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5 APRIL 2013: DEAD SEA ULTRAMARATHON, JORDAN

Jordan's Olympic marathoner Muthqal Abbadi won at his first attempt beyond the standard 42km writes Norrie Williamson. His time over the course from the Jordanian capital of Amman to the Dead Sea would have placed him tenth on the world best rankings were it not for the 1300m drop from start to finish. The Dead Sea lies at the lowest point on earth, 396 metres below sea level. (The late Thompson Magawana's world record of 2:43:38 was set on the hilly Two Oceans course in 1988.)

The twentieth edition started in unseasonal cold, windy and wet conditions, but the sun and heat returned as runners plummeted through "Zero Sea Level" with stunning views down into the Jordan Valley. Afterwards runners relaxed and recovered in the world's largest and most famous mineral salt bath, the Dead Sea itself. Apart from the ultra there are marathon and 10km events, with a combined field of over 5000 runners. Among them was Jordan's Prince Talal bin Muhammad who ran his first marathon in 4:36 and raised US$728,000 sponsorship for the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, caring for 10 children stricken by leukemia.

50km
MEN:
1  Muthqal ABBADI                 JOR  2:50:57
2  Fathu ALDAYAT                  JOR  2:57:09
3  Mossab AHMAD                   JOR  2:58:55
4  Hayel al RAWAHNEH              JOR  3:07:53
5  Mohamed FOUSTOK                JOR  3:09:23
 
WOMEN:
1  Ghoroud ALDGHEMAT              JOR  4:12:22
2  Nahida ALBAWAT                 JOR  4:14:52
3  Natalia MARTIN                 ESP  4:15:03
4  Anja Hav THOMSEN                    4:52:44
5  Heike ROESCH                   GER  5:22:38
 
42km
MEN:
1  Ayman HUSSEIN                  JOR  2:28:26
2  Omar al ZBOON                  JOR  2:29:55
3  Ali ISSA                       JOR  2:30:32
4  Hussein ABDELAZIZ              JOR  2:32:24
5  Youself KHALAF                 JOR  2:33:07

WOMEN:
1  Sajood ALKHOTABA               JOR  3:11:45
2  Rania BAYOUNI                  JOR  3:22:17
3  Chris PEETERS                  BEL  3:24:33
4  Sarah KYLE                     USA  3:46:12
5  Lesley STRONG                  CAN  3:48:06

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6 APRIL 2013: HERVIS PRAGUE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC

Photos: Hervis Prague Half Marathon

Prague Half Marathon

Despite near-freezing temperatures the men's race featured hot competition and the women's winner some hot pace. In the last kilometre Zersenay Tadese outran a quartet that had kept him company up to that point while Gladys Cherono ran away from the rest of the field after 15km to break the course record and post the fourth fastest time of the year.

Tadese's world record of 58:23 was never in sight as the leaders passed through 5km in 14:06 and 10km in 28:12. By 15km (42:37) they had slipped to barely inside one-hour schedule. Tadese eschewed his normally aggressive front-running style and was content to sit back in the five-man pack, passing through 20km all together in 57:14. He and his Eritrean compatriot and training partner Amanuel Mesel started to get away from a Kenyan trio with 300m remaining, but Tadese only prevailed in the short home straight next to the Rudolfinum. Mesel improved his personal best by over a minute.

Prague Half Marathon

Gladys Cherono had finished third last year in a personal best 1:08:18, but improved by 90 seconds despite the difficult conditions. Four leaders went through 10km in 32:02, but by 15km only Worknesh Degefa was vainly trying to keep pace with Cherono, who went on to win by over 400m. Isabella Ochichi, returning to competition after a six-year absence, did well to run 1:09:12 for third place.

A record of 12,500 runners entered.

MEN:
1  Zersenay TADESE                ERI  1:00:11
2  Amanuel MESEL                  ERI  1:00:11
3  John KIPSANG                   KEN  1:00:15
4  Pius Maiyo KIROP               KEN  1:00:19
5  Henry KIPLAGAT                 KEN  1:00:22
6  Abere KASSW                    ETH  1:01:17
7  Tigabu GEBREMARYAM             ETH  1:01:28
8  Daniel Kipchumba CHEBII        KEN  1:01:52
9  Medhin TEKLEMARIAM             ERI  1:01:55
10 Philemon Kimeli LIMO           KEN  1:01:57

WOMEN:
1  Gladys CHERONO                 KEN  1:06:48
2  Worknesh DEGEFA                ETH  1:08:12
3  Isabella OCHICHI               KEN  1:09:21
4  Waganesh MEKASHA               ETH  1:09:31
5  Ehitu KIROS                    ETH  1:09:38
6  Agnes Katunge MUTUNE           KEN  1:10:06
7  Pamela LISORENG                KEN  1:10:09
8  Edinah KWAMBAI                 KEN  1:12:40
9  Mary WANGARI                   KEN  1:13:13
10 Azusa NOJIRI                   JPN  1:15:15

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7 APRIL 2013: VATTENFALL BERLIN HALF MARATHON, GERMANY

Jacob Kendagor pulled out a surprise win, beating runners who had personal bests two minutes faster than his own 1:01:15 writes Jorg Wenig. Helah Kiprop pushed ahead from 10km to win the women's race with relative ease.

In sunny but cool conditions (around 4°C), a group of four Kenyans went through 10km in 28:23 on sub-hour schedule. Kendagor increased the pace at 11km and only Silas Kipruto could hold on. Kendagor shifted into another gear after 17km and Kipruto was beaten.

In the women's race Helah Kiprop made a decisive move just before passing through 10km in 32:17 four seconds ahead of Philes Ongori. She surged away but lost some ground in the final stages as Ongori closed to within 40m. "I was not aware that it was that close," said Kiprop, who had only run faster in the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February. It was the third-fastest time in the history of the race, and the first time since 2006 that 68 minutes has been broken. Last year Ongori beat Kiprop into third place by a single second.

MEN:
1  Jacob KENDAGOR                 KEN    59:36
2  Silas KIPRUTO                  KEN  1:00:12
3  Victor KIPCHIRCHIR             KEN  1:00:27
4  Kenneth KIPKEMOI               KEN  1:00:45
5  Frederick NGENY                KEN  1:01:37
6  Joseph KIPTUM                  KEN  1:01:38
7  Kiflom SLUM                    ERI  1:01:55
8  Richard MENGICH                KEN  1:02:28
9  Robert LANGAT                  KEN  1:03:13
10 Elisha KIPCHIRCHIR             KEN  1:03:15

WOMEN:
1  Helah KIPROP                   KEN  1:07:54
2  Philes ONGORI                  KEN  1:08:01
3  Mai ITO                        JPN  1:10:00
4  Valentine KIPKETER             KEN  1:10:48
5  Lilian JELEGAT                 KEN  1:11:59
6  Sonia SAMUELS                  GBR  1:12:36
7  Coline RICARD                  FRA  1:18:05
8  Sari JUUTI                     FIN  1:20:12
9  Sandra BOLTZ                   GER  1:20:25
10 KLouise BAEKBY HANSEN          DEN  1:20:38

7 APRIL 2013: MEDIO MARATON ASICS VILLA DE MADRID, SPAIN

Madrid Marathon

With the start and finish within Retiro Park nearly 16,000 runners participated, and a further 1400 took part in the associated 5km event. In the men's race a group of seven led through 10km in 29:52 and kept a strong pace going until the end, when Haile Tegegn launched his winning attack. In the women's race it was a group of three who became detached and passed 10km in 33:50. Victory was only won in the final metres as Meseret Kitata edged ahead of her compatriot Marta Tigabea to set a new course record.

