May 2013
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4 MAY 2013: ROTORUA MARATHON, NEW ZEALAND
MEN: 1 Sam WREFORD NZL 2:22:23 2 Stephen OCALLAGHAN NZL 2:34:12 3 Akiyoshi KAMIJO JPN 2:35:58 4 Matthew PARSONAGE NZL 2:38:04 5 Daniel CLENDON NZL 2:43:12 WOMEN: 1 Erin FURNESS NZL 2:57:25 2 Garielle OROURKE NZL 2:59:50 3 Candice HAMMOND NZL 3:03:01 4 Sue CROWLEY NZL 3:08:35 5 Fiona EAGLES NZL 3:12:35 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Tony PAYNE NZL 1:11:33 2 Johan VANHOOVELS NZL 1:15:26 3 Piotr BETKOWSKI POL 1:17:39 WOMEN: 1` Rebecca FORLONG NZL 1:24:23 2 Katherine PRUMM NZL 1:24:47 3 Hilary WICKS NZL 1:28:57
4 MAY 2013: VOLGOGRAD MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN: 1 Andrei BRYZGALOV RUS 2:23:27 2 Dimitri POZHEVILOV RUS 2:25:16 3 Evgeny GLIVA RUS 2:32:40 4 Aleksandr CHEBURKIN RUS 2:35:10 5 Aleksandr KASIMIROV RUS 2:37:59 6 Danila KONONOV RUS 2:40:51 7 Iskender METNIYAZOV RUS 2:42:29 8 Denis ERMAKOV RUS 2:45:43 9 Andrei IVOYLOV RUS 2:48:37 10 Nikolai IZYUMUCHENKO RUS 2:50:55 WOMEN: 1 Ekaterina FILIPPOVA RUS 2:59:47 2 Viktoria IVANOVA RUS 3:10:19 3 Tatyana TESLENKO RUS 3:23:40 4 AleksandraVALESHINA RUS 3:31:46 5 Vera SHADRINA RUS 3:34:40 6 Tatyana AKSENTYEVA RUS 3:35:07 7 Irina PLETNEVA RUS 3:39:18 8 Elena SKOBLINA RUS 3:53:56 9 Tatyana BELOVA RUS 4:12:49 10 Tayana SKRIPKINA RUS 4:17:29 10km MEN: 1 Andrei OLSHANSKIY RUS 31:52 2 Aleksandr SEKLETOV RUS 31:58 3 Vladimir EZHOV RUS 31:59 WOMEN: 1 Anastasia EREMINA RUS 38:45 2 Elena LOKHMANOVA RUS 40:10 3 Aleksandra SEMISOTNOVA RUS 44:55
5 MAY 2013: BIG 25 BERLIN, GERMANY
Photos: BERLIN RUNS / Thomas Wenning
Both winners clocked world leading 25km times but high temperatures made it impossible for any records to be approached. Lucy Kabuu's winning time is still the third fastest ever run at this distance. Among all running events 10,901 runners were registered.
A fast race developed after the start in front of the Olympic Stadium. In the final uphill part Sigei broke away from the leading group and built a significant lead. Lucy Kabuu ran at her own fast pace and Kenyans filled the first four places.
MEN: 1 Richard SIGEI KEN 1:13:34 2 Daniel CHEPYEGON UGA 1:14:17 3 Jacob KENDAGOR KEN 1:14:47 4 Philemon CHEBOI KEN 1:15:52 5 Henry Cheruiyot KOSGEI KEN 1:16:42 6 Mohammednur HAMID ERI 1:19:18 7 Volker GOINEAU GER 1:23:18 8 Andrew PEAT GBR 1:27:31 9 Carsetn FOTH GER 1:29:21 10 Tomas EKL GER 1:32:22 WOMEN: 1 Lucy KABUU KEN 1:21:37 2 Agnes MUTUNE KEN 1:23:08 3 Esther CHEMTAI KEN 1:23:18 4 Caroline KILEL KEN 1:26:14 5 Dominka NOWAKOWSKA POL 1:29:30 6 Tanith MAXWELL RSA 1:32:21 7 Karsta PARSIEGLA GER 1:42:04 8 Elina JUNNILA FIN 1:43:45 9 Miriam VAN REIJEN NED 1:44:43 10 Elisa TEIFKE GER 1:48:17
5 MAY 2013: 14th MARATONA D'EUROPA, ITALY
MEN: 1 Danielk ABERA WEDAJO ETH 2:17:54 2 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 2:21:28 3 Stefano SCAINI ITA 2:28:57 4 Habtemariam Bekele TEMESEGN ETH 2:35:43 5 Fabio BERNARDI ITA 2:37:38 6 Lorenzo SNIDERSICH ITA 2:42:10 7 Loris FANTON ITA 2:45:41 8 Janez MULEJ SLO 2:47:44 9 Angelo AMOROSO ITA 2:49:31 10 Daniele MICCOLI ITA 2:51:34 WOMEN: 1 Halima Kayo HUSSEN KEN 2:45:41 2 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 2:48:37 3 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:54:56 4 Lucia OLIVEIRA ITA 3:08:30 5 Simona GUILIANI ITA 3:10:15 6 Zsoka FENDRIK HUN 3:15:05 7 Genny FRATINI ITA 3:17:00 8 Marilena DALLANESI ITA 3:17:46 9 Chiara MORAS ITA 3:19:06 10 Valentina GUALANDI ITA 3:21:44 18th MARATONINA DI TRIESTE 21.1km MEN: 1 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 1:07:55 2 Anton KOSMAC SLO 1:08:06 3 Daniele CAIMMI ITA 1:08:42 WOMEN: 1 Rosaria CONSOLE ITA 1:17:39 2 Aleksandra FORTIN SLO 1:22:45 3 Paola MARIOTTI ITA 1:23:10
5 MAY 2013: STEINMETZ GABORONE MARATHON, BOTSWANA
This year's race featured a new course and the addition of a Half Marathon and attracted over 4,500 participants. Botswana athletes Godiraone Nthomphe and Shepherd Kenatshele claimed victory in the 21km and 10 km men's races, with Zimbabwean Faith Nyasango winning the women's half and Helalia Johannes (NAM) the 10km.
The race enjoyed entertainment from national icon and DJ "Big Fish" and performances by well-known Botswana artists, including Scar.
Proudly displaying his trophy, Kenyan men's winner Luke Chelimo said: "The course is good and flat but wind at the start slowed the pace."
