We Run This City Youth Marathon Program grows 500% since 2005. More than 400 Cleveland Metropolitan School District students will be running with 10,000 dedicated runners in this year’s 31st annual Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K on Sunday, May 18.

The Nashville Country Music Marathon, or Music City Marathon as most people call it, is well under way. The marathon and 1/2 marathon starts in Centennial Park and runs through Nashville’s most scenic sights. 50 bands on 28 entertainment stages and hundreds of high school cheerleaders entertain runners, walkers and spectators alike. Country, rock, jazz, blues, swing and more pulsate every mile on the course.

Yesterday's Boston Marathon brought the curtain down on the 2008 Spring Marathon season, and all eyes now turn towards the August Beijing Olympic Marathon. That will be followed by the Autumn racing season, consisting of Berlin, Chicago and New York, where hopefully, we'll see more world-class racing performances.

Robert Cheruiyot fulfilled most people's predictions today, by becoming the winner of 112th Boston Marathon 2008. But it was not so much the fact that Robert Cheruiyot won as the manner in which he did it that was remarkable.

Professor Nick Norman of the School of Chemistry has successfully completed the 2008 Marathon des Sables, billed as the toughest foot race on Earth.

I will win or I will die. That was the famous cry of Dorando Pietri, the Italian whose heroic efforts to cross the line 100 years ago sealed for the first time the magical marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards.

Britain’s David Weir again demonstrated the value of his sprint finish with a hat-trick of victories in the Flora London Elite Wheelchair Marathon. For the whole distance there was a group of seven talented athletes and it was not until the last four hundred and fifty metres that they separated.

Race Expo Moves to Georgia Dome As Result of Last Week’s Tornado Damage. Times for Packet Pickup and Seminar Series of ING Atlanta Marathon Remain the Same for March 28-29. ING Marathon's website says the Atlanta marathon in Georgia has already started this morning.

The Los Angeles marathon came to an end and winners are already known. LA Times reports that Tatiana Aryasova from Russia and Kenyan Laban Moiben (in men) are the winners of L.A. Marathon.

At the upcoming 23rd annual Los Angeles Marathon, runners who cross the finish line will be able to quickly quench thirst and replace lost nutrients with a cup of squeezed-fresh orange juice courtesy of Robeks Fruit Smoothies and Healthy Eats, a national franchisor featuring premium, made-to-order fruit smoothies.

Zensah® (www.zensah.com), the originator of seamless compression sleeves, announces the global debut of marathon running recovery sleeves this weekend at the ING Miami Marathon. The marathon recovery sleeves can be purchased at the Zensah® booth at the ING Miami Marathon Health and Fitness Expo taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from January 25-26.

Honolulu Marathon 2007 just now announced the winners. They are Ambesse Tolosa from Ethiopia and Alevtina Biktimirova from Russia.