June 2014
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1 JUNE 2014: SCOTIABANK CALGARY MARATHON, CANADA
Two new course records were set in exciting finishes to the 50th anniversary race. Cheered on by thousands of spectators, more than 15,000 runners ran through scenic Calgary neighbourhoods and raised a record-breaking $1,150,000 for 91 charities through the Scotiabank Charity Challenge, exceeding last year's total by $123.000 (76 charities).
Kip Kangogo beat the old record by three minutes while Emily Chepkorir's performance in the women's race improved the old record by over five minutes.
MEN: 1 Kip KANGOGO KEN 2:19:47 2 Gela HAILU ETH 2:19:58 3 Danniel KIPKOECH KEN 2:20:06 4 Makorobondo SALUKOMBO 2:34:19 5 Nelson NDEREVA KEN 2:34:48 6 Alastair HILL 2:36:14 7 Ben ADAM CAN 2:38:29 8 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:41:28 9 Devin FEATHERSTONE CAN 2:45:43 10 Derek CAMPBELL CAN 2:47:07 WOMEN: 1 Emily CHEPKORIR KEN 2:46:21 2 Maria ZMBRANO CAN 2:52:45 3 Nadine MEULLER CAN 3:00:01 4 Andrea GLOVER CAN 3:01:32 5 Jill EVANS CAN 3:06:50 6 Stephanie MURPHY CAN 3:09:35 7 Sarah HUTCHINGS CAN 3:10:26 8 Polly MOODY CAN 3:11:35 9 Rhonda LOO CAN 3:13:01 10 Tonke BABATUNDE CAN 3:14:04 50km MEN: 1 Justin KUREK CAN 3:07:52 2 Adam CAMPBELL CAN 3:08:52 3 Blaine PENNY CAN 3:22:38 WOMEN: 1 Beverly ANDERSON USA 3:44:37 2 Jessica MUELLER CAN 3:50:16 3 Nadia FRY CAN 3:50:35 CENTAUR SUBARU HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dancan KASIA CAN 1:09:42 2 Francois LEBOEUF CAN 1:11:48 3 Frank WOOLSTENCROFT CAN 1:12:58 WOMEN: 1 Lanni MARCHANT CAN 1:15:55 2 Jess DRASKAU-PATTERSON USA 1:17:51 3 Grace KARY CAN 1:20:46
1 JUNE 2014: COMRADES MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
The usual heart-wrenching drama unfolded on the approaches to the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in the final stages of the 89th edition, an 89km "down" run from Pietermaritzburg City Hall to the coastal resort of Durban. After early contenders gong for the catch-sprint bonuses faded nearing halfway, the first serious contender to emerge in the men's race was seasoned Marathoner Gert Thuys. But after taking the lead on the long hill approaching halfway, and completing what appeared to be a pre-planned change of footwear 3:15 into the race (c.54km), he stopped to walk several times. What had been a six-minute lead over Marko Mambo reduced to nothing by 62km. Mambo had been running ahead of the pack from as early as 30km, and was in turn hunted down, Cramping badly he was passed by the ever-diminishing pack as he lay on the side of the road at 67km. Rufus Photo broke from the group just before, and took the lead with a half-marathon distance still to run. He built up a 30-second gap impressively quickly but Bongmusa Mthembu, emerging from the chasing trio, scooped him up with 17km to go. Five km later his lead over Gift Kelehe and two-time winner Stephen Muzhingi was approaching 3 minutes, Ludwick Mamabolo timed his finishing effort later and overtook the chasing pair, but Mthembu remained strong until the final few kilometres extending his winning margin to five minutes.
Not so for the Nurgalieva twins in the women's race. Olesya took the lead from her more favoured sister Elena late on in the race, and they held a nine-minute lead over any other rival with only 18km to run. Cramping and walking, Olesya appeared to wait for Elena to catch her in the hope of finding a shared momentum, but Ellie Greenwood, who later claimed to have felt terrible in the early stages, made up the gap and forged five-minute winning margin in the final few kilometres after entering Durban.
MEN: 1 Bongmusa MTHEMBU RSA 5:28:34 2 Ludwick MAMABOLO RSA 5:33:14 3 Gift KELEHE RSA 5:34:39 4 Stephen MUZHINGI ZIM 5:35:18 5 Rufus PHOTO RSA 5:35:30 6 Mncedisi MKHIZE RSA 5:36:06 7 Jonas BUUD SWE 5:38:17 8 Manoko William MOKWALAKWALA RSA 5:39:29 9 Prodigal KHUMALO ZIM 5:39:36 10 Latudi MAKOFANE RSA 5:40:41 1 Ellie GREENWOOD GBR 6:18:15 2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 6:23:18 3 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 6:24:51 4 Irina ANTROPOVA RUS 6:34:08 5 Jo MEEK GBR 6:47:02 6 Caroline WOSTMANN RSA 6:51:43 7 Zola Budd PIETERSE RSA 6:55:55 8 Frida SODERMARK SWE 6:57:33 9 Martinique POTGEITER RSA 7:00:46 10 Julanie BASSON RSA 7:02:50
1 JUNE 2014: LANZHOU INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
Gilbert Chepkwony and Eunice Jepkorir became the first Kenyan winners of this race in the fourth edition writes John Mulkeen. Jepkirui smashed the course record and won by more than six minutes on a difficult course along the Yellow River. She was among a 12-woman lead pack that went through 5km in around 18 minutes but she kicked on after 10km and was almost a minute clear at 15km. She went through halfway just outside 1:15 with the chasing pack of nine now two minutes adrift. As Jepkirui crossed the finish line, a three-way battle between a trio of Ethiopian athletes. Atsede Baysa, former middle-distance specialist Meskerem Assefa and teenager Alem Mokonnin passed through 40km together in 2:30:26, but Baysa drew on her experience to edge ahead in the final kilometre.
