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building during the Bangalore Marathon 

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News 

Contents 

AIMS News 

AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award; 

Berlin Bonanza; 

New members; 

Executives’ contact details; 7 

IAAF News 

IAAF World ; 

Diary; 

Executives’ contact details; 9 

Regulars 

Calendar of events 

Official listings for AIMS events 36 

Results 

Worldwide race reports and pictures 42 

World leading times 

The latest top times for men and women at 10km, 

Half Marathon, and Marathon 61 

Race contact details 

AIMS member races with full contact details 62 

Features 

Watching the clock 

Zurich Marathon, Switzerland. 13 

On the road again 

Delta Sport Belgrade Marathon, Yugoslavia. 16 

Altitude with attitude 

Salt Lake City Marathon, USA 21 

Revival 

Rwanda Peace Marathon. 25 

A human hurricane 

Medio Maraton Internacional de Cobán, Guatemala. 27 

DISTANCE RUNNING July - September 2005 

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Marathon in Thailand 

Khon Kaen 

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Chiangmai 

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Khon Kaen 

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6 DISTANCE RUNNING July - September 2005

President 

Hiroaki Chosa, 

Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations, 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 


Tel: 81 3 5452 1500 

Fax: 81 3 5452 1795 

Honorary Vice President 

Leonard F. Luchner 

Vice-Presidents 

Allan Steinfeld, (Race Management), 

New York Marathon 

Carlos Moya (Marketing) Lisbon Half 

Marathon 

Secretary 

Hugh Jones 

115 Southwark Street, 

London SE1 0JF, U.K. 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0192 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Email: Aimssec@aol.com 

Treasurer 

Al Boka, 

Las Vegas Marathon 

Board of Directors 

Horst Milde, 

Berlin Marathon 

Gordon Rogers (Technical) 

Representative N. America and English 

speaking Caribbean, PO Box 2931, 

Vancouver BC V6H 1E1, Canada 

Tel: 1 604 733 6224 

Fax: 1 604 733 6221 

Email: gordonrogers@telus.net 

Nick Bitel, (Legal) 

London Marathon 

Jim Moberly, 

Honolulu Marathon 

Ahmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa, 

Mount Meru Marathon, Tanzania 

Francisco Borao, (Membership 

Development) Representative 

Mediterannean, Valencia Marathon 

Dave Cundy, (Oceania Representative), 

Gold Coast Marathon 

Consultants 

Peter McLean, 

(Press & Public Relations) 

15 Kirklee Terrace, 

Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland 

T/F: 44 141 357 2516 

Email: petermclean@ 

pmpr2000.fsnet.co.uk 

Dr David Martin, (Statistics) 

Georgia State University, 

24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Kell Hall, 

Room C1, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA 

Fax: 1 404 651 1531 

Email: drdave@gsu.edu. 

AIMS AFFILIATE 

International Marathon Medical 

Directors Association (IMMDA) 

President 

Martha Miltenyi, 

Budapest Marathon 

Secretary / Treasurer 

Lewis Maraham MD 

24 West 57th Street, 

6th floor, New York, NY 10019 

Tel: 1 212 765 5763 

Email: nysportsmd@aol.com 

MEASURERS 

International Measurement 

Administrators 

Asia & Oceania 

Dave Cundy, 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, 

NSW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 4342 7611 

Fax: 61 2 4342 7648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

French & Spanish speaking 

Europe & Africa 

Jean François Delasalle, 

Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25, 

80800 Corbie, France 

Tel: 33 3 2248 5190 

Fax: 33 3 2248 5191 

Email: jf.delasalle@tiscali.fr 

English speaking Europe & Africa 

John Disley, 

Hampton House, Upper Sunbury Road, 

Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 2DW, England 

Tel: 44 208 979 1707 

Fax: 44 208 941 1867 

Email: johnapdisley@aol.com 

Americas 

Bernie Conway, 

67 Southwood Crescent, 

London, Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada 

Tel/Fax: 1 519 641 6889 

Email: measurer@rogers.com 

New AIMS Members 

■ THE BELGRADE MARATHON (SCG) 

is back on the road again (see feature) 

after an absence caused by a dispute 

with the city authorities. These troubles 

now behind them, Belgrade celebrated 

with a very successful event in April, and 

a new course record. They re-join AIMS 

as part of the process of normalisation in 

time for their 19th race on 22 April 2006 

■ THE NUUK MARATHON (GLD) has 

been held in Greenland’s main settlement 

for the last 15 years, and will take place 

this year on 6 August. The race attracts 

350 runners only 20 of whom are 

foreigners, coming from five countries. 

There are also half marathon and 10km 

events held in conjunction. 

■ THE AALAND MARATHON (FIN) is 

held on the Aaland Islands, an 

archipelago lying between Sweden and 

Finland (belonging to Finland). The race 

has been held for 24 years and attracts 

250 runners, more than half of these 

being foreign runners. This year’s race 

takes place on 30 October 

■ THE TANGAMANGA MARATHON 

(MEX) has been held at the end of June in 

the town of San Luis Postosi, 400km 

north of Mexico City, for the last 21 years. 

The race attracts 1800 men and 400 

women from five countries. 

New Associate Members 

■ THE HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL 

HALF MARATHON (IND) is being staged by 

the same organisation as that responsible 

for the Bangalore Marathon, and have 

scheduled this new race for 24 September. 

■ THE DELHI INTERNATIONAL HALF 

MARATHON (IND) follows on from the 

success of the World Half Marathon staged 

in New Delhi last year. This mass event will 

be held for the first time on 16 October. 

■ 100 MILES OF THE NAMIB DESERT 

(NAM) is a stage race which is a sister 

event to the 100km del Sahara held in 

Tunisia. The second edition of the race 

takes place during a week-long tour from 

2-9 July. 

The next edition of Distance 

Running will be published in 

October, covering the period July- 

September. The advertising and 

editorial deadlines will fall in the 

second week of September 

BERLIN 

BONANZA 

Due to the biggest demand 

ever for race numbers for the 

real,- BERLIN MARATHON, 

the organisers will accept an 

additional 4,000 runners for 

the race on 25 September. The 

original limit for participants 

(36,000) was reached earlier 

than ever before, by mid-June. 

With 40,000 runners the real,- 

BERLIN MARATHON would 

exceed the registration record 

of 38,493 for the 30th 

anniversary race in 2003. 

AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award 

The men’s winner for 2004 was Stefano Baldini, who received his 

award on 29 June in Turin. Like the female winner, Mizuko Noguchi, who 

was presented with her award in February, Baldini was recognised above 

all for his 2:10:55 Olympic Marathon victory in Athens last August. 

Baldini received the AIMS/ASICS Golden Shoe from the Deputy 

President of the Organising Committee of the 2006 Winter Olympic 

Games (TOROC), Evelina Christillin. The Winter Olympics will be held 

in Turin next year. 

Receiving the award from the TOROC Deputy President effectively 

extended the Olympic spirit of Athens 2004. The Italian Champion will 

be the first bearer of the Olympic Torch of Torino 2006. 


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28-08-2005 

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10.30 - ING Brussels Half Marathon 

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Headquarters 

17 rue Princesse Florestine, 

MC 98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 93 10 88 88 

Fax: 377 93 15 95 15 

Email: headquarters@iaaf.org 

IAAF President 

Lamine Diack (SEN) 

IAAF Council 

Arne Ljungqvist (SWE), 

Senior Vice President 

Dapeng Lou (CHN), 

Vice President 

Amadeo I.D. Francis (PUR), 


Helmut Digel (GER), 


Jean Poczobut (FRA), 

Honorary Treasurer 

István Gyulai (HUN), 

General Secretary, Monaco Office 

Members 

Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) 

Bill Bailey (AUS), 

Oceania Representative 

Sergey Bubka (UKR) 

Leonard Chuene (RSA), 

Africa Representative 

Sebastian Coe (GBR) 

Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 

Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA), 

South America Representative 

Robert Hersh (USA) 

Abby Hoffman (CAN) 

Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 

Suresh Kalmadi (IND), 

Asia Representative 

Ilkka Kanerva (FIN) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN) 

Minos Kyriakou (GRE) 

Teddy McCook (JAM), 

North and Central America 

and Caribbean Representative 

César Moreno Bravo (MEX) 

José Maria Odriozola (ESP) 

Jung-Ki Park (KOR) 

Jamel Simohamed (ALG) 

Taizo Watanabe (JPN) 

Hansjörg Wirz (SUI), 

Europe Representative 

IAAF CROSS COUNTRY AND 

ROAD RUNNING COMMITTEE 

Chairman 

Otto Klappert 

Platanenallee 7, 

59425 Unna, Germany 

Fax: 49 2303 21233 

Email: o.klappert@gmx.de 

Members 

David Bedford 



London SE1 0JF, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0200 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Carlos Cardoso 

Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2, 

1699 Lisbon, Portugal 

Fax: 351 1 795 4288 

Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt 

Hiroaki Chosa 

C/o Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations 



Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Ingrid Kristiansen 

Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund, 

Karl Johannsgt. 2, 

O-154 Oslo, 1 Norway 

Fax: 47 2 233 6638 

Luis Miguel Landa 

C/Pintura 27, 28224 Pozuelo 

de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain 

Fax: 34 91 547 6113 

Email: lumilanda@hotmail.com 

David S. Okeyo 

C/o Athletics Kenya, 

PO Box 46722-00100 

Nairobi GPO, Kenya 

Email: athleticskenya@gt.co.ke 

Marcus Oviedo 

C/o Federación Venezolana de 

Atletismo 

Fax: 58 21 2471 6332 

Email: marcos.oviedo@cantv.net 

Rabi Rajkarnikar 

C/o Nepal Athletics Association, 

PO Box 9365, Kamal Pokhari, 

Kathmandu, Nepal 

Fax: 977 1 418 653 

Email: Nepal-athletics@ 

mail.com.np 

Alan Stevens 

95 Tirohanga Road, Melling, 

Lower Hutt, New Zealand 

Fax: 64 4 568 9609 

Email: alanstevens@ 

petonetravel.co.nz 

Mohammed Sulaiman Taib 

C/o Qatar Association of 


PO Box 8139, Doha, Qatar 

Email: taiyb68@hotmail.com 

Anne Timmons 

PO Box 8081, Missoula, 

MT 59807, USA 

Fax: 1 406 542 3222 

Email: aetimmons@aol.com 

Salih Munir Yaras 

Yokusçesme Sok No. 42, 

34096 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, 

Turkey 

Fax: 90 212 587 5258 

Email: atlet@superonline.com 

2005 

5-14 AUGUST: 

IAAF World 

Championships 

in Athletics 

Helsinki, Finland 

1 OCTOBER: 

IAAF World Half 

Marathon 

Championships 

Edmonton, Canada 

2006 

1/2 APRIL: 

IAAF World Cross- 

Country 

Championships, 

Fukuoka, Japan 


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Headquarters 

17 rue Princesse Florestine, 

MC 98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 93 10 88 88 

Fax: 377 93 15 95 15 

Email: headquarters@iaaf.org 

IAAF President 

Lamine Diack (SEN) 

IAAF Council 

Arne Ljungqvist (SWE), 

Senior Vice President 

Dapeng Lou (CHN), 


Amadeo I.D. Francis (PUR), 


Helmut Digel (GER), 


Jean Poczobut (FRA), 

Honorary Treasurer 

István Gyulai (HUN), 

General Secretary, Monaco Office 

Members 

Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) 

Bill Bailey (AUS), 

Oceania Representative 

Sergey Bubka (UKR) 

Leonard Chuene (RSA), 

Africa Representative 

Sebastian Coe (GBR) 

Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 

Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA), 

South America Representative 

Robert Hersh (USA) 

Abby Hoffman (CAN) 

Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 

Suresh Kalmadi (IND), 

Asia Representative 

Ilkka Kanerva (FIN) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN) 

Minos Kyriakou (GRE) 

Teddy McCook (JAM), 

North and Central America 

and Caribbean Representative 

César Moreno Bravo (MEX) 

José Maria Odriozola (ESP) 

Jung-Ki Park (KOR) 

Jamel Simohamed (ALG) 

Taizo Watanabe (JPN) 

Hansjörg Wirz (SUI), 

Europe Representative 

IAAF CROSS COUNTRY AND 

ROAD RUNNING COMMITTEE 

Chairman 

Otto Klappert 

Platanenallee 7, 

59425 Unna, Germany 

Fax: 49 2303 21233 

Email: o.klappert@gmx.de 

Members 

David Bedford 



London SE1 0JF, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0200 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Carlos Cardoso 

Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2, 

1699 Lisbon, Portugal 

Fax: 351 1 795 4288 

Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt 

Hiroaki Chosa 

C/o Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations 



Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Ingrid Kristiansen 

Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund, 

Karl Johannsgt. 2, 

O-154 Oslo, 1 Norway 

Fax: 47 2 233 6638 

Luis Miguel Landa 

C/Pintura 27, 28224 Pozuelo 

de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain 

Fax: 34 91 547 6113 

Email: lumilanda@hotmail.com 

David S. Okeyo 

C/o Athletics Kenya, 

PO Box 46722-00100 

Nairobi GPO, Kenya 

Email: athleticskenya@gt.co.ke 

Marcus Oviedo 

C/o Federación Venezolana de 

Atletismo 

Fax: 58 21 2471 6332 

Email: marcos.oviedo@cantv.net 

Rabi Rajkarnikar 

C/o Nepal Athletics Association, 

PO Box 9365, Kamal Pokhari, 

Kathmandu, Nepal 

Fax: 977 1 418 653 

Email: Nepal-athletics@ 

mail.com.np 

Alan Stevens 

95 Tirohanga Road, Melling, 

Lower Hutt, New Zealand 

Fax: 64 4 568 9609 

Email: alanstevens@ 

petonetravel.co.nz 

Mohammed Sulaiman Taib 

C/o Qatar Association of 


PO Box 8139, Doha, Qatar 

Email: taiyb68@hotmail.com 

Anne Timmons 

PO Box 8081, Missoula, 

MT 59807, USA 

Fax: 1 406 542 3222 

Email: aetimmons@aol.com 

Salih Munir Yaras 

Yokusçesme Sok No. 42, 

34096 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, 

Turkey 

Fax: 90 212 587 5258 

Email: atlet@superonline.com 

2005 

5-14 AUGUST: 

IAAF World 

Championships 

in Athletics 

Helsinki, Finland 

1 OCTOBER: 

IAAF World Half 

Marathon 

Championships 

Edmonton, Canada 

2006 

1/2 APRIL: 

IAAF World Cross- 

Country 

Championships, 

Fukuoka, Japan 


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Watching the clock 

Zurich Marathon, Switzerland. 4 April 2005 

By Klaus Duwe 

Everyone knows that things go 

like clockwork in Switzerland. 

Like travelling to the Zurich 

Marathon, for example. The 

international airport is only 

11km from the city, and 

punctiliously timed trains 

reach there in 15 minutes. 

Emerging from the station 

into Bahnhofstrasse visitors 

are soon greeted by Europe’s 

biggest clock – the 8.7m 

diameter face which adorns 

the tower of St Peter’s Church. 

Along with the clock, the 

Zurich skyline is dominated by 

the towers of the 

Grossmünster and the 

Fraumünster. 

Past the watch and jewelry 

shops, at the other end of the 

Bahnhofstrasse, lies Lake Zurich. 

The marathon starts from a few 

kilometres down on the west side 

of the Lake, at Landiwiese. Timing 

is all-important. The 08.30 start 

and the five-hour time limit, at 

the city government’s request, 

minimise the time for which 

streets have to be closed. 

But it’s easy to get to the start 

by train. From the Wollishofen 

station I just walk through the 

underpass and I’m there. It’s a 

beautiful Sunday morning, a bit 

chilly, but the sun is out and it 

should warm up soon. There’s the 

usual excited atmosphere of a 

marathon start. 

I want to run under four hours, 

and the conditions are perfect. I 

turn in my clothes bag and make 

my way to my starting block. The 

speaker keeps us up to date on 

what’s going on up ahead where the 

elite runners are getting ready. Last 

year, the Swiss runner Viktor Röthlin 

won and became a national hero. 

The start gun is fired and the 

main field is starting to move. 

Four minutes later I am crossing 

the timing mat. We run along the 

north shore of Lake Zurich, over 

the Quai Bridge and to the east 

shore, which is also called the 

Gold Coast because of the 

impressive villas on the lakeside. 

After 5 km the field spreads out, 

runners find their individual 

rhythms, and we come across the 

first refreshment stand. We follow 

the main road along the lake, 

which is blocked off to traffic. The 

scenery is unbelievably beautiful: 

stunning estates on the left side, 

the lake on the right side, and 

snow-covered mountains in front 

of us. The sun is shining and there 

isn’t a cloud in the sky. I am 

happy to be here. 

A rock band is playing in 

Zollikon and several hundred 

people line the street, cheering us 

on, applauding and having fun. 

Over the next 9 km we hear disco 

and carnival band music, and 

thousands of people cheering. I 

have no problem keeping up a 

good speed in this atmosphere. I 

check my watch: 57 minutes for 

the first 10 km. Not bad. 

The same mood continues 

over the next few kilometres: 

a cheering audience, music 

that lifts up my legs and 

wonderful views of the other 

side of the lake and the Alps. 

The course along the Gold 

Coast is out-and-back. I 

should be able to see the top 

runners coming towards me 

any moment now. And there 

they are: five or six runners in 

a close group. I can see 

Viktor Röthlin among them, and 

then they’re gone. A rare sight, 

fantastic! I am almost a third 

through my race, at 14 km, and my 

time is 1:19 hours, which is within 

my personal time limit. 

We reach Meilen at km 15, the 

highlight of this part of the course. 

A rock band plays and spectators 

stand close to the road, cheering 

frantically. I am convinced that I 

have the largest fan club in Zurich 

- other than Viktor Röthlin. I am 

wearing a T-shirt with my name on 

it and everyone is cheering me on: 

“Run, Klaus”, “Klaus, hopp, hopp, 

hopp”, “You can do it, Klaus!”. My 

fellow runners give me strange 

looks and I am embarrassed to 

receive so much applause. 

After a short rise the turning 

point is marked by a tent roof 

built over the road. Again, roaring 

spirits and lots of noise. Then we 

run downhill, and back past the 

rock band as we leave the city. 

We reach the half-marathon 

marker, and the field on the 

opposite side of the road is 

thinning out. I see the sweep car 

behind the last runner. The 

atmosphere is still booming. 

We’re almost two-thirds through, 

28 km. My time is 2:39 hours, still 

within my personal limit. But my 

legs are starting to ache. I will 

have to choose between trying to 

beat four hours and finishing the 

race smiling. My legs are easily 

convinced. I stop watching the 

clock and the pressure is gone. 

