May 2010
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2 MAY 2010: NEW JERSEY MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Michael ARNSTEIN USA 2:37:54 2 Raefeal CUETO 2:50:38 3 Antonio DE LA CRUZ 2:51:07 4 Julio SAUCE 2:54:43 5 Richard AIREY 3:01:48 6 Kevin S SMITH 3:02:17 7 Yusuke TATENO 3:02:49 8 Farnese DA SILVA 3:04:07 9 Markus RANDLER 3:04:25 10 Gauti HOSKULDSSON 3:06:24 WOMEN: 1 Holly PARKER 3:13:38 2 Alana GARCIA 3:15:03 3 Erica ANGELL 3:19:43 4 Melanie LENAHAN 3:27:18 5 Annette BARBAY 3:29:02 6 Jennifer CHRISTIANSO 3:30:33 7 Lisa MIRE 3:31:04 8 Nicole RIZZUTO 3:32:18 9 Alison HWONG 3:34:28 10 Sage NORTON 3:34:48
2 MAY 2010: BMO VANCOUVER MARATHON, CANADA
14,175 exuberant runners and walkers of all ages and abilities, coming from 38 countries, enjoyed the cloudy and wet conditions in the 39th edition, which also offered 21.1 km Half Marathon, 8 km and McDonald's Kids MaraFun races. The marathon route is one of the most scenic in the world, taking participants through Vancouver's famous Stanley Park, False Creek, over the Burrard Street Bridge, and into the Kitsilano and Point Grey neighbourhoods.
MEN: 1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:16:55 2 Jason LOUTITT CAN 2:25:46 3 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:28:17 4 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:29:35 5 Aaron HEIDT CAN 2:29:48 6 Lorenzo PERLO ITA 2:30:22 7 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:31:04 8 Thomas TISELL USA 2:34:33 9 Jacob HAAS CAN 2:35:10 10 Steve DEKOKER USA 2:36:46 WOMEN: 1 Emmah M KIRUKI KEN 2:37:17 2 Sharleen JACKSON CAN 2:50:13 3 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:53:00 4 Kimberly MUELLER USA 2:56:08 5 Shannyn CLANCY CAN 2:59:43 6 Hisayo MATSUMOTO JPN 3:02:19 7 Karen WARRENDORF CAN 3:05:56 8 Jen SEGGER 3:06:39 9 Shelley GRISBROOK CAN 3:07:04 10 Claudette AUGERT CAN 3:08:56 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kip KANGOGO KEN 1:06:33 2 Steve OSADUIK CAN 1:07:13 3 James FINLAYSON CAN 1:07:16 WOMEN: 1 Krista DUCHENE CAN 1:16:40 2 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:19:15 3 Heather GALLAGHER CAN 1:19:17
2 MAY 2010: METRO GROUP MARATHON DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
Iaroslav Musinschi took the 8th edition in a course record of 2:08:32. The 33 year-old Moldavian also established a European season's lead, being the first European to clock a sub 2:10 time in 2010. Among all events a record number of 13,000 athletes took part, including 4200 in the marathon.
Musinschi was paced through halfway in 64:04 minutes and then almost kept his pace, finishing more than three and a half minutes ahead.
In the women's race Turkey's Mehtap Sizmaz was well ahead early on, but eventually dropped out to leave Natalya Volgina in the lead after around 25km.
MEN: 1 Iaroslav MUSINSCHI MDV 2:08:32 2 Andrej TOPTUN UKR 2:12:08 3 Pawel OCHAL POL 2:13:23 4 Falk GERPINSKI GER 2:17:18 5 Dennis MEHLFELD 2:28:27 6 Joshua E EKENO 2:31:21 7 Edwin YANO KEN 2:31:41 8 Robert JAKEL 2:32:55 9 Sabastian LUNING 2:33:37 10 Harm SENGERS 2:33:54 WOMEN: 1 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:30:47 2 Volha SALEVICH BLR 2:31:41 3 Svetlana SEMOVA RUS 2:33:31 4 Melanie KRAUS GER 2:36:00 5 Kirsten OTTERBU NOR 2:36:22 6 Alemitu BEKELE ETH 2:36:29 7 Christina B HOLTH 2:37:13 8 Remalda KERGYTE 2:39:10 9 Arleta MELOCH 2:41:48 10 Lutfiye KAYA TUR 2:55:12
2 MAY 2010: MARATONA D'EUROPA, ITALY
MEN: 1 Adem ZEKERIJA ETH 2:24:05 2 Philemon K SEREM KEN 2:24:40 3 Franco PLESNIKAR ITA 2:29:56 4 Gianmarco PITTERI ITA 2:32:36 5 Paolo MASSERENTI ITA 2:32:56 6 Alessandro LEBAN ITA 2:36:09 7 Antonio DI LUCA ITA 2:36:14 8 Luigi MANFRINI ITA 2:42:26 9 Reinhold POTOTSCHNIK AUT 2:44:28 10 Francesco TUVERI ITA 2:45:58 WOMEN: 1 Marija VRAJIC CRO 2:57:22 2 Erika BAGATIN ITA 3:04:03 3 Jasna JURICIC CRO 3:08:59 4 Monica ZENAROLLA ITA 3:09:30 5 Ana ZUPIC CRO 3:09:34 6 Anna PARRELLA ITA 3:13:57 7 Suzana ALBERINI CRO 3:15:46 8 Milena GRION ITA 3:16:38 9 Elke BOLLMANN GER 3:18:57 10 Rita SERRA ITA 3:25:46
2 MAY 2010: SAO PAULO INT'L MARATHON, BRAZIL
Stanley Biwott won in a time only two seconds outside the course record — also the South American all-comers record of Vanderlei de Lima. The help of two pacers and a special prize of $20,000 was not quite enough to offset the 24°C finish temperature. Biwott ran his second fastest marathon: "I knew I was close, but did not have the strength to sprint".
