June 2011
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4 JUNE 2011: FREIHOFER'S RUN FOR WOMEN 5K, USA
A record 4,816 women jammed the streets of downtown Albany for the 33rd running in which Mamitu Daska dominated. She had finished second in 2009 and third last year.
After the long climb up Madison Avenue Daska went to the front and was never headed. Last year's winner Emily Chebet and the emergent Aheza Kiros from Ethiopia stayed close to start with but Daska's strength eventually told. Chebet tried to close and in doing so moved ahead of Kiros, but she soon lost her advantage as she weakened towards the end. "I could tell that they couldn't keep up after the first mile" commented Daska, "so I kept going."
The race also saw some breakthrough US performances. Alissa McKaig stole fourth place just before the line from local favourite, Megan Hogan. In doing so, McKaig became the highest-placed American since this race was opened to international runners in 2005.
1 Mamitu DASKA ETH 15:19 2 Aheza KIROS ETH 15:23 3 Emily CHEBET KEN 15:29 4 Alissa MCKAIG USA 15:53 5 Megan HOGAN USA 15:54 6 Diane Nukuri JOHNSON BDI 15:57 7 Everlyne LAGAT KEN 16:02 8 Tigist TUFA ETH 16:05 9 Meghan Armstron PEYTON USA 16:13 10 Risper GESABWA KEN 16:15
5 JUNE 2011: TCS WORLD 10K BANGALORE, INDIA
On a humid morning in Bangalore the two separate elite 10km races played out very differently. Philemon Limo made a decisive break before the 4km point to build up a lead which he never lost, although he slowed from 27:30 pace at halfway to record 28:01, 10 seconds slower than the course record set by Zersenay Tadese in 2008. By contrast the women's race started slowly, with a large group staying together until late into the race. Dire Tune won in the final sprint, recording the same time as Merima Mohamed, with the next three to finish also pressing very close.
MEN: 1 Philemon LIMO KEN 28:01 2 Leonard LANGAT KEN 28:09 3 Lilesa DESISA ETH 28:13 4 Emmanuel KIKEMEI KEN 28:20 5 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 28:45 6 Aschealew MEKETA ETH 28:47 7 Nicholas KAMAKYA KEN 28:52 8 Tesfaye DIBABA ETH 28:54 9 Habtamu FIKADO ETH 29:04 10 Sentayehu MERGA ETH 29:05 WOMEN: 1 Dire TUNE ETH 33:19 2 Merima MOHAMMED ETH 33:19 3 Belianesh OLJIRA ETH 33:20 4 Koren YAL ETH 33:21 5 Philes ONGORI KEN 33:22 6 Doris CHANGEYWO KEN 33:26 7 Aselefech MERGIA ETH 33:27 8 Edna KIPLAGAT KEN 33:35 9 Hilda KIBET NED 33:40 10 Mare DIBABA ETH 33:43
5 JUNE 2011: QUITO LAS ULTIMAS 15km, ECUADOR
Photos: Alan Brookes
Peru's Constantino Leon and Ecuador's Diana Landi concluded a weekend-long festival with victories in the 51st edition, writes Alan Brookes. It was Leon's first victory in four attempts, as he ran a smart race to cross the line inside Estadio Olympico after a thrilling duel with hometown favourite Segundo Jami. Landi broke away from fellow-Ecuadorian, Sandra Ruales and Kenyans Rose Jebet and Neria Asiba at 3km, to easily defend her title. Mexico's Karina Perez came through to take a distant second place.
The event was founded a half-century ago by then-President of Grupo Comercio, Jorge Ribandeneira, who still comes out on Race Day, even though El Comercio's dynamic Sales Manager, Pablo Gonzalez, has taken over as Race Director. It began as a gift from the newspaper to this city of 1.4 million, that sits directly on the equator at 2850m above sea level. With 15000 participants it has grown into the largest road race in Ecuador, and has been embraced by the community as a festival that goes far beyond running. The event showcases the best of Quito and the warmth and generosity of its people.
