February 2012
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5 FEBRUARY 2012: KAGAWA-MARUGAME INT'L HALF MARATHON, JAPAN
Breaking away just 4km into the race, pre-race favourite Matthew Kisorio covered 5km in 14:02 and 10km in 28:02 writes Ken Nakamura. He slowed after 15km and finished in 1:00:02, 15 seconds outside the course record.
After Kisorio broke away, three Kenyans—Daniel Gitau, Jacob Wanjuki and Benjamin Gandu—formed the chase pack, and finished in that order. The foremost Japanese—Yusuke Takabayashi, Shinobu Kubota, Mamoru Hirano and the two-time champion Mekubo Mogusu of Kenya were running 15 seconds behind the main group at 10km. They ran together through 15km but Takabayashi went ahead to take first among the Japanese.
Many Japanese preparing for the Tokyo Marathon, an Olympic Marathon qualifying race, ran as a part of their preparation. Yuki Iwai was 22nd with 1:01:58, more than a minute better than his previous best, and Yuki Kawauchi was 27th with 1:02:18.
In the women's race Tiki Gelana broke away after 5km and won the race by nearly two minutes in 1:08:48. As expected, Gelana set a huge personal best, which previously stood at 1:10:22. Behind her the large chase by 20km dwindled to Kaoru Nagao, Sayo Nomura, Misato Horie and Mai Ito. They finished in that order as the first four finishers all set personal bests.
MEN: 1 Matthew KISORIO KEN 1:00:02 2 Daniel GITAU KEN 1:01:01 3 Jacob WANJUKI KEN 1:01:02 4 Benjamin GANDU KEN 1:01:06 5 Yusuke TAKABAYASHI JPN 1:01:31 6 Arata FUJIWARA JPN 1:01:34 7 Shinobu KUBOTA JPN 1:01:38 8 Shota YAMAGUCHI JPN 1:01:42 9 Daisuke SHIMIZU JPN 1:01:44 10 Mekubo MOGUSU KEN 1:01:44 WOMEN: 1 Tiki GELANA ETH 1:08:48 2 Kaoru NAGAO JPN 1:10:32 3 Sayo NOMURA JPN 1:10:34 4 Misato HORIE JPN 1:10:37 5 Mai ITO JPN 1:10:39 6 Hiroko MIYAUCHI JPN 1:10:48 7 Megumi SEIKE JPN 1:11:40 8 Yoshiko FUJINAGA JPN 1:11:45 9 Noriko HIGUCHI JPN 1:11:51 10 Rika SHINTAKU JPN 1:11:52
5 FEBRUARY 2012: BEPPU-OITA MAINICHI INT'L MARATHON, JAPAN
Kenyan Harun Njoroge won the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathon with the first sub-2:10 performance of his career writes Ken Nakamura. Njoroge won the Hokkaido Marathon last August.
Ser-od Bat-Ochir of Mongolia closed fast to finish second with a 30-second improvement on his personal best. This was his fifth Marathon in the last ten months.
Marathon debutant Yakob Jarso of Ethiopia finished third with 2:11:13. He ran aggressively after 27km, taking the lead several times, but failed to keep up with Njoroge when the Kenyan made a surge of his own. Another debutant, Kohei Matsumura, finished strongly over the last 5km to take fourth.
The first five neither set personal bests nor made a successful Marathon debut.
Sixteen runners passed through halfway in 1:04:36, after careful pacing lasting up to 25km. After 27km Jarso led, thinning the group down, although eight remained together even after Jarso's second surge around 30km. But by 36km it had reduced to Jarso, Njoroge and Yuki Moriwaki. Njoroge gradually dropped the other two over the next couple of kilometres. Behind them Matsumura was gaining ground, and moved into fourth at 40km. Bat-Ochir, who had dropped back slightly at 36km, passed Jarso in the final kilometre.