Race director Thadeus Kassabian was pleased with the course changes: "The course gave excellent results, and the course record did not fall only because the temperature shot up during the race. The Sao Paulo Intl Marathon remains the fastest of any in South America" he said.
In the women's race Marizete Moreira dos Santos maintained home advantage (13 wins in 16 editions). At first she ran with Margaret Okayo and behind the leaders Marily dos Santos and the Ethiopian Debela Nega Mesfim. Dos Santos led until 40km, after which her thighs cramped and she slowed, allowing Moreira, Okayo and Adriana Aparecida da Silva to come past. Da Silva was running in Sao Paulo for the first time, and found it to her liking.
In total, the 16th edition of the event attracted a record 20 000 entrants including those in the children's event — The Maratoninha of Sao Paulo which brought together children from social projects and from prestigious schools. Large numbers of children under 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 also attracted many proud parents.
MEN: 1 Stanley K BIWOTT KEN 2:11:19 2 Jonathan KOSGEI KEN 2:12:13 3 Philip K BIWOTT KEN 2:14:05 4 Marcos A ELIAS BRA 2:19:42 5 Jose E DA SILVA MOTA BRA 2:21:28 6 Paulo DA SILVA BRA 2:22:31 7 Sergio C DA SILVA BRA 2:25:02 8 Fabiano G DOS SANTOS BRA 2:25:07 9 Jose R DA SILVA BRA 2:25:41 10 Jose T DE SOUZA BRA 2:25:54 WOMEN: 1 Marizete M DOS SANTOS BRA 2:39:36 2 Margaret OKAYO KEN 2:40:23 3 Adriana A DA SILVA BRA 2:40:56 4 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 2:41:38 5 Debele W NEGA ETH 2:42:03 6 Edielza A DOS SANTOS G BRA 2:42:47 7 Demse A MESFIN ETH 2:44:11 8 Sueli PEREIRA SILVA BRA 2:45:48 9 Rosangela R P FARIA BRA 2:45:54 10 Conceicao DE M C OLIVEIR BRA 2:51:26
2 MAY 2010: LIMA 42km
MEN: 1 Festus Kioko KIKUMO KEN 2:23:30 2 German Naranjo JARAMILLO 2:26:41 3 Auberto Lucas YUCRA 2:26:56 4 Fritz Eulogio BONIFACIO 2:30:27 5 Remigio Huaman QUISPE 2:33:58 6 Hugo PAUCAR 2:35:01 7 Vladimir Figari TESTINO 2:35:10 8 Jorge Luis Andiosa VALENCIA 2:41:00 9 Henry Flores REYES 2:41:24 10 Guillermo Hinostroza ROMERO 2:47:37 WOMEN: 1 Lady Morales QUINTO 2:51:11 2 Angelica Rosa Romero DAVILA 2:52:58 3 Paulina Norma Mamani CASTILLO 2:57:26 4 Angela Janneth Brito BRAVO 2:59:32 5 Clara CANCHANYA 3:06:27 6 Aide Soto QUISPE 3:16:17 7 Isabel Bayonero VARGAS 3:16:51 8 Augusta Barrios BENAVIDES 3:18:19 9 Carmen Matibel Oblitas SILVA 3:26:36 10 Olinda CANCHANYA 3:27:18 21km MEN: 1 Constantino Leon LOPEZ 1:05:26 2 Abel Villanueva TAIPE 1:06:22 3 Waldir Ureta MEDRANO 1:06:26 WOMEN: 1 Hortenia Arzapalo RAMOS 1:16:45 2 Gladis Teheda PUCUHUARANGA 1:17:54 3 Wilma Arizapana YUCRA 1:20:58
9 MAY 2010: VOLKSWAGEN PRAGUE MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Volcanic ash prevented Eliud Kiptanui of Kenya going to the Vienna Marathon three weeks ago, but produced an explosive performance in Prague, leading both Yemane Tsegay and Nicholas Kipruto Koech under the old record of 2:07:48 set last year. Helena Kirop dominated the women's race, breaking away at halfway, and surpassing Maura Viceconte's 2001 course record of 2:26:33.
Kiptanui's anonymity and aggressive front-running may have led rivals to think he was a pacemaker. He went away from 35km, after race favourite Tsegay had already dropped off the pace into fifth place. As Kiptanui ran the second half of the race almost a minute faster than the first, in 62.23 to 63.16, Tsegay regrouped, to take second.
Kiptanui had won the Safaricom Marathon in Kisumu, Kenya in December in hot (30°C) and humid conditions. His huge improvement in Prague was the sixth fastest time so far this year and the 17th on the all-time list. Despite fighting back to gain second place, Tsegay did not disguise his disappointment, but Koech was overjoyed with his debut marathon.
MEN: 1 Eliud KIPTANUI KEN 2:05:39 2 Yemane TSEGAY ETH 2:07:11 3 Nicholas KOECH KEN 2:07:23 4 Getu FELEKE ETH 2:08:04 5 Wilson KIPROP KEN 2:09:09 6 Denis NDISO KEN 2:10:51 7 Kenneth MUNGARA KEN 2:10:53 8 Dereje DEBELE ETH 2:11:13 9 Solomon BUSENDITCH KEN 2:11:51 10 Josephat KEIYO KEN 2:12:21 WOMEN: 1 Helena KIROP KEN 2:25:29 2 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:27:36 3 Ashu KASIM ETH 2:29:54 4 Yulya RUBAN ROM 2:31:13 5 Florence CHEPSOI KEN 2:32:18 6 Larisa ZYUSZKO RUS 2:32:55 7 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:33:17 8 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:39:15 9 Valentina POLTAVSKA UKR 2:39:26 10 Tetiana MESENTSEVA UKR 2:40:05
9 MAY 2010: BIG 25 BERLIN, GERMANY
Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany set unique double world records - never before have both records been broken in one race. Keitany became the first female to dip under 1:20. BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations in the 30th edition of the race.
