November 2011
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4 NOVEMBER 2011: SHARM EL SHEIKH INT'L HALF MARATHON, EGYPT
MEN: 1 Hamad Allah MOHARM EGY 1:12:23 2 Fransis SAMIR EGY 1:13:40 3 Marzouq Esaa HASSAN EGY 1:14:23 4 Nady Moustafa YASSER EGY 1:15:19 5 Rabie El Houssany MOHAMED EGY 1:16:38 6 Ehab Omran ABDELTAWAB EGY 1:17:05 7 Sadiq Mohamed ALAA EGY 1:17:16 8 Marzouq Esaa SAYED EGY 1:17:38 9 Ahmed Hussein AHMED EGY 1:17:55 10 Mostafa Salem FOLY EGY 1:18:29 WOMEN: 1 Maria Chiaa PARIGI ITA 1:33:05 2 Doaaa Hamdy ABASS EGY 1:44:42 3 Rania Mahmoud ABDELQADER EGY 1:45:54 4 Erica DUEGER USA 1:46:20 5 Kalli FOX USA 1:49:02 6 Alessia EPIS ITA 1:52:22 7 Nourah Samir HAMID EGY 2:00:04 8 Jo PAYNE GBR 2:04:13 9 Gury AUNE NOR 2:07:43 10 Alessandra DEMARIA ITA 2:09:14
5 NOVEMBER 2011: TAROKO GORGE MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Hosea Kipyego KOSGEI KEN 2:21:39 2 Elihjah Muturi KARANJA KEN 2:22:31 3 Peter Kipyator BIWOTT KEN 2:23:06 4 Zhifeng HE TPE 2:37:56 5 Yongfa WU TPE 2:45:51 6 Qiujun WANG TPE 2:48:49 7 Zhibin SU TPE 2:49:25 8 Jianxing QU TPE 2:52:24 9 Guangzhao PENG TPE 2:54:09 10 Jason SPOONER 2:56:17 WOMEN: 1 Emily Chepkemoi SAMOEI KEN 2:52:36 2 Xiaoyu LI TPE 2:57:50 3 Jieyi CHEN TPE 3:11:20 4 Xiuyu DAI TPE 3:27:17 5 Yuanxiang GONG TPE 3:36:47 6 Meiyao LU TPE 3:38:36 7 Yinjiao LU TPE 3:40:48 8 Lingjun ZHOU TPE 3:44:19 9 Michaela STEVENS 3:49:05 10 Yafen WANG TPE 3:58:56 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Wengqian WU TPE 1:16:34 2 Hong A TPE 1:16:40 3 Meng LAI TPE 1:18:34 WOMEN: 1 Yufang XU TPE 1:27:41 2 Peiyie LIN TPE 1:37:37 3 Fuhan CAI TPE 1:42:08
6 NOVEMBER 2011: JOONGANG SEOUL INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
James Kipsang Kwambai headed the 13,000+ field and beat defending champion David Kemboi Kiyeng in cold and wet conditions. Another 8000 took part in the supporting 10km event.
Early leader Chani Hafid went through 10km in 30:56, followed a few seconds later by a group of 13. By 20km Hafid had a 26-second lead over a group of seven. He began to slow before 25km but it was only in the next 5km that the now four-strong chasing group closed him down, passing him by 30km. From 35km Kwambai made his effort and got away, with only Kiyeng hanging on a few seconds behind him for a while before trailing off.
The women's race had no international representation.
MEN: 1 James Kipsang KWAMBAI KEN 2:08:50 2 David Kemboi KIYENG KEN 2:09:21 3 Yemane TSEGAY ETH 2:10:47 4 Boniface Mbuvi MUEMA KEN 2:11:48 5 Mulugeta Wami DEGIFE ETH 2:12:55 6 Wegayehu Girma TEFERA ETH 2:12:58 7 Stephen Njoroge KINYANJUI KEN 2:14:55 8 Wirimai JUWAWO ZIM 2:15:57 9 Alfred KERING KEN 2:16:00 10 Edwin Kipkoech KOMEN KEN 2:16:13 WOMEN: 1 Kyung Hee CHOI KOR 2:40:49
6 NOVEMBER 2011: BASS-PRO CONSERVATION MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Matthew CHESANG KEN 2:35:22 2 Scott JANSKY USA 2:39:21 3 Julius ROTICH KEN 2:43:18 4 Daniel HAY USA 2:45:43 5 Charlie HOGUE USA 2:57:02 6 Doug ASSENMACHER USA 2:57:07 7 Zach BOLEYN USA 2:59:34 8 Nicholas ALAJAKIS USA 3:10:32 9 Ryan TURNER USA 3:14:30 10 Eric WILBUR USA 3:15:40 WOMEN: 1 Melissa BELK USA 3:12:48 2 Karen PLUCINSKI USA 3:21:07 3 Rebecca LOWRANCE USA 3:29:50 4 Devorah SOROKA USA 3:37:04 5 Jana NOBEL USA 3:41:22 6 Marisa FORTH USA 3:42:29 7 Angela BURCKHALTER USA 3:43:11 8 Amy HEINZ USA 3:44:53 9 Melissa MCATEE USA 3:50:27 10 Abbie HADEN USA 3:55:01
6 NOVEMBER 2011: EDP PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Philemon BAARU KEN 2:09:51 2 Kennedy KWEMOI KEN 2:09:54 3 Joas MUTEI KEN 2:12:54 4 Gosa MEGERSA ETH 2:12:59 5 Matthew BUNGEI KEN 2:13:31 6 Elias Kiptum MAINI KEN 2:14:09 7 Albert KANGOR KEN 2:14:57 8 Roman PRODIUS ROM 2:17:20 9 Victor Bushendich CHELOGOI KEN 2:19:00 10 Stephen SEREM KEN 2:22:04 WOMEN: 1 Pauline CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:41:25 2 Alice BASILIO POR 3:08:17 3 Conceicao GRARE POR 3:09:16 4 Evelina SHAMAROVA RUS 3:09:46 5 Sonia BAILLY FRA 3:11:50 6 Jaana JOBE SWE 3:12:11 7 Helena LOBO POR 3:12:58 8 Ester ALVES POR 3:15:46 9 Gema Francisca MERI ESP 3:17:48 10 Catherine AVENATI FRA 3:20:46
