by maraadmin | Jun 17, 2011 | Berlin, Featured, News
With the BMW BERLIN MARATHON 100 days away, race director Mark Milde announced the return of marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie to the streets of Berlin. Here the Ethiopian superstar of long distance running had his greatest success as a marathon...
by maraadmin | Jun 2, 2011 | Featured, New York, News, USA
Kim Smith to Run the ING New York City Marathon 2011 U.S. 5000 meter record holder Molly Huddle also announces participation in the NYRR 5 on November 5, during ING New York City Marathon weekend; training partners make announcement at NYRR Mighty Milers Fun Run on...
by maraadmin | May 16, 2011 | Featured, News
World Marathon Majors Press Release and Tribute to Sammy Wanjiru Sammy Wanjiru 1986-2011 World Marathon Majors is saddened by the news of the death of Sammy Wanjiru on May 15th. Wanjiru was an incredible marathon talent with a ferocious racing style. He was twice...
by maraadmin | May 8, 2011 | Duesseldorf, Featured, News
Kimaiyo and Mohammed beat the heat and the field Nahashon Kimaiyo and Merima Mohammed took the METRO Group Marathon Duesseldorf. Taking into account the very warm weather the 28 year-old Kenyan clocked a remarkable time of 2:10:54. Vasyl Remshchuck (Ukraine/2:13:09)...
by maraadmin | May 8, 2011 | Featured, News, Prague
Prague, May 8th, 2011: After records were smashed in last year’s race, and then again at this year’s Hervis Prague Half Marathon, it was always going to be difficult to maintain the momentum in this year’s Volkswagen Prague Marathon, but, sure enough, the organisers...
by maraadmin | Apr 21, 2011 | Featured, Zurich
John Kyalo Kyui of Kenya won the Zurich Marathon with a top time of 2:09:59.6, ahead of Russia’s Aleksey V. Solokov and Abraham Tandoy. Daniel Kiptum (Kenya) came in fourth, beating his world record among deaf runners with a time of 2:11:31.1. The Ukrainian Svitlana...