Madrid Marathon Madrid Marathon

MEN:
1  Haile Tegegn MEGESHA           ETH  1:02:57
2  Albert MATEBOR                 KEN  1:03:02
3  Andrew LESUUDA                 KEN  1:03:09
4  Wilson Kebenei KIPROTICH       KEN  1:03:29
5  Workneh FIKIRE                 ETH  1:03:39
6  Eliud KIPSEREM                 KEN  1:04:19
7  Ouais ZITANE                        1:04:28
8  Oswaldo Segundo JAMI           ECU  1:04:33
9  Abdelghafour LASRI             MAR  1:05:07
10 Wissem HOSNI                        1:05:09

WOMEN:
1  Meseret Kitata TOLWAK          ETH  1:11:31
2  Marta TIGABEA                  ETH  1:11:37
3  Jane MWIKALI                   KEN  1:12:45
4  Emily BIWOTT                   KEN  1:13:21
5  Hirut Tibebu DAMTE             ETH  1:13:50
6  Rehima Jewar SERRO                  1:15:09
7  Estela NAVASCUES               ESP  1:16:13
8  Analia ROSA                         1:17:45
9  Maria Jose PUEYO               ESP  1:17:52
10 Alba GARCIA                    ESP  1:18:23

5km
MEN:
1  Santiago DE LA FUENTE          ESP  15:33
2  Fernando DIEZ                  ESP  15:45  
3  Borja PEREZ                    ESP  15:52

WOMEN:
1  Esther DESVIAT                 ESP  16:58
2  Penelope Raquel BANOS          ESP  18:13
3  Charlotte COTTON                    19:34

7 APRIL 2013: MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY

MEN:
1  Worku Biru GEMENCHU            ETH  2:09:25
2  Girma Tefera GOSA              ETH  2:09:36
3  Marius KIPSEREM                KEN  2:09:50
4  Stephen Kosgei KIBET           KEN  2:12:31
5  Richard Kipkemei LIMO          KEN  2:15:42
6  William Kipsang ROP            KEN  2:16:24
7  Anton KOSMAC                   SLO  2:18:40
8  Tommaso VACCINA                ITA  2:22:11
9  Solomon Kipsang SOY            KEN  2:22:23
10 Ed BARNETT                     GBR  2:28:51

WOMEN:
1  Monica JEPKOECH                KEN  2:32:54
2  Adana Desalegn TSEHAY          ETH  2:32:55
3  Birhane ABABEL                 ETH  2:33:10
4  Julia MUMBI                    KEN  2:33:37
5  Irene Jerotich KOSGEI          KEN  2:35:25
6  Fatima AYACHI                  ETH  2:35:32
7  Bayush Shiferaw ABEBE          ETH  2:36:16
8  Claudia PINNA                  ITA  2:42:09
9  Deniz DIMAKI                   GRE  2:47:19
10 Alina NITULEASA                ROM  2:53:27

7 APRIL 2013: 37th SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PARIS MARATHON, FRANCE

Paris Marathon

Women's winner Feyse Tadese set a world-leading time and women's course record while Peter Some was the surprise winner in the second fastest time ever run in Paris writes Pierre Jean Vazel. With cool but sunny weather conditions were ideal and the women started very fast, passing 5km in 16:44. World Half-marathon silver medallist Feyse Tadese moved into the lead and went through halfway in 1:10:08 — fastest ever in Paris. The 25-year-old ran steadily built up her winning margin leaving both race favourite Eunice Jepkirui and compatriot Merima Mohammed before the final kilometres through the Bois de Boulogne to break her personal best by over two minutes.

Paris Marathon

A compact men's lead group passed the 5km point at the Hotel de Ville in 14:44, also ahead of course record pace. Three pacemakers led about 15 runners through 10km in 29:31 and 15km, in the Bois de Vincennes, in 44:28. No changes occurred until halfway, where the leading dozen were still led by two pacemakers and the split time (1:02:25) was now well outside course record pace. The Kenyan trio of Some, Philip Sanga and Eric Ndiema led the group, passing 25km in 1:14:19 and 30km in 1:29:35. Race favourite Tola was still biding his time when Some accelerated. Glancing occasionally over his shoulder he steadily opened a large gap as he headed towards the Bois de Boulogne. By 35km (1:43:56), he had a lead of about 25 seconds and went on for an untroubled win, improving his personal best by more than three minutes.

MEN:
1  Peter SOME                     KEN  2:05:38
2  Tadese TOLA                    ETH  2:06:33
3  Eric NDIEMA                    KEN  2:06:34
4  Megersa BACHA                  ETH  2:06:56
5  Philip SANGA                   KEN  2:06:57
6  Sylvester TEIMET               KEN  2:08:14
7  Sahle WARGA                    ETH  2:08:19
8  Abraham GIRMA                  ETH  2:08:19
9  Gezahegne ALEMAYEHU            ETH  2:09:57
10 Gilbert MASAI                  KEN  2:10:27

WOMEN:
1  Feysa TADESSE                  ETH  2:21:05
2  Merima MOHAMED                 ETH  2:23:14
3  Eunice Kirwa JEPKIRUI          KEN  2:23:34
4  Dinknesh TEFERA                ETH  2:25:09
5  Agnes KIPROP                   KEN  2:25:22
6  Fantu JIMMA                    ETH  2:28:03
7  Amane GOBENA                   ETH  2:29:36
8  Shitaye BEDASO                 ETH  2:34:40
9  Carmen OLIVERAS                FRA  2:35:57
10 Aline CAMBOULIVES              FRA  2:36:44

7 APRIL 2013: POZNAN HALF MARATHON, POLAND

MEN:
1  Martin MUKULE                  KEN  1:03:29
2  David Kipketer KOGEI           KEN  1:03:30
3  Edwin Kibet KIPTOO             KEN  1:03:32
4  Evans KIPKORIT                 KEN  1:03:39
5  Piotr HUMERSKI                 POL  1:13:23
6  Adam KONIECNY                  POL  1:13:41
7  Adam KOWALEWSKI                POL  1:14:30
8  Krzysztof GORNY                POL  1:14:31
9  Adam CHUDZICKI                 POL  1:14:32
10 Adam SEROCKI                   POL  1:15:10

WOMEN:
1  Lucy NJERI                     KEN  1:11:10
2  Nadezda TRILINSKAYA            RUS  1:13:18
3  Alice KIBOR                    KEN  1:13:42
4  Zvile BALCIUNAITE              LTE  1:18:45
5  Joanna SUSMANEK                POL  1:27:22
6  Francesca CAPOBELLI            ITA  1:29:12
7  Adrianna STARBOWSKA            POL  1:29:14
8  Agnieszka STANIEWSKA           POL  1:30:25
9  Martina WISNIEWSKA             POL  1:31:29
10 Karolina CHABROS               POL  1:33:55

