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	Marathon (sport) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name "marathon" comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier who, according to legend, ran from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon, and died shortly after.
		World records were not officially recognised by the IAAF until 1 January 2004; previously, the best times for the Marathon were referred to as the 'world best'.
		The world record time for men over the distance is 2 hours 4 minutes and 55 seconds, set in the Berlin Marathon by Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003 (ratified as the world record by the IAAF on 1st January 2004), an improvement of 20 minutes and 44 seconds since 1947 (Marathon world best progression).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marathon_(sport) (1830 words)

	Marathon (sport)
		Although the name marathon is sometimes used to describe any athletic event of great length, or requiring great endurance, the word is most often used to describe a running race (long-distance track event) of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards).
		The 1908 Olympic marathon in London was originally set for 26 miles, but the race organizers added 385 yards to the course in order to have the runners start in front of Windsor Castle.
		World records were not offically recognised by the IAAF until the 1st of January 2004, previous to this date the best times for the Marathon were refered to as the 'world best'.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/marathon__sport_.html (976 words)

	Marathon race
		The 1908 Olympic marathon in London was originally set to start at Windsor Castle and end at Olympic Stadium, but the race organizers added 385yards to the course in order to have the runners finish in front of the Royal Box.
		World records were not officially recognised by the IAAF until the 1st of January 2004;previously, the best times for the Marathon were referred to as the 'world best'.
		The world record time for men over the distance is 2 hours 4 minutes and 55 seconds, set in the Berlin Marathon by Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003 (ratified as the world record by the IAAF on 1stJanuary 2004), an improvement of 20 minutes and 44 second since 1947 (Marathon world best progression).
	www.therfcc.org /marathon-race-308502.html (1097 words)

	News: gender gap in sport
		For example, Ward and Whipp (1992) predicted that the men's and women's marathon world records would be equal by 1998 and that women record holders would catch up with men in shorter distances early in the 21st century.
		The marathon is still showing a narrowing of the performance gap in the 90s, owing to slower performance by males (from an average time of 2:11.30 to 2:14.21), as female times are unchanged (2:30.02 vs 2:30.17).
		If the marathon is excluded, the mean performance gap for the six other running events has increased from 11% in the mid 80s to 12% in the mid 90s.
	www.sportsci.org /news/news9705/gengap.html (1816 words)

	Cool Running's Relay Newsletter
		Also Half Marathon & 10K - October 19, 2003 - 8:00 AM What began as a small local marathon has earned a reputation as the world's best race to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
		Despite Tergat's 2:04 marathon, all is not rosy in the Kenyan camp.
		Possessing the world record in the mile and no less than four world championship 1,500-meter titles, the Algerian is still missing the crown jewel in his career.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/relay/2003-10-4.html (1656 words)

	ULTRAMARATON
		She ran her first ultramarathon in 1979 at the age of 42, opening her career with a bang by notching a world best 3:36:56 for 50km.
		Her 100 mile World Best had lasted only a few months, and fellow American Donna Hudson now topped the century charts with her 15:31:57.
		This gave the 48-year old Kiddy impetus for her 1985 shining star, a 15:12:54 new World Best in Florida that would have to wait for Ann Trason, the star of a new generation, to be challenged.
	www.ultrawalking.net /historia/kiddy.html (735 words)

	Hal's Best Training Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The long run is the most important element of marathon training because it prepares you physically and mentally for the 26.2-mile distance.
		The best strategy is to bracket the weekend with rest days on Friday and Monday (assuming you are running long during the weekend).
		From this race effort, you'll have a good sense of your level of readiness for the marathon and should be able to estimate your marathon pace.
	www.runnersworld.com /events/boston98/training/hal2.htm (1869 words)

	Challenge times for elite runners - bobg
		Note that on speed, the current best ratio of, call it, 2.03 is 1.08 times slower, versus 800 to 400 which is 1.17 times slower at the longer distance.
		Still, the best place to look for an improvement in training methods would be the distances which show a large slowing relative to the shorter distance.
		It is routine for the olympic (or world championships) to run 1500 and 5k at times well off the world record, and even more common/further off WR at other meets.
	www.radix.net /~bobg/run/challenge.times.html (2022 words)

	RunningMovies.com: Movies of the Month 2005
		Introduced by Olympic marathoner Don Kardong, none is needed as Henderson has penned 27 books, written running articles for many magazines, and has been involved at one time or another in almost every aspect of running and racing for nearly 50 years.
		The running sequences are some of the best shot, and no wonder with the writing and directing credits going to past Detroit marathon winner Michael McGowan (2:18:11).
		This 52 minute presentation is packed full of marathon history, starting with the myth of the original running from the ancient Greek battle that inspired the race to the modern day Olympic competitions.
	www.runningmovies.com /month2005.htm (6445 words)