6 NOVEMBER 2011: MARATON INT'L DE ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Jose Antonio Casajus CABREJAS ESP 2:29:24 2 El Habib BOUALI ESP 2:39:26 3 Daniel Galindo ESQUEJ ESP 2:40:37 4 Oscar Soriana SANCHEZ ESP 2:43:31 5 Jose Antonio ROMERO ESP 2:43:55 6 Esteve Campmol AMETLLER ESP 2:44:53 7 Jose Maria Herrero SOLSONA ESP 2:48:45 8 Jose Alvarez OLLERO ESP 2:48:46 9 Hector Moro DIEZ ESP 2:49:16 10 Fernando Martinez DE GERENU ESP 2:50:41 WOMEN: 1 Estela San Pedro SORIA ESP 3:17:54 2 Vanesa Marquez GARCIA ESP 3:24:56 3 Antonia Gil MARTINEZ ESP 3:38:39 4 Ana Celia Creus DEL CAMPO ESP 3:45:17 5 Maria Jose Carretero GONZALEZ ESP 3:47:22 6 Maria Teresa Gutierrez GIMENEZ ESP 3:54:14 7 Maria Cerezuelo ROMERO ESP 3:54:31 8 Maria Isabel Galiano SEGOVIA ESP 3:54:56 9 Ana Maria Romero ESTEBAN ESP 3:55:10 10 Maria Victoria Santiago PEREZ ESP 3:55:20
6 NOVEMBER 2011: HANGZHOU INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Timothy Kibet CHELIMO KEN 2:19:34 2 Lawrence Kiptoo SAINA KEN 2:25:28 3 Bernard MUTAI KEN 2:26:01 4 William Kiptoo CHELINGANYANG KEN 2:27:58 5 Liang Liang WEN CHN 2:37:06 6 Sivano Kipkirui KURGAT KEN 2:37:38 7 James Mwangi KARIUKI KEN 2:37:40 8 Fei XIE CHN 2:42:52 WOMEN: 1 Zhuang LIU CHN 2:44:46 2 Yingnan TANG CHN 2:50:34 3 Milkah Nyamoita KONA KEN 2:54:07 4 Lu SUN CHN 2:58:23 5 Hong PAN CHN 3:02:00 6 Eunice Mwango ORWARU KEN 3:05:47 7 Xiaomei TONG CHN 3:08:30 8 Yanxiu SHI CHN 3:11:02
13 NOVEMBER 2011: ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON, GREECE
In a rare win by a non-Kenyan in a major marathon, Abdelkerim Boubker took exactly one minute off the event record writes Pat Butcher [the course records still stands at 2:10:55 to 2004 Olympic winner Stefano Baldini]. Boubker overcame cold and wet conditions but was aided by a considerable tailwind for much of the way and set a personal best in his second marathon.
In the early stages it looked as if defending champion Raymond Bett, running at the back of the group of six, was simply biding his time, but he was first to drop off the lead group, at 23km. Boubker surged at 31km after the long undulating climb from 12km, and Sammy Chumba hung in longest. Daniel Gatheru dropped off the lead group early, but fought back to finish third. Boubker was well aware of the event history. "This is the highlight of my career," he said. "I prepared especially hard for this race. To win in this stadium makes me very proud". A native of Casablanca, Boubker plans to race next in Marrakech at the end of January.
The women's race was competitive to within view of the finish at the Panatheniko, the antique marble stadium, venue for the 1896 Olympic Games, for which the marathon race was invented. Elfnesh Melkamu of Ethiopia and Kamila Khanipova of Ukraine ran shoulder to shoulder for 39km. Khanipova then went ahead and appeared to have victory assured, but Melkamu stormed back in the 42nd kilometre to catch and pass Khanipova. For a hundred or more metres it looked as if the Ukrainian would rise to this late challenge, but Melkamu strode out before they entered the stadium for the last 150m and won by six seconds.
The pre-race celebrations included the lighting of the Olympic Flame in Marathon by Spiridon Louis, the grandson of the first Olympic marathon champion, after whom he is named. The concurrent AIMS Marathon symposium, in the town of Marathon itself, concentrated this year on Health Matters and Medical Services for Long Distance Runners, and included speakers from marathons in Brazil, Austria, Spain and Greece.
MEN: 1 Abdelkerim BOUBKER MAR 2:11:40 2 Sammy CHUMBA KEN 2:13:27 3 Daniel GATHERU ETH 2:16:12 4 Andriy NAUMOV UKR 2:17:32 5 Andrii TOPTUN UKR 2:18:12 6 Allan NDIWA KEN 2:18:16 WOMEN: 1 Elfenesh MELKAMU ETH 2:35:25 2 Kamila KHANIPOVA UKR 2:35:31 3 Amira BENAMOR TUN 2:42:15 4 Alena VINNISTSKAYA UKR 2:44:52 5 Sofia RIGA GRE 2:45:43
13 NOVEMBER 2011: TURIN MARATHON GRAN PREMIO LA STAMPA, ITALY
Ennaji El Idrissi, a Moroccan who has lived in Genova since 1998 produced a major upset by winning the 25th anniversary edition writes Diego Sampaolo. From the start at the Central Square, in cool but sunny conditions, pacemakers led a group of ten at a steady 3:05/km pace, reaching halfway in 1:04:58.