Conditions were ideal for the 09.00 start in front of the El Comercio/Ultimas Noticias offices on San Bartolo — overcast and 10°C. New York-based Ethiopian Alene Reta and Mexico's Hugo Romero took a pack of 11 through an ambitious first, uphill kilometre in 2:51. The lead group hit 5km in 14:48 and were then faced with a long, twisting climb up Avenida Moldonado and Loja. At the top Segundo Jami made a bold break, quickly opening up a gap of 50m. I felt good, said Jami. I felt comfortable and very strong after the hill. And the cheers of the crowd encouraged me to take the risk. Jami maintained his lead all through the Centro Historico — the first UNESCO designated World Heritage site — through Plaza Santa Domingo, with picturesque El Panecillo as an imposing background capped with its 30m statue of the Virgin of Quito, past Palacio Municipal, Iglesia San Augustin and Plaza del Teatro, and into New Town. He passed 10km in 30:09, but in the 14th kilometre Leon closed the gap and moved past decisively.
Leon trains at the 18-month old High Performance Training Centre in Huancayo, set up by the Peruvian Ministry of Sport, for marathoners. Leon credits their new Korean coach with improving their training, with more quantity and quality — but also in teaching them to run smarter, tactical races. Last year I went too hard on the hill, and paid for it later, finishing fourth. This year, I wanted to run smarter and win. I dropped back to 5th or 6th on the hill and let the others go a bit, he said. I felt under control from that point. Jami, the second child in his family, was still pleased with his second place, and was a hero to the thousands of spectators who packed the course and Estadio Olympico. He was even a little philosophical after. This was his second 2nd place at Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K. His father has also come second three times in the race. I think I will name MY son 'Primero' he joked.
MEN: 1 Constantino LEON PER 46:25 2 Segundo JAMI ECU 46:48 3 Miguel ALMACHE ECU 47:09 4 Peter NKAYA KEN 47:12 5 Juan ORTEGA ECU 47:21 6 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 47:56 WOMEN: 1 Diana LANDI ECU 52:23 2 Karina PEREZ MEX 53:43 3 Rose JEBET KEN 54:11 4 Evelyn ANANGONO ECU 54:34 5 Neria ASIBA KEN 55:28 6 Sandra RUALES ECU 57:27
5 JUNE 2011: ZELENOGRAD HALF MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN: 1 Dmitrii LUKIN RUS 1:07:42 2 Sergei BELYAKOV RUS 1:07:48 3 Aleksei PALAGUSHIN RUS 1:08:00 4 Vsevolod KHUDYAKOV RUS 1:08:12 5 Sergei SHEVCHENKO RUS 1:09:03 6 Andrei SMIRNOV RUS 1:09:48 7 Aleksandr GUSEV RUS 1:10:09 8 Oleg KNYAGIN RUS 1:12:33 9 Konstantin SHISHOV RUS 1:12:38 10 Maksim AGARKOV RUS 1:12:55 WOMEN: 1 Yulia KHAZOVA RUS 1:21:14 2 Elena TIKHONOVA RUS 1:21:31 3 Ekaterina SHLYAKHOVA RUS 1:21:35 4 Larisa KLEYMENOVA RUS 1:22:30 5 Natalya IZMODENOVA RUS 1:23:04 6 Elena ORLOVA RUS 1:23:18 7 Nina MAKSIMOVA RUS 1:24:57 8 Larisa USACHEVA RUS 1:30:24 9 Ekaterina PEREVERZEVA RUS 1:36:10 10 Michelle MITCHELL USA 1:38:54
