February 2011
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6 FEBRUARY 2011: KAGAWA MARUGAME INT'L HALF MARATHON, JAPAN
Women's winner Kayoko Fukushi, the course record holder, ran alone for the most of the race, while Samuel Ndungu had a hard fought victory writes Ken Nakamura. Pre-race favourite Mekubo Mogusu, a Kenyan based in Japan, started fast, passing 5km in 14:00 and 10km in 28:12, 21 seconds clear of Ndungu, Tsuyoshi Ugachi and Rachid Kisri. The gap increased to 34 seconds by 15km but he then slowed, taking 15:08 for the next 5km and being overtaken by Ndungu and Ugachi. Ndungu won with a new personal best by 22 seconds. Ugachi made a similar improvement, finishing just three seconds behind with the third fastest time ever run by a Japanese.
The clash between Abeylegesse and Fukushi never materialised, as the Olympic silver medalist pulled out of the race a day before the start. Fukushi won by more than a minute and half, but it was her slowest time over this course after her victories in 2006 and 2007. Rei Ohara, 20 years old and less than two years out of high school, finished third in her half marathon debut with 1:10:50. Mika Yoshikawa, five-time 1500m national champion, improved by nearly two minutes in fourth.
The 65th edition was held in fine winter weather enjoyed by 6843 male and 1739 female finishers out of 10,000 who entered. Six foreign countries were represented by 12 runners.
MEN: 1 Samuel NDUNGU KEN 1:00:55 2 Tsuyoshi UGACHI JPN 1:00:58 3 Mekubo MOGUSU KEN 1:01:29 4 Rachid KISRI MAR 1:01:52 5 Hiromitsu KAKUAGE JPN 1:02:34 6 Ryotaro NITTA JPN 1:02:35 7 Hiroki KADOTA JPN 1:02:35 8 Satoru KASUYA JPN 1:02:40 9 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 1:02:40 10 Ryohei NAKANO JPN 1:02:49 WOMEN: 1 Kayoko FUKUSHI JPN 1:09:00 2 Karolina JARZYNSKA POL 1:10:36 3 Rei OHARA JPN 1:10:50 4 Mika YOSHIKAWA JPN 1:11:13 5 Aki OTAGIRI JPN 1:11:49 6 Yoshiko FUJINAGA JPN 1:12:03 7 Megumi SEIKE JPN 1:12:04 8 Misato HORIE JPN 1:12:16 9 Kumi OGURA JPN 1:12:21 10 Silvia SVORTSOVA RUS 1:12:39
6 FEBRUARY 2011: 60th BEPPU-OITA MAINICHI MARATHON, JAPAN
Ahmed Baday broke away from 2:06 marathon runner Daniel Njenga at 41km writes Ken Nakamura. Baday's previous best was 2:10:58 in the Marrakech marathon last January. Njenga finished second in Beppu for the third time, having also placed second in 2002 and 2010.
The battle to be first Japanese, and a possible place in the World Championships marathon team, was won by Kazuhiro Maeda, who finished third in 2:10:29, a personal best by more than 30 seconds. He broke away from Fujita at 33km and closed dramatically in the final stages but fell short of catching Njenga by five seconds. He had seemed reluctant to go with Njenga and Baday when they broke away after 25km. Harun Njoroge ran the early part of the race conservatively before picking up in the second half and was rewarded with fourth place and a personal best by more than a minute.
After pacing through halfway in 1:04:23 Gert Thys, dropped out at 25km. Jason Mbote continued to pace up to 30km but after that Njenga and Baday were left in front with the chase pack of Maeda, Fujita and Moriwaki 100m behind. After 33Km, Maeda pulled ahead of Fujita, passing through 35km 25 seconds behind the lead pair.
Women ran this race for the first time since 1981. Chiyuki Mochizuki broke the course record of 2:48:52 set back in 1978 by Kiyoko Obata.
