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6 OCTOBER 2012: IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS, KAVARNA, BULGARIA

IAAF World Half Marathon

Meseret Hailu led Ethiopia to an upset victory over more favoured Kenyan team while Zersenay Tadese took his fifth individual title in commanding style, writes Bob Ramsak.

Temperatures along the sunny course that wound through this Black Sea coastal town of 12,000 rose to 30°C (86°F) during the morning's first race, but that didn't seem to faze the unheralded 22-year-old Hailu, who sliced more than two minutes from her previous personal best. She became the first Ethiopian woman to win at these championships since Berhane Adere in 2002.

In the women's race there was an early breakaway pack of three Kenyans — Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech, Lydia Cheromei and Pauline Kahenya — and three Ethiopians — Tadese, Hailu and Emebt Etea — who passed through 5km in 16:13. Kipkoech was prominent at the front of the group for most of the time, and after passing 10km in 32:21, Kahenya and Etea started to drop back. Only after 20km did Lydia Cheromei lose her place in the lead group and in the final kilometre the longtime leader, Kipkoech, was overtaken by the two Ethiopians who tussled all the way down the finish straight until Hailu edged ahead just before the line.

Given hot and humid conditions it was surprising that Tonya Nero ran a Trinidadian national record of 1:15:11 in 27th place.

IAAF World Half Marathon

Running at the front from 5km, Zersenay Tadese romped to a 32-second win and returned to top of the podium after a runner-up finish in Nanning two years ago halted his streak of four successive titles. Flight delays had forced the Eritreans to spend a night in Vienna Airport before arriving only 20 hours before the race.

Kenyan Philemon Limo led a tight pack of 30 runners through 5km in 14:22, but then Tadese moved to the front. Limo and his teammate Eliud Kipchoge and Pius Kirop stayed with him for a short time but with less than 25 minutes on the clock, Tadese surged again to pass through 10km seven seconds ahead. Tadese covered the second 5km in 13:45, one of the fastest splits ever in a Half Marathon. At 15km (42:16) Tadese was 29 seconds ahead of Kirop while John Mwangangi was a further eight seconds down and Limo faltering after his fast second 5km split spent chasing Tadese.

Deresse Chimsa came through strongly at the end to take second. Although he could not claw back any of Tadese's advantage, he broke his personal best by a wide margin. The next four spots went to Kenya, with Mwangangi leading the Kenyan squad to a sixth straight team title.

The next edition of the Championships will be held in Copenhagen in March 2014.

MEN:
1  Zersenay TADESE                ERI  1:00:19
2  Derese CHIMSA                  ETH  1:00:51
3  John MWANGANGI                 KEN  1:01:01
4  Pius Maiyo KIROP               KEN  1:01:11
5  Stephen Kosgei KIBET           KEN  1:01:40
6  Eliud KIPCHOGE                 KEN  1:01:52
7  Jackson KIPROP                 UGA  1:02:05
8  Stephen MOKOKA                 RSA  1:02:06
9  Tewelde ESTIFANOS              ERI  1:02:10
10 Kiflom SIUM                    ERI  1:02:12

Teams:
1  Kenya     3:03:52
2  Eritrea   3:04:41
3  Ethiopia  3:05:43

WOMEN
1  Meseret HAILU                  ETH  1:08:55
2  Feyse TADESE                   ETH  1:08:56
3  Paskalia Chepkorir KIPKOECH    KEN  1:09:04
4  Lydia CHEROMEI                 KEN  1:09:13
5  Emebet ETEA                    ETH  1:10:01
6  Pauline Njeri KAHENYA          KEN  1:10:22
7  Gemma STEEL                    GBR  1:11:09
8  Tomomi TANAKA                  JPN  1:11:09
9  Mai ITO                        JPN  1:11:25
10 Caryl JONES                    GBR  1:11:52

Teams:
1  Ethiopia  3:27:52
2  Kenya     3:28:39
3  Japan     3:34:45

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7 OCTOBER 2012: BILA TSEKVA MARATHON, UKRAINE

MEN:
1  Igor OLEFIRENKO                UKR  2:14:56
2  Vasily REMCHUK                 UKR  2:15:34
3  Oleksiy RIBALCHENKO            UKR  2:17:53
4  Oleksandr BABARIKA             UKR  2:18:16
5  Oleksiy RIBALCHENKO            UKR  2:20:43
6  Ivan ZABOEV                    UKR  2:22:23
7  Bogdan TISHCHUK                UKR  2:24:26
8  Denis BAGREV                   RUS  2:25:04
9  Volodimir TIMASHOV             UKR  2:26:09
10 Sergiy UKRAINTS                UKR  2:27:00

WOMEN:
1  Svitlana STANKO                UKR  2:39:47
2  Katerina KARMANENKO            UKR  2:41:09
3  Tetyana RIBALCHENKO            UKR  2:41:28
4  Viktoria KAPLINA               UKR  2:42:42
5  Olga KAZIMIROVA                UKR  3:07:59
6  Elizabeta SHLYAKINA            UKR  3:11:11
7  Olga MASHCHENKO                UKR  3:16:14
8  Anastasia KUSHIRENKO           RUS  3:19:20
9  Tatsiana GURSKAYA              BLR  3:54:07

10.6km
MEN:
1  Ruslan SAVCHUK                 UKR  31:41
2  Bodan SEMENOVICH               UKR  31:51
3  Roman ROMANENKO                UKR  31:56

WOMEN:
1  Nadezhda TRILINSKAYA           RUS  35:30
2  Tetyana GOLOVCHENKO            UKR  36:42
3  Katerina STECHENKO             UKR  37:00

7 OCTOBER 2012: BRUSSELS MARATHON, BELGIUM

MEN:
1  Joseph MUTAI                   KEN  2:16:41
2  Noah KOSGEI                    KEN  2:19:23
3  Abdelilah JAADAR               ESP  2:29:53
4  David ASHWORTH                 RSA  2:31:13
5  Jellie BERTELS                 BEL  2:33:06
6  Francisco VELOSO               BEL  2:33:16
7  Valdemir TONCHINSKI            BEL  2:36:05
8  Stefan COLAES                  BEL  2:38:52
9  Gabor VAS                      HUN  2:39:38
10 Paul MAES                      FRA  2:41:00

WOMEN:
1  Claire MACHT                   GER  3:06:15
2  Hilde KIPPERS                  BEL  3:08:50
3  Corinne PAOLETTI               BEL  3:10:55
4  Gwendoline GAUTHIER            FRA  3:14:55
5  Benedicte COVENS               BEL  3:17:16
6  Darlene VANNESTE               BEL  2:19:06
7  Jennifer LUECK-WHEELER         NED  3:21:53
8  Heidi KEUSTERMANS              BEL  3:22:20
9  Silvia LENNAERTS               BEL  3:23:14
10 Marie DE SCHRIJVER             BEL  3:24:52

HALF MARATHON
1  Michael BUSS                   BEL  1:09:50
2  Andre LA GERCHE                BEL  1:12:18
3  Marc GARCIA GIMENEZ            ESP  1:12:38

WOMEN:
1  Haysna BAHOM                   ESP  1:19:06
2  Kelly WILLIS                   BEL  1:23:39
3  Eva OFFERMANN                  GER  1:24:58

7 OCTOBER 2012: RAIFFEISEN BUCHAREST MARATHON, ROMANIA

MEN:
1  Felix Kipkorir KANGOGO         KEN  2:15:19
2  Amos Kipruto CHOGE             KEN  2:18:49
3  Dibaba Medarsa ARARSO          ETH  2:19:27
4  Siyoum Debele LEMMA            ETH  2:20:29
5  Bethuel Kipyego CHERUIYOT      KEN  2:24:53
6  Stanley Kipkosgei SALIL        KEN  2:26:41
7  Ilie Alexandru CORNESCHI       ROM  2:36:02
8  Stefan Daniel LUPULESCU        ROM  2:37:52
9  Gheoghe Gabriel GORUN          ROM  2:38:33
10 Gheorghe Konstantin SURLEA     ROM  2:39:51

WOMEN:
1  Almaz Negede FEKADE            ETH  2:38:09
2  Mary PTIKANY                   KEN  2:40:00
3  Paula Claudia TODORAN          ROM  2:48:20
4  Nicoleta Alina PETRESCU        ROM  2:49:06
5  Tatiana BELKINA                RUS  2:52:02 
6  Anna Veronica RODEAN           ROM  2:55:08
7  Amelia Alina GHERASIM          ROM  2:59:47
8  Maria Magdalena LUCA           ROM  3:06:52
9  Alexandra GRADINARIU           ROM  3:11:23
10 Andora Loredana OLOGU          ROM  3:19:11

7 OCTOBER 2012: SPAR BUDAPEST INT'L MARATHON, HUNGARY

MEN:
1  Gabor JOZSA                    HUN  2:21:06
2  Daniel SOOS                    HUN  2:24:54
3  Tamas Janos NAGY               HUN  2:25:43
4  Roland ADOK                    HUN  2:27:17
5  Imre SZABO                     HUN  2:28:16
6  Gabor SZABO                    HUN  2:31:47
7  Bence KHOOR                    HUN  2:32:33
8  Andras ESSO                    HUN  2:33:32
9  Szabolcs BEDA                  HUN  2:33:53
10 Peter STEIB                    HUN  2:34:02

WOMEN:
1  Timea Krisztina MERENYI        HUN  2:49:30
2  Andrea SZEDERKENDI-TAKACS      HUN  2:54:06
3  Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY           HUN  2:56:49
4  Mariann POTH                   HUN  3:01:07
5  Lilla EGERVOLGYI               HUN  3:03:10
6  Anna SZEKERES                  HUN  3:03:37
7  Eva VARGA                      HUN  3:05:02
8  Angelika DARAZS                HUN  3:10:07
9  Timea LADANYI                  HUN  3:13:06
10 Alionka KORNIJENKO             ITA  3:18:53

