Distance Running magazine #67

In with the new

Neujahrsmarathon Zurich, Switzerland
Tue 1 January 2013

By Jack Frost
Neujahrsmarathon Zurich is the first official marathon of the year – and half marathon, and 10km race. It starts on the first day of the year at the stroke of midnight – the very first second of the New Year. The winners’ performances head the list of official world best times of the year – at least for a while.

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Marathon of choice

Maritzburg marathon 2013 4063153 bus 1097

A feature of the Maritzburg City Marathon is the "5 hour bus". Thulani Zwane (front left with the flags) guarantees to get folk in under five hours, the Comrades Marathon and Two Oceans Marathon qualifying time. Tag along with him, walk when he walks, raise the arms and chant, all part of the ritual. They came into the finish in 4 hours and 57 minutes.

Maritzburg City Marathon, Republic of South Africa
Sun 24 February 2013

By Norrie Williamson
A race by runners, for runners, it’s South Africa’s most popular qualifier for Comrades and Two Oceans

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A landmark event

New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi International Marathon, Chinese Taipei
Sun 3 March 2013

By Sophia Shih
Taipei is the capital of Chinese Taipei, with a population of three million people. New Taipei City comprises the suburbs which surround it, with four million people living in 29 different districts. Since their unification in 2010 New Taipei City has become the world’s most populous suburb (overtaking Yokohama in Japan).

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A capital event

Rock ’n’ Roll USA Marathon & CareFirst Rock ’n’ Roll USA 1/2 Marathon, United States of America
Sat 16 March 2013

By Dan Cruz
The Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon is the only marathon run entirely within the US Capital, Washington DC. For the last two years it has been part of the Competitor Group’s international Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. The largest field ever came to the US Capital, from all 50 US states and 32 other countries.

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Opinion

Loving a cold climate

By Inna Chernoblavskaya
Conventional advice is that you should not run at temperatures below –20˚C. In Siberia they think differently…

Running into history

A marathon of two ages

By John Glover
When Greg Hannon and Sue Boreham won the inaugural Belfast City Marathon they were pioneering a mass participation event which in 2013 will celebrate 32 years of existence and innovation. But the City was not bereft of the 42.2km challenge before that date. The first Northern Ireland Championship event took place in Belfast in 1938 and continued to be held annually in the city into the 1980s, interrupted only for a three-year period during World War II.

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News from AIMS, IAAF, WMRA and IAU; Race dates; Race contact details.

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Distance Running 2013 Edition 2

Contents

In with the new

Marathon of choice

A landmark event

A capital event

Opinion

Loving a cold climate

Running into history

A marathon of two ages

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