December 2013
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1 DECEMBER 2013: ANGKOR WAT INT'L HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA
MEN: 1 Minoru ONOZUKA JPN 1:16:11 2 Assad ATTAMIMI AUS 1:17:41 3 Peter GEITHNER USA 1:18:21 4 Unknown runner 1:18:29 5 Hidenori YAJIMA JPN 1:18:47 6 Unknown runner 1:21:05 7 Tony SEAKINS GBR 1:22:21 8 Unknown runner 1:23:26 9 Marcelo BAUTISTA PHI 1:25:30 10 Richard BROWNE GBR 1:26:02 WOMEN: 1 Vivian TANG SIN 1:27:29 2 Janette AGURA PHI 1:31:42 3 Charlotte CUTLER GBR 1:33:37 4 Anne Marie WARE GBR 1:34:39 5 Kelly Leigh OLVER NZL 1:36:00 6 Nary LY CAM 1:36:32 7 Alana BARRON NZL 1:36:33 8 Angela HARRIS USA 1:36:42 9 Gianna FABLE USA 1:37:10 10 Karen Kay RAYLE USA 1:37:27 10km MEN: 1 Anand PAREKH USA 38:05 2 Jamie CHAMBERS GBR 38:24 3 Leng SOPHORN CAM 41:43 WOMEN: 1 Heidi MAKINEN FIN 44:38 2 Kanokporn MINKWANPOTHONG THA 46:11 3 Sophie CHAVANEL CAN 46:49
1 DECEMBER 2013: INTERTRUST CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON
MEN: 1 Justin GRUNEWALD USA 2:42:39 2 Steve SPIERS USA 2:56:19 3 Chadwick WEBSTER CAY 3:05:03 4 Marko KAHILAINEN FIN 3:25:46 5 Jens PANKALLA CAY 3:41:27 6 Scott NEWCOMER USA 3:42:10 7 Jay Breen CRUZ PHI 3:43:41 8 Bradely KRUGER CAY 3:44:22 9 Scott RUBY CAY 3:47:09 10 Jonathan DAVIES CAY 3:49:06 WOMEN: 1 Pham DOAN USA 3:42:52 2 Stephanie RAFFERTY USA 3:43:42 3 Justine PLENKIEWICZ CAY 3:47:20 4 Heiki WEBER CAY 3:53:10 5 Jody MCFARLAND CAY 4:05:54 6 Hennifer BRADWELL CAY 4:12:05 7 Christine GILLETTE USA 4:26:23 8 Carina MCDERMOT CAY 4:34:35 9 Jerlym PORTER USA 4:42:04 10 Nathalie MALLINSON GBR 4:45:23 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dominic CORBIN GBR 1:21:07 2 Marius ACKER 1:21:13 3 Dave WALKER CAY 1:23:29 WOMEN: 1 Gabriele GRUNEWALD USA 1:21:39 2 Heidi Bassett BLAIR CAY 1:37:07 3 Joanna MANSI CAY 1:39:54
1 DECEMBER 2013: 67th FUKUOKA OPEN MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP, JAPAN
In his Marathon debut in this race last year Martin Mathathi dropped at 35km but this year, on a cool but humid day, he took control of the race at that point writes Ken Nakamura. He started to push the pace hard in the final seven kilometres to drop his final challenger and last year's winner Joseph Gitau. Local star Yuki Kawauchi came third, in his tenth Marathon of the year. Since he was the first Japanese in the race, at this point, Kawauchi is the leading contender for the Japanese marathon team for the next year's Asian Games in South Korea. But in two weeks he plans to run the Hofu Marathon, again targetting a sub-2:10 time.
The leaders reached halfway in 1:03:48 and, with pacemaking finished, Kawauchi jumped into the lead and left the chase pack 10 seconds behind. Henryk Szost closed him down and two ran together in front with six men in the chasing pack. They were caught just after 28km. Mekubo Mogusu then led for a couple of kilometres, before Mathathi made his decisive effort at 32km, which only Gitau could match. They passed 35km in 1:46:13, nine seconds ahead of a four-man chasing group from which Szost and Kawauchi emerged to give chase. Kawauchi did start to close on Gitau but just fell short by five seconds. Mathathi's 5km split from 35-40km was 14:39, only two seconds slower than Tsegaye Kebede ran when he set the course record of 2:05:18 in 2009.