Gilbert Chepkwony waited until much later to make his move. By halfway Chepkwony, Sahle Warga and Tariku Jufar were in front with a split of 1:06:20. After 30km (1:35:20) Jufar began to drift back. Warga then began to lose contact with Chepkwony as Kenya's William Chebor, having remained a few seconds behind the leading pack for the duration of the race, moved up into second. By then Chepkwony's lead was safe and he went on to record the second fastest winning time in Lanzhou.
MEN: 1 Gilbert CHEPKWONY KEN 2:14:18 2 William CHEBOR KEN 2:14:35 3 Sahle WARGA ETH 2:15:25 4 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:17:22 5 Gezahegn GIRMA ETH 2:18:09 6 Duncan KIBET KEN 2:18:38 WOMEN: 1 Eunice JEPKIRUI KEN 2:31:53 2 Atsede BAYSA ETH 2:37:55 3 Meskerem ASSEFA ETH 2:37:57 4 Alem MOKONNIN ETH 2:38:10 5 Ednah MUKWANAH KEN 2:39:16 6 Mercy JELIMO KEN 2:39:50
1 JUNE 2014: TURIN HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Eric NDIEMA KEN 1:03:02 2 Kiprop LIMO KEN 1:04:32 3 Sylvain RUKUNDO RWA 1:05:46 4 Bernard CHUMBA KEN 1:06:23 5 Abdelhadi LAAQINA MAR 1:10:06 6 Mohamed LAANAYA MAR 1:12:07 7 Abdessamia MOUNTASSER MAR 1:12:34 8 Antonio CUBELLO ITA 1:12:55 9 Pierluigi SENOR ITA 1:14:38 10 Giovanni STELLA ITA 1:15:42 WOMEN: 1 Rebecca KORIR RWA 1:14:45 2 Gladys KEMBOI KEN 1:16:21 3 Clara Monica PEDRINI ITA 1:21:32 4 Angeline NYIRANSABIMANA RWA 1:23:23 5 Patrizia YOTERO ITA 1:23:26 6 Katarzyna KUZMINSKA POL 1:26:27 7 Alessandra MAGGI ITA 1:30:18 8 Anna CEOLONI ITA 1:34:28 9 Marigrazia NAVACCHIA ITA 1:34:55 10 Roberta RIGAULT DE LA LONGRAIS ITA 1:35:49
2 JUNE 2014: CORK CITY MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Bartosz MAZERSKI POL 2:28:38 2 Gary OHANLON IRL 2:28:45 3 Peter MOONEY IRL 2:32:35 4 Trevor POWER IRL 2:33:03 5 David MANSFIELD IRL 2:35:14 6 Cathan OCONNELL IRL 2:35:43 7 Brian HEGARTY IRL 2:37:13 8 Owen CASEY IRL 2:38:35 9 Eioin SUGRUE IRL 2:39:46 10 Eugene MCCARTHY IRL 2:43:10 WOMEN: 1 Pauline CURLEY IRL 2:43:47 3 Nollaigh HUNTER IRL 2:50:22 3 Jill HODGINS IRL 2:56:44 4 Janeann HEALY IRL 3:00:51 5 Mary OLEARY IRL 3:06:24 6 Joan ENNIS IRL 3:08:22 7 Mags DEMPSEY IRL 3:13:59 8 Siobhan DEMPSEY IRL 3:14:41 9 Tania MEIKLE 3:20:41 10 Linda GROGAN IRL 2:22:01
6 JUNE 2014: DHIRAAGU MALDIVES 10km ROAD RACE
MEN:
1 Benson Olenakeri OLOISUNGA KEN 32:19
2 Edwin Kipchirchir KEMBOI KEN 34:08
3 Ahmed YAUGOUB MDV 40:44
4 Ahmed SHARAF MDV 40:48
5 Wifaag HUSSEIN MDV 45:13
WOMEN:
1 Rodah Jepkorir TANUI KEN 37:48
2 Mueena MOHAMED MDV 52:11
3 Shazna MOHAMED MDV 52:15
4 Mareike EICHORN GER 54:25
7 JUNE 2014: CESKE BUDEJOVICE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Geoffrey Kipsang KAMWOROR KEN 1:00:09 2 Henry KIPLAGAT KEN 1:02:46 3 Silas Kirwa NGETICH KEN 1:03:37 4 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 1:04:35 5 Daniel CHEBII KEN 1:04:44 6 Daniel WANJIRU KEN 1:05:13 7 Festus TALAM KEN 1:05:17 8 Derek HAWKINS GBR 1:05:18 9 Benjamin MALATY FRA 1:05:31 10 Andrea LALLI ITA 1:06:05 WOMEN: 1 Betelhem MOGES ETH 1:12:31 2 Lucy LIAVOGA KEN 1:14:13 3 Vicoty CHEPKEMOI KEN 1:15:03 4 Makmanya MAPASEKA RSA 1:15:52 5 Abebu GELAN ETH 1:15:54 6 Mary Wangari WANJOHI KEN 1:17:09 7 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 1:17:23 8 Yuliya RUBAN UKR 1:17:29 9 Iulia ANDREEVA RUS 1:18:18 10 Petra PASTOROVA CZE 1:19:15
