by maraadmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Events, Featured, Hannover, Kenya, News, South Africa
Cheshari Jacob and Souad Ait Salem won the 25th edition of the HAJ Hannover Marathon on Sunday. In very good weather conditions 31 year-old Kenyan Jacob clocked 2:09:32. In a close finish Ethiopia’s Chala Bekele had been in the lead briefly in the final kilometre but...
by maraadmin | Apr 8, 2015 | Boston, Events, News, Pre event
BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today that several champions of the Boston Marathon will return to participate in events surrounding the 119th Boston Marathon, to be held on Monday, April 20, 2015. Champions Lisa Rainsberger (USA, 1985),...
by maraadmin | Mar 12, 2015 | Events, Featured, Hannover, News, Pre event
Kenyan winners of marathons in Paris and Fukuoka will clash at the HAJ Marathon Hannover on 19th April. Organisers of the event, which is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, have announced major contenders for Germany’s rising spring marathon. Benjamin Kiptoo won the...
by maraadmin | Feb 20, 2015 | Featured, News, Pre event, Tokyo, WMM
TOKYO, Feb. 20, 2015 – The ninth running of the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 22, 2015, marks the official start of Abbott’s title sponsorship of the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) and a number of key changes to the iconic series. Announced today by the organizers...
by maraadmin | Feb 12, 2015 | Awards, Featured, Kenya, News
The world running organisation the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that the Kenyan athlete Dennis Kimetto has been awarded the AIMS World Record Award in recognition of his World Record breaking time of 2:02:57...
by maraadmin | Jan 26, 2015 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Hong Kong, News
In a major marathon upset, Kim Hye Gyong of the Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon early Sunday morning. In doing so, Kim beat the otherwise all-conquering East Africans, won the Asian championship, which was...
