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News From: Friday, December 14, 2012
 Honolulu Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   North Vancouver Woman, 85, Set World Age-Group Record at Honolulu Marathon (The Province)
B.J. McHugh set a world age-group record at the Honolulu Marathon in hot humid conditions. She ran the marathon in 5 hours 12 minutes and 3 seconds beating the previous record of 5 hours and 40 minutes.


News From: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Second Largest in U.S. for 2012 (KITV.com)
Nearly thirty-two thousand people registered for the Honolulu Marathon and based on it's finishing number of twenty-fourth thousand, one-hundred and sixty-seven runners.


News From: Sunday, December 9, 2012
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Honolulu Likely To Be Second Largest Marathon in USA in 2012 (Race Results Weekly)
With the cancellation of the 2012 NYC Marathon, this year's Honolulu Marathon looks to have the second most finishers of US marathons, after Chicago.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kipsang, Galimova Win Windy Honolulu Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
2012 London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang won the 2012 Honolulu Marathon, battling windy conditions, en route to a 2:12:31 finish. Russia's Galimova finished in 2:31:23 to win the women's race.

   Decathlete Clay Finds Marathon Challenging, Satisfying (Race Results Weekly)
Running his first marathon, 2008 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay, may have found a new challenge.

   Kipsang Pulls Away to Win Honolulu Marathon (Star Advertiser)
Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang won the Honolulu Marathon in a time of 2 hours 12 minutes and 31 seconds.


News From: Saturday, December 8, 2012
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Big Money on the Line at Honolulu Marathon Tomorrow (Race Results Weekly)
With the addition of a $15,000 bonus for breaking the course record (2:11:12, set in 2004 by Jimmy Muindi), the 2012 winner could leave Honolulu with $80,000-plus in prize money.


News From: Thursday, December 6, 2012
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Kipsang, Muindi Slow Down to Inspire Honolulu Students (Race Results Weekly)
Elite marathoners Wilson Kipsang and Jimmy Muindi visited a local all-girls school to answer questions about their careers and achieving their goals.

   First Day of Honolulu Marathon Expo Draws Thousands of Runners (KITV.com)
The 1973 Honolulu Marathon had one-hundred, sixty-three finishers. This year's race is expecting over thirty-two thousand runners with millions of dollars flooding into the local economy.


News From: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Fisherman To Run 40th Straight Honolulu Marathon on Sunday (Race Results Weekly)
Gary Dill, 68, will run his 40th consecutive edition of the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday. Dill has run every edition of the race.

   Rothstein Bruce Ready for Honolulu's Heat, Humidity (Race Results Weekly)
Elite marathoner Stephanie Rothstein Bruce isn't put off by the heat and humidity expected at the 2012 Honolulu Marathon, in fact she thinks she'll thrive in those conditions.

   2008 Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Will Take on the Honolulu Marathon (Digital Journal)
Bryan Clay, the 2008 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, will join his wife, Sarah, in running the Honolulu Marathon.


News From: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Looks For Largest Field Since '97 (North Jersey.com)
Race organizers for this Sunday's Honolulu Marathon are expecting the largest race field in fifteen years.


News From: Thursday, November 15, 2012
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Surge In 2012 Honolulu Marathon Entries (Hawaii News Now)
Next month's Honolulu Marathon will be one of the largest in the forty year history of the event. The final registration count is expected to exceed 31,000


News From: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon On Pace For Huge Year (Hawaii News Now)
This year's Honolulu Marathon has already surpassed the total entries from last year. More than twenty-six thousand runners have registered for the December race.


News From: Sunday, December 11, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kenya's Chelimo Wins Honolulu Marathon (Star Advertiser)
Nicholas Chelimo defended his Honolulu Marathon title with a wining time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 55 seconds in hot and muggy conditions.

   Thrilling Finishes Highlight 39th Honolulu Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Kenya's Nicholas Chelimo defended his Honolulu marathon title with an impressive push, edging former two-time race champion Patrick Ivuti, in a time of 2:14:55; three seconds better than Ivuti. Ethiopia's Woynishet Girma outlasted strong competition from Russia's Valetina Galimova and Svetlana Zaharova, to win in 2:31:41.

