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News From: Monday, May 27, 2013
 Vermont City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Westover Earns Her Sixth Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Heidi Westonver won her sixth Vermont City Marathon title with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 2 seconds.


News From: Sunday, May 26, 2013
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Chris Zablocki Wins Vermont City Marathon (Republican American)
Chris Zablocki won the Vermont City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 25 seconds.


News From: Friday, May 24, 2013
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  Human Interest Story
   Weather Brings Challenges for Runners in Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Low humidity and cooler temperatures are in the forecast for this weekend's Vermont City Marathon.


News From: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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  Human Interest Story
   Burlington, Vt., Looks Forward to 25th City Marathon (NECN.com)
RunVermont hosted the unofficial kickoff of the silver anniversary of the Vermont City Marathon with FirstRun held on January 1.


News From: Monday, May 28, 2012
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  Human Interest Story
   Record Number Of Hospital Trips Mar Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Race-temperatures continued to climb at the Vermont City Marathon sending a record eight people to Fletcher Allen Health Care, three with heat stroke.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Joshua Ferenc Posts Vermont States Fastest Time (Burlington Free Press)
Joshua Ferenc was the fastest Vermont resident to cross the finish line of the Vermont City Marathon and earned $500 for his effort.

   Matt Pelletier Returns To Win Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Matt Pelletier returned to the top spot of the Vermont City Marathon after two knee surgeries and a three-year hiatus. He broke the tape with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes and 30 seconds.

   Kasie Enman Delivers Home State's First Vermont City Women's Win (Burlington Free Press)
Kasie Enman won the women's division of the Vermont City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and 13 seconds.


News From: Saturday, May 26, 2012
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  Human Interest Story
   Runners Ready in the Rain for the 25th Burlington Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Rainy and cool weather greeted runners for the twenty-fifth annual Vermont city Marathon.


News From: Friday, March 30, 2012
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  Human Interest Story
   Travelers Insurance Will Sponsor Vermont City Marathon Relays (Free Press.com)
The Vermont City Marathon has added a new sponsor for the marathon relays in Travelers Insurance.


News From: Thursday, September 29, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Registration Moved Up (Burlington Free Press)
The Vermont City Marathon will kick off registration one month earlier than past races. Registration for the 2012 race begins at 6 am on October 3.


News From: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Area Runner Claims Fifth Vermont City Marathon (New Hampshire Sentinel Source)
Heidi Westover won her fifth title in the Vermont City Marathon on Sunday in Burlington Vermont.


News From: Sunday, May 29, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Massachusetts Man, New Hampshire Woman Win Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Dan Vassallo won the Vermont City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds.


News From: Thursday, May 26, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Finances Healthy In Hard Times (Burlington Free Press)
The wet weather will hamper runners and participation this weekend at the Vermont City Marathon despite the the marathon and the half-marathon being sold out with over eight-thousand runners signed up.


News From: Thursday, May 19, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Route Likely Needs Only Minor Changes (Burlington Free-Press)
Organizers of the Vermont City Marathon will make minor changes to the course in response to record-breaking flooding that has surged onto parts of the marathon course.


News From: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Course In Flux (Burlington Free Press.)
Erosion along the Perkins Pier due to flooding will cause a detour along the Vermont City Marathon course which takes place on May 29.


News From: Monday, February 7, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   RunVermont Has Open Call For Marathon Poster Design (Vermont Free Press)
The Vermont City Marathon is hoping to lure amateur and professional artists into a competition for their marathon poster design and will make a one-thousand dollar contribution to the winning artists charity of choice.


News From: Thursday, October 28, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   Registration Opens Monday For The 23rd Annual Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
The Vermont City Marathon filled all three-thousand, six-hundred slots for the 2020 marathon and registration for the 2011 race opens at 6 am on Monday.


News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Crews Cruises To Another Title (Burlington Free Press)
John Crews won the Vermont City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 51 seconds.

   Westerling Westover Defends Her Title (Burlington Free Press)
Heidi Westerling Westover became the first four-time winner of the Vermont City Marathon when she won the women's division with a time of 2 hours 40 minutes and 3 seconds


News From: Saturday, May 29, 2010
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Vermont City Marahton Brings In The Ringers For 22nd Edition (Rutland Herald- Times Argus)
The Vermont City Marathon has upped the anti for the defending champion John Crews. Race organizers have added numbers and talent to the invited runners list for 2010

   Defending Marathon Champs Run For Repeat At Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
John Crews and Heidi Westerling are hoping to defend their titles at the Vermont City Marathon on Sunday Morning.


