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News From: Monday, November 26, 2012
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kenya's Kimwetich Wins 42KM, Uganda Rules at Kampala Marathon (Kawowo.com)
Kangor Domenic Kimwetich won the Kampala Marathon with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 59 seconds.


News From: Friday, November 23, 2012
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  Human Interest Story
   Tips Ahead of 2012 MTN Kampala Marathon (Kawowo.com)
The Ugandan capital of Kampala will be filled with runners competing in the ninth annual Kampala Marathon on Sunday.

   Besigye in for Kampala Marathon (Kawowo.com)
Retired Colonel Kizza Besigye will run the ninth annual Kampala Marathon on Sunday Morning.


News From: Monday, November 28, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Suuto Reclaims Kampala Marathon Title (Monitor)
Jane Suuto won her third women's title at the Kampala Marathon with a time of 2 hours 47 minutes and 6 seconds.

   Kariuki Reigns Supreme In Kampala Marathon (New Vision)
James Kariuki won the Kampala Maarthon on Sunday while Ugandans swept the 10 kilometer race


News From: Thursday, November 17, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   MTN Kampala Marathon Hits 9,000 In One Week (Kawowo Sports News)
Nine-thousand runners have registered for the Kampala Marathon inside of the first week for a race that kicks off on November 27.


News From: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   3,155 Register For Kampala Marathon As Organizers Overwhelmed On Day One (Kawowo Sports News)
Registration for the ninth annual Kampala Marathon kicked off with more than three-thousand runners registering on day one on over six-thousand expected to be the total at the end of the second day.


News From: Sunday, December 12, 2010
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   Kampala Marathon Winner Disqualified (Sunday Monitor)
Kenyan Donald Sambu will be stripped of his Kampala Marathon title as he was not cleared by Athletics Kenya authorities to compete.


News From: Monday, December 6, 2010
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Inzikuru Shines, Kipsiro Fourth In Kampala Marathon (Daily Monitor)
Daniel Sambu won the Kampala Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 14 seconds.


News From: Saturday, December 4, 2010
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Tuwei, Muttai Back For Kampala Marathon (Daily Monitor)
Kiprop Korir Tuwei and David Kipkosgei Muttai are the clear favorites for the Kampala Marathon which boast twenty leading Kenyans in the elite field

   Moses Kipsiro Expects Win In Kampala Marathon (Sunday Vision)
Moses Kipsiro wants to win the 10K event of the Kampala Marathon while David Mutai will be the man to beat over the 26.2 mile race.


News From: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Kenyans Yearn For Kampala Marathon (New Vision)
A large contingent of Kenyan runners have entered the Kampala Marathon slated for this Sunday.


News From: Sunday, November 28, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   Kampala Marathon Attracts Kenyans (Daily Monitor)
The Kampala Marathon has attracted a large international field with it's prize money structure that runs four spots deep for the December marathon.


News From: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   Large Field For Kampala Marathon (Daily Monitor)
The eighth annual Kampala Marathon is expecting more than twenty-five thousand athletes for the December 5 race.


News From: Monday, September 13, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   News Of Change Of Kampala Marathon Route Welcome (The New Vision)
The Kampala Marathon race organizers have suggested that there might be a new finish line set for the marathon and surrounding events.


News From: Sunday, November 29, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   10,000 Completed Kampala Marathon (Sunday Monitor)
Organizers of the Kampala Marathon stated that more than nineteen-thousand runners registered for the race. Only two-hundred and three finished the marathon with nine-thousand, eight-hundred, and seventy-nine finishing the 10K race.


News From: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kampala Marathon: The Good, Bad and Ugly (Daily Monitor)
While ample space and record numbers highlighted the Kampala Marathon, a milieu ensued as lead runners showed up late for the start and were misdirected along the 10K course. The finish line proved to be a snarl as well.


News From: Sunday, November 22, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Kenyan Beats 17,000 in Kampala Marathon (The New Vision)
David Mutai led the 1-2-3 Kenyan sweep in the Kampala Marathon. Jane Nyambura won the women's marathon against a record crowd of seventeen-thousand in Uganda.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Ugandans Miss Money at Kampala Marathon (The New Vision)
David Mutai won the Kampala Marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 31 seconds to claim the title over seventeen thousand runners.

  Human Interest Story
   Kampala Marathon Still Faces High Hurdles (The New Vision)
The Kampala Marathon is facing high hurdles. Runners were swapped from 10K to the half-marathon and the communications company stated that the lists were compiled "far away".

   The Next Kampala Marathon Can Be Better (The New Vision)
The Kampala Marathon is destined to be one of Africa's leading sports events if the race organizers can separate the courses and allow runners to have their own path during the race.


News From: Friday, November 20, 2009
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   Kampala Marathon on Sunday (Uganda Pulse)
More than seventeen-thousand, five-hundred athletes are expected to compete in the Kampala Marathon on Sunday. Athletes from fifty-two countries are expected to compete in the marathon.

   Drugs Will Be Tested at Kampala Marathon (The New Vision)
Organizers of the Kampala Marathon are maintaining that the race will be scandal free. The Uganda Athletics Federation will be monitoring the course as well as testing athletes for banned substances.


News From: Thursday, November 19, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Athletes Could Miss Kampala Marathon (AllAfrica)
While more than eighteen-thousand athletes are expected at the Kampala Marathon, local athletes may be omitted from the race as the Rwanda Athletics Federation has failed to raise enough money to field a team.


News From: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Security Tight at Kampala Marathon (The New Vision)
An Anti-terrorism police unit will be on sight at the Kampala Marathon this Sunday where more than seventeen-thousand runners are expected to converge on Kololo Airfield.


News From: Thursday, October 29, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Run for Your Life at Kampala Marathon (All Africa)
The Kampala Marathon is just weeks away. A few suggestions for improving your training for the rigors of the race include full body exercises particularly ones the emphasize the legs.

  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Top Runners to Grace Kampala Marathon (KBC)
More than nineteen-thousand runners are expected to run in the Kampala Marathon on the 22 of November. Amos Masai will attempt to defend his title against the 2004 winner Joseph Nsubuga.


News From: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Stars Kibet, Webombesa Return for Kampala Marathon (Daily Monitor)
James Kibet and Catherine Webombesa will return to Kampala to compete in the marathon slated for November 22 which should bring in more than fifteen-thousand competitors.


News From: Monday, October 19, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Kampala Marathon Hits 6000 Mark (The New Vision)
Six-thousand runners registered for the Kampala Marathon in five days. The marathon is capped at fifteen-thousand runners for the November 22 event. The event closed registration last year when the cap of eleven-thousand runners was surpassed by two-hundred.


News From: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
 Kampala Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Kipsiro Registers for MTN Kampala Marathon (The Pulse)
Moses Kipsiro has registered for the MTN Kampala Marathon and joins Dorcus Inzikuru for the race which takes place on November 22 and starts and finishes at the Lugogo Airstrip.


News From: Sunday, October 4, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Uganda Athletics Federation Sets New MTN Kampala Marathon Route (The New Vision)
The Kampala MTN International Marathon is scheduled for November 22 and the Ugandan Athletics Federation has moved the finish of the race to the Kololo Airstrip.


News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Twenty Camp at Iten for Kampala Marathon (The New Vision)
The sixth annual Kampala Marathon is set of November 22. Twenty long distance athletes have moved to Iten, Kenya for altitude training just prior to the event which should bring in around fifteen-thousand runners.


News From: Sunday, November 23, 2008
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Ugandans dominate MTNs Kampala Marathon. (New Vision)
In a race that has been dominated by Kenyans over the past several years, Ugandans were a force to be reckoned with at the Kampala Marathon. The Ugandans claimed five of the six top categories in a field of over ten thousand runners.


News From: Friday, November 21, 2008
 Kampala Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Kampala Marathon figure is 10,800 (New Vision)
The fifth annual Kampala Marathon has exceeded ten thousand runners for the race to be held on Sunday in conjunction with the half-marathon and 10 K. The participation numbers jumped by over four thousand runners from last years number.


News From: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Champs to skip MTN Kampala Marathon (New Vision Online)
The MTN Kampala Marathon will kick off on November 23 with a somewhat absent feeling. Two time champion Isaiah Kosgei and Priscah Jameli of Kenya will not defend their men and women's titles. This will leave the men's field wide open for Joseph Nsubuga who is now the favorite for the overall title in a field of nearly 10,000 participants.


