October 2011
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2 OCTOBER 2011: KOELN MARATHON, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:08:56 2 Amos MUTAI KEN 2:09:35 3 Cosmas KIGEN KEN 2:09:43 4 Kipsang KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:13:05 5 Alebachew DEBAS ETH 2:15:12 6 Armon Kipchirchir KEMEI KEN 2:15:15 7 Stephen KURUI KEN 2:17:39 8 Abdelaziz MOHAMMED ERI 2:18:38 9 Abraham BEKELE ETH 2:18:51 10 Peter Kariuki WANJIRU KEN 2:19:12 WOMEN: 1 Mekuria ABERUME ETH 2:32:24 2 Leah MALOT KEN 2:32:55 3 Etalemahu KIDANE ETH 2:34:44 4 Risper KIMAIYO KEN 2:37:32 5 Peris JEPKORIR KEN 2:41:48 6 Abebech Tsegay BEKELE ETH 2:43:23 7 Anastasiya ZUYEVA RUS 2:44:25 8 Susanne SCHULTZE GER 2:50:21 9 Imke HELLING GER 3:05:18 10 Anja LAMBERTY GER 3:06:18 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Vitaly RYBAK UKR 1:05:27 2 Daniel SCHMITT GER 1:06:37 3 Frank SCHAUER GER 1:07:53 WOMEN: 1 Sabina MOCKENHAUPT GER 1:10:33 2 Eleni GEBREHIWOTH ETH 1:12:44 3 Anna HAHNER GER 1:13:41
2 OCTOBER 2011: KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA
MEN: 1 Elijah Kiprono KEMBOI KEN 2:11:15 2 Ebisa Merga EJIGU ETH 2:12:10 3 Gebo Burka GAMEDA ETH 2:12:30 4 Peter Kimeli SOME KEN 2:13:56 5 Gashaw Melese ASFAW ETH 2:15:11 6 William Kwambai KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:22:18 7 Richard Kipkoros BARTALI KEN 2:33:27 8 Imrich MAGYAR SVK 2:39:42 9 Peter TICHY SVK 2:39:50 10 Ondrej VESELOVSKY SVK 2:40:57 WOMEN: 1 Maryna DAMANTSEVICH BLR 2:33:53 2 Halima Hassen BERISO ETH 2:35:47 3 Seada Kedir ADILO ETH 2:36:28 4 Naomi JEPNGETICH KEN 2:37:17 5 Katerina BERESOVA SVK 2:43:42 6 Netsanet Tolia DUBE ETH 2:59:18 7 Sylvia SEBESTIAN SVK 3:04:26 8 Jana VLADAROVA SVK 3:21:03 9 Radka PAULINYOVA SVK 3:21:30 10 Marketa GRUBEROVA SVK 3:25:42 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Anatoliy MALYY UKR 1:13:25 2 Tibor SAHAJDA SVK 1:13:51 3 Andrej ORLICKY SVK 1:14:24 WOMEN: 1 Anna CELINSKA POL 1:21:35 2 Nataliia MAIAIA UKR 1:25:25 3 Katerina POKORNA SVK 1:26:33
2 OCTOBER 2011: SPARKASSE THREE COUNTRY MARATHON, AUSTRIA
MEN: 1 Marko KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:11:18 2 Joshua KURUI KEN 2:16:00 3 Elisha Kipchirchir ROTICH KEN 2:23:16 4 Markus HOHENWARTER AUT 2:25:09 5 Dietmar RUDIGIER AUT 2:29:00 6 Karl AUMAYR AUT 2:30:52 7 Vinzenz KUMPUSCH AUT 2:31:14 8 Marius BOCK AUT 2:32:04 9 Andreas JANKER GER 2:32:28 10 Alfred SUNGI AUT 2:33:53 WOMEN: 1 Susanne PUMPER AUT 2:36:21 2 Sabine RAINER AUT 2:43:09 3 Sylvie TRAMOY AUT 2:50:43 4 Carola BENDL-TSCHIEDEL AUT 2:52:47 5 Karin FEITAG AUT 2:54:20 6 Tina PARITS AUT 2:56:35 7 Ilse WIESHUBER AUT 2:57:49 8 Kersten STEG GER 2:58:04 9 Petra SUMMER AUT 2:58:09 10 Katharina ROSSI AUT 3:01:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Joel Maina MWANGI KEN 1:03:13 2 Jonathan KOELEGEI KEN 1:03:13 3 David NDUSEI KEN 1:04:26 WOMEN: 1 Ednah KIMAIYO KEN 1:16:06 2 Joyce Jemutai KIPLIMO KEN 1:16:06 3 Sandra URACH AUT 1:21:56
2 OCTOBER 2011: BRUSSELS MARATHON AND HALF, BELGIUM
MEN: 1 Paul KIPROP KEN 2:14:51 2 Noah KOSGEI KEN 2:17:02 3 Vlademir TONCHINSKI BEL 2:21:39 4 Hassan SIMATWA KEN 2:22:02 5 Tim STESSENS BEL 2:24:10 6 Koen WILSSENS BEL 2:29:12 7 David ASHWORTH RSA 2:33:17 8 Ralf PREIBISCH NED 2:40:07 9 Nid RUMPHAKWAEN BEL 2:40:43 10 Thierry VINCENDEAU FRA 2:42:56 WOMEN: 1 Mariska DUTE NED 3:00:01 2 Aimee VAN ONGEVALLE BEL 3:13:01 3 Marjolein BIL NED 3:19:41 4 Sylvia LENAERTS BEL 3:20:34 5 Nina NIELENS BEL 3:24:55 6 Agathe GARCIA BEL 3:26:47 7 Carine VAN HOOYDONCK BEL 3:29:06 8 Isabelle Marie WILHELM GER 3:29:07 9 Isabelle GRACIA BEL 3:30:06 10 Veerle MARECHAL FRA 3:30:25 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Alexander Diaz RODRIGUEZ BEL 1:08:36 2 Benjamin BARBIER BEL 1:08:40 3 Abdelilah JAADAR ESP 1:09:34 WOMEN: 1 Clare NUYTENS BEL 1:27:42 2 Miyuki SIGIURA JPN 1:27:59 3 Paulina DEJMEK BEL 1:31:50
2 OCTOBER 2011: BAXTERS LOCH NESS MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
Tomas Abyu won the tenth anniversary edition, his third win in as many visits. Runner up Ross Houston took the Scottish Marathon Championships title.
Lisa Finlay knocked a few seconds off her personal best in winning the women's race. Abyu said: It's a good fast course, and its such a beautiful area. The weather is always great; a perfect temperature for running". Finlay added: "It's a lovely course and the spectators along the route were really supportive.
There were double celebrations for Scott McKenzie and Sarah Mearns, both from Glasgow and raising money for Multiple Sclerosis: Scott proposed to Sarah on the finish line of the event.
Over 8300 runners from 45 countries entered. The mild start to the day gave way to rain but the skies were clearing as the winners crossed the finish line, leaving the Event Village bathed in sunshine for the prize giving. The Festival of Running welcomes participants of all ages and abilities to the Marathon, and River Ness 10km and 5km races as well as the Wee Nessie for pre-school children. All Festival events finished in a spectacular location in the Bught Park, beside the River Ness and close to the city centre. Supporters and spectators enjoyed live music by popular bands and delicious food from Scottish Highland producers at the Baxter's Food & Drink Fayre, as well as activities including "Super Jumpers" (reverse bungee) and WOW balls, inflatables allowing participants to walk on water (monster permitting).