7 OCTOBER 2012: MARATON DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

MEN:
1  Eric NZIOKI                    KEN  2:12:05
2  Patrick MURIUK                 KEN  2:13:12
3  Robert MWANGI                  KEN  2:14:43
4  Samuel MWANIKI                 KEN  2:16:51
5  Sergio DA SILVA                KEN  2:17:30
6  Joseph BIWOTT                  KEN  2:19:17
7  Mariano MASTROMARINO           ARG  2:20:51
8  Ulises SANGUINETTI             ARG  2:26:02
9  Leonardo TENEPAGUAY            ECU  2:30:51
10 Diego RECOUSO                  ARG  2:32:35

WOMEN:
1  Lucy KARIMU                    KEN  2:41:38
2  Frasiah WITHAKA                KEN  2:41:42
3  Andrea GRACIANO                ARG  2:49:22
4  Mariana CHAVES                 ARG  2:50:50
5  Pablo LONZAYES                 ARG  2:53:57
6  Lorena LAZARO                  ARG  2:54:02
7  Paola VELASQUEZ                PER  2:55:37
8  Raquel HUAYTA                  ARG  3:04:48
9  Natalia NIGRO                  ARG  3:06:28
10 Veronica ETCHEGARAY            ARG  3:08:36

7 OCTOBER 2012: COLOMBO MARATHON, SRI LANKA

MEN:
1  Geoffrey BIRGEN                KEN  2:26:40
2  Ajith BANDARA                  SRI  2:28:00
3  John Samoei KIPROP             KEN  2:36:45

WOMEN:
1  Ruchina DEEPANI                SRI  2:55:47
2  B V THISANTHANI                SRI  3:04:52
3  Harshamali GULARATNE           SRI  3:11:15

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  W A S CHANRAPALA               SRI  1:11:43
2  SARGAS KUMARA                  SRI  1:13:28
3  NISHAN MADURANGA               SRI  1:14:32

WOMEN:
1  Mallika CHANDRAKANTHI          SRI  1:31:36
2  Saumya UDAYKANTHI              SRI  1:36:14
3  P M I SAROJINI                 SRI  1:46:28

7 OCTOBER 2012: GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, ECUADOR

MEN:
1  Dimas QUINGALUISA                   2:26:21
2  Manuel JUCA                         2:30:13
3  Bayron GUTIERREZ                    2:31:18
4  Luis GUANO                          2:31:40
5  Fabian CAJAMARCA                    2:32:40
6  Marco ALMACHE                       2:38:30
7  Diego GUEVERA                       2:41:30
8  Segundo CHICAIZA                    2:43:03
9  Fausto BOLANOS                      2:44:05
10 Carlos ARECHUA                      2:44:30

WOMEN:
1  Monica CAJAMARCA                    3:03:05
2  Nancy ROSERO                        3:04:05
3  Angela BRITO                        3:04:55
4  Grecia TOAPANTA                     3:11:59
5  Carla VELASQUEZ                     3:16:11
6  Maria PAREDES                       3:18:00
7  Maria AGUAIZA                       3:18:23
8  Carmen MOLINA                       3:20:51
9  Maritza RODRIGUEZ                   3:27:33
10 Liliana ALVARO                      3:33:18

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Adrian PILLAJO                      1:07:20
2  Marvin SANCHEZ                      1:09:04
3  Jose IZA                            1:12:20

WOMEN:
1  Ana VIEGA                           1:29:19
2  Olga TABLA                          1:30:16
3  Narcisa NARVAEZ                     1:35:29

7 OCTOBER 2012: KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA

Kosice Peace Marathon

In nearly ideal weather conditions (15°C, cloudy, no wind, slight rain) the 89th edition saw both course records and a new participation record achieved (7400 in all races from 46 countries) writes Alfons Juck. The top four men broke the previous course record of 2:08:33 set by Gilbert Chepkwony in 2010. Lawrence Kimaiyo blitzed the last 6km to improve his only previous marathon time of 2:11:46 in Turin in 2010 by nearly five minutes, running almost equal splits of 1:03:54 and 1:03:57. Pre-race favourite Evans Ruto followed Kimaiyo after 30km but eventually lost the battle for second by fractions of a second. Kimaiyo's winnings of 15000€ would have increased to 20000€ if he had run two seconds faster. Defending champion Elijah Kemboi came in fourth but with a three-minute improvement of his personal best. Kosice witnessed its best performances ever with six sub-2:10 times.

Kosice Peace Marathon

Race favourite Hellen Mugo started very fast in the women's race and passed halfway in 1:12:12. She later faded but still managed to creep under the 2:30 barrier, the first time ever in Slovakia (the previous course record was 2:30:50). Both defending champion Maryna Damantsevich and third-placed Ehitu Kiros Reda ran new personal best times.

MEN:
1  Lawrence KIMAIYO               KEN  2:07:01
2  Philemon BAARU                 KEN  2:07:49
3  Evans RUTO                     KEN  2:07:49
4  Elijah KEMBOI                  KEN  2:07:51
5  Bellor YATOR                   KEN  2:08:39
6  Vincent KIPTOO                 KEN  2:09:30
7  David TONIOK                   KEN  2:10:39
8  Belete Mekonen GEZU            ETH  2:16:40
9  Mehari Gebre BARAKI            ETH  2:16:40
10 Peter KURUI                    KEN  2:18:38

WOMEN:
1  Hellen WANJIKU                 KEN  2:29:59
2  Marina DANANTSEVICH            BLR  2:31:29
3  Ehitu Kiros REDA               ETH  2:33:43
4  Natalia MALAIA                 SVK  2:53:46
5  Ingrid PETNUCHOVA              SVK  2:55:58
6  Particia GANOVSKA              SVK  3:04:11
7  Ivana MARTINCOVA               CZE  3:08:55
8  Sylvia SEBESTIAN               SVK  3:09:33
9  Lucia KAMENSKA                 SVK  3:12:14
10 Marcela KOVAROVA               SVK  3:17:32

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  TIBOR SAHADJA                  SVK  1:10:31
2  ANATOLIY MALYY                 SVK  1:11:03
3  GARY PENNINGTON                GBR  1:12:23

WOMEN:
1  Anna WOJNA                     POL  1:18:43  
2  Petra FASUNGOVA                SVK  1:20:52
3  Renata HAJKOVA                 CZE  1:24:33

7 OCTOBER 2012: OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  James CURRAN                   CAN  2:51:10
2  Adam KAHTAVA                   CAN  2:53:28
3  Donovan THORKELSON             CAN  56:452:
4  Paul ST AMANT                  CAN  2:57:53
5  Sergio PIO                     CAN  2:58:59
6  Tanner BALL                    CAN  2:59:15
7  Tim WIWCHAR                    CAN  2:59:20
8  Kevin BLACK                    CAN  2:59:42
9  Donny MARCHUK                  CAN  2:59:45
10 Neil SADOWNIK                  CAN  2:59:55

WOMEN:
1  Rhonda LOO                     CAN  3:00:40
2  Stacie CARRIGAN                CAN  3:13:56
3  Liza BURGESS                   CAN  3:16:59
4  Monika BRAUN                   CAN  3:22:13
5  Michelle MORRIS                CAN  3:22:39
6  Denise HENDERSON               CAN  3:22:52
7  Krista MITCHELL                CAN  3:24:10
8  Amy COX                        CAN  3:24:22
9  Kacey KEYKO                    CAN  3:24:55
10 Shelley BENDER                 CAN  3:24:56

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jeff SYMONDS                   CAN  1:13:56
2  Simon STEWART                  CAN  1:19:12
3  Skeets MOREL                   CAN  1:20:27

WOMEN:
1  Karen RUCKMAN                  CAN  1:28:55
2  Tracy DAYMAN                   CAN  1:31:24
3  Melissa CURRIE                 CAN  1:31:59

7 OCTOBER 2012: PORTLAND MARATHON, USA

MEN:
1  Jameson MORA                        2:21:09
2  Saeki MAKINO                        2:26:10
3  Rob SCHLEGEL                        2:30:34
4  Chris MCGUINNESS                    2:31:47
5  Jonathan MARCUS                     2:33:19
6  Alex WHITE                          2:34:05
7  Matt SHRYOCK                        2:36:04
8  Travis MITCHELL                     2:37:46
9  Paul CURRAN                         2:37:52
10 Dan SHIEL                           2:38:05

WOMEN:
1  Colleen LITTLE                      2:51:35
2  Kate HAILS                          2:57:23
3  Johannah LUDINGTON                  2:58 44
4  Liv BRUMFIELD                       2:59:32
5  Sarah HORN                          2:59:44
6  Ann LEWIS                           3:00:33
7  Marla SMITH                         3:01:02
8  Jennifer SEIBEL                     3:01:53
9  Amanda WATTERS                      3:02:41
10 Lori GEICHENHAUS                    3:03:23

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jacob KAEMMER                       1:12:03
2  Michael SHUBERT                     1:19:43
3  Darrin HATCHER                      1:20:41

WOMEN:
1  Riu AOYAMA                          1:18:05
2  Junko NAKAZATO                      1:26:34
3  Lollie ZIMMERMAN                    1:29:22

7 OCTOBER 2012: QUERETARO MARATHON, MEXICO

MEN:
1  James Maunga NYANKABARIA       KEN  2:20:07
2  Hailemariyam Mola NEGASI       ETH  2:20:16
3  George Kirwa MISOI             KEN  2:22:59

WOMEN:
1  Monica Gesare OTWORI           KEN  2:45:34
2  Liliana Cruz VALDEZ            MEX  2:48:14
3  Judith Carmona HERNANDEZ       MEX  2:49:19

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Joseph Mbinda MUSTIYA          KEN  1:08:31
2  Abraham Christian NOGUEZ       MEX  1:09:02
3  Reuben Kambich CHESANG         KEN  1:09:02

