| News From: Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Results
(Courier-Journal)
Getachew Asfaw won the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 50 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Security Stepped up for Kentucky Derby Festival
(Courier-Journal)
More than sixteen-thousand runners and walkers will be welcomed by an increased security force at Saturday's Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Jynocet Basweti Wins 2012 Derby Festival Marathon
(Courier Journal)
Jynocet Basweti won the Kentucky Derby Marathon with a time of 2hours 23 minutes and 4 seconds.
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Hometown Champion: Louisville's Amy Doolittle-Crider Wins Derby Festival Marathon
(Courier-Journal)
Amy Doolittle-Crider Won the women's division of the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon under ideal conditions.
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| News From: Monday, August 8, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Expands Field
(Courier-Journal)
The 2012 Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon has expanded the total field size from fifteen-thousand up to eighteen-thousand for the marathon and the mini-marathon.
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| News From: Friday, August 5, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon And Mini-Marathon Registration Opening In August
(WAVE3.com)
Registration for the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon will open on August 8 and race organizers have expanded the field to accept 18,000 runners.
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| News From: Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Racing Out Of Hebron, KY., Kenyan And Ethiopian Win Derby Festival Marathons
(Courier Journal)
Peter Kemboi won the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 59 seconds.
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| News From: Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Chair Is Marathon Man
(Courier-Journal)
James Hillebrand is the chair for the 2011 Kentucky Dervy Festival and will run in the mini-marathon on April 30 just one week from the Kentucky Derby. He will be the first chairman to do so.
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| News From: Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Filling Up Fast
(FOX41.com)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon has less than 150 registration slots available out of the fifteen-thousand slots initially offered.
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| News From: Friday, February 4, 2011 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Changes Course
(Courier-Journal)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and half-marathon has made a course change that will eliminate the Iroquois Park hills that thwart many a good runners time.
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| News From: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Walmart Renews Sponsorship Of Derby Festival Marathon, MiniMarathon
(Courier-Journal)
For the third year in a row Walmart will serve as presenting sponsor for the 2011 Derby Festival Marathon and Minimarathon.
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| News From: Friday, July 2, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Registration Begins For 2011 Derby Festival Marathon Runs
(WHAS11.com)
The Kentucky Derby Marathon Festival opened online registration on July first for the 2011 running events.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Charities Raise $255,033 Through Derby Festival Marathon, Mini
(Courier Journal)
The Kentucky Derby Festival has more than doubled it's charity giving from the 2010 marathon and mini from the 2009 donation.
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| News From: Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Korir Wins Mini, Martin The Marathon
(Courier-Journal)
Timothy Martin won the Kentucky Derby Festival with a time of 2 hours 29 minutes and 42 seconds which bested more than fifteen thousand runners.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Signups Closed For Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon
(WFPL.com)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and mini-marathon have reached capacity for the 2010 races. More than thirteen-thousand will race in the half-marathon and nearly three-thousand will participate in the marathon
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| News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Marathon, MiniMarathon Runners Urged To Register
(FOX41.com)
The Kentucky Derby Festival has a cap of fifteen-thousand participants and there are few than one-thousand slots left. The races are slated for April 24th.
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| News From: Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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With Kentucky Derby Festival's Marathon, Mini Coming Up, It's Time To Start Training
(Courier-Journal)
The Kentucky Derby Marathon Festival kicks off on April 24 and training opportunities seem to be everywhere. Recommendations included checking with your doctor and doing some preventative measures to stave off injuries.
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| News From: Friday, August 21, 2009 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Derby Festival Race Registration Open, Already Exceeds 1000 Entrants
(WHAS)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon has already eclipsed the one-thousand runner mark and race officials expect that it will reach the twelve-thousand runner capacity well before the April 23 race date.
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| News From: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Wal-Mart to Return as Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Sponsor
(Business First)
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated has renewed its contract with the Kentucky Derby Festival Road Races that will be held on April 24, 2010. Over twelve-thousand runners are expected to participate in the marathon and half-marathon.
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| News From: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Baxter Springs Art Teacher Does Well in First Marathon
(Joplin Globe)
Baxter Springs art teacher Travis Avery finished in 12th place, running the 26-mile course in three hours, 11 minutes, nine seconds. It was Averys first marathon.