7 JUNE 2014: TORSHAVN MARATHON, FAROE ISLANDS
MEN: 1 Cecil WEIHE FAR 2:50:19 2 Erikur HANSEN FAR 2:54:00 3 Hallur HOLM FAR 3:07:00 4 Jannick HJALTALIN FAR 3:07:43 5 Marcin SOSZKA POL 3:15:16 6 Jonalvur JOHANNESEN FAR 3:20:21 7 Martin Bo Meyer FREDRIKSEN DEN 3:20:37 8 Magnus LINDE SWE 3:22:26 9 Jogvan JOENSEN FAR 3:23:42 10 Hjalmar SJOVARA FAR 3:26:32 WOMEN: 1 Rigmore Napoleonsdottir ARGE FAR 3:22:35 2 Beinta Haydal JOENSEN FAR 3:37:23 3 Ann THOMSEN FAR 3:39:04 4 Krista NIELSEN FAR 3:43:50 5 Hanna Elisabeth ROSVIK DEN 3:47:44 6 Annette FREDSKOV DEN 3:58:43 7 Birita SAMUELSEN FAR 4:38:03 8 Kitty May ELLEFSEN FAR 4:41:22 9 Heidi JOGVANSDOTTIR FAR 5:07:29 10 Gunnva HOLM DEN 5:26:30 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Niels POULSEN FAR 1:24:28 2 Henry OLSEN FAR 1:26:57 3 Johan JACOBSEN FAR 1:28:01 WOMEN: 1 Borgarhjort HOLM FAR 1:37:50 2 Eydna OLSEN FAR 1:42:33 3 Tina Gronbech TAUSEN FAR 1:44:37
8 JUNE 2014: PANAMA INT'L HALF MARATHON
MEN: 1 Peter Lemanyan NKAYA KEN 1:06:03 2 Pedro MORA VEN 1:07:51 3 Juan Carlos CARDONA COL 1:09:24 4 Manuel CANAR ECU 1:09:42 5 Marco ERAZO ECU 1:09:53 6 Jorge CASTELBLANCO PAN 1:10:07 7 Luis CACUANCO ECU 1:10:52 8 Jonathan CERRUD PAN 1:11:37 9 Angel Chasi TOALOMBO ECU 1:12:07 10 Jose IZA ECU 1:12:36 WOMEN: 1 Rosa Alva CHACA ECU 1:17:57 2 Leidy TOBON COL 1:19:01 3 Zuleima AMAYA VEN 1:20:39 4 Yeisi ALVAREZ VEN 1:21:57 5 Maria FERRIS PAN 1:25:41 6 Helen WRIGHT GBR 1:31:04 7 Yenni SANHOUSE VEN 1:31:41 8 Florencia FRAGA PAN 1:32:29 9 Alicia ZORILLA PAN 1:32:45 10 Lotty HARARA PAN 1:34:09
8 JUNE 2014: LAGUNA PHUKET INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Chikara YANADA JPN 2:52:26 2 Settawut THANAAEKNITHIWAT THA 2:56:32 3 Panoom KHANSAMOON THA 3:00:29 4 Sanya KHANCHAI THA 3:01:16 5 Danchai PANKONG THA 3:07:14 6 Matthew ELLIOTT USA 3:13:06 7 Xiaolin WANG CHN 3:14:35 8 Pirapat NIKAIPAN THA 3:18:51 9 Fan YANG CHN 3:25:10 10 Regis CABARAT FRA 3:28:32 WOMEN: 1 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 3:08:54 2 Chi-Ling MOK CHN 3:16:40 3 Saipanya TANVILAI THA 3:22:07 4 Birgit NILSSON GER 3:35:11 5 Siraphat BOOTJEEN THA 3:46:33 6 Nusin CHOMJAI THA 3:50:46 7 Jinko TAKESHIGE JPN 3:57:27 8 Sharon LEONG SIN 3:59:50 9 Puakaiwan THEPATAS THA 4:02:01 10 Melissa Mei-Lun YEUNG CHN 4:06:08 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jackson Kibet KENEI KEN 1:15:55 2 Riza AHMED MLD 1:19:05 3 Chris MCCORMACK 1:20:14 WOMEN: 1 Suwaree THANAAEKNITHIWAT THA 1:26:18 2 Lyndsey FRASER GBR 1:27:35 3 Sin Ching LAM CHN 1:42:02
8 JUNE 2014: QUITO ULTIMAS NOTICIAS 15km, ECUADOR
MEN:
1 Julius KETER KEN 48:15
2 Raul MACHACUAY ECU 48:38
3 Elisha KORIR KEN 47:10
4 Byron PIEDRA ECU 47:10
5 Miguel ALMACHI ECU 47:45
6 Paulino CANCHANYA ECU 48:23
7 Cesar PIALUISA ECU 48:30
8 Leonardo TENEPAGUAY ECU 49:00
9 Edison CONLAGO ECU 49:04
10 Cristobal NARVAEZ ECU 49:06
WOMEN:
1 Ines MELCHOR ECU 52:00
2 Gladys TEJEDA ECU 52:32
3 Diana LANDI ECU 53:19
4 Maria PASTUNYA ECU 53:41
5 Jessica PAGUAY ECU 55:19