6 JUNE 2011: CORK CITY MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Sergiu CIOBANU 2:25:34 2 Alan FOOLKES 2:31:03 3 Colin MERRITT 2:31:59 4 Wieslaw SOSNOWSKI 2:32:47 5 Lorcan CRONIN 2:33:36 6 John BYRNE 2:33:39 7 Kevin O'CONNOR 2:33:42 8 Cathal O'CONNELL 2:34:00 9 Daniel ROTHWELL 2:37:37 10 Peter MOONEY 2:39:07 WOMEN: 1 Angela MCCANN 2:53:31 2 Mary SCULLEY 2:57:15 3 Anne CURLEY 2:57:38 4 Mary O'LEARY 2:59:16 5 Ann Marie HOLLAND 3:02:40 6 Nollaigh HUNTER 3:02:53 7 Gillian COTTER 3:18:49 8 Margo DINAN 3:19:20 9 Joan ENNIS 3:20:04 10 Louise NOLAN 3:21:09 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 TJ MCHUGH 1:12:51 2 John MEADE 1:14:10 3 Brian HEGARTY 1:15:25 WOMEN: 7 Lizzie LEE 1:19:45 9 Claire MCCARTHY 1:20:48 10 Catherine CONWAY 1:23:56
12 JUNE 2011: LAGUNA PHUKET INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Vsevolod KHUDYAKOV RUS 2:33:51 2 Christopher PAULETT USA 2:51:24 3 Lekcome CARADLOUNG THA 2:54:31 4 William STARNER USA 2:59:34 5 Rubin MCRAE SWE 3:03:50 6 Nick PAINE AUS 3:04:08 7 Ka Hung LEUNG CHN 3:05:45 8 Prasert PALSARN THA 3:07:17 9 Hiroshi HONMA JPN 3:08:47 10 Sunichiryo ISHIGAKI JPN 3:11:52 WOMEN: 1 Mari KAURI FIN 3:30:46 2 Moira LOWE GBR 3:39:07 3 Angela STEPHENS AUS 3:42:45 4 Shelly CLOWES AUS 3:49:51 5 Alyssa MATHESON AUS 3:52:46 6 Manami TAKAHASHI JPN 3:58:36 7 Alexandra PETERSEN USA 3:59:29 8 Deanna FULLER USA 3:59:58 9 Ewa NOSSOWICZ POL 4:00:37 10 Prateep THONGCHAI THA 4:03:00 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jaray JEARANI THA 1:22:35 2 Charoen KANGKARO THA 1:23:47 3 Tim LINDOP AUS 1:24:14 WOMEN: 1 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 1:26:01 2 Katia KUCHER CAN 1:34:10 3 Kristin MILLER AUS 1:36:59
18 JUNE 2011: OLOMOUC HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Shami Abdulahi DAWIT ETH 1:00:44 2 Eliud KIPTANUI KEN 1:01:23 3 Adugna TEKELE ETH 1:01:39 4 Paul Kimaiyo KIMUGUL KEN 1:01:52 5 Daniel Kinyua WANJIRU KEN 1:03:35 6 Andrew KIPROP KEN 1:03:36 7 Micah Kiplagat SAMOEI KEN 1:05:03 8 Thomas Muke KIROP KEN 1:07:38 9 Ivan BABARYKA UKR 1:09:26 10 Pavel NOVAK CZE 1:10:41 WOMEN: 1 Netsenet ACHAMO ETH 1:10:41 2 Pamela LISORENG KEN 1:11:39 3 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:12:13 4 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 1:14:26 5 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 1:16:33 6 Kellen Mukami WAITHIRA KEN 1:16:47 7 Petra KAMINKOVA CZE 1:19:47 8 Radka CHURANOVA CZE 1:20:07 9 Jitka BELOHLAVKOVA CZE 1:23:42 10 Alena KRCHAKOVA CZE 1:29:19 10km MEN: 1 Michal KUNST CZE 32:30 2 Pavel ONDRASEK CZE 34:23 3 Roman KOVAR CZE 36:20 WOMEN: 1 Alexandra HLATAVA CZE 43:16 2 Stacy ZAHATNANSKY CZE 44:01 3 Anna KOVACOVA CZE 45:18
