December 2010
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4 DECEMBER 2010: REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA
A record field of nearly 1,200 runners from 29 countries took part in the 10th edition, with local favourites Rupert Green and Elizabeth Mondon taking top honours. Defending champion Green took the lead early, but Mondon ran a slow tactical first half before pushing ahead of last year's women's champion, Terry Refjimbal, to finish in a personal best. A Frenchwoman, Mondon lives in Kingston and is a member of the Jamdammers Running Club, giving the hosts of the Reggae Marathon their first victory in ten years.
At the start the excitement generated by the torchbearers and drummers took the runners' minds off the light rain. The skies eventually cleared and the temperature remained a cool 23°C for most of the race. The route took runners along the Negril coastline and ended at the Long Bay Beach Park, where runners poured unto Negril's famous seven-mile white sand beach to enjoy post race massages and a swim. The race boasts an even mix of local and international runners. President of the Jamdammers Running Club, Emile Leiba, said "We're proud of creating and sustaining a world class event that promotes local running and brings visitors from all over the world to Jamaica."
MEN: 1 Rupert GREEN JAM 2:30:27 2 Gregory MCKENZIE JAM 2:39:31 3 Corey LEVIN 2:41:24 4 Linton MCKENZIE JAM 2:45:22 5 Anthony JACKSON 2:51:14 6 Brian HUBERTY 2:53:51 7 Colin GRAHAM 3:07:10 8 Richard SHAW 3:09:40 9 Omar ATKINS 3:14:48 10 Wilfred WILSON 3:20:21 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth MONDON 2:55:50 2 Terri RAFJIMBAL 3:09:17 3 Outi BEN AMMAR 3:37:37 4 Eva HOOD 3:39:54 5 Karlene BLADGROVE 3:42:34 6 Ina DALEY 3:45:18 7 Chrystal PETER 3:57:19 8 Angela GONZALEZ 4:08:09 9 Jackie SCHUMACHER 4:10:42 10 Shelley Anne STEWART 4:11:33 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kirk BROWN 1:10:57 2 Damion BENT 1:12:23 3 Oraine WINT 1:15:48 WOMEN: 1 Twishauna WILLIAMS JAM 1:29:08 2 Michellle HARBURG 1:30:32 3 Stacey BELL 1:32:04
5 DECEMBER 2010: MACAU GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT INT'L MARATHON
MEN: 1 Tekest Nektiabeb NURELIGN ETH 2:16:15 2 Stephen Kweilo CHEMLANY KEN 2:16:22 3 Patrick Kipkemboi ROTICH KEN 2:16:38 WOMEN: 1 Xue Lin WANG CHN 2:37:37 2 Rose Kerubo NYANGANCHA KEN 2:38:09 3 Yenaealem Ayano BULI ETH 2:39:32 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Siyuan GUAN CHN 1:09:01 2 Jose Amaro LOURENCO 1:09:13 3 Geduren GEXI 1:10:22 WOMEN: 1 Zhihua XU CHN 1:21:33 2 Jane HODGSKIN 1:30:08 2 Aya NOYES 1:34:19
5 DECEMBER 2010: STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON SINGAPORE
Kenneth Mungara and Irene Jerotich Kosgei triumphed in warm and humid conditions. "The race is good but very hot," said Mungara, who took home a US $50,000 first place prize. "The first half of the race was quite slow but I broke away at the 30km and I knew that if I maintained my pace, I would win." The women's race saw a close contest as the recently-crowned Commonwealth Games Marathon champion fended off the challenge of Ethiopian Ayelu Lemma Geda by a nine-second margin. "I couldn't run under 2:29.00 because of the humid weather" said Kosgei.
