| News From: Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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First-Time Marathoner Geofrey Terer Wins Rocket City.
(AL.com)
Geofrey Terer, of Kenya, won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 18 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon 'Pacers' Will Offer an Early Christmas to Some Runners
(AL.com)
Twenty runners in the thirty-sixth annual Rocket City Marathon will demonstrate the true spirit of the season by giving the gift of pacing to other runners hoping to achieve a specific time in the race.
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36th Annual Rocket City Marathon Set For Saturday
(AL.com)
More than sixteen-hundred runners are slated to hit the streets of Huntsville for the thirty-sixth annual Rocket City Marathon this Saturday.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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2012 Rocket City Marathon is Saturday, December 8
(WHNT.com)
Approximately fifteen-hundred runners will charge through the streets of Huntsville, Alabama this weekend after months of training for the Rocket City Marathon
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| News From: Sunday, December 11, 2011 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon Volunteer Hit By Car
(WDEF.com)
A 51-year-old volunteer at the Rocket City Marathon was hit by a car prior to any runner reaching the aid station where the incident occurred.
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| News From: Sunday, December 12, 2010 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Daniel Ellis Wins 34th Rocket City Marathon.
(Huntsville Times)
Daniel Ellis won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 37 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Rocket City Marathon This Saturday
(WAFF.com)
Among the 1,500+ runners at this year's Rocket City Marathon will be Jeri Browder, who's running her 2nd marathon, and looks to the event as tough, but an emotional high.
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Watch Out for Marathon Runners on City Streets Saturday Morning
(Al.com)
With an estimated 1,500 participating in this year's Rocket City Marathon, look for runners to outnumber vehicles on the streets of Huntsville.
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Whitehead Hoping to Improve on First Marathon Time
(Al.com)
After finishing third at his debut at last year's Rocket City Marathon, Josh Whitehead is looking to take the top prize this year, though he'll have tough competition, including former winner's Sammy Nyamongo and Daniel Ellis.
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Hopeful Dwells On His Rocket City Marathon Prospects
(Competitor.com)
Madison, Alabama's Josh Whitehead, who finished 3rd in last year's event looks to square off against last year's winner David Riddle and 2:26 marathoner Daniel Ellis.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Local Runner Finish Strong In Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Runners from Madison Alabama were among the fastest finishers at the thirty-third annual Rocket City Marathon. Josh Whitehead was third with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 24 seconds.
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| News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Huntsville Therapeutic Massage Students Provide Relief to Marathoners
(MMD Newswire)
The thirty-third edition of the Huntsville Rocket City Marathon made use of the VCH Therapeutic Massage students to provide massage support for the runners on December 12, 2009 and will continue to support the race day events
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| News From: Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Local Runner Riddle Wins Rocket City Marathon
(Huntsville-Times)
David Riddle won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 23 seconds. Riddle broke away from the pack at mile 15 and never looked back. Janet Cherobon won the women's title in 2 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Law Enforcement Gears Up For Rocket City Marathon
(WAFF48News)
This Saturday the Rocket City Marathon will kick off and the Huntsville Police will be out to close down multiple roads and usher athletes along the largest event in the city with more than twenty-five hundred athletes.
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| News From: Sunday, August 30, 2009 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Preparing For Marathon After His 70th
(Daily Progress)
John Eros suffered cardiac arrest last November while jogging. The sixty-nine year-old is back in his running shoes as he prepares to celebrate his seventieth birthday by running in the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville Alabama.
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| News From: Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Rocket City Marathon notebook
(Huntsville Times)
Jill Horst of Rome Georgia won the womens Rocket City Marathon title with a time of 2 hours and 48 minutes. Josh Cox ran with the lead pack until mile eighteen when he broke away from the pack to win the overall marathon title
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Cox makes Rocket City win a reality
(The Huntsville Times)
Josh Cox cast off his shirt nearly twenty minutes into the Rocket City Marathon. Cox would go on to win the thirty-second annual event by over two minutes with a time of 2 hours and 21 minutes.
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| News From: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon Set For Saturday
(WHNT)
Nearly 1400 runners are set to run the thirty-second annual Rocket City Marathon this weekend. Defending champion Sammy Nyamongo of Kenya will be back to defend his 2007 title and he will be challenged by several local runners.
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| News From: Monday, December 8, 2008 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Rocket City Marathon to benefit from strong local entries
(The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville's 32 Annual Rocket City Marathon will kick off at 8 am from downtown. Around 1400 runners will hit the streets with local runners David Riddle and Caitlin Heider who ran 1 hour and 8 minutes and 1 hour and 20 minutes respectively in the Huntsville half-marathon last month.