As we return towards Zurich 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:10:16 

2 Eric NZIOKI KEN 2:10:33 

3 Bayo AMNAAY TAN 2:10:44 

4 Viktor ROTHLIN SUI 2:10:59 

5 Dmitry BURMAKIN RUS 2:11:19 

6 Joseph KADON KEN 2:11:21 

7 Eticha TESFAYE ETH 2:13:23 

8 Dmytro OSADCHY UKR 2:13:33 

9 Peter MUSIOKI KEN 2:14:00 

10 Phillip MUIA KEN 2:15:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Claudia OBERLIN SUI 2:34:38 

2 Tsige WORKU ETH 2:38:35 

3 Emebet ABOSSA ETH 2:39:01 

4 Angeline JOLY SUI 2:39:24 

5 Sisay Arsede MEASO ETH 2:40:44 

6 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:40:51 

7 Valentina POLTAVSKA UKR 2:42:40 

8 Reneta ANTROPIK 2:44:59 

9 Luzia SCHMID GER 2:47:36 

10 Radka CHURANOVA CZE 2:48:28 

centre we run back and forth 

along Bellerive Street a few times. 

Soon I am not sure anymore 

whether the runners on the lane 

next to me are ahead of me or 

behind me. Then the course leads 

through grassy open space along 

the lake, along the River Limmat 

and over the Rudolf-Brun Bridge 

into the centre of the city. Many 

spectators line the road and greet 

us with applause. 

Of course, we also run along the 

Bahnhofstrasse. The street has 

become a European centre for 

finance, economy, elegance, 

exclusiveness, quality and diversity. 

Practically all visitors to Zurich take 

a quick stroll on the 

Bahnhofstrasse, and during the 

marathon it is quicker still. We 

reach a sharp right turn and are 

running on the Mythenquai into the 

last 2km. The road is lined on both 

sides with enthusiastic spectators. 

Their applause carries me through 

the last stretch and under the finish 

gantry. What a day, what an 

experience. Thank you, Zurich! 

I receive the finisher medal, turn 

in the free chip and in return 

receive a finisher T-shirt and a bag 

with an energy bar and water. I pick 

up my clothes and cross over to 

the other side of the street on the 

foot bridge. I stop for a moment 

and watch the smiling faces of the 

runners who are just crossing the 

finish line. I am happy with them 

and for them. The lakeshore is a 

big camp. I lie in the sun, stretch 

my legs and try not to think of the 

long drive home. 


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Course: 42,195 km, officially measured, AIMS certified. 

Start: October 09 2005, 11 a.m. Poznan, Poland. 

Time limit: 6 hours. 

Classification: overall, men and women in age classes, 

wheelchairs, inline skaters. 

Pasta Party and T-shirts for all runners. 

Medals and certificates for all finishers. 

Organizer : 

Poznanskie Osrodki Sportu i Rekreacji, /The City Sports and Recreation Centres/ 

PL 61-553 Poznan, ul.Chwialkowskiego 34, tel. (+4861) 835 79 17, fax (+4861) 835 79 20 

Website: www.marathon.poznan.pl 

e-mail: info@marathon.poznan.pl 


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On the road again 

Delta Sport Belgrade Marathon, Yugoslavia. 23 April 2005 

By Paco Borao 

In March 1999, some days 

after the start of NATO 

bombing operations against 

Belgrade, a message was 

received at the NATO 

Headquarters in Brussels 

saying approximately this: 

“ This is to inform you that there 

has been no possibility to cancel 

the popular race planned for 

tomorrow Sunday. We estimate that 

a total of 15,000 people including 

children will participate in this race 

along the streets of Belgrade”. 

Once again, as had happened 

many times, sport (in this case 

running) stood up as a barrier 

against war. That Sunday Belgrade 

was not bombed, and more than 

20,000 runners, facing a hard rain, 

completed the circuit of their race 

under the banner “STOP THE 

WAR, RUN THE WORLD”. 

Belgrade, with 7,000 years of 

tumultuous history, is one of the 

oldest cities in Europe, a 

mandatory stop on the trading 

route between West and East. 

Settled at the confluence of two 

great rivers, the Sava and the 

Danube, walking on its streets 

involves crossing a mixture of 

cultures, with a touch of 

modernism almost everywhere. 

People are generally still 

bewildered by the latest political 

issues. They are still questioning 

themselves about all that 

happened to them, and most look 

to Europe as their solution. 

Since the mid-1980s the 

Belgrade Marathon had been one 

of the world’s pioneers of road 

running. Their ambition to 

conduct an event of the highest 

quality led race director Dejan 

Nikolic to join the Association of 

International Marathons (AIMS). 

His progressive attitude got him 

elected as member of the AIMS 

Board of Directors, representing 

all East European AIMS races. 

Both the Belgrade Marathon and 

the Belgrade Race Through 

History (for elite runners) were of 

great interest for many people. 

The beautiful surroundings at the 

confluence of the Danube and 

Sava rivers, the mixture of 

cultures and a monumental race 

circuit made the Belgrade 

Marathon into one of the most 

attractive international mass races 

in the world. 

Troubled times generated 

troubled relations. Sometime after 

the events of October 2000, which 

put Serbia back into a democratic 

political system, the relationship 

between the race organisers and 

the City Council turned into a 

serious dispute. For several years 

Belgrade effectively dropped off 

the international running map. 

Recent changes have brought 

the situation back to normal 

again. The City Council and 

Mayor, Mr. Nenad Bogdanovic, are 

giving their total support to the 

original organisers, led by Dejan 

Nikolic, and backed up by a set of 

committed international experts, 

all of them under the Presidency 

of Alexander “Sasha” Djordjevic, 

probably the most popular 

sportsman in Serbia. 

The 18th edition of Belgrade 

Marathon, with Delta Sports as its 

new title sponsor, was a popular 

fiesta. Beautiful warm weather 

welcomed the thousands of 

runners who took part either in the 

marathon, the half marathon, or 

the fun run. National, regional and 

local authorities all co-operated 

fully, under the Mayor of Belgrade. 

The start line is on Bulevar Kralja 

Aleksandra, in front of the Serbia 

and Montenegro Assembly. Toma 

Rosandic’s statues “Black Horses 

playing” overlook the brightlycoloured 

multitude of athletes. 

The organisation, seeking both 

sporting success and media 

attention, made a special effort. 

Teams from Kenya, Ethiopia and 

Russia, among others, took part in 

both Full and Half Marathons. The 

presence of special guest Merlene 

Ottey, now living in Slovenia, 

generated great interest around 

the Marathon and must have 

boosted public participation. 

from Kenya and Derba Medeksa 

from Ethiopia in front for the last 

push to the line. 

The women’s marathon 

developed similarly as the 

Russian pair of Victoria Zoueva 

and Inga Abitova went together all 

the way. Arbitova made the final 

effort to win. In both men’s and 

women’s half marathons there 

were Kenyan wins. Sammy 

Karanja and Masila Ndunge led 

their races from beginning to end. 

The finish line and the awards 

ceremony were in front of the XIX 

Century Terazine Fountain. Mayor 

Bogdanovic and Merlene Ottey 

made the presentations. The 

marathon winners also received 

the Fred Lebow Trophies, named 

after the founder of the New York 

City Marathon who was born in 

neighbouring Transylvania. 

Late in the afternoon, after 

everybody was back home and the 

city was recovering its normal life, 

Belgrade was showing its 

beautiful surroundings, 

monuments, and the special 

picture of its marvellous sunset. 

In the square a few hours had 

passed since thousands of people 

had celebrated the comeback of 

their international race. It is an 

event of which they can feel 

proud, after the years of fear and 

sadness they went through. 

I gave thanks to Dejan Nikolic 

and his team, to the interest and 

support of journalists such as Pat 

Butcher, to former athletes and 

committed individuals like Kenth 

Andersson and Zane Branson, and 

to all runners who come to this 

city. It is the best possible way of 

helping Belgrade to get back on 

the road. 

Deep in my heart, I concluded 

that this year again, running in 

Belgrade is still something 

special. 

Merlene Ottey 

In the men’s marathon Derba 

Medeksa produced a surprise 

record-breaking performance. A 

dozen runners went out together 

from the start, setting a strong 

pace which soon identified the 

candidates for victory. Monuments 

and fountains provided a scenic 

backdrop to the Kenyan and 

Ethiopian runners as they 

performed an athletic show that 

was very well received by Belgrade 

spectators. The final kilometres 

put the favorite David Chepkwony 


Result 

MEN: 

1 Derba MEDEKSA ETH 2:12:10 

2 David CHEPKWONY KEN 2:12:29 

3 Collins EDEP KEN 2:13:02 

4 Onesmus KILONZO KEN 2:14:01 

5 Isaac KIPRONO KEN 2:14:08 

6 Josephat YEGO KEN 2:15:19 

7 Adugna TOLA KEN 2:16:08 

8 Thomas NGULU TAN 2:17:42 

9 Francis KIPTOO KEN 2:17:54 

10 Gregory MWOLO KEN 2:17:59 

WOMEN: 

1 Rus Inge ABITOVA RUS 2:38:20 

2 Viktoria ZOUEVA RUS 2:38:40 

3 Tiringo SHIFERAWETH 2:39:47 

4 Tatyana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:42:12 

5 Marjana LUKIC SCG 2:42:48 

6 Zhanna MALKOVA RUS 2:44:45 

7 Venera SARMOSOVA RUS 2:58:01 

8 Stojanka SOKOL SCG 3:25:53 

9 Malina MARINOVA BUL 3:31:10 

10 Vilma BRESAN SCG 3:33:43 

HALF MARATHON: 

MEN: 

1 Sammy KARANJA KEN 1:03:28 

2 Jaroslav MUSNISHI MOL 1:04:24 

3 Miklos ZATYKO HUN 1:08:56 

WOMEN 

1 Masila NDUNGE KEN 1:15:07 

2 Snezana KOPSTIC SCG 1:16:03 

3 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 1:17:57 

Dejan Nikolic 


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Altitude with attitude 

Salt Lake City Marathon, USA. 23 April 2005 

By Sergey Porada and 

Yelena Kurdyumova 

A passion for running and an 

appreciation of the stunning 

beauty of spring blossoms 

against snow-capped 

mountain peaks brought 9000 

runners to the start line of the 

second Salt Lake City 

Marathon and 5km fun run. 

Themed as “Run, Bump & 

Boogie,” this event has 

become a spectacular new 

addition to the marathon 

calendar, drawing people from 

45 states and 15 countries, 

and 30% more of them than in 

the inaugural year. 

“Bumps” are the impressive 

moguls or ledges that cascade 

down some of the most 

breathtaking ski runs in Utah. 

Organizers invite all runners to go 

for it on the bumps, or simply 

glide down the wide, groomed 

runs. They put two-for-one lift 

coupons in each goody bag. 

Salt Lake City is named for a 

salty inland lake that lies just north 

west of the city. The Lake is 150km 

long and 80km wide, and 

something of a scientific mystery, 

but its jade and azure expanse 

attracts tourists, artists and water 

enthusiasts. The lake supports little 

more marine life than brine shrimp 

but Antelope Island National Park 

to the south west boasts bison, 

bighorn sheep and plenty of 

waterfowl. For those who prefer sun 

to safari, the Great Salt Lake also 

has several beaches for sunbathing. 

Founded by members of the 

Mormon faith, Salt Lake City still 

promotes its founders’ beliefs, 

offering many family-oriented 

activities, such as hiking, rafting 

and horseback riding. Located at 

the foot of the Rocky Mountains, 

Salt Lake City is a good 

destination for visitors who wish 

to explore the splendor of the 

mountains. Pioneer Trail State 

Park, is where Mormon pioneers 

entered the Salt Lake Valley in 

1847,while Old Dessert village is a 

living museum that depicts early 

settler life in the Valley. 

As the first rays of sun touched 

upon the Wasatch Range of the 

Rocky Mountains 1984 Olympic 

gold medalist Joan Benoit- 

Samuelson flagged off the 

marathon from under the Olympic 

Legacy Bridge on the campus of 

the University of Utah. The 

weather treated the runners with 

crisp mountain air, a partly cloudy 

sky, and an excellent running 

temperature of 9C. 

Nearly 4000 marathoners labored 

on the course skirting through the 

city’s suburbs at the foot of Wasatch 

Mountains to the spectacular finish 

at the Olympic Legacy Plaza in 

downtown Salt Lake City. 

After half an hour, when the 

marathon lead pack passed 

through Sugarhouse Park, 5000 

runners got underway in the 5km 

from Liberty Park. Salt Lake City 

Mayor Rocky Anderson was 

among them, as they headed to a 

common finish line with the 

marathon. Liberty Park is 

famous for its Tracy Aviary, 

America’s oldest and largest 

bird park, which currently 

maintains a population of 

about 500 birds of 150 

species, 21 of which are 

listed as endangered. 

Until 30km the lead pack 

consisted of 8 runners from 

Ethiopia and Kenya. For the 

next six kilometres the 

runners tested one another 

with brief surges from time 

to time, and gradually the 

pack fell apart. After 37km 

Ethiopia’s Araya Haregot 

and Kenya’s Elly Rono 

headed the race. “We were 

shoulder to shoulder, reading 

each other, seeing how each feels, 

his breathing, his strategy,” 

explained Haregot. “I tried three 

times to break, but it did not 

work.” Only in the last 1.5 km did 

Haregot get away from Rono to 

finish with a new course record. 

Training at similar altitude in 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, may 

have handed Haregot the 

advantage over Rono, who was 

running his first marathon at this 

altitude and finished 100m 

behind. Utah runner Joe Wilson 

was the best American finisher in 

11th place with 2:28:31. 

Poland’s Dorota Gruca also 

trains in New Mexico, and this 

helped her to cope with the 

altitude and hilly first half of the 

course. Despite the slow pace over 

the first half, covered in 1:16, she 

had no rivals after 11km. Gruca ran 

the second, flatter part of the 

course faster and finished in 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Araya HAREGOT ETH 2:15:14 

2 Elly RONO KEN 2:15:36 

3 Michael KIMUTAI KEN 2:16:14 

4 Sisay BEZABEH AUS 2:16:34 

5 David KEMBOI KEN 2:16:56 

6 Sergey FEDOTOV RUS 2:19:32 

7 Gilbert KOECH KEN 2:20:56 

8 Zintu SIMA ETH 2:21:42 

9 Driss DACHA MAR 2:22:20 

10 Fred GETAGNE KEN 2:23:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:30:07 

2 Anna PITCHROTOVA CZE 2:34:46 

3 Irina BOGACHEVA KGZ 2:37:48 

4 Becky SONDAY USA 2:54:01 

5 Virginia SANCHEZ-ROMAN MEX 2:56:55 

6 Jenny GILLARD AUS 2:57:27 

7 Jordan VAUGHN USA 3:00:53 

8 Carol CABANILLAS USA 3:07:46 

9 Rachel BEST USA 3:09:24 

10 Kerilyn HATCH USA 3:12:26 

2:30:08 with the new course record. 

“A few miles before the end, I knew 

I could break the record,”- she said. 

“If I had had someone with me, I 

could have run faster.” 

The communities of Salt Lake 

Valley were excited to welcome 

the participants. There were nine 

celebration locations set up on 

the course featuring live radio 

station remote broadcasts and 

music stages. Volunteers, 

supporters and spectators lined 

the whole marathon course, 

cheering the runners. Athletes and 

fans could enjoy a free outdoor 

concert by “The Romantics” group 

on Friday evening during the 

Pasta Party. The Romantics also 

performed Saturday at the finish 

line and another group, “Third Eye 

Blind”, gave a concert in the 

evening, after the awards 

ceremony. After the Bump and the 

Run it only remained to Boogie. 


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Race Date: 

Saturday, 24 September, 2005 

It’s the richest road race in Zimbabwe, with a 1st Prize of US$4000. 

The full marathon is open to male and female runners aged 18-39 years. 

Course 

Zimbabwe’s stunningly beautiful Eastern Highlands area is the race 

venue. From its starting point in the Mutare city centre, the main 

course is 42 kilometres (26 miles) long, as measured and certified by 

AIMS/IAAF. 

At about 1300m above sea level, the Christmas Pass is quite 

magnificent but challenging. The first male and female runners to 

reach the summit (31kms into the race) are crowned King and Queen 

of Christmas Pass. On descent, the runners race to the finish line at 

the Africa University campus in the Nyagambu River valley. 

Set your marathon record in the “Run for Peace”. 

Registration 

From 1 August to 23 September. 

For fees, registration rules and forms, visit: www.africau.edu/ 

Or contact: 

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Revival 

Rwanda Peace Marathon. 15 May 2005 

By Darius Kenyatta Ellis 

Truth, Justice, and 

Reconciliation. These words 

adorn the streets in villages, 

towns and cities throughout 

Rwanda. They appear in the 

press and on placards, written 

in Kinyarwanda, the shared 

language of Hutus and Tutsis. 

The aim is to promote peace 

and community amidst the 

lingering effects of the 1994 

genocide. The Rwanda Peace 

Marathon is part of this 

attempt to come to terms. 

This troubled nation stands at 

the dawn of a new era. Stability 

and growth are real possibilities. 

It is a poignant but hopeful place 

to visit and the Kigali 

International Marathon is a race 

to run - and to remember. 

From Nairobi, I went to Kigali 

to visit colleagues and to 

participate in the first 

international marathon to be held 

in Rwanda. Sponsored by the 

Ministry of Sport and the 

Soroptomists International, this 

well-organised run started and 

finished in the “Peace Stadium.” 

Rwanda is known as the country 

of a thousand hills, and as soon as 

you leave the airport a spectacular 

landscape unrolls. The combination 

of the hills and the altitude 

presents a physical challenge for 

visitors, but I thought that the 

cultural challenge would be equally 

demanding. I have lived in East 

Africa for almost three years, and I 

was keen to run this pioneering 

marathon. I arrived a few days 

before the race to learn more about 

the country, to run on the streets 

and to get used to the locality. 

It was a chance to observe firsthand 

how this tiny, diverse and 

fascinating country and people 

were confronting their many 

challenges. The path to internal 

peace and stability will take 

decades. I did three 10km runs in 

different parts of the city, on wellpaved 

and safe streets. Onlookers 

cried, “Courage, courage”, 

meaning: be courageous, be 

strong. This was helpful. I just 

knew from those initial days of 

running that the local population 

would receive all runners 

uproariously well on race day. 

They had respect and 

admiration in their eyes – 

generous qualities. I ran with a 

hydration system on my back and 

stopped at a petrol station minimarket 

for fluid. When I opened 

the bottles and poured the 

contents into the backpack it 

startled all those who observed. 

Even when you might expect that 

they would be disconcerted, the 

locals showed palpable warmth. 

The race organisers had 

scheduled a 5km Fun Run, which 

drew the largest turnout, at 8:00. 

The half-marathon followed and 

then came the intrepid few dozen 

that ran the marathon. We 

started just a half an hour later 

than scheduled. At the starting 

line half a dozen traditional 

drummers beat out rhythms to 

urge the runners on. 

Initially I thought: what a drag 

to run the same lap course four 

times. But confining the course to 

a shorter lap meant we could 

avoid slopes as fearsome as rift 

valley escarpments. Living in 

Nairobi these past years gave me 

a slight altitude advantage, but 

the daunting hills more than 

discounted it. 

All of us marathoners felt we 

were part of something special. A 

dozen other European and Asian 

races were on offer this weekend. 

We chose here, and were 

rewarded. We nodded to each 

other in camaraderie as we 

struggled up and down the hills. 

