February 2015
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1 FEBRUARY 2015: BEPPU-OITA INT'L MARATHON, JAPAN
After a slow first 5km, (15:27) the pace picked up and the lead pack stretched out to reach 10km in 30:35, The pace continue to quicken and by 20km
The lead pack was temporarily reduced to 10. However they slowed after 24km and two regained contact. Pacemakers dropped out at 30km to leave a group of six, five of whom eventually took the first five finishing positions, At 32km Tewelde Estifanios increased the pace and only Hiroki Kadota and Hiroyuki Yamamoto tried to stay with him. Yamamoto let go first, and then Kadota.
MEN (ONLY): 1 Twelde ESTIFANOS ERI 2:10:18 2 Hiroki KADOTA JPN 2:10:46 3 Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO JPN 2:11:48 4 Abraham KIPLIMO UGA 2:12:23 5 Satoshi YOSHII JPN 2:12:48 6 Naoki OKAMOTO JPN 2:12:55 7 Taiga ITO JPN 2:13:09 8 Yusei NAKAO JPN 2:13:23
1 FEBRUARY 2015: KAGAWA-MARUGAME INT'L HALF MARATHON, JAPAN
In the men's race a close but even-paced race got the best out of two debutants, Kenya's Paul Kuria and New Zealander Zane Robertson, who were locked together for the entire race. Behind them four of the next six runners posted personal best times.
MEN: 1 Paul KURIA KEN 59:47 2 Zane ROBERTSON NZL 59:47 3 Bernard KOECH KEN 1:00:09 4 Benjamin NGANDU KEN 1:00:20 5 Juan Luis BARRIOS MEX 1:00:46 6 Jacob WANJUKI KEN 1:00:48 7 Masato KIKUCHI JPN 1:00:57 8 Keita SHITARA JPN 1:01:20 9 Daichi KAMINO JPN 1:01:21 10 Ken YOKOTE JPN 1:01:37 WOMEN: 1 Eloise WELLINGS AUS 1:10:41 2 Mao KIYOTA JPN 1:10:59 3 Yuko MIZUGUCHI JPN 1:11:03 4 Eri MAKIKAWA JPN 1:11:04 5 Misato HORIE JPN 1:11:06 6 Kaho TANAKA JPN 1:11:12 7 Hanae TANAKA JPN 1:11:24 8 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 1:13:07
1 FEBRUARY 2015: MOSTRA D'OLTREMARE HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Abderrafi ROQFI MAR 1:06:22 2 Giovanni GRANO ITA 1:08:34 3 Ismail ADIM MAR 1:08:44 4 Mourad EL MOURID ITA 1:10:19 5 Giuseppe SOPRANO ITA 1:10:48 6 Gianluca PIERMATTEO ITA 1:13:35 7 Gennaro VARRELLA ITA 1:13:45 8 Enrico SIGNORELLI ITA 1:13:52 9 Gennaro CIAMBRIELLO ITA 1:15:20 10 Marco PICCOLO ITA 1:16:00 WOMEN: 1 Siham LAARAICHI MAR 1:19:44 2 Gloria MARCONI ITA 1:22:03 3 Chiara GIANGRANDI ITA 1:26:22 4 Fabiola DESIDERIO ITA 1:27:54 5 Concetta FRANZESE ITA 1:28:48 6 Ciara COLATOSTI ITA 1:30:35 7 Carmela FEBBRAIO ITA 1:31:22 8 Assunta GIOCONDO ITA 1:31:36 9 Giovanna DABUNDO ITA 1:32:40 10 Lucia AVOLIO ITA 1:33:27
8 FEBRUARY 2015: KITAKYUSHU MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Koichiro YAMANAKA JPN 2:29:41 2 Tatsuya MATSUMOTO JPN 2:30:13 3 Tetsuo TOYONAGA JPN 2:33:04 WOMEN: 1 Chika TAWARA JPN 2:51:11 2 Kumiko KOJYO JPN 2:51:31 3 Miki KAKIMOTO JPN 2:57:19
8 FEBRUARY 2015: STANDARD CHARTERED TAIPEI MARATHON
