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3 OCTOBER 2010: COLOGNE MARATHON & HALF PRESENTED BY SPARKASSE KOLNBONN, GERMANY

MEN:
1  Francis B KIPKOECH             KEN  2:14:15
2  Ulrich STEIDL                  GER  2:27:33
3  Rene HAUSER                    SUI  2:28:14
4  Raymon VAN DEN BERG            NED  2:31:24
5  Sam LANDMAN                    NED  2:31:53
6  Colm O'CALLAGHAN               IRL  2:37:28
7  Casper KOELMA                  NED  2:39:06
8  Dominik MAGES                  GER  2:39:40
9  Theo AYMANNS                   GER  2:39:47
10 Fabian LAFRENZ                 GER  2:41:50

WOMEN:
1  Katharina HEINIG               GER  2:46:05
2  Kerstin STEG                   GER  2:59:49
3  Tanja HOOB                     GER  3:02:35
4  Marlen GUNTHER                 GER  3:05:13
5  Sabine APEL                    GER  3:14:20
6  Nadja GAUS                     GER  3:14:21
7  Daniela PIVETTA                ITA  3:15:40
8  Baerbel PORTEN-STURM           GER  3:15:49
9  Celine VEYRAT                  FRA  3:16:33
10 Claudia ROTHER                 GER  3:16:50

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Leonard LANGAT                 KEN  1:03:00
2  Collins KIBET                  KEN  1:05:08
3  Jan FITSCHEN                   GER  1:05:19

WOMEN:
1  Simret RESTLE                  GER  1:12:56
2  Xwaymay M NAALI                KEN  1:14:28
3  Veronica CHEBOI                KEN  1:14:29

3 OCTOBER 2010: KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA

Gilbert Chepkwony running his second marathon, won the 87th edition of Europe's oldest Marathon. His winning time was a course record and a personal best, while second and third placed Solomon Bushendich and Peter Chebet also dipped under 2:09. The previous record was 2:09:53 by William Biama in 2007. The race was held in near perfect conditions, with temperatures of 9-12°C, sun and only slight wind as 30,000 spectators lined the streets along the two-lap course. Bushendich won a close battle for second ahead of Chebet, as both set personal bests by a dew seconds.

The pace started conservatively with 1:04:58 through the first half led by pacemakers Elisha Meli with Paul Kimugul, who ended their duties at 30km. The pace picked up in the second half (1:03:33). Chepkwony earned 15,000 Euros for the victory, including his course record bonus. Debutant Kipkoech Ruto was fourth while the Slovak national title went to Imrich Pastor, in seventh, for the fifth consecutive time.

In the women's race, the splits were the reverse. Twenty-eight year-old Ethiopian Almaz Alemu Balcha, running in her fifth Marathon, opened with a fast 1:13:56 first half. She faded considerably over the waning stages but still won comfortably in 2:36:35 (second half 1:22:37). "I did not have training for such a fast pace," said Balcha, who earned 6000 Euros for the victory. "After the 24km I started cramping and was slower and slower. I was not worried about first place, but wanted a better time." A record number of 5500 runners participated in all the races.

MEN:
1  Kipt G CHEPKWONY               KEN  2:08:33
2  Solo N BUSHENDICH              KEN  2:08:41
3  Kiplagat P CHEBET              KEN  2:08:42
4  Kipkoech RUTO                  KEN  2:18:18
5  Girma B DEGEFA                 ETH  2:18:20
6  Kavutu A MBUSYA                KEN  2:23:45
7  Imrich PASTOR                  SVK  2:23:55
8  Daniel ORALEK                  CZE  2:34:02
9  Marcel MATANIN                 SVK  2:34:39
10 Peter TICHY                    SVK  2:35:00

WOMEN:
1  Almaz Alemu BALCHA             ETH  2:36:35
2  Kamila KHANIPOVA               RUS  2:43:49
3  Ingrid PETNUCHOVA              SVK  2:53:42
4  Ivana MARTINCOVA               CZE  2:59:28 
5  Sylvia SEBESTIAN               SVK  3:14:32
6  Anna BALOSAKOVA                SVK  3:18:08
7  Zuzana HOLECKOVA               SVK  3:21:10
8  Alena KRCHAKOVA                CZE  3:22:09
9  Lucia FENCIKOVA                SVK  3:22:38
10 Jana VLADAROVA                 SVK  3:26:26 

HALF MARATHON
MEN: 
1  Petr PECHEK                    CZE  1:09:10 
2  Tibor SAHAJDA                  SVK  1:10:32
3  Anatolij MALIJ                 SVK  1:13:25
 
WOMEN:  
1  Katarina BERESOVA              SVK  1:16:32
2  Natalia KOWALSKA               POL  1:27:21
3  Zuzana STANOV?AKOVA            SVK  1:27:35

3 OCTOBER 2010: BAXTER'S LOCH NESS MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN

Tomas Abyu won with a new course record. Faster times were expected due to the changed course and he improved the mark he set in 2003 by nine seconds, finishing a clear five minutes ahead. Dinknesh Mekash Tefera also set a new record for the women's race. Abyu said: “I had a very good run. It was raining for the first half of the race which made the run harder. In the last ten miles I ran faster. I want to come back next year!” Tefera, on her first visit to Britain, said: “I enjoyed running through the beautiful countryside and am very happy to have achieved a new course record.”

In the Baxters River Ness 10K Artur Kern of Poland beat last year's winner Likas Wambua. First woman home was course record holder Cathy Mutwa of Kenya.

The HSPC Gerald Cooper Memorial Cup and a donation of £1000 to the charity of their choice, awarded to the first person resident in the Highland area to cross the finish line in the Marathon, was won by Hugh Campbell of Isle of Skye.

Over 8,600 runners from 41 countries entered the Festival of Running, including Britain's most scenic marathon. The mild, damp start to the day didn't dampen the runners' enthusiasm for an event which welcomes participants of all ages and abilities to the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon, River Ness 10K, 10k Corporate Challenge, River Ness 5k, and, new for this year, the Wee Nessie.

Malcolm Sutherland of Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running said: “We offer one of the most friendly and most scenic marathons which has helped us to attract a growing number of runners from all corners of the globe”. Runners participating in last year's event generated over £660,000 for charity, and brought benefit of over £2,178,066 to the local area.

MEN: 
1  Tomas ABYU                     GBR  2:20:50
2  Joseph MBITHI                  KEN  2:25:50
3  David SIMPSON                  GBR  2:26:16
4  Chris WILSON                   GBR  2:28:12
5  Stuart KERR                    GBR  2:30:01
6  Hugh CAMPBELL                  GBR  2:30:13
7  John HERBERT                   GBR  2:31:09
8  Russell MADDAMS                GBR  2:31:55
9  Benjamin MELBY                 GBR  2:33:04
10 Patryk GIERJATOWICZ            GBR  2:34:11
 
WOMEN: 
1  Dinknesh Mekash TEFERA         ETH  2:46:39
2  Clare PROSSER                  GBR  3:05:39
3  Lin LASCELLES                  GBR  3:05:56
4  Sarah RIDGWAY                  GBR  3:05:57
5  Diane MUNROE                   GBR  3:06:18
6  Roxanne BANNERMAN              GBR  3:10:10
7  Jane PURCHASE                  GBR  3:11:48
8  Jill SMYLIE                    GBR  3:11:49
9  Lynne MURRAY                   GBR  3:13:58
10 Erica CHRISTIE                 GBR  3:14:53
 
Baxters River Ness 10K
MEN: 
1  Artur KERN                     GBR  29:42
2  Andrew DOUGLAS                 GBR  30:28 
3  Lukas WAMBUA                   KEN  31:04
 
WOMEN: 
1  Cathy MUTWA                    KEN  34:46
2  Melissa WHYTE                  GBR  36:06
3  Malene MUNKHOLM                GBR  37:03

3 OCTOBER 2010: SPARKASSE-3 COUNTRY MARATHON, AUSTRIA

MEN:
1  Evans KAMROMBOI                KEN  2:17:36
2  Titus K KIPCHUMBA              KEN  2:22:57
3  Kipruto N CHEPNGABIT           KEN  2:38:04
4  Harald STEGER                  AUT  2:38:09
5  Jakob HORNER                   GER  2:38:51
6  Adrian GROBLI                  SUI  2:43:22
7  Robert DREBLER                 GER  2:44:40
8  Ralph STAUDACH                 AUT  2:46:12
9  Markus SPAGELE                 GER  2:50:18
10 Arno RITTER                    AUT  2:50:19

WOMEN:
1  Helen KIMUTAI                  KEN  2:43:35
2  Deborah BALZ                        3:05:51
3  Jelagat G CHERUIYOUT           KEN  3:15:59
4  Irmgard SCHMIDT                GER  3:17:37
5  Pia ALLGAUER                   AUT  3:21:16
6  Monika TURRA                   GER  3:22:16
7  Elke TAEGE-SCHRODER            GER  3:23:52
8  Sabine SIGEL                   GER  3:24:33
9  Angelika MILLINGER             AUT  3:24:53
10 Anja KARAU                     GER  3:29:09

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jonathan KOILEGEI              KEN  1:05:10
2  Ben MASAI                      KEN  1:05:38
3  Timo WECKMANN                  GER  1:11:29

WOMEN:
1  Dorcas KANGOGO                 KEN  1:15:46
2  Roswitha WEBER                 GER  1:25:02
3  Kathrin LUXENHOFAR             GER  1:25:39