6 Karina PEREZ MEX 56:54
7 Jeanneth COLLAGUAZO ECU 58:59
8 Nancy ROSERO ECU 59:04
9 Edith SUNTAXI ECU 59:56
10 Alicia CEVALLOS ECU 1:00:24
14 JUNE 2014: FOREST MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 John HANNON IRL 2:59:22 2 David NOONE IRL 2:59:44 3 Shane WHITTY IRL 3:01:34 4 Noel MAHER IRL 3:08:02 5 Damien MCSHARRY IRL 3:09:29 6 Paul MACDONOUGH IRL 3:13:20 7 Brendan ASPEL IRL 3:14:38 8 Ronan CAREY IRL 3:14:41 9 Brendan OMAHONEY IRL 3:17:23 10 Garry CRIBBEN IRL 3:21:33 WOMEN: 1 Trish SYNOTT IRL 3:44:49 2 Jude HICKEY IRL 3:45:16 3 Mary KEALY IRL 3:46:13 4 Samantha KELLY IRL 4:04:13 5 Noreena MORRISEY IRL 4:05:19 6 Sharon DEVINE IRL 4:06:30 7 Eileen FINN GRAHAM IRL 4:07:29 8 Valerie FOGARTY IRL 4:09:23 9 Brenda FRANCIS IRL 4:11:59 10 Catharine GUTHRIE IRL 4:15:21 50km MEN: 1 Wouter DECOCK 3:14:40 2 Graham HOPKINS 3:32:49 3 Michael Curley CUNNINGHAM 3:37:50 WOMEN: 1 Tracy DEAN 3:54:12 2 Eilis CONNERY 4:02:50 3 Claire MORRISEY 4:23:18 100km MEN: 1 Thomas KLIMAS 7:57:17 2 Maciej SAWICKI POL 8:28:14 3 Thomas BUBENDORFER GER 8:34:02 WOMEN: 1 Amy MASNER 10:01:36 2 Finn OMARA 10:46:10 3 Brenda MIERE 12:47:14
15 JUNE 2014: RAHAL CASABLANCA INT'L 10km, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Edwin Kipsang ROTICH KEN 28:13 2 Ahmed TAMRI MAR 28:14 3 Mosaab HADOUT MAR 28:26 4 Salah Eddine BOUNASSER MAR 28:28 5 Abdelilah CHERKAOUI MAR 28:30 6 Najim EL QADY MAR 28:33 7 Yohannes Meles BOGALE ETH 28:36 8 Chakir BOUJATTAOUI MAR 28:42 9 Tom MUTIE KEN 28:47 10 Titus MBISHEI KEN 28:49 WOMEN: 1 Khadija SEMMA MAR 32:23 2 Bouchra BENTHAMI FRA 32:32 3 Saida EL MEHDI MAR 32:52 4 Nezha MACROUH MAR 32:54 5 Rkia EL MOUKIM MAR 33:25 6 Shitu Osu WUDESSA ETH 33:45 7 Soud KENBOUCHIA MAR 33:49 8 Gladys KIBIWOTT BRN 34:04 9 Nadia EJJAFINI ITA 34:12 10 Fatiha BEN CHATKI MAR 34:19
15 JUNE 2014: MEDIO MARATON DIA DEL PADRE, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Julius Kipyego KETER KEN 1:04:22 2 Rogers Ondati GESEBWA KEN 1:05:40 3 Geoffrey Kenisi BUNDI KEN 1:06:00 WOMEN: 1 Risper Biyaki GESEBWA KEN 1:14:56 2 Mayra SANCHEZ MEX 1:16:14 3 Dulce Maria RODRIGUEZ MEX 1:16:19
15 JUNE 2014: PHNOM PENH INT'L HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA
MEN: 1 Hem BUNTING CAM 1:13:23 2 Neko HIROSHI CAM 1:14:50 3 Viro MA CAM 1:16:09 4 Brendon THOMAS USA 1:26:25 5 Alastair SLADE GBR 1:28:45 6 Yan DEFOND FRA 1:35:44 7 Takayoshi KUROMIYA JPN 1:41:06 8 Julien MARIANI FRA 1:42:44 9 Klaus SCHMITT GER 1:42:56 10 Philip COURTNADGE GBR 1:43:23 WOMEN: 1 Veronique MESSINA FRA 1:38:27 2 Ceri DAVIES IRL 1:58:27 3 Leslie Arn FRESE USA 2:01:21 4 Sat Sreythouch SAT CAM 2:04:17 5 Hsin LIN USA 2:15:53 6 Wei YI USA 2:16:40 7 Katrin BUCHTA GER 2:18:04 8 Meghan HENSHALL USA 2:22:10 9 Bindi BORG AUS 2:23:18 10 Nadia WELSH AUS 2:25:16 10km MEN: 1 Samorn KEANG CAM 33:59 2 Sopheak PHANN CAM 34:01 3 Seyha Kong Chan CAM 34:16 WOMEN: 1 Maki KUNIMATSU JPN 48:28 2 Cierra GILLARD USA 48:43 3 Caitlyn SHEA USA 52:06
15 JUNE 2014: TROFEO CITTA DE TELESIA 10km, ITALY