MEN: 1 Lazarus TOO KEN 2:16:54 2 George ONYANCHA KEN 2:19:24 3 Josphat KIPTANUI KEN 2:19:33 4 Japheth KORIR KEN 2:19:46 5 Geofrey BIRGEN KEN 2:20:55 6 Jackson Chirchir KIPROTICH KEN 2:22:31 7 John Samoei KIPROP KEN 2:23:43 8 Boaz Kipyego KIPKORIR KEN 2:25:41 9 George Kiprop NGETICH KEN 2:27:31 10 Omar BEKKALI MAR 2:32:03 WOMEN: 1 Nancy Joan ROTICH KEN 2:41:35 2 Emily Samoei CHEPKEMBOI KEN 2:42:02 3 Shu-Hua CHEN TPE 2:44:27 4 Maximila Koros JEROTICH KEN 2:45:43 5 Susan CHEPKWONY KEN 3:07:48 6 Pei-Yu CHIEN TPE 3:10:35 7 Chi Ling MOK HKG 3:13:15 8 Ling-Chun CHOU TPE 3:14:57 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Chin-Ping HO TPE 1:07:50 2 Enock Kipchirchir KIGEN KEN 1:08:48 3 Willy ROTICH KEN 1:09:08 WOMEN: 1 unknown TPE 1:17:40 2 Chien-Ho HSIEH TPE 1:19:02 3 Jackline NZIVO KEN 1:20:12
13 FEBRUARY 2015: RAS AL KHAIMAH HALF MARATHON, UNTED ARAB EMIRATES
Photos: Vic Sailor
The men's and women's races developed in complete contrast, with a relaxed group of 10 men passing through the first 5km in a leisurely 14:33 and holding together as they marginally increased the pace in the next 5km (14:23). The women, on the other hand started at a respectable pace with a group of five passing 5km only 70 seconds behind the lead men. Mary Keitany led, and increased the pace over the next 5km to pass 10km in 31:07 — on pace to break her own course record of 1:05.50 and with Mamitu Daska, Cynthia Limo and Josephine Chepkoech hanging on. All three went on to significantly improve their personal bests, but even as Keitany ran away from them the possibility of a course record was slipping away. She eventually finished with the second fastest time over the RAK course and the third fastest ever run.
After 15km in the men's race, still with a lead group of nine, a break was attempted which strung the field out but too many remained together to prevent the endgame being other than tactical conservation of energy for a final kick. 23-year old Mosinet Geremew proved fastest in the finishing straight as five men finished within nine seconds and for only the second time in the race's nine-year history none among them broke the hour.
MEN: 1 Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 1:00:05 2 Daniel WANJIRU KEN 1:00:06 3 Jonathan MAIYO KEN 1:00:08 4 Edwin KIPTOO KEN 1:00:11 5 Mike KIGEN KEN 1:00:14 6 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 1:00:50 7 Tsegaye MEKONNEN ETH 1:01:05 8 Abera KUMA ETH 1:01:07 9 Demessew TSEGA ETH 1:01:36 10 Peter KIRUI KEN 1:03:32 WOMEN: 1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:06:02 2 Mamitu DASKA ETH 1:06:28 3 Cynthis LIMO KEN 1:07:02 4 Josephoone CHEPKOECH KEN 1:07:32 5 Worknesh DEGEFA ETH 1:10:45 6 Meseret HAILU ETH 1:10:58 7 Philes ONGIORI KEN 1:12:15
14 FEBRUARY 2014: AL AMERAT 9km CHALLENGE RACE, OMAN
469 men and 168 women tackled the twisting mountain highway on which this uphill and downhill challenge is run. There were 435 women and 284 men in the associated fun race, making a grand total of 1356 in both races from 24 different countries. This was up from 560 runners from 21 countries the year before.
MEN: 1 Abdullah ALJOUD KSA 29:55 2 Dickson MARWA TAN 30:08 3 Anwar ALGHOZ MAR 30:40 4 Paul KIHARA KEN 31:25 5 Ibrahim AL SILEIMARI MAR 32:24 6 Metafaria TEKLU ETH 32:32 7 Alhaj MASAWI MAR 32:35 8 Moses NJERI KEN 33:19 9 Ebba YASSIN ETH 33:39 10 Ibrahim ALMAARI MAR 34:15 WOMEN: 1 Naomi MAIYO KEN 34:45 2 Millicent GATHONI KEN 35:06 3 Tizita BEGALE ETH 37:35 4 Belaynesh YAMI ETH 38:46 5 Asta PARKER ISL 42:36 6 Rosalie UPHILL GBR 43:39 7 Charlotte NED 47:06 8 Cora VLOT NED 48:48 9 Maureen GETTY IRL 48:51 10 Irene NGENO KEN 49:30
15 FEBRUARY 2015: eDREAMS MITJA MARATO DE BARCELONA, SPAIN
Florence Kiplagat improved on her own half-marathon mark set in the same race last year by three seconds writes Phil Minshull and John Mulkeen. She also set world records* for 15km and 20km en route. Kiplagat' benefited from almost perfect conditions in the Catalan capital, with slightly overcast skies and temperatures hovering about 10 degrees Celsius. Helped by male pacemakers Marc Roig and her compatriot Ezekiel Kipchirchir, she passed through 5km in 15:38 and 10km in 31:01, eight seconds up on her pace from last year. After covering the next 5km in 15:12, she passed 15km in 46:13, 15 seconds inside Tirunesh Dibaba's world record for the distance. The final five kilometres took her 20 seconds longer than last year but she still passed through 20km in 1:01:53 which took three seconds off that world record as well, to finish 12th overall.
Approximately 15,000 runners, more than 25% of which were women, took part in the race.
*subject to the usual ratification procedures
MEN: 1 Tadesse ABRAHAM SUI 1:00:42 2 Getu FELEKE ETH 1:00:45 3 Azmerew MENGISTU ETH 1:00:48 4 Yitayal ATANFU ETH 1:01:16 5 Fentahun HUNEGNAW ETH 1:01:18 6 Abel KIRUI KEN 1:01:22 7 Luka ROTICH KEN 1:02:20 8 Emmanuel MUTAI KEN 1:03:13 9 Henry SANG KEN 1:03:45 10 Hendrick PFEIFFER GER 1:04:27 WOMEN: 1 Florence KIPLAGAT KEN 1:05:09 2 Elizabeth LEE IRL 1:14:06 3 Charlotte KARLSSON SWE 1:15:25 4 Fatima EL AOUJA ESP 1:16:04 5 Adeline ROCHE FRA 1:16:11 6 Hasna BAHOM ESP 1:18:31 7 Lisa PALMER GBR 1:18:55 8 Mirjam BEBI SWE 1:20:52 9 Maria VASCO ESP 1:21:43 10 Cristina FARIA FRA 1:23:00
15 FEBRUARY 2015: GUILIETTA & ROMEO HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Elijah SEREM KEN 1:01:08 2 Robert NDIWA KEN 1:02:08 3 Bernard Kiplangat BETT KEN 1:03:05 4 Ezekiel CHEPKOROM UGA 1:04:01 5 Daniel GHEBREHIWET ITA 1:04:46 6 Gabriele CARLETTI ITA 1:04:49 7 Simone GARIBOLDI ITA 1:05:32 8 Giovanni GUALDI ITA 1:07:20 9 Andrew MANGATA KEN 1:07:53 10 Gilio IANNONE ITA 1:09:55 WOMEN: 1 Sara DOSSENA ITA 1:13:25 2 Patricia MORCELI SUI 1:14:43 3 Debora TONIOLO ITA 1:15:29 4 Federica DAL RI ITA 1:15:56 5 Kathrin HANSPETER ITA 1:16:19 6 Federica PROIETTI ITA 1:18:47 7 Joanna BOURKE NZL 1:22:19 8 Mirella BERGAMO ITA 1:22:21 9 Lorenza BEATRICI ITA 1:23:08 10 Sonia Maria CONCEICAO ITA 1:24:09
15 FEBRUARY 2015: KYOTO MARATHON, JAPAN
12000 men and 4000 women took part, including 1774 foreign runners representing 44 countries.
MEN: 1 Hiroko YOKOYAMA JPN 2:21:14 2 Dasuke MIZOBUCHI JPN 2:25:32 3 Hiroko FUJINAGA JPN 2:25:54 4 Seji MIWA JPN 2:26:51 5 Kentaro FUJIWARA JPN 2:26:53 6 Yuta FUWA JPN 2:28:34 7 Jyun IMADA JPN 2:29:28 8 Koki KODERA JPN 2:29:39 9 Ryo INOUE JPN 2:29:58 10 Hodaka WAKISAKA JPN 2:30:23 WOMEN: 1 Ai FURUKUBO JPN 2:45:30 2 Mitsuko INO JPN 2:51:26 3 Kotoka HIRAI JPN 2:52:10 4 Reiko KOBAYASHI JPN 2:53:41 5 Nami OKADA JPN 2:56:30 6 Mikiko OTA JPN 2:59:37 7 Satomi OKA JPN 3:01:12 8 Yumi MINE JPN 3:02:31 9 Akiho MINATO JPN 3:03:04 10 Akiko KENEGAE JPN 3:03:28
15 FEBRUARY 2015: OHME-HOCHI 30km ROAD RACE, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Kiyokatsu HESEGAWA JPN 1:33:06 2 Satoshi KIKUCHI JPN 1:33:24 3 Kouhei OGINO JPN 1:33:42 4 Daisuke MATSUFUJI JPN 1:34:11 5 Nicholas ARCINIAGA USA 1:34:14 6 Mahoro IKEDA JPN 1:24:38 7 Masaki MATSUI JPN 1:35:00 8 Takato KOITABASHI JPN 1:35:24 9 Kaito KOITABASHI JPN 1:36:05 10 Tetsuya WATANABE JPN 1:37:18 WOMEN: 1 Megumi AMAKO JPN 1:46:52 2 Eri OKUBO JPN 1:52:19 3 Akane MUTAZAKI JPN 1:53:06 4 Mayumi UCHIYAMA JPN 1:53:46 5 Hisako SASAKI JPN 2:00:44 6 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 2:02:28 7 Keiko KARAKI JPN 2:03:11 8 Misao ISHIKAWA JPN 2:03:47 9 Anna NOVICK USA 2:07:09 10 Natsuko NAKAMURA JPN 2:07:57 10km MEN: 1 Hiromu ENDO JPN 30:41 2 Shunsuke KAMBE JPN 30:52 3 Tetsuya KISHI JPN 31:11 WOMEN: 1 Yumi MOTOHIRO JPN 33:52 2 Yuri ISHIKAWA JPN 34:13 3 Mayumi HARAKO JPN 35:15
15 FEBRUARY 2015: SAN VALENTINO MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Carmine BUCCILLI ITA 2:18:51 2 Mohamed HAJJY MAR 2:19:58 3 Youness ZITOUNI MAR 2:20:31 4 Abdelhadi TYAR MAR 2:21:34 5 Antonello PETREI ITA 2:35:17 6 Claudio CICCOTELLI ITA 2:36:19 7 Marco BOFFO ITA 2:37:03 8 Alessandro GALIZZI ITA 2:40:52 9 Fabio VOLZONE ITA 2:42:43 10 Fadil El SOUFYANE MAR 2:42:56 WOMEN: 1 Marija VRACIC CRO 2:55:21 2 Poala SALVATORE ITA 2:57:53 3 Monica CARLIN ITA 3:00:41 4 Cecilia TIRELLI ITA 3:05:24 5 Sara CARDUCCI ITA 3:06:38 6 Federica POESINI ITA 3:09:35 7 Christine MAYONNADE FRA 3:11:28 8 Cristina IMBUCATURA ITA 3:19:42 9 Elide DEL SINDACO ITA 3:20:26 10 Lorena PIASTRA ITA 3:24:59
22 FEBRUARY 2015: MEDIO MARATON DE GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Juan Luis BARRIOS MEX 1:03:21 2 Geoffrey KENISI KEN 1:03:52 3 Julius KIPYEGO KEN 1:03:54 4 Marcin CHABOWSKI POL 1:04:07 5 Aldo Raul VEGA MEX 1:04:47 6 Sergio PEDRAZA MEX 1:05:04 7 Nixon KIPLAGAT KEN 1:05:07 8 Saby Luna ABURTO MEX 1:05:45 9 Rodgers Ondati GESABWA KEN 1:06:13 10 Juan Carlos CARERA MEX 1:06:14 WOMEN: 1 Risper GESABWA KEN 1:14:29 2 Mayra SANCHEZ MEX 1:15:00 3 Dulce Maria RODRIGUEZ MEX 1:15:26 4 Marisol Guadalupe ROMERO MEX 1:16:50 5 Cristina MUNIZ MEX 1:16:57 6 Kathya Mirell GARCIA MEX 1:17:50 7 Esmeralda REBOLLO MEX 1:18:53 8 Annabel MARTINEZ MEX 1:20:18 9 Liliana CRUZ MEX 1:22:39 10 Fabiola FERNANDEZ MEX 1:23:13
22 FEBRUARY 2015: THE WITNESS MARITZBURG MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Tasepang RAMONENE RSA 2:20:08 2 Nkosikhona MHLAKWANA RSA 2:21:10 3 Phatlala MOHLOLI RSA 2:27:07 4 Piet JACOBS RSA 2:27:43 5 Basil MAZIBUKO RSA 2:30:56 6 Babalwa MTSOKOBA RSA 2:31:06 7 Perfect DLAMINI RSA 2:31:33 8 Mlondo Meter ZUMA RSA 2:32:28 9 Mosoeunyane MORAPALLA RSA 2:32:49 10 Mziwenkosi MJAJA RSA 2:32:58 WOMEN: 1 Fikile MBUTHUMA RSA 3:00:55 2 Danielle ADLAM RSA 3:12:36 3 Cary-Ann SMITH RSA 3:13:25 4 Sarah GRAY RSA 3:14:39 5 Nonsikelelo MBAMBO RSA 3:15:13 6 Jo MACKENZIE RSA 3:15:34 7 Sarah WILSON RSA 3:16:55 8 Michelle SCOTT RSA 3:18:15 9 Precious DUMA RSA 3:21:39 10 Stephane MONTGOMERY RSA 3:23:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Philane BUTHELEZI RSA 1:06:24 2 Avanda MNCUBE RSA 1:06:47 3 Anele DLAMINI RSA 1:07:48 WOMEN: 1 Jenna CHALLENOR RSA 1:17:47 2 Ntebaleng LETSELA RSA 1:23:25 3 Lebohang MOTSOTSOANA RSA 1:23:35
22 FEBRUARY 2015: SEYCHELLES ECO-FRIENDLY MARATHON
Now in its eighth edition the race is more a festival of running than simply a marathon, offering a 5km; 10km, half marathon and full marathon which in all attract around 2500 runners writes Norrie Williamson. These numbers account for around 2.8% of the population, of the entire 116-island cluster that makes up the Seychelles. They are the world's oldest oceanic islands, uniquely made up of continental granite rocks.
The marathon and half marathon make a considerable contribution to tourism and the local economy. All races start and finish in the hotel, beach and tourist hub of Beau Vallon, Although the routes hugs the coastal road around the northern peak of Mahe, they are anything but flat and frequently expose runners to direct sun. Even in the shade the lush tropical conditions mean contending with 80–90% humidity.
Conditions reduced the winner Shadrack Tanvi to a time over 20 minutes slower than his 2:16 personal best, yet the effects of the heat, humidity and hills is such that he is one of the few runners to have broken three hours in the event.
But running here is not about times so much as the experience. Each corner and climb along the Indian Ocean coast exposes another golden sand beach with a backdrop of lush greenery, rocks and hills. Lapped with translucent blue waters and often protected by reefs, these are some of the world's most beautiful beaches. Lush green vegetation carpets the 905m peak of Mahe's Morne Seychellois.
All races other than the marathon are straight out-and-back courses but the marathon wends its way around the northern point of Mahe, passing quaint houses, secluded hotels and local crafts shops including an exclusive perfume boutique to the capital city of Victoria.
Over 20,000 of the population live in and around the city, which is where the original "Stone of Possession" was laid in 1756 when the islands were first declared a French colony. The first settlement was made in 1770 but Britain took over the islands in 1814 and in 1903 they became an independent crown colony, the same year that the clock tower was built in the city centre as memorial to Queen Victoria. It is a replica of the clock at the junction of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street in London.
In 1976 the Seychelles became an independent republic. Russians are amongst the most prolific European tourists with the Gulf and Asia the other major contributors to the 20,000 plus that visit the islands each February.
Tourism growth and the international airport have allowed the Marathon to grow each year and this small, uniquely beautiful event is set to bloom, offering runners both a challenging and an opportunity to relax in what has been described as the last paradise on earth.
MEN: 1 Shadrack TANVI KEN 2:38:22 2 Paul SIMBOLEL KEN 2:45:25 3 Moses NJUNGA KEN 3:08:48 4 Roberto VENEZIANI 3:09:00 5 Roni KAURI FIN 3:22:09 WOMEN: 1 Mari Kauri FIN 3:46:30 2 Kai WANG 4:21:55 3 Nadege YATES 5:02:24 4 Maggy HARRAY SEY 5:14:00 5 Florise EMESTA SEY 5:21:47 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Jemmy Annacoura SEY 1:27:50 2 Keddy Moustache SEY 1:30:06 3 Simon BIERLY SEY 1:30:28 WOMEN:: 1 Lydie DODI SEY 1:43:31 2 Petrie EHIERS SEY 1:49:53 3 Vivienne VADIVELO SEY 1:57:09
22 FEBRUARY 2015: TOKYO MARATHON, JAPAN
For the first time in the nine year history of the event. Runners from the same nation won both men's and women's titles writes Ken Nakamura
Endeshaw Negesse broke away from Kenya's defending champion Dickson Chumba just before 40km to become only the second Ethiopian man, after Hailu Mekonnen in 2011, to win Japan's most prestigious road race. It was third fastest time in Tokyo Marathon.
Efficient pacing pulled lead runners through halfway in 1:03:08; it finished at 30km (1:29:50). There were no Japanese left in the lead group after 31km, although Masato Imai did regain contact with the leaders, only to fall back again. After 35km (1:44:44), only four runners were left together, and between 36–37km Shumi Dechasa and Olympic Champion Strephen Kiprotich fell back, making it into a duel between Chumba and Negesse. They passed 40km only two seconds slower than Chumba did last year on his way to the course record of 2:05:42 but Chumba now struggled with a stomach cramp and Negesse was not pushed. Kiprotich passed the fading Chumba in the final metres to finish second in a personal best of 2:06:33, an improvement of 47 seconds. The race to be first Japanese runner home, with 2015 IAAF World Championships places at stake, was won by Imai who ran a personal best by nearly two minutes.
Birhane Dibaba beat Tirfi Tsegaye's 2:22:23 course record from a year ago. After passing 10km in 33:44 at 10km the pace slowed. Five runners: Dibaba, her compatriot and London 2012 Olympic Games champion Tiki Gelana as well as the Kenya trio of Helah Kiprop, Selly Kaptich Chepyego and Flomena Cheyech Daniel, passed halfway together in 1:11:41. They continued through 25km and 30km before Dibaba picked up the pace to win by 48 seconds. Kiprop stayed close to Dibaba until 35km and hung on to finish second, improving her personal best by more than three minutes, while Gelana finished third in 2:24:26: her fastest time, as well as highest finishing position, since her race at the Olympics.
An estimated 36,000 runners took to the streets of the Japanese capital.
MEN: 1 Endeshaw NEGESSE ETH 2:06:00 2 Stephen KIPROTICH UGA 2:06:33 3 Dickson CHUMBA KEN 2:06:34 4 Shumi DECHASA ETH 2:07:20 5 Peter SOME KEN 2:07:22 6 Markos GENETI ETH 2:07:25 7 Masato IMAI JPN 2:07:39 8 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 2:07:58 9 Hiroaki SANO JPN 2:09:12 10 Benjamin NGANDU KEN 2:09:18 WOMEN: 1 Birhane DIBABA ETH 2:23:15 2 Helah KIPROP KEN 2:24:03 3 Tiki GELANA ETH 2:24:26 4 Selly Kaptich CHEPYEGO KEN 2:26:43 5 Flomena CHEYCH KEN 2:26:54 6 Yeshi ESAYIAS ETH 2:30:15 7 Madoka OGI JPN 2:30:25 8 Albina MAYOROVA RUS 2:34:21
22 FEBRUARY 2015: ZURICH MARATON DE SEVILLA, SPAIN
A lead group of nine men reached halfway in 1:04:00, on schedule to beat the course record. After 25km Lawrence Cherono, running his debut marathon, increased his pace and only Chichir Kipchumba was able to keep up. By 30km he was on his own, but his pace slowed slightly as the day warmed up.