WOMEN:
1  Alice Ndirangu WARUGURU        KEN  1:20:54
2  Silvia Mota LOPEZ              MEX  1:22:02
3  Patricia Retiz GUTIERREZ       MEX  1:22:04

7 OCTOBER 2012: RAHAL 10km DE MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Hafid CHANI                    MAR  28:09
2  Tolossa GEDEFA                 ETH  28:16
3  Najim EL QADI                  MAR  28:20
4  Fredrick MUSYOKI               KEN  28:54 
5  Hassan CHANI                   MAR  29:00
6  Anass SELMOUNI                 MAR  29:05
7  Timothy KIPTOO                 KEN  29:07
8  Abdenassir FATHI               MAR  29:12
9  Khalid LABLAQ                  MAR  29:19
10 Mourad ELBANNOURI              MAR  29:25

WOMEN:
1  Bethlem MOGES                  ETH  33:19
2  Keltoum BOUASRIA               MAR  33:24
3  Joan CHELIMO                   KEN  33:31
4  Malika ASAHSSAH                MAR  33:39
5  Malika BELFAKIR                MAR  34:03
6  Rkia EKL MOUKIM                MAR  34:29
7  Selsouli AZIZA                 MAR  34:41
8  Victoria POGORIELSKA           UKR  35:02
9  Fatima Zahra OUHRISSE          MAR  35:36
10 Winnie JEPKEMOI                KEN  36:02

7 OCTOBER 2012: SPARKASSE THREE-COUNTRY MARATHON, AUSTRIA

MEN:
1  Titus KOSGEI                   KEN  2:14:25
2  Robert KIPROTICH               KEN  2:18:29
3  Joel Maina MWANGI              KEN  2:20:52
4  Ben MASAI                      KEN  2:35:29
5  Andreas GEHRER                 AUT  2:43:18
6  Thomas WODZISZ                 GER  2:43:53
7  Gunther SCHNEIDER              AUT  2:43:59
8  Heinz GIESINGER                AUT  2:45:03
9  Arno RITTER                    AUT  2:45:46
10 Ralph STAUDACH                 AUT  2:47:18

WOMEN:
1  Ednah KIMAIYO                  KEN  2:35:27
2  Lucy Wambui MURGI              KEN  2:40:14
3  Astrid MULLER                  SUI  2:54:14
4  Tanja SONDEREGGER              SUI  3:02:39
5  Sabine KRAUS                   GER  3:10:12
6  Angelika HOFMANN               GER  3:19:47
7  Petra SUMMER                   AUT  3:20:35
8  Manuela MORITSCH               AUT  3:21:34
9  Andrea FEUERSTEIN-RAUCH        AUT  3:23:57
10 Marion HOFF                    NED  3:25:07

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Christoph KUHM                 GER  1:11:24
2  Fredi MARTI                    SUI  1:12:03
3  Alexander HARDTNER             GER  1:12:23

WOMEN:
1  Sabine REINER                  AUT  1:16:39
2  Sandra URACH                   AUT  1:18:40
3  Carol-Anne EBERLE              IRL  1:27:49

7 OCTOBER 2012: GOODLIFE FITNESS VICTORIA MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  Thomas OMWENGA                 KEN  2:20:41         
2  Gilbert KIPTOO                 KEN  2:27:01
3  Graeme WILSON                  CAN  2:29:17
4  Brendan LUNTY                  CAN  2:35:08
5  Ryan DAY                       CAN  2:35:09
6  Adam CAMPBELL                  CAN  2:35:53
7  Trevor HAAHEIM                 CAN  2:35:55
8  Jimmy CLEGG                    CAN  2:36:39
9  Kanta MATSUURA                 JPN  2:38:36
10 Marc MEUNIER                   CAN  2:42:01

WOMEN:
1  Haillie JANSSEN                USA  2:47:03
2  Nadiya FRY                     CAN  2:47:36
3  Catrin JONES                   CAN  2:49:02
4  Gillian CLAYTON                CAN  2:53:43
5  Lise WESSELS                   CAN  2:53:56
6  Rika HATACHI                   CAN  3:01:25
7  Kim MCMULLEN                   CAN  3:01:35
8  Nathalie MCPHILLIPS            USA  3:04:18
9  Jacqui BENSON                  CAN  3:05:52
10 Mary WALSH                     CAN  3:06:14

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Rutto KIBET                    KEN  1:04:27
2  Geoff MARTINSON                CAN  1:05:39
3  Willy KIMOSOP                  KEN  1:06:01

WOMEN:
1  Natasha FRASER                 CAN  1:14:06
2  Lucy MUHAMI                    KEN  1:14:27
3  Esther KIPSEREM                KEN  1:18:23

7 OCTOBER 2012: ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIA

MEN:
1  Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOT        KEN  2:25:09
2  Elisha SAWE                    KEN  2:26:30
3  Ilija ILLIJEV                  RUS  2:31:01
4  Drago PARIPOVIC                CRO  2:36:48
5  Mario VRACIC                   SLO  2:37:34
6  Sadet CAUSEVIC                 BIH  2:37:55
7  Milorad VOJVODIC               CRO  2:42:54
8  Kresimir BALASKO               CRO  2:49:09
9  Marjan ALT                     SLO  2:50:42
10 Renato POMOHAC                 CRO  2:51:15

WOMEN:
1  Ana SUBOTIC                    SRB  2:43:32
2  Marija VRAJIC                  CRO  2:59:14
3  Nikolina SUSTIC                CRO  3:03:23
4  Dubravna VESLIGAJ              CRO  3:11:21
5  Veronika JURISIC               CRO  3:15:32
6  Valentina BELOVIC              CRO  3:18:55
7  Hillary SHAW                   USA  3:30:41
8  Jasmina ILIJAS                 CRO  3:33:25
9  Marjeta GOMILSAK               SLO  3:44:12
10 Agnieszka MIZERA               POL  3:49:47

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  David NDUSU                    KEN  1:07:18
2  Velimir BOJOVIC                SRB  1:08:04
3  Vasili MINAEW                  RUS  1:08:17

WOMEN:
1  Zsofia ERDELYI                 HUN  1:16:15
2  Zita KACSER                    HUN  1:18:47
3  Barbara BELUSIC                CRO  1:19:15

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14 OCTOBER 2012: DE LAGE LANDEN EINDHOVEN MARATHON, NETHERLANDS

Eindhoven Marathon

Kenya's Dickson Chumba won the 29th edition in a course record of 2:05:46, two seconds faster than his compatriot Jafred Kipchumba ran last year over the fast two-lap course in the Dutch city writes Phil Minshull. He also improved his personal best by nearly two minutes.

Halfway was reached in 1:02:57 by a pack of 14 men. Chumba attacked just before 29km, moving away from a nine-man lead group which then fragmented. His split at 35km was 1:43:31 and he looked on course to go under 2:05 but he tired badly over the final 3km. Franklin Chepkwony broke away from a three-man chasing group just after 35km to come home second in 2:06:11, an improvement of nearly five minutes on his previous best. Fast-finishing Eric Ndiema, still only 19, has run his first three marathons all under 2:07 and in the space of less than 12 months, his fastest being the world junior best of 2:06:07 when finishing third in Amsterdam in November 2011 and his slowest being 2:06:37 for fourth in Paris this year. As in 2011, nine men went under the elite benchmark of 2:10.

Ethiopia's Aberume Mekuria won the women's race in a personal best 2:27:20, having run with local favourite Miranda Boonstra until just after 35km. The Dutch runner, now 40, finished second in 2:28:18.

MEN:
1  Dickson CHUMBA                 KEN  2:05:46
2  Franklin CHEPKWONY             KEN  2:06:11
3  Erick NDIEMA                   KEN  2:06:17
4  Tadesse TOLA                   ETH  2:08:01
5  Francis BOWEN                  KEN  2:08:21
6  Solomon KIPTOO                 KEN  2:08:30
7  Stephen TUM                    KEN  2:08:39
8  Weldon KIRUI                   KEN  2:09:06
9  Julius CHEPKWONY               KEN  2:09:09
10 Gezahagne GIRMA                ETH  2:10:52

WOMEN:
1  Aberume MEKURIA                ETH  2:27:20
2  Miranda BOONSTRA               NED  2:28:18
3  Dinkenesh MEKASHA              ETH  2:30:31
4  Andrea DEELSTRA                NED  2:34:33
5  Merel DE KNEGT                 NED  2:35:07
6  Inge DE JONG                   NED  2:41:40
7  Els RENS                       BEL  2:42:09
8  Miriam VAN REIJEN              NED  2:46:50
9  Louise DELDICQUE               BEL  2:54:05
10 Patricia DELVAEL               BEL  2:56:47

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Geert MAES                     BEL  1:08:13
2  Jeroen HENDRIKX                BEL  1:08:57
3  Mark KESSEL                    NED  1:11:47

WOMEN:
1  Kim DILLEN                     NED  1:18:26
2  Natasja JANSSEN                NED  1:23:36
3  Esther ARTS                    NED  1:27:47

14 OCTOBER 2012: MARATONA D'ITALIA, ITALY

MEN:
1  Sisay Lemma KASAYE             ETH  2:11:58
2  Migidio BOURIFA                ITA  2:20:45
3  Massimiliano BRIGO             ITA  2:24:09
4  Massimo MEI                    ITA  2:25:15
5  Simon WEGHER                   ITA  2:29:51
6  Daniele PALLADINO              ITA  2:32:25
7  Gianni SCAPUCCI                ITA  2:32:58
8  Sergio NAGLIERI                ITA  2:34:27
9  Franco TOGNI                   ITA  2:34:53
10 Alessandro BENERECETTI         ITA  2:35:08

WOMEN:
1  Ivana IOZZIA                   ITA  2:35:08
2  Megertu Tafa MERGERSA          ETH  2:38:41      
3  Martina ROCCO                  ITA  2:46:29
4  Paola GARINEI                  ITA  2:52:39
5  Tatiana BETTA                  ITA  2:56:02
6  Martina SOLIMAN                ITA  2:56:10
7  Morena ALMONTE                 ITA  3:01:32
8  Stefania SATINI                ITA  3:01:38
9  Celine VEYRAT                  FRA  3:03:11
10 Alessandra COZZI               ITA  3:05:23

