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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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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.
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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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The inaugural Half Marathon Report is now available from Running USA, and there are no surprises. This 13.1 Miler or 21.1 KM Half Marathon event in leading the growth of running in the USA. In 2009, Running USA reported a phenomenal 24% growth (worldwide) in the number of finishers compared to the previous year. This has really [...]
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It was a day of new course records at the Prague International Marathon with new records being set in both the men’s and women’s marathon. Eliud Kiptanui of Kenya won the race in a super 02:05:39 which countrywoman Helena Loshanyang Kirop won the women’s race in 02:25:29. In fact, all the top 3 finishers in the [...]
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Samuel Kosgei of Kenya won the Berlin BIG25 race in world record time, one of the most popular 25K races in the world. Kosgei triumphed in a time of 1:11:50. Countryman Gilbert Kirwa was second just 8 seconds behind while Terefe Maregu of Ethiopia was third in 1:13:16. Kosgei’s time bettered the previous record of [...]
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The Route – 110 meter longer in 2010
After completion of the official measurement of the Comrades Marathon race route by an International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) and Association of International Marathons (AIMS) accredited Course Measurer, the official distance of the 2010 Comrades Marathon was confirmed as 89.28 KM. This is 110m longer than the 2009 [...]
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