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24 October 2008 – Frankfurt, Germany – It looks a certainty that a Kenyan runner will win the men’s race at the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankurt Marathon on Sunday (26). However, the women’s elite division which includes defending champion Melanie Kraus would seem to a contest between Germany and Russia.

21 November 2008 - Soria, Spain - The ‘15th Cross Internacional de Soria’ - the second leg of the IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2008/09- which takes place on Sunday (23) should witness an exciting showdown between two fast-improving distance runners in the guise of Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh and Kenya’s Leonard Komon.

28 October 2008 - Dublin, Ireland - In dry but cold conditions, Dublin city was alive to the pounding feet of a record-breaking 11,700 athletes on the October Bank Holiday Monday (27).

26 October 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya - Samson Kikwei Tuiyange and Emma Muthoni were the new winners of the 2008 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, billed as the biggest single mass participation event in East Africa, on a cool cloudy morning today in the Kenyan capital.

26 October 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany - Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot smashed the course record in the Dresdener Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon Sunday morning, clocking two hours, seven minutes, 21 seconds. And on his debut, no less.

26 October 2008 – Venice, Italy - Running in sunny and warm conditions, Aniko Kalovics from Hungary and Joseph Lomala from Kenya took the honours at the 23nd edition of the Venice Marathon.

26 October 2008 - Portsmouth, UK - Paula Radcliffe sent out a clear warning she is in mint condition to defend her New York Marathon crown after a world-class performance in the BUPA Great South Run.

24 October 2008 - Istanbul, Turkey - The 30th anniversary Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon takes place on Sunday 26 October 2008 with a total of 1021 participants expected in the marathon, 2500 in a 15 km race, and 90,000 in Fun Run, coming from 57 countries around the world.