In three events, a record-breaking 60,000 runners took to the streets. Flagged off from three different start points, they pounded past Singapore's iconic landmarks, including Orchard Road, Chinatown, Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore, Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer. Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. George Yeo was the Guest of Honour for the Marathon, which was flagged off at 05:00 at Orchard Road for the first time as 20,000 runners passed under a flood of Christmas lights. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, flagged off the Half-Marathon at 06:30 where 15,000 runners started the race at the Sentosa Gateway, bringing them through the island of Sentosa and amidst the sights and sounds of Universal Studios Singapore. The 10km, with a field of 20,000, started at 07:45 from the Esplanade Bridge.
MEN: 1 Kenneth MUNGARA KEN 2:14:06 2 Thomas CHEROGONY KEN 2:14:32 3 Vincent KIPROP KEN 2:14:57 WOMEN: 1 Irene Jerotich KOSGEI KEN 2:35:22 2 Ayelu Lemma GEDA ETH 2:35:31 3 Annerien VAN SCHALKWYK NED 2:35.32
5 DECEMBER 2010: CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON
MEN: 1 Steve SPIERS USA 2:52:20 2 Mark HOGAN CAY 2:59:24 3 Eduardo TORRES CAY 3:04:15 4 Tom DEHART USA 3:10:11 5 Richard BARBER CAY 3:29:35 6 Thomas DANKENBRING USA 3:32:17 7 David FINCH CAY 3:32:38 8 Tristan MILLER CAY 3:34:23 9 Mark TRENTON CAN 3:36:36 10 Robert MOORHEAD CAY 3:41:05 WOMEN: 1 Beth SCHREADER CAY 3:10:16 2 Caroline CAHILL CAY 3:29:53 3 Jacqui REITIF CAY 3:55:17 4 Pam TRAVERS CAY 3:56:20 5 Niki LAUZON CAN 3:57:48 6 Natalie PRIVETTE CAN 4:00:34 7 Noel TUCKER CAN 4:02:30 8 Nancy COE CAN 4:02:49 9 Barbara REID 4:16:17 10 Deirdre BILLES CAY 4:21:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Marius ACKER CAY 1:15:50 2 Geoff RIGGS CAN 1:23:06 3 Rus COLEMAN CAY 1:23:57 WOMEN: 1 Chrissy DOOLING CAY 1:28:02 2 Julie Anne PEARSON CAY 1:36:52 3 Erin NICOTRA CAY 1:41:36
5 DECEMBER 2010: MARATON PACIFICO, MEXICO
MEN 1 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:14:16 2 Daniel Vargas SANCHEZ MEX 2:14:48 3 Cosmas Kiplimo LETTING KEN 2:18:04 4 Erick Moses MONYENYE KEN 2:20:32 5 Juan Vargas SANCHEZ MEX 2:21:14 6 Paul Gatheru WACHIRA KEN 2:21:54 7 Pedro Espinoza PEREZ MEX 2:23:00 8 Roman Arroyo TREJO MEX 2:23:04 9 Gerardo Perez MARTINEZ MEX 2:23:35 10 Cornelius Lel KIRWA KEN 2:23:39 WOMEN: 1 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 2:44:11 2 Truphena Jemeli TARUS KEN 2:44:31 3 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ MEX 2:44:50 4 Daniela Alonso ARREOLA MEX 2:46:28 5 Maria Gudalupe SANTANA MEX 2:47:16 6 Adriana Medel RAMIREZ MEX 2:49:58 7 Pauline WANJIRU KEN 2:53:58 8 Emma Maldonado CARMONA MEX 2:59:17 9 Sugey Perez CORONA MEX 3:00:20 10 Martha Jimenez PORTILLA MEX 3:03:45 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 1:02:46 2 Carlos CORDERO MEX 1:02:57 3 Oscar Ceron SANTOS MEX 1:03:00 WOMEN: 1 Neriah Asiba NYABONG KEN 1:15:01 2 Lucy Kurgat CHEROTH KEN 1:16:15 3 Adriana PIRTEA ROM 1:17:23
5 DECEMBER 2010: PAMPULHA LAGOON 17.8km ROAD RACE, BRAZIL
Kenyans Barnabas Kiplagat and Bornes Jepkirui extended the Kenyan run of victories in the 12th edition to three years. Edielza Alves Guimarães and Damião Ancelmo de Souza salvaged Brazilian pride with podium places.
