Now this is some breaking news about the king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, coming to Sadi Dilli for running at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Nov 1st! The actor, who is a Delhite himself, is euphoric over the idea of running with Delhi for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in November. Shah Rukh [...]
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It was the first time that a sub 2:09 was run on the Canadian soil at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, and it was surely long time coming with all the Kenyans around who can do this on a day in day out basis. So, it was not suprise that Kenneth Mungara from Kenya, the defending [...]
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It was a familiar story at the Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009, with Kenyans dominating both the mens and womens divisions. John Wembusa, ranked 42nd in the world, won the mens event while Nelly Jepkurui (ranked 15th) won the womens event.As per the organizers, about 60,000-70,000 runners took part in the various races on the day, [...]
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Well that is, besides writing a lot of posts covering various international marathons. The fact is, I have been trying to keep up with my running as well. This month of fasting gone by was one of the best running and fasting months I had. I hardly missed a run the entire month, and instead [...]
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The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon will be held on Sept 27th, 2009. Not to be confused with the other Toronto Marathon, which is actually called the Toronto Marathon and is held three weeks later in October. The Toronto Waterfront Marathon will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2009. It is also a qualifier for the [...]
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It was a great return to good times when Martin Lel of Kenya won his second BUPA Great North Run, officially the world’s largest half marathon and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. Lel, who is this year’s Lisbon Half Marathon winner, finished in a creditable time of 59:32, and in the process wiping 22 [...]
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Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon for a fourth consecutive time, in reportedly warmer conditions, with a time of 2:06:08, and the world record attempt also did not take off. Francis Kiprop from Kenya was second in 2:07:04, recording his personal best in the process. Negari Terfa from Ethiopia was third in 2:07:40, also his personal [...]
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The second edition of the group run for the Delhi Runners group will take place on September 20th at Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri. The first edition saw about 35 runners run various distances upto the half marathon on Aug 29th, and while that event was inside the park, this one will be on the road outside, [...]
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This is truly an amazing story of the growth of running in India. A small town event which only last year had seen just about 250 odd participants this year managed to get a fantastic participation of 717 runners. Organized by Runners for Life, this was the 3rd edition of the Kaveri Trail Marathon, a [...]
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