This weekend in Washington DC, the 35th annual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) will be held. It is the fourth largest marathon in the United States, and eighth largest in the world. The Marine Corps Marathon event is held all weekend from Friday, October 29 until Sunday October 31. The actual running of the marathon will [...]
Registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon was open this morning at 9:00 AM. Runners may now register to take part in the 115th annual Boston Marathon, which will take place on Patriots’ Day, April 18, 2011. The Boston Marathon is one of the most historic marathons in the world. It is one of the five [...]
The 2010 Detroit Free Press Marathon is underway today in Detroit, Michigan. There are expected to be close to 20,000 runners taking part in the Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K Run/Walk, which began at 7:00 AM this morning. This is the 33rd annual marathon in Detroit. Every year it seems to get more and more [...]
The 2010 Baltimore Marathon is now officially over with. There were 3,353 official finishers in the race. 2,119 males finished, and 1,234 females finished. 24-year-old David Rutoh of Indiana won the race with a time of 2:13:11. 33-year-old Olena Shurkhno of New York City was the first female to cross the finish line with a [...]
The 2010 Columbus Marathon is set to run on Sunday, October 17. The marathon and 1/2 marathon have already sold out this year. Over 15,000 runners will be participating in one of the countries best marathons. The 15,000 runners broke the old record for people taking part in the annual Columbus, Ohio event. The Columbus [...]
Tomorrow, October 16, 2010 is 9th annual running of the Baltimore Marathon, which is part of the Baltimore Running Festival. The marathon is the main event at the running festival, and will be sponsored by Under Armour. This year’s marathon is expected to include over 22,000 individual runners. Some will try and cross the finish [...]
The 2010 Chicago Marathon results have begun coming in. The winner of the race was, Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya with a time of 2:06:23. He barely beat Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, who finished only 19 seconds behind him. All in all, it has been a great marathon, with a ton of people turning out to [...]
The 2010 Ironman Triathlon World Championship is being held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii today. It is the 34th World Championship, and it consists of the top triathlon runners in the world. If you thought a marathon was tough to run, when compared to an Ironman competition in Hawaii, it is nothing. The Ironman World Championship consists [...]
The 29th annual Twin Cities Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, October 3 in Minnesota. It is known as “the most beautiful urban marathon in America”. The 26 mile foot race will start near the HHH Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, and finish up at the State Capitol building in Saint Paul. There are very [...]