	Don's Marathon Columns
		In the world of marathoning, where fame is fleeting, a decade can seem like a lifetime.
		The soft spoken midwesterner concentrated on the marathon, steadily improving his personal best in each of his first twelve 26 milers, culminated by an eye opening 2:09:36 in the 1981 Grandma's race in Minnesota.
		The animated midwesterner who had nearly stood the world of marathoning on its ear remained at the finish line laughing and talking to the media.
	www.coolrunning.com /major/98/boston/don1.htm (1916 words)

	Bodybuilding.com - Owen Anderson - These Are The 'Golden' Workouts For The Key Distances From 400m To The Marathon!
		A football field works best (the grass is great for high-speed sprinting and the field erases the difficulties associated with estimating 100 yards on the track); simply accelerate dramatically over the first 20 yards of each rep, hold close-to-top speed for 60 yards, and then decelerate for 20 yards, stopping at the 100-yard mark.
		In September 1999, she clocked 2:20:43 at the Berlin Marathon, breaking by four seconds the women's marathon world record she had set in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) 16 months earlier.
		Finally, the marathon circuits enhance your ability to run at goal marathon tempo when you are very tired, and they are a tremendous confidence-builder.
	www.bodybuilding.com /fun/peak30.htm (3308 words)

	Marathon's Story... What's New
		The aliens are robots called, as best as I can tell, "Bailies", who have taken control of the surface of the earth, driving all humans except their slaves underground.
		As more people renew their interest in Marathon (due to the release of the source code) this could be the place where you'll find material for your next big Marathon scenario.
		Since the Marathon 2 source code is now available, I thought I might do some digging to see what's up with the extra action codes that were mentioned a while back on the cheats page.
	marathon.bungie.org /story/newjan-feb00.html (14929 words)

	Boxford runner seen as best hope for U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		One man who believes in Gaitenby's potential to shock the world is Merrimack Valley Striders coach Fernando Braz, who she credits with sparking her quantum leap from a marginal local runner to world class status.
		Within six months she carved another 30 minutes off her personal best, taking first place at the 1998 Bay State Marathon with a 2:49:14 run and qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Trials.
		It's been a steady progression, culminating in her personal best 2:36.40 run at last year's Boston Marathon.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020414/SP_002.htm (1021 words)

	California Track and Running News -- Regional News Article
		The World outdoor recordholder missed her first two attempts at her opening height of 4.21m before going on to win the competition.
		Proving early in the season that she is still the master of the women's pole vault, Dragila broke the world record in her event on four occasions - peaking at 4.70m/15-5 - during the 2001 indoor campaign before claiming her sixth U.S. Indoor title with a clearance of 4.70 meters/15 feet, 5 inches.
		Elsewhere in the infield, there were personal bests for Tatyana Polnova who cleared 4.50m on her second attempt in the Pole Vault and Yelena Slesarenko who cleared the High Jump at 1.98m.
	www.caltrack.com /news/conning012003.html (4941 words)

	Marathon world best progression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of progressive record times for the marathon.
		interactive graph on men's and women's marathon times plus race descriptions
		This page was last modified 03:42, 31 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marathon_world_best_progression (75 words)

	"We Can All Learn From the Superstars" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		At this year's London Marathon, perhaps the greatest women's world record of all time was set by running phenom Paula Radcliffe.
		Her mark was a scant 9 minutes and 47 seconds off men's world best of 2:05:38, set last year by Moroccan-born U.S. runner Khalid Khannouchi.
		By setting and maintaining an even speed throughout her event, Paula moved from point A (the start of the marathon) to point B (the finish) with optimal efficiency.
	www.ericharr.com /column88.htm (835 words)

	Marathon's Story... What's New
		In Marathon 2 both Jason Jones and Greg Kirkpatrick are credited for writing the Story both in the manual and in the game itself.
		The tension in Marathon culminates on a trip to the ruins of a transmitter relay station where hurried forays into dark pockets of vacuum to reset a satellite dish are punctuated by occasional alien cries across the intercom, followed by bursts of plasma fire from unseen attackers.
		Check the Marathon Demo v0.0 section for the history behind it's release and the rather unusal things that can be found when you play.
	marathon.bungie.org /story/newnov-dec01.html (10917 words)

	Second Moment: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics Column: Will Women Soon Outrun Men?
		According to Woods, Whipp and Ward used the world record track times (the mean running velocity in meters/ minute) for men and women from beginning of the century to 1992 for the 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, and 10000 meter events, as well as the marathon.
		Thus, the best strategy for a women track competitor at, say, the 100 meter dash is to continue on past the finish line for an entire marathon.
		The aerodynamics of runners exceeding the speed of sound is interesting given that their feet must repeatedly accelerate from rest, exceed the speed of sound and then stop, making for a rapid series of sonic booms.
	www.secondmoment.org /lies-column/women.php (1029 words)

	www.fast-women.com - Interview
		Though many Americans may not be familiar with the name, Tullett has an impressive resume which includes being an Olympic 1,500m finalist in 2000 and a personal best of 4:01.23.
		Tullett ran her seasonal best, 4:03.54, in Monaco on July 20th and is now headed to the World Championships to represent Great Britain in the 1,500m.
		No. My coach used to come here and he is friendly with Steve Jones (the former marathon world record holder and a Boulder resident) so we just come here.
	www.fast-women.com /athletes/interviews/htullett.html (1829 words)