MEN: 1 Luka CHELIMO KEN 2:15:25 2 Ezikiel TARUS KEN 2:16:57 3 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 2:17:41 4 Gilbert MUTANDIRO BOT 2:17:55 5 Thobo NTHLALOE LES 2:19:33 6 Daniel Kipchumba KOMEN KEN 2:19:54 7 Viho PAULUS NAM 2:20:21 8 Paul MOTSELOA LES 2:20:38 9 Leonard KIPKOECH KEN 2:21:21 10 Myaihardt KAWANNI NAM 2:21:34 WOMEN: 1 Peris JEPKORIR KEN 2:39:31 2 Leena EKANDJO NAM 2:41:32 3 Samukeliso MOYO ZIM 2:42:33 4 Anna AMUTOKO NAM 2:49:13 5 Lineo CHAKA LES 2:49:38 6 Tabitha TSATSA ZIM 2:50:01 7 Gladys Jepkeche TARUS KEN 2:51:37 8 Rachel AKUKOTHELA NAM 2:54:06 9 Helena LINPINGE NAM 3:06:07 10 Moleboheng MAFATA LES 3:06:10 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Godiraone NTOMPHE BOT 1:10:36 2 Rapula DIPHOLO BOT 1:10:39 3 Simon SHIPINGANA NAM 1:10:39 WOMEN: 1 Faithy NYASANGO ZIM 1:20:00 2 Sarti EISHITILE NAM 1:20:50 3 Mema TIANGO BOT 1:21:21
5 MAY 2013: GENEVA MARATHON FOR UNICEF, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Maksim PANKRATAU BLR 2:15:42 2 Bedada GIRMA ETH 2:16:07 3 Larbi ES-SRAIDI FRA 2:19:20 4 Gishu MACO ETH 2:31:35 5 Ramzi BOUJDAY FRA 2:39:56 6 Colin THOMAS GBR 2:40:28 7 Pedro CARICHOSO POR 2:44:51 8 Yan ORLANDI SUI 2:46:59 9 Danilo DONINELLI SUI 2:47:13 10 Guido HEYMEN SUI 2:48:26 WOMEN: 1 Belaynesh BEKELE ETH 2:45:44 2 Yuliya VINOKOUROVA RUS 2:49:48 3 Christiane LACOMBE 3:05:59 4 Delphine MILANDRI FRA 3:07:02 5 Samantha WOODWARD GBR 3:15:28 6 Anne-France JULIA FRA 3:17:34 7 Aurelise STAELENS FRA 3:27:29 8 Myriam EUGSTER SUI 3:27:30 9 Gaelle QUINTRIC FRA 3:28:21 10 Marie-Sophie POULIN CAN 3:29:03 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Tadesse ABRAHAM ETH 1:03:55 2 Jaouad OUMELLAL MAR 1:05:02 3 Sergio MONTEIRO DIAS 1:07:52 WOMEN: 1 Aline CAMBOULIVES FRA 1:16:06 2 Svetlana PRETOT VINIGRADOVA FRA 1:16:53 3 Tenke ZOLTANI HUN 1:20:34
5 MAY 2013: SALZBURG MARATHON, AUSTRIA
Eliud Kiplagat set a new course record while Joan Rotich successfully defended her title. A record field of 6789 runners from 60 nations — about 1000 more than ever before — registered for one of the races in the 10th edition and enjoyed a bright day in Mozart's home town. The previous day nearly 1700 kids and teenagers had contested the Coca-Cola Junior-Marathon, another participation record.
Kiplagat made it 10 out of 10 in Salzburg when he took victory at the Residenzplatz finish in the historic centre. His time is the best achieved in Salzburg by 34 seconds. It was John Kirui who launched the first attack at 30km and won a significant lead but Kiplagat closed the gap by 40km and went on to "the biggest success in my career so far. It was a superb race, a great atmosphere"
Joan Rotich won back-to-back editions, the first time this has been achieved in Salzburg. She had no one on her level and crossed the finish line only two seconds slower than last year.
Benedikt Fritz and Christine Fiedler, both from Germany, won the half marathons and were full of praise for the race: "[It] was perfect. There was a great atmosphere, there were so many people cheering us on." Austrian Thomas Geierspichler, a two time Paralympic champion, contested the half marathon distance in his wheelchair.
MEN: 1 Eliud KIPLAGAT KEN 2:14:16 2 John KIRUI KEN 2:15:40 3 Lemawork Ketema WELDEREGAYE ETH 2:23:36 4 Bernd KREICHHAMMER AUT 2:43:20 5 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 2:43:56 6 Herbert STRASSER AUT 2:46:29 7 Georg SCHARINGER AUT 2:48:06 8 Franz DUER AUT 2:50:28 9 Josef PERNOLD AUT 2:50:48 10 Hubert STANDL AUT 2:51:26 WOMEN: 1 Joan ROTICH KEN 2:36:10 2 Claudia KAISER GER 3:03:03 3 Cornelia KOEPPER AUT 3:03:31 4 Angelika FAISTAUER AUT 3:10:24 5 Sabine ENGEL GER 3:20:00 6 Ursula FUCHS AUT 3:23:42 7 Martha KUZZY USA 3:24:30 8 Monika TIEFENHALER AUT 3:28:24 9 Andrea PITZSCHKE AUT 3:28:28 10 Brigitte FEILER AUT 3:28:54 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Benedikt FRITZ GER 1:12:59 2 Harald SEIDL GER 1:13:32 3 Stephan THURNER AUT 1:13:44 WOMEN: 1 Christine FIEDLER GER 1:20:46 2 Elisabeth FERSTERFER AUT 1:24:24 3 Sabine HOFER AUT 1:24:25
5 MAY 2013: GOODLIFE FITNESS TORONTO MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Terry GEHL CAN 2:37:31 2 Laurent JUGANT CAN 2:43:03 3 Eric BANG CAN 2:43:31 4 Ryan BABCOCK CAN 2:44:40 5 Marc DUENCH CAN 2:46:08 6 Jonathan MONCRIEFF CAN 2:46:57 7 Troy COX CAN 2:47:23 8 David SHARRAT CAN 2:47:49 9 Christopher COMPSON USA 2:51:38 10 John HODGES CAN 2:52:10 WOMEN: 1 Mylene SANSOURCI CAN 2:58:22 2 Mindy FLEMING CAN 3:03:13 3 Kimberly HILTON CAN 3:05:19 4 Rachel SINASAC CAN 3:09:42 5 Julia REICHERT CAN 3:10:17 6 Nikki BUTTERS CAN 3:11:28 7 Greta Roberts BRONIELL CAN 3:19:58 8 Alexandra KEEDWELL CAN 3:21:18 9 Julie HANNAFORD CAN 3:21:29 10 Arma AFSAR CAN 3:24:00 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Keenan VINEY CAN 1:10:44 2 Ryan TICE CAN 1:12:23 3 Michael CHAPMAN CAN 1:14:06 WOMEN: 1 Kathleen BARNES CAN 1:20:43 2 Allison DRYNAN CAN 1:21:18 3 Katherine AHOKAS CAN 1:28:32
5 MAY 2013: BMO VANCOUVER MARATHON, CANADA
Under brilliant sunny skies the 42nd edition had 16,390 runners registered in all four events.
