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  Coamo, Puerto Rico
Coamo is a city in south central Puerto Rico, about 30 minutes away by car from Ponce.
Coamo is also known as a fishing town, it's proximity to the beach making seafood a favorite dish among people who live there.
Coamo doesn't have a large sports activity program each year: The city's BSN team Maratonistas de Coamo[?] is the only professional team to play there, and they have played in Coamo with mixed success since joining the league in 1985.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Coamo,_Puerto_Rico.html   (178 words)

  
 Coamo, Puerto Rico info here at en.brannew.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Coamo is a small town nestled in a valley about 10 miles east of Ponce, another city that is considered the "Perla del Sur" (literally, "pearl of the south"), along with some others.
Coamo is the third oldest settlement of the island's post Columbian period (after San Juan in the north and San Germán in the west).
Coamo is famous for being the host of the San Blas Marathon, a yearly world-class professional marathon that attracts the best competitive runners in the world.
en.brannew.info /Coamo,_Puerto_Rico   (852 words)

  
 Coamo, Puerto Rico
Coamo became officially a town in 1616, and given the title of "Villa" by Spanish Royal Decree in 1778.
Coamo, established by Spanish settlers as the third town on the island, was the capital of the south until the 1880's, when political power moved to Ponce.
Coamo is located in the southern region, north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas.
welcome.topuertorico.org /city/coamo.shtml   (453 words)

  
 Coamo - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Coamo
Community in south-central Puerto Rico, on the Coamo River in the southern foothills of the Cordillera Central, 27 km/17 mi eastnortheast of Ponce; population (1990) 13,300.
Sited in Coamo Municipio (population (1990) 33,800), it lies in a fertile region that grows sugarcane and tobacco, and processes both.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Coamo   (132 words)

  
 National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The BSN league has had teams in many cities, although for economical reasons, they prefer to stay within Puerto Rico's larger towns.
In 2004, the Ponce Lions won their twelfth franchise BSN title by beating the Coamo Marathon Runners, who were making their first franchisetrip to the finals, four games to three, with a game seven score of 92-77.
The Lions trail the Vaqueros de Bayamon and Atleticosde San German in all time championships; those two franchises are tied with thirteen titles apiece.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=BSN   (364 words)

  
 Distance Runners Workout Archive
Marathoners can either stay home, run easy on soft surface (no more than 8 miles) or come to the track and do 4 x 300 with 100 mtr recovery.
If you are not training for the marathon but are doing the half marathon sunday then just do the first pick up at your intended pace for sunday and add 3 x 1 min pick ups and go into the race rested with less pounding.
The whole key is to run marathon pace (effort) for the first loop, this will allow you to have some reserve for the 2nd loop which should be run at half marathon pace.
www.centralparktc.org /training/roadwork2002.htm   (14621 words)

  
 Coamo - Puerto Rico
Lookout point with a panoramic view of the Coamo valley and the Caribbean Sea.
At the top of the mountain you can find a restaurant and a view point of the valley of Coamo.
Internationally renowned half marathon, where runners from all over the world compete in a challenging 13.1-mile course through the hilly south-central town of Coamo.
travelandsports.com /coa.htm   (277 words)

  
 July 2004 in sports
Basketball: The Ponce Lions defeat the Coamo Marathon Runners, 92-75, winning the 2004 BSN Championship in a 4-3 series.
The 43-year-old Sudanese-American activist susatined a broken neck and his immediate condition was unannounced.
BSN Finals: The Coamo Marathon Runners tie the best of seven series in game six, defeating the Ponce Lions, 101-72, in a game filled with protests by the Lions, who turned their backs on the local Runners' fans, the game's referees and the rival team during most of the fourth quarter, almost causing a riot.
www.publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/j/ju/july_2004_in_sports.html   (4221 words)

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