June 2005
4 JUNE 2005: STOCKHOLM MARATHON, SWEDEN
MEN:
1 Kasirai SITA ZIM 2:13:30
2 Daniel KIPRUGUT TOO KEN 2:15:13
3 Phillip BANDAWE ZIM 2:15:51
4 Said REGRAGUL SWE 2:18:38
5 Kent CLAESSON SWE 2:19:16
6 Paul KANDA KEN 2:20:50
7 Runar HOIOM SWE 2:23:31
8 Marko VAITTINEN FIN 2:24:08
9 Alois NIZIGAMA BUR 2:24:35
10 Eshetu BEKELE ETH 2:25:12
WOMEN:
1 Tina Maria RAMOS ESP 2:41:28
2 Susan MICHELSSON AUS 2:42:51
3 Malin EWERLOF-KREPP SWE 2:44:38
4 Michelle LEE GBR 2:44:49
5 Alevtina NAUMOVA RUS 2:48:49
6 Mia LARSSON SWE 2:48:55
7 Sarah MAHLANGU RSA 2:49:27
8 Lisa WIKLUND SWE 2:50:23
9 Inga KAZLAUSKAITE SWE 2:53:10
10 Pernilla KARLSSON SWE 2:56:10
12 JUNE 2005: EDINBURGH MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
In its third edition the Edinburgh Marathon reached new heights: the number of runners
leapt and course records were dramatically improved. The one height that wasn't scaled was
Arthur's Seat. Last year the race started with a lap of this famous rocky outcrop that
overlooks the city. This year course improvements ruled out such a narrow and steep ascent
so close to the start. This approach paid off, as both Zachary Kihara leading the first five
finishers under 2:20, and Zinaida Semenova and Fabiola William running sub 2:35.
The race started from Holyrood Park with a 5.5km loop around the heart of Edinburgh.
Runners encircled the Castle and returned on Princes Street and the Royal Mile to re-enter
the Park by passing between the brand-new Scottish Parliament building and the ancient
Holyrood Palace.
After a cautious first uphill mile the pace picked up and a group of eight went through
four miles in 19:52, as they passed out of the Park for the second time. After 10km the
course leaves the roads for flat, leafy and sheltered cycle paths. The leaders broke up
and then re-grouped along this 5km section and seven of them remained on the two out-and-back
forays along the upper and lower banks of the Firth of Forth to pass halfway in 66:14,
500m clear of a chasing threesome.
As pacing duties ended the contest clarified. Race favourite Francis Naali, last year's
winner John Mutai and Zachary Kihara spearheaded the racewith the wind at their backs as
they raced along the shore for the next 15km. Other pretenders dropped off quickly and
Naali himself had to yield to the other two as they passed 30km. Kihara and Mutai pounded
along the promenade at Portobello as they approached the eastern turnaround of the course.
Mutai made his move just before 34km and by the turn at 36km he led by 15 seconds.
With the long, gradual ascent to the finish Mutai slowed by 10 seconds every mile.
Kihara, his hamstring cramping, made little impression until the final 2km. The scent of
victory gradually enlivened him, and he charged into the Park for the final 600m to overhaul
Mutai in the finishing straight.
In the women's race a group of five reached halfway on 2:30 schedule but thereafter
Zinaida Semenova relentlessly pulled away. Fabiola William paced herself well to finish
a minute behind and improve her personal best by six minutes.
Behind these leaders 6415 runners finished from 6500 starters, and another 926 five-person
relay teams finished out of the 995 who registered. In all, on a day of fulfilled promise,
11,000 runners participated – every one of them a winner.
MEN:
1 Zachary KIHARA KEN 2:15:26
2 John MUTAI KEN 2:15:35
3 Mindi PUKSTAS LIT 2:18:53
4 Krzysztof PRZYBYLA POL 2:19:21
5 Francis NAALI TAN 2:19:25
6 Joseph KIBOR KEN 2:23:21
7 Semeretu ALEMAYEHU ETH 2:24:01
8 Jackson KIPNGETUNY KEN 2:25:55
9 Robert GILROY GBR 2:26:42
10 David TAYLOR GBR 2:28:46
WOMEN:
1 Zinaida SEMENOVA RUS 2:33:36
2 Fabiola WILLIAM TAN 2:34:41
3 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:38:24
4 Shona CROMBIE-HICKS GBR 2:44:58
5 Roz ALEXANDER GBR 2:48:25
6 Gill BACON GBR 2:53:46
7 Elke SCHMIDT GER 2:54:16
8 Janet ROXBURGH GBR 2:57:16
9 Georgia BENSON GBR 3:00:09
10 Getenesh LEMMA ETH 3:00:17
18 JUNE 2005: MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, NORWAY
Runners from 35 countries took part in the 16th Midnight Sun Marathon. Held in Tromso at
70°N, it is the world's northernmost AIMS-certified marathon. The race starts in the
evening and many finishers complete the race after midnight, but in daylight. The city of
Tromsø has the northernmost university in the world, where scientists can investigate the
Aurora in a relatively mild climate due to the Gulf Stream. During the dark period when the
Aurora Borealis is active another race, the Polar Night Half-Marathon, takes place in
Tromsø (7 January 2006).