18 JUNE 2011: SANTA CLAUS MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Riccardo CHIOCCOLONI ITA 2:53:31 2 Atef HAJ 3:00:22 3 Nikolay TIKHOV RUS 3:07:37 4 Olli KYYHKYNEN FIN 3:08:22 5 Seppo KOIVISTO FIN 3:15:20 6 Jorma KINNUNEN FIN 3:21:11 7 Markku TERVONEN FIN 3:22:47 8 Jarkko KIVELA FIN 3:23:18 9 Heimo ZOJER 3:24:00 10 Janne KARIULA FIN 3:24:15 WOMEN: 1 Laura PALONIEMI FIN 3:26:59 2 Aila UUSIKARTANO FIN 3:34:53 3 Sina HULKKONEN FIN 3:58:05 4 Arja KAIVORINNE FIN 4:06:18 5 Anne KUMPULA 4:13:10 6 Jamie FAUGHN 4:13:13 7 Mari AKIO FIN 4:13:47 8 Anke BEISSER GER 4:14:41 9 Sina GUMANN 4:15:51 10 Karin WITZLAU 4:27:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Olaide OGUNRONBI 1:13:49 2 Ville MAUNUKSELA 1:19:45 3 Ernesto SILVA 1:21:12 WOMEN: 1 Anni HEMMINKI 1:24:49 2 Elli HEMMINKI 1:27:56 3 Katja TIKKANEN 1:33:14
18 JUNE 2011: PORTUMNA MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Peter MOONEY IRL 2:50:54 2 Rory MOONEY IRL 3:03:23 3 Thomas GRIMES IRL 3:03:58 4 Ray OCONNOR IRL 3:29:57 5 Phillip RAINEY IRL 3:30:42 6 Christy CAHILL IRL 3:31:51 7 Patrick MALONE IRL 3:32:53 8 Brendan HESSION IRL 3:36:23 9 Gerry MCGRATH IRL 3:38:44 10 Anthony JINKS IRL 3:39:40 WOMEN: 1 Sarah MILEY IRL 4:25:02 2 Fionnuala OMARA IRL 4:29:27 3 Brenda FRANCIS IRL 4:38:33 4 Annmarie BERGIN IRL 4:38:54 5 Maria MCGREGOR IRL 4:55:33 6 Julie HUNT IRL 4:58:48 7 Helen MEANY IRL 5:33:28 8 Andrea DILLON IRL 5:33:28 50km MEN: 1 Mike CUNNINGHAM IRL 3:44:46 2 John DESMOND IRL 3:48:54 3 Lyall GUINEY IRL 3:59:39 WOMEN: 1 Dierdre FINN IRL 3:58:54 2 Patricia OBRIEN IRL 4:22:33 3 Sarah FINNERTY IRL 4:34:41
19 MAY 2011: SAO PAULO INT'L MARATHON, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 David Kemboi KIYENG KEN 2:11:53 2 Haylu Abebe DAGAGA ETH 2:13:12 3 Musenduki Mohamed IKOKI KEN 2:18:43 4 Laelson Da Silva SANTANA BRA 2:20:15 5 Jair Jose DA SILVA BRA 2:21:00 6 Marcos Alexandre ELIAS BRA 2:21:43 7 Joao Marcos FONSECA BRA 2:22:24 8 Eliesio Miranda DA SILVA BRA 2:22:44 9 Gladson Alberto Silva BARBOSA BRA 2:23:13 10 Paulo Da SILVA BRA 2:23:15 WOMEN: 1 Samira RAIF MAR 2:36:01 2 Elizabeth Rumokol CHEPKANAN KEN 2:36:46 3 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPRONO KEN 2:38:52 4 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 2:39:10 5 Magdaline Jepkorir CHEMJOR KEN 2:40:22 6 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 2:40:50 7 Marluce Quieroz Fereira BORGES BRA 2:49:01 8 Conceicao Carvalho OLIVEIRA BRA 2:58:53 9 Silvia Regina DOS SANTOS BRA 3:03:59 10 Leone Justino DA SILVA BRA 3:08:37
19 JUNE 2011: MARATHON DE L'ILE MAURICE, MAURITIUS
In the early morning runners stroll and stretch before the start of the second Mauritius Marathon writes Wolfgang Slawisch. We are a mixed crowd: Serge from Mauritius, mixing it with foreign competition; Esteban, an Emirates flight captain from Costa Rica; Caroline from neighbouring Réunion, supported by her family; Helgaard and Heather fresh from a Comrades Marathon finish; and Britons David and Linda who collect exciting Marathons. For me it is 12 years since I was here, helping to organise a previous Mauritius Marathon that lasted only three years. I would like to help this new version to last longer.
