October 2012
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6 OCTOBER 2012: IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS, KAVARNA, BULGARIA
Meseret Hailu led Ethiopia to an upset victory over more favoured Kenyan team while Zersenay Tadese took his fifth individual title in commanding style, writes Bob Ramsak.
Temperatures along the sunny course that wound through this Black Sea coastal town of 12,000 rose to 30°C (86°F) during the morning's first race, but that didn't seem to faze the unheralded 22-year-old Hailu, who sliced more than two minutes from her previous personal best. She became the first Ethiopian woman to win at these championships since Berhane Adere in 2002.
In the women's race there was an early breakaway pack of three Kenyans — Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech, Lydia Cheromei and Pauline Kahenya — and three Ethiopians — Tadese, Hailu and Emebt Etea — who passed through 5km in 16:13. Kipkoech was prominent at the front of the group for most of the time, and after passing 10km in 32:21, Kahenya and Etea started to drop back. Only after 20km did Lydia Cheromei lose her place in the lead group and in the final kilometre the longtime leader, Kipkoech, was overtaken by the two Ethiopians who tussled all the way down the finish straight until Hailu edged ahead just before the line.
Given hot and humid conditions it was surprising that Tonya Nero ran a Trinidadian national record of 1:15:11 in 27th place.
Running at the front from 5km, Zersenay Tadese romped to a 32-second win and returned to top of the podium after a runner-up finish in Nanning two years ago halted his streak of four successive titles. Flight delays had forced the Eritreans to spend a night in Vienna Airport before arriving only 20 hours before the race.
Kenyan Philemon Limo led a tight pack of 30 runners through 5km in 14:22, but then Tadese moved to the front. Limo and his teammate Eliud Kipchoge and Pius Kirop stayed with him for a short time but with less than 25 minutes on the clock, Tadese surged again to pass through 10km seven seconds ahead. Tadese covered the second 5km in 13:45, one of the fastest splits ever in a Half Marathon. At 15km (42:16) Tadese was 29 seconds ahead of Kirop while John Mwangangi was a further eight seconds down and Limo faltering after his fast second 5km split spent chasing Tadese.
Deresse Chimsa came through strongly at the end to take second. Although he could not claw back any of Tadese's advantage, he broke his personal best by a wide margin. The next four spots went to Kenya, with Mwangangi leading the Kenyan squad to a sixth straight team title.
The next edition of the Championships will be held in Copenhagen in March 2014.
MEN: 1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 1:00:19 2 Derese CHIMSA ETH 1:00:51 3 John MWANGANGI KEN 1:01:01 4 Pius Maiyo KIROP KEN 1:01:11 5 Stephen Kosgei KIBET KEN 1:01:40 6 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 1:01:52 7 Jackson KIPROP UGA 1:02:05 8 Stephen MOKOKA RSA 1:02:06 9 Tewelde ESTIFANOS ERI 1:02:10 10 Kiflom SIUM ERI 1:02:12 Teams: 1 Kenya 3:03:52 2 Eritrea 3:04:41 3 Ethiopia 3:05:43 WOMEN 1 Meseret HAILU ETH 1:08:55 2 Feyse TADESE ETH 1:08:56 3 Paskalia Chepkorir KIPKOECH KEN 1:09:04 4 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:09:13 5 Emebet ETEA ETH 1:10:01 6 Pauline Njeri KAHENYA KEN 1:10:22 7 Gemma STEEL GBR 1:11:09 8 Tomomi TANAKA JPN 1:11:09 9 Mai ITO JPN 1:11:25 10 Caryl JONES GBR 1:11:52 Teams: 1 Ethiopia 3:27:52 2 Kenya 3:28:39 3 Japan 3:34:45
7 OCTOBER 2012: BILA TSEKVA MARATHON, UKRAINE
MEN: 1 Igor OLEFIRENKO UKR 2:14:56 2 Vasily REMCHUK UKR 2:15:34 3 Oleksiy RIBALCHENKO UKR 2:17:53 4 Oleksandr BABARIKA UKR 2:18:16 5 Oleksiy RIBALCHENKO UKR 2:20:43 6 Ivan ZABOEV UKR 2:22:23 7 Bogdan TISHCHUK UKR 2:24:26 8 Denis BAGREV RUS 2:25:04 9 Volodimir TIMASHOV UKR 2:26:09 10 Sergiy UKRAINTS UKR 2:27:00 WOMEN: 1 Svitlana STANKO UKR 2:39:47 2 Katerina KARMANENKO UKR 2:41:09 3 Tetyana RIBALCHENKO UKR 2:41:28 4 Viktoria KAPLINA UKR 2:42:42 5 Olga KAZIMIROVA UKR 3:07:59 6 Elizabeta SHLYAKINA UKR 3:11:11 7 Olga MASHCHENKO UKR 3:16:14 8 Anastasia KUSHIRENKO RUS 3:19:20 9 Tatsiana GURSKAYA BLR 3:54:07 10.6km MEN: 1 Ruslan SAVCHUK UKR 31:41 2 Bodan SEMENOVICH UKR 31:51 3 Roman ROMANENKO UKR 31:56 WOMEN: 1 Nadezhda TRILINSKAYA RUS 35:30 2 Tetyana GOLOVCHENKO UKR 36:42 3 Katerina STECHENKO UKR 37:00
7 OCTOBER 2012: BRUSSELS MARATHON, BELGIUM
MEN: 1 Joseph MUTAI KEN 2:16:41 2 Noah KOSGEI KEN 2:19:23 3 Abdelilah JAADAR ESP 2:29:53 4 David ASHWORTH RSA 2:31:13 5 Jellie BERTELS BEL 2:33:06 6 Francisco VELOSO BEL 2:33:16 7 Valdemir TONCHINSKI BEL 2:36:05 8 Stefan COLAES BEL 2:38:52 9 Gabor VAS HUN 2:39:38 10 Paul MAES FRA 2:41:00 WOMEN: 1 Claire MACHT GER 3:06:15 2 Hilde KIPPERS BEL 3:08:50 3 Corinne PAOLETTI BEL 3:10:55 4 Gwendoline GAUTHIER FRA 3:14:55 5 Benedicte COVENS BEL 3:17:16 6 Darlene VANNESTE BEL 2:19:06 7 Jennifer LUECK-WHEELER NED 3:21:53 8 Heidi KEUSTERMANS BEL 3:22:20 9 Silvia LENNAERTS BEL 3:23:14 10 Marie DE SCHRIJVER BEL 3:24:52 HALF MARATHON 1 Michael BUSS BEL 1:09:50 2 Andre LA GERCHE BEL 1:12:18 3 Marc GARCIA GIMENEZ ESP 1:12:38 WOMEN: 1 Haysna BAHOM ESP 1:19:06 2 Kelly WILLIS BEL 1:23:39 3 Eva OFFERMANN GER 1:24:58
7 OCTOBER 2012: RAIFFEISEN BUCHAREST MARATHON, ROMANIA
MEN: 1 Felix Kipkorir KANGOGO KEN 2:15:19 2 Amos Kipruto CHOGE KEN 2:18:49 3 Dibaba Medarsa ARARSO ETH 2:19:27 4 Siyoum Debele LEMMA ETH 2:20:29 5 Bethuel Kipyego CHERUIYOT KEN 2:24:53 6 Stanley Kipkosgei SALIL KEN 2:26:41 7 Ilie Alexandru CORNESCHI ROM 2:36:02 8 Stefan Daniel LUPULESCU ROM 2:37:52 9 Gheoghe Gabriel GORUN ROM 2:38:33 10 Gheorghe Konstantin SURLEA ROM 2:39:51 WOMEN: 1 Almaz Negede FEKADE ETH 2:38:09 2 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:40:00 3 Paula Claudia TODORAN ROM 2:48:20 4 Nicoleta Alina PETRESCU ROM 2:49:06 5 Tatiana BELKINA RUS 2:52:02 6 Anna Veronica RODEAN ROM 2:55:08 7 Amelia Alina GHERASIM ROM 2:59:47 8 Maria Magdalena LUCA ROM 3:06:52 9 Alexandra GRADINARIU ROM 3:11:23 10 Andora Loredana OLOGU ROM 3:19:11