Thomas Omwenga became the four-time men's Marathon champion, besting Benard Onsare, who had led a pack of four runners for much of the pace before dropping off in the final kilometre. Lucy Njeri from Kenya but living in Toronto took the women's title.
In the Half Marathon Paul Kimugul set a new course record by a margin of 30 seconds. Local runner, Natasha Fraser defended her women's title.
The exuberant runners and walkers in the Full, Half, 8km and Kids 1-mile Fun Run races represented 43 countries including New Zealand, Australia, China, Fiji, Germany, Japan, and Bangladesh.
MEN: 1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:24:09 2 Benard ONSARE KEN 2:24:11 3 Gezahgn ESHETU ETH 2:25:23 4 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:27:02 5 Eric WAINAINA 2:28:47 6 Nicholas BROWNE NZL 2:31:52 7 Jason LOUTTIT CAN 2:38:32 8 Morgan TITUS CAN 2:39:32 9 Stan JANG CAN 2:41:54 10 Mike CHANDLER CAN 2:43:42 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:40:34 2 Alice WARUGURU KEN 2:47:20 3 Catrin JONES CAN 2:48:19 4 Caryn HEFFERNAN USA 2:50:44 5 Julia STAMPS-MALLON USA 2:54:01 6 Kate BRADSHAW USA 2:55:55 7 Rosemarie GERSPACHER CAN 2:57:45 8 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:57:55 9 Nicola GILDERSLEEVE CAN 3:03:06 10 Alexandra LEA CAN 3:03:49 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Paul KIMUGUL KEN 1:04:18 2 Kip KANGOGO KEN 1:04:52 3 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 1:06:30 WOMEN: 1 Natasha FRASER CAN 1:15:17 2 Dayna PIDHORESKI CAN 1:17:43 3 Catherine WATKINS CAN 1:20:15
6 MAY 2013: DEEP RIVERROCK BELFAST CITY MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
MEN: 1 Joel KIPSANG KEN 2:19:28 2 James ROTICH KEN 2:19:57 3 Freddy SITTUK 2:24:39 4 Thomas FRAZER 2:26:24 5 Kerry-Liam WILSON 2:27:20 6 Tommy HUGHES GBR 2:32:31 7 Delfim Antonio PIMENTEL POR 2:46:31 6 Peter CASSIDY GBR 2:47:48 7 Darren MCALLISTER GBR 2:48:15 10 Brian CAMPBELL GBR 2:48:58 WOMEN: 1 Nataliya LEHONKOVA RUS 2:36:50 2 Helen CHERONO KEN 2:37:08 3 Sarah KERUBO KEN 2:40:13 4 Julie BALMER GBR 3:00:29 5 Roisin HUGHES 3:01:10 6 Helen LEONARD 3:05:18 7 Elena KOZHEVNIKOVA RUS 3:11:48 8 Victoria HUNTER 3:16:54 9 May PRESTON 3:17:48 10 Jennifer SIMMS 3:18:28
6 MAY 2013: MILTON KEYNES MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
Over 3,000 entrants signed up on Bank Holiday Monday with runners from all over the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. The course took in tree-lined city centre boulevards and beautiful scenic lakes.
The weather was glorious sunshine and spectators came out in force to cheer on the runners to the finish a within Stadium MK, home of MK Dons Football Club.
The Mayor of Milton Keynes got the runners on their way after a 30-second silence in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. After the main race it was the turn of the Superhero Fun Runners who turned out in force to run 2.6km and experience the thrill of crossing the finish line as a hero. Popular costumes were Batman and Spiderman, two Star Wars Storm Troopers from the UK Garrison led the runners over the start line of the race.
MEN: 1 Edward CATMUR GBR 2:46:57 2 Stephen HODGES GBR 2:47:11 3 James GORDON GBR 2:47:44 4 Greg SOUTHERN GBR 2:49:22 5 Stephen RICHARDSON GBR 2:49:33 6 Christian POULTON GBR 2:50:16 7 Andrew JONES GBR 2:52:52 8 Cole STONE GBR 2:53:37 9 Ian HAMMETT GBR 2:54:03 10 Rob TAYLOR GBR 2:55:36 WOMEN: 1 Andrea GREEN GBR 3:04:23 2 Rebecca MAYLES GBR 3:08:29 3 Sally BAKER GBR 3:10:42 4 Charlie RAMSDALE GBR 3:13:00 5 Sarah MORWOOD GBR 3:15:13 6 Jennifer KING GBR 3:16:36 7 Meriel HOLDEN GBR 3:25:20 8 R HOLME GBR 3:26:16 9 Jennifer SANGSTER GBR 3:28:21 10 Annabel MORRISEY GBR 3:28:46
12 MAY 2013: VOLKSWAGEN PRAGUE MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Nicholas Kemboi and Caroline Rotich celebrated their biggest career wins. Kemboi, Kenyan by birth but now running for Qatar triumphed in warm (over 20°C) and sunny conditions. 9,500 runners entered the Marathon.
Kemboi was not among the favourites and could have been mistaken for a pacemaker as he led for most of the time after 16km when he, pacemaker Silas Ngetich, Julius Lomerinyang and Girmay Birhanu (Ethiopia) broke up the big leading group. The pacemaker soon dropped but the other three passed halfway in 63:21. After 30km (1:30:36) Kemboi dropped back but soon regained contact and started to push himself. Birhanu dropped fell behind at 34km and 2km later so did Lomerinyang.
Qualification for major championships is the reason why Kemboi runs for Qatar instead of Kenya. In 2003 as a 19 year-old he ran 26:30 for 10,000m — still the fourth fastest 10,000m runner ever, but he now concentrates on road running.
Caroline Rotich, course record holder Lydia Cheromei and Philes Ongori passed halfway in 1:13:03. Soon after Rotich broke away and established a substantial lead. In contrast Cheromei, who had a hip problem during her build-up dropped back to finish a disappointing sixth. Ehitu Kiros overtook Philes Ongori at around 25km but Ongori came back past her.
MEN: 1 Nicholas KEMBOI QAT 2:08:51 2 Girmay BIRHANU ETH 2:09:30 3 Patrick Kipyegon TERER KEN 2:10:08 4 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:10:56 5 Sium KIFLOM ERI 2:11:39 6 Amanuel MESEL ERI 2:11:51 7 Julius LOMERINYANG KEN 2:13:31 8 Benjamin Kolum KIPTOO KEN 2:14:13 9 Julius Nderitu KARINGA KEN 2:14:21 10 Teshome GELANA ETH 2:18:06 WOMEN: 1 Caroline ROTICH KEN 2:27:00 2 Philes ONGORI KEN 2:28:53 3 Ehitu KIROS ETH 2:30:02 4 Tatyana ARYASOVA RUS 2:32:24 5 Mercy Jerotich KIBARUS KEN 2:33:23 6 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 2:34:26 7 Yulia RUBAN UKR 2:34:50 8 Petra PASTOROVA CZE 2:36:44 9 Ednah KIMAIYO KEN 2:40:16 10 Azusa NOJIRI JPN 2:40:59
12 MAY 2013: SILESIA MARATHON, POLANDM
The weather was conducive to running, and rain-free conditions boosted the number of spectators spontaneously cheering all along the route. The race, starting in Katowice, attracts increasing numbers each year. The honorary starter was MEP (former head of the European Parliament) Prof. Jerzy Buzek, who appeared at the start wearing a commemorative T-shirt that he had received from the organizers five years before when he started the first Silesia Marathon.