MEN: 1 Harun NJOROGE KEN 2:09:38 2 Bat-OCHIR MGL 2:11:05 3 Yakob JARSO ETH 2:11:13 4 Kohei MATSUMURA JPN 2:11:18 5 Yuki MORIWAKI JPN 2:11:52 6 Desta GEBREHIWET ETH 2:12:22 7 Hiroki KADOTA JPN 2:12:25 8 Keisuke WAKUI JPN 2:12:55 9 Jeff HUNT AUS 2:13:19 10 Takehiro ARAKAWA JPN 2:13:39 WOMEN: 1 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN 2:34:20 2 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 2:45:35 3 Naoyo UTSUNOMIYA JPN 2:47:13
5 FEBRUARY 2012: STANDARD CHARTERED HONG KONG MARATHON
In an extremely tight finish Dereje Abera improved the long standing course record by 1:42 while Misiker Demissie knocked 3:30 off the women's record in a runaway win writes Pat Butcher.
A dozen men were together at halfway, and eight still in contention past 35km. When the leading quartet broke away approaching 40km it was always Dereje who was forcing the pace. Abera managed to get a 10m lead two or three times in the last kilometre, and though he was pulled back each time he never appeared to be losing.
Though Cheptei shadowed him through the finish line, the Kenyan admitted he never felt he could win. "I was trying to go with him, but that was to make sure I stayed ahead of the third guy" he said.
Misiker Demissie's reverted to her Ethiopian name after an unhappy time running for Bahrain under the name Teyba Naser. She has been living with husband Zereu Kelele in Albuquerque, New Mexico for some time. She led from the start, and though Shitaye Gemechu and Winfred Nyansikera were right behind her until past halfway, she ran away from them at 30km.
Shitaye finished with one shoe full of blood from a toe injury, and Nyansikera had to stop for a vomiting fit, but Shitaye hung on to take second.
MEN: 1 Dereje ABERA ETH 2:11:27 2 Eliud CHEPTEI KEN 2:11:27 3 Cosmas KYEVA KEN 2:11:28 4 Julius MAISEI KEN 2:11:28 5 George NGETICH KEN 2:12:19 6 Lilan KIPROP KEN 2:12:42 7 Haile HAJA ETH 2:12:43 8 Nigussie CHALA ETH 2:13:17 9 Patrick KOECH KEN 2:13:19 10 Nelson ROTICH KEN 2:13:33 WOMEN: 1 Misiker DEMISSIE ETH 2:30:12 2 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2:31:44 3 Winfred NYANSIKERA KEN 2:31:47 4 Kum-Ok KIM PRK 2:32:48 5 Datu Zehara KEDIR ETH 2:34:14 6 Viola BOR CHEPKETING KEN 2:37:11 7 Goitetom HAFTU ETH 2:39:43 8 Malika BENLAFKIR MAR 2:41:22 9 Mariia TSKAIA KGZ 2:49:41 10 Bin Pham THI VIE 2:56:11
5 FEBRUARY 2012: VADODARA HALF MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Andualem Belay SHIFERAW ETH 1:01:20 2 Merkebu Bikke AYELE ETH 1:01:27 3 Silas Muturi GICHOVI KEN 1:02:01 4 Mutai Kipkemei KEN 1:02:05 5 Kiprop MUTAI KEN 1:02:20 6 Assegid Teshome ABEBE ETH 1:02:38 7 Charles Wachira MAINA KEN 1:02:50 8 Daniel Cheruiyot YEGON KEN 1:02:57 9 Bogale YOHANNES ETH 1:03:53 10 Feyisa Bekele WOLDEMIKAEL ETH 1:04:55 WOMEN: 1 Yegrgyal Melese ARAGE ETH 1:12:28 2 Naomi JEPNGETICH KEN 1:13:18 3 Jemila Wortesa SHURE ETH 1:13:25 4 Eunice Nyawha MUCHIRI KEN 1:14:36 5 Mulunesh Velemas AWATA ETH 1:16:45 6 Momina Aman TOLA ETH 1:17:41 7 Hirut Beyene GANGUL ETH 1:17:53 8 Shetaye Bekele MAMO ETH 1:19:59 9 Rohinin RAUT IND 1:20:30 10 Gedese Edeto DEGEBASA ETH 1:20:57