MEN (ONLY): 1 Martin MATHATHI KEN 2:07:16 2 Joseph GITAU KEN 2:09:00 3 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:09:05 4 Nenryk SZOST POL 2:09:37 5 Chiharu TAKADA JPN 2:10:39 6 Reid COOLSAET CAN 2:11:24 7 Mekubo MEGUSO KEN 2:12:03 8 Ayad LAMDASSEM ESP 2:12:31 9 Satoru SASAKI JPN 2:13:12 10 Robert CURTIS USA 2:13:24
1 DECEMBER 2013: GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT MACAU INT'L MARATHON
MEN: 1 Julius KIPLIMO KEN 2:12:43 2 Julius KIPRONO KEN 2:14:10 3 Elijah MWANIKI KEN 2:14:56 4 Duncan CHIERUIYOT KEN 2:15:51 5 Cosmas KIGEN KEN 2:16:44 6 Abraham KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:16:53 7 Chol PAK PRK 2:16:54 8 Song Chol PAK PRK 2:17:21 9 James KARIUKI KEN 2:18:00 10 Nelson KIRWA KEN 2:18:25 WOMEN: 1 Mi Gyong KIM PRK 2:36:32 2 Purity KANGOGO KEN 2:37:20 3 Ruth MATEBO KEN 2:38:42 4 Viola CHELANGAT KEN 2:39:32 5 Keneni ASSEFA ETH 2:46:35 6 Celestine JEBICHIY KEN 2:46:55 7 Long HOI MAC 3:02:21 8 Rebecca KISANG KEN 3:02:40 9 Chi Ling MOK HKG 3:08:24 10 Lucicleide GABRIEL BRA 3:16:24 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Silas MUTURI KEN 1:04:36 2 Miguel BAPTISTA POR 1:06:27 3 John LORONO KEN 1:07:18 WOMEN: 1 Edna JERUTO KEN 1:16:26 2 Naomi WAMBUI KEN 1:18:32 3 Elisabete URBANO POR 1:18:49
1 DECEMBER 2013: GRAN MARATON PACIFICO
MEN: 1 Simon Kariuki NJOROGE KEN 2:11:05 2 Joel Siree KORU KEN 2:16:25 3 Isaac WAWERU KEN 2:17:43 4 Hugo ROMERO MEX 2:18:37 5 Festus Kioko KIKUMO KEN 2:20:17 6 Negasi HAILEMARIYAM ETH 2:21:01 7 Pedro ESPINOSA MEX 2:21:21 8 Jhovany HERNANDEZ MEX 2:22:25 9 Jorge RIVERA MEX 2:22:49 10 Francisco BAUTISTA MEX 2:23:12 WOMEN: 1 Karina PEREZ MEX 2:36:12 2 Pauline Githuka WANJIRU KEN 2:41:39 3 Neria Nyaboke ASIBA KEN 2:43:15 4 Adriana MEDEL MEX 2:43:32 5 Misha RUIZ MEX 2:50:20 6 Isabel ORELLANA MEX 2:57:20 7 Maria Guadalupe SANTANA MEX 2:57:28 8 Eunice KAVUU KEN 2:58:15 9 Emma MALDONADO MEX 2:59:28 10 Maria MARTELL MEX 3:13:18 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Julius FRANCIS TAN 1:03:41 2 Oscar CERON MEX 1:03:47 3 Ismael ANDRADE MEX 1:04:41 WOMEN: 1 Sara PRIETO MEX 1:15:52 2 Liliana CRUZ MEX 1:17:19 3 Daniela ALONSO MEX 1:17:36
1 DECEMBER 2013: MARATON INT'L ASICS DE LA CIUDAD DE PANAMA
Simon Kariuki ran away from the opposition early on, with Juan Cardona (who often runs with cyclist support, against the rules of international marathons) chasing in vain. Kariuki occasioned excitement in the crowd as it seemed he might crack the 2:16:24 course record Alene Reta ran in 2010 (this year he won the half marathon), and win a $10000 bonus for doing so, but he fell 100 seconds short of the mark. First Panamanian was Augustin Alcazar in eighth place with 2:44:03. More than 1500 runners entered: 600 in the marathon along with 65 eight-man relay teams, and 600 in the half marathon.
