June 2012
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2 JUNE 2012: ASICS STOCKHOLM MARATHON, SWEDEN
The 34th edition suffered the worst conditions ever: icy (3-4°C) blasts of up to 18m/second assailed the runners, with persistent rain. Top runner Andreas Bergstedt described the absurdity when runners hit a wall of wind at the halfway mark: "one of us cracked up, and started to laugh unrestrainedly". 15, 968 runners started and 14, 686 completed the race. Given the harsh conditions, the 8% dropout rate was a surprisingly low figure.
Whoever would have expected a Jordan runner to win? Methkal Abu Drais started modestly and progressed through the field, overtaking Ethiopia's Dereje Debele Tulu in the final kilometres. No Kenyan made the top-20. Derebe Godana dominated the women's race from the start to win by over three minutes.
MEN: 1 Methkal Abu DRAIS JOR 2:19:16 2 Dereje Debele TULU ETH 2:19:45 3 Sahle Warga BETONA ETH 2:20:07 4 Anatoly ORZHEHOVSKY UKR 2:24:16 5 Fredrik UHRBOM SWE 2:26:36 6 Dmitry SYLKIN RUS 2:26:55 7 Mehari Gebre MARAKI ETH 2:27:08 8 Emil LERDAHL SWE 2:27:14 9 David NILSSON SWE 2:28:53 10 Fredrik JOHANSSON SWE 2:29:34 WOMEN: 1 Derebe GODANA ETH 2:40:19 2 Veronika LOPATINA RUS 2:44:58 3 Belaynesh JIDA ETH 2:45:53 4 Charlotte KARLSSON SWE 2:48:37 5 Jenny JANSSON SWE 2:50:55 6 Karianne SOFTING NOR 2:53:03 7 Josefin GERDEVAG SWE 2:53:58 8 Tiina PURINEN FIN 2:54:00 9 Lilian MAGNUSSON SWE 2:56:25 10 Jenny NILSSON SWE 2:57:17
2 JUNE 2012: FREIHOFER'S RUN FOR WOMEN 5K, USA
WOMEN (ONLY): 1 Mamitu DASKA ETH 15:20 2 Ashu KASIM ETH 15:37 3 Alemitu ABERA ETH 15:41 4 Gesabwa RISPER KEN 15:47 5 Genoveva KIGEN KEN 15:53 6 Michelle FREY USA 16:03 7 Jelliah TINEGA KEN 16:07 8 Lara TAMSETT AUS 16:14 9 Laura THWEATT USA 16:15 10 Rebecca DONAGHUE USA 16:17
3 JUNE 2012: COMRADES MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Ludwick MAMABOLO RSA 5:31:03 2 Bongmusa MTEMBU RSA 5:32:40 3 Leboka NOTO LES 5:33:07 4 Marko MAMBO ZIM 5:33:44 5 Leonid SHVETSEV RUS 5:35:12 6 Stephen MUZHINGI ZIM 5:38:02 7 Lephetesang ADORO LES 5:38:05 8 Gift KELEHE RSA 5:38:39 9 Claude MOSHIYWA RSA 5:39:10 10 Petros SOSIBO RSA 5:40:13 WOMEN: 1 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 6:07:12 2 Eleanor GREENWOOD GBR 6:08:24 3 Marina ZHALYBINA RUS 6:30:54 4 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 6:33:41 5 Devon CROSBY-HELMS USA 6:39:59 6 Kerry KOEN RSA 6:45:44 7 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 6:47:19 8 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 6:51:06 9 Melanie VAN ROOYEN RSA 6:52:36 10 Julanie BASSON RSA 7:00:45
3 JUNE 2012: ROCK 'N' ROLL SAN DIEGO MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Nixon MACHICHIM KEN 2:10:03 2 Desta GEBREHIWOTT ETH 2:10:14 3 Tefaye SENDEKU ETH 2:11:18 4 Weldon KIRUI KEN 2:11:28 5 Patrick IVUTI KEN 2:11:39 6 Guor MARIAL 2:12:55 7 Gashaw MELESE ETH 2:12:56 8 Jeffrey EGGLESTON USA 2:13:13 9 William KIPSANG KEN 2:16:43 10 Daniel GATHERU KEN 2:18:44 WOMEN: 1 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:27:44 2 Meseret LEGESSE ETH 2:28:01 3 Woynishet GIRMA ETH 2:33:59 4 Silvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:34:10 5 Azalech WOLDESE ETH 2:37:55 6 Kandis HARRIS USA 2:41:40 7 Yuka AIKAWA JPN 2:47:06 8 Whitney PATTON USA 2:49:52 9 Julia LEMONCELLO GBR 2:52:16 10 Amy WILSON USA 2:56:18
3 JUNE 2012: QUITO ULTIMAS NOTICIAS 15km, ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Elisha KORIR KEN 46:42 2 Alirio CARRASCO COL 46:53 3 Reta ALENE ETH 47:17 4 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 47:28 5 Shadrack KIPKORIR KEN 47:38 6 Segundo Oswaldo JAMI ECU 47:48 7 Raul PACHECO PER 47:59 8 Peter LMAYIAN KEN 48:18 9 Miguel Angel ALMACHI ECU 48:25 10 Franklin TENORIO ECU 48:30 WOMEN: 1 Gladys Lucy TEJEDA PER 53:38 2 Diana Judith LANDI ECU 53:56 3 Karina PEREZ MEX 55:18 4 Rose JEBET KEN 56:03 5 Julia RIVERA PER 56:27 6 Rosalva CHACHA ECU 56:41 7 Leidy TOBON COL 57:53 8 Alicia Gabriella CEVALLOS ECU 58:14 9 Maria ZAMBRANO CAN 59:20 10 Jessica Margoth Paguay GUAMAN ECU 59:24
4 JUNE 2012: CORK CITY MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Freddie KEARON KEN 2:22:12 2 Sergiu CIOBANU IRL 2:22:54 3 Huw LOBB GBR 2:28:39 4 Cillian OLEARY IRL 2:29:54 5 Brian LEAHY IRL 2:33:14 6 Wieslaw SOSNOWSKI POL 2:34:53 7 George WAUGH IRL 2:35:00 8 Cathal OCONNELL IRL 2:36:59 9 Colm MOORE IRL 2:40:07 10 Peter MOONEY GBR 2:41:13 WOMEN: 1 Angela MCCANN IRL 2:53:02 2 Anne CURLEY IRL 2:54:37 3 Mary OLEARY IRL 2:59:46 4 Anne-Marie HOLLAND IRL 2:59:55 5 Helen LEONARD IRL 3:00:54 6 Tracy GUILFOYLE IRL 3:04:21 7 Maura REGAN IRL 3:11:07 8 Mary SWEENY IRL 3:11:42 9 Col CONWAY IRL 3:12:52 10 Orla CROSBIE IRL 3:17:23 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Gary OHANLON IRL 1:09:15 2 John MEADE IRL 1:12:37 3 Paul BUCKLEY IRL 1:12:38 WOMEN: 1 Lizzie LEE GBR 1:20:34 2 Emma MURPHY IRL 1:22:27 3 Carmel CROWLEY IRL 1:24:17
9 JUNE 2012: CESKE BUDEJOVICE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Daniel CHEBII KEN 59:49 2 Henry KIPLAGAT KEN 1:00:35 3 Adugna TEKELE ETH 1:03:17 4 Daniel WANJIRU KEN 1:03:38 5 Eliud KIPTANUI KEN 1:04:57 6 Hespon Kibitok RONO KEN 1:06:42 7 Micah Kiplagat SAMOEI KEN 1:08:10 8 Tomas ONDRACEK CZE 1:12:04 9 Jaroslav DRAZAN CZE 1:12:22 10 Jiri WALLENFELS CZE 1:13:26 WOMEN: 1 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:10:54 2 Joyce KIPLIMO KEN 1:14:26 3 Lydia Jerotich RUTTO KEN 1:15:31 4 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:17:57 5 Svetlana PRETOT FRA 1:19:24 6 Radkac CHURANOVA CZE 1:21:40 7 Petra KREJCOVA CZE 1:27:16 8 Jana PECHKOVA CZE 1:29:11 9 Klara JAKESOVA CZE 1:33:50 10 Martina MICHALKOVA CZE 1:36:28