7 OCTOBER 2012: SPAR BUDAPEST INT'L MARATHON, HUNGARY
MEN: 1 Gabor JOZSA HUN 2:21:06 2 Daniel SOOS HUN 2:24:54 3 Tamas Janos NAGY HUN 2:25:43 4 Roland ADOK HUN 2:27:17 5 Imre SZABO HUN 2:28:16 6 Gabor SZABO HUN 2:31:47 7 Bence KHOOR HUN 2:32:33 8 Andras ESSO HUN 2:33:32 9 Szabolcs BEDA HUN 2:33:53 10 Peter STEIB HUN 2:34:02 WOMEN: 1 Timea Krisztina MERENYI HUN 2:49:30 2 Andrea SZEDERKENDI-TAKACS HUN 2:54:06 3 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 2:56:49 4 Mariann POTH HUN 3:01:07 5 Lilla EGERVOLGYI HUN 3:03:10 6 Anna SZEKERES HUN 3:03:37 7 Eva VARGA HUN 3:05:02 8 Angelika DARAZS HUN 3:10:07 9 Timea LADANYI HUN 3:13:06 10 Alionka KORNIJENKO ITA 3:18:53
7 OCTOBER 2012: MARATON DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
MEN: 1 Eric NZIOKI KEN 2:12:05 2 Patrick MURIUK KEN 2:13:12 3 Robert MWANGI KEN 2:14:43 4 Samuel MWANIKI KEN 2:16:51 5 Sergio DA SILVA KEN 2:17:30 6 Joseph BIWOTT KEN 2:19:17 7 Mariano MASTROMARINO ARG 2:20:51 8 Ulises SANGUINETTI ARG 2:26:02 9 Leonardo TENEPAGUAY ECU 2:30:51 10 Diego RECOUSO ARG 2:32:35 WOMEN: 1 Lucy KARIMU KEN 2:41:38 2 Frasiah WITHAKA KEN 2:41:42 3 Andrea GRACIANO ARG 2:49:22 4 Mariana CHAVES ARG 2:50:50 5 Pablo LONZAYES ARG 2:53:57 6 Lorena LAZARO ARG 2:54:02 7 Paola VELASQUEZ PER 2:55:37 8 Raquel HUAYTA ARG 3:04:48 9 Natalia NIGRO ARG 3:06:28 10 Veronica ETCHEGARAY ARG 3:08:36
7 OCTOBER 2012: COLOMBO MARATHON, SRI LANKA
MEN: 1 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 2:26:40 2 Ajith BANDARA SRI 2:28:00 3 John Samoei KIPROP KEN 2:36:45 WOMEN: 1 Ruchina DEEPANI SRI 2:55:47 2 B V THISANTHANI SRI 3:04:52 3 Harshamali GULARATNE SRI 3:11:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 W A S CHANRAPALA SRI 1:11:43 2 SARGAS KUMARA SRI 1:13:28 3 NISHAN MADURANGA SRI 1:14:32 WOMEN: 1 Mallika CHANDRAKANTHI SRI 1:31:36 2 Saumya UDAYKANTHI SRI 1:36:14 3 P M I SAROJINI SRI 1:46:28
7 OCTOBER 2012: GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Dimas QUINGALUISA 2:26:21 2 Manuel JUCA 2:30:13 3 Bayron GUTIERREZ 2:31:18 4 Luis GUANO 2:31:40 5 Fabian CAJAMARCA 2:32:40 6 Marco ALMACHE 2:38:30 7 Diego GUEVERA 2:41:30 8 Segundo CHICAIZA 2:43:03 9 Fausto BOLANOS 2:44:05 10 Carlos ARECHUA 2:44:30 WOMEN: 1 Monica CAJAMARCA 3:03:05 2 Nancy ROSERO 3:04:05 3 Angela BRITO 3:04:55 4 Grecia TOAPANTA 3:11:59 5 Carla VELASQUEZ 3:16:11 6 Maria PAREDES 3:18:00 7 Maria AGUAIZA 3:18:23 8 Carmen MOLINA 3:20:51 9 Maritza RODRIGUEZ 3:27:33 10 Liliana ALVARO 3:33:18 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Adrian PILLAJO 1:07:20 2 Marvin SANCHEZ 1:09:04 3 Jose IZA 1:12:20 WOMEN: 1 Ana VIEGA 1:29:19 2 Olga TABLA 1:30:16 3 Narcisa NARVAEZ 1:35:29
7 OCTOBER 2012: KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA
In nearly ideal weather conditions (15°C, cloudy, no wind, slight rain) the 89th edition saw both course records and a new participation record achieved (7400 in all races from 46 countries) writes Alfons Juck. The top four men broke the previous course record of 2:08:33 set by Gilbert Chepkwony in 2010. Lawrence Kimaiyo blitzed the last 6km to improve his only previous marathon time of 2:11:46 in Turin in 2010 by nearly five minutes, running almost equal splits of 1:03:54 and 1:03:57. Pre-race favourite Evans Ruto followed Kimaiyo after 30km but eventually lost the battle for second by fractions of a second. Kimaiyo's winnings of 15000€ would have increased to 20000€ if he had run two seconds faster. Defending champion Elijah Kemboi came in fourth but with a three-minute improvement of his personal best. Kosice witnessed its best performances ever with six sub-2:10 times.
Race favourite Hellen Mugo started very fast in the women's race and passed halfway in 1:12:12. She later faded but still managed to creep under the 2:30 barrier, the first time ever in Slovakia (the previous course record was 2:30:50). Both defending champion Maryna Damantsevich and third-placed Ehitu Kiros Reda ran new personal best times.
MEN: 1 Lawrence KIMAIYO KEN 2:07:01 2 Philemon BAARU KEN 2:07:49 3 Evans RUTO KEN 2:07:49 4 Elijah KEMBOI KEN 2:07:51 5 Bellor YATOR KEN 2:08:39 6 Vincent KIPTOO KEN 2:09:30 7 David TONIOK KEN 2:10:39 8 Belete Mekonen GEZU ETH 2:16:40 9 Mehari Gebre BARAKI ETH 2:16:40 10 Peter KURUI KEN 2:18:38 WOMEN: 1 Hellen WANJIKU KEN 2:29:59 2 Marina DANANTSEVICH BLR 2:31:29 3 Ehitu Kiros REDA ETH 2:33:43 4 Natalia MALAIA SVK 2:53:46 5 Ingrid PETNUCHOVA SVK 2:55:58 6 Particia GANOVSKA SVK 3:04:11 7 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 3:08:55 8 Sylvia SEBESTIAN SVK 3:09:33 9 Lucia KAMENSKA SVK 3:12:14 10 Marcela KOVAROVA SVK 3:17:32 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 TIBOR SAHADJA SVK 1:10:31 2 ANATOLIY MALYY SVK 1:11:03 3 GARY PENNINGTON GBR 1:12:23 WOMEN: 1 Anna WOJNA POL 1:18:43 2 Petra FASUNGOVA SVK 1:20:52 3 Renata HAJKOVA CZE 1:24:33
7 OCTOBER 2012: OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 James CURRAN CAN 2:51:10 2 Adam KAHTAVA CAN 2:53:28 3 Donovan THORKELSON CAN 56:452: 4 Paul ST AMANT CAN 2:57:53 5 Sergio PIO CAN 2:58:59 6 Tanner BALL CAN 2:59:15 7 Tim WIWCHAR CAN 2:59:20 8 Kevin BLACK CAN 2:59:42 9 Donny MARCHUK CAN 2:59:45 10 Neil SADOWNIK CAN 2:59:55 WOMEN: 1 Rhonda LOO CAN 3:00:40 2 Stacie CARRIGAN CAN 3:13:56 3 Liza BURGESS CAN 3:16:59 4 Monika BRAUN CAN 3:22:13 5 Michelle MORRIS CAN 3:22:39 6 Denise HENDERSON CAN 3:22:52 7 Krista MITCHELL CAN 3:24:10 8 Amy COX CAN 3:24:22 9 Kacey KEYKO CAN 3:24:55 10 Shelley BENDER CAN 3:24:56 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jeff SYMONDS CAN 1:13:56 2 Simon STEWART CAN 1:19:12 3 Skeets MOREL CAN 1:20:27 WOMEN: 1 Karen RUCKMAN CAN 1:28:55 2 Tracy DAYMAN CAN 1:31:24 3 Melissa CURRIE CAN 1:31:59
