MarathonGuide.com Logo - Marathon Directory, Marathons, Marathon Results, News and More Click Here: Please visit our Sponsor Contact Us
Tell a Friend

Site Map
Jun 19, 2013
Long Beach International City Marathon News Articles
 Marathon News

News Home
Long Beach International City Marathon: Information & Comments | News |
Long Beach International City Marathon Results: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
 Marathon News Search - Results
News From: Monday, October 8, 2012
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach Marathon 2012 (Los Alamitos.patch.com)
Dirian Lenin Bonilla Castro of Nicaragua won the Long Beach Marathon with a time of 2 hours 36 mintues and 16 seconds.

   Castro Wins Long Beach Marathon (Press Telegram)
Durian Lenin Bonilla Castro won the Long Beach Marathon with a time of 2 hours 36 minutes and 16 seconds.


News From: Friday, October 5, 2012
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon Schedule Of Events (Press Telegram)
The Long Beach Marathon starts at 7 am on Sunday morning with a course that will wind along Shoreline Drive providing scenic views of the areas beaches and bridges.


News From: Monday, October 10, 2011
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Swift Runs Away With It (Press Telegram)
Abigail Swift ran away with the women's division of the Long Beach Marathon with a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and 20 seconds.


News From: Friday, October 7, 2011
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon Legacy Runner Tom Frost Competes To Honor His Daughter, A 9/11 Victim (Press - Telegram)
Tom Frost will run the Long Beach marathon to honor his daughter, Lisa Frost, who was on board Flight 175 that smashed into the World Trade Center after being hijacked.


News From: Thursday, October 6, 2011
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Record Long Beach Marathon Will Take To Street Sunday (Gazette)
Race organizers are expecting another record crowd at the 2011 Long Beach International Marathon despite little national notoriety.


News From: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Late-Blooming Marathoner Hill Piles Up The Miles (Press Telegram.)
Antoinette Hill didnt' begin running until she was 50 and has been a part of the Long Beach Marathon legacy club since it's inception in 1982.


News From: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon Had A Record Number Of Participants (Press Telegram)
Seventeen-thousand five-hundred runners registered for the Long Beach Marathon and just over thriteen-thousand crossed the finish line.


News From: Monday, October 18, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Nelson Leaves Competition Behind In Long Beach Marathon (Press Telegram)
Lindsay Nelson won the women's division of the Long Beach Marathon with an Olympic Trials qualifying time of 2 hours 45 minutes and 8 seconds.

   Long Beach Marathon Victors Blow The Field Away (Daily Breeze)
Jason Gutierrez won the Long Beach Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 41 seconds.


News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   90,000 Expected To Line Long Beach Streets For Marathon (Press Telegram)
Eighteen-thousand runners and more than ninety-thousand spectators are expected for this Sunday's Long Beach Marathon


News From: Friday, October 15, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon Winner Trains With Warren High Kids (Press Telegram)
Eli Rodriguez won the 2009 Long Beach Marathon and has worked with the Warren High Cross Country team this year.


News From: Thursday, October 14, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   People's Marathon Continues To Grow (Gazettes.com)
The Long Beach International Marathon continues to see growth in each race event. The weekend events have attracted a large number of local competitors.


News From: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   82-Year Old Carlos Mora Has Never Missed The Long Beach Marathon (Press-Telegram)
Carlos Mora has run the Long Beach Marathon for 25 years and at the age of 82 he doesn't plan on quitting his passion.


News From: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Run Or Bike The Long Beach Marathon And Support Special Olympics (Everything Long Beach)
The Long Beach Marathon invites runners and cyclist to participate in the October 17 marathon to support Special Olympics


News From: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   A Community Unites To Keep The Arts Alive In Long Beach (Everything Long Beach)
The Arts Council for Long Beach is hoping to attract runners and walkers for the Long Beach Marathon to raise money for the Arts Council programs.


News From: Friday, October 16, 2009
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Unlikely Olympic Hopeful Scores a Marathon Sweep (Laguna Beach Independent)
Cheryl Smith won the 2009 Long Beach Marathon and draws an analogy from the race to living life. Smith hit life's wall through a recent divorce and said she can weather the mental and physical pain of a marathon and she can get through the tough spots in life as well.