10 JUNE 2012: LAGUNA PHUKET INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Danchai PANKONG THA 2:49:33 2 Stephen PAINE AUS 2:51:35 3 Stuart HAYNES GBR 2:52:54 4 Karl AYREY NZL 2:56:53 5 Hamish NIXON CAN 3:10:42 6 Wooi San MOEY MAS 3:15:42 7 Peerapat NILKAYPAN THA 3:15:43 8 Boonsom SIDDHIPHONGSE THA 3:17:04 9 Shane JANSEN AUS 3:17:41 10 Gavin Chun JIN BONG MAS 3:21:41 WOMEN: 1 Sonoko KASHIO JPN 3:37:21 2 Meta VINCENT AUS 3:39:46 3 Natalie ALDERTON GBR 3:42:15 4 Moira LOWE GBR 3:43:13 5 Julie SHELLEY USA 3:44:55 6 Emma BISHOP GBR 3:45:30 7 Shelley CLOWES AUS 3:53:12 8 Karin YOSHIDA JPN 3:55:32 9 Angela STEVENS AUS 3:56:52 10 Yuko YAMAGATA JPN 3:58:36 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Henrik JANNBORG SWE 1:11:22 2 Bryan MAROTTA USA 1:14:01 3 Fredrik CRONEBORG SWE 1:16:41 WOMEN: 1 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 1:25:16 2 Suvaree DEENAK THA 1:26:40 3 Alice SHERWIN CAN 1:27:26
10 JUNE 2012: MANLY SOFT AND CLASSIC 21.1km, AUSTRALIA
MEN: 1 Ming DARCY AUS 1:33:37 2 Lewis INGRAM AUS 1:33:39 3 Wes QUICK AUS 1:34:20 4 Richard BANKS AUS 1:35:02 5 Tarbo FUKAZAWA JPN 1:36:05 6 Daniel NEWTON AUS 1:37:28 7 Blyth VALTIER AUS 1:38:42 8 Ben OREILLY AUS 1:41:50 9 Conal OKELLY AUS 1:43:54 10 Nicholas WILLIAMS AUS 1:44:53 WOMEN: 1 Reegan ELLIS AUS 1:37:52 2 Jo TEBBUTT AUS 1:55:48 3 Grace BOWE AUS 1:59:29 4 Kerrie OTTO DE GRANCY AUS 2:04:05 5 Sally LYNCH AUS 2:11:39 6 Carla MURPHY AUS 2:18:44 7 Fiona NOLAN AUS 2:19:14 8 Monica KAZMIERSKI AUS 2:26:05 9 Nyrie HOPKINS AUS 2:34:11 10 Melinda DAVIES AUS 2:43:53
16 JUNE 2012: SANTA CLAUS MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Graham HEDGER GBR 2:56:19 2 Atef HAJ FIN 3:07:28 3 Olli KYYHKYNEN FIN 3:16:42 4 Charles CHRISTIANSEN NOR 3:27:22 5 Juho HASA FIN 3:42:07 6 Rejean GAREAU CAN 3:44:19 7 Jauro TAURIAINEN FIN 3:45:35 8 Jeremy HASLETT GBR 3:59:44 9 Teuvo NEVANOJA FIN 4:02:28 10 Kari TUOMAALA FIN 4:13:57 WOMEN: 1 Aila UUSIKARTANO FIN 3:42:33 2 Kendra MCDONNELL CAN 4:10:52 3 Kristiina LUOSUJARVI FIN 4:17:50 4 Natasja VAN GOETHEM BEL 5:07:08 5 Jennifer MCCAGUE CAN 5:12:37 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Danil KLYUSHEV RUS 1:24:07 2 Hannu PARTENEN FIN 1:24:14 3 Teuvo KUUSELA FIN 1:24:47 WOMEN: 1 Johanna DAVIDILA FIN 1:29:19 2 Susanna VALJAKKA FIN 1:38:41 3 Satu BRAX FIN 1:38:59
16 JUNE 2012: PORTUMNA FOREST MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN:
1 Peter MOONEY IRL 2:48:02