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Geofre MICHELE                 ITA  1:10:23
2  Jon Koldo GONZALEZ             ESP  1:13:52
3  Carlo ANGELUCCI                ITA  1:16:32

WOMEN:
1  Sonia MAIR                     ITA  1:29:01
2  Sabrina DE MANINCOR            ITA  1:29:50
3  Vittoria MAZZIERI              ITA  1:31:54

14 OCTOBER 2012: MEDIBANK MELBOURNE MARATHON, AUSTRALIA

MEN:
1  Jonathan CHESOO                KEN  2:12:35
2  John KYUI                      KEN  2:15:57
3  Scott WESTCOTT                 AUS  2:15:59
4  James MBUGUA                   KEN  2:17:21
5  Erwin MCRAE                    AUS  2:19:50
6  Nathan HARTIGAN                AUS  2:20:00
7  Vlad SHATROV                        2:21:04
8  David THOMAS                        2:21:40
9  Asheber GERMA                  ETH  2:25:15
10 Brett COLEMAN                  AUS  2:26:38

WOMEN:
1  Lauren SHELLEY                 AUS  2:36:29
2  Jane FARDELL                   AUS  2:37:52
3  Tracey AUSTIN                  AUS  2:43:39 
4  Robyn MILLARD                  AUS  2:44:48
5  Magda KARIMARIPOULOS           AUS  2:45:36
6  Clare WILLIAMS                 AUS  2:48:20
7  Kirsten MOLLOY                 AUS  2:48:24
8  Emma COLLYER                   AUS  2:49:40
9  Nera JAREB                          2:50:15
10 Toshiko YOSHIKAWA              JPN  2:50:21

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Russell DESSAIX-CHIN           AUS  1:05:32
2  Gemechu WOYECHA                ETH  1:06:53
3  Bradley CROKER                 AUS  1:06:58

WOMEN:
1  Nickki CHAPPLE                 AUS  1:12:56
2  Ellie OKANE                    AUS  1:19:22
3  Stacey VAN DUEREN              AUS  1:22:24

14 OCTOBER 2012: MUNICH MARATHON, GERMANY

MEN:
1  Jan Simon HAMANN               GER  2:19:48
2  Sven WEYER                     GER  2:21:58
3  Benedikt HOFFMANN              GER  2:22:24
4  Tobias SCHREINDL               GER  2:22:48
5  Dennis PYKA                    GER  2:23:30
6  Holger FREUDENBERGER           GER  2:23:32
7  Oliver HOFFMANN                GER  2:24:00
8  Florian REICHERT               GER  2:26:14
9  Christian DIRSCHERL            GER  2:26:28
10 Niels BUBEL                    GER  2:26:47

WOMEN:
1  Susan HAHN                     GER  2:32:13
2  Monika HEISS                   GER  2:45:14
3  Steffi VOLKE                   GER  2:47:22
4  Julia GALUSCHKA                GER  2:49:16
5  Cornelia SCHINDLER             GER  2:49:46
6  Eve RAUSCHENBERG               GER  2:52:42
7  Nicola DUNCAN                  IRL  2:53:13
8  Elke BRENNER                   GER  2:54:43
9  Julia Keck BRENGEL             GER  2:55:02
10 Teresa EBERT                   GER  2:56:37

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Soren KAH                      GER  1:04:43
2  Marco BSCHEIDL                 GER  1:11:27
3  Michael PFEIL                  GER  1:11:30

WOMEN:
1  Ingalena HEUCK                 GER  1:21:35
2  Laura CONLEY                   USA  1:25:50
3  Gaia SENEGAGLIESI              ITA  1:30:27

14 OCTOBER 2012: NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA

MEN:
1  Jeff CUNNINGHAM                GBR  2:38:51
2  Ivan MISKELIJN                 SRB  2:38:55
3  Zivan MILOSEVICH               SRB  2:50:13
4  Denis KORABLEV                 RUS  2:54:30
5  Nenad MILOSAVLJEVIC            SRB  2:55:05
6  Zoran MARKOVIC                 SRB  2:55:26
7  Ugliesa NIKOLIC                SRB  2:56:22
8  Anrija DORDEVIC                SRB  2:57:26
9  Aleksander MILANOVIC           SRB  2:57:33
10 Branislav LAZIC                BIH  3:05:36

WOMEN:
1  Zarija MILANOVIC               SRB  3:39:39
2  Susanna KUUN                   RSA  4:01:29
3  Karolina Madaras PUSKAS        SRB  4:06:24
4  Vera VELIMIROVIC               SRB  4:19:47
5  Samanta GILICE                 SRB  4:43:27

10.5km
MEN:
1  Branko MILOSEV                 SRB  39:37
2  Vladimir KOSTIC                SRB  40:50
3  Albert PAP                     SRB  42:28

WOMEN:
1  Danijela BARAC                 SRB  44:43
2  Aleksandra MARINKOV            SRB  44:50
3  Dragana DOKMANOVIC             SRB  46:28

14 OCTOBER 2012: POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND

MEN:
1  Edwin YATOR                    KEN  2:16:16
2  Edwin KIRUI                    KEN  2:17:38
3  Adam DRACZYNSKI                POL  2:18:30
4  Boniface Wambua NDUVA          KEN  2:21:30
5  Voloymyr IURCHUK               UKR  2:24:00
6  Dzmitry HRYHORYEU              BLR  2:26:21
7  Olexandr KAZYMYROW             POL  2:26:43
8  Vladislav PRAMAU               BLR  2:28:09
9  Adam MARYSIAK                  POL  2:28:29
10 Pawel PIOTRASCHKE              POL  2:28:44

WOMEN:
1  Sviatlana KOUHAN               BLR  2:35:08
2  Arleta MELOCH                  POL  2:41:12 
3  Hadas MOSER                    POL  2:46:22 
4  Alena VINITSKAYA               BLR  2:47:18
5  Ewa BRYCH-PAJAK                POL  2:48:41
6  Monika UKLEJA                  POL  2:55:09
7  Agnieszka GRAD-RYBINSKA        POL  2:56:13
8  Halina KARNATSEVICH            BLR  2:57:39
9  Dorota PRZYBYSZ                POL  3:03:12
10 Magdalena B'CZYK-JARZEBOWSKA   POL  3:06:13

14 OCTOBER 2012: RHEINENERGIEMARATHON KOLN, GERMANY

MEN:
1  Alfred KERING                  KEN  2:07:37
2  Limenih GETACHEW               ETH  2:07:39
3  Duncan KOECH                   KEN  2:07:53
4  Laban MUTAI                    KEN  2:08:01
5  Victor LAGAT                   KEN  2:09:13
6  Henry CHIRCHIR                 KEN  2:09:24
7  Laban MOIBEN                   KEN  2:09:55
8  Seboka TOLA                    ETH  2:10:32
9  Cosmas KIGEN                   KEN  2:13:05
10 Mekounenet AYENEW              ETH  2:13:34

WOMEN:
1  Helena KIPROP                  KEN  2:25:34
2  Shetaye BEDASA                 ETH  2:27:29
3  Makda HARUN                    ETH  2:29:32
4  Robe GUTA                      ETH  2:31:09
5  Nadezhda LEONTEVA              RUS  2:35:51
6  Ilona MARHELE                  LAT  2:39:18
7  Sandra LURING                  GER  2:47:39
8  Sandrine HOST                  BEL  2:59:31
9  Stefanie QUEREN                GER  3:03:55
10 Anke RAHMEL                    GER  3:04:20

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Chemweno Wilson KIPKOSGEI      KEN  1:07:22
2  Thorben DIETZ                  GER  1:07:35
3  Roger KONIGS                   GER  1:08:54

WOMEN:
1  Sabrina MOCKENHAUPT            GER  1:16:43
2  Nina STOCKER                   GER  1:17:05
3  Frederike STRAETEN             GER  1:19:06

14 OCTOBER 2012: SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON, CANADA

Toronto Waterfront Marathon Toronto Waterfront Marathon
MEN:
1  Betona WARGA                   ETH  2:10:36
2  Kenneth KIMUTAI                KEN  2:11:21
3  John KIPROTICH                 KEN  2:11:30
4  Botoru TSEGAYE                 ETH  2:11:41
5  Siraj GENA                     ETH  2:13:18
6  Gilbert YEGON                  KEN  2:14:47
7  Matt LOISELLE                  CAN  2:16:24
8  Stephen CHELIMO                KEN  2:17:36
9  Kip KANGOGO                    KEN  2:19:41
10 Hillary CHENONGE               KEN  2:20:37

WOMEN:
1  Mary DAVIES                    NZL  2:28:57
2  Agnes KIPROP                   KEN  2:29:33
3  Radiya ADILO                   ETH  2:30:49
4  Krista DUCHENE                 CAN  2:32:16
5  Eyerusalem KUMA                ETH  2:33:23
6  Silvia SKORTSOVA               RUS  2:33:36
7  Lucy NJERI                     KEN  2:37:13
8  Marilyn ARSENAULT              CAN  2:42:45
9  Emma STEPTO                    GBR  2:42:58
10 Emily KROSHUS                  CAN  2:46:41

HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1  Francisco MENDEZ               CHI  1:07:49
2  Philippe VIAU-DUPUIS           CAN  1:08:39
3  Adam STACEY                    CAN  1:09:30

WOMEN:
1  Esther JEPTUM                  KEN  1:19:08
2  Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA         CAN  1:19:29
3  Lisa BROOKING                  CAN  1:21:08

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19 OCTOBER 2012: AMMAN INT'L MARATHON, JORDAN

Ethiopian Mohammednuri Abdela won the 4th edition with Zeineba Hayato leading the women's race home and both setting new course records for the four-lap city centre route that has the unique finish in the 6000 seat Roman amphitheatre built in 177 AD. Jordan's first Olympic marathoner, Methkal Abu Drais placed third in the event while Razan Muqbel set a new national women's record of 3:35:09.