Over 12,500 registered athletes started in a close and sunny morning. It was already 25°C at 08:55, when the 22 elite women started. Bornes led from the start and after 9km started to run away from the rest. The men's race fielded 49 elite runners of which 44 were Brazilians. João Ferreira de Lima started strongly but did not last. Giovani dos Santos tried to escape the bunch at 6km but was soon overtaken by the better-prepared Kenyans.
MEN: 1 Barnabas Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 54:08 2 Mark KORIR KEN 54:10 3 Damiao Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 54:14 4 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 54:15 5 Paulo Roberto ALMEIDA BRA 54:15 6 Matthew Kiptoo CHEBOI KEN 54:16 7 Franck CALDEIRA BRA 54:20 8 Joao FERREIRA BRA 54:42 9 Endale MEKKONEN ETH 54:44 10 Marco JOSEPH 55:07 WOMEN: 1 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 1:05:12 2 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:59 3 Maurine Jelegat KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:06:19 4 Tatiele Roberta DE CARVALHO BRA 1:06:35 5 Conceicao CARVALHO BRA 1:06:45 6 Joziane DA SILVA BRA 1:07:35 7 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 1:08:30 8 Antonia Lins DA SILVA BRA 1:10:02 9 Adriana Rosa PEREIRA BRA 1:10:35 10 Elizabeth Esteves DE SOUZA BRA 1:10:46
5 DECEMBER 2010: 64th FUKUOKA INT'L OPEN MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS, JAPAN
Jaoud Gharib, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Champion, ran away from the field at 15km writes Ken Nakamura. Run in sunny and unseasonably warm conditions, it was the slowest winning time since 2005 when Dmytro Baranovsky won in 2:08:29; second-placed Dmitriy Safronov finished nearly two minutes adrift. In third, Takayuki Matsumiya failed to crack 2:09:30 which would have won him a place in the 2011 World Championships marathon team. Final team selection is made only after the Lake Biwa Marathon in March.
Runners passed 10km in 30:17 and at 15km pacemaker Eliud Kiptanui upped the pace with a 14:15 5km split, breaking up the leading pack. Gharib followed 100m behind Kiptanui through halfway in 1:03:14 but then at half) started to close the gap. They were followed by Kiprono, Tekeste Kebede, Dmytri Baranovskyy and Masato Imai, 30 seconds behind. Gharib went further clear of the chasing pace as he closed on Kiptanui, who passed 30km in 1:29:56 and then dropped out.
Gharib ran on alone to the finish on a course that is completely exposed to the sun and won handily. Behind him, the group had over extended themselves and Safronov, who was seventh at halfway, moved up steadily to second place before 35km. He covered the final 2.195km in 6:41 to smash his personal best by more than a minute and half. Likewise, Takayuki Matsumiya, was not even in the top 10 at 30km but eventually finished third.
