Contestants in the 100km del Sahara travel out to Tunisia on 7 March and on 9 March start the first of four consecutive daily stages of 21km, 18km, 42km and 22km from the oasis of Ksar Ghilane, finishing in Douz on 12 March.

NAPA, Calif. - (March 7, 2010) - Michael Arnstein, 33, of New York, N.Y. and Mary Coordt, 40, of Elk Grove, Calif. earned wins Sunday at the 32nd Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon (NVM). The duo topped a capacity crowd of approximately 2,300 runners who enjoyed near perfect weather for marathon running during their 26.2-mile journey through the picturesque Napa Valley wine growing country.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - (March 7, 2010) - In a tight race, Gina Aalgaard Kelly bested more than 13,000 runners from around the world at Disney's Princess Half Marathon on Sunday morning. Kelly, from Lisbon, N.D., and runner-up Heather Schulz of Orlando overtook Nicole Falvo, of Grand Blanc, Mich., who led most of the 13.1 mile race, as the women entered Disney's Epcot theme park.

FISHERS, Ind. - Organizers for the St. Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K are looking for entertainers to perform in front of a sold out crowd at the 3rd event. Applications are being accepted from garage bands, DJs, high school pep bands, cheer groups, dance teams to cheer on more than 6,000 participants as they make their way to the finish line.

QUANTICO, Va. - The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) and U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Base Quantico presented the annual Healthy School Award to the students of Eagle View Elementary in Fairfax, Virginia.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - (February 27, 2010) - With a purse of more than $45,000, Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon is committed to attracting elite and up-and-coming runners to the Sunday, May 2, 2010 event. Winning male and female marathon runners will be awarded $6500 for the Marathon, and $2500 for the UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon, and cash prizes are also offered for Masters, Pennsylvania residents and Hand Crank Wheelchair. Those prizes are among the highest for spring marathons nationally.

From last week’s Auckland championships Louise Jones won the senior women’s 400m in the best time in the country this season of 55.39s. Also last week Campbell Wu in winning the M19 400m hurdles in 55.05s, bettered James Mortimer’s best of 55.44s by a 16 year old over the 914mm hurdles. Shay Taylor won the senior 400m hurdles title in 54.31s.

INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time NCAA decathlon champion Jake Arnold posted a clutch performance in the seventh and final event to win the men's heptathlon for the third time in his career Sunday at the 2010 USA Indoor Combined Events Championships on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington.

NEW YORK - (March 4, 2010) - A lineup of some of the world's best long-distance runners, including 2006 and 2008 ING New York City Marathon champion Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, two-time Olympian Alistair Cragg of Ireland and 2009 World Cross Country champion Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia have been added to the field of the first spring running of the NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, March 21, it was announced by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Paced by Phil Raschker's 10-medal performance and inspired by Nolan Shaheed's near-record 1,500m victory, Team USA topped the final medal charts Saturday and swept to nine relay titles at the 4th World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships.