December 2011
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1 DECEMBER 2011: ANTARCTICA ICE MARATHON
The world's southernmost marathon, held at Union Glacier camp, attracted 40 runners from 15 countries over all events, which are the only official foot races within the Antarctic Circle on the mainland continent. This year's 7th edition coincided with the Centenary year of man reaching the South Pole. Clement Thevenet (FRA) dominated the men's marathon, leading from start to finish to set a new record in amazingly bright sunshine and temperatures of -18°C.
Yvonne Brown won the women's ahead of two previous North Pole Marathon winners, Emer Dooley (IRL) and Alison Hamlett (GBR). The first three finishers broke the previous female record.
The Antarctic 100km began at 13:00 GMT on 2 December and it took Thevenet only just over 12 hours to establish another new Antarctic record. It was colder, with windchill temperatures dropping down to about -25°C and the prolonged exposure caused two competitors, including Thevenet, to require IV fluids after the race.
In 24-hour daylight Richard Donovan (IRL) ran an epic 100 miles in just over a day to coincide with the Centenary year celebrations.
Next year's event will be from 19-23 November. See www.icemarathon.com.
MEN: 1 Clement THEVENET FRA 3:47:07 2 Alvin MATTHEWS USA 4:38:19 3 Matthew Von ERTFELDA USA 4:52:58 4 Simon ABRAHAMS GBR 4:56:49 5 Joey MCBREARY USA 4:56:49 6 Krzysztof SZACHNA POL 5:02:50 7 Dave KENNEDY USA 5:06:42 8 Errol DAMELIN GBR 5:14:30 9 Taco JONGMAN NED 5:23:00 10 Doug CARRELL USA 5:44:26 WOMEN: 1 Yvonne BROWN GBR 4:26:10 2 Emer DOOLEY IRL 4:41:30 3 Alison HAMLETT GBR 4:46:39 4 Elizabeth CHAPMAN GBR 5:43:57 5 Sarah AMES GER 6:35:58 6 Maia HONNATTI IND 7:11:26 7 Sophie WOO NED 7:31:18 8 Rebecca FRECHETTE USA 8:43:50 9 Linh HUYNH CAN 8:44:53 100km (3 DEC): 1 Clement THEVENET FRA 12:09:06 2 Marc DE KEYSER BEL 12:14:18 3 Dave DEANY AUS 13:48:14 100 Miles: 1 Richard DONOVAN IRL 24:35:02
2 DECEMBER 2011: RED SEA AQABA MARATHON, JORDAN
MEN: 1 Suleiman AL GHODRAN JOR 2:35:22 2 Hayel AL RAWAHNEH JOR 2:35:49 3 Fathy AL DAYAT JOR 2:36:49 4 Salameh AL AQRA JOR 2:47:15 5 Ateyeh ATEYEH JOR 2:59:52 6 Raed ALI JOR 3:03:10 7 Othman OKLA JOR 3:25:16 8 John MCIVOR GBR 3:43:32 9 Ahmad ATEYEH EGY 3:45:02 10 Jeffrey TAYLOR USA 3:57:33 WOMEN: 1 Naheda ALBAWAT JOR 4:15:18 2 Noor ALGHOUR JOR 4:25:09 3 Ghorood ALDGEMAT JOR 4:25:40 4 Nicola WILD GBR 4:46:01 5 Ji YUN KOR 5:25:43 6 Elizabeth BOURNEMAN USA 5:42:31 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Mithkal AL ABBADI JOR 1:07:21 2 Aymen SARDI JOR 1:10:01 3 Bashar RHAYEL JOR 1:10:02 WOMEN: 1 Khloud AL BAWAT JOR 1:38:31 2 Alexandra DUCHENE FRA 1:46:14 3 Anwar AL BAWAT JOR 1:47:12
3 DECEMBER 2011: REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA
1300 participants representing 28 countries set off at 5:15 amidst the call of the drums and blazing torches. Among their number were regulars such as the USA's veteran marathon runner and Reggae Marathon aficionado 86-year old Burt Carlson, who has participated in over 300 international events, and 84-year old Jamaican stalwart Roy Thomas who has competed in every Reggae Marathon. Repeat groups like Running Girlz of Canada confirmed that the Reggae Marathon is deserving of being included among the world's best. Horst Preisler of Germany completed his first Marathon in Jamaica and his 1250 Marathon event overall. Local celebrities could also be seen on the course with popular evening jock "Miss Kitty" of Radio Jamaica participating in the 10km along with disc jockey DJ Sparks.