MEN: 1 Ahmed BADAY MAR 2:10:14 2 Daniel NJENGA KEN 2:10:24 3 Kazuhiro MAEDA JPN 2:10:29 4 Harun NJOROGE KEN 2:11:43 5 Atsushi FUJITA JPN 2:12:26 6 Yuki MORIWAKI JPN 2:12:34 7 Masaki SHIMOJU JPN 2:13:07 8 Jeffrey HUNT AUS 2:13:14 9 Ken-ichiro SETOGUCHI JPN 2:15:01 10 Tomonori ONITSUKA JPN 2:16:52 WOMEN: 1 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN 2:39:57
13 FEBRUARY 2011: XXVII MARATON DE SEVILLA, SPAIN
With a record breaking entry of 4853 runners, the winner Daniel Abera Wedajo also broke the course record, ahead of Gosa Tafa Meguersa who was also 26 seconds faster than the old record. In fourth place Pablo Villalobos took the national championship and improved his own best time. A close finish in the women's race rounded off an exciting morning for the 3000+ spectators in the Olympic Stadium. Tamara Sanfabio took the national title in fourth place overall.
MEN: 1 Daniel Abera WEDAJO ETH 2:09:53 2 Gosa Tafa MEGUERSA ETH 2:10:05 3 Mitka Seboka TULU ETH 2:11:44 4 Pablo VILLALOBOS ESP 2:12:21 5 Hussen Adem JEMAL 2:12:40 6 Gebregziabher ABRHA ETH 2:12:58 7 Gebrekidian ABADI ETH 2:13:28 8 John Kipkemoi KIRUI KEN 2:13:39 9 Ben Kimutai KIMWOLE KEN 2:14:11 10 Gosha Girma TEFERA ETH 2:14:54 WOMEN: 1 Alemnesh Ashetu HABTEMIKAEL ETH 2:33:26 2 Derbe Godana GEBISSA ETH 2:33:30 3 Beatrice Toroitich JEPKEMBOI KEN 2:35:11 4 Tamara Sanfabio RODRIGUEZ ESP 2:37:24 5 Maria Jose de Toro SAIZ ESP 2:42:22 6 Maria Yolanda Gutierrez ROBLES ESP 2:44:12 7 Beatrice Molina BAILEN ESP 2:45:45 8 Pilar Alonso CASTRO ESP 2:50:02 9 Susana Segovia MUDIE ESP 2:51:24 10 Faustina Maria RAMOS ESP 2:52:12
18 FEBRUARY 2011: RAS AL KHAIMAH HALF MARATHON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mary Keitany tore around this clockwise loop course to record 1:05:50 and rip no less than 35 seconds off Lornah Kiplagat's 2007 world record for the half marathon. The previous record was set when Kiplagat won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships at Udine, Italy — and Keitany finished second in 1:06:48, a breakthrough race for her. Since then, after giving birth, she returned to win the IAAF World Championships in Birmingham in 2009, over a tough undulating course, in 1:06:36. She went on to break the 25km world best and become the first woman to run under 1:20 for the distance in Berlin last May.
Despite the first three men breaking 60 minutes, they had to accept it was ladies day in RAK this year. But for Deriba Merga's erratic pace judgement it might have been different. He pushed hard from the gun, passing 5km alone in 13:37 and going on through 10km in 27:31. He paid the penalty for such over-exuberance as his pace waned after 15km, but had insisted when advised to hold back on the day before the race that "I just like to lead!". He passed 20km in 56:16 and had enough margin on the duelling duo of Bernard Kipyego (5km splits of 13:56, 28:04, 42:34, and 56:47) and Leonard Langat (13:47, 28:05, 42:35 and 56:49) to stay well clear. His victorious mark of 59:25, comes after third places in RAK in 2007 and 2009, and was his seventh sub-60 half marathon clocking. After a difficult 2010 with DNFs in Chicago and Chunchon Marathons ("I had constantly sore thighs and hips for much of the year."), it is clear that Merga is back in fine form.