MEN: 1 Tomas ABYU GBR 2:20:50 2 Ross HOUSTON GBR 2:21:05 3 Chris WILSON GBR 2:25:15 4 Kerry-Liam WILSON GBR 2:31:06 5 Grant WILKIE GBR 2:42:55 6 Richard WATKINSON GBR 2:43:00 7 Roger VAN GOMPEL GBR 2:46:12 8 Stefan SIMMS GBR 2:46:18 9 Paul HOLLEY GBR 2:47:41 10 Jim CLARK GBR 2:49:16 WOMEN: 1 Lisa FINLAY GBR 2:59:14 2 Carole SETCHELL GBR 3:02:56 3 Gail MURDOCH GBR 3:09:37 4 Claire THOMPSON GBR 3:11:54 5 Jane PURCHASE GBR 3:12:00 6 Stephanie ILSLEY GBR 3:12:44 7 Joan HENRY GBR 3:14:47 8 Erica CHRISTIE GBR 3:18:29 9 Helen LAWRENSON GBR 3:18:52 10 Helen LEES GBR 3:20:32 RIVER NESS 10km MEN: 1 Kyle GREIG GBR 32:55 2 Keith HOOD GBR 33:11 3 Graeme CAMPBELL GBR 34:10 WOMEN: 1 Melissa WHYTE GBR 35:45 2 Sarah STYLES GBR 39:18 3 Vivienne BRUCE GBR 39:33
2 OCTOBER 2011: SPAR BUDAPEST INT'L MARATHON, HUNGARY
MEN: 1 Sawe Elisha KIPROTICH KEN 2:25:58 2 Gabor JOZSA HUN 2:27:49 3 Gergely REZESSY HUN 2:31:40 4 Szabolcs BEDA HUN 2:34:21 5 Zsolt ZSODER HUN 2:35:07 6 Istvan BALOGH HUN 2:36:09 7 Akos KONYA HUN 2:36:38 8 Gabor SZABO HUN 2:39:39 9 Lajos PULSZKY HUN 2:42:30 10 Istvan SZTAKO HUN 2:42:43 WOMEN: 1 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 2:54:47 2 Reka BATAI HUN 3:01:50 3 Juliet BEATTY USA 3:07:16 4 Kinn-Kristin VIBEKKEN NOR 3:07:53 5 Eva VARGA HUN 3:09:30 6 Pui Shan CHAN HKG 3:12:11 7 Angelika DARAZS HUN 3:13:10 8 Cathy BERIA USA 3:14:06 9 Krisztina GULYAS HUN 3:14:17 10 Viktoria MAKAI HUN 3:17:11
2 OCTOBER 2011: GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Marco Antonio ERAZO ECU 2:25:43 2 Dimas QUINGALUISA ECU 2:26:17 3 Hugo JIMENEZ 2:27:12 4 Reuben KIPKEMOI KEN 2:27:37 5 Luis German GUANO 2:27:43 6 Manuel JUCA 2:27:57 7 Walter BALBOA 2:28:08 8 Bayron GUTIERREZ 2:28:48 9 Marco ALMACHE 2:29:46 10 Fabian CAJAMARCA 2:30:40 WOMEN: 1 Nancy OSORIO ECU 2:57:24 2 Nancy ROSERO ECU 3:01:27 3 Guadalupe RIVERA 3:03:51 4 Elva ANAGUANO 3:05:26 5 Maria Carmen AGUAIZA 3:06:03 6 Monica CAJAMARCA 3:07:07 7 Carla VELASQUEZ 3:14:00 8 Maruja ORDONEZ 3:14:40 9 Olga TABLA 3:15:05 10 Ana Maria NARANJO 3:18:27
2 OCTOBER 2011: RAHAL 10KM INT'L DE MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Hicham BELLANI MAR 28:04 2 Hafid CHANI MAR 28:18 3 Kennedy MUTAI KEN 28:25 4 Hassan EL AABASSI MAR 28:36 5 El Aasri ABDERAHIM MAR 28:42 6 Nicholas KEMBOI KEN 28:52 7 Mustapha EL AZIZ MAR 28:52 8 Abdellah TAGHARAFET MAR 28:57 9 Timothy KIPTOO KEN 29:04 10 Mourad EL BANOURI MAR 29:30 WOMEN: 1 Nadia EJJAFINI MAR 32:27 2 Rkia EL MOUKIM MAR 32:35 3 Winnie JEPKEMBOI KEN 33:15 4 Samira RAIF MAR 33:35 5 Fatiha BEN CHATKI MAR 33:53 6 Jane MUIA KEN 34:03 7 Meskrem ABERA ETH 34:10 8 Malika BEL FAKIR MAR 34:43 9 Zahra EL GOURCHE MAR 35:56 10 Fatimazahra OUHRISSE MAR 36:14
2 OCTOBER 2011: COLOMBO MARATHON, SRI LANKA
MEN: 1 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 2:28:08 2 Kimutai Kennedy CHERUIYOT KEN 2:28:16 3 Ezekiel Kibet KOGO KEN 2:31:12 WOMEN: 1 M A R DEEPANI SRL 2:57:28 2 B G L BOGAHAWATTA SRL 3:09:50 3 Nilani PRIYADHARSHANI SRL 3:11:35 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Saman KUMARA SRL 1:15:05 2 A D P SOMARATHNA SRL 1:15:17 3 M SIVARAJ SRL 1:15:39 WOMEN: 1 D M WEERAKKODY SRL 1:26:13 2 H W N KUMARI SRL 1:34:25 3 B D G K EKANAYAKE SRL 1:40:16
9 OCTOBER 2011: MARATONA D'ITALIA MEMORIAL ENZO FERRARI, ITALY
MEN: 1 Nicholas KURGAT KEN 2:08:36 2 Betram KETER KEN 2:09:27 3 Mekonen Gezu BELETE ETH 2:10:34 4 David Cherono TONIOK KEN 2:13:24 5 Alberto Suarez LASO ESP 2:25:01 6 Luca MERIGHI ITA 2:27:21 7 Pietro CABASSI ITA 2:32:43 8 Vincenzo TANCA ITA 2:32:59 9 Daniele PALLADINO ITA 2:33:57 10 Alessandro SPLENDORE ITA 2:37:30 WOMEN: 1 Godana Gebissa DERIBE ETH 2:32:22 2 Eliana PATELLI ITA 2:36:18 3 Venera SARMOSOVA RUS 2:36:50 4 Dakebo Hailemariam AYANTU ETH 2:37:14 5 Alenia VINITSKAYA BLR 2:38:33 6 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:40:04 7 Sofia RIGA VEN 2:41:37 8 Laura Irmeli MARKOVAARA FIN 2:45:49 9 Guiseppina MATTONE ITA 2:59:41 10 Maria Del Carmen PAREDES ESP 3:00:16 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Janis VISKERS EST 1:09:01 2 Matteo PIGONI ITA 1:09:59 3 Lorenzo VILLA ITA 1:10:16 WOMEN: 1 Daniela TARNUTZER SUI 1:19:47 2 Elena NERI ITA 1:26:44 3 Federica PASQUELLI ITA 1:28:48
9 OCTOBER 2011: ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIA
MEN: 1 Yared Admasu MIRATU ETH 2:17:42 2 Erkolo ASHENAFI ETH 2:26:21 3 Tamas Janos NAGY HUN 2:27:42 4 Vladimir YELGANOV RUS 2:33:36 5 Zoran ZILIC CRO 2:35:20 6 Gabor MUHARI AUT 2:35:23 7 Drago PARIPOVIC CRO 2:38:09 8 Goran MURIC CRO 2:38:41 9 Kresimir BALASKO CRO 2:39:45 10 Tomislav BRECIC CRO 2:41:17 WOMEN: 1 Lucia KIMANI BIH 2:34:57 2 Veronika LOPATINA RUS 2:39:01 3 Nadezda SEMILETOVA RUS 2:42:05 4 Elena MARSOVA RUS 2:46:06 5 Dubravka VESILAGAJ CRO 3:07:14 6 Ingrid NIKOLESIC CRO 3:14:41 7 Yazmin VALLEJO MEX 3:22:35 8 Veronika JURISIC CRO 3:29:08 9 Laura LABODI HUN 3:39:25 10 Monika NAGY HUN 3:30:43 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Tamas KOVACS HUN 1:04:42 2 Zsolt KOSZAR HUN 1:06:56 3 Laszlo TOTH HUN 1:11:02 WOMEN: 1 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 1:18:00 2 Zita KACSE HUN 1:18:14 3 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 1:19:16
9 OCTOBER 2011: GOODLIFE FITNESS VICTORIA MARATHON, CANADA
New course records were set in both men's and women's races, and also the women's half marathon. The 32nd edition took place in perfect running conditions enjoyed by the 11,417 registered entrants.
Thomas Omwenga from Kenya dominated the Men's Marathon, running a negative split to break Steve Osadiuk's 2006 record, 11 minutes ahead of last year's winner Philip Samoei. Three-time winner of the Vancouver Marathon, Omwenga ran 2:14:35 in Montreal just two weeks before.
Lucy Njeri broke the 22-year old women's record set in 1989 by Val Chowaniek. She was 12 minutes ahead of Chelsea VanDeBrake, a 23-year old running only her third marathon. Njeri expects to become a Canadian citizen and hopes to compete for Canada in the 2016 Olympics.
In the Women's Half Marathon Natasha Wodak improved by two minutes to break Marilyn Arsenault's 2009 course record by just 12 seconds. Arsenault came third just behind British Olympian Kathy Butler.