El Idrissi, William Chebor and Bacha Megersa pushed hard, breaking away from the rest of the field at 36km. El Idrissi, who won the Casablanca Marathon on 23 October in 2:12:55, launched a devastating kick at 40km, running the next kilometre in 2:48. He romped home in the second fastest time ever run in Turin. The 25-year old Moroccan was talent-spotted by Italian coach SergioLo Presti and moved to Italy 13 years ago. After success in cross country and track running he turned to the marathon after being inspired by the story of Khalid Khannouchi and Stefano Baldini's 2004 Olympic victory. He plans to apply for Italian citizenship.
From 5km Yuliya Ruban pulled away from the rest of the field, and was already 36 seconds up on Olivera Jevtic at 10km. She passed halfway in 1:13:39, 1:37 ahead of the group, still led by Jevtic. Silvia Svortsova went into second place by 30km but was overhauled by Raza Drazdauskaite as Ruban continued to pull away, missing her (wind-assisted) personal best by only 10 seconds.
More than 3000 runners participated.
MEN: 1 Ennaji EL IDRISSI MAR 2:08:13 2 William CHEBOR KEN 2:08:21 3 Bacha MEGERSA ETH 2:08:55 4 Peter KURUI KEN 2:08:56 5 Antony WAIRURI KEN 2:09:48 6 Robert NDIWA KEN 2:11:02 7 Hermano FERREIRA POR 2:13:28 8 Giovanni GUALDI ITA 2:14:01 9 David MANDAGO KEN 2:14:37 10 Yassine KABOURI MAR 2:15:12 WOMEN: 1 Yuliya RUBAN UKR 2:27:10 2 Rasa DRAZDAUSKAITE LTU 2:29:47 3 Silvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:30:09 4 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2:30:55 5 Olivera JEVTIC SRB 2:32:09 6 Yesnaneh ARABEL ETH 2:34:36 7 Rose JEPCHUMBA KEN 2:35:32 8 Martina CELI ITA 2:36:11 9 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:36:52 10 Martina FACCIANI ITA 2:37:15
13 NOVEMBER 2011: GARDA TRENTINO HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Jaouad ZAIN MAR 1:03:36 2 Hillary Kiprono BII KEN 1:04:00 3 Mathew RUGUT KEN 1:04:09 4 Tomas KOVACS HUN 1:04:15 5 Nicodemus BIWOTT KEN 1:05:42 6 Zsolt KOSZAR HUN 1:07:14 7 Marcus PLONER ITA 1:07:50 8 Mohamad HAJJY MAR 1:08:27 9 Gabriele ABATE ITA 1:09:15 10 Linus NILSSON SWE 1:09:38 WOMEN: 1 Monika NAGY HUN 1:18:53 2 Silvia MORENI ITA 1:23:34 3 Emanuela PAGAN ITA 1:25:49 4 Christina TENAGLIA ITA 1:26:27 5 Roswitha MOSER AUT 1:27:15 6 Claudia PETRI ITA 1:27:38 7 Anja MAURER ITA 1:28:15 8 Christine SACHS GER 1:28:15 9 Luisa TARDITI ITA 1:28:55 10 Elfi FRANK AUT 1:28:57
13 NOVEMBER 2011: 10KM RIO CORRIDA PANAMERICANA, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Nicholas Kimeli KETER KEN 29:12 2 Nelson Priva MBUYA KEN 29:12 3 Barnabas Kiplagat KOSGEI BRA 29:15 4 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 29:28 5 Damiao Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 29:40 6 Giomar Pereira DA SILVA BRA 29:55 7 Jonah Kiplagat KEMBOI KEN 29:58 8 Paulo Roberto ALMEIDA BRA 30:06 9 Gilmar Silvestre LOPES BRA 30:24 10 Jose Marcio Leao DA SILVA BRA 30:25 WOMEN: 1 Nancy Jepkoskei KIPRONO KEN 34:08 2 Tatiele Roberta DE CARVALHO BRA 34:09 3 Jackline Rionoripo CHEMWEK KEN 34:12 4 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 34:19 5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 35:04 6 Ma Lucia Santos DO NASCIMENTO BRA 35:11 7 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 35:16 8 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 35:38 9 Conceicao de Maria CARVALHO BRA 36:01 10 Natalia Elisante SILLE BRA 36:19
19 NOVEMBER 2011: MEDIO MARATON TURISTICO RIVIERA NAYARIT, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Salvador Gerrero CISNEROS MEX 1:11:33 2 Carlos Gonzalez QUINTERO MEX 1:11:40 3 Jesus Javier Santillan RAMIRZ MEX 1:13:46 4 Ed. Rafael Quintero CARILLO MEX 1:16:21 5 Ubaldo Conzuelo MALAQUIAS MEX 1:17:20 6 Jose Ramirez LEON MEX 1:18:57 7 Alvaro Alonso Lopez QUINTERO MEX 1:23:14 8 Gabriel Santiba COETO MEX 1:25:18 9 MiguelVenegas ARREOLA MEX 1:25:31 10 Jorge Omar Mora PICAZO MEX 1:25:31 WOMEN: 1 Leticia Joya EMA MEX 1:23:58 2 Dinora Pe SANCHEZ MEX 1:33:03 3 Elizabeth Gonzalez HERNANDEZ MEX 1:37:26 4 Orrel DE 1:38:00 5 Tania Guad. Navarrete OCHOA MEX 1:39:55 6 Aracely Valladares VALADEZ MEX 1:41:26 7 Lucia Daniela Garza GARCIA MEX 1:43:16 8 Perla Castellanos MENDEZ MEX 1:46:01 9 Ana Maria Varas FREGOSO MEX 1:48:32 10 Laura Celia Alvarez CENTENO MEX 1:48:35 10km MEN: 1 Alexis Galicia PEREZ MEX 40:19 2 Vicente Martinez Jimenez MEX 41:05 3 Juan Pablo Lomeli ROMERO MEX 41:12 WOMEN: 1 Ada Gonzales LEYVA MEX 50:16 2 Ma Cristina Olmos VENTURA MEX 51:44 3 Rosa Avi RIVAS MEX 52:18
20 NOVEMBER 2011: PHILADELPHIA MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Folishu TUKA ETH 2:19:14 2 Kevin POOL USA 2:19:37 3 Hillary CHERUIYOT KEN 2:19:58 4 Jynocel BASWATI KEN 2:21:01 5 David BEDOYA USA 2:21:58 6 Philip KAMAU KEN 2:22:02 7 Terena SHEA USA 2:24:05 8 Christopher ZABLOCKI USA 2:24:12 9 Nicholas WHEELER USA 2:24:15 10 Ryan JOHNS USA 2:24:46 WOMEN: 1 Mariska KRAMER USA 2:35:46 2 Tezeta DENGERSA ETH 2:44:05 3 Jodie CONWAY USA 2:44:09 4 Donna PALISCA USA 2:44:38 5 Samantha HOWARD USA 2:45:43 6 Sara GRAVES USA 2:46:24 7 Alison KRAUSEN USA 2:46:35 8 Lori GRAY USA 2:46:38 9 Mary PARDI USA 2:46:40 10 Jutta MERILAINEN USA 2:48:09
20 NOVEMBER 2011: YOKOHAMA WOMEN'S MARATHON, JAPAN
Ryoko Kizaki won the first of the domestic Olympic qualifying races but because of unseasonably warm weather (up to 24°C) it is not clear if Kizaki will be selected writes Ken Nakamura.