A group of more than 20 African runners surged through 5km in 14:29, 10km in 29:01 and 15km in 43:05. As the group fell apart it became a duel between Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa. At first defending champion Matthew Koech ran with them, but he soon dropped back.
The pace kept high although the section 18-21km is slightly uphill. The pair reached 20km in 57:22 and achieved a remarkable half marathon split time of 1:00:42. In the final 2km 24 year-old Kosgei opened a decisive gap. Altogether seven runners finished inside 1:14, among them the former record holder Paul Kosgei. He had been in the leading group until close to 15km.
From the start Mary Keitany ran her own race at the front, keeping pace for around 1:20. She passed 10km in 31:58 and then clocked 47:58 at 15km. Even when the course climbed back up to the Olympic Stadium she kept her rhythm and speed to finish almost five minutes ahead of Alice Timbilili. "I prepared long and hard for this race and I expected to break the record" said Keitany. "But not by such a big margin or to run sub 1:20." She will make her marathon debut in autumn.
MEN: 1 Sammy KOSGEI KEN 1:11:50 2 Gilbert KIRWA KEN 1:11:58 3 Terefe MAREGU ETH 1:13.16 4 Erick ROTICH KEN 1:13:24 5 Matthew KOECH KEN 1:13:45 6 Paul KOSGEI KEN 1:13:48 7 Felix KENY KEN 1:13:53 8 Allan KIPRONO KEN 1:14:15 9 Joel KIMURER KEN 1:14:34 10 Lusapho APRIL RSA 1:15:02 WOMEN: 1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:19:53 2 Alice TIMBILILI KEN 1:24:38 3 Pasalia KIPKOECH KEN 1:26:47 4 Eunice KALES KEN 1:29:05 5 Christine CHEPKEMEI KEN 1:29:30
9 MAY 2010: GENEVA MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Teshomi TEMERATE ETH 2:20:31 2 Germa TSIGE ETH 2:27:08 3 Hailu BEGASHAW ETH 2:32:26 4 Laurent MICHELLIER FRA 2:33:13 5 Nicolas BULLIARD SUI 2:39:24 6 Remo RATSCHOB SUI 2:40:14 7 Nicolas FOURNIER FRA 2:41:02 8 Eusébio BOCHONS SUI 2:41:51 9 Padraig MACCRIOSTAIL IRL 2:41:56 10 Graham HEDGER GBR 2:47:28 WOMEN: 1 Laura HREBEC SUI 2:44:33 2 Catrin JONES SUI 2:55:40 3 Murielle BRIONNE FRA 2:57:05 4 Corine GRUFFAZ FRA 3:23:40 5 Martina WENGER GER 3:24:00 6 Isabelle ROCHE FRA 3:28:54 7 Corinne GAILLARD-MITCHELL FRA 3:29:08 8 Francesca CANEPA ITA 3:29:38 9 Shelley JOHNSON USA 3:32:17 10 Sabine KOENIG GER 3:33:55 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Terefe SEIFU ETH 1:07:11 2 Guy SIMPSON SUI 1:11:19 3 Julien SALAMUN SUI 1:11:59 WOMEN: 1 Corinne ZELLER SUI 1:19:57 2 Ludivine DUFOUR SUI 1:21:45 3 Aline CAMBOULIVES FRA 1:22:26
9 MAY 2010: SKOPJE MARATHON, FYR MACEDONIA
A record number of runners participated, with 330 in the marathon and half marathon race, and about 2000 in the humanitarian race over 5 km.
A wonderful atmosphere and warm weather (17°C to start, 25°C at the finish) yielded new course records to both Tamas Toth (2:28:56) and Lucia Kimani. Up to 28km the Bosnian Dzuro Kodzo, who had announced before the race that he would run under 2:18:00, had a 2km lead. He slowed after 30km and eventually had to stop, allowing Toth and Neals Strick (NED) to take the lead. Lucia Kimani and Marija Vrajic led the women's race up to half way, at which point Kimani took control and ran on to a new course record.
