20 marathons will be organized during next week-end in 11 different countries.

Australia

• Coastal Real Estate Portland 3-Bays Marathon (Sunday)

Canada

• Moncton Legs for Literacy Marathon (Sunday)

Finland

• Rautaveden maraton (Saturday)

France

• Marathon de Ferrette (Sunday)

Korea

• JoongAng Seoul International Marathon (Sunday)

Netherland

• Berenloop Terschelling Marathon (Sunday)

New Zeland

• Adidas Auckland Marathon (Sunday)

South Africa

• Nedbank Soweto City Marathon (Sunday)

Taiwan

• Taroko International Marathon (Saturday)

Tunisia

• Les Défis du Chott (Saturday)

United States of America

• Chesapeake & Delaware Marathon Run Fest (Sunday)
• City of Manchester Marathon (Sunday)
• Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (Saturday)
• ING New York City Marathon (Sunday)
• Inland Trail Marathon (Sunday)
• Marshall University Marthon (Sunday)
• Midsouth Championship Marathon (Saturday)
• Santa Clarita Marathon (Sunday)
• Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon (Sunday)
• Stinson Beach Marathon (Saturday)

50 marathons will be organized during next week-end in 15 different countries.

Australia

• Brooks Rottnest Marathon & fun run (Sunday)
• Toowoomba Roadrunners St George Bank Marathon (Sunday)

Belgium

• Piste Marathon / Marathon sur Piste (Saturday)

Canada

• BMO Nesbitt Burns Prince Edward Island Marathon (Sunday)
• Kennebecasis Valley Challenge Marathon (Sunday)
• Toronto Marathon (Sunday)

China

• Beijing Marathon (Sunday)

France

• Marathon de Vannes (Sunday)
• Marathon International de Reims (Sunday)

Germany

• Bottwartal Marathon (Sunday)
• Dresden Marathon (Sunday)
• FALKE Rothaarsteig Marathon (Saturday)
• Fishländer Staffel Marathon (Sunday)
• Internationaler Hachenburger Löwenlauf - Löwenmarathon (Saturday)
• Kaltenkirchener Herbstmarathon (Saturday)
• Wendlandmarathon (Sunday)

Italy

• Ecomaratona del Chianti (Sunday)
• Maratona internazionale di Bergamo (Sunday)
• Marengo Marathon (Sunday)
• Palermo Supermarthon (Sunday)

Korea

• Dong-a Ilbo Gyengju Open Marathon (Sunday)

Luxembourg

• Echternach Marathon (Sunday)

Mexico

• Guadalajara Marathon (Sunday)

Netherland

• ING Amsterdam Marathon (Sunday)

Spain

• Tui Marathón Palma de Mallorca (Sunday)

Sweden

• Växjö Marathon (Saturday)

United Kingdom

• Abingdon Marathon (Sunday)
• Cardiff Marathon (Sunday)
• Dartmoor Vale (Sunday)
• Leicester Marathon (Sunday)

United States of America

• Amica Insurance Breakers Marathon (Saturday)
• Atlantic City Marathon (Sunday)
• Baystate Marathon (Sunday)
• Columbus Marathon (Sunday)
• Denver Marathon (Sunday)
• Detroit Free Press Marathon (Sunday)
• Dewey Beach Relay Marathon (Saturday)
• Grand Rapids Marathon (Sunday)
• Green Moutain Marathon (Saturday)
• Humboldt Redwoods Marathon (Sunday)
• IMT Des Moines Marathon (Sunday)
• Indianapolis Marathon (Saturday)
• Louisville Marathon (Sunday)
• Marathon 2 Marathon (Saturday)
• Mount Desert Island Marathon (Sunday)
• New Mexico Cancer Center Duke City Marathon (Sunday)
• Nike Women’s Marathon (Sunday)
• Siouxland Lewis and Clark Marathon (Saturday)
• Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon (Saturday)
• Wichita Marathon (Sunday)

Hello, on May 3rd 2009, you’ll be organizing the SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon . Can you tell us where it is located?

I’m Lori, the Community Initiatives Coordinator for the Canadian Diabetes Association. We are the recipient charity of the SudburyROCKS!!! Race, Run, or Walk for Diabetes here in Sudbury, Ontario Canada. This event is the only one of its kind in Northern Ontario!

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45 marathons will be organized during next week-end in 18 different countries.

Argentina

• Buenos Aires Marathon (Sunday)

Australia

• Samsung Melbourne Marathon (Sunday)

Austria

• Graz Marathon (Sunday)
• Kaisermarathon (Saturday)

Belgium

• Marathon de Beloeil (Saturday)

Canada

• Okanagan Marathon (Sunday)
• Ottawa Fall Colours Marathon (Sunday)
• Royal Victoria Marathon (Sunday)
• Tim Horton’s Valley Harvest Marathon (Sunday)

Czech Republic

• Ostravsky Marathon (Saturday)

Finland

• Vaarojen Maraton (Saturday)
• Vantaan maraton (Sunday)

France

• Marathon de Dunkerque (Sunday)
• Marathon de Seine Eure (Sunday)
• Marathon des villages (Sunday)