5 FEBRUARY 2012: KAOHSIUNG MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Francis Kiptoo KIBII KEN 2:20:16 2 Isaac Kiplagat KIMAIYO KEN 2:21:10 3 Richard MUTISYA KEN 2:21:35 4 Fredrick Mwingirwa MATHIU KEN 2:22:23 5 David KIPKOECH KEN 2:24:42 6 Alex MELLY KEN 2:28:04 7 Elisha KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:30:13 8 Willy TANUI KEN 2:33:57 WOMEN: 1 Xiao Yu LI TPE 3:01:29 2 Guang XiaFANG CHN 3:04:36 3 Susan JEMUTAI KEN 3:05:44 4 Jane Pei YU TPE 3:05:55 5 Joan JERUTO KEN 3:14:16
12 FEBRUARY 2012: STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOK MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Patrick Kipkemoi ROTICH KEN 2:18:31 2 Yegon William KIPRONO KEN 2:18:37 3 Momanyi BASWETI KEN 2:20:09 4 John Kibiwott KWAMBAI KEN 2:20:17 5 John Chirchir TUBEI KEN 2:20:36 6 Philemon Chemlany ROTICH KEN 2:25:47 7 Christopher Rono CHUMO KEN 2:27:12 8 Thomas Kimaiyo KIPLITAN KEN 2:27:17 9 Edwin Kipkurui KORIR KEN 2:27:34 10 Mohammednuri Huichafo ABDELA ETH 2:27:35 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth Chemweno JERUIYOT KEN 2:41:37 2 Ruth Jepkoech KUTOL KEN 2:43:32 3 Jacquline Kiplimo NYETIPEI KEN 2:43:50 4 Margaret NIJUGUNA KEN 2:44:25 5 Glady Otero KERUBO KEN 2:46:25 6 Mencho Habtamnesh GASHAW ETH 2:48:53 7 Shiberu Senait GUTEMA ETH 2:51:08 8 ?? THA 2:58:48 9 Tasew Kelemua KELBI ETH 3:14:44 10 ?? THA 3:15:22
12 FEBRUARY 2012: TAINAN ANCIENT CAPITAL MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Richard Mutua MUTISYA KEN 2:35:08 2 Shi Chang HUANG TPE 2:38:14 3 Si Jie KE TPE 2:38:36 4 Zhi Feng HE TPE 2:43:38 5 Yan Ching JIANG TPE 2:46:47 WOMEN: 1 Xiao Yu LI TPE 3:00:25 2 Pei Yu JIAN TPE 3:04:23 3 Lu Xin JIA TPE 3:08:55 4 Zhi Zhen ZHANG TPE 3:19:53 5 Ling Jun ZHOU TPE 3:22:28
17 FEBRUARY 2012: RAS AL KHAIMAH HALF MARATHON, UAE
Photos: Victah Sailer
Runners were buffeted by strong south-easterly winds throughout, with mixed effects. Mary Keitany exceeded scaled-down expectations of a time much slower than her world record 1:05:50 from last year, but in the men's race it was the first time in six editions that no one broke the hour.
Keitany was paced through 8km in 24:48 by Ethiopian Sulti Gure Timbre and her husband of six weeks, Charles Koech. She tucked in behind as they went through 10km in 31:09 (on record schedule), already 1:14 up on Georgina Rono, Gladys Cherono and Feysa Tadese. Soon after halfway the headwind and overly optimistic early pace began to tell. The third 5km took 16:03, although her pursuers continued to lose ground. She steadied, running 16:00 for the fourth 5km and winning by a margin of 2:24. The 30-year old mother of a three-year old observed mildly after the race that "the wind was very bad in the second half" suggesting that something close to last year's world record may have been possible in kinder conditions. Second-placed Georgina Rono was only five seconds off her best.
In the men's race Geoffrey Mutai, winner here in 2010 and of the Boston and New York Marathons last year, pulled out before the start with a sore foot. Then the field, boasting nine sub-hour runners, cruised its way through the first half of the race to pass 10km in 28:45. The circumstances were ripe for 18 year old Dennis Kipruto Koech, in his first race outside of Kenya, to ease away from his rivals at 12km and build up an unassailable lead. His winning time was the slowest in RAK by 48 seconds, but a personal best by 40 seconds.