MEN: 1 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:18:04 2 Juan Carlos CARDONA COL 2:21:56 3 Marc Chepses KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:27:38 WOMEN: 1 Alicia ZORILLA PAN 3:27:49 2 Iris CAMARENA PAN 3:30:42 3 ?? ESA 3:32:44 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Alene RETA ETH ?? WOMEN: 1 Wendy Panchi HERRERA ECU 1:30:54 2 Helen WrRIGHT GBR 1:31:20 3 Andrea FERRIS PAN 1:33:00 4 Silka NUNEZ PAN 1:33:46
1 DECEMBER 2013: PUNE INT'L MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Belachew ENDALE ETH 2:17:52 2 Ezekiel CHEROP KEN 2:18:16 3 Edisa MERGA ETH 2:20:33 4 Sammy KIPKOECH KEN 2:21:35 5 Adere ABERA ETH 2:22:19 (No women's event at marathon distance) HALF MARATHON WOMEN: 1 Aberu ZEWUDE ETH 1:16:54 2 Mestawet TADESSE ETH 1:17:15 3 Romeha ALENE ETH 1:17:17 4 Abebech BEKELE ETH 1:17:26 5 Gladys JEPKECHEI KEN 1:17:36 MEN: 1 Habtamu ARGA ETH 1:04:21 2 Daniel YEGON KEN 1:04:21 3 Melku BELACHEW ETH 1:04:30
1 DECEMBER 2013: MARATON SAN JOSE COSTA RICA
MEN: 1 Hilary KIMAIYO KEN 2:17:28 2 Jonathan VARELA CRC 2:41:42 3 William CHAMAN GUA 2:41:56 4 Joel MONDALK MEX 2:45:21 5 Misael MALEANO CRC 2:48:46 6 Pablo NARANJO CRC 3:01:12 7 Gustavo CABEZAS CRC 3:01:23 8 Efrain RUIZ CRC 3:02:46 9 Esklei ROJAS CRC 3:03:54 10 Daniel GAVIRIA CRC 3:04:06 WOMEN: 1 Leah KIGEN KEN 3:01:37 2 Jennifer CASTRO USA 3:21:37 3 Jessica PORRAS CRC 3:28:08 4 Elitania VARGAS CRC 3:29:48 5 Irene SANCHEZ CRC 3:39:24 6 Josefina DELGADO CRC 3:45:46 7 Ana CUBAS CRC 3:49:08 8 Adriana CAMACHO CRC 3:52:12 9 Marta CORDERO CRC 4:00:04 10 Patricia VILLALOBOS CRC 4:08:59 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ian BARRELL USA 1:06:39 2 Marion Alberto RAMIRO CRC 1:09:04 3 Cesar Luis MIRAVETE MEX 1:11:19 WOMEN: 1 Stefanie PEZZUZO USA 1:19:25 2 Christiana MARIN CRC 1:24:09 3 Norma RODRIGUEZ CRC 1:25:33
1 DECEMBER 2013: SHANGHAI INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
Photos: Organisers
South Africa's Stephen Mokoka and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede won in times just short of the course records set last year writes Mirko Jalava. Kebede bounced back from a disappointing outing at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, where she finished only in 13th, by winning in season's best and missing the course record by only 21 seconds.
There were several men with faster personal bests than Mokoka, but Mokoko had placed highly before in Shanghai (second in 2011 and fourth last year). Running his first Marathon of 2013, he won with a time 28 seconds short of the course record. Behind him Eritrean Beraki Beyene was best in a thrilling finish over the final few hundred metres where the five came home in the space of 10 seconds. The six runners were on their own from 32km before Mokoka broke away in the last two kilometres.
More than 35,000 people took to the streets of Shanghai on Sunday morning, 8000 in the Marathon, 10,000 in Half Marathon, 5000 in a 10km run and approximately 12,000 persons in a Mini Marathon.
MEN: 1 Stephen MOKOKO RSA 2:09:29 2 Beraki BEYENE ERI 2:09:48 3 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:09:50 4 Teferi KEBEDE ETH 2:09:52 5 Samuel NDUNGU KEN 2:09:55 6 Michael CHEGE KEN 2:09:55 WOMEN: 1 Aberu KEBEDE ETH 2:23:28 2 Merima MOHAMMED ETH 2:26:30 3 Ashu KASIM ETH 2:26:34
1 DECEMBER 2013: STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON
Photos: Organisers
Considering he was running his third Marathon in nine weeks Chelimo Kipkemoi was something of a surprise winner writes Phil Minshull. He had missed out on getting placed among the elite racers in front of the 11,000-plus runners and was part of the mass start, crossing the line approximately 35 seconds after the gun had gone. Kipkemoi is adept at winning races in difficult conditions: he won three of his six Marathons in 2011 and two last year, but has never broken 2:10. His win extended the Kenyan hold on the Singapore men's title to 12 editions.
