Kenyan Sylvester Teimet won the 81st Dong-A Seoul International Marathon 2010 in what turned out to be a closely fought affair with fellow countryman Gilbert Kirwa. In the process, Teimet also broke the existing course record of 2:07:06, winning in 2:06:49. Kirwa was just 10 seconds off to finish in 2:06:59. The presence of a strong [...]
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Marathons galore on the upcoming weekend with some of the most popular marathons and half marathons from around the world dishing out some real treat for the marathon fans and runners alike. Here’s what you can look up to for the weekend of Mar 20-21, 2010: New York City (NYC) Half Marathon (Mar 21) This [...]
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There are only 3 IAAF Gold Label Road Races in the world which are 10K runs, and it is no small matter than the Bangalore 10K is one of them, which makes it one of the most popular 10K runs in the world. The other two runs are the World’s Best 10K Run (Portugal), and [...]
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CPC Loop Half Marathon at The Hague is that special marathon which will be remembered for Sammy Wanjiru’s current world record of 58:33 set in 2007, at least till the time that is broken, and which may not be anytime soon. The Hague has been a place for some really fast times, and some exciting [...]
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A great first edition of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon. It is really surprising to see so much interest and participation in the inaugural event, its actually a wonder how this stayed off the marathon charts for so long. There were an estimated 12,000 runners at the half marathon. Texan Westly Keating won [...]
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This was long time coming and finally, I decided to move ahead with this change. This blog originated as my personal training log at tanvirkazmi.blogspot.com. It soon became an avenue for me to discuss all things related to running in India and the blog got its own domain name in tanvirkazmi.com (and known popularly as the “Running [...]
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Paris Half Marathon Results Wilson Kiprop of Kenya won the 18th edition of the Semi-Marathon De Paris in a time of 61 minutes and 26 seconds, beating Lelisa Desisa and Bettona Werga Sahle of Ethiopia to second and third positions respectively. In the women’s event, it was all Ethiopia on top, with Atsede Baysa, Tirfi Tsegaye, [...]
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Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia won the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Sunday, winner the race in 2:09:34. The Lake Biwa Marathon is celebrating its 65th edition anniversary this year, and is the oldest marathon event in Japan. It is also an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. Japanese drought continued for the 9th year running, with local runners unable to achieve [...]
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This is a guest post by Alok Shukla, a passionate runner from Kolkata, on his Kolkata Marathon 2010 experience. I participated on 21st Feb in the Kolkata Marathon 2010. All full marathoners were expected to finish the marathon in 3.15 hrs time limit (as mentioned in registration form). After this time the trafic controls were [...]
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