2 James DORAN IRL 2:53:28
3 Martin HALVEY GBR 2:55:42
4 Rory MOONEY IRL 2:56:18
5 Owen CURRAN IRL 2:58:53
6 Sean FOX IRL 2:59:00
7 Tony KILLARNEY IRL 2:59:31
8 Enda LYNAM IRL 3:02:35
9 Philip RAINEY IRL 3:08:29
10 Artur KASPERSKI POL 3:11:45
WOMEN:
1 Jane-Ann HEALY IRL 3:06:39
2 Danna MEEHAN IRL 3:29:58
3 Patricia OBRIEN IRL 3:32:26
4 Sandra FINNERTY IRL 3:36:22
5 Anne MORAN IRL 3:45:32
6 Sylwia KASPERSKA POL 3:46:55
7 Ruthann SHEAHAN IRL 3:48:10
8 Rita WHELAN IRL 3:48:15
9 Mary OCONNELL IRL 3:59:33
10 Rena DEELY IRL 4:00:01
100km
MEN:
1 Ger COPELAND IRL 8:33:18
2 Graeme COLHOUN IRL 8:39:34
3 Iveagh JAMESON IRL 9:03:17
WOMEN:
1 Susan RO IRL 13:39:29
2 Selina DA SILVA IRL 14:44:29
17 JUNE 2012: GATORADE PANAMA INTERNATIONAL HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Alene RETA ETH 1:04:26
2 Miguel ALMACHI ECU 1:05:20
3 Peter Lemanyan KNAKA KEN 1:05:51
4 Manuel BELLORINI VEN 1:05:59
5 Jason GUTIERREZ COL 1:07:03
6 Jhon CUSI PER 1:07:48
7 Raul MACHACUAY PER 1:07:58
8 German NARANJO COL 1:09:30
9 Philemon KIPCHILAT KEN 1:10:31
10 Edison CONLAGO ECU 1:10:38
WOMEN:
1 Grace WANTUBI KEN 1:15:03
2 Yolanda CABALLERO COL 1:15:41
3 Leidy TOBON COL 1:16:42
4 Yolimar PINEDA VEN 1:20:50
5 Ana Joaquina RONDON COL 1:23:20
6 Inglandini GONZALEZ COL 1:27:12
7 Griselda MARTINEZ PAN 1:30:26
8 Yeimi CASTILLO PAN 1:35:41
9 Yennis SANHOUSE PAN 1:35:52
10 Noriko OSADA JPN 1:40:12
17 JUNE 2012: SAO PAULO INT'L MARATHON, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Solonei Rocha DA SILVA BRA 2:12:25 2 Hilary Kipchirchir KIMAIYO KEN 2:16:37 3 Katui KIPKEMOI KEN 2:17:32 4 Wagayehu Girma TEFERA ETH 2:19:04 5 Valdir Sergio DE OLIVEIRA BRA 2:19:30 6 Joao Marcos FONSECA BRA 2:19:57 7 Tiruneh Worneh TESFA ETH 2:19:59 8 Giovane De Jesus SANTOS BRA 2:20:44 9 Marcos Antonio PEREIRA BRA 2:21:05 10 William Salgado GOMES BRA 2:21:26 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth Chepkanan RUMOKOL KEN 2:31:31 2 Adugna Birhane DIBABA ETH 2:34:58 3 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPRON KEN 2:39:14 4 Adimas KASAHUN ETH 2:39:22 5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 2:40:37 6 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 2:43:24 7 Nelly JEPKIRUI KEN 2:44:47 8 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 2:50:33 9 Marluce Ferreira BORGES BRA 2:50:59 10 Conceicao Carvalho OLIVEIRA BRA 2:51:34
21 JUNE 2012: SUZUKI MIDNIGHT RUN 21km, ICELAND
The weather was beautiful as runners ran under the midnight sun in the 20th edition, featuring a new name, a new distance and new courses as well as setting a participation record of 1990 runners. 5km was most popular with 1028, 803 in the 10km and 159 took part in the first half marathon.