By 5km (17:00) the lead pack was reduced to six (Yoshimi Ozaki, Ryoko Kizaki, Kaoru Nagao, Salina Kosgei, Robe Guta and Hiroko Miyauchi) runners (plus three pace makers).
Before 10km (34:06) one of the pace makers started to drift back, and at 12km another so that only Albina Mayorova was left to take the group through each 5km split in under 17 minutes. Salina Kosgei also fell behind as Mayorova paced the lead five through 15km in 51:08. She dropped out at 19km, well before the 25km mark as had been planned.
Kizaki led, followed by Ozaki and Nagao, but the pace had slackened: from 15-20km took 17:37, and the time at halfway was a minute and a half slower than planned. As the pace slowed Mara Yamauchi came through into the lead at around 22km and dropped first Miyauchi and then Guta as she raised the pace from 17:56 (20-25km) to 17:18 (25-30km). At 31km Nagao made an effort, but it rebounded on her and she tailed off soon afterwards.
Yamauchi, Ozaki and Kizaki passed 35km in 2:01:34 and ran together to 39km when Kizaki started to push and Yamauchi dropped back. Ozaki covered and made her own move after passing 40km in 2:19:17. Kizaki later admitted to nearly conceding at this point, but she clung on and reeled Ozaki back in by 41.6km and went past her to win by 17 seconds.
The two remaining Olympic qualifying races, Osaka in January and Nagoya in March, will probably offer better racing conditions than Kizaki faced in Yokohama, and as a result the pacemakers in those races may be better able to reach their targeted distance, without the factors that damped down their pace in Yokohama.
WOMEN (ONLY): 1 Ryoko KIZAKI JPN 2:26:32 2 Yoshimi OZAKI JPN 2:26:49 3 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 2:27:24 4 Kaoru NAGAO JPN 2:29:43 5 Rene KALMER RSA 2:29:59 6 Robe GUTA ETH 2:32:26 7 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 2:33:14 8 Mayumi FUJITA JPN 2:35:12 9 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2:35:26 10 Kateryna STETSENKO UKR 2:35:44
20 NOVEMBER 2011: BIG SUR HALF MARATHON ON MONTEREY BAY, USA
MEN: 1 Eskias SISAY ETH 1:03:48 2 Josphat BOIT KEN 1:03:50 3 Benson CHERUIYOT KEN 1:03:53 4 Ian BURRELL USA 1:04:10 5 Mario MACIAS 1:04:30 6 Christian HESCH 1:05:55 7 Michael AISH 1:05:59 8 Fred TUMBO 1:07:01 9 Crosby FREEMAN 1:07:22 10 Gishu DIDA 1:08:43 WOMEN: 1 Magdalena BOULET 1:14:16 2 Blake RUSSELL 1:14:35 3 Jeanette FABER 1:15:27 4 Tanya NERO 1:15:46 5 Kelly CALWAY 1:16:01 6 Nicole AISH 1:16:22 7 Adriana HILBORN 1:16:27 8 Brooke WELLS 1:16:40 9 Zoila GOMEZ 1:19:06 10 Julia Stamps MALLON 1:19:15
20 NOVEMBER 2011: 21K QUITO MITAD DEL MUNDO, ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Miguel Angel Almachi CONDOR ECU 1:08:12 2 Paul Roberto Buenano AMENDARIS ECU 1:08:56 3 Pedro Manuel Ramos IMBAQUINGO ECU 1:09:53 4 Oswaldo Segundo JAMI JAMI ECU 1:10:19 5 Gerardo Villacres SANTILLAN ECU 1:10:31 WOMEN: 1 Rosa Alba CHACHA ECU 1:20:15 2 Alicia Cevallos CAMACHO ECU 1:21:57 3 Nancy Lorena Rosero REVELO ECU 1:23:17 4 Maria Zambrano ROSERO ECU 1:23:50 5 Nancy Mercedes Osorio NARANJO ECU 1:O5:02
20 NOVEMBER 2011: MARABANA, CUBA
MEN: 1 Alexeis Machado MARTINEZ CUB 2:28:04 2 Jorge Luis Suarez JIMENEZ CUB 2:30:05 3 Jacinto Milanes VERANES CUB 2:35:52 4 Yuanier Fouman SANTIESTEBAN CUB 2:36:31 5 Pedro Estrada TAMAYO CUB 2:40:56 6 Jorge Luis Mora ALBEAR CUB 2:41:22 7 Angel Ferreira TAMAYO CUB 2:47:03 8 Yoel Ricardo HILDAGO CUB 2:48:17 9 Isbel Milian ACOSTA CUB 2:49:47 10 Eddy Suarez ESTUPINAN CUB 2:53:14 WOMEN: 1 Yadira Gonzalez HAITI CUB 3:14:40 2 Yanieska Munoz BONNE CUB 3:19:22 3 Aracelis Lamoth LUIS CUB 3:22:13 4 Raquel Martinez MARTINEZ CUB 3:26:14 5 Sidonie LABRANCHE FRA 3:53:10 6 Gabriele SCMITT GER 4:16:24 7 Fabilenne MILLON FRA 4:27:10 8 Rachel SIORMINSKI USA 4:29:24 9 Lucina Quezada MOSIVAIS MEX 4:46:41 10 Lidia NASATO ITA 4:56:29
