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News From: Friday, May 3, 2013 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon Downgraded to Half-Marathon Status
(Pasadena Star News) The low numbers of registration in last years Pasadena Marathon forced officials to shut down the marathon event as it could not justify closing areas of the city for such few numbers. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | ||
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Grantz Takes Third Straight Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena Sun) Mandy Grantz won her third straight Pasadena Marathon in the women's division with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 44 seconds | ||
Time Discrepancies Fixed For Pasadena Marathon, Some Runners Went An Extra Quarter Mile
(Pasadena Star News) Runners in the Pasadena Marathon complained that chip times were inaccurate and race officials responded by correcting finishing times. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 17, 2012 | ||
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Marathoners To Pound Pasadena Pavement
(Pasadena Star News) The fourth annual Pasadena Marathon will host nearly seven-thousand runners through the city on Sunday. | ||
News From: Monday, May 16, 2011 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon: Grantz Makes It Two Consecutive On Women's Side
(Pasadena News-Star) Mandy Grantz won the women's division of the Pasadena Marathon for the second consecutive year with at time of 2 hours 45 minutes and 50 seconds. | ||
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Runners Go The Distance At 3rd Annual Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena Star News) Runners of all ages and abilities walked and ran the third annual Pasadena Marathon. | ||
News From: Friday, May 13, 2011 | ||
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Weather Looks Fine, Entries Are Up For Sunday's Third Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena News Star) Swapping the date of the Pasadena Marathon from February 20 to May 15 doesn't seem to have hurt the number of registrants as entries are up from 2010 for this Sunday's marathon. | ||
News From: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon Date Moves To May
(Pasadena Star-News) The Pasadena Marathon has been marred by fires, rain and last-minute postponement and in keeping in line with this bumpy history the race is being moved from February 20 to May 15. | ||
News From: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | ||
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Breaking Info On The Los Angeles And Pasadena Marathons
(Examiner.com) The Los Angeles Marathon has announced a new course and the Pasadena Marathon has postponed it's race date again this year. | ||
News From: Saturday, November 13, 2010 | ||
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2011 Pasadena Marathon Postponed
(Examiner.com) The 2011 Pasadena Marathon has been postponed from the February date to a possible date in November | ||
News From: Monday, February 22, 2010 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon Works Out Snags In Its Sophomore Year
(Pasadena Star-News) More than eight-thousand runners attended the second annual Pasadena Marathon. Mandy Grantz won the women's division with a time of 3 hours, 1 minute and 5 seconds. Mike Davies won the overall title with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 51 seconds. | ||
Leonardo And Gilbert Win Pasadena Marathon
(Southern California Public Radio) Robert Leonardo won the second annual Pasadena Marathon with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 31 seconds. Anna Gilbert won the women's division of the marathon with a time of 2 hours 45 minutes and 20 seconds. | ||
Davies, Grantz Win Pasadena Marathon
(My Fox LA.com) Mike Davies won the Pasadena Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 42 minutes and 51 seconds. Blue Benadum was second with a time of 2 hours 48 minutes and 1 second. | ||
News From: Friday, February 19, 2010 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon is ready to go, rain or shine.
(Pasadena Star-News) More than eight-thousand runners from forty states and eight countries will line up for the Pasadena Marathon which kicks off at 7:30 am at Pasadena City College | ||
Police Prepare For Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena Star-News) The 26.2 mile Pasadena Marathon will begin at the Pasadena City College and officials are hoping to cause as little inconvenience to communities surrounding the course as possible. | ||
News From: Thursday, February 18, 2010 | ||
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Best Foot Forward
(Pasadena Weekly) Sunday will kick off the Pasadena Marathon and the first five-hundred people who ask for a booklet called "Run Pain Free" will be given the fifty page informational guide for free. | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | ||
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Sign-ups Are Down So Far For Sunday's Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena Star-News) Only a few days are left to register for the Pasedena Marathon and race organizers are hoping for a pick in the pace of registration. Only eight-thousand runners have signed up for the five events which is down about thirteen-hundred from the targeted number. | ||
News From: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon Course Set for 2010
(Pasadena Star-News) Race officials for the Pasadena Marathon have announced the course for the 2010 Marathon is now set. The course has undergone changes and months of deliberation among the race organizers. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon is Slowly Finding the Right Path
(Pasadena News Star) The inaugural Pasadena Marathon was canceled two hours prior to the start due to smoke from nearby forest fires. The rescheduled race was held in a pouring rainstorm. The 2010 race seems to be finding a good groove. | ||
News From: Friday, May 8, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena marathon rescheduled after possible conflict with Los Angeles race
(Pasadena Star-News) Pasadena Marathon race officials were ready to announce the date for their 2010 race when organizers of the Los Angeles Marathon chose the same date. Pasedena officials quickly moved to the February 21, 2010 date to avoid conflicts. | ||
News From: Monday, March 23, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon worth the wait