The marathon had 251 runners participating, and the half marathon 279. The midnight sun
hid stubbornly behind clouds on race night. The temperature dropped to 10°C but there was
no rain and conditions for running were very good. Wind was light, at about 3 m/s. Those
runners who arrived early in Tromsø experienced an extraordinary night, between 17-18 June,
when the midnight sun maintained a temperature of more than 20°C long into the night.
Of the 196 male marathon runners Runar Höiom won, following up on his 7th place in the
Stockholm Marathon two weeks earlier. Among the 55 females Sharon Broadwell won easily.
Runar Höiom got a 7th place in this year's Stockholm Marathon on the 4 June, thus June have
been a good month for him this year. Juan Miguel Valdes Rodriguez came all the way from
Cuba to win the Half Marathon.
The countries with most runners on the Marathon were Norway (57), Great Britain (47),
Germany (21), Switzerland (15) and Denmark (15). Many of the foreign runners enjoyed their
stay in Tromsø very much and have already decided to bring more of their friends and family
to take part in this special marathon race above the Arctic Circle in the land of the
midnight sun. The 17th Midnight Sun Marathon takes place on 17 June 2006.
MEN:
1 Runar HOIM SWE 2:36:11
2 Egil SKARPSNO NOR 2:40:10
3 Jens-Kristian BERG NOR 2:49:39
4 Michel CORREVON SUI 2:52:59
5 Robert ZUCH GER 2:56:04
6 John PEDERSEN NOR 2:59:08
7 Dan ANTALICS USA 2:59:24
8 Charles CHRISTIANSEN NOR 3:00:25
9 Adam LIEVE USA 3:04:04
10 Aitor BOLINAGA ESP 3:05:49
WOMEN:
1 Sharon BROADWELL NOR 2:54:45
2 Anita WETTER SUI 3:24:26
3 Frauke FICHTNER SWE 3:29:28
4 Vera NYSTAD NOR 3:33:00
5 Louise CRAIG GBR 3:48:31
6 Anne Mette LARSEN DEN 3:52:50
7 Jan EDDY GBR 3:54:19
8 Ulla Brith RANES NOR 3:55:21
9 Lisa LITHUN NOR 3:55:21
10 Vibeke ANDERSEN DEN 3:56:08
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Juan Miguel RODRIGUEZ CUB 1:08:51
2 Knut AALIEN NOR 1:09:58
3 Tor GISMARVIK NOR 1:11:03
WOMEN:
1 Annette WOLFROM GER 1:26:04
2 Sari HILLI FIN 1:28:54
3 Manuela KRAMER GER 1:29:18
26 JUNE 2005: SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER HALF MARATHON, CANADA
Defending champion of the Canada Running Series, Giitah Macharia, got the better of Oregon's
Nick Rogers in a tense battle ahead of almost 3,500 starters. From the University of British
Columbia the field dashed down to Stanley Park in one of the world's most scenic half marathons,
run mainly alongside the Pacific shoreline. Another 600 participants ran the accompanying 5km,
entirely within the Park. The event grew 20% this year, and attracted runners from 20 countries
and almost 30 US states. Conditions were good for running in late June: overcast skies and
temperatures between 13-17°C, although the morning was quite humid.
Rogers took things out hard from the start, "to hurt a little", as he said, with
Macharia on his shoulder. This immediately spread the field, with Toronto's Danny Kassap on
his own in third place, and half a dozen others strung out behind. Rogers pushed through 10km
in just under 30 minutes, having done all the work over the first half of the race. From
10-15km the two adversaries worked together uneasily, see-sawing back and forth, until
Macharia made the decisive break at 15km. Rogers hung on well to finish only 13 seconds
adrift.
