by maraadmin | Feb 5, 2012 | Ethiopia, Featured, Hong Kong, News
Losing a marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning, when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label event – by less than a second. Indeed so tight and exciting was...
by maraadmin | Feb 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Pre event
With so many good African, particularly Kenyan marathoners around nowadays, it takes a bit of initiative to get into foreign races if you’re not one of the sub-2.10 brigade. So when Julius Maisei heard that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF...
by maraadmin | Jan 31, 2012 | Chicago, Featured, News
Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will open to the public beginning at noon (CST) on Wednesday, February 1, at www.chicagomarathon.com. The 35th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be held on Columbus Day weekend, Sunday,...
by maraadmin | Jan 27, 2012 | Dubai, Featured, News
Ayele Abshero and his Ethiopan colleagues turned the marathon tide substantially this morning, Friday, in a Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which rewrote the record books. Abshero, just past 21, ran the fastest winning debut in history, taking the title in an...
by maraadmin | Jan 26, 2012 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, which celebrates its 13th edition on Friday morning, has been a happy hunting ground for Ethiopian runners in the past, foremost among them former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie, who won here three times. But when Geb...
by maraadmin | Dec 15, 2011 | Amsterdam, Featured, News
As of today, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon has a new logo. The logo was officially unveiled this afternoon by TCS CEO, Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, alderman Eric van der Burg and Le Champion’s Director, Simone Richardson, at the official residence of the Major of...