The course presents the diversity of Silesia, traversing three cities and finishing in one of the largest parks in Europe. This year's edition attracted runners from Germany, the Netherlands, USA, South Korea, Belarus, Spain and the United Kingdom. With nine well-supplied refreshment stations along the route, and a commemorative medal and food package being presented to finishers Silesia Marathon showed once again that despite its modest budget, it is a really great race.
MEN: 1 Jakub GLAJCAR POL 2:35:35 2 Michal CENKIER POL 2:36:52 3 Daniel WOCH POL 2:38:09 4 Tomasz MISKOWIEC POL 2:42:55 5 Pawel KASZCA POL 2:46:11 6 Jaroslaw KOZDON POL 2:48:15 7 Maciej LUKASIEWIEC POL 2:49:05 8 Grzegorz SZULIK POL 2:50:27 9 Zbigniew WOJTYSIAK POL 2:50:41 10 Adam SIKORA POL 2:50:57 WOMEN: 1 Ewa KALARUS POL 2:50:57 2 Danuta PISKOROWSKA POL 2:59:18 3 Patrycja WLODARCZYK POL 3:07:23 4 Ewa KLOSIENSKA POL 3:07:43 5 Justyna ADAMUS POL 3:28:52 6 Magdalena JANKOWSKA POL 3:29:18 7 Magdalena MARDZYNSKA POL 3:32:31 8 Katarzyna DOWNART POL 3:35:35 9 Martyna JASZ POL 3:37:01 10 Agnieszka FOGIEL POL 3:37:57
12 MAY 2013: SKOPJE MARATHON, FYR MACEDONIA
The 9th edition attracted a record number of 4900 participants in all four events, coming from all continents. New course records were set by both male and female marathon winners. The Macedonian national championship was won by Riste Lazaro and Vesna Kiradjieva. Conditions were good (16°C and intermittent light rain). The Marathon was attended by many Macedonian celebrities, including worldwide fashion model and actress Katarina Ivanovska.
MEN: 1 Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOTT KEN 2:21:56 2 Elisha Kiprotich SAWE KEN 2:25:12 3 Patrick Muchemi WAMBUGU KEN 2:26:40 4 Gabor SZABO HUN 2:36:06 5 Attila HEGYALJAI HUN 2:44:51 6 Marcin SOSZKA POL 2:47:35 7 Rista LAZAROV MKD 2:49:11 8 Aleksandar KIRADJIEV MKD 2:52:33 9 Zoran SAZDOV MKD 2:54:42 10 Nebojsha MILENKOVICH SRB 2:54:55 WOMEN: 1 Caroline KIPRUTO KEN 2:48:39 2 Helen KIMUTAI KEN 2:50:49 3 Alina NITULEASA ROU 2:51:16 4 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 2:58:21 5 Marija VRACIC CRO 3:00:24 6 Nadezhda SEMILETOVA RUS 3:02:57 7 Marinka LAPANJA SLO 3:18:58 8 Vesna KIRADZIEVA MKD 3:24:58 9 Maria BOGDANOVSKA MKD 3:54:11 10 Tanja STOJANOVSKI MKD 4:14:17 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kristijan STOSHICH SRB 1:14:16 2 Kokan AJANOVSKI MKD 1:15:02 3 Miroslav MARKOVICH SRB 1:15:38 WOMEN: 1 Danijela BARACH SRB 1:27:23 2 Enisa TASEVSKA MKD 1:29:43 3 Sybilla MYERS USA 1:32:30
18 MAY 2013: GOTEBORGS VARVET HALF MARATHON, SWEDEN
MEN: 1 Jackson KIPROP UGA 1:03:13 2 Peter KURUI KEN 1:03:21 3 Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIE ERI 1:03:41 4 Richard MENGICH KEN 1:03:45 5 Robert LANGAT KEN 1:03:59 6 Bernard KITUR KEN 1:04:08 7 Tesfaye ABERA ETH 1:04:12 8 William Nyarondia MORWABE KEN 1:04:21 9 Tewelde ESTIFANOS ERI 1:04:31 10 Tebalu ZAWUDE ETH 1:04:38 WOMEN: 1 Isabella OCHICHI KEN 1:11:29 2 Caroline CHEPKWONY KEN 1:13:28 3 Filomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:13:50 4 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 1:15:17 5 Yebrgual MELESE ETH 1:16:25 6 Emmily BIWOTT KEN 1:17:11 7 Frida LUNDEN SWE 1:17:14 8 Lena ELIASSON SWE 1:18:24 9 Svitlana STANKO UKR 1:19:05 10 Veronika BLOM NOR 1:19:09
18 MAY 2013: GREAT WALL MARATHON, CHINA
In this year's largest-ever edition of 2600 participants from 54 countries both men's and women's course records were broken.
Five members of the Salomon Racing team made the trip to the small village of Huangyuguan and showed what is possible on this tough adventure running course when mountain, trail and ultra runners of the highest calibre tackle the Wall. The team boasted six-time World Mountain Running champion Jonathan Wyatt, Greek Marathon champion Dimitris Theodorakakos, third finisher in the Italian Marathon Championships Silvia Serafini and the recent winner of the Leadville 100 miler in the USA, Tina Lewis.
The often challenging weather at the Great Wall never materialised and runners were greeted with the coolest conditions experienced at the Wall in the race's 14-year history. Jorge Maravilla of the USA, Wyatt and Theodorakakos paced each other for the full distance and crossed the line in a staged triple deadheat. Their finish time sliced 9:30 off the race record. On the women's side, Salomon runners Serafini and Lewis raced to a new course record, with Serafini slashing over 18 minutes from Sara Winter's 2007 mark. The course features 5164 steps on the wall itself, but when asked Theodorakakos said he believed a sub 3-hour time was possible, "if this year's conditions can be replicated".