MEN: 1 Moses KIBET KEN 28:55 2 Ahmed EL MAZOURY ITA 29:07 3 Silas NGETICH KEN 29:25 4 Robert NDIWA KEN 29:38 5 Boniface Toroitich KIPROP UGA 30:06 6 Ivan DI MARIO ITA 30:20 7 Youness ZITOUNI MAR 30:24 8 Dario SANTORO ITA 30:30 9 Giammarco BUTTAZZO ITA 30:42 10 Zacharia KIPROTICH UGA 30:48 WOMEN: 1 Anna INCERTI ITA 33:06 2 Laila SOUFYANE ITA 33:39 3 Emma QUAGLIA ITA 33:54 4 Rosario CONSOLE ITA 34:14 5 Fatna MARAOUI MAR 34:35 6 Deborah TONIOLO ITA 34:45 7 Soumiya LABANI MAR 34:56 8 Meriem LAMACHI MAR 35:11 9 Claudia DARDINI ITA 35:36 10 Claudia FINIELLI ITA 36:37
21 JUNE 2014: LISBON ECO MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Brian ASHER GBR 3:14:17 2 Eusebio ROSA POR 3:15:28 3 Diogo BAENA POR 3:20:30 4 Pedro MARTINS POR 3:21:08 5 Rui CAMPOS POR 3:22:51 6 Luis OLIVEIRA POR 3:25:32 7 Joao GINIA POR 3:27:25 8 Joao SERRAS POR 3:29:31 9 Luis FRANCO POR 3:32:16 10 Jorge RODRIGUES POR 3:35:50 WOMEN: 1 Isabel MOLEIRO POR 4:02:53 2 Filipa RAMOS POR 4:16:14 3 Paula Rios MARQUES POR 4:32:49 4 Carla ANDRE POR 4:37:38 5 Graca ROLDAO POR 4:42:19 6 Vanya MAPPLESTONE GBR 4:50:22 7 Outi HOLOPAINEN FIN 5:04:29 8 Helena SILVA POR 5:05:22 9 Maflada NUNES POR 5:12:32 10 Celia AZENHA POR 5:27:12
21 JUNE 2014: MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, NORWAY
Tromso, at 70° N, enjoyed good running conditions for the 24th edition: windless and about 16°C, but with light rain at the beginning of the Marathon. In total 4500 runners were entered, representing 62 countries. Next year's 25th anniversary race will be a special occasion.
MEN: 1 Kristofer OSTERLUND SWE 2:26:09 2 Veli-Heikki KOIVU FIN 2:37:47 3 Leif WELHAVEN NOR 2:48:06 4 Helge AUNE NOR 2:49:35 5 Rico GERMANN SUI 2:51:24 6 Ronny KRISTOFFERSEN NOR 2:51:57 7 Guillaume DURANDAL FRA 2:53:50 8 Desmonf MOORE GBR 2:56:13 9 Xiaoming JIN CHN 2:56:27 10 Robert ROSSI AUT 2:57:12 WOMEN: 1 Josephine AMBJORNSSON SWE 2:53:33 2 Jolyn POBANZ USA 3:12:48 3 Ragnhild HANSSEN NOR 3:17:23 4 Aleksandra NARKOWICZ POL 3:23:11 5 Isabelle THERON SEN 3:27:06 6 Vanessa Fusar IMPERATORE ITA 3:27:47 7 Wiebke SCHUBIEN GER 3:29:33 8 Therese FALK NOR 3:30:53 9 Ley MULLER USA 3:31:52 10 Anne Kirsti TOBRO NOR 3:32:49 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ronny JAKOBSEN NOR 1:16:00 2 Damian SZMELTER POL 1:16:20 3 Markus PETER SUI 1:17:50 WOMEN: 1 Hilde ADERS NOR 1:25:10 2 Hanne LYNGSTAD NOR 1:25:45 3 Ina Isabella HOILAND NOR 1:29:44 10km MEN: 1 Tesfaabr AYAHUNEY ETH 31:23 2 Stian Overgard ARVIK NOR 32:54 3 Gabriel SANDOR NOR 33:02 WOMEN 1 Maria Nysted GRONVOL NOR 35:24 2 Hilde ESPNES NOR 38:07 3 Ann-Kristin HAUKAY NYGARD NOR 38:21
21 JUNE 2014: MATTONI HALF MARATHON OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC
Geoffrey Ronoh, with only one professional race under his belt, was enlisted by marathon world-record-holder Wilson Kipsang to set his pace but Rono pullled ahead of his famous training partner over the final 3km for an eight-second victory in a new event-record. It took Marathon world champion Edna Kiplagat only 5km, passed in 15:50, before she started to edge away to a 30-second victory over defending champion Betelhem Moges in another event record. By the time she hit 10km (32:16) she was 16 seconds clear of Moges and Faith Kipsum and her advantage grew from there.
