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Reigning champion Edwin Sol of Kenya has confirmed he would participate in the 35th edition of the BOclassic - the international New Year's Eve Run on Bozen's Walther Square in Brixen/Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy.

World Cross Country champion Gebre Gebremariam will attempt to add the Bupa Great Edinburgh International Cross Country (IAAF Permit) to his list of top honours in the New Year, according to the organisers.

The 3rd edition of the Globacom Lagos International Half Marathon comes up on December 12, 2009 in Lagos.

Gilbert Kirwa of Kenya broke both the defending champion and the course record to win the 2009 Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon today, in 2.06.14, a time that puts him in the top 20 all-time at the distance.

The Ethiopian Half Marathon Road Race Championships hold in Sululta, Ethiopia on 15th August , 2010.

The Abebe Bikila International Marathon race, Awassa, Ethiopia, June 13, 2010.

Johannesburg mayor, Councillor Amos Masondo has assured that the 19th edition of the Nedbank Soweto Marathon would not be derailed by the taxi problems experienced in the past.

The provisional entry list for the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October is now available.

Another set of strong Kenyan runners have been added to the elite field of the 2009 Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, which will take place on 25 October, according to the organisers.

The 2009 Great Ethiopian Run 10k international road race on Sunday 22nd November 2009 is sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines.

More than 31,000 participants took part in the 2008 race - the biggest race ever on the African continent by participant numbers.