For the first 5km we run towards the rising sun. The impressive Morne Rempart reminds me of the Matterhorn. At Tamarin, the turning point, I manage the first 70m ascent as we pass Mauritians waking up to the day. The most scenic part of the course is from Black River to Le Morne, where this impressive mountain massif rises 500m sheer out of the sea. As the road continues to climb and descend one runner after another overtakes me. Most offer a smile and a cheer, ensuring my resolve to finish. I stop at a roadside shop to buy an ice cold drink. It stops raining, the sun breaks through the clouds and my mood brightens. Waves thunder against the distant reef, whlle surfers ride them closer to the shore, and the sight of the beach lures me on.
One more ascent and the village of St. Felix appears. Soon I can hear shouts and cheers from the finish line along with Mauritian Sega music. A beautiful Mauritian woman gives me my medal, I can enjoy drinks and refreshments, but I head straight for the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
MEN: 1 Jacek CIELUSZECKI POL 3:02:24 2 Vincent Pierre Joël PICHARD FRA 3:26:53 3 Serge PERRIN FRA 3:46:06 4 Philippe DE LA HAUSSE 3:56:32 5 Prashant PISE 3:58:48 6 Luximan Balvin PITTEEA 3:59:32 7 Esteban PACHECO 4:08:09 8 Geoff JENNETT 4:15:35 9 Marc PUSZTASZERI 4:17:00 10 Ronald LIPPS 4:29:16 WOMEN: 1 Caroline MERZ RSA 4:18:05 2 Kathryn FITRELL USA 4:21:05 3 Caroline HALE FRA 4:28:11 4 Heather MULLER 4:52:41 5 Linda MAJOR 4:55:47 6 Julie CHABER 5:38:37 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Henri HOAREAU FRA 1:28:34 2 Bruno BENATTI ITA 1:31:12 3 Christian SANTERRE FRA 1:33:31 WOMEN: 1 Daniela NICOSIA ITA 1:51:56 2 Ute DIEFENBACH GER 1:55:52 3 Catherine BEECHOUK MRI 1:58:50
25 JUNE 2011: VIDOVDAN 10km ROAD RACE, BOSNIA
The 15th edition opened not with the traditional children's races, but with a babies' race. About 40 babies crawled 5m to reach the finish line. Then the children's race started featuring an honourary competitor who was not a child — AIMS President Paco Borao. Although he did not win, he did present the medal to the winner.
There was great spectator support as usual for all 12 of the races, from babies and children's to the main 10km race at 18:00. It was windy and the temperature was 23°C, but the winners recorded great results. The first 5km was very fast but they slowed in the second half due to the wind. Kimutai Kiplimo led from the start while in the women's race Tadelech Bekele Alemu overtook Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng to win the race in the last 300m.
In all more than 6000 participants took part and in the senior race 200 of them came from 15 countries.