MEN: 1= Dimitris THEODORAKAKOS GRE 3:09:18 1= Jorge MARAVILLA USA 3:09:18 1= Jonathan WYATT NZL 3:09:18 4 Charles WHITE USA 3:33:24 5 Nigel THOMSON NZL 3:37:09 6 Oscar MARQUEZ ESP 3:38:22 7 Norbert ZEPPITZ AUT 3:40:26 8 Edward MORGAN USA 3:41:25 9 Carlos JARENO ESP 3:41:57 10 Max NEUMANN GER 3:43:15 WOMEN: 1 Silvia SERAFINI ITA 3:32:12 2 Tina LEWIS CAN 3:49:05 3 Shiri LEVENTHAL USA 4:07:23 4 Maria DE GIOVANNI VEN 4:08:27 5 Fiona GILROY NZL 4:14:42 6 Isabelle LAMBLIN FRA 4:15:21 7 Renee RENDELL AUS 4:29:11 8 Tammy Lynn BOGLE USA 4:29:32 9 Juliette MARTZEL FRA 4:34:27 10 Emily DALTERIO AUS 4:35:36 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Geoffrey DE BILDERLING BEL 1:38:56 2 Warren YOUNGREN USA 1:43:45 3 Pierre PLANTAIN FRA 1:47:30 WOMEN: 1 Candice Lorraine JOHNSON USA 1:49:03 2 Naomi DIEHL CAN 1:57:47 3 Kadriye KURT FRA 1:58:14
18 MAY 2013: THREE HEARTS MARATHON, SLOVENIA
MEN: 1 Elisha Kiprotich SAWE KEN 2:25:46 2 Micah Kiplagat SAMOEI KEN 2:31:00 3 Bohdan DZIUBA POL 2:37:12 4 Miran DOVNIK SLO 2:47:17 5 Ales ZONTAR SLO 2:47:49 6 Bostjan SVAB SLO 2:48:41 7 Zvonko BLATNIK SLO 2:50:28 8 Marko TRATNIK SLO 2:52:10 9 Iztok PODBREZNIK SLO 2:56:28 10 Attila KORPICS HUN 2:56:44 WOMEN: 1 Daniela CIRLAN ROU 2:41:55 2 Marija VRACIC CRO 3:06:53 3 Natalia MALAJA UKR 3:23:34 4 Katja KEGL SLO 3:29:50 5 Silvija FANZOL DUNJKO SLO 3:35:06 6 Antonia NEBENFUHR AUT 3:35:35 7 Titina SORSAK SLO 3:35:36 8 Natasa Anicic ZAVASNIK SLO 3:40:16 9 Matjaz PUH SLO 3:42:24 10 Bozica SELINSEK SLO 3:50:43 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Daniel Kinyua WANJIRU KEN 1:04:34 2 Wycliffe Kipkorir BIWOTT KEN 1:07:24 3 Barnabas BENE HUN 1:07:44 WOMEN: 1 Joyce Jemutai KIPLIMO KEN 1:12:46 2 Anissa Zsofia BADIS HUN 1:18:28 3 Christine CHEPKEMEI KEN 1:18:43
19 MAY 2013: TCS WORLD 10km BANGALORE, INDIA
In comparatively cool and cloudy but humid conditions neither the men's nor women's course record fell despite the competitive field assembled. Cautious racing on the part of leading contenders meant that they remained in large lead groups well into the race, with flat-out effort being reserved for the final slightly downhill section after 7.5km, where the finishing order was determined before the final 350m on the track at the stadium finish.
MEN: 1 Alex OLOITIPTIP KEN 28:07 2 Nicholas KIPKEMBOI KEN 28:12 3 Birhanu LEGESSE ETH 28:16 4 Mike KIGEN KEN 28:29 5 Philemon RONO KEN 28:37 6 Dickson MARWA TAN 28:50 7 Yitayal ATNAFU ETH 28:50 8 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 28:56 9 Henry KIPLAGAT KEN 29:03 10 Moses MASAI KEN 29:05 WOMEN: 1 Gladys CHERONO KEN 32:03 2 Guteni SHONE KEN 32:10 3 Esther CHEMTAI KEN 32:14 4 Lucy KABUU KEN 32:18 5 Emily CHEBET KEN 32:19 6 Paskalia KIPKOECH KEN 32:22 7 Helah KIPROP KEN 32:26 8 Malika ASAHSSAH MAR 32:41 9 Wude AYALEW ETH 32:54 10 Worknesh DEGEFA ETH 33:13
19 MAY 2013: BUCHAREST INT'L HALF MARATHON, ROMANIA
MEN: 1 Nicholas Kirui KEN 1:04:07 2 Andrew LESUDA KEN 1:04:53 3 Japhet KANDA KEN 1:07:12 4 Kipkoech MARITIM KEN 1:09:04 5 Benazzouz SLIMANI MAR 1:10:12 6 Stefan Daniel LUPULESCU ROU 1:12:32 7 Yujiro TSUDA JPN 1:21:27 8 Christian ALEXANDRU ROU 1:21:54 9 Floryn SZOMYU ROU 1:22:49 10 Claudiu RENGHEA ROU 1:23:51 WOMEN: 1 Mary NAALI TAN 1:16:32 2 Selam Abere ALEBACHEW ETH 1:18:20 3 Nicoleta-Alina PETRESCU ROU 1:20:24 4 Ana Veronica RODEAN ROU 1:24:51 5 Alexandra GRADINADU ROU 1:30:36 6 Andrea OLOGU ROU 1:32:41 7 Irina Daniela COSTANTINESCU ROU 1:36:43 8 Stefania Anamaria BULUGET ROU 1:37:14 9 Floi-Anica SUCIU ROU 1:40:00 10 Lisa RAMSEY USA 1:41:26
19 MAY 2013: NYKREDIT COPENHAGEN MARATHON, DENMARK
MEN: 1 Rachid KISRI MAR 2:17:22 2 Ahmed NASEF MAR 2:17:23 3 Henrik Them ANDERSEN DEN 2:18:00 4 Ilja NIKOLAJEV EST 2:20:50 5 Giovanni GRANO ITA 2:22:48 6 Renars ROZE LAT 2:24:55 7 Tom KRISTENSEN DEN 2:27:39 8 Thomas MADSEN DEN 2:27:50 9 Muhammud BENHMBARKA MAR 2:29:53 10 Thorkild SUNDSTRUP DEN 2:30:19 WOMEN: 1 Anne-Mette AAGAARD DEN 2:44:12 2 Luise SONDER DEN 2:48:08 3 Fiona POWELL GBR 2:50:06 4 Louise BAEKBY HANSEN DEN 2:54:40 5 Rikke DUE-ANDERSEN DEN 2:56:18 6 Veera VAINIO FIN 2:56:39 7 Sara Erbs LEDET DEN 2:58:23 8 Liza (SPARTA) DEN 2:59:21 9 Lotte SORENSEN DEN 2:59:21 10 Vanessa SUAREZ ESP 3:00:14
19 MAY 2013: GIFU SEIRYU HALF MARATHON, JAPAN
Five-time World Half Marathon champion Zersenay Tadese blasted through the first 5km in 14:14 and kept going at the same pace through 10km by which time he was 15 seconds up on Martin Mathathi. He slowed only marginally in the second half of the race, and continued to maintain his lead, extending it further in the last kilometre even though Jacob Wanjuku was pushing Mathathi hard at the end.