Kassap, winner of last autumn's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, was adrift for most
of the morning. Running alone for so long took its toll and he was almost caught by the pair
behind, Montreal's Bagdad Rachem and Vancouver Island's Steve Osaduik, who pushed each other
forward in a royal battle for 4th. Rachem took it by a step, but Osaduik was all smiles.
Osaduik won the BC Half Marathon Championship crown, and two notable scalps - those of
Bruce Deacon, (Canada's top marathoner for more than a decade), and Jim Finlayson (Canadian
Marathon Champion for 2005). Finlayson dropped out, perhaps suffering from his 2:18 in Ottawa
four weeks before. All three of them being "Islanders", it would have been a lively
ride home on the ferry.
In the women's race Canadian marathon champion and last year's winner, Lioudmila
Kortchaguina, had things all her own way after late withdrawals from those who might have
contested best. Kortchaguina cruised around to win by nearly five minutes. Third-placed Nancy
Tinari became BC Half marathon champion.
MEN:
1 Giitah MACHARIA KEN 1:04:55
2 Nick ROGERS USA 1:05:08
3 Danny KASSAP COD 1:05:38
4 Bagdad RACHEM CAN 1:05:48
5 Steve OSADUIK CAN 1:05:49
6 Bruce DEACON CAN 1:06:58
7 Jussi UTRIAINEN FIN 1:07:10
8 Huw LOBB GBR 1:07:14
9 Hans OTTEN USA 1:08:58
10 Warren BARKER CAN 1:11:07
WOMEN:
1 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:14:32
2 Gwen GREINER USA 1:19:10
3 Nancy TINARI CAN 1:19:24
4 Lauren MATTHEWS USA 1:21:19
5 Darcie MONTGOMERY CAN 1:21:45
6 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 1:21:56
7 Carla DUNN CAN 1:22:28
8 Jane CULLIS CAN 1:25:24
9 Paulina UTRIAINEN FIN 1:26:12
10 Lindsay DYCK CAN 1:26:45
26 JUNE 2005: CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO MARATHON, BRAZIL
There were two first-time winners for this marathon, but they fell short of qualifying
standards for the World Championships in Helsinki. Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined
the route from Bandeirantes Park to Flamengo Beach.
Claudio Da Cruz was running in this event for the third time. Two years ago he had finished
8th and last year he suffered from injuries. He was happy with the win, but not so much with
his time. Running in Rio is a pleasure on such a beautiful course, he said and he dreamed of
contesting the 2007 Pan-American Games Marathon in the city.
The women's race was a much closer battle with an emotional finish. Denise de Lucas and
Leone da Silva fought it out as if it was a short-distance race. "I started well, but
lost strength." Said Da Silva. "With a kilometre to go I lost the lead." De
Lucas said it was the crowds who had motivated her right through to the end. She had
previously won the Santiago Marathon in April.
At the finish the President of the Provincial Federation, Carlos Alberto Lancetta,
commended the race for its good organisation, allowing it to establish its place in the
international calendar. The race was also important for the city in its preparation for the
Pan-American Games of 2007.
MEN:
1 Claudio DA CRUZ BRA 2:21:18
2 Eliesio SILVA BRA 2:23:51
3 Lindenber NUNES BRA 2:23:57
4 Flavio SILVA BRA 2:24:35
5 Marcos LOPES BRA 2:26:37
6 Deuzimar TOMAZ BRA 2:27:58
7 Lielzio DE JESUS BRA 2:28:20
8 Geralso DA SILVA BRA 2:29:49
9 Gilberto SANTOS BRA 2:30:27
10 SALES BRA 2:30:49
WOMEN:
1 Denise DE LUCAS BRA 2:49:59
2 Lerone DA SILVA BRA 2:51:25
3 Marluce FERREIRA BORGES BRA 2:51:47
4 Raimunda FONSECA BRA 2:58:34
5 Angelita DA CRUZ BRA 3:01:54
6 Grazielle PEDROSO BRA 3:05:52
7 Valdenize RODRIGUES BRA 3:08:27
8 Ma. Jose QUEIROZ BRA 3:10:38
9 Nercy COSTA BRA 3:21:25
10 Francilene SOUZA BRA 3:22:17
26 JUNE 2005: LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
The IAU 100km World Cup was last held at Lake Saroma in 1994. The for this 20th anniversary
race was was unchanged since then, with its rolling hills and scenic lake views. The race
itself has grown from a few hundred runners in the early years to over 3,000.
