| News From: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Amica Ships Care Packages to U.S. Soldiers Participating in Shadow Run for Seattle Marathon
(Providence Business News)
More than eighteen-hundred pounds of running gear was shipped to soldiers in Irag who are planning to do a shadow run of the Seattle Marathon on November 29. The Baghdad event will mirror the races in Seattle with a marathon and half-marathon available to soldiers.
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| News From: Monday, November 2, 2009 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Staying Motivated as Your Marathon Training Enters the Final Quarter
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
As marathon training winds down for the Seattle Marathon, which takes place in four weeks, finding motivation to go the distance of the last one or two long runs may take some outside sources.
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| News From: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Heroes at the Finish Line of Seattle Marathon
(Reuters)
The Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon invites soldiers to compete from around the globe. November 29 will be the start of the race in Seattle and a shadow race to be held in Baghdad.
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| News From: Friday, August 7, 2009 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Time to Start Training for the Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
With roughly sixteen weeks until the Seattle Marathon, it's time to start training. Beginning with a jog/walk program, many runners will build to running the entire marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, February 15, 2009 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Join the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon; groupies welcome
(Seattle Events Examiner)
June 27, 2009 will be the start date for the Inaugural Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon. Seattle joins a host of other cities including Phoenix, Nashville, San Diego, Chicago and Las Vegas.
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| News From: Sunday, November 30, 2008 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Seattle Marathon claimed by 2 first-time winners
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Over 12400 runners took place in the 38th running of the Seattle Marathon. Record participation also provided two first time winners. Stuart Burton of Beaverton Oregon, and Annie Thiessen of Tacoma won the men's and women's marathons respectively.
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Seattle Marathon: Thiessen triumphs again
(Seattle Times)
Annie Thiessen won the Seattle Marathon in 3 hours, 2 minutes, 6 seconds. She won by nearly one minute. Seattle marks yet another victory for Thiessen including Yakima River Canyon,Whidbey Island, Tacoma City, Olympia's Capital City and the Newport Marathon.
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| News From: Saturday, November 29, 2008 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon changes how it handles donations
(Seattle Times)
Not only does the Seattle Marathon have a new title sponsor, Amica Insurance, but the marathon, which starts this Sunday Morning in downtown Seattle, will face its first financial audit in thirty-eight years.
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| News From: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon loses UW as title sponsor
(The Seattle Times)
The University of Washington Medical Center is withdrawing as title sponsor of the Seattle Marathon; but will continue to contribute some money, as well as medical care and water for runners. Speculation states that this may have been a consequence of The Seattle Times article that reported that less than 1 percent of the marathon's $1 million-plus revenue goes to charity. The UW Medical Center was to have paid $140,000 to help stage this year's event; but will pay $70,000 instead.
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| News From: Saturday, December 22, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon donors' right to know where the money is
(Seattle Times)
The Seattle Marathon, known for being a primary fundraiser for the University of Washington Medical Center's Patient and Family Housing Fund. The marathon has agreed to an audit of finances following
unease as the University of Washington Medical Center who spent $125,000 as a race sponsor received a check for $8,346 from a marathon that raised more than $1 million.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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An abusive executive. Contract conflicts. No audit. Is this any way to run the Seattle Marathon?
(The Oregonian)
The University of Washington, the principal sponsor of the Seattle Marathon, wants to bail. The bad news occurs on the heels of rumors that the races executive director Louise Long admitted to verbally abusing employees. The are also reported conflicts of interest on her part with companies doing business with the marathon, and board members quitting after she resisted attempts to have an audit done. This also occurring at a time when the races financial statements are falling under scrutiny.
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Benson suffers heart attack amid Seattle marathon, lives to tell the tale
(KOMO News)
Mike Benson collapsed 30 yards from the finish line at the Seattle marathon in front of fans and his wife, Serita. Amidst a year of tragedy in marathons, Mike would be one of the great survival stories to live to run another day.
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| News From: Saturday, December 1, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Training/ Health |
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Recovering after a Marathon: a User's Guide
(Seattle PI)
Ted Ferguson did not finish the Seattle marathon. But for those who did, is time off the best suggestion. This local color from the Seattle marathon may provide some answers.
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| News From: Friday, November 30, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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UW should set pace for Seattle Marathon review.
(Seattle Times)
University of Washington Medical Center gives $125,000 to the Seattle Marathon for sponsorship of the run for charity event. Participants also pay up to $120 to enter. With nearly 1 million raised in revenue why was only $12,000 given to the Living Legacy Foundation, a non-UW organization promoting organ donations.
Runners would have to be aware of a very subtle point to make a separate donation for the charity.
This low-key approach resulted in the marathon association last year giving just 1 percent of its revenue $12,000
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| News From: Monday, November 26, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Just 1% of Seattle Marathon money goes to charity
(Seattle Times)
The Seattle marathon raises money for the UW Medical Center patient housing. This year nearly 12,000 dollars went to the charity. Seattle boast several other areas races the make very large donations to various charities and non-profit organizations.