20 NOVEMBER 2011: MARATHON DES ALPES MARITIMES NICE-CANNES, FRANCE
MEN: 1 Lucas KANDA KEN 2:08:40 2 Hailu SHUME ETH 2:09:06 3 Moses KURGAT KEN 2:09:30 4 Lema FEYISA ETH 2:09:54 5 Mehari BARAKI 2:10:35 6 Yohanes ABERA ETH 2:11:08 7 Nekatibeb TEKESTE ETH 2:11:25 8 Tsegeye DISASSA ETH 2:13:30 9 Alban CHORIN 2:18:53 10 Alan OSHEA 2:19:35 WOMEN: 1 Te Ame SHUMYE ETH 2:30:53 2 Aberash Tesfaye TOLLA ETH 2:37:13 3 Aline CAMBOULEVES FRA 2:38:42 4 Volha REZKAYA RUS 2:43:27 5 Celine CORMERAIS FRA 2:51:23 6 Marilyne DELAGARDE-CHARPIN FRA 2:54:47 7 CEline BOUSREZ FRA 2:55:59 8 Ingrid LOPERGOLO FRA 2:56:41 9 Olivia HARTWEG FRA 2:57:02 10 Leopoldina SLIVEIRA FRA 2:58:01
20 NOVEMBER 2011: PENANG BRIDGE INT'L MARATHON, MALAYSIA
MEN: 1 Charles Kimutai KIGEN KEN 2:21:57 2 Alex MELLY KEN 2:22:45 3 Isaac KIPLAGAT KIMAIYO KEN 2:24:27 4 Joseph Mwangi Ngare KEN 2:26:27 5 Noah Kutung CHEPSERGON KEN 2:27:11 6 Fredrick Mwingirwa MATHIU KEN 2:30:04 7 David Kipkoech KIPSANG KEN 2:32:50 8 Kasitit Michael HOYWALA KEN 2:32:58 9 Sammy Kiprop KIPTOO KEN 2:36:21 10 Peter Kipliting KETER KEN 2:36:25 WOMEN: 1 Margaret Wangui Njuguna KEN 3:06:39 2 Kari ELLIOTT CAN 3:18:49 3 Phylis Jelagat CHEPKONGA KEN 3:33:20 4 Lee Yien PING SIN 3:39:34 5 Deborah Chinn USA 3:44:15 6 Cheah MEEI MEEI MAS 3:46:43 7 Yee PEI NI MAS 3:48:17 8 Ling MEE ENG MAS 3:49:43 9 Dolaya KHRODEE THA 3:56:25 10 Eileen YAP SIEOW HWEE SIN 3:56:29 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stanley KIRWA KEN 1:07:17 2 Ondieki Mongare KELVIN KEN 1:08:15 3 David MUTAI KEN 1:08:32 WOMEN: 1 Esther Wambui KARIMI KEN 1:21:49 2 Ann NJIHIA KEN 1:22:01 3 Alice Kabura NJOROGE KEN 1:25:13
25 NOVEMBER 2011: PHARAONIC 100km, EGYPT
MEN: 1 Mahamoud DEHIS EGY 8:28:00 2 Raymond BARKMAN NED 10:32:00 3 Victor ILIE ROM 10:34:00 4 Thomas DORNBURG GER 10:41:01 WOMEN: 1 Zilma DE RODRIGUES BRA 10:31:11 TEAMS (of 5): 1 EGY 6:48:20 2 EGY 7:21:00 3 GBR/USA 7:36:00 4 EGY 9:14:02 5 USA/CAN/NZL 9:36:01 6 JPN 9:36:19 7 EGY/GER (2 people) 9:37:00
25-27 NOVEMBER: NESTLE'S FITNESS MALTA INT'L CHALLENGE MARATHON
The 21st edition resulted in two home winners of this three-stage event, a repeat of 2005 result. Jonathan Balzan and Carmen Hili both took their 5th titles. Only Welshman Dale Rixon has a better series, six from 1992-4 and 1997-9.
The field was limited to 100 Maltese and 50 overseas runners, resulting in 143 registrations and 136 starters for stage 1, 11.1km from Malta's old capital Mdina to Dingli Cliffs and back. The heavy rain and high wind cleared away for the duration for good running conditions. Balzan and Hili staked their claim early, winning this stage by a minute and two minutes respectively.
The 133 starters for Stage 2, a 6km loop around the southern resort of Birzebbuga, enjoyed sunny and windless conditions. Balzan and Hili again took first places.
Stage 3 got off to a beautiful sunrise at 7:00. Balzan broke away up the infamous Pembroke climb at 10km and never looked back, finishing over 3 minutes clear. The evergreen Carmen Hili, 40, held as much as a starting advantage but also extended it considerably by winning the 25km stage. Third-placed Romona Engerer remarkably stuck to the task despite her father's death on the Friday and his funeral on the Saturday.
Nathan Farrugia, CEO of the children's charity Inspire, recently completed a fundraising tour of 27 Marathons in 27 different European Countries in 27 consecutive days. He ran the Challenge with his wife Deirdre, a Maltese Olympian and sprint record holder. 51-year old Nicky Farrugia finished in 3:13, although more accustomed to swimming. In 1985 he swam from Sicily to Malta (90km) and has swam around Malta's sister island Gozo. Next up is the London to Dover run, Channel swim and Calais to Paris cycle.