News From: Friday, May 28, 2010
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   Vermont Marathoners Prepare For Heat (Burlington Free Press)
Nearly eight-thousand runners are preparing for the heat in the Vermont City Marathon that could reach eighty-five degrees on Sunday for the 26.2 mile race.


News From: Thursday, May 27, 2010
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   Vermont Hit With Record High Temperatures (NECN)
Temperatures surged in the nineties in Burlington Vermont just days before the Vermont City Marathon which will take place in Burlington. Cooler temps could reach the area by marathon race start.


News From: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon director to be honored (Burlington Free Press)
Andrea Sisino, the longtime director of the Vermont City Marathon, will receive the Vermont Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association's Ralph Lapointe Award on Sunday.


News From: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Crews embraces Vermont City Marathon victory (Burlington Free Press)
John Crews won the Vermont City Marathon in 2 hours 19 minutes and 30 seconds. His victory forced Michael Wardian of Arlington Virginia to settle for his fifth consecutive runner-up position at the Vermont City Marathon.

  Human Interest Story
   Youngest Vermont City marathoner breaks away to finish strong (Burlington Free Press)
Bill Carroll pulled away from his 44 year-old father at the Vermont city marathon to become the youngest finisher of the race and he did so with a time of 4 hours 17 minutes and 54 seconds.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Westerling does it once again at Vermont City (The Rutland Herald)
The rain soaked first half of the Vermont City Marathon helped Heidi Westerling make up for her lackluster performance last year by winning her third overall woman's marathon title this year with a record time of 2 hours 38 minutes and 32 seconds.


News From: Monday, May 25, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   'It's just an amazing feat' (Burlington Free Press)
Light rain guided runners through the streets of the Vermont City marathon. The overcast and rainy day provided the full marathon runners with a respite from the heat that seemed to be invading some of the lower states.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Westerling blows away field, record at Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Heidi Westerling, 28, put her mark on the Vermont City Marathon on Sunday by smashing the course record with a time of 2 hours, 35 minutes and 2 seconds. Westerling faded in the 2008 marathon and vowed to come back and run faster.

   Thousands flock to Vermont City Marathon (Rutland Herald)
Cool weather and raining conditions allowed Heidi Westerling to smash the marathon course record at the Vermont City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 2 seconds. The men's race came down to the final mile kick in the homestretch with John Crews running 2 hours 19 minutes and 31 seconds to Michael Wardian's 2 hours 21 minutes and 9 seconds.


News From: Saturday, May 23, 2009
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Records, rain fall in Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
John Crews, Raleigh, beat five time runner-up Michael Wardian, Arlington by less than a minute at the 21st Vermont City Marathon. The women's overall winner smashed the course record with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes 3 seconds.


News From: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Executive Director To Retire After 17 years (Burlington Free Press)
Andrea Sisino, Executive Director of RunVermont, the parent organization of the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon is leaving her position at the end of 2008 after seventeen years. Sisino has led the transformation of the Vermont City Marathon as a race and as functioning organization as well as set up training camps and youth programs for local runners. The RunVermont Board of Directors is conducting a search to fill the Executive Director’s role.


News From: Saturday, May 31, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon runner recovers from collapse (The Burlington Free Press)
When Vermont City Marathon competitor Hardin Watkins woke up early Monday in the Intensive Care Unit, his first question was if he finished the race. In his eighth Vermont City Marathon, Watkins suffered from heat stroke as his internal body temperature hit 108.5 degrees after he collapsed fifty yards from the finish line. Watkins who finished in a 5:06:43 was fortunate to have been close to medical help when he collapsed.


News From: Sunday, May 25, 2008
 Vermont City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Pelletier wins third at Vermont City; Chewolo tops Westerling (The Rutland Herald)
Matt Pelletier accomplished his three-peat in the men's race in a 2:20:44. Michael Wardian once again took second in 2:23:28 while Hilary Lelei in his first year racing the Vermont City Marathon came in third at 2:24:27. Caroline Chemwolo outsprinted Atalelech Asfaw to win the women's race in 2:47:38. Asfaw finished eight seconds behind in 2:47:46 and two-time defending champion Heidi Westerling was a disappointing third in 2:50:00.