At 41km, with sunburned 

shoulders and sensing another 

marathon finish, the euphoria was 

overwhelming. 

Cheers and applause from the 

locals underscored their pleasure 

and sense of pride that Kigali 

could now be included in the 

international community of 

organized marathons. After the 

race local teenagers told me they 

felt proud that Kigali was hosting 

a big race, after seeing so many of 

their fellow Africans run in 

televised races 

throughout Europe and America. 

They had seen how communities 

come out in support of all 

runners, and they did the same. 

The marathon banners, with the 

AIMS logo adjacent to that of the 

Kigali International Marathon, 

said it all. 

One guy approached me to 

explain, in excellent Kiswahili, 

that just eleven years ago these 

streets were full of hatred and 

blood. Now, hosting runners from 

neighboring countries and from 

around the world, the race was 

symbolic of Rwanda’s “revival.” 

On 6 April 1994 a missile fired 

on an aircraft carrying Rwandan 

President Habyarimana and 

Burundian President Ntaryamira 

as it was approaching Kigali 

airport crashed and killed all 

occupants. That incident 

unleashed a 100-day wave of 

violence in which a million ethnic 

Tutsis and moderate Hutus were 

killed at the hands of the military 

and Interahamwe militias. Both 

Presidents were returning from 

power sharing talks in Arusha, 

Tanzania with the rival Tutsi-led 

Rwandan Patriotic Front. 

To this day, no one knows who 

fired the missile. Some suggest it 

came from the Hutu-controlled 

military base near the airport on the 

orders of fellow Hutu commanders 

dissatisfied with President 

Habyarimana’s participation in a 

peaceful resolution of the conflict. 

What followed was a complete 


Result 

MEN: 

1 Joseph NSUBUGA UGA 2:28:23 

2 Joseph RUTTO KEN 2:28:40 

3 Alex SANKA TAN 2:33:26 

4 Francis YIGA UGA 2:33:41 

5 Yiga NEKEMEYA UGA 2:33:51 

6 Ronald LANGAT KEN 2:39:21 

7 Zubel NSENGIYUMVA RWA 2:42:59 

8 Freddy TWAHIRWA RWA 2:43:35 

9 Kenneth KOSGAI KEN 2:44:17 

10 Pacifique AYUBUSA RWA 2:45:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Margaret NAKINDU UGA 3:18:06 

2 Rannveig ODDSDOTTIR ISL 3:20:41 

3 Epiphanie NYIRABARAME RWA 3:21:40 

4 Mediatrice NYIRARANGWA RWA 3:23:18 

5 Bryndis ERNSTDOTTIR ISL 3:25:10 

6 Marie-Jeanne NYIRAHABIMANA RWA 3:25:47 

7 Fatuma IDDI TAN 3:35:10 

8 Bjorg Helga OLAFSDOTTIR ISL 4:17:05 

9 Monique MUHLEN LUX 4:32:17 

10 Christina VAN HOORDE BEL 4:33:32 


MEN: 

1 Sammy KOSGEI UGA 1:07:42 

2 Safari RACHIDI RWA 1:08:03 

3 Simukeka JEAN BAPTISTE RWA 1:08:15 

WOMEN 

1 Pelagie MUSENGIMANA RWA 1:20:50 

2 Angelique NYIRANSAMBIMANA RWA 1:22:32 

3 Susan J TEIMET KEN 1:24:46 

failure of the international 

community to stem the genocide. 

Pogroms against the Tutsis had been 

organized in 1959, 1963, 1967, and 

1973 but on nothing like the scale as 

happened between April-July 1994. 

All runners coming to the race 

next year should not only visit the 

Genocide Memorials in Kigali and 

Gikongoro, but also the Catholic 

Church at Ntarama where 5000 

men, women and children were 

slaughtered. The remaining stench 

still evokes the horrors that 

occurred here and that all of us 

must never forget. 

The marathon can bring other 

benefits. If the Ministry of Sport 

and others can continue to 

encourage local runners with races 

and organized events, Rwanda 

would surely produce some worldclass 

athletes, like those from 

Ethiopia and Kenya. They have the 

altitude advantage and anyone 

who trains on these hills would 

have an enormous advantage 

when the time came to race in 

Chicago, Rotterdam or Mumbai. 

I’ve run marathons in Bangkok, 

Dubai, Athens, Berlin, Cape Town 

and Florence, to name a few. The 

Kigali Marathon is one to which I 

would return, and I would 

encourage my fellow runners to 

come to Rwanda and run this 

wonderful race. Participation 

makes a small contribution to a 

fledgling economy. Your money 

will be well spent. 

For yourself, you will see sights 

that should remind all of us to 

never forget what happened in 

Rwanda in 1994. And other things. 

Just days after the race, I spent an 

hour only metres away from a 

group of 16 Gorillas in the 

Volcanoes National Park. Despite 

all that went before, Rwanda 

offers an enchanting experience. 

You should add the Kigali 

International Marathon to your 

list of personal bests. 

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A human hurricane 

Medio Maraton Internacional de Cobán, Guatemala. 22 May 2005 

By Ivan Reales 

In the tropics, you must 

expect the unexpected – at 

least concerning the weather. 

Race day in Cobán 

approached with a red light 

warning. Hurricane Adrian, the 

first of the season, was very 

close to the coastline of 

Central America. As the sky 

turned grey, so did the 

expectations of many runners 

going to Cobán. 

Cobán is a small town, 200km 

away from the nation’s capital, 

Guatemala City, and the nearest 

international airport. The road 

leads you north and drops you 

about 1400m, almost to sea level, 

in about a one-hour drive. As you 

turn west towards Coban, you see 

dozens of cyclists. They are doing 

a duathlon which involves cycling 

to Coban and then running the 

half marathon. They sometimes 

cover the 200km in temperatures 

above 35oC. Then, in a matter of 

minutes, you start to feel the 

change. As the rainforest 

surrounds the road, humid 

weather descends. You have to 

slow down due to a thick fog. 

As you arrive in Coban, you find 

yourself back in time. The rush of 

the city and the stress of modern 

life is nowhere to be seen. Within 

a few blocks you find the market 

place for food, the local tailor, the 

general shop and the church. What 

else could you ask for? In this 

small town locals still wear their 

native Mayan outfits and more 

than half the population speaks 

no Spanish - only native 

languages. All this, surrounded by 

the splendour of the rainforest. 

For one weekend during the year 

Coban’s XVIII century lifestyle is 

suspended. A human hurricane 

arrives in town. In the build-up to the 

half marathon the population 

increases by more than 20%. The 

streets get taken over by a sea of 

alien cars. There are TV cameras, 

radio helicopters doing race day 

coverage, newspapermen doing 

interviews, and many, many strangers 

asking for directions on how to get to 

a friend’s house or a hotel. 

It is race day at Cobán. 

Hurricane Adrian has turned away 

and is now well out over the 

Atlantic Ocean. It’s a sunny day, 

perfect for a top-of-the-line race. 

John Korir and Benson Barus show 

up at the starting line, knowing that 

the car on offer for a new course 

record (standing at 1.02.15 to Enos 

Ketter, set in 2002) is within their 

reach. There is US$10,000 as first 

place prize money. These two 

runners were about to fight out the 

closest finish in history of the 

Cobán Half Marathon. 

For the first eight kilometres 

after the start the race goes 

towards the neighboring town of 

Carcha. As the lead pack of 14 

runners enters the town the 

crowds are cheering, music and 

fireworks pump up the adrenalin 

and the pack starts to break up. 

As they leave the main plaza, 

hundreds of native women in their 

outfits staff the first water station. 

The strategy becomes clear, and 

it seems very simple. The one who 

can maintain the same rhythm 

uphill and downhill back to Cobán 

will win. The American runner Ed 

Eyestone once described this as 

the “three H” course: hot, humid 

and hilly. Runners are competing 

against the conditions as much as 

against each other. 

As they pass 11km the lead 

pack is down to five. The 

defending champion Simon Sawe 

is struggling with the hilly course 

and the tough lead pace. The 

locals could not keep up and the 

favorite from Guatemala, Alfredo 

Arevalo, drops out. In the 

women´s race, Grace Momanyi 

has already taken the lead. Behind 

her, Adriana Pirtea and Liubov 

Morgunova start falling behind. 

By 15km the race has returned 

to Coban, and three runners are in 

contention: John Korir, Benson 

Barus and Reuben Cheruiyot. By 

this stage in the women’s race 

there is no doubt that Grace 

Momanyi will be the new queen at 

Cobán. The only question 

remaining is whether she will be 

able to break the course record 

(1.14.13 set by Colombia’s Stella 

Castro in 1997). 

Approaching 18km, having 

passed through the Central Plaza in 

Coban, the battle between Korir and 

Cheruiyot becomes a clash of titans. 

Thousands of spectators are 

watching. They both start to struggle 

with the heat. One more uphill and 

the finish line is within sight. 

Approaching 20km both men are 

shoulder-to-shoulder but still look 

back at Benson Barus, way back in 

third place and out of reach. The 


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MEN: 

1 John KORIR KEN 1:03:45 

2 Reuben CHERUIYOT KEN 1:03:45 

3 Benson BARUS KEN 1:04:36 

4 Isaack KIMAIYO KEN 1:05:03 

5 Peter KOMEN KEN 1:05:52 

6 Josephat NGETICH KEN 1:05:57 

7 Christopher TOROITICH KEN 1:05:58 

8 David KIBET KEN 1:06:13 

9 Simon SAWE KEN 1:06:50 

10 Joseph KOECH KEN 1:07:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Grace MOMANYI KEN 1:13:10 

2 Adriana PIRTEA ROM 1:15:06 

3 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 1:17:02 

4 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 1:17:13 

5 Sharon CHEROP JEMUTAI KEN 1:19:07 

winner can be either one of them. 

Within 400m of the finish Korir finds his 

sprint, pumping up the pace and getting 

to the finish line a few steps and one 

second ahead of Cheruiyot. It has been a 

battle all the way. The crowd cheers, 

jumps, sings and breaks into tears from 

the emotion. Only one man can win, and 

in Cobán 2005 that man was John Korir. 

His 1:03:45 is the second best time ever 

run in Cobán and just over a minute 

outside the course record. The women’s 

race confirms Grace Momanyi’s strength. 

She has led from start to finish and set a 

new course record by the huge margin of 

90 seconds. 

The human hurricane has blown over. By 

Sunday afternoon the small town goes back 

in time again. All visitors have left for the 

city. The streets return to calm and become 

once again part of the XXVIII century. A 

refreshing light rain starts to fall. 


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International Association 

of Ultra Runners 

Executives 

President 

Dirk Strumane (BEL) 

Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be 


Roelof Veld (NED) 

Director of Development 

Jose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP) 

Director of Competitions 

Harry Arndt (GER) 

Director of Organisations 

Jan Vandendriessche (BEL) 

Director of Asian Affairs 

Souhei Kobayashi (JPN) 

Joint European Group Representatives 

Roger Bonnifait (FRA) 

Norman Wilson (GBR) 

General Secretary 

Hilary Walker (GBR) 

Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net 

IAU 100km 

World Cup 

The IAU 100km World Cup 

took place at Lake Saroma 

on 26 June. This popular 

Japanese event with its 

enthusiastic audience, its 

large field of entrants and 

its reputation for a fast 

course (on which both 

Tomoe Abe and Takahiro 

Sunada set world best 

times) celebrated its 20th 

anniversary this year. It 

did so in style, with an 

exciting competition 

which is fully reported in 

the main Results section 

(p42.) 

2005 

16/17 JULY: 

IAU 24-hour European 

and World Challenge 

Worschach, Austria 

10 SEPTEMBER: 

IAU 100km European 

Championships 

Winschoten, Netherlands 

16 OCTOBER: 

IAU 50km Trophy Final 

Palermo, Italy 

2006 

4/5 MARCH 

IAU 24 Hours World 

Challenge 

Taipei, Taiwan 

1 OCTOBER 

IAU 100km World Cup 

Incheon, Korea. 

IAU Anti-doping Policy. 

Besides good competition we also want to have 

clean competition. To help further this aim the 

100km World Cup 2005 at Lake Saroma was the 

first IAU endorsed event where, besides traditional 

doping control, EPO tests were undertaken. The 

IAU fully subscribes to the IAAF zero-tolerance 

anti-doping policy. 

With IAAF support IAU will from now on 

implement out-of-competition testing. Any athlete 

in the top 20 for either or both 100km and 24-hour 

competitions will be liable for testing. They must 

follow IAAF rules about keeping their national 

federation informed of their whereabouts. 

As the ultradistance international governing body, 

IAU considers this policy an essential contribution 

to support the battle against drugs, with the 

ultimate aim of keeping our sport clean. 

FINLAND 

6 February 2005: 

12 hour Indoor race, Lohja 

(Dedicated to the memory of Marko Silventoinen) 

MEN: 

1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 144.327km 

2 Katsuhiro TANAKA JPN 141.087km 

3 Peeter VENNIKAS EST 133.699km 

4 Petri LIETZEN FIN 130.997km 

5 Ari MUSTALA FIN 129.589km 

WOMEN: 

1 Edit BERCES HUN 125.549km 

2 Masae KAMURA JPN 124.243km 

3 Maria TAHKAVUORI FIN 115.164km 

4 Timea BONTOVIC HUN 105.336km 

5 Anne HEINONEN FIN 99.042km 

BELGIUM: 

23 April 2005: 

50km of Gistel 

MEN: 

1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 3:01:32 

2 Sandor BARCZA FRA 3:03:12 

3 Ivan HOSTENS BEL 3:14:47 

4 Tom HENDRICKS NED 3:27:01 

5 Patrick KLOEK BEL 3:33:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Inez JACQUEMART BEL 3:55:17 

2 Dora VANDEWAETERE BEL 4:24:18 

3 Ineke SCHEFFER NED 5:18:31 

CANADA 

7 May 2005: 

Toronto 100km 

MEN: 

1 Jack COOK CAN 7:57:02 

2 Andrew MCLEAN CAN 8:01:20 

3 Bruce BARTEAUX CAN 8:43:39 

4 Gary POLIQUIN CAN 9:06:00 

5 Patrick CAMPBELL CAN 9:08:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Laurie MCGRATH CAN 9:30:36 

2 Monica SCHOLTZ CAN 10:08:35 

3 Christine LAFLAMME CAN 10:22:13 

4 Paula BURCHAT CAN 10:57:56 

5 Trish FRASER CAN 11:24:30 

FRANCE: 

2 April 2005: 

National Championships, 

24h de Gravigny 

MEN: 

1 Mohammed MAGROUN FRA 247.274 km 

2 Dominique PROVOST FRA 236.068 km 

3 Jean-Pierre GUYOMARCH FRA 230.315 km 

4 Christophe BACHELIER FRA 217.459 km 

5 Christian EFFLAM FRA 211.971 km 

WOMEN: 

1 Brigitte BEC FRA 223.942km 

2 Didier DAVID FRA 219.293 km 

note that these 2 are probably MEN 

3 Christophe BACHELIER FRA 217.459 km 

4 Nathalie FIRMIE FRA 206.399 km 

5 Martine BRELINSKI FRA 196.446 km 


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Oktober 30 th 2005 

AIMS 

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Messe Frankfurt Marathon 

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7 May 2005: 

100km de La Vendee 

MEN: 

1 Jacques HINET FRA 7:26:57 

2 Dominique PROVOST FRA 7:33:42 

3 Frederic ROSSIGNOL FRA 7:43:38 

4 Albert VALLEE FRA 7:51:11 

5 Philippe FAVREAU FRA 8:01:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Beatrice LANDEL FRA 8:43:19 

2 Lucy CARR FRA 8:58:32 

3 Denise DELATOUCHE FRA 9:16:43 

4 Christel LEFRANCOIS FRA 10:50:25 

5 Marie Laure BREGERE FRA 11:02:09 

16 May 2005: 

48 heures de Sugeres 

1 OTAKI JPN 405.639 km 

2 CONRAUX FRA 386.638 km 

3 RENAUD FRA 376.988 km 

4 HARDEL FRA 366.733 km 

5 KOVAL RUS 352.257 km 

6 BOUSSIQUET FRA 350.448 km 

7 MYTROFANOVA UKR 347.432 km 

8 MALLEREAU FRA 343.511 km 

9 PIRRUNG USA 336.574 km 

10 Irina REUTOVICH RUS 332.955 km 

11 Edit BERCES HUN 320.590 km 

12 BULLIG GER 318.781 km 

13 BODET FRA 315.162 km 

14 HAUSMANN GER 304.907 km 

15 LE CERF FRA 301.590 km 

5 June 2005: 

100km du Ponthieu 

Marquenterre 

MEN: 

1 Stephane ROULLIER FRA 7:02:29 

2 Christophe BACHELIER FRA 7:05:11 

3 Bernard BRETAUD FRA 7:07:11 

4 Jean-Noel DEBOISSAT FRA 7:18:28 

5 Hilaire BALAIR FRA 7:21:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Karine HERRY FRA 7:57:13 

2 Christine LELAN FRA 8:08:53 

3 Brigitte BEC FRA 8:13:52 

4 Mariannick HULAIN FRA 8:49:36 

5 Chantal HATON FRA 9:00:16 

GREAT BRITAIN 

7 May 2005: 

50km of Glenrothes 

MEN: 

1 Colin DEASY GBR 3:12:32 

2 Andy FARQUARSON GBR 3:19:58 

3 Les HILL GBR 3:29:20 

4 Terry MITCHELL GBR 3:30:34 

5 Robert WILSON GBR 3:33:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Elaine CALDER GBR 3:58:05 

2 Pauline WALKER GBR 4:01:58 

3 Mhairi DOUGLAS GBR 4:02:10 

4 Lori MCCRAE GBR 4:30:27 

5 Vanessa BREWSTER GBR 5:25:00 

ITALY: 

23 April 2005: 

50km di Romagna 

MEN: 

1 Emanuele ZENUCCHI ITA 2:50:14 

2 Janos ZABARI ITA 2:57:31 

3 Aniello SARNO ITA 2:58:48 

4 Giorgio CECCARELLI ITA 3:01:10 

5 Giorgio MORI ITA 3:02:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 3:40:18 

2 Eva KORAN ITA 3:50:06 

3 Paola FUSCHINI ITA 3:58:21 

4 Elena MICHETTI ITA 4:01:59 

5 Luisa COSTETTI ITA 4:02:01 

28 May 2005: 

Italian Championships 

100km del Passatore, 

Firenze-Faenza 

MEN: 

1 Mario FATTORE ITA 7:02:47 

2 Stefano SARTORI ITA 7:07:25 

3 Denis ZHALYBIN RUS 7:20:56 

4 Ildar AKHMETSHINE RUS 7:30:10 

5 Valeri SINIOUSCHKINE RUS 7:57:15 

JAPAN 

26 June 2005: 

IAU 100km World Cup, 

Lake Saroma 

See main Results section, p42. 

