by maraadmin | Mar 28, 2011 | Featured, London, News
Sammy Wanjiru pulls out of the London Marathon with a knee injury But his fellow Kenyan and three-time winner Martin Lel has been added to the field for the race on Sunday 17 April.Wanjiru won in London in 2009, but dropped out at the halfway stage last year through...
by maraadmin | Mar 24, 2011 | Featured, London, News
Nine Japanese women have been added to the field for next month’s London marathon after the Nagoya marathon was called off following the earthquake and tsunami. The Nagoya event was earmarked as the final selection race for the Japan team to travel to the...
by maraadmin | Mar 3, 2011 | Chicago, Featured, News
Chicago Marathon registration closes in record time CHICAGO – Registration for the 2011 Bank of America Chicago Marathon closed in record time today as the maximum 45,000 participants signed up in 31 days for the 34th annual event. With a 26.2-mile course that...
by maraadmin | Mar 3, 2011 | Boston, Featured, News
BOSTON, MA, March 2, 2011—More than 100 John Hancock and Manulife employees have committed to run this year’s Boston Marathon and raise money for non-profits through its MarathonMatters: Employee Training Program. They join the more than 1,000 Company-sponsored...
by maraadmin | Feb 24, 2011 | Featured, News, Tokyo
Comeback Haile Gebrselassie postponed Haile Gebrselassie, the famous long distance runner, will not start in the Tokyo Marathon this weekend. The world record holder on the marathon fell during a training. He unluckily fell on a rock and bruised his knee. He...
by maraadmin | Feb 24, 2011 | Berlin, Featured, News
Early as never before the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON has sold out its 40,000 entries. Just one thousand bib numbers are left, all of them are charity entries for 142,195 Euro, of which 42,195 Euro are substituting childhood poverty in Germany (via “RTL Spendenmarathon”, a...
