Jaouad Gharib News

The American Revolution in road racing began here three years ago on Patriots Day when three Yankee Doodle Dandies finished among the top five in the Boston Marathon.

Martin Lel and Bai Xue Will Be Coming, Too The defending champs, Wanjiru and Mikitenko, have signed on to come back to London on April 25 but neither will have an easy time of it.

EME NEWS LONDON : Virgin London Marathon is promising also for 2010 something special for the 30th edition on April 25.

The men's field of the 2009 ING New York City Marathon is thick with outstanding elite athletes who have a chance of winning.

Martin Lel Is Out of the ING New York City Marathon Well, this surely DOES change things considerably.

Samuel Wanjiru, of Kenya, and Irina Mikitenko, of Germany, are the winners of the 2008-'09 World Marathon Majors series, and both were presented with $500,000 USD for their respective accomplishment at an award ceremony today in New York.

Moment to cherish: Meb Keflezighi of the United States, hugs his mother and daughter at the finish line.

Marilson Gomes dos Santos cried every day for three months. He was 15 years old and had never been away from home, not even for a night.

The ING New York City Marathon 2009, the 40th edition set for Sunday, November 1, has attracted an outstanding international field including defending champions Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain and Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and Jaouad Gharib of Morocco, Tatyana Petrova of Russia, Yuri Kano of Japan and Kenyans James Kwambai, Patrick ...

This Sunday marks the 40th running of the I NG New York City Marathon . The race field, as always, contains some of the worlds most elite athletes.

South Africa's leading distance runner, Hendrick Ramaala, expects the toughest challenge to come from Martin Lel when the 37-year-old lines up for his eighth New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Reigning Olympic silver medallist Jaouad Gharib of Morocco is one of seven international stars who has been added to the field for the 40th New York Marathon.

Christelle Daunay, Martin Fagan, Tatyana Petrova, and Yuri Kano will also compete in 40th running on November 1 New York, September 23, 2009-A lineup of the some of the world's best long-distance runners, including 2008 Olympic marathon silver medalist and two-time World Marathon champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco, two-time IAAF World Half-Marathon ...

Ryan Hall Gets a Confidence-Building Half Marathon Win in Philadelphia On what truly was a perfect day for road racing, Hall, who'd originally been intent on trying for a new American half-marathon record , instead settled into a slower tactical contest at the Philadelphia Distance Run on Sunday.

The streets of Tyneside resounded yesterday with the pounding feet of a record number of half-marathon competitors.

The world's biggest half-marathon may be about to get even bigger with a record 54,000 entries for Sunday's Bupa Great North Run, but the battle for honours at the front of the field could well be a head-to-head between two men.

There is a terrific weekend of road racing ahead, and four events stand out. The real,-Berlin Marathon will be contested on Sunday and features a tantalizing match-up between history's two fastest marathon runners: Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie and Kenya's Duncan Kibet.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced its final roster of elite athletes headlined by reigning World Marathon Majors women's champion Irina Mikitenko .

Abel Kirui and Vivian Cheruiyot won World Championship distance titles for Kenya on the eighth day of competition in the German capital on Saturday.

Kenyan Abel Kirui won a classic race of attrition here today, winning the marathon world title and smashing the IAAF World Championships marathon record in the process.