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Front cover:<br />
Beijing Marathon, 21 October 2007<br />
PRODUCTION<br />
Publisher: Frank J. Baillie<br />
Editor: Hugh Jones<br />
Results Editor: Evelyn Igangan<br />
Production & Advertising: Gary Friar<br />
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<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> is an official publication of AIMS and IAAF.<br />
It is produced four times a year, in January, April, July and October<br />
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News<br />
AIMS News<br />
President’s message; New members;<br />
Executives’ contact details; AIMS Children’s<br />
Series; Back to the roots; AIMS/Citizen<br />
World’s Fastest Time Award;<br />
Ted Corbitt, running pioneer; AIMS/ASICS<br />
Athlete of the Year Award 7<br />
IAAF News<br />
President’s message; Diary; Executives’ contact<br />
details; 2nd IAAF World Road Race Championships;<br />
Edinburgh set for 2008 World Cross 13<br />
IAU News<br />
IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo; IAU World Trail<br />
Challenge, Huntsville; Soochow University 24<br />
hours; Diary; Executives’ contact details; 31<br />
WMRA<br />
Executives’ contact details;<br />
WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race,<br />
Smarna Gora Hill Race; 2008 Calendar 37<br />
Regulars<br />
Calendar of events<br />
Official listings for AIMS events 44<br />
Results<br />
Worldwide race reports and pictures 48<br />
World leading times<br />
The latest top times for men and women<br />
at 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 72<br />
Race contact details<br />
AIMS member races with full contact details 78<br />
Features<br />
A fairy tale marathon<br />
H C Andersen Marathon, Denmark. 21<br />
A royal event<br />
Royal Victoria Marathon, Canada. 27<br />
Getting better all the time<br />
27th ANA Beijing International<br />
Marathon, China 33<br />
Opinion<br />
From then to now 40<br />
Opinion<br />
A class of his own 41<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
33<br />
48<br />
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