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Marathon/Running News: 12/11/13 - 12/18/13

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Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
 London Marathon
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Mo Farah Preparing for the Unknown Challenge of his First Marathon (The Guardian)
Mo Farah has stepped up his preparations for next year's London Marathon and is confident that things are headed in the right direction.
 
   Farah Will 'Respect Marathon' (Orange Sport.co.uk)
Mo Farah will practice patience on his quest to join the world marathon racing elite in London next year.
 
 Boston Marathon
  News From: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
   Defending Champs Desisa, Jeptoo Will Run in 118th Boston Marathon (Boston.CBSlocal.com)
The 2013 Boston Marathon men and women's champions will return to defend their titles at the one-hundred and eighteenth running of the marathon.
 
Post-Race Review/ Results
 Rocket City Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Madison's Josh Whitehead Defends Home Turf in 37th Annual Rocket City Marathon (AL.com)
Josh Whitehead won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 25 seconds.
 
 Taipei International Expressway Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Kenyan Runners Dominate Taipei Marathon (Focus Taiwan)
Josphat Kamzee Jepkopol defended his Taipei Marathon title with a time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 10 seconds
 
 Bangalore Midnight Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Yegon Does an Encore at Midnight Marathon (The Hindu.com)
Daniel Yegon, of Kenya, won the Bangalore Midnight Marathon for the second straight year with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 52 seconds
 
 Fox Cities Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Dallas Wins St. Croix Marathon (Virgin Island Daily News)
Calvin Dallas won the St. Croix Marathon with a time of 3 hours 22 minutes and 15 seconds at the young age of sixty-one
 
Non-Marathon/ Other Running
 Odds And Ends
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Kara Goucher Returning to Boulder To Be Coached By Mark Wetmore (Race Results Weekly)
After nine years of living and training in Portland, Ore., under coaches Alberto Salazar and Jerry Schumacher, two-time Olympian Kara Goucher has decided to move back to Boulder, Colo., where she will train under her college coaches, Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs, at the University of Colorado. Goucher, 35, revealed her plans in a blog entry posted this morning.
 
Human Interest Story
 Pittsburgh Marathon
  News From: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
   Top Americans in Pittsburgh Marathons 10 Miler Will Receive Bonsues (Running USA)
The Pittsburgh Marathon has announced that the top 13 American finishers in last months Pittsburgh 10 Miler as part of the American Development Program
 
 Cowtown Marathon
  News From: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
   Cowtown Marathon Sees Record Breaking Numbers After Dallas Marathon Nixed (WFAA.com)
The Cowtown Marathon registration has exploded since the Dallas Marathon was cancelled a few weeks ago. Registration for Cowtown is up thirty-three percent higher than this time last year.
 
 Odds And Ends
  News From: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
   Cancellations Show How Some Road Races Can Become Victims of Their Own Success (Biz Journals.com)
Traffic complaints have caused to popular New England races to be canceled in recent weeks. The Smuttynose Rockfest Marathon was among the casualties.
 
 Pittsburgh Marathon
  News From: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
   Pittsburgh Marathon Winner Mary Akor Banned for Doping (New Pittsburgh Courier Online)
Mary Akor has accepted a two-year ban from USADA after testing positive for a prohibited substance
 
 Phoenix Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Phoenix Marathon Ties Into 2014 Fiesta Bowl (Journal Online)
The Phoenix Marathon will kick on January 19 as part of a long series of great events in the Phoenix area including the Fiesta Bowl
 
 Kiawah Island Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Greenville Runners Flock to Kiawah Island Marathon (Examiner.com)
The Kiawah Island Marathon hosted a record number of runners on the island resort this past weekend. Nearly four-thousand runners and walkers too part in the marathon and other running events.
 
 Odds And Ends
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Inaugural McAllen Marathon Draws 1,170 (The Monitor.com)
Chilly weather did not deter more than eleven-hundred runners from participating in the inaugural McAllen Marathon and surrounding events in Texas this Sunday.
 
 Fox Cities Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Organizers of Wisconsin Marathons Announce 2014 Challenge (Examiner.com)
The Marathons of Wisconsin Challenge will draw together to allow runners to earn bragging rights about running all the major marathons in Wisconsin and getting a special medal to brag about their accomplishment.
 
 Odds And Ends
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   Yuki Kawauchi Sets Marathon World Record (Fansided.com)
If you think running a marathon is difficult enough, try running two of them in under 2 hours and ten minutes with less than two weeks of recovery.
 
 Taipei International Expressway Marathon
  News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
   70,000 Run Taipei Marathon (IANSLive.in)
Roughly seventy-thousand participants from nearly fifty countries took part in the 2013 Taipei Marathon on Sunday Morning.
 
 Rocket City Marathon
  News From: Sunday, December 15, 2013
   Rocket City Marathon Perseveres Through Weather (WAFF.com)
More than twenty-five hundred people turned out for the Rocket City Marathon despite the soggy weather.
 
   New Year's Rocket City Marathon Will Have New Route to Show Off More of Huntsville (AL.com)
The 2014 edition of the Rocket City Marathon will highlight more of the Huntsville area and less of a zig-zagging course.
 
 Condura Skyway Marathon
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Condura Skyway Marathon Cancelled (ABS-CBNNews.com)
The 2014 edition of the Phillippines Condura Skyway Marathon has been cancelled with the race budget going to relief efforts for the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
 
 Rocket City Marathon
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Huntsville Gearing Up For Rocket City Marathon (WAAYTV.com)
The biggest race of the year in Huntsville Alabama kicks off on Saturday at 8 am with the Rocket City Marathon. Over seventeen-hundred runners are set to participate in the event.
 
 Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon)
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Cancelled Dallas Marathon Donates Unused Food (NEWS92FM.com)
The Dallas Marathon was expecting about twenty-five thousand runners. Freezing rain cancelled the race and the unused food will now be donated to two organizations that serve the homeless.
 
 Odds And Ends
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Nearly 50,000 Runners Expected for Taiwan's Largest Full Marathon (China Post)
A record number of runners will compete in this Sunday's Taipei Fubon Marathon now in its tenth year.
 
 Lincoln Marathon
  News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   Lincoln Marathon Registration Begins January 1 (Lincoln Journal Star)
The May 4 Lincoln Marathon will open the doors to registration on January 1 and they may close just as quickly as the race has notoriously sold out in less than a day. Sixteen hours was all it took to reach capacity last year.
 

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