Topic: Marathons
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-16 16:10:17
Kenya's track stars are running away from tradition and into each other's arms, finding marriage to be the best way of espousing sporting careers and A-lister lifestyles. During the past two decades there have been so many athletes who have said "I do", as the rate of marriages between the track stars rises in Kenya. "We tend to ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-03-10 19:10:15
American Meb Keflezighi said Wednesday that a sore left knee will keep him from running in the New York Half-Marathon, what would have been his first race since winning the 2009 New York Marathon. Keflezighi has not raced since last November, when he became the first US man to win at New York since Alberto Salazar in 1982, but he ...
AP News | 2010-02-11 12:36:23
<div id="subtitle">Last year's Boston Marathon champions Merga and Kosgei back to defend their crowns</div><div><p>Boston Marathon champions Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Salina Kosgei of Kenya are scheduled to be back to defend their titles.</p><p>The Boston Athletic Association and ...
AP News | 2010-01-20 20:13:31
<div id="subtitle">Long-distance great Haile Gebrselassie to run spring version of NYC Half-Marathon</div><div><p>Haile Gebrselassie will run in the first NYC Half-Marathon held in the spring.</p><p>The New York Road Runners announced Wednesday that the marathon world record-holder will compete on March ...