7 APRIL 2013: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE RABAT, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Nicholas KEMBOI                KEN  1:00:27
2  Evans KIPLAGAT                 KEN  1:00:28
3  Tebalu ZAWUDE                  ETH  1:00:33
4  Abera TESFAYE                  ETH  1:01:06
5  Abraham CHEROBEN               KEN  1:01:12
6  Leonard LANGAT                 KEN  1:01:38
7  Debela FEYSE                   ETH  1:02:37
8  Desta ALEMU                    ETH  1:02:38
9  Muhajr SRAJ                    ETH  1:03:11
10 Kennedy KIPYEGO                KEN  1:03:14

WOMEN:
1  Cynthia JEROTICH               KEN  1:09:59
2  Gladys KIPSOI                  KEN  1:10:23
3  Shure Damise WARE              ETH  1:11:03
4  Rachael MUTGAA                 KEN  1:13:20
5  Olga SKRYPAK                   UKR  1:13:24
6  Faiza AZZOUZI                  MAR  1:13:26
7  Kanbouchia SOUD                MAR  1:13:28
8  Sosena GEZAW                   ETH  1:14:19
9  Fantaye BATISO                 ETH  1:15:27
10 Salima CHARKI                  MAR  1:15:32

7 APRIL 2013: MARATON DE SANTIAGO, CHILE

25,000 runners entered the three events and engulfed the city in a festival atmosphere. Both men's and women's course records were broken in the Marathon and the President of the Republic came to present the prizes.

MEN:
1  Julius KETER                   KEN  2:11:44
2  Bado WORKU                     ETH  2:14:33
3  Ahmed NASSET                   MAR  2:14:38
4  Cyprian MWOBI                  KEN  2:15:10
5  Debesay TSIGE                  ERI  2:16:00
6  Abel VILLANUEVA                PER  2:17:03
7  Roberto ECHEVERRIA             CHI  2:17:41
8  Eric NZIOKI                    KEN  2:17:54
9  Edson AMARO                    BRA  2:18:25
10 Constantino LEON               PER  2:18:59

WOMEN:
1  Jacqueline KIPLIMO             KEN  2:30:50
2  Gladys TEJEDA                  PER  2:31:48
3  Ines MELCHOR                   PER  2:32:11
4  Shewarge AMARE                 ETH  2:35:43 
5  Erika ABRIL                    COL  2:36:15
6  Erika OLIVERA                  CHI  2:37:17
7  Judith TORIBIO                 PER  2:38:39
8  Yolanda FERNANDEZ              COL  2:44:28
9  Thrupena TARUS                 KEN  2:48:36
10 Alicia CEVALLOS                ECU  2:53:10

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Victor ARAVENA                 CHI  1:06:07 
2  Christopher GUAJARDO           CHI  1:07:28
3  Patricio URIBE                 CHI  1:08:12

WOMEN:
1  Clara MORALES                  CHI  1:19:21
2  Lenka LICHNOVSKY               CHI  1:21:10
3  Jimena LABRANA                 CHI  1:22:14

10km
MEN:
1  Daniel ESTRADA                 CHI  28:44
2  Lucas JARAMILLO                CHI  29:23
3  Ariel MENDEZ                   CHI  29:38

WOMEN:
1  Jennifer GONZALEZ              CHI  35:22
2  Micaela VALLEJOS               CHI  35:35
3  Valeska AYMANI                 CHI  35:37

7 APRIL 2013: ZURICH MARATHON, SWITZERLAND

Photos: Marc Weiler

Zurich

Despite low temperatures and grey skies, a total of 7802 participants completed the Marathon, 10km and relay, and both Marathon course records were broken. Tadesse Abraham from Eritrea took an early lead, with support from Kenya's Edwin Kiprop Korir serving as a pacemaker. When Abraham set off on his own he posted an incredibly fast last quarter of the race to break Viktor Röthlin's 2007 course record by 35 seconds and his own personal best by two minutes. Next year Abraham will be competing for Switzerland as he is about to become a Swiss citizen.

Croatia's Lisa Stublic took the women's race into new territory. Born and raised in the US, Stublic competes for Croatia. The others could only follow the diminutive runner for the first 8km before she broke away to eventually eclipse Anne Mette Jensen's 2004 course record by four minutes, and her personal best by five minutes. "Breaking the course record was my clear objective. But I honestly did not expect to post such a fast time," she said.

The early date and the tough, long-lasting winter cost the Zurich Marathon some participants but performances were all the more impressive with five Swiss runners meeting the selection criteria for the World and the European championships.

Zurich

MEN:
1  Tadesse ABRAHAM                ERI  2:07:44
2  Edwin Kiprop KORIR             KEN  2:10:26
3  Samson Mungai KAGIA            KEN  2:10:42
4  Oleg KULKOV                    RUS  2:11:33
5  Michael OTT                    SUI  2:16:53
6  Peter SITIENEI                 KEN  2:17:13
7  Christian KREIENBUHL           SUI  2:17:47
8  Mohamednur HAMID               SUI  2:22:49
9  Patrick NISPEL                 SUI  2:22:57
10 Oswald REVELIAN                TAN  2:24:23

WOMEN:
1  Lisa STUBLIC                   CRO  2:25:44
2  Tetyana HOLOVCHENKO            UKR  2:31:11
3  Tigist Sheni ABDI              ETH  2:32:34
4  Esther Macharia WANJIRU        KEN  2:38:24
5  Renate WYSS                    SUI  2:40:54
6  Purity KIMETTO                 KEN  2:42:40
7  Lucia MAYER-HOFFMAN            SUI  2:42:47
8  Daniela AESCHENBACHER          SUI  2:48:32
9  Franzi INAUEN                  SUI  2:52:08
10 Astrid MEULLER                 SUI  2:53:55

10km
MEN:
1  Fabian ZEHNDER                 SUI  32:37
2  Martin BADER                   SUI  33:04
3  Andreas KALIN                  SUI  33:43

WOMEN:
1  Selina UMMEL                   SUI  38:29
2  Evelyn MEIER                   SUI  39:05 
3  Seraina GLAUS                  SUI  40:09

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9 APRIL 2013: UVU NORTH POLE MARATHON, NEUTRAL POLAR OCEAN

MEN:
1  Gary THORNTON                       3:49:29
2  Michel RENAUD                       4:34:25
3  Willy STEINSKOG                     5:04:02
4  Alvin MATTHEWS                      5:14:28
5  Janos KIS                           5:24:43
6  Alexander RUDIGER                   5:24:48
7  Marcelo ALVES                       5:38:28
8  Jonathan BELLARBY                   5:38:52
9  Chris BAIRD                         5:39:43

WOMEN:
1  Fiona OAKES                         4:53:09
2  Stephanie GICQUEL                   5:48:56
3  Anna CHERNOVA                       7:27:09

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14 APRIL 2013: DAEGU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA

Abraham Kiprotich, who serves in the French Foreign Legion and became a French national two years ago, improved his personal best by two seconds to win his first marathon in four attempts. The runners finished just ahead of a thunderstorm, but the wind had hindered the lead runners from 30km onward. It was at that point that Kiprotich took the lead and soldiered on alone to the finish line.

Ten runners got away after 8km and at 15km were on 2:06 pace, but the group then began to break up. Pacemakers finished duty at 30km at which point Kiprotich immediately drew clear of his two remaining rivals, going on to win by a 400-metre margin.

Margaret Akai, who had already improved her best time by more than eight minutes when finishing third in the Shanghai Marathon last December in 2:24:17, won in another personal best. Second-placed Mulu Seboka also improved her best by two minutes.

