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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted October 10th, 2008 at 12:29 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch, Road Racing

Track and Running on TV Action is beginning to pick back up as we head into marathon season. Headlining the coming week’s action are the Chicago Marathon and the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships. As always, all times are Eastern; check your local listings.

Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Universal Sports TV, 9:00 AM Sunday
UniversalSports.com, 8:45 AM Sunday
Surprise Olympic marathon champion Constantina Tomescu-Dita leads the field in the penultimate stop on the World Marathon Majors tour. For more, go to Chicagomarathon.com.

IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
UniversalSports.com, 7:30 AM Sunday
The free webcast coverage of the IAAF’s World Championships will be live. The men’s race, featuring defending New York City marathon champ Marilson dos Santos, begins at 7:45 a.m. The women’s race, featuring ‘07 World Cross Country champ Lornah Kiplagat, begins at 8:15 a.m. For more on the race, go to the IAAF’s website.