7 OCTOBER 2012: PORTLAND MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Jameson MORA 2:21:09 2 Saeki MAKINO 2:26:10 3 Rob SCHLEGEL 2:30:34 4 Chris MCGUINNESS 2:31:47 5 Jonathan MARCUS 2:33:19 6 Alex WHITE 2:34:05 7 Matt SHRYOCK 2:36:04 8 Travis MITCHELL 2:37:46 9 Paul CURRAN 2:37:52 10 Dan SHIEL 2:38:05 WOMEN: 1 Colleen LITTLE 2:51:35 2 Kate HAILS 2:57:23 3 Johannah LUDINGTON 2:58 44 4 Liv BRUMFIELD 2:59:32 5 Sarah HORN 2:59:44 6 Ann LEWIS 3:00:33 7 Marla SMITH 3:01:02 8 Jennifer SEIBEL 3:01:53 9 Amanda WATTERS 3:02:41 10 Lori GEICHENHAUS 3:03:23 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jacob KAEMMER 1:12:03 2 Michael SHUBERT 1:19:43 3 Darrin HATCHER 1:20:41 WOMEN: 1 Riu AOYAMA 1:18:05 2 Junko NAKAZATO 1:26:34 3 Lollie ZIMMERMAN 1:29:22
7 OCTOBER 2012: QUERETARO MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 James Maunga NYANKABARIA KEN 2:20:07 2 Hailemariyam Mola NEGASI ETH 2:20:16 3 George Kirwa MISOI KEN 2:22:59 WOMEN: 1 Monica Gesare OTWORI KEN 2:45:34 2 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ MEX 2:48:14 3 Judith Carmona HERNANDEZ MEX 2:49:19 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Joseph Mbinda MUSTIYA KEN 1:08:31 2 Abraham Christian NOGUEZ MEX 1:09:02 3 Reuben Kambich CHESANG KEN 1:09:02 WOMEN: 1 Alice Ndirangu WARUGURU KEN 1:20:54 2 Silvia Mota LOPEZ MEX 1:22:02 3 Patricia Retiz GUTIERREZ MEX 1:22:04
7 OCTOBER 2012: RAHAL 10km DE MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Hafid CHANI MAR 28:09 2 Tolossa GEDEFA ETH 28:16 3 Najim EL QADI MAR 28:20 4 Fredrick MUSYOKI KEN 28:54 5 Hassan CHANI MAR 29:00 6 Anass SELMOUNI MAR 29:05 7 Timothy KIPTOO KEN 29:07 8 Abdenassir FATHI MAR 29:12 9 Khalid LABLAQ MAR 29:19 10 Mourad ELBANNOURI MAR 29:25 WOMEN: 1 Bethlem MOGES ETH 33:19 2 Keltoum BOUASRIA MAR 33:24 3 Joan CHELIMO KEN 33:31 4 Malika ASAHSSAH MAR 33:39 5 Malika BELFAKIR MAR 34:03 6 Rkia EKL MOUKIM MAR 34:29 7 Selsouli AZIZA MAR 34:41 8 Victoria POGORIELSKA UKR 35:02 9 Fatima Zahra OUHRISSE MAR 35:36 10 Winnie JEPKEMOI KEN 36:02
7 OCTOBER 2012: SPARKASSE THREE-COUNTRY MARATHON, AUSTRIA
MEN: 1 Titus KOSGEI KEN 2:14:25 2 Robert KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:29 3 Joel Maina MWANGI KEN 2:20:52 4 Ben MASAI KEN 2:35:29 5 Andreas GEHRER AUT 2:43:18 6 Thomas WODZISZ GER 2:43:53 7 Gunther SCHNEIDER AUT 2:43:59 8 Heinz GIESINGER AUT 2:45:03 9 Arno RITTER AUT 2:45:46 10 Ralph STAUDACH AUT 2:47:18 WOMEN: 1 Ednah KIMAIYO KEN 2:35:27 2 Lucy Wambui MURGI KEN 2:40:14 3 Astrid MULLER SUI 2:54:14 4 Tanja SONDEREGGER SUI 3:02:39 5 Sabine KRAUS GER 3:10:12 6 Angelika HOFMANN GER 3:19:47 7 Petra SUMMER AUT 3:20:35 8 Manuela MORITSCH AUT 3:21:34 9 Andrea FEUERSTEIN-RAUCH AUT 3:23:57 10 Marion HOFF NED 3:25:07 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Christoph KUHM GER 1:11:24 2 Fredi MARTI SUI 1:12:03 3 Alexander HARDTNER GER 1:12:23 WOMEN: 1 Sabine REINER AUT 1:16:39 2 Sandra URACH AUT 1:18:40 3 Carol-Anne EBERLE IRL 1:27:49
7 OCTOBER 2012: GOODLIFE FITNESS VICTORIA MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:20:41 2 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:27:01 3 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:29:17 4 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:35:08 5 Ryan DAY CAN 2:35:09 6 Adam CAMPBELL CAN 2:35:53 7 Trevor HAAHEIM CAN 2:35:55 8 Jimmy CLEGG CAN 2:36:39 9 Kanta MATSUURA JPN 2:38:36 10 Marc MEUNIER CAN 2:42:01 WOMEN: 1 Haillie JANSSEN USA 2:47:03 2 Nadiya FRY CAN 2:47:36 3 Catrin JONES CAN 2:49:02 4 Gillian CLAYTON CAN 2:53:43 5 Lise WESSELS CAN 2:53:56 6 Rika HATACHI CAN 3:01:25 7 Kim MCMULLEN CAN 3:01:35 8 Nathalie MCPHILLIPS USA 3:04:18 9 Jacqui BENSON CAN 3:05:52 10 Mary WALSH CAN 3:06:14 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Rutto KIBET KEN 1:04:27 2 Geoff MARTINSON CAN 1:05:39 3 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 1:06:01 WOMEN: 1 Natasha FRASER CAN 1:14:06 2 Lucy MUHAMI KEN 1:14:27 3 Esther KIPSEREM KEN 1:18:23
7 OCTOBER 2012: ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIA
MEN: 1 Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOT KEN 2:25:09 2 Elisha SAWE KEN 2:26:30 3 Ilija ILLIJEV RUS 2:31:01 4 Drago PARIPOVIC CRO 2:36:48 5 Mario VRACIC SLO 2:37:34 6 Sadet CAUSEVIC BIH 2:37:55 7 Milorad VOJVODIC CRO 2:42:54 8 Kresimir BALASKO CRO 2:49:09 9 Marjan ALT SLO 2:50:42 10 Renato POMOHAC CRO 2:51:15 WOMEN: 1 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 2:43:32 2 Marija VRAJIC CRO 2:59:14 3 Nikolina SUSTIC CRO 3:03:23 4 Dubravna VESLIGAJ CRO 3:11:21 5 Veronika JURISIC CRO 3:15:32 6 Valentina BELOVIC CRO 3:18:55 7 Hillary SHAW USA 3:30:41 8 Jasmina ILIJAS CRO 3:33:25 9 Marjeta GOMILSAK SLO 3:44:12 10 Agnieszka MIZERA POL 3:49:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 David NDUSU KEN 1:07:18 2 Velimir BOJOVIC SRB 1:08:04 3 Vasili MINAEW RUS 1:08:17 WOMEN: 1 Zsofia ERDELYI HUN 1:16:15 2 Zita KACSER HUN 1:18:47 3 Barbara BELUSIC CRO 1:19:15
14 OCTOBER 2012: DE LAGE LANDEN EINDHOVEN MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
Kenya's Dickson Chumba won the 29th edition in a course record of 2:05:46, two seconds faster than his compatriot Jafred Kipchumba ran last year over the fast two-lap course in the Dutch city writes Phil Minshull. He also improved his personal best by nearly two minutes.
Halfway was reached in 1:02:57 by a pack of 14 men. Chumba attacked just before 29km, moving away from a nine-man lead group which then fragmented. His split at 35km was 1:43:31 and he looked on course to go under 2:05 but he tired badly over the final 3km. Franklin Chepkwony broke away from a three-man chasing group just after 35km to come home second in 2:06:11, an improvement of nearly five minutes on his previous best. Fast-finishing Eric Ndiema, still only 19, has run his first three marathons all under 2:07 and in the space of less than 12 months, his fastest being the world junior best of 2:06:07 when finishing third in Amsterdam in November 2011 and his slowest being 2:06:37 for fourth in Paris this year. As in 2011, nine men went under the elite benchmark of 2:10.
Ethiopia's Aberume Mekuria won the women's race in a personal best 2:27:20, having run with local favourite Miranda Boonstra until just after 35km. The Dutch runner, now 40, finished second in 2:28:18.