MEN: 1 Jaouad GHARIB MAR 2:08:24 2 Dmitriy SAFRONOV RUS 2:10:12 3 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 2:10:54 4 Chiharu TAKADA JPN 2:12:44 5 Masato IMAI JPN 2:13:23 6 Dmytro BARANOVSKY UKR 2:13:40 7 Tekeste KEBEDE ETH 2:14:44 8 Tomoya SHIMIZU JPN 2:16:22 9 Satoshi IRIFUNE JPN 2:16:42 10 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:17:54
5 DECEMBER 2010: RUN BARBADOS MARATHON
MEN: 1 Richard Tirop KESSIO KEN 2:29:49 2 Zepherinus JOSEPH LCA 2:32:38 3 Simon SAWE KEN 2:32:45 4 Curtis COX TRI 2:35:12 5 Alphonce K YATICH KEN 2:45:02 6 Pamenos BALLANTYNE SVG 2:48:35 7 Owen SOBERS TRI 3:07:36 8 Emerson WALDRON BAR 3:08:58 9 Mark MATYAZIC USA 3:14:57 10 Winston MASCOLL BAR 3:17:23 WOMEN: 1 Mary AKOR USA 2:53:21 2 Teresia MOUGUA KEN 3:01:49 3 Amy CHALK GBR 3:02:34 4 Euleen JOSIAH-TANNER GUY 3:33:52 5 Arieta MARTIN JAM 3:34:33 6 Christine REGIS TRI 3:37:23 7 Sarah WILLIAMS GBR 3:42:28 8 Kathleen BROWNSDEN STK 3:43:17 9 Wendy SHALLOW TRI 3:50:52 10 Kim GOFF USA 3:58:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Robert K LETTING USA 1:09:47 2 Richard JONES TRI 1:10:14 3 Philip Tirop LAGAT KEN 1:11:28 WOMEN: 1 Janet CHEROBON KEN 1:19:46 2 Megan BROWN CAN 1:22:10 3 Erin OMARA USA 1:29:39 10km (4 DEC) MEN: 1 Robert K LETTING USA 28:53 2 Reid COOLSAET CAN 30:10 3 Simon SAWE KEN 30:35 WOMEN: 1 Janet CHEROBON KEN 34:39 2 Megan BROWN CAN 35:05 3 Mary AKOR USA 37:18
5 DECEMBER 2010: ROCK 'N' ROLL LAS VEGAS MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Josh COX USA 2:25:05 2 Steve DEKEKER USA 2:31:21 3 Stalin BARROS ECU 2:31:52 4 Nicholas PINNING USA 2:37:03 5 Ryan HERZOG USA 2:37:10 6 Steve CUTTITTER USA 2:38:41 7 Chris EVERSMAN USA 2:39:00 8 Jordan DUBON USA 2:42:18 9 Kevin CUTJAR CAN 2:42:18 10 Blaine PENNY CAN 2:42:24 WOMEN: 1 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:44:36 2 Beth WOODWARD USA 2:59:04 3 Beth WALSH USA 2:59:05 4 Adriana BERMUDEZ USA 2:59:05 5 Amanda DI PAOLO USA 3:00:33 6 Rachel ROSS USA 3:03:40 7 Lisa VENEZIANO USA 3:04:05 8 Joylin NODWELL CAN 3:05:48 9 Katherine NICHOLS USA 3:07:51 10 Heather KUHLMAN USA 3:08:20 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Scott BAUHS USA 1:02:39 2 Patrick SMYTH USA 1:03:31 3 Matt LOISELLE CAN 1:05:12 WOMEN: 1 Jen RHINES USA 1:14:57 2 Nicki ARCHER GBR 1:18:01 3 Johanna BONFIGLIO USA 1:19:08