Keitany ran an even more commanding race. With a slight breeze coming from the east, but in conditions that were otherwise perfect (17°C) she passed through 5km in 15:18, already five seconds up on Dire Tune, the winner here two years ago. She remained cool through 10km (30:45), and was way ahead of the stated schedule (3:08/km) but in the second half she held the pace well. The 15km split of 46:40 showed her resilience, and she was able to follow pacemaker Simon Tonui through to 20km (1:02:36) with only a slight slowing to record the first "unassisted" sub-66 minute time for the Half Marathon.
MEN: 1 Deriba MERGA ETH 59:25 2 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 59:45 3 Leonard LANGAT KEN 59:52 4 John KIPROTICH KEN 1:00:10 5 Titus MASAI KEN 1:00:40 6 Getu FELEKE ETH 1:01:28 7 Maregu TEREFE ETH 1:02:03 8 Dickson MARWA TAN 1:02:04 9 Hafid CHANI MAR 1:02:23 10 Alemayehu SHUMYE ETH 1:02:58 WOMEN: 1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:05:50 2 Dire TUNE ETH 1:08:52 3 Mare DIBABA ETH 1:08:57 4 Rose KOSGEI KEN 1:09:04 5 Agnes KIPROP KEN 1:09:11 6 Hilda KIBET NED 1:09:35 7 Sultan HAYDAR TUR 1:10:02 8 Eunice KALES KEN 1:10:41 9 Christelle DAUNAY FRA 1:11:14 10 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 1:13:35
20 FEBRUARY 2011: OHME-HOCHI 30km ROAD RACE, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Jason LEMKUHLE USA 1:32:08 2 Toyoyuki ABE JPN 1:32:09 3 Daisuke SHIMIZU JPN 1:33:15 4 Atsushi IKAWA JPN 1:33:30 5 Ryotaro NITTA JPN 1:34:05 6 Noriaki TAKAHASHI JPN 1:34:08 7 Tomohiro SATO JPN 1:35:05 8 Souichiro ICHIKAWA JPN 1:35:32 9 Teruto OZAKI JPN 1:36:07 10 Kazuya ISHIDA JPN 1:36:37 WOMEN: 1 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 1:46:27 2 Saori MAKISHIMA JPN 1:48:20 3 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 1:53:29 4 Izumi OKA JPN 2:02:28 5 Ai KOIZUMI JPN 2:02:28 6 Masami NAKAMURA JPN 2:08:17 7 Emi MATSUTANI JPN 2:08:40 8 Hiromi TOMIZAWA JPN 2:09:11 9 Mikiko YOKOYAMA JPN 2:09:56 10 Ysuko SEKIGUCHI JPN 2:10:04 10km MEN: 1 Akira KASAHARI JPN 30:29 2 Kaduma NAKAMURA JPN 30:31 3 Yuichi MIHIRO JPN 30:42 WOMEN: 1 Hiroko SHOI JPN 33:02 2 Kazumi HASHIMOTO JPN 33:28 3 Tomoyo IZUMI JPN 33:38
20 FEBRUARY 2011: LIMASSOL MARATHON GSO, CYPRUS
MEN: 1 Momanyi BASWETI KEN 2:27:08 2 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:27:43 3 Eliud Kiprono CHEMWOLO KEN 2:37:33 4 Andrew Kamanthi KILONGO KEN 2:38:00 5 Costas CONSTANTINOU CYP 2:43:00 6 Michael KEENAN GBR 2:46:35 7 Victor VLAD ROM 2:46:50 8 Panayotis STYLIANOU CYP 2:49:39 9 Ivan MOTORIN RUS 2:51:42 10 Stuart CARROLL GBR 2:52:51 WOMEN: 1 Lydia Jerotich RUTTO KEN 2:47:53 2 Nadezda SEMILETOVA RUS 2:48:31 3 Irina PANKOVSKAYA RUS 2:49:08 4 Yulia KHAZOVA RUS 2:53:18 5 Barbara MOLNAR HUN 2:55:56 6 Pangista ANDREOU CYP 3:01:34 7 Maria Fernanda MIRONE ITA 3:25:51 8 Melanie DONALDSON GBR 3:31:33 9 Miika JAMSA FIN 3:34:50 10 Jillian CEDERWALL CAN 3:35:12 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Blazej BRZEZINSKI POL 1:05:12 2 Mikhail KULKOV RUS 1:06:36 3 Paulos TSANAVARAS GRE 1:15:33 WOMEN: 1 Deniz DIMAKI GRE 1:21:40 2 Nicole BOEHM GER 1:26:43 3 Vasiliki SIKOPETI GRE 1:34:42
