Inaugural race features strong fields.
Written By: Sean McKeon
The Inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon and Half Marathon, taking place February 28th in New Orleans, has attracted some of the world’s top distance runners. The men’s half marathon will feature a battle between Kenyan world record holder Sammy Wanjiru and fellow Kenyan Martin Lel, a three-time London Marathon champion. In the women’s race, Ethiopian legend Berhane Adere will square off against New Zealand record holder Kim Smith.
Let’s take a closer look at the runners to watch and what to expect in Sunday’s big half marathon.
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Here’s how to celebrate finishing the Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon or Half Marathon.
Written by: John Mendelsohn
Mention New Orleans, and most people think first of the famous French Quarter, with its unique architecture, great food, and interesting shops. Historic New Orleans walking tours of the Quarter are generally acknowledged as supremely informative and enjoyable. If anything remotely felicitous has happened anywhere in the city, beautiful young women are likely to be on the balconies above the narrow streets displaying their breasts.
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Photo: Courtesy James Staten
James Staten aims to become the first person to complete 14 Rock ‘n’ Roll events in a single year.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
No one has ever run 14 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series events in a single year. That’s because there have never been 14 such events in a single year, until this year. In 2010 there is one individual who is known to be planning to complete the full series, which has expanded from 11 events in 2009. That individual is James Staten, 42, of Redwood Shores, Calif., who works in market research.
James started his quest in grand fashion on January 17, setting a new personal best of 3:17 at the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon, his 22nd marathon. We spoke to James as he was getting ready to taper for the second chapter of his adventure: the Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon on February 28.
RunNow.com: So, how long did this whole thing get started?
James Staten: I’ve been casually running for eight or nine years and I got serious in 2003. That’s when I ran my first half marathon. I started out by traveling a lot with my job and getting really frustrated because I never saw any of the cities I went to. So I would just get out of my hotel room, turn left and run. I never ran more than six miles until a friend of mine from work said, “If you like to run you should try a half.” So I ran the San Francisco Kaiser Half Marathon, which happened on Super Bowl Sunday. It just about killed me, because I had been training for six miles and jumping up to 13 was a really stupid idea.
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Field features two men who have run 2:05:30 or faster in the marathon.
Written By: Sean McKeon
The inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon will play host to one of the greatest half marathon fields ever assembled on American soil. The February 28th men’s race will include a dynamic Kenyan duo consisting of Sammy Wanjiru and Martin Lel. To add to the excitement, the women’s field will feature Ethiopian Berhane Adere, Kenyan Salina Kosgei and New Zealand record holder Kim Smith.
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Every year we ask you to make some serious choices. In your opinion, what are the best local bike shops and running stores? Which short- and long-distance running, triathlon and cycling events give you the best bang for your buck?
Below is Competitor Magazine’s Best of 2009 for the Southeast region. Thank you for taking the time and for your feedback!
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South Florida ’s premier running event is getting larger.
Entries for the 2010 ING Miami Marathon and Half-Marathon® which will be held January 31, 2010 through the streets of downtown Miami , Miami Beach and Coconut Grove, are trending 20% higher than in 2009 and more than 18,000 runners are expected to participate this year.
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Atlanta, GA – January 7, 2010 – For the 3rd consecutive year, the 2010 ING Georgia Marathon has been named a Championship race by Road Runners Club of America (RRCA). RRCA Championship status communicates to athletes and the community that the race organizers have agreed to follow established guidelines and standards in the conduct of the event, including USATF-certification of the course distance, safety standards, and 5-year age groups, and have demonstrated success in conducting a high-quality event. The ING Georgia Marathon is owned and operated by US Road Sports and Entertainment Group.
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We were on the scene in San Diego for the 31st Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships, to see who would be crowned the king and queen of high school cross country for 2009. Check out the highlights of a soggy day in which Megan Goethals and Lukas Verzbicas earned their first national titles.
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Each region has a contender to look out for.
The 2009 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships will take place this Saturday at a wet Balboa Park in San Diego, Cali. As has become custom over the past few years, the usually dry San Diego weather takes a vacation for the weekend of the championships, leaving the top high school runners in the country to deal with what many consider true cross country conditions. Along with the mud and hills of Morley Field, the competitors will have to be prepared for some fierce competition on Saturday. Here is a quick breakdown of who to keep an eye on this Saturday.
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Our partners at PhotoRun.net caught some great shots from the race in Charlotte, N.C. The South regional was won by Chelsey Sveinsson of Texas and Craig Lutz of Texas.
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Sveinsson and Lutz capture regional titles in Charlotte, N.C.
Source: Kenny Fried/Footlocker Cross Country Championships
Chelsey Sveinsson of Dallas, Texas, and Craig Lutz of Highland Village, Texas, won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) South Regional today. In the girls’ race, Sveinsson, a junior from Greenhill High School, Kathryn Fluehr from Naples, Fla., and Rachel Johnson from Plano, Texas, ran a tight race until Sveinsson took a 100-meter lead late in the race to secure the win in 16:53. Sveinsson qualifies for the National Finals for the third consecutive year, with her second South Regional title.
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Michael Green, Janet Cherobon, Nathan Tew and Eileen Torres Claim Victories in the 2009 Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon
Atlanta, November 26, 2009 – With over 11,000 registered runners, 2009 marked another great year for this Atlanta Thanksgiving Day tradition, the Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon. With 10,025 registered participants, the 2009 Atlanta Half Marathon was the second largest in the race’s history. The Atlanta Marathon had 1,042 registered runners. Along with the marathon and half marathon, the event also featured the Kilometer Kid’s One Mile Fun Run for children ages seven to twelve.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Carolina Elite’s Bryce Love, of Raleigh, N.C.,has been named the 2009 Youth Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field’s Youth Committee. Love will be honored on Saturday, December 5, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis, Ind. The event is held in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2009 Annual Meeting.
Love’s record-breaking ways began at the 2009 North Carolina USATF Junior Olympics, held June 26-28, at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Stadium, in Greensboro, N.C., when he set records in winning the midget boys 200 and 400 meters.
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Due to lingering weather conditions from Tropical Storm Ida, the WTC has relocated the swim start of the Ironman 70.3 Championship to the Harbor side of Clearwater Beach.
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Marathon Bahamas 2010 will be with first marathon in the Bahamas in the 21st century.
Written by: Mr. Franklyn R. Wilson for Marathon Bahamas 2010
As Chairman of Sunshine Insurance, I am pleased to announce our corporate decision to serve as lead organizer and major sponsor for Marathon Bahamas 2010, the first marathon of The Bahamas in the 21st century.
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