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Alan Culpepper

After taking 2003 off from marathons, Culpepper ran his second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Birmingham, Alabama.

Brad Steinke

An avid runner, he has completed several marathons including the 1991 New York Marathon, 2005 London Marathon and the 2011 PF Chang's Rock and Roll Marathon.

Central governor

The existence of a central governor over physiology has been questioned since ‘physiological catastrophes’ can and do occur in athletes (important examples in marathons have been Dorando Pietri, Jim Peters and Gabriela Andersen-Schiess).

Daniel Rono

He began his marathon career in 2005 and has won marathons in Mumbai, Toronto and Madrid.

Dave Heeley

Dave Heeley, from West Bromwich, has run 10 marathons in 10 days travelling from John O'Groats to Land's End, and cycled between each stage.

Hec Clouthier

He is an avid marathon runner and has run 28 marathons including the Boston Marathon in 2005, 2009, 2010 and the New York Marathon in 2007, 2011.

Matías Corral

At the moment, when his has some free time as Country Manager of ZARA, he dedicate and prepares for marathons, but not just any marathon, he runs the Ironman, one of the hardest disciplines, consisting of three stages: 3,8 km swimming, 180 km in bicycle and 42 km running until the end line.

Meriem Wangari

She has won half marathons in Bristol, Bath, Lille, Boulogne-Billancourt, as well as Gothenburg and Marrakech.

Munich Marathon

The course records over the entire history of the city's marathons are held by Michael Kite of Kenya (2:09:46 hours in 2000) and Hungary's Karolina Szabó (2:33:09 hours in 1991).

Rich Ingold

Ingold is an avid runner, and has competed in both the Pittsburgh and the Quad Cities marathons.

Rotterdam Marathon

It has also been ranked as one of the top 10 marathons in the world by Runner's World magazine.

Spirit of the Marathon II

Julie, from Los Angeles, began running after a divorce and has completed many marathons, including qualifying for the Boston Marathon, and plans to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks hoping to raise both awareness of and $1 million in donations for the fight against pancreatic cancer, which killed her father.

St. George Marathon

Runner's World magazine has included the St. George Marathon in the Runner's World 10 Most Scenic Marathons, Fastest Marathons and the Top 20 Marathons in the USA; calling it one of four "marathons to build a vacation around." Based on surveys of runners, Runner's World magazine named the St. George Marathon, the Most Organized Marathon.

Stockholm Marathon

Thus distinguishing it from the majority of city marathons (London, New York, Paris) which take place on Sunday mornings, to minimise disruption to the city.

Sunita Godara

She became the national marathon champion first time in 1984 by winning Delhi Marathon She won medals in the Penang and Kedah marathons.

Tracy Garneau

She ran several marathons before running her first ultramarathon in 2004 by competing in the Canadian Death Race.

Triple marathon

The 3 suggested marathons are Thai Temples, London and New York, but these may be amended if the runner(s) have a desire to enter a particular race.

Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne

Later, it became the home of two long-running audience participation films, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (from 1978) and "The Blues Brothers" (from 1980), as well as regular 24 hour film marathons.

Waskatenau, Alberta

The town held three such softball marathons, known as the "Home Run For Life", as fundraisers for the Cross Cancer Institute and Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton.

William Todd-Jones

He has raised money for the charity by running marathons as a rhinoceros, appearing at fund-raising events, and by walking across Africa (from sea level to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro) in the rhino costume, alongside author Douglas Adams.


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