MEN: 1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:14:33 2 Philip SAMOEI KEN 2:25:41 3 Ryan DAY CAN 2:26:42 4 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:29:34 5 Oliver UTTING CAN 2:29:51 6 Aaron HEIDT CAN 2:30:45 7 Kanta MATSUURA JPN 2:35:56 8 Trevor HAAHEIM CAN 2:36:12 9 Dale HUNTER CAN 2:36:37 10 Royd BURKART CAN 2:36:37 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:37:56 2 Chelsea VANDEBRAKE USA 2:49:51 3 Nadyia FRY CAN 2:55:43 4 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:57:35 5 Trisha STEIDL USA 3:00:04 6 Jenniffer SHEEL CAN 3:03:31 7 Lori DURWOOD CAN 3:05:21 8 Margreet DIETZ CAN 3:06:10 9 Sayaka YOSHINAGA USA 3:06:16 10 Rika HATACHI CAN 3:08:06 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 John RICARDI USA 1:07:30 2 James LANDER CAN 1:08:17 3 Jeremiah JOHNSTON CAN 1:09:15 WOMEN: 1 Natasha WODAK CAN 1:15:27 2 Kathy BUTLER CAN 1:18:00 3 Marilyn ARSENAULT CAN 1:18:03
9 OCTOBER 2011: EINDHOVEN MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
MEN: 1 Jafred Chirchir KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:05:48 2 Nathaniel KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:06:28 3 Mike KIPYEGO KEN 2:06:48 4 Tadesse TOLA ETH 2:07:13 5 Charles Munyeki KIAMA KEN 2:08:04 6 Augustine RONO KEN 2:08:05 7 Deribe Robi MELKA ETH 2:08:40 8 Edwin KUTTO KEN 2:08:57 9 Dadi Yami GEMEDA ETH 2:11:04 10 Julius ARILE KEN 2:12:33 WOMEN: 1 Georgina RONO KEN 2:24:33 2 Shitaye BEDESO ETH 2:25:09 3 Feyse Tadese BORY ETH 2:25:20 4 Rael Kiyara KGURIATUKAI KEN 2:25:23 5 Hilda KIBET NED 2:26:36 6 Melkaw GIZAW ETH 2:26:52 7 Joyce KANDIE KEN 2:33:56 8 Viola KIMETO KEN 2:45:16 9 Catherine LALLEMAND BEL 2:47:20 10 Els RENS BEL 2:47:22 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Koen JANSSENS NED 1:07:40 2 Simon DAL GER 1:08:51 3 Megersha GADISHA NED 1:10:20 WOMEN: 1 Sifan HASSAN NED 1:17:10 2 Kim DILLEN NED 1:20:21 3 Pauline CLAESSEN NED 1:22:49
9 OCTOBER 2011: MUNICH MARATHON, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Richard FRIEDRICH GER 2:19:27 2 Dennis PYKA GER 2:22:30 3 Carsten BRESSER GER 2:26:40 4 Mulugeta SERBESSA ETH 2:27:31 5 Jan MULLER GER 2:29:42 6 Frank MERWERTH GER 2:34:38 7 Christoph RATTENSBERGER AUT 2:36:26 8 Hermann ACHMEULLER ITA 2:38:05 9 Stefan MAIR ITA 2:39:09 10 David KEHOE GBR 2:39:51 WOMEN: 1 Bernadette PICHLMAIER GER 2:38:02 2 Julia WAGNER GER 2:47:44 3 Monika HEISS GER 2:47:53 4 Julia WENIGER GER 2:49:49 5 Tina FISCHL GER 2:52:13 6 Mary OLEARY IRL 2:58:23 7 Andrea HARTMANN GER 2:58:42 8 Charlott PLESSMAN GER 3:06:15 9 Cornelia FIRSCHING GER 3:09:02 10 Andrea LUTZ GER 3:10:54 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Soren KAH GEr 1:07:07 2 Trond Arne RUGLAND NOR 1:07:20 3 Aki NUMMELA FIN 1:07:46 WOMEN: 1 Susanne HAHN GER 1:13:02 2 Julia VEILLEHNER GER 1:17:11 3 Bianca MEYER GER 1:19:59
9 OCTOBER 2011: TIMISOARA HALF MARATHON, ROMANIA
MEN: 1 Cristian PRASNEAC ROM 1:09:19 2 Milos MILOVANOVIC 1:12:04 3 Marko MILOVANOVIC 1:14:12 4 Milan MISKELJIN 1:15:08 5 Ernesto SILVA 1:17:17 6 Catalin MICLAUS 1:20:02 7 Valentin MAIER 1:21:29 8 Bojan KAMPFER 1:22:47 9 Pal ABRAHAM 1:22:59 10 Mihai Andrei OBREJAN 1:23:49 WOMEN: 1 Silvia BANDA 1:39:53 2 Claudiua MARCU 1:44:51 3 Daniela TOROK 1:47:08 4 Bernadette DEMETER 1:51:30 5 Codruta DAMIAN 1:53:53 6 Anett VERNZIKHI-BALLA 1:57:28 7 Maria VER 1:57:28 8 Magdolna BURGES-JOZSEFNE 1:59:58 9 Ingrid HALIC 2:12:43 10 Bianca DARABAN 2:13:48 10km MEN: 1 Andrei LEANCA 35:30 2 Mircea CAVACIU 36:37 3 David RUS 39:14 WOMEN: 1 Rebecca RUS 40:43 2 Andra ILIC 41:25 3 Kriszta PANYOR 41:50
9 OCTOBER 2011: PORTLAND MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Ian NURSE 2:27:38 2 John KEANE 2:30:45 3 Jesse MCCHESNEY 2:31:35 4 Ryan HERZOG 2:33:46 5 Tyler GREEN 2:37:20 6 David HARKIN 2:38:31 7 Daniel VERDI 2:39:24 8 Chris RIFER 2:39:36 9 Chris MCGINNESS 2:39:44 10 Billy STRICK 2:39:45 WOMEN: 1 Marci KLIMEK 2:46:27 2 Jill PETTIBONE 2:47:43 3 Becky SONDAG 2:55:24 4 Susan REED 2:59:39 5 Monika FOLSKE 3:02:06 6 Christina PERRY 3:02:16 7 Maria SMITH 3:03:23 8 Susan SMITH 3:04:19 9 Liane RAE 3:05:00 10 Amy LANE 3:05:00
9 OCTOBER 2011: BANK OF MELBOURNE MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
MEN: 1 Japhet KIPKORIR KEN 2:11:11 2 Julius KARINGA KEN 2:13:16 3 Peter NOWILL AUS 2:19:22 4 Geleta WONDWOSEN ETH 2:19:29 5 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:21:42 6 Erwin MCRAE AUS 2:21:51 7 Silas Kipkorir KIMELI KEN 2:22:43 8 Scott NICHOLAS AUS 2:25:55 9 Brett COLEMAN AUS 2:30:08 10 Anthony FARRUGIA AUS 2:30:35 WOMEN: 1 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:35:12 2 Margaret NJUGUNA KEN 2:42:25 3 Kirsten MOLLOY AUS 2:43:41 4 Magda KARIMARI-POULOS AUS 2:45:01 5 Clare WILLIAMS AUS 2:47:14 6 Calre GERAGHTY AUS 2:48:35 7 Kirsten WYATT AUS 2:49:41 8 Kelly JARRETT AUS 2:50:56 9 Tracey AUSTIN AUS 2:53:21 10 Johanna PARSONS AUS 2:54:54 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Martin DENT AUS 1:03:40 2 Reuben KOSGEI KEN 1:03:43 3 Luke KIPKOSGEI KEN 1:03:51 WOMEN: 1 Jessica TRENGROVE AUS 1:12:36 2 Claire ASHWORTH AUS 1:17:42 3 Yukina KITAMURA JPN 1:19:16
9 OCTOBER 2011: OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 James CURRAN CAN 2:44:54 2 Thomas EVANS CAN 2:47:44 3 Jamie BAXTER CAN 2:48:25 4 David PAPINEAU CAN 2:49:31 5 Marty BULCOCK CAN 2:49:46 6 Thomas BEYER CAN 2:53:00 7 David GOBBI CAN 2:56:23 8 Tim WIWCHAR CAN 2:59:46 9 Morris ROBERTS CAN 3:03:05 10 Corran HOCKEY CAN 3:04:53 WOMEN: 1 Heather JOHNSON CAN 3:10:20 2 Paige HOWAT CAN 3:20:39 3 Stacie CARRIGAN CAN 3:20:53 4 Amy ANDERSON CAN 3:24:31 5 Rachel PETERS CAN 3:24:39 6 Bonnie ROUSE CAN 3:25:24 7 Claire YOUNG CAN 3:28:40 8 Taniya BIRBECK CAN 3:29:09 9 Melissa CAZA CAN 3:29:56 10 Ashley SHERBINO CAN 3:30:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 David MATHESON CAN 1:17:55 2 Joel MALEY CAN 1:19:08 3 Matt COBB CAN 1:19:58 WOMEN: 1 Stacie RISHAUG CAN 1:24:05 2 Sharlen JACKSON CAN 1:24:22 3 Christy LOVIG CAN 1:26:53
9 OCTOBER 2011: MARATON DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
MEN: 1 Simon Kariuke NJOROGE KEN 2:10:24 2 Chebet Ben KIPRUTO KEN 2:13:00 3 Tony Michael KIPROP KEN 2:13:12 4 Tandoi Abraham KIPROTICH KEN 2:15:21 5 Paulino CANCHANYA PER 2:17:06 6 Manuel BELLORIN VEN 2:18:50 7 Ulises Pedro SANGUINETTI ARG 2:20:51 8 Henry Kiprotich TARUS KEN 2:22:46 9 Juan Carlos HERNANDEZ COL 2:23:23 10 Eugenio Alejandro GALAZ CHI 2:23:57 WOMEN: 1 Andrea GRACIANO ARG 2:46:34 2 Karina NEIPAN ARG 2:48:19 3 Carmen Patricia MARTINEZ PAR 2:49:08 4 Janeth Narcisa COLLAHUAZO ECU 2:51:24 5 Susanna Andrea Rebolledo ZUIGA CHI 2:52:37 6 Rosana Maricel LUISETTI ARG 2:58:45 7 Angela Brito BRAVO ECU 3:00:21 8 Karla URBINA VEN 3:00:40 9 Lorena CARUSSI ARG 3:01:31 10 Claudia Veronica RAMIREZ ARG 3:02:20