More than 16000 started the race in the host city of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

MEN:
1  Abraham KIPROTICH              FRA  2:08:33
2  Boniface MVUBI                 KEN  2:09:43
3  Debebe TOLOSSA                 ETH  2:10:23

WOMEN:
1  Margaret AKAI                  KEN  2:23:28
2  Mulu SEBOKA                    ETH  2:23:43
3  Agnes BARSOSIO                 KEN  2:24:03

14 APRIL 2013: LODZ MARATHON, POLAND

Karolina Jarzynski broke the Polish national record by 37 seconds.

MEN:
1  Belachew AMETA                 ETH  2:10:02
2  Stephen KIBIWOT                KEN  2:10:04
3  Teferi WODAJO                  ETH  2:11:23
4  Yared SHEGUMO                  POL  2:12:12
5  Abate WONDIMEW                 ETH  2:12:13
6  Ivan BANBARYKA                 UKR  2:14:27
7  Joseph BIWOTT                  KEN  2:15:24
8  Tamrat BEKELE                  ETH  2:16:20
9  Michal KACZMAREK               POL  2:16:27
10 Lemma GEMECHU                  ETH  2:22:15

WOMEN:
1  Karolina JARZYNSKA             POL  2:26:44
2  Volha MAZURENOK                BLR  2:33:31
3  Hayimanot SHEWE                ETH  2:35:49
4  Letay NEGASH                   ETH  2:36:48
5  Abebech BEKELE                 ETH  2:41:02

14 APRIL 2013: ABN-AMRO MARATHON ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

The elite men's field included six sub-2:06 runners, but with warm weather and a head wind in the closing stages only Tilahun Regassa dipped under that barrier writes Wim Van Hemert.

Rotterdam Marathon

The lead group cooperated with each other, and passed through 10km (29:23) on 2:04 pace. By halfway (1:02:05) there were 13 runners together, of which five were pacemakers. The last two pace makers took a seven-strong group to 30km in 1:28:20. As the group began to break up Regassa pushed the pace and opened up a gap as pre-race favourite Getu Feleke, John Mwangangi and Sammy Kitwara tried to follow. The pace then decreased but Regassa kept his leading position. He passed 40km nearly half a minute ahead of Feleke and finished just 11 seconds shy of the best he set when finishing third in Chicago last year, his only other Marathon to date. It was the slowest winning time in Rotterdam since 2009. Feleke, who finished as runner-up for the second year in a row, dropped more than a minute behind in the final kilometres.

Rotterdam Marathon

Hilda Kibet was level with Kenya's Jemima Jelagat at halfway (1:12:12) and both were on personal best pace. But Jelagat, second in Boston last year, then opened a gap of a few seconds on the home favourite. Behind them Ethiopia's Abebech Afework was running alone in third place, around 80m ahead of team-mate Mekuria Aberume. Kibet remained a few seconds behind Jelagat until 30km (1:42:07), after which the Kenyan was able to maintain her pace while Kibet struggled and was caught by Afework at 32km but held on for third place. Jelagat, meanwhile, went on to smash the 2:29:41 personal best she set six years ago in Frankfurt. Competing in just her second Marathon to date, Afework finished second in 2:23:59, significantly improving upon the 2:27:08 she recorded on her debut in Dubai earlier this year.

MEN:
1  Tilahun REGASSA                ETH  2:05:38
2  Getu FELEKE                    ETH  2:06:45
3  Sammy KITWARA                  KEN  2:07:22
4  Geoffrey KIPSANG               KEN  2:09:12
5  John MWANGANGI                 KEN  2:09:32
6  Assefa BENTAYEHU               ETH  2:09:35
7  Augustine RONO                 KEN  2:11:41
8  Koen RAYMAKERS                 NED  2:12:09
9  Edwin Kipchirchir KEMBOI       KEN  2:12:58
10  Michel BUTTER                 NED  2:13:25

WOMEN:
1  Jemima JELEGAT                 KEN  2:23:27
2  Abebech AFEWORK                ETH  2:23:59
3  Hilda KIBET                    NED  2:26:42
4  Alessandra AGUILAR             ESP  2:29:04
5  Merkuria ABERUME               ETH  2:29:04
6  Makda HARUN                    ETH  2:31:59
7  Tone HJALMARSEN                NOR  2:35:21
8  Simona MAXIM                   BEL  2:37:07
9  Barbara SANCHEZ                IRL  2:38:41
10 Stefanie BOUMA                 NED  2:42:08

14 APRIL 2013: SAO PAULO INT'L HALF MARATHON NETSHOES CORPORE, BRAZIL

Sao Paulo Half Marathon Sao Paulo Half Marathon

MEN:
1  Fredison Carneiro COSTA        BRA  1:07:07 
2  Celio FALCAO                   BRA  1:07:36
3  Sivaldo Santos VIANA           BRA  1:07:42
4  Adriano BASTOS                 BRA  1:07:59
5  Sebastiao Rodrigues VIANA      BRA  1:09:11
6  Gilson Rodrigues DE MIRANDA    BRA  1:09:57
7  Vagner Da Silva NORONHA        BRA  1:09:58
8  Claudinei Sousa CIRQUEIRA      BRA  1:10:03
9  Waldecir Del Monte DOS SANTOS  BRA  1:10:08
10 Marcilio Fereirra DA SILVA     BRA  1:10:14

WOMEN:
1  Sirlene Sousa DE PINHO         BRA  1:20:51
2  Maria Bernadete CABRAL         BRA  1:24:56
3  Rozirene Ferreira DE MORAES    BRA  1:25:50
4  Daniela Barcelos DE SOUSA      BRA  1:27:46
5  Vivian DE OLIVEIRA             BRA  1:28:59
6  Flaviana Fereirra CHUNG        BRA  1:29:37
7  Suzana Cristina Gottlob GUER   BRA  1:32:12
8  Andrea Cavallini FERNANDES     BRA  1:32:19
9  Anarley De Conceicao BRITO     BRA  1:32:54
10 Ilza Maria MACHADO             BRA  1:33:26

14 APRIL 2013: VIENNA CITY MARATHON, AUSTRIA

Vienna Marathon

Defending champion Henry Sugut became only the second athlete to win the Marathon three times, while Halie Gebrselassie did likewise in the Half-marathon writes Jorg Wenig. Flomena Cheyech improved by almost 10 minutes. The 30-year-old Kenyan won by one of the biggest winning margins ever, finishing almost seven minutes ahead. Haile Gebrselassie, in his first race of the year and competing four days short of his 40th birthday, took the OMV Champions Half-marathon staged parallel to the Marathon.

After a very fast start the pace steadied and 11 runners passed through halfway in 1:04:05. By 30km passed, in 1:31:15, the group was down to eight and Sugut's course record of 2:06:58 from 2012 was well out of reach. Sugut then increased the pace and only Solomon Kiptoo and Geoffrey Ndungu managed to stay with him. Sugut made his winning move with 2km to go.

Vienna Marathon

Eyerusalem Kuma and Mesekerem Assefa started fast and at 10km were well within the 13-year-old course record of Italy's Maura Viceconte (2:23:47). But Kuma soon slowed, leaving Assefa as the only one following the pacemaker. She led by 200m at 15km, with Cheych another 200m down, but by halfway Cheych had caught Kuma and was only eleven seconds behind the leader (1:12:28). Soon afterwards she reached Assefa and went ahead at 27km. Cheych went on to record the the third-fastest time in Vienna, almost seven minutes ahead of Assefa Meskerem and a personal best by nearly 10 minutes. Her 67:39 win at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon last month had indicated that she would be in contention for victory.