Runners had high praise for special features such as the pre-race JHTA World's Best Pasta Party, the unique start, the heart pounding Reggae music along the course, the overall organization and runner's care, the non-stop entertainment as well as the cool coconut water, fresh from the tree at the finish line. Rupert Green and Kirk Brown were repeat winners in the Marathon and Half Marathon respectively.
MEN: 1 Rupert GREEN JAM 2:32:00 2 Colin GRAHAM JAM 3:08:24 3 Herv BACON FRA 3:12:00 4 Peter SHAW JAM 3:22:26 5 Jermaine EDWARDS JAM 3:22:32 6 Alexandre BLANC FRA 3:24:00 7 Owen GREAVES JAM 3:25:06 8 Andreas BRUNNER GER 3:34:24 9 Eberhard HOEVELS GER 3:36:25 10 Phillip BRADLEY USA 3:36:58 WOMEN: 1 Jennifer GOEBEL USA 3:07:56 2 Karlene BLAGROVE JAM 3:36:47 3 Soile PELTONIEMI-NISKANEN FIN 3:51:36 4 Carly STEELE AUS 3:55:04 5 Laura RIBICH USA 3:01:28 6 Denise TERRY USA 4:01:35 7 Marian ZOBLER USA 4:08:04 8 Kelly CLINCH AUS 4:08:21 9 Debbonaire REID-SPIRK CAN 4:16:27 10 Shelly-Anne STEWART USA 4:18:11 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kirk BROWN JAM 1:12:19 2 Bryan HUBERTY USA 1:16:54 3 Ronique WILLIAMS JAM 1:17:08 WOMEN: 1 Christina DOTSON BER 1:39:26 2 Sara GRESS JAM 1:43:43 3 Kishka Kay OCONNOR JAM 1:44:37
4 DECEMBER 2011: FUKUOKA INT'L OPEN MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP, JAPAN
Photo: Takefumi Tsutsui — AgenceSHOT
Josphat Ndambiri, a sub-27 minutes 10,000m runner, won his debut marathon writes Ken Nakamura. His plan was to move after 30km, but after the pacemakers retired at 25km (1:15:10) he covered the next 5km in 14:32 and ran away from the field. Only James Mwangi tried to follow and had a solitary chase for the rest of the race. Ndambiri slowed dramatically after 35km, and admitted that in his first marathon "I was not so sure how to run the race". He competes for the Kormori Corporation in Japan after graduating from school in Japan.
In the race to make the Japanese Olympic team, Yuki Kawauchi bided his time after halfway behind Dmitriy Safronov but after 30km they both picked up. Kawauchi left Safronov after 35km to chase after Masato Imai and Kazuhiro Maeda, who were battling to be the first Japanese. He caught them at 36.5km. For the next 2km Imai responded to the challenge, while Maeda was left behind. Kawauchi and Imai took turns in their attempt to break away from each other. Kawauchi made the decisive move at the 38.5km aid station. Imai worked his way back in the next kilometre, but Kawauchi surged again to leave Imai behind for good.
The Japan AAF was quite impressed with Kawauchi's gutsy run but his time was not exactly what they were looking for. "The Japanese all slowed down and none of them ran close to 15 minutes in any of the subsequent 5km segments," said Sakaguchi, the head of the men's marathon department. But Kawauchi admitted that Fukuoka was a warm up for February's Tokyo Marathon, another Olympic qualifying race and his primary goal. Such a strategy, by the winner of one Japanese Olympic trial, is previously unheard of.
MEN (ONLY): 1 Josphat NDAMBIRI KEN 2:07:36 2 James MWANGI KEN 2:08:38 3 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:09:57 4 Masato IMAI JPN 2:10:32 5 Dmitri SAFRONOV RUS 2:11:29 6 Kazuhiro MAEDA JPN 2:11:46 7 Dmytro BARANOVSKY UKR 2:12:08 8 Martin DENT AUS 2:12:23 9 Ridouane HaARROUJI MAR 2:13:40 10 Alexey SOKOLOV RUS 2:14:00
4 DECEMBER 2011: STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON
With a record-breaking 65,000 runners starting at three different start points in the early morning, Kenya again dominated the Marathon contests with 35-year-old Charles Mwai Kanyao winning the men's title, and Irene Jerotich Kosgei, retaining her crown in the women's race.
It was Kanyao's first major marathon win, after having entered himself in the race independently. He said "It is not easy. I trained very hard for this, and I am glad I came here and won."
Kosgei said, "At 35km I took the leap. I did the same thing last year. I am familiar with the course, and I knew which bits were hard to run, and which were easy."
