| News From: Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
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Runners Says London Marathon was Hardest Challenge
(Evesham Observer)
Warren Mantle finished the London Marathon in 3 hours and 26 minutes as he raises money for Children with Cancer UK.
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London Marathon Duo are Record Breakers
(Largs and Millport News)
Alan and Emma Blair ran in the London Marathon to raise awareness for Cardiac Risk in the Young. They aimed to set a record as the fastest marathon dressed as an internal organ.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon not a Sprint: Mo Farah Targets London 2014 Win After Controversial Weekend 'Taster'
(Mirror.co.uk)
Mo Farah is excited about mixing it up with the lead pack of the London Marathon runners next year after a controversial first-half marathon run at the 2013 London race.
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Farah Targets London Marathon Record
(ICScotland.co.uk)
Mo Farah will mark his marathon debut at the 2014 London Marathon and hopes to add to his growing collection of British long-distance records.
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| News From: Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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London Marathon Winners Erase Olympic Setbacks
(TVNZ.co.nz)
Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo won their respective divisions in the London Marathon and erased the disappointment each experienced in last years London Olympic games.
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| News From: Sunday, April 21, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Mo Farah 'Learns Lesson' in London Marathon as Kebede and Jeptoo Win
(Guardian.co.uk)
Mo Farrah just made the start of the London Marathon and made a mess of the drink stand. Priscah Jeptoo won the race in just over 2 hours and 20 minutes
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Sleepy Farah Runs Late for London Marathon
(Belfast Telegraph)
Mo Farah nearly missed his starting time to run the first half of the London Marathon as he slept in.
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Kebede Wins London Marathon Amid Tight Security
(Times Online)
Tsegaye Kebede won his second London Marathon title with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 4 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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London Organizers to Raise $100K for Boston Victims Fund
(Race Results Weekly)
rganizers of Sunday's Virgin London Marathon here have
committed to raise approximately USD 100,000 for victims of Monday's bombing
at the Boston Marathon. The London Marathon Trust will donate £2 for every
finisher of Sunday's race to the newly established Boston One Fund which was
created to help victims and which has already topped USD 10 million
according to the Boston Herald newspaper.
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Security at London Marathon Bolstered
(New York Times)
Scotland Yard has increased the number of officers assigned to guard the London Marathon on Sunday. The London Marathon will be the first international race held since the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.
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| News From: Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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'I'm in Better Shape than Last Year,' says Gelana
(lrn.london-marathon.com)
Olympic champion Tiki Gelena is claiming that she in 'in better shape than last year' as she faces one of the fastest marathon fields ever assembled.
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Kiplagat Plans to Make it Third Time Lucky at London Marathon
(LRN.london-marathon.com)
Edna Kiplagat has enjoyed an ever improving time and pace at the London Marathon and hopes that her third time at the race will yield a perfect finish and a personal record of 2 hours and 19 minutes.
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Gelana Reboots In London After NYC Cancellation
(Race Results Weekly)
Tiki Gelana came to New York last November for the ING
New York City Marathon as the newly crowned Olympic Marathon champion and
record holder, and she was ready to race. Under her coach, Getaneh Tessema,
she had successfully restarted her training after her Olympic victory in
August and was ready to run her third marathon of the year, the final stop
for the 2011/2012 World Marathon Majors series.
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Farah Says London Halfway Run Was Easy Decision
(Race Results Weekly)
Mo Farah faced perhaps the largest pre-race assembly of
reporters to attend a Virgin London Marathon press conference since Paula
Radcliffe's heyday, and said his decision to run only half the race here
Sunday was an easy one.
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World Record the Target for the World's Best Field at London Marathon
(LRN.london-marathon.com)
The world's fastest marathon field will converge on the streets of London this weekend with the high hopes of setting a new marathon world record.
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| News From: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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'London Feels Like Home,' Says Olympic Champion Kiprotich
(LRN.london-marathon.com)
Stephen Kiprotich and Britains Mo Farah, both Olympic Champions, will experience the London Marathon this Sunday for the first time. Both consider London home.
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'We will run free and safe,' says Kipsang
(London Marathon)
2012 London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang says that the 2013 participants plan on running their own race, despite any residual fears from the incidents at the 2013 Boston Marathon
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David Bedford to Start the 2013 Virgin London Marathon
(London Marathon)
Former race director David Bedford will be the official starter at this year's Virgin London Marathon.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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London Marathon to go Ahead After Boston Bombings
(Boston Herald)
London race organizers in a show of "solidarity" will host their marathon on Sunday despite the threat of terrorism.
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London Marathon to Observe a Period of Silence
(London Marathon)
Before the 2013 London Marathon commences, there will be a 30 second moment of silence in honor of the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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Chris Finill: An Extraordinary Ever-present
(London Marathon)
To have run every London Marathon since 1981 is an achievement worthy of praise, but to have accomplished that feat under three hours on every occasion marks Chris Finill out as a special runner indeed.
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Freya Ross Drops Out with a Hip Injury
(London Marathon)
Freya Ross has withdrawn from the 2013 Virgin London Marathon with an injury to her right hip.
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| News From: Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Lel Withdraws with Hamstring Injury
(London Marathon)
Former champion Martin Lel has bowed out of the 2013 event with a leg injury.
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| News From: Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Clitheroe's marathon hopes floored by flu
(London Marathon)
Helen Clitheroe has been forced to pull out of this year's Virgin London Marathon after a bout of flu in March meant she missed too many important training sessions.
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Sotherton takes the long road to redemption
(London Marathon)
Elite British athlete Kelly Sotherton has endured her fair share of painful experiences over the years. But Sotherton isn't done with pain yet, for next Sunday (21 April) she will put herself through the unique hurt that comes from running the London Marathon, fulfilling a promise she made six years ago to teammate Donna Fraser.
