July 2010
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3 JULY 2010: PAAVO NURMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Janne KLASILA FIN 2:50:39 2 Patric MASAR SUI 2:51:42 3 Tomi HALME FIN 2:53:39 4 Emil SODERLUND FIN 2:54:30 5 Tuomas MIKKOLA FIN 2:59:30 6 Miika LAHTELA FIN 3:00:27 7 Masamichi SUZUKI JPN 3:00:33 8 Markus KARLSSON FIN 3:01:47 9 Niklas WICKHOLM FIN 3:06:30 10 Antii AMMUNET FIN 3:06:39 WOMEN: 1 Laura NIEMINEN-TOMMINEN FIN 3:21:31 2 Johanna YLANEN FIN 3:26:57 3 Hanna-Mari HANNIKAINEN FIN 3:49:55 4 Mimmi SINERVO FIN 3:51:20 5 Elina JUNNILA FIN 3:54:44 6 Mariane KANKAANMAKI FIN 3:59:10 7 Minna HARTONEN FIN 4:16:14 8 Sari LAHDENIEMI FIN 4:16:23 9 Eija AHONEN FIN 4:16:25 10 Nina KARAPUU FIN 4:17:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Yuri VONOGRADOV RUS 1:12:14 2 Aleksandr BABYKIN RUS 1:12:30 3 Miika HENRIKSSON FIN 1:13:59 WOMEN: 1 Irene CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:21:39 2 Usila KOECH KEN 1:23:18 3 Suvi MIETTINEN FIN 1:23:41
4 JULY 2010: GOLD COAST AIRPORT MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
MEN: 1 James KARIUKI KEN 2:13:53 2 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 2:15:47 3 Ben KIPRUTO KEN 2:17:18 4 Raphael NJENGA KEN 2:17:25 5 Oswald REVELIAN TAN 2:17:55 6 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:20:18 7 Rowan HOOPER NZL 2:22:05 8 Nathan HARTIGAN AUS 2:23:27 9 David CRINITI AUS 2:25:21 10 Johhny Hok Yan LAI HKG 2:28:38 WOMEN: 1 Yoshida KAORI JPN 2:31:33 2 Matsuo CHIHARU JPN 2:36:53 3 Mayumi FUJITA JPN 2:39:10 4 Sarah MCCRAE AUS 2:39:41 5 Chihiro TANAKA JPN 2:41:09 6 Shireen CRUMPTON NZL 2:41:21 7 Megan HEPP USA 2:45:42 8 Anita KEEM AUS 2:48:06 9 Kirsten MOLLOY AUS 2:49:09 10 Tina MAJOR AUS 2:49:55 ASICS HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jeffrey HUNT AUS 1:03:18 2 Martin DENT AUS 1:03:21 3 Hironori ARAI JPN 1:03:24 WOMEN: 1 Lisa WEIGHTMAN AUS 1:09:00 2 Cassie FIEN AUS 1:11:45 3 Jessica TRENGOVE AUS 1:12:48
10 JULY 2010: ZERMATT MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Patrick WEISER SUI 3:09:35 2 Gerd FRICK ITA 3:13:37 3 Jean-Christophe DUPONT FRA 3:14:47 4 Thomas GEISENBERGER GER 3:25:37 5 Helmut PERRETEN SUI 3:25:49 6 Ralf BIRCHMEIER SUI 3:26:26 7 Ulrich BENZ GER 3:26:29 8 Thomas HANSEN GER 3:28:48 9 Martin SCHMID SUI 3:32:40 10 Guy SCHEIWILLER SUI 3:39:37 WOMEN: 1 Claudia LANDOLT SUI 3:44:06 2 Simona STAICU HUN 3:52:44 3 Tanja AMIET SUI 3:59:21 4 Andrea HUSER SUI 4:00:56 5 Lizzy HAWKER GBR 4:01:34 6 Carolina REIBER SUI 4:02:29 7 Corinne WARIDEL SUI 4:15:40 8 Jacqueline RUEGGER SUI 4:24:26 9 Karin ERNE WURENLINGEN SUI 4:28:28 10 Claire BOLAY SUI 4:31:14
11 JULY 2010: MARATON DE QUITO, ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Festus KIKUMU KEN 2:23:37 2 Leonso Jimenez CHITAU ECU 2:23:48 3 Edison BURBANO ECU 2:24:23 4 Cristobal Narvaez ANRANGO ECU 2:24:39 5 Isaac WAWERU KEN 2:25:23 WOMEN: 1 Caroline CHEMWOLO KEN 2:49:09 2 Nancy Osorio NARANJO ECU 2:54:42 3 Martha TENORIO ECU 2:56:21 4 Olga GOMEZ ECU 3:00:34 5 Maria Paredes RIOS ECU 3:04:19 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Franklin TENORIO ECU 1:09:13 2 Walter Balboa ACSRO ECU 1:10:53 3 Luis Quingaluisa MALDONADO ECU 1:11:01 WOMEN: 1 Rosa Alba CHACHA ECU 1:21:50 2 Jeanneth Colahuaco TOAPANTA ECU 1:23:04 3 Evelyn Anangono GODOY ECU 1:25:02