MEN: 1 Charles Mwai KANYAO KEN 2:14:34 2 Luka Kipkemoi CHELIMO KEN 2:14:39 3 John KELAI KEN 2:15:46 4 Thompson CHEROGONY KEN 2:17:03 5 Charles KIBIWOTT KEN 2:18:29 6 Gebresellasie Tsegaye REDA ETH 2:18:46 7 Peter MURIUKI KEN 2:18:57 8 Jackson Kipkoech KOTUT KEN 2:20:21 9 Ben Kipruto CHEBET KEN 2:23:53 10 Jonathan Cheruiyot KIPKOSKEI KEN 2:24:11 WOMEN: 1 Irene Jerotich KOSGEI KEN 2:36:43 2 Roman GEBREGESSESSE ETH 2:37:31 3 Magadelene MUKUNZI KEN 2:38:07 4 Halima Hassein BERISO ETH 2:39:33 5 Jaqueline NYTEPI KEN 2:40:58 6 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2:59:20 7 Manjula KUMARASINGHE MAS 3:03:03 8 Qi HUI SIN 3:06:21 9 L S ANUSHA MAS 3:14:01 10 Elaine Su Lin LIM SIN 3:20:15
4 DECEMBER 2011: CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON
MEN: 1 Justin GRUNEWALD 2:36:24 2 Steve SPIERS USA 2:57:18 3 Trent BURDEN CAY 3:17:50 4 Bob BROOKER USA 3:23:49 5 Paul SCHREINER CAY 3:24:52 6 Robert MUIR 3:25:47 7 Andrew KEAST CAY 3:27:34 8 John ADAMS CAN 3:30:35 9 Christopher WINGROVE CAY 3:37:58 10 Marcio KLEEMAN USA 3:39:40 WOMEN: 1 Beth SCHREADER CAY 3:14:28 2 Caroline CAHILL CAY 3:30:35 3 Elizabeth BERNS CAY 3:49:37 4 Kristina DOOLING 3:52:40 5 Deirdre BILLES CAY 3:53:44 6 Lysniah LADE 4:06:50 7 Tina BROOKER 4:07:48 8 Rosaleen OCONNOR CAY 4:10:05 9 Kathleen HOLMES USA 4:12:13 10 Pam ABBOTT CAY 4:13:49 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jason SAUNDERS CAY 1:20:56 2 Chadwick WEBSTER CAY 1:25:05 3 Marius ACKER CAY 1:27:29 WOMEN: 1 Abby ANDERSON USA 1:24:45 2 Clare CRITCHLEY CAY 1:36:19 3 Vicky BARRATT GBR 1:38:22
4 DECEMBER 2011: MACAU GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT INT'L MARATHON
The 30th edition attracted 6000 runners: 1000 in the Marathon, 2000 in the Half Marathon and 3000 in the Mini Marathon, from over 60 countries and regions. The good weather, excellent road surface and the ability of the runners ensured a successful and a memorable sporting spectacle.
Stephen Chemlany resisted all attacks of his rivals to win in a new race record. The women's winner Rose Chesire also set a new record. A total of 177,000 U.S. dollars was awarded in prize money, with the winners of the Men's and Women's Marathon receiving 40,000 including the course record bonuses.
MEN: 1 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:12:49 2 Julius Kiplimo MAISEI KEN 2:12:53 3 Haile Haja GEMEDU ETH 2:12:59 4 Sammy Kipkoech TUM KEN 2:13:01 5 KENNEDY Kiprop LILAN KEN 2:13:07 6 Araham CHELANGA KEN 2:13:13 7 Francis Kiptoo KIBII KEN 2:13:25 8 Julius KARINGA KEN 2:13:53 9 Patrick Kipkorir KOECH KEN 2:14:04 10 Mikhail LEMAEV RUS 2:14:13 WOMEN: 1 Rose Jepkemboi CHESIRE KEN 2:31:28 2 Tsega Gelaw RETA ETH 2:31:48 3 Winifridah NYANSIKERA KEN 2:32:27 4 Rose Kerubo NYANGACHA KEN 2:32:44 5 Tsehay Desalegn ADHANA ETH 2:34:17 6 Maryna DAMANTSEVICH BLR 2:35:57 7 Un On RO KOR 2:36:02 8 Ehitu Kiros REDA ETH 2:37:04 9 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:37:22 10 Elizabeth Cheruiyot CHEMWENO KEN 2:38:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 David MUTAI KEN 1:06:13 2 Berihun Weldselassi GEBRMEDHIN ETH 1:06:59 3 Kin WANG MAC 1:09:28 WOMEN: 1 Nathalie Mare DARBON 1:28:06 2 MaariTuliikki KAURI FIN 1:32:02 3 Po Ling LAM MAC 1:33:42
