Melbourne, Australia: Sammy Wanjiru came to Australia for the Great Australian Run and no doubt was the overwhelming favorite to win this widely popular 15KM race. However, not only did Wanjiru not finish first (not many would have bet against the reigning half marathon world record holder), but he also failed to finish amongst the [...]
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News (source): The Pune International Marathon will be held on Sunday, 6th December 2009. It starts from Khandoji Baba Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana. The 42.195km route is designed in such a fashion that lakhs of spectators can line the route (funny, sic) and be an integral part of the event. Besides being the cultural and educational [...]
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I got an opportunity to read a review of the event from one of out fellow runners, and could not help sharing this with the readers here. I too expected something similar, but I guess this goes even beyond what I thought. The author below comes to the right conclusion – runs should be organized [...]
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Hyderabad 10k Run: The Hyderabad 10K Foundation has initiated the 10K run in the year 2003 with the objective of promoting health, fitness & sports in the city of Hyderabad. Half Marathon(21.1K): In the year 2005, the organizers introduced the half marathon alongside 10KM run keeping in mind the needs of serious runners who are [...]
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Results of the 2009 Bangalore Ultra (held on Nov 15th) are finally out, and are as follows. The complete results and timings from the event including those for the other distances are available at the event website: Also, check out the event report from the organizers. 100k Men’s Open Yashuhiro Honda 10:23:39 Torsten Meier 10:41:09 [...]
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Just heard this great news. The plan to finalize the Mumbai Marathon 2010 route is taking shape, and the newly built architectural marvel of Mumbai, the Bandra-Worli sea link, is very much a part of it! So, come the race day on Jan 17th, the full marathon runners at the Mumbai marathon might as well [...]
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I registered on the first day of Novice registrations at Comrades Marathon 2010, i.e. Nov 1st, and later got the shock of my life on learning that registrations closed on Nov 2nd as all 5,000 novice places were taken within 27 hours! Taking it a little easy, and I would have blown my chances. Earlier [...]
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News (source Express Buzz): About 25,000 people are expected to be a part of the run that will start from People’s Plaza, Necklace Road, go around Hussainsagar and end at People’s Plaza. The Half Marathon will begin at 5.30 am from People’s Plaza to Charminar and back, covering 21 km. The event is expected to draw [...]
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The 3rd edition of the Delhi Runners Half Marathon (DRHM) monthly series will take place at Jahanpanah City Forest, a beautiful forested trail running route in the heart of the city. The event has been growing in popularity, with the first two runs in Nehru Park seeing good participation (about 35 in the August run, [...]
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