18 JULY 2010: MARATHON OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Jose Ricardo DA SILVA BRA 2:29:10 2 Paulo Rogero Braga GONCALVES BRA 2:31:35 3 Ibrahim Orozil NETO BRA 2:34:26 4 Jose Alfonso SILVA BRA 2:35:47 5 Abel DE SOUZA BRA 2:35:51 6 Flavio Roberto DOS SANTOS BRA 2:41:11 7 Divino Pereira FARIAS BRA 2:41:28 8 Hefer Cardoso DE FREITAS BRA 2:42:25 WOMEN: 1 Sirlene De Sousa DE PINHO BRA 2:43:15 2 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 2:45:24 3 Conceicao de M C OLIVEIRA BRA 2:48:42 4 Ilda Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 2:48:57 5 Antonia Bernadete L DA SILVA BRA 2:49:55 6 Elizabete Esteves DE SOUZA BRA 2:50:33 7 Gisele Brros DE JESUS BRA 2:51:44 8 Gisele Lisboa Oliveira RIBEIRO BRA 2:52:31 9 Andrea GRACIANO BRA 2:53:20 10 Mary Emanuela DA COSTA BRA 2:54:09
25 JULY 2010: SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON, USA
Over 24,000 runners registered and the first two to finish both broke the old course record of 2:25:57 set by Andrew Cook in 2007. Keith Bechtol, an astrophysicist at Stanford University, set the new record of 2:23:28 in his debut marathon in which he only decided to compete six weeks beforehand. His request for elite athlete status was denied by the organisers because he had no previous official marathon times.
The 25-year old won from the second wave start, two minutes behind the favoured elite. Official times are taken from the starting gun and do not account for this discrepancy. Both Bechtol, and second-placed Michael Wardian come from Virginia, but Bechtol had taken a three-year break from competition after graduation. Wardian, aged 36, had returned to San Francisco as pre-race favourite, but came in two minutes behind despite an almost two-minute “lead” on Bechtol. However, he took a wrong turn along the hilly course which probably cost him at least a minute.
Third-placed Harm Sengers of the Netherlands was on a company trip to Chicago but bought a ticket to San Francisco for a 24-hour Marathon whirlwind, hopping a plane back to Chicago within hours of the race. Asked what he thought of San Francisco, he said “the course was so incredibly beautiful... I want to come back next year.”
MEN: 1 Keith BECHTOL USA 2:23:28 2 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:25:21 3 Harm SENGERS NED 2:29:23 4 David LA PORTIO 2:32:26 5 Tyler SMALL 2:34:01 6 Chad RICKLETS 2:35:20 7 Zack ELLIS 2:36:16 8 Ian SHARMAN 2:36:35 9 Jason KARBELK 2:36:51 10 Florian SCHEULEN 2:37:08 WOMEN: 1 Chikara OMINE 2:42:12 2 Emily HARSIN 2:51:54 3 Brandy BENGOECHEA 2:53:26 4 Morgan ROBINSON 3:01:11 5 Renee LANE 3:04:48 6 Amanda GRAMLY 3:06:55 7 Kate EVANS 3:07:05 8 Jenny ROBBINS 3:08:11 9 Kristin WALSTADT 3:08:27 10 Stefanie FINELLI 3:08:28
25 JULY 2010: WESTLINK M7 CITIES MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
The $50,000.00 prize pool again attracted some quality runners from Australia and overseas among the 260-strong field, supplemented by 44 relay teams. The interesting traffic-free course is mainly on the Westlink M7's shared pathway, alongside the motorway. There were a large number of marathon debutants. Five Australian states were represented and international entrants came from the USA, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa and Papua New Guinea.