Mestawet Tufa was matched stride for stride by Eunice Kirwa until the final kilometre, when Tufa edged ahead.
MEN: 1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 1:00:31 2 Martin MATHATHI KEN 1:00:54 3 Jacob WANJUKI KEN 1:00:55 4 Cyrus NJUI KEN 1:01:08 5 Abayneh AYELE ETH 1:01:43 6 Patrick Muendo MWAKA KEN 1:01:57 7 Micah NJERU KEN 1:02:38 8 Taiga ITO JPN 1:03:45 9 Yoshiki OTSUKA JPN 1:04:37 10 Ryan HALL USA 1:04:52 WOMEN: 1 Mestawet TUFA ETH 1:10:03 2 Eunice KIRWA KEN 1:10:09 3 Lara TAMSETT AUS 1:13:33 4 Yuko MIZUGUCHI JPN 1:14:44
19 MAY 2013: MOVISTAR LIMA 42K, PERU
MEN: 1 Isaack Kimaiyo KEMBOI KEN 2:19:13 2 Elias Kibet YATOR KEN 2:20:40 3 Henry Kipkosgei CHERONO KEN 2:22:46 4 Christopher TOROITICH KEN 2:23:10 5 Rosvelino Chocco LOAYZA PER 2:23:12 6 Franklin Jimenez RICAPA PER 2:24:11 7 Juan Huaman CANTO PER 2:25:07 8 Genaro Choquehuanca FUTURI PER 2:25:34 9 Edwhin Vica FLORES PER 2:26:46 10 Remigio Huaman QUISPE PER 2:29:30 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth SANDEN 2:33:28 2 Ogla KIMAIYO KEN 2:40:39 3 Lucy KARIMI KEN 2:40:57 4 Hortencia ARZAPALO PER 2:45:49 5 Clara CANCHANYA PER 2:47:15 6 Olinda CANCHANYA PER 2:56:39 7 Jakeline Delgadillo POCOMUCHA PER 2:57:49 8 Rosa Romero DAVILA PER 3:00:08 9 Ursula Dancuart SARDA PER 3:06:01 10 Fabia CODALLI PER 3:09:54 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jhon Cusi HUAMAN PER 1:04:24 2 Raul Cesar MACHACUAY PER 1:04:28 3 Constantino Leon LOPEZ PER 1:04:47 WOMEN: 1 Judith Toribio LAVADO PER 1:14:35 2 Rocio Cantara ROJAS PER 1:16:17 3 Jemena Misayauri CAMARGO PER 1:16:53
19 MAY 2013: KIGALI PEACE MARATHON, RWANDA
Due to a course marshaling error when runners were directed into the stadium instead of completing a final 5km loop, the course run was only about 37km. It was decided that no times would be published for the Marathon, only finishing positions (as below).
MEN: 1 Barbabas KIPYEGO KEN 2 Julius Kipkorir KIPLIMO KEN 3 Peter Kibet LIMO KEN 4 Alex MELLY KEN 5 Ezekiel Kemboi OMULO KEN 6 James Kabogor YATICH KEN 7 Lawrence Kiprono ROTICH KEN 8 Willy Korir KIMUTAI KEN 9 Haron MALEL KEN 10 Alfred Kipsane NONDIN KEN WOMEN: 1 Tigist Teshome AYAMU ETH 2 Fridah Jepkite LODEPA KEN 3 Caroline JEPKOECH KEN 4 Liliane ?? ?? 5 Vanis CHEMUTAI UGA 6 Irene CHEMUSTO KEN 7 Leah KUSAR KEN 8 Truphena Jepchumba KURUI KEN 9 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 10 Dorice Chepchumba TODOPUS KEN HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Silas Kipkemboi LIMO KEN 1:01:41 2 Moses Kipkosgei BONEN KEN 1:02:03 3 Nathan AYEKO UGA 1:02:04 WOMEN: 1 Eunice KALES KEN 1:12:56 2 Elizabeth ABENYO KEN 1:14:33 3 Sophy JEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:15:00
19 MAY 2013: NORDEA RIGA MARATHON, LATVIA
MEN: 1 Duncan KOECH KEN 2:15:35 2 Weldeyohannes NAAM ERI 2:16:25 3 K Peter SITIENI KEN 2:16:52 4 Victor CHELOKEI KEN 2:17:54 5 Elias Kiptum MAINDI KEN 2:22:07 6 Andrejs JESKO LAT 2:35:15 7 Dmitry SULIMOV RUS 2:37:17 8 Anatolijs MACUKS LAT 2:38:40 9 Holger EXNER DEN 2:44:19 10 Gunars KEGIS LAT 2:47:05 WOMEN: 1 Aberash Bedasa NESGA ETH 2:40:31 2 Jane SUUTO UGA 2:46:33 3 Ekaterina FATEEVA RUS 2:48:54 4 Liene BERSONE LAT 3:02:00 5 Evita BOLE LAT 3:24:27 6 Guna KUDRJAVCEVA LAT 3:24:37 7 Anna NORMAN SWE 3:25:27 8 Kathleen MCDONALD DEN 3:34:28 9 Diana SIKA LAT 3:35:14 10 Anne KILJUNEN FIN 3:35:25
19 MAY 2013: TRIPOLI HALF MARATHON, LEBANON
MEN: 1 Gadisa Birhanu SHUMIE ETH 1:03:23 2 Mehari Yohannes FISSAYE ETH 1:04:01 3 Elike Kipchoge MASE KEN 1:04:18 4 Benjamin Kiprop SEREM KEN 1:04:52 5 Tujuba Megersa BEYU ETH 1:07:01 WOMEN: 1 Worknesh Tola BIRU ETH 1:15:13 2 Hirut Alemayehu GEBREMIKAEL ETH 1:16:48 3 Alina NITULEASA ROM 1:19:58 4 Mihaela Maria BOTEZAN ROM 1:25:49 5 Hanane EL BAJJAOUI MAR 1:26:48
19 MAY 2013: iWELT MARATHON WUERZBURG, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Mulu DERESA ETH 2:29:07 2 Markus MEISSGEIER GER 2:31:36 3 Sebastian JOST GER 2:34:26 4 Dominik MAGES GER 2:34:36 5 Stefan EGERER GER 2:35:33 6 Steffen WITTMANN GER 2:37:36 7 Klaus MANNWEILER GER 2:41:52 8 Markus-Kristan SEIGLER GER 2:42:43 9 Stefan HAUPTMANN GER 2:44:13 10 Achim ZIMMERMANN GER 2:44:53 WOMEN: 1 Adanach MAMO ETH 2:54:08 2 Christine RAMSAUER GER 2:59:32 3 Sandra HADERLEIN GER 3:02:31 4 Sonja DECKER GER 3:18:06 5 Elgin SCHMIDT GER 3:18:40 6 Regina GRAF GER 3:20:24 7 Daniela UJHELYIOVA GER 3:23:34 8 Helga HORBASCHEK GER 3:25:05 9 Erin CHERNICK CAN 3:25:44 10 Annette SATTLER GER 3:26:18 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Patrick ERENG KEN 1:02:54 2 Shedrack KIMAIYO KEN 1:02:54 3 James MBURUGU KEN 1:02:54 WOMEN: 1 Lucy MACHARIA KEN 1:13:37 2 Gladys KIPROTICH KEN 1:14:52 3 Nancy KOECH KEN 1:14:59
25 MAY 2013: MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Daniel Wanjiru finished ahead of 1500 enthusiastic runners in the inaugural edition of this RunCzech event writes Tomas Nohjl. A further 600 participants completed the 3km Mattoni Family Run held earlier. Wanjiru, who regularly trains in the Austrian Alps, appreciated the undulating course, but could not shake off 20-year old Fekru Feyisa until the final 200m sprint along the banks of the River Teplá. Feyisa commented "I had no idea what to expect from such a long race." His sister, 16-year old Mame Feyse, triumphed in the women's race.
