by maraadmin | Nov 14, 2011 | Newsfeed
RICHMOND, Va. – (November 12, 2011) – With a time of 2 hours, 13 minutes, 45 seconds, Kenya’s Kennedy Kemei, 33, set a new course and Virginia state record Saturday morning at the 34th SunTrust Richmond Marathon. The previous record was 2:14:32 set...
by maraadmin | Nov 13, 2011 | Athens, Featured, News
In a rare victory for a non-Kenyan in a major marathon, Abdelkerim Boubker of Morocco won the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday morning, taking exactly one minute off the event record, with 2.11.40. Boubker, 30, had to overcome more than the all-conquering Kenyans,...
by maraadmin | Nov 12, 2011 | Athens, Featured, Kenya, New York
When When Raymond Bett won the Athens Classic Marathon last year in 2.12.40, knocking two seconds off the event record on one of the toughest courses in the world, he was presented with the fact that Stefano Baldini won the 2004 Olympic title on the same course in...
by maraadmin | Nov 10, 2011 | Newsfeed
SAVANNAH, Ga. – (November 5, 2011) – After selling out in mid-August, the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon & ½ Marathon debuted as the largest running block party in Georgia on Saturday morning. Nathan O’Connell, a...
by maraadmin | Nov 7, 2011 | Newsfeed
New York Marathon – 6 November 2011 Kimberley Smith qualified for the London Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the New York marathon in 2h 25m 46s. The 29 year old, who turns 30 Saturday week, was six minutes under the Olympic qualifying time and nearly four...