This is the first time in the 20-year history of RunCzech events that a pacer has won a race. Historically it has not it is not that rare an event, but this case was more unexpected because the race was read as a showdown between 2:03 marathoners Kipsang and fellow Kenyan Dennis Kimetto. It never materialised, as from the start Kipsang, Ronoh and Nicholas Bor took off by themselves and were 100m ahead at 5km. "That was part of the plan," Kipsang said. "We wanted to run hard and then stabilise." It worked, because Kimetto admitted that: "I did not think that [such] a fast pace was going to happen from the start," Bor was dropped before 8km as runners passed through Smetana Gardens, leaving Ronoh and Kipsang out in front. They passed 10km in 28:16, 20 seconds clear of Kimetto.
"I started training with him [Kipsang] last December," said Ronoh. "On long runs [it is] the last kilometer where I feared him because he has a hard kick." They reached the 18th-century military hospital at 15km in 42:43, Ronoh tried to temp Kipsang to pass him. When he didn't Ronoh stepped up the pace. "I tried to push before reaching the last kilometre, to be ahead [so] he could not catch me." Ronoh then opened up a 40m lead which was too much for Kipsang to claw back.
MEN: 1 Geoffrey RONO KEN 1:00:17 2 Wilson KIPSANG KEN 1:00:25 3 Dennis KIMETTO KEN 1:01:42 4 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 1:01:56 5 Joel KIMUTAI KEN 1:02:49 6 Nicholas BOR KEN 1:03:20 7 Victor ROTHLIN SUI 1:03:23 8 Kenji YAMAMOTO JPN 1:03:28 9 Marcin CHEBOWSKI POL 1:03:32 10 Paul MWANGI KEN 1:03:33 WOMEN: 1 Edna KIPLAGAT KEN 1:08:53 2 Betelhem MOGES ETH 1:09:23 3 Hirut ALEMAYEHU ETH 1:10:57 4 Faith KIPSUM KEN 1:11:12 5 Alyson DIXON GBR 1:13:12 6 Kotomi TAKAYAMA JPN 1:13:22 7 Mame FEYISE ETH 1:13:25 8 Yukari ABE JPN 1:13:34 9 Abebu GELAN ETH 1:15:34 10 Maurine KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:16:21
22 JUNE 2014: SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER HALF MARATHON, CANADA
MEN: 1 Dylan WYKES CAN 1:03:51 2 Kip KANGOGO CAN 1:05:13 3 Rob WATSON CAN 1:07:14 4 Sami JIBRIL CAN 1:07:37 5 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:08:20 6 Solomon ROTICH KEN 1:08:24 7 David JACKSON CAN 1:08:46 8 Jeff SYMONDS CAN 1:10:20 9 Richard MOSLEY CAN 1:11:16 10 Nicholas JIROT CAN 1:11:48 WOMEN: 1 Lanni MARCHANT CAN 1:13:40 2 Kate BAZELEY CAN 1:16:38 3 Marilyn ARSENAULT CAN 1:16:50 4 Kimberley DOERKSEN CAN 1:16:59 5 Catherine WATKINS CAN 1:17:42 6 Anne-Marie MADDEN CAN 1:18:15 7 Courtney OLSEN USA 1:19:04 8 Lisa BROOKING CAN 1:20:56 9 Melissa ROSS CAN 1:21:53 10 Lori DURWARD CAN 1:21:57
23 JUNE 2014: SUZUKI MIDNIGHT RUN HALF MARATHON, ICELAND
A total 2632 participants registered, around 500 of them from abroad from more than 47 countries (last year's figures were 1.995 in total with 350 from abroad). Most came from United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Sweden.