MEN: 1 Tamas TOTH HUN 2:28:56 2 Strik NEALS NED 2:31:11 3 Gheorgita VIOREL MDV 2:32:22 4 Djuro KODZO BIH 2:35:04 5 Ferenc BIRI HUN 2:35:23 6 Aleksandar ANDONOV BUL 2:37:24 7 Gjorgi TRENDAFILOV MKD 2:50:14 8 Radisa SIMIC SRB 2:52:01 9 Ilir KELLEZI ALB 2:55:07 10 Zoran SAZDOV MKD 2:58:04 WOMEN: 1 Lucia KIMANI BIH 2:55:56 2 Marija VRAJIC CRO 2:59:21 3 Katalin FARKAS HUN 3:00:57 4 Lidija MIKLOS MNE 3:11:03 5 ?elimira KOPECKI CRO 3:44:40 6 Catherine KALINOWSKI USA 3:52:37 7 Katerina DIMOVSKA MKD 3:57:26 8 Tanja VELJANOVSKA MKD 4:07:10 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sasa STOLIC SRB 1:13:53 2 Atila FILEP SRB 1:19:42 3 Kokan AJANOVSKI MKD 1:21:45 WOMEN: 1 Sladzanja PERUNOVIC SRB 1:25:38 2 Ksenija BODLOVIC SRB 1:26:46 3 Enisa TASEVSKA MKD 1:36:07
9 MAY 2010: VANCOUVER SUN RUN 10KM, CANADA
MEN: 1 Kip KANGOGO KEN 29:02 2 Eric GILLIS CAN 29:05 3 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 29:29 4 Scott SIMPSON CAN 29:33 5 Matt LOISELLE CAN 29:41 6 Dylan WYKES CAN 29:45 7 Richard MOSLEY CAN 29:54 8 Derek NAKLUSKI CAN 30:09 9 Steve OSADUIK CAN 30:12 10 Rejean CHIASSON CAN 30:46 WOMEN: 1 Malindi ELMORE CAN 33:06 2 Paula FINDLAY CAN 34:00 3 Emily TALLEN CAN 34:11 4 Kristina RODY CAN 34:40 5 Chantell WIDNEY CAN 34:41 6 Natasha WODAK CAN 34:49 7 Lucy SMITH CAN 35:06 8 Rose WETZEL USA 35:30 9 Marilyn ARSENAULT CAN 35:58 10 Claudia COPLAND USA 36:01
9 MAY 2010: MARATON MARTIN FIZ, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Jaime MOIBEN KEN 2:28:13 2 Antonio J BLANCO GUTIERREZ ESP 2:30:06 3 Ioseba JAUREGI LUNDA ESP 2:31:03 4 Jose Antonio BOABEN GARCIA ESP 2:33:32 5 Luisvindo ROMERO CONDE ESP 2:35:14 6 Unai NARBAIZA GANTXEGI ESP 2:39:08 7 Miguel A REVENGA RODRIGUEZ ESP 2:39:15 8 Jose Felix BILBAO VILLATE ESP 2:39:45 9 Javier DE LA FUENTE LLOPIS ESP 2:40:07 10 Santos LLAMOSAS RUIZ ESP 2:41:17 WOMEN: 1 Gemma PEREZ BERASATEGUI ESP 3:08:51 2 M Lourdes G DE SEGURA OROZCO ESP 3:18:05 3 Maria D BENITEZ CABALLERO ESP 3:20:52 4 Yolanda BURGOS ESP 3:21:26 5 Laura GARCÍA MEJUTO ESP 3:28:25 6 Nuria GARRIDO MENDOZA ESP 3:49:36 7 Marta MARCOS PÉREZ ESP 3:51:18 8 Alicia MORENTIN ESP 3:54:27 9 Ana D MARTINEZ DE LAHIDALGA ESP 4:04:20 10 Zurine HERNANDO GOMEZ ESP 4:06:57 10km MEN: 1 Gontzal SANZ ESP 32:31 2 Ivan FERNANDEZ ANAYA ESP 32:36 3 Fabian RONCERO ESP 33:03 WOMEN: 1 Ana CONDE BERNAL ESP 39:08 2 Eva CALLE RODRIGUEZ ESP 42:51 3 Monica DE LA ROSA MIRANDA ESP 43:58
15 MAY 2010: GREAT WALL MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Qiang TONG CHN 3:24:44 2 Mark HANDELMAN USA 3:32:31 3 Christopher GODWIN GBR 3:51:47 4 Fang GUOWEI CHN 3:55:35 5 Ole T THERKELSEN DEN 3:56:23 6 Marek GROCHOWSKI POL 4:03:45 7 Martin POULIN CAN 4:05:19 8 Alan CHAPMAN USA 4:10:29 9 Robert D PRECHTL 4:13:01 10 Ian BROWN GBR 4:16:02 WOMEN: 1 Inez-Anne HAAGAN NED 3:56:38 2 Nora Barbara S RUEEGG SUI 4:36:15 3 Leigh Anne BILLINGS USA 4:41:44 4 Francesca CERETTI ITA 4:46:47 5 Sara VERGA USA 4:50:04 6 Jennifer GRAHAM CAN 4:55:12 7 Azure M MC ALLISTER 4:57:39 8 Susannah GILL GBR 4:58:27 9 Sophie GENESTE FRA 4:59:02 10 Heidi TRUNK GER 4:59:37 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Christian REITERMANN GER 1:41:48 2 David LEITHEAD 1:50:06 3 Paolo VIVONA ITA 1:50:32 WOMEN: 1 Jocelyn BRADLEY AUS 2:02:03 2 Sarah BLOMFIELD GBR 2:03:22 3 Aude BEAUCHAMP 2:11:50
15 MAY 2010: THREE HEARTS MARATHON, SLOVENIA
MEN: 1 Kipruto J KURUI KEN 2:19:38 2 Cheruiyot E RUTTO KEN 2:20:13 3 Mwathi J KAMAU KEN 2:21:42 4 Primoz KOBE SLO 2:25:26 5 Mario VRACIC SLO 2:33:41 6 Zdenko KLEMENCIC SLO 2:42:37 7 Matevz SCHAUBACH SLO 2:46:32 8 Bostjan POTOCNIK SLO 2:46:41 9 Mirko JANJATOVIC SLO 2:48:59 10 Zvonko BLATNIK SLO 2:49:09 WOMEN: 1 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:47:10 2 Neza MRAVLJE SLO 2:56:10 3 Ida SURBEK SLO 3:00:37 4 Jana STRAHINIC SLO 3:13:05 5 Wambui L MURIGI KEN 3:15:48 6 Bernarada IVANCIC SLO 3:24:24 7 Branka MRVAR SLO 3:38:05 8 Valda DORNIK SLO 3:41:46 9 Vilma BRESAN SLO 3:47:03 10 Natasa PECNIK SLO 3:51:51 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Anton KOSMAC SLO 1:09:06 2 Tadej KALUZA SLO 1:13:12 3 Uros TAKS SLO 1:14:17 WOMEN: 1 Aleksandra FORTIN SVN 1:25:46 2 Renata SILIUK LIT 1:30:40 3 Marija A KRUSIC SVN 1:33:15