MEN: 1 Dickson CHUMBA KEN 2:05:46 2 Franklin CHEPKWONY KEN 2:06:11 3 Erick NDIEMA KEN 2:06:17 4 Tadesse TOLA ETH 2:08:01 5 Francis BOWEN KEN 2:08:21 6 Solomon KIPTOO KEN 2:08:30 7 Stephen TUM KEN 2:08:39 8 Weldon KIRUI KEN 2:09:06 9 Julius CHEPKWONY KEN 2:09:09 10 Gezahagne GIRMA ETH 2:10:52 WOMEN: 1 Aberume MEKURIA ETH 2:27:20 2 Miranda BOONSTRA NED 2:28:18 3 Dinkenesh MEKASHA ETH 2:30:31 4 Andrea DEELSTRA NED 2:34:33 5 Merel DE KNEGT NED 2:35:07 6 Inge DE JONG NED 2:41:40 7 Els RENS BEL 2:42:09 8 Miriam VAN REIJEN NED 2:46:50 9 Louise DELDICQUE BEL 2:54:05 10 Patricia DELVAEL BEL 2:56:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Geert MAES BEL 1:08:13 2 Jeroen HENDRIKX BEL 1:08:57 3 Mark KESSEL NED 1:11:47 WOMEN: 1 Kim DILLEN NED 1:18:26 2 Natasja JANSSEN NED 1:23:36 3 Esther ARTS NED 1:27:47
14 OCTOBER 2012: MARATONA D'ITALIA, ITALY
MEN: 1 Sisay Lemma KASAYE ETH 2:11:58 2 Migidio BOURIFA ITA 2:20:45 3 Massimiliano BRIGO ITA 2:24:09 4 Massimo MEI ITA 2:25:15 5 Simon WEGHER ITA 2:29:51 6 Daniele PALLADINO ITA 2:32:25 7 Gianni SCAPUCCI ITA 2:32:58 8 Sergio NAGLIERI ITA 2:34:27 9 Franco TOGNI ITA 2:34:53 10 Alessandro BENERECETTI ITA 2:35:08 WOMEN: 1 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:35:08 2 Megertu Tafa MERGERSA ETH 2:38:41 3 Martina ROCCO ITA 2:46:29 4 Paola GARINEI ITA 2:52:39 5 Tatiana BETTA ITA 2:56:02 6 Martina SOLIMAN ITA 2:56:10 7 Morena ALMONTE ITA 3:01:32 8 Stefania SATINI ITA 3:01:38 9 Celine VEYRAT FRA 3:03:11 10 Alessandra COZZI ITA 3:05:23 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Geofre MICHELE ITA 1:10:23 2 Jon Koldo GONZALEZ ESP 1:13:52 3 Carlo ANGELUCCI ITA 1:16:32 WOMEN: 1 Sonia MAIR ITA 1:29:01 2 Sabrina DE MANINCOR ITA 1:29:50 3 Vittoria MAZZIERI ITA 1:31:54
14 OCTOBER 2012: MEDIBANK MELBOURNE MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
MEN: 1 Jonathan CHESOO KEN 2:12:35 2 John KYUI KEN 2:15:57 3 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 2:15:59 4 James MBUGUA KEN 2:17:21 5 Erwin MCRAE AUS 2:19:50 6 Nathan HARTIGAN AUS 2:20:00 7 Vlad SHATROV 2:21:04 8 David THOMAS 2:21:40 9 Asheber GERMA ETH 2:25:15 10 Brett COLEMAN AUS 2:26:38 WOMEN: 1 Lauren SHELLEY AUS 2:36:29 2 Jane FARDELL AUS 2:37:52 3 Tracey AUSTIN AUS 2:43:39 4 Robyn MILLARD AUS 2:44:48 5 Magda KARIMARIPOULOS AUS 2:45:36 6 Clare WILLIAMS AUS 2:48:20 7 Kirsten MOLLOY AUS 2:48:24 8 Emma COLLYER AUS 2:49:40 9 Nera JAREB 2:50:15 10 Toshiko YOSHIKAWA JPN 2:50:21 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Russell DESSAIX-CHIN AUS 1:05:32 2 Gemechu WOYECHA ETH 1:06:53 3 Bradley CROKER AUS 1:06:58 WOMEN: 1 Nickki CHAPPLE AUS 1:12:56 2 Ellie OKANE AUS 1:19:22 3 Stacey VAN DUEREN AUS 1:22:24
14 OCTOBER 2012: MUNICH MARATHON, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Jan Simon HAMANN GER 2:19:48 2 Sven WEYER GER 2:21:58 3 Benedikt HOFFMANN GER 2:22:24 4 Tobias SCHREINDL GER 2:22:48 5 Dennis PYKA GER 2:23:30 6 Holger FREUDENBERGER GER 2:23:32 7 Oliver HOFFMANN GER 2:24:00 8 Florian REICHERT GER 2:26:14 9 Christian DIRSCHERL GER 2:26:28 10 Niels BUBEL GER 2:26:47 WOMEN: 1 Susan HAHN GER 2:32:13 2 Monika HEISS GER 2:45:14 3 Steffi VOLKE GER 2:47:22 4 Julia GALUSCHKA GER 2:49:16 5 Cornelia SCHINDLER GER 2:49:46 6 Eve RAUSCHENBERG GER 2:52:42 7 Nicola DUNCAN IRL 2:53:13 8 Elke BRENNER GER 2:54:43 9 Julia Keck BRENGEL GER 2:55:02 10 Teresa EBERT GER 2:56:37 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Soren KAH GER 1:04:43 2 Marco BSCHEIDL GER 1:11:27 3 Michael PFEIL GER 1:11:30 WOMEN: 1 Ingalena HEUCK GER 1:21:35 2 Laura CONLEY USA 1:25:50 3 Gaia SENEGAGLIESI ITA 1:30:27
14 OCTOBER 2012: NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA
MEN: 1 Jeff CUNNINGHAM GBR 2:38:51 2 Ivan MISKELIJN SRB 2:38:55 3 Zivan MILOSEVICH SRB 2:50:13 4 Denis KORABLEV RUS 2:54:30 5 Nenad MILOSAVLJEVIC SRB 2:55:05 6 Zoran MARKOVIC SRB 2:55:26 7 Ugliesa NIKOLIC SRB 2:56:22 8 Anrija DORDEVIC SRB 2:57:26 9 Aleksander MILANOVIC SRB 2:57:33 10 Branislav LAZIC BIH 3:05:36 WOMEN: 1 Zarija MILANOVIC SRB 3:39:39 2 Susanna KUUN RSA 4:01:29 3 Karolina Madaras PUSKAS SRB 4:06:24 4 Vera VELIMIROVIC SRB 4:19:47 5 Samanta GILICE SRB 4:43:27 10.5km MEN: 1 Branko MILOSEV SRB 39:37 2 Vladimir KOSTIC SRB 40:50 3 Albert PAP SRB 42:28 WOMEN: 1 Danijela BARAC SRB 44:43 2 Aleksandra MARINKOV SRB 44:50 3 Dragana DOKMANOVIC SRB 46:28
14 OCTOBER 2012: POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Edwin YATOR KEN 2:16:16 2 Edwin KIRUI KEN 2:17:38 3 Adam DRACZYNSKI POL 2:18:30 4 Boniface Wambua NDUVA KEN 2:21:30 5 Voloymyr IURCHUK UKR 2:24:00 6 Dzmitry HRYHORYEU BLR 2:26:21 7 Olexandr KAZYMYROW POL 2:26:43 8 Vladislav PRAMAU BLR 2:28:09 9 Adam MARYSIAK POL 2:28:29 10 Pawel PIOTRASCHKE POL 2:28:44 WOMEN: 1 Sviatlana KOUHAN BLR 2:35:08 2 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:41:12 3 Hadas MOSER POL 2:46:22 4 Alena VINITSKAYA BLR 2:47:18 5 Ewa BRYCH-PAJAK POL 2:48:41 6 Monika UKLEJA POL 2:55:09 7 Agnieszka GRAD-RYBINSKA POL 2:56:13 8 Halina KARNATSEVICH BLR 2:57:39 9 Dorota PRZYBYSZ POL 3:03:12 10 Magdalena B'CZYK-JARZEBOWSKA POL 3:06:13
14 OCTOBER 2012: RHEINENERGIEMARATHON KOLN, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Alfred KERING KEN 2:07:37 2 Limenih GETACHEW ETH 2:07:39 3 Duncan KOECH KEN 2:07:53 4 Laban MUTAI KEN 2:08:01 5 Victor LAGAT KEN 2:09:13 6 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 2:09:24 7 Laban MOIBEN KEN 2:09:55 8 Seboka TOLA ETH 2:10:32 9 Cosmas KIGEN KEN 2:13:05 10 Mekounenet AYENEW ETH 2:13:34 WOMEN: 1 Helena KIPROP KEN 2:25:34 2 Shetaye BEDASA ETH 2:27:29 3 Makda HARUN ETH 2:29:32 4 Robe GUTA ETH 2:31:09 5 Nadezhda LEONTEVA RUS 2:35:51 6 Ilona MARHELE LAT 2:39:18 7 Sandra LURING GER 2:47:39 8 Sandrine HOST BEL 2:59:31 9 Stefanie QUEREN GER 3:03:55 10 Anke RAHMEL GER 3:04:20 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Chemweno Wilson KIPKOSGEI KEN 1:07:22 2 Thorben DIETZ GER 1:07:35 3 Roger KONIGS GER 1:08:54 WOMEN: 1 Sabrina MOCKENHAUPT GER 1:16:43 2 Nina STOCKER GER 1:17:05 3 Frederike STRAETEN GER 1:19:06
14 OCTOBER 2012: SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Betona WARGA ETH 2:10:36 2 Kenneth KIMUTAI KEN 2:11:21 3 John KIPROTICH KEN 2:11:30 4 Botoru TSEGAYE ETH 2:11:41 5 Siraj GENA ETH 2:13:18 6 Gilbert YEGON KEN 2:14:47 7 Matt LOISELLE CAN 2:16:24 8 Stephen CHELIMO KEN 2:17:36 9 Kip KANGOGO KEN 2:19:41 10 Hillary CHENONGE KEN 2:20:37 WOMEN: 1 Mary DAVIES NZL 2:28:57 2 Agnes KIPROP KEN 2:29:33 3 Radiya ADILO ETH 2:30:49 4 Krista DUCHENE CAN 2:32:16 5 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:33:23 6 Silvia SKORTSOVA RUS 2:33:36 7 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:37:13 8 Marilyn ARSENAULT CAN 2:42:45 9 Emma STEPTO GBR 2:42:58 10 Emily KROSHUS CAN 2:46:41 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Francisco MENDEZ CHI 1:07:49 2 Philippe VIAU-DUPUIS CAN 1:08:39 3 Adam STACEY CAN 1:09:30 WOMEN: 1 Esther JEPTUM KEN 1:19:08 2 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:19:29 3 Lisa BROOKING CAN 1:21:08
19 OCTOBER 2012: AMMAN INT'L MARATHON, JORDAN
Ethiopian Mohammednuri Abdela won the 4th edition with Zeineba Hayato leading the women's race home and both setting new course records for the four-lap city centre route that has the unique finish in the 6000 seat Roman amphitheatre built in 177 AD. Jordan's first Olympic marathoner, Methkal Abu Drais placed third in the event while Razan Muqbel set a new national women's record of 3:35:09.