Ethiopia's Feyisa Lelisa upped the pace after 10km and the all too comfortable pack of 12 (including 3 pacemakers) disintegrated. Only young Koech was able to respond, and rapidly opened a gap before 15km. A late surge by Azmeraw Bekele (he was 14 seconds down on the pack at 10km) got him within eight seconds of Koech at 20km, but he got no closer. Koech has never broken 14 minutes for 5,000m even though his third 5km segment was covered in 14:11 — 13 seconds faster than any of his rivals.
Runners from 86 nations participated, including 122 four-person relay teams on the flat RAK circuit, representing yet another growth spurt to reward Race Director Nathan Clayton's endeavours.
MEN: 1 Denis Kipruto KOECH KEN 1:00:40 2 Azmeraw BEKELE ETH 1:00:49 3 Wilson Kipsang KIPROTICH KEN 1:01:01 4 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 1:01:29 5 Feyisa LELISA KEN 1:01:52 6 Fabiano JOSEPH TAN 1:02:00 7 Kiplimo KIMUTAI KEN 1:02:03 8 Levy MATEBO KEN 1:02:15 9 Joseph MAREGU KEN 1:02:31 10 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 1:02:34 WOMEN: 1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:06:49 2 Georgina RONO KEN 1:09:13 3 Gladys CHERONO KEN 1:09:14 4 Feyse TADESE ETH 1:09:15 5 Hilda KIBET NED 1:11:15 6 Caroline KILEL KEN 1:11:21 7 Rose CHELIMO KEN 1:11:31 8 Frehiwat GOSHU ETH 1:12:57 9 Serena BURLA USA 1:13:43 10 Dehininet Demsew JARA ETH 1:15:14
19 FEBRUARY 2012: OHME HOCHI 30km ROAD RACE, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Hideaki TAMURA JPN 1:33:26 2 Takamitsu HASHIMOTO JPN 1:34:28 3 Kota SHINOZAKI JPN 1:35:31 4 Tomohiko TAKENAKA JPN 1:35:35 5 Kentaro MASUDA JPN 1:36:23 6 Koji SATO JPN 1:36:38 7 Junki ONISHI JPN 1:36:55 8 Yoshiki KANKE JPN 1:37:05 9 Takuma SASAYA JPN 1:37:41 10 Terrance SHEA USA 1:38:36 WOMEN: 1 Asami KATO JPN 1:43:55 2 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 1:45:01 3 Maiko MURAYAMA JPN 1:47:11 4 Saori MAKISHIMA JPN 1:49:20 5 Risa YAMAZAKI JPN 1:51:23 6 Yoshimi YOSHINO JPN 1:53:24 7 Chitose SHIBATA JPN 1:58:14 8 Rina SATO JPN 1:59:10 9 Mitsuko HIROSE JPN 1:59:57 10 Kaho TAMURA JPN 2:00:19 10km MEN: 1 Kaduma GANAHA JPN 30:50 2 Ken TOCHIYAMA JPN 30:56 3 Kaduma NAKAMURA JPN 30:58 WOMEN: 1 Kazumi HASHIMOTO JPN 33:18 2 Yukari ABE JPN 33:45 3 Shiho YAHAGI JPN 33:50
19 FEBRUARY 2012: MARATON CIUDAD DE SEVILLA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Blal MOHAMMED MAR 2:13:43 2 Alberto Suarez LASO ESP 2:23:24 3 Modesto Alvarez DOMINGUEZ ESP 2:24:10 4 Sergi Rodriguez JIMENEZ ESP 2:25:25 5 Miguel Angel Ruiz LOPEZ ESP 2:27:03 6 Marco Juncal MARONAS ESP 2:28:43 7 Juan Manuel Florido PELLON ESP 2:28:54 8 Pablo Rodriguez PEREZ ESP 2:29:01 9 Luis Alberto Miguel MALDONADO ESP 2:29:02 10 Juan Vazquez GARCIA ESP 2:31:19 WOMEN: 1 Jill HODGINS IRL 2:46:58 2 Maria Dolores Jimenez GUARDENO ESP 3:02:18 3 Chantal XHERVELLE BEL 3:04:13 4 Noelia Bernald HERNANDEZ ESP 3:06:58 5 Silvia Hidalgo BERUTICH ESP 3:09:21 6 Yvette Moro PIAZZON ITA 3:12:59 7 Maria Antonia Serrano JARENO ESP 3:16:49 8 Marisol Gijon RIVILLA ESP 3:17:50 9 Esther Cordoba BERTON ESP 3:19:26 10 Simonetta CASTELLI ITA 3:19:30
