The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner: An Unfit Londoner's Attempt to Run the New York City Marathon from Scratch
France24 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Australian Paralympian Kurt Fearnley completed a gruelling 96 kilometre (60 mile) crawl along a jungle trek on Wednesday, just weeks after taking the New York marathon wheelchair title. The three-time Paralympic gold-medallist, who was born without the lower part of his spine, said hauling himself on hands and knees along the famed Kokoda track was the biggest challenge of his life. "Mate, I...
mommyerin blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK—Officials from New York Road Runners stripped American Meb Keflezighi of his 2009 ING New York City Marathon victory Wednesday after a blood sample taken from his fetlock was found to contain high levels of performance-enhancing horse. "Meb's fellow competitors voiced their doubts about him immediately after the event," NYRR president Mary Wittenberg said. "In addition...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A CITY man has completed one of the world's best-known marathons to raise money for Edinburgh's Sick Kids Hospital.
Salisbury Journal | News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
FIVE members of the Salisbury Athletics and Running Club travelled to the Big Apple to take part in this year’s New York Marathon, raising more than £10,000 for charity.
Gadgetopia (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
How I tracked down a foregin couple on only the flimsiest of photographic evidence, and made their day. it was fun. : I loved this short story about how a guy’s wife took this picture of a man proposing to his girlfriend at the end of the New York marathon, and the guy used evidence in the picture and on the Net to track the couple down and give them the picture. They are absolutely flaberghasted...
VernonBlog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I had a great adventure running an rather undisciplined but ultimately successful NY Marathon.
Infectious Greed (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As readers know, I’m fascinated by volatility and our response to it. In capital markets a little volatility is important, and a lot is dangerous – it can result in things flying apart, with unpleasant financial consequences. In sports it works the other way around. Too little volatility in results and sports is boring. A little makes things more interesting; and a lot can make something...
UK Dad Micro Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New York Marathon Winner Tests Positive For Performance-Enhancing Horse http://ping.fm/HGqRp via @theonion
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I'm not a stickler about testing, but this is just going too far.
The Onion (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
NEW YORK—Officials from New York Road Runners stripped American Meb Keflezighi of his 2009 ING New York City Marathon victory Wednesday after a blood sample taken from his fetlock was found to contain high levels of performance-enhancing horse.
Flower Design (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Last night the Pure Beauty Girls hosted a spectacular evening of Champagne & Beauty Demonstrations to help raise funds for this very close to home charity. Howard Naylor a Pure Beauty Client and Cancer patient ran the New York Marathon to raise funds for Cancer Services in Lancashire & Cumbria, Last night the "Lovely Jane" and her fabulous team at Pure Ella, Emma, Claire and Daniella...
client k (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This past weekend, I cheered a loved one during his first New York Marathon. The day before, there was a free bus from registration to the Nike Store. Once runners arrived at the Nike Store, they were given cowbells (as many as they wished). Not racing gear or gadgets, cowbells. These cowbells are used to cheer runners on. Brilliant. You see, Nike already had these runners as customers (why they were...
WriteChic Press (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Eddie Munster grew up and became a sports reporter at CNBC. Who frickin’ knew? So, athlete extraordinaire Meb Keflezighi is the first American to win the New York marathon since 1982. And CNBC Sports Reporter Darren Rovell takes a 26 mile dump on the runner’s victory: Given our disappointing results, embracing Keflezighi is understandable. But Keflezighi’s country [...]
Money Players (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
CNBC's sports business expert Darren Rovell tripped when he wrote about Meb Keflezighi winning the New York Marathon, the first American to win the race since 1982, although Deadspin's Tommy Craggs points out that the winner that year, Alberto Salazar, was not birthed here either. Under the headline, "Marathon's Headline Win Is Empty," Rovell defines American-born: "If you move here...
Half Sigma (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A runner who completed the New York Marathon eats an apple while crossing Broadway and 58th St. Luckily, no one died running this year's New York Marathon. Nevertheless, running 26 miles is a dumb idea.
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