The event attracted over 450 international runners from 64 countries. Across all events the day saw over 7000 participants out on the streets of the Jordanian capital. In addition to wheelchair and visually impaired categories, many of the competitors raise funds and awareness for charities with the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Centre being primary beneficiaries of the race.
MEN: 1 Mohammednuri ABDELA ETH 2:19:39 2 Lawrence KIPTOO KEN 2:19:43 3 Methkal ABU DRAIS JOR 2:27:52 4 Youself HASAN JOR 2:40:22 5 Hayi MSALAM JOR 2:45:55 WOMEN: 1 Zeineba HAYATO ETH 2:40:23 2 Salina JEBET KEN 2:42:48 3 Razan MUGBEL JOR 3:35:09 (NR) 4 Sara CHACE USA 3:59:10 5 Jacqueline RODRIGUEZ USA 4:15:51
21 OCTOBER 2012: TCS AMSTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
Both course records were beaten in the 37th edition: Wilson Chebet improved the old record by 3 seconds; Meseret Hailu sliced almost a minute off the women's record. Michel Butter became the third-fastest Dutch Marathon runner ever.
The race was decided after 35km at which point there were still nine runners in the lead group. Peter Kirui, one of the favourites, was the first to go ahead, but after 39km Chebet showed that he had the best legs and left the competition behind. After the huge welcome for Chebet, the crowd exploded when Michel Butter came into the Olympic Stadium. The 27-year-old was hugely relieved to break 2:10. He did well to pick up the pace in the last 7km while running alone (without pacemakers).
The party atmosphere redoubled when Meseret Hailu posted the new women's record, surpassing the time of Olympic Champion and training partner Tiki Gelana. After taking the world half marathon title on 6 October the 22-year-old Hailu improved her marathon best by no less than six minutes.
No less than 38,000 runners entered for the various distances (marathon, Mizuno Half Marathon, 8km and children's runs). That was 5,000 more than last year. With 13,000 marathon runners, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon is the biggest marathon in the Netherlands and is fast becoming one of the largest marathons in Europe. There were 15,000 registrations from abroad from 82 nationalities.
MEN:
1 Wilson CHEBET KEN 2:05:41
2 Bentayehu ASSEFA ETH 2:06:22
3 Abrha GEBRETADIK ETH 2:06:23
4 Feisa BEKELE ETH 2:06:26
5 Abraham GIRMA ETH 2:06:48
6 Mulugeta WAMI ETH 2:07:11
7 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 2:08:14
8 Elias KEMBOI KEN 2:08:51
9 Henri SUGUT KEN 2:09:07
10 Peter KIRUI KEN 2:09:15
WOMEN:
1 Meseret HAILU ETH 2:21:09
2 Eunice KIRW KEN 2:21:41
3 Genet GETANAH ETH 2:25:38
4 Diane CHEPKEMOI KEN 2:27:32
5 Goitetum HAFTU ETH 2:33:57
6 Leila LUIK EST 2:40.12
7 Gemma RANKIN GBR 2:41:57
8 Liina LUIK EST 2:45:04
9 Jessica GUNNARSSON NOR 2:49:25
10 Mariska DUTE NED 2:49:39
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Kevin ROJAS GBR 1:09:27
2 Koen VOSSERS NED 1:10:24
3 Jonnatan MORALES MEX 1:10:49
WOMEN:
1 Maria BARRETT GBR 1:19:58
2 Paola SALVATORE ITA 1:21:06
3 Helen WAUGH GBR 1:22:54
21 OCTOBER 2012: DONG-A ILBO GYEONGJU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
The 6th edition proved the best yet writes Mirko Jalava. The race only includes an international men's race and has only seen African winners with Kenya taking the first two titles and Ethiopia following with the next two.
Last year's surprise winner Wilson Loyanai returned with a vengeance to defend his title and smashed Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay's 2:08:52 course record from 2009 by more than two minutes. He led four runners under the old record and a total of seven under 2:10.
When the leaders reached 15km in 45:30, there were still almost 20 runners in the pack. The pace continued evenly through 25km (1:16:23) and 30km (1:31:34), but then Loyanai made his decisive move. With a 14:33 split to 35km the change of pace scattered the pack. Loyanai was streets ahead at the finish but Boniface Mbuvi just beat Moses Kurgat in the final sprint both with personal best times.
MEN: 1 Wilson LOYANAI KEN 2:06:46 2 Boniface MBUVI KEN 2:08:39 3 Moses KURGAT KEN 2:08:40 4 Benson BARUS KEN 2:08:42 5 Elijah KEITANY KEN 2:09:08 6 Jason MBOTE KEN 2:09:16
21 OCTOBER 2012: BANCO VENETO LAGO MAGGIORE MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Benazzouz SLIMANI ITA 2:14:59 2 Moti MEKONEN ETH 2:15:01 3 Mendoyu DIBO ETH 2:16:33 4 Sultan JUNID ETH 2:16:46 5 John MUTAI KEN 2:16:54 6 Kaddour SLIMANI ITA 2:19:49 7 Lemawork WOLDEAREGAY ETH 2:23:05 8 Luca VALENTI ITA 2:35:25 9 Lorenzo MAIANDI ITA 2:47:34 10 Enrico DILULLO ITA 2:47:48 WOMEN: 1 Keneni GUDETA ETH 2:37:30 2 Abebe SHIFERAW ETH 2:41:16 3 Mariya KISELEVA RUS 2:46:26 4 Volha REZKAYA BLR 2:51:00 5 Marin FRANCESCA ITA 2:55:47 6 Stefania CHERASCO ITA 3:08:04 7 Ilaria ZEN ITA 3:09:05 8 Luisa FUMAGALLI ITA 3:11:00 9 Lucia COLCIAGO ITA 3:18:57 10 Sarah Aimee LEPEE ITA 3:22:17
21 OCTOBER 2012: GRANDE MARATHON INT'L DE CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
MEN:
1 Laalaui CHARKAUI MAR 2:18:42
2 Abderrrahmane MOATCIM MAR 2:20:47
3 Lahcen BENLAHCEN MAR 2:22:14
4 Said EL BAAZOUZI MAR 2:24:23
5 Lahcen OUBIHI MAR 2:25:03
6 Noureddine RAZAQ MAR 2:26:05
7 Rachid EL HAIMER MAR 2:28:23
8 Noureddine BOUCHAMMAMA MAR 2:29:16
9 Idriss MOUAATAMID MAR 2:29:57
10 Hassan CHIBANE MAR 2:32:44
WOMEN:
1 Meriem KHALI MAR 2:54:25
2 Khadija EL AARIBI MAR 2:58:24
3 Naima EL AYADI MAR 3:00:06
4 Hasna EL BOUAZZAOUI MAR 3:01:23
5 Hanane EL BAJJAOUI MAR 3:02:50
6 Amal BENZAKOUR MAR 3:18:59
7 Amal FATTAHA MAR 3:28:15
8 Naima BETTACH MAR 3:43:52
9 Amal BENHAMMOU MAR 3:44:31
10 Amal Madamme CHANGATI MAR 3:45:25
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Mohammed KDIDAR MAR 1:07:34
2 Abdelilah CHERKAOUI MAR 1:07:34
3 Ahmed SEBBAR MAR 1:07:54
WOMEN:
1 Amina MHIH MAR 1:18:39
2 Kabira EGMIRI MAR 1:19:47
3 Meriem TOYFIK MAR 1:38:16
21 OCTOBER 2012: MARATO DEL MEDITERRANI, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Rodrigo Borrego ALONSO ESP 2:40:29 2 Oscar Alberich GARCIA ESP 2:49:09 3 Juan Manuel Alvarez RAMOS ESP 2:50:07 4 Pablo Torres VARELA ESP 2:52:29 5 Antonio Jesus Serrano GIL ESP 2:53:28 6 Jordi Vazquez ABELLO ESP 2:57:42 7 Aontonio Sevillano LLERGO ESP 2:58:28 8 Miguel Gomez MINOBIS ESP 2:59:34 9 Johann GYLFASON 2:59:46 10 Enrique Del Rey PEDREGOSA ESP 3:00:38 WOMEN: 1 Anna Riera PIA ESP 3:11:00 2 Emi VAQUERO ESP 3:22:42 3 Alejandra Anreu BONILLA ESP 3:39:47 4 Aljona WILHELM 3:41:58 5 Soile PELTONIEMI-NISKANEN FIN 3:51:54 6 Carolina Zamora FUENTES ESP 4:00:39 7 Carolina Rosali Perez LORENZO ESP 4:02:44 8 Astrid Alvarez COLINA ESP 4:03:36 9 Isabel Abril CENTENO ESP 4:05:41 10 Sylwia NAROZNIK 4:07:35 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Marco Anbtonio Cepeda MARTIN ESP 1:11:00 2 Pablo Garica PAZ ESP 1:11:26 3 David Guiamet REDONDO ESP 1:13:33 WOMEN: 1 Yolanda Castillejo CASANOVAS ESP 1:26:59 2 Susanna Armengol PORTA ESP 1:28:38 3 Erika Sousa GASCON ESP 1:30:52
21 OCTOBER 2012: MEDIO MARATON VALENCIA TRINIDAD ALFONSO, SPAIN
Joel Kemboi Kimurer, an almost unknown athlete, surprised everybody by winning in 59:36 — only six seconds outside Geoffrey Mutai's course record, and leading Kenneth Kipkemoi and John Mwangangi under the hour. It was the first time that three athletes in the same event have run under the hour in Spain. In the women's race Alice Mogire finished 200m clear of her nearest rival, Portugal's Marisa Barros. Mogire ran at a steady pace the whole way (5km: 16:02; 10km 32:32) and was never challenged.