3 OCTOBER 2010: COLOMBO MARATHON, SRI LANKA

MEN:
1  Kennedy CHERYUIYOT             KEN  2:22:12
2  Titus ROTICH                   KEN  2:22:14
3  Geoffrey Tum KIPTOO            KEN  2:22:42
 
WOMEN:
1  Manjula KUMARASINGHE           SRL  3:10:01
2  Sharmali LAMAHEWAGE            SRL  3:17:06
3  Disna MALKANTIE                SRL  3:30:22
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  W NISHAN                       SRL  1:11:20
2  T B P SOMARATHNE               SRL  1:11:39
3  H R C P BANDARA                SRL  1:14:16
 
WOMEN:
1  Nirmala JAYAWARDENA            SRL  1:39:21
2  M E M HEYLEN                   BEL  2:14:35
3  Emily LERMAN                   USA  2:24:03

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9 OCTOBER 2010: KINMEN ROUND-THE-ISLAND MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI

MEN:
1  Timothy Kibet CHELIMO          KEN  2:24:53
2  Ji Wen JIANG                   TPE  2:25:26
3  Zhi Hong HE                    TPE  2:40:31
4  Jian Xing QIU                  TPE  2:41:27
5  Jin Wen HE                     TPE  2:43:38
 
WOMEN:
1  Everlyne Nyamu ANTANCHA        KEN  2:49:48 
2  Pei Yu JIAN                    TPE  3:15:22
3  Chun Yu CAO                    TPE  3:24:21
4  Xiu Yu DAI                     TPE  3:27:19
5  Yan Ling HUANG                 TPE  3:33:16

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10 OCTOBER 2010: EINDHOVEN MARATHON, NETHERLANDS

Photos: Nico Delmeire

MEN:
1  Charles KAMATHI                  KEN  2:07:38
2  Nicolas Chelimo KIPKORIR         KEN  2:07:38
3  Paul BIWOTT                      KEN  2:07:40
 
WOMEN:
1  Atsede HABTAMU                   ETH  2:25:35
2  Tsega GELAW                      ETH  2:30:10
3  Anne KOSGEI                      KEN  2:31:05

10 OCTOBER 2010: POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND

MEN:
1  Isaac MACHARIA                 KEN  2:16:27
2  Haile TESFAYE                  ETH  2:16:32
3  Philemon KIMAIYO               KEN  2:16:46
4  Michal SMALEC                  POL  2:19:21
5  Viktor STARODUBSTEV            POL  2:19:56
6  Fekadu Tsegaye SEYOUM          ETH  2:20:02
7  Andrei GORDEEV                 BLR  2:20:26
8  Aurinas SKINULIS               LTU  2:20:46
9  Birhanu BEKELE                 ETH  2:21:00
10 Adugna GURMESA                 ETH  2:21:54
 
WOMEN:
1  Marina DAMANTSEVICH            BLR  2:36:30
2  Arleta MELOCH                  POL  2:42:24
3  Renata KALINSKA                POL  2:54:09
4  Magdalna STANNY                POL  3:02:54
5  Magda BARTOSZEWICZ             POL  3:07:58
6  Maria UKLEJA                   POL  3:08:43
7  Svetlana NIKITINA              RUS  3:14:04
8  Grazyna POPIEL                 POL  3:16:57
9  Katartzyna ORZECHOWSKA         POL  3:19:13
10 Iwona ZAKOWSKA                 POL  3:21:43

10 OCTOBER 2010: BRUSSELS MARATHON AND HALF, BELGIUM

MEN:
1  Levy MATEBO                    KEN  2:13:30
2  Kenneth K KIPRONO              KEN  2:16:51
3  William SUPARIMUK              KEN  2:22:16
4  Gino VAN GEYTE                 BEL  2:23:24
5  Koen NEVEN                     BEL  2:23:26
6  Gregory FAILLE                 BEL  2:25:13
7  Vlademir TONCHINSKI            BEL  2:28:42
8  Philip KANGOGO                 KEN  2:29:03
9  Michel VERHAEGHE               FRA  2:29:51
10 Vincent TERNET                 BEL  2:31:35

WOMEN:
1  Mariska DUTE                   NED  2:59:16
2  Carline DESEYN                 BEL  3:03:32
3  Marijke GUILLEMYN              BEL  3:06:54
4  Linda VANLOMMEL                BEL  3:09:50
5  Liesbeth VAN LEEUWEN           NED  3:10:06
6  Ines VAN RINSUM                NED  3:12:44
7  Nathalie MOUTON                FRA  3:15:11
8  Francine LEGRAND               BEL  3:15:49
9  Line PANUM                     BEL  3:18:45
10 Birgit CALS-BERK               NED  3:23:09

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Abdeljebbar SIHAMMANE          BEL  1:09:24
2  Giovanni PARIS                 ITA  1:10:05
3  Abdessamad ASRI                BEL  1:10:47
 
WOMEN:
1  Ysabelle VUILLARD              BEL  1:22:36
2  Samantha WOODWARD              FRA  1:26:53
3  Virginie SOENEN                BEL  1:28:09

10 OCTOBER 2010: TIMISOARA MARATHON, ROMANIA

MEN:
1  Catalin MIKLAUS                ROM  2:35:10
2  Ion Dragan MARIN               ROM  2:51:02
3  Razvan FARKAS                  ROM  2:51:07
4  Tadeusz DZIEKONSKI             POL  2:51:25
5  Remus FILIP                    ROM  3:07:07
6  Mihai COMSULEA                 ROM  3:16:52
7  Catalin PETRU                  ROM  3:29:20
8  Mihai LISETCHI                 ROM  3:33:32
9  Adrian COPIE                   ROM  4:54:40
 
WOMEN:
1  Silvia BANDA                   ROM  3:17:02
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Nebojsa MILENKOVIC             SRB  1:07:29
2  Valentin MAIER                 ROM  1:16:14
3  Mircea COVACIU                 ROM  1:17:11
 
WOMEN:
1  Mirela BRATU                   ROM  1:33:48
2  Daniela TOROK                  ROM  1:38:32
3  Sabine BAUMGARTEN              GER  1:46:45

10KM
MEN:
1  Mihai OBREJAN                         38:18
2  Claudiu STURZA                        36:16
3  Robert ZAHARIE                        36:40

WOMEN:
1  Andra ILIE                            37:09
2  Krisztina PANYOR                      41:30
3  Maria D VASIAC                        43:17

10 OCTOBER 2010: GOODLIFE FITNESS VITORIA MARATHON, CANADA

Cloudy, damp conditions greeted 14,078 participants in today's 31st edition. There were 3221 marathon participants, 6800 in the Half and 3184 in the 8km race. The kids' run, of 1200m, had 875 entries. A new world age-group record was set in the Women's Marathon.

Philip Samoei beat pre-race favourite James Lander. Lander, who recently moved to Victoria from the US, said: "I was pleased overall, but it was the windiest race I have ever run." Those conditions affected the women's race as well, which Cheryl Murphy led at halfway but then dropped out to leave Catrin Jones as winner, 90 seconds ahead of three-time Marathon winner, Suzanne Evans.

The Marathon saw a world record shattered with Gwen McFarlan winning the F75-79 category in 4:02:27, 47 minutes faster than the previous record for a 76-year old. There were more finishers than ever in the Half Marathon and the 8km Road Race — 5,696 and 2,678 respectively. The Marathon saw 2,558 finishers, with the overall total standing at a record 11,807 — 13% up on 2009. The 32nd GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon will be on 9 October 2011.

MEN:
1  Philip SAMOEI                  KEN  2:23:24
2  James LANDER                   USA  2:23:57
3  Bernard ONSARE                 KEN  2:26:50
4  Kevin O'CONNOR                 CAN  2:31:09
5  Oliver UTTING                  CAN  2:32:08
6  Spencer WALSH                  USA  2:32:45
7  Graeme WILSON                  CAN  2:34:00
8  David PALERMO                  CAN  2:35:00
9  Edwin MONTERO                  CRC  2:35:31
10 Brendan LUNTY                  CAN  2:35:44

WOMEN:
1  Catrin JONES                   CAN  2:52:21
2  Suzanne EVANS                  CAN  2:53:53
3  Lucy SMITH                     CAN  2:55:30
4  Kristina RODY                  CAN  2:58:21
5  Anne-Marie MADDEN              CAN  2:58:50
6  Sharleen JACKSON               CAN  3:05:10
7  Katrina BENCSICS               CAN  3:07:15
8  Mariko YOKOTE                  USA  3:09:26
9  Gillian CLAYTON                CAN  3:09:38
10 Megan CANOVA                   USA  3:10:26

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jim FINLAYSON                  CAN  1:07:56
2  Matt CLOUT                     CAN  1:08:02
3  Steven CRANE                   USA  1:08:14

WOMEN:
1  Lisa HARVEY                    CAN  1:18:34
2  Mary AKOR                      CAN  1:18:48
3  Gillian GOOK                   CAN  1:19:11

10 OCTOBER 2010: FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON, ITALY

An extraordinary race and a perfect day for running allowed 32-year-old Kenyan Paul Kosgei to break the course record. His 2:09:00 surpassed Haron Toroitich's 2004 mark by nine seconds and improved his personal best by 15 seconds. World Champion at Half Marathon in 2002, Kosgei launched an attack at 39km to drop Dickson Chumba and Abdullah Dawit Shami, both of whom recorded big improvements to their personal bests.

