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News From: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Runner Upset By New Forest Race Chief's Sarcastic Reply
(Daily Echo) Dennis Jones upset one of his registered runners with a "witty" reply to her emailed question. | ||
News From: Monday, May 14, 2007 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Forest City Road Race Was Good Competition
(The London Free Press) More than 2,000 runners converged on London's downtown. Nderitu, of Kenya, ran the fastest marathon and walked away with $1,500 in first-place money, plus an appearance fee of $250 as returning champion from last year. | ||
News From: Monday, April 30, 2007 | ||
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Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Forest City Marathon Winners to Defend Titles
(Slam) Information on the race and past winners is given. | ||
News From: Monday, May 15, 2006 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Kenyan Overcomes Injury at Forest City Road Races Marathon
(The London Free Press) Race results and comments. The Kenyan countrymen had put on a show, matching swift strides through north London. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 12, 2005 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
72-year-old Indian wins Canadian Marathon
(Hindustan Times) Article on Ashis Roy who won his age group category at the Marathon at London in Ontario. | ||
News From: Saturday, May 7, 2005 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Prizes Raised to Lure Runners for Forest City Road Races
(Canoe) In an attempt to entice top runners to compete in London, organizers of the Forest City road races have increased the prize money, doubling the award for marathon winners. | ||
Marathon Man on the move at Forest City Marathon
(The London Free Press) Article on Ashis Roy and his marathon accomplishments, who started running at 50. | ||
News From: Monday, May 10, 2004 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Kenyan runner goes extra mile for victory at Forest City
(London Free Press) Joseph Nderitu took it all in stride, saying "confusion" happens and he wasn't about to sweat it. Nderitu, an affable Kenyan, was among a lead pack of four runners who were sent a couple of kilometres out of their way in the 21.1-k half-marathon during yesterday's Forest City Road Races, which started and finished at Western's TD Waterhouse Stadium. | ||
Forest City Marathon winner inspired by cause
(London Free Press) It was the cause -- the Thames Valley Children's Centre -- that captured Shannon Bedard-Evon. The LaSalle mom and Windsor emergency room nurse squeezed the hands of her kids, Jerrett, 7, and Meaghan-Ryan, 5, as she walked proudly down the finishing chute toward her husband Russ after winning the women's division of the 42.2-kilometre marathon, the main event during yesterday's 22nd Forest City Road Races. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 6, 2004 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Marathoner has 11-year-old reason to run at Forest City Races
(London Free Press) After 19 weeks of rigorous training, Lori Quick will cross the finish line of her first marathon on Mother's Day to have her daughter, Jenna, award her a medal. | ||
News From: Monday, May 12, 2003 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Ankle no Achilles heel for Forest City Marathon champ
(The London Free Press) 35 year old police officer Steve Cochrane won the Forest City Marathon despite an ankle injury that nearly kept him out of the race. Cochrane finished in 2:41:02 to improve on his second place finish here last year. Kent Hollingsworth finished second with a time of 2:42:11 and Troy Cox was third with a time of 2:45:55. | ||
News From: Monday, May 13, 2002 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Forest City Races: A Mother's Day to remember
(SLAM) Shelley Willemse, who became a mom for the second time just eight months ago, won the London Life Marathon on Mother's Day with a time of 3:09:35. | ||
Forest City Races: Last-minute entry wins marathon
(SLAM) Patrick Donker won the London Life marathon yesterday in two hours, thirty-six minutes and four seconds. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Londoner to tackle marathon at age 72
(SLAM) Gerry Fenwick still enjoys the challenge of marathoning at the age of 72. | ||
News From: Monday, May 28, 2001 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
70-year-old sets record at the Forest City Marathon
(The Record) 70-year-old Ed Whitlock ran 26.2 miles in a record-setting 3 hours, 24 seconds earlier this month at the Forest City Marathon. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 | ||
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Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Americans cop men's, women's Forest City titles
(London Free Press/Slam Sports) Jeff Martin of Sparta, Michigan won the Forest City Races Marathon in London, Ontario followed by Londoners Andy Tarr and Sergio Cruz. Vikki McKane of Albany, N.Y., won the women's division, beating out Londoner Mary Hanley and previous title holder, Londoner Julie Roberts. | ||
News From: Monday, May 14, 2001 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
70-year-old misses 3 hour marathon goal by just 25 seconds
(Canoe.com) Whitlock broke a world record on Sunday when, at age 70, he finished the Forest City Marathon in London, Ontario, in 3:00:24. But he was looking to break the record and three hours in the race. He vowed that he will make that benchmark in October's Columbus Marathon. | ||
News From: Monday, May 7, 2001 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Pye could become the first 70-year-old female to break the four-hour marathon barrier
(London Free Press) 68-year-old Londoner, Katherine Pye, isn't expecting a fast finish in the upcoming Forest City Races marathon. She's still recovering from April's Boston Marathon where she had a personal best time of 3:55:26. | ||
News From: Sunday, May 14, 2000 | ||
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Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Marathon beckons to all ages
(Canoe.com) Gerry Fenwick is 70 and has been running marathons for 20 years. He is among the runners in the Forest City Races Marathon which he has competed in for each of its nine years. |
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