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Knoxville Marathon creates grant program to benefit nonprofits
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Covenant Health’s Knoxville Marathon is providing a new way to support fledgling healthy living programs.
The organization put out a call for applications Thursday for a new grant program it is offering to…
How running a marathon silenced the doubter in me
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As an executive coach who has worked with top-level executives in law, banking, technology and other major industries, my role is to help clients clean out the past and to make choices (often risky ones)…
Veteran Marathon Runner Zola Budd Stripped of Comrades Title
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Legendary barefoot marathon and long-distance runner, South African Zola Budd Pieterse, has been stripped of her Comrades Marathon 2014 veteran title following accusations that she did not display the required age category…
“The Longest Day” Marathon Bridge Games to Help Alzheimer’s Patients
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Folks will be playing a lot of hands of bridge on Saturday, June 21st, to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease.
“The Longest Day” Marathon Bridge games honor the endurance of patients with…
Two women bonded by spina bifida to run Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon together
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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com)--- It's the power of social media...
" I started watching Misty via Facebook and following her and I extended an invitation to her and introduced myself and my daughter and my…
Flushed with success! Music marathon in Highbridge raises £600
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The unique event at St John's Church saw a day of continuous musical entertainment by a dozen local groups and individuals in aid of ToiletTwinning.org.
The organisation helps to bring clean water and…
Marathon County is not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a federal judge’s…
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WAUSAU — When Melissa Enders heard Friday that a federal judge had struck down the state’s gay marriage ban, she immediately updated her Facebook status: “I’m getting married.”
When she called Oneida…
Russia, Ukraine locked in marathon gas crisis talks
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Brussels (AFP) - Officials from Ukraine and Russia were locked in a marathon session of EU-mediated talks early Tuesday in an eleventh-hour effort to avert a cutoff of gas supplies from Moscow to Kiev.
The…
Quincy man pleads innocent to impeding Boston Marathon bombing probe
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BOSTON – He’s not accused of taking part in the deadly Boston Marathon attacks, but the 23-year-old Quincy man who was friends with the alleged bombers was asked by the FBI to stay away from two large events in…
Threat charge dropped for marathon hoax suspect
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BOSTON — A bomb threat charge has been dropped against a man accused of placing a backpack with a rice cooker near the Boston Marathon finish line on the anniversary of last year’s deadly bombing.
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Marathon man: Logano says 600 miles not too long for a race
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In NASCAR, about the only thing that seemingly stays the same is that everything changes. And usually often.
From the style of the cars on the track to the points…
At OC Marathon, firefighter runs for more than fitness
OC Marathon by the numbers
22,000
Entrants in the marathon, half-marathon, 5K and Kid's Fun Run, about 2,000 more than last year.
2:21:45
New men's course record set by Mohamed Fadil, 32,…
Marathon bystanders deal with mental health issues
Nicole O'Neil was standing about 150 feet from where the second bomb detonated at last year's Boston Marathon. She wasn't physically injured, but, nearly one year later, the 34-year-old Charlestown photographer says she…