Among the quality local runners were two Kenyan athletes: Cleophas Rop and Josephat Mwangi. Thomas Kiprotich, a Kenyan runner living in Hong Kong also had a chance to take out the $10,000.00 first prize. Among the women were four-time winner Magda Karimali-Poulos, 2006 winner Verity Breen and visiting South African Ursula Frans.
Conditions were ideal for a marathon at the 07:00 start, as runners were set off by Liverpool City Councillor Wendy Waller. A group of seven runners maintained a slow early pace until David Criniti took off to get a good lead, which he held for 16km before withdrawing with a calf injury. At halfway, seven runners went through in 1:14. In the second half five runners picked up the pace, and with three kilometres to go Rop started to pull away from the others to win. He ran the second half in 1:08:54; the first five ran negative splits.
Magda Karimali-Poulos, Jackie Fairweather and Helena Stanton were within two minutes of each other at halfway, after which Fairweather edged ahead, running close to even splits of 1:21:19 and 1:21:26 to set a new course record on her first Westlink M7 Cities Marathon.
MEN: 1 Rop CLEOPHAS KEN 2:23:22 2 Mark TUCKER AUS 2:24:50 3 Josphat MWANGI AUS 2:25:20 4 Scott MC TAGGART AUS 2:26:31 5 Scott RANTALL AUS 2:28:00 6 Darren MOYLE AUS 2:34:31 7 Thomas KIPROTICH KEN 2:35:58 8 Ben BELL AUS 2:36:32 9 Brendan DAVIES AUS 2:37:15 10 Dan THOMPSON AUS 2:41:48 WOMEN: 1 Jackie FAIRWEATHER AUS 2:42:45 2 Magda KARIMALI-POULOS AUS 2:44:46 3 Karen BARLOW AUS 2:49:35 4 Helen STANTON AUS 2:50:28 5 Verity BREEN AUS 3:02:30 6 Johanna PARSONS AUS 3:04:47 7 Ursula FRANS AUS 3:05:52 8 Julie HOWLE AUS 3:21:15 9 Cheryl HOUNSLOW AUS 3:24:11 10 Stephanie GRAVES AUS 3:24:28
31 JULY 2010: SWISS ALPINE MARATHON DAVOS 78KM, SWITZERLAND
Photos: swiss-image.ch
“This 25th anniversary Swissalpine marathon was the best ever,” said race director Andrea Tuffli, who started the event in 1986 and has directed it ever since. The record number of participants (5910 entries), the elite fields for the headline 78km event (won by Jonas Buud and Jasmin Nunige) and the superb conditions with beautiful weather all contributed to a memorable occasion.
Jonas Buud left the whole field trailing for the fourth time. He missed his personal best, set last year, by only 28 seconds. He ran the section to Filisur faster than ever, but as he explained: “I matched my speed to the competition.” Thomas Lorblanchet from France and Bruno Heuberger set the fast early pace in their first appearances in Davos.
They led at half-way with Buud following but on the ascent to the Keschhütte Buud moved into first place and did not relinquish it for the rest of the race. Like last year, he took around 10 minutes out of the competition from the highest point to the finishing line. “I have the greatest respect for Buud's performance,” was the reaction from both Lorblanchet and Jean-Yves Rey in third place. Buud is also the first runner to win the Swissalpine marathon four times in a row.
Jasmin Nunige took her third Swissalpine marathon title, in a time 20 minutes faster than her wins in 2005 and 2008. Maja Meneghin-Pliska and Corinne Zeller fought out a thrilling duel for second and third. Meneghin, 10 years younger, finished 35 seconds ahead.
