National Lampoon Splog! (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Minutes after Meb Keflezighi became the first American in nearly 30 years to win the New York Marathon, Steve Schwarz became the first Chinese-born man to win the Beijing marathon in as many. “This means so much to me, y’all,” said Schwartz, running his hands through his red hair. “I mean, sh*t. I feel so proud [...]
Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon , for long touted as among the top ten marathons in the world, has been honoured by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) with the prestigious Gold Label for the year 2010. In 2009, the event was a Silver Label race. With this honour, the event joins the elite group of 12 other full marathons around the world which possess this label, the...
chimpthink (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
OK so I finished my first marathon. The time was a disappointing 4:34:55. Actually it should be 4:32 and change because the official record did not take into account the actual starting time, which was just one of the many aspects of Beijing Marathon’s poor organization. My “easy” long runs always extrapolated to finishing times [...]
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
BEIJING (AP) -- Samuel Mugo led a Kenyan sweep at the Beijing Marathon on Sunday, and world champion Bai Xue did the same for China in the women's race.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
BEIJING - Samuel Mugo led a Kenyan sweep at the Beijing Marathon on Sunday, and world champion Bai Xue did the same for China in the women's race. Mugo ran a personal...
Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Just picked up the live results coming up from Xinhua news agency. More results and other details coming soon. Women's winner : Bai Xue (China) Men's winner : Mugo Samuel (Kenya) The Beijing Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. About 26,000 runners took part in the various runs for the day, which included the Marathon, Half Marathon, 9KM run and a mini-marathon too! Coming up: Shimla Half Marathon...
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