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6 Moms to Run 198 Miles for the Homeless

They're raising 19 kids among them, working full-time jobs and now planning to cover 198 miles by foot in roughly 24 hours. That's no problem for the Six Pack Mom Attack, a group of six female runners from the Chicago area who will tackle the Ragnar Relay in June. Jennifer Fisher The Six Pack Mom Attack team...

Sally Meyerhoff: 5 Facts About the Running Champion Killed Tuesday

Sally Meyerhoff, a 27-year-old marathon champion who was preparing for the 2012 Olympic trials, was killed Tuesday when a pickup truck hit her bike, the Arizona Republic reports. Meyerhoff was struck during a training ride in Maricopa, Ariz. around 1:30 p.m., apparently after failing to yield at an intersection. According...

Boston Marathon Standards Get Tougher; Twitter's Feeling the Pressure

The good news? It just got easier to register for the Boston Marathon. The bad news? It also got harder to qualify for the race. Today the Boston Athletic Association announced a new registration process that lets faster qualifiers enter first and also expands a rolling registration period for all runners. Previously,...

Pantsless Perp: Burglary Suspect Allegedly Caught Watching Porn at Crime Scene

Talk about getting caught in the act. Police in Monroe County, Fla., were responding to an alarm at an appliance store Monday when they say they discovered a would-be burglar watching pornography on a shop computer. When deputies arrived at the Windswept Appliance and Air Conditioning in Marathon around 11:20 p.m., they...

Love on the Run: Couple Weds During Houston Marathon

A Houston couple found a whole new way to tie the knot by exchanging their marriage vows in the middle of a marathon this weekend. David Upton and Molly Johnston started the Chevron Houston Marathon race Saturday as boyfriend and girlfriend and crossed the finish line as husband and wife, after stopping briefly at mile 16...

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05/29/12 Polytechnic Student Represents Brunei In Sundown... Source: Brudirect.com Last Saturday, Johari bin Brahim, an Advanced Diploma student in Business Entrepreneurship from Brunei Polytechnic participated in the "2012 Sundown Marathon" in Singapore, carrying the theme "Beat The Sun Rise".
05/29/12 Citizen Dave: The thrill of mediocrity at the Madison... Source: The Daily Page - Madison WI I ran my second half marathon on Sunday, the main event in this year's Madison Marathon as the full race was canceled due to heat.
05/29/12 Austin marathoner memorialized Source: Austin Daily Herald - Austin MN There's no better way to commemorate the life of Austin-native Darren Lewis than with a race.
05/29/12 Running 42 at 42 Source: Halifax Daily News - Halifax - NS - Canada Rene Saulnier, Darren Kaulback and Matt Whitman have decided to celebrate turning 42 this year by running 42 kilometers at the Maritime Race Weekend on Sept. 15.
05/29/12 McDonald's Partners with Rock ân' Roll Marathon... Source: QSR Magazine Competitor Group, Inc., the leading media and event resource in the active lifestyle industry, today announced a partnership with McDonald's USA as the official quick-service restaurant sponsor of five upcoming events in the popular Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series.

Background on Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards), that is usually run as a road race.

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