by maraadmin | Apr 22, 2013 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, London, News, UK
London, April 21st: After perfect weather conditions in Boston, the Virgin London Marathon had super weather conditions. Starting out in a fast pace, clocking 28:56 for 10k, the men’s race was thrilling to the end. A group of five runners, including Emmanuel Mutai,...
by maraadmin | Apr 16, 2013 | Boston, Featured, News
BOSTON – (Monday, April 15, 2013) – The Boston Athletic Association extends its deepest sympathies to all those who were affected in any way by today’s events. Today is a sad day for the City of Boston, for the running community, and for all those who were...
by maraadmin | Apr 16, 2013 | Boston, Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, USA
BOSTON – Prior to a horrific act of violence that rocked the world and the running community, Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya ran to championships on a chilly April morning in the 117th running of the Boston Athletic Association’s Boston...
by maraadmin | Apr 11, 2013 | Duesseldorf, Featured, News, Pre event
Kenya’s marathon star Duncan Kibet will make a return to the classic distance in Duesseldorf on 28th April. Organisers of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf today confirmed the start of the 34 year-old. Back in 2009 Duncan Kibet won the Rotterdam Marathon with a...
by maraadmin | Apr 8, 2013 | Africa, Europe, Featured, News, Zurich
At the 11th edition of the Zurich Marathon, the course records were broken despite low temperatures and grey skies: Tadesse Abraham (Eritrea) set a time of 2:07.44 hours and Croatian Lisa Stublic destroyed the old course record with a time of 2:25.44. With 7802...
by maraadmin | Feb 24, 2013 | Featured, Hong Kong, Kenya, News
After two years of rehearsals and reversals, Julius Maisei of Kenya got it right the third time, and won the 17th edition of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday morning, in 2.14.18. Maisei had finished second here two years ago, and fourth, albeit just...