The combination of a great elite field and the qualities of the fast city centre course again produced excellent times. Even with high humidity and a temperature higher than expected (20°C), three men under an hour puts Valencia on a level that only Berlin, Lille and Den Haag have reached this year.
The leading group ran for the record right from the start; passing 5km in 13:46 and 10km in 27:50. As a result the leaders lost their pacemakers before halfway: Kenneth Kipkemoi took over to chase the "under 59 minutes" pledge made the day before. As the sun started to gain strength, John Mwangangi lost contact and the 15km (42:14) and 20km (56:35) split times indicated a course record was beyond reach. Then in the last kilometre the 24-year old Kimurer (with a previous half marathon best of 61:23) pushed ahead of Kipkemoi, a marvelous athlete who lost out in the last metres for the second consecutive year.
Of 9489 who registered, 8449 runners finished.
MEN: 1 Joel Kemboi KIMURER KEN 59:36 2 Kenneth Kiprop KIPKEMOI KEN 59:46 3 John Nzau MWANGANGI KEN 59:58 4 Bernard KITUR KEN 1:00:59 5 Milton Kiplagat ROTICH KEN 1:01:12 6 Josephat Bett KIPKOECH KEN 1:02:04 7 Philemon RONO KEN 1:02:05 8 Tebalu Zawude HEYI ETH 1:02:07 9 Peter KAMAIS KEN 1:03:23 10 Hassane AHOUCHAR 1:03:42 WOMEN: 1 Alice Kemunto MOGIRE KEN 1:09:57 2 Marisa BARROS POR 1:10:41 3 Malika ASSASAH 1:11:15 4 Nazha MACHROUH 1:12:39 5 Sara KERUBO KEN 1:13:15 6 Leah JEROTICH KEN 1:13:38 7 MEKKONEN ETH 1:15:38 8 Estela NAVASCUES ESP 1:15:44 9 Yesenia CENTENO ESP 1:16:34 10 Irina YUMANOVA RUS 1:17:35
21 OCTOBER 2012: NIAGARA FALLS MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Bernard ONSARE KEN 2:26:05 2 Marco DOZZI CAN 2:27:34 3 Jason MAYEROFF USA 2:30:34 4 Johann SALAZAR CAN 2:32:43 5 Matthew LEDUC CAN 2:36:19 6 James DERICK USA 2:39:57 7 Predrag MLADENOVIC CAN 2:42:38 8 Jean-Pierre POLI CAN 2:43:07 9 Laurent JUGANT CAN 2:44:35 10 Esteban VANEGAS USA 2:45:48 WOMEN: 1 Paula WILTSE CAN 2:51:58 2 Leah JABBOUR CAN 3:01:17 3 Christina CLARK CAN 3:04:52 4 Kimberley MEULLER USA 3:07:58 5 Elina JUNNILA FIN 3:13:27 6 Rachel KIRSCH USA 3:14:19 7 Nathalie GOYER CAN 3:19:11 8 Kate MAYHOOK USA 3:20:27 9 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:21:18 10 Pamela TAFFEIREN CAN 3:25:14 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Derek NAKLUSKI CAN 1:05:33 2 Rejean CHIASSON CAN 1:06:16 3 Evans Maiko MOMANYI KEN 1:10:56 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:13:57 2 Mota GADEFA ETH 1:14:16 3 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:18:33
21 OCTOBER 2012: SEMI MARATHON DE ST DENIS – LA VOIE ROYALE, FRANCE
MEN: 1 Alfred CHEROP KEN 1:02:51 2 Nicholas TOGOM KEN 1:02:54 3 Evans KIPLAGAT KEN 1:03:13 4 Patrick CHEROTWO KEN 1:03:47 5 Hirpo TSEGAYE ETH 1:03:56 6 Tsegaye MEKONNEN ETH 1:03:59 7 Evans Kipkoech KORIR KEN 1:04:05 8 Titus KOMEN KEN 1:04:27 9 Tekle MEKONEN ETH 1:04:30 10 Dickson Kimaiyo KIMUTAI KEN 1:05:17 WOMEN: 1 Mary Wacera NGUIGI KEN 1:10:54 2 Cynthia JEROTICH KEN 1:11:00 3 Gladys KIPSOI KEN 1:12:03 4 Leonidah MOSOP KEN 1:12:29 5 Alemu WORKNESH ETH 1:13:14 6 Meseret TAYE ETH 1:14:40 7 Dehininet DEMSEW ETH 1:14:40 8 Leah ROTICH KEN 1:16:51 9 Stella Jepnget BARBOSIO KEN 1:23:20 10 Laure Christin EMERY FRA 1:34:20 10km MEN: 1 Dawit WELDESELASSIE ETH 29:33 2 Pierre URRUTY FRA 31:23 3 Evgeni PISHCHALOV RUS 31:32 WOMEN: 1 Elena SEDOVA RUS 33:39 2 Betty KATAMBI 34:48 3 Hanan FARHIOUN 35:24
28 OCTOBER 2012: ADIDAS AUCKLAND MARATHON, NEW ZEALAND
MEN: 1 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:24:06 2 Scott WINTON NZL 2:29:18 3 Tony PAYNE NZL 2:31:07 4 Graeme TAYLOR NZL 2:31:27 5 Nick PANNET NZL 2:33:42 6 Ross MCINTYRE NZL 2:34:16 7 Nick PORTAS NZL 2:35:55 8 Johan VANHOOVELS NZL 2:36:23 9 Dave RIDLEY NZL 2:39:10 10 Adrian LYSAGHT NZL 2:39:13 WOMEN: 1 Alexandra WILLIAMS NZL 2:41:28 2 Sally GIBBS NZL 2:46:14 3 Anita KEEM AUS 2:46:47 4 Shireen CRUMPTON NZL 2:52:18 5 Candice HAMMOND NZL 2:53:04 6 Helen EWING NZL 2:55:49 7 Melissa NORRIS NZL 2:57:22 8 Lizzie WESLEY-SMITH NZL 2:58:07 9 Angela LECK NZL 2:58:37 10 Laura LEESON NZL 3:03:30 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Edwin KAITANY KEN 1:09:39 2 Steven OCALLAGHAN NZL 1:09:50 3 Jonathan JACKSON NZL 1:10:43 WOMEN: 1 Lisa ROBERTSON NZL 1:17:28 2 Danielle INGRAM-TRAVIS NZL 1:18:32 3 Maria BENTLEY NZL 1:20:49
28 OCTOBER 2012: 63rd CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
Four runners held together to 35km at which point David Kering put in an effort which gradually broke all the others. In the women's race Yu-jin Park passed 20km in 1:14:07 after which she dropped her last remaining rival, Sook-Jung Lee, and strode on to win.
MEN: 1 David Kemboi KIYENG KEN 2:10:05 2 Nickson KURGAT KEN 2:10:39 3 Negari TERFA ETH 2:11:45 4 Ben Kiplimo MUTAI KEN 2:12:38 5 Marius KIPSEREM KEN 2:13:49 6 Paul Kipkorir KIPKEMOI KEN 2:14:50 WOMEN: 1 Yu-Jin PARK KOR 2:41:55 2 Sun-Ae KIM KOR 2:42:57 3 Sook-Jung LEE KOR 2:49:27 4 Eun-Young JANG KOR 2:51:24
28 OCTOBER 2012: BMW FRANKFURT MARATHON, GERMANY
Photos: Jiro Mochizuki
World record holder Patrick Makau won the 31st edition on a cool bright morning with temperatures struggling to reach 2°C writes Pat Butcher. Makau never looked comfortable at the back of a leading group of 12. He dropped off the back several times but fought back into contention. When Deressa Chimsa shot away from the diminished group of five at 34km, he left Makau 50m in arrears. Makau gradually reeled him back in and took the lead at 39km to finish in the Festhalle greeted by fireworks, cheerleaders and ear-splitting music. "My legs weren't working today," said Makau, explaining his relatively sluggish performance.
A new world record was never in prospect, as the leading group passed through 2km in 6:08 and 10km in 29:56. Makau briefly lost touch with the leaders after halfway (1:02:52). It was now more a question of whether he would finish.
In contrast the leading women always looked well on the way to a new course record as defending champion and record holder (2:21:59), Mamitu Daska headed a group of five, including Marathon debutante Meselech Melkamu, Bezunesh Bekele, and two Kenyans, Georgina Rono and Agnes Barsosio.
Bekele dropped back at 30km but hung on and eventually passed Barsosio to finish fourth. But when Melkamu made her effort at 37km, the remaining trio split up, and Melkamu, running her first race over 10km, went away to an impressive victory which took nearly a minute off Daska's record from last year.