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune) Jacques Sallberg finished in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 49 seconds to capture the delayed Pasadena Marathon which was hampered by smoke from fires last November. Blue Benadum sprinted to second place in 2 hours 44 minutes and 17 seconds. | ||
News From: Sunday, March 22, 2009 | ||
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City Hosts Marathon
(Pasadena Star-News) The inaugural Pasadena Marathon was a success, with more than 9,000 runners participating in all the different events. Local long-distance coach Jacques Sallberg won in 2:25:49, and Leng Klukken won the women's race in 3:05:50. | ||
News From: Saturday, March 21, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon set for Sunday
(Pasadena News Star) After a disappointing set back in November which amounted to an expensive dry run, over nine-thousand runners will descend on Pasedena Sunday to run the twenty six point two mile race. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 19, 2009 | ||
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Marathon Back on Track
(Pasadena Weekly) The planned inaugural Pasadena Marathon had to be postponed due to smoke and ash from nearby forest fires last November, but everything seems to be in place for the rescheduled race this weekend. | ||
News From: Saturday, February 28, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon set for second try
(Pasadena Star News) The First Annual Pasadena Marathon was canceled due to wild fires and smoke in the mountainous region surrounding the race course. With clear skies and open air, race officials will attempt to get the marathon off the ground once again. | ||
News From: Saturday, February 21, 2009 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon 2010: Marathon Route, Timings
(Merinews.com) More than eight-thousand runners will cause many of the major roads through Pasadena to be closed while the Pasadena Marathon takes place. Weather forecasts are calling for near perfect conditions for the marathon. | ||
News From: Friday, December 19, 2008 | ||
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On-line sign-ups available for Pasadena Marathon
(Pasadena Star News) The Pasadena Marathon has opened up online registration for the rescheduled March 22 event. Wild fires hampered plans to hold the inaugural event and race organizers are please with the new March date. | ||
News From: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon springs ahead
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune) With the Los Angeles Marathon letting go of its traditional March marathon date, the directors of the Pasadena Marathon quickly snatched a date in March to run their inaugural marathon after having to cancel the original date due to smoke from nearby fires. | ||
News From: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon rescheduled for March
(Pasadena Star News) The Inaugural Pasadena Marathon that was scheduled for November and cancelled due to heavy smoke from forest fires has been rescheduled for March 22, 2009. Most of the organizers were unsure that it could be rescheduled before November of 2009. | ||
News From: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon likely delayed until '09
(Whittier Daily News) The late cancellations of the Pasadena marathon is finally wearing off of Israel Estrada. The large level of contaminants in the air threatened the health of all runners and forced official to almost certainly delay the race until 2009. | ||
News From: Monday, November 17, 2008 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon canceled due to smoky air from Los Angeles fire
(Mercury News) The raging fires in Los Angeles Country forced the cancellation of the inaugural Pasadena Marathon. Race organizers made the decision to cancel the event two hours before the bike tour and marathon events were scheduled to begin. Organizers will meet in the next few days to reschedule the event. | ||
News From: Sunday, November 16, 2008 | ||
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2008 Pasadena Marathon & Bike Tour
(Planet) Santa Anna winds and California fires raised some concerns for race organizers of the first annual Pasadena Marathon. Despite rising smoke in the area race official will kick off the inaugural event on Sunday Morning. | ||
News From: Saturday, November 15, 2008 | ||
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Runners Gear up for Inaugural Pasadena Marathon
(Whittier Daily News) The Inaugural Pasadena Marathon will kick off this Sunday and many of the 8,000 expected participants flooded the Pasadena Convention Center on Friday to pick up race packets. Race organizers expect a warm day but say they are prepared for the conditions. | ||
News From: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | ||
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Pasadena Marathon Sells Out
(Pasadena Star News) The inaugural Pasadena Marathon has reached it's capacity of 8,000 participants for the November 16th running. More than 50,000 spectators are expected to come out in support of the marathon. | ||
News From: Thursday, August 7, 2008 | ||
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Kaiser Permanente Becomes Presenting Sponsor for Inaugural Pasadena Marathon
(Market Watch) Kaiser Permanente and Pasadena Forward, a Pasadena-based nonprofit organization, have announced Kaiser Permanente will be the Presenting Sponsor of the 2008 Pasadena Marathon. The inaugural race, is scheduled for Sunday, November 16, 2008. Kaiser Permanente is the largest private employer in the Los Angeles area and serves nearly 3.3 million people | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | ||
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First Annual Pasadena Marathon sign-ups begin
(Pasadena Star News) The first annual Pasadena marathon, scheduled for November 16, will start and end in Old Towne Pasadena near Delacey and Green. Organizers initially opened the field to 15,000 participants. That number has since been reduced to a mere 8,000 and organizers expect it to fill quickly. The popularity of fall marathons should attract many runners to the area. | ||
News From: Friday, July 6, 2007 | ||
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Date Set for Pasadena Marathon
(The Arcadia Weekly) A tentative date of the last weekend of October 2008 has been proposed for the first Pasadena Marathon. |
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