After passing through halfway 33 seconds down Kipkemoi very gradually closed down this deficit. 2007 world champion and two-time winner in Singapore Luke Kibet pushed on ahead from 25-35km, accompanied by Kiptanui. But by 38km Kipkemoi's patience had paid off, and he took the lead, passing 40km with an unchallenged 13-second advantage. Kibet drifted back to fourth in the final stages.
Sharon Cherop, the 2012 Boston Marathon champion lived up to her billing as pre-race women's favourite but left it right to the line after running with Ethiopia's Debre Godana. The pair went ahead of what had been an eight-woman lead group until 30km. After their last-gasp sprint Cherop and Godana were given the same time. "The race was so close but I am happy that my strategy to sprint only when I was close to the finish line worked," reflected Cherop. Behind them Russia's Alina Prokopeva took third place in Singapore for the second consecutive year.
MEN: 1 Chelimo KIPKEMOI KEN 2:15:00 2 Eliud KIPTANUI KEN 2:15:27 3 Mike MUTAI KEN 2:15:41 4 Luke KIBET KEN 2:17:14 5 Aadam KHAMIS BRN 2:17:47 6 Collins KIBET KEN 2:18:46 7 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:22:17 8 Francis BOWEN KEN 2:23:42 9 Niguse CHALA ETH 2:25:01 10 Charles Kimutai KIGEN KEN 2:27:37 WOMEN: 1 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:41:12 2 Debre GODANA ETH 2:41:12 3 Alina PROKOPEVA RUS 2:41:16 4 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:42:43 5 Winifrida KWAMBOKA KEN 2:43:00 6 Elizabeth RUMOKOL KEN 2:43:42 7 Beatrice TOROITICH KEN 2:44:36 8 Meseret MENGISTU ETH 2:45:13 9 Mercy Jelimo TOO KEN 2:45:44 10 Tiruwerk MEKONEN ETH 2:45:50 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Peter KETER KEN 1:05:57 2 Daniel KIARIE KEN 1:06:47 3 Gideon KIPKEMBOI KEN 1:08:25 WOMEN: 1 Gladys CHEMWENO KEN 1:15:02 2 Margaret NJUGUNA KEN 1:18:38 3 Esther KARIMI KEN 1:22:20
6 DECEMBER 2013: AYLA RED SEA HALF MARATHON, JORDAN
MEN: 1 Rafat AL ZBOUN JOR 1:10:01 2 Bashar IRHAYEL JOR 1:11:01 3 Bilal AL SHAAR JOR 1:11:46 4 Mosab MIQDADI JOR 1:12:21 5 Mohammed AL NAWASREH JOR 1:15:38 6 Ziad NWEIRAN JOR 1:15:58 7 Alo ISSA JOR 1:19:44 8 Atyeh Abu MANSOUR JOR 1:23:01 9 Ali AL SAWALMEH JOR 1:23:28 10 David DE BOLD CAN 1:28:17 WOMEN: 1 Razan MUQBEL JOR 1:30:07 2 Maya CHOLLET SUI 1:33:19 3 Tuuli MERIKOSKI FIN 1:41:52 4 Ghorood AL DGHAIMAT JOR 1:43:27 5 Elizabeth WHITMAN USA 1:46:07 6 Johanna WASSHOLM SWE 1:46:46 7 Wencke MULLER GER 1:48:04 8 Ayu KAJITANI JOR 1:50:10 9 Kimberly BLANCHARD USA 1:50:44 10 Mathilde BOISSIER FRA 1:58:35 10km MEN: 1 Wesam AL MASRI PLE 31:36 2 Ahmad ABABNEH JOR 31:45 3 Ahmad AL ISSA JOR 32:14 WOMEN: 1 Sojood AL KHOTABA JOR 37:35 2 Hanoia ADAM JOR 38:14 3 Sabryh AL MURADAT JOR 38:53