This year's Challenge was dedicated to the late John Walsh, and his wife Carol, a previous four time "Challenge" winner.
MEN: 11195m 6km 25km TOTAL 1 Jonathan BALZAN MLT 38:22 20:04 1:29:55 2:28:21 2 Johann GALEA MLT 39:19 20:38 1:31:59 2:31:56 3 David MANSBRIDGE GBR 39:27 21:42 1:32:35 2:33:44 4 Simon SPITERI MLT 39:47 20:51 1:36:43 2:37:21 5 Joseph ABDILLA MLT 40:42 21:10 1:52:01 2:38:24 6 Matthew CUTAJAR MLT 41:44 21:33 1:38:29 2:41:46 7 Rodney CASSAR MLT 41:59 21:55 1:39:51 2:43:45 8 Antoine ABELA MLT 41:59 21:49 1:40:11 2:43:59 9 Jimmy SACCO MLT 43:30 22:10 1:40:11 2:45:51 10 Aaron MIFSUD MLT 42:12 21:39 1:42:01 2:45:52 WOMEN: 1 Carmen HILI MLT 45:36 23:25 1:46:08 2:55:09 2 Marisa MUSCAT MLT 47:35 24:57 1:52:40 3:05:12 3 Ramona ENGERER MLT 50:40 26:07 1:58:21 3:15:08 4 Silvana CAMILLERI MLT 51:58 25:48 2:00:52 3:18:38 5 Kindmireille BONNICI MLT 52:30 26:37 2:04:51 3:23:58 6 Marthese MERCIECA MLT 51:01 26:10 2:07:57 3:25:08 7 Charmaine MIFSUD MLT 53:04 27:48 2:05:47 3:26:39 8 Mary DEMICOLI MLT 53:14 26:57 2:08:00 3:28:11 9 Elaine MIFSUD MLT 57:00 28:35 2:09:10 3:34:45 10 Anja van VLJET NED 56:32 28:52 2:13:29 3:38:53
27 NOVEMBER 2011: AIRTEL DELHI HALF MARATHON, INDIA
On a new course that starts and finishes at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and passes directly beside the iconic India Gate, the usual fast times were recorded in both men's and women's races. The pace was fast from the start as the young Milton Rotich took up pacing duties, helping to ensure the possibility of an event record. He eventually tailed off but still finished with a personal best, as others took up the running. The field thinned out gradually as the pace told, but four runners held together until the final stages before the finishing order was determined practically within the precincts of the stadium. In the women's race the pace was even faster in the early stages and the lead group thinned out to four by half way as some more favoured names dropped away. Lucy Kabuu forced the pace for most of the race with Sharon Cherop and twice previous winner Aselefech Mergia following closely. Mergia dropped off before she could make use of her usual fearsome finishing kick, leaving Kabuu to dispose of her final challenger, Sharon Cherop, as the stadium approached. Although no records fell in this 7th edition of the race the women recorded the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th fastest times for the event, and the men 2nd and 3rd fastest.
MEN: 1 Lelisa DESISA ETH 59:30 2 Geoffrey KIPSANG KEN 59:31 3 Mike KIGEN KEN 59:58 4 Sammy KITWARA KEN 1:00:09 5 Philemon LIMO KEN 1:00:32 6 Dino SEFIR ETH 1:00:35 7 Feyisa LELISA ETH 1:00:50 8 Tilahun REGASSA ETH 1:00:59 9 Ezekiel CHEROP KEN 1:01:08 10 Milton ROTICH KEN 1:01:12 WOMEN: 1 Lucy KABUU KEN 1:07:04 2 Sharon CHEROP KEN 1:07:08 3 Aselefech MERGIA ETH 1:07:21 4 Belaynesh OLJIRA ETH 1:07:27 5 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:08:50 6 Mare DIBABA ETH 1:08:58 7 Valentine KIPKETER KEN 1:09:06 8 Aberu KEBEDE ETH 1:09:07 9 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 1:09:08 10 Merima MOHAMMED ETH 1:10:46
27 NOVEMBER 2011: FIRENZE MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Berga BEKELE ETH 2:09:52 2 Gela Hailu SEIFU ETH 2:10:17 3 Abdelkebir SAJI MAR 2:12:11 4 Zembaba YEMANU ETH 2:14:03 5 Ronald RUTTO KEN 2:14:28 6 Philip RUTTO KEN 2:16:38 7 Tesefahiwet GEBREGERGIS ETH 2:17:55 8 Bartosz MAZERSKI POL 2:19:22 9 Piotr PALKA POL 2:19:36 10 Alexsander TEKI ETH 2:20:04 WOMEN: 1 Asha GIGI ETH 2:31:36 2 Janat HANANE MAR 2:34:20 3 Gloria MARCONE ITA 2:34:57 4 Tigist MEMUYE ETH 2:36:49 5 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 2:41:27 6 Claudia PINNA ITA 2:44:35 7 Josephene AMBJORNSSON SWE 2:48:33 8 Anne Jorunn HODNE NOR 2:51:10 9 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:51:35 10 Stina HAIKKA FIN 2:54:06