16 MAY 2010: IWELT MARATHON WUERZBERG, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Samson SIPARIMUK KEN 2:19:19 2 Neil RENAULT 2:20:19 3 Berthold VOGT 2:32:51 4 Klaus MANNWEILER 2:35:28 5 Klaus STUBINGER 2:36:21 6 Andreas JANKER 2:36:49 7 Markus HELD 2:39:19 8 Joachim H ETZEL 2:42:28 9 Oliver NEUMANN 2:42:34 10 Philipp ZABEL 2:44:20 WOMEN: 1 Ulrike MAYER-TANCIC 3:04:44 2 Sabine PULLINS 3:08:22 3 Katja FRIEDLANDER 3:09:08 4 Nadine HAILER 3:13:31 5 Irmgard WEIDENHILLER 3:16:55 6 Monika RUHLAND 3:19:30 7 Michelle FETZER USA 3:22:57 8 Renate SINGER 3:29:25 9 Martina RICHTER 3:29:30 10 Ulrike SCHOCKE 3:32:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Moses KIPTUM KEN 1:06:27 2 David LORBACHER 1:12:58 3 Jens BORKA 1:15:46 WOMEN: 1 Christine CHEPKOMEI KEN 1:17:33 2 Lisa STAUDT 1:20:47 3 Carolin GLASER 1:20:59
22 MAY 2010: TERWAMARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Sergey DRUZHININ RUS 2:40:44 2 Teemu PIKSILA FIN 2:42:40 3 Alexey MARCHUK RUS 2:43:32 4 Petr KULIKOV RUS 2:44:27 5 Petri HUHTALA FIN 2:45:32 6 Dmitriy MINEEV RUS 2:45:46 7 Hansi KITTI FIN 2:47:16 8 Andrey SHILOV RUS 2:56:06 9 Sami-Jukka HAMALAINEN FIN 2:56:23 10 Paavo KETTUNEN FIN 2:56:52 WOMEN: 1 Svetlana NIKITINA RUS 3:06:22 2 Johanna KOSKELA FIN 3:13:55 3 Kirsi KIVELA FIN 3:30:22 4 Ilona LUIRO FIN 3:30:46 5 Mia RINTA-JASKARI FIN 3:32:59 6 Kariina KAUPPINEN FIN 3:33:12 7 Riitta YNNILAUSKELAN FIN 3:34:53 8 Maire TURPEINEN FIN 3:35:59 9 Sanna HOUTARI FIN 3:36:40 10 Eija HUKKANEN FIN 3:36:42 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Veli-Heikki KOIVU FIN 1:12:21 2 Teppo RONKAINEN FIN 1:12:31 3 Kimmo RANDELIN FIN 1:13:46 WOMEN: 1 Eveliina MAYRA FIN 1:21:39 2 Riikka KILPELAINEN FIN 1:24:53 3 Maria HARJU FIN 1:34:25
22 MAY 2010: GOTEBORG HALF MARATHON, SWEDEN
MEN: 1 Sammy K KIRUI KEN 1:01:10 2 Wilson K CHEBET KEN 1:01:22 3 Joseph K KIPTUM KEN 1:01:40 4 Girma ASSEFA ETH 1:02:25 5 Evans K RUTO KEN 1:02:52 6 Nicholas M KAMAKYA KEN 1:02:55 7 Josphat BOIT KEN 1:03:25 8 Iaroslav MUSINSCHI MDV 1:04:27 9 Charles N WANJOHI KEN 1:05:11 10 John N KIARIE KEN 1:06:15 WOMEN: 1 Amane GOBENA ETH 1:11:40 2 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 1:13:29 3 Leah MALOT KEN 1:13:48 4 Lena GAVELIN SWE 1:16:36 5 Lydia N MATHATI KEN 1:17:22 6 Lucia M KIMANI BIH 1:17:49 7 Anna V SCHENCK SWE 1:18:58 8 Filomena COSTA POR 1:19:33 9 Jorunn REKKEDAL SWE 1:19:58 10 Carina H BYLUND SWE 1:20:29
23 MAY 2010: SUNFEAST WORLD 10K BANGALORE, INDIA
Titus Mbishei and Wude Yimer were surprise winners, but won in contrasting ways writes Ram Murali Krishnan. Mbishei led from early on, while the diminutive Yimer was only visible in the lead group once it started to whittle down after 6km.
Defending champion Deriba Merga, after a late arrival the night before due to a cancelled flight, gallantly maintained contact with the lead group until about 6km, but then tailed off. Moses Kipsiro, runner up in the World Cross ran shoulder-to-shoulder as they passed the ornate Vidhan Soudha building at 7.5km and entered Cubbon Park at 8km. They increased pace on the gentle decline of the beautiful inner roads of the park. The gap back to Lelisa and Merga continued to widen.
Mbishei entered the stadium first with Kipsiro chasing on his heels over the final 350m. Mbishei posted a personal best 27:54, but missed the course record by just three seconds. "I was unable to cope with the pace," Merga admitted after the race.
An array of globally renowned runners, including three past winners, made for an exciting lineup in the women's race that followed at 08:00. Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse, the double silver medallist at the Beijing Olympics, did the early front running. Kenyan Grace Momanyi, who tied for the top spot with Abeylegesse at the inaugural race here in 2008, along with teammate Gladys Chemweno and Ethiopian Aberu Kebede, went past the mid-way mark at 16:10. By 6km Abeylegesse began to drop back as Momanyi took the lead with defending champion Aselefech Mergia, and Yimer tucked in behind. Momanyi strove to get a lead but entered the stadium with Mergia and Yimer running alongside, about to pounce. Yimer kicked with 200m to go and clocked a new course record of 31:58.
The winners each took home US$21,000. Indian winners Sunil Kumar and Preeti L. Rao won US$ 3200 each. Earlier Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister of the State of Karnataka, flagged off the races.