Ethiopian superstar Haile Gebrselassie was cheered on by masses of spectators along the course, which may have encouraged the fast early pace (14:06 at 5km). Gebrselassie went away at the 10km mark (28:43) but was visibly working hard through 15km and could not break 61 minutes.

A record number of 41,326 runners entered the various events of the Vienna City Marathon, 10,588 of whom were Marathon runners.

MEN:
1  Henry SUGUT                    KEN  2:08:19
2  Solomon KIPTOO                 KEN  2:08:34
3  Geoffrey NDUGU                 KEN  2:08:42
4  Gilbert YEGON                  KEN  2:10:40
5  Josphat KAMZEE                 KEN  2:10:49
6  Edeo MAMO                      ETH  2:11:54
7  Ishmael BUSHENDICH             KEN  2:12:30
8  Luke KIBET                     KEN  2:15:16

WOMEN:
1  Flomena CHEYCH                 KEN  2:24:34
2  Meskerem ASSEFA                ETH  2:31:18
3  Eyerusalem KUMA                ETH  2:32:24
4  Emily SAMOEI                   KEN  2:32:48
5  Nonata Da Silva CRUZ           BRA  2:35:48
6  Michele CHAGAS                 BRA  2:38:59

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Haile GEBRSELASSIE             ETH  1:01:13
2  Hosea KIPKEMBOI                KEN  1:02:01
3  Mekuant AYENEW                 ETH  1:02:21

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15 APRIL 2013: BAA BOSTON MARATHON, USA

Lelisa Desisa won his first Boston Marathon and Rita Jeptoo her second writes Parker Morse. Both were highly tactical races which preceded the atrocity committed on the finish line by about two and a half hours. That was when two bombs, packed with shrapnel, were detonated only yards away from the finish line and killed three people, wounding at least 100 more, many of them seriously. Swift action by the Police in locking down the crime scene meant that no one much over a 4.5 hour schedule was able to finish the race or reclaim their baggage.

But what had happened a couple of hours earlier was the race story: Jeptoo, whose previous Boston win came back in 2006, took command of a late-race bid to reel in early leaders Yolanda Caballero and Ana Dulce Felix, and then smashed all remaining challengers over the final mile.

Boston Marathon

The women started 28 minutes before the men, departing from the rural western suburb of Hopkinton at 09:32 on the point-to-point course. Conditions were cool and sunny with little wind. Caballero was part of a small early lead pack, and hung on alone when the others fell back. Running alone past the half-way mark, Caballero was eventually caught by Felix a little before the infamous Newton hills, a series of three climbs culminating in "Heartbreak Hill" before the course descends into Boston proper. Running aggressively, Felix built up a lead of as much as 1:16 over the chase pack, mostly out of sight of her pursuers.

Jeptoo led half of the chase pack in a charge which closed Felix's margin in the three miles following Heartbreak Hill. Felix could only watch helplessly as Jeptoo, World Half-marathon champion Meseret Hailu, defending champion Sharon Cherop, and Shalane Flanagan tore past her. Jeptoo finally gained clear ground at 40km and earned her second Boston Marathon victory six years after her first. Nobody has won two Boston Marathons so far apart since John A Kelley in 1935 and 1945.

Boston Marathon

This race was the second Boston Marathon for Lelisa Desisa who got away from Marathon debutante Micah Kogo slightly earlier than Jeptoo had managed. The men hit halfway in a relatively pedestrian 1:04:44, but then the pack of 11 began to thin out. By 20 miles it was down to five, and although defending champion Wesley Korir appeared in front around 36km, Desisa made another surge in the next mile to trim the field down to the three who would ultimately make up the podium.

With his victory here in Boston, Desisa maintains his perfect record in his burgeoning Marathon career, having won in Dubai in January on his debut with a world-leading clocking of 2:04:45. American hopes had to be satisfied with fourth-place finishes in both races. Jason Hartmann took fourth for the men in 2:12:12, and Flanagan, the 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist, was fourth for the women in her first run at Boston. Kara Goucher, third here in 2009 and the 2007 World Championships bronze medallist at 10,000m, was sixth. 1984 Olympic gold medallist Joan Benoit Samuelson, a former two-time Boston winner now aged 55, ran 2:50:29 to set a new world age-group best, taking almost two minutes off the previous mark.

MEN:
1  Lelisa DESISA                  ETH  2:10:22
2  Micah KOGO                     KEN  2:10:27
3  Gebreziabher GEBREMARIAM       ETH  2:10:28  
4  Jason HARTMAN                  USA  2:12:12
5  Wesley KORIR                   KEN  2:12:30
6  Markos GENETI                  ETH  2:12:44
7  Dickson CHUMBA                 KEN  2:14:08
8  Geoffrey HUNT                  AUS  2:14:28
9  Daniel TAPIA                   USA  2:14:30
10 Craig LEON                     USA  2:14:38

WOMEN:
1  Rita JEPTOO                    KEN  2:26:25
2  Meseret HAILU                  ETH  2:26:58
3  Sharon CHEROP                  KEN  2:27:01
4  Shalane FLANAGAN               USA  2:27:08    
5  Tirfi TSEGAYE                  ETH  2:28:01
6  Kara GOUCHER                   USA  2:27:08
7  Madai PEREZ                    MEX  2:28:59
8  Diane Nkuri-JOHNSON            BDI  2:29:54
9  Ana Dulce FELIX                POR  2:30:05
10 Sabrina MOCKENHAUPT            GER  2:30:09

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20 APRIL 2013: PARDUBICE WINE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC

MEN:
1  John TANUI                     KEN  1:04:23
2  Joel KOSGEI                    KEN  1:04:23
3  Vit PAVLISTA                   SVK  1:05:35
4  Jakub BAJZA                    CZE  1:07:18
5  Petr PECEK                     CZE  1:07:49
6  Dziuba BOGDAN                  POL  1:09:40
7  Martin KUCERA                  CZE  1:10:42
8  Pavel BRYDL                    CZE  1:10:48
9  Radek HUBL                     CZE  1:10:50
10 Roman ARBET                    SVK  1:12:44

WOMEN:
1  Ivana SEKYROVA                 CZE  1:14:06
2  Petra PASTOROVA                CZE  1:14:10
3  Petra KAMINKOVA                CZE  1:18:07
4  Marta FENDOVA                  CZE  1:20:28
5  Tatiana METELKOVA              CZE  1:21:38
6  Katerina KRIEGELOVA            CZE  1:22:14
7  Sarka MACHATCKOVA              CZE  1:23:26
8  Lenka KRALOVA                  CZE  1:25:20
9  Hana VEJROSOVA                 CZE  1:26:22
10 Iva MILESOVA                   CZE  1:26:28

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21 APRIL 2013: ALEXANDER THE GREAT MARATHON, GREECE

MEN:
1  Teklu Geto METAFERIA           ETH  2:19:29
2  Debas Abate TEFERA             ETH  2:20:20
3  Antonis PAPADIMITRIOU          GRE  2:27:10
4  Houssein HMAIDOUCH             GRE  2:36:40
5  Manolis SIFAKIS                GRE  2:42:32
6  Janis ACTINS                   LAT  2:44:01
7  Georgios SIKALOS               GRE  2:45:02
8  Alexios VASILIOU               GRE  2:45:44
9  Evaggelos GKIKAS               GRE  2:47:41
10 Nikolaos KOSTAKIS              GRE  2:48:40

