AFP – Masakazu Fujiwara of Japan pulled away from the pack two kilometres before the finishing line to capture his first victory at the Tokyo marathon on Sunday. The 28-year-old broke from the front group of nine runners to take the lead and he was never seriously challenged thereafter, crossing the finishing line in two [...]
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In a recent edition, Runners World magazine published the list of Top 5 running related movies of all time, as chosen by its editors, as well as its readers. Chariots of Fire topped both the lists. Here goes: Editor’s Choice Chariots of Fire – The inspiring true story of British athletes competing in the 1924 [...]
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This is a guest post by Ravi Abhyankar, a passionate runner from Mumbai, on the Auroville Marathon 2010 experience. If you wish to go abroad without leaving India, meet Germans or French who speak fluent Tamil, enter a temple not attached to any religion – simply in order to practice concentration, and run a marathon [...]
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As part of training for the Comrades Marathon, Don Oliver’s plans advise running 3 ultras and 2 standard marathons in the last 3 months leading up to the event. The ultras range at around 50-60KM. The 50K Golden Jubilee Ultra at IIT Kanpur gave me an opportunity to run the first of those ultras, a [...]
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Elite field of 44 athletes from ten countries was announced today for the 114th running of the Boston Marathon on April 19. Headlining the field, and recently announced, are defending champions Deriba Merga and Salina Kosgei, and past champions Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Catherine Ndereba, Dire Tune and Lidiya Grigoryeva. On the men’s side, nine have [...]
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Augustine Rono of Kenya won the 8th edition of the Chennai Marathon in 2:14:45, organized by SDAT, a remarkable time considering the hot and humid Chennai conditions. The margin of victory was a remarkable 13 minutes, but not too surprising since the second placed runner was from India, Santosh Kumar, who finished in 2:27:25. What [...]
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Defending chanpion Bining Lyngkhoi (Army Sports Institute, Pune) won the 6th edition of the Kolkata Marathon. In the women’s event, Kavita Raut from Karnataka took the top spot. The event saw nearly 17,000 runners take part in the various events, 42.195 km Run (Men), 10.5 km Run (Women), 4.2 km Fun Run, and a 200 [...]
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Time flies! It was not that long ago that I was writing about 300 days to go, and thinking of what training plans to choose for the biggest event yet of my short running career (or hobby, or passion). And now, Comrades Marathon, is right here, right now. I have qualified, I am training, and [...]
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The 2010 RAK Half Marathon at Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) has just finished and the results are out. Sterling performance from Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya landed him the winner’s medal in a time of 59:43. The women’s race was won by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey (born in Ethiopia), in a performance which left the experienced [...]
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