MEN: 1 Thorbergur Ingi JONSSON ISL 1:11:40 2 Arnar PETURSSON ISL 1:14:42 3 Andrew James WHITTINGHAM GBR 1:16:17 4 Alasdair Paul BREWER GBR 1:17:40 5 Birkir MARTEINSSON ISL 1:20:14 6 Hördur GUÐJÓNSSON ISL 1:21:03 7 Óskar Ragnar JAKOBSSON ISL 1:25:17 8 Bergþór OLAFSSON ISL 1:25:26 9 Gudmundur SIGURDSSON ISL 1:26:21 10 Sigurjón SIGURBJORNSSON ISL 1:26:27 WOMEN: 1 Melkorka Arny KVARAN ISL 1:40:26 2 Gudrun BERGSTEINSDOTTIR ISL 1:44:27 3 Ragnheidur Sara SIGMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 1:44:38 4 Sigrún Kristín BARKADOTTIR ISL 1:46:29 5 Ásgerður Arna PALSDOTTIR ISL 1:48:53 6 Magano Katrína ÁSMUNDSSON ISL 1:49:01 7 Emma Dögg ÁGUSTDOTTIR ISL 1:49:12 8 Thórhildur S BLONDAL ISL 1:49:12 9 Erla Signý THORMAR ISL 1:50:28 10 Satoko HARADA JPN 1:51:04 10km MEN: 1 Björn MARGEIRSSON ISL 33:00 2 Tómas Zoëga GEIRSSON ISL 33:50 3 Ingvar HJARTARSON ISL 33:58 WOMEN: 1 Arndís Ýr HAFTHORSDOTTIR ISL 37:44 2 Frída Rún THORDARDOTTIR ISL 40:38 3 Eva Margrét EINARSDOTTIR ISL 41:07
23 JUNE 2012: OLOMOUC HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Yeberqual Melese, 22, triumphed among the women today, with a personal best, while Nicholas Kipkemboi of Kenya won among the men. Following the third edition wins are now 4:2 in favor of Ethiopia. Kipkemboi, along with Henry Kiplagat, separated from a pack of four after 15km, with race favourite Daniel Chebii already dropped. Kiplagat, finished second, for the third time in Czech half marathons this year. The first Czech runner was Jan Kreisinger in eleventh. Great crowd support helped Petra Kamínková to seventh: "At the finish line, I felt shivers throughout my whole body." The Czech-American Eva Chase finished close behind, with 49 year old veteran Ivana Martincová in 10th. The warm summer evening brought a record 3700 runners, among them former Minister of Transport, 66-year old Jaromír Schling, a man with a heart transplant.
MEN: 1 Nicholas KIPKEMBOI KEN 1:01:48 2 Henry KIPLAGAT KEN 1:01:52 3 Tujuba BEYU ETH 1:01:53 4 Titus MASAI KEN 1:03:17 5 Kennedy KIMUTAI KEN 1:05:24 6 Daniel WANJIRU KEN 1:05:46 7 Daniel CHEBII CZE 1:06:24 8 Martin SULLE CZE 1:06:33 9 Adugna TEKELE ETH 1:07:00 10 Mikhail KULKOV RUS 1:07:02 WOMEN: 1 Yebergual MELESE ETH 1:11:33 2 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:15:01 3 Imana SHONE ETH 1:15:42 4 Joyce KIPLIMO KEN 1:16:22 5 Harun MAKDA ETH 1:17:55 6 Youliya RUBAN UKR 1:20:57 7 Petra KAMINKOVA CZE 1:21:27 8 Eva CHASE USA 1:23:32 9 Sarka MACHACKOVA CZE 1:24:35 10 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 1:29:20 10km MEN: 1 David PELISEK CZE 34:03 2 Radim SESTAK CZE 36:56 3 Patrik HOLESA SVK 37:09 WOMEN: 1 Vendula BERENOVA CZE 1:48:22 2 Jitka MELCROVA CZE 1:49:25 3 Sona NOSKOVA CZE 1:50:13
23 JUNE 2012: VIDOVDAN 10km ROAD RACE, BOSNIA
Bonface Kirui dominated the men's field from start to finish. Extremly hot and humid conditions challenged the whole field. The women's race started strongly with Serbians and the Pole Agnieszka Ciolec leading, but after 4km Croatia's Lisa Stublic took over and went on to win.
The hot weather brought out spectators to cheer the athletes on as they passed through the streets of Brcko. Enjoying greatest support were more than 6,000 kids that took part in age group races through the sunny Saturday afternoon, the highlight of this event, as every year.