MEN: 1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 2:06:08 2 Deressa CHIMSA ETH 2:06:52 3 Gilbert KIRWA KEN 2:07:35 4 Peter SOME KEN 2:08:29 5 Bazu WORKU ETH 2:08:35 6 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:08:53 7 Victor KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:09:13 8 Shume LEGESSE ETH 2:10:01 9 Tola BANE ETH 2:10:58 10 Isaias BEYN ERI 2:11:53 WOMEN: 1 Meselech MELKAMU ETH 2:21:01 2 Georgina RONO KEN 2:21:39 3 Mamitu DASKA ETH 2:23:52 4 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 2:23:58 5 Agnes BARSOSIO KEN 2:24:27 6 Zemzem AHMED ETH 2:27:16 7 Iwona LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:28:36 8 Lisa HAHNER GER 2:31:28 9 Tetyana VERNYHOR UKR 2:33:51 10 Catherine BERTONE ITA 2:34:58
28 OCTOBER 2012: LAUSANNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Bartosz OLSZEWSKI POL 2:32:07 2 Krzysztof BARTKIEWICZ POL 2:36:42 3 Benoit GANDELOT FRA 2:39:12 4 Filipe VERCRUYSSE SUI 2:40:09 5 Rolf ERNI SUI 2:41:11 6 Benoit BARBEREAU SUI 2:43:53 7 Robert ORTON FRA 2:43:59 8 Petr ULICH CZE 2:46:31 9 Florian PIGUET SUI 2:47:05 10 Alexander SASS SUI 2:47:10 WOMEN: 1 Laura HREBEC SUI 2:41:37 2 Lucilia DELPEDRO SUI 2:59:54 3 Laurence YERLY-CATTIN SUI 3:00:40 4 Carole GENOUD SUI 3:08:59 5 Virginie PYTEL SUI 3:11:54 6 Stinjtje REULEN-LANGEL SUI 3:12:58 7 Laurence NOGUE FRA 3:14:08 8 Mary COTE USA 3:16:50 9 Corinne WENGER SUI 3:21:56 10 Regula BAUMBERGER SUI 3:22:07 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Evans Kibet CHGELANGA KEN 1:04:46 2 Julius Cheruiyot KOECH KEN 1:05:52 3 Philip Kiptoo RUTTO KEN 1:05:59 WOMEN: 1 Elena SEDOVA FRA 1:16:02 2 Renate WYSS SUI 1:17:45 3 Magali Dimarco MESSMER SUI 1:20:00
28 OCTOBER 2012: LJUBLJANSKI MARATON, SLOVENIA
Sunny and dry weather before the race changed to 5cm snowfall on race monring and temperatures around freezing writes Tomo Sarf. There was a record number of registrations, most of them for the half marathon but about 1500 in the marathon, but because of the unfriendly weather many changed their minds on race morning, and the record was not broken. Generally numbers are growing from year to year and Ljubljana has one of the highest levels of participation compared to the national population (2 million). The flat course helps to attract marathon runners seeking personal bests.
A strong group of African elite runners had been invited to attack the course record (2:08:25/2011) but the extremely cold weather made for a cautious start. At around halfway Berhanu Shiferaw upped the pace and no one could follow him. He ran the second lap facing the cold and wind alone and considering this recorded a very good time. It was similar in the women's race where none of the invited Africans, paced by Slovenian Olympic qualifier Mitja Kosovelj, could get within five minutes of the record (2:25:24).
MEN: 1 Berhanu SHIFERAW ETH 2:09:40 2 Birhanu GEBRU ETH 2:11:20 3 Daniel CHEPYEGON UGA 2:11:49 4 Joseph LANGAT ETH 2:13:18 5 Edwin KIMAIYO KEN 2:13:35 6 Sammy KIBET KEN 2:13:54 7 Dereje DEBELE ETH 2:16:42 8 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:16:56 9 Edwin KUTTO KEN 2:23:09 10 Anton KOSMAC SLO 2:23:10 WOMEN: 1 Worknesh TOLA ETH 2:30:45 2 Ruth WANJIRU KEN 2:34:37 3 Aberash NEGASA ETH 2:35:50 4 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:37:05 5 Tatyana VILISOVA RUS 2:40:01 6 Neza MRAVLJE RUS 2:44:40 7 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:58:45 8 Mojca KERMAVNAR SLO 3:07:18 9 Svetlana NIKITINA RUS 3:07:56 10 Katja RAKUSCEK SLO 3:13:44 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Mitja KREVS SLO 1:09:20 2 Urban JEREB SLO 1:11:53 3 Jakob Trsan VID SLO 1:12:34 WOMEN: 1 Timea MERENYI HUN 1:19:40 2 Lidija CERKOVNIK SLO 1:21:25 3 Neja KRSINAR SLO 1:22:30
28 OCTOBER 2012: 6th LUCERNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
The sixth edition suffered winter conditions: constant snowfall and temperatures around freezing point, yet many personal best times were achieved. The medical staff had less to do than ever before. A new record of 10 700 participants entered and 8 500 finished, only 600 less than last year. There were 1635 finishers in the Marathon and 5769 in the half marathon. The seventh edition will be held on 27 October 2013 as the SwissCityMarathon — Lucerne, with an extended course through the historic old town of Lucerne.
MEN: 1 Patrick JEANNERET SUI 2:39:03 2 Steve GISLER SUI 2:39:08 3 Alexander WEISS AUT 2:41:31 4 Beat BURKHARD SUI 2:41:57 5 Rolf FREI SUI 2:41:57 6 Roman WYSS SUI 2:43:10 7 Michael EGGENBERGER SUI 2:43:50 8 Rico ELMER SUI 2:46:30 9 Vlastimil KACIR CZE 2:47:09 10 Patrick WILLCOCK 2:47:21 WOMEN: 1 Lucia MAYER SUI 2:49:02 2 Emma POOLEY GBR 2:55:36 3 Petra EGGENSCHWILER SUI 2:56:08 4 Franzi INAUEN SUI 2:57:37 5 Christine WYRSCH SUI 3:06:23 6 Desiree GERMANN SUI 3:07:42 7 Simone HERTENSTEIN SUI 3:08:34 8 Judith AREGGER SUI 3:08:56 9 Sarah BLEISCH SUI 3:09:44 10 Regula WUEST SUI 3:12:53 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Markus HAUBER GER 1:11:23 2 Dominik LOETSCHER SUI 1:12:18 3 Fabian KREIENBUHL SUI 1:13:05 WOMEN: 1 Simone MAISSENBACHER GER 1:20:27 2 Katherina HEINIG GER 1:21:30 3 Rebecca RUEGGE SUI 1:22:33
28 OCTOBER 2012: MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Augustus MAIYO ETH 2:20:20 2 Kenneth FOSTER USA 2:22:39 3 Birhanu TADESSE ETH 2:23:03 4 Charles BALLEW USA 2:23:42 5 Jhovany Hernandez JUAREZ USA 2:24:00 6 Patrick FERNANDEZ USA 2:25:29 7 Robert CHESERET KEN 2:27:52 8 Brian DUMM USA 2:29:57 9 Andrew DUMM USA 2:30:56 10 Justin TURNER USA 2:31:08 WOMEN: 1 Hirut GUANQUL ETH 2:42:03 2 Wayinshet HAILU ETH 2:47:04 3 Erin RICHARD USA 2:48:11 4 Perry SHOEMAKER USA 2:52:22 5 Kara WATERS USA 2:52:32 6 Elissa BALLAS USA 2:53:51 7 Emma BOHMAN USA 2:58:02 8 Brenda SCHRANK USA 2:59:04 9 Nicole SOLANA USA 2:59:38 10 Sara DAY USA 2:59:49
28 OCTOBER 2012: STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA
Photo: Stafford Ondego — Tee Standard
Overcast conditions proved a blessing for the runners in the 10th edition writes Mutwiri Mutuota. Wesley Kibet in his third successive race, timed his break to perfection, 2km from the finish and slipped three seconds under Ernest Kebeneoi's mark from last year. He had been locked together with Abraham Keter and Moses Kigen since 33km. In the women's race Salome Jerono ran the last 10km unchallenged.
"I did 2:26 in my first event and improved to 2:19 last year. But today, I surprised myself by winning in a course record." said Kibet. The men's event is yet to witness a repeat winner.
Jerona had the women's race won from 32km and ran solo against the clock to take the victory.