MEN: 1 Andrew MCLEOD GBR 1:14:15 2 Jesse MANG USA 1:17:42 3 Robert LONGENECKER USA 1:18:57 4 Edward REES GBR 1:19:10 5 Valur Thor Kristjánsson ISL 1:20:45 6 Flóki Halldórsson ISL 1:23:44 7 Kevin Deakes GBR 1:23:54 8 Óskar Ragnar JAKOBSON ISL 1:25:56 9 Gary TYRELL IRL 1:26:19 10 Gary DACK GBR 1:26:32 WOMEN: 1 Anne Julie Aimee CATTANOZ FRA 1:37:44 2 Erla EYOLFSDOTTIR ISL 1:38:06 3 Stine HAALIEN NOR 1:38:44 4 Andrea EPPLE USA 1:38:46 5 Becky SUTTON GBR 1:39:23 6 Isobel J GRAHAM GBR 1:45:49 7 Tanja GUNDLING CAN 1:46:10 8 Erla Signý THORMAR ISL 1:46:49 9 Caroline BOUCHARF ISL 1:47:00 10 Kaelene Elizabeth Marie SPENCE ISL 1:47:24 10km MEN: 1 Ingvar HJARTARSON ISL 34:12 2 Bjorn MARGEIRSSON ISL 35:18 3 Benedikt JONSSON ISL 35:25 WOMEN: 1 Agnes KRISTIANSDOTTIR ISL 39:24 2 Ebba Saerun BRYNJARSDOTTIR ISL 41:10 3 Iris Dora SNORRAFOTTIR ISL 41:45
28 JUNE 2014: PAAVO NURMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Ole HANNONEN FIN 2:37:35 2 Henri ANSIO FIN 2:40:46 3 Janne KLASILA FIN 2:42:30 4 Paul SCOTT GBR 2:43:44 5 Emil SODERLUND FIN 2:49:04 6 Marko SAVOLAINEN FIN 2:50:53 7 Lauri JUNNILA FIN 2:57:05 8 Sami MALMBERG FIN 2:58:25 9 Antti TOIVANEN FIN 3:00:03 10 Kari TARVAINEN FIN 3:05:11 WOMEN: 1 Julia JACOBSSON FIN 3:29:40 2 Terhi KAARIAINEN FIN 3:35:05 3 Tanja LAHTEENMAKI FIN 3:38:05 4 Rinat LANDMAN FIN 3:38:17 5 Sallamari KORPELA FIN 3:41:03 6 Paivi HANNINEN FIN 3:45:50 7 Maija-Leena KALTIOKALLIO FIN 3:49:59 8 Tytti MAKIPELTO FIN 3:53:59 9 Taru VALO FIN 3:54:21 10 Minna KALLI FIN 3:56:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Feuth THIJS 1:10:22 2 Antti RANTA-AHO FIN 1:15:26 3 Jussi MAKKONEN FIN 1:15:45 WOMEN: 1 Anne-Mari HRYRYLAINEN FIN 1:18:32 2 Josefin SJOLIND SWE 1:26:15 3 Anna LAITINEN FIN 1:27:48
28 JUNE 2014: ROVANIEMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Graham HEDGER GBR 2:47:27 2 Jussi HERTTUALA FIN 2:51:07 3 Jarmo RAATEROVA SWE 2:56:18 4 Teemu MANNINEN FIN 2:57:46 5 Harri RAJAMAKI FIN 3:06:37 6 Hannu PARTANEN FIN 3:06:58 7 Mika MORSARI FIN 3:08:21 8 Jarkko HILTUNEN FIN 3:11:18 9 Tarmo MAATTA FIN 3:12:37 10 Mikko KOIVUKANGAS FIN 3:12:43 WOMEN: 1 Katja TIKKANEN FIN 3:17:51 2 Preshita GADKARI USA 3:28:51 3 Paula RAUDASOJA FIN 3:33:06 4 Anu VIINIKKA FIN 3:35:58 5 Anu HILLI FIN 3:40:25 6 Liisa KEMPPAINEN FIN 3:46:22 7 Päivi VUOLO-MERILA FIN 3:46:43 8 Sonoko OKAZAKI FRA 3:46:58 9 Raili LAMSA FIN 3:48:15 10 Seija MAIJALA FIN 3:48:56 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Teppo RONKAINEN FIN 1:13:13 2 Hannu NIEMELA FIN 1:18:11 3 Mikko KOUTANIEMI FIN 1:18:32 WOMEN 1 Anni HEMMINKI FIN 1:19:54 2 Johanna DAVIDILA FIN 1:25:46 3 Annika VAARA FIN 1:32:37
28 JUNE 2014: 18th VIDOVDAN 10km ROAD RACE, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA
In a city that suffered massive floods just a month ago the race took place in very warm conditions. The race favorites, Darko Zivznovic and Aniko Kalovics, took charge from the start.
After 4km Srfdan Samardzic had speeded up, taking over the lead to the great joy of his fellow citizens. Zivanovic seemed uncertain at 7km but in the last 1500m he reclaimed top spot. To the delight of the home crowd, Samardzic maintained his second place spot.
In the women's race Aniko Kalovics brooked no opposition, although Mateja Matosevic (CRO) struggled to catch up and eventually finished second.
The 10km race was preceded by children's age-group races, with over 5000 children participating. Baby races over 10m and races for children under 6, which attracted more than 1000 entries, brought special delight to spectators.
Families who had suffered from the great flooding last month, and who were housed in a city sports hall for more than a month, received humanitarian aid from the race. In a spirit of solidarity most of those who won prize money donated it to charity. Children from neighbouring countries Serbia, Croatia and other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina gave paintings to their newly acquired friends at the race. These will be exhibited at the Krepsic village school near Brcko, which was almost completely destroyed by the flooding.
MEN: 1 Darko ZIVANOVIC SRB 32:12 2 Srfdan SAMARADJIC BIH 32:18 3 Sasa STOLIC SRB 32:33 4 Zoran ZILIC CRO 33:22 5 Anton Rudolf PAVELIC CRO 33:45 WOMEN: 1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 35:28 2 Mateja MATOSEVIC SRB 35:57 3 Tunde SZABO HUN 36:41 4 Zita KACSER HUN 37:51 5 Rahima ZUKIC BIH 39:04
29 JUNE 2014: 29th LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
Despite warm (25°C) conditions defending champion Hideo Nojo (who also finished second in this race, five times) set a world leading time for 2014. 3765 runners took part over both 50km and 100km events. Chiyuki Mochizuki followed up on her 2012 and 2013 wins in the 50km event with a debut victory in the 100km. Five men finishing in under 7 hours showed that Japanese runners are now performing at a high level.