7 DECEMBER 2013: REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA
MEN: 1 Gregory MCKENZIE JAM 2:40:45 2 Mark NEELD 2:56:52 3 Karl BAKER 3:01:11 4 Kwabena DEBRAH-DAMWENA 3:04:59 5 Colin GRAHAM 3:07:03 6 Gregory YOUNG 3:09:21 7 Michael BUFE 3:11:09 8 Andrew KING 3:15:47 9 Anton BROWNE 3:16:17 10 Troy PENNINGTON 3:18:22 WOMEN: 1 Elina JUNNILA FIN 3:00:04 2 Elizabeth MONDON 3:27:57 3 Franziska SCHNEIDER 3:38:51 4 Josee BEAUREGARD 3:44:39 5 Julie LEMIEUX 3:47:00 6 Karline BLAGROVE 4:00:41 7 Beth LOWENTHAL 4:06:49 8 Alison GRAHAM 4:08:07 9 Elviera KROENING 4:08:31 10 Nancy MCGARVIE 4:10:03
8 DECEMBER 2013: RUN BARBADOS HALF MARATHON
MEN: 1 Richard KESSIO CAN 1:09:04 2 Sammy KIPLAGAT KEN 1:11:15 3 Silas KISORIO KEN 1:11:44 4 Kirk BROWN JAM 1:12:36 5 Cleveland FORDE GUY 1:13:35 6 Rupert GREEN JAM 1:15:08 7 Jerome BLACKETT BAR 1:22:08 8 Mark GREENIDGE BAR 1:24:32 9 Pierre STANFORD BAR 1:24:32 10 Glyne SEALY BAR 1:29:05 WOMEN: 1 Jess DRASKAU-PETERSEN USA 1:19:22 2 Leah KIGEN KEN 1:19:59 3 Dominique MARSHALL BEL 1:32:39 4 Arieta MARTIN JAM 1:35:42 5 Carlie PIPE BAR 1:37:21 6 Alihra MORGAN GUY 1:41:32 7 Lucy ECCLES GBR 1:43:50 8 Diana Wilson Patrick BAR 1:46:54 9 Sarah McLoughlin GBR 1:49:04 10 Kim Goff USA 1:49:56
8 DECEMBER 2013: DISCOVERIES HALF MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Robert KOSGEI KEN 1:05:53 2 Joao PEREIRA POR 1:06:40 3 Hermano FERREIRA POR 1:07:32 4 Bruno FRAGA POR 1:09:21 5 Jose GASPAR POR 1:10:36 6 Luis Miguel LIMA POR 1:10:51 7 Danilo PIMENTEL POR 1:11:17 8 Luis COELHO POR 1:13:50 9 Joao GINJA POR 1:13:51 10 Vasco ALMEIDA POR 1:13:52 WOMEN: 1 Violet JELEGAT KEN 1:11:27 2 Sandra TEIXEIRA POR 1:19:12 3 Vera FERNANDES POR 1:21:53 4 Pamella OLIVEIRA POR 1:22:43 5 Vera NUNES POR 1:22:48 6 Lucilia CAMPOS POR 1:27:22 7 Maria FRIAS POR 1:27:44 8 Melanie Bronze DOS SANTOS POR 1:28:56 9 Lucia OLIVEIRA POR 1:29:48 10 Helena MARTINS POR 1:31:27
8 DECEMBER 2013: MARATON CABBERTY DE MALAGA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Wubishet GIRUM ETH 2:16:53 2 Abdelhadi EL MOAZZI MAR 2:22:05 3 Roberto BUENO ESP 2:25:26 4 Modesto ALVAREZ ESP 2:26:41 5 Tomas VENCKUNAS LTE 2:28:33 6 Luis Enrique LERIDA ESP 2:33:40 7 Habtamu GEBRETULU ETH 2:33:51 8 Jesus CALLE ESP 2:34:02 9 Martin FIZ ESP 2:34:21 10 Serafin GARCIA ESP 2:34:45 WOMEN: 1 Bedasu BEKELE ETH 2:44:23 2 Seada Nura BATI ETH 2:53:57 3 Gemma ARENAS ESP 2:56:34 4 Lourdes GONZALEZ ESP 2:58:31 5 Beatriz JIMENEZ ESP 2:59:32 6 Anu TEPPO 3:03:01 7 Ninfa QUEVEDO ESP 3:04:08 8 Maria Jesus SIERRA ESP 3:07:30 9 Laura DELGADO ESP 3:08:12 10 Eugenia ROLDAN ESP 3:12:09
8 DECEMBER 2013: MILO MANILA MARATHON FINALS — PHILIPPINES