JORDAN 

15 April 2005: 

Dead Sea Marathon 50km 

MEN: 

1 Nouri JABER IRQ 2:48:39 

2 Ali AL SMADI JOR 2:50:43 

3 Mohammed Abdel QADER JOR 2:55:17 

4 Abdul Khaleq KATE IRQ 3:08:47 

5 Khaled AL SHAIKH JOR 3:10:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Sharon KOVAR USA 3:53:22 

2 Suzanne VERMAAK RSA 3:55:45 

3 Ursula MARTI SUI 4:16:59 

4 Virginia BIRD GBR 4:25:13 

5 Elena MARTINEZ ESP 4:28:03 

RUSSIA: 

7-8 May 2005: 

Russian Championships, 

Moscow 

MEN: 

1 Timour ABZALILOV 234.540 km 

2 Maer NABIEV 226.705 km 

3 Aleksey AREFIEV 224.800 km 

4 Innokentii STEPANOV 212.482 km 

5 Aleksandr KORYAKIN 212.400 km 

WOMEN: 

1 Lyudmila KALININA 241.521 km 

2 Galina EREMINA 223.933 km 

3 Irina RYSINA 210.600 km 

4 Nadezda TARASOVA 204.650 km 

5 Elena SIMUTINA 165.814 km 

SWITZERLAND: 

7-8 May 2005: 

24 hours of Basle 

MEN: 

1 WENNING GER 225.790 km 

2 PEEL AUT 219.240 km 

3 MATHYS SUI 204:400 km 

4 HECKE GER 203.470 km 

5 SCHLOTTER GER 202.190 km 

WOMEN: 

1 MOLING ITA 191.650 km 

2 VOGELI SUI 167.670 km 

3 WEBER GER 165.270 km 

4 KAUFFMAN SUI 151.880 km 

5 HISAMUTDINOVA RUS 142.630 km 

WOMEN: 

1 Paolo SANNA ITA 8:59:19 

2 Maria Luisa COSTETTI ITA 9:27:37 

3 Daniela FIUMARA ITA 10:24:39 

4 Roberta ELIA ITA 11:18:20 

5 Eufemia CARLEA ITA 11:27:19 


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Official listings for AIMS events 

July 

DATE RACE PAGE 

2-9 100miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 66 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 

3 Gold Coast Airport MarathonAUS M 63 

3 Paavo Nurmi MarathonFIN M 64 

3 Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon JPN H 66 

10 British 10k, London GBR R 64 

10 Burnco Calgary Marathon CAN M 62 

30 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 62 

30 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 68 


31 San Francisco Marathon USA M 70 

August 


5 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 64 

6 Nuuk MarathonGLD M/H 64 

5-14 IAAF World Championships in 9 

Athletics, Helsinki FIN M 

6 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 68 

7 Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TAN M 70 

7 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 68 

14 The Sun-Herald City to Surf AUS R 62 

14 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 62 

19 Reykjavik MarathonISL M/H 64 

21-22 ING Edmonton Centennial 

MarathonCAN M 8 

27 The Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 


28 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 8 

28 Hokkaido MarathonJPN M 66 

28 Quebec City MarathonCAN M 8 

September 


4 20th Nike Budapest 

Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 14-15 

4 Sydney Marathon AUS M 62 

4 Great Scottish RunGBR H 64 

10 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 18 


10 Marathon du Medoc FRA H 64 

10 Novosibirsk Half MarathonRUS M 9 

10 Vilnius Marathon LIT M 66 

11 25th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 68 

11 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 6 

11 Media Maraton Int’l 62 

Ciudad de MedellinCOL H 

11 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL R 68 

18 Arkadia Warsaw MarathonPOL M 17 

18 Int’l Ghazi Run 9km TUR R 22 

18 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 66 

18 Wachau MarathonAUT M 62 

24 Africa University Marathon ZIM M 22 

24 Hyderabad Night MarathonIND M/H 64 

24-25 real,- Berlin Marathon 19 

GER M 

25 44th Dexia Bil Route du Vin66 

Half MarathonLUX H 

25 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 17 

25 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 20 

25 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 62 

Marathon and Half CAN M/H 

25 Tallinn Half Marathon EST H 22 

October 


1 IAAF World Half Marathon 9 

Championships, Edmonton CAN H 

1 Coastal MarathonBEL M 22 

1-2 Baxter’s Loch Ness MarathonGBR M 26 

1-2 Cape Town Festival of Running RSA U 68 

2 20th Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 14-15 

2 Reebok Bristol Half MarathonGBR H 64 

2 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 70 

2 Kosice Peace MarathonSVK M 30 

2 Porto MarathonPOR M 28 

8 Lake Tahoe MarathonUSA M 70 

9 ASICS Melbourne Marathon AUS M 62 

9 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 6 

9 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 68 

9 3rd Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 62 

9 LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon USA M 70 

9 Novi Sad MarathonYUG M 26 

9 Portland Marathon USA M 30 

9 Poznan Marathon POL M 15 

9 Royal Victoria MarathonCAN M 62 

9 Taiwan Boulevard Int'l Marathon TPE M 70 

15 Under Armour Baltimore Marathon USA M 70 

16 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M 28 

16 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 26 

16 ING Amsterdam MarathonNED M 7 

16 Mount Desert Island Marathon USA M 70 

16 Delhi International Half Marathon IND H 64 

16 Palermo D’Inverno Half Marathon 66 

and Super Marathon ITA H/U 

16 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 62 

23 Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l MarathonKOR M 66 

23 Jeunju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon KOR M 66 

23 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 68 

23 Niagara Fallsview 24 

Casino Int'l Marathon CAN M 

23 Venice Marathon ITA M 28 

23 Standard Chartered 66 

Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 

30 Aland Marathon FIN M/H 64 

30 Classique Int’l Marseille Cassis FRA R 64 

30 Marathon Messe Frankfurt GER M 32 

30 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 70 

31 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 64 

Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 68 

November 


6 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 64 

6 Big Sur Half Marathon70 

on Monterey Bay USA H 

6 ING New York City MarathonUSA M 34 

6 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 66 

6 UWI-SPEC Half MarathonTRI H 70 

13 Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 35 

13 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 35 

18 Pharaonic 100km EGY U 35 

19 MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 68 

20 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 35 

20 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 62 

20 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 66 

20 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 66 

24 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 70 

25-27 15th Gatorade Malta Int’l 66 

Challenge Marathon MLT M 

26 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 62 

27 Thai Health Bangkok Marathon THA M 70 

27 Cyprus Aphrodite Half MarathonCYP H 62 

27 XXII Firenze Marathon ITA M 32 

27 Harris Direct Seattle MarathonUSA M/H 70 

27 Lake Kawaguchi MarathonJPN M 45 

27 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 64 

27 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 64 

December 


3 Reggae Marathon and Half JAM M/H 66 

4 59th Fukuoka Int’l Open 66 

Marathon Championship JPN M 

4 Citroen Milano City Marathon ITA M 66 

4 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 66 

4 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 70 

4 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 68 

4 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 46 

4 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 62 

4 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 62 


Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 

11 Dallas White Rock MarathonUSA M 70 

11 Honolulu Marathon USA M 70 

18 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 70 

31 Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race BRA R 62 

31 St Catherine’s Marathon EGY M/H 64 

January 2006 


5 Tiberias MarathonISR M 64 

6 San Fernando 10km URU R 70 


Dubai MarathonUAE M 

8 Disney Marathon USA M 70 

8 Mizuno Hong Kong 64 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 

15 Maui Surfn’Sand Half Marathon USA H 70 

15 Standard Chartered 

Mumbai MarathonIND M 48 

22 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 54 

29 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 66 


Lahore MarathonPAK M 

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ChampionChip timing 

M Marathon 

MR Mountain Run 

H Half Marathon U Ultradistance 

R Road Race 

C Cross Country 

** For race date please contact race direct. 

00 Each race has a page number (at the right hand 

side of each column). Please use these as an 

index for race details. 

IMPORTANT: 

At the time of publication, the above dates were 

believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly 

with race organisers prior to booking arrangements. 

RACE DIRECTORS: 

To correct current contact information and race dates 

please send details to: update@aims-association.org 

February 


6 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 66 

5 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 66 

5 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 70 

12 Tokyo Int’l Marathon JPN M 66 


Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 

17 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 64 

19 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 50 

1 9 Ohme Marathon 30km / 66 

10k Road Race JPN R 

25 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 70 

26 Giuseppe Verdi 64 

Country Marathon ITA M 

26 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 70 

26 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 68 

26 Seville City Marathon ESP M 68 

26 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 68 

27 Sahara Marathon ALG M 62 


NOTE Kathmandu Marathon : NOW 22 OCT 06 

NOTEAntarctica Marathon : No Event in 06 

March 


5 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 54 

5 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 70 

5 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 66 

8-15 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 60 


12 China Coast Marathon HKG M 64 

12 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 66 

12 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 66 

12 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 66 

19 Marathon of Barcelona ESP M 68 

19 ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 54 

25 City-Pier-City Half Marathon NED H 68 

25 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 62 

26 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 57 

26 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 68 

26 Grazer-Murpromenaden 62 

Half Marathon AUT M/H 

26 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 70 

April 

Marathon de Marseille FRA M 64 

Vigarano Marathon ITA M 66 

Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 64 


1/2 IAAF World Cross-Country 9 

Championships, Fukuoka 

JPNC 

1 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 62 

2 Half Marathon Berlin GER H 19 

2 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 70 

8 North Pole Marathon NPO M 68 


9 Fortis Marathon, RotterdamNED M 68 

9 Canberra Marathon AUS M 54+63 

9 Paris Marathon FRA M 64 

9 Zurich Marathon SUI M 68 

15 Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 65 

16 Carlos Lopes Gold 68 

Marathon Memorial POR M 

16 Nagano Olympic 66 

Commemorative Marathon JPN M 

17 110th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 70 

22 Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 70 

22 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 70 

23 Olympus Marathon Hamburg GER M 64 

23 Enschede Marathon NED M 68 

23 Flora London Marathon GBR M 64 

23 Linz Int’l Marathon AUT M 62 

23 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 63 

23 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 63 

23 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 62 

23 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 68 

30 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 70 

30 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 68 

Five Towers Marathon DEN M 62 

15th Int’l Welser Intersport Eybl 62 

Halbmarathon presented by 

Sparkasse Oberösterreich AUT H 

NOTE Turin Marathon: NOW 24 SEP 06 

May 

Turin Half Marathon ITA H 66 

Oklahoma City 70 

Memorial Marathon USA M 

Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA M 62 

Sardinia Marathon ITA M 66 

Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz, 68 

Vitoria-Gasteiz ESP M 


6 Cracovia Marathon POL M 68 

7 adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon CAN M 65 

7 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 64 

7 Nike Run Berlin 25kmGER R 64 

13 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 68 

14 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 64 

14 Karstadt Ruhr Marathon GER M 64 

14 Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 64 

14 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 68 

20 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 62 


21 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 65 

20 Three Hearts Marathon SLO M 68 

21 Course Feminine de 66 

Casablanca 10kmMAR R 

21 Medio Maraton Internacional 64 

de Coban GUA M 

21 Prague Int’l Marathon CZE M 62 

28 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 62 

June 

Vienna City Marathon AUT M 62 


3 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 69 

11 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 67 

17 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 68 

25 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 62 

25 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 66 

25 Scotiabank Vancouver 62 

Half Marathon CAN H 

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25 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 66 

28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 65 

July 


1-8 100miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 66 


2 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 63 

2 Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon JPN H 66 

9 Burnco Calgary Marathon CAN M 62 

29 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 68 


30 San Francisco Marathon USA M 70 

British 10k, London GBR R 64 

Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 62 

Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 64 

August 


5 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 64 

13 ING Edmonton Centennial Marathon CAN M 8 

13 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 62 

20 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 64 

27 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 66 

27 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 8 

Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 64 

Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 68 

Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TAN M 70 

Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 68 

Quebec City Marathon CAN M 8 

Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 62 

September 


3 21st Nike Budapest 14-15 

Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 

8/9 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 18 


9 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 64 

9 Vilnius Marathon LIT M 66 

10 26th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 68 

10 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS M 9 

10 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 68 

10 Sydney Marathon AUS M 62 

17 Arkadia Warsaw Marathon POL M 17 

17 Wachau Marathon AUT M 62 

17 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 17 

17 Int’l Ghazi Run 9kmTUR R 22 

23 Hyderabad Midnight Marathon IND M/H 64 

24 45th Dexia Bil Route du Vin 66 

Half Marathon LUX H 

24 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 62 

Marathon and Half CAN M/H 

24 Turin Marathon ITA M 66 

NOTE Turin Half Marathon : Now APR 07 

Great Scottish Run GBR H 64 

Marathon du Medoc FRA H 64 

Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 6 

Media Maraton Int’l 62 

Ciudad de Medellin COL H 

Africa University Marathon ZIM M 22 

real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 19 

RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 20 

Tallinn Half Marathon EST H 22 

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Tel: 43 664 144 7615 

binder.elektrotechnik@utanet.at 

Timer 

ECE Wurmitzer GmbH 

Walter Grabul 

Tel: 43 4276 2459 

office@klc.at 

www.wurmitzer.at/zeitnehmung 

Timer 

Pro Timing 

s 

Gerald Schlemmer 

about time... 

Tel: 43 3172 4 6677 

gerald@schlemmer.net 

www.protiming.at 


BELGIUM (FLANDERS) 

Timer 

ChampionChip Vlaanderen bvba 

Daniel Lesenne 

Tel: 32 56 64 93 07 

t time... 

lesenne@skynet.be 

Timer 

All Sport Fitness 

Johan Tack 

Tel: 32 56 77 50 40 

johan.tack@pandora.be 

http://dit.is/duathlon 

Timer 

Belgische Federatie Triathlon 

Hans van Hauteghem 

Tel: 32 2 567 05 73 

hans@oma.be 

www.triathlon.be 

BELGIUM (WALLOON) 

Distributor 

ChronoRace - Electronic Timing SPRL 

Christian Lemasson 

Tel: 32 476 282 004 

christian.lemasson@chronometrage.be 

www.chronorace.be 

BRAZIL 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Brazil 

William Walker 

Tel: 55 11 41 96 36 53 

championchip@championchip.com.br 

www.championchip.com.br 

CANADA 

Distributor 

Race Headquarters 

Lorraine Kingsbury 

Tel: 1 604 882 2063 

info@raceheadquarters.com 

www.championchipcanada.ca 

Timer 

Atlantic Chip Timing 

Mike Richard 

Tel: 1 506 455 7946 

mike@atlanticchip.ca 

www.atlanticchip.ca 

Timer 

ChipTime Results 

Glen Lawson 

Tel: 1 905 526-7349 

glen@chiptimeresults.com 

www.chiptimeresults.com 

Timer 

Results Canada 

Bob LaFontaine 

Tel: 1 780 416 5124 

director@resultscanada.com 

www.resultscanada.com 

Timer 

SportStats 

Marc Roy 

Tel: 1 613 260 0994 

info@sportstats.ca 

www.sportstats.ca 

CHINA 

Timer 

Delight Corporation 

Liu Yong & Hiroyuki Anno 

Tel: 86 10 655 236 11 

championchip@delightcorp.com 

http://shibasoft.com.cn/chip/index.html 

COSTA RICA 

Timer 

MD Producciones S.A. 

Diego Obando 

Tel: 506 811 2592 

dosports@racsa.co.cr 

www.do.co.cr 

CROATIA (HRVATSKA) 

Timer 

WULF Sport d.o.o. 

Boris Suskovic & Osman Ajkic 

Tel: 385 91 3030 909 

osman.a@tri-aarcup.com 

www.tri-aarcup.com 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Ceska Republika 

Ludek Sir 

Tel: 420 547 352 014 

info@championchip.cz 

www.championchip.cz 

DENMARK 

Distributor 

Ultimate Sport Service ApS 

Lars Toft 

Tel: 45 70 26 5252 

mail@ultimate.dk 

www.ultimate.dk 

ECUADOR 

Distributor 

DM3 Deporte & Mercadeo S.A. 

Diego A. Maruri 

Tel: 1 593 4 288 4746 

dmaruri@mcg.com.ec 

www.dm3.com 

ESTONIA 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Eesti OU 

Olavi Valner 

Tel: 372 670 4319 

olavi.valner@radolain.ee 

http://www.stamina.ee 

FINLAND 

Distributor 

Gelding Pond OY/ChampionChip Finland 

Kenneth Penttinen 

Tel: 358 440 681 641 

info@championchip.fi 

www.championchip.fi 

FRANCE 

Distributor 

Chrono Course 

Hervé Phelippeau 

Tel: 33 297 40 43 51 

info@chrono-course.org 

www.chrono-course.org 

Timer 

Chrono Competition 

Vincent Knaub 

Tel: 33 388 290 340 

chronocompetition@yahoo.fr 

Timer 

Chrono Sports Sarl 

Jean Joel Canessa 

Tel: 33 4 94 25 01 44 

sarlchronosports@aol.com 

www.chronosports.fr 

Timer 

Chronos Metron 

Daivy Brosse 

Tel: 33 2 41 78 40 75 

chronosmetron@cegetel.net 

Timer 

Cimalp Communication 

Dominique Duchosal & Pacal Thiriot 

Tel: 33 4 93 31 49 40 

cimalp@cimternet.com 

Timer 

it’s 

Deuxième 

about 

Souffle 

time... 

Michel Guez 

Tel: 33 1 48 10 30 60 

mguez@wanadoo.fr 

Timer 

IPITOS 

Marc-Antoine Guion 

Tel: 33 241 30 44 54 

ipitos@ipitos.com 

www.ipitos.com 

Timer 

Top Chrono 

Michel Boutevillau 

Tel: 33 2 38 41 1977 

contact@topchrono.biz 

www.topchrono.biz 


GERMANY 

Distributor 

Mika Timing GmbH 

Harald Mika 

Tel: 49 2202 24010 

info@championchip.de 

www.mika-timing.de 

Timer 

Frielingsdorf-Datenservice 

Bernd Frielingsdorf 

Tel: 49 2202 989 663 

info@frielingsdorf-datenservice.de 

www.frielingsdorf-datenservice.de 

Timer 

ISY-Timing 

Reinhard Gämlich & Ludwig Maul 

Tel: 49 9131 490952 

isytiming@aol.com 

www.isy-timing.de 

Timer 

Top-Time Zeitmessteam 

Harald Steinke 

Tel: 49 6041 4031 

info@top-time.de 

www.top-time.de 

GREECE 

Distributor 

Accurate C.I.T. 

Nikolaos Polias 

Tel: 30 210 4515 338 

itathletics@in.gr 

GUATEMALA 

Distributor 

Sports & Marketing S.A. 

Juan de Dios Reyes 

Tel: 502 634 0872 

jreyes@gua.net 

www.sportsandmarketing.net 

HONG KONG 

Distributor 

ChampionChip (Hong Kong China) 

Limited 

William Ko 

Tel: 852 2367 6677 

kowilliam@championchiphk.com 

www.championchiphk.com 

HUNGARY 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Hungary Kft. (Ltd) 

Attila Dencs 

Tel: 36 1 220 7498 

attila.dencs@championchip.hu 

www.championchip.hu 

ICELAND 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Iceland - Floguvinir 

Frimann Ari Ferdinandsson 

Tel: 354 5353 700 

ibr@ibr.is 

IRELAND 

Distributor 

Race Management Ltd. 