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| News From: Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Rocket City equals a fine 53rd birthday present.
(The Huntsville Times)
Skip Vaughn, 53, has run every year in the Rocket City marathon. His finish this year in 6 hours and 43 minutes was full of emotion as the race date fell on his 53rd birthday.
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Cherobon true pace setter in Rocket City Marathon win
(The Huntsville Timesw)
Janet Cherobon found some competition in Huntsville at least through 15 miles of her second marathon victory in as many years. She left the field at mile 15 and went on to win in 2:48:01
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Nyamongo's pass permanent in Rocket City Marathon win
(The Huntsville Times)
Sammy Nyamongo dedicated his race to his late mother who passed away from liver cancer in Kenya two weeks ago. His victory in 2:27 marked his second marathon in 8 days as he competed in Memphis last weekend. Happy to be finished Nyamongo said "I feel better, but running 26.2 miles twice in a week is not easy."
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| News From: Sunday, November 25, 2007 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Runners still have time to enter Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville's Rocket City Marathon still had 205 slots left for the 1500 runner field in the marathon. Runners from 41 states and several foreign countries will line up on December 8th at 8am to conquer the 26.2 mile distance.
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| News From: Sunday, December 10, 2006 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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No Cruising to Victory at Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Comments and top race results
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| News From: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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DeWitt Hopes New Training Will Pay Off In The Long Run
(The Huntsville Times)
George DeWitt, middle-distance expert, seeks strong finish in marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, December 11, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Fifth-grade Teacher Blisters Competition and Wins Rocket City Marathon
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Bliss earned $1,000 for the victory and finished well ahead of second-place finisher Barbara McManus, in 2 hours, 51 minutes and nine seconds.
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Nyamongo Goes the Extra Mile And More: Wins Rocket City Marathon
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Just a week after finishing second in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, the 30-year-old Nyamongo won the Rocket City Marathon on a cold Saturday in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 54 seconds.
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| News From: Saturday, December 10, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Jacobs In Shape to Set Faster Pace at Rocket City Marathon
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Candace Jacobs of Huntsville feels confident she can improve on her 2004 time in the Rocket City Marathon, and that could be enough for her to become the top local woman in the race. Jacobs finished 2nd in 2004; in 3 hours, 11 minutes and 30 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, December 9, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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This Weekend will keep Everyone on the Run at Rocket City Marathon
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Information on the marathon is given and also on events taking place in the city. Almost 1,000 runners are expected.
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| News From: Thursday, December 8, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon Cheers Can Gain Cash Prize
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Getting a team together and cheering on the runners people could win $250 or other cash prizes. Runners vote at the end of the race for the best cheering team.
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| News From: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Kenyans May Make Rare Run for it in Rocket City Marathon
(AL - Everything Alabama)
Mention of Kenyans who could participate in the marathon.
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| News From: Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Rocket City Marathon Adding Technology
(The Huntsville Times)
Runners will use computer chips attached to their shoes for the first time to record their precise time between the start and finish lines. The old method probably will still be used as a backup.
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| News From: Sunday, December 14, 2003 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Russian doesn't rush at Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Women's winner Alevtina Naumova slowed her pace once the course record was out of reach.
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| News From: Sunday, December 15, 2002 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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A Headstrong Performance in Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Utah's Dennis Simonaitis took victory in this weekend's White Rock City Marathon in 2:22:2. The finish in Alabama's race was tight, with Simonaitis gaining a quick, 46 second lead over among others, the second place Byrne Decker.
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Russian double-dips as Rocket City Marathon winner
(Huntsville Times)
Ramilia Burangulova of Russia was never threatened as she won the women's field of the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, AL, on Saturday in 2:41:44. Burangulova trains in Florida.
Wendy Hall, 33, of Avondale Estates, GA, was second by nine minutes.
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Marathon No. 800 rolls by for Frank in the Rocket City Race.
(Democrat and Chronicle)
71-year old Norm Frank finished Hunstville, Alabama's Rocket City Marathon in 5:39 this weekend, adding the 800th race to the list completed in his lifetime. Frank has been running marathons since 1967, and is now number three in the world for his age group.
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A headstrong performance in Huntsville
(Huntsville Times)
Dennis Simonaitis of Draper, UT, ended a two-man duel to win Saturday's Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, AL, in 2:22:02. He pulled away from Byrne Decker in the final two miles for the victory. While a personal best, it did not meet his goal of qualifying for the U.S. Olympic trials.