The first Czech, Ondrej Fejfar, ran most of the race alone but missed out on a personal best by only four seconds. Ivana Sekyirova from the nearby town of Sokolov, kept her rival Petra Kaminkova off the top spot, after having picked up the European Veteran 10km title the day before in the town of Úpice. On the morning of the race she took part in the cross-country relay as part of the winning team before driving over to Karlovy Vary for the half marathon in which she edged ahead of Kaminkova in the last 4km.
Local spectators saw a truly euphoric City Mayor of Karlovy Vary, Petr Kulhánek, cross the finish line. Two weeks after completing BMW Prague Marathon in 3:33 he managed to improve his half marathon best to 1:35. "Unbelievable and amazing, great," he commented. "The atmosphere and the people put me in the right frame of mind" he said.
The RunCzech Running League heads to South Bohemia in two weeks' time for the Mattoni Ceské Budejovice Half Marathon.
MEN: 1 Daniel Kinyua WANJIRU KEN 1:03:04 2 Fekru FEYSE ETH 1:03:08 3 Abdelmajid EL HISSOUF MAR 1:05:34 4 Alelegn AGUADE ETH 1:05:36 5 Said AZOUZI MAR 1:06:42 6 Ondrej FEJFAR CZE 1:08:02 7 Artem KUFTYREV RUS 1:09:39 8 Jiri CIVRNY CZE 1:12:23 9 Gudisa TOLOSA ETH 1:12:41 10 Pavel PROCHAZKA CZE 1:14:27 WOMEN: 1 Mame FEYSE ETH 1:12:49 2 Fasika METAFRIYA ZENEBE ETH 1:13:36 3 Olga KOTOVSKA UKR 1:13:40 4 Lemlem BERHE ETH 1:14:25 5 Ivana SEYKIROVA CZE 1:17:32 6 Petra KAMINKOVA CZE 1:17:47 7 Iness CHENONGE KEN 1:19:31 8 Hanka RANDAKOVA CZE 1:30:02 9 Agata STOCKA POL 1:33:59 10 Ida KUBROVA CZE 1:35:32
25 MAY 2013: TERWAMARATON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Teemu PIKSILA FIN 2:38:06 2 Teppo RONKAINEN FIN 2:40:39 3 Janne KLASILA FIN 2:41:35 4 Jukka RAHKONEN FIN 2:41:48 5 Jukka KAUPPILA FIN 2:46:24 6 Ilkka LANKINEN FIN 2:48:05 7 Jyrki KUKKO FIN 2:49:24 8 Ahti SAKLO FIN 2:49:53 9 Mauri KALAOJA FIN 2:52:05 10 Jari LEPPIMAKI FIN 2:52:12 WOMEN: 1 Sanna KULBERG FIN 3:07:39 2 Johanna DAVIDILA FIN 3:08:55 3 Mari HYYPPA FIN 3:12:23 4 Kristiina KAARTA FIN 3:19:39 5 Kati OIKARINEN FIN 3:22:14 6 Tuula VUUTILAINEN FIN 3:24:42 7 Ilona LUIRO FIN 3:25:41 8 Kaarina LILJA FIN 3:27:35 9 Kirsi KIVELA FIN 3:28:15 10 Saara GRONHOLM FIN 3:32:39 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Veli-Heikki KOIVU FIN 1:13:29 2 Jouni HOLAPPA FIN 1:14:04 3 Gwarbi SELLAMI FIN 1:14:26 WOMEN: 1 Stina HAIKKA FIN 1:23:21 2 Elli HEMMINKI FIN 1:23:46 3 Anni HEMMINKI FIN 1:24:37
26 MAY 2013: JACOB'S CREEK BAROSSA MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
MEN: 1 Michael VARNEY AUS 2:39:16 2 David STAEHR AUS 2:40:20 3 Warwick BIBLE AUS 2:46:09 4 Jon FULLER AUS 2:47:53 5 Ted ZGAINSKI AUS 2:51:26 6 Michael KEYTE AUS 2:52:06 7 Chris TAYLOR AUS 2:55:21 8 Mark BLOOMFIELD AUS 2:57:52 9 Matthew BAYNES AUS 2:59:41 10 Bram LAGROU AUS 3:01:55 WOMEN: 1 Sarah BROUGHAM AUS 3:10:08 2 Mandy TOWLER AUS 3:19:48 3 Carey Ellen AYLMER AUS 3:26:16 4 Susanne NOACK AUS 3:29:35 5 Britt HETHERINGTON AUS 3:29:38 6 Prema OSBORNE AUS 3:31:23 7 Rita KUHN AUS 3:33:53 8 Phillipa DUTFIELD AUS 3:35:58 9 Jana K BRADLEY AUS 3:36:55 10 Erin Anne HOEBEE AUS 3:37:07 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jacob COCKS AUS 1:10:26 2 Matt WHITE AUS 1:14:00 3 Leif CHRISTENSEN AUS 1:17:20 WOMEN: 1 Lisa DAVIS AUS 1:23:55 2 Cherie GAUCI AUS 1:28:16 3 Chloe Linda ROESLER AUS 1:28:23
26 MAY 2013: SCOTIABANK CALGARY MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Benard ONSARE KEN 2:28:53 2 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:42:05 3 Devin WOODLAND CAN 2:43:39 4 Devin FEATHERSTONE CAN 2:47:39 5 Benjamin GHERARDI USA 2:49:30 6 Donnie OSLER CAN 2:50:10 7 Michael MCBETH CAN 2:51:17 8 Bryce STEWART CAN 2:51:21 9 Daniel MARSH CAN 2:52:27 10 Mark ST AMANT CAN 2:53:56 WOMEN: 1 Nadyia FRY CAN 2:51:35 2 Alice NDIRANGU KEN 2:54:20 3 Andrea GLOVER CAN 3:02:07 4 Tanaya GALLAGHER USA 3:02:25 5 Kari ELLIOTT CAN 3:03:44 6 Adela SALT CAN 3:06:26 7 Rhonda LOO CAN 3:08:17 8 Adriana WILD CAN 3:12:47 9 Megan MACDONALD CAN 3:15:06 10 Amy GOLUMBIA CAN 3:15:17 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kip KANGOGO KEN 1:07:35 2 Paul KIMUGUL KEN 1:08:28 3 Patrick COTE CAN 1:14:51 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:16:23 2 Danelle KABUSH CAN 1:21:33 3 Pauline MCLEAN CAN 1:23:22
26 MAY 2013: 4th INT'L CAYIROVA HALF MARATHON & 10km, TURKEY
The course was hilly and tough and the race was held in sunny and hot weather.