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Martin, Steidl win Seattle Marathon on hill
(Seattle PI)
Andy Martin, 2nd in last years Seattle Marathon, won the Seattle Marathon in 2:27.11. It was the first time in 9 years Uli Steidl did not win the marathon. Martin was joined by his wife, Megan, and his two sons as he crossed the finish line. Both Martin and Trisha Steidl used the steep climb up Galer Street to put away the competition and claim victory.
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| News From: Saturday, November 24, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon | Streak by Steidl will end Sunday
(The Seattle Times)
While Uli Steidl will not make it 9 in a row at the Seattle Marathon, his wife, Trisha and approximately 15,000 others will venture onto the course on Sunday. Steidl has dominated the marathon over the last 8 years and will relinquish his throne and opt to run a 50 miler in early December.
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Seattle Marathon will be missing a Steidl: Uli won't go for ninth win in a row
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Uli Steidl will not participate in the Seattle marathon on Sunday. He will, instead watch his wife, Trisha, defend her 2006 title. The couple is the first married couple to win the Seattle marathon. Uli will compete in a 50 mile race in San Francisco on December 1st and Trisha will use Seattle as a training run for the Olympic Trials in 2008
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| News From: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Team Transplant Defines Inspiration For Seattle Marathon
(Journal Newspapers)
Seven years ago, three-time Olympic Marathon qualifier Alysun Deckert, a registered dietician at the University of Washington Medical Center, brought a group of transplant patients together to train for the Seattle Marathon. Her goal was two-fold-to provide a way for her patients to stay active and exercise after a transplant and to promote organ donation awareness.
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| News From: Monday, November 27, 2006 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Marathon has image to fix, fast
(Seattle Times)
The Seattle Marathon will have to fix some scathing reviews and fix them fast. A recent report showed were only 1% of the revenue from the fund raising marathon actually went to the charity. The race organizers stated that only money that is donated above and beyond the entry fee is sent to the charity.
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Seattle University Track Coaches Make History At Seattle Marathon
(CSTV)
Trisha Steidl, head coach of the Seattle University cross country and track and field teams, and her husband Uli Steidl, also one of her assistant coaches, made history at Sunday's Seattle Marathon by becoming the first husband-wife combo to win the event.
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It's A Challenge, But Steidls Win Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Times)
Steidl's time was two hours, 27 minutes, and 51 seconds on a cold, damp Sunday morning.
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| News From: Sunday, November 26, 2006 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Seattle Marathon Winners Keep Victory In The Family
(Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl of Shoreline won today's Seattle Marathon for the eighth straight time, and Trisha Steidl, Uli's wife, won the women's division for the first time in five tries.
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| News From: Friday, November 24, 2006 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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This Seattle Marathon Is For Maniacs
(Seattle Pi)
Several members of the group "marathon maniacas" will participate in the Seattle Marathon. The group looks to run as many marathons as possible.
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Capella University Sponsors Seattle Marathon
(Exduco)
Michael J. Offerman, president of Capella, sees many similarities between distance runners and the students in Capella's bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs. It takes determination and persistance.
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| News From: Monday, June 5, 2006 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Training/ Health |
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Seattle Marathon This Fall: No Cooling Heels Now
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Gordon Bakoulis, runner and running coach, discusses the necessity of building up to a marathon by completing runs like 5K, 10K, and half marathon before trying to full distance.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Hangover Seattle Marathon Training: Science is Behind It really
(Modbee)
A couple of friends tried drinking before the long runs. Conclusion: next time choose between running and drinking, it's one or the other.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 7, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Red Rock Runners Complete Seattle Marathon Races
(Cochrane Times)
Four members of Cochranes Red Rock Running Club were among 15,000 athletes who participated in the 2005 Seattle Marathon and Half-Marathon.
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| News From: Monday, November 28, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon Man: Steidl Wins 7th Straight Race
(Seattle Pi)
Steidl, 33, a native of Erlenbach, Germany, who now resides in Seattle, won his seventh consecutive Seattle Marathon in 2:24:24, topping his fastest time on the course.
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2005 Seattle Marathon: Steidl in Seventh Heaven
(The Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl of Shoreline, who romped home with his seventh consecutive win with a course record clocking of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 24 seconds. It broke his 4-year-old course standard by 14 seconds.
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| News From: Sunday, November 27, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Why Run Seattle Marathon?
(The Seatte Times)
Reasons for several runners in participating in the marathon.
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| News From: Saturday, November 26, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Steidl taking Aim at 7th Straight Seattle Marathon Win
(The Seatte Times)
Information on main runners participating.
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| News From: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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UW Medical Center becomes Title Sponsor for 2006 Seattle Marathon
(UW News)
UW Medical Center has become the title sponsor for the 2006 Seattle Marathon. Sponsoring the Seattle Marathon is part of the community commitment.
