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Would you rather see Ryan Hall running the Chicago Marathon or the New York City Marathon this Fall?

Well, he is giving you the opportunity to help him decide. “I want to run where people want to watch me run.”

You can vote by following him on Twitter and sending him a @reply message with your vote. His Twitter username is ryanhall3.

Just tweet @ryanhall3 New York City Marathon or @ryanhall3 Chicago Marathon to vote.

By the way – if you’d like to follow me on Twitter you can do so by following RunToWin!

(Source: Denver Post)

For the first time in 56 years, Bob Sheppard misses opening day at Yankee Stadium. He threw out his hip on Monday night and will miss the three game series against Kansas City, but hopes to be back for the homestand against Baltimore on April 21.

“I am very disappointed that I will miss my first Opening Day at Yankee Stadium since I began this job in 1951,” Sheppard said. “I am optimistic that I will return to the Stadium for the next homestand.”

Shepperd has been the public address announcer since 1951, and will be replaced by his backup Jim Hall.

A new marathon racing series, the World Marathon Majors, has been announced, with scoring from five of the largest marathons in the world as well as the Olympics and world championships going into the competition.

Organizers of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons said Monday that the World Marathon Majors series is intended to increase the profile of the 26.2-mile races.

The Olympic and world championship marathons will also count in the series, which starts with the Boston Marathon on April 17.

This is great news, as far as I am concerned. Scoring is only applicable to the top five positions of each race, and to qualify the athlete must win points in at least 3 races. Up to four races will count towards their point total. The most an athlete can win in one race is 25 points; a fifth place finish will get them 1 point.

You will not see my name on any of those leader boards, unfortunately. However, I may compete in one or two of them. Possibly three, but I do not think I will run Boston again for at least a few more years. Hopefully this will be an ongoing competition, and one which may branch out to other races to run on an annual schedule.