News From: Friday, May 23, 2008
 Vermont City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Two Kenyans will challenge for Vermont City Marathon crowns (Burlington Free Press)
Last minute additions of two Kenyan runners to the invited field may affect the outcome of the 2008 Vermont City Marathon. Hilary Lelei and Caroline Chemwolo have been added to the field of about three dozen invited runners. Lelei with a personal best of 2L14 and a marathon victory last month in Kentucky will challenge two-time champion Matt Pelletier and Michael Wardian in the men's race. Chemwolo, whose top marathon time is 2:42, will push two-time defending champion Heidi Westerling and Atelech Asfaw.


News From: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
 Vermont City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Michael Wardian Wants KeyBank Vermont City Marathon Victory (Burlington Free Press)
Michael Wardian, a four-time podium finisher at the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon, returns in hopes of capturing the Marathon title.

  Human Interest Story
   Friend, songs ease training for KeyBank Vermont City Marathon (Burlington Free Press)
Hilary Spence and Sarah Willard will hope for better weather during this Sunday's 20th annual KeyBank Vermont City Marathon. Spence, 25, of Milton, and Willard, 24, of Williston, were forced to slog it out for their last 20 mile run this past weekend and sang songs. Any song they could think of that contained the word "rain".


News From: Monday, March 24, 2008
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  Human Interest Story
   The road to the marathon is a long way to go (The Barre Times Argus)
Commentator Mark Albury is preparing for the 2008 Vermont City Marathon. Armed with a marathon issue of Runner's World magazine, the 198 pound runner is starting to enjoy training and the opportunity to do a lot of thinking on training runs.


News From: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
 Vermont City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   First Repeat Winners in Vermont City Marathon (The Associated Press)
Matt Pelletier, 27, won for the second consecutive year Sunday, with a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, while 24-year-old Heidi Westerling of Acworth, N.H., was again the women's champion, crossing the finish line at 2:48:56.


News From: Monday, May 28, 2007
 Vermont City Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Vermont Marathon Makes History (Burlington Free Press)
Matt Pelletier, 27, of Warwick, R.I., was the men's winner for the second consecutive year, crossing the finish line in a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, while 24-year-old Heidi Westerling of Acworth, N.H., defended her crown in the women's race at 2:48:56.

   High Drama For Top Male Vermont City Marathoners (Times Argus)
Comments on the race, that was "spiced" due to the participation of Daniel Gidumbanda, a Tanzanian professional runner.

   KeyBank Vermont City Marathon Attracts 7,500 Runners (Times Argus)
Pelletier clocked a 2:19:00, the fourth-fastest time on record in the event, easily outdistancing Michael Wardian of Arlington, Va., who ran 2:25:10.


News From: Thursday, May 10, 2007
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  Human Interest Story
   Vermont City Marathon Seeks Race Volunteers (Burlington Free Press)
As many as 1,700 volunteers are needed to work throughout the week of May 21 in advance of the May 27 race. Help is needed for registration assistance, food preparation, course monitoring, relay exchange and more.


News From: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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  Human Interest Story
   Last Call For KeyBank Vermont City Marathon Relay Lottery (Burlington Free Press)
Individuals interested in entering as a team captain in the lottery draw can register at the marathon office at 1 Main St. in Burlington by 7 p.m. Wednesday or online at runvermont.org by midnight.


News From: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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  Human Interest Story
   KeyBank To Run With Vermont Marathon Through 2011 (Burlington Free Press)
RunVermont, organizer of the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon, announced Tuesday it has signed KeyBank as the event's title sponsor for the next five years.


News From: Friday, June 16, 2006
 Vermont City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   McKenna competes in Vermont City Marathon (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Elizabeth McKenna's personal experience with the Vermont City Marathon, her first marathon, which she finished at 4:16:46


News From: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
 Vermont City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Vermont Marathon Features Swell Views, Summer Sun Debut (Record Online)
Tara Pipia's column on the race.


News From: Monday, May 29, 2006
 Vermont City Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Runners Combat Heat in Annual Vermont City Marathon (Boston.com)
The heat took a toll on the 7,000 runners in the annual Burlington marathon. With little wind and temperatures rising to nearly 75 degrees by noon, Sunday was one of the hottest races in the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon's 18-year history.



 

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