Glenn Grant & Brian Price 

Tel: 353 1 846 2409 

timing@eircom.net 

ISRAEL 

Distributor 

4Sport 

Ilan Kellner 

Tel: 972 52 495 649 

ilank@haogen.org.il 

www.4sport.co.il 

ITALY 

Distributor 

Sport Data Management srl 

Andrea Balestrieri 

Tel: 39 0521 304061 

info@championchip.it 

www.championchip.it 

Timer 

Associazione Cronometristi della Prov. 

Bolzano 

Mario Stegher 

Tel: 39 0471 913 311 

cronobz@tin.it 

JAPAN 

Distributor 

The Runners Inc. 

Takuya Fujii 

Tel: 81 3 3714 1311 

fujii@runners.co.jp 

www.runnet.co.jp 

Timer 

FineSystem 

Tsutomu Sato 

Tel: 81 794 31 8848 

sato@fine-system.co.jp 

www.fine-system.co.jp 

Timer 

I SAM LTD 

Hiroshi Ishiguro 

Tel: 81 11 622 6381 

info@i-sam.co.jp 

www.i-sam.co.jp 

Timer 

LAP System Co. Ltd 

Yoshifumi Watanabe 

Tel: 81 463 35 6641 

lapsystem@lap.co.jp 

www.lap.co.jp 

Timer 

Live Power 

Tsuyoshi Watanabe 

Tel: 81 44 949 58610 

wat@sky.plala.or.jp 

Timer 

Runner's Wellness Co.Ltd. 

Takeshi Hisamizu 

Tel: 81 463 61 7209 

wellness@mb.infoweb.ne.jp 

Timer 

Sports System 

Norikazu Oyama 

Tel: 81 47 470 6456 

oyama@sports-system.com 

www.sports-system.com 

Timer 

System Base ltd 

Hideaki Ogasawara 

Tel: 81 197 71 1111 

hide0603@systembase.co.jp 

www.systembase.co.jp 

Timer 

The Recs.Inc 


Tel: 81 3 3714 7962 


www.runnet.co.jp 

LEBANON 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Lebanon 

Ara Artine 

Tel: 961 5 959 262 

info@championchiplebanon.com 

www.championchiplebanon.com 

MALAYSIA 

Timer 

ChampionChip Sports Timers 

mr. Khoo Chong Beng 

Tel: 603 7874 7298 

khoochongbeng@yahoo.com 

Timer 

Kres Private Limited 

mr. Chandrakumanan 

Tel: 603 269 290 34 

atack@tm.net.my 

www.ironmanlangkawi.com.my 

MEXICO 

Distributor 

SETI 

Rodolfo Ramirez 

Tel: 525 55 264 0404 

rramirez@gruposeti.com 

www.gruposeti.com 

Timer 

Grupo Khronos 

Fernando Ismael Romero & Mónica 

Romero 

Tel: 525 57 95 54 88 

ismael@khronos.com.mx 

www.khronos.com.mx 

Timer 

Meta Promociones Deportivas 

Enrique Aquino 

Tel: 52 55 5531 4472 

deportivas@infosel.net.mx 

www.metadeportes.com 

NETHERLANDS 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Nederland 

Maarten Krol 

Tel: 31 24 3791246 

m.krol@championchip.nl 

www.championchip.nl

NEW ZEALAND 

Distributor 

ChampionChip NZ Ltd. 

Shane Hooks 

Tel: 64 21 939 519 

shooks@ihug.co.nz 

www.championchip.co.nz 

NORWAY 

Timer 

EST AB 

Mats Jirander 

Tel: 46 31 9331 17 

info@est.se 

www.est.se 

Timer 

Ultimate Sport Service ApS 

Lars Toft 

Tel: 45 70 26 5252 

mail@ultimate.dk 

www.ultimate.dk 

Official ChampionChip Timers 

t’s about time... 

POLAND 

it’s about time.. 

ChampionChip Poland (STS)/ 

Distributor 

STS sp. z o.o. 

Maciej Kwiatkowski 

Tel: 48 56 66 35 994 

maciej@championchip.pl 

out time... 

PORTUGAL 

Distributor 

José Pedrosa Araujo, EIRL 

José Pedrosa 

Tel: 351 22 6102883 

josepedrosa@sapo.pt 

PUERTO RICO 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Puerto Rico 

Pedro Zapata 

Tel: 1 787 767 9191 

pzapata@puentetmoscoso.com 

RUSSIA 

Timer 

Charitable Foundation of the Moscow 

Peace Marathon 

Boris Fadeev 

Tel: 7 095 924 08 24 

fond@marafon.msk.ru 

www.marafon.msk.ru 

SINGAPORE 

Distributor 

Triathlon Association of Singapore 

Dr. Stephen Lee 

Tel: 65 6 227 7577 

stephen.lee@triathlonsingapore.org 

www.triathlonsingapore.org 

Distributor 

VHF Technologies Pte. Ltd. 

C.Y. Tan 

Tel: 65 7412 382 

vhfcytan@singnet.com.sg 

SLOVENIA 

Distributor 

Timing Ljubljana 

Peter Babic 

Tel: 386 1 234 8000 

championchip@slo-timing.com 

www.slo-timing.com 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Distributor 

ChampionChip Africa (Pty) Ltd 

Colin Hegter 

Tel: 27 86 110 0963 

info@championchip.co.za 

www.championchip.co.za 

Timer 

ChampionChip - KZN 

Ray Roberts 

Tel: 27 861 100 963 

ray@results.championchip.co.za 


Timer 

TimeAthlon 

Jaydie Leonard 

Tel: 27 82 877 1950 

jaydie@results.championchip.co.za 


SOUTH KOREA 

Distributor 

Promax International Corp. 

I.S. Hong 

Tel: 82 31 421 5334 

promax@cckor.com 

www.cckor.com 

SPAIN 

Distributor 

Chip Timing S.L. 

Andreu Ballbé 

Tel: 34 93 430 40 68 

championchip@retemail.es 

www.yellowchip.com 

Timer 

Club de Atletismo Santa Pola 

Roque Miguel 

Tel: 34 96 669 23 66 

clubdeatletismo@santapola.com 

www.clubdeatletismo.com 

Timer 

Eivissa Sprint S.L. 

Andoni Valencia 

Tel: 34 639 690 609 

av@eivissasprint.com 

www.eivissasprint.com 

Timer 

Federació Catalana de Triatlo 

Sergi Noguera 

Tel: 34 93 307 93 32 

fct@triatlo.org 

www.triatlo.org 

Timer 

Federación de Atletismo de Madrid 

Fernando Palacios 

Tel: 34 91 320 15 05 

s.general@atletismomadrid.com 

www.atletismomadrid.com 

Timer 

Ges&Con - Chip SC. 

Jesús Mª Cazorla Burgos 

Tel: 34 956 535 283 

gescon@iespana.es 

www.gescon-chip.com 

Timer 

Laister Sport 

Eugenio Hérnandez Galán 

Tel: 34 915 471 172 

atletalaister@terra.es 

www.atletalaister.com 

Timer 

Last Lap 

Fernando de Portugal 

Tel: 34 91 661 15 00 91 

lastlap@lastlap.com 

www.lastlap.com 

Timer 

it’s 

Multisports Galicia, 

about 

S.L. 

time... 

José Sánchez del Valle 

Tel: 34 982 816 884 

mspg@multisportsgalicia.com 

www.multisportsgalicia.com 

Timer 

Temporis Gestio 

Carles Marti 

Tel: 34 93 715 31 31 

correo@temporisgestio.com 

www.temportisgestio.com 

Timer 

Top Time Canarias 

Pablo González Cardona 

Tel: 34 928 762 606 

info@toptimecanarias.com 

www.toptimecanarias.com 


SWEDEN 

Distributor 

EST AB 

Mats Jirander 

Tel: 46 31 9331 17 

info@est.se 

www.est.se 

SWITZERLAND 

Distributor 

Datasport AG 

Bruno Galasso 

Tel: 41 31 915 55 11 

bgalasso@datasport.ch 

www.datasport.com 

TAIWAN 

Timer 

Tong Ren Technology Corp. 

Ann Huang 

Tel: 886 3 8361410 

jc000001@ms13.hinet.net 

THAILAND 

Distributor 

Chip Timing Co. Ltd. 

Jinda Rattananoraset 

Tel: 66 2 236 9415 

jinda@gothailandtours.com 

http://www.championchip-thailand.com 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Distributor 

ChampionChip UK 

Julian Wowk 

Tel: 44 1782 388891 

frsystems@aol.com 

Timer 

RaceAhead 

James Franklin 

Tel: 44 1225 446634 

jamesfranklin@raceahead.net 

www.raceahead.net 

UNITED STATES 

Distributor 

Burns Computer Services 

Mike Burns 

Tel: 1 734 665 7052 

mike@championchip.com 

www.championchipusa.com 

Timer 

3 Disciplines Racing Michigan 

Kenny & Annmarie Krell 

Tel: 1 810 714 5768 

kenny3dracing@yahoo.com 

www.3disciplines.com 

Timer 

AA Sports 

Jon Atherton 

Tel: 1 503 531 3140 

aasports@racecenter.com 

www.racecenter.com 

Timer 

Accu/Split - Jersey Ridge Chiropractic 

Jeff Castro & Kevin Jandt 

Tel: 1 563 343 7128 

jandt@qconline.com 

www.accu-split.com 

Timer 

AllSport Central 

Steve Kurtenbach 

Tel: 1 605 331 0030 

sales@AllSportCentral.com 

www.AllSportCentral.com 

Timer 

Alta Vista Sports 

John Boyle 

Tel: 1 386 736 0002 

jboyle@altavistasports.com 

www.altavistasports.com 

Timer 

Annapolis Striders Club 

Ron Bowman 

Tel: 1 410 268 1165 

lynnron1@comcast.net 

Timer 

Arizona Road Racers 

Steve Finkelstein 

Tel: 1 602 943 8298 

sfink2@mindspring.com 

www.arizonaroadracers.com 

Timer 

Athlete's Edge 

Stephen Pino 

Tel: 505 856 9377 

steve@athletes-edge.com 

www.the-athletes-edge.com 

Timer 

Atlantic Coast Timing Systems 

Mike & Ellen Marion, Ken Wong 

Tel: 910 577 5461 

finishline@coastalnet.com 

Timer 

Atomic Racing Systems 

Scott Langford 

Tel: 1 318 798 1241 

mslangford@hotmail.com 

Timer 

Best Times ChampionChip Mississippi 

Steve Stone 

Tel: 1 901 263 2811 

srstone@fedex.com 

www.besttimescct.com 

Timer 

Best Times ChampionChip Tennessee 

Steve Stone 

Tel: 1 901 263 5172 

rmccrare@midsouth.rr.com 

www.besttimescct.com 

Timer 

Britton’s Bicycle Shop 

Jimmy Britton 

Tel: 1 210 656 1655 

jimmyb@brittonbikes.com 

www.brittonbikes.com 

Timer 

Capital Running Company 

Rick Freedman 

Tel: 1 301 871 0005 

rick@runwashington.com 

www.runwashington.com 

Timer 

CFT Sommer Sports 

Fred Sommer 

Tel: 1 352 394 1320 

fred@triflorida.com 

www.triflorida.com 

Timer 

ChampionChip Alaska 

John McCleary 

Tel: 1 907 343 4475 

www.ci.anchorage.ak.us 

Timer 

ChampionChip Minnesota Inc. 

John Magnuson 

Tel: 1 651 227 4810 

championchipmn@hotmail.com 

Timer 

ChampionChip of the Rockies 

Liz & Sid Steinweg 

Tel: 1 719 590 9707 

staff@ccrtiming.com 

www.ccrtiming.com 

Timer 

ChampionChip University of Alaska 

Anchorage 

Michael Friess 

Tel: 1 907 786 1325 

track@uaa.alaska.edu 

Timer 

Classic Race Management 

Joe O'Brien 

Tel: 1 616 458 7888 

jeff@classicrace.com 

www.classicrace.com 

a

Timer 

CompuScore Computer Services 

David J. Siconolfi 

Tel: 1 908 665 8038 

david@compuscore.com 

www.compuscore.com 

Timer 

Gault Race Management 

Anne Gault 

Tel: 1 810 659 7576 

gracemgt@aol.com 

gaultracemanagement.com 

Timer 

MidAmerica Running Association 

Bill Glauz, Mike Lundgren 

Tel: 1 913 402 1501 

wglauz@kcnet.com 

www.mararunning.org 

Timer 

Run Wild Sports Timing Inc 

Gary Mulvihill 

Tel: 1 832 457 5254 

gmulvihill@aol.com 

www.runwildsports.com 

Timer 

Team in Faith 

Brian Priddin 

Tel: 1 916 652 2397 

priddin@teaminfaith.org 

www.teaminfaith.org 

.. 

Timer 

Timer 

Event Marketing & Management 

International (EMMI) 

Tom Ward 

Tel: 1 407 896 1160 

tom@emmi.com 

www.trackshack.com 

Timer 

Event Marketing Services Inc. 

Tim Rhodes & Ken Wong 

Tel: 1 704 358 0717 

tim@runforyourlife.com 

www.runcharlotte.com 

Event Tech / ChampionChip South, LLC 

Neil MacDonald 

Tel: 1 229 777 9977 

neil@event-tech.com 

www.event-tech.com 

Timer 

F.I.R.M. / Fiske Independent Race 

Management 

Bill & Wendy Fiske 

Tel: 1 508 485 5855 

billf@firm-racing.com 

www.firm-racing.com 

it’s 

Timer 

about time... 

Finish Line Productions 

Suzy Truax 

Tel: 1 775 786 5531 

suzyflp@earthlink.net 

www.finishlineproductions.com 

Timer 

Finish Line Road Race Technicians 

David Katz 

Tel: 1 516 883 5599 

katz@flrrt.com 

bout time... 

www.flrrt.com 

Timer 

First Place Sports 

Doug Alred 

Tel: 1 904 731 3676 

firstplacesports@mindspring.com 

www.1stplacesports.com 

Timer 

Florida Road Race Management Inc 

Everett McDowell 

emcdowell@knology.net 

Timer 

Granite State Race Services 

Bob & Anita Teschek 

Tel: 1 603 863 2537 

racetime@gsrs.com 

www.gsrs.com 

Timer 

Great Lakes ChampionChip 

Bill Fries & Steve Scheidt 

Tel: 1 269-806-7000 

coachfries@charter.net 

www.greatlakeschampionchip.com 

Timer 

It's About Time / BuzzWord Productions 

Buzz Ayola 

Tel: 1 925 875 0405 

buzz@buzzwordproductions.com 

www.buzzwordproductions.com 

Timer 

Jim Brimm & Ass. 

Jim Brimm 

Tel: 1 773 878 3838 

jimbrimm.jba.events@att.net 

Timer 

Kale Enterprises 

Ann & Kevin Hupp 

Tel: 1 757 423 7111 

team@kalerunning.com 

www.kalerunning.com 


Timer 

Race Central 

it’s about time. 

Timer 

Lakeshore Athletic Services 

Catherina Vergina 

Tel: 1 773 777 9000 

cvergina@aol.com 

Timer 

Leone Timing and Results Services 

Pat Leone 

Tel: 1 315 420 4921 

pat@leonetiming.com 

www.leonetiming.com 

Timer 

Lincoln Track Club 

David Svoboda 

Tel: 1 402 304 7062 

dsvoboda@huskers.com 

www.lincolnrun.org 

Timer 

Luke's Locker Incorporated 

Matt Lucas 

Tel: 1 214 528 4765 ext. 49 

mattlucas@lukeslocker.com 

www.lukeslocker.com 

Timer 

Nashville Striders 

David Holder 

Tel: 1 615 799 2096 

davholder@aol.com 

www.NashvilleStriders.com 

Timer 

New York Road Runners Club (NYRRC) 

Tom Kelley 

Tel: 1 212 860 4455 

tkelley@nyrrc.org 

www.nyrrc.org 

Timer 

Platt Systems 

Kenn Platt 

Tel: 1 860 645 1476 

plattsys@snet.net 

www.plattsys.com 

Timer 

Premier Event Management LLC 

Ken Hays 

Tel: 1 504 454 6561 

info@pem-usa.com 

Dennis Ikenberry 

Tel: 1 909 874 5870 

racecentral@msn.com 

Timer 

Race Management Systems 

Danny White 

Tel: 1 843 423 6790 

rmssports@aol.com 

www.rmssports.com 

Timer 

Racing Systems 

Bob Wallace 

Tel: 1 972 231 5839 

runon@dallas.net 

www.racingsystemsinc.com 


RS Racing Systems 

Timer 

Terry Lewis 

Tel: 1 330 455 2625 

t.w.lewis@worldnet.att.net 

www.runnerssupply.net 

Timer 

Run Tulsa 

Tim Dreiling 

Tel: 1 918 582 3300 

tjd@dreilinginc.com 

Timer 

Run-FAR Racing Services 

Raul Najera 

Tel: 1 512 326 1600 

raul@run-far.com 

www.run-far.com 

Timer 

Runner's High / ChampionChip 

Pennsylvania 

S. Mark Courtney 

Tel: 1 724 458 4435 

smc@runhigh.com 

www.runhigh.com 

Timer 

Runtime Services 

Don Mitchell 

Tel: 1 716941 6458 

runtime@wzrd.com 

www.run-time.com 

Timer 

Score This !!! 

Robert Giardini 

Tel: 1 716 662 9379 

info@score-this.com 

www.score-this.com 

Timer 

Set Up, Inc. 

Bill & Linda Scott 

Tel: 1 910 458 0299 

info@set-upinc.com 

www.set-upinc.com 

Timer 

Split Second Timing Inc. 

Rick Stern 

Tel: 1 954 384 7521 

chronomix@aol.com 

www.splitsecondtiming.com 

Timer 

Sports Management Associates, Inc 

Mike Proctor 

Tel: 1 414 536 1377 

info@smaresults.com 

www.smaresults.com 

Timer 

Super Race Systems 

Bill & Gail Sherry 

Tel: 1 845 424 4063 

bsherry@bestweb.net 

Timer 

The End Result Co. Inc. 

Michael Ducy 

Tel: 1 317 818 0254 

mike@theendresultco.com 

Timer 

Timberline Timing Systems 

Mark & Gail Moore 

Tel: 1 970 221 5109 

info@timberlinetiming.com 

www.timberlinetiming.com 

Timer 

Time Line Hawaii 

Sam Aucoin 

timeline@hawaii.rr.com 

www.timelinehawaii.com 

Timer 

Tri-A-Run 

Jan & Bill Callanan 

Tel: 1 702 656 3741 

tri-a-run@cox.net 

www.tri-a-run.com 

Timer 

Tri-California Events Inc. / Eternal 

Timing 

Creighton Meade 

Tel: 1 805 239 8225 

timing@tricalifornia.com 

www.eternaltiming.com 

Timer 

Tuxedo Brothers 

Phil & Don Carr 

Tel: 1 317 733 3300 

tuxbro@indy.rr.com 

Timer 

Young & Associates 

Jim Young 

Tel: 1 919 873 1207 

tjyoung@mindspring.com 

VENEZUELA 

Timer 

Timing Chip C.A. 