The women also ran fast, with 25-year-old Kenyan Hellen Mugo Wanjiku on 1:10:14 at halfway. She eventually slowed but still finished with an excellent 2:27:16, a personal best by 12 seconds and ranking her third among best-ever times at Carpi. Maria Guida kept her 2:25:57 course record from 1999. In a surprise second place 30-year-old Lithuanian Diana Lobacevske closed up in the later stages and shaved seven seconds from her personal best.

MEN:
1  Paul Kosgei MALAKWEN           KEN  2:09:00
2  Dickson CHUMBA                 KEN  2:09:20
3  Abdullah Dawit SHAMI           ETH  2:09:50
4  Azziz Naji EL-IDRISSI          MAR  2:11:09
5  Abraham POTONGOLE              KEN  2:11:39
6  Joshua CHELANGA                KEN  2:12:27
7  Albert KANGOR                  KEN  2:13:29
8  Mahasho KIMAIYO                KEN  2:14:23
9  Abdelkim KABBOURI              MAR  2:18:16
10 Felix Kipchirchir KANDE        KEN  2:19:06
 
WOMEN:
1  Hellen Mugo WAJIKU             KEN  2:27:16
2  Diana LOBACEVSKE               LIT  2:28:03
3  Giorgina RONO                  KEN  2:30:55
4  Hellen Gebremedhin GEBREHIWOT  ETH  2:32:31
5  Amelework Fikadu BOSHO         ETH  2:33:52
6  Gladys JEBET                   KEN  2:34:13
7  Daniela TARNUTZER              SUI  2:51:44
8  Guiseppina CHIOLO              ITA  2:57:01
9  Sonia CERETTO                  ITA  2:57:03
10 Alice MUNAFO                   KEN  2:57:11

10 OCTOBER 2010: LAKE GARDA MARATHON, ITALY

MEN:
1  Pietro COLNAGHI                ITA  2:28:28
2  Lukas OLDANI                   SUI  2:32:02
3  Dirk SCHWARZBACH               GER  2:32:28
4  Marco BOFFO                    ITA  2:34:11
5  Niklas KREUHN                  AUT  2:37:31
6  Rainer HAUCH                   SUI  2:45:43
7  Marcello FERRARI               ITA  2:47:02
8  Martin KNELL                   AUT  2:47:32
9  Pio MALFATTI                   ITA  2:47:54
10 Maurizio VACCA                 ITA  2:49:54
 
WOMEN:
1  Monica CARLIN                  ITA  2:54:25
2  Nunez ENCARNA                  ESP  2:58:41
3  Tina PURINEN                   FIN  2:59:43
4  Jessica PURBRICK               AUS  3:00:57
5  Carmen Sala FERRERA            ESP  3:05:18
6  Roberta GARBIN                 ITA  3:11:39
7  Emmanuela GALESI               ITA  3:14:18
8  Christina PRACHER              AUT  3:15:36
9  Simona CASSISSA                ITA  3:18:41
10 Adel RACZ                      HUN  3:22:32

10 OCTOBER 2010: PORTLAND MARATHON, USA

MEN:
1  Eric GRIFFITHS                 2:28:42
2  Phil OLSEN                     2:29:02
3  Stan PYLE                      2:30:54
4  Glen TUCKER                    2:31:29
5  Justin HENRY                   2:38:06
6  Edward STRICKLER               2:39:03
7  Andrew SCHUPP                  2:39:45
8  Chris STELZER                  2:41:19
9  Leo ALAPONT                    2:41:47
10 Jordan WOLF                    2:42:20

WOMEN:
1  Kami SEMICK                    2:52:02
2  Chelsea VANDERBRAKE            2:52:22
3  Heather LIEBERG                2:54:22
4  Maria CERDA                    2:57:41
5  Brittany BRENNY                2:58:49
6  Eri SASAKI                     2:59:07
7  Amber MORRISON                 2:59:32
8  Jessica DOBEK                  3:00:07
9  Megha DOSHI                    3:01:57
10 Kelly RAMIREZ                  3:03:22

10 OCTOBER 2010: ST GEORGE MELBOURNE MARATHON, AUSTRALIA

MEN:
1  Japhet KIPKORIR                KEN  2:11:04
2  Asnake FEKADU                  ETH  2:15:31
3  Rowan WALKER                   AUS  2:18:01
4  Geleta WONDWOSEN               AUS  2:18:43
5  Scott MCTAGGART                AUS  2:18:49
6  Cleophas ROP                   KEN  2:19:34
7  Scott RANTALL                  AUS  2:20:37
8  Colin THORNTON                 AUS  2:25:04
9  Ryan COX                       AUS  2:27:23
10 Mick CHAPMAN                   AUS  2:27:28
 
WOMEN:
1  Mulu SEBOKA                    ETH  2:32:20
2  Roxie FRASE                    AUS  2:43:52
3  Sarah BISS                     AUS  2:44:51
4  Lisa ROSE                      AUS  2:49:37
5  Kirsten WYATT                  AUS  2:51:00
6  Kirsten MOLLOY                 AUS  2:51:06
7  Sally IVENS                    AUS  2:51:40
8  Sam BOAG                       AUS  2:52:00
9  Lucy BLABER                    AUS  2:52:15
10 Melissa NORRIS                 AUS  2:53:20
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Isaac SEREM                    KEN  1:06:43
2  Gemechu WOYECHA                ETH  1:06:58
3  Erwin MCRAE                    AUS  1:07:45
 
WOMEN:
1  Clare GERAUGHTY                AUS  1:16:07 
2  Ady NGAWATI                    NZL  1:18:36
3  Lauren SHELLEY                 AUS  1:19:01

10 OCTOBER 2010: ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIA

MEN:
1  Erkoló ASHENAFI                ETH  2:23:51
2  Denis STARIKOV                 RUS  2:25:16
3  Evgeniy FAKHURTDINOV           RUS  2:26:44
4  Sreten NINKOVIC                SRB  2:28:49
5  Marin KOCEIC                   CRO  2:41:35
6  Ante JOVICIC                   CRO  2:41:41
7  Paul VEITCH                    GBR  2:43:51
8  Tomislav BRECIC                CRO  2:46:04
9  Blaž BARAC                     CRO  2:46:53
10 Renato PONAHAC                 CRO  2:51:42
 
WOMEN:
1  Maroje ŠOSIC                   CRO  2:56:17
2  Ivica RADELJIC                 CRO  2:58:44
3  Ivica ŠOSIC                    CRO  3:25:27
4  Ivica PEDISIC                  SLO  3:31:24

10 OCTOBER 2010: MUNICH MARATHON, GERMANY

MEN:
1  Andrej NAUMOV                  GER  2:18:23
2  Hermann ACHMULLER              ITA  2:23:46
3  Andreas STERZINGER             GER  2:26:11
4  Boris GIESEN                   GER  2:27:34
5  Raivis DR ZAKIS                LAT  2:27:49
6  Gerhard SCHNEBLE               GER  2:28:50
7  Martin BUTZLAFF                GER  2:30:57
8  Guhnter MAIR                   GER  2:33:12
9  Wayne BLAS                     GUA  2:33:53
10 Lothar LOTH                    GER  2:34:31

WOMEN:
1  Bernadette PICHLMAIER          GER  2:35:28
2  Birgit LENNARTZ                GER  2:58:42
3  Mary OLEARY                    IRL  2:59:56
4  Cornelia FIRSCHING             GER  3:02:28
5  Andrea FALTERMEIER             GER  3:04:39
6  Doris WEISSTEINER              ITA  3:06:25
7  Gabriele RYBAK                 GER  3:09:22
8  Bernadette KLAGER              SUI  3:09:39
9  Sabine SCHMITT                 GER  3:13:11
10 Catriona REID                  GBR  3:13:05

10 OCTOBER 2010: OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  Jack COOK                      CAN  2:39:16
2  Jason PAGE                     USA  2:44:12
3  Matt BRASSARD                  CAN  2:46:01
4  Trevor HAAHEIM                 CAN  2:46:09
5  Dale KIRK                      CAN  2:47:28
6  Dusty SPILLER                  CAN  2:54:13
7  Darin BENTLEY                  CAN  2:57:07
8  Colin MILLER                   CAN  2:57:58
9  Erik SORENG                    USA  2:58:01
10 Keith WAKELIN                  CAN  2:58:09
 
WOMEN:
1  Keddi-Anne SITERBINO           CAN  3:00:05
2  Janet LUN                      CAN  3:14:58
3  Sandra JENSEN                  CAN  3:15:03
4  Mary MCEWAN                    CAN  3:17:51
5  Paige HOWATT                   CAN  3:19:39
6  Holly GIBSON                   CAN  3:22:29
7  Erin FLEMING                   CAN  3:22:48
8  Jan LOWERY                     CAN  3:22:51
9  Ngaere GILBERT                 CAN  3:25:09
10 Justine MCMILLAN               CAN  3:26:05
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jeff SYMONDS                   CAN  1:12:51
2  David MATHESON                 CAN  1:16:27
3  Tom WALLACE                    CAN  1:19:25
 
WOMEN:
1  Emmy SIM                       CAN  1:27:45  
2  Stacey CLEVELAND               CAN  1:29:49
3  Lori YOUDELL                   CAN  1:30:47

