Udine (Italy) - March 24, 2014 - Unesco Cities Marathon is the only marathon in the world connecting two Unesco World Heritage sites: Cividale del Friuli, ancient Lombard capital city, and Aquileia, a centre with important Roman remains, are exactly 42 kilometres away, the … [Read more...]
WMM update after Kipsang Berlin win
September 30, 2013
The chase continues for the One Million Dollars for the 2012-2013 World Marathon Majors Series The 40th edition of the BMW BERLIN MARATHON took place on September 29, 2013 Weather: near perfect conditions 7C at start to 11C at the finish, (44F to 52F during race time) sunny, … [Read more...]
April takes Hannover in May
May 5, 2013
Despite warm weather conditions both course records were broken in the TUI Marathon Hannover: South Africa’s Lusapho April clocked 2:08:32 while Ukraine’s Olena Burkovska crossed the line in 2:27:07. … [Read more...]
Tadesse and Stublic set new Zurich records
April 8, 2013 2 Comments
At the 11th edition of the Zurich Marathon, the course records were broken despite low temperatures and grey skies: Tadesse Abraham (Eritrea) set a time of 2:07.44 hours and Croatian Lisa Stublic destroyed the old course record with a time of 2:25.44. … [Read more...]
Makau, Mota honoured
November 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
In a ceremony broadcast live on Greek national television on Friday evening, marathon luminaries Patrick Makau of Kenya and Rosa Mota of Portugal were honoured with awards at a Gala Dinner on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of both the Association of International Marathons … [Read more...]
Chumba sets Eindhoven record
October 15, 2012 1 Comment
Dickson Chumba extended Kenya's winning streak at the De Lage Langen Marathon Eindhoven to 14 races since 1999 when he sped to a course record and personal best of of 2:05:46 on Sunday. … [Read more...]
Powerful Field for New York 2012
September 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
Powerful International Field Expected at 2012 ING New York City Marathon Including two-time race champion Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Morocco's two-time Olympian Abderrahime Bouramdane, Great Britain's Olympic marathoner Scott Overall and three-time Olympian Kayoko Fukushi, … [Read more...]
Ethiopian duo seek Frankfurt glory
September 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
After the sensational signing of world marathon record holder Patrick Makau (Kenya/2:03:38) and three more runners with personal bests of sub 2:05:30 organisers of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon have now announced the top contenders of their women’s race. … [Read more...]
Athens Classic 2012
September 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
It is an event which every distance runner in the world should either run or attend at some point – the Athens Classic Marathon, scheduled this year for November 11. … [Read more...]
Makau gets the AIMS Award
September 7, 2012 1 Comment
Patrick Makau, the Kenyan world record holder in the marathon and the main star of Saturday’s Mattoni Prague Grand Prix, has a full day of social events behind him. In the morning, he visited Ústí nad Labem, the location of the last of this year’s races in the RunCzech.com … [Read more...]