MEN: 1 Hideo NOJI JPN 6:40:15 2 Kouji HAYAKAWA JPN 6:45:28 3 Yu YASUDA JPN 6:49:56 4 Yoshiki TAKADA JPN 6:55:11 5 Yoshifumi KIYOMOTO JPN 6:55:59 WOMEN: 1 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN 7:55:09 2 Shiho KATAYAMA JPN 8:00:29 3 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 8:13:10 4 Kanae UCHIDA JPN 8:24:40 5 Hisayo MATSUMOTO JPN 8:27:42
29 JUNE 2014: TANGAMANGAMARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Abraham Vargas QUIJAS MEX 2:28:05 2 Edward KORIR KEN 2:30:37 3 Tomas Copca FERREIRA MEX 2:32:56 4 Luis Jesus PEREZ MEX 2:39:58 5 Ruben TREVINO MEX 2:42:38 6 Valentin GONZALEZ MEX 2:49:09 7 Enrique CARILLO MEX 2:49:54 8 Jose GALAVIZ MEX 2:53:03 9 Misael GOMEZ MEX 2:53:18 10 Daniel PASTRANA MEX 2:53:35 WOMEN: 1 Emma MALDONADO MEX 3:08:25 2 Marisa SANCHEZ MEX 3:13:54 3 Sara SANCHEZ MEX 3:19:23 4 Candida GACHUZ MEX 3:22:05 5 Maribel SANCHEZ MEX 3:33:09 6 Luz LOPEZ MEX 3:33:32 7 Lourdes JIMENEZ MEX 3:42:31 8 Ludivina TORRES MEX 3:47:37 9 Laura DIAZ MEX 3:49:57 10 Juana MEAVE MEX 3:53:08 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stephen KIBET KEN 1:12:55 2 Francisco MARTINEZ MEX 1:13:01 3 Salvador GUERRERO MEX 1:13:34 WOMEN: 1 Dinia GOMEZ MEX 1:28:19 2 Xochitl OSORIO MEX 1:31:44 3 Liz STEPHENS 1:40:02
29 JUNE 2014: ECONET VICTORIA FALLS MARATHON, ZIMBABWE
MEN: 1 Nkosiyasi SIBANDA ZIM 2:20:58 2 Mike FOKORONI ZIM 2:21:40 3 Peter MAVURA ZIM 2:22:06 4 Matthews MUTANYA ZAM 2:24:32 5 Luyno MUCHENA ZIM 2:25:22 6 John PAYARIRI ZIM 2:27:19 7 Leornard KOKI ZIM 2:32:15 8 Wellington CHIDODO ZIM 2:32:37 9 Robert MUTANDARE ZIM 2:32:48 10 Peter TADZIRIPA ZIM 2:33:31 WOMEN: 1 Monica KATIVHU ZIM 3:08:21 2 Elizabeth ARENS USA 3:18:40 3 Margret MAHOHOMA ZIM 3:26:20 4 Candice HALL RSA 3:27:58 5 Muchaneta GHATI ZIM 3:35:34 6 Vanessa DAVIS RSA 3:36:04 7 Janine PRINS RSA 3:41:51 8 Michelle WALKER USA 3:47:12 9 Rabia FILIMA ZIM 3:52:41 10 Jennifer TANNER AUS 3:58:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Elijah MABHUNA ZIM 1:05:30 2 Jacob MUGOMERI ZIM 1:06:33 3 Isaac MPOFU ZIM 1:06:42 WOMEN: 1 Olivia CHITATE ZIM 1:19:22 2 Constance NYASANGO ZIM 1:20:18 3 Alicen MANAKE ZIM 1:23:50
29 JUNE 2014: ERGO WHITE NIGHTS MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN: 1 Solomon BARNGETUNG KEN 2:16:12 2 Jacob YATOR KEN 2:16:30 3 Peter KWALIA KEN 2:18:43 4 Nikolai RYANNIN RUS 2:20:58 5 Sergei ZYRYANOV RUS 2:22:15 6 Vladimir SOZONOV RUS 2:26:59 7 Konstantin SOKOLOV RUS 2:27:23 8 Igor SHCHEVBINA RUS 2:28:44 9 Vadim DROZDOV RUS 2:29:00 10 Vitaly LOGINOV RUS 2:30:52 WOMEN: 1 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 2:40:49 2 Irina KOZUBOVSKAYA RUS 2:42:22 3 Anna PETRUSHENKO RUS 2:44:58 4 Emily Cheruiyot JEMUTAI KEN 2:47:27 5 Anastasia CHELYSHEVA RUS 2:48:31 6 Oksana AKIMENKOVA RUS 2:48:49 7 Elena MARSOVA RUS 2:49:09 8 Nadezhda SHIKHANOVA RUS 2:52:31 9 Iulia SMIRNOVA RUS 2:53:41 10 Olga DONCHENKO UKR 2:56:10 10km MEN: 1 Artur BURTSEV RUS 30:27 2 Aleksandr IMENIN RUS 30:30 3 Andrei KARPIN RUS 30:48 WOMEN: 1 Iulia CHIZHENKO RUS 34:29 2 Galina EVSIKOVA RUS 36:08 3 Maria BABICH RUS 37:48
June 2014
