November 6, 2010
The New York Marathon will be the last race of the World Marathon Majors Series in 2010. The action will be broadcasted by several media.
Locally the race will be broadcasted by NBC 4 New York. An online stream will be available on UniversalSports.
TV viewers in Europe can watch the race on Eurosport.
The race will start with the elite womens race at 9.10AM, and the main race including the elite men will go off at 9.40 local time (UTC -4hours).
October 16, 2010
The 35th edition of the Amsterdam will be streamed live from Dutch broadcasting company RTV N-H on Sunday, October 17th. There will be an online stream available via internet on this webpage.
The coverage will start at 9.30AM local time and will last for three hours until 12.30.
October 10, 2010
The Bank of America Chicago marathon 2010 will be broadcasted live by nbcchicago.com. An online stream will be available on this webpage.
The coverage will start at 7.00 AM (CST, i.e. GMT – 6 hours) and will last until 10.10 AM.
September 9, 2010
Three weeks after his victory at the European Championships in Barcelona, Swiss marathon runner Viktor Röthlin started his training again.
Röthlins next marathon start is planned to be in New York City. On November 7th he will run in a race against a stellar field. Among the entrants in the mens field are marathon legends such as Haile Gebrselassie, Gebre Gebremariam, Abel Kirui, Emmanuel Mutai and also the Americans Meb Keflezighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, Antonio Vega and Tim Nelson.
Before the marathon he plans to compete in Uster (SUI, 18.09), Lisbon (POR, 26.09, halfmarathon) and Portsmouth (GBR, 24.10, 10 miles).
May 9, 2010
The Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany wrote history in the 30th edition of the BIG 25 in Berlin. Never before a world record was set in mens and womens category in the same road race!
In the best 25K-race ever, the top athletes used the perfect weather conditions of 12-14°C with practically no winds and overcast sky.
In the mens race a big pack of around 20 athletes passed the 5K-mark in 14:29min. After that the pace remained high and the field was reduced step-by-step until kilometer 15 (43:05min). At this point the race was down to a battle between Samuel Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa (both Kenya). At the end it was Samuel Kosgei who had the best legs and improved the previous world record (1:12:45h, Paul Kosgei in Berlin 2009) by almost one minute to 1:11:50h. Also Gilbert Kirwa broke the previous record by clocking 1:11:58h for second place. The podium was completed by Terefe Maregu (Eth) in 1:13:16h. Altogether nine athletes ran sub-1:15h.
The womens race was dominated by pre-race favorite Mary Keitany. The dominating female road racer of 2009 ran her own race and smashed the previous world record (1:22:13, Mizuki Noguchi in Berlin 2005). Led by two pacemakers she was on course for a sub-1:20h time all the way and crossed the finish line after 1:19:53h. Around five minutes later Alice Timbilili (1:24:38) and Pasalia Kipkoech (both Kenya/1:26:47) came home for 2nd and 3rd place.
Results were published already earlier here.
May 8, 2010
The Czech capital Prague will host one of the most important international marathons this weekend.
The marathon will be broadcasted from Czech television. An online stream will be available on this site. The coverage starts on Sunday, May 9th at 8.55AM local time (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2h).
April 16, 2010
The 27th Vienna Marathon 2010 will be streamed online by the Austrian broadcasting company ORF on this website here. The live coverage will start on race day (April 18th) at 8.40AM local time (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2h).
This year the Vienna City Marathon hosts the strongest field ever, after last year the race organisers only invited marathon debutants. This year the elite field consists of eight runners with PBs of sub 2:09h, including Luke Kibet (marathon world champ 2007) and Felix Limo (15K world record holder). The course record of 2:07:38h (Abel Kirui 2008) might be in danger.
Austrian Günther Weidlinger is trying to break the National Record (2:10:47h), which he set last year in Frankfurt and might well go sub-2:10h.
In the womens race, Austrian Andrea Mayr wants to defend last years victory in front of her home crowd.
April 11, 2010
The 30th Fortis Marathon Rotterdam on April 11th will be broadcasted live on the internet. The race will start ar 11.00AM local time (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2h). A live coverage will be provided online via the website of UniversalSports here.
A second option to watch live stream is the Dutch broadcasting company NOS here.
April 9, 2010
World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe announced that she is expecting her second child in September.
The 36-year old stated that she (and her husband) always planned another child before the 2012 London Olympics. After all an Olympic medal is the only thing that is missing in her great collection of victories, records etc. That’s also the reason why the comeback to racing is planned a bit slowlier this time, with the first competitions in 2011. Right now Paula is still in full training but will (of course) miss this years European Championships in Barcelona.
European Athletics published an informative article here.
April 9, 2010
With the following weekend, the marathon spring will be opened. A hot and fast spring can be expected and experience shows, that already on the first weekend fast times are on the road.
Especially the marathons in Paris and Rotterdam (both on April 11th) provide a lot of excitement with deep and fast fields. Other big marathons take place in Milan, Zürich, Linz
The marathon in Paris will be started on the Champs Elysées at 8.45AM (local time, i.e.CEST). Last year six runners ran sub-2:07h. In 2010 ten runners with PBs of sub-2:09h are on the entry list. The best chances for a victory have marathon-debutant Wilson Kipsang (KEN) with a halfmarathon-PB of 58:59min, Ethiopian Gelana Teshome (ETH, winner of last years Houston marathon with a PB of 2:07:37h on a rather slow course) and Kenyans James Rotich (PB: 2:07:12h) and Benjamin Kiptoo (last years Rome marathon winner)
In the womens race a duel between defending champion Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia and last years 3rd-place Frenchwomen Christelle Daunay (French record of 2:25:43 in last years race) is expected.
The marathon in Amsterdam will be started at 11.00 AM. Unforgotten is the 2009 finish with James Kwambai and Duncan Kibet both crossing the line in 2:04:27h. Kwambai also leads the entries of the 2010 edition of the marathon and wants to win this year. However, also last years Paris marathon winner Vincent Kipruto might be able to run under 2:05h on this super-fast course. Patrick Makau is another hot favorite. With his halfmarathon time of 58:52min he is the third-fastest man ever. Overall, eleven men have PBs of sub-2:09h in this race.
The womens race is not as open as the mens race it seems. Chinese Zhu Xiaolin (5th in the Beijing Olympics) might only be challenged by Kenyans Anne Kosgei and Irene Jerotich.
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