| News From: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Local Runners Win at Grand Rapids Marathon
(Holland Sentinel)
David Mart won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 55 seconds.
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| News From: Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
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Runners Enjoy Cool Weather, Sunshine During Fan-Friendly Grand Rapids Marathon
(MLive.com)
Great weather greeted runners during the Grand Rapids Marathon.
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Pair of Lakeshore Runners Beat the Field at the Grand Rapids Marathon Sunday
(MLive.com)
David Mart won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 56 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
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More than 4,000 Runners to Participate in Grand Rapids Marathon Sunday. Are You One of Them?
(MLive.com)
The Grand Rapids Marathon kicks off this Sunday with more than four-thousand expected to participate in the marathon, half-marathon, or relay.
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| News From: Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
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Grand Rapids Marathon Attracts Runners Around The World
(WZZM13.com)
The Grand Rapids Marathon will kick off this weekend with events expected to draw more than five-thousand runners from 35 states and five countries
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Flower Power Will Bloom For First Time In Grand Rapids Marathon
(MLive.com)
Hundreds of women runners will flock to the Grand Rapids Marathon this weekend adorned with flowers as part of the Fellow Flowers club.
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| News From: Monday, October 17, 2011 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Grand Rapids Marathon Champion Justin Gillette Not Slowing Down After 17th Race In 2011
(Grand Rapids Press)
Justin Gillette won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 44 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Run Thru The Rapids, Grand Rapids Marathon Official Join Forces For Running Weekend
(Grand Rapids Press)
Race organizers of the Run Thru The Rapids and the Grand Rapids Marathon will link their events this weekend as the new Run Thru Apple Country and eighth annual Grand Rapids Marathon take place Saturday and Sunday respectively.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Texas Couple To Get Married While Running Grand Rapids Marathon
(Grand Rapids Press)
Stephen Strasser will marry Che Morris will wed at mile 10 of the Grand Rapids Marathon and then finish the final 16 miles as husband and wife.
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| News From: Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Carman-Ainsworth Grad Nick Zendler Wins Grand Rapids Marathon
(Flint Journal)
Nick Zendler won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 27 seconds.
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| News From: Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Grand Rapids Marathon Keeping Pace With Growth Without Losing Small-Town Feel
(MLive.com)
Nine-hundred and thirty runners registered for the first Grand Rapids Marathon. The race has grown since 2004 but not lost its hometown feel.
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Ex-West Catholic Star Katie Jazwinski Wins Grand Rapids Marathon, Qualifies For Olympic Trials
(MLive.com)
Nick Zendler won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 27 seconds.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Grand Rapids Marathon Brings Family Together
(Grand Rapids Press)
Amy Kornoelje is bringing the whole family together for the Grand Rapids Marathon after her father was diagnosed wtih a form of blood cancer.
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Don Kern Excited About Grand Rapids Marathon; WJRW To Air The Race Live On Sunday
(MLive.com)
WJRW will air the Grand Rapids Marathon live from 7 to 11 am on Sunday
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| News From: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Next Challenge : Sunday's Grand Rapids Marathon
(Lansing State Journal)
Matt Scott has dropped about 100 pounds of weight and will take on the weighty challenge of the Grand Rapids Marathon this weekend.
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| News From: Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Runner Uses Friend's Dying Wishes as Inspiration in Grand Rapids Marathon
(MLive.com)
John Grzybek will run the Grand Rapids Marathon with the hope of finally qualifying for the famed Boston Marathon. Grzybek has tried three times to qualify. The loss of his friend Jim Welch on Friday to leukemia will provided a little boost of motivation.
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Jeff Scovill and Hannah Norton top fields at Grand Rapids Marathon
(MLive.com)
Jeff Scovill won the Grand Rapids Marathon with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 14 seconds while Hannah Norton took home top honors in the women's marathon with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 51 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Doctor Inspires Running Partner to Join Him in Grand Rapids Marathon
(The Grand Rapids Press)
Trejo Soledad will run the Grand Rapids Marathon on Sunday as her third marathon in twenty-two days. Raymond Gomez, a physician, inspired Soledad to run marathon and has joined her on her three marathon journey.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Runners Prepare for the Metro Health Marathon in Grand Rapids
(WZZM13.com)
The Metro Health Marathon will kick off at the Downtown Grand Rapids YMCA this Sunday. The 26.2 mile race is West Michigan's largest marathon and interest has grown every year.
