February 2009
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01 FEBRUARY 2009: BEPPU-OITA MAINICHI MARATHON, JAPAN
Photo: Getty Images
Surging away with 5km to go Adil Annani won the 58th edition of the race writes Ken Nakamura. Both he and second-placed Seiji Kobayashi set
personal bests with marathon debutant Keita Akiba taking third place. Peter Kiprotich, who stayed with the leaders until 36km and was still fourth at
40km, struggled home in eighth place. Defending champion Tomoya Adachi finished fifth.
Twenty-three runners including three pacemakers passed 5km in 15:19. Passing 10km in 30:23 the pace later slowed as runners were exposed to a strong
headwind close to the bay of Beppu. Twenty-one runners passed 15km in 45:56 and 20km in 1:01:38. Soon after the turn-around point at 25.5km, with the
wind now behind the runners, the pace picked up and the leaders split into three groups. The first consisted of Kiprotich, Annani and Ryosuke Fukuyama,
a debutant, along with pacemaker Jason Mbote. They were followed by Akiba and Kobayashi, while defending champion Tomoya Adachi was in the third group
but was soon dropped. After passing 30km in 1:32:18, Fukuyama dropped back and at 32km Mbote finished pacemaking duties. The race now turned into a duel
between Kiprotich and Annani, with Akiba and Kobayashi chasing, about 16 seconds behind. By 35km (1:45:45), Akiba and Kobayashi cut the gap to eight
seconds, and a kilometre later caught the leaders. Annani then picked=2 0up the pace. Only Kobayashi was able to cover the move, and only temporarily.
By 37.2Km Annani was pulling away from Kobayashi and a few hundred metres later Akiba passed Kiprotich to move up to third. While Annani's lead over
Kobayashi did not grow very much by the end of the race, Annani was never in danger of losing his lead and won by 23 seconds.
His victory should be sufficient for making the Moroccan marathon team for the World Championships in Berlin. Although the race was one of the
qualifying races for the World Championships in Berlin the first Japanese is not guaranteed selection for the Japanese marathon team for Berlin and
since Kobayashi's time is slower than that of the first two Japanese in Fukuoka Kobayashi has a little chance of qualifying.
MEN (ONLY):
1 Adil ANNANI MAR 2:10:15
2 Seiji KOBATASHI JPN 2:10:38
3 Keita AKIBA JPN 2:10:53
4 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 2:12:56
5 Masashi HAYASHI JPN 2:13:11
6 Tomoya ADACHI JPN 2:13:17
7 Michitane NODA JPN 2:13:30
8 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 2:13:44
9 Tomonori ONITSUKA JPN 2:14:50
10 Yukinobu NAKAZAKI JPN 2:15:03
1 FEBRUARY 2009: KAGAWA-MARUGAME HALF MARATHON, JAPAN
Mara Yamauchi set a new personal best in winning the 63rd edition of the race writes Ken Nakamura. She had previously done the same in the
2006 edition with a 1:09:24 timing before improving to 1:08:45 in the Sapporo Half Marathon last year. Yamauchi ran aggressively from the start, passing
5km in 15:55 then slowed slightly to record 32:04 at 10km, 48:30 at 15Km and 1:04:52 at 20km to win by 53 seconds from Second Wind AC team mate Yuki Kano.
Former high school sensation Yoshiko Fujinaga, third in the 1999 World Junior Cross Country, finished third in 1:10:24, tuning up for a marathon debut
this year.
Reiko Tosa, competing for the first time since her agonising Olympic race where she dropped out at 25km, was fourth and will run her final marathon
in Tokyo before retiring from elite competition. Naoko Takahashi, 2000 Olympic Marathon Champion who has already retired ran as a guest, completing in
1:26:18. She will also be a guest runner at upcoming Nagoya Women's Marathon.
