News — Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon Gets New Start

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running advice bug News Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon Gets New StartSan Antonio, TX – July 28, 2010 – When runners and walkers take to the streets for the third annual Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon & ½ Marathon benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Sunday, November 14, they will do so from a brand new starting line. The 2010 race course was unveiled today, and will include a new downtown start on the corner of Alamo and Market Street, adjacent to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

“Our goal is always to provide the best running experience possible for all participants,” said Kari Logan, Event Director of the Rock N Roll San Antonio marathon and half-marathon. “We believe changing the start location to downtown will be a positive one for both runners and the local community.”

From the start line, the new race route will travel east down Market Street, before circling past the historic Alamo. The course then heads up North St. Mary’s Street to McCullough Avenue then passing through the King William Historic District. Both the marathon, half-marathon and relay will finish in the same location as previous years, adjacent to the Alamodome.

The new Rock N Roll San Antonia Marathon course is available by clicking here.
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Races — Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon Perfect for Runners, and Basweti

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running advice bug Races Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon Perfect for Runners, and BaswetiSEATTLE — Picture perfect conditions greeted runners Saturday morning as more than 27,000 participants ran from Tukwila to Seattle for the second annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon.

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Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon 2010

It was Jynocel Basweti of Kenya who broke away from the lead pack at the 35K mark in the marathon to claim victory in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 19 seconds. Basweti, who finished fourth in Seattle last year, claimed his fourth marathon title in 2010. He has been training in New Mexico with the AmeriKenyan Running Club and is coached by 2000 U.S. Olympic triathlete Ryan Bolton.

“Seattle is so fantastic, so green, the spectators and cheering was so nice,” said Basweti, who didn’t enter the race until Wednesday. “I ran here last year, it was my first time and I didn’t know the route. This year I had the knowledge about the course. At halfway, I thought this marathon was going to be between three guys, so when we got out of the tunnel (Battery Street) I knew I needed to make my move.”

The women’s marathon was won by Oregon’s Sopagna Eap in 2:43:05, a time which qualified her for the 2012 Olympic Trials. It was the first big city marathon victory for Eap, a Division II All-American at U.C. Davis, who recently finished her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Oregon.
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Races — U.S. Standouts Lead Field at Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle

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running advice bug Races U.S. Standouts Lead Field at Rock n Roll SeattleSeattle, WA — More than 27,000 runners will take to the streets of Seattle Saturday morning, June 26 for the second Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon benefiting the American Cancer Society.

American Patrick Rizzo leads this year’s field, returning after finishing as the runner-up in last year’s half-marathon with a personal record (PR) of 1 hour, 5 minutes, 34 seconds. The 26-year-old went on to finish 10th overall at the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and has already set his personal bests this year over 10,000m and 30K. He will be challenged by several of his former teammates from the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, including 2008 Olympian Brian Sell and former Washington State University runner Drew Polley.

The 2006 USA Half-Marathon champion, Sell finished 22nd overall at the Olympic Marathon in Beijing. In 2008 he won the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio half-marathon with a time of 1:02:50 and has also been the USA 25K champion on three different occasions. Sell, who contemplated retirement and plans to attend dental school at Penn State this fall, recently told competitor.com, “I took the winter off in Detroit and now I’m having a lot more fun with running. It is much more fulfilling now that the pressure is off and I’m just going to have fun and see what I can do.”
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Races — Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon Stays (Mostly) Dry

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running advice bug Races Mayors Midnight Sun Marathon Stays (Mostly) DryANCHORAGE — When the rain really starting falling Saturday evening during the downtown music festival going on in Anchorage, I knew what all the runners around me were thinking: ‘better now than this morning’. As it turns out, the rain had mostly stayed away from the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon that morning, with just a few periods when the wet stuff came down. It turned out in fact to be a perfect day for a marathon with cool temperatures and overcast skies.

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Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon

This may sound like an unusual way to start a news story about a marathon — normally they start with the winners for one thing — but the Mayor’s Midnight Sun is unlike most marathons. It is one of the most interesting blends of urban and wild running that I’ve experienced and this year was no exception.

Although the course features two urban high-schools — one at the start and one at the finish — the route between the two includes quiet forests, single-track trail, paths along meandering creeks, and gorgeous views of estuaries, mountains and trees. You never get far from the city, but this is Alaska, so you really don’t have to go far. And the thought that around any corner you might catch sight of a moose, an eagle or a bear helps keep a marathon runner’s tiring mind busy for all of those miles.
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Photos — Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon 2010

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Mayor's Midnight Sun Anchorage Marathon 2010


Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon 2010

Originally uploaded by Coach Joe English

Here are some 200+ photos that I shot at the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska in June 2010.

To see a slideshow of the set, click here.

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Photos — Rock N Roll Marathon San Diego 2010

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RNR San Diego 2010

Originally uploaded by Coach Joe English

Here are some 200+ photos that I shot at the Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego on June 6th, 2010. The marathon featured a brand new full marathon course as well as a new half-marathon option.

Just click on the photo or the link below it to go to Flickr and see the entire set.

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Races — Limo, Gromova win 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon

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running advice bug Races Limo, Gromova win 2010 Rock n Roll San Diego MarathonSAN DIEGO, CA — Kenyan Richard Limo took the lead at the 21-mile mark and never relinquished it, crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 58 seconds to win the 13th Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon on Sunday morning. It was Limo’s first career marathon victory, an achievement that wasn’t lost on the former 5000 meter world champion as he came to a complete stop just before crossing the finish line.