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| News From: Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
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Greutman, Becker win Grand Rapids Marathon
(The Grand Rapids Press)
Ryan Greutman of South Bend, Indiana, and Janet Becker of Grand Rapids were the men's and women's marathon winners in Sunday's 5th annual Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon. Greutman, 30, was the overall winner in a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 43 seconds, which enabled him to beat out Josh Miller of Rockford who ran 2 hours 32 minutes and 37 seconds. Greutman's time was a new course record, breaking the mark of 2:31:47 set last year by Chuck Engle of Dublin, Ohio.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon
(NBC 25)
The Grand Rapids Marathon is slated for October 18 and race diretor, Don Kern, has added some innovations to this years event. The lifetime entry program, Kids Marathon, and movie showing the night before the marathon are among the attractions to the weekend events.
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| News From: Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon Has Special Meaning For Cancer Survivors
(The Grand Rapids Press)
Each of the 3,000-plus competitors in Sunday's Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon brought a story of conquest and triumph. But no story was more compelling than those told and shown by cancer survivors.
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Grand Rapids Marathon Winner Gets Help From Above
(The Grand Rapids Press)
Chuck Engle set a new course record at the Grand Rapids Marathon with some heavenly help.
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Ohio Native Engle Wins Grand Rapids Marathon in Record Time
(The Grand Rapids Press)
Chuck Engle won the 4 edition of the Grand Rapids marathon shattering the old course record by over one minute.
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Hundreds Flock To GR For Marathon
(WorldNow)
Runners from across the country flocked to Downtown Grand Rapids, ready to hit the open road.
Organizers say it was a massive turnout on the heels of the Chicago Marathon that was a fiasco for so many.
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| News From: Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
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Father, Daughter Prepped For Grand Rapids Marathon
(Kalamazoo Gazette)
Tim Kling was looking for something he and his daughter, Kayla, could do together for fun and one day it hit him -- marathon running.
Well, it wasn't like a lightning bolt idea out of nowhere.
Kayla, 17, had taken up running for the Allegan High School track team in 2006 and Tim, 47, decided to start running along with her.
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| News From: Sunday, October 29, 2006 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Sudan Native Will Run In Cold Of Grand Rapids Marathon
(M Live)
Rather than get outdoors to train for his first marathon, Ayor spent 30 or more miles a week running in place on a treadmill to get ready.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rookie Runner to Tackle Grand Rapids Marathon
(Grand Rapids Press)
Comments on Jack Terpstra's training for the race, which will be his first road run.
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| News From: Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Grand Rapids Marathon Moms Keep on the Run
(M Live)
Article on participants in the marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, October 23, 2005 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Grand Rapids Marathon back with More than 1,000 Runners
(M Live)
Article on the Grand Rapids Marathon, which doesn't cater almost exclusively to the elite runners. It caters to everyone, which is the proper way to do it, because there aren't a lot of elite runners out there.
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| News From: Sunday, October 31, 2004 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Grand Rapids race special for marathon veteran
(Grand Rapids Press)
In the past 20 years Ken Vanderberg has competed in 47 marathons. The Grand Rapids Marathon will mark the first he runs with his two sons.
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| News From: Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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For this teacher, Grand Rapids Marathon next step on a journey of recovery
(Grand Rapids Press)
Cancer survivor Amy Roberts runs the Grand Rapids Marathon to celebrate goals achieved thirteen months after being declared cancer free.
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| News From: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Inaugural Grand Rapids Marathon hitting its stride
(Grand Rapids Press)
Close to 500 runners have signed up for the inaugural Grand Rapids Marathon on October 31st.
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| News From: Sunday, June 13, 2004 |
| | Grand Rapids Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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New marathon coming to Grand Rapids in October
(Grand Rapids Press)
Don Kern and running partner Shawn Sweet are organizing the Grand Rapids Marathon to take place in the new Millenium Park on October 31. Grand Rapids has hosted a marathon. The Grand Valley State Marathon was held thirty years ago and the Greater Grand Rapids Marathon ran for two years in the late 1980s.
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