Humberto Cortes Gonzales 

Tel: 58 212 7541286 

info@timing-chip.com 

www.timing-chip.com 

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it’s about time...

2 APRIL 2005: HERVIS 

PRAGUE HALF MARATHON, 


Silas Kirui beat all opposition and the men’s course 

record when he won the seventh edition of the race 

writes Diana Rybachenko. He ran a new personal best to 

finish 200m ahead of his nearest rival, with defending 

champion Joseph Ngeny in third place. Robert Stefko, 

from the Czech Republic, was the first the first non- 

Kenyan to finish, in seventh place. “I stayed back until 

15km, then I went for it” said Kirui. In the women’s race 

Susan Kirui won by a similar margin, while local 

favourite Jana Klimesova finished a distant third, only 

recently having returned to running after giving birth. 

MEN: 

1 Silas KIRUI KEN 1:01:07 

2 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:01:45 

3 Kiprotich NGENY KEN 1:01:56 

4 Daniel RONO KEN 1:02:49 

5 Simion Kiprop TUITOEK KEN 1:02:49 

6 Boniface Muia USISIVU KEN 1:03:29 

7 Robert STEFKO CZE 1:03:34 

8 Artur OSMAN POL 1:03:44 

9 Pavel FASCHINGBAUER CZE 1:04:25 

10 Jan BLAHA CZE 1:05:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Susan KIRUI KEN 1:12:49 

2 Jennifer LUNGAKWIANG 1:13:36 

3 Jana KLIMESOVA CZE 1:15:31 

4 Erica LOMBARDI ITA 1:20:30 

5 Iva MILESOVA CZE 1:20:44 

6 Monika DOLEZALOVA CZE 1:21:11 

7 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:24:16 

8 Petra HAVLOVA CZE 1:27:14 

9 Veronika BRYCHCINOVA CZE 1:27:21 

10 Michaela HABRING1:27:59 


3 APRIL 2005: 

BEWAG HALF MARATHON 

BERLIN, GERMANY 

Over 12,000 runners from 69 countries finished the race 

on Berlin’s famous Unter den Linden writes Jorg Wenig. 

At the start there had been a mishap when two 

misdirected ambulance cars headed towards the 

starting field. After they performed a quick U-turn 

nothing further got in the way of another Kenyan clean 

sweep in the men’s race. Eleven runners went through 

10km in 28:53. Lee Bong-Ju, who had attracted a Korean 

TV crew to Berlin, dropped off the pace as it began to 

speed up,to finish 14th in 65:25. At 15km (43:07) there 

were only three runners still together: Paul Kimugul, 

Moses Kigen and former Berlin Marathon winner 

Joseph Ngolepus. For a while it looked like they might 

have set a world leading time (sub-60:45) but the race 

became tactical. 

At 10km in the women’s race five women went through 

together in 33:25. Previous winner Joyce Chepchumba 

was missing, but through tax reasons. By 15km (50:09) 

Mary Ptikany had dropped back and by 18km Luminita 

Zaituc was edging ahead of her closest contender – the 

surprising Eun-Jong Lee of South Korea, who went on to 

set a national record. 

MEN: 

1 Paul KIMUGU KEN 1:01:04 

2 Joseph NGOLEPUS KEN 1:01:16 

3 Moses KIGEN KEN 1:01:39 

4 Ernest KIPYEGO KEN 1:01:58 

5 Christopher KANDIE KEN 1:02:14 

6 Charles NGOLEPUS KEN 1:02:25 

7 Patrick IVUTI KEN 1:02:34 

8 Benjamin ITOK KEN 1:02:45 

9 Elijah SANGKEN 1:02:56 

10 Jonathan KOSGEI KEN 1:03:29 

WOMEN: 

1 Luminita ZAITUC GER 1:11:04 

2 Lee EUN-JEONGKOR 1:11:15 

3 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 1:11:18 

4 Irene JEROTICH KEN 1:12:13 

5 Mary PTIKANY KEN 1:12:26 

6 Monika DRYBULSKA POL 1:13:59 

7 Michaela SCHNEIDER GER 1:14:47 

8 Nichole GUELDMEISTER GER 1:15:19 

9 Monika SCHURI GER 1:16:04 

10 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 1:17:14 

3 APRIL 2005: 

ZURICH MARATHON, 

SWITZERLAND 

See separate feature, p. 

BERLIN 

3 APRIL 2005: 

TARSUS INT’L HALF 

MARATHON, 

TURKEY 

The second edition of the race in this 7000-year old city 

was sponsored by the Berdan Textile company, which 

employs 1100 people in the city. In cool weather and 

light drizzle 506 men and 47 women from 13 countries 

completed the race. 

MEN: 

1 Laroslav MUSHINSKI MDV 1:04:30 

2 Ahmet YAVUZ TUR 1:04:38 

3 Selahattin SELCUK TUR 1:04:43 

4 Satilmis ATMACA TUR 1:04:46 

5 William Kimutai KURGAT KEN 1:04:51 

6 Abdil CEYLAN TUR 1:05:07 

7 Dawit G KIDANEMARIAM ETH 1:05:30 

8 Rida YOUSSEF MOR 1:05:33 

9 Zereu Gebremedhin KELELE ETH 1:05:43 

10 John Mutai KIPYATOR KEN 1:06:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Adanech Zekiros ADANE ETH 1:12:35 

2 Elena BURYKINA RUS 1:13:29 

3 Turkan ERISMIS TUR 1:15:00 

4 Natalie CHERKE MDV 1:15:50 

5 Rima DUBOVIK UKR 1:17:17 

6 Svetlana NECHAEVA RUS 1:17:32 

7 Lale OZTURK TUR 1:17:49 

8 Damla YENIGELEN TUR 1:19:06 

9 Svetlana SHEPELE MDV 1:20:28 

10 Yesim YETERGULAL TUR 1:20:44 

3 APRIL 2005: 

MARATHON OF THE FIVE 

TOWERS, DENMARK 

MEN: 

1 Ole KARLSEN DEN 2:43:28 

2 Kjell TITLESTAD DEN 3:01:45 

3 Karsten KOHLER GER 3:02:27 

4 Torben BILLE DEN 3:07:35 

5 Steen JORGENSEN DEN 3:11:05 

6 Peter SEIDER 3:12:35 

7 Ernst DOETS 3:15:26 

8 Jorgen PILEGARD DEN 3:16:20 

9 Jan MORTENSEN DEN 3:18:30 

10 Jan PARANIAK 3:20:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Caroline AISTRUP DEN 3:08:12 

2 Heidi BOYE DEN 3:18:35 

3 Mette PILGAARD DEN 3:32:02 

4 Britta KARLSSON DEN 3:36:35 

5 Ingrid TITLESTAD DEN 3:58:00 

6 Tina KRISTIANSEN DEN 3:59:25 

3 APRIL 2005: SAO PAULO 

HALF MARATHON CORPORE, 

BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Frank Caldeira de ALMEIDA BRA 1:04:21 

2 Clodoaldo GOMES DA SILVA BRA 1:04:35 

3 Valdenor Pereira Dos SANTOSBRA 1:05:44 

4 Paulo ALVES DOS SANTOS BRA 1:06:06 

5 Antonio FERREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:06:09 

6 G. Rodrigues de MIRANDA BRA 1:07:03 

7 Francisco BARBOSA SANTOS BRA 1:07:05 

8 Alex Januario de MENDONCA BRA 1:07:28 

9 Paulo DA SILVA BRA 1:07:37 

10 William SALGADO GOMES BRA 1:08:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Sirlene SOUSA DE PINHO BRA 1:15:55 

2 Simone ALVES DA SILVA BRA 1:16:08 

3 Rosa JUSSARA BARBOSA BRA 1:17:00 

4 Marcia NARLOCH BRA 1:18:37 

5 Renilza SILVA EVANGELISTA BRA 1:18:58 

6 Maria ARRUDA GUIMARAES BRA 1:19:19 

7 Maria SILVA MOREIRA BRA 1:20:58 

8 Conceicao CARVALHO OL… BRA 1:22:04 

9 Adriana SUTIL BRA 1:22:08 

10 Leone JUSTINO DA SILVA BRA 1:23:32 

10 APRIL 2005: WELS HALF 

MARATHON, AUSTRIA 

MEN: 

1 Gerd FRICK AUT 1:08:30 

2 Johann HOPFNER GER 1:08:36 

3 Franz ELLMAUER AUT 1:11:13 

4 Thomas HACKL GER 1:11:17 

5 Roman PACHLATKO AUT 1:11:33 

6 Sepp HARTL AUT 1:12:51 

7 Josef BEYER AUT 1:13:04 

8 Robert PRETZL AUT 1:13:09 

9 Werner HAAS AUT 1:14:17 

10 Simon BREITENLECHNER AUT 1:14:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Birgit KOCH GER 1:20:45 

2 Sabine STELZMULLER AUT 1:22:29 

3 Anne- Marie BAST GER 1:25:56 

4 Grit FREIWALD GER 1:29:45 

5 Eva-Maria JAKSCH AUT 1:30:36 

6 Elisabeth KNOGLER AUT 1:32:32 

7 Maria DURINGER AUT 1:34:29 

8 Ilse HAIDER AUT 1:35:08 

9 Lisa LACKNER AUT 1:35:30 

10 Christa STIERMAYR AUT 1:35:56 


10 APRIL 2005: 

PARIS MARATHON, 

FRANCE 

Salim Kipsang and Lydia Grigoryeva were surprising 

winners writes Pierre-Jean Vazel. At 30km only six 

runners were left in the hunt. As the pace picked up on 

the downhill sections the pack reduced first to four, then 

to just Paul Biwott and Kipsang. The unheralded 

Kipsang moved ahead in the final 2km to clinch victory 

with an improvement in his personal best time of nearly 

five minutes 

After Rosaria Consolo led, a group of Africans took over 

into the wind, behind whom a Russian group collected. 

Grigoryeva made her move at 35km, and only Florence 

Barsosio, a former Paris winner and recently returned 

from maternity leave, chased her. Grigoryeva only 

ensured victory in the final 2km through the Bois de 

Boulogne. 

MEN: 

1 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:08:04 

2 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:08:18 

3 Gashaw MELESE ETH 2:09:25 

4 Peter CHEBET KEN 2:10:12 

5 Daniel CHERIBO KEN 2:10:15 

6 Patrick TAMBWE RDC 2:10:27 

7 Rodgers ROP KEN 2:10:33 

8 El Hassan LASSHINI FRA 2:11:07 

9Ambessa TOLOSA ETH 2:11:42 

10 Girma TOLA ETH 2:11:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Lydiya GRIGORYEVA RUS 2:27:03 

2 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:27:19 

3 Asha GIGI ETH 2:27:41 

4 Rosaria CONSOLE ITA 2:28:05 

5 Corinne RAUX FRA 2:28:51 

6 Irina PERMITINA RUS 2:29:46 

7 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:30:13 

8 Elena FETIZON FRA 2:34:45 

9Carmen OLIVERAS FRA 2:36:04 

10 Leila AMAN ETH 2:36:43 

10 APRIL 2005: 

FORTIS MARATHON 

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

Last year’s winner and world leading performer Felix 

Limo succumbed to the greater experience of Jimmy 

Muindi in the 25th Rotterdam Marathon writes Wim van 

Hemert. 

The weather did not help. After a fast start rain and a 

strong wind slowed everyone up after 15km (44:36) and 

gave leg cramps to many, including Limo. At 25km 

(1:15:19) there were nine runners left in the lead, 

including three pacemakers. After they stopped at 30km 

(1:30:22) only three contenders remained: Limo, Muindi 

and Jackson Koech, who passed 35km in 1:45:40. With 

5km to go and on an incline coming through the 

Kralingse Bos, where the course rises from 6.5m below 

sea level, Muindi accelerated. Koech in his debut 

marathon, awaited a response from his training partner 

Limo. None came, and Muindi was away. He improved 

his best time by 36 seconds. 

Lornah Kiplagat, Dutch by marriage and residence, had 

an easy win in the women’s race but was plagued by a 

severe cold and headache in the days before. “I had 

hoped to improve my personal best (2:22:22) but the 

second part of the race was very difficult” she said.”I’m 

happy with my first Dutch title.” 

MEN: 

1 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:07:50 

2 Jackson KOECH KEN 2:08:02 

3 Felix LIMO KEN 2:09:01 

4 Gudisa SHENTEMA ETH 2:09:46 

5 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:10:13 

6 Elijah Chemwolo MUTAI KEN 2:10:27 

7 Titus MUNJI KEN 2:11:07 

8 Yusuf SONGOKA KEN 2:11:42 

9Jose Manuel MARTINEZ ESP 2:11:56 

10 William KIPLAGAT KEN 2:12:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 2:27:36 

2 Ana DIAS POR 2:31:27 

3 Isabel EIZMENDI ESP 2:33:14 

4 Anna THOMPSON AUS 2:33:20 

5 Kristyna LOONEN NED 2:33:28 

6 Yesenia CENTENO ESP 2:36:43 

7 Fumi MURATA JPN 2:39:08 

8 R. MOORE NZL 2:39:58 

9Anne Van SCHUPPEN NED 2:40:51 

10 Madalini GATZEA GRE 2:43:50 

10 APRIL 2005: 

MARATON INTERNACIONAL 

MARTIN FIZ, SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Antoni BERNARDO 2:14:30 

2 Ben CHESERCK 2:16:47 

3 Roger Roca DALMAU 2:18:43 

4 Agoujil ABDERRAHMAN 2:20:48 

5 Martin FIZ MARTIN 2:23:18 

6 Rachid NADIJ 2:23:35 

7 Jose Ramon Torres PEANILLA 2:24:25 

8 Jordi Aubeso MARTINEZ 2:24:39 

9Antonio Jose Blanco GUTIERREZ 2:25:27 

10 Jacinto Farto MARTINEZ 2:27:03 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria Jose Pueyo BERGUA ESP 2:37:05 

2 Ana Belen GONZALEZ ESP 2:54:27 

3 Noelia Munoz RAMOS ESP 2:55:46 

4 Cristina Gimenez LORENTE ESP 3:00:36 

5 Loli Benitez CABALLERO ESP 3:23:33 

6 Saioa Losa PAULOS ESP 3:27:15 

7 Lidia Cano TORRES ESP 3:28:46 

8 Paqui Lombardo ORIHUELA ESP 3:29:54 

9Ma. de Arroiabe MARTINEZ ESP 3:30:08 

10 Olatz Azpiazu CIGARAN ESP 3:34:20 

10 APRIL 2005: 

CANBERRA MARATHON, 

AUSTRALIA 

Australia’s national capital produced an unseasonally 

warm autumn day for the 900 runners who contested 

the 29th edition. In the marathon 32 foreign runners 

from 16 countries participated, with another 700 plus in 

the Asics Marathon Eve 5km & 10km and Kids 

Marathon. 

Magnus Michelsson recovered well from a recent hip 

injury to join his wife Susan as a Canberra Marathon 

winner. Susan won in the marathon in 2001 and, on the 

comeback after childbirth, settled for a win in the 10km 

race on marathon eve on this occasion. Three time 

winner Gemechu Woyecha was runner up. 

Billinda Schipp made a significant breakthrough in her 

second marathon, taking 11 minutes off her debut time 

when she won Melbourne last October. World Masters 

Marathon champion Tracey Clissold, from New 

Zealand, was runner up with local runner Angela Bateup 

third in a PB by over three minutes. 

MEN: 

1 Magnus MICHELSSON AUS 2:21:01 

2 Gemechu WOYECHA AUS 2:24:59 

3 Jeremey HORNE AUS 2:27:44 

4 Martin CONSIDINE AUS 2:28:32 

5 Damon HARRIS AUS 2:32:25 

6 Brent PULLEY NZL 2:32:55 

7 Jarrod SHAW AUS 2:35:00 

8 Rod DE HIGHDEN AUS 2:36:53 

9Jonathan BLAKE AUS 2:38:23 

10 Ashley SEARL AUS 2:38:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Billinda SCHIPP AUS 2:43:52 

2 Tracey CLISSOLD NZL 2:46:27 

3 Angela BATEUP AUS 2:47:15 

4 Liz MILLER AUS 2:52:35 

5 Suzi RICHARDS NZL 2:55:36 

6 Suzanne KELLY AUS 3:05:16 

7 Michelle JELLEF AUS 3:05:31 

8 Jody DE SOUZA AUS 3:06:44 

9Elizabeth BENNETT AUS 3:10:08 

10 Samantha BROWN AUS 3:11:04 

CANBERRA 

CANBERRA 

ROTTERDAM 


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17 APRIL 2005: 

FLORA LONDON MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

While the women’s race went as called, with an 

emphatic victory for home favourite Paula Radcliffe, the 

men’s race completely overturned the form book, with 

the defending champion and the fastest runners in the 

world trailing in the lower places. 

Paula Radcliffe’s win was not without difficulty. A highly 

ambitious start, with the first 5km covered in 15:47 by 

the three leading contenders, left all of them fatigued in 

the later stages. Susan Chepkemei and Margaret Okayo 

stuck with Radcliffe until about 8km, but even the 

designated pacemakers could not go with her any 

further. Her slowing in the later stages was only slight, 

and after a momentary toilet stop at 34km she sped up 

again. Chepkemei and Okayo fell victim to the steadier 

pace of Constantina Dita, although the Romanian is not 

know for such restraint, but they held on well for third 

and fourth places. 

The leaders stuck together far longer in the men’s race, 

and a group of six 

MEN: 

1 Martin LEL KEN 2:07:29 

2 Jaoud GHARIB MAR 2:07:49 

3 Hendrick RAMAALA RSA 2:08:32 

4 Abdelkader EL MOUAZZIZ MAR 2:09:03 

5 Stefano BALDINI ITA 2:09:25 

6 John BROWN GBR 2:09:31 

7 Toshinari SUWA JPN 2:10:23 

8 Paul TERGAT KEN 2:11:38 

9 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:12:36 

10 Evans RUTTO KEN 2:12:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Paula RADCLIFFE GBR 2:17:42 

2 Constantina DITA ROM 2:22:50 

3 Susan CHEPKEMEI KEN 2:24:00 

4 Margaret OKAYO KEN 2:25:22 

5 Lyudmila PETROVA RUS 2:26:29 

6 Benita JOHNSON AUS 2:26:32 

7 Joyce CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:27:01 

8 Sonia OSULLIVAN IRL 2:29:01 

9 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:30:54 

10 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 2:31:52 

17 APRIL 2005: NAGANO 

OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE 

MARATHON, JAPAN 

Isaac Macharia surged away at 30.5km to win the 7th 

edition of the race while Alina Ivanova left it until 35km 

to do the same writes Ken Nakamura. An early lead pack 

of 20 men were split by Grigory Andreyev’s move at 6km. 

Covering 5-10km in 15:19, he was 10 seconds clear at 

12km. Macharia went clear of the chasing group after 

15km although Andreyev kept ahead of him. By 25km 

the gap was up to 25 seconds, but soon afterwards it 

started to come down. Macharia took the lead at 30km 

and was ahead by 10 seconds at 33km. Despite slowing 

in the later stages Macharia kept ahead by a 

comfortable margin and set a new personal best. 