5 DECEMBER 2010: LISBON INT'L MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Vasco AZVEDO POR 2:23:09 2 Olexey RYBACHENKO RUS 2:24:55 3 Carlos SANTOS POR 2:31:01 4 Nuno NUNES POR 2:35:40 5 Roman PRODIUS MDV 2:37:23 6 Mario MELO POR 2:39:37 7 Yuri VINOGRADOV RUS 2:40:56 8 Antonio CUSTODIO POR 2:41:25 9 Mario NEVES POR 2:42:24 10 Mathias MUSTONEN SWE 2:43:17 WOMEN: 1 Maria KOVALEVA RUS 2:42:40 2 Ekaterina SLAHOVA RUS 2:56:30 3 Laura Govena MAJUTO ESP 3:16:05 4 Stephanie AMBLARD FRA 3:28:22 5 Chloe LE VAGUERES FRA 3:28:25 6 Raquel GUIMARAES POR 3:28:45 7 Ana VIEIRA POR 3:32:02 8 Carmen PIRES POR 3:36:22 9 Ruth KALDA EST 3:39:13 10 Isabel MOLEIRO POR 3:43:13
5 DECEMBER 2010: ST CROIX MARATHON, US VIRGIN ISLANDS
MEN: 1 Jose RODRIQUEZ PUR 2:51:27 2 Eric YVES LEGROS USA 3:09:39 3 Steve BURKHOLDER USV 3:46:10 4 Mike KLEIN USV 3:46:19 5 Matt HALK USV 3:50:23 6 Adam PRATT USV 3:52:22 WOMEN: 1 Maureen MANNING USA 3:18:14 2 Ana GUTIERREZ USV 3:43:50 3 HEIDI SNOW USV 4:04:13 4 Patricia MAHONEY USV 5:00:03 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Juan ROBLES USV 1:15:32 2 Jason SNOW USV 1:38:45 3 James DEAN USV 1:42:55 WOMEN: 1 Theresa HARPER USV 1:39:18 2 Cindy PRATT USA 1:46:36 3 Julie SOMER USV 1:46:37
5 DECEMBER 2010: NARA MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Nobuyuki MATSUMOTO JPN 2:23:16 2 Ryo HAYATA JPN 2:26:31 3 Osamu HIRATA JPN 2:29:35 4 Kinya HASHIRA JPN 2:30:45 5 Kazuyoshi MAEDA JPN 2:31:54 6 Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI JPN 2:32:13 7 Koji FUJIMAKI JPN 2:35:35 8 Shigeyuki NOMURA JPN 2:36:16 9 Naoki HIGASHIDA JPN 2:37:06 10 Akiyoshi KAWAHARA JPN 2:37:23 WOMEN: 1 Ikue TABATA JPN 2:49:52 2 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 2:56:21 3 Makiko SHIMAMURA JPN 2:56:33 4 Fumiko YAMASHITA JPN 2:57:46 5 Tomoyo TSUJII JPN 2:58:24 6 Keiko MIYAUCHI JPN 3:01:27 7 Mayumi NEGISHI JPN 3:03:26 8 Emi NAKAGAWA JPN 3:07:11 9 Yuka KATO JPN 3:07:12 10 Sachiyo NABESHIMA JPN 3:09:17
5 DECEMBER 2010: ANGKOR WAT INT'L HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA
MEN: 1 Hem BUNTING CAM 1:10:10 2 Evan FOX USA 1:15:49 3 Hiroshi NEKO JPN 1:15:59 4 Hadnier MULLER GER 1:19:43 5 Jay JOHANNESEN SWE 1:19:47 WOMEN: 1 Satako UETANI JPN 1:22:29 2 Vivian TANG SIN 1:26:33 3 Heather DANKS AUS 1!29:46 4 Tomoko YAMADA JPN 1:31:34 5 Ly NARY CAM 1:32:32
5 DECEMBER 2010: PUNE INT'L MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Gudeta Gemechu BIRATU ETH 2:13:20 2 Cosmas Mutuku KYEVA KEN 2:15:30 3 Tumicha Worana HORSA ETH 2:15:39 4 Sammy Kimeli LIMO KEN 2:15:45 5 Daniel Kipkorir KILIMO KEN 2:16:08 6 Jackson KAKORI KEN 2:16:17 7 Hilary KIPLETING KEN 2:16:34 8 Erihun GEBREMEDHIN ETH 2:17:28 9 Tesfaye TAKETA ETH 2:17:32 10 Mohammed ABDUH QAT 2:17:34 WOMEN: 1 Birzaf Tekele GEBRU ETH 2:38:41 2 Chattu Moha TURE ETH 2:38:42 3 Abebe Tsegaye BEKELE ETH 2:39:05 4 Tesehay Desalegn ADHANA ETH 2:40:36 5 Mildred Chebosis KIMINY KEN 2:42:15 6 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:44:19 7 Viktoria POLIUDINA KGZ 2:48:46 8 Jemutai LETING KEN 2:54:08 9 Eunice JELEGAT KEN 3:00:09 10 Chi Ngan CHOW HKG 3:01:22
