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1. Lifestyle - Health - MARATHON MANIA WEEK 7

   Marathon Mania: Running on empty

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 12:00am by Rachel Jacqueline

   ... Lifestyle Health Marathon Rachel Jacqueline healthpost@scmp.com There was more fizzle than bang in my run this week as I was struck with a case of the runner's blues. I hit the snooze button repeatedly, missed my runs, and made up excuses during speed sessions to avoid finishing all the repetitions. Training for a marathon requires time, effort and a high pain tolerance ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1127907/marathon-mania-running-empty
2. Lifestyle - Health - MARATHON MANIA WEEK 5

   Marathon Mania: Strain check

   Posted Jan 01st 2013, 12:00am by Rachel Jacqueline

   ... Lifestyle Health Marathon Rachel Jacqueline healthpost@scmp.com During my long run this week, I felt a familiar stabbing pain in my right knee. I grimaced at the pain caused by an iliotibial (IT) band that's tighter than a piano string. Runners are no strangers to injury. In a study of 725 male marathon runners published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1116657/marathon-mania-strain-check
3. Marathon organisers consider new route to cope with demand

   Posted Mar 24th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Marathon Chan Kin-wa Organisers of the Hong Kong International Marathon are seriously considering an alternative route for the annual extravanganza to cope with the ever-growing number of participants, Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association chairman ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/741816/marathon-organisers-consider-new-route-cope-demand
4. Marathon to gauge staggered start effect

   Posted Feb 19th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Marathons Chan Kin-wa Organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon are eager to see the effect of spreading the event over more start times with a view to accommodating more participants in future. There will be two start times in tomorrow's marathon and three for the half marathon, compared with a total of three last year (one marathon and two half-marathons ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738567/marathon-gauge-staggered-start-effect
5. Route and lack of time 'choking marathon'

   Posted Feb 15th 2011, 12:00am by Alvin Sallay

   ... On Sunday, the 10 kilometre race (five start times) will be run on the Eastern Corridor, while the marathon (two start times) and the half-marathon (three start times) will begin in Tsim Sha Tsui ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738204/route-and-lack-time-choking-marathon
6. Chow skips HK race with eye on 2012

   Posted Feb 18th 2011, 12:00am by Alvin Sallay

   ... Marathons Alvin Sallay Alison Chow Chi-ngan, Hong Kong's leading female distance runner, will shun the city marathon on Sunday in pursuit of her Olympic dream. Chow, 30, pulled out of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon to focus on the Rotterdam Marathon on April 10. The reason she has cold-shouldered the local showpiece: it is not conducive to fast times. 'Alison needs ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738483/chow-skips-hk-race-eye-2012
7. Birthdays spur half-marathon winners

   Posted Feb 21st 2011, 12:00am by Alvin Sallay

   ... the half-marathon yesterday. Kiprotich set a new Hong Kong mark of one hour, seven minutes and 14 seconds, beating the previous one by nearly 28 seconds - which he set in 2009. He sped around ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/738757/birthdays-spur-half-marathon-winners
8. Head wind costs Kiprotich half-marathon record

   Posted Nov 29th 2010, 12:00am by Richard Castka

   ... next race will be in the Zhuhai Half Marathon on December 19, said: 'I could have challenged the record today had it not been for the head wind.' Hong Kong half-marathon record holder ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/731907/head-wind-costs-kiprotich-half-marathon-record
9. Drive for health becomes a run for wellness

   Posted Nov 14th 2010, 12:00am by Richard Castka

   ... of runners and races has risen dramatically, so much so that on some Sundays there are four different road races taking place. Finding suitable venues for all of these races, as with the marathon ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/730353/drive-health-becomes-run-wellness
10. Ash plume hits sport around the world

    Posted Apr 18th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... though, is not until May 9 in Barcelona, in Spain. The Vienna marathon, in Austria, scheduled for today, is likely to be hit with up to 2,000 runners in danger of missing the race. Some ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/711777/ash-plume-hits-sport-around-world

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