The women’s lead group numbered only 5 at the start, 

and by 10km it was down to three. Ivanova, Lidia Simon 

and Derartu Tulustayed together for the next 30km 

before Tulu fell back. Ivanova ran 16:55 from 35-40km 

and left Simon far behind for a convincing win. 

MEN: 

1 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:10:59 

2 Grigory ANDREYEV RUS 2:11:20 

3 Moges TAYE ETH 2:14:19 

4 Morris M MWANGI JPN 2:14:55 

5 Tomonori MICHIKATA JPN 2:15:01 

6 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:15:48 

7 Kazuaki WAKAMOTO JPN 2:16:49 

8 Belay WOLASHE ETH 2:16:58 

9 Hiroshi AOKAGE JPN 2:17:37 

10 Kenji NAKANISHI JPN 2:18:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:28:21 

2 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:31:20 

3 Derartu TULU ETH 2:31:58 

4 Gladys ASIBA KEN 2:36:12 

5 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:36:19 

6 Yukako GOTOH JPN 2:38:21 

7 Taeko TERAUCHI JPN 2:41:03 

8 Chikako OGUSHI JPN 2:45:09 

9 Yoshiko HUKUCHI JPN 2:45:43 

10 Kumiko FUKUZAWA JPN 2:56:19 

17 APRIL 2005: 

iWELT MARATHON 

WUERZBURG, GERMANY 

In the biggest marathon weekend of the year (London, 

Boston, and many smaller races in Germany) it was 

tough to get runners to the 5th iWelt Marathon and Half 

in Wuerzburg, but 4500 of them came (not counting the 

kids and the skaters). The weather was good - 10°C at 

the start, rising to 15°C later. 

The course is a scenic, flat and fast 21.1km lap 

throughout the 1.300-year-old historic city. In the 

Marathon John Kiprono, two-time winner of the Linz 

Marathon, got an injury early on and crossed the 

halfway point in 1:16:30 to technically finish 10th in the 

Half Marathon. The pacemaker Eliah Sang stayed in the 

race and ran together with Kidus Gebremesekel Abay to 

41.5 km. On the Old Bridge Sang started a furious finish 

to win his first marathon by 10 seconds. 

In the women’s race, Olga Nevkapsa (Ukraine) faced no 

real opposition, as two-time winner Joanna Gront from 

Poland couldn’t come to Wuerzburg. Nevkapsa easily 

WUERZBURG 

broke the course record in a near-perfect race. Her time 

was 10 minutes faster than the old record. 

MEN: 

1 Eliah SANG KEN 2:20:44 

2 Kidus Gebremesekel ABAY ETH 2:20:54 

3 Thomas MEINECKE GER 2:28:40 

4 Michael SAILER GER 2:28:48 

5 Christian FELLERMANN GER 2:31:07 

6 Tomasz CHAWAWKO POL 2:35:42 

7 Ulf SENGENBERGER GER 2:38:13 

8 Ulli Pfuhlmann GER 2:38:37 

9Bernhard SCHLESAG GER 2:38:39 

10Matthias PHULMANN GER 2:39:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Olga NEVKAPSA UKR 2:38:41 

2 Esther HEINOLD GER 2:57:38 

3 Anke HAERTL GER 3:00:09 

4 Julika FIDJELAND GER 3:00:44 

5 Sandra LUKASCHEK GER 3:02:40 

6 Sabine HUBER GER 3:05:13 

7 Conny TIMM GER 3:07:32 

8 Ulrike TANCIC GER 3:16:45 

9 Vera GLASER GER 3:18:20 

10 Sonja KOENIGSEDER GER 3:19:57 


MEN: 

1 Gamachu ROBA ETH 1:07:36 

2 Oleg KULOV RUS 1:08:56 

3 Michael PUGH NZL 1:09:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Friederike BACK GER 1:23:45 

2 Claudia HILLE GER 1:24:48 

3 Ulla ROSEN_MOELLER GER 1:26:20 

LONDON 

LONDON 


KARSTADT 

17 APRIL 2005: 

KARSTADT 

RUHRMARATHON, GERMANY 

A fine day in the Ruhr region greeted a new experiment 

in race organisation. It wasn´t too hot for running and 

hundreds of thousands of spectators were drawn out of 

their homes to support those people who participated 

in a range of disciplines held along two marathon 

courses. This was the world’s first twin marathon. Two 

separate marathons started at the same time within the 

„Ruhrgebiet“ (Ruhrregion) in Nordrhein-Westfalen: one 

in Dortmund and the other in Oberhausen. 

From Oberhausen the runners ran through Bottrop and 

Gladbeck to Gelsenkirchen. From Dortmund, on the 

other side, they went through Bochum and Herne to 

Gelsenkirchen. After the courses converged all runners 

took the same route to the common finish line in Essen. 

So there were two male and two female winners. 

It was an appealing concept for both spectators and 

television. In Germany’s most densely populated 

region, runners passed through eight towns and 

blocked five highway exits. A stage was set up in each 

centre so that spectators and runners could be kept fully 

informed about the various events. In addition to the 

two marathons there were handbikers, inline skaters 

and walkers – and the same events were also held over 

a half marathon distance. There was schoolkids race 

over 4km, a corporate race over 5km and an open 4km 

fun run. A total of 25,334 finished over all events, from 

an entry of 32,554. 

In the marathons the top men started in Oberhausen 

and the top women in Dortmund. The women started at 

09.40 and the men followed at 10.00. The concept was 

to create a competition between the top women and 

men: the leading man overtook the leading woman 

shortly before the finish in Essen to “win” by only nine 

seconds. 

It could have been more, but Moses Masai momentarily 

followed the pace vehicle when it left the course. The 

delay could have cost him a new course record. 

MEN: 

OBERHAUSEN TO ESSEN 

1 Moses MASAI KEN 2:10:13 

2 Benson OGATO KEN 2:12:13 

3 Moses KEMBOI KEN 2:13:11 

4 Christopher KANDIE KEN 2:13:59 

5 Joseph SITIENEI KEN 2:16:19 

6 Eduard TUKHBATULLIN RUS 2:17:38 

7 Harhembo JOHN TAN 2:20:10 

8 Malesela KEKANA RSA 2:20:26 

9 Alemayehu SIMRETU ETH 2:20:54 

10 Abdallah HUSEIN TAN 2:30:37 

MEN: 

DORTMUND TO ESSEN 

1 Simon LOPUYET KEN 2:30:48 

2 Thomas BRAUKMANN GER 2:32:36 

3 Marcus KLONNE GER 2:34:22 

4 Bastian KRANTZ GER 2:38:24 

5 Theo AYMANNS GER 2:39:23 

6 Uwe ERNST GER 2:39:59 

7 Helmut DEHAUT GER 2:40:41 

8 Thomas WEBER GER 2:41:38 

9 Roman HOFFMANN GER 2:41:45 

WOMEN: 

OBERHAUSEN TO ESSEN 

1 Martina SCHWANKE GER 2:49:52 

2 Katrin KNOKE GER 3:07:56 

3 Anke GREINERT GER 3:18:09 

4 Stefanie BUSENIUS GER 3:19:59 

5 Nicole KONS GER 3:21:17 

6 Marion POPPE GER 3:22:44 

7 Sabine VOGT GER 3:22:46 

8 Stephanie MANHOFF GER 3:22:44 

9 GunhildALBIETZ GER 3:23:34 

10 Heidi KROLL GER 3:23:26 

WOMEN: 

DORTMUND TO ESSEN 

1 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:30:22 

2 Lydia VASILEVSKAYA RUS 2:33:09 

3 Yulia VINOKOUROVA RUS 2:37:02 

4 Irene JEROTICH KEN 2:38:11 

5 Nina KOLYASEVA RUS 2:38:37 

6 Jane OMORO KEN 2:38:55 

7 Felicitas WITT GER 3:05:36 

8 Birgit LENNARZ GER 3:07:36 

9 Tina CHRIST GER 3:08:32 

10 Uta DOYSCHER GER 3:10:49 

17 APRIL 2005: 

4th OMV LINZ-DONAU 

MARATHON, AUSTRIA 

More than 10,000 participants registered in the different 

events, thousands of spectators gave applause and 

encouragement, and a course record was set. 

From 08.30 in the Donaupark a never-ending stream of 

runners moved towards the Bridge to assemble for the 

start. Joyful anticipation mingled with nerves before the 

big adventure. For the first time, all runners waited 

together before the start. At 09.15 the huge field slowly 

moved way. Only at the front could they get up to speed 

immediately. The Kenyan Valentine Orare led through 

the first 10km in a reckless 30:20. His compatriots 

Benjamin Itok and Ernest Kipyego, with their eyes on a 

course record, followmore cautiously 40 seconds 

behind alongside the Ukrainian pacemaker Andrei 

Naumov. Orare continued his solo run onto the 

Donaudamm, where the waiting relay runners and 

spectators formed a narrow corridor and shouted 

encouragement to the leaders. 

By 18km Barnabas Kenduiywo closed Orare down. 

These two took turns leading and exchange a few words. 

The chasing group is still far behind at the Nibelungen 

Bridge. "I don't believe it" said one of the half marathon 

runners as the Africans - who have covered almost 

double his distance - sweep past him. Going out to 

Kleinmünchen, running a big loop in the Wasserwald 

and the along the Wiener Strasse back to the city centre, 

the chasing group made up ground. Orare slowed 

down, and Kenduiywo dropped out. 

At 37km, by the Barbara Cemetery, Orare was caught 

and then ground to a halt. The favourite Kipyego is now 

on his own, chasing the course record of 2:13:20 set by 

John Kiprono in 2002. Past the Landstrasse, the 

TURIN 

Hauptplatz, the Donaupark and the last narrow curves 

into the finish, Kipyego made it with 10 seconds to 

spare. 

In the women’s race Tatyana Buluashenko did all her 

running early, to lead by 3.5 minutes at halfway. Inna 

Lebedeva ran the second half of the race slightly faster 

than the winner, but remained almost a kilometre 

behind her. 

MEN: 

1 Ernest KIPYEGO KEN 2:13:10 

2 Benjamin ITOK KEN 2:14:04 

3 Sammy KIGEN KEN 2:19:07 

4 Maxwell ZUNGU RSA 2:21:18 

5 Erich KOKALY AUT 2:23:12 

6 Pavlos TZANABARAS GRE 2:32:27 

7 Ivan BRUCK SLO 2:34:09 

8 Petr NOVAK CZE 2:37:20 

9 Andreas SCHLEIPFNER AUT 2:38:59 

10 Alois LEITNER AUT 2:39:09 

WOMEN: 

1 Tatiana BULYASHENKO UKR 2:46:21 

2 Inna LEBEDEVA UKR 2:49:43 

3 Ulla KORENJAK AUT 3:06:28 

4 Sigrid BUMBERGER AUT 3:09:53 

5 Anna PUSCH AUT 3:18:26 

6 Elfriede STOICK AUT 3:20:00 

7 Gabriel Marianne KOCHIN AUT 3:21:10 

8 Renate LICHTENSCHEIN AUT 3:21:15 

9 Renate KRICKL AUT 3:26:21 

10 Martha SCNEEBERGER AUT 3:26:38 

17 APRIL 2005: 

TURIN MARATHON, 

ITALY 

Danilo Goffi and Beatrice Omwanza secured wins in 

cold and windy conditions which precluded fast times 

writes Diego Sampaolo. The pace set was slower from 

the start due to the difficult conditions. The group was 

paced through 10km in 30:52 and halfway in 1:05:55. The 

race then picked up a bit but lagged again after 27km. 

When the pacemaker Philip Rugut dropped out at 30km 

this seemed to release Goffi, who unhesitatingly took 

the lead and launched his attack proper after 35km. 

Only his training partner Francesco Bennici, in his first 

serious marathon, could go with him. It was not until 

500m to go that Goffi finally managed to pull away. 

A three-way contest between Rita Jeptoo, Alevtina 

Biktimirova and Beatrice Omwanza developed from 

early in the women’s race. Omwanza led through 15km 

and halfway (1:15:12) and took control from 30km. With 

3km to go she strode clear to her third career win, 

finishing nearly a minute clear. 

Along with the marathon there was a 9km fun run and 

the “Topolino (Mickey Mouse) Marathon” for children, 

over the last 1195m of the marathon . Bad weather 

conditions keptthenumber of children down to 4,000. 

Next year the Turin Marathon will change from its 

traditional spring date and is scheduled for 24 

September 2006. 

MEN: 

1 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:11:12 

2 Francesco BENNECI ITA 2:11:15 

3 David MAKORI KEN 2:11:39 

4 Abdelkedir LAMACHI MAR 2:11:54 

5 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:49 

6 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:14:32 

7 Habtamu BEKELE ETH 2:16:51 

8 Steven RERIMOI KEN 2:17:18 

9 Philemon BOIT KEN 2:18:25 

10 Sergey EMELYANOV RUS 2:19:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:30:40 

2 Alvetina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:31:39 

3 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:31:50 

4 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:33:16 

5 Meseret KOTU ETH 2:35:47 

6 Anna RAHM SWE 2:36:34 

7 Ewa KEPA ITA 2:56:57 

8 Domenica WOJNOWSKI SUI 2:57:30 

9 Alice BERTERO ITA 3:02:25 

10 Annja BARTALMA RAINER ITA 3:04:08 


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17 APRIL 2005: 

SAO PAULO MARATHON, 

BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Jose Teles DE SOUZA BRA 2:19:47 

2 Benjamin Somoei KIPTARUS KEN 2:20:06 

3 Sidni Oliveira ROCHA BRA 2:23:46 

4 Alex Januario DE MENDONCA BRA 2:23:48 

5 Dominic Kipkemboi LAGAT KEN 2:24:05 

6 Geovane Jesus DOS SANTOS BRA 2:24:59 

7 Sebastiao De Oliveira SILVA BRA 2:25:06 

8 Paulo DA SILVA BRA 2:25:39 

9 Marco Antonio PEREIRA BRA 2:25:52 

10David KOECH KEN 2:27:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Marcia NARLOCH BRA 2:40:39 

2 Sirlene Souza DE PINHO BRA 2:42:35 

3 Rosa Jussara BARBOSA BRA 2:45:10 

4 Ilaine WANDSCHEER BRA 2:48:06 

5 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 2:49:46 

6 Susan Jepketer KIPROTICH KEN 2:56:39 

7 Conceicao OLIVEIRA BRA 2:58:47 

8 Raimunda Ma Brito Da FONSECA BRA 3:01:55 

9 Jennifer TITIKA KEN 3:02:13 

10Andrileia Do Carmo DE SOUZABRA 3:03:18 

17 APRIL 2005: CARLOS 

LOPES GOLD MARATHON 

MEMORIAL, PORTUGAL 

MEN: 

1 Philemon KEMEI KEN 2:15:42 

2 Paul KORIR KEN 2:16:52 

3 Jonathan KIBET KEN 2:18:23 

4 Vitor CORDEIRO POR 2:21:37 

5 Eusebio ROSA POR 2:21:46 

6 Joao Carlos d.Sanos TALHAS POR 2:31:46 

7 Luis SARAIVA POR 2:31:53 

8 Jose BRAGA POR 2:32:37 

9 Pekka RANTAKARI FIN 2:34:37 

10Licinio CANHOTO POR 2:34:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Fatima SILVA POR 2:33:48 

2 Elena DERIABINA RUS 2:42:24 

3 Lucinda MOREIRAS POR 2:53:20 

4 Rosa Maria Vincent SILVA POR 3:33:26 

5 Margarida PINTO POR 3:36:09 

6 Kamila KOCI CZE 3:49:25 

7 Analice SILVA BRA 3:56:22 

8 Deolinda SANTOS POR 4:48:34 

9 Celia M. da silva AZENHA POR 5:00:27 

10 Beatriz Helena MARIA POR 5:00:50 

18 APRIL 2005: 

109TH BAA BOSTON 

MARATHON, USA 

Catherine Ndereba scored a record fourth win, but the 

men’s defending champion Timothy Cherigat slumped 

to sixth place writes Denis Fedulov. Ndereba started as 

one of the 55 elite women and did not respond to the 

opening pace set by Lyubov Morgunova, who passed 

5km seven seconds up on Nuta Olaru and Elfenesh 

Alemu. Ndereba was 25 seconds behind, and running 

her own race. Olaru and Alemu took over from 

Morgunova and were on course record pace early on 

and goingaway from Ndereba with every step. At 15km 

the defending champion was 70 seconds down, and as 

they passed halfway she was fully 400m behind, but 

leading the chasing pack. From this moment on, 

running with Gete Wami, she started to close. She had 

gained 30 seconds on the leaders by 25km, and 

continued to eat into their lead. She trailed Alemu, who 

by then had dropped Olaru, by only 28 seconds at 30km. 

By the top of Heartbreak Hill Ndereba had drawn level. 

Alemu hung in for another 3km, but Ndereba then 

unleashed a sustained surge from 35-40km which won 

her a lead of over minute, and an inevitable fourth 

victory. Alemu finished second for the second year in a 

row, although last year’s defeat had been a much closer 

thing. A patient run through, as others faded, moved 

Bruna Genovese up from ninth to third place. 

Stephen Kiogora and Khalid El Boumili made all the 

early moves in the men’s race. They led by 14 seconds at 

10km and 23 seconds at 15km. It was not until after 

halfway that the pack closed them down, and at 25km 

they were swallowed up. Over the next 5km Cherigat 

made his move, but it was matched by several others. 

Up Heartbreak Hill Hailu Negussie and Robert 

Cheruiyot went clear of Wilson Onsare and Benson 

Cherono. Cheruiyot was broken by a second surge from 

Negussie while Onsare kept Negussie within sight but 

out of reach. Cherono, 20 years old and running his 

second marathon, hung on for an isolated third spot. 

MEN: 

1 Hailu NEGUSSIE ETH 2:11:45 

2 Wilson ONSARE KEN 2:12:21 

3 Benson CHERONO KEN 2:12:48 

4 Alan CULPEPPER USA 2:13:39 

5 Robert K CHERUIYOT KEN 2:14:30 

6 Timothy CHERIGAT KEN 2:15:19 

7 Benjamin KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:15:26 

8 Andrew LETHERBY AUS 2:16:38 

9 Mohamed OUAADI FRA 2:16:41 

10Peter GILMORE USA 2:17:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Catherine NDEREBA KEN 2:25:13 

2 Elfenesh ALEMU ETH 2:27:03 

3 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:29:51 

4 Svetlana ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:31:34 

5 Madina BIKTAGIROVA RUS 2:32:41 

6 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:33:24 

7 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2:33:51 

8 Zhor ELKAMCH MAR 2:36:54 

9 Mina OGAWA JPN 2:37:34 

10Nuta OLARU ROM 2:37:37 

23 APRIL 2005: 

SALT LAKE CITY MARATHON, 

USA 


23 APRIL 2005: DELTA 

SPORT BELGRADE 

MARATHON, YUGOSLAVIA 


24 APRIL 2005: 

MARATONA SANT ANTONIO, 

ITALY 

Paul Lokira improved his personal best by five minutes 

to win the men’s race while a late downpour stopped 

Ivana Iozzia improving hers writes Diego Sampaolo. The 

SANT ANTONIO 

races incorporated the Italian Championships, won by 

Iozzia and Vincenzo Modica – who finished fourth 

overall in the men’s race. 