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| News From: Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Danny Fisher wins Kentucky Derby Marathon
(The Courier-Journal)
Danny Fisher, 26, of Columbus Indiana won the Kentucky Derby Festival with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes and 32 seconds. Ryan Althaus was nearly 3 minutes behind Fisher to claim second place.
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| News From: Monday, April 6, 2009 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Registration closes for Kentucky Derby Festival marathon, mini-marathon
(Business First)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon has closed off registration after reaching the cap of 12,000 registrants.
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| News From: Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Korir cruises to victory in miniMarathon
(Louisville Courier Journal)
While Wesley Korir, former University of Louisville cross country All-American, won the Derby Festival miniMarathon in 1:05:18; Kenyan marathon runner Hilary Lelei won the marathon in in 2:21:31, while Charles Kiplagat was second in 2:22:50 and Birhanu Wukaw third in 2:28:32. In the women's race Nadezhda Tuptova won the marathon in 2:48:02 and Larisa Mikhaylova was runner-up just 15 seconds behind. Debbie Arzola came in third with a 2:56:13.
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| News From: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Derby Marathon, miniMarathon reach cap of 12,000 runners
(Business First)
The Kentucky Derby Marathon and Half Marathon have filled to the breaking point of 12,000 participants. The race received entries from 47 states and at least 9 countries. Organizers felt that a cap of 12,000 was due in order to maintain an appropriate infrastructure for the safety of all runners and adequate supplies for all participants.
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| News From: Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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11,000 Enter Derby Festival Marathon
(WLKY)
Overall comments on teh race.
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| News From: Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Kentucky Derby Festival Races Grow to 10,000
(The Courier-Journal)
More than 1,100 plan to challenge the marathon. Information on the marathon and viewing spots is given.
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| News From: Saturday, March 31, 2007 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Limited Spots Remain for Derby Festival Races
(The Courier-Journal)
Nearly 9,000 runners have registered, and entries are guaranteed for 10,000 participants.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Derby Festival names new chairman
(Business First)
Roy A. Potts has been elected as the chairman for the 2007 Derby Festival Marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, April 30, 2006 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Kenya's Njeru captures fourth straight Kentucky Derby Marathon
(Courier-Journal)
Charles Njeru's streak of wins is uniterupted at the Kentucky Derby Marathon.
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| News From: Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Team up and tackle Derby Festival marathon
(Courier-Journal)
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon is working out the details of adding a 5-person rely to their race events.
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| News From: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Derby Marathon: New Route To Keep Runners Off Broadway
(The Louisville Channel.Com)
The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Derby Festival Marathon is expecting more than 1,200 runners for the 26-mile event, but this year it has changed route due to an art fair scheduled to happen at the same time, in the same street. The race has been rerouted and will now head east toward the Highlands on Breckinridge Street instead of Broadway.
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| News From: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Derby Festival Marathon Route Changed Slightly
(The Courier-Journal)
Organizers for this year's Kentuky Derby Marathon had to re-map their route due to the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair that happens at the same time and place. Traffic was a disaster last year, so this year organizers changed the route to go down different streets, and it was much more simple a task than they thought it would be. The race takes place during the weekend of the Kentuky Derby in the springtime, when folks really just want to be able to enjoy themselves without the sound of traffic.
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| News From: Saturday, April 27, 2002 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
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Sweeps show good things come in 3s at Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon
(Louisville Courier-Journal)
For the third year in a row, a Kenyan man has won the Country Music Marathon in Nashville, TN. Jackson Chebet won in 2:18:59.
James Mutuse of Richmond won Saturday's Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon in 2:20:03, giving him a Triple Crown road racing victory the spring.
The same was true for the first place women's finisher, Christina Wells of Owensboro, who finished in 2:45:25; and Chad Johnson of Palmyra, Ind., who took the wheelchair division in the mini-marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, February 17, 2002 |
| | Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon |
| | Training/ Health |
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Kentucky Derby Marathon: Race training takes time, concentration
(Courier-Journal)
Advice for those thinking of training for a marathon.
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