News From: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon a Place for Family Stroll (Press-Telegram)
Gavin McKierman joined more than twenty-three thousand people who participated in the Long Beach Marathon. McKierman pushed his two children in a double stroller for the entire 26.2 miles of the race.


News From: Saturday, October 10, 2009
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Runners' Weekend in Long Beach With 5K and Marathon in Town (Long Beach Post)
The twenty-fifth Long Beach Marathon kicks of on Sunday with the inaugural 5K being held on Saturday. The 7 am start for the marathon will launch thousands of runners down Shoreline Drive.


News From: Thursday, October 8, 2009
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Special Team Prepares for Long Beach Marathon (Gazettes)
A two person team consisting of Don Flaherty and Jill, who has cerebral palsy, will compete in the Long Beach Marathon in an effort to raise money for the Clinical Arts Program


News From: Saturday, October 3, 2009
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon Countdown: An Anniversary of Energy (Contra Costa Times)
Antoinette Hill ran her first marathon which she was fifty years young. On that day some thirty years ago she was given a medal for winning the women's race and being the oldest competitor. Today, at the age of 83, Hill plans on competing in the October 11 Long Beach Marathon


News From: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon was the Largest One Yet. (Press-Telegram)
John Parks of International City Racing said that this years Long Beach Marathon was the largest marathon in 24 years. He believes that the numbers for next years 25th anniversary race will crush this years 18,000 participant mark and may even move the finish line to accommodate the expected larger numbers.


News From: Monday, October 13, 2008
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach Marathon Measures Up (Press-Telegram)
Over 9,000 runners participated in events surround the Long Beach Marathon.36-year-old Shin Nozaki, who won with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 21 seconds.


News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   New Long Beach Marathon Course Runs Through CSULB (Gazette News)
International City Racing (ICR) and California State University, Long Beach, made a joint announcement about a major course change to the Long Beach Marathon. The course will be taken out of Naples and off Studebaker Road so that Belmont Shore residents will no longer be trapped by road closures.


News From: Thursday, February 28, 2008
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Non-Marathon/ Other Running
   Sea Festival Events Under New Management of Intl City Racing (Gazettes.com)
International City Racing (ICR), the organizers of the Long Beach International City Bank Marathon, is set to manage the two-month series of events in Southern California called the Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival. With the economic impact of the growing event, prior event organizers needed a qualified team who understand the special event business. ICR was created eight years ago with Olympic pole-vaulter Bob Seagren as its CEO.


News From: Sunday, October 14, 2007
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Sanchez Runs Off With Big Long Beach Marathon Victory (Press Telegram)
Sanchez, running in just his third marathon and for the first time in Long Beach, gradually pulled away over the last eight or nine miles to claim first place in 2 hours, 29 minutes, 59 seconds.

  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Annual Long Beach Marathon Attracts Runners (ABC 7)
Organizers of the Long Beach Marathon have not made any changes because of what occurred in the Chicago and Washington races.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Alonso Relishes Her First Triumph At Long Beach Marathon (Press Telegram)
In just her third marathon, Daniela Alonso of Mexico won her first race, basically leading from start to finish to claim the women's division in 3 hours, 2 minutes and 51 seconds.


News From: Sunday, October 7, 2007
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   23rd Long Beach Marathon Runs Sunday (Press Telegram)
The course, set in 2002, takes participants around the Aquarium of the Pacific, through Belmont Shore and Bixby Hill. It also circles Cal State Long Beach and takes marathoners along Bluff Park.


News From: Sunday, October 15, 2006
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Repeating Win at Long Beach Marathon is Little Problem for Avalos (Press Telegram)
Leonel Avalos of Mexico was the men's champion with a tight time of 2:27:56.

   Mexican Man, Santa Barbara Woman Win Long Beach Marathon (NBC 11)
Melissa Goode, 31, from Santa Barbara, won the women's race, finishing in 2 hours 58 minutes and 37 seconds; Lionel Avalos in 2 hours 27 minutes and 57 seconds.

   18K People Participate In Long Beach Marathon (CBS 2)
Lionel Avalos, 35, won the race for the second year in a row, crossing the finish line ahead of the pack in 2 hours 27 minutes and 57 seconds.