19 FBRUARY 2012: MEDIO MARATON INT'L GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
MEN:
1 Julius Kipyego KETER KEN 1:02:59
2 Shadrack Kipkorir KIYAI KEN 1:04:20
3 Stephen Mburi NJOROGE KEN 1:04:38
4 Cosmas Kiplimo LETTING KEN 1:04:58
5 Ismael Andrade VAZQUEZ KEN 1:05:02
6 Alejandro Suarez VELAZQUEZ MEX 1:05:14
7 Teodoro Vega MORALES MEX 1:05:23
8 Christopher TOROITICH KEN 1:05:38
9 Isaack Kemboi KIMAIYO KEN 1:05:54
10 Joseph Kibiwott NGETICH KEN 1:06:17
WOMEN:
1 Genoveva JELEGAT KEN 1:13:16
2 Margarita Hernandez FLORES MEX 1:15:41
3 Karina Perez DELGADO MEX 1:16:20
4 Gladys Mokobi ONWONGA KEN 1:16:41
5 Dorcas Jeruto KANGOGO KEN 1:16:59
6 Daniela Alonso ARRIOLA MEX 1:17:02
7 Sara Mercedes Prieto CASTANEDA MEX 1:17:18
8 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ MEX 1:17:36
9 Maritza Arenas LABANA MEX 1:17:51
10 Angelica Sanchez IBARRA MEX 1:18:51
26 FEBRUARY 2012: TOKYO MARATHON, JAPAN
Photos: Agence SHOT
Biding his time in the latter stages of the race, Kenyan Michael Kipyego took a winning lead with 4km to go writes Ken Nakamura. Haile Gebrselassie's hopes of Olympic selection suffered a setback after the Ethiopian finished a distant fourth. "At 30km, I did not think I could win," Kipyego said. "But when I saw Haile (Gebrselassie) coming back to me I thought I had a chance. At 25km I thought the pace was too fast, so I decided to run my own pace and let them go. With 6km to go I started to think that I might be able to catch them." Arata Fujiwara, who broke away from the second group of runners after 25km, moved up steadily for the rest of the race and passed all the straggling runners from the longtime lead pack. "Runners in front of me were slowing down, and I was motivated to pick them off. I was uncertain if I could catch Haile but when I caught him, my energy level picked up." Fujiwara finished second for the third time, having finished second in both 2008 and 2010.
Gebrselassie looked good during the early and middle part of the race and took the lead at 36km but then began to falter. He was first caught by Kipyego at 38km, by Stephen Kiprotich at 40km and by Fujiwara with a kilometre to go. "I was running OK until 35-36km but my back started to hurt on the final downhill of the course," said Gebrselassie.
Until late in the women's race it looked like a one-woman show by Eri Okubo, who led by as much as 1:45 at halfway, but Atsede Habtamu had a plan of her own which eventually led to a course record of 2:25:28. "My plan was to make my move after 30km," said Habtamu. She covered 35-40km in 16:50 and just before hitting 40km took over the lead from Okubo and won comfortably. Yeshi Esayias and Helena Kirop also finished fast to take second and third. Okubo, who led from the start almost to the finish, took 17:51 from 35-40km but still finished with a personal best.
