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Kenyan Muange wins Baltimore Marathon in his first race at that distance

Kenyan Muange wins Baltimore Marathon in his first race at that distance

Running in a tight pack as he cruised through downtown streets, the zoo and the Under Armour headquarters, Stephen Muange didn't want to push the pace at Saturday's Baltimore Marathon.

 

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2008 festival: Kenyan, 19, sets record

Marathon winner Keter tops '07 leader Itati, who finishes 10th; Peru's Portilla wins women's race

2008 festival: In no hurry

Baltimore Marathon officials allowed seven hours for people to complete yesterday's 26.2-mile race. Ray Scharenbrock chugged in with 45 seconds to spare - and a maxim for runners everywhere.

2008 festival: Running is a relative thing for this bunch

Organizers of this weekend's Baltimore Running Festival can't say exactly how many families, spouses, friends and co-workers will be running among the more than 17,000 who have signed up for the eighth annual event.

2007 festival: Kenyans sweep top spots in marathons

The three years that passed since John Itati ran through the streets of Baltimore didn't tarnish his memory. The same mile marker brought the same surge past the rest of the field and the identical feeling that he couldn't lose.

Archives: Runners take their marks

A bed in Connecticut was too comfortable, so Omea Peter will tour Baltimore.

Archives: Pukstas looks to make misstep a lapse of past

The men's marathon at the Athens Olympics ranks near the top of road racing's great catastrophes.

Archives: Festival's numbers could exceed 10,000

The Oct. 15 Baltimore Running Festival has attracted a record total of entries, and the number getting their heart rate up near the Camden Yards staging area could exceed 10,000.

Archives: Two marathoners know their way home

Erick Kimaiyo and Elvira Kolpakova again ruled the roads of Baltimore, albeit with considerably more suspense.

Archives: Kimayo runs down field with command showing

Erick Kimayo met Charles Kamindo, a fellow countryman from Kenya, yesterday morning at Camden Yards. They warmed up together for Baltimore's Comcast Marathon, then raced shoulder to shoulder for 21 miles, until the elder Kimayo ran away and hid with a royal performance near the castle on the...

Archives: They're king, queen of the hills

Luka Cherono trains in the altitude of western Kenya. Elvira Kolpakova hails from a Russian town in the Ural Mountains. No wonder they seemed to be the only runners in the inaugural Baltimore Marathon Festival who didn't seem daunted...