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...
by maraadmin | Apr 6, 2014 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, Paris, Report
Kenenisa Bekele made his debut over the distance in style, when winning the Paris Marathon 2014 in a new course record of 2:05:04. The Ethiopian, who is still the 5000m and 10000m World Record holder, is considered the greatest distance athlete in history and had set...