WOMEN:
1  Magdalini GAZEA                GRE  2:41:46
2  Maria Magdalena LUCA           ROU  2:48:46
3  Elena KONSTANTOS               GRE  2:56:33
4  Amalia MATTHAIOY               GRE  3:18:18
5  Mirsini KOLIFA                 GRE  3:18:47
6  Oksana OVECHKINA               RUS  3:21:21
7  Anna VESYROPOULOU              GRE  3:22:30
8  Elina MAKRIDI                  GRE  3:23:36
9  Marya NIKOLOVA                 BUL  3:26:14
10 Wendy MARKS                    GBR  3:29:20

10km
MEN:
1  Michail PARMAKIS               GRE  31:27
2  Georgios KARAVIDAS             GRE  31:45
3  Vasilos POULIOPOULOS           GRE  31:47

WOMEN:
1  Sofia RIGA                     GRE  37:22
2  Eyfrosyni PATOURA              GRE  44:03 
3  Lamprini LIOUTA                GRE  44:21

21 APRIL 2013: DVV ANTWERP MARATHON, BELGIUM

MEN:
1  Abdelhadi EL HACHIMI           BEL  2:12:53
2  Kenneth KORIR                  KEN  2:13:50
3  Florent CAELEN                 BEL  2:18:20
4  Vincent NARDOZZA               BEL  2:27:12
5  Tom VANSLAMBROUCK              BEL  2:31:06
6  Andy LELIAERT                  BEL  2:36:27
7  Gerrit SCHELLENNS              BEL  2:38:55
8  Ali VAN HOEBROECK              BEL  2:39:06
9  Bart CATTEAU                   BEL  2:39:22
10 Glen VEKEMANS                  BEL  2:39:51

WOMEN:
1  Louise DELDIQUE                BEL  2:52:36
2  Veronique COENE                BEL  3:00:30
3  Ange DAMMEN                    BEL  3:02:56
4  Trui DEPONDT                   BEL  3:06:43
5  Heidi VAN MAELE                BEL  3:07:25
6  Sylvia LENAERTS                BEL  3:14:19
7  Veronique FARRUGIA             BEL  2:17:19
8  Gillian ALLEN                  BEL  3:19:31
9  Sara WUYTACK                   BEL  3:20:07
10 Ellen SUETENS                  BEL  3:20:41

10 MILES
MEN:
1  Jost TALLOEN                   BEL    59:10
2  Bart WILLEMS                   BEL    59:17
3  Ivan VAN EETVELT               BEL  1:01:20

WOMEN:
1  Marie-Josee VAN EYNDHOVEN      BEL  1:14:10
2  Greet ROEYMANS                 BEL  1:22:55
3  Janiek VAN DER DONCKT          BEL  1:24:22

21 APRIL 2013: BELGRADE MARATHON, SERBIA

Edwin Kiplagat Kitum triumphed over 395 others by more than five minutes. Times were slowed by hot conditions and the tough course. Olivera Jevtic's performance was all the more outstanding, as she finished fifth overall, not far from her own course record. Her potential rival Kenyan Celina Chemunge Chelimo failed to keep pace and dropped out of the race at 30km.

Carl Lewis and Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic started the race. The Belgrade Marathon Ltd president and famous basketball player Aleksandar Sasa Dordevic and Ambassador of the European Union in Belgrade, Vincent Degert then joined the marathoners.

There were 2373 participants in the half-marathon and the 5km "Kurir Run for Life" had over 10,000 participants.

MEN:
1  Edwin Kiplagat KITUM           KEN  2:19:34
2  Eluid Kibet KIRUI              KEN  2:24:40 
3  Boash Mayaka ONGAGA            KEN  2:30:43 
4  Stanley KIPRUTO                KEN  2:36:11 
5  Kristijan STOSIC               SRB  2:37:55 

WOMEN:
1  Olivera JEVTIC                 SRB  2:36:12 
2  Lidija MIKLOS                  SRB  3:05:59 
3  Diana GOLEK                    POL  3:16:48 
4  Jelena BREZAC                  CRO  3:35:57 
5  Maja URBAN                     CRO  3:38:56

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Darko ZIVANOVIC                SRB  1:08:37
2  Mirko PETROVIC                 SRB  1:11:08
3  Srdan SAMARDZIC                SRB  1:12:53

WOMEN:
1  Ana SUBOTIC                    SRB  1:19:35
2  Anna CELINSKA                  POL  1:19:49
3  Ksenija BUBNJEVIC              SRB  1:23:07

21 APRIL 2013: ENSCHEDE MARATHON, NETHERLANDS

MEN:
1  Isaac KOSGEI                   KEN  2:09:17
2  Josphat KIPRONO                KEN  2:09:34
3  Patrick CHERUIYOT              KEN  2:09:48
4  Julius KORIR                   KEN  2:10:36
5  Kiplimo KIMUTAI                KEN  2:14:55
6  Dese ENDRIS                    ETH  2:16:30
7  Gelgelo Tona OUTOYA            ETH  2:17:08
8  Teshome GIRMA                  ETH  2:21:51
9  Peter BRUINSMA                 NED  2:39:46
10 Michiel van NISPEN             NED  2:41:27

WOMEN:
1  Arenda ABBINK                  NED  2:59:52
1  Ines Van RINSUM                NED  3:00:13
2  Linda MCFARLAND                GBR  3:00:57
3  Selina van der VLIET           NED  3:03:51
4  Melanie SPRUIJT                NED  3:06:30
5  Ylona KRUIS                    NED  3:10:33
6  Esther Van VROONHOVEN          NED  3:15:32
7  Gerry VISSER                   NED  3:22:50
8  Willy THIO                     NED  3:27:57
9  Melanie TEUPEN                 NED  3:41:07
10 Nicolette IBINK                NED  3:41:48

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Oprhan van FAASSEN             NED  1:10:02
2  Koen VOSSERS                   NED  1:11:15
3  Jay SAUER                      NED  1:11:52

WOMEN:
1  Mariska DUTE                   NED  1:20:24
2  Jacqueline RUSTIDGE            GBR  1:21:11
3  Lesley SMIT                    NED  1:21:11

21 APRIL 2013: HASPA MARATHON HAMBURG, GERMANY

MEN:
1  Eliud KIPCHOGE                 KEN  2:05:30
2  Limenih GETACHEW               ETH  2:07:35
3  Lawrence KIMAIYO               KEN  2:10:27
4  Belay ASEFA                    ETH  2:11:53
5  Marius IONESCU                 ROU  2:13:33
6  Sibisiso NZIMA                 RSA  2:13:42
7  Vincent YATOR                  KEN  2:13:57
8  Henry CHIRCHIR                 KEN  2:15:11
9  Ricardo RIBAS                  POR  2:15:43
10 Daniel WOLDU                   SWE  2:16:32