9 OCTOBER 2011: HYDERABAD HERITAGE MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Chepngabit Koah KIPRUTO KEN 2:18:46 2 Alemayehu ETH 2:21:04 3 Kipkirui KOSGEI KEN 2:22:34 WOMEN: 1 Eunice KORIR KEN 2:50:39 2 Elisabeth ?? 2:51:57 3 Mulunesh ETH 2:52:32 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 DIBABA ETH 1:05:31 2 Soji METHOW IND 1:06:50 3 Pritham BIND IND 1:07:51 WOMEN: 1 Sudha SIGH IND 1:15:35 2 Pauline KIRACU ?? 1:16:22 3 Gladys TARUS KEN 1:16:35
9 OCTOBER 2011: NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA
MEN: 1 Zivan MILOSEVIC SRB 2:54:36 2 Ugljesa NIKOLIC SRB 2:54:48 3 Sergey DOLZENKOV RUS 2:54:56 4 Andrija DORDEVIC SRB 2:57:37 5 Nenad MILOSAVLJEVIC SRB 3:05:14 6 Micek FRANTISEK CZE 3:05:23 7 Hang ZHOU CHN 3:05:47 8 Yuan TIAN CHN 3:05:47 9 Veljko POPOVIC SRB 3:06:18 10 Miodrag JOVANOVIC SRB 3:07:44 WOMEN: 1 Dragana TICA SRB 3:57:04 2 Biljana CONKIC SRB 4:05:37 3 Jasmina TEKIC SRB 4:24:43 4 Zdravka KNEZEVIC SRB 4:43:59 5 Vera VELIMIROVIC SRB 4:44:21 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Goran MILICIC SRB 1:11:56 2 Milos MILOVANOVIC SRB 1:11:59 3 Zravko MISOVIC SRB 1:14:12 WOMEN: 1 Ekaterina KOKLEVA RUS 1:26:47 2 Ksenija BODLOVIC SRB 1:27:14 3 Georgeanne FAYRWEATHER USA 1:30:41
9 OCTOBER 2011: ALGARVE MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Eusebio ROSA POR 2:29:27 2 Felisberto REIGADO POR 2:38:04 3 Paulo SOARES POR 2:39:37 4 Manuel MACHADO POR 2:42:30 5 Filipe MARTINS POR 2:43:20 6 Luis MOTA POR 2:46:19 7 Johan STALLBERG SWE 2:48:14 8 David FERNANDES POR 2:54:46 9 Paulo JESUS POR 3:00:20 10 Antonio SILVINO POR 3:02:18 WOMEN: 1 Anabela TAVARES POR 2:54:49 2 Veronica SCUTARI 3:15:05 3 Mariana MENDONCA POR 3:45:04 4 Ana VIEIRA POR 4:06:54 5 Linda REYNOLDS GBR 4:13:19 6 Analice SILVA POR 4:22:17 7 Azucena Campos PONCE ESP 4:26:41 8 Malin LINDBERG SWE 4:30:08 9 Pia SORJONEN FIN 4:30:09 10 Smantha Bergin GONCALVES POR 4:39:45 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Fernando SILVA POR 1:12:21 2 Alexandre SILVA POR 1:16:11 3 Alvaro RODRIGUES POR 1:19:51 WOMEN: 1 Ana DIAS POR 1:27:59 2 Simone SALVIONI ITA 1:39:07 3 Mara SALVIONI ITA 1:40:31
9 OCTOBER 2011: BUCHAREST INT'L MARATHON, ROMANIA
MEN: 1 Getu Tekla METAFEIRA ETH 2:17:21 2 Willy Korir KIMUTAI KEN 2:17:44 3 Henry Kipkurui KIPSANG KEN 2:17:44 4 Beriso Desta MORKAMA ETH 2:17:48 5 Gheorghe Constantin SURLEA ROM 2:26:33 6 Eugen Constantin SOROP ROM 2:26:44 7 Mircea Marian SACARA ROM 2:27:40 8 Gheorghe Gabriel GORUN ROM 2:28:51 9 Stefan Daniel LUPULESCU ROM 2:34:39 10 Claudiu Aurelian SURLEA ROM 2:34:57 WOMEN: 1 Marina KOVALOVA RUS 2:33:20 2 Hirut Beyene GANGUL ETH 2:40:14 3 Addis Asrat KEBEDE ETH 2:40:54 4 Vera OVCHARUK UKR 2:41:00 5 Elena Daniela CIRLAN ROM 2:42:26 6 Paula Claudia TODORAN ROM 2:43:28 7 Nicoleta Alina PETRESCU ROM 2:46:47 8 Abebe Alemu ZINASH ETH 2:51:53 9 Simona Raula MAXIM ROM 3:05:12 10 Maria Magdalena LUCA ROM 3:07:09 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Silas SANG KEN 1:02:34 2 Andrew LESUUDA KEN 1:04:27 3 Sergey SHEVCHENKO ROM 1:08:58 WOMEN: 1 Georgiana DRAGOTOIU ROM 1:16:37 2 Christiana Alexandra FRUMUZ ROM 1:18:02 3 Constanta Roxana DUTA ROM 1:18:14
16 OCTOBER 2011: BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA
Under clear skies and sunshine Francis Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie both made an early moved and cruised to comfortable victories writes Mirko Javaala. A group of 15 runners, led by South African Stephen Mokoko, passed through 15km in 45:47 but soon afterwards seven runners broke away: six Africans and the Mongolian record holder Ser-Od Bat-Ochir. By 20km Bat-Ocir was dropped along with one other of the group. Mokoka led through halfway in 1:04:00 and by 24km had broken clear with Benson Barus. Kiprop kept close and by 25km had rejoined them. Barus and Kiprop clocked 1:30:42 for 30km before Kiprop made his final move at 32.4km, from which point on his first career victory never looked in doubt. The 2009 winner Samuel Muturi ran a great second half to finish second in his third straight race here and his first sub-2:10 since he won with 2:08:20.
The women's were led through 10km in 34:31 by Mongolian record holder Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar. Yue Chao took over to lead through 15km, running her second Marathon in just seven days, after placing 7th in Chicago. Ethiopian Yeshi Esayias was in second followed by fellow countrywoman Meseret Legesse and Kenyan double World champion Catherine Ndereba. Yue went through halfway in 1:13:41, after which Legesse took up the running, but after 25km Wei Xiaojie came from nowhere to quickly leave the others behind.
Immediately after the race it was unclear who Wei Xiaojie was, but she explained that she had been running under the name Wei Jie in 2008-2011 and won the Zhengzhou International Marathon this past March in a personal best 2:26:41. But this season there has been another athlete from Jiangsu Province with exactly the same name Wei Jie and so the Beijing winner decided that she will be known as Wei Xiaojie from now on to avoid confusion. She is 22 years old and a student at the Dalian Institute of Arts.
MEN: 1 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:09:00 2 Samuel MUTURI KEN 2:09:43 3 Benson BARUS KEN 2:10:15 4 Raji ASSEFA ETH 2:12:12 5 Peter KAMAIS KEN 2:12:58 6 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR MGL 2:14:39 7 Haron TOROITICH KEN 2:14:55 8 Fredrick CHERONO KEN 2:15:42 9 Yan LONGFEI CHN 2:15:45 WOMEN: 1 Wei XIAOJIE CHN 2:28:05 2 Yeshi ESAYIAS ETH 2:29:29 3 Catherine NDEREBA KEN 2:30:14 4 Jin LINGLING CHN 2:30:27
16 OCTOBER 2011: GYEONGJU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
Eight men were clear after just 5km writes Mirko Javala. They passed through 10km in 30:34 and 20km in 1:01:19 but the next 10km were much slower, and put paid to any really fast times. Seven runners remained at 30km, before Wilson Loyanai, Michael Kimani and Felix Keny went clear, wiht Loyanai gaining an edge by 35km, after running the fastest 5km split of the race (14:43). Kimani was just two seconds behind him, but lost ground in the next 5km to trail by more than half a minute at 40km.
