Marathon Races
Track and field refers to sporting contests for men and women that consist mainly of short and long distance running, height and distance jumping, and distance throwing using specially designed objects. Track and field meets are staged either indoors or outdoors on an oval track where the running events take place. Inside or nearby the track, the contests involving jumping and throwing are held in conjunction with the running events. While also considered to be track and field events, long distance races are usually run separately on city streets or country roads. This section features various resources on marathon races.
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| Pain the Only Certainty As Radcliffe Lines Up for Race With Marathon Destiny British athlete hopes to overcome femur fracture and reassert dominance of grueling event |
Olympics: History Beckons As Phelps Makes Light of Medley Marathon Michael Phelps completed the first leg in his quest for eight golds in the 400m individual medley |
| Marathon Ends in Artifice As Vaughan and Smith Come Up With a Novel Cop-out A fiercely-fought match ended in farce as England and South Africa agreed to draw |
Marathon Woman She is headed for Beijing and desperate for Olympic gold, Paula Radcliffe tells Aida Edemariam |
| Marathons Consider a Ban on Ipods Portable music players are seen as a distraction that can threaten runners' safety |
Changes As Good As a Rest on Marathon's Final Straight As rugby union's club season begins to enter its final push, squad rotation is more vital than ever, says Shaun Edwards |
| Gebrselassie Rules Out Olympic Marathon Challenge Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie will not compete in the marathon in Beijing amid fears about the city's pollution levels |
Marathon Man Harmison Proves His Fitness and His Worth Steve Harmison proved the doubters wrong with an epic stint on the flattest of tracks in Colombo, writes Paul Weaver |
| Marathon Mum Athletics: Paula Radcliffe talks about her determination to keep taking risks and her dream of at last achieving Olympic... |
Gebrselassie Breaks Marathon Record Athletics: Extra miles in training paid off for Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin as the Ethiopian long-distance star set his... |
| Tennis: Nadal Survives Five-set Marathon Wimbledon: The No2 seed has finally won his third-round match with Robin Soderling after five days of tennis. |
Pot Music Marathons Don't Need Jazzing Up Screen Break: The snooker has been interesting, hasn't it? Ha, ha, only joking. I am not saying I am not enjoying the... |