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| News From: Friday, December 13, 2002 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon Facts
(The Huntsville Times)
Records for the Rocket City Marathon were set in the 1980's, with Louis Kenny winning in 2:12:21 for the men's race 1980, and Lisa Martin, 2:32:22, who won the women's race in 1983. Last year's winning times were 2:20:21 for
Gennady Temnikov in the men's race, and 2:39:38 for Alevtina Naumova in the women's race. Results for this year's event have yet to be seen.
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Runners are Advised to Watch Fluid Intake
(The Huntsville Times)
Rocket City Marathon runners are being advised about fluid consumption before this weekend's race due to the two cases of hyponatremia in the U.S. this year that resulted in death. Advisors say for a cool day like Saturday, runners should need no more than one cup of fluid at any of the 10 aid stations on the course, especially for those running over 4 hours.
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Dealing ith the Agony Just Racin' in Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Local Alabama marathoners in this weekend's Rocket City Marathon can recall 'The Wall' behind every race. They explain the phenomenon as something that never fails to hit you in a run, it de-capacitates your calf muscles, and leaves you to feeling ill on the 20th mile. But they will run on regardless.
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| News From: Sunday, December 9, 2001 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Russians display 1-2 punch in Huntsville
(Huntsville Times)
Gennady Temnikov took Sunday's Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, AL, with a time of 2:20:21. No. 1 seed Andrey Kuznetsov, also from Russia, took second in 2:22:01. Both men spent much of the race following the ultimate No. 3 finisher, Kefah Keraro of Kenya, who faded with a tight thigh.
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Naumova wins women's race at Rocket City Marathon
(Huntsville Times)
Forty-year-old Alevtina Naumova won the women's race of the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, AL, on Sunday with a 2:39:39.
Naumova easily outdistanced fellow Russian Elvira Kolpakova, 29, who finished in 2:46:38 and placed second for the second straight year.
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| News From: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon assured of large, strong field
(AL.com)
Saturday's Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon is assured of one of its largest fields in the past 16 years.
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| News From: Sunday, December 2, 2001 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Rocket City Marathon list is getting lengthy
(AL.com)
The Rocket City Marathon has seen it's entry number rise from 1,085 in '98, 1,202 in '99 and 1,229 in 2000.
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| News From: Saturday, December 16, 2000 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Weather gives big lift to Rocket City Marathon
(Huntsville Times)
Last weekend's Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville Alabama saw 1,091 starters and 1,014 finishers, a record 93 percent finish percentage. Race organizers are crediting good weather for the run.
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| News From: Sunday, December 10, 2000 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Shalagin survives meeting with van to win Rocket City Marathon
(The Huntsville Times)
Andrey Shalagin, 37, of Russia won the Huntsville, Ala., Rocket City Marathon in 2:21:28, despite having to jump out of the way of a van at mile 20. Salagin finished the race almost two minutes ahead of the next competitor.
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| News From: Thursday, November 30, 2000 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Registration for the Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon up to 1,020 Tuesday for the Dec. 9 event
(Huntsville Times)
Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon, set for Dec. 9, is drawing some notable runners.
Among them are Andrey Kuznetsov, 43 a Russian master who in 1998 ran five marathons in less than 2:18. Other top runners in the event include past champions.
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| News From: Thursday, December 16, 1999 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Most Rocket City starters finished
(The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon officials estimate that 1,061 of the 1,202 registered runners actually started the race Saturday. With 969 finishers, that gives an outstanding finish percent of 91.
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| News From: Monday, December 13, 1999 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Marathon's reputation for speed remains intact
(The Huntsville Times)
In 1995, when many people were trying to qualify for the 100th Boston Marathon, Hal Higdon wrote a story for Runner's World magazine describing what he considered the 10 fastest courses in America. The Rocket City course was one of them.
One World junior record (19-year-old Paul Gompers ran 2:15:28 in 1983), one American masters record (40-year-old Kenneth Judson ran 2:17:01 in 1990) and five American single-age records have been established here.
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| News From: Sunday, December 12, 1999 |
| | Rocket City Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Harvest's Saunders sets new standard
(The Huntsville Times)
Barbara Saunders of Harvest has been spotlighted at Huntsville's annual marathon a few times over the years. After all, Saturday was the seventh time in nine Rocket City marathons that she has been the top local female finisher.
This year, however, victory wasn't the only thing she wanted.
This time, she wanted to finish in less than three hours. And she did.
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