MEN: 1 Wilson LOYANAI KEN 2:09:23 2 Michael KIMANI KEN 2:10:29 3 Felix KENY KEN 2:11:19 4 Iaroslav MUSINCHI MDV 2:12:07 5 Oleg KULKOV UKR 2:12:12 WOMEN: 1 Kyung-Hee LIM KOR 2:38:21
16 OCTOBER 2011: ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON
MEN: 1 Vincent KIPLAGAT ETH 2:10:58 2 Tariku JIFAR ETH 2:11:31 3 Tsegaye GEBRSELASSIE ETH 2:13:39 4 Kasime Adilo ROBA ETH 2:14:20 5 Abderrahim EL ASRI MAR 2:14:30 6 Bekir KARAYEL TUR 2:15:48 7 Sabri KARA TUR 2:22:01 8 Murad ALADINOV KGZ 2:23:25 9 Erken KUS TUR 2:23:38 10 Kedir NAMO ETH 2:28:04 WOMEN: 1 Alemitu ABERA ETH 2:27:56 2 Fatuma SADO ETH 2:28:01 3 Tsega GELAW ETH 2:28:38 4 Ashu KASIM ETH 2:30:31 5 Albina MAYOROVA RUS 2:31:16 6 Natlaya PUCHKOVA RUS 2:33:03 7 Sultan HAYDAR TUR 2:35:06 8 Rahar DOGAN TUR 2:35:47 9 Ummu KIRAZ TUR 2:36:07 10 Nilay ESEN ETH 2:47:54 15km MEN: 1 Atsedu Tsegay TESFAY ETH 44:05 2 Abeyneh AYELE ETH 44:13 3 Kiprotich YEGON KEN 44:25 WOMEN: 1 Sosena GEZAW ETH 50:45 2 Binnaz USLU TUR 53:29 3 Oslem KAYA TUR 55:31
16 OCTOBER 2011: POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Cosmas Mtuku KYEVA KEN 2:11:53 2 Joel Kosgei KOMENA KEN 2:16:42 3 Artur KERN POL 2:17:15 4 Emil DOBROWOLSKI POL 2:18:07 5 Ilya SLOVENSKI 2:18:26 6 Kestutis JANKUNAS 2:24:10 7 Oleksandr KIPTACH 2:25:12 8 Marius DILIUNAS 2:26:46 9 Andrii KARPOV 2:28:42 10 Maciej LUCYK POL 2:29:32 WOMEN: 1 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:39:12 2 Pamela Chepkoech BUNDOTICH KEN 2:40:47 3 Katarzyna DURAK 2:43:34 4 Ilona MARHELE 2:45:25 5 Hadas MOSER POL 2:51:05 6 Olga PALENYCHKA 2:52:40 7 Jenny JANSSON 2:54:16 8 Halina KARNATSEVICH 2:56:05 9 Liudmila SHELEST 2:56:59 10 Joanna SCHAB 2:58:33
16 OCTOBER 2011: TCS AMSTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
Wilson Chebet and Tiki Gelana cruised to victories at the 36th edition in ideal running conditions writes Wim van Hemert. The top six men all ran under 2:07. Chebet, 26, missed the course record by nine seconds: Gelana beat the mark set by Get Wami nine years ago by 11 seconds.
The men went out fast, passing 10km in 29:27 and 16 of them reaching 20km in 59:22. Sileshi Sihine, the Ethiopian track star making his marathon debut, was among them — but later dropped out at 36km. Chebet was in command of the eight-strong lead group after 35km, which included putative pacemakers Eric Ndiema and Nicholas Manza, who nonetheless forged on with Chebet. Chebet broke the group in the last 5km and was never in danger after opening the gap. Ndiema tried to follow but was overtaken by Korir in final kilometre and had to settle for third. Ndiema, not yet 19, set a world junior record. Seven of the top-10 men broke their personal bests.
There were four women in contention until halfway, as the Ethiopian trio Gelana, Eyerusalem Kuma and Genet Getaneh were kept company by Peninah Arusei. Behind them 37-year-old Lornah Kiplagat ran a well-judged race aimed at gaining Olympic qualification. The three Ethiopians stayed together until 30km, but soon after Gelana upped the pace to run on alone to victory, three minutes ahead Kuma,who won the race last year. Kiplagat came through to finish third, a minute and a half inside the Dutch Olympic qualifying standard.
MEN: 1 Wilson CHEBET KEN 2:05:53 2 Laban KORIR KEN 2:06:05 3 Eric NDIEMA KEN 2:06:07 4 Nicholas MANZA KEN 2:06:34 5 Elijah KEITANY KEN 2:06:53 6 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:06:54 7 John KIPROTICH KEN 2:07:08 8 Samuel TSEGAYE ERI 2:07:28 9 Joseph BIWOTT KEN 2:09:40 10 Evans KIPLAGAT KEN 2:10:42 WOMEN: 1 Tiki GELANA ETH 2:22:08 2 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:24:55 3 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 2:25:52 4 Genet GETANEH ETH 2:25:57 5 Nailya YULAMANOVA RUS 2:26:39 6 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 2:28:38 7 Beata NGAMBO NAM 2:32:12 8 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:35:10 9 Heleen PLAATZER NED 2:35:23 10 Miriam VAN REIJEN NED 2:42:05
16 OCTOBER 2011: SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON, CANADA
Despite the persistence of Ethiopia's Shami Dawit, who chased him right to the finish, Kenneth Mungara took his fourth title in Toronto writes Paul Gains. Canadian Reid Coolsaet twice battled back from being dropped to finish third in a new personal best. Although Jerome Drayton's 36-year-old Canadian record of 2:10:09 was untroubled Coolsaet has twice beaten the Athletics Canada 2012 Olympic qualifying standard of 2:11:29. Behind him, his training partner Eric Gillis beat the standard by one second.
The times don't do justice to the effort that was required on this cold and extremely windy day. It was a surprise that the lead group set off at 2:06 pace into the wind blowing off Lake Ontario and went through halfway in 1:03:56. Pacemaker Joseph Ngeny dropped out at 30km to leave six athletes in contention. It was soon down to the eventual podium trio who took turns leading on the long stretch into the wind. Coolsaet exchanged words with both Dawit and Mungara: I was saying switch it up, he explained. I took my turn leading and I didn't want to be the only one leading after 35km. They took their turn and [eventually] ran away from me.
The women's race, as expected, came down to a duel between the two Ethiopians Koren Yal and Mare Dibaba, both of whom have Olympic aspirations. Two days before the race the 21-year-old Dibaba asked for a pacemaker to take her through half way in 69 minutes. She was told that was a little ambitious, but with Yal running alongside her Dibaba produced a half marathon split of 1:08:36 raising more than a few eyebrows belonging to marathon aficionados shivering on the side of the road. Their relentless pace continued through 30km (1:38:31) before the older and more experienced Yal put the pressure on and forged ahead.
Yes I am really very happy, said Yal - but quickly added: There are a lot of Ethiopians who have run 2:22 so I am not sure yet if I am going to be on the Olympic team. We planned to go this hard at the beginning but after half way I started feeling a pain in my leg and slowed down.
80-year-old Canadian marathoner, Ed Whitlock, set a world best for his age class at 3:15:51, and 100-year old Faujah Singh followed him home in 8:25:16.
MEN: 1 Kenneth MUNGARA KEN 2:09:51 2 Shami Abdulahi DAWIT ETH 2:09:51 3 Reid COOLASET CAN 2:10:55 4 Eric GILLIS CAN 2:11:28 5 Tadesse ABRAHAM ETH 2:12:48 6 Dylan WYKES CAN 2:12:57 7 Bellor YATOR QAT 2:15:33 8 Matt LOISELLE CAN 2:16:01 9 Rejean CHIASSON CAN 2:17:48 10 Josephat ONGERI KEN 2:19:48 WOMEN: 1 Koren YAL ETH 2:22:43 2 Mare DIBABA ETH 2:23:25 3 Silvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:27:51 4 Diana CHEPKEMOI KEN 2:28:56 5 Netsanet Achemo ABEYO ETH 2:32:51 6 Sarah HARRIS GBR 2:43:53 7 Sarah STRADLING GBR 2:47:32 8 Katherine MOORE CAN 2:48:48 9 Victoria RODRIGUEZ USA 2:53:17 10 Josiane ABOUNGONO CAN 2:53:52 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Thomas BREITBACH USA 1:07:21 2 Cleve THORSON 1:07:32 3 Jason WARICK CAN 1:09:18 WOMEN: 1 Leslie SEXTON CAN 1:16:32 2 Kate VAUGHAN-BAZELY CAN 1:17:21 3 Erin MACLEAN 1:17:56
16 OCTOBER 2011: LAGO MAGGIORE MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Tola DIBABA ETH 2:13:49 2 Sultan JUNID ETH 2:19:36 3 Hinsense GENALE ETH 2:21:03 4 Lars JOHANSSON SWE 2:22:13 5 Gudeta BIRATU ETH 2:22:48 6 Gilbert KIBIWOTT KEN 2:23:16 7 Emanuele ZENUCCHI ITA 2:27:57 8 Pietro COLNAGHI ITA 2:29:30 9 Klaus MARIOTTI ITA 2:37:30 10 Stefano CERLINI ITA 2:42:41 WOMEN: 1 Geletu IFA ETH 2:43:14 2 Aynalem WOLDEMICHAEL ETH 2:43:44 3 Divina JEPKOSGEI KEN 2:44:56 4 Abede SHIFERAW ETH 2:45:48 5 Gedese DEGEBASA ETH 3:01:17 6 Joyce Muthoni KAGUME KEN 3:02:07 7 Luisa FUMAGALLI ITA 3:10:21 8 Frederica BERNADELLI ITA 3:11:57 9 Daniela DE JOANNES ITA 3:15:25 10 Rosanna MATTE ITA 3:19:50
23 OCTOBER 2011: MEDIO MARATON DE VALENCIA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 John MWANGANGI KEN 59:45 2 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 59:47 3 Nicholas Kipngeno KEMBOI KEN 1:01:37 4 Leonard Kigen CHEPTOO KEN 1:02:27 5 Charles NGOLEPUS KEN 1:02:48 6 Hassan AHOUCHAR MAR 1:03:00 7 Justin CHERUIYOT KEN 1:03:45 8 Leonard LANGAT KEN 1:04:52 9 David Kepserem KISANG KEN 1:04:58 10 Eliud Kepserem KIILI KEN 1:05:12 WOMEN: 1 Malika ASAHSSAH ETH 1:10:26 2 Rkia EL MOUKIM MAR 1:10:38 3 Nancy LANGAT KEN 1:13:03 4 Joan AYABEI KEN 1:13:28 5 Hanane JANAT ETH 1:14:12 6 Beatriz Ros BLANCO ESP 1:16:09 7 Sandra Cordoba OTERO ESP 1:17:37 8 Sonia Plaza HIGUERAS ESP 1:20:48 9 Pilar Fernandez RODRIGUEZ ESP 1:21:02 10 Susana Segovia MUDIE ESP 1:22:08
23 OCTOBER 2011: VENICE MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Tadese AREDO ETH 2:09:13 2 Simon MUKUN KEN 2:09:19 3 Debebe WOLDE ETH 2:09:57 4 Desta Gebrehiwet GEBREMEDHIN ETH 2:11:55 5 Ahmed NASEF MAR 2:12:10 6 Patrick MURIUKI KEN 2:13:42 7 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:14:41 8 Tsegaye Asefa HIRPO ETH 2:16:47 9 Massimo MEI ITA 2:24:37 10 Domenico Ivano FELACO ITA 2:31:33 WOMEN: 1 Helena KIROP KEN 2:23:37 2 Makda HARUN ETH 2:27:30 3 Eticha Jimma FANTU ETH 2:30:25 4 Workenesh TOLA ETH 2:33:01 5 Yevgenija DANILOVA RUS 2:33:35 6 Natalia CERCHES MDV 2:38:34 7 Helen Wanjiku MUGO KEN 2:50:59 8 Marina ZANARDI ITA 2:54:22 9 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:57:11 10 Ambra VECCHIATO ITA 2:58:48
23 OCTOBER 2011: CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
Stanley Biwott won a close race and set a new course record. Over 19,000 runners from 29 countries took part, with another 3500 starters in the associated 10km event.