MEN: 1 Wesley KIBET KEN 2:10:40 2 Abraham KETER KEN 2:10:50 3 Moses KIGEN KEN 2:11:05 4 Ronald KURGAT KEN 2:11:08 5 Joseph BIWOTT KEN 2:11:14 6 Elisha BARNO KEN 2:11:19 7 Duncan MAIYO KEN 2:11:47 8 Jackson LOKOCHOL KEN 2:11:53 9 Felix KIPROTICH KEN 2:12:03 10 Henry TARUS KEN 2:13:17 WOMEN: 1 Salome JERONO KEN 2:26:41 2 Alice CHELEGAT KEN 2:28:04 3 Mercy CHEMUTAI KEN 2:31:30 4 Grace KITONGA KEN 2:34:31 5 Caroline KOMEN KEN 2:35:51 6 Joan KIGEN KEN 2:35:54 7 Salome JEPCHUMBA KEN 2:36:57 8 Susan NYAKARIEGA KEN 2:38:30 9 Eunice CHEBICHII KEN 2:38:58 10 Jackline KEMUNTO KEN 2:39:34 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Mathew KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:19 2 Joseph APERUMOI KEN 1:02:54 3 Peter CHESANG KEN 1:03:03 WOMEN: 1 Pascalia JEPKORIR KEN 1:08:12 2 Beatrice CHEROP KEN 1:12:43 3 Gladys JEPKECHEI KEN 1:13:13
28 OCTOBER 2012: PODGORICA MARATHON, MONTENEGRO
The 19th edition incorporated the Montenego Championships for the 17th time, in both Marathon and Half Marathon. Over 280 runners from 29 countries took part, along with another 1000 in the supporting "eco-race". Many runners had problems because of the heavy rain which fell throughout the competition, although good results were still achieved. The total prize fund was 20,000 euros.
MEN: 1 Elisha Kiprotich SAWE KEN 2:19:23 2 Andrew Kilonzi KIMANTHI KEN 2:21:11 3 Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOT KEN 2:28:51 4 Abraham Talam KIPKEMEI KEN 2:30:04 5 Milos MILANOVIC SRB 2:32:54 6 Nicodemus BIWOTT KEN 2:35:29 7 Kristijan STOSIC SRB 2:37:53 8 Jasmin STITKOVAC BIH 2:41:29 9 Branko STEVIC SRB 2:43:03 10 Mesfin Tekele WOLDEJESUS ETH 2:46:37 WOMEN: 1 Olivera JEVTIC SRB 2:37:58 2 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 2:42:36 3 Sladana PERUNOVICH MNE 2:48:42 4 Nadezhda SEMILETOVA RUS 2:52:32 5 Marija VRAJIC CRO 3:02:05 6 Lidija MIKLOS SRB 3:16:34 7 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 3:36:43 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Velimir BOJOVIC SRB 1:09:31 2 Sasa STOLIC SRB 1:09:44 3 Duro KODZO BIH 1:10:07 WOMEN: 1 Biljana CVIJANOVIC BIH 1:20:35 2 Vladana GAVRANOVIC BIH 1:22:51 3 Ana SEKULIC SRB 1:26:17
28 OCTOBER 2012: EDP PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL
Runners awoke in the race hotel to the sound of wind rattling their windows, and although the morning was cool, bright and sunny the day's times were never going to be fast on this exposed coastal and estuarine course. The first five kilometres were overall downhill and the split of 15:15 flattered to deceive. Even after the coast was reached at 7km the next 7km are out-back northward, within the protective cover of residential blocks and industrial suburbs of Matosinhos. A group of 12 still held together along the esplanade leading towards the Douro Estuary, but James Moiben's pacing, bringing the leaders through halfway in 1:06:07, had reduced the group to five. The second pacemaker finished duty at 25km and then Anthony Wairuri took up the running, rounding the turn point at 27km with a slim advantage over Dadi Tesfaye Beyene and Belachew Alemayahu. The positions remained the same to the finish as Wairuri ran strongly in the testing conditions to record exactly equal splits while all behind him gradually slowed.
The women's race was only decided in the final uphill kilometre as a group of four stuck closely together until that point. Abeba Teklu Gebremeskel proved strongest with little to separate the three who followed her in.
MEN: 1 Anthony WAIRURI KEN 2:12:14 2 Dadi Tesfaye BEYENE ETH 2:14:38 3 Belachew ALEMAYEHU ETH 2:14:42 4 Demelash Dinku HABTE ETH 2:20:26 5 Eliud KIPSEREM KEN 2:21:20 6 Daniel PINHEIRO POR 2:25:11 7 Daniel PEIXOTO POR 2:27:13 8 Alberto CHAICA POR 2:29:39 9 Helder FEREIRRA POR 2:32:45 10 Paulo PEREIRA POR 2:35:47 WOMEN: 1 Abera Teklu GEBREMESKEL ETH 2:39:51 2 Zenebu Haftu ABAY ETH 2:40:07 3 Gulume Tollesa CHALA ETH 2:40:15 4 Rael KIMAIYO KEN 2:40:21 5 Lidia PEREIRA POR 3:06:50 6 Evelina SHAMAROVA RUS 3:08:08 7 Helena LOBO POR 3:08:49 8 Amelia COSTA POR 3:20:35 9 Janine COELHO POR 3:21:08 10 Lucinda SOUSA POR 3:21:18
28 OCTOBER 2012: UWI-SPEC INT'L HALF MARATHON, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Three weeks after setting a national record (1:15:11) under testing conditions at the World Half Marathon Championships Tonya Nero recorded a runaway win, with physical conditions being even more testing in this event.
MEN: 1 George TOWETT USA 1:08:25 2 Richard JONES TRI 1:09:44 3 Matthew HAGLEY TRI 1:10:05 4 Curtis COX TRI 1:10:30 5 Danzel Everand RAMIREZ TRI 1:11:20 6 Kelvin JOHNSON TRI 1:13:26 7 Jules Joel LA RODE TRI 1:13:29 8 Sandino NERO TRI 1:16:56 9 Shirvan BABOOLAL TRI 1:17:31 10 Volwin MERCURIUS TRI 1:17:55 WOMEN: 1 Tonya NERO TRI 1:18:20 2 Celine LESTRADE TRI 1:35:05 3 Juliet JOHN-SAMBRANO TRI 1:40:45 4 Carline PIPE TRI 1:43:56 5 Thais GUTIERREZ TRI 1:47:35 6 Wendy SHALLOW TRI 1:47:39 7 Leisl PUUCKERIN TRI 1;48:27 8 Paulette LUCESS TRI 1:52:03 9 Alissa Mary BIBB TRI 1:52:33 10 Nicola DE PASS TRI 1:55:14
28 OCTOBER 2012: VENICE MARATHON, ITALY
Rain, wind and high tide didn't stop runners in the 27th edition as 5931 finished out of 6214 starters.
The men started cautiously into a strong headwind, passing halfway in 1:08:19. It was not until 35km that Philemon Kipchumba Kisang lengthened his stride and moved away from Titus Kwemoi Masai and Elijah Karanja. The Italian Domenico Ricatti finished strongly, as he crossed the bridges into Venice, to secure fourth place. Karanja remarked: "It was a hard race, especially when crossing the Ponte della Libertà with the rain and the high wind; thanks to the warmth of the spectators I was able to complete".
In the women's race Ethiopians Emebet Etea Bedada and Fantu Eticha Jimma ran side by side until 30km, when Bedada went ahead. As Jimma then faltered Helima Hassen Beriso took the advantage and came through to finish second. Again, it was an Italian who took fourth place, Monica Carlin.
MEN: 1 Philemon Kipchumba KISANG KEN 2:17:00 2 Titus Kwemoi MASAI KEN 2:18:21 3 Elijah KARANJA KEN 2:19:41 4 Domenico RICATTI ITA 2:19:43 5 Habtamu Fikadu AWASH ETH 2:21:00 6 Patrick Kiptanui KORIR KEN 2:24:58 7 Said BOUDALIA ITA 2:27:50 8 Dario ROGNONI ITA 2:30:30 9 Giancarlo SIMION ITA 2:30:46 10 Robert NDIWA KEN 2:30:48 WOMEN: 1 Emebet Etea BEDADA ETH 2:38:10 2 Halima Hassen BERISO ETH 2:48:32 3 Fanta Etichu JIMMA ETH 2:50:46 4 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:54:13 5 Mauricia CUNICO ITA 2:56:57 6 Noemy GIZZI ITA 3:01:08 7 Ambra VECCHIATO ITA 3:01:16 8 Pamela MARKLEY USA 3:01:33 9 Francesca PATUELLI ITA 3:03:12 10 Rosella DE ROSE ITA 3:09:48
29 OCTOBER 2012: NATIONAL LOTTERY DUBLIN MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Geoffrey NDUNGU KEN 2:11:09 2 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:11:26 3 Abdisa BEDADA ETH 2:11:31 4 Urga NEGEWO ETH 2:13:15 5 Charles KIBIWOT KEN 2:13:31 6 Demessew TSEGE ETH 2:13:34 7 David KISANG KEN 2:13:38 8 Jacob CHESIRE KEN 2:16:19 9 Paul POLLOCK IRL 2:16:30 10 Othaniel PAHLANE RSA 2:16:53 WOMEN: 1 Magadalene MUKUNZI KEN 2:30:45 2 Faith CHEMAOI KEN 2:31:10 3 Natalia PUNCHKOVA RUS 2:31:42 4 Ashete Bekera DIDI ETH 2:33:29 5 Marina KOVALEVA RUS 2:34:52 6 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 2:35:00 7 Yuliya RUBAN UKR 2:36:24 8 Barbara SANCHEZ IRL 2:42:10 9 Pauline CURLEY IRL 2:45:51 10 Annette KEALY IRL 2:49:43
October 2012