MEN: 1 Titus MBISHEI KEN 27:54 2 Moses KIPSIRO UGA 28:08 3 Feyisa LELISA ETH 28:23 4 Deriba MERGA ETH 28:32 5 Edwin KIPKORIR KEN 28:35 6 Titus MASAI KEN 28:44 7 Tadese TOLA ETH 28:49 8 Eshetu WENDIMU ETH 28:50 9 Geoffrey KUSURU KEN 28:52 10 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 28:56 WOMEN: 1 Wude YIMER ETH 31:58 2 Aselefech MERGIA ETH 32:00 3 Grace MOMANYI KEN 32:05 4 Koren YAL ETH 32:17 5 Aberu KEBEDE ETH 32:21 6 Hilda KIBET NED 32:22 7 Genet GETANEH ETH 32:23 8 Dire TUNE ETH 32:39 9 Gladys CHEMWENO KEN 32:49 10 Tigist TUFA ETH 32:58
23 MAY 2010: KIGALI PEACE MARATHON, RWANDA
MEN: 1 Peter LIMO KEN 2:19:44 2 Emanuel NAIBEI KEN 2:24:55 3 Daniel KILIMO KEN 2:25:06 4 Jumane TLUWAY TZN 2:25:19 5 Elvis BUNGEI KEN 2:26:20 6 Cheruiyot SANG KEN 2:28:08 7 Raymond CHEMUGOR KEN 2:31:06 8 David TUWE KEN 2:32:06 9 Rachid SAFARI RWA 2:32:45 10 Felix K KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:34:00 WOMEN: 1 Divina JEPKOI KEN 2:46:53 2 Leah KUSAR KEN 2:52:30 3 Pamela JEMELI KEN 2:57:59 4 Lydia JEROTICH KEN 3:04:47 5 Eunice LELEI KEN 3:05:46 6 Trufena KURUI KEN 3:09:50 7 Jennifer LOTOIYWO KEN 3:11:42 8 Banuelia BRYTON TZN 3:14:43 9 Glady CHERUIYOT KEN 3:19:04 10 Letting JEMUTAI KEN 3:19:50 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Philemon YATOR KEN 1:04:07 2 Ezechiel NIZIGIYIMANA BUR 1:04:31 3 Peter KOSGEI KEN 1:04:36 WOMEN: 1 Hellen JEMUTAI KEN 1:16:23 2 Friday LODEPA KEN 1:18:07 3 Restituta JOSEPH TZN 1:18:20
23 MAY 2010: NORDEA RIGA MARATHON & HALF, LATVIA
Runners came from 45 countries to participate in one of the five different races spanning various distances. In total, more than 10,000 runners finished, 25% up on last year. The marathon events were won by Slimani Benazzouz and Maryna Damantsevich, who shattered the previous women's event record dating back to 1991, by an amazing 5:37, although this year's race was run over a new course. Of all runners in the full marathon, 57% were from overseas. Many Finnish runners opt to run their spring marathon in Riga — this year one fifth of the marathon competitors came from Finland. Nordea Riga marathon is the largest marathon in the Baltic countries. The next ecition is scheduled for 22 May 2011.
MEN: 1 Slimani BENAZZOUZ MOR 2:17:33 2 Johnston CHANGVONY KEN 2:19:05 3 Pavel LOSKUTOV EST 2:21:32 4 Janne HOLMEN FIN 2:23:57 5 Mareks FLOROSEKS LAT 2:27:00 6 Janis ARSENIKOVS LAT 2:35:26 7 Margus PIRKSAAR EST 2:36:07 8 Arkadij KOVALJOV BDI 2:41:49 9 Vjatseslav KOSELEV EST 2:42:22 10 Lauris PEPSA LAT 2:45:30 WOMEN: 1 Maryna DAMANTSEVICH BLR 2:38:16 2 Volna MALEVIC BLR 2:38:50 3 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:42:51 4 Veronika LOPATINA BDI 2:46:58 5 Dace LINA LAT 2:54:30 6 Kirsi KOVACS FIN 3:11:59 7 Michelle MITCHELL BDI 3:15:44 8 Pia ROSS FIN 3:15:50 9 Minna JOUTSEN FIN 3:16:34 10 Kadri KADAK EST 3:17:34 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Valerijs ZOLNEROVICS LAT 1:05:40 2 Janis VISKERS LAT 1:08:12 3 Yuri VINOGRADOV RUS 1:10:10 WOMEN: 1 Irene CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:14:04 2 Usila KOECH KEN 1:14:49 3 Inna POLUSKINA LAT 1:16:54
23 MAY 2010: EDINBURGH MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
MEN: 1 Steve LITTLER GBR 2:26:30 2 Phil HINCH GBR 2:26:46 3 David BIRD GBR 2:31:02 4 Gary DUNN GBR 2:32:09 5 Ian GRIME GBR 2:32:12 6 Scott BRADLEY GBR 2:35:14 7 Pulmani BUNGANI 2:37:08 8 Nick LEIGH GBR 2:37:19 9 Jamal MOHAMED 2:37:55 10 Patryk GIERJATOWICZ 2:38:32 WOMEN: 1 Sarah GEE GBR 2:38:14 2 Julie BRISCOE GBR 2:41:31 3 Nicola DUNCAN GBR 2:58:46 4 Jenny BOSMAN GBR 3:01:04 5 Joanna THOMPSON GBR 3:02:44 6 Issy MENZIES GBR 3:03:17 7 Alison SEDMAN GBR 3:03:39 8 Pamela TOSH GBR 3:04:01 9 Michelle CLARKE GBR 3:04:48 10 Dawn RICHARDSON GBR 3:04:55
23 MAY 2010: NYKREDIT COPENHAGEN MARATHON, DENMARK
MEN: 1 Mikkel KLEIS DEN 2:22:29 2 Marc Bjorn NIELSEN DEN 2:25:50 3 Torben JUUL DEN 2:29:52 4 Steen Riis PETERSEN DEN 2:30:11 5 Henrik Skov ANDERSEN DEN 2:30:16 6 Daniel Dkaaning SANDERSON DEN 2:31:32 7 Magnus HANSEN DEN 2:31:45 8 Steen WALTHER DEN 2:32:15 9 Justin STAKSTON DEN 2:32:22 10 John Henry SKRUPSTAD DEN 2:32:37 WOMEN: 1 Colleen DE REUCK RSA 2:30:51 2 Anne-Mette AAGAARD DEN 2:38:49 3 Anne Sofie Pade HANSEN DEN 2:44:15 4 Lone BALLING DEN 2:57:01 5 Vibeke HANSEN DEN 2:58:58 6 Nina MADSEN DEN 3:01:00 7 Luise SONDER DEN 3:01:33 8 Dorte DAHL DEN 3:01:41 9 Mette MOHNCKE DEN 3:02:40
23 MAY 2010: SOTOKOTO SAFARI HALF MARATHON, KENYA