4 DECEMBER 2011: ROCK 'N' ROLL LAS VEGAS MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Peter OMAE KEN 2:29:12 2 Caly WING USA 2:35:23 3 Rafael CUETO DOM 2:35:55 4 Chris HEEZEN USA 2:36:24 5 Albert WINT USA 2:36:53 6 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:38:34 7 Peter VAIL USA 2:39:41 8 Joel MALEY CAN 2:40:13 9 David LYONS USA 2:40:23 10 Brian MICHASLW CAN 2:40:46 WOMEN: 1 Zsofia ERDELYI HUN 2:48:58 2 Melanie PETERS USA 2:49:36 3 Marnie STAEHLY USA 2:55:30 4 Crista KUNDU CAN 3:04:25 5 Tammy TRIBETT USA 3:10:13 6 Erin CHERNICK USA 3:13:36 7 Zanae BAIRD USA 3:14:19 8 Kristen TRUBEE USA 3:14:50 9 Amanda GRAMLY USA 3:16:31 10 Louise TURNER USA 3:16:48 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sean HOUSEWORTH USA 1:03:12 2 Jason HARTMANN USA 1:03:34 3 Jason LEHMKUHLE USA 1:03:37 WOMEN: 1 Benita WILLIS AUS 1:10:40 2 Amy HASTINGS USA 1:11:22 3 Katie MCGREGOR USA 1:11:45
4 DECEMBER 2011: PANAMA CITY INT'L MARATHON
MEN: 1 Richard PEREZ CUB 2:25:48 2 Juan Carlos CARDONA COL 2:28:45 3 Edgar Milton ARGUELLO ECU 2:49:24 4 Augustin ALCAZAR PAN 2:51:45 5 Fernando REVUELTA PAN 2:59:46 6 Sebastian Guim LASTRAS ESP 3:00:17 7 Ronan PAVONI PAN 3:00:39 8 Ramses Artel CANO PAN 3:01:02 9 Alexander ORJUELA COL 3:01:31 10 Carlos Armando LANDAVERDE ELS 3:04:03 WOMEN: 1 Inglandini GONZALEZ COL 3:14:21 2 Iris Camarena GUTIERREZ PAN 3:29:39 3 Alicia ZORRILLA PAN 3:40:56 4 Ana SANCHEZ PAN 3:41:25 5 Belkys MUNOZ CRC 3:41:49 6 Ana GONZALEZ PAN 3:45:35 7 Yennis SANHOUSE VEN 3:53:33 8 Noriko OSADA JPN 3:58:19 9 Cirza RODRIGUEZ PAN 4:03:52 10 Eira Lopez RAMOS PAN 4:09:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jorge CASTELBLANCO PAN 1:12:12 2 Saturnino CAMACHO PAN 1:15:10 3 Rafael VEGA PAN 1:18:19 WOMEN: 1 Maria FERRS PAN 1:30:36 2 Francisca FEVIS PAN 1:31:34 3 Fernanda SIMOES ITA 1:35:38
4 DECEMBER 2011: LISBON MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Vasco AZVEDO POR 2:22:03 2 Anatoli ARZHEKOVSKYI UKR 2:22:25 3 Viljar VALLIMAE EST 2:25:44 4 Daniel PEIXOTO POR 2:28:30 5 Carlos SANTOS POR 2:28:58 6 Nuno NOGUEIRA POR 2:30:25 7 Gil FERREIRA POR 2:30:42 8 Helder FERREIRA POR 2:31:32 9 Miguel ANGELO POR 2:35:13 10 Joao GINGA POR 2:38:53 WOMEN: 1 Anabela TAVARES POR 2:50:19 2 Larisa ANDROSOVA RUS 2:55:33 3 Lidia PEREIRA POR 2:58:41 4 Carla PINTO POR 3:11:56 5 Sylvie DURAND FRA 3:19:58 6 Gitte SORENSEN DEN 3:25:32 7 Carmen PIRES POR 3:25:32 8 Joelle BASSI FRA 3:26:15 9 Veronika JURISIC CRO 3:27:07 10 Janine PIETERSE GBR 3:27:35 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Pedro PESSOA POR 1:12:18 2 Olaide OGUNRONBI NGR 1:15:50 3 Jorge RODRIGUES POR 1:17:15 WOMEN: 1 Chantal XERVELLE POR 1:27:15 2 Sara LOPES POR 1:28:41 3 Marina DOMINGUES POR 1:32:42
