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Saturday 24th at 9:15 local time The Polar Circle Marathon started in minus 8 degrees celsius. 62 runners from 12 different countries began the steep uphill run towards the ice cap where a 2 kilometer long loop had to be made before heading back to Kangerlussuaq and the finish line.Best represented was Great Britain, but it was Spain, Denmark and Greenland who stole the headlines.For the second

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Runners from 5 continents arrived yesterday to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland to take part in The Polar Circle Marathon and half marathon.The weatherforecast promise nice weather tommorow during the race. The runners can expect temperature between minus 15 and minus 7 degrees celcius.Besides running on the ice cap of Greenland runners can expect to run in up to 60 cm of snow.Auroras or northern

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Packages for The Big Five Marathon 2010 have been released a few weeks ago.The marathon will in 2010 take place 5th of JuneWe will beside the marathon and halfmarathon also organize a brand new 10 km run.If you sign up before 1st of November 2009 you will get a 75 Euro discount.In 2010 you can also combine running The Big Five Marathon with watching the FIFA World Cup in football/soccer also

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The 20th of June the 5th edition of The Big Five Marathon was held in South Africa.The marathon and half marathon takes place in a big 5 game reserve among the wildlife of the African savannah.The winner from last year - Hylton Dunn from South Africa - was again to find among the 120 runners and he came back in style. He won the marathon in 3:30:06 which was 25 minutes faster than his winning

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16th of May the 10th Great Wall Marathon was held. We ended up with 1500 runners from more than 40 countries.The mens marathon was dominated by the Americans who took the first 4 places and won by Justin Walker in 3:40:54.In the womens marathon the New Zealanders dominated with 3 runners in top 4 and Joanna Goose could celebrate her victory by winning in 04:03:23Winners in The Great Wall

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This year The Great Wall Marathon will be held for the 10th time.Approximately 1450 runners from almost 40 different countries will come and celebrate the anniversary at The Great Wall.Mr. Henrik Brandt from Denmark will run his 10th Great Wall Marathon. He is the only one who have completed the marathon distance each year. The 2010 race date is 15. May. If you can?t wait that long we still have

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We are proud to announce the brand new Great Wall Marathon website on:http://www.great-wall-marathon.com/Watch the new videos from last years run or follow the route in 3D on Google Earth.If you experience any problems with download speed, broken images or links - do not hesitate to contact us.First of all, we hope you don't have a problem with, well, the colour red :-)We still have numbers

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Runners all over the world are crazy about The Polar Circle Marathon. Registrations are ticking in, and bib numbers are running out.Even though it is huge, the ice sheet of Greenland only has room for a limited number of runners. We therefore advise you to sign up soon, if you want a guarantied entry for this year's event.At www.polar-circle-marathon.com you can find the sales agent in your

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The dust from the old road between Hemis and Spituk monasteries was whirled up on July 19th as 108 runners set out for The Great Tibetan Marathon 2008. 46 runners signed up for the full marathon, while the remaining was spread out on the half marathon, 10km & 5km distances.After a ceremonial blessing at Hemis monastery performed by the lama monks, the race started.The first 5km of steep down hill

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It is Sunday morning here in Beijing, and both runners and organisers in The Great Wall Marathon have benefitted from a good night's sleep.As mentioned, the marathon was a great succes with more runners than we have ever seen before - 1608 runners from 38 countries ran over the start line in the marathon, halfmarathon, 10K or 5K. The weather forecasts had predicted heavy rains, so everybody was a

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It's almost midnight here in Beijing and it's been a long day, but also an amazing and wonderful day!Details about The Great Wall Marathon 2008 will follow tomorrow after a good and much needed sleep. The Great Wall Marathon 2008 went very well and 2 records were set:1: Most runers ever to participate with more than 1700 from 49 different countries.2: A new time record was set this year in the

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In 8 hours (7.30AM GMT+7) the start of The Great Wall Marathon 2008 will be shot off. The runners have been preparing themselves mentally as well as physically during the day and in the evening most of them went to the big Pasta Party to ensure that they got a healthy and useful meal before the demanding race tomorrow.Hopefully the runners are all sleeping now as they have to get up early in the