	Hal Higdon's MARATHON TRAINING GUIDE
		Each Friday, as the marathon countdown continues, you will be asked to rest.
		With the marathon 18 weeks away, plan the training now that will permit you success.
		Marathon training works best if you start easy and build gradually: A long run of 10 miles in June becomes 20 miles in October.
	www.halhigdon.com /marathon/advanced1/advanced1-1.htm (958 words)

	Nutraceuticals World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In its first three weeks on the market, roughly 142,000 new prescriptions were written, making it the second best launch ever after Pfizer’s "Viagra." Merck’s "Vioxx" is anticipating similar results and is expected to get FDA approval sometime this year.
		In fact, according to analysts, Osteo-Bi-Flex is the number two best selling nutritional supplement in the U.S. food, drug and mass market and achieved its position after just eight months on the market, with only 45% ACV (all commodity value) distribution (Adams, Harkness, and Hill, 1999).
		Germany seems to be leading the way here as several drugs have been prescribed to osteoarthritic patients for the past 25 years as injectable purified components of cartilage ("Arteparon" and "Rumalon").
	www.nutraceuticalsworld.com /mayjune99-b7.htm (2622 words)

	Needles & Threads - The week's best in the Fray. Compiled by Kevin Arnovitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In this limited space, there is neither room nor need debunk all the so-called progress toward stable democracy in either country; Afghanistan and Iraq are no closer to stable democracies now than they were before our troops arrived, despite the fact that the continued presence of American troops perpetuates the illusion that they are.
		The best we can do is teach the basic principles of critical reasoning and empiricism, and hand out a collection of factoids on which the adult world has hopefully reached some kind of consensus.
		To assert that centuries of painstaking progress in collaborative thinking by some of the best minds of the species should be continuously judged by a rolling jury of fourteen year olds is utter folly – the usefulness of democracy in science is much more limited.
	slate.msn.com /id/2118897 (5567 words)

	Hal Higdon's MARATHON TRAINING GUIDE
		This is your fourth week of marathon training, and you begin it with a day of rest.
		And the marathon will be fun if you follow the program faithfully.
		If you are training through the winter, midday may be the best time for you to run.
	www.halhigdon.com /marathon/train4n.html (807 words)

	Khalid Khannouchi
		Khalid withdraws from the Chicago Marathon due to injury.
		Also if I run the Marathon I will be risking my chances to participate at the Olympic Trials and with this as well loosing my hope to make the Olympic team.
		In Mexico I trained with Herman Silva at this camp with Jackson Koech, Dan Brown, Rachid Tbahi (my from from home, the best chef in the world and now a proud US Citizen and father to be.) We had good training.
	www.khannouchi.com (812 words)

	Wire2005-10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon is one of the top races in the world - the fast course, the millions of people that line the streets and the competitive field give you that extra motivation and adrenaline to perform at your best.
		Last year, the Team Running USA athlete ran three marathons in seven months, including the U.S. Olympic Trials where she placed second to Colleen De Reuck with a time of 2:29:38 on April 3.
		Some notable and extraordinary L.A. Marathon's alumni include: 36-year-old Aimee Wyatt of Glendale, the Marathon's youngest Legacy Runner, who lied about her age (with parental consent) to run her first L.A. Marathon at age 16, and 81-year-old Albert Pugliese of Arizona, the L.A. Marathon's oldest Legacy Runner.
	www.runningusa.org /media/wire2005/Wire2005-10.html (1962 words)

	Jill Boaz
		A friend told me that he was the best marathon coach around, and it didn't take me long to realize the truth in her judgment.
		There are many coaches out there who can write workouts, give advise, and watch the athlete run, but Fernando has the ability to coach the athlete on the mental aspects of competing, as well as preparing the athlete physically.
		I still talk with him on a regular basis about my training, and he always has words of wisdom for me. He helped me to prepare for the World Championships in 2003, timing workouts for me and running with me while I was in Massachusetts preparing for the marathon.
	www.mvstriders.com /coaches_jill.htm (515 words)

	CoolRunning Messageboards: Marathon in under 2hrs? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		If the ranks of marathon runners are mostly limited to the eccentric or financially independant (the case before the 50's), then you won't have the poll of talent to statistically give rise to cutting-edge performances.
		I would not be surprised if a marathoner, in the right conditions - cool, trailing breeze, slight downhill course, hot competition, and at just the right peak of performance for the particular athlete, or group, couldn't suddenly cut a couple of minutes off the current record.
		I feel sorry for the few pushing the limits of marathon records though; it is a terrible demand on one's body both in training and in competing.
	www.coolrunning.com.au /cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=21;t=000108 (2226 words)

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