4 DECEMBER 2011: PAMPULHA LAGOON 17.8KM ROAD RACE, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Barnabas Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 53:08 2 Damiao Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 53:11 3 Paulo Roberto Almeida PAULA BRA 53:11 4 Giomar Pereira DA SILVA BRA 53:28 5 Nelson Priva MBUYA KEN 53:34 6 Gilmar Silvestre LOPES BRA 53:38 7 JoseMarcia Leao DA SILVA BRA 55:01 8 Joao Pereira DA LIMA BRA 55:15 9 Luis de Amlmeida PAULA BRA 55:29 10 Edmilson Dos Reis SANTANA BRA 55:30 WOMEN: 1 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPRONO KEN 1:02:41 2 Sueli Pereira SILVA BRA 1:03:28 3 Jacklyne CHEMWEK KEN 1:03:32 4 Roberta DE CARVALHO BRA 1:03:42 5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:19 6 Vanda Carneiro CHAGAS BRA 1:04:30 7 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 1:04:45 8 Ma Zeferina Rodriges BALDAIA BRA 1:05:02 9 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:59 10 Natalia Elisante SULLE BRA 1:06:00
4 DECEMBER 2011: ST CROIX INT'L MARATHON, US VIRGIN ISLANDS
MEN: 1 Jason WILEY USA 3:22:03 2 Mike KLEIN VGI 3:43:14 3 William MCCONNELL VGI 3:56:17 4 Troy HOLLOWAY VGI 4:07:48 5 Pat MARAFIOTE USA 4:15:37 6 Goran LINDSTRUM SWE 4:19:51 7 Billy BOHLKE VGI 4:29:37 8 Andrew KOTULSKI USA 4:52:59 WOMEN: 1 Mureen MANNING USA 3:39:08 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Panesso DIEGO COL 1:13:20 2 Juan ROBLES ISV 1:14:47 3 Kellen HOOD ISV 1:33:40 WOMEN: 1 Theresa HARPER ISV 1:43:14 2 Anneli SODERGARDS SWE 1:47:19 3 Alicia CHURAMAN ISV 1:55:55
4 DECEMBER 2011: ANKOR WAT INT'L HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA
MEN: 1 Henrik JANNBORG SWE 1:13:02 2 Evan FOX USA 1:14:10 3 Minoru ONOZUKA JPN 1:17:38 4 Jo KOSTER SUI 1:18:58 5 Francis WRIGHT GBR 1:19:26 6 Raphael FUCHS SUI 1:19:26 7 Tony SEAKINS GBR 1:20:36 8 Kentaro HASHIMOTO JPN 1:21:42 9 Kieng SAMORN CAM 1:23:14 10 Sean BLANTON USA 1:23:33 WOMEN: 1 Jenny LUNDGREN SWE 1:25:15 2 Holly WARREN NZL 1:29:07 3 Vivian TANG SIN 1:30:22 4 Victoria HILL GBR 1:31:45 5 Karen Kay RAYLE USA 1:33:43 6 Mel HAMADA AUS 1:33:57 7 Clementine TANGUIDE FRA 1:37:22 8 Robin MARTZ USA 1:40:00 9 Imi BOND GBR 1:40:03 10 Karma ROSTE CAN 1:40:38 10km MEN: 1 Arnaud DE H FRA 39:17 2 Kang THOEN CAM 39:23 3 Keo DA CAM 40:38 WOMEN: 1 Corine KOSTER SUI 45:52 2 Gina STENBERG NOR 46:40 3 Kristina ERIKSSON THA 47:49
4 DECEMBER 2011: PUNE INT'L MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Teferi REGASA ETH 2:16:57 2 Philemon ROTICH KEN 2:17:02 3 Negash ABEBE ETH 2:17:05 4 Hussein RUTTO KEN 2:17:09 5 Abdela HULCHFO ETH 2:17:14 6 Soy KIPSANG KEN 2:17:44 7 Victor KIPRONO KEN 2:17:59 8 Charles WALICHA KEN 2:18:10 9 Vincent KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:18:22 10 Anuradha COORAY SRI 2:18:42 WOMEN (HALF MARATHON): 1 Thitu MUTWA KEN 1:12:29 2 Zenebu ABAY ETH 1:12:55 3 Almaze ESHETU ETH 1:13:56 4 Abiyot ESHETU ETH 1:15:13 5 Tefera LEMA ETH 1:15:26 6 Muna YIGEZU ETH 1:16:08 7 Gladys TARUS KEN 1:16:20 8 Pauline KIRAGU KEN 1:16:35 9 Awata Mulunesh BLEMA ETH 1:17:06 10 Ketema TESEMA ETH 1:19:23
4 DECEMBER 2011: GRAN MARATON PACIFICO, MEXICO
More than 6500 took part, among all events in the 13th edition. In the men's marathon Simon Kariuke took his eighth win, and sixth consecutive victory, by bettering the previous course record of 2:13:51 by a large margin. Karina Perez Delgado took a home win after four years of Kenyan dominance.