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The whole Adventure Marathon team and all the runners here in Beijing are counting the hours till Saturday 8 a.m. - the start of The Great Wall Marathon. Today was Route Inspection Day, many runners' first meeting with the wall's 5164 steps.In blazing sunshine all runners and spectators met at the yin-yang square right below the steps of the Wall for a quick peptalk. Then everybody was taken by

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When you are not flying Business Class on a 9 hour night flight is not giving you the best of rests... But we arrived on time at the impressive Beijing Int. Airport, they are definitely ready to receive the masses of the Olympic Games in August. Perfect sign guiding, spacious terminals, effective passport control and fast bagage delivery helped us get through the vast airport in just 30 minutes.

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Little more than a week and the start for The Great Wall Marathon will go off for the 9th time.Runners will start arriving in Beijing this weekend where they will be up for city sightseeing and jet lag adjustment before the challenging and astonishing race next Saturday, May 17th.During the past couple of weeks the Great Wall Marathon staff has been working full time to get everything set and

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Now you can sign up for the Polar Circle Marathon 2008. This amazing race that takes place just north of the Polar Circle in Greenland, gives the participants a unique running experience.Astonishing glaciers, vast tundra, reindeer and musk oxen and of course the Ice Cap itself is some of the amazing sights waiting for the runners.The route itself will be a good challenge as well as the cold and

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Yesterday, January 14, Adventure Marathon Manager Rune Nortoft paid a visit to the head office of Danish Red Cross. Here he met with Robert Kwesiga, Head of Region for Red Cross in Southern Africa, who was visiting from Zimbabwe.On behalf of Adventure Marathon and Albatros Travel, Mr. Nortoft handed over the profit from The Red Cross Big Five Marathon 2007 - a cheque of 100.000 Danish kroner (

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The Great Tibetan Marathon, half marathon, 10 km and 5 km will in 2008 take place 19th of July. All packages and prices are ready. Please have a look at www.great-tibetan-marathon.com where all details are to find. Again in 2008 the marathon will start in an altitude of 3800 meters in the monastery of Hemis. 42,195 km later you will cross the finish line in an altitude of 3400 meters in the

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The Big Five Marathon ! The wildest of them all !Its a pleasure to announce that all packages and prices for The Red Cross Big Five Marathon 2008 are ready. on www.big-five-marathon.com you can find all details needed to participate in the marathon or half marathon.28th of June the marathon will start at 8 o?clock. We guarantee you an adventure and a marathon you will never forget. Running among

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Returned from Berlin Marathon Expo a few days ago. It was great talking to all of you who came to our booth to talk about our marathons and it was also great to hear about your running experiences from around the world. Hope you all had a good marathon. I didn?t run this year but was one of the many spectators along the route. It was a big experience to watch all you runners and even though not

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The Adventure Marathons are increasing in popularity meaning more runners each year.At Albatros we rate our marathons very high and wish to improve them in every way we can.With The Great Wall Marathon setting new records for number of participants, The Polar Circle Marathon back in schedule and the introduction of The Taj Mahal Marathon in 2008 we are looking forward to a busy but exciting

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This Saturday, June 30, at 8 o'clock a selection of some of the toughest runners in the world will start out for 42.195 km of exhausting but absolutely rewarding running. The Big Five Marathon is a safari, an exploration of magnificent nature and a marathon all connected into one event. The course winds up and down two plateaus with altitude levels of 1100 and 1600 m and the route foundation is

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In the media gallery on the Great Wall website, you will find all the Great Wall Marathon 2007 photos and videos. We will be uploading more material regularly.Send us your photos and movies, and we will publish them here for the benefit of other runners.Now, you can also download the full 8 minute video in the iPod mp4 format. So go ahead and dwell upon your special Great Wall moments when you

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Here you go; an 8 minute summary of this year's run :-)

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The Great Wall Marathon was covered in numerous articles this year both online as well as in newspapers.Here is a selection:MSNBC (US)BBC (UK)ABC News (US)International Herald Tribune (INT)Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)Daily Telegraph (Australia)Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)BT (Denmark)Japan Times (Japan)The Hindu (India)De Hard Loop Krant (Netherlands)Bend Bulletin (US)Kuwait Times (Kuwait)The

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