20 FEBRUARY 2011: YOKOHAMA WOMENS' MARATHON, JAPAN
Making decisive surge at 39.3Km which left Marisa Barros and Remi Nakazato in her wake, Yoshimi Ozaki, won the second edition writes Ken Nakamura. By recording sub-2:26 clocking, Ozaki qualified for the World Championships team automatically Remi Nakazato recorded exactly 10 minutes' improvement on her personal best to 2:24:29. "I was comfortable in the early going because of good pace making. I was determined to improve my personal best, but I did not expect to improve by 10 minutes." She should also have a very good chance of making the team as she ran faster than the winner of Osaka Women's Marathon, Yukiko Akaba. In third place Marisa Barros improved her personal best by 40 seconds. Ozaki's time, 2:23:56, is the fastest time recorded in a February marathon, replacing 2:26:03 by Marisa Barros in Sevilla two years ago. It was also the course record. Deratu Tulu fell off from the lead pack early in the race and finished 11th with 2:35:58.
A lead group of 10 runners emerged right away, and gradually thinned out as 5km splits were covered in an even pace, just under 17 minutes each up to 15km. Six runners(including two pace makers) led through halfway in 1:11:37. After pacemaking finished at 25km the lead runners slowed, but after 30km Barros led Ozaki Nakazato and Nagao. Nakazato took the lead at 35km but she did not increase the pace. Nagao started to drift behind at 35Km, leaving Ozaki, Nakazato and Barros in front. Ozaki made her decisive surge after 39km, covering the 40th kilometre in 3:18, and neither Nakazato or Barros could respond. Ozaki covered 39 to 40km in 3:18.
1 Yoshimi OZAKI JPN 2:23:56 2 Remi NAKAZATO JPN 2:24:29 3 Marisa BARROS POR 2:25:04 4 Kaoru NAGAO JPN 2:26:58 5 Karolina JARZYNSKA POL 2:27:16 6 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:29:00 7 Mayumi FUJITA JPN 2:30:42 8 Yuka IZUMI JPN 2:33:05 9 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 2:33:57 10 Naoko SAKAMOTO JPN 2:35:17
20 FEBRUARY 2011: STANDARD CHARTERED HONG KONG MARATHON
Janet Rono paid her own $1000 air ticket, entered the race as a member of the public, slept on a colleague's floor, and then proceeded to break the course record and win US$34,000 as first prize writes Pat Butcher. On an unusually cool day, even for February in Hong Kong, Rono clocked 2:33:42 to beat Irina Bogacheva's mark of 2001 by one second.
Even with so many marathons worldwide a 2:15 East African man or a 2:35 woman (Rono's previous best was 2:37:08) finds it hard to get race invites. So more and more of them are assessing their chances in some of the lesser known races and paying their own way. Julius Maisei took a similar chance, but though he was catching race leader Nelson Rotich in the final 2km he had to give way to his compatriot's 2:16:00 victory. Nevertheless Maisei also made his trip well worthwhile, netting $15.000. 'This course is very hard, it's the hardest marathon course I've run (out of 14 races)' said Rotich.