The event attracted over 450 international runners from 64 countries. Across all events the day saw over 7000 participants out on the streets of the Jordanian capital. In addition to wheelchair and visually impaired categories, many of the competitors raise funds and awareness for charities with the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Centre being primary beneficiaries of the race.

MEN:
1  Mohammednuri ABDELA            ETH  2:19:39
2  Lawrence KIPTOO                KEN  2:19:43
3  Methkal ABU DRAIS              JOR  2:27:52
4  Youself HASAN                  JOR  2:40:22
5  Hayi MSALAM                    JOR  2:45:55 
 
WOMEN:
1  Zeineba HAYATO                 ETH  2:40:23
2  Salina JEBET                   KEN  2:42:48
3  Razan MUGBEL                   JOR  3:35:09 (NR)
4  Sara CHACE                     USA  3:59:10
5  Jacqueline RODRIGUEZ           USA  4:15:51

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21 OCTOBER 2012: TCS AMSTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam Marathon

Both course records were beaten in the 37th edition: Wilson Chebet improved the old record by 3 seconds; Meseret Hailu sliced almost a minute off the women's record. Michel Butter became the third-fastest Dutch Marathon runner ever.

The race was decided after 35km at which point there were still nine runners in the lead group. Peter Kirui, one of the favourites, was the first to go ahead, but after 39km Chebet showed that he had the best legs and left the competition behind. After the huge welcome for Chebet, the crowd exploded when Michel Butter came into the Olympic Stadium. The 27-year-old was hugely relieved to break 2:10. He did well to pick up the pace in the last 7km while running alone (without pacemakers).

Amsterdam Marathon

The party atmosphere redoubled when Meseret Hailu posted the new women's record, surpassing the time of Olympic Champion and training partner Tiki Gelana. After taking the world half marathon title on 6 October the 22-year-old Hailu improved her marathon best by no less than six minutes.

No less than 38,000 runners entered for the various distances (marathon, Mizuno Half Marathon, 8km and children's runs). That was 5,000 more than last year. With 13,000 marathon runners, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon is the biggest marathon in the Netherlands and is fast becoming one of the largest marathons in Europe. There were 15,000 registrations from abroad from 82 nationalities.

MEN:
1  Wilson CHEBET                  KEN  2:05:41
2  Bentayehu ASSEFA               ETH  2:06:22
3  Abrha GEBRETADIK               ETH  2:06:23
4  Feisa BEKELE                   ETH  2:06:26
5  Abraham GIRMA                  ETH  2:06:48
6  Mulugeta WAMI                  ETH  2:07:11
7  Gideon KIPKETER                KEN  2:08:14 
8  Elias KEMBOI                   KEN  2:08:51
9  Henri SUGUT                    KEN  2:09:07 
10 Peter KIRUI                    KEN  2:09:15
                                       
WOMEN:                                 
1  Meseret HAILU                  ETH  2:21:09 
2  Eunice KIRW                    KEN  2:21:41
3  Genet GETANAH                  ETH  2:25:38
4  Diane CHEPKEMOI                KEN  2:27:32 
5  Goitetum HAFTU                 ETH  2:33:57
6  Leila LUIK                     EST  2:40.12
7  Gemma RANKIN                   GBR  2:41:57
8  Liina LUIK                     EST  2:45:04
9  Jessica GUNNARSSON             NOR  2:49:25
10 Mariska DUTE                   NED  2:49:39

HALF MARATHON 
MEN:
1  Kevin ROJAS                    GBR  1:09:27
2  Koen VOSSERS                   NED  1:10:24
3  Jonnatan MORALES               MEX  1:10:49

WOMEN:
1  Maria BARRETT                  GBR  1:19:58
2  Paola SALVATORE                ITA  1:21:06
3  Helen WAUGH                    GBR  1:22:54

21 OCTOBER 2012: DONG-A ILBO GYEONGJU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA

Gyeongju Marathon

The 6th edition proved the best yet writes Mirko Jalava. The race only includes an international men's race and has only seen African winners with Kenya taking the first two titles and Ethiopia following with the next two.

Last year's surprise winner Wilson Loyanai returned with a vengeance to defend his title and smashed Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay's 2:08:52 course record from 2009 by more than two minutes. He led four runners under the old record and a total of seven under 2:10.

When the leaders reached 15km in 45:30, there were still almost 20 runners in the pack. The pace continued evenly through 25km (1:16:23) and 30km (1:31:34), but then Loyanai made his decisive move. With a 14:33 split to 35km the change of pace scattered the pack. Loyanai was streets ahead at the finish but Boniface Mbuvi just beat Moses Kurgat in the final sprint both with personal best times.

MEN:
1  Wilson LOYANAI                 KEN  2:06:46
2  Boniface MBUVI                 KEN  2:08:39
3  Moses KURGAT                   KEN  2:08:40
4  Benson BARUS                   KEN  2:08:42
5  Elijah KEITANY                 KEN  2:09:08
6  Jason MBOTE                    KEN  2:09:16

21 OCTOBER 2012: BANCO VENETO LAGO MAGGIORE MARATHON, ITALY

MEN:
1  Benazzouz SLIMANI              ITA  2:14:59
2  Moti MEKONEN                   ETH  2:15:01
3  Mendoyu DIBO                   ETH  2:16:33
4  Sultan JUNID                   ETH  2:16:46
5  John MUTAI                     KEN  2:16:54
6  Kaddour SLIMANI                ITA  2:19:49
7  Lemawork WOLDEAREGAY           ETH  2:23:05
8  Luca VALENTI                   ITA  2:35:25
9  Lorenzo MAIANDI                ITA  2:47:34
10 Enrico DILULLO                 ITA  2:47:48

WOMEN:
1  Keneni GUDETA                  ETH  2:37:30
2  Abebe SHIFERAW                 ETH  2:41:16
3  Mariya KISELEVA                RUS  2:46:26
4  Volha REZKAYA                  BLR  2:51:00
5  Marin FRANCESCA                ITA  2:55:47
6  Stefania CHERASCO              ITA  3:08:04
7  Ilaria ZEN                     ITA  3:09:05
8  Luisa FUMAGALLI                ITA  3:11:00
9  Lucia COLCIAGO                 ITA  3:18:57
10 Sarah Aimee LEPEE              ITA  3:22:17

21 OCTOBER 2012: GRANDE MARATHON INT'L DE CASABLANCA, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Laalaui CHARKAUI               MAR  2:18:42
2  Abderrrahmane MOATCIM          MAR  2:20:47
3  Lahcen BENLAHCEN               MAR  2:22:14
4  Said EL BAAZOUZI               MAR  2:24:23
5  Lahcen OUBIHI                  MAR  2:25:03
6  Noureddine RAZAQ               MAR  2:26:05
7  Rachid EL HAIMER               MAR  2:28:23
8  Noureddine BOUCHAMMAMA         MAR  2:29:16
9  Idriss MOUAATAMID              MAR  2:29:57
10 Hassan CHIBANE                 MAR  2:32:44

WOMEN:
1  Meriem KHALI                   MAR  2:54:25
2  Khadija EL AARIBI              MAR  2:58:24
3  Naima EL AYADI                 MAR  3:00:06
4  Hasna EL BOUAZZAOUI            MAR  3:01:23
5  Hanane EL BAJJAOUI             MAR  3:02:50
6  Amal BENZAKOUR                 MAR  3:18:59
7  Amal FATTAHA                   MAR  3:28:15
8  Naima BETTACH                  MAR  3:43:52
9  Amal BENHAMMOU                 MAR  3:44:31
10 Amal Madamme CHANGATI          MAR  3:45:25

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Mohammed KDIDAR                MAR  1:07:34
2  Abdelilah CHERKAOUI            MAR  1:07:34
3  Ahmed SEBBAR                   MAR  1:07:54
                                  
WOMEN:                            
1  Amina MHIH                     MAR  1:18:39
2  Kabira EGMIRI                  MAR  1:19:47
3  Meriem TOYFIK                  MAR  1:38:16

21 OCTOBER 2012: MARATO DEL MEDITERRANI, SPAIN

MEN:
1  Rodrigo Borrego ALONSO         ESP  2:40:29
2  Oscar Alberich GARCIA          ESP  2:49:09
3  Juan Manuel Alvarez RAMOS      ESP  2:50:07
4  Pablo Torres VARELA            ESP  2:52:29
5  Antonio Jesus Serrano GIL      ESP  2:53:28
6  Jordi Vazquez ABELLO           ESP  2:57:42
7  Aontonio Sevillano LLERGO      ESP  2:58:28
8  Miguel Gomez MINOBIS           ESP  2:59:34
9  Johann GYLFASON                     2:59:46
10 Enrique Del Rey PEDREGOSA      ESP  3:00:38

WOMEN:
1  Anna Riera PIA                 ESP  3:11:00
2  Emi VAQUERO                    ESP  3:22:42
3  Alejandra Anreu BONILLA        ESP  3:39:47
4  Aljona WILHELM                      3:41:58
5  Soile PELTONIEMI-NISKANEN      FIN  3:51:54 
6  Carolina Zamora FUENTES        ESP  4:00:39
7  Carolina Rosali Perez LORENZO  ESP  4:02:44
8  Astrid Alvarez COLINA          ESP  4:03:36
9  Isabel Abril CENTENO           ESP  4:05:41
10 Sylwia NAROZNIK                     4:07:35

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Marco Anbtonio Cepeda MARTIN   ESP  1:11:00
2  Pablo Garica PAZ               ESP  1:11:26
3  David Guiamet REDONDO          ESP  1:13:33

WOMEN:
1  Yolanda Castillejo CASANOVAS   ESP  1:26:59
2  Susanna Armengol PORTA         ESP  1:28:38
3  Erika Sousa GASCON             ESP  1:30:52

21 OCTOBER 2012: MEDIO MARATON VALENCIA TRINIDAD ALFONSO, SPAIN

Joel Kemboi Kimurer, an almost unknown athlete, surprised everybody by winning in 59:36 — only six seconds outside Geoffrey Mutai's course record, and leading Kenneth Kipkemoi and John Mwangangi under the hour. It was the first time that three athletes in the same event have run under the hour in Spain. In the women's race Alice Mogire finished 200m clear of her nearest rival, Portugal's Marisa Barros. Mogire ran at a steady pace the whole way (5km: 16:02; 10km 32:32) and was never challenged.

