by maraadmin | Feb 13, 2012 | Boston, Featured, News
BOSTON – (February 9, 2012) – In its 27th year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial has announced the professional field for the 116th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16. Reigning champions Geoffrey Mutai and...
by maraadmin | Feb 7, 2012 | Chicago, Featured, News, USA
CHICAGO – Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon closed in record time today as the maximum 45,000 participants signed up in six days for the 35th anniversary event. Demand to run the iconic race has increased significantly in recent years,...
by maraadmin | Feb 5, 2012 | Ethiopia, Featured, Hong Kong, News
Losing a marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning, when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label event – by less than a second. Indeed so tight and exciting was...
by maraadmin | Feb 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Pre event
With so many good African, particularly Kenyan marathoners around nowadays, it takes a bit of initiative to get into foreign races if you’re not one of the sub-2.10 brigade. So when Julius Maisei heard that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF...
by maraadmin | Jan 31, 2012 | Chicago, Featured, News
Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will open to the public beginning at noon (CST) on Wednesday, February 1, at www.chicagomarathon.com. The 35th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be held on Columbus Day weekend, Sunday,...
by maraadmin | Jan 27, 2012 | Dubai, Featured, News
Ayele Abshero and his Ethiopan colleagues turned the marathon tide substantially this morning, Friday, in a Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which rewrote the record books. Abshero, just past 21, ran the fastest winning debut in history, taking the title in an...
