by maraadmin | Oct 12, 2012 | Eindhoven, Ethiopia, Featured, News
Jisa out to make a good job of his Marathon Eindhoven run with 2:04 target Oddjob was the name of a famous James Bond villain but it was also the nickname of Ethiopia’s Sisay Jisa until recently and he will become a De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven hero if he...
by maraadmin | Oct 8, 2012 | Chicago, Ethiopia, Featured, News
CHICAGO – Today’s 35th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon witnessed historic performances by men’s champion Tsegaye Kebede and women’s champion Atsede Baysa, both of Ethiopia, as an event record 37,455 participants crossed the...
by maraadmin | Sep 30, 2012 | Berlin, Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya re-established his claim to be the world’s best marathoner this morning, but only just. Mutai won the 39th BMW Berlin Marathon in 2.04.15, narrowly beating his training partner, Dennis Kimetto, who clocked the fastest marathon debut in...
by maraadmin | Apr 29, 2012 | Duesseldorf, Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News
Both course records were broken and a number of Olympic qualifying standards achieved at the 10th METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf. Ethiopia’s Seboka Diriba Tola ran 2:08:27 and improved the two year-old mark by five seconds. He finished ahead of Duncan Koech...
by maraadmin | Feb 5, 2012 | Ethiopia, Featured, Hong Kong, News
Losing a marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning, when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label event – by less than a second. Indeed so tight and exciting was...
by maraadmin | Nov 8, 2001 | Ethiopia, New York
History of the New York City Marathon The first New York City Marathon, in 1970, had 55 finishers and a total budget of $1,000. From this humble beginning, the race has grown to become a week long, worldwide celebration. On the guest list: 30,000 athletes, 12,000...