10 OCTOBER 2010: GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, ECUADOR

MEN:
1  Fabian CAJAMARCA               ECU  2:25:52
2  Juan Carlos HERNANDEZ               2:26:45
3  Dimas QUINGALUISA                   2:27:44
4  Jhonny CANDO                        2:34:39
5  Manuel JUCA                         2:34:49
6  Cesar DEFAZ                         2:40:30
7  Mario CHICAIZA                      2:40:48
8  Edgar ARGUELLO                      2:41:21
9  Julio LUNA                          2:41:53
10 Tito DIAZ                           2:43:07
 
WOMEN:
1  Rose JEBET                     KEN  2:43:35
2  Leidi MORALES                  ECU  2:50:38
3  Sandra RUALES                  ECU  2:58:40
4  Paola PEREZ                    ECU  3:01:56
5  Nancy OSORIO                   ECU  3:05:11
6  Narciza TRUJILLO                    3:11:09
7  Maria Carmen AGUAIZA                3:13:42
8  Grecia TOAPANTA                     3:17:50
9  Guadalupe RIVERA                    3:26:03
10 Maria QUEZADA                       3:28:43

10 OCTOBER 2010: NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA

MEN:
1  Tianpeng LAN                   CHN  2:31:35
2  Zdravko MISOVIC                SRB  2:42:01
3  Atila HILEP                    SRB  2:50:09
4  Nikola JEVTIC                  SRB  2:50:20
5  Ivan OGNANOVIC                 SRB  2:53:07
6  Valeriy CHUMAKOV               RUS  2:55:07
7  Veljeko POPOVIC                SRB  2:57:02
8  Ugljesa NIKOLOC                SRB  3:02:18
9  Zoran JANKOVIC                 SRB  3:04:19
10 Goran STOJANOV                 MKD  3:05:21
 
WOMEN:
1  Junliang XU                    CHN  2:55:14
2  Erika POLJAKOVIC               SRB  4:29:34

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16 OCTOBER 2010: IAAF/SINOPEC WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS, CHINA

Photos: Getty Images

With its sprawling parks and tree-lined streets and boulevards, Nanning is known as China's Green City. Fittingly and from the outset, the battle at the front featured the various shades of green found on the Kenyan and Ethiopian team vests. The city provided hothouse conditions, with the women facing 69% humidity at the start and temperatures that climbed rapidly from under 20°C to well over it. The men, starting later, had slightly reduced humidity but a slightly higher temperature.

WOMEN:

Florence Kiplagat kicked away from Dire Tune over the final 800m to capture an impressive victory. Running in just her second Half Marathon, the 23-year-old Kenyan clocked 1:08:24 in hot and humid conditions to collect her second global title, adding to her triumph at the 2009 World Cross Country Championships. She had made her Half Marathon debut only a month ago, running 1:07:40 in Lille, France. “I wasn't worried about the time,” she said, noting the humid conditions. Kiplagat's victory propelled Kenya to their fourth team title in five years. After a fierce contest the 2008 winners Ethiopia had to settle for a fourth silver medal finish in the past five editions.

After a kilometre four Kenyans – Kiplagat, Peninah Arusei, Sarah Chepchirchir, and Joyce Chepkirui – were just a stride ahead of all five of Ethiopia's entrants: Dire Tune, Feyse Tadese, Fate Tola, Abebech Afework, and Meseret Mengistu. A kilometre later the only runner in the lead pack not hailing from east Africa was Nikki Chapple of Australia.

The leading ten charged though the first 5km in 15:53, only the fourth time in these championships that the opening split has been under 16 minutes. The only change over the next 3km, as the leaders passed the 12 Pillars of the impressive Guangxi People's Hall, came at the back, with Chapple dropping off the pace and forced into a no man's land, some 20 seconds ahead of the chase pack.

The pace slowed as the temperature rose with 10km passed in 32:32, as Chepchirchir dropped back. By 15km (48:42) the field was down to just four - Kiplagat, Tadese, Tune and Arusei, with Tola drifting a few seconds behind and fading with every stride. About five minutes later the race became a showdown between Kiplagat and Tune.

Tune, a profilic road racer who has run more than a dozen marathons, shadowed Kiplagat. Despite having run at or near the front throughout, the Kenyan clearly looked the stronger of the two. Shortly after the pair passed 20km in 1:05:06, Kiplagat began to pull away, to break the tape unchallenged.

Tune was pleased with her first medal in international competition: “the conditions were not good, so I was happy with second” said the 2008 Boston Marathon winner. Arusei finished third to take her first international medal: “I tried three times for a medal and this was my day,” she said. A three-time winner of the Berlin 25K, at 31 Arusei was the veteran on the team. Her 23-second margin over Tadese was the key difference in the team battle.

Teenager Chepkirui, who lagged behind in sixth for a large portion of the race, moved up a notch over the final kilometre to reach the line in just a second ahead of Ethiopian Mengistu. Both clocked career bests, as did Tola behind them.

MEN:

After an epic battle over the final two kilometres, Wilson Kiprop of Kenya upset Zersenay Tadese to take the men's title. Kiprop's victory was the first for Kenya at these championships since 2004, and ended Tadese's four-year reign at this event. “It's great to win, to beat a four-time world champion,” said 23-year-old Kiprop, whose breakout 2010 season also included the African 10,000m title at home in Nairobi.

The knockout blow didn't come until the final 100m when Kiprop, running upright and looking forward, forged past Tadese, who appeared sluggish in the waning stages after running at or near the front since the outset. When he was passed a few strides from the finish Tadese came to a near-complete halt and hobbled across the finish in 1:00:11 reportedly injured. Just behind, Sammy Kitwara and Silas Kipruto secured Kenya's fifth straight men's team title.

Kiprop, like Kiplagat, had run just one Half Marathon prior to Nanning, an impressive 59:39 debut also in Lille just one month ago. In Nanning he was the picture of experience as, along with teammates Kitwara and Kipruto, he kept the pressure on Tadese from behind. The men's contest was a bit more packed for the first half, with 15 men reaching 5km in 14:30. With Tadese at the front about a dozen were still in contention at 10km (28:49). The pace was considerably slower than in each of Tadese's previous victories but still well within reach of sub-one-hour territory.

After another 2km the field was reduced to seven, then six. By 15km (42:49) only four were left – Tadese, Kipruto, Kitwara and Kiprop. Running side-by-side, they had built a seven-second cushion on Eritrean Samuel Tsegay and 12 on Kenyan Titus Masai. Moses Mosop, the fastest in the field this year, was 37 seconds behind the leaders at this point and well out of contention.

With 48 minutes on the clock and the conditions taking their toll, Kipruto was the next to go, leaving the podium positions all but decided as the remaining trio passed the Nanning International Convention and Expo Centre. Two minutes later, it was just Tadese, still pushing at the front, and Kiprop, who was eyeing his adversary's every move.

In their final approach towards the finish in the city's large central Wuxiang Square, Kiprop began to challenge the Eritrean, briefly moving to the front 53 minutes into the race. Tadese responded with his own surge, matched by Kiprop. Continuing to trade the lead over the final kilometre, Kiprop made his final effort with just over 100m to go.

The team victory was never in doubt, with Kitwara and Kiprop closing in Kenya's scoring trio by fourth place. Eritrea, led by Tadese and Tsegay, took team silver for the sixth straight year. Lelisa Desisa and Birhanu Bekele crossed the line together in seventh and eighth, securing the second straight team bronze for Ethiopia.

MEN:
1  Vincent KIPROP                 KEN  1:00:07
2  Zersenay TADESE                ERI  1:00:11
3  Sammy KITWARA                  KEN  1:00:22
4  Silas KIPRUTO                  KEN  1:01:03
5  Samuel TSEGAYE                 ETH  1:01:03
6  Titus MASAI                    KEN  1:01:24
7  Lelisa DESISA                  ETH  1:01:28
8  Birhanu BEKELE                 ETH  1:01:28
9  Tomoyo ONISHI                  JPN  1:01:31
10 Moses MOSOP                    KEN  1:01:31
 
TEAMS:
1  KEN  3:01:32
2  ERI  3:03:04
3  ETH  3:05:26
4  JPN  3:06:48
5  RSA  3:09:53
 
WOMEN: 
1  Florence KIPLAGAT              KEN  1:08:24
2  Dire TUNE                      ETH  1:08:34
3  Peninah ARUSEI                 KEN  1:09:05
4  Fayse TADESE                   ETH  1:09:23
5  Joyce CHEPKIRUI                KEN  1:09:30
6  Meseret MENGISTU               ETH  1:09:31
7  Fate TOLA                      ETH  1:09:38
8  Zhu XIAOLIN                    CHN  1:11:01
9  Yoshimi OZAKI                  JPN  1:11:02
10 Riyoko KIZAKI                  JPN  1:11:03
 
TEAMS:
1  KEN  3:26:59
2  ETH  3:27:33
3  JPN  3:33:40
4  AUS  3:40:14
5  BRA  3:44:05

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17 OCTOBER 2010: BUCHAREST CITY MARATHON, ROMANIA

MEN:
1  Duncan KOECH                   KEN  2:13:54
2  James CHERUIYOT                KEN  2:15:28
3  John KATIO                     KEN  2:18:37
4  John KIOKO                     KEN  2:19:17
5  Tuwei KIPROP                   KEN  2:20:21
6  Alexey VESELOV                 RUS  2:22:55
7  Erik NZOKI                     KEN  2:23:46
8  Marian SACARA                  ROM  2:25:39
9  Beniamin RASADEA               ROM  2:29:01
10 Petrea HRISTIA                 ROM  2:30:43

WOMEN:
1  Sviatlana KOUNAN               BLR  2:35:13
2  Belaynesh BEKELE               ETH  2:39:49
3  Oxsana KUZMICHEVA              RUS  2:46:56
4  Daniela CIRLAN                 ROM  2:50:01
5  Alina NITULEASA                ROM  2:55:37
6  Alina PETRESCA                 ROM  2:57:52
7  Anna HECICO                    ROM  3:02:41
8  Hiroko OGAWA                   JPN  3:17:25
9  Irina COSTANTINESCU            ROM  3:37:47
10 Viorica GABRIAN                ROM  3:43:12

17 OCTOBER 2010: GYEONGJU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA

Surprisingly, given the favourable conditions (18°C) several of the top names in the men's race dropped out before halfway writes Mirko Javala. In the end there were only three runners fighting for the win with the rest of the field more than six minutes back.