Germany

• Harz-Gebirgslauf (Saturday)
• München Marathon (Sunday)
• OK Schwarzwald Marathon (Sunday)
• OSC Marathon (Sunday)
• RWE-Marathon (Sunday)

Italy

• Maratona d’Italia Memorial Enzo Ferrari (Sunday)
• Maratona di Ostia (Sunday)

Netherland

• Marathon Eindhoven (Sunday)
• Pijnenburg Bosmarathon (Sunday)

New Zeland

• Wairarapa Country marathon (Sunday)

Poland

• Poznań Maraton (Sunday)

Romania

• Timisoara Marathon (Sunday)

Serbia

• International Novi Sad NIS marathon (Sunday)

Sweden

• Göteborg Marathon (Saturday)

Switzerland

• Napf-Marathon Emmental (Sunday)

United States of America

• Baltimore Marathon (Saturday)
• Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon (Sunday)
• Century Marathon (Sunday)
• Centurytel WhistleStop Marathon (Saturday)
• Chicago Marathon (Sunday)
• Dupont Forest Trail Marathon (Sunday)
• Durango Marathon (Sunday)
• Golden Hills Trail marathon (Saturday)
• ING Hartford Marathon (Saturday)
• Long Beach International City Bank Marathon (Sunday)
• Mohawk Hudson River Marathon (Sunday)
• Spokane Marathon (Sunday)
• Steamtown Marathon (Sunday)
• Towpath Marathon (Sunday)
• United Technologies Greater Hartford Marathon (Saturday)

Michael Nash has been a National Park Service Ranger since 1992. He is also an experienced marathoner who has run many such races in the US. This year he has taken another kind of challenge : organizing his first marathon ; the inaugural Grand Canyon marathon and hopes to make it rank among the most beautiful courses in the world. His challenge this week is to present us this new race which surely looks appealing.

photo credit: molly_darling

Hello, on November 15th 2008, you’ll be organizing the first Grand Canyon Marathon. Can you tell us where it is located?
The first 14 miles will be along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon following along the historic Hermit Road. At mile 14 runners will head down a main drainage and exit the park on the the Kaibab National Forest through Pinyon One and Ponderosa pine forest.
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Who has never heart of Facebook? During the past few years, Facebook has become one of the most if not THE most active social network on the web. More than 60 millions users have created an account. And I’m part of it. I joined a few month ago to keep in touch with old friends.

Recently, I had to face this basic fact : Thousands of runners coming from all over the world are visiting 42k195.com every week and as a matter of fact, I know very few of you.

The statistics clearly show me that you appreciate the site, but I would like to know a little more. What do you like most? What needs to be fixed? How would you like the site to evolve?

photo credit: luc legay

As there is today no way on the web site (apart from the e-mail) for me to interact with you . I’ve decided to give Facebook a try and start the conversation with you all.

Are you a Facebook user ? You can connect with me on the 42k195.com page
If you are not, you can still visit the page.

And if you are a Facebook expert, I’m eager to learn from you any tip or advice on how to improve the page. I’m a newbie in Facebook.

Let the experiment begin !

Last week-end, Haile Gebrselassie did it again. Last year, when he ran the Berlin Marathon, he broke the world record. Twelve months letter, he managed to win Berlin another time (for the third time in a row) and became the first man in history to break the 2:04 limit.

2:03:59

Records aren’t normally my cup of tea. But Gebrselassie is such a great human being that I wanted to celebrate this race with him.

See you in Berlin next year !

34 marathons will be organized during next week-end in 13 different countries.

Belgium

• ING Brussels Marathon (Sunday)

Canada

• Marathon de Rimouski (Sunday)
• PEC Marathon (Sunday)

Croatia

• večernjakov zagreb maraton (Sunday)

Ecuador

• Maratón de Guayaquil (Sunday)

France

• Marathon de la Côte d’Amour (Sunday)
• Marathon de Provence Luberon (Sunday)

Germany

• Ford Köln Marathon (Sunday)
• Göltzschtal-Marathon (Saturday)
• Sparkasse-Marathon (Sunday)

Hungary

• Plus Budapest International Marathon (Sunday)

Italy

• Südtirol Marathon (Sunday)

Korea

• Dong-a Ilbo Baekje Open Marathon (Sunday)

Netherland

• MarathonZeeland (Saturday)

Slovakia

• Košice Peace Marathon (Sunday)

United Kingdom

• Baxters Loch Ness Marathon (Sunday)
• The Great Clarendon Marathon (Sunday)

United States of America

• Big Sur Trail Marathon (Saturday)
• City of Trees Marathon (Sunday)
• CoreLogic Sacramento Cowtown Marathon (Sunday)
• Crazy Horse Marathon (Saturday)
• Greater Johnstown YMCA Marathon (Sunday)
• Lakefront Marathon (Sunday)
• Leavenworth Oktoberfest Marathon (Saturday)
• Maine Marathon (Sunday)
• Medoc Trail Marathon (Saturday)
• Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon (Sunday)
• Mount Rushmore Marathon (Saturday)
• New Hampshire Marathon (Saturday)
• Portland Marathon (Sunday)
• Spirit of Survival Marathon (Sunday)
• St. George Marathon (Saturday)
• Triple Lakes Trail Race (Saturday)
• Wineglass Marathon (Sunday)