The New York City Marathon is always the last race of the year for the World Marathon Majors. For 2009-2010, the results of this race won’t make any difference in the long run as both Sammy Wanjiru and Lillya Shobukhova have the title locked up. (Well, technically Sammy could lose, but it isn’t likely to…
The World Marathon Majors 2009-2010 season will most likely be decided tomorrow, as all of the top players in both the men’s and women’s races are running Chicago so none of the New York City runners are in contention unless there are some major upsets. The Americans should be able to put in a strong…
The World Marathon Majors start up again tomorrow morning, with 3 races remaining in the next month and a half to finish out the 2009-2010 season. A $1 million prize purse is on the line for the top marathoners in the world on a 2 year rolling basis. Most of the action, especially for the…
The World Marathon Majors were announced 4 years ago, and is meant to be the equivalent to the Grand Slam in golf or tennis. The Majors are on a 2-year overlapping schedule, with points going to the top 5 runners in each of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City Marathons. The Olympic…
Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya and Gete Wami of Ethiopia were the recipients of the first $1 million payout from the World Marathon Majors this week. The majors will pay out every year going forward on a 2 year rolling cycle. Both runners received $500,000 checks. For the inaugural 2 year cycle, there were 11 races…
There was a lot of news this week last year, most of which was good with some big announcements. I demonstrated how to do a dumbbell bench press in my animated series. The World Marathon Majors were announced, the first year of races having passed since then. And I was completely wrong about my prediction…
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…