Leaders reached 5km in 15:14 and then went for the fastest 5km of the marathon (14:57) passing 10km mark in 30:11. Notably already at this stage several of the favourites had been dropped. 15km was passed in 45:26 and the leaders reached 20km in 60:46. The pace was still well under 2:10, but then slowed considerably, the next 10km taking 30:51. At 25km (1:16:17) there were seven athletes left and they kept together through 30km. Ethiopian Dejene Yirdaw made a move at 32km and opened up a nine second by 35km.

Moroccan Abdellah Falil and Kenyan Kipchirchir Kimaly followed. Yirdaw held on to his small lead to win by 11 seconds.

The women's race was won by 27-year-old Korean Chung Yun-Hee, who finished 16 minutes clear of her nearest rival.

MEN:
1  Dejene YIRDAW                  ETH  2:09:13
2  Abdellah FALIL                 MAR  2:09:24
3  Kipchirchir KIMALY             KEN  2:09:44
4  Myong-Seun LEE                 KOR  2:16:19
5  Jacob CHESIRE                  KEN  2:19:00
6  Sammy KIBET                    KEN  2:19:30
 
WOMEN:
1  Yun-Hee CHUNG                  KOR  2:32:09 

17 OCTOBER 2010: AMSTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS

Photos: Orange Pictures/Karel Delvoye

Getu Feleke set a sensational new course record with debutant Wilson Chebet 28 seconds behind him. Alice Timbilil won the women's race in 2.25.03. A record 31,463 entries were received for the race.

Favourable weather and changes to the course made for a fast race. At 09.45 the Mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, started 10,241 registered runners in the marathon. The leading group remained together for a long time, until Getu Feleke sped away at 35km. Chebet chased in vain, but broke the old course record by six seconds. Feleke's time was a 2 min 20 seconds inprovement on his personal best and moves him to eighth on the all-time list.

The women's race was also decided late on, when Alice Timbilil also ran away from the group after 33km, finishing with the third fastest time ever run in Amsterdam and defeating last year's winner, Eyerusalem Kuma. The fast times mean Amsterdam has moved up one place in the top 10 fastest marathon races in the world and now occupies fifth place.

MEN:
1  Getu FELEKE                    ETH  2:05:44
2  Wilson CHEBET                  KEN  2:06:12
3  Chala DECHASE                  ETH  2:07:23
4  Cherkos FELEKE                 ETH  2:07:29
5  Hailu MEKONNEN                 ETH  2:07:37
6  Shadrack KIPLAGAT              KEN  2:07:56
7  Faniel KOSGEI                  KEN  2:08:45
8  Jackson KOTUT                  KEN  2:08:59
9  Kentaru NAKAMOTO               JPN  2:12:38
10 Thomas CHEMITEI                KEN  2:13:12
 
WOMEN:
1  Alice TIMBILILI                KEN  2:25:03
2  Eyerusalem KUMA                ETH  2:27:04
3  Robe GUTA                      ETH  2:27:44
4  Woinshet GIRMA                 ETH  2:27:51
5  Shitaye BEDASO                 ETH  2:29:48
6  Miranda BOONSTRA               NED  2:34:24
7  Julia MUMBI                    KEN  2:34:37
8  Ayelech WORKU                  ETH  2:35:09
9  Inge DE JONG                   NED  2:38:00
10 Christiana DAS CHANGAS         BRA  2:39:41

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Huw LOBB                       GBR  1:09:43
2  Julien SALAMUN                 SUI  1:10:34
3  John EVES                      IRL  1:10:36
 
WOMEN:
1  Helen SHARPE                   GBR  1:20:16
2  Noemie CLAEYSSENS              FRA  1:20:22
3  Elizabeth STAVRESKI            GBR  1:23:13

17 OCTOBER 2010: GOODLIFE FITNESS TORONTO MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  Brandan LAAN                   CAN  2:23:39
2  Brendan KENNY                  CAN  2:26:19
3  Janis ARSENIKOVS               LAT  2:33:50
4  Michel LAVOIE                  CAN  2:34:59
5  Terry GEHL                     CAN  2:36:06
6  Nikolas RYABKOV                CAN  2:37:35
7  Troy COX                       CAN  2:39:05
8  Brian TORRANCE                 CAN  2:40:47
9  David RUGGLES                  CAN  2:40:57
10 Louis PHILIPPE                 CAN  2:42:02

WOMEN:
1  Nathalie GOYER                 CAN  2:52:51
2  Joanne BINK                    CAN  2:58:16
3  Reesa SIMMONS                  CAN  3:04:10
4  Seanna RISHOR                  CAN  3:08:32
5  Rachel CROWE                   CAN  3:12:27
6  Sarah TOOLE                    CAN  3:13:05
7  Stephanie GRIFFITHS            CAN  3:13:37
8  Kinue TAGA                     CAN  3:14:05
9  Meagan DOUGLAS                 CAN  3:14:23
10 Kimberly LARAMEE               CAN  3:14:26
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Dessie BELACHEW                ETH  1:10:57
2  Peter VIGNERON                 CAN  1:13:14
3  Jeff FREELAND                  CAN  1:13:47
 
WOMEN:
1  Jane CULLIS                    CAN  1:19:04
2  Gina TESSMAN                   CAN  1:22:30
3  Isabel LEDROIT                 CAN  1:23:08

17 OCTOBER 2010: ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON, TURKEY

Vincent Kiplagat and Ashu Kasim set new course records in mild, overcast conditions.

Kiplagat led from the start from a group of Kenyan and Ethiopian runners, passing through 10km in 30:56 and halfway on 1:04:22. Approaching 35km Kiplagat surged ahead and passed 40km (2:03:04) with an unassailable lead.

Alemitu Abera steered the women's race for the first hour, but Ashu Kasim led through halfway in 1:12:16 gradually stretching away from Alemitu Abera and Amane Gobena to finish nearly a minute inside the old course record.

MEN:
1  Vincent KIPLAGAT               KEN 2:10:39
2  Dereje Yadete WOLDEGIYORGIS    ETH 2:11:53
3  Assefa GIRMA                   ETH 2:13:37
4  Kasime Adilo ROBA              ETH 2:16:08
5  Bekir KARAYEL                  TUR 2:16:40
6  Shume HAILU                    ETH 2:18:51
 
WOMEN:
1  Ashu KASIM                     ETH  2:27:25
2  Alemitu ABERA                  ETH  2:27:54
3  Amane GOBENA                   ETH  2:32:28
4  Bizynesh URGESA                ETH  2:34:14
5  Galina YEGOROVA-SAYKINA        RUS  2:35:57
6  Bahar DOGAN                    TUR  2:37:51
 
15km Race
MEN:
1  Abayneh Ayele WOLDEGIORGIS     ETH  45:43
2  SANG BENARD CHERUIYOT          KEN  45:54
3  Workhine TESFA                 ETH  45:58
 
WOMEN:
1  Emily CHEBET                   KEN  48:44
2  Belaynesh OLJIRA               ETH  49:44
3  Meryem ERDOGAN                 TUR  50:12

17 OCTOBER 2010: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE SAINT DENIS, FRANCE

MEN:
1  Paul Kiugul KIMAIYO            KEN  1:02:29
2  Geoffrey TERER                 KEN  1:02:35
3  Samson KIFLEMARIAN             ERI  1:02:48
4  Meli Elisha TARUS              KEN  1:02:59
5  Patrick CHEROTWO               UGA  1:03:48
6  Gervais HAKIZIMANA             RWA  1:04:16
7  Dennis MUSAU                   KEN  1:04:50
8  Emmanuel NDUWAYO               KEN  1:05:05
9  Piotr PALKA                    POL  1:05:08
10 Evans KOSGEI                   KEN  1:05:11
 
WOMEN:
1  Josephine KIMUYU               KEN  1:11:07
2  Rose CHELIMO                   KEN  1:12:48
3  Katharine WEBONBESA            UGA  1:13:42
4  Natalya STARKOVA               RUS  1:13:45
5  Marina KOVALEVA                RUS  1:14:57
6  Purity Wanhui MACHARIA         KEN  1:15:12
7  Cynthia JEROTICH               KEN  1:15:18
8  Emmanuel JAEGER                FRA  1:23:28
9  Marie GRAS                     FRA  1:29:57
10 Martine MERIEL                 FRA  1:35:49

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22 OCTOBER 2010: AMMAN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, JORDAN

MEN:
1  Benjamin SEREM                 KEN  2:17:05
2  Abraham BELETE                 ETH  2:17:16
3  Wondwosen KEBEDE               ETH  2:18:31
4  Methjal ABU THOREES            JOR  2:33:47
5  Salamh AL AKRA'A               JOR  2:39:42
6  Hayl RAWAHLEH                  JOR  2:39:58
7  Mohammad MOHAMMAD              JOR  2:57:34
8  Mohammad SALAMEH               JOR  2:57:53
9  Abdalazeez ALSHOEEBEE          JOR  2:59:46
10 Mohammad AL NAWASREH           JOR  3:08:34

WOMEN:
1  Alemnesh ESHETU                ETH  2:43:52
2  Sisay ARSEDI                   ETH  2:43:54
3  Zenawork JUFAR                 ETH  3:15:49
4  Anna PSIAKI                    USA  4:00:04
5  Sue PETRIE                     NZL  4:11:19
6  Sarah CASE                     CAN  4:13:07
7  Elizabeth GILL                 GBR  4:34:34
8  Nour BGOOR                     JOR  4:39:21
9  Taghreed ESAWI                 JOR  4:49:56
10 Lama AL-OBAISI                 JOR  5:36:31

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24 OCTOBER 2010: BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA

Gena Siraj of Ethiopia won a rain-lashed race by easing clear of 38-year old Gert Thys of South Africa in the final kilometre writes Pat Butcher. The dreadful conditions yielded one of the slowest winning times in the event's 30-year history. A light drizzle had already slicked the streets prior to the 08.00 start in a Tiananmen Square but minutes after the start, the heavy rain began followed 30 minutes later by a sharp drop in temperature.

