by maraadmin | Apr 22, 2014 | Boston, Featured, Kenya, News
BOSTON – April 21, 2014 – One year after an explosive attack rocked the Boylston Street finish line, Monday’s running of the Boston Marathon — the 118th edition of the world’s oldest modern 26.2-mile race – was all about redemption....
by maraadmin | Apr 15, 2014 | Featured, Kenya, London, News, UK
The world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya, was in devastating form on Sunday, 13th April, 2014, when he showed his prowess over the London Marathon course. Kipsang, showing signs as always of being control, moved away with confidence from compatriot, Stanley...
by maraadmin | Apr 15, 2014 | Featured, Kenya, News, Rotterdam
Eliud Kipchoge was an impressive winner of the 2014 ABN AMRO Rotterdam Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in 2:05:00 but the windy conditions and poor pacemaking didn’t bring him the personal best he was looking for. The 29-year-old Kenyan, running his third...
by maraadmin | Apr 14, 2014 | Featured, New York, News, Pre event
NEW YORK – The 2014 TCS New York City Marathon, set for Sunday, November 2, 2014, will feature a field of runners selected from more than 134,000 applications, it was announced by Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners. An estimated 47,500...
by maraadmin | Apr 14, 2014 | Boston, Featured, News, Pre event
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that several former champions of the Boston Marathon® will return to participate in events surrounding the 118th Boston Marathon, to be held on Monday, April 21, 2014. Champions Joan Benoit Samuelson (ME; 1979, 1983),...
by maraadmin | Apr 7, 2014 | Ethiopia, Europe, Featured, Kenya, News, Zurich
No less than 8686 runners were treated to perfect weather conditions at the 12th Zurich Marathon. Unlike last year no new course records were being posted, but the races were not a bit less thrilling. The men’s race was won by 19 year-old newcomer Hayle Lemi from...