The men's race featured an anticipated showdown between two best Kenyan collegiate runners in Japan, Mekubo Mogusu and Daniel Gitau. Hoping to run
under the hour Mogusu took the lead right away and only Gitau and Daniel Mwangi went with him. Mwangi soon dropped back from the furious (2:47/2:50)
pace. Mogusu continued to push while Gitau ran just behind him. At 5km (14:09) they were already 51 seconds ahead of Mwangi. By 10km (28:21) the gap
was 1:24 and only after passing 15km (42:48) did the pair split apart. At 16.6km Mogusu started to pull away, and Gitau fell back rapidly, losing almost
a minute to Mogusu by 20km (57:24). Six runners came into the stadium to battle it out for third place. Atsushi Sato, national half marathon record
holder, started his kick on the back straight and finished third with 1:02:24. Five others finished within 6 seconds of him.
MEN:
1 Mekubo MOGUSU KEN 1:00:37
2 Daniel GITAU KEN 1:01:34
3 Atsushi SATO JPN 1:02:24
4 Satoru KITAMURA JPN 1:02:26
5 Makoto TOBIMATSU JPN 1:02:26
6 Tomoaki BUNGO JPN 1:02:27
7 Kentaro NAKAMOTO JPN 1:02:29
8 Sota HOSHI JPN 1:02:30
9 Yuki NAKAMURA JPN 1:02:32
10 Hideyki ANZAI JPN 1:02:33
WOMEN:
1 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 1:08:29
2 Yuri KANO JPN 1:09:22
3 Yoshiko FUJINAGA JPN 1:10:24
4 Reiko TOSA JPN 1:10:58
5 Yumi HIRATA JPN 1:11:18
6 Rieko SAKANE JPN 1:11:29
7 Kaori URATA JPN 1:11:35
8 Yoshie UEHASHI JPN 1:11:39
9 Miho NOTAGASHIRA JPN 1:11:47
10 Rika SHINTAKU JPN 1:11:49
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8 FEBUARY 2009: STANDARD CHARTERED HONG KONG MARATHON, HONG KONG
MEN:
1 Cyprian K MWOBI KEN 2:14:57
2 Tubei J CHIRCHIR RSA 2:15:23
3 Rotich N KIRWA KEN 2:16:16
4 Andrea S MATHIYA TAN 2:17:04
5 Eduardo BUENAVISTA PHL 2:18:53
6 Mebur J KIBET KEN 2:19:28
7 Joseph NSUBUGA UGA 2:21:59
8 Molema NEO RSA 2:22:24
9 Raul M P MENDOZA 2:22:32
10 Takata NOBUAKI JPN 2:23:31
WOMEN:
1 Winniefrida K NYANSIKERA KEN 2:41:25
2 Ms Sunisa SAYLOMYEN THA 2:47:33
3 Wenrong ZHENG CHN 2:49:22
4 Tsuchiya NAOKO JPN 2:50:53
5 Thi H PHAM 2:51:41
6 Fengxia YANG CHN 2:54:52
7 Bil Linda SCHIPP AUS 2:56:15
8 Ota YOKO JPN 2:56:51
9 Fan S PING HKG 2:57:24
10 Wong S PING HKG 2:58:13
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13 FEBRUARY 2009; 16th EGYPTIAN MARATHON
MEN:
1 Hassan MARZOUK EGY 2:34:47
2 Mahmood AWAD EGY 2:35:17
3 Mark WERNER USA 2:35:27
WOMEN:
1 Kristen ALFF USA 3:31:42
2 Maria LE PAGE AUS 3:44:11
3 Zohra MERABET ALG 4:19:33
LUXOR RUN (22.2km)
MEN:
1 Mahmoud DEHIS EGY 1:29:23
2 Delfos SANDER GER 1:49:20
3 Marjin RODENBURG NED 1:49:39
WOMEN:
1 Melody SCHULTZ USA 1:47:16
2 Monica SMITH USA 1:47:31
3 Yoshie SAITO JPN 1:53:23
RAMSES RUN (12.2km)
MEN:
1 Ferdinand SCHUETTLER GER 50:34
2 Adel ABDO EGY 50:50
3 Yusuke MURAKAMI JPN 51:09
WOMEN:
1 Noha A MOHAMMED EGY 52:13
2 Lena Van der PLAS-BARNHC GBR 58:32
3 Johanna KLEIJWEG NED 59:33
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15 FEBRUARY 2009: OHME HOCHI 30km RACE, JAPAN
MEN:
1 Hirokatsu KUROSAKI JPN 1:32:50
2 Kurao UMEKI JPN 1:33:38
3 Sota KATO JPN 1:33:52
4 Satoshi IRIFUNE JPN 1:34:17
5 Nicholas ARCINIAGA USA 1:34:25
6 Kiyokatsu HASEGAWA JPN 1:35:34
WOMEN:
1 Tomoe YOKOYAMA JPN 1:47:01
2 Yoshie KITOMI JPN 1:47:29
3 Sumiko SUZUKI JPN 1:47:44
4 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 1:59:40
10K WOMEN'S RACE:
1 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 32:27
2 Yuko MACHIDA JPN 33:16
3 Hiroko SHOI JPN 33:30
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20 FEBUARY 2009: RAK HALF MARATHON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Photos: Victah Sailer/Photorun
For the third consecutive year in its short life the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon produced some astoundingly fast performances which leap straight to
the top of the world half marathon rankings. Only unseasonably strong winds denied Patrick Makau a new world record at the distance, but he set a new mark
en route at 20km. A little earlier on the course Deriba Merga had equalled Felix Limo's 7-year old world best for 15km.