Biwott led from the start, passing through 10km in 30:16 and 20km in 1:00:23. The lead group reduced in number although the pace slowed to 1:31:03 at 30km, but then Biwott made his move. He ran the next 5km in 14:44, at the end of which he had only Asmerom for company. He too tailed off in the following 5km as Biwott surged on to a course record and a personal best.
In the women's race Jung-Hee Oh took control from 25km to win comfortably.
MEN: 1 Stanley Kipleting BIWOTT KEN 2:07:03 2 Yared ASMEROM ERI 2:07:27 3 Nelson Kirwa ROTICH KEN 2:10:46 4 Jonathan Kosgei KIPKORIR KEN 2:11:14 5 Richard Kiprotich SOIBEI UGA 2:13:22 6 Samuel WOLDEMANUEL ETH 2:13:45 WOMEN: 1 Jung Hee OH KOR 2:41:23 2 Sun-Jung KIM KOR 2:43:57 3 Se-Jung LEE KOR 2:51:17
23 OCTOBER 2011: NIAGARA FALLS INT'L MARATHON, CANADA
In the women's marathon, Meggan Franks, born in Alberta, Canada, but now living in Mississippi, USA, clocked in at 2:52:17, nearly six minutes faster than her debut at the Manitoba Marathon this past June, where she finished second. On the men's side, Brendan Kenny, also a native of Alberta, Canada, led almost from the start, at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, NY, cruising across the finish line near the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
A new course record in the half marathon and a women's winner by a runner in only her second marathon highlighted this year's Niagara Falls International Marathon. With her 1:11:46 finish, Canadian Dayna Pidhoresky knocked 30 seconds off the previous best time, set in 2004 by Lyubov Denisova. It was also the best half marathon time run by a Canadian this year.
Racing beside the scenic Niagara River, Pidhoresky traded the lead early on with Lucy Njeri, but then pulled away for good.
In all, 6,500 runners—the most ever in the event's 14-year history—took part in the marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 10K, 5K and schools marathon challenge, all held under mostly sunny skies and 15°C.
"It was a perfect day and a great swan song," said race director Jim Ralston, who announced his retirement, although he plans to continue in an advisory capacity.
MEN: 1 Brendan KENNY CAN 2:28:49 2 Johann SALAZAR CAN 2:30:42 3 Matthew LEDUC CAN 2:31:49 4 Vitaly BYELOVOL USA 2:33:18 5 Grzegorz CZYZ POL 2:36:50 6 Ryan JARA USA 2:37:04 7 Janusz SARNICKI POL 2:41:14 8 Jacob SMITH USA 2:41:42 9 Troy SQUIRE USA 2:43:08 10 Yoshinori YANAGAWA JPN 2:44:57 WOMEN: 1 Meggan FRANKS CAN 2:52:18 2 Nathalie GOYER CAN 2:55:04 3 Inez HAAGEN NED 2:55:26 4 Mariah TITLOW TINGER USA 2:58:14 5 Carrie KUTZLI USA 2:58:32 6 Yu TSUCHIDA USA 3:03:04 7 Jaclyn CACCESE USA 3:13:55 8 Issy NIELSON USA 3:14:17 9 Lori NUZZO USA 3:18:44 10 Christine SPREHE USA 3:20:01 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Bernard LANGAT KEN 1:04:43 2 Josephat ONGERI KEN 1:05:22 3 Said ALI-HADJI CAN 1:05:22 WOMEN: 1 Dayna PIDHORESKY USA 1:11:46 2 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:14:47 3 Andrija Mi Barker MCCURRY USA 1:18:03
23 OCTOBER 2011: LJUBLJANA MARATHON, SLOVENIA
MEN: 1 Daniel TOO KEN 2:08:25 2 Joseph LAGAT KEN 2:08:50 3 Michael CHEGE KEN 2:09:12 4 Berhanu SHIFERAW ETH 2:09:38 5 Alemayehu SHUMYE ETH 2:09:38 6 Daniel RONO KEN 2:10;11 7 Kiprotich KENEI ETH 2:11:12 8 Shumi ETICHA ETH 2:12:30 9 Evans RUTO KEN 2:12:37 10 Hillaqry KIBET KEN 2:15:04 WOMEN: 1 Lydia KURGAT KEN 2:33:01 2 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:33:42 3 Ilha KOTOVSKA UKR 2:35:04 4 Rebecca JEROTICH KEN 2:38:51 5 Neza MRAVLJE SLO 2:42:00 6 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:43:33 7 Zana JEREB SLO 2:52:33 8 Aleksandra FORTIN SLO 2:55:36 9 Olja BREGAR SLO 3:09:44 10 Ivana SVETIC CRO 3:10:24 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Anton KOSMAC SLO 1:08:56 2 Urban JEREB SLO 1:08:58 3 Abderrahim OUKIOUD GER 1:09:37 WOMEN: 1 Lidija CERKOVNIK SLO 1:20:59 2 Katja JUHART SLO 1:26:08 3 Zsanett MOCZO HUN 1:26:12
23 OCTOBER 2011: MARATON DEL MEDITERRANEO, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Rodrigo Borrego ALONSO ESP 2:38:07 2 Vilenc Sellares OLIVERAS ESP 2:43:58 3 Pablo Torres VARELA ESP 2:45:03 4 Amadeu DELSHAMS 2:52:20 5 Ricardo Verge BERRAR ESP 2:53:34 6 Alex Martinez NUNEZ ESP 2:54:52 7 Enrique Del Rey PEDREGOSA ESP 2:57:09 8 RafaelPrieto GRANADOS ESP 2:57:25 9 Jordi Barbe REGUANT ESP 2:57:51 10 Jorge Anaya PEIDRO ESP 2:58:27 WOMEN: 1 Ana Riera PLA ESP 3:09:35 2 Emi Vaquero SANCHEZ ESP 3:22:25 3 Elena BOSTEELS NED 3:37:48 4 Antoinette WASYLIW 3:52:45 5 Grace FERRIS GBR 3:53:01 6 Margaret MORRIS GBR 3:57:49 7 Jane RAMSDEN GBR 4:06:34 8 Raquel Sanchez CEPEDA ESP 4:11:13 9 Maria ALAMO ESP 4:16:52 10 Asuka SHIMADA JPN 4:18:39
23 OCTOBER 2011: GRAND MARATHON INT'L DE CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Ennayi EL IDRISSI MAR 2:12:55 2 Mustapha EL AZIZI MAR 2:13:54 3 Hicham EL BAROUKI MAR 2:14:35 4 Abderrahim MOATASSIM MAR 2:15:05 5 Noureddine BOUCHAMAMA MAR 2:16:21 6 CHEMOI KEN 2:16:38 7 G KIPLAGAT KEN 2:17:52 8 Mengistu TESSEMA ETH 2:19:52 9 Hassan IHMACH MAR 2:20:13 10 MUTAI KEN 2:20:43 WOMEN: 1 Wudenesh Nega DEBELE ETH 2:50:05 2 Amane Seid CHEWO ETH 2:51:10 3 Alina GHERASIM ROM 2:58:34 4 Tadelech BIRUGUDETA ETH 3:05:06 5 ClaudiaAmareto CAMARGO ARG 3:31:07 6 Albane MOSBACH MAR 3:38:44 7 Naimah BETTACH MAR 3:50:16 8 Nadia RIZNATE MAR 3:59:43 9 Laila Benjelloun TOUIMI MAR 4:12:22 10 Anne LECLERQ FRA 4:23:22
28 OCTOBER 2011: AMMAN INT'L MARATHON, JORDAN
Kenyan Juliuskiplimo Maisei stormed into the 6000 seat Roman Amphitheatre to secure the honours writes Norrie Williamson. He shadowed Ugandan Fred Arapsudi for most of the four-lap course that tours the historic city centre. Jordanians dominated the early charge with Sulaiman Al-Ghordan and Methkal Abu Drais to the fore. Arapsudi then tried to up the pace amongst the seven-runner pack until Maisei pulled Ethiopians Tesfaye Girma Bekele and Birhanu Girma Bekele past the Ugandan to fill the podium places. Abu Drais topped the Jordanian awards in fifth overall.