Thys was running "probably" his 40th marathon in a career that began at the age of 13. Pacemaker Matthew Sigei of Kenya stayed in the reckoning after his stint at the front, and came back from sixth place with 10km to run, to take third.

The Chinese presumed to control the potential showers which might have ruined the Olympic opening ceremony two years ago, but truly bad weather is beyond any human aegis. The tail-end of a typhoon from the south east colliding with a cold front from the north-west left many of the competitors shivering and cramping even before they had finished.

Last year's winner and race favourite, Sammy Mugo dropped off the pace at 35km. He said, “It wasn't too bad for the first 10km, but the temperature dropped, and with water splashing up I started to cramp”.

Siraj won his breakthrough race in Rome earlier this year when, in tribute to fellow Ethiopian Abebe Bikila's barefoot Olympic win there 50 years before, took off his shoes with 50m to run and still won in 2:08:39.

Former winner Chen Rong was a long-time leader in the women's race, with training partner Wang Jiali nowhere to be seen. But Wang closed her down at 35km and swept past to win by 15 seconds.

MEN:
1  Gena SIRAJ                     ETH  2:15:45
2  Gert THYS                      RSA  2:15:56
3  Matthew SIGEI                  KEN  2:16:01
4  Ping HE                        CHN  2:16:52
5  Menxu TIAN                     CHN  2:17:31
6  Sammy MUGO                     KEN  2:17:49
7  Longfei YAN                    CHN  2:17:52
8  Nicholas KANAKYA               KEN  2:18:13
9  Kurao UMEKI                    JPN  2:18:41
10 Shunjin YIN                    CHN  2:18:57
 
WOMEN:
1  Jiali WANG                     CHN  2:29:31
2  Rong CHEN                      CHN  2:29:46
3  Xiao Shu WANG                  CHN  2:30:21
4  Yanan WEI                      CHN  2:30:46
5  Winfrida NYANSIKERA            KEN  2:32:50
6  Weiwei SUN                     CHN  2:33:46
7  Xiaoli JIANG                   CHN  2:33:56
8  Jinxue CHANG                   CHN  2:34:15
9  Olesya NURGALIEVA              RUS  2:34:37
10 Hui Rong CHEN                  CHN  2:35:41 

24 OCTOBER 2010: VENICE MARATHON, ITALY

Kenyan Simon Mukun won the first major marathon of his career at the 25th edition writes Diego Sampaolo. He broke his personal best to beat Sahle Betona Warga after a dramatic battle in the final kilometre run over the famous bridges. In the women's race Ethiopian Makda Harun Haji, fourth in 2009 in 2:29:56, also broke her PB clocking 2:28:08 to beat Elizabeth Chemweno.

Pacemakers Mubarak Hassan Shami, Venice winner in 2005 and Paul Kimugul set a fast early pace to pass through halfway in 1:03:37 — a minute inside the course record. Migidio Bourifa and Danilo Goffi engaged their fight for the Italian Marathon title behind the lead group in the early stages of the race going through the 10 km mark in 30:04 and 15 km in 45:33. The leading pack featured these two leaders and Kenya's Paul Samoei Kimeli, Philemon Kemboi Kiprono, Peter Nderitu, Peter Some Kimeli, Simon Mukun and Ethiopians Tuyuba Beju, Sahle Betona Warga and Haile Diriba Demisse.

Seven men remained in contention in the second half of the race. They still kept a 2:07 pace but the race became tactical in the more challenging second half of the race. Shami finished pacing at 30km (1:30:54). Goffi dropped out at 33km, leaving Italian title to Migidio Bourifa.

On Freedom Bridge linking Mestre to Venice the battle hotted up. A trio comprising by Betona, Mukun and Peter Nderitu broke away. By 40km Makun and Betona were locked in battle over the 13 bridges. Betona seemed to have the edge over the final bridge but he fell with 400m to go, allowing Makun to take the win.

The women's race set off at fast, with Kenyans Lydia Cheromei, Elizabeth Chemweno and Ethiopians Shuru Dulume Diriba and Makda Harun Haji leading through halfway in 1:12:56 at course record pace. Cheromei led narrowly through 30km (1:43:47) inside St. Giuliano's Park.

At Freedom Bridge Haji and Chemweno broke away and at 40km Haji launched her attack and eventually won by 1:13. In their wake Elena Ruhliada came through the field for third place.

Of 7000 registered runners 6253 of the 6519 starters finished the race, 997 of them women.

MEN:
1  Simon Kamama MUKUN             KEN  2:09:35
2  Sahle Warga BETONA             ETH  2:09:48
3  Peter Muriuki NDERITU          KEN  2:10:52
4  Diriba Demisse HAILE           ETH  2:12:21
5  Philemon Kiprono KEMBOI        KEN  2:12:45
6  Paul Kimeli SAMOEI             KEN  2:14:19
7  Ahmed NASEF                    MAR  2:14:52
8  Peter Kimeli SOME              KEN  2:15:17
9  Migidio BOURIFA                ITA  2:15:18
10 William Chebon CHEBOR          KEN  2:15:40
 
WOMEN:
1  Makda Harun HAJI               ETH  2:28:08
2  Elizabeth CHEMWENO             KEN  2:29:21
3  Elena RUHLIADA                 RUS  2:30:41
4  Anne Cheptanui BERERWE         KEN  2:31:36 
5  Rebby KOECH                    KEN  2:33:48
6  Marcella MANCINI               ITA  2:37:23
7  Melissa PERETTI                ITA  2:39:23
8  Laura GIORDANO                 ITA  2:40:36
9  Martina CELI                   ITA  2:41:43
10 Sonia LORENZI                  ITA  2:50:03

24 OCTOBER 2010: NIAGARA FALLS MARATHON, CANADA

MEN:
1  Steve BOHAN                    USA  2:27:49
2  James DERICK                   USA  2:29:46
3  David SAVARD-GAGNON            CAN  2:36:13
4  Richard CARTIER                CAN  2:37:02
5  Janusz SARNICKI                POL  2:41:28
6  Guillaume CHAREST              CAN  2:46:39
7  Scott STERNTHAL                CAN  2:47:56
8  Jeffrey PAUL                   CAN  2:49:10
9  Darren COLLINS                 CAN  2:49:17
10 Kuniaki TAKIZAKI               JPN  2:49:29
 
WOMEN:
1  Jill GAMBLE                    CAN  2:56:10
2  Nathalie GOYER                 CAN  2:58:30
3  Annette PUFALL                 USA  3:05:16
4  Colleen BERRY                  CAN  3:06:17
5  Elizabeth MAGUIRE              CAN  3:07:46
6  Jennie HANSEN                  USA  3:10:42
7  Louise VOGHEL                  CAN  3:13:18
8  Linda DESMEULES                CAN  3:15:56
9  Amanda WATTERS                 USA  3:29:18
10 Carmel CERULLO-BEITER          USA  3:25:20
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Dagim YESHITELA                ETH  1:04:29
2  Bernard LANGAT                 USA  1:05:05
3  Sa'id ALI-HADJI                CAN  1:05:22
 
WOMEN:
1  Lucy NJERI                     KEN  1:16:19
2  Paula WILTSE                   CAN  1:18:01
3  Winny TONUI                    USA  1:20:26

24 OCTOBER 2010: LJUBLJANA MARATHON, SLOVENIA

MEN:
1  Evans RUTTO                    KEN  2:10:17
2  Philemon TARBEI                KEN  2:10:44
3  Joseph LOMALA                  KEN  2:10:55
4  James MBUGUA                   KEN  2:11:30
5  Mykola ANTONENKO               UKR  2:11:51
6  William BIAMA                  KEN  2:12:12
7  Bellor YATOR                   KEN  2:12:45
8  Philip MANYIM                  KEN  2:14:44
9  Joseph KEINO                   KEN  2:15:47
10 Joseph NGOLEPUS                KEN  2:17:03
 