MEN: 1 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 1:07:55 2 David TARUS KEN 1:08:21 3 Elijah MOTURI KEN 1:09:02 4 Stephen KIBIWOTT KEN 1:09:03 5 Robert KORIR KEN 1:09:16 6 Francis KOSGEI KEN 1:09:20 7 Peter MURIUKI KEN 1:09:21 8 Jackson LIMO KEN 1:09:44 9 Barnaba KOSGEI KEN 1:09:46 10 Wilfred KIRWA KEN 1:09:50 WOMEN: 1 Helah CHELAGAT KEN 1:17:52 2 Irene JEROTICH KEN 1:19:22 3 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:19:36 4 Helena KIROP KEN 1:20:34 5 Frida DOMONGOLE KEN 1:20:44 6 Milka JEROTICH KEN 1:20:55 7 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 1:21:44 8 Rose JELEGAT KEN 1:21:44 9 Catoline CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:22:11 10 Monica WANGARI KEN 1:22:49
23 MAY 2010: DOURO VALLEY HALF MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Amos KAPTICH KEN 1:04:24 2 Eui Pedro SILVA POR 1:05:00 3 David BOWEN KEN 1:05:22 4 Isaac KIPKOECH KEN 1:06:40 5 Ernest KERBENEI KEN 1:07:10 6 Paulo GOMES POR 1:07:21 7 Heitor OLIVEIRA POR 1:07:51 8 Manuel FERREIRA POR 1:09:14 9 Antonio FERNANDEZ POR 1:09:19 10 Vasco AZVEDO POR 1:09:38 WOMEN: 1 Ines MONTEIRO POR 1:12:55 2 Fernanda RIBEIRO POR 1:13:24 3 Analia ROSA POR 1:14:55 4 Jacklyne RIONORIPO KEN 1:16:14 5 Monica SILVA POR 1:17:22 6 Doroteia Alves PEIXOTO POR 1:19:43 7 Helena SAMPIAO POR 1:23:24 8 Luisa OLIVEIRA POR 1:25:13 9 Carla MACHADO POR 1:26:07 10 Lucinda MOREIRAS POR 1:26:41
30 MAY 2010: COMRADES MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
Durban based Zimbabwean Stephen Muzhingi ran a pace-perfect race to defend his crown in the 85th edition "down" from Pietermaritzburg to Durban writes Norrie Williamson. Of 23500 entered 16400 lined up for the start in ideal conditions. A large group of runners went in search of the early hot spot awards but after 18km contenders started to find their rhythm albeit still considerably faster than record pace.
On the 'big dipper' outside Camperdown Zimbabwean Wellington Chidodo sprinted to the first hot spot in 1:30:51, earning R8000 and putting Charles Tjiane into second position, three minutes adrift. Over the next 18km, after the second hot spot (halfway, 2:37:15), Tjane overtook Chidodo and led the race, almost nine minutes clear of Fanie Matshipa, Stephen Muzhingi, Bethuel Netshifhefhe and Claude Moshiywa. But it was this group who contested the lead over the later stages of the race. "When we went through halfway in 2:46, I knew the record was not possible and concentrated on the win," said Muzhingi. They reeled in Tjiane with 28km to go, although Netshifhefhe had earlier fallen back, Moshiywa and Matshipa pulled away from a more cautious Muzhingi as they approached Fields Hill. Although Moshiywa secured the third hot spot and R16000 on the Pinetown side of Cowies hill, it was Muzhingi who took the lead as they headed for the finish. "The people of Durban know me because I train here and they energized me when I needed it most," said Muzhingi who went on to take the honours in the 10th fastest winning time.
The combination of a fast early pace and no clear favourite resulted in wholesale change among the leading finishers over the final quarter of the race. In his debut run Ludwick Mamabolo worked his way through the field from a distant 16th position at Camperdown to finish second and first novice in 5:35:28. Sergio Motsoeneng's 1:41 at Camperdown put him outside the top 50. As one of the twins who had 'relayed' their way down the Comrades route in the 1990s he had been virtually banished from the sport, but from 36th at half way, he climbed to 12th Winston Park, entered the top ten before Cowies and finished in a remarkable third, only 29 seconds behind Mamabolo.
Although the Nurgalieva twins dominated the race for a seventh year, Elena and Olesya looked to be making an attempt on Frith van der Merwe's down run record as they set out from Pietermaritzburg on 5:50 pace. "We were concerned about Anna Pichrtova. She has won the National 100km championships a couple of times and we didn't know what she could do," said Elena. "When we were told at halfway that we were over 10 minutes ahead we decided we didn't need to go as fast." Even with that more conservative second half Elena led the pair across the finish line in 6:13:03. "Elena was stronger than me today and she deserved the win" said Olesya who was right on her heels. This was Elena's fifth Comrades crown, now three ahead of her sister. Farwa Mentor was the first South African to finish, a title she has now earned eight times. She ran almost seven minutes faster than last year.