Ethiopians Sentayehu Gebremdhim and Aster Mengist Woldesemayat were inseparable for the first half until the cracks began to show as Gebremdhim pulled away to lead the women into the 166 AD amphitheatre. With Woldesemayat safe in second South African Susanna Vermaak, who had run her own race, filled the final podium place.
The Amman International Marathon continues to stimulate the evolution of the running culture in Jordan and the Middle East, attracting over 8000 participants including Prince Firas Bin Ra'ad and President of the Jordanian Athletic Federation Zeidan ALAWIN to the 10 kilometre event.
Fathi Suileiman diced with Hamzeh Al Mdahneh to win the downhill 10km with Al Mdahneh 40 metres adrift at the tape. The top eight broke 30 minutes.
MEN: 1 Juliuskiplimo MAISEI JOR 2:21:16 2 Tesfaye Girma BEKELE ETH 2:21:47 3 Birhanu Girma BEKELE ETH 2:22:23 4 Fred ARAPSUDI UGA 2:23:24 5 Methkal ABU DRAIS JOR 2:23:44 6 Alemayehu Ali BUSERI ETH 2:27:10 7 Sulaiman AL-GHODRAN JOR 2:31:33 8 Salama AL QAR JOR 2:38:21 9 Muhammad MUHAMMAD JOR 2:38:47 10 Mohammed AL MATARI JOR 2:47:47 WOMEN: 1 SeentayehuGetachew GEBREMEDHIN ETH 2:47:33 2 Aster Mengistu WOLDESEMAYAT ETH 3:01:08 3 Susanna VERMAAK RSA 3:10:04 4 Sara CHACE USA 4:09:12 5 Eman GHABAYEIN JOR 4:18:13 6 Haffsa EL ASMAR JOR 4:25:34 7 Zainab EL ASMAR JOR 4:26:10 8 Georgette FANOUS JOR 4:30:44 9 Haya BUSTAMI JOR 4:31:52 10 Maha ABUALBASAL JOR 4:58:14 10K MEN: 1 Fathi SUILEIMAN JOR 28:16 2 Hamzeh AL MDAHNEH JOR 28:24 3 Ayman EL SARDY JOR 28:29 WOMEN: 1 Sabryh AL MURADAT JOR 39:55 2 Kholood AL BAWAT JOR 40:43 3 Rawan MUSALAM JOR 42:45
30 OCTOBER 2011: BMW FRANKFURT MARATHON, GERMANY
Despite a magnificent effort over the final 5km Wilson Kipsang fell just four seconds short of Patrick Makau's month-old world record of 2:03:38 set in Berlin writes Pat Butcher. His repeat victory in Germany's finance capital was a new course record, over a minute faster than his 2:04:57 last year, and his time will, alongside Makau, make hima front runner for Kenya's Olympic marathon trio for London 2012.
An early morning shower had given way to a still, slightly misty morning, with temperatures rising from 11°C to around 14°C at the finish. A group of 15 men went through 10km in 29:25, reducing to six at halfway in 61:40, four seconds faster than Makau in Berlin. Deriba Merga was still in the lee of the pacemaker, Peter Kirui of Kenya, who was reproducing his metronomic feats from Berlin last month; but so were the little known Kenyans, Levy Matebo and Albert Matebor.
The pace was dropping when Kipsang went up onto Kirui's shoulder at around 33k, and when the defending champion saw at 35km that he was heading for a 2:04 finish, he took off by himself. If the winner had ever been in any doubt, that issue was settled right then. It was Kipsang against the clock. He sailed away from his pursuers, and clawed back two or three seconds per kilometre on the record chase, with the crowds out on the streets, and watching on the big screens at the indoor finish in Frankfurt's Festhalle willing him on. Fireworks and floodlights greeted him for the final metres on the red carpet in the Festhalle, but the world record effort was just in vain.
Matebo and Matebor revised their bests by over two minutes and close to four minutes respectively; and pacemaker Kirui hung in to finish sixth in 2:06:33, no mean feat in itself. There were nine Kenyans in the first ten, and altogether 14 men under 2:10, the most in any marathon.
In the women's race Mamitu Daska of Ethiopia took almost a minute and a half off Caroline Kilel's course record of 2:23:25. For more than half the race, Daska was led by Merima Mohammed, but the 19-year old fell away in the latter stages, while Agnes Kiprop of Kenya rallied to finish second.
MEN: 1 Wilson KIPSANG KEN 2:03:42 2 Levy MATEBO KEN 2:05:16 3 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:05:25 4 Phillip SANGA KEN 2:06:07 5 Robert Kipron CHERUIYOT KEN 2:06:29 6 Peter KIRUI KEN 2:06:31 7 Chumba Dickson KIPTOLO KEN 2:07:23 8 Siraj GENA ETH 2:08:31 9 Duncan KOECH KEN 2:08:38 10 Henry SUGUT KEN 2:08:56 WOMEN: 1 Mamitu DASKA ETH 2:21:59 2 Agnes KIPROP KEN 2:23:54 3 Flomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:24:21 4 Merima MOHAMMED ETH 2:24:32 5 Rita Jeptoo BUIENEI KEN 2:25:44 6 Nadia EJAFFINI ITA 2:26:15 7 Fate TOLA ETH 2:27:18 8 Biruktait DEGEFA ETH 2:27:34 9 Sabrina MOCKENHAUPT GER 2:28:08 10 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:28:43
30 OCTOBER 2011: ADIDAS AUCKLAND MARATHON, NEW ZEALAND
MEN: 1 Dale WARRANDER NZL 2:24:42 2 Phil COSTLEY NZL 2:28:18 3 Blair MCWHIRTER NZL 2:33:04 4 Aaron JACKSON NZL 2:35:08 5 Glynn HADLEY NZL 2:36:05 6 Gavin STEVENS NZL 2:37:37 7 Phil MURRAY NZL 2:37:42 8 Richard SWAN NZL 2:37:48 9 Nicholas BROWNE NZL 2:41:31 10 Hadley CRAIG NZL 2:46:05 WOMEN: 1 Lisa ROBERTSON NZL 2:41:56 2 Kirsten MOLLOY NZL 2:48:10 3 Shireen CRUMPTON NZL 2:56:05 4 Candice HAMMOND NZL 2:56:58 5 Lizzie WESLEY-SMITH NZL 3:00:23 6 Nicola GREEN NZL 3:02:04 7 Rebecca FORLONG NZL 3:02:18 8 Laura LEESON NZL 3:03:01 9 Fleur BROMLEY NZL 3:11:01 10 Emily SOLSBERG NZL 3:11:37 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stephen LETT NZL 1:07:38 2 Scott WINTON NZL 1:09:46 3 Stefan SMITH NZL 1:10:01 WOMEN: 1 Danielle INGRAM-TREVIS NZL 1:18:36 2 Sally GIBBS NZL 1:19:48 3 Gabrielle O'ROURKE NZL 1:20:23
30 OCTOBER 2011: MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Charles WARE USA 2:19:16 2 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:23:46 3 Patrick FERNANDEZ USA 2:26:37 4 Keith MATISKELLA USA 2:27:23 5 Adam CONDIT USA 2:29:28 6 William PROM USA 2:29:46 7 Emiru MEKONNEN ETH 2:30:52 8 Sean BARRETT USA 2:32:10 9 Steve SLABY USA 2:32:52 10 Temesgen ILANSO USA 2:32:59 WOMEN: 1 Tezata DENGERSA TUR 2:45:28 2 Emily SHERTZER USA 2:45:55 3 Getachew SHIFERAW ETH 2:47:30 4 Autumn RAY USA 2:49:42 5 Sandra MCCLELLAN USA 2:52:35 6 Lindsay WILKINS USA 2:53:33 7 Katie SUTTON USA 2:54:07 8 Elissa BALLAS USA 2:54:33 9 Timmons WILLIAMS USA 2:56:51 10 Emily HURLEY USA 2:56:56
30 OCTOBER 2011: LAUSANNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Mohammednur HAMID ERT 2:19:37 2 Ogubit BEHRANE ERI 2:23:51 3 Kay-uwe MELLER GER 2:28:55 4 Gariele ABATE ITA 2:30:49 5 Pavel BRYDL CZE 2:31:44 6 Mohamed ALAHYAN FRA 2:32:30 7 Gideon Kemboi KIPLAGAT KEN 2:35:20 8 Josias WACKER SUI 2:37:12 9 Niclas JONASSON SWE 2:37:48 10 Marion BARBOSA SUI 2:39:00 WOMEN: 1 Imnmaculate CHEMUTAI UGA 2:47:35 2 Lilian KOECH KEN 2:50:49 3 Catrin JONES CAN 2:53:28 4 Tatiana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:55:28 5 Lucilia DELPEDRO SUI 2:55:27 6 Eve RAUSCHENBERG GER 2:56:52 7 Laurence YERLY-CATTIN SUI 2:59:38 8 Regula BAUMBERGER SUI 3:11:52 9 Nelly MARMY CONUS SUI 3:12:40 10 Michaela MERTOVA CZE 3:14:00 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dickson KURUI SUI 1:05:08 2 Philip KIPTOO RUTTO KEN 1:05:34 3 Zeremariam BERHE ERI 1:07:04 WOMEN: 1 Patricia MORCELI SUI 1:13:01 2 Nicola SPIRIG SUI 1:16:13 3 Nancy KOECH KEN 1:17:11
30 OCTOBER 2011: LUCERNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Woody SCHOCH SUI 2:32:08 2 Stefan MULLER SUI 2:33:28 3 Gabriel LOMBRISER SUI 2:35:10 4 Steve GISLER SUI 2:36:37 5 Daniel BOLT SUI 2:39:21 6 Ruedi BARTSCHI SUI 2:41:18 7 Christoph SOMMER SUI 2:42:52 8 Frank BRENGARTNER SUI 2:42:59 9 Andreas BRUNNER SUI 2:43:28 10 Isidor CHRISTEN SUI 2:44:19 WOMEN: 1 Lauren JESKA SUI 2:48:17 2 Lucia MAYER-HOFMANN SUI 2:56:48 3 Petra EGGENSCHWILER SUI 3:01:09 4 Yvonne TURI-HODEL SUI 3:01:21 5 Natasha HALLER SUI 3:02:20 6 Nathalie BLEIKER SUI 3:04:19 7 Carole GENOUD SUI 3:05:39 8 Jessy WIRTH SUI 3:07:04 9 Franzi INAUEN SUI 3:07:29 10 Judith AREGGER SUI 3:08:53 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Markus JOHO SUI 1:10:46 2 Fabian KREIENBUHL SUI 1:11:41 3 Manfred JAUCH SUI 1:11:47 WOMEN: 1 Jeannine KASKEL SUI 1:22:33 2 Claudia FREY-WOLF SUI 1:23:47 3 Maya CHOLLET SUI 1:24:03
30 OCTOBER 2011: PODGORICA MARATHON, MONTENERGO
Over 3000 runners from 33 countries took part in all events. Serbia's Olivera Jevtic set a course record in the women's half marathon with 1:13:45. Sladjana Perunovic set a women's national record in the marathon with a score of 2:41:02, also within the B standard for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Serbia's Ana Subotic was also within the standard with 2:40:36.