Filomena Costa ran a conservative first half tucked in behind Abebech Tsegaye and Mercy Jelimo, but after a 1:14:04 first half Filomena Costa strode on ahead of her rivals after 28km to record a marginally negative split of 1:13:56, a personal best by three minutes and the second fastest ever women's performance in the race.
MEN: 1 Lawrence CHERONO KEN 2:09:39 2 Chirchir KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:10:26 3 Bernard KIPKORIR KEN 2:11:33 4 Wenedem Sigat GEREME ETH 2:15:26 5 Patrick KORIR KEN 2:16:06 6 Jose Carlos HERNANDEZ ESP 2:16:52 7 Senbeto Geneti GUTETA ETH 2:17:06 8 Segundo JAMI ECU 2:17:11 9 Cosmas KEMBOI KEN 2:18:41 10 Peter Kipkorir BOMO KEN 2:20:21 WOMEN: 1 Filomena COSTA POR 2:28:01 2 Abebech Tsegaye BEKELE ETH 2:33:49 3 Mercy JELIMO KEN 2:34:52 4 Rosalba CHACHA ECU 2:35:29 5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 2:37:25 6 Marisa Casanueva CABRERA ESP 2:38:25 7 Vera NUNES POR 2:38:33 8 Aroa Merino BETANCOR ESP 2:40:02 9 Louise WIKER 2:40:43 10 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 2:40:59
23 FEBRUARY 2015: SAHARA MARATHON, ALGERIA
MEN: 1 Karim Hadj MELIANI ALG 3:04:12 2 Brahim BENTAICHI ALG 3:07:27 3 Hamza BENTILLIB ALG 3:08:21 4 Isasa ALAOUCHE ALG 3:13:45 5 Fouzi ELLEMRI ALG 3:14:05 6 Derouai MESSAOUD ALG 3:15:01 7 Manuel MORENTE ESP 3:16:52 8 Mohamed Salah BENSALAH ALR 3:20:06 9 Mohamed HAMDANI ALG 3:20:08 10 Alberto Perdiz SANZ ESP 3:20:46 WOMEN: 1 Marta de Diego JIMENO ESP 4:18:24 2 Laura BRENNAN FIN 4:30:54 3 María Luz Wander BAQUEDANO ESP 4:31:51 4 Manuela ZEPPITZ AUT 4:33:39 5 Hanna PIETRASIK POL 4:52:05 6 Andrea Prado ESPINEIRA ESP 4:57:44 7 Emmy KARNERUD SWE 5:22:08 8 Adriana ISTRATE ROM 5:24:18 9 Andrea Katharina KNAFL AUT 5:25:43 10 Ingunn Agnete YTREHUS NOR 5:26:11
27 FEBRUARY 2015: SAMSUNG TEL AVIV MARATHON, ISRAEL
MEN: 1 William Kiprono YEGON KEN 2:10:30 2 Julius KILIMO KEN 2:12:21 3 Charles MUNYEKI KEN 2:17:10 4 Emanuel SAMAL KEN 2:18:40 5 Emmanuel Tirop KETER KEN 2:29:20 6 Ran ALTERMAN ISR 2:37:29 7 Refael GERTI ISR 2:50:37 8 Haim ZARGARI ISR 2:52:50 9 Ariel MILGRAM ISR 2:53:34 10 Maxim KOGEN ISR 2:54:04 WOMEN: 1 Azeb WELDEHAWARIAT ETH 2:51:24 2 Sheri BASHI ISR 3:19:49 3 Miri VOLOCHOV ISR 3:29:45 4 Atara RON ISR 3:35:52 5 Luliia KRAVCHENKO UKR 3:37:05 6 Naomi SCHUSTER ISR 3:38:07 7 Ashley WIESE USA 3:38:41 8 Tali GODOVICH ISR 3:39:01 9 Karin SHACHAR ISR 3:42:46 10 Sara ALMANI ISR 3:43:09
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