News From: Monday, November 3, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   It’s too late to enter Kampala marathon! (New Vision)
Organizers at the Kampala Marathon closed registration abruptly when the manageable number of participants reached ten thousand. Registration was extended to allow more than 5,000 runners to send in their registration.


News From: Saturday, November 1, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   World Anti-Doping officials to test for drugs in MTN Kampala International Marathon (New Vision Online)
The MTN Kampala International Marathon is set for November 23. Race officials have set out to have members of the World Anti-Doping Federation to randomly test the elite athletes. In order to secure international status with the IAAF, random drug test and official course certification are required.


News From: Monday, September 29, 2008
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Nsubuga to set pace in MTN Kampala Marathon (Daily Monitor)
Joseph Nsubuga will only take part in the MTN Kampala International Marathon as a pacesetter. A silver medalist in last year’s marathon event, Nsubuga is currently in residency training in Kabale District preparing for the World Military Marathon due next month in Italy.


News From: Monday, September 22, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   MTN Kampala Marathon hand over proceeds to Red Cross (Monitor Online)
The Kampala Marathon raises funds for Internationally Displaced People and mothers of refugees. With record numbers, again, expected for this years marathon more money is expected to be given to several charities with the tenth annual version of the race.


News From: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
 Kampala Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Uganda: Uganda Red Cross Society Gets 2007 MTN Marathon Proceeds (All Africa)
Telecommunication firm MTN Uganda fulfilled its pledge towards the Uganda Red Cross Society's Mama Bag Project by giving $34,700 from the 2007 Kampala International Marathon. The proceeds will go to underprivileged areas to help provide adequate child birth conditions.


News From: Friday, November 30, 2007
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Red_Cross_sign_1000_volunteers_for_Kampala_Marathon (Daily Monitor)
The 1000 volunteers for the Dec 9 marathon will consist of six medical doctors, seven physiotherapists, 10 clinical officers, 20 nurses and 207 first aides. Each will placed on the course at several stations to carry out their respective duties. Many volunteers will be asked to help with marshaling runners along the route and aide stations.


News From: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Uganda: Kampala Marathon Organizers Need 1,500 Volunteers. (New Vision of Kampala)
Anticipating a jump from 4000 to 6000 runners, race organizers of the Kampala Marathon in Uganda have started their search for 1500 volunteers for the 42.198 km race which starts in Shoprite Lugogo on December 9.


News From: Friday, November 24, 2006
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Registration Closes for MTN Kampala Marathon (Tribune)
According to Nnenna Irebisi, Media and Relationship, MarketingMix, registration officially ended with the organisers of the event, AFN, and the sponsor, MTN, rolling out plans to commence the distribution of kits.


News From: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   12 Days to MTN Marathon - More Foreigners Confirm Participation (All Africa)
Detail of some athletes who will participate.


News From: Sunday, November 19, 2006
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kenyans Dominate MTN Kampala Marathon (New Vision)
Over 3,700 runners from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya and host Uganda took part in the race. Isaiah Kosgei won the men’s title.

   Uganda's Suto Wins Kampala Marathon (New Vision)
Top race results and comments


News From: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
 Kampala Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   33 Foreigners Due for MTN Kampala Marathon (All Africa)
The event scheduled for Sunday November 19, has attracted a total of 33 foreign athletes of whom 25 are Kenyans, five are from Rwanda and the rest Tanzanians.


News From: Sunday, November 12, 2006
 Kampala Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   MTN Kampala Marathon Needs Total Support (New Vision)
The marathon can only be kept on the IAAF calendar if it is well organised. Ugandans should remember that IAAF will be watching.


News From: Monday, September 18, 2006
 Kampala Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Inzzi Enters MTN Kampala Marathon (New Vision)
Inzikuru skipped last year’s marathon, having won the 10km race at the first edition in 2004. “I will run in the 10km event. It is the only way I can encourage other runners to also take up athletics.”


News From: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
 Kampala Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   MTN marathon paints Kampala city yellow (The Daily Monitor)
Approximately 2000 people took part in the half-day annual MTN Kampala Marathon, branding the city yellow.



 

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