MEN: 1 Michael KIPYEGO KEN 2:07:37 2 Arata FUJIWARA KEN 2:07:48 3 Stephen KIPROTICH KEN 2:07:50 4 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH 2:08:17 5 Vikto ROTHLIN SUI 2:08:32 6 Kazuhiro MAEDA JPN 2:08:38 7 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 2:09:28 8 Hailu MEKONNEN ETH 2:09:59 9 Takeshi KUMAMOTO JPN 2:10:13 10 Atsushi IKAWA JPN 2:11:26 WOMEN: 1 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 2:25:28 2 Yeshi ESAYIAS ETH 2:26:00 3 Helena KIROP KEN 2:26:02 4 Eri OKUBO JPN 2:26:08 5 Tatiana ARKHIPOVA RUS 2:26:46 6 Lishan DULA BRN 2:28:22 7 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:28:36 8 Kateryna STETSENKO UKR 2:28:38 9 Adriana DA SILVA BRA 2:29:17 10 Sumiko SUZUKI JPN 2:29:25
26 FEBRUARY 2012: MARATON CAF - CARACAS, VENEZUELA
MEN: 1 José David CARDONA COL 2:19:18 2 Shandrack MAIYO KEN 2:22:22 3 José Mora DA SILVA BRA 2:24:24 4 Eduardo ARIQUIPA BOL 2:26:06 5 Marco ERAZO ECU 2:26:56 6 Jefferson RIVAS VEN 2:27:49 7 José GONZALEZ VEN 2:32:18 8 William ARRECHEDERA VEN 2:32:44 9 Wilton GUILLENEA URU 2:33:17 10 Lubin AROCHA VEN 2:33:56 WOMEN: 1 Conceicao de Maria CARVALHO BRA 2:53:15 2 Ruby RIATIVA COL 2:53:22 3 Ana RONDON COL 2:55:04 4 Sandra SARMIENTO VEN 2:56:57 5 Jennifer RODRIGUEZ VEN 2:57:31 6 Nancy OSORIO ECU 3:07:28 7 Olinda CACHANYA PER 3:08:27 8 Ana Maria MARZA BOL 3:09:54 9 Luisana GALLARDO VEN 3:11:15 10 Rosa MENDEZ VEN 3:18:23
26 FEBRUARY 2012: WORLD'S BEST 10km, PUERTO RICO
Kenya's Sammy Kitwara and Vivian Cheruiyot ran smart races to claim their third titles writes Javier Clavelo Robinson. Facing a strong head wind in the first third of the race, the 25-year old defending champion crossed the finish line in 28:02, the slowest winning time since 2008, but enough to make him the first man to win three titles here. Coming back from an absence in 2011, double World champion Vivian Cheruiyot ran a personal best, the fourth fastest winning time ever and the fastest at the 15th World's Best 10K since 2004, to regain the crown she won in 2009 and 2010.
A group of fifteen runners traded the lead, racing conservatively due to a strong head wind. The group passed the first kilometres at 2:54, 5:45 and 8:41 — well off the course record pace. Kenyan Junior and race debutant Paul Lonyangata moved to the front and led five others through halfway in 14:02 — thanks in part to the tail wind. After 6km Kitwara began to separate himself from the chase pack. By 8km (22:24), he was 8 seconds ahead of countryman and former World record holder Micah Kogo. He was not challenged and cruised to an easy win.
Emily Chibet and Linet Masai were the early women's leaders, but Joyce Chepkirui and Cheruiyot were close on their heels. These four led through 3km in 9:21 but then Cheruiyot moved to a solo lead and began to run close to World record pace with a 2:57 5th kilometre, reaching halfway in 15:15. She followed up with sub three-minute kilometres, but her World record ambitions were dashed in the ninth kilometre (covered in 3:11).
The course records, set by Kenyan Moses Masai (27:19 in 2010) and British Paula Radcliffe (30:21 in 2003), remained intact. Radcliffe's time still stands as a World record. Both winners collected $15,000 for their effort. Cheruiyot pocketed an extra $10,000 for dipping under the 31-minute barrier. Of the 10,995 runners who started the race, 9,287 finished.