The combination of a great elite field and the qualities of the fast city centre course again produced excellent times. Even with high humidity and a temperature higher than expected (20°C), three men under an hour puts Valencia on a level that only Berlin, Lille and Den Haag have reached this year.

The leading group ran for the record right from the start; passing 5km in 13:46 and 10km in 27:50. As a result the leaders lost their pacemakers before halfway: Kenneth Kipkemoi took over to chase the "under 59 minutes" pledge made the day before. As the sun started to gain strength, John Mwangangi lost contact and the 15km (42:14) and 20km (56:35) split times indicated a course record was beyond reach. Then in the last kilometre the 24-year old Kimurer (with a previous half marathon best of 61:23) pushed ahead of Kipkemoi, a marvelous athlete who lost out in the last metres for the second consecutive year.

Of 9489 who registered, 8449 runners finished.

MEN:
1  Joel Kemboi KIMURER            KEN    59:36
2  Kenneth Kiprop KIPKEMOI        KEN    59:46
3  John Nzau MWANGANGI            KEN    59:58
4  Bernard KITUR                  KEN  1:00:59
5  Milton Kiplagat ROTICH         KEN  1:01:12
6  Josephat Bett KIPKOECH         KEN  1:02:04
7  Philemon RONO                  KEN  1:02:05
8  Tebalu Zawude HEYI             ETH  1:02:07
9  Peter KAMAIS                   KEN  1:03:23
10 Hassane AHOUCHAR                    1:03:42

WOMEN:
1  Alice Kemunto MOGIRE           KEN  1:09:57
2  Marisa BARROS                  POR  1:10:41
3  Malika ASSASAH                      1:11:15
4  Nazha MACHROUH                      1:12:39
5  Sara KERUBO                    KEN  1:13:15
6  Leah JEROTICH                  KEN  1:13:38
7  MEKKONEN                       ETH  1:15:38
8  Estela NAVASCUES               ESP  1:15:44
9  Yesenia CENTENO                ESP  1:16:34
10 Irina YUMANOVA                 RUS  1:17:35

21 OCTOBER 2012: NIAGARA FALLS MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  Bernard ONSARE                 KEN  2:26:05
2  Marco DOZZI                    CAN  2:27:34
3  Jason MAYEROFF                 USA  2:30:34
4  Johann SALAZAR                 CAN  2:32:43
5  Matthew LEDUC                  CAN  2:36:19
6  James DERICK                   USA  2:39:57
7  Predrag MLADENOVIC             CAN  2:42:38
8  Jean-Pierre POLI               CAN  2:43:07
9  Laurent JUGANT                 CAN  2:44:35
10 Esteban VANEGAS                USA  2:45:48

WOMEN:
1  Paula WILTSE                   CAN  2:51:58
2  Leah JABBOUR                   CAN  3:01:17
3  Christina CLARK                CAN  3:04:52
4  Kimberley MEULLER              USA  3:07:58
5  Elina JUNNILA                  FIN  3:13:27
6  Rachel KIRSCH                  USA  3:14:19
7  Nathalie GOYER                 CAN  3:19:11
8  Kate MAYHOOK                   USA  3:20:27
9  Louise VOGHEL                  CAN  3:21:18
10 Pamela TAFFEIREN               CAN  3:25:14

HALF MARATHON 
MEN:
1  Derek NAKLUSKI                 CAN  1:05:33
2  Rejean CHIASSON                CAN  1:06:16
3  Evans Maiko MOMANYI            KEN  1:10:56

WOMEN: 
1  Lucy NJERI                     KEN  1:13:57
2  Mota GADEFA                    ETH  1:14:16
3  Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA         CAN  1:18:33

21 OCTOBER 2012: SEMI MARATHON DE ST DENIS – LA VOIE ROYALE, FRANCE

MEN:
1  Alfred CHEROP                  KEN  1:02:51
2  Nicholas TOGOM                 KEN  1:02:54
3  Evans KIPLAGAT                 KEN  1:03:13
4  Patrick CHEROTWO               KEN  1:03:47
5  Hirpo TSEGAYE                  ETH  1:03:56
6  Tsegaye MEKONNEN               ETH  1:03:59
7  Evans Kipkoech KORIR           KEN  1:04:05
8  Titus KOMEN                    KEN  1:04:27
9  Tekle MEKONEN                  ETH  1:04:30
10 Dickson Kimaiyo KIMUTAI        KEN  1:05:17

WOMEN:
1  Mary Wacera NGUIGI             KEN  1:10:54
2  Cynthia JEROTICH               KEN  1:11:00
3  Gladys KIPSOI                  KEN  1:12:03
4  Leonidah MOSOP                 KEN  1:12:29
5  Alemu WORKNESH                 ETH  1:13:14
6  Meseret TAYE                   ETH  1:14:40
7  Dehininet DEMSEW               ETH  1:14:40
8  Leah ROTICH                    KEN  1:16:51
9  Stella Jepnget BARBOSIO        KEN  1:23:20
10 Laure Christin EMERY           FRA  1:34:20

10km
MEN:
1  Dawit WELDESELASSIE            ETH  29:33
2  Pierre URRUTY                  FRA  31:23
3  Evgeni PISHCHALOV              RUS  31:32

WOMEN:
1  Elena SEDOVA                   RUS  33:39
2  Betty KATAMBI                       34:48
3  Hanan FARHIOUN                      35:24

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28 OCTOBER 2012: ADIDAS AUCKLAND MARATHON, NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Marathon Auckland Marathon

MEN:
1  Rowan WALKER                   AUS  2:24:06
2  Scott WINTON                   NZL  2:29:18
3  Tony PAYNE                     NZL  2:31:07
4  Graeme TAYLOR                  NZL  2:31:27
5  Nick PANNET                    NZL  2:33:42
6  Ross MCINTYRE                  NZL  2:34:16
7  Nick PORTAS                    NZL  2:35:55
8  Johan VANHOOVELS               NZL  2:36:23
9  Dave RIDLEY                    NZL  2:39:10
10 Adrian LYSAGHT                 NZL  2:39:13

WOMEN:
1  Alexandra WILLIAMS             NZL  2:41:28
2  Sally GIBBS                    NZL  2:46:14
3  Anita KEEM                     AUS  2:46:47
4  Shireen CRUMPTON               NZL  2:52:18
5  Candice HAMMOND                NZL  2:53:04
6  Helen EWING                    NZL  2:55:49
7  Melissa NORRIS                 NZL  2:57:22
8  Lizzie WESLEY-SMITH            NZL  2:58:07
9  Angela LECK                    NZL  2:58:37
10 Laura LEESON                   NZL  3:03:30

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Edwin KAITANY                  KEN  1:09:39
2  Steven OCALLAGHAN              NZL  1:09:50
3  Jonathan JACKSON               NZL  1:10:43

WOMEN:
1  Lisa ROBERTSON                 NZL  1:17:28
2  Danielle INGRAM-TRAVIS         NZL  1:18:32
3  Maria BENTLEY                  NZL  1:20:49

28 OCTOBER 2012: 63rd CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON INT'L MARATHON, KOREA

Chunchon Marathon Chunchon Marathon

Four runners held together to 35km at which point David Kering put in an effort which gradually broke all the others. In the women's race Yu-jin Park passed 20km in 1:14:07 after which she dropped her last remaining rival, Sook-Jung Lee, and strode on to win.

MEN:
1  David Kemboi KIYENG            KEN 2:10:05
2  Nickson KURGAT                 KEN 2:10:39
3  Negari TERFA                   ETH 2:11:45
4  Ben Kiplimo MUTAI              KEN 2:12:38
5  Marius KIPSEREM                KEN 2:13:49
6  Paul Kipkorir KIPKEMOI         KEN 2:14:50
 
WOMEN:
1  Yu-Jin PARK                    KOR 2:41:55
2  Sun-Ae KIM                     KOR 2:42:57
3  Sook-Jung LEE                  KOR 2:49:27
4  Eun-Young JANG                 KOR 2:51:24

28 OCTOBER 2012: BMW FRANKFURT MARATHON, GERMANY

Photos: Jiro Mochizuki

Frankfurt Marathon

World record holder Patrick Makau won the 31st edition on a cool bright morning with temperatures struggling to reach 2°C writes Pat Butcher. Makau never looked comfortable at the back of a leading group of 12. He dropped off the back several times but fought back into contention. When Deressa Chimsa shot away from the diminished group of five at 34km, he left Makau 50m in arrears. Makau gradually reeled him back in and took the lead at 39km to finish in the Festhalle greeted by fireworks, cheerleaders and ear-splitting music. "My legs weren't working today," said Makau, explaining his relatively sluggish performance.

Frankfurt Marathon

A new world record was never in prospect, as the leading group passed through 2km in 6:08 and 10km in 29:56. Makau briefly lost touch with the leaders after halfway (1:02:52). It was now more a question of whether he would finish.

In contrast the leading women always looked well on the way to a new course record as defending champion and record holder (2:21:59), Mamitu Daska headed a group of five, including Marathon debutante Meselech Melkamu, Bezunesh Bekele, and two Kenyans, Georgina Rono and Agnes Barsosio.

Bekele dropped back at 30km but hung on and eventually passed Barsosio to finish fourth. But when Melkamu made her effort at 37km, the remaining trio split up, and Melkamu, running her first race over 10km, went away to an impressive victory which took nearly a minute off Daska's record from last year.