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| News From: Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Seafair Marathon Prediction proves Overoptimistic
(The Seattle Times)
Bellevue's inaugural combined marathon, half-marathon and 5-kilometer run and walk attracted 3,500 entrants, falling short of the 6,000 predicted by Seafair organizers.
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| News From: Monday, November 29, 2004 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle marathon: Memorable morning for champ Steidl
(The Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl won the men's marathon and Kami Semick of Bend, Ore., won the women's race in 2:53:11. Other race results included, and the story of Steidl proposing marriage to his girlfriend.
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Steidl adds a fiancée with sixth victory in Seattle Marathon
(Seattle PI)
Uli Steidl won his sixth straight Seattle Marathon yesterday - and still managed to propose to his girlfriend during the run.
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More Than 15,000 Expected in Marathon
(Red Nova)
Three 75 year old men will compete in the Seattle Marathon.
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| News From: Thursday, December 4, 2003 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Miller third in Seattle Marathon
(Juneau Empire)
Shawn Miller was running in just his third marathon and it was his first major marathon with more than a couple of dozen runners. And after leading early he eventually finished in third place.
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| News From: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Redmond's Crook fourth in Seattle marathon
(Bend Bulletin)
Michelle Crook of Redmond placed fourth overall among women and first in her division in the 34th Seattle Marathon on Sunday.
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| News From: Monday, December 1, 2003 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Go 2 Guy: Plenty of winners in Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Su Nguyen thought he was the last man acroos the finish line but Marvin Whitney fooled Nguyen by finishing with the slowest time in the Seattle Marathon, more than 8 hours after he started.
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Scenery, supporters offset runners' pain in Seattle Marathon
(The Seattle Times)
With temperaturs in the low 30's at the start of the race thousands endured the second annual Seattle Marathon with the help of supporters and volunteers.
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Seattle Marathon: Five-time winner runs through 'wall' of pain
(The Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl won the Seattle Marathon for the fifth time with a lead of nearly a mile and what was obviously a large amount of pain.
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| News From: Monday, December 2, 2002 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Seattle Marathon: McGrath, Steidl Capture Marathon Titles Again
(The Seattle Times)
This is the fourth time in a row Uli Steidl of Seattle won his own city's race finishing in a time of 2:26:32. Joan McGrath became the first woman to win this race in three straight times in 2:51:15. Both were happy with the course, the whether in Seattle, and their results, evidently running miles passed their runners up at the finish.
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| News From: Monday, November 26, 2001 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Runners flushed with achievement in Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Many everday runners competed in the Seattle Marathon on Sunday, among them was John Dorsey. The 37 year old Seattle resident finished the course in 3 hours and 50 minutes. His sense of pride for doing what many normal people consider too daunting to attempt is what keeps him going.
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Champs quicker than before, repeat in Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl and Joan McGrath won the Men's and Women's divisions of the Seattle Marathon for the second straight year. Steidl, was the overall winner in 2:24:38 and McGrath completed the course in a PR of 2:49:25.
, finishing more than 2 miles ahead of runner-up David Ruggles of Kingston, Ontario, who clocked in at 2:36:25.
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| News From: Monday, November 27, 2000 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Steidl dominates 31st Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl, a German student at the University of Washington, dominated Sunday's Seattle Marathon despite a gash on his leg from a tree branch.
The defending champion had no trouble winning again, outpacing the competition by several minutes.
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| News From: Friday, November 24, 2000 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Accidental champion: Uli Steidl returns to the Seattle Marathon
(Seattle Times)
Uli Steidl won the 1999 Seattle Marathon, although he had originally planned to drop out at mile 18 and use the race as part of a training run. This year he will be back on the starting line, and like last, claims he has no intention of winning the race. We'll just have to wait and see...
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| News From: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Clearly Canadian Sponsors The Seattle Marathon For 8th Year Running
(ExciteNews.com)
The official water sponsor at the Seattle Marathon will be the Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation, as announced today.
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| News From: Monday, November 29, 1999 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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German wins marathon
(SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER)
Uli Steidl hadn't planned to run the 26.2-mile course until volunteering to pace someone as a "rabbit." But before he left the Westin Hotel exposition, the 27-year-old native of Erlenbach, Germany, decided to enter.
The decision paid off yesterday as Steidl broke free from a pack of runners in the Seattle Arboretum and cruised to his second career marathon win with a time of 2:30:05.
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| News From: Thursday, November 25, 1999 |
| | Seattle Marathon |
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Runners beating path to Seattle Marathon
(SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER)
The 30th Suzuki Seattle Marathon expects to handle in excess of 10,000 runners for Sunday's race.
Marathoners from Denmark, the United Kingdome, Germany, France, Mexico, Thailand and Canada have informed race organizers they intend to compete here in the 26.2-mile race that starts and finishes at Memorial Stadium.
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