News (source mybangalore.com): The Rotary Club Bangalore IT Corridor Chapter (RBITC) and Crossover Events launched the 2009 Times of India Bengaluru Midnight Marathon with a unique event – the Scream Green Fashion Show. The Midnight Marathon provides a platform for corporations, citizens and government to come together in restoring our Garden City. In its third [...]
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On Nov 1st, I ran my 5th consecutive Delhi Half Marathon, which over the years has gone through various title sponsors from Hutch for the first couple of years, to Vodafone, and then to Airtel for the recent two. BIB No: 4004 Completion time: 2:21:31 Overall Rank: 1851/5326 I was suffering from a lower leg [...]
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Reigning champion, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia retained the crown again at the 5th edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, winning in 59:54, comparatively slower by last year’s standard when the race was won in 59:15 by Merga in what was the fastest half marathon time of 2008. It was a closely fought race all the way [...]
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In an exciting finish at the 11th JoongAng Seoul Marathon, it came down to the wire between Francis Larabal of Kenya and his fellow countryman David Mandago. In the final stretch, Larabal overtook David Mandago to win the first international race of his career with a time of 2 hours and 9 minutes flat, providing for [...]
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Meb Keflezighi has become the 1st American ING New York City Marathon winner since the 1982 win of Alberto Salazar. Historic moment for Team USA with 6 in top 10 with Meb (1), Hall (4), Torres (7), Abdirahman (8), Arciniaga (9) and Lehmkuhle (10). This is probably the strongest Team USA performance in recent history! Meb [...]
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Merga retains men’s crown; world champ Keitany breaks course record As expected, it was the Ethiopians and Kenyans who battled for the top positions in both the men’s and women’s action of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. If Derbia Merga from Ethiopia dominated the men’s 21km race to emerge victorious, the winner in [...]
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