WOMEN:
1  Tiruwork MEKONNEN              ETH  2:37:16
2  Konjit BIRUK                   ETH  2:38:44
3  Salome KIMUTAI                 KEN  2:46:05
4  Natalya KRUSHINSKA             UKR  2:47:15
5  Neza MRAVLJE                   SLO  2:52:25
6  Marijana COTA                  CRO  3:12:33
7  Zana JEREB                     SLO  3:12:40
8  Elena SIMSIG                   ITA  3:16:41
9  Anita KOS                      SLO  3:20:15
10 Jadranka LESKOVSEK             SLO  3:21:33
 
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Primoz KOBE                    SLO  1:04:55
2  Tone KOSMAC                    SLO  1:04:57
3  Peter KASTELIC                 SLO  1:10:36
 
WOMEN:
1  Kaja OBIDIC                    SLO  1:19:49
2  Daneja GRANDOVEC               SLO  1:20:49
3  Aleksandra FORTIN              SLO  1:26:55

24 OCTOBER 2010: CASABLANCA INT'L MARATHON, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Shumi GERBABA                  ETH  2:09:03
2  Rachid KISRI                   MAR  2:09:10
3  Girma Beyene GEZAHU            ETH  2:09:52
4  Hilary KIPCHUMBA               KEN  2:10:02
5  Lucky Mihale MODIKO            RSA  2:13:35
 
WOMEN:
1  Yeshimebet TADESSE             ETH  2:31:10
2  Zahara KEDIR                   ETH  2:36:49
3  Larisa ZYOZKO                  RUS  2:37:13

24 OCTOBER 2010: MARATON DEL MEDITERRANEO, SPAIN

MEN:
1  Jordi Escoriza VALENCIA        ESP  2:28:14
2  Vicenc Sellares OLIVERAS       ESP  2:37:44
3  Antonio Sevillano LLERGO       ESP  2:39:46
4  Esteve Campmol AMETLLER        ESP  2:39:50
5  Oscar Del Rio MAESTRE          ESP  2:40:29
6  Jorge Juan Mendoza PONS        ESP  2:42:38
7  Ruben Bona CARNEROS            ESP  2:45:19
8  Hugo Bona CARNEROS             ESP  2:45:36
9  Tonu Pallares GRIMA            ESP  2:46:20
10 Miguel Comella PERA            ESP  2:50:24
 
WOMEN:
1  Rosa Moreno PANADERO           ESP  3:27:36
2  Emi Vaquero SANCHEZ            ESP  3:31:41
3  Assumpta Vila MAINAR           ESP  3:38:18
4  Ma De Montan Casanova BERTRAN  ESP  3:41:01
5  Jennifer ROBERTS                    3:44:53
6  Miriam FILZ                         3:48:23
7  Susanne MICHELSEN                   3:50:04
8  Helga ERIKSEN                       3:54:13
9  Katrine Dines PETERSEN              3:54:52
10 Raquel Sanchez CEPEDA          ESP  3:55:39

24 OCTOBER 2010: 65TH CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON INT'L MARATHON, KOREA

Benjamin Kiptoo set a new course record.

MEN:
1  Benjamin Kiptoo KOLUM          KEN  2:07:54
2  Benson Kipchumba BARUS         KEN  2:08:53
3  David Kipserem KISANG          KEN  2:08:54
4  Boniface Mbuvi MUEMA           KEN  2:09:27
5  Luka Kipkemoi CHELIMO          KEN  2:10:11
6  Anderson Chirchir KIPRONO      KEN  2:12:01
7  Mulugeta WAMI                  ETH  2:13:07
8  Raul PACHECO                   PER  2:13:37

WOMEN:
1  Sun Jung KIM                   KOR  2:43:39
2  Myoung Ae PARK                 KOR  2:52:14
3  Sun A KIM                      KOR  3:01:56

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25 OCTOBER 2010: DUBLIN MARATHON, IRELAND

MEN: 
1  Moses Kangogo KIBET            KEN  2:08:58
2  Fikadu KEDIR                   ETH  2:09:44
3  Mourice Mutinda MUSYOKI        KEN  2:10:25
4  Chesso Jonath KIPCHIRCHIR      KEN  2:10:27
5  Aleksey SOKOLOV                RUS  2:10:31
6  Andriy TOPTUN                  UKR  2:13:33
7  Tomas ABYU                     GBR  2:14:32
8  Simon K NJORGE                 KEN  2:14:46
9  Armon K KIPCHIRCHIR            KEN  2:15:20
10 Mike FOKORONI                  ZIM  2:15:43

WOMEN:
1  Tatyana ARYSOVA                RUS  2:26:12
2  Kateryna STETSENKO             UKR  2:27:51
3  Elsa KIREEVA                   RUS  2:28:02
4  Tiki GELANA                    ETH  2:29:53
5  Tabitha TSATSA                 ZIM  2:30:39
6  Yulia GROMOVA                  RUS  2:32:46
7  Barbara SANCHEZ                IRL  2:39:39
8  Rachael J YANO                 KEN  2:41:22
9  Pauline CURLEY                 IRL  2:44:00
10 Lorraine MANNING               IRL  2:46:16

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31 OCTOBER 2010: COMMERZBANK FRANKFURT MARATHON, GERMANY

Wilson Kipsang became the eighth fastest runner ever, and the ninth Kenyan champion in succession by running 2:04:57 writes Pat Butcher. His time is the third fastest this year. Caroline Kilel improved her personal best by almost two minutes and led the first four women under the old course record.

Frankfurt delivered its usual Sunday morning in late October, of ideal marathon conditions with the temperature hovering around 10°C and barely a breath of wind. By 15km, reached in 44:57, the pace was set for a sub-2:06 time. Kenyan and Ethiopian distance talent ensured it stayed that way right through to the red carpet-finish in the city's Festival Hall.

The halfway split was 1:02:38, well inside the pre-race target. "I saw that we were going faster than the planned time for the half" said Kipsang, "I was happy.I knew I had prepared well and I felt good."

Kipsang was confident enough to seize the initiative. Shortly after 30km (1:29:12), a group of six moved clear, with Kipsang keeping a close watch on Tadese Tola who had beaten him into third in Paris. "I couldn't let him build too much of a lead, so I stayed right behind." Kipsang had Tola's measure this time. A group of four reached 35km in 1:43:59, and 2km later Kipsang attacked and only Tola went with him. But the Ethiopian dropped further behind as Kipsang continued to run to victory in superb, relaxed style.

The 28-year-old became the third fastest marathoner in the world this year with his win in 2:04:57, breaking the course record from last year by 1:17. Kipsang reaped a rich reward, his total payday amounting to 95,000 Euros. The defeated Tadese Tola still improved his personal best by 10 seconds and Elias Chelimo also ran a fine lifetime best in third. The winning performance was the tenth fastest of all-time.

Caroline Kilel surprised herself confessing that only at 40km did she become confident of winning. "I thought that the Ethiopians would be stronger but I started to push, looked round and saw they did not respond."

The pace in the women's race was always on target to break the five-year-old record of 2:25:12. Kilel was the one Kenyan to match the Ethiopian duo, reaching halfway with them in 1:10:59. Until 30km Caroline Kilel had a significant ally: husband Vincent, who paced her to that point. At 40km she turned the screw, leaving Dire Tune 10 seconds behind with the gap growing. The defending champion, Agnes Kiprop of Kenya, was almost a minute behind.

MEN:
1  Wilson KIPSANG                 KEN  2:04:57  
2  Tadese TOLA                    ETH  2:06:31 
3  Elias CHELIMO                  KEN  2:07:04 
4  Philip SANGA                   KEN  2:07:11 
5  Daniel CHEPYEGON               UGA  2:08:24 
6  Dereje MAREGU                  ETH  2:09:03 
7  Ronald RUTTO                   KEN  2:09:17 
8  Elijah KEITANY                 KEN  2:09:19
9  Evans KIPLAGAT                 KEN  2:10:07
10 Henry SUGUT                    KEN  2:10:43

WOMEN:
1  Caroline KILEL                 KEN  2:23:25 
2  Dire TUNE                      KEN  2:23:44 
3  Agnes KIPROP                   KEN  2:24:07 
4  Isabellah ANDERSSON            SWE  2:25:10 
5  Mare DIBABA                    ETH  2:25:27 
6  Hilda KIBET                    NED  2:26:23 
7  Yuliya RUBAN                   UKR  2:27:44 
8  Yelena SOKOLOVA                RUS  2:28:01 
9  Hellen KIMUTAI                 KEN  2:28:38 
10 Aniko KALOVICS                 HUN  2:30:56

31 OCTOBER 2010: ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON, GREECE

The 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon has been a long time coming, but it took little over two hours for Paul Bett and Rasa Drazdauskaite to spring a surprise in the race, writes Pat Butcher. Both set new records in an event which was born out of legends surrounding that ancient battle.

Drazdauskaite of Lithuania is a world class runner, but since she was competing in the concurrent World Military Championships, she was not listed in the elite entry. Master Sergeant Drazdauskaite blew her cover from the opening steps by shooting into an immediate lead.

The 29 year old went further and further ahead on a bright sunny morning, to break the race record by over two minutes, finishing in the Panethenaiko, the atmospheric marble stadium built for the 1896 Olympics.

It was Drazdausakaite's fourth marathon. Her fastest time is 2:30:29, set on a flat course in Frankfurt last year, but Marathon to Athens has a relentless uphill section from 10-31km and is rated as one of the toughest marathons around.

"I wanted to run Frankfurt again (on the same day)", she said, "but the Army said I had to run here, and I'm glad now. I thought I had a chance, but I'm so happy to win this special race, with all the history".

