Upcoming: Flora London Marathon leads off big week for marathoning

With three of the biggest marathoning events coming up over the next week, this is going to be one of the most exciting times of the year for marathon racing fans. Three events — the Flora London Marthon, the US Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials and the Boston Marathon — all fall within the nine day [...]

2007 Marathon Year in Review: The Ugly

This is part III of my series, 2007 Marathon Year in Review: The good, the bad and the ugly.
Part I: The Good
Part II: The Bad
Part III: The Ugly (this article)
2007 had its moments. For a lot of marathon runners, it will be a year that they would like to soon forget. This is despite all [...]

2007 Marathon Year in Review: The Bad

This is part III of my series, 2007 Marathon Year in Review: The good, the bad and the ugly.
Part I: The Good
Part II: The Bad (this article)
Part III: The Ugly
As I continue with my look back at the 2007 Year in Marathon Running, I now move on “the bad”. These are the moments that gave [...]

2007 Marathon Year in Review: The Good

This is part III of my series, 2007 Marathon Year in Review: The good, the bad and the ugly.
Part I: The Good (this article)
Part II: The Bad
Part III: The Ugly
2007 was a wild year for marathon running. It will be a year that will be remembered for incredible performances, freakish weather and bad race management. [...]

Races: London Marathon announces 2008 Men’s Elite Field

UPDATE: Live broadcast information for the Flora London Marathon is available by clicking here.
UPDATE: For more London Marathon pre-race coverage, click here.
The London Marathon has annouced it’s men’s elite field for the 2008 running. Defending champion Martin Lel will return in April in a bid to try to win his third Flora London Marathon in [...]

Races: Concerns over Honolulu Marathon timing problems widen

Earlier this week we reported here that the timing system at the Honolulu Marathon may have resulted incorrect times for thousands of runners. Now as the story is widening, it appears that the timing problems were much more wide-spread and the story is beginning to have ramifications with other races as well.
The Honolulu Adviser is [...]

Races: Skvortsova and Cheboibich win at Las Vegas Marathon 2007

Silviya Skvortsova of Russia became both the top finisher and the women’s champion at the Zappos.com Las Vegas Marathon today.
The Las Vegas Marathon used a challenge format in which the elite women runners were sent off about eighteen minutes ahead of the men. The first finisher, male or female, gets a bonus in this [...]

Races: Moiben and Kyrza win 2007 California International Marathon

UPDATE: Race results pages on the CIM web-site now appear to be working. Links to results are at the bottom of this story.
The California International Marathon saw another quick finish this morning in the men’s race, as Laban Moiben of Kenyan ran 30 seconds faster than last year’s winner to take the victory. On the [...]