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Kipsang and Co - the Greatest Ever Field
(London Marathon)
2012 winner Wilson Kipsang returns and leads quite possibly the greatest field of men's marathoners ever assembled.
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Kirui and Silva drop out with stress fractures
(London Marathon)
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Kirui and Silva drop out with stress fractures
12 April 2013
Men's world champion Abel Kirui and Portuguese runner Rui Silva have both been forced to withdraw from the Virgin London Marathon next Sunday, 21 April, with stress fractures.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Kabuu Withdraws from London Marathon
(Captial FM Sports)
Lucy Kabuu, one of the favorites for the 2013 London Marathon, has withdrawn from the marathon citing a lack of recovery from her lifetime best of sixty-six minutes and nine seconds at her last half-marathon.
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Women's review: Gelana returns for more London glory
(London Marathon)
Eight months after winning Olympic gold in London last August, Tiki Gelana will be back in the British capital on Sunday 21 April seeking to become the first Ethiopian to win the women's London Marathon title since Derartu Tulu in 2001.
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| News From: Monday, April 8, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Prince Harry to present London Marathon prizes
(London Marathon)
Prince Harry will present the winners' medals and prizes at the finish of the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, it was announced today by St James's Palace.
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| News From: Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Injury and illness force Kabuu and Tsuchida out
(London Marathon)
Lucy Kabuu has been forced to withdraw from the women's field for the Virgin London Marathon on 21 April because of tendonitis in her right Achilles.
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| News From: Monday, April 1, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Kiprotich Sacrifices Festivity for Training
(New Vision)
Stephen Kiprotich will skip Easter holiday festivities in favor of training to defend his London Marathon title set to start on April 21
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| News From: Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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London Marathon's Greatest Winners: Who was the Fastest?
(Mirror.co.uk)
The fastest times in the marathon running world have largely been earned at the London Marathon. The women's world record was set on the famed course in 2005 by Paula Radcliffe with a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 42 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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World's Best Eye New Marathon Record in London
(Global Post)
Kenya's top marathon runners say that the marathon world record has a great chance of being broken on April 21 in London with the top eleven elite male runners all with marathon bests under 2 hours and 6 minutes.
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Kenya: Kirui Eyes Mark at London Marathon
(All Africa.com)
Abel Kirui plans to use the world stage at the London Marathon to shatter the marathon world record of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds set by Patrick Makau in 2011
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| News From: Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Top 10 Tips for the London Marathon
(Metro.co.uk)
Some of the basics for conquering the London Marathon include maintaining hydration and energy levels. Other advice includes winding down as the date of the marathon approaches.
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| News From: Saturday, February 16, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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In Unusual Move, Farah to Run First Half of London Marathon
(Race Results Weekly)
The double gold medalist will start and run the first half of the 2013 London Marathon.
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| News From: Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon Record Could go in London, Says Kipsang.
(Chicago Tribune)
Wilson Kipsang, who won the 2012 London Marathon and was the Olympic bronze medalist believes the marathon world record could fall in one of the strongest fields ever assembled.
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| News From: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Makau Plans a Major Assault on His World Record at London Marathon
(Daily Nation)
Patrick Makau, 25, hopes to improve on his world record marathon time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds at the London Marathon on April 21
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| News From: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Keitany out of London Title Defense
(Capital FM Sports)
Mary Keitany will not defend her London Marathon title this coming April as she does not feel she is in the right shape.
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Big Names Expected to Compete at London Marathon in April
(Standard Digital)
This year's edition of the London Marathon will feature world-record holders, gold medalists, world champions and world marathon majors. Kenya will be sending three of it's best marathon runners.
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Marathon Death: Coroner Warns of Danger of Legal Stimulants
(The Telegraph)
Claire Squires collapsed just short of the finish line of the London Marathon. She had purchased a popular powder supplement that she may have taken to boost her performance.
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| News From: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Wounded Makau Targets London, Moscow
(Capital FM Weekly)
Patrick Makau has become one of the most revered distance runners in the world. He hopes to return to London in 2013 to his unfinished business as he did not finish the race in 2012
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| News From: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon's Greatest Moment, 17 Days After Start
(This Is Leicestershire)
Claire Lomas used a robotic suit to finish the London Marathon a mere 17 days after the start of the race.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Marthon Man Cooray Strides Into Olympics
(Bucks Herald)
Anuradha Cooray ran the London Marathon in 2 hours 17 minutes and 50 seconds to earn his spot at the London Olympics in August.
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Claire Squires: London Marathon Runner Who Died 'Suffered From Heart Conditon'
(Huffington Post)
Claire Squires collapsed and died less than a mile from the finish line of the London Marathon sparking a landslide of over one-million dollars in charity giving. She was diagnosed with an irregular heart beat but that didn't stop her fundraising effort
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Marthon Man Cooray Strides Into Olympics
(Bucks Herald)
Anuradha Cooray ran the London Marathon in 2 hours 17 minutes and 50 seconds to earn his spot at the London Olympics in August.
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| News From: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Kenya Confirms Marathon Dominance
(All Africa)
Kenya should dominate once again in the Olympic Marathon race this summer. The Kenyan runners took five of the top six places in the London Marathon for the second year in a row.
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Donations For Tragic Marathon Woman Top 790,000 Pounds
(Sky News)
Donations made to the Samaritan foundation have skyrocketed since the news of Clair Squires death while running the London Marathon and raising funds for the charity.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| | London Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Claire Squires Ran For Samaritan In Memory Of Dead Brother
(Telegraph.co.uk)
Donations to the Samaritan charity have been flooding in to honor the death of Claire Squires who died less than one mile from the London Marathon finish line. She was running in honor of her brother who took his own life in a drug overdose.
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