MEN: 1 Joshphat Kiptanui CHOBEI KEN 2:18:23 2 James TALLAM KEN 2:18:41 3 Alex MELLY KEN 2:22:30 4 Eduardo BUENAVISTA PHI 2:27:14 5 Rene DESUYO PHI 2:32:34 6 Irineo RAQUIN PHI 2:32:57 7 Jeson AGRAVANTE PHI 2:33:13 8 Anthony NERZA PHI 2:33:42 9 Cresenciano SABAL PHI 2:36:06 10 Julius SERMONA PHI 2:36:54 WOMEN: 1 Margaret NJUNGUNA KEN 2:42:18 2 Mary Joy TABAL PHI 2:48:00 3 Mary Grace DELOS SANTOS PHI 2:54:27 4 Christabel MARTES PHI 2:57:12 5 Luisa RATERTA PHI 3:07:18 6 Mirasol ABAD PHI 3:07:46 7 Cynthia JARO PHI 3:14:09 8 Lany CARDONA PHI 3:18:54 9 Monaliza AMBASA PHI 3:19:37 10 Miscelle GILBUENA PHI 3:20:53 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Benjamin KIPKARI KEN 1:07:35 2 Eliud KERING KEN 1:08:31 3 John CHEBII KEN 1:12:02 WOMEN 1 Irine KIPCHUMPBA KEN 1:28:39 2 Corazon SALCEDO PHI 1:41:02 3 Analyn LONJAWON PHI 1:41:15
8 DECEMBER 2013: POWERADE MARATON MONTERREY, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Jesus CAPULA MEX 2:31:48 2 Alejandro OSUNA MEX 2:38:45 3 Jose TORRES MEX 2:41:05 4 Roberto RODRIGUEZ MEX 2:41:10 5 Abraham ARTEAGA MEX 2:43:33 6 Bob ONYANCHA KEN 2:44:51 7 Hector JUAREZ MEX 2:45:04 8 Victor FLORES MEX 2:45:09 9 Jose GALAVIZ MEX 2:45:28 10 Juan PENA MEX 2:46:42 WOMEN: 1 Yabeth ROCHA MEX 3:06:04 2 Esmeralda Pulido GUERRERA MEX 3:07:05 3 Maria Luisa SANCHEZ MEX 3:07:43 4 Marisol FRANCO MEX 3:08:35 5 Perla Janeth REQUENES MEX 3:15:47 6 Perla Janet PERALES MEX 3:22:30 7 Fernanda CAVAZOS MEX 3:23:21 8 Alma Delia BETANCOURT MEX 3:23:56 9 Karla VILLAFUENTE MEX 3:26:17 10 Ivone GONZALEZ MEX 3:27:52
8 DECEMBER 2013: NARA MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Osamu HIRATA JPN 2:23:46 2 Tomoya NAGASAWA JPN 2:29:26 3 Tomoya MORI JPN 2:30:31 4 Kazuyoshi MAEDA JPN 2:31:38 5 Takeshi OGOSHI JPN 2:33:16 WOMEN: 1 Yuri YOSHIZUMI JPN 2:46:21 2 Ikue TABATA JPN 2:51:49 3 Maki INAMI JPN 2:54:23 4 Satomi TAKASE JPN 2:55:06
15 DECEMBER 2013: AIRTEL DELHI HALF MARATHON, INDIA
Atsedu Tsegay demolished a highly competitive men's field and set a new course record, shaving three seconds off the mark set by Deriba Merga in 2008. After competent pacemaking to 12km he injected his own pace just after 15km which world leader Geoffrey Kipsang and Wilson Kiprop could not match. He eased ahead as they returned past India Gate, and stretched his lead to 100m by the finish just outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The race took place later than usual and benefited from cool (12°C) conditons. Kipsang was coping with the loss of his 17-year-old brother Elias, who passed away on Friday. He did wonderfully well to overcome his grief and ran a brave race. Atsedu, the fastest half marathoner of 2012, had a poor run at this event last year. He finished 20th and suffering an ankle injury that kept him out of competition for nearly a year.