5 DECEMBER 2010: TORAY CUP SHANGHAI MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Gashaw Melese ASFAW ETH 2:11:36 WOMEN: 2 Nailya YULAMANOVA RUS 2:26:05
5 DECEMBER 2010: PANAMA CITY INT'L MARATHON
MEN: 1 Alene RETU ETH 2:16:24 2 Christopher KIPYEGO KEN 2:20:39 3 Phillip METTO KEN 2:21:06 4 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:27:11 5 Jose GARCIA GUA 2:28:09 6 Jose CARDONA COL 2:28:55 7 Leonso JIMENEZ COL 2:30:30 8 Marc Roig TIO USA 2:34:50 9 Henry JAEN CUB 2:36:45 10 Luis CARDONA COL 2:39:59 WOMEN: 1 Janet RONO KEN 2:45:00 2 Dailen BELMONTE CUB 2:45:17 3 Sandra RUALES ECU 2:52:11 4 Claudia TANARIFE COL 2:54:48 5 Inglandini GONZALEZ COL 3:05:48 6 Isabel OLRELLANO MEX 3:06:34 7 Miriam RAMIREZ VEN 3:21:27 8 Margarita CONDE GUA 3:37:59 9 Alicia ZORILLA PAN 3:38:08 10 Belkys MUNOZ CRC 3:44:08
12 DECEMBER 2010: POWERADE MONTERREY MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Omar Alfonso Luna RAMIREZ MEX 2:27:55 2 Alfredo Moctezuma EVARISTI MEX 2:32:32 3 Miguel Angel Ibarra LOPEZ MEX 2:33:54 4 Abraham Arteaga GARCIA MEX 2:34:46 5 Jaime Arguelles DE LA CRUZ MEX 2:37:33 6 Esteban Gernandez PEREZ MEX 2:37:59 7 Leonardo Rodriguez NARVAEZ MEX 2:42:35 8 Alejandro Osuna AGUILAR MEX 2:43:06 9 Santiago Rodriguez ARELLANO MEX 2:43:09 10 Carlos Guillermo Arneta LOPEZ MEX 2:43:10 WOMEN: 1 Dulce Maria BANUELOS MEX 2:51:06 2 Nancy Cerda CISNEROS MEX 3:08:27 3 Fernanda Cavazos GARZA MEX 3:14:43 4 Monica Luna GUTIERREZ MEX 3:21:53 5 Karla Villafuerte CRUZ MEX 3:23:45 6 Elizabeth Cerda SANTIAGO MEX 3:24:27 7 Maria Teresa DE LA CRUZ MEX 3:30:05 8 Tania Ramos ARAGON MEX 3:31:05 9 Alma Betancourt GARCIA MEX 3:31:31 10 Maria Garcia LUGO MEX 3:32:00
15 DECEMBER 2010: 6th ANTARCTICA ICE MARATHON
A record 37 competitors from 19 countries lined up for the world's southernmost marathon and ultramarathon races which took place on mainland Antarctica on 15 and 16 December, respectively.
This sixth edition of the Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100km changed from its traditional location at Patriot Hills to an area known as Union Glacier some 65km away. Operated at approximately 80 degrees south and only a few hundred miles from the South Pole, the events are the only official marathon and ultramarathon races within the Antarctic Circle. Getting the competitors to the start line is always a challenge. Athletes are flown from the southern tip of Chile on a specialist IL-76 cargo plane to land on a blue ice runway. They stay in tented accommodation on a multi-day expedition-style trip.
