Posts Tagged ‘london marathon’

If You Live in New York and Have Time Warner Cable…

29, Apr 2009

…there are plenty of great running tv shows coming up in the next few weeks. If you don’t live in NY and have TWC, check your local listings.

Universal Sports – www.universalsports.com

Universal Sports

Tune in or set your DVR to watch UniSport’s program called Running on channel 162. They will be profiling the April 5th Rotterdam Marathon recently won by Duncan Kibet of Kenya in a speedy 2:04:27, within 30 seconds of world record time.

  • 4/29 – 9:00pm
  • 4/30 – 2:00pm
  • 5/2 – 10:00pm

…And the April 26th London Marathon recently won by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya in an equally impressive 2:05:10, a new course record.

  • 4/30 – 10:00pm
  • 5/3 – 4:00pm

…And they’ll also be replaying April 20th Boston Marathon featuring Americans Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher each placing 3rd after a duo of Kenyans/Ethiopians.

  • 5/1 – 10:00pm

Upcoming long distance events featured on Universal Sports are as follows…

  • 5/25 – 11:30am (EST) – Los Angeles Marathon (live)
  • 5/30 – 8:00am (EST) – Stockholm Marathon
  • 6/26 – TBD – Rio Marathon

YES Network – www.yesnetwork.com

Turns out the YES Network (channel 53 and 753) also has a program called Running which is localized to the NY racing scene. Featuring racing highlights, area race schedules, equipment / training tips and new places to run, this program is the ultimate guide to running in NYC.

  • 4/30 – 7:30am
  • 5/2 – 11:30pm

Showtime NEXT – www.shownext.com

Universal Sports – Marathon Notes Summary

29, Apr 2009

This week in Universal Sport’s marathon update, the experts tackle a tough question: Which spring marathon has more prestige, Boston or London? And guess what… it’s NOT Boston!

Boston 2009

  • Won by Deriba Merga, 4th in Beijing
  • Winning time of 2:08:42
  • Finish line at Copley Square
  • Historic course but has rolling hills + headwinds
  • A far distance to travel for international champs
  • “Boston is where 2nd tier guys go to win big money” — Duncan Larkin

London 2009

  • Won by Sammy Wanjiru, gold medalist
  • Winning time of 2:05:10, a course record
  • Finish line at Buckingham Palace
  • Speedy course, 2 minutes faster than Boston
  • Geographically desirable for African talent
  • Huge “appearance fees” = better competitors

And a few more notes from the world of marathoning…

Flora London Marathon Wrap Up

26, Apr 2009

Great race in London today, with the men’s field breaking a course record, and plenty of olympic medalers in the men’s and women’s top 3. Here’s some video…

Here’s the top 10 finishers in the men’s and women’s…

Flora London Marathon – 4 Days, 14 Hours

21, Apr 2009

With all the excitement surrounding yesterday’s Boston Marathon, I’m catching a little case of marathon fever myself. And the only cure, is more marathoning. Fortunately we have back to back World Marathon Major weekends, so you can bet on me being glued to www.universalsports.com/marathon when I wake up on Sunday morning. Fat chance of catching it on TV unless you have access to BBC and DVR since its not broadcast in the US and the race begins at 4am EST Sunday.

Here’s where you can find the best coverage of all things London Marathon related: http://tinyurl.com/cvmrqt

Here’s some quick info on the Men’s favorite going into the race:

Olympic marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru won gold at last year’s Beijing Olympic in a new championship record time of 2:06:32. The Kenyan hopes to see the London course record come down to two hours and four minutes this year, weather permitting.

And now that Paula’s dropped out with a broken toe…


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