BERLIN | Patrick Makau of Kenya broke the world record to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. Makau, 26, pulled away after 16.8 miles and finished in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds.
Makau is fastest ever Patrick Makau of Kenya broke the world record to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican politician stripped of his first-place title in a marathon after apparently taking a shortcut said Wednesday that he never intended to complete the race and simply went to the finish line to collect his belongings. Roberto Madrazo, who finished a distant third in Mexico's 2006 presidential election, was lampooned around the world after photographs and video footage showed him running across the finish line pumping his arms and grinning in the Sept. 30 Berlin marathon.
BERLIN -- Haile Gebrselassie smashed his marathon world record by 27 seconds Sunday, winning the Berlin Marathon in a city where he has had so much success. The 35-year-old Ethiopian took advantage of excellent conditions on a flat course to finish in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds. Despite an ailing calf he shattered the mark he set in Berlin last year and became the first man to win this race three times.
Bob Knight will carry an angel on his shoulder during his first marathon this weekend. Knight, vice president of administrative services and acting chief executive officer for Clark College, returns to Germany to run in Sunday's Berlin Marathon and will wear a pin in the shape of an angel during the event.
Software developed for Wikipedia to trace changes to the popular Internet encyclopedia determined that people using CIA and FBI computers edited entries on the Iraq war and Guantanamo military prison. According to the British Broadcasting Corp., Wikipedia's tracing program also revealed that the Vatican modified information about Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and that a computer owned by the Democratic Party was used to make changes to the entry for talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, branding him "idiotic" and describing his audience as "legally retarded. Roberto Madrazo lost Mexico's presidential election in 2006 but rebounded to win the men's age-55 category in last fall's Berlin marathon. His time was a mere 2:41:12, including one 15-kilometer stretch he covered in only 21 minutes-20 minu...
Although the field of elite runners includes four former champions with 11 titles between them, the 14th edition of the Beach to Beacon 10K road race Saturday almost certainly will have a pair of first-time winners. Neither Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya - who set a course record for women last August - nor Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia is in town for a proper title defense.
...Cheruiyot is the 2008 Chicago Marathon champion who placed fourth in Cape Elizabeth five ...Won 2007 Berlin half marathon. - Glenn Jordan. Copyright 2009 Blet...
Every year, in cities across the world, runners subject themselves to the marathon, a grueling 26.2-mile test of strength, endurance and will. New York has one. So do Boston, Chicago, Berlin, London and Los Angeles.
I was feeling nauseous," she said. "I sat there in the stands last year and I missed not racing," said [Paula Radcliffe], who watched her husband, Gary Lough, participate in last year's festivities. When asked her plans for the $500,000 [Gete Wami] said, "Like anyone, I would like to put it to good use for something in my country. Something productive. Wami had to deal with an ailment of her own. "Running two marathons in 35 days is difficult," she said through a translator. "But coming in second makes me happy." Wami won the Berlin Marathon just over a month ago. She battled a sudden stomach ailment when it came time to make the last push against Radcliffe.
Dan Browne is coming back to the Army Ten-Miler next month. The three-time champ and event record-holder, hot off the world championships marathon Aug. 22 in Berlin, said he committed to the Oct. 4 10-miler in Arlington because he is back on the Army's World Class Athlete Program team. The Army Ten-Miler is the Army's largest race out there," Browne said. "And now that I'm back in the WCAP since November of last year, I'll be running the race.
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