   'Photo Finish' At The Honolulu Marathon (Hawaii News Now)
Nicholas Chelimo won the Honolulu Marathon for the second straight year with a time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 55 seconds.


News From: Saturday, December 10, 2011
 Honolulu Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Best Ever Field for Honolulu Marathon Tomorrow (Race Results Weekly)
With an elite roster consisting of six males with sub-2:08 finishes (including two sub-2:07s), as well as the defending champion and a former two-time winner of the event, this year's Honolulu marathon looks poised for a fantastic race and fast finish. While, the defending female winner, Ethiopia's Belainesh Gebre looks to dispel with last year's controversy (when it was noted that she was paced by her boyfriend and handed drinks through the course), and win her third marathon of 2011.


News From: Saturday, July 30, 2011
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Adidas Partners with Honolulu Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Organizers have announced a partnership with adidas, naming the German shoe and apparel company the Honolulu marathon's official supporting sponsor for sportswear and shoes, meaning they will supply all marathon fnisher and walk shirts and official merchandise.


News From: Sunday, April 3, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Aged Marathoner's Record Confirmed (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Glady Burrill has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the oldest woman to ever finish a marathon


News From: Thursday, February 3, 2011
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Spending At $106 Million, Up $6 Million From Last Year (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
The Honolulu Marathon generated over one-hundred and six million dollars in revenue from race participants and spectators.


News From: Friday, January 21, 2011
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Early Registration Deadline Today (Hawaii News Now)
Thursday January 20 was the last day for early registration for the Honolulu Marathon. More than four-thousand runners have already signed up.


News From: Monday, January 3, 2011
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   New Jersey Runner Completes Marathon In All 50 States (NJ.com)
Massoud Messkoub of Morris Township in New Jersey completed his to-do list of completing a marathon in all 50 states when he finished the Honolulu Marathon on December 11.


News From: Saturday, December 18, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   92-Year-Old Female Marathon Finisher Proves You're Never 'Too Old' To Run (Mlive.com)
Gladys Burrill is 92 year-young and ran and finished the Honolulu Marathon in just under 10 hours. It is believed that she may be the oldest woman to finish a marathon.


News From: Friday, December 17, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   92-Year-Old Marathon Finisher May Have Broken Record (KITV.com)
Burrill, who resides in Prospect, OR, and also a condo in Waikiki, appears to have broken a record held by a 90-year old who finished the 2002 London Marathon. Burrill, 92, finished the 2010 Honolulu Marathon in 9:53:16.


News From: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Entrants Lowest Since 1991 (USA Today)
Despite a recent boom in marathon running the Honolulu Marathon hosted just over twenty-thousand runners which is the races lowest number since 1991.


News From: Monday, December 13, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Marathon Officials Stand by Sunday's Controversial Decision (Khon2.com)
Despite the controversial outcome, race organizers for the 2010 Honolulu Marathon, stand by their decision, awarding Belainesh Gebre of Ethiopia, the women's title after she was not invited as an elite runner, and subsquently utilized water given to her by her boyfriend.

   Honolulu Marathon President Dr. Jim Barahal Talks About This Year's Race (Hawaii News Now)
Race president Dr. Jim Barahal discusses the 2010 event, which included thousands of runners and walks, but also some controversy.

   Controversial Outcome A Disappointing Decision At Honolulu Marathon (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
The Honolulu Marathon joined the ranks of controversial finishes when Belainesh Gebre of Ethiopia took aid along the course from her boyfriend and claimed the top spot in the women's field but not without protest from second place finisher and defending champion.

   Kenya's Chelimo Returns To Honolulu's 38th Marathon (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Nicholas Chelimo won the thirty-eighth edition of the Honolulu Marathon with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 28 seconds.

   Gebre Wins Women's Honolulu Marathon, But Not Without Controversy (KHON2.com)
Despite a protest filed by this year's second place finisher and defending champion of the Honolulu Marathon, Belainesh Gebre was declared the overall winner.

   Honolulu Marathon Entrants Lowest Since 1991 (Greenwich Time)
According to reports, the Honolulu Marathon saw 20,735 runners, down from 23,469 in 2009, and the lowest since 1991.


News From: Sunday, December 12, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Gebre Declared Honolulu Women's Winner In Her First-Ever Marathon (Hawaii News)
Belainesh Gebre was declared the women's winner of the Honolulu Marathon with her time of 2 hours 32 mintues and 13 seconds.