MEN: 1 Nelson Kirwa ROTICH KEN 2:16:00 2 Julius Kiplimo MAISEI KEN 2:16:06 3 Tesfaye Girma BEKELE ETH 2:16:31 4 Robert Kiplagat KOSEKEI KEN 2:16:53 5 Hammou MOUDOUJI MAR 2:16:55 6 Julius Kiprono MUTAI KEN 2:17:04 WOMEN: 1 Janet Jelegat RONO KEN 2:33:42 2 Samira RAIF MAR 2:33:51 3 Bifa Yeshimabet TADESSE ETH 2:34:14 4 Negash Hadush LETAY ETH 2:35:35 5 Wenrong CHENG CHN 2:35:49 6 Rose CHESHIRE KEN 2:38:06
27 FEBRUARY 2011: WORLD'S BEST 10km, PUERTO RICO
Sammy Kitwara ran solo after the 8km to regain his title won in 2009 writes Javier Clavelo Robinson. Sentayehu Ejigu made a successful debut over 10km to score a narrow win over Dire Tune in the women's race, leading an Ethiopian clean sweep.
With a temperature at 25°C and 62% humidity, the race started at 17:25 pm and the Kenyan runners immediately took control of the men's race. Joseph Ebuya led a pack of 12 Africans through 1km in 2:43, passing 2km in 5:27 and 3km in 8:12. At halfway (13:43) the leading pack had shrunk to four Kenyans. Shortly after 6km Ebuya, Kitwara and Dejen Gebremakel edged ahead, but Ebuya soon dropped back, leaving Kitwara and Gebremakel to run side by side until 8km, when the 2009 champion changed gear. Behind him a fast-finishing Lelisa Desisa came through to take third.
In the women's race Dire Tune was determined to win after finishing third in the past two editions. She led through 2km in 6:00 and halfway in 15:46. With compatriots Ejigu and Atsede Habtamu and Kenyan Grace Momanyi right on her heels, the race was only decided in the last kilometre. Using her 14:28 5000m track speed Ejigu, 26, prevailed in the home stretch and became the first female Ethiopian winner. Two-time CAC Games champion Beverly Ann Ramos became the first Puerto Rican athlete to finish in the top ten, ahead of veteran Ethiopian Berhene Adere (34:56).
Of 11,357 runners registered 9288 finished (5479 men, 3809 women) the 14th edition of the race on the Teodoro Moscoso bridge.
MEN: 1 Sammy KITWARA KEN 27:35 2 Dejen GEBREMESKEL ETH 27:45 3 Lelisa DESISA ETH 28:02 4 Leonard KOMON KEN 28:05 5 Joseph EBUYA KEN 28:07 6 Moses MASAI KEN 28:28 7 Wilson CHIBET KEN 28:36 8 Kintra Jakob YARSO ETH 29:00 9 Shadrack KOSGEI KEN 29:02 10 Hicham BELLANI MAR 29:25 WOMEN: 1 Ejigu SENTAYEHU ETH 31:50 2 Dire TUNE ETH 31:51 3 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 31:54 4 Grace MOMANYI KEN 32:06 5 Gesabwe RISPER KEN 32:35 6 Zhor EL KAMCH MAR 33:02 7 Amane GOBENA ETH 33:17 8 Tigist TUFA ETH 34:04 9 Haile KEBEBUSH ETH 34:20 10 Berverly RAMOS PUR 34:40
27 FEBRUARY 2011: VERDIMARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Antonio ARMUZZO ITA 2:28:33 2 Mostaa EL RACHHNI ITA 2:32:13 3 Lorenzo TRINCHERI ITA 2:39:10 4 Fabiano SCARATTI ITA 2:43:46 5 Luca LAURINI ITA 2:43:54 6 Andrea NELLI ITA 2:45:36 7 Davide BRUNO ITA 2:47:15 8 Renzo BARBUGIAN ITA 2:47:31 9 Enrico BOASSO ITA 2:48:04 10 Andrea SALERNO ITA 2:48:09 WOMEN: 1 Ilaria BIANCHI ITA 2:45:39 2 Ilaria AICARDI ITA 2:57:42 3 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 2:59:24 4 Francesca MARIN ITA 2:59:28 5 Joyce Muthoni KAGUME KEN 3:14:32 6 Maria Ilaria FOSSATI ITA 3:15:03 7 Laura DURPETTI ITA 3:16:08 8 Maria Viola FINATI ITA 3:24:46 9 Patrizia ROSSI ITA 3:25:54 10 Ilaria MARCHESE ITA 3:26:54