MEN: 1 Stephen MUZHINGI ZIM 5:29:01 2 Ludwick MAMABOLO 5:35:29 3 Sergio MOTSOENENG 5:35:58 4 Bongmusa MTHEMBU 5:37:49 5 Fani MATSHIPA 5:39:53 6 Fusi NHLAPO RSA 5:40:26 7 Claude MOSHIYWA 5:43:04 8 Petros SOSIBO 5:45:58 9 Peter MOLAPO 5:46:19 10 Leboka NOTO 5:48:45 WOMEN: 1 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 6:13:04 2 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 6:13:05 3 Marina MYSHLYANOVA RUS 6:26:03 4 Kami SEMICK 6:32:55 5 Farwa MENTOOR RSA 6:38:41 6 Lizzy HAWKER GBR 6:39:43 7 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 6:44:27 8 Londsay VAN ASWEGEN RSA 6:46:52 9 Adinda KRUGER RSA 6:51:15 10 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 6:51:34
30 MAY 2010: RUN OTTAWA MARATHON, CANADA
Photos: Victor Sailer
Japan's Arata Fujiwara won an intelligent, tactical victory in a new course record of 2:09:34 writes Alan Brookes. Merima Mohammed (18) claimed the women's crown with a strong solo run of 2:28:19. Over 39,000 runners from more than 30 countries took part in the 5 events on Saturday evening and Sunday morning in Canada's national capital. A capacity crowd of 4,500 ran the marathon, with another 10,000 in the half marathon.
After a sweltering week the weather cooperated on race day (15°C, cloudy and and little wind). The undulating course begins outside City Hall, then immediately passes the majestic Canadian Parliament buildings before winding its way back and forth across the scenic Ottawa River and Rideau Canals.
Crossing over into the province of Quebec, a lead group of 20 men passed 3km in 9:05, pursuing the 2:08:32 Canadian all-comers record, passing 10km in 30:23 and halfway in 64:30. By 25km, there was only one pacer left among a pack of 10 — with Fujiwara watching from the back. The pace dropped before the pacing finished at 30km. Hillary Kimayo immediately surged to the front of a group now reduced to five. When Laban Moiben made the next move at 37km only Fujiwara responded. The two ran shoulder to shoulder until 400m to go, when the powerful Japanese surged ahead to a new course record.
It was his first marathon win, after only two months ago abandoning the traditional Japanese corporate system, and walking away from a long-term, star position with Team JR Higashi Nihon, in order to gain the freedom to race more internationally. He was all smiles after the race, saying he'd found motivation from a breakfast meeting on Saturday with Deriba Merga who was in town to race the 10K on Saturday night. Second-place Moiben was delighted to have lowered his best time by almost four minutes.
Saturday night's 10K, billed as the $100,000 chase for the world record, started off with a spritely first kilometre of 2:34, but a travel-weary Merga was never going to threaten. In the end the pacemaker Lelisa Desisa and Moroccan Mohammed El Hachimi battled the wind home along the canal in a spirited duel won by the Ethiopian with Merga third. Dire Tune, starting four minutes ahead of the men, ran completely on her own to hold off the men by mere strides and win the "Battle of the Sexes" and another $5,000.
MEN: 1 Arata FUJIWARA JPN 2:09:34 2 Laban MOIBEN KEN 2:09:44 3 Bazu WORKU ETH 2:09:54 4 Hillary KIMAIYO KEN 2:10:21 5 Wegayehu GIRMA TE ETH 2:11:28 6 Teferi WODAJO ETH 2:12:08 7 Gebo Burka GAMEDA ETH 2:12:46 8 Gosha Girma TEFER ETH 2:16:27 9 Josephat ONGERI KEN 2:20:45 WOMEN: 1 Merima MOHAMED ETH 2:28:19 2 Radiya ADLO 2:35:04 3 Samira RAIF 2:36:47 4 Alemitu ABERA ETH 2:37:39 5 Galina ALEXANDROVA RUS 2:37:56 6 Krista DUCHENE CAN 2:39:08 7 Mary DAVIES 2:39:29 8 Jennifer FEENSTRA 2:41:15 9 Myriam GRENON CAN 2:47:55 10 Jutta MERILAINEN 2:50:54 10km MEN: 1 Lelisa DESISA ETH 28:09 2 Modammed EL HACHIMI MAR 28:12 3 Deriba MERGA ETH 28:42 WOMEN: 1 Dire TUNE ETH 32:07 2 Rehima KEDIR ETH 32:28
30 MAY 2010: SCOTIABANK CALGARY MARATHON, CANADA
Ellie Greenwood cruised to a convincing win to slice more than 10 minutes off the women's event record. In the men's marathon Graeme Wilson led home a record field of close to 1200 runners. Another 7,500 individuals participated in the half marathon, 10km, 4x10km corporate challenge, kids marathon and 5km walk and run. The race attracted runners from 11 provinces and 16 countries. The inaugural Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge also raised an impressive $250,000 for 19 local charities.
MEN: 1 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:32:14 2 Jason LOUTTIT CAN 2:38:38 3 Niall MCGRATH CAN 2:39:43 4 Keenan VINEY CAN 2:42:51 5 Oleg TABELEY CAN 2:57:22 WOMEN: 1 Ellie GREENWOOD CAN 2:52:23 2 Rosemarie GERSPACHER CAN 2:54:22 3 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 3:00:38 4 Jennifer EBERMAN CAN 3:03:13 5 Andrea GLOVER CAN 3:08:24 CENTAUR SUBARU HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dave JACKSON CAN 1:09:40 2 Kristopher SWANSON CAN 1:09:55 3 Andrew CARRUTHERS CAN 1:10:36 WOMEN: 1 Stephanie HAMILTON CAN 1:24:36 2 Lindsay MANNING CAN 1:26:36 3 Tania VAN DER MEULEN CAN 1:26:36
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