A women's national record for Macedonia was set by Tanja Veljanovska with 3:14:24.
Men: 1 Oleg GUR BLS 2:18:52 2 Minyuakov ANDREY RUS 2:19:52 3 Norman Kimaru KIPYATOR KEN 2:23:25 4 Denis BAGREV RUS 2:25:10 5 Sergej SEVCENKO MOL 2:26:12 6 Nikolay MERZLYAKOV RUS 2:27:28 7 Hristo STEFANOV BUG 2:32:24 8 Dordi TRENDAFILOV MAK 2:41:59 9 Jasmin STIKOVAC BIH 2:51:26 10 Bojan DUPLJANIN BIH 2:53:32 WOMEN: 1 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 2:40:36 2 Sladana PERUNOVIC MNE 2:41:02 3 Nataliya LEHONKOVA UKR 2:43:48 4 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:45:34 5 Aleksandrobna IRDIA RUS 2:48:15 6 Enman Jerkosgei KIPRONO KEN 2:56:45 7 Svetlana SEPELJEVA-TKAC MOL 3:02:12 8 Nadezda GORBUNOVA RUS 3:09:06 9 Stephanie LEFEVRE FRA 3:12:45 10 Lidija MIKLOS MNE 3:12:50
30 OCTOBER 2011: OSAKA MARATHON, JAPAN
In the inaugural edition 27161 runners started the race and 26175 finished.
MEN: 1 Elijah SANG KEN 2:12:43 2 Aleksay SOKOLOV RUS 2:13:15 3 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:14:18 4 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:14:31 5 Kenji ONAKA JPN 2:14:36 6 Toyokazu YOSHIMURA JPN 2:21:10 7 Nobuaki TAKADA JPN 2:22:28 8 Yusuke TOKITANI JPN 2:23:17 WOMEN: 1 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:32:48 2 Kiyoko SHIMIHARA JPN 2:33:36 3 Yuri YOSHIZUMI JPN 2:40:31 4 Yuki INO JPN 2:45:14 5 Junko SUZUKI JPN 2:46:36 6 Ikue TABATA JPN 2:49:49 7 Misato TOMOEDA JPN 2:50:33 8 Mitsue KAGO JPN 2:53:54 9 Yukari SAHAKU JPN 2:54:42
30 OCTOBER 2011: STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA
MEN: 1 Ernest KEBENEI KEN 2:10:55 2 Runner 549 KEN 2:11:00 3 Simon Kiprop TORMOI KEN 2:11:05 4 Mathew Kipchirchir KOECH KEN 2:11:55 5 Francis Kebil KIPTOO KEN 2:11:58 6 Linus MAIYO KEN 2:11:59 7 Ekai LOKEYOK KEN 2:12:03 8 Peter Kiplagat SITIENI KEN 2:12:12 9 Vincent ONCHOKE KEN 2:12:22 10 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:23 WOMEN: 1 Margaret TOROITICH KEN 2:30:18 2 Winifridah KWAMBOKA KEN 2:31:54 3 Emily CHEPKORIR KEN 2:32:31 4 Beatrice JEPKEMOI KEN 2:32:58 5 Grace Kitongwa WAYUA KEN 2:34:04 6 Rose Kerubo NYANGACHA KEN 2:34:22 7 Nyambura WAITHAKA KEN 2:38:21 8 Joan ROTICH KEN 2:41:43 9 Carolyne KOMEN KEN 2:42:36 10 Jane Jerop BARTEN KEN 2:45:51 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dennis Kipruto KOECH KEN 1:01:30 2 Joseph Katchapin APERUMOI KEN 1:02:20 3 Mathew ROTICH KEN 1:02:37 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth Jebet CHELEGAT KEN 1:12:09 2 Hellen JEPKURGAT KEN 1:14:03 3 Runner 6481 KEN 1:15:22
30 OCTOBER 2011: UWI-SPEC INT'L HALF MARATHON, TRINIDAD
MEN: 1 George TOWITT USA 1:06:42 2 Simon SAWE KEN 1:08:04 3 Cleveland FORDE GUY 1:08:56 4 Stephen TANUI KEN 1:09:00 5 Richard JONES TRI 1:09:04 6 Curtis COX TRI 1:12:10 7 Kelvin JOHNSON TRI 1:12:23 8 Matthew HAGLEY TRI 1:12:45 9 Jules Joel LA RODE TRI 1:15:01 10 Errol WILLIAMS TRI 1:15:38 WOMEN: 1 Leah KIRJEN KEN 1:19:54 2 Lucy KURGAT KEN 1:21:03 3 Firaya ZHADANOVA RUS 1:29:48 4 Kema Shema MCSHINE TRI 1:30:49 5 Celine LESTRADE TRI 1:31:01 6 Kertisha JOHN TRI 1:34:11 7 Christine REGIS TRI 1:34:56 8 Janelle NEDD TRI 1:36:24 9 Wendy SHALLOW TRI 1:41:50 10 Leisl PUCKERIN TRI 1:42:00
31 OCTOBER 2011: NATIONAL LOTTERY DUBLIN MARATHON, IRELAND
Geoffrey Ndungu set a new course record 25 seconds faster than the previous mark set by Moses Kangogo Kibet last year.
Sean Connolly staved off the challenge of last year's winner of the Irish men's race Sergiu Ciobanu to claim the National title with a time of 2:18:52. Linda Byrne took the women's title within the Olympic qualifying time. A record number of runners took part in this 32nd edition.
Wheelchair athlete Paul Hannon (Armagh) won for the second consecutive time in 2:13:58.
MEN: 1 Geoffrey NDUGU KEN 2:08:33 2 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:09:50 3 Jacob Kiplagat YATOR KEN 2:10:23 4 Jonathan CHESOO KEN 2:10:57 5 Moses Kangogo KIBET KEN 2:11:43 6 Ben MAIYO KEN 2:13:33 7 Kedir FIKADU ETH 2:14:30 8 Gemal Belal SALEM QAT 2:15:33 9 Sergey LUKIN RUS 2:15:54 10 Lezan Kipkosgei KIMUTAI KEN 2:16:25 WOMEN: 1 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 2:30:35 2 Emily ROTICH KEN 2:32:10 3 Radiya ADILO ETH 2:32:22 4 Olga GLOK RUS 2:33:26 5 Shuru Diriba DULUME ETH 2:34:31 6 Lynda BYRNE IRL 2:36:21 7 Lucy Wambui MURIGI KEN 2:40:18 8 Maria MCCAMBRIDGE IRL 2:40:24 9 Irina KOZUBOVSKAYA RUS 2:41:52 10 Gladys GANIEL IRL 2:42:43
October 2011