MEN: 1 Kiplimo KIMUTAI KEN 28:31 2 Adugna Tekele BIKILA ETH 29:12 3 Paul Kimaiyo KIMUGU KEN 29:28 4 Tamas KOVACS HUN 29:43 5 Andrew KIPROP KEN 30:01 6 Velimir BOJOVIC SRB 31:19 7 Irimia CRISTIAN SRB 31:34 8 Goran MCLICIC SRB 31:46 9 Sasa STOLIC SRB 31:50 10 Miroslav KOVACEVIC BSH 32:42 WOMEN: 1 Tadelech Bekele ALEMU ETH 33:12 2 Pamela Chesopich LISORENG KEN 33:16 3 Lucia KIMANI BSH 34:27 4 Daniela CIRLAN ROM 34:46 5 Matea MATOSEVIC CRO 35:25 6 Sladana PERUNOVIC MNE 35:44 7 Marianna Cegar LUKIC SRB 39:55 8 Viera HALASOVA SVK 52:22 9 Zdravka KNEZEVIC SRB 52:34 10 Vera VELIMIROVIC SRB 53:59
25 JUNE 2011: MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, NORWAY
MEN: 1 Jens Kristian BERG NOR 2:34:18 2 Lars VELS DEN 2:37:55 3 Ben EVANS GBR 2:42:13 4 Graham HEDGER GBR 2:50:24 5 Roberto MORETTI ITA 2:50:38 6 Ariel ROSENFELD ISR 2:51:44 7 Ricardo CHIOCCOCURI ITA 2:52:48 8 Odd-Johan JACOBSEN NOR 2:54:09 9 Serge VALETTE FRA 2:54:22 10 Dag FOSSUM NOR 2:54:25 WOMEN: 1 Mari Johanna BROX NOR 2:58:01 2 Annelies DEMUYNCK BEL 3:10:00 3 Erin SKRETTINGLAND USA 3:12:19 4 Jennifer-Anne TASTARD GBR 3:22:46 5 Linda Karlsson KJALL SWE 3:27:15 6 Corrie ROBEETS GBR 3:27:52 7 Marit Kellerud TRONRUD NOR 3:28:24 8 Oda Sandmo KRISTOFFERSEN NOR 3:28:39 9 Gro STRANDE NOR 3:36:12 10 Petra BUS NED 3:37:49 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Robin HANSEN NOR 1:14:26 2 Ronny JAKOBSEN NOR 1:14:51 3 Jan-Inge DAHL NOR 1:19:10 WOMEN: 1 Frida VULLUM_BRUER NOR 1:16:41 2 Manuela KRAMER GER 1:23:57 3 Louise SKAK DEN 1:30:02
26 JUNE 2011: TANGAMANGA MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Marco T Flores PARTIDA MEX 2:25:45 2 Luis Jimenez VASQUEZ MEX 2:35:03 3 Hector Cesar Martinez RAMIREZ MEX 2:35:11 4 Carlos Eduardo Colorado MORAN MEX 2:44:40 5 Victor M Mu ESCALANTE MEX 2:46:53 6 Carlos I Mares MENDEZ MEX 2:52:27 7 Cesar Alejandro Garcia TOVAR MEX 2:54:17 8 Omar Coyotl CAL MEX 2:54:21 9 Rodolfo Garrido ALTAMIRANO MEX 2:55:18 10 Jose F Galaviz GARZA MEX 2:55:45 WOMEN: 1 Emma Maldonado CARMONA MEX 3:01:33 2 Candida Gachuz PEREZ MEX 3:14:21 3 Lourdes Jimenez VAASQUEZ MEX 3:18:34 4 Gloria Herrera ITURBIDE MEX 3:46:20 5 Adriana Medrano SITAL MEX 3:47:09 6 Maria Ines Reyna MEDINA MEX 3:51:11 7 Anna Paula Noriega GONZALEZ MEX 3:56:45 8 Virginia Mu SEGURA MEX 4:01:04 9 Gricelda Xitali FLORES MEX 4:01:13 10 Maria Tereza Orozco SUAREZ MEX 4:02:36 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Arturo Ruiz MIRANDA MEX 1:17:39 2 Javier F Hernandez REYES MEX 1:19:08 3 Antero Luna LOPEZ MEX 1:21:59 WOMEN: 1 Cindy Meza DOMINGUEZ MEX 1:29:30 2 Esmeralda Marquez SERNA MEX 1:37:48 3 Rosalina Tapia CRUZ MEX 1:38:13
26 JUNE 2011: SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER HALF MARATHON, CANADA
Resident Kenyan Kip Kangogo, and Washington State's Ruth Perkins ran intelligent races to claim victory in the 13th edition writes Alan Brookes. A record field of 4815 participated, with another 1396 in the 5km. Weather conditions were good at the 07:00 start: windless and 12°C. Kangogo's win was his third in a row and his fastest time on the scenic course.