Merga passed 5km in 13:41 and 10km in 27:42 but the headwind worsened the effects of a slightly over-ambitious opening 5km, for which Merga paid in
the final quarter of the race. He had continually surged ahead of Patrick Makau after 10km, including at the crucial 15km point, where he passed through
in 41:29, a second ahead of Makau. The Kenyan repeatedly pegged him back, and into the headwind between 16-18km, Makau eased past, piling on the pressure
over the last 3km to such effect that Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, never far adrift, passed Merga as well to grab second.
Storming home in 58:52, the crowds around the finish were left wondering what might have been had the wind eased. Kipsang was seven seconds down in
58:59 and a tired looking Merga, only five weeks past his debut Marathon, loped home in 59:18. He is overdue for a rest, but plans to run Boston in just
eight weeks' time.
The women's race looked like following the tactical pattern of the last two years with a slow opening 5km of 16:12 holding a pack of fifteen athletes
together. At 10km (32:14) the pack was down to ten, but a quartet comprising Dire Tune, Asefelech Mergia, Abebu Gelan and last year's world leader Philes
Ongori flew through the next 5km in 15:39 (15km: 47:53). Dire Tune ran the next 5km in 15:49 to go clear and held on to win in a new personal best by
almost four minutes. Mergia took second a full 30 seconds behind, although she too was 29 seconds faster than ever before, while Ongori in third also
broached new territory with 1:07:50, another personal best, this time by 7 seconds. Gelan ran the fastest time ever by a junior. Five men broke the one
hour barrier, and 10 women broke 70 minutes.
MEN:
1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 0:58:52
2 Wilson K KIPROTICH KEN 0:58:59
3 Deriba MERGA ETH 0:59:18
4 Wilson CHEBET KEN 0:59:32
5 Matthew KOECH KEN 0:59:54
6 Joseph MAREGU KEN 1:00:02
7 Charles MUNYEKI KEN 1:00:11
8 Tujuba MEGERSA ETH 1:00:16
9 Chele DECHASA ETH 1:00:19
10 Abel KIRUI KEN 1:00:27
WOMEN:
1 Dire TUNE ETH 1:07:18
2 Aselefech MERGIA ETH 1:07:48
3 Philes ONGORI KEN 1:07:50
4 Abebu GELAN ETH 1:07:57
5 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:08:14
6 Amane GOBENA ETH 1:08:16
7 Salina KOSGEI KEN 1:09:06
8 Rose KOSGEI KEN 1:09:14
9 Teyiba ERKESSO ETH 1:09:37
10 Julia M MURAGA KEN 1:09:40
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22 FEBRUARY 2009: MARATON CIUDAD DE SEVILLA, SPAIN
In the 25th anniversary edition both men's and women's records were beaten, and in total almost 4000 runners took part - up 25% since last year.
Haylu Abebe's 2:10:30 surpassed the performance of Jose Ramon Rey (ESP) from 2001 by 19 seconds, while Marisa Barrios's time broke the 13-year old
mark of 2:28:59 which stood to Maria Luisa Munoz by nearly three minutes.