MEN: 1 Bonface Kosgei KIRUI KEN 29:31 2 Elisha Kipchirchir ROTICH KEN 30:17 3 Arkadiusz GARDZIELEWSKI POL 31:29 4 Diego AVON ITA 32:43 5 David Attila KISS HUN 32:51 WOMEN: 1 Lisa Cristina STUBLIC CRO 34:29 2 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 35:26 3 Sonja STOLICH SRB 35:41 4 Agnieszka CIOLEC POL 35:43 5 Biljana CVIJANOVIC BIH 36:39
24 JUNE 2012: STANDARD CHARTERED KL MARATHON, MALAYSIA
MEN: 1 Kennedy Kiproo LILAN KEN 2:14:46 2 Charles Mwai KANYAO KEN 2:15:23 3 Japhet KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:16:38 4 Linus Kipkosgei MAIYO KEN 2:17:36 5 Alex MELLY KEN 2:19:01 6 Wilson CHEPKWONY KEN 2:21:07 7 Vincent Krop NYEMWAI KEN 2:21:23 8 Nakatchew Mengistu NEGUSSIE ETH 2:29:37 9 Stanley TARUS KEN 2:35:04 10 Samwell Tarus KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:35:06 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth JERUIYOT KEN 2:40:25 2 Tigist MEMUYE ETH 2:40:34 3 Rose Kerubo NYANGANCHA KEN 2:41:01 4 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:41:15 5 Margaret WANGUI KEN 2:43:08 6 Truphena TARUS KEN 2:45:34 7 Eunice Nyawira MUCHIRI KEN 2:50:59 8 Julie FOREMAN 3:18:34 9 Neo Jie SHI 3:28:03 10 Sumiko Sok Hue TAN 3:28:17 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Andrew Kipkemei MUTAI KEN 1:08:12 2 Charles Kipkorir KIPSANG KEN 1:09:28 3 David MUTAI KEN 1:09:44 WOMEN: 1 Alice Kabura NJOROGE KEN 1:23:03 2 Unik SEYTORINI 1:23:39 3 Anne Qi HUI 1:32:00
24 JUNE 2012: TANGAMANGA MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Rafael Palacios LUNA MEX 2:35:26 2 Javier Moreno VELAZQUEZ MEX 2:40:02 3 Luis Jimenez VAZQUEZ MEX 2:44:50 4 Miguel Angel Rodriguez ALVAREZ MEX 2:53:58 5 Jesus Rios DIAZ MEX 2:55:17 6 David Najera ARRIAGA MEX 2:55:36 7 Victor Manuel Munoz ESCALANTE MEX 2:55:48 8 Juan Carlos Jimemez ARAUJO MEX 2:56:49 9 Adrian Parga TORRES MEX 2:57:33 10 Samuel Cotez ORTIZ MEX 2:58:07 WOMEN: 1 Emma Maldonado CARMONA MEX 2:59:41 2 Candida Perez GACHUZ MEX 3:14:49 3 Maribel Sanchez PERDOMO MEX 3:36:54 4 Estela ARAUJO GUA 3:41:57 5 Silvia Arzeta SARABIA MEX 3:43:31 6 Ines Abad JAUREGUI MEX 3:48:52 7 Mayra Tapia SOTELO MEX 3:49:08 8 Monica Almazen LOREDO MEX 3:51:32 9 Concepcion Manzano MENDEZ MEX 3:52:01 10 Mireya Salinas ESQUIVAL MEX 3:52:28
24 JUNE 2012: SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER HALF MARATHON, CANADA
Olympic-bound Reid Coolsaet was only six seconds shy of the course record as he came down from 230 kilometre weeks of training for London 2012, to 190 this week for the race. Krista DuChene, a 35-year old mother of three posted another PB in taking the women's title.
Conditions were almost perfect for the 4,500 runners from 22 countries who took off from the University campus at 07:30 on the majestic course down to Stanley Park: 11°C, sunny with some cloud cover, and no wind. Another 2,000 took part in the accompanying 5km in the park, and together they raised an impressive $630,000 for 60 local charities in the Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge.
Coolsaet dominated from the start. An early pack of seven was down to three by 13km. They hit 15km in 44:49, then Coolsaet went to work. After 3:11 and 3:08 kilometres, he put in a 2:56, then dropped the hammer on the downhill slope through Kits Beach. From 16-17km he opened a 10m gap. The race looked over, but three-time winner Kip Kangogo closed down Coolsaet as they hit 18km and the strategic 600m climb up the Burrard Bridge. Here Coolsaet showed his strength, holding off Kangogo and then going hard from the top. "It was fun today," said Coolsaet. "With seven weeks to the Olympic marathon, I feel good."