27 NOVEMBER 2011: MARATON DONOSTIA - SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Otmane BTAIME 2:20:26 2 Abraha Milaw ASEFA ETH 2:20:54 3 Jon Arocena MUNOZ ESP 2:25:59 4 Matt JANES GBR 2:26:46 5 Jose Antonio Blanco MINAYA ESP 2:28:31 6 Sabin Arruti MANCISIDOR ESP 2:28:37 7 Joseba Jauregi LEUNDA ESP 2:29:03 8 Francisco Javier Lasa SEGUROLO ESP 2:30:00 9 Tonin Blanco GUTIERREZ ESP 2:30:21 10 Xabat Manzisidor ERMINA ESP 2:30:59 WOMEN: 1 Claudia Behobi DE ALCAIN ESP 2:47:42 2 Cristina Loeda SOTO ESP 2:49:02 3 Nuria Prieto PINEDO ESP 2:50:46 4 Leire Elosegui NAUSTI ESP 2:50:58 5 Eva Busto VILLOSLADA ESP 2:57:20 6 Eneritz Sein AGUIRREGOMEZKORTA ESP 2:58:13 7 Kelly WILLIS GBR 2:58:23 8 Sarah DUDGEON GBR 3:03:56 9 Eva Maia Esnaola AGESTA ESP 3:05:23 10 Pruden Arriaran RODRIGUEZ ESP 3:05:43
27 NOVEMBER 2011: MARATHON DE LA ROCHELLE - SERGE VIGOT, FRANCE
MEN: 1 John KOMEN KEN 2:07:13 2 Daniel LIMO KEN 2:08:39 3 Nahashon KIMAIYO KEN 2;10:44 4 Feyisa WOLDEMIKAEL ETH 2:11:34 5 Nourdine JALAL MAR 2:14:23 6 Eliud BARNGETURY KEN 2:18;05 7 Peter KWALIA KEN 2:21:48 8 Julien COTTIN FRA 2:25:40 9 Victcheslav PRIHOTKO UKR 2:28:33 10 Victor ROGOVOY UKR 2:28:34 WOMEN: 1 Ture CHATU ETH 2:36:06 2 Zerfe BOKU ETH 2:36:51 3 Wayinshet HAILU ETH 2:38:39 4 Adeline ROCHE FRA 2:45:18 5 Kelly CRICKMORE GBR 2:51:47 6 Francoise SCHOLLY FRA 3:01:10 7 Virginie BABUREK FRA 3:04:00 8 Pascale CHOPY FRA 3:07:08 9 Marie LEGAISE FRA 3:08:09 10 Emmanuelle BLANCK FRA 3:12:56
27 NOVEMBER 2011: CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF MARATHON
MEN: 1 Andrey LEYMAN RUS 1:05:15 2 Dimitris THEODORAKAKOS GRE 1:07:54 3 Christoforos MEROUSIS GRE 1:08:56 4 Lambros ZARAGKAS GRE 1:11:43 5 Michael KEENAN GBR 1:15:55 6 Costas PATINIOS CYP 1:19:08 7 Ed ROBERTS GBR 1:21:24 8 Chrysanthos ANTONIOU CYP 1:22:36 9 George LOUKAIDES CYP 1:24:31 10 Charalambos IOANNOU CYP 1:24:37 WOMEN: 1 Anna GAVRIUK RUS 1:21:44 2 Julia TULLY GBR 1:30:11 3 Stephanie STEVENS GBR 1:30:33 4 Jane ALLISON GBR 1:33:19 5 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 1:33:38 6 Monica SMITH USA 1:39:31 7 Eleni CHRISTFOROU CYP 1:42:52 8 Owena GURUNG GBR 1:43:22 9 Sabine NEUMANN GER 1:43:50 10 Sue NICHOLIS GBR 1:44:18
27 NOVEMBER 2011: BLOM BEIRUT MARATHON, LEBANON
MEN: 1 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:11:14 2 Sammy MALAKWEN KEN 2:11:31 3 Yahya SHAMAS ETH 2:11:43 4 James ROTICH KEN 2:13:16 5 Stephen CHEPKOPOL KEN 2:13:27 6 Mohammed Teram HUSSEIN 2:13:37 7 Loritenyang Pkumun MEKELENYANG KEN 2:13:55 8 Larbi ES-SRAIDI 2:14:42 9 Solomon MOLLA KEN 2:17:37 10 Julius KILIMO KEN 2:18:17 WOMEN: 1 Seada KEDIR ETH 2:31:38 2 Bizunesh Urgeza MOHAMMED ETH 2:32:52 3 Syltan PRETOT 2:33:07 4 Diana LOBACEVSKE LAT 2:34:16 5 Sisay Meassa ARSEDI ETH 2:36:22 6 Etaferahu Tarekegn GETAHUN ETH 2:38:47 7 Nesrine Njeim LEENE LIB 3:09:09 8 Marie EL AMM LIB 3:17:10 9 Trad ELGA LIB 3:17:59 10 Katharina STALINSKI 3:20:27
27 NOVEMBER 2011: DIVINA PASTORA VALENCIA MARATHON, SPAIN
A group of 12 men, including pacemakers, kept together for much of the race, passing through 10km in 30:30 and halfway in 1:04:18. Only after 30km did anyone make significant moves, as Nicholas Kemboi accelerated and the defending champion and course record holder David Njadi strove to keep his title. Isaiah Kosgei and Francis Kibowen covered Kemboi's moves and at 41km Kosgei kicked hard to enter the specially constructed finish straight beside the Oceanographic Museum with a small but crucial lead. The Spanish-based Moroccan Hassane Ahouchar came through strongly, gaining five places after 35km and cutting nearly five minutes from his personal best. Likewise, behind women's winner Jimma Abo, Marta Esteban also improved her best time by five minutes.