MEN:
1  Patrick MAKAU                  KEN  2:06:08
2  Deressa CHIMSA                 ETH  2:06:52
3  Gilbert KIRWA                  KEN  2:07:35
4  Peter SOME                     KEN  2:08:29
5  Bazu WORKU                     ETH  2:08:35
6  Albert MATEBOR                 KEN  2:08:53
7  Victor KIPCHIRCHIR             KEN  2:09:13
8  Shume LEGESSE                  ETH  2:10:01
9  Tola BANE                      ETH  2:10:58
10 Isaias BEYN                    ERI  2:11:53


WOMEN:
1  Meselech MELKAMU               ETH  2:21:01
2  Georgina RONO                  KEN  2:21:39
3  Mamitu DASKA                   ETH  2:23:52
4  Bezunesh BEKELE                ETH  2:23:58
5  Agnes BARSOSIO                 KEN  2:24:27
6  Zemzem AHMED                   ETH  2:27:16
7  Iwona LEWANDOWSKA              POL  2:28:36
8  Lisa HAHNER                    GER  2:31:28
9  Tetyana VERNYHOR               UKR  2:33:51
10 Catherine BERTONE              ITA  2:34:58

28 OCTOBER 2012: LAUSANNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND

MEN:
1  Bartosz OLSZEWSKI              POL  2:32:07
2  Krzysztof BARTKIEWICZ          POL  2:36:42
3  Benoit GANDELOT                FRA  2:39:12
4  Filipe VERCRUYSSE              SUI  2:40:09
5  Rolf ERNI                      SUI  2:41:11
6  Benoit BARBEREAU               SUI  2:43:53
7  Robert ORTON                   FRA  2:43:59
8  Petr ULICH                     CZE  2:46:31
9  Florian PIGUET                 SUI  2:47:05
10 Alexander SASS                 SUI  2:47:10

WOMEN:
1  Laura HREBEC                   SUI  2:41:37
2  Lucilia DELPEDRO               SUI  2:59:54
3  Laurence YERLY-CATTIN          SUI  3:00:40
4  Carole GENOUD                  SUI  3:08:59
5  Virginie PYTEL                 SUI  3:11:54
6  Stinjtje REULEN-LANGEL         SUI  3:12:58
7  Laurence NOGUE                 FRA  3:14:08
8  Mary COTE                      USA  3:16:50
9  Corinne WENGER                 SUI  3:21:56
10 Regula BAUMBERGER              SUI  3:22:07

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Evans Kibet CHGELANGA          KEN  1:04:46
2  Julius Cheruiyot KOECH         KEN  1:05:52
3  Philip Kiptoo RUTTO            KEN  1:05:59

WOMEN:
1  Elena SEDOVA                   FRA  1:16:02
2  Renate WYSS                    SUI  1:17:45
3  Magali Dimarco MESSMER         SUI  1:20:00

28 OCTOBER 2012: LJUBLJANSKI MARATON, SLOVENIA

Sunny and dry weather before the race changed to 5cm snowfall on race monring and temperatures around freezing writes Tomo Sarf. There was a record number of registrations, most of them for the half marathon but about 1500 in the marathon, but because of the unfriendly weather many changed their minds on race morning, and the record was not broken. Generally numbers are growing from year to year and Ljubljana has one of the highest levels of participation compared to the national population (2 million). The flat course helps to attract marathon runners seeking personal bests.

A strong group of African elite runners had been invited to attack the course record (2:08:25/2011) but the extremely cold weather made for a cautious start. At around halfway Berhanu Shiferaw upped the pace and no one could follow him. He ran the second lap facing the cold and wind alone and considering this recorded a very good time. It was similar in the women's race where none of the invited Africans, paced by Slovenian Olympic qualifier Mitja Kosovelj, could get within five minutes of the record (2:25:24).

MEN:
1  Berhanu SHIFERAW               ETH  2:09:40
2  Birhanu GEBRU                  ETH  2:11:20
3  Daniel CHEPYEGON               UGA  2:11:49
4  Joseph LANGAT                  ETH  2:13:18
5  Edwin KIMAIYO                  KEN  2:13:35
6  Sammy KIBET                    KEN  2:13:54
7  Dereje DEBELE                  ETH  2:16:42
8  Paul KIRUI                     KEN  2:16:56
9  Edwin KUTTO                    KEN  2:23:09
10 Anton KOSMAC                   SLO  2:23:10

WOMEN:
1  Worknesh TOLA                  ETH  2:30:45
2  Ruth WANJIRU                   KEN  2:34:37
3  Aberash NEGASA                 ETH  2:35:50
4  Jane ROTICH                    KEN  2:37:05
5  Tatyana VILISOVA               RUS  2:40:01
6  Neza MRAVLJE                   RUS  2:44:40
7  Daneja GRANDOVEC               SLO  2:58:45
8  Mojca KERMAVNAR                SLO  3:07:18
9  Svetlana NIKITINA              RUS  3:07:56
10 Katja RAKUSCEK                 SLO  3:13:44

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Mitja KREVS                    SLO  1:09:20
2  Urban JEREB                    SLO  1:11:53
3  Jakob Trsan VID                SLO  1:12:34

WOMEN:
1  Timea MERENYI                  HUN  1:19:40
2  Lidija CERKOVNIK               SLO  1:21:25
3  Neja KRSINAR                   SLO  1:22:30

28 OCTOBER 2012: 6th LUCERNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND

Lucerne Marathon Lucerne Marathon

The sixth edition suffered winter conditions: constant snowfall and temperatures around freezing point, yet many personal best times were achieved. The medical staff had less to do than ever before. A new record of 10 700 participants entered and 8 500 finished, only 600 less than last year. There were 1635 finishers in the Marathon and 5769 in the half marathon. The seventh edition will be held on 27 October 2013 as the SwissCityMarathon — Lucerne, with an extended course through the historic old town of Lucerne.

MEN:
1  Patrick JEANNERET              SUI  2:39:03
2  Steve GISLER                   SUI  2:39:08
3  Alexander WEISS                AUT  2:41:31  
4  Beat BURKHARD                  SUI  2:41:57
5  Rolf FREI                      SUI  2:41:57
6  Roman WYSS                     SUI  2:43:10
7  Michael EGGENBERGER            SUI  2:43:50
8  Rico ELMER                     SUI  2:46:30
9  Vlastimil KACIR                CZE  2:47:09
10 Patrick WILLCOCK                    2:47:21

WOMEN:
1  Lucia MAYER                    SUI  2:49:02
2  Emma POOLEY                    GBR  2:55:36
3  Petra EGGENSCHWILER            SUI  2:56:08
4  Franzi INAUEN                  SUI  2:57:37
5  Christine WYRSCH               SUI  3:06:23
6  Desiree GERMANN                SUI  3:07:42
7  Simone HERTENSTEIN             SUI  3:08:34
8  Judith AREGGER                 SUI  3:08:56
9  Sarah BLEISCH                  SUI  3:09:44
10 Regula WUEST                   SUI  3:12:53

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Markus HAUBER                  GER  1:11:23
2  Dominik LOETSCHER              SUI  1:12:18
3  Fabian KREIENBUHL              SUI  1:13:05

WOMEN:
1  Simone MAISSENBACHER           GER  1:20:27
2  Katherina HEINIG               GER  1:21:30
3  Rebecca RUEGGE                 SUI  1:22:33

28 OCTOBER 2012: MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA

MEN:
1  Augustus MAIYO                 ETH  2:20:20
2  Kenneth FOSTER                 USA  2:22:39
3  Birhanu TADESSE                ETH  2:23:03
4  Charles BALLEW                 USA  2:23:42
5  Jhovany Hernandez JUAREZ       USA  2:24:00
6  Patrick FERNANDEZ              USA  2:25:29
7  Robert CHESERET                KEN  2:27:52
8  Brian DUMM                     USA  2:29:57
9  Andrew DUMM                    USA  2:30:56
10 Justin TURNER                  USA  2:31:08

WOMEN:
1  Hirut GUANQUL                  ETH  2:42:03
2  Wayinshet HAILU                ETH  2:47:04
3  Erin RICHARD                   USA  2:48:11
4  Perry SHOEMAKER                USA  2:52:22
5  Kara WATERS                    USA  2:52:32
6  Elissa BALLAS                  USA  2:53:51
7  Emma BOHMAN                    USA  2:58:02
8  Brenda SCHRANK                 USA  2:59:04
9  Nicole  SOLANA                 USA  2:59:38
10 Sara DAY                       USA  2:59:49

28 OCTOBER 2012: STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA

Nairobi Marathon

Photo: Stafford Ondego — Tee Standard

Overcast conditions proved a blessing for the runners in the 10th edition writes Mutwiri Mutuota. Wesley Kibet in his third successive race, timed his break to perfection, 2km from the finish and slipped three seconds under Ernest Kebeneoi's mark from last year. He had been locked together with Abraham Keter and Moses Kigen since 33km. In the women's race Salome Jerono ran the last 10km unchallenged.

"I did 2:26 in my first event and improved to 2:19 last year. But today, I surprised myself by winning in a course record." said Kibet. The men's event is yet to witness a repeat winner.

Jerona had the women's race won from 32km and ran solo against the clock to take the victory.