MEN: 1 Jonas BUUD SWE 5:49:14 2 Thomas LORBLANCHET FRA 6:04:38 3 Jean-Yves REY SUI 6:09:02 4 Johan OOSTHUIZEN RSA 6:15:00 5 Bruno HEUBERGER SUI 6:16:59 6 Matthias DIPPACHER GER 6:19:43 7 Beat RITTER SUI 6:20:26 8 Csaba NEMETH HUN 6:27:18 9 Thomas ENGELI SUI 6:40:21 10 Gion-Andrea BUNDI SUI 6:43:27 WOMEN: 1 Jasmin NUNIGE SUI 6:39:28 2 Maja MENEGHIN-PLISKA SUI 6:43:52 3 Corinne ZELLER SUI 6:44:33 4 Gloria VINSTEDT SWE 7:19:45 5 Denise ZIMMERMANN SUI 7:23:55 6 Jeanette DALCOLMO SUI 7:26:29 7 Gaby STEIGMEIER SUI 7:26:41 8 Zelah MORRALL GBR 7:41:25 9 Anita LEHMANN SUI 7:54:49 10 Miriam SCHMIDT GER 8:01:08 42KM MARATHON MEN: 1 Huw LOBB GBR 3:16:03 2 Thierry BREUIL FRA 3:18:25 3 Dirk STROTHMANN GER 3:23:24 WOMEN: 1 Maud GIRAND FRA 4:04:24 2 Manuela JENNY SUI 4:14:15 3 Regula MEIER SUI 4:16:51
31 JULY 2010: AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
Race day was a perfect dawn, the sun painting Uluru (Ayers Rock) a luscious pink against a clear blue sky as runners began their race to the sound of a didgeridoo. The full marathon was two laps of a 21km circuit, nearly all of it on a mixture of unsealed red-earth roads, tracks and bush fire trails and almost constant views of either Uluru or Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).
The inaugural marathon fielded just under 200 competitors, including about 50 from the USA and others from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Romania. Most tackled the full marathon but there was also a half marathon, 11km and 6km run.
From 6-9km runners get stunning views across to Kata Tjuta, some 20km away. The name means many heads, an apt description for a collection of rocks that weathered apart over millions of years from a single giant rock formation. Runners pass through the village of Yulara at 9km and head out towards the airport before turning at 12km and tackling the route back to the start/finish area. After turning runners get the views of Uluru, 11km away, its colour changing almost hourly. Unlike Kata Tjuta, Uluru is made of arkose sandstone. Its dramatic colour is caused by iron in the arkose rusting as it oxidises.
The course includes a few small sand dunes, by which time runners are well strung out, which provides a chance to take in the scenery and enjoy the silence of the desert. After another short stretch of sealed road at 15km there is a 6km stretch of pure Australian outback just you, the track, the bush and Uluru keeping constant watch from a distance. The temperature stayed fairly cool for the second lap and running was pleasant. There is something special about this area; its vastness, its age, its red earth and its silence.
MEN: 1 Robert WOOLLEY AUS 3:07:26 2 Andrew COHEN AUS 3:09:14 3 Paul HODGES AUS 3:18:03 4 Sorab SHAVAKSHA AUS 3:19:44 5 James MORAN AUS 3:21:06 6 Joe GODSELL AUS 3:23:08 7 Michael MESSERSCHMI USA 3:28:07 8 Joseph CLARK-MURPHY AUS 3:28:57 9 Gary ZUPAN AUS 3:33:14 10 Bruce VEENSTRA AUS 3:38:05 WOMEN: 1 Deborah CROPPER USA 3:12:38 2 Nicole BUTTERFIELD AUS 3:19:21 3 Cheryl CARTER AUS 3:40:46 4 Clare WALL AUS 3:45:02 5 Kelly ALLEN USA 3:49:58 6 Keri VAUGHAN AUS 3:50:02 7 Patricia STITCHBURY NZL 3:58:08 8 Brooke CURRAN USA 3:59:39 9 Maia PUCAY USA 4:02:36 10 Michelle JOHNSTON AUS 4:13:17 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Michael WILLIAMS AUS 1:31:27 2 Andrew COUANIS AUS 1:42:22 3 Adam FREDERICKS AUS 1:46:05 WOMEN: 1 Tawnecia SAUVE CAN 1:48:52 2 Michelle MCGAVIN AUS 1:49:50 3 Frances CRANSTON AUS 1:52:45
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