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2/11/06 - Photo by Will Ramos - Holiday Lake 50k++ Ultrarun - Holiday Lake, VA
From Flickr with the trail running tag
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Military Spouse magazine has joined forces with the Fisher House Foundation to form a Military Spouse/Fisher House Marathon Team. This team will run in the 2006 Marine Corps Marathon on October 29th of this year and raise a significant amount of money for the Fisher House Foundation.
The goals of each runner will be to complete the race and raise $500 for the charity. Now, these goals may sound out of reach for some, but with the help of Military Spouse/Fisher House Team, they can be accomplished. The team will guide, support and aid the runners with a Team Coordinator, Team Motivator, an interactive Blog, and with the assistance of the Fisher House itself.
Read the rest at - My Life As A Military Spouse
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Heavy rains early Saturday swamped the Cowtown Marathon’s electronic timing system, delaying results and causing accuracy problems.
Marty Leicht, who owns and operates Integrated Racing System Inc., spent hours after the races reviewing videotape to verify results. Complete results were still unavailable Saturday night.
A router that transfers runners’ data was drenched, Leicht said.
“We know now to use waterproof cases,” he said.
A notice posted on the Cowtown Web site said that results were delayed “a little,” and would be posted first thing Sunday morning.
Leicht said he was 95 percent sure that the names announced during the award ceremony were those of the correct winners.
Timing is kept by a chip imbedded in runners’ bibs using radio frequency identification, or RFID. When runners pass through readers, the information from their chip is relayed to a computer.
“I don’t care what you are doing, if it is electrical and involves water, then you have issues,” Leicht said.
“We are just making sure everything is right.”
Along with the problem with the router, runners in the 10K, half-marathon and marathon raced on an altered course that took them away from a flooded area in Trinity Park.
Read the rest at the Star-Telegram
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Members of the Sri Lankan community participated in large numbers in the 15th annual Lanka Lions Marathon held on the Doha Corniche at the weekend. The event, held to celebrate the 58th Independence Day of Sri Lanka, was flagged off at 9am by chief guest A G Abeysekera, charge d’affaires at the Sri Lanka embassy.
Addressing the gathering, Abeysekera lauded the efforts exerted by the Lanka Lions in community development programmes and for bringing the community together by organising both cultural and sports events.
He said the marathon would help foster understanding and brotherhood amongst the community members in Qatar.
Lanka Lions president Lenny Cramer thanked the participants and all those present for their patronage and for the enthusiasm shown in making the event a great success. He lauded the organising committee for its role in conducting the event successfully.
Cramer thanked main sponsor Mercure Grand Hotel and co-sponsors McDonald’s, Deluxe Travels and Commercialbank Sri Lanka for their support.
“The next programme on the club’s calendar is the Children’s Talent Show which will be held on March 17 at the Stafford International School,” the Lions president said.
Via the Gulf Times Newspaper
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