WOMEN:
1  Diana LOBACEVSKE               LTU  2:29:17
2  Maia NEUENSCHWANDER            SUI  2:30:50
3  Priscilla LORCHIMA             KEN  2:31:23
4  Lisa HAHNER                    GER  2:31:49
5  Iulia ANREEVA                  KGZ  2:33:04
6  Kateryna STETSENKO             UKR  2:33:35
7  Katharina HEINIG               GER  2:34:20
8  Mona STOCKHECKE                GER  2:36:50
9  Almaz ALEMU                    ETH  2:37:22
10 Celine HAUERT                  SUI  2:39:54

21 APRIL 2013: NAGANO OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE MARATHON, JAPAN

MEN:
1   Yuki KAWAUCHI                 JPN  2:14:27 
2   Alexey SOKOLOV                RUS  2:15:31
3   Hirokatsu KUROSAKI            JPN  2:17:28
4   Kensuke UJIHARA               JPN  2:18:13
5   Jun MATSUMOTO                 JPN  2:19:47
6   Yuta KOYAMA                   JPN  2:20:43 
7   Takahiro INOUE                JPN  2:21:06
8   Shota YAMADA                  JPN  2:23:16
9   Isaias BEYN                   ERI  2:23:17   
 
WOMEN:
1   Natalia PUCHKOVA              RUS  2:30:40
2   Beatrice JEPKEMBOI            KEN  2:36:51
3   Seika IWAMURA                 JPN  2:41:19
4   Mika OKJUNAGA                 JPN  2:44:21
5   Chihiro TANAKA                JPN  2:49:51
6   Yoshimi HOSHINO               JPN  2:52:03

21 APRIL 2013: NICE INT'L HALF MARATHON, FRANCE

MEN:
1  Dino SEFIR                     ETH  1:00:30 
2  Yusuf BIWOTT                   KEN  1:00:33
3  Mule WASIHUM                   ETH  1:00:35 
4  Adugna BIKILA                  ETH  1:00:35 
5  Ezekiel CHEBII                 KEN  1:01:00 
6  Jackson LIMO                   KEN  1:01:29
7  Robert KAJUGA                  KEN  1:01:37
8  Anthony MARITIM                KEN  1:01:40
9  Simon CHEPROT                  KEN  1:01:54
10 Andualem SHIFERAW              ETH  1:03:01

WOMEN:
1  Elvan ABEYLEGESSE              TUR  1:10:29  
2  Gladys CHEMWENO                KEN  1:11:32 
3  Mary WACHERA                   KEN  1:13:18 
4  Hanna JANTUNEN                 FRA  1:17:24
5  Emilie BARBERO                 FRA  1:20:04
6  Angelina GOURS                 FRA  1:24:17
7  Elga CACCIALANZA               ITA  1:25:25
8  Loubna IRIZI                   FRA  1:25:46
9  Manon TESTOU                   FRA  1:29:09
10 Stefania CANALE                ITA  1:29:17

10km
MEN:
1  Antoine DE WILDE               FRA  30:40
2  William STRUYVEN               FRA  31:39
3  Geoffroy SARRAN                FRA  31:47

WOMEN:
1  Leila CHAIEB                   FRA  39:49
2  Christina VINUESA              FRA  40:25 
3  Eugenie CLERC                  FRA  40:46

21 APRIL 2013: MARATONA SANT ANTONIO, ITALY

MEN:
1  Roberto Paulo PAULA            BRA  2:13:00
2  Paul Kibet KOSGEI              KEN  2:14:36
3  Domenico RICATTI               ITA  2:15:16  
4  Giovanni GUALDI                ITA  2:15:32
5  Tayeb FILALI                   ALG  2:16:49
6  Girma Getachew ABAYU           ETH  2:18:17
7  Said DOURIMI                   MAR  2:20:36
8  Simone WEGHER                  ITA  2:25:40 
9  Francesco CALIANDRO            ITA  2:32:46
10 Giuliano VIRGIS                ITA  2:35:18

WOMEN:
1  Hanane JANAT                   MAR  2:36:18
2  Tetyana VERNYGIOR              UKR  2:36:36
3  Aynalem WOLDEMICHAEL           ETH  2:39:27
4  Silvia SERAFINI                ITA  2:48:15
5  Federica LIBERATI              ITA  2:53:09
6  Ilaria AICARDI                 ITA  2:55:56
7  Claudia ANDRIGHETTONI          ITA  2:56:59
8  Stefania SATINI                ITA  2:58:55
9  Federica POESINI               ITA  3:03:21
10 Sabrina RONCAGLIA              ITA  3:06:05

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Ruggero PERTILE                ITA  1:05:40
2  Giorgio ZANTA                  ITA  1:11:41
3  Edgardo CONFESSA               ITA  1:14:06

WOMEN:
1  Annalisa MINESSO               ITA  1:25:59
2  Elisa FONTANA                  ITA  1:26:03
3  Annamaria LA CARRUBBA          ITA  1:27:38

21 APRIL 2013: VANCOUVER SUN RUN 10km, CANADA

MEN:
1  Paul KIMUGUL                   KEN  29:04
2  Ian BURRELL                    USA  29:17
3  Edwin KAITANY                  KEN  29:36
4  Donn CABRAL                    USA  29:49
5  Willy KIMOSOP                  KEN  29:51
6  Clifford CHILDS                CAN  30:09
7  Rejean CHIASSON                CAN  30:31
8  Kevin FRIESEN                  CAN  30:32
9  David JACKSON                  CAN  30:36
10 Christian MERCIER              CAN  30:41

WOMEN:
1  Natasha FRASER                 CAN  32:42
2  Lindsey SCHERF                 USA  33:01
3  Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA         CAN  33:25
4  Lucy NJERI                     KEN  33:43
5  Dayna PIDHORESKY               CAN  34:04
6  Leslie SEXTON                  CAN  34:18
7  Lisa AVERY                     CAN  34:37
8  Erin BURRETT                   CAN  34:42
9  Sabrina WILKIE                 CAN  34:47
10 Catrin JONES                   CAN  34:50

21 APRIL 2013: TURIN HALF MARATHON, ITALY

MEN:
1  Nicolas TOGOM                  KEN  1:02:24
2  Wilson KEBENEI                 KEN  1:02:42
3  Ahmed NASEF                    MAR  1:06:29
4  Carmine BUCCILLI               ITA  1:06:53
5  Abdelhadi LAAQUINA             MAR  1:07:24
6  Francesco BIANCO               ITA  1:10:23
7  Davide CESTARIOLLI             ITA  1:10:38
8  Luca CERVA PEROLIN             ITA  1:12:58
9  Bruno SANTACHIARA              ITA  1:12:59
10 Bruno PASQUALINI               ITA  1:13:48

WOMEN:
1  Goretti JEPKOECH               KEN  1:12:19
2  Fatna MARAOUI                  ITA  1:12:58
3  Laila SOUFYANE                 ITA  1:14:19
4  Giorgia ROMANO                 ITA  1:17:17
5  Ana CAPUSTIN                   ITA  1:20:01
6  Virginia Maria ABATE           ITA  1:20:06
7  Ilaria ZACCAGNI                ITA  1:20:58
8  Ilaria CASTIGLIONI             ITA  1:21:36
9  Ilaria BERGAGLIO               ITA  1:25:16
10 Ignazia CAMMALLERI             ITA  1:26:12

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27 APRIL 2013: GUNSAN SAEMANGEUM MARATHON, KOREA

MEN:
1  Francis Kipkoech BOWEN         KEN  2:12:31
2  William Chebor CHEBON          KEN  2:12:34
3  Daniel KEITANY                 KEN  2:12:36
4  James Kimaiyo CHEBOI           KEN  2:14:34
5  Nahash Abebe DUKI              ETH  2:15:50
6  Michael Chege KAMUGU           KEN  2:16:29
7  Michael Kimani NIUROGE         KEN  2:16:45
8  Charles MATWOI                 KEN  2:17:01
9  David Kiprotich BOWEN          KEN  2:17:37
10 Henry Kipkurul KIPSANG         KEN  2:17:45

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28 APRIL 2013: BIG SUR INT'L MARATHON, USA

Adam Roach and Nuta Olaru successfuly defended their titles in the 28th edition. Olaru had finished the Boston Marathon less than two weeks before.