Kangogo led from the start, heading a pack of eight at even three minutes per kilometre pace. After 7km [21:03] Matt Loiselle started to push, reducing the group to three as Dylan Wykes and Willy Kimosop dropped back. Loiselle, Kangogo and Rob Watson passed through 10km in 29:37 before Watson slipped back and Kangogo strategically tucked in behind, allowing Loiselle to do the work until the pace began to slip approaching 15km (44:55). Kangogo let rip going up the rise on Burrard Bridge from 18-19km, covering the following downhill kilometre in 2:34. Loiselle was rewarded with a personal best time.
The women's race was a test between youth and experience. 21 year-old Keddi-Anne Sherbino burst onto the scene with two winning marathons, but had to settle for sixth place two minutes behind winner Ruth Perkins who showed guile and patience in seizing her chance. Natasha Wodak and Kate Vaughan made the early pace but at 34:34 for 10k Wodak admitted it was far too fast. Yet she still ended up five minutes faster than in her only other half marathon. Perkins meanwhile bided her time, running with Vaughan and only starting to chase Wodak after 10km. Wodak suffered after 14km and Perkins caught her around 18km going onto the uphill of the Burrard Bridge. Vaughan also passed Wodak to finish just 10 seconds behind.
MEN: 1 Kip KANGOGO KEN 1:03:22 2 Matt LOISELLE CAN 1:03:47 3 Rob WATSON CAN 1:04:20 4 Dylan WYKES CAN 1:04:35 5 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 1:06:04 6 Rejean CHIASSON CAN 1:06:15 7 Jeremiah ZIAK CAN 1:07:43 8 Kevin O'CONNOR CAN 1:10:18 9 Judd LEVIRS CAN 1:14:04 10 Mark BENNETT CAN 1:14:38 WOMEN: 1 Ruth PERKINS USA 1:16:14 2 Kate VAUGHAN CAN 1:16:24 3 Natasha WODAK CAN 1:17:14 4 Gillian GOOK CAN 1:17:33 5 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:18:00 6 Keddi-Anne SHERBINO CAN 1:18:09 7 Emily KROSHUA CAN 1:18:58 8 Shauna SKINNER CAN 1:19:12 9 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:20:11 10 Jane CULLIS CAN 1:20:16
26 JUNE 2011: WHITE NIGHTS MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN: 1 Abdellah TAGHRAFET MAR 2:14:12 2 Hassane AHOUCHAR MAR 2:14:15 3 Sergey LUKIN RUS 2:16:48 4 Andrey KARPIN RUS 2:17:28 5 Vladimir PONOMAREV RUS 2:17:37 6 Pavel TEPLYKH RUS 2:17:54 7 Mikhail BYKOV RUS 2:19:54 8 Joel Kiplimo KEMBOI KEN 2:22:07 9 Aleksey PALAGUSHIN RUS 2:22:33 10 Marat ABUBAKIROV RUS 2:22:53 WOMEN: 1 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:38:16 2 Vera TRUBNIKOVA