MEN:
1  Wesley KIBET                   KEN  2:10:40
2  Abraham KETER                  KEN  2:10:50
3  Moses KIGEN                    KEN  2:11:05
4  Ronald KURGAT                  KEN  2:11:08
5  Joseph BIWOTT                  KEN  2:11:14
6  Elisha BARNO                   KEN  2:11:19
7  Duncan MAIYO                   KEN  2:11:47
8  Jackson LOKOCHOL               KEN  2:11:53
9  Felix KIPROTICH                KEN  2:12:03
10 Henry TARUS                    KEN  2:13:17

WOMEN:
1  Salome JERONO                  KEN  2:26:41
2  Alice CHELEGAT                 KEN  2:28:04
3  Mercy CHEMUTAI                 KEN  2:31:30
4  Grace KITONGA                  KEN  2:34:31
5  Caroline KOMEN                 KEN  2:35:51
6  Joan KIGEN                     KEN  2:35:54
7  Salome JEPCHUMBA               KEN  2:36:57
8  Susan NYAKARIEGA               KEN  2:38:30
9  Eunice CHEBICHII               KEN  2:38:58
10 Jackline KEMUNTO               KEN  2:39:34

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Mathew KIPROTICH               KEN  1:02:19
2  Joseph APERUMOI                KEN  1:02:54
3  Peter CHESANG                  KEN  1:03:03

WOMEN:
1  Pascalia JEPKORIR              KEN  1:08:12
2  Beatrice CHEROP                KEN  1:12:43
3  Gladys JEPKECHEI               KEN  1:13:13

28 OCTOBER 2012: PODGORICA MARATHON, MONTENEGRO

Podgorica Marathon Podgorica Marathon

The 19th edition incorporated the Montenego Championships for the 17th time, in both Marathon and Half Marathon. Over 280 runners from 29 countries took part, along with another 1000 in the supporting "eco-race". Many runners had problems because of the heavy rain which fell throughout the competition, although good results were still achieved. The total prize fund was 20,000 euros.

MEN:
1  Elisha Kiprotich SAWE          KEN  2:19:23
2  Andrew Kilonzi KIMANTHI        KEN  2:21:11
3  Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOT        KEN  2:28:51
4  Abraham Talam KIPKEMEI         KEN  2:30:04
5  Milos MILANOVIC                SRB  2:32:54
6  Nicodemus BIWOTT               KEN  2:35:29
7  Kristijan STOSIC               SRB  2:37:53
8  Jasmin STITKOVAC               BIH  2:41:29
9  Branko STEVIC                  SRB  2:43:03
10 Mesfin Tekele WOLDEJESUS       ETH  2:46:37

WOMEN:
1  Olivera JEVTIC                 SRB  2:37:58
2  Ana SUBOTIC                    SRB  2:42:36
3  Sladana PERUNOVICH             MNE  2:48:42
4  Nadezhda SEMILETOVA            RUS  2:52:32
5  Marija VRAJIC                  CRO  3:02:05
6  Lidija MIKLOS                  SRB  3:16:34
7  Hiroko OGAWA                   JPN  3:36:43

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Velimir BOJOVIC                SRB  1:09:31
2  Sasa STOLIC                    SRB  1:09:44
3  Duro KODZO                     BIH  1:10:07

WOMEN:
1  Biljana CVIJANOVIC             BIH  1:20:35
2  Vladana GAVRANOVIC             BIH  1:22:51
3  Ana SEKULIC                    SRB  1:26:17

28 OCTOBER 2012: EDP PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL

Runners awoke in the race hotel to the sound of wind rattling their windows, and although the morning was cool, bright and sunny the day's times were never going to be fast on this exposed coastal and estuarine course. The first five kilometres were overall downhill and the split of 15:15 flattered to deceive. Even after the coast was reached at 7km the next 7km are out-back northward, within the protective cover of residential blocks and industrial suburbs of Matosinhos. A group of 12 still held together along the esplanade leading towards the Douro Estuary, but James Moiben's pacing, bringing the leaders through halfway in 1:06:07, had reduced the group to five. The second pacemaker finished duty at 25km and then Anthony Wairuri took up the running, rounding the turn point at 27km with a slim advantage over Dadi Tesfaye Beyene and Belachew Alemayahu. The positions remained the same to the finish as Wairuri ran strongly in the testing conditions to record exactly equal splits while all behind him gradually slowed.

The women's race was only decided in the final uphill kilometre as a group of four stuck closely together until that point. Abeba Teklu Gebremeskel proved strongest with little to separate the three who followed her in.

MEN:
1  Anthony WAIRURI                KEN  2:12:14
2  Dadi Tesfaye BEYENE            ETH  2:14:38
3  Belachew ALEMAYEHU             ETH  2:14:42
4  Demelash Dinku HABTE           ETH  2:20:26
5  Eliud KIPSEREM                 KEN  2:21:20
6  Daniel PINHEIRO                POR  2:25:11
7  Daniel PEIXOTO                 POR  2:27:13
8  Alberto CHAICA                 POR  2:29:39
9  Helder FEREIRRA                POR  2:32:45
10 Paulo PEREIRA                  POR  2:35:47

WOMEN:
1  Abera Teklu GEBREMESKEL        ETH  2:39:51
2  Zenebu Haftu ABAY              ETH  2:40:07
3  Gulume Tollesa CHALA           ETH  2:40:15
4  Rael KIMAIYO                   KEN  2:40:21
5  Lidia PEREIRA                  POR  3:06:50
6  Evelina SHAMAROVA              RUS  3:08:08
7  Helena LOBO                    POR  3:08:49
8  Amelia COSTA                   POR  3:20:35
9  Janine COELHO                  POR  3:21:08
10 Lucinda SOUSA                  POR  3:21:18

28 OCTOBER 2012: UWI-SPEC INT'L HALF MARATHON, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Three weeks after setting a national record (1:15:11) under testing conditions at the World Half Marathon Championships Tonya Nero recorded a runaway win, with physical conditions being even more testing in this event.

MEN:
1  George TOWETT                  USA  1:08:25
2  Richard JONES                  TRI  1:09:44
3  Matthew HAGLEY                 TRI  1:10:05
4  Curtis COX                     TRI  1:10:30
5  Danzel Everand RAMIREZ         TRI  1:11:20
6  Kelvin JOHNSON                 TRI  1:13:26
7  Jules Joel LA RODE             TRI  1:13:29
8  Sandino NERO                   TRI  1:16:56
9  Shirvan BABOOLAL               TRI  1:17:31
10 Volwin MERCURIUS               TRI  1:17:55

WOMEN:
1  Tonya NERO                     TRI  1:18:20
2  Celine LESTRADE                TRI  1:35:05
3  Juliet JOHN-SAMBRANO           TRI  1:40:45
4  Carline PIPE                   TRI  1:43:56
5  Thais GUTIERREZ                TRI  1:47:35
6  Wendy SHALLOW                  TRI  1:47:39
7  Leisl PUUCKERIN                TRI  1;48:27
8  Paulette LUCESS                TRI  1:52:03
9  Alissa Mary BIBB               TRI  1:52:33
10 Nicola DE PASS                 TRI  1:55:14

28 OCTOBER 2012: VENICE MARATHON, ITALY

Rain, wind and high tide didn't stop runners in the 27th edition as 5931 finished out of 6214 starters.

The men started cautiously into a strong headwind, passing halfway in 1:08:19. It was not until 35km that Philemon Kipchumba Kisang lengthened his stride and moved away from Titus Kwemoi Masai and Elijah Karanja. The Italian Domenico Ricatti finished strongly, as he crossed the bridges into Venice, to secure fourth place. Karanja remarked: "It was a hard race, especially when crossing the Ponte della Libertà with the rain and the high wind; thanks to the warmth of the spectators I was able to complete".

In the women's race Ethiopians Emebet Etea Bedada and Fantu Eticha Jimma ran side by side until 30km, when Bedada went ahead. As Jimma then faltered Helima Hassen Beriso took the advantage and came through to finish second. Again, it was an Italian who took fourth place, Monica Carlin.

MEN:
1  Philemon Kipchumba KISANG      KEN  2:17:00
2  Titus Kwemoi MASAI             KEN  2:18:21
3  Elijah KARANJA                 KEN  2:19:41
4  Domenico RICATTI               ITA  2:19:43
5  Habtamu Fikadu AWASH           ETH  2:21:00
6  Patrick Kiptanui KORIR         KEN  2:24:58
7  Said BOUDALIA                  ITA  2:27:50
8  Dario ROGNONI                  ITA  2:30:30
9  Giancarlo SIMION               ITA  2:30:46
10 Robert NDIWA                   KEN  2:30:48

WOMEN:
1  Emebet Etea BEDADA             ETH  2:38:10
2  Halima Hassen BERISO           ETH  2:48:32
3  Fanta Etichu JIMMA             ETH  2:50:46
4  Monica CARLIN                  ITA  2:54:13
5  Mauricia CUNICO                ITA  2:56:57
6  Noemy GIZZI                    ITA  3:01:08
7  Ambra VECCHIATO                ITA  3:01:16
8  Pamela MARKLEY                 USA  3:01:33
9  Francesca PATUELLI             ITA  3:03:12
10 Rosella DE ROSE                ITA  3:09:48

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29 OCTOBER 2012: NATIONAL LOTTERY DUBLIN MARATHON, IRELAND

MEN:
1  Geoffrey NDUNGU                KEN  2:11:09
2  Robert KIPCHUMBA               KEN  2:11:26
3  Abdisa BEDADA                  ETH  2:11:31
4  Urga NEGEWO                    ETH  2:13:15
5  Charles KIBIWOT                KEN  2:13:31
6  Demessew TSEGE                 ETH  2:13:34
7  David KISANG                   KEN  2:13:38
8  Jacob CHESIRE                  KEN  2:16:19
9  Paul POLLOCK                   IRL  2:16:30
10 Othaniel PAHLANE               RSA  2:16:53

WOMEN: 
1  Magadalene MUKUNZI             KEN  2:30:45
2  Faith CHEMAOI                  KEN  2:31:10
3  Natalia PUNCHKOVA              RUS  2:31:42
4  Ashete Bekera DIDI             ETH  2:33:29
5  Marina KOVALEVA                RUS  2:34:52
6  Helalia JOHANNES               NAM  2:35:00
7  Yuliya RUBAN                   UKR  2:36:24
8  Barbara SANCHEZ                IRL  2:42:10
9  Pauline CURLEY                 IRL  2:45:51
10 Annette KEALY                  IRL  2:49:43

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