MEN: 1 Sammy KITWARA KEN 28:02 2 Vincent CHEPKOK KEN 28:11 3 Zersenay TADESE ERI 28:13 4 Micah KOGO KEN 28:17 5 Wilson KIPROP KEN 28:17 6 Lucas ROTICH KEN 28:32 7 Imane MERGA ETH 28:40 8 Paul LONYANGATA KEN 28:42 9 Paul Tanui KIPNGETICH KEN 28:47 10 Mark KIPTOO KEN 28:58 WOMEN: 1 Vivian CHERUIYOT KEN 30:47 2 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 31:09 3 Linet MASAI KEN 31:15 4 Emily CHIBET KEN 32:03 5 Winnie JEPKEMOI KEN 32:19 6 Shalene FLANAGAN USA 32:20 7 Pauline KURIKWIANG KEN 32:35 8 Sule UTURA ETH 32:50 9 Tetiana SHMYRKO UKR 33:25 10 Elisaveta GRECHISHIKOVA RUS 33:36
26 FEBRUARY 2012: VERDI MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Antonio ARMUZZI ITA 2:26:27 2 Alberto FELLONI ITA 2:42:17 3 Giulio LORENZO ITA 2:43:08 4 Mattia MAGNANI ITA 2:43:29 5 Martino MASSIGNANI ITA 2:44:28 6 Domenico LOSCIALE ITA 2:47:17 7 Kristopher CASATI ITA 2:48:04 8 Giorgio MORI ITA 2:48:05 9 Matteo BROCCOLI ITA 2:50:01 10 Nicolangelo DAVANZO ITA 2:52:36 WOMEN: 1 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 3:01:30 2 Cecilia DI BENEDETTO ITA 3:07:21 3 Simona GIULIANI ITA 3:08:50 4 Maria Ilaria FOSSATI ITA 3:09:08 5 Lorena DI VITO ITA 3:12:06 6 Annalisa BOMBELLI ITA 3:13:44 7 Patrizia PENSA ITA 3:15:02 8 Simonetta CASTELLI ITA 3:19:13 9 Barbara GALIMBERTI ITA 3:21:24 10 Ilaria MARCHESI ITA 3:22:24
26 FEBRUARY 2012: MARITZBURG MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Professor MOLLEN RSA 2:25:53 2 John BIRGEN RSA 2:26:15 3 Sandile MAKHAYE RSA 2:28:31 4 Eric NGUBANE RSA 2:30:02 5 Skhumbuzo DLAMINI RSA 2:30:16 6 Petros SOSIBO RSA 2:31:16 7 Delani MKHIZE RSA 2:34:13 8 Shepherd CHITAKE RSA 2:34:49 9 Khayelihle NGCOBO RSA 2:35:45 10 Sphiwe XOLO RSA 2:35:58 WOMEN: 1 Lungile MAPHUMULO RSA 2:59:24 2 Sithembiso SITHOLE RSA 3:00:26 3 Maya LAWRIE RSA 3:03:19 4 Karen FISHER RSA 3:21:54 5 Iris NDOLOVU RSA 3:24:46 6 Nicola MCMURRAY RSA 3:25:00 7 Patricia DAMMAN RSA 3:27:08 8 Jenny SUTTON RSA 3:27:31 9 Kim LOWE RSA 3:29:30 10 Patricia BAHLMANN RSA 3:29:33 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Munyaradzi JARI RSA 1:07:18 2 Thobane CHAGWE RSA 1:07:19 3 Sityhilo DIKO RSA 1:08:54 WOMEN: 1 Tanith MAXWELL RSA 1:19:12 2 Janene CAREY RSA 1:24:33 3 Amanda BRADSHAW RSA 1:29:05
26 FEBRUARY 2012: KILIMANJARO MARATHON, TANZANIA