MEN: 1 Isaiah Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 2:07:59 2 Nicholas KEMBOI KEN 2:08:01 3 Francis Kipkoech BOWEN KEN 2:08:01 4 Hassane AHOUCHAR MAR 2:08:47 5 Gezahagn GIRMA ETH 2:09:16 6 Coolboy Piet NGAMOLE RSA 2:10:43 7 David NJADI KEN 2:11:53 8 Taoufique EL BAROUMI MAR 2:12:02 9 Josphat KEIYO KEN 2:12:44 10 Arkadinsz GARDZIELEWSKI POL 2:13:07 WOMEN: 1 Jimma ABO ETH 2:34:23 2 Marta Esteban POVEDA ESP 2:38:05 3 Sancha Karina Cordoba OTERO ESP 2:38:30 4 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:46:01 5 Valeria SESTO ESP 2:55:35 6 Cristina Gonzalez GARCIA ESP 3:01:28 7 Carmen Sala FERRER ESP 3:01:43 8 Tiziana NESTA ITA 3:02:38 9 Luna Garcia-Miguel MUNOZ ESP 3:03:37 10 Maria Jesus Mocholi GIMENEZ ESP 3:03:48
27 NOVEMBER 2011: MARATON DE PEUBLA, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Isaac Kemboi KIMAIYO KEN 2:19:41 2 Christopher KIPYEGO KEN 2:23:40 3 Jaime Portillo ROMERO MEX 2:26:15 4 Cesar Calixto JIMENEZ MEX 2:38:07 5 Rufino Santos PEREZ MEX 2:40:31 6 Artemio Zaldana BARBA MEX 2:50:49 7 Edilberto Flores MENECES MEX 2:51:42 8 Gonzalo Calzeta LEON MEX 2:51:44 9 Juan Jose Campusano BARCENAS MEX 2:52:21 10 David Cervantes JUAREZ MEX 2:54:04 WOMEN: 1 Genoveva JELEGAT KEN 2:45:07 2 Guadalupe Aguila TEXIS MEX 3:35:29 3 Maura Rodriguez GONZALEZ MEX 3:42:28 4 Lucia Gutierrez HERNANDEZ MEX 3:43:05 5 Norma Angelica Leon ORDUNA MEX 3:45:27 6 Adriana Andraca GOMEZ MEX 3:46:00 7 Erica Rosas JUAREZ MEX 3:50:31 8 Rosalia Alavez CORNEJO MEX 3:52:03 9 Cosette Carrillio SALINAS MEX 3:52:52 10 Marisol Ortega TORRES MEX 3:52:56
27 NOVEMBER 2011: 21K NUEVO LEON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Robert LETINZ KEN 1:03:20 2 Bado WORKO ETH 1:05:21 3 Jesus Primo CAPULA MEX 1:05:59 WOMEN: 1 Rispel GESABWA KEN 1:13:24 2 Sehewarge Alene AMARE ETH 1:13:27 3 Alejandra SILIS MEX 1:20:22
27 NOVEMBER 2011: LAKE KAWAGUCHI MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Kota ARAKI JPN 2:22:22 2 Yusuke TOKIYA JPN 2:22:28 WOMEN: 1 Yukina KITAMURA JPN 2:47:48
27 NOVEMBER 2011: AMICA INSURANCE SEATTLE MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Jesse WILLIAMS USA 2:29:54 2 Ian NURSE USA 2:33:11 3 Ian FRASER USA 2:36:41 4 Jesse STREVICK USA 2:39:20 5 Richard ARZATE USA 2:42:17 6 Talon ABERNATHY USA 2:43:33 7 James DESALVO USA 2:44:41 8 Matt HAGGERTY USA 2:47:02 9 Jon NORQUIST USA 2:47:27 10 Adam GRAMBO USA 2:48:15 WOMEN: 1 Trisha STEIDL USA 3:03:41 2 Zara LUKENS USA 3:07:03 3 Kirsten KOLB USA 3:10:29 4 Sabine PULLINS USA 3:10:40 5 Jodie ISOMURA USA 3:14:24 6 Lisa POLIZZI USA 3:15:25 7 Shannon DEBOER USA 3:18:24 8 Jenny JENSEN USA 3:20:15 9 Jennifer CRAIK USA 3:20:59 10 Jennifer MUNDALL USA 3:22:30
27 NOVEMBER 2011: COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN
MEN: 1 Mewsnet GEREMEW ETH 28:37 2 Yigrem DEMELASH ETH 28:44 3 Nicolas KIPKOMON KEN 28:47 4 Belete ASSEFA ETH 28:51 5 Senbetu MEKEBO ETH 28:59 6 Berhanu MEKONNEN ETH 29:12 7 Ayele MERGERSA ETH 29:14 8 Abera CHANE ETH 29:18 9 Abebe NEGEWO ETH 29:19 10 Tebelu ZEWDE ETH 29:24 WOMEN: 1 Abebech AFEWORK ETH 32:59 2 Teki GELANA ETH 33:06 3 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 33:12 4 Hiwot AYALEW ETH 33:22 5 Etenesh DIRO ETH 33:32 6 Hirut AGA ETH 33:33 7 Atsede BAYISA ETH 33:39 8 Yebrgual MELESE ETH 33:40 9 Afara GUDEFAY ETH 33:53 10 Tsegereda GIRMA ETH 33:55
27 NOVEMBER 2011: UNICEF CHARITY HALF MARATHON, HONG KONG
MEN: 1 Thomas KIPROTICH KEN 1:10:16 2 Ka Ho CHAN HKG 1:11:23 3 Colin FISHWICK 1:11:33 4 IP HOI YEUNG HKG 1:12:10 5 Daniel Haile ABOYE ETH 1:14:40 6 Brendan KEAN 1:16:09 7 Mak Yun LEUNG HKG 1:16:16 8 LEE CHEUK HIM HKG 1:16:33 9 Tsui Chi KIN HKG 1:17:53 10 Phillippe COSENTINO 1:17:53 WOMEN: 1 Sui Ping FAN HKG 1:24:47 2 Pui Shan CHAN HKG 1:30:41 3 Luen Fan LEONG HKG 1:31:27 4 Rosamund BARKER 1:33:52 5 Christine WONG HKG 1:34:02 6 Angela Fung Ming LEUNG HKG 1:34:15 7 Anne CHENG_ECHEVERRIA HKG 1:35:52 8 Kenna Pui Kam LEE HKG 1:37:27 9 Katia KUCHER 1:38:11 10 Yann Kai OH HKG 1:38:39 10km MEN: 1 Gi Ka MAN HKG 32:27 2 Curtis BARCLAY-GRUNDLER 33:41 3 Ho Yin YUEN HKG 34:19 WOMEN: 1 Kit Ching YIU HKG 36:23 2 Angela KONG HKG 39:29 3 Charlotte CUTLER 41:43
November 2011
