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The third edition of Tamil Maiyam’s Chennai Marathon in aid of GiveLife Charity will be held on August 29.
As a cost-cutting measure, the international component has been trimmed out and this year’s event would be a national marathon, bringing runners from all over India. We expect the participation of more than a [...]
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PRESS RELEASE: July 21, 2010
It’s that time of the year again that thousands and thousands of serious athletes, running enthusiasts and fitness conscious Mumbaikars have been waiting for. The launch of registrations for the eighth edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Asia’s Largest and Richest Marathon is upon us.
As has been the practice for [...]
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Breaking News
Registration Dates for Mumbai Marathon 2011 (for the Full and Half Marathon Categories) are changed and Forms will be available from 22nd July to 21st August 2010. Registration for Dream Run will be start from 1st September. The event date is Jan 16th, 2011.
Register here: http://procamrunning.in/scmm
Registration
With the Mumbai Marathon 2011 registration form, 1 Passport [...]
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Source NYRR – New York, June 2, 2010 – Long-distance legend, multiple Olympic and World Championships gold medalist, and marathon world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia will make his first career appearance at the ING New York City Marathon 2010 on November 7.
“It is pretty much a thrill of a lifetime for us to host [...]
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Here’s the official word from the Comrades Marathon 2010 organizers about the cut off points, and the time limits by which the runners must cross those points to be able to continue in the race. To put this into perspective compared to the previous year, there is no significant change, though the halfway cutoff has [...]
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Finally, good news for Comrades lovers around the world. The event will be telecast live on the SABC 2 channel (South Africa only), finish line video will be available live on the Comrades website, and there is would be live Twitter action too. There will also be a “Track Your Runner” section on the website [...]
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This is how the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has threatened elite Indian athletes who want to take part in the 2010 Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore on May 23rd.
AFI Secretary-General Lalit Bhanot has written to the Karnataka Athletics Association (KAA) and the State Government stating: “the Sunfeast World 10K is not an AFI [...]
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Tyson Gay broke a less attempted world record, the 200 meters straight track one instead of the regular curved track which is the standard, running a 19.41 into a slight headwind at the Manchester, England at the specially laid out track. He broke the existing record of 19.5 set by Tommie Smith in 1966.
For the [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO (May 12, 2010) — ING Bay to Breakers today announced 41 elite runners for its annual San Francisco footrace, including winner of last year’s ING Battle to the Breakers bonus Kenyan Sammy Kitwara who broke course and world-records by finishing in 33:31. He made race history in 2009 amid more than 62,000 participants, [...]
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New York — Rising American stars Bobby Curtis, Patrick Smyth, and Mo Trafeh will join three-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman and four-time Chicago Marathon winner Khalid Khannouchi, who is looking to make his running comeback, at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 15, in Central Park.
Race start: May 15, 2010 [...]
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