MEN:
1  Adam ROACH                     USA  2:27:46
2  Matthew LAYE                   USA  2:28:42
3  Josh WHITEHEAD                 USA  2:28:54
4  Michael WARDIAN                USA  2:31:54
5  Brian DUMM                     USA  2:33:25
6  Hermann ACHMUELLER             ITA  2:34:52
7  Neil PEARSON                   USA  2:40:07
8  Ian SHARMAN                    USA  2:40:25
9  Daniel RENAHAN                 USA  2:41:55
10  Wayne BLAS                    USA  2:44:05

WOMEN:
1  Nuta OLARU                     ROU  2:50:02
2  Heather UTRATA                 USA  2:54:42
3  Sarah HALLAS                   USA  2:59:16
4  Michelle CLARKE                CAN  3:05:31
5  Melissa RICKMAN                USA  3:07:31
6  Alexis SMITH                   USA  3:07:53
7  Verity BREEN                   USA  3:09:01
8  Dara STEELE-BELKIN             USA  3:09:09
9  Rachel HOPKINS                 USA  3:10:18
10 Karen SOBRINO                  USA  3:12:26

28 APRIL 2013: CRACOVIA MARATHON, POLAND

MEN:
1  Patrick NYANGERO               TAN  2:19:08
2  David Kiprono METTO            KEN  2:24:56
3  Elisha Tarus MELI              KEN  2:24:59
4  Andrzej LACHOWSKI              POL  2:26:46
5  Grzegorz CZYZ                  POL  2:36:23
6  Maciej DAWIDZIUK               POL  2:36:31
7  Aliaksandr KRUHLENIA           BLR  2:36:57
8  Dariusz TRENER                 POL  2:39:46
9  Siergiej BRUNAREL              UKR  2:40:25
10 Tomasz BRACHMAN                POL  2:43:20

WOMEN:
1  Emilia ZIELINSKA               POL  3:03:15
2  Sandra MIKOLAJCZYK             POL  3:03:42
3  Jitka HUDAKOVA                 POL  3:09:48 
4  Adriana SKARBOWSKA             POL  3:17:01
5  Anna POZMYSZ                   POL  3:17:51
6  Joanna OLCHAWA                 POL  3:19:59
7  Viktorija BONDARENKO           RUS  3:20:01
8  Katarzyna WERNER               POL  3:20:16
9  Katarzyna KANCLERZ-JANUSZEWSKA POL  3:20:50
10 Magdalena OSTROWSKA-DOLEGOWSKA POL  3:22:34

28 APRIL 2013: ROCK N ROLL MADRID MARATHON, SPAIN

MEN:
1  Francis KIPROP                 KEN  2:10:37
2  Nickson KURGAT                 KEN  2:10:34
3  Negata Kitesa HERPASA          ETH  2:12:47
4  Elijah SANG                    KEN  2:14:21
5  Julius CHEPKWONY               KEN  2:14:28
6  Abraham CHELANGA               KEN  2:14:38
7  Mark TANUI                     KEN  2:14:53
8  Rafael IGLESIAS DOMINGUEZ      ESP  2:16:11
9  Robert NDIWA                   KEN  2:16:35
10 Moses MWARUR                   KEN  2:18:57

WOMEN:
1  Vanessa VIEGA COMESANA         ESP  2:36:38
2  Desta Girma TADESSE            ETH  2:36:44
3  Nina PODNEVESNOVA              RUS  2:38:29
4  Gezashing HUnduma GEMEDA       ETH  2:43:35
5  Cristina Maria GIURCANU        ESP  2:57:22

28 APRIL 2013: METRO GROUP MARATHON DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

Photos: Victah Sailer / photorun.net

Metro Group Marathon

Ethiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition in ideal weather conditions, with 26 year-old Tulu breaking the course record. Pre-race favourite Gizaw ran the second fastest time in Dusseldorf, 35 seconds outside the course record, but she was pushed to 36km by marathon debutante Rebecca Cheshire. There were 14,000 runners entered over all events, with around 4,250 in the marathon.

After split times of 64:18 at half way and 1:16:24 for 25km a course record (2:08:27) did not look likely, especially as the fastest runner entered, Paul Biwott (Kenya/2:06:54), had already dropped back, and later dropped out.

Metro Group Marathon

But Dereje Debele Tulu stepped up the pace after 30km (1:31:35). The leading group was stretched and before long he was on his own. But Pius Ondoro gradually closed the gap of around 30m and he caught Tulu at 37km, passing him. Tulu did not wait long before making a second surge. This time, when he went ahead again at 38km, it was game over.

The women's winner, 22 year-old Melkam Gizaw who was third last time, also comes from Addis Ababa. She passed halfway in 1:13:11 but only got ahead of Rose Cheshire at 36km. But the Ethiopian was always confident: "I hoped to run 2:24 today, but I got a hamstring problem in the final 5km."

MEN:
1  Dereje Debele TULU             ETH  2:07:48
2  Pius ONDORO                    KEN  2:08:17
3  Duncan KOECH                   KEN  2:09:10
4  Shengo KEBEDE                  ETH  2:09:53
5  Asmare WORKNEH                 ETH  2:09:56

WOMEN:
1  Melkam GIZAW                   ETH  2:26:24
2  Rebecca CHESHIRE               KEN  2:27:52
3  Agnieszka CIOLEK-MIERZEJEWSKA  POL  2:33:36

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29 APRIL 2013: OPC 10km DE KHOURIGBA, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Daniel SALEL                   KEN  28:07
2  Edwin Mokua NYANDUSEI          KEN  28:20
3  Ahmed BADAY                    MAR  28:26
4  Jaouad LAARISS                 MAR  28:28
5  Khalid SADDEN                  MAR  28:30
6  Mourad EL BANNOURI             MAR  28:31
7  Ezekiel CHEBII                 KEN  28:45
8  Hicham ABBOUELABBAS            MAR  28:51
9  Taoufique ALLAM                MAR  29:01
10 Noureddine ELMOUSSAT           MAR  29:08

WOMEN:
1  Joan CHELIMO                   KEN  31:41
2  Winnie JEPKEMBOI               KEB  31:43
3  Birhane Ababel YESHANEH        ETH  31:52
4  Selam ABERE                    ETH  33:00
5  Rakiya EL MOUKIM               MAR  33:15
6  Lalla Aziza Alaoui SELSOULI    MAR  33:25
7  Samira RAIF                    MAR  33:43
8  Fatiha BENCHATKI               MAR  34:18
9  Zahra EL GOURCH                MAR  34:28
10 Hajar EL HADDIQUI              MAR  34:33

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