News From: Friday, October 13, 2006
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Weather Forecast for Long Beach Marathon (Press Telegram)
The rain should taper off by Saturday afternoon and Sunday is expected to be partly cloudy or sunny for the Long Beach Marathon.


News From: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Pre-teen Prepares to Race 26.2 miles in Long Beach (Press Telegram)
Article on his goals and preparation


News From: Monday, October 17, 2005
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach Marathon: Avalos outlasts Dhaouadi (Press Telegram)
Lionel Avalos of Mexico won his first marathon outside of his homeland, finishing in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 17 seconds.

   Long Beach Marathon: White's triumph an emotional experience (Press Telegram)
Julianne White won the 2005 Long Beach Marathon in 2:54:02.

   Vogel stays on a roll at L.B. Marathon (Press Telegram)
Martin Vogel won his fourth consecutive Long Beach Wheelchair Marathon.


News From: Sunday, October 16, 2005
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Long Beach's Marathon Runs Today (Press Telegram)
Information on the marathon is given.


News From: Monday, October 10, 2005
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Like the city itself, Long Beach Marathon sees growth (Press Telegram)
Some 15,000 runners are expected to participate in the 21st Annual Long Beach International City Bank Marathon.


News From: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Long Beach Marathon Going Strong (Press Telegram)
Article on the race and the positive feedback from participants.


News From: Monday, October 11, 2004
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   A Long Beach Marathon to relish (Press Telegram)
Sunday's marathon seems to have been an unqualified success.


News From: Sunday, October 10, 2004
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach: Winners, 13,000 athletes had good day for a marathon (Press Telegram)
Fermin Sequen of Los Angeles won the Long Beach Marathon with a time of 2:30:36, while Amy Skieresz-Wilson of Tucson took first place in the women's division in 2:42:47.


News From: Saturday, October 9, 2004
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Marathoners hit streets of Long Beach (Press Telegram)
Race Director Blair Cohn has his work cut out for him at the Long Beach Marathon Saturday.


News From: Sunday, July 18, 2004
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Training/ Health
   Getting ready for the Long Beach Marathon (Press-Telegram)
The Long Beach Marathon in October, which includes a marathon, half marathon, and 5K walk or jog, requires both physical and mental training. Highlighted tips include pacing speed, distance, and endurance training.


News From: Sunday, October 12, 2003
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach International Marathon a triumph (Press Telegram)
Joseph Kamau of Kenya cruised to a third consecutive victory in the men's marathon with a time of 2:21:56. Miho Ichikawa of Japan won the women's race in 2:41:19.


News From: Monday, October 14, 2002
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach Marathon: Like a coffee break for Kenyan (Long Beach Press Telegram)
Joseph Kamau of Kenya held the lead in the final six miles of the Long Beach Marathon and went on to win in 2:16:46, the second victory in this race for him. Bruce Deacon, a native of Victoria, British Columbia, finished 18 seconds back with a time of 2:17:04.

   Russian rushin' home with first victory at Long Beach Marathon (Long Beach Press Telegram)
Larisa Timchina of Russia won Sunday's Long Beach Marathon in California and pocketed $7,000 along the way. She crossed the tape in 2:36:18. She trained for the race with last year's champ, fellow Russian Lyubov Denisova.


News From: Monday, November 12, 2001
 Long Beach International City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Long Beach Marathon: Time away doesn't slow Kaiser (Press-Telegram)
Eric Kaiser won his first prize in the the wheelchair division of the Long Beach International City Marathon.

  Human Interest Story
   Long Beach Marathon: Daughter's spirit lifts runner (Press-Telegram)
Tom Frost, father of a daughter who was lost in the September 11th terrorist attacks, ran his 17th Long Beach Marathon in her honor.

   Long Beach Marathon: International field spices up race (Press-Telegram)
16 foreign runners helped jazz up this year's Long Beach Marathon thanks to the efforts of marathon president Blair Cohn.



 

Bookmark and Share
 Some Ads










Like MarathonGuide.com on Facebook

Follow @MarathonGdotcom on Twitter


All material Copyright ©2000-2013 Web Marketing Associates (WMA). All rights Reserved.
Please Contact Us for more information.

WMA makes no representations as to the accuracy of information on this site or its suitability for any use. | privacy policy | refund policy