MEN: 1 Negari Getachew TERFA ETH 1:03:20 2 Evans Chebet KIPLAGAT KEN 1:04:13 3 Wabi Goytanbi TEFTIYE ETH 1:05:24 4 Tilahun Worku ALIYEV AZE 1:05:32 5 Chala Lelisa DEBLE ETH 1:06:36 6 Melaku BIZUNAH ETH 1:06:36 7 Cherkaoui LALAMI MAR 1:07:08 8 Kefyalew Deja BURISE ETH 1:11:29 9 Ridvan Alper AFACAN TUR 1:15:32 10 Murat KAYA TUR 1:16:00 WOMEN: 1 Chaltu Tafa WAKA ETH 1:14:29 2 Senem CAGLAN TUR 1:15:09 3 Zinash Hayile TOLA ETH 1:21:04 4 Lutfiye KAYA TUR 1:30:49 5 Esgi AKDESIR TUR 1:32:28 6 Asu GULTEKIN TUR 1:41:42 7 Handan ESER TUR 1:41:43 8 Zehra LIMON TUR 1:45:15 9 Aysen SOLAK TUR 1:48:13 10 Sirin Mine KILIC TUR 1:48:26 10km MEN: 1 Yohannis JIDA ETH 29:39 2 Moses Kipchirchir TOO KEN 29:45 3 Mamiyo Nugu HIRSUATO ETH 29:46 WOMEN: 1 Alem Mokonin OURGE ETH 34:28 2 Bahar DOGAN TUR 35:54 3 Emebet Bele ADANE ETH 36:39
26 MAY 2013: EMF EDINBURGH MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
Photos: Lesley Martin
The Scottish capital staged a spectacular sporting weekend with more than 29,000 people taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Runners from more than 100 countries enjoyed glorious sunshine.
They included Kenny Heney, a 37-year old Scot resident in Dubai. He made full use of his weekend, completing all four adult races and clocking up a total of 77km. He ran the half marathon in 1:24 then jumped on a motorbike back into the city centre in the nick of time to run the full marathon. He completed the EMF 10km the previous day in 39:05 and the 5km in 19:21. He was exhausted but elated when he crossed the Marathon finish line in 3:00:57.
Overall winner Tola Lema finished only six seconds off the course record, still held by Zachary Kihara of Kenya from 2005. Ryan Beattie became the first Scot to win the half marathon, in the first race the 26-year-old has ever won.
MEN: 1 Tola LEMA ETH 2:15:32 2 John KALES KEN 2:17:30 3 Nourdine JALAL MAR 2:18:38 4 Andi JONES GBR 2:19:29 5 Japhet KOECH KEN 2:21:51 6 Peter TUCKER GBR 2:28:25 7 David KIRKLAND GBR 2:29:19 8 Stuart SPENCER GBR 2:30:29 9 Michael ALDRIDGE GBR 2:30:51 10 Fabian DOWNS GBR 2:34:36 WOMEN: 1 Risper KIMAIYO KEN 2:25:58 2 Jane KHAN GBR 2:43:56 3 Julie BRISCOE GBR 2:45:12 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ryan BEATTIE GBR 1:09:33 2 James BULMAN GBR 1:11:21 3 Russell MADDAMS GBR 1:12:01 WOMEN: 1 Dianne LAUDER GBR 1:24:55 2 Amy ARONSON GBR 1:25:19 3 Mary KELLY GBR 1:25:49
26 MAY 2013: OTTAWA MARATHON, CANADA
Tariku Jufar cut more than a minute off the course record set last year by Kenyan Laban Moiben. In an almost neck and neck finish, Jufar was followed by 24-year-old Kenyan Luka Rotich, who had entered the race as a pacer, but with his job completed he decided to compete to the finish. Rotich had paced Jufar to 35km, but Jufar surged ahead at 39km. He later slowed but still secured the course record with Rotich just behind him. There was one Canadian in the top-10, Vancouver-based Rob Watson, who was registered for the 10km, but switched to the marathon two days before and went on to win this year's Canadian Marathon Championships.
Ethiopians also dominated the women's elite field, with six placing in the top 10 and Yeshi Esayias slicing more than two minutes off the four-year old course record. Half a dozen women stayed together in a tight lead pack for most of the race, and the first three all surpassed the old record. Finishing eighth overall among women, Lioudmila Kortchaguina, 41, finished as the first Canadian for the sixth time since 2002. She was also the first master.
MEN: 1 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:08:05 2 Luka ROTICH KEN 2:08:12 3 Gashaw MELESE ETH 2:10:24 4 Teferi KEBEDE ETH 2:11:09 5 James MBUGUA KEN 2:11:16 6 Laban MOIBEN KEN 2:11:45 7 Nixon MACHICHIM KEN 2:11:46 8 Dereje TADESSE ETH 2:14:32 9 James MBOTE KEN 2:15:24 10 Rob WATSON CAN 2:18:34 WOMEN: 1 Yeshi ESAYIAS ETH 2:25:31 2 Misiker MEKONIN ETH 2:25:45 3 Sechale DELASA ETH 2:27:31 4 Netsanet ACHAMO ETH 2:27:44 5 Ruth WANJIRU KEN 2:30:36 6 Yeshimebet TADESSE ETH 2:32:44 7 Seada KEDIR ETH 2:33:04 8 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 2:33:11 9 Clara GRANDT USA 2:33:25 10 Malika BENLAFKIR MAR 2:38:41 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Josh KARANJA KEN 1:07:48 2 Jonathan GENDRON CAN 1:13:04 3 Joe MALEY CAN 1:13:42 WOMEN: 1 Laura DURNO CAN 1:24:57 2 Jodi WENDLAND CAN 1:25:28 3 Marilou FERLAND-DAIGLE CAN 1:25:33
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