27 FEBRUARY 2011: MARITZBURG MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Khayelihle NGCOBO RSA 2:29:55 2 Sandile MAKHAYE RSA 2:32:00 3 Delani MKHIZE RSA 2:32:27 4 Siyabonga NDLOVU RSA 2:33:23 5 Raymo Khulekani NGUBANE RSA 2:34:06 6 Innocent Kwata NYAWOSE RSA 2:35:53 7 Vusi CELE RSA 2:36:23 8 Mabutho Richard DLAMINI RSA 2:36:26 9 Muzi MADIKWA RSA 2:37:41 10 Hlomayi MACHEZA RSA 2:38:41 WOMEN: 1 Melanie VAN ROOYEN RSA 2:57:37 2 Thobile NGWANE RSA 3:12:49 3 Nicola MCMURRAY RSA 3:18:11 4 Fikile MBUTHUMA RSA 3:20:35 5 Sandra AIKEN RSA 3:23:10 6 Vicky CROOKES RSA 3:23:57 7 Elizabeth COX RSA 3:24:24 8 Sarah GRAY RSA 3:26:07 9 Lizanne SCHOLTZ RSA 3:26:08 10 Wendy MORGAN RSA 3:27:10 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Siborelu DUMA RSA 1:10:09 2 Tsepo SHEZEMBE RSA 1:11:19 3 Philani NGCOBO RSA 1:12:30 WOMEN: 1 Danielle ADLAM RSA 1:23:27 2 Xoli MADIDA RSA 1:24:23 3 Cary-Ann SMITH RSA 1:24:31
27 FEBRUARY 2011: SAO PAULO INT'L HALF MARATHON, BRAZIL
Marilson Dos Santos broke the course record by a massive 50 seconds, and topped an all-Brazilian podium, but the women's race went to Kenya.
It was 22°C at the start, rising quickly to 27°C by the time runners were finishing. Dos Santos wasted little time in imposing himself on his adversaries, and dedicated his win to his wife and week-old son. He will go on to compete in the New York Half Marathon on 20 March, and the London Marathon four weeks later. Adriana Aparecida Da Silva finished in second after duelling with Agnes Jepkosgei from 18km. The Kenyan entered Charles Miller Square 20m ahead, and maintained her advantage to the finish.
MEN: 1 Marílson Gomes DOS SANTOS BRA 1:03:12 2 Paulo Roberto Almeida PAULA BRA 1:04:58 3 Damião Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 1:05:27 4 Valdir Sérgio DE OLIVEIRA BRA 1:05:37 5 João Ferreira DE LIMA BRA 1:05:42 6 Franck CALDEIRA BRA 1:05:45 7 Sérgio Celestino DA SILVA BRA 1:05:47 8 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 1:05:58 9 José Márcio Leão DA SILVA BRA 1:06:06 10 Jean Carlos DA SILVA BRA 1:06:19 WOMEN: 1 Agnes Jepkosgei CHESEREK KEN 1:16:21 2 Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA BRA 1:16:30 3 Zerfe Worku BOKU ETH 1:17:15 4 Jackline Juma SAKILU TAN 1:17:50 5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:18:16 6 Rosangela Raimunda PEREIRA BRA 1:19:50 7 Sueli Pereira DA SILVA BRA 1:20:39 8 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:21:57 9 Maria Bernadete CABRAL BRA 1:22:36 10 Conceição de Maria CARVALHO BRA 1:23:54
27 FEBRUARY 2011: TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, JAPAN
Photos: Agence SHOT
Breaking away from Paul Biwott after 33km Hailu Mekonnen slid outside course record schedule after passing 40km writes Ken Nakamaura. It was the third fastest time of the year so far, 12 seconds short of the record but a personal best by two minutes. In third, Yuki Kawauchi qualified for the Japanese World Championships team. I was shooting for sub-2:10. I never imagined running 2:08, said Kawauchi, who was fourth last year with 2:12:36. Kawauchi does not belong to a corporate track team like most top runners in Japan. With a full-time job away from running, he trains in the morning and then works from the afternoon to around 21:00.