MEN: 1 Simon Njoroge KARIUKI KEN 2:11:07 2 Joel Siree KORU KEN 2:16:28 3 Isaack Macharia WAWERU KEN 2:17:43 4 Hugo Romero MENDEZ MEX 2:18:37 5 Festus Kioko KIKUMU KEN 2:20:17 6 Mola Negasi HAILEMARIAM ETH 2:21:01 7 Pedro Espinoza PEREZ MEX 2:21:21 8 Jhovany Hernandez JUAREZ MEX 2:22:25 9 Jorge Rivera HERNANDEZ MEX 2:22:49 10 Francisco Bautista CUAMATZI MEX 2:23:12 WOMEN: 1 Karina Pérez DELGADO MEX 2:36:15 2 Pauline Githuka WANJIRU KEN 2:41:39 3 Neria Nyaboke NERIA KEN 2:43:19 4 Adriana Medel RAMIREZ MEX 2:43:32 5 Misha Ruiz FERNANDEZ MEX 2:50:20 6 Isabel Jacqueline ORELLANA MEX 2:57:20 7 Maria Guadalupe SANTANA MEX 2:57:28 8 Eunice Kililu KAVUU KEN 2:58:15 9 Emma MALDONADO MEX 2:59:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Julius Francis GIDABUDAY TAN 1:03:44 2 Óscar Mateo CERON MEX 1:03:47 3 Ismael ANDRADE MEX 1:04:41 WOMEN: 1 Sara Mercedes PRIETO MEX 1:15:56 2 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ MEX 1:17:19 3 Daniela Alejandra ALONSO MEX 1:17:36
4 DECEMBER 2011: RUN BARBADOS POWERADE MARATHON, BARBADOS
MEN: 1 Richard KESSIO KEN 2:36:58 2 Curtis COX TRI 2:44:12 3 Pamenos BALLANTYNE VIN 2:45:52 4 Andrew GUTZMORE JAM 2:53:21 5 Andrew BRAITHWAITE BAR 3:15:42 6 Rodney BLACKMAN BAR 3:20:20 7 Mark MATTYAZIC USA 3:27:01 8 Joseph CLARKE BAR 3:27:26 9 Glyne SEALY BAR 3:36:41 10 Emerson WALDRON BAR 3:38:56 WOMEN: 1 Leah KIGEN KEN 3:04:47 2 Judy KIMUGE KEN 3:12:06 3 Alexa DICKERSON USA 3:42:09 4 Arieta MARTIN JAM 3:52:48 5 Wendy SHALLOW TRI 3:52:49 6 Melanie CHAMPAGNE CAN 4:07:44 7 Katie REECE GBR 4:14:14 8 Kim GOFF USA 4:28:38 9 Barbara ANDERSON GBR 4:32:06 10 Tania BOROT FRA 4:34:44 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Simon SAWE KEN 1:16:46 2 Matt LOISELLE CAN 1:17:47 3 Cleveland FORDE BAR 1:19:04 WOMEN: 1 Janet CHEROBON-BAWCOM USA 1:18:15 2 Megan BROWN CAN 1:19:55 3 Amy STILES GBR 1:23:49
4 DECEMBER 2011: SAN JOSE COSTA RICA MARATHON
MEN: 1 William Chaman CHUB GUA 2:36:21 2 Ramon Fallas NAVARRO CRC 2:40:53 3 Kenneth Rocha GUTIERREZ CRC 2:43:38 4 Jacob Chumer PLUYOT KEN 2:47:01 5 Cristian VILLAVICENCIO NIC 2:48:22 6 Arturo Ulate ALVARADO CRC 2:49:59 7 Alexander Mejias CASTRO CRC 2:58:21 8 Miguel Vargas GUERRERO CRC 2:58:54 9 Francisco Morantes CASCANTE CRC 3:01:05 10 Rafael Arias ROJAS CRC 3:02:10 WOMEN: 1 Ana Cubas VILLALTA ESA 3:38:10 2 Luisa Barrantes OBANDO CRC 3:39:41 3 Isabel VARELA CRC 3:41:04 4 Carmen Castillo VALLEGAS CRC 3:45:26 5 Alexandra RIEALER AUS 3:54:14 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Fernando Velez CABADA CRC 1:10:35 2 Jose Chavez GONZALEZ CRC 1:11:28 3 Javier Fernandez ROJAS CRC 1:12:32 WOMEN: 1 Cristina Marin GONZALEZ CRC 1:25:22 2 Grettel Obando MORA CRC 1:34:24 3 Sonia Hernandez GUTIERREZ CRC 1:35:33
4 DECEMBER 2011: TORAY CUP SHANGHAI INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
MEN:
1 Willy Kibor KOITILE KEN 2:10:21
2 Stephen MOKOKA RSA 2:10:29
3 Mohamed EL HACHIMI MAR 2:10:55
4 Solomon Bushendich NABEI KEN 2:11:02
5 Oleksander SITOVSKYY UKR 2:11:14
6 Gebo Burka GAMEDA ETH 2:11:43
7 Robert Kipkoech CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:25
8 Gashaw Melese ASFAW ETH 2:12:37
9 Philip Kiplagat BIWOTT KEN 2:15:17
10 ?? CHN 2:15:33
WOMEN:
1 Haile Lema KEBEBUSH ETH 2:24:08
2 Tirfi Tsegaye BEYENE ETH 2:24:11