This year's marathon was delayed by 3 days due to unfavourable flight conditions, but on arrival at Union Glacier runners were greeted by absolutely stunning scenery and the constant daylight that prevails during the Antarctic 'summer'.
Crevasse-checking the course is a very important precaution to ensure runners' safety. The course itself was a 25km loop followed by a 17.2km circuit, on generally flat land surrounded by mountains and hills.
Steve Hibbs (USA), who holds a 2:31 marathon PB in 'normal' conditions, stormed into an early lead over the initial 15km. But he began to suffer in the Antarctic environment and eventually relinquished his lead to Belgium's Marc de Keyser, the 2007 Antarctic Ice Marathon winner. However, in the final quarter a surprise was in store when 33-year-old Bernardo Fonseca of Brazil ran a perfectly judged race to overtake de Keyser, who began to cramp in the soft underfoot snow conditions. Fonseca's time of 4:20:31 established a new record for the race.
In the women's competition, 24-year-old Clare Apps from Great Britain had a convincing win over Denmark's Cathrine Due, the 2008 North Pole Marathon champion, and she set a new record of 4:47:37 in the process.
The marathon was followed by the world's southernmost ultramarathon when six competitors braved it to the start of the Antarctic 100km on 16 December. Temperatures would dip to -18°C as the athletes traversed a 25km loop four times.
Once again, Fonseca prevailed. After running alongside Tommy Yen-Po Chen (TPE) and Alain d'Andria (FRA) over the first 15km, he soon stretched away. Yen Po-Chen, a 2.25 marathoner, and d'Andria, the 2006 Antarctic Ice Marathon winner, could not keep pace as the Brazilian went on to take a notable double. His time of 12:41:52 also established a new record for the 100km race.
Clare Apps (GBR), the previous day's marathon winner, was the sole female participant and reached the finish line in a time of 18:58:19.
Next year's Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k races are scheduled for the slightly earlier dates of 30th November and 2nd December, respectively.
MEN: 1 Bernardo FONSECA BRA 4:20:31 2 Marc DE KEYSER BEL 4:24:24 3 Steve HIBBS USA 4:46:15 4 Henri Alain D'ANDRIA FRA 4:49:09 5 Tristan MILLER AUS 4:59:08 6 Irenesuz SZPOT POL 5:04:10 7 Clayton CONSERVANI BRA 5:12:51 8 Scott James MULLIGAN GBR 5:16:54 9 Brett KARLSON RSA 5:19:32 10 Greg SWAN AUS 5:23:11 WOMEN: 1 Clare APPS GBR 4:47:37 2 Cathrine DUE DEN 5:34:38 3 Sarah OLIPHANT USA 6:32:48 4 Uma Devi CHIGURUPATI IND 8:16:22 5 Rhoda Jones USA 9:33:29
19 DECEMBER 2010: FUBON TAIPEI MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Yusuf Chebii SONGOKA KEN 2:14:04 2 Gebrselassie Tsegay REDA ETH 2:14:10 3 Samuel Woldemanuel GEBREMICHAEL ETH 2:14:23 4 Yared Dagnaw SHAREW ETH 2:14:53 5 Kedir Fikadu KASSA ETH 2:19:04 6 Sammy Kiprop KIPTOO KEN 2:20:50 7 Joseph Losuloni LUSIKE KEN 2:25:17 WOMEN: 1 Yeshi Esayias TESEMMA ETH 2:30:37 2 Yeshimeret Tadesse BIFA ETH 2:31:09 3 Winifridah KWAMBOKA KEN 2:32:37 4 Haile KEBEBUSH ETH 2:34:38 5 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:34:46 6 Margaret Karie TOROITICH KEN 2:36:03 7 Emily SAMOEI KEN 2:38:33