The lead men went out fast but 27 runners passed 5km in 14:56, and 19 of them remained at 10km (29:56) and 15km (44:50). The group passed halfway in 1:03:13 but it was not until 27km that Mekonnen, Paul Biwott and pace maker Henry Sugut broke away from the lead pack. Sugut dropped out at 30km (1:29:56) while Mekonnen made his move at 33km. Behind Biwott, Kawauchi moved into third at 39km.
Tatyana Arysova came from behind to win the women's race, passing race leader Yoko Shibui at 39.5km. led out through 5km (17:20) but reliquished the lead to Misaki Katsumata, a marathon debutante, until 27km. Shibui then took up the running once again, but just before 40km Aryasova, Noriko Higuchi and Tatyana Petrova all went past with Shibui unable to respond.
MEN: 1 Hailu MEKONNEN ETH 2:07:35 2 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:08:17 3 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:08:37 4 Yoshinori ODA JPN 2:09:03 5 Cyrus NJUI KEN 2:09:10 6 Felix LIMO KEN 2:10:50 7 Takaaki KODA JPN 2:11:08 8 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:11:25 9 Yemane TSEGAY ETH 2:11:49 10 Takashi HORIGUCHI JPN 2:12:05 WOMEN: 1 Tatyana ARYASOVA RUS 2:27:29 2 Noriko HIGUCHI JPN 2:28:49 3 Tatyana PETROVA RUS 2:28:56 4 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:29:03 5 Misaki KATSUMATA JPN 2:31:10 6 Sumiko SUZUKI JPN 2:32:02 7 Rina YAMAZAKI JPN 2:32:51 8 Shoko MIYAZAKI JPN 2:33:10 9 Yumi HIRATA JPN 2:33:14 10 Olena BURKOVSKA UKR 2:33:30
27 FEBRUARY 2011: SUNYANG ECO-HEALING SEYCHELLES MARATHON
MEN: 1 Simon Antoine LABICHE SEY 2:46:26 2 Hakim AHMADA COM 2:49:43 3 James BARRA SEY 3:10:10 4 Michael Simon DIXIE SEY 3:33:51 5 Volker ISIGKEIT GER 3:34:26 6 Franky BACCUS SEY 3:42:01 7 Joseph Andre MOREL SEY 3:54:46 8 Russell CLARKE SEY 4:02:07 9 Prashant PISE MRI 4:10:10 10 John Colin CRICK GBR 4:13:31 WOMEN: 1 Simone Adeline JAPHA SEY 3:39:07 2 Juliette HORAREAU GBR 4:34:33 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Michel SOURIS SEY 1:24:27 2 Keddy MOUSTACHE SEY 1:29:17 3 Thomas KILINDO SEY 1:29:41 WOMEN: 1 Amandine SALMON SEY 1:54:41 2 Madeleine MUNIER SEY 2:22:01 3 Maud FAVIER SEY 2:27:16
27 FEBRUARY 2011: KILIMANJARO MARATHON, TANZANIA