Three municipalities work closely together to organise the race and the course runs
through each of them. Starting at Yubetsu Town at 05.00 runners pass around the edges of
Lake Saroma, through the marathon point, before reaching the town of Saroma. They continue
on an undulating course around the lake. A 20km out and back section follows, through a wild
flower garden where Japanese lilies are just coming into flower. The finish is at Tokoro
town which has a reputation for producing international curling champions – a very popular
sport in Japan.
Teams from 22 countries came to contest the World Cup, joining the 3000 local runners.
Rain and cloud were forecast but passed overhead the night before the race. It was fine and
bright at the start and temperatures later climbed above 25°C.
Mario Ardemagni (ITA), a previous champion, and Tsutomu Sassa (JPN), who won the Saroma
race in 2004, took the early lead. A group containing Sandor Barcza (Fra), Yoshiaki Kobayashi
(JPN), Oleksander Holovnitsky (UKR) and Yaroslaw Janicki (POL)) joined the leaders before
the marathon point. Gregory Murzin (RUS) and Jorge Aubeso (ESP) followed a little bit further
behind. When Barcza accelerated only Sassa could follow. Just behind them Murzin started to
gear his race up. He took the lead at about 60km and continued to increase it, to win by 9
minutes. Aubeso also finished strongly to take second place with Sassa taking the bronze
medal. Japan won the team race from France in a close contest.
In the women's race Jungkok Kim (KOR) led early on, until Hiroko Syou (JAP) overtook her
at 35km and stayed ahead to the finish. Anne Lundblad (USA) had a storming second half to
finish only 40 seconds behind her.
The women's team race was a nail-biting event. Japan, France and USA had two members home
but it was the third USA runner who clinched it for them.
MEN:
1 Gregory MURZIN RUS 6:24:25
2 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:33:03
3 Tsutomu SASSA JPN 6:40:20
4 Sandor BARCZA FRA 6:44:45
5 Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI JPN 6:49:43
6 Michael SOMMER GER 6:37:35
7 Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:50:59
8 Howard NIPPERT USA 6:59:20
9 Yasunori YAMAMOTO JPN 7:04:04
10 Jyouji NISHIMURA JPN 7:07:38
TEAMS
1 Japan 20:34:07
2 France 20:43:27
3 Germany 21:25:19
WOMEN:
1 Hiroko SYOU JPN 7:52:41
2 Anne LUNDBLAD USA 7:54:22
3 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8:10:27
4 Laurence FRICOTTOA FRA 8:12:02
5 Mageli REYMONENG FRA 8:18:52
6 Jungok KIM KOR 8:19:49
7 Nikki KIMBOLI USA 8:22:58
8 Tanya HOOSS GER 8:23:25
9 Tanya PACEY USA 8:29:19
10 Christine DENIS GER 8:30:13
TEAMS
1 USA 24:46:49
2 France 25:01:07
3 Japan 25:17:40
28 JUNE 2005: VIDOVDAN 10km ROAD RACE, BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA
The 9th annual running of this elite race in the town of Brcko was watched by an audience
of 20,000 in very hot weather and high humidity (31°C, 70%). Despite the oppressive
conditions the runners put on great performances for a share of the $10,500 prize money on
offer. There was big battle for victory between three of them. The field was drawn from eight
countries, and no less than 54 of the 67 runners came from outside Bosnia. Two national
records were set: by the winner Goran Stoiljkovic for Serbia and Montenegro and by the local
athlete Djuro Kodzo, who set the best time recorded by a Bosnian in this race.
The traditional race for for kids, which takes place just before the main race, attracted
more than 500 of them from Brcko and 50 other towns of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.
MEN:
1 Goran STOILJKOVIC SCG 30:29
2 Sreten NONKOVIC SCG 30:35
3 Tamasz TOTH HUN 30:43
4 Djuro KODZO BSH 30:48
5 Slavisa BUNC BSH 31:08
6 Miklos ZLATKO HUN 31:21
7 Senaid HASIC BSH 31:25
8 Velimir BOJOVIC SCG 31:27
9 Dejan BOGICEVIC SCG 31:42
10 Edin ZUKOVIC BSH 32:25
WOMEN:
1 Marijana LUKIC CRO 36:01
2 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 36:30
3 Ivana CEBIC SCG 38:46
4 Vesna STEVANOVIC SCG 38:54
5 Dijana KOVACEVIC BSH 39:16
6 Tamara MARKOVIC SCG 39:33
7 Milanka DJUKIC BSH 40:04
8 Ivana PANTELIC SCG 40:14
9 Dragana RANKOVIC SCG 40:20
10 Bojana BERAK BSH 41:20
June 2005
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