MEN:
1 Haylu ABEBE ETH 2:10:30
2 Hussen Adem JEMAL ETH 2:11:25
3 Rafael Iglesias BORREGO ESP 2:11:50
WOMEN:
1 Marisa BARRIOS POR 2:26:03
2 Desta Girma TADESSE ETH 2:33:11
3 Yeshanbel Simegn ABNET ETH 2:33:22
22 FEBRUARY 2009: VERDI MARATHON, ITALY
MEN:
1 Karim ABDELHRAIM ITA 2:27:20
2 Antonio ARMUZZI ITA 2:30:33
3 Lorenzo TRINCHERI ITA 2:32:42
4 Giulio LORENZO ITA 2:37:15
5 Andrea RIGO ITA 2:37:45
6 Walter MALPELI ITA 2:38:01
7 Andrea LAZZAROTTI ITA 2:39:29
8 Ivan TASSONI ITA 2:42:36
9 Pio MALFATTI ITA 2:42:44
10 Filippo GIANNETTO ITA 2:44:07
WOMEN:
1 Grazia CAMMALLERI ITA 3:09:32
2 Emanuela MARTINELLI ITA 3:12:48
3 Daniela MONTANARI ITA 3:14:27
4 Monica BARCHETTI ITA 3:15:42
5 Ilaria M FOSSATI ITA 3:16:52
6 Sabrina SANTINI ITA 3:23:43
7 Marzia OTTAVIANI ITA 3:27:25
8 Katia FORI ITA 3:28:13
9 Josefine LOPEZ ITA 3:30:59
10 Ines TUMMINELLO ITA 3:38:28
22 FEBRUARY 2009: MARATON POPULAR DE VALENCIA, SPAIN
MEN:
1 Andres M MICO 2:26:43
2 Mario F BALDOVI 2:30:54
3 Tomas S PLA 2:32:08
4 Jordi P CALDUCH 2:33:54
5 Abel G BELLES 2:34:46
6 Semere MERESA 2:35:21
7 Sergi A RUIZ 2:35:30
8 Jorge H GISBERT 2:36:15
9 Leslie PANGEMANAN 2:36:41
10 Ramon P TRULLOLS 2:37:24
WOMEN:
1 Maxine MCKINNON 2:50:46
2 Cristina S LOEDA 2:58:59
3 Esther P BALAGUER 3:06:37
4 Alba S XANDRI 3:08:58
5 Angels R SOS 3:12:59
6 Sandra H DIAZ 3:17:34
7 Antonia J SERRANO 3:19:21
8 Laura M ALABAU 3:21:31
9 Maria Jesus G MOCHOLI 3:22:04
10 Vincenta T FERRER 3:24:32
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23 FEBRUARY 2009: SAHARA MARATHON, ALGERIA
MEN:
1 Zaian Abd. RAZAG ALG 2:46:13
2 Habala ZUBER ALG 3:01:19
3 Emilio Perez MARIN ESP 3:02:36
4 Luis Lamillar AJA ESP 3:04:03
5 Manuel Espinar ZAMARRENO ESP 3:05:19
6 Zakari Abd. ELALI ALG 3:14:48
7 Manuel Morente PAEZ ESP 3:15:06
8 Roberto Mons LERA ESP 3:26:37
9 Martin FIZ ESP 3:31:52
10 Francisco Javier BANOS ESP 3:31:52
WOMEN:
1 Maitane Chueca MARIN ESP 4:06:15
2 Tracy URQUHART CAN 4:11:09
3 Adriana DE GANO ITA 5:15:08
4 Heidi Larsen ABILDGAARD DEN 5:32:54
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Azzedine SAKHRI ALG 1:14:43
2 Ahsan BUSHWET ALG 1:15:12
3 Radwan ARIACHE ALG 1:16:14
WOMEN:
1 Ma. Dolores Jimenez GUARDENO ESP 1:38:47
2 Malika MOKRANI ALG 1:45:16
3 Mary Catherine FOGARTY GBR 2:13:36
February 2009
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