Bett, 26, had not been one of the pre-men's race favourites, but he was always in the leading group, which were paced through halfway in 65:49 in an attempt to break Stefano Baldini's record set in the 2004 Olympics. But when the pacemakers dropped out the group slowed in the glaring sunshine.

Bett dropped the last of his opponents at 37km, to shave two seconds from Paul Lekuraa's 2008 record. His time was just half a minute slower than his fastest, 2:11:32, which came in Eindhoven, Netherlands last year. The course proved the undoing of several runners who were still in the lead group and well clear at 30km. Henryk Szost and Radoslav Gardzielewski of Poland were over two minutes down at halfway, but began to make inroads after 30km, catching them from 35km.

Famous guests, including Stefano Baldini and fellow Olympic Gold medallists Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Rosa Mota and Constantina Dita, attended the celebrations surrounding the anniversary event.

MEN:
1  Raymond BETT                   KEN  2:12:40
2  Jonathon KIPKORIR              KEN  2:14:05
3  Edwin KIMUTAI                  KEN  2:15:21
4  Henryk SZOST                   KEN  2:15:28
5  Radoslav GARDZIELEWSKI         POL  2:15:45
6  Francesco BONA                 ITA  2:16:49
7  Robert MWANGI                  KEN  2:17:04
8  Michal KAZMAREK                POL  2:17:19
9  Paulo Joao DE SOUZA            BRA  2:18:33
10 Moulai SLINAME                      2:18:36

WOMEN:
1  Rasa DRAZDAUSKAITE             LIT  2:31:06
2  Olga GLOK                      RUS  2:33:51
3  Svitlana STANKO                UKR  2:38:59
4  Eri HAYAKAWA                   JPN  2:40:25
5  Kefala KONSTANTINA             GRE  2:40:36
6  Irina MASHKANTSEVA             RUS  2:41:04
7  Irina PERMITTINA               RUS  2:42:03
8  Oksana TEPLYKH                 RUS  2:44:12
9  Magda KARIMALI                 GRE  2:44:58
10 Magdalini GAZEA                GRE  2:47:19

31 OCTOBER 2010: LAUSANNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND

MEN:
1  Begashow HAILU                 ETH  2:20:03
2  Patrick JEANNERET                   2:29:21
3  Pavel BRYDL                         2:33:50
4  Brice DONISCHAL                     2:34:51
5  Alexandrino AGUIAR                  2:38:10
6  Jacques RERAT                       2:38:58
7  Steve BOVAY                         2:39:24
8  Florian VIEUX                       2:41:40
9  Martin PLONER                       2:42:56
10 Hans REICHENBACH                    2:44:06

WOMEN:
1  Magali M DI MARCO                   2:54:11
2  Catrin JONES                        2:54:51
3  Laurence YERLY-CATTIN               2:56:29
4  Lucilia DELPEDRO                    2:59:05
5  Joanna CHMIEL-GRONT                 2:59:34
6  Sabine GENTIEU                      3:01:25
7  Christina BUCHER                    3:06:01
8  Corrine WARIDEL                     3:15:02
9  Regula BAUMBERGER                   3:18:18
10 Katja BEERLI                        3:19:19

31 OCTOBER 2010: MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA

MEN:
1  Jacob BRADOSKY                 USA  2:23:30
2  Ronald KURUI                        2:23:41
3  Sean BARRETT                        2:24:08
4  John MENTZER                        2:24:16
5  Brian DUMM                          2:27:04
6  Jason SCHLARB                       2:27:18
7  Levi SEVERSON                       2:27:36
8  Adam CONDIT                         2:31:00
9  Jason BROSSEAU                      2:32:29
10 Jose MIRANDA-DIAZ                   2:33:38

WOMEN:
1  Janet CHEROBON                      2:39:19
2  Gina SLABY                          2:46:58
3  Tezata DESALGN                      2:48:35
4  Erin MOFFETT                        2:50:40
5  Alice ROGERS                        2:51:14
6  Abbey KAKNES                        2:56:04
7  Astrid KALTENBOECK                  2:56:43
8  Elissa BALLAS                       2:57:44
9  Sarah DARVILL                       2:58:04
10 Kara WATERS                         2:58:36

31 OCTOBER 2010: LUCERNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND

MEN:
1  Stefan MULLER                       2:35:48
2  Steve GISLER                        2:37:00
3  Daugaard H NILSSON                  2:38:29
4  Josef VOGT                          2:38:52
5  Woody SCHOCH                        2:39:39
6  Adrian GROBLI                       2:40:25
7  Bernhard EGGENSCHWILER              2:41:54
8  Dennis KUIPERS                      2:42:02
9  Philipp ARNOLD                      2:42:30
10 Martin HERMANEK                     2:43:07

WOMEN:
1  Julia WAGNER                        2:47:36
2  Tanja AMIET                         2:56:36
3  Sandra WYSS                         2:56:40
4  Lucia MAYER-HOFMANN                 2:59:46
5  Natasha HALLER                      3:01:09 
6  Julie FREUDIGER                     3:02:22
7  Carmen BAHLER                       3:03:38
8  Nina VABIC                          3:04:19
9  Monika WIDMER                       3:07:37
10 Claudio FREY                        3:08:19

31 OCTOBER 2010: PODGORICA MARATHON, MONTENEGRO

MEN:
1  Buliche MENDAYA              ETH  2:16:05
2  Nicodemus BIWOT              KEN  2:16:33
3  Urge KASSAYE                 ETH  2:18:26
4  Andrei MINYAKOV              RUS  2:18:27
5  Artem EKIMOV                 RUS  2:21:51
6  Sergey SHEVCENKO             RUS  2:23:18
7  Segiy BRUMAREV               UKR  2:29:27
8  Ayele ABERHAM                ETH  2:31:51
9  Nikolay MERZLYAKOV           RUS  2:34:21
10 Timofey KYUN                 SRB  2:38:19

WOMEN:
1  Ana SUBOTIC                  SRB  2:43:22
2  Edeto GEDESE                 ETH  2:43:29
3  Gidey TINIBT                 ETH  2:43:38
4  Nadežda SEMILETOVA           RUS  2:47:47
5  Tatjana PEREPELKINA          RUS  2:51:32
6  Loonen KRYSTYNA              NED  2:52:08
7  Milka MIHAILOVA              BUL  2:56:06
8  Sla?ana PERUNOVIC            MNE  2:57:37
9  Dagne KALKIDAN               ETH  3:13:51
10 Zelmira KOPECKI              CRO  3:33:28

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Tamaš KOVACS                 HUN  1:05:49
2  Živkovi? Darko ZIVKOVIC      SRB  1:08:30
3  Saša STOLIC                  SRB  1:10:32
 
WOMEN:
1  Monica NAGY                  HUN  1:20:06
2  Biljana CVIJANOVIC           BIH  1:24:49
3  Rumiana PANOVSKA             BUL  1:24:55

31 OCTOBER 2010: UWI-SPEC HALF MARATHON, TRINIDAD

MEN:
1  Simon SAWE                     KEN  1:07:08
2  Alfonso YATICH                 KEN  1:08:31
3  Richard JONES                  TRI  1:08:33
4  Denzel RAMIREZ                 TRI  1:09:13
5  Zepherinus JOSEPH              LCA  1:10:01
6  Curtis COX                     TRI  1:10:25
7  Ronnie HOLASSIE                TRI  1:10:35
8  Larryn SANCHEZ                 VEN  1:14:02
9  Kelvin JOHNSON                 GUY  1:14:38
10 Jules LA RODE                  TRI  1:14:38

WOMEN:
1  Firaya ZHADANOVA               RUS  1:23:51
2  Yeisy ALVAREZ                  VEN  1:25:13
3  Shermin LASALDO                TRI  1:30:47
4  Paulette LUCESS                TRI  1:31:48
5  Celine LESTRADE                TRI  1:31:55
6  Leisl PUCKERIN                 TRI  1:36:39
7  Christine REGIS                TRI  1:36:59
8  Melissa COLLINS                GUY  1:39:44
9  Abiane COLLYMORE               TRI  1:41:23
10 Nicole BUDD                    TRI  1:41:55

31 OCTOBER 2010: STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA

MEN:
1  David Tumo BARMASAI            KEN  2:10:31
2  Philemon GITIA                 KEN  2:11:11
3  Vincent Kiplagat SITTUK        KEN  2:12:09
4  Simon KIPROP                   KEN  2:12:15
5  Julius Saolei KIPROTICH        KEN  2:13:08
6  Richard Soibei KIPROTICH       KEN  2:13:14
7  Mathew BUNGEI                  KEN  2:13:28
8  Edward Omwoyo MBUNI            KEN  2:13:28
9  Daniel Kipchumba KOMEN         KEN  2:13:38
10 Benedict Muli KIMONDIU         KEN  2:13:59
 
WOMEN:
1  Helena KIROP                   KEN  2:31:11
2  Leah MALOT                     KEN  2:33:41
3  Frashiah NUAMBURA              KEN  2:35:09
4  Magdaline CHEMJOR              KEN  2:38:19
5  Grace KITONGA                  KEN  2:38:42
6  Eunice JEPTOO                  KEN  2:39:01
7  Losiakat CHEPKORO              KEN  2:42:46
8  Leah KUSAR                     KEN  2:44:10
9  Susan Muthoni NYAKERIGA        KEN  2:46:01
10 Rosaline DAVID                 KEN  2:48:22

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