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Richard Limo wins Rock N Roll Marathon 2010

“It was very important to me,” Limo said of his victory. “This was my first marathon win and I wanted to take a very good picture. This is wonderful.”

William Chebor of Kenya was next across the finish line in 2:10:15, and American Nick Arciniaga took nearly two minutes off his personal best to finish third in 2:11:48, the fourth fastest U.S. marathon this year, and the first American male to place in the top 10 at the race since Josh Cox’s ninth place finish in 1999, Arciniaga hung on to an aggressive early pace and mixed it up with the lead pack through an opening 10K of 29:34.

“The plan was to just sit on the leaders no matter what they were doing,” said Arciniaga, a 26-year-old from Flagstaff, Arizona who ran the fourth fastest U.S. marathon time of 2010. “I was hoping for a huge breakthrough performance. I ran strongly the last 10K and was able to catch a few more guys. I was hoping for better, but I’m not going to be disheartened with a two-minute PR.”
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News — Haile Gebrselassie to Run 2010 ING New York City Marathon

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running advice bug News Haile Gebrselassie to Run 2010 ING New York City MarathonNew York, NY — 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.

Widely considered the greatest distance runner of all time, Gebrselassie, 37, set the marathon world record in 2008 at the real,- Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:03:59. Gebrselassie has focused on road racing and the marathon since the 2004 Olympic Games, and he captured his first title in a World Marathon Majors race in Berlin in 2006. In addition to four straight wins in Berlin, he has also claimed marathon victories in Amsterdam (2005), Fukuoka, Japan (2006), and Dubai (2008, 2009, 2010).

The 1996 and 2000 Olympic 10,000-meter gold medalist has won 124 races, only four of which (Atlanta, Boston, Tempe, and New York) have been in the United States. He has now set 25 world records in his illustrious career with a total of 15 senior medals at the Olympic Games (2), World Outdoor Championships (7), World Indoor Championships (4), World Half-Marathon Championships (1), and World Cross Country Championships (1).
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Races — Ramaala to headline Rock N Roll Marathon Field

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running advice bug Races Ramaala to headline Rock N Roll Marathon FieldSan Diego, CA -– One of the world’s greatest marathon runners, South African Hendrick Ramaala, will lead a field of 30,000 entrants on Sunday, June 6 at this year’s revamped Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon & ½ Marathon to Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A former ING New York City Marathon champion, Ramaala owns a personal best of 2:06:55 from the London Marathon in 2006. He finished 5th at the Virgin London Marathon last year, running a time of 2:07:44.

For the first time in the San Diego’s 13-year Rock ‘n’ Roll history, the event will include a half marathon, along with a new finish line at SeaWorld.

“I’m excited to run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, every morning I have been pushing my training,” said Ramaala. “I’ve heard a lot of nice things about the race and the city, I would love to do well in front of the people there and put on a good show. I’ve never been to San Diego and I’m excited to see the city.”

Ramaala will line up against defending champion Khalid El Boumlili of Morocco, as well as former 5,000-meter world champion Richard Limo of Kenya. Prior to winning last year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll event, El Boumlili finished third at the 2008 Boston Marathon in a personal record of 2:10:35. Limo comes to San Diego with his sights set on countryman Philip Tarus’ longstanding event record of 2:08:33. Better known for his accomplishments on the track, Limo has a marathon best of 2:06:45 set in Amsterdam in 2007. He finished 5th at the 2009 Chicago Marathon and was runner up at the Los Angeles Marathon earlier this year.
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Racing — Carlson & McGregor win USA 25 km Championships

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running advice bug Racing Carlson & McGregor win USA 25 km ChampionshipsGRAND RAPIDS – Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) captured his second career USA title as Katie McGregor (Saint Louis Park, Minn.) took her second road title for 2010 Saturday at the USA 25 km Championships in Grand Rapids, Mich. Carlson led all competitors in the race which included international athletes, running 1:14:42. McGregor took third overall behind Firehinot Dado of Ethiopia and Genoveva Kigen of Kenya, running 1:26:24 for the U.S. women’s crown. Dado won overall in 1:23:46, with Kigen second in 1:24:53.

Cold, breezy conditions met the field at the start as the Fifth Third River Bank Run hosted the championships for the 17th year. Passing the first mile in 4:46, Carlson, the 2008 USA 15 km champion was comfortably tucked into a lead pack of 15 men that included training partners Brett Gotcher (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Nick Arciniaga (Flagstaff, Ariz.), as well as defending overall champion Isaak Kimaiyo of Kenya and U.S. contenders, Jason Hartmann (Boulder, Colo.) and Josh Eberly (Gunnison, Colo.).

By eight miles the pack was reduced to six men with Hartmann and Gotcher sharing the majority of the pacing duties. Going up a short hill approaching 10 miles, Carlson took command of the lead, breaking up the lead pack as only Gotcher tried to keep pace.

A 4:40 mile from 10 to 11 saw Carlson pull away from Gotcher, sending him on his way to a 24 second win over his training partner. Arciniaga took third in 1:15:18 as Hartmann and Eberly rounded out a U.S. sweep of the top-five in 1:15:38 and 1:15:54 respectively.
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