26 DECEMBER 2010: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE LAAYOUNE, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Stephen TUM KEN 1:01:52 2 Hafid CHANI MAR 1:03:22 3 Ayele MERGERSA ETH 1:04:45 4 Hicham Abou ELABBAS MAR 1:04:58 5 Khalid LABLAQ MAR 1:05:07 6 Mouhaine MOUBSSIT MAR 1:05:21 7 Samir NOUSSAIR MAR 1:05:46 8 Abdesslam SIOUANI MAR 1:06:45 9 Mourad Ben NNOURI MAR 1:06:48 10 Hassan CHIBANE MAR 1:07:04 WOMEN: 1 Samira RAIF MAR 1:12:52 2 Malika BELFAKIR MAR 1:17:21 3 Wodaje Temesgan ETHAFERAHU ETH 1:18:57 4 Sana ACHABBAR MAR 1:20:19 5 Meryem KHALI MAR 1:21:07 6 Jolanda VERSTRATEN NED 1:22:51 7 Amira BENAMOR TUN 1:24:01 8 Amina MHIH MAR 1:24:24 9 Bouchra KANDIL MAR 1:31:18 10 Laila HILAL MAR 1:31:53
31 DECEMBER 2010: SAO SILVESTRE 15km, BRAZIL
Double winner of the New York Marathon Marílson Gomes dos Santos took his third victory in the 86th edition writes Eduardo Biscayart. 27-year-old Alice Timbilil repeated her victory from 2009 in a course record beating the 17-year-old mark of Hellen Kimayo by seven seconds.
The men's race started at 2:50-2:55/km pace before Dos Santos, along with the Kenyan contingent took control after 6km. Dos Santos opened up a gap on the rest of the field at halfway and went on to win by 200m. The women had started 15 minutes before the men with Ecuadorian Diana Landi launching the fist attack after only 2km, although this lasted only until 4km when Timbilil accelerated away from the two Brazilians that were running with her, Simone Alves da Silva, and Cruz Nonata da Silva. Timbilil's superiority was undeniable, but after opening a gap of 60m, she was pushed by Simone de Silva over the final stages.
MEN: 1 Marílson DOS SANTOS BRA 44:07 2 Barnabas KOSGEI KEN 44:49 3 James Kwambai KIPSANG KEN 45:15 4 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 45:34 5 Emmanuel BETT KEN 45:41 6 Diego COLORADO COL 45:48 7 Mathew Kiptoo CHEBOI KEN 45:58 8 Mark KORIR KEN 45:59 9 Anoé dos Santos DIAS BRA 46:06 10 Cosme Anselmo DE SOUZA BRA 46:09 WOMEN: 1 Alice TIMBILIL KEN 50:19 2 Simone DA SILVA BRA 50:25 3 Eunice JEPKURUI KEN 51:42 4 Cruz DA SILVA BRA 51:51 5 Diana LANDI ECU 52:35 6 Fabiana Cristine DA SILVA BRA 53:20 7 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 53:43 8 Chemtai RIONOTUKEI KEN 53:56 9 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 54:10 10 Maurine Jelegat KIPCHUMBA KEN 54:28
31 DECEMBER 2010: ST CATHERINES MARATHON, EGYPT
MEN: 1 Hassan Issa MARZOUK EGY 2:59:30 2 Ahmed EL MAGRABY EGY 3:18:50 3 Mohamed Siliman ABU ZID EGY 3:47:50 4 Osama Mahmoud AHMED EGY 4:12:46 5 Terje TVEITDAL NOR 4:15:59 6 Geoff JENNETT RSA 4:29:49 7 Dietmar RAUBER GER 4"42:25 8 Ewald KOMAR GER 4:42:25 WOMEN: 1 Tomolo UETA JPN 4:35:13 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Khalid Mahmoud KHALID EGY 1:19:47 2 Farid Samir ABDULLAH EGY 1:20:19 3 Abd EL RAZEK EGY 1:21:09 WOMEN: 1 Jaana JOBE SWE 1:40:02 2 Cosette WONG USA 1:57:02 3 Regina SCHAER SUI 2:03:55
December 2010