The women set off five minutes behind the men and got off to a slow start, refusing the pace set by Alice Kimutai. It picked in the second 5km so that a lead group of six passed through 10km in 33:17. In the second half a competitive race developed between world leader Lucy Kabuu, former World Champion Florence Kiplagat and Gladys Cherono. They stuck together until 16km at which point Kiplagat started to forge a significant lead. It was enough to dispose of Lucy Kabuu's challenge. Gladys Cherono tenaciously started to claw back the deficit but over the final kilometre Kiplagat had the finish in her sights, and managed to keep herself in front.
A total of 31,000 runners participated in the half marathon and associated 6km fun run. Prize money totalled USD 210,000, with USD 25,000 each for the winners. As usual the race attracted the participation of many celebrities, among them industrialist Anil Ambani and actor Rahul Bose. A host of dignitaries, including event ambassadors 1996 Olympic 100m Champion Donovan Bailey and actress Bipasha Basu, were present to cheer on the participants.
MEN: 1 Atsedu TSEGAYE ETH 59:12 2 Geoffrey KIPSANG KEN 59:30 3 Wilson KIPROP KEN 59:49 4 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 59:55 5 Nicholas KIPKEMBOI KEN 1:00:24 6 Philemon RONO KEN 1:01:07 7 Gladwin MZAZI KEN 1:01:12 8 Edwin KIPYEGO KEN 1:01:21 9 Leonard KORIR KEN 1:01:25 10 Richard MENGICH KEN 1:01:27 WOMEN: 1 Florence KIPLAGAT KEN 1:08:00 2 Gladys CHERONO KEN 1:08:03 3 Lucy KABUU KEN 1:08:10 4 Meseret HAILU ETH 1:09:05 5 Wude AYALU ETH 1:09:21 6 Emily CHEBET KEN 1:09:22 7 Alice KIMUTAI KEN 1:10:09 8 Yebrgual MELESE ETH 1:11:59 9 Lineth CHEPKURUI KEN 1:12:01 10 Paskalia KIPKOECH KEN 1:12:02
15 DECEMBER 2013: SFAX INT'L OLIVE TREES MARATHON, TUNISIA
For this second edition approximately 1000 runners coming from 10 countries as far away as South Africa, USA and Japan, took part in the individual marathon race, the semi-marathon, the wheelchair race, the popular race and the children's race. Of these, 200 went the full Marathon distance.
MEN: 1 Franch ES LARBI MAR 2:20:58 2 Hachem LAKHAR TUN 2:23:13 3 Ibrahim GRIB MAR 2:24:17 WOMEN: 1 Khadija EL LARBI MAR 2:56:09 2 Alina NITULEASA ROU 2:57:04 3 Faustina Maria RAMOS ESP 3:02:15 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Taoufik ALLAM MAR 1:04:14 2 Minale BELLIE ETH 1:04:16 3 Bekele ZEMEDE ETH 1:05:09 WOMEN: 1 Fatiha BEN CHATKI MAR 1:17.25 2 Ido WAKTOLA ETH 1:18:10 3 Malika BENDERBAL ALG 1:18:24
15 DECEMBER 2013: ST CROIX INT'L MARATHON, US VIRGIN ISLANDS
MEN: 1 Calvin DALLAS ISV 3:22:15 2 Billy BOHLKE ISV 3:42:09 3 Brad ENDRES ISV 3:51:02 4 Vincent MA USA 4:09:28 5 Mike KLEIN ISV 4:14:29 6 Troy HOLLOWAY ISV 4:14:29 7 Steve HORNESS ISV 4:18:43 8 Donald RENSCH ISV 4:25:45 9 Paul EVORA ISV 4:33:17 10 Gerard BERVAS FRA 4:33:48 WOMEN: 1 Brigit CAMPBELL ISV 3:43:45 2 Mette UDESEN DEN 3:48:02 3 Ana GUTIERREZ ISV 3:59:05 4 Lauren MURRAY USA 5:29:54 5 Kim MORAN USA 5:51:13
15 DECEMBER 2013: FUBON INT'L TAIPEI MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Josphat Kamzee KEPKOPOL KEN 2:14:10 2 Yemane TSEGAYE ETH 2:14:17 3 Julius NderituKARINGA KEN 2:15:19 4 Chin Ping HO TPE 2:23:33 5 Abraham KIPROTICH KEN 2:25:22 WOMEN: 1 Rebecca Kangogo CHESIRE KEN 2:33:20 2 Rachel Jemutai MUTGAA KEN 2:34:38 3 Helena Loshanyang KIROP KEN 2:37:07 4 Viola Jepleteng BOR KEN 2:39:00 5 Ruth CROFT NZL 2:46:39