MEN: 1 David KIPRONO KEN 2:13:50 2 Ezekiel Kiprop KIMUTAI KEN 2:13:53 3 Timothy KIBET KEN 2:13:54 4 Julius KIPLIMO KEN 2:13:55 5 Titus KURGAT KEN 2:16:43 6 Abraham KOGO KEN 2:16:58 7 Abraham TAPTENGELEI KEN 2:17:45 8 Duncan MAIYO TAN 2:18:35 9 Isaiah KOSGEI KEN 2:18:41 10 Julius SEURI KEN 2:18:48 WOMEN: 1 Monica JEPKOECH KEN 2:42:31 2 Peris JEPKORIR KEN 2:42:58 3 Pamela ANESOMUK KEN 2:43:45 4 Kimaiyo JPIATOR KEN 2:45:41 5 Rosaline DAVID KEN 2:45:45 6 Everline ATANCHA KEN 2:46:34 7 Tabitha KIBET KEN 2:46:50 8 Joan JEPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:46:55 9 Beatrice RUTTO KEN 2:49:13 10 Leah KUSAR KEN 2:50:01 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Nailel HOSEAH KEN 1:03:04 2 Geoffrey Ngugi KANYANJUA KEN 1:03:21 3 Fabiano JOSEPH TAN 1:03:27 WOMEN: 1 Vicoty CHEPKEMOI KEN 1:13:00 2 Cynthia Jerotich LIMO KEN 1:13:11 3 Philomena DANIEL KEN 1:14:53
26 FEBRUARY 2012: SUNYANG ECO-HEALING SEYCHELLES MARATHON
MEN: 1 James BARRA SEY 3:06:49 2 Thomas PETIT FRA 3:19:45 3 Badur SULAIMAN SEY 3:48:12 4 Christophe PRETERRE FRA 3:50:49 5 Franky BACCUS SEY 3:54:48 6 Joseph Andre MOREL SEY 3:54:49 7 Michel Simon DIXIE SEY 4:05:25 8 Gerald Michael SEEGERS RSA 4:15:37 9 Vincent BRANDON SEY 4:22:13 10 Otmar WITZKO GER 4:25:48 WOMEN: 1 Monica NEULING RSA 3:36:41 2 Simone Adeline JAPHA SEY 3:38:29 3 Carole FLETGEN SUI 4:46:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Herberth ADRIENNE SEY 1:36:05 2 Joshua GABRIEL SEY 1:45:52 3 Roy JEAN-BAPTISTE SEY 1:50:09 WOMEN: 1 Emma Jan GYENGA NZL 1:42:15 2 Ana BARRA SEY 1:48:06 3 Zsaklin MIKLOS HUN 2:10:36
26 FEBRUARY 2012: KINMEN MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Mehari Gebre BARAKI ETH 2:23:27 2 Eliud Kipchanga CHEPTEI KEN 2:23:49 3 David KIPSANG KEN 2:23:54 4 Samal Emamnuel PLILAN KEN 2:27:00 5 James Kiprop MIBEI KEN 2:30:49 WOMEN: 1 Viola Chepleting BOR KEN 2:44:17 2 Yenealem Ayano BULU ETH 2:49:13 3 Pei Yu JIAN TPE 3:02:09 4 Ya Fen CHEN TPE 3:10:20 5 Lu Xin JIA TPE 3:11:05
27 FEBRUARY 2012: SAHARA MARATHON, ALGERIA
The 12th edition went off with the resounding message "neither crisis nor criminals will sway our solidarity with the Sahrawi people" as 400 runners from 18 countries contested the various events. Home strength told in the men's events, but the Spanish women almost swept the female podiums.
[Results given only to nearest minute]
MEN: 1 Rhamnia ABDLATIF ALG 2:40 2 Shab ADEL ALG 2:51 3 Sabaj Sad DIN ALG 2:53 4 Luís Alonso MARCOS ESP 3:06 5 Manuel Morente PAEZ ESP 4:07 WOMEN: 1 María Dolores JIMENEZ ESP 3:41 2 Mónica Llorente MANZANARES ESP 4:16 3 María Angelines LIZARRAGA ESP 4:33 4 Fiona BIRD GBR 5:06 5 Anna WESTER NED 5:12 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Chaluay FATEH ALG 1:18 2 Blgarma RABEH ALG 1:20 3 Ben Arbi MOHAMED ALG 1:20 WOMEN: 1 Francisca Yolanda QUIROS ESP 1:53 2 Rosa María ORTEGA ESP 2:03 3 Anna Maria NISTRI ITA 2:07
February 2012