The women's race lacked the drama of the men's, as Krista Duchene sailed clear. Lanni Machant didn't challenge as expected, dropping out at 5km with foot problems. DuChene chased Kenyan Anne Jelegat, as the Kenyan faded in the later stages. She struck decisively at 15km to cruise in for the victory, posting a personal best time by more than a minute and a half.
MEN: 1 Reid COOLSAET CAN 1:03:16 2 Kip KANGOGO KEN 1:03:28 3 Eric GILLIS CAN 1:03:56 4 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 1:05:24 5 Josephat ONGERI KEN 1:06:11 6 Benard ONSARE KEN 1:06:23 7 Matt CLOUT CAN 1:07:58 8 Casey BARTEN USA 1:13:00 9 Drew NICHOLSON CAN 1:13:30 10 Mathias NIPEN NOR 1:13:43 WOMEN: 1 Krista DUCHENE CAN 1:14:03 2 Anne JELEGAT KEN 1:16:43 3 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:18:36 4 Lisa BROOKING CAN 1:21:11 5 Erin BURRETT CAN 1:22:34 6 Lindsay MANNING CAN 1:22:40 7 Rebecca REID CAN 1:22:45 8 Mary WALSH CAN 1:22:51 9 Neasa COLL CAN 1:23:10 10 Kristin SMART CAN 1:24:54
24 JUNE 2012: 6° TROFEO CITTA' DI TELESIA 10km, ITALY
Italy's new marathon record holder Valeria Straneo set a new course record, leading home compatriot Anna Incerti by 100m. With Rosaria Console in fourth it was a good pre-Olympic tune up for the Italian women.
A group of 10 runners exchanged the early lead in the men's race. Then the 19-year old Kenyan Kiprop Limo moved to the front, reaching 7km with Ethiopian Zelalem Regasa who then broke away with only Limo staying close, 4-5 seconds behind. In the last 500m Limo upped a gear and went on to win leaving second place to Regasa, 4 seconds behind. Four runners closely contested third until Eric Sebahire overtook Kenendy Kipyeko. Altogether more than 1600 runners took part.
MEN: 1 Kiprop LIMO KEN 28:45 2 Bacha Regasa ZELALEM ETH 28:49 3 Eric SEBAHIRE RWA 29:00 4 Kennedy Kipyeko KEN 29:03 5 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 29:05 6 Issam ZAID MAR 29:08 7 Rachid KISRI MAR 29:21 8 Paul TIONGIK KEN 29:33 9 Samir JOUAHER MAR 29:36 10 Erastus CHIRCHIR KEN 29:42 WOMEN: 1 Valeria STRANEO ITA 32:24 2 Anna INCERTI ITA 32:49 3 Alemayehu HIRUT ETH 33:31 4 Rosaria CONSOLE ITA 33:51 5 Hellen JEPKURGAT KEN 34:05 6 Fatma MARAOUI MAR 34:28 7 Laila SOUFYANE MAR 34:37 8 Federica DAL RI ITA 35:05 9 Michalska Marzena ITA 35:40 10 Finielli Claudia ITA 36:09
25 JUNE 2012: LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Koji KAYAMA JPN 6:59:28 2 Tsuyoshi OZAKI JPN 7:19:48 3 Nariaki OKAWARA JPN 7:39:17 4 Hiroaki UCHIDA JPN 7:46:55 5 Hiroaki TOCHIGI JPN 7:47:20 WOMEN: 1 Hisayo KAKINUMA JPN 8:44:20 2 Hiroko KITAMURA JPN 8:49:15 3 Satomi OKA JPN 9:16:04 4 Atsuko SHIMOGAWARA JPN 9:16:45 50km MEN: 1 MATSUDA JPN 3:26:42 2 Yoji TAKAHASHI JPN 3:49:27 3 Hiroki MURAKAMI JPN 3:57:19 WOMEN: 1 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN 3:25:43 2 Yuko KIKUI JPN 4:13:30 3 Tae KONO JPN 4:16:38