MEN: 1 Kipkemoi KIPSANG KEN 2:17:09 2 Julius KILIMO KEN 2:17:17 3 Julius SEUREI KEN 2:18:30 4 Stephano HUCHE TZA 2:19:23 5 James YATICH KEN 2:20:27 6 David JOSEPH TAN 2:21:25 7 Andrew SILUNE TAN 2:22:02 8 Kenneth MBURU KEN 2:22:36 9 Andrew KIPSANG KEN 2:23:15 10 Ezekiel KIMUTAI KEN 2:23:34 WOMEN: 1 Ann KAMAU KEN 3:00:12 2 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 3:02:53 3 Olpher ORUKE KEN 3:03:22 4 Dorice TODOPUS KEN 3:06:39 5 Everlyn RUTTO KEN 3:08:39 6 Gladys CHERUIYOT KEN 3:10:09 7 Doris BECHI KEN 3:10:49 8 Consolata LORENGE KEN 3:19:19 9 Priscilla JEBET KEN 3:20:26 10 Phylis CHEPKONGA KEN 3:20:26 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Michael KAMAU KEN 1:03:50 2 Leonard MALINA KEN 1:03:54 3 Geoffrey NDUNGU KEN 1:04:15 WOMEN: 1 Valentina KIPKETER KEN 1:14:58 2 Doreen Nduku KITAKA KEN 1:15:38 3 Mary NAALI TAN 1:15:40
28 FEBRUARY 2011: SAHARA MARATHON, ALGERIA
MEN: 1 Bouchouit ALHASSAN ALG 2:40:02 2 Jon SALVADOR ESP 2:45:22 3 Sebbagh SAADEDDINE ALG 2:59:03 4 Manuel MORENTE ESP 3:07:54 5 Tabech AHMED ALG 3:15:16 6 Salhi HAROUN ALG 3:16:33 7 Hammouda Ahmed CHOUK ALG 3:20:42 8 Raouak MED ALG 3:22:05 9 Fethi BENSAHED ALG 3:25:02 10 Mokhtari MOHAMMED ALG 3:31:27 WOMEN: 1 Ma. Dolores Jiménez GUARDENO ESP 3:36:02 2 Mónica Batán ZAMORA ESP 3:52:25 3 Olatz MITXELENA ESP 4:10:20 4 Nadia TOSI ITA 4:20:32 5 Olga Garcia SANTAMAR ESP 4:23:25 6 Laura Routabout de B ALG 4:29:24 7 Gema Martinez MARTIN ESP 4:38:08 8 Edit KISS HUN 5:00:51 9 Diana IONESCU ROM 5:35:40 10 Sabine CHRISTIAN GER 6:03:55 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kara KARIM ALG 1:14:12 2 Hammadi DJILLALI ALG 1:15:01 3 Rhamnia Abed ELLATIF ALG 1:15:50 WOMEN: 1 Alicia Pérez BLANCO ESP 1:49:20 2 Olatz Arbelaitz GALLEGO ESP 1:51:12 3 Mari Carmen Espejo GARCIA ESP 1:58:02
28 FEBRUARY 2011: ANTARCTICA MARATHON
MEN: 1 Michael HEWITT USA 3:25:49 2 Christopher SOLARZ USA 3:32:12 3 David WEAVER USA 3:23:43 4 Martin KON CAN 3:54:11 5 Lawrence IKARD USA 4:04:24 6 Bjarne JENSEN DEN 4:06:04 7 William KEANE IRL 4:14:26 8 Francis NZEUTEM USA 4:16:25 9 Laird MALAMED USA 4:25:32 10 Markus PINSKER GER 4:28:24 WOMEN: 1 Diane KENNA USA 4:26:29 2 Katherine COWARD USA 4:41:11 3 Alexandra STONE USA 5:08:46 4 Michele SMITH-HARDEN USA 5:09:44 5 Shelley FRIEDRICH NZL 5:10:51 6 Kiersten PFEIFER USA 5:14:24 7 Dalila FREI USA 5:23:25 8 Loree BOLIN USA 5:33:17 9 Marie-Josee BOLDUC CAN 5:34:52 10 Iwona UMECKA POL 5:39:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ryan SHELLBORN CAN 2:05:22 2 Timothy SHIELDS USA 2:18:07 3 Thompson SHELLBORN CAN 2:44:10 WOMEN: 1 Sandy BURGAR USA 2:18:57 2 Cherida FRASER NZL 2:32:56 3 Lynne CONNELLY USA 3:01:45
February 2011