3 Masresha Woldeselassie AZALECH ETH 2:31:44
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 ?? CHN 1:05:29
2 ?? CHN 1:05:51
3 Mathew KIPTOO KEN 1:06:10
WOMEN:
1 Megumi KANAKAWA JPN 1:10:22
2 ?? CHN 1:16:46
3 ?? CHN 1:19:08
11 DECEMBER 2011: POWERADE MONTERREY MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Luis Jimenez VAZQUEZ MEX 2:26:51 2 Marco Tardelly Flores PARTIDA MEX 2:28:22 3 Evaristo Alfredo MOCTEZUMA MEX 2:31:37 4 Raul Barcenas HERNANDEZ MEX 2:33:32 5 Jaime Arguelles DELAFUENTE MEX 2:38:04 6 Gustavo Cepeda LIZARDI MEX 2:38:29 7 Raul Gonzalez PAREDES MEX 2:39:21 8 Tirzo Vasquez MORALES MEX 2:41:17 9 Arnulfo Ponce CORONADO MEX 2:41:34 10 Gustavo Cerda CASTILLO MEX 2:43:16 WOMEN: 1 Esmeralda Pulido GUERRA MEX 3:11:41 2 Eryka Nohemi Vargas OBREGON MEX 3:13:23 3 Nancy Leticia Cerda CISNEROS MEX 3:22:41 4 Lorena Montoya PEREZ MEX 3:25:42 5 Perla Janet Perales CAZARES MEX 3:27:20 6 Ana Paula Ibarra AGUILAR MEX 3:32:23 7 Jesica Guajardo LOPEZ MEX 3:33:07 8 Jesica Mayena Castillo CABALLERO MEX 3:33:17 9 Beatriz Gonzalez VILLARREAL MEX 3:34:13 10 Gerda Hitz Sanchez HUAREZ MEX 3:34:22
11 DECEMBER 2011: NARA MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN:
1 Osamu HIRATA JPN 2:20:23
2 Jackson KUWALAI KEN 2:26:13
3 Kaoru HIGASHIDA JPN 2:32:24
4 Yosuke NAKAYAMA JPN 2:33:28
5 Kinya HASHIRA JPN 2:33:48
6 Naoki ITO JPN 2:35:25
WOMEN:
1 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:47:50
2 Makiko SHIMAMURA JPN 2:55:29
3 Asami KATAYAMA JPN 2:59:27
18 DECEMBER 2011: PISA MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Oleg GUR BLR 2:20:14 2 Jiali JAMALI MAR 2:20:43 3 Gabriele ABATE ITA 2:22:19 4 Tito Florenzo TIBERTI ITA 2:24:53 5 Giuseppe MINICI ITA 2:26:20 6 Adam KOVACS HUN 2:27:26 7 Gianmarco PITTERI ITA 2:29:45 8 Alessandro CALZOLARI ITA 2:30:58 9 Andrea LAZZAROTTI ITA 2:33:52 10 Corrado RAMORINO ITA 2:34:02 WOMEN: 1 Mariya MALYSHEVA RUS 2:50:38 2 Katalin FARKAS HUN 2:59:28 3 Katrin SALY SUI 3:01:16 4 Paola SALVATORE ITA 3:03:42 5 Maddalena CARRINO ITA 3:05:14 6 Mirella KISS HUN 3:10:57 7 Romina LA GORGA ITA 3:11:03 8 Maria Grazia NAVACCHIA ITA 3:14:39 9 Nathalie LISI ITA 3:14:51 10 Margherita NANNINI ITA 3:18:51 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ivan PETROCHENKOV RUS 1:08:02 2 Paolo GALLO ITA 1:08:18 3 Ioannis MAGRIKIOTELIS GRE 1:10:01 WOMEN: 1 Silvia DEL FAVA ITA 1:15:33 2 Titziana GIANOTTI ITA 1:21:13 3 Federica BARSOTTI ITA 1:24:19
18 DECEMBER 2011: FUBON TAIPEI MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
Both winners broke the previous records. The marathon took place along Taipei's riverside paths and the flat terrain was favourable for fast times. Adhane led the pack over the entire course to beat Luke Kibet's 2006 course record by 41 seconds. Delayed at immigration, Adhane's recovery time from the journey was curtailed. Kirop broke the 2009 record set by Yeshi Esayias Tesemma of Ethiopia by 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
MEN: 1 Yemane ADHANE ETH 2:10:04 WOMEN: 1 Helena CHEROP KEN 2:27:36
25 DECEMBER 2011: 13th SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE LAAYOUNE, MOROCCO
Stefan Tum defended his title, running 41 seconds faster than he did last year. A series of 4km children's races was held alongside the title event.