   Protest Denied, Gerbe Wins First Marathon In Honolulu (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Despite a protest from runner-up, Svetlana Zakharova, Belainish Gebre, a late entrant into the Honlulu Marathon, won the women's division with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 13 seconds.

   Despite Controversy, Gebre is Honolulu Marathon Champion (Race Results Weekly)
Ethiopia's Belainesh Gebre, who entered the Honolulu on her own after not receiving an elite status invite, was declared the winner of the women's race after the defending champion Svetlana Zakharova filed a protest as Gebre had shared energy drinks with boyfriend Ezkyas Sisay throughout the race. Judges deemed the actions acceptable as Gebre was not allowed to have energy drinks designated for the top invited women.


News From: Friday, December 10, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Top Marathoner Will Only Set Pace At Honolulu Race (Hawaii News)
This years fastest marathon runner will be setting the pace for the Honolulu Marathon. Patrick Makau will only run about 15 kilometers of the 42.2 kilometer race

  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Fab at 40 (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Though after becoming a new mother, reknown marathoner Svetlana Zakharova thought that her trips to Hawaii were over, she came back after a 7-year absence to win last year's marathon. And she's back again.

  Human Interest Story
   Fewer Japanese Runners At Honolulu Marathon (Competitor.com)
Though Japanese entries into this year's Honolulu Marathon are down, due to the high yield of the Japanese yen, Japanese runners are expected to contribute more than $100 million for tourism, as they look to shop and indulge in local activities.

   Number of Honolulu Marathon Runners Down, But Spending Up (Hawaii News)
While the total number of marathon participants will be less than 2009, the overall amount of spending at the Honolulu Marathon could exceed the one-hundred million dollar mark.


News From: Thursday, December 9, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Pacemaker or Not, Honolulu Abuzz About Makau (Race Results Weekly)
Though he's coming off impressive wins at the Rotterdam and Berlin Marathon and carries a 2:04:48 personal best, Makau will be on a working vacation, operating as a pacemaker, and will not finish this weekend's Honolulu Marathon.

  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marathon Officially Opens (KITV.com)
The Honolulu marathon is expecting eight percent fewer Japanese runners for the 2010 marathon but still counting on a one-hundred million dollar ecomomic plug from all runners.


News From: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Fasi's 'Initiative And Clout' Brought Marathon To Honolulu (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
While cleaning out the Honolulu office, the event's president opened an item which provided a glimpse into the history of the Honolulu Marathons beginnings.

   Honolulu Marathon Information (KITV.com)
The Honolulu Marathon kicks off at 5 am on December 12 with more than twenty-thousand runners and walkers.

   Honolulu Marathon Misses Nike, But Not As Much As You Might Think. (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
After sixteen years of sponsorship, Nike has pulled the plug on its relationship with the Honolulu Marathon. A pure symptom of the economy says Jim Barahal, president of the marathon.

   Honolulu Marathon Loses Sponsor Nike (KITV.com)
While the estimated six-figure sponsorship that Nike has provided to the Honolulu Marathon was substantial, it has opened the door for many local companies.


News From: Friday, December 3, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   JES To Run Honolulu Marathon On Sunday December 12 (Artist Direct)
The Queen of Rocktronica is set to run the Honolulu Marathon on December 12 as part of a fundrasing effort for AIDS Project Los Angeles.


News From: Sunday, June 13, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Hundreds Stand In Line For Early Honolulu Marathon Registration (Hawaii News Now)
Runners hoping to get a discounted registration fee for the Honolulu Marathon were in line as early as five in the morning.


News From: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Honolulu Marthon Adds To State's Bottom Line (Star Bulletin)
While the tourism in Hawaii may be lagging in the diminished economy the Hononlulu Marathon appears to keeping pace with it's local impact. Participants brought in more than one-hundred million dollars for the fifth year in a row.


News From: Saturday, February 6, 2010
 Honolulu Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Documents Show Fasi Initiated Honolulu Marathon (Hawaii News Now)
Documents were recently discovered in the Honolulu Marathon Office that show the former mayor of Honolulu, Frank Fasi, was the founding father of the marathon which was first held in 1973 with 167 registered runners.



 

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