15 DECEMBER 2013: VADODARA HALF MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Asefa MENGISTU ETH 1:03:45 2 Ifa BALDA ETH 1:03:46 3 Jemal SHEKO ETH 1:03:48 4 Elaydisda WOLEHAWARIAT ETH 1:03:49 5 Chala CHIMSA ETH 1:03:53 6 Workneh BEKELE ETH 1:03:55 7 Yoseph GETWAY ETH 1:04:03 8 Ziyad ABITI ETH 1:04:43 9 Michael NOVNGU KEN 1:04:45 10 Alemayehu ZENEBEN ETH 1:04:51 WOMEN: 1 Letebrahm HAILE ETH 1:11:37 2 Yewbdar TESHOME ETH 1:11:40 3 Dastanegash BILILA ETH 1:15:54 4 Tinbitgidey WOLDE ETH 1:15:54 5 Genet ALBURKADIR ETH 1:16:59 6 Aberash KASSAYE ETH 1:17:51 7 Jane MURIUKI KEN 1:18:00 8 Naum JEPKORIR KEN 1:20:12 9 Adanech BASHAW ETH 1:22:30 10 Yelfashawa MENGISTU ETH 1:24:40
22 DECEMBER 2013: 10km INT'L ERRACHIDIA MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Abderahim EL ASRI MAR 29:33 2 Rachid EZZOUNIOU MAR 30:07 3 Taoufik LHMRI MAR 30:29 4 Lyazid IMGHAREM MAR 30:31 5 Mohamed KOULA MAR 30:55 6 Mohamed EL MOUSSAOUI MAR 31:08 7 Yidir EL HASSANE MAR 31:36 8 Youness AACHOUR MAR 32:38 9 Driss BOUYFEKHSSI MAR 32:40 10 Mustafa BOUDENAR MAR 33:06 WOMEN: 1 Rkia EL MOUKIM MAR 33:47 2 Hajiba HASNAOUI MAR 34:17 3 Majida MAAYOUF MAR 36:58 4 Bouchra BENTHAMI MAR 37:39 5 Fatima Zahra RTIBI MAR 54:51
31 DECEMBER 2013: 58TH SAO SILVESTRE DE LUANDA 10km, ANGOLA
Despite 32°C and 52% humidity, the race was very competitive. Stanley Biwott headed the world class field up the initial climb from City Hall, before letting others take over on the steeper climbs in the first 3km. Yenew Alamirew took the wind head-on with Edwin Kipyego and Zersenay Tadese tucked in and Biwott tailing the group. "During the last two kilometres I knew that perhaps I could win," said Biwott, and in the twists and turns towards the stadium he dropped his competition one by one and opened up a slight gap on Alamirew as they sprinted down the home straight. Seven men broke 29 minutes despite the adverse conditions.
riscah Jeptoo defended her title after a conservative start in which Pauline Njeru led up the steep climb towards an underpass 3km into the race. By the time the field emerged from under the crowd-lined bridge Jeptoo's had eased into the lead. Despite the conditions Jeptoo improved her 2012 time by 21 seconds while behind her Flomena Daniel overtook Njeru for second place.
The race is one of the oldest in Africa and has been held every year throughout the four decades of war which only ended in 2002, excepting only 1961 and 1978. Over 1300 runners from throughout the country lined up for the mass participation event.
MEN: 1 Stanley BIWOTT KEN 28:31 2 Yenew ALAMIREW ETH 28:34 3 Edwin KIPYEGO KEN 28:39 4 Zersenay TADESE ERI 28:43 5 Simon CHEPROT KEN 28:44 6 Kinde AYALEW ETH 28:48 7 John KIPKOECH KEN 28:48 8 Wasihun LAKEW ETH 29:04 9 Teklemariam MEDHIN ERI 29:07 10 Birhanu GURMESA ETH 29:09 WOMEN: 1 Priscah JEPTOO KEN 32:10 2 Flomena DANIEL KEN 32:23 3 Pauline NJERU KEN 32:59 4 Sofia ABEBE ETH 33:02 5 Ruti AGA ETH 33:13 6 Perine NENKAMPI KEN 33:37 7 Eunice CHUMBA BRN 33:44 8 Haftamnesh HAYLU ETH 33:53 9 Janet KISA KEN 33:55 10 Ndiema CHEMTAI KEN 33:57
December 2013