MEN: 1 Stefan TUM KEN 1:01:11 2 Abdellah TAGHARRAFAT MAR 1:01:22 3 Abderrahim EL ASRI MAR 1:02:16 4 Aschalew Neguse MEKETA ETH 1:02:32 5 Tesfaye Abera DIBABA ETH 1:02:56 6 Laalami CHARKAOUI MAR 1:03:52 7 Ait Ali YOUSSEF MAR 1:04:03 8 Radouan KAKIM MAR 1:04:35 9 Khalid LABLAQ MAR 1:04:37 10 Hicham OULUBAS MAR 1:05:08 WOMEN: 1 Hafida IZEM MAR 1:12:58 2 Antonina ROTHO KEN 1:14:53 3 Kamila KHANIPOVA RUS 1:15:26 4 Meryem KHALI MAR 1:16:13 5 Laila Hmatou TRABIY FRA 1:17:19 6 ?? 1:18:26 7 Mary AKOR USA 1:19:19
31 DECEMBER 2011: 87th SAO SILVESTRE DE SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Tariku Bekele (the brother of Kenenisa) dominated the race in his first visit to Brazil, giving Ethiopia its second win in the iconic event (Kenya's total stands at 12). He dismissed the effects of the heavy rain that fell throughout the race: "It's not difficult [to run in the rain]" he said. Priscah Jeptoo won the women's race by a margin of four seconds, after a hard-fought battle with 2008 winner, Ethiopia's Wude Ayelew. In doing so she improved the old course record set last year by 91 seconds.
MEN:
1 Tariku BEKELE ETH 43:35
2 Mark KORIR KEN 43:58
3 Matthew KISORIO KEN 44:12
4 Martin LEL KEN 44:28
5 Najin EL QADY MAR 44:32
6 Barnabas Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 44:45
7 Damiao DE SOUZA BRA 44:53
8 Marilson Gomes DOS SANTOS BRA 45:06
9 Rui Pedro Sa Alves SILVA POR 45:45
10 Joao Ferreira DE LIMA BRA 46:00
WOMEN:
1 Priscah JEPTOO KEN 48:48
2 Wude AYELEW ETH 48:52
3 Eunice KIRWA KEN 50:58
4 Nadia EJJAFINI ITA 51:19
5 Rumukol CHEPKANAN KEN 51:44
6 Cruz Nonata DA SILVA BRA 51:59
7 Jackline Juma SAKILU TAN 52:07
8 Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA BRA 52:15
9 Sueli Perreira SILVA BRA 53:32
10 Samira RAIF MAR 53:40
31 DECEMBER 2011: SAO SILVESTRE DE LUANDA 10KM, ANGOLA
MEN:
1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 27:34
2 Atsedu TESFAYE ETH 27:47
3 Tilahun REGASSA ETH 27:50
4 Azmeraw BEKELE ETH 27:53
5 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH 28:08
6 Kiprono MENJO KEN 28:27
7 Tigabu ASIFA ETH 28:38
8 Silas SANG KEN 28:39
9 Lelisa DESISA ETH 28:48
10 Tony WAMULWA ZAM 28:54
WOMEN:
1 Emebet MENGISTU ETH 32:23
2 Belaynesh OLJIRA ETH 32:23
3 Tigist KIROS ETH 32:24
4 Abebech BEKELE ETH 32:26
5 Genet KASSAHUN ETH 32:27
6 Alice MOGIRE KEN 32:46
7 Hiwott YIMER ETH 33:16
8 Grace MOMANYI KEN 33:33
9 Rehima KEDIR ETH 34:06
10 Mary NAALI TAN 34:10
December 2011