RUS 2:42:26 3 Irina KOZUBOVSKAYA RUS 2:42:54 4 Olga DEGTYARENKO UKR 2:44:57 5 Ekaterina FATEYEVA RUS 2:45:27 6 Oksana TEPLYKH RUS 2:45:43 7 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 2:48:01 8 Vera IL'INA RUS 2:53:59 9 Anastasia ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:54:13 10 Larisa USACHEVA RUS 2:59:41 10km MEN: 1 Oleg BABCHIN RUS 31:48 2 Mikhail BORODIN RUS 32:08 3 Dmitriy KONDRASHOV RUS 32:13 WOMEN: 1 Anna PETRASHENKO RUS 36:33 2 Oksana KOPYLOVA RUS 37:31 3 Larisa SHELEKOVA RUS 37:37
26 JUNE 2011: STANDARD CHARTERED KL MARATHON, MALAYSIA
MEN: 1 Kennedy Kiproo LILAN KEN 2:20:09 2 Jonathan KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:20:09 3 Julius Nderitu KARINGA KEN 2:20:14 4 Alex MELLY KEN 2:20:16 5 Japhet Kosgei KIPKORIR KEN 2:20:34 6 Richard Kiprotich SOIBEI KEN 2:20:36 7 Nelson Kirwa ROTICH KEN 2:20:59 8 John STEPHEN TAN 2:22:56 9 Patrick Tambwe NGOIE FRA 2:24:26 10 Henry Kipkosgei CHERONO KEN 2:26:08 WOMEN: 1 Rose Keruba NYANGACHA KEN 2:34:38 2 Rose Jepkemboi CHESIRE KEN 2:35:12 3 Ruth Jepkoech KUTOL KEN 2:37:24 4 Jacqueline Nyetipei KIPLIMO KEN 2:40:38 5 Fridah Jepkite LODEPA KEN 2:51:11 6 Emelyne Teo Jia WEI MAS 3:32:25 7 Rachel SEE SIN 3:46:26 8 Meei Meei CHEAH MAS 3:50:33 9 Swee Kim ANG MAS 3:58:28 10 Pei Ni YEE MAS 4:00:39 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Joseph MWANGI KEN 1:06:59 2 Paul Kimani WANGUI KEN 1:09:21 3 John Kiprop SAMOIE KEN 1:09:27 WOMEN: 1 Eunice Nyawira MUCHIRI KEN 1:18:27 2 Esther Wambui KARIMI KEN 1:19:05 3 Ann NJIHIA KEN 1:20:37
26 JUNE 2011: LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Kiyokatsu HASEGAWA JPN 6:31:06 2 Hideo NOJO JPN 6:36:29 3 Eric WAINAINA KEN 6:38:40 4 Yoshikazu HARA JPN 6:41:17 5 Masakazu TAKAHASHI JPN 6:56:49 6 Yoshiki TAKADA JPN 6:57:00 7 Shinji NAKADAI JPN 6:59:37 8 Shingo INOUE JPN 7:02:15 9 Kenji KAYAMA JPN 7:15:20 10 Kenichi ITO JPN 7:15:50 WOMEN: 1 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 7:54:08 2 Shiho KATAYAMA JPN 7:54:20 3 Yuko ITO JPN 7:59:15 4 Wakako OYAGI JPN 8:02:15 5 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 8:02:25 6 Yukiko ODA JPN 8:04:15 7 Mikiko OTA JPN 8:14:22 8 Emi MATSUSHITA JPN 8:15:04 9 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8:22:25 10 Tomoko HARA JPN 8:23:19 50km MEN: 1 Kaito IWAYAMA JPN 2:57:29 2 Hisashi KAZAMI JPN 3:10:00 3 Ohikara SAEKI JPN 3:18:27 WOMEN: 1 Yuko EZAKI JPN 3:38:47 2 Mayumi NAGAI JPN 3:49:20 3 Kioyoko YAMAMOTO JPN 4:16:46
June 2011
