Marathon Looks To Draw 1,000 Runners (Journal Sentinel) The Trailbreaker Marathon has earned status as the unofficial start to the Wisconsin marathon season. The resurgent marathon will attract approximately one-thousand runners to the race on Saturday.
	Two Oceans Marathon (56km)
		Human Interest Story
		Ramaala On 2012 Mission (Sowetan Live) Hendrick Ramaala has decided to take on one of the high profile races in April or May in Europe or the U.S. in an effort to better his Olympic qualifying time.
	UHC North Carolina Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		North Carolina Marathon Canceled For 2012 (My FOX8.com) With Charlotte's Thunder Road Marathon switching the date of its marathon to November 17 and the four-year sponsorship of United Healthcare that ended in 2011, the North Carolina Marathon has been canceled.
	West Texas CrossRoads Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		West Texas CrossRoads Marathon Donates Funds, Announces 2012 Race (CBS7KOSA.com) The West Texas CrossRoads Marathon donated funds to local non-profit organizations and announced that October 6, 2012 will be the start of this year's race.
News From: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
	Adirondack Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Adirondack Marathon To Feature New Relay (Post Star) The Adirondack Marathon set for September 23 in Schroon Lake will feature a new four-person marathon relay with up to fifty teams allowed to compete.
	Boston Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		45 Years Ago, An Enraged Boston Marathon Race Director Attacked A Female Runner (Deadspin.com) The 2012 Boston Marathon will mark the fortieth anniversary of women being allowed to officially run the race. The first women to finish the 26.2 miles actually did so in 1967. Five years before it was 'legal."
	Fallen 4 Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Fallen 4 Marathon Capping Race At 800 Runners (White Court Star) The Fallen 4 Marathon has put a cap of eight-hundred runners for the highway portion of races which are set to occur on June 3.
	Las Vegas International Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Las Vegas Marathon Unveils Major Course Change As Part Of Improvement Plan (Las Vegas Review Journal) The 2011 Rock N Roll version of the Las Vegas marathon was one of the largest debacles in marathon running as half-marathon runners and marathon runners "merged" and slammed into one another. Race organizers are changing the course for 2012 and hoping to fix the course and finish line chaos.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Marathoner Khannouchi Retires After Foot Injury (Wall Street Journal) Former marathon world-record holder Khalid Khannouchi has announced his retirement from road racing due to chronic foot injuries.
News From: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
	Fargo Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Fargo Marathon Route To Snake Into Moorhead (Crookston Times) The 2012 Fargo Marathon route will now wind it's way into Moorhead, Minnesota after the lack of spring flooding along the Red River.
	OC Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		OC Marathon On Pace For Record Entries (Health Care Global) The OC Marathon is expecting to top the record of fifteen-thousand runners from 2011 with it's current registrations running thirty-percent ahead of last year at this same time.
	Odds And Ends
		Human Interest Story
		Get Set For The Tel Aviv Marathon (Israel21c.org) The Tel Aviv Marathon kicks off this Friday with more than twenty-five thousand runners expected to take part in Israel's largest race
		Norwegian Marathon Man Buta Looks For European Glory In Zurich (European-Athletics.org) Urige Buta has set his marathon sights on a top twelve placing at the London Olympic Games and has a full schedule of racing up to and beyond the games.
	Olympics 2012 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenya Out To Dominate Marathon (Daily Telegraph) Kenya countrymen have complete faith that they will retain the Olympic Marathon Gold medal despite losing the defending Olympic Champion to tragedy last year.
	Trailbreaker Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Three Runners Aim For 20th Trailbreaker Marathon Finish (Waukesha Patch.com) Three runners will attempt to cross the finish line of the Trailbreaker Marathon this coming weekend and will have run the race all twenty times despite one year when the race was not held.
	Trinidad & Tobago Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kipchilat Hands Kenya Another Trinidad And Tobago Marathon Win (Trinidad Express) Philemon Kipchilat won the Trinidad and Tobago Marathon with a time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 46 seconds
	Yakima River Canyon Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Bob Dolphin of Yakima Preps For 500th Marathon (KAPP TV) Bob Dolphin will attempt to run his five-hundredth marathon this weekend at the Yakima River Canyon Marathon.
News From: Monday, March 26, 2012
	Bataan Memorial Death March
		Human Interest Story
		Bataan Death March: Keeping The Spirit Alive (Current Argus) The Bataan Death March memorialized the story of thousands of American heroes by running, walking through the White Sands Missile Range
	Guam Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Top-Finisher Karus Complets First-Ever Marathon (Pacific Daily News) John Karus won the forty-first Guam Marathon with a time of 3 hours 7 minutes and 12 seconds
	Oakland Running Festival
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Oakland Marathon Gets Leg Up On Weather, Mood (San Francisco Chronicle) Anna Bretan won the women's division of the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 33 seconds.