30 JUNE 2012: MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, NORWAY
MEN: 1 Tomas BEREKET NOR 2:29:37 2 Hristo STEFANOV BUL 2:32:13 3 Piotr SUCHENIA POL 2:34:36 4 Gjermund SORSTAD NOR 2:35:09 5 Ronny KRISTOFFERSEN NOR 2:42:37 6 David MCCOLLAM USA 2:44:17 7 Odd Johan JACOBSEN NOR 2:48:28 8 Tomasz POLANSKI POL 2:49:44 9 Jonny KUSCHER GER 2:51:15 10 Ruedi BAERTSCHI SUI 2:51:25 WOMEN: 1 Marthe Katrine MYHRE NOR 2:45:13 2 Christina Bus HOLTH NOR 2:47:48 3 Nancy ARBURTO USA 3:06:45 4 Eva Schieffloe BIRKELAND NOR 3:08:43 5 Evelina SHAMAROVA RUS 3:11:25 6 Allesandra CARLINI ITA 3:14:54 7 Hanna SMEDSTAD SWE 3:23:32 8 Sara JOHNSEN NOR 3:24:11 9 Christina WOLTMANN GER 3:28:11 10 Synnove MORTENSEN NOR 3:29:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jens-Kristian BERG NOR 1:14:26 2 Ronny JAKOBSEN NOR 1:16:22 3 Bjorn Anders KROKEN NOR 1:18:28 WOMEN: 1 Manuela KRAMER GER 1:24:45 2 Giulia MAZZOTTI SUI 1:25:04 3 Noemi MOGLIANI ITA 1:29:26
30 JUNE 2012: PAAVO NURMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Janne KLAASILA FIN 2:41:38 2 Peter LILLSUND SWE 2:47:20 3 Kimmo KERMAN FIN 2:51:51 4 Emil SODERLUND FIN 2:52:36 5 Mika LIITOLA FIN 2:55:56 6 Frederick NASE FIN 2:56:37 7 Christain AHLO SWE 2:58:06 8 Maunu TOIVARI FIN 2:59:34 9 Henri ANSIO FIN 3:02:51 10 Tony DAVIDSSON 3:03:27 WOMEN: 1 Laura NIEMINEN-TOMMINEN FIN 3:15:57 2 Kirsti ILOMAKI FIN 3:18:49 3 Janine TIMMER 3:20:56 4 Kaisa LAMSA FIN 3:31:54 5 Pia-Maria GRANDELL SWE 3:36:46 6 Jenni VIROLAINEN FIN 3:39:15 7 Jatta MARJAKANGAS FIN 3:41:52 8 Laura SUIKKANEN FIN 3:46:20 9 Tiina KANTANEN FIN 3:47:26 10 Elina LAMMELA FIN 3:51:02 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jukka KERO FIN 1:11:52 2 Matti RAUMA FIN 1:12:07 3 Mikko VIRTA FIN 1:13:00 WOMEN: 1 Anna VUORIMAA FIN 1:25:33 2 Jaana SALONEN FIN 1:25:51 3 Heini HARTIKAINEN FIN 1:26:47
30 JUNE 2012: ROVANIEMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Jussi HERTTUALA FIN 2:57:25 2 Nikolay TIHOV RUS 3:05:14 3 Arto KARNARANTA FIN 3:07:16 4 Risto HANNULA FIN 3:10:24 5 Teuvo KUUSELA FIN 3:11:01 6 Seppo MYYRYLAINEN FIN 3:13:10 7 Jarkko HILTUNEN FIN 3:13:52 8 Simo VAARALA FIN 3:14:44 9 Visa JUNTUNEN FIN 3:14:51 10 Jorma KINNUNEN FIN 3:15:28 WOMEN: 1 Erja KIVINIEMI FIN 3:32:36 2 Aila UUSIKARTANO FIN 3:33:58 3 Eeva ROMPPAINEN FIN 3:38:25 4 Susanna VALJAKKI FIN 3:42:32 5 Seija MAIJALA FIN 3:43:31 6 Irma VEPSALAINEN FIN 3:45:11 7 Paivi VUOLO-MERILA FIN 3:49:34 8 Anu HILLI FIN 3:52:15 9 Raili LAMSA FIN 3:54:35 10 Mervi KOUKKARI FIN 4:11:34 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Teppo RONKAINEN FIN 1:14:12 2 Jouni HOLAPPA FIN 1:14:52 3 Joni RAUTIO FIN 1:15:00 WOMEN: 1 Johanna DAVIDILA FIN 1:28:17 2 Marika LEHTELA FIN 1:32:46 3 Ilona LIURO FIN 1:33:11
June 2012