A group of Kenyans led through 5km (15:36) while 

Modica and Angelo Carosi followed 10 seconds behind. 

Gradually five Kenyans increased their lead over the two 

Italians to a full minute, and passed through halfway in 

1:05:10, when the pacemaker stepped aside. At 32km 

Lokira forced the pace and had only Johnstone 

Changwony and John Ngeno for company. With 2km to 

go Lokira increased the pace on an uphill section and 

quickly went away for a comfortable win. 

Iozzia led the women's race with Selomie Getnet 

through 10km (35:55) to halfway (1:15:48), by which 

time they were 69 seconds ahead. Dropping back 

rapidly from 23km, Getnet had lost all this lead by 29km, 

as Silvia Sonmaggio and Maria Cocchetti came past her. 

They also closed down on Iozzia, reducing her lead from 

1:55 to 34 seconds over the final kilometres. 

MEN: 

1 Paul LOKIRA KEN 2:11:24 

2 Johnstone CHANGWONY KEN 2:12:37 

3 John NGENO KEN 2:13:43 

4 Vincenzo MODICA ITA 2:14:02 

5 Angelo CAROSI ITA 2:14:44 

6 Roman WEGER SLO 2:16:19 

7 Leonardo Vieira GUEDES BRA 2:17:17 

8 Evans Chebii KEMBOI KEN 2:17:37 

9 Paolo BATTELLI ITA 2:17:45 

10William Gomes SALGADO BRA 2:17:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:35:54 

2 Silvia SOMMAGGIO ITA 2:36:28 

3 Maria COCCHETTI ITA 2:36:36 

4 Selomie Getnet KASSA ETH 2:44:44 

5 Rosalia SCAVOTTO ITA 2:45:55 

6 Simona VITTORI ITA 2:53:58 

7 Vanessa DILIBERTO ITA 2:56:42 

8 Lidia MARTELLATO ITA 3:01:04 

9 Monica CARLIN 3:03:10 

10Alessandra ATTI ITA 3:03:17 

24 APRIL 2005: 

SARDINIA MARATHON, 

ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Joshua ROP KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:21:32 

2 Alois NIZIGAMA BUR 2:25:53 

3 Riccardo DE VENUTO ITA 2:43:28 

4 Antonio PILLITU ITA 2:43:57 

5 Marco CADONI ITA 2:49:22 

6 Alberto SOTGIU ITA 2:49:48 

7 Salvatore GIGLIO ITA 2:54:40 

8 Pietrino SALIS ITA 2:55:38 

9 Gesuino DEMARTIS ITA 2:56:28 

10Giovanni DESOTGIU ITA 2:57:13 

WOMEN: 

1 Marinella CURRELI ITA 3:01:34 

2 Simona PILI ITA 3:08:56 

3 Gabriella VIDEKI ITA 3:25:59 

4 Maria Liusa LISCIA ITA 3:39:28 

5 Livia GOMIERO ITA 3:46:13 

6 Tiziana CURRELI ITA 3:49:55 

7 Iris ROEMER ITA 3:56:27 

8 Antonietta TRIPODI ITA 3:56:58 

9 Helga NIESNER ITA 3:57:31 

10Selene RAIRASO ITA 4:01:33 

SANT ANTONIO 


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24 APRIL 2005: 

OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Matt AGUERO 2:31:42 

2 Jerry FAULKNER 2:32:36 

3 Chris JAUREZ 2:39:17 

4 Derek DIPPON 2:42:04 

5 Kacey MILLER 2:42:31 

6 Chris MCWATTERS 2:43:35 

7 Adam COHEN 2:44:06 

8 Adam WHITE 2:44:08 

9 Gary MANDY 2:44:09 

10 Russell SEARS 2:46:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Sara PIZZOCHERO 3:05:09 

2 Amy REGNIER 3:08:22 

3 Machelle COCHRAN 3:09:38 

4 Katie KRAMER 3:10:32 

5 Tracy EVANS 3:17:25 

6 Jamie STENSLAND3:18:35 

7 Teresa FROESE 3:19:49 

8 Chrissy HILGERS 3:22:18 

9 Nicole HENRY 3:24:27 

10 Anne HUNNINGHAKE 3:27:55 

24 APRIL 2005: 

MARATON POPULAR DE 

MADRID, SPAIN 

Daniel Rono won the 28th Madrid Marathon in a time 

only ten seconds outside John Burra’s 1991 course 

record. Larisa Malikova succeeded in setting a new 

women’s course record. They led 10,000 other runners 

from the start line on Paseo de Recoletos and took over 

the streets of the capital with a colorful display, as it 

surrendered to runners’ feet. 

MADRID 

The African runners imposed themselves from the start 

and quickly opened up a gap on the rest. The leading 

men, Zimbabwean Abel Chimukoko and Kenyan James 

Moiben, burned up the kilometres as others fell behind 

one-by-one. At 33km this duel was broken up by a burst 

from Saina Kiptoo, although by 37km he was hunted 

down by his compatriots Rono, John Kirui and Willy 

Cheruiyot, who were making their play for victory as the 

finish approached. In the end it was Rono who proved 

freshest for the last three kilometres. 

In sight of the finish, a course record still looked 

possible but the wind and the slope of this final section 

proved too much, forcing him to be satisfied with just 

the win. The honour of finishing first Spaniard went to 

11th placed José Antonio Casajús, with a time of 2:21:48 

as he overcame Jesús Alvarado from Talavera in the last 

few kilometres, Talavera finished 14th in 2:24:17. 

3 Willy CHERUIYOT KEN 2:13:34 

4 Saina Lawrence KIPTOO KEN 2:14:58 

5 Moses KEMEI KEN 2:15:41 

6 Stephen BIWOTT KEN 2:16:22 

7 Henry TARUS KEN 2:18:06 

8 David KIRUI KEN 2:18:07 

9 Echchadlie MYTAHAR MAR 2:18:41 

10 Yaret ASMERON ETH 2:21:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Larisa MALIKOVA RUS 2:33:27 

2 Sonia Martin GARCIA ESP 2:50:34 

3 Luna Garcia Miguel MUNOZ ESP 2:56:50 

4 Nuria Aubeso MARTINEZ ESP 2:57:38 

5 Ingrid Rodriguez VAZQUEZ ESP 3:02:02 

6 Cristina Ecenarro SAN DOVAL ESP 3:04:20 

7 Noelia Mansilla ARRIBA ESP 3:04:58 

8 Julia Gadea SEBASTIA ESP 3:06:44 

9 Laura De Miguel MARTIN ESP 3:08:38 

10 Elsilia Torres VENTURA ESP 3:08:46 

24 APRIL 2005: 

14th NICE INTERNATIONAL 

HALF MARATHON, FRANCE 

It was a perfect day for running – a record 7500 

competitors took part in the race on the famous 

Promenade des Anglais, flanked by the sea and palm 

trees, and in an atmosphere of continuous carnival. 

NICE 

All along the course, a crowd of 30,000 people stood 

cheering the runners and enjoying the festivities in the 

streets of the beautiful capital of the French Riviera. 

Keenly anticipated, the race attracts increasing 

numbers year after year. The flat course allows 

ambitious runners to achieve good times. 

Benson Barus broke Julius Rotich’s 2004 course record 

by 13 seconds. Local runner Miloud Sendjasni finished 

as first Frenchman in 14th place, while Zaia 

Dahmanimade the podium. 

WROCLAW 

The men’s lead group broke up in the tenth kilometre, 

while not until 3km to go did Barus’ progressively 

increasing speed get him clear of his compatriots. 

Irina Permitina quickly took the lead in the women’s 

competition to finish ahead of the race favourite, 

Nouriah Asiba. 

MEN: 

1 Benson BARUS KEN 1:01:14 

2 Philip KIRUI KEN 1:01:33 

3 Joseph MAREGU KEN 1:02:31 

4 Jacob KITUR KEN 1:02:33 

5 Silas KIRUI KEN 1:03:29 

6 Duncan KIBET KEN 1:03:31 

7 Augustine RONO KEN 1:03:33 

8 Dennis NDISO KEN 1:04:33 

9 Philip RUGUT KEN 1:04:38 

10 Noah BOR KEN 1:05:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Irina PERMITINA RUS 1:12:20 

2 Nouriah ASIBA KEN 1:12:48 

3 Zaia DAHMANI FRA 1:16:21 

4 Caroline DESPREZ FRA 1:17:20 

5 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER GER 1:17:52 

6 Magali REYMONENQ FRA 1:22:46 

7 Monica PEZZOTTI ITA 1:24:41 

8 Lorenza DI GREGORIO ITA 1:26:21 

9 Catherine WILDING 1:26:30 

10 Joelle CHORIN FRA 1:27:22 

24 APRIL 2005: 

BIG SUR INT’L MARATHON, 

USA 

MEN: 

1 Jonathan NDAMBUKI KEN 2:23:35 

2 John MUNENE 2:23:39 

3 Alan RUBEN 2:39:56 

4 Andrew MCCLELLAND2:45:57 

5 Raymond ROSS 2:46:12 

6 Christopher CALZETTA 2:47:35 

7 Nicholas FLEMING 2:48:44 

8 Dave PRATT 2:48:59 

9 Jesus CAMPOS 2:49:09 

10 Evgeniy SKLYANSKIY RUS 2:50:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Mary AKOR NGR 2:46:53 

2 Mary COORDT 2:53:44 

3 Jennifer FLINT 3:02:18 

4 Christine KENNEDY IRL 3:06:35 

5 Janice FLYNN 3:06:43 

6 Suzie HAYES 3:14:21 

7 Suzy WEST 3:16:58 

8 Judith STEIN 3:17:27 

9 Kim O’MALLEY 3:18:55 

10 Amy SHAW 3:19:30 

In the women’s race Malikova was the star from the very 

start. At no point was her position in danger and she 

crossed the finish line victorious and with a new course 

record of 2:33:27. Sonia Martín was far behind in second 

place and first Spanish female. 

MEN: 

1 Daniel RONO KEN 2:12:29 

2 John KIRUI KEN 2:13:29 


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24 APRIL 2005: 

WROCLAW MARATHON, 

POLAND 

Over 3640 participants, aged 7 to 77, took part in the 

23rd edition of the Wroclaw Marathon and in the 

numerous accompanying races. A record number of 

1401 runners started the marathon, 923 of whom 

finished, and 443 the half marathon. 

The course of the 23rd Wroclaw Marathon ran through 

the historic parts of the city so that runners could face 

the challenge of the 42km while admiring the most 

beautiful sights in Wroclaw. 

MEN: 

1 Reuben TOROITICH KEN 2:14:55 

2 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:14:58 

3 Anatoli ZURUK UKR 2:15:39 

4 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 2:17:47 

5 Aliaksei HAURYCHENKA BLR 2:18:10 

6 Marcin FEHLAU POL 2:18:28 

7 Joseph RUTTO KEN 2:18:53 

8 Igor ZHAVORONOK BLR 2:19:21 

9 Taras SALO UKR 2:21:51 

10 Philip CHERUIYOT KEN 2:22:21 

WOMEN: 

1 Svetlana NEKHOROSH UKR 2:38:13 

2 Anastasiya PADALINSKAYA BLR 2:38:53 

3 Svetlana IVANOVA LAT 2:52:20 

4 Barbara TWARDOCHLEB POL 2:53:33 

5 Maryia BUTAKOVA BLR 2:56:40 

6 Marta MIKOLAJCZYKWA POL 3:14:02 

7 Dorota PRZYBYSZ POL 3:16:00 

8 Lenina OLENYEVA UKR 3:22:43 

9 Agnieszk SPYCHALA POL 3:25:39 

10 Anna HENNEMANN GER 3:28:42 

24 APRIL 2005: 20TH 

OLYMPUS MARATHON 

HAMBURG, GERMANY 

Julio Rey won the Hamburg Marathon for the third time, 

while in the women’s race there was a winning debut for 

three-time World Cross-Country champion Edith Masai 

writes Jorg Wenig . Rey missed his own course record by 

only 11 seconds, which was probably no less than what 

the stiff wind cost him. He led from soon after halfway, 

HAMBURG 

with the pacemakers unable to help him beyond that 

point. 

Edith Masai, making her marathon debut at the age of 

38, showed confidence right from the start. She built up 

a big lead and looked like beating Katrin Dorre’s six-year 

old course record of 2:24:35, but the wind slowed her in 

the later stages and she missed the mark. 

MEN: 

1 Julio REY ESP 2:07:38 

2 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:09:18 

3 Jote Ashebir DEMISSU ETH 2:10:40 

4 Jacob LOSIAN KEN 2:11:49 

5 Dimitri BARANOVSKI UKR 2:11:57 

6 Artur OSMAN POL 2:12:47 

7 Clodoaldo DA SILVA BRA 2:13:13 

8 Habte JIFAR ETH 2:13:22 

9 Wilson KIBET KEN 2:14:46 

10 Francis KIRWA FIN 2:16:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Edith MASAI KEN 2:27:06 

2 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 2:28:46 

3 Claudia DREHER GER 2:29:49 

4 Alina IVANOVA RUS 2:31:22 

5 Kutre DULECHA ETH 2:32:29 

6 Kirsten Melkevik OTTERBU NOR 2:33:09 

7 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 2:34:08 

8 Melanie KRAUS GER 2:34:31 

9 Liza HUNTER-GALVAN NZL 2:34:40 

10 Anne- Mette AAGAARD DEN 2:40:24 

1 MAY 2005: 

ADIDAS VANCOUVER INT’L 

MARATHON, CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Kassahun KABISO 2:15:40 

2 Stephen KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:09 

3 Juan Carlos CARDOVA 2:18:33 

4 Moses CHESERELK KEN 2:21:45 

5 Ulrich STEIDL GER 2:34:41 

6 Nik SOUTHWELL 2:35:51 

7 Paul ABDALLA 2:39:34 

8 Graeme WILSON 2:41:45 

9 Mark WICKSTEAD 2:41:53 

10 Valnet GEDEON 2:44:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Rima DUBOVIK 2:44:05 

2 Mary AKOR NGR 2:45:24 

3 Trisha ROSENBERG 2:53:47 

4 Stephanie HODGE 2:54:10 

5 Suzanne EVANS 2:57:33 

6 Sarah GRAY 2:57:45 

7 Ulrike BROMME 3:03:13 

8 Shinobu KUROSAKI JPN 3:03:52 

9 Lara SCOTT 3:04:25 

10 Valor HOPES 3:05:23 

7 MAY 2005: 

CRACOVIA MARATHON, 

POLAND 

MEN: 

1 Piotr GLADKI POL 2:19:30 

2 Leszek BEBLO POL 2:20:52 

3 Waldemar GLINKA POL 2:22:30 

4 Krzystof PRZYBLA POL 2:24:49 

5 Mathew KOSGEI KEN 2:25:59 

6 Slawomir KAPINSKI POL 2:33:01 

7 Mikolai ZAWILINSKI POL 2:34:47 

8 Tomasz WROBEL POL 2:39:22 

9 Gregorz CZY POL 2:39:39 

10 Michal ZAKARKO POL 2:41:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Janina MALSKA POL 2:43:20 

2 Marie MAJ POL 2:46:16 

3 Yuliya BUBENKA BLR 2:48:27 

4 Volna YUDZIANKOVA BLR 2:49:51 

5 Miraia ZIECINA POL 2:58:13 

6 Slawomina NEDZA POL 2:59:53 

7 Marta MIKDEAJCZYK POL 3:13:16 

8 Monika UKLEJA POL 3:21:28 

9 Bozerich ISKRYCKA POL 3:26:24 

10 Elzbieta CHLAP POL 3:26:35 

8 MAY 2005: 

ING ENSCHEDE MARATHON, 

NETHERLANDS 

John Kelai overcame cold and windy weather, and a fall 

at 40km to win the 37th edition of the Enschede 

Marathon writes Wim van Hemert. Also defying the rain 

and wind, Tigist Abidi won the women’s race in a new 

personal best time. She had been second the previous 

year. 

Rain had poured down the previous day but on race 

morning 500 runners set off in sunshine towards the 

town of Gronau in nearby Germany. On the way back 

towards Enschede the rain started again and a 

headwind slowed the pace from 30:15 at 10km to 

1:02:05 at 20km. Hot favourite Tesfaye Jifar lost contact 

with the group over the next 5km,although he came 

back into contention at 30km (1:33:44), pushing ahead 

with Kelai. By 35km he was again dropped, but Kelai 

was joined by Shadrack Hoff and Dereje Tesfaye 

although Tesfaye dropped back at around 40km. Kelai’s 

tumble then handed Hoff an advantage which he did 

not press. Kelai recovered quickly and went on to win, 

while Hoff was happy enough with his performance, a 

personal best time by over two minutes. 

MEN: 

1 John KELAI KEN 2:11:44 

2 Shadrack HOFF RSA 2:11:51 

3 Dereje TESFAYE ETH 2:12:03 

4 Teferi BACHA ETH 2:12:43 

5 Tesfaye JIFAR ETH 2:12:44 

6 Nelson LEBO KEN 2:13:36 

7 John RONO KEN 2:13:38 

8 Francis KIPKETER KEN 2:15:00 

9 El Mostapha RYAD BHR 2:15:13 

10 Andrew LIMO KEN 2:17:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Tigist ABIDI ETH 2:33:01 

2 Robe TOLA ETH 2:37:21 

3 Ingrid PROGGE NED 2:45:28 

4 Jacqueline RUSTIDGE NED 2:49:26 

5 Gea STEKMANS NED 3:09:37 

6 Brigit LANDEWE NED 3:12:56 

7 Elly BUIVOETS NED 3:27:24 

8 Rea NIJLAND NED 3:29:31 

9 Ellen WOPEREIS NED 3:37:25 

10 Edith MARGADANT NED 3:38:27 


8 MAY 2005: 

BERLIN 25km, 

GERMANY 

Neither wind nor rain could stop the Kenyans in the 

25th anniversary race writes Jorg Wenig. The men took 

the first 12 places and Rose Cheruiyot, returning to form 

after having a baby girl, held off Ethiopia’s Dire Tune 

Arissi for a fifth Kenyan victory in the women’s race. 

Spectators in Berlin’s newly rebuilt Olympic Stadium 

saw Cheruiyot outsprint Arissi by a single second. It was 

the fastest winning time for six years, just 17 seconds 

outside Susan Chepkemei’s course record. “The strong 

opposition was why we could run fast today despite the 

cold weather” said Cheruiyot, who hopes to return to 

Berlin for the marathon in September. 

In the men’s race a group of 10 Kenyans passed 10km in 

28:50. They turned into the wind and the pace slowed, 

but on an uphill stretch back towards the stadium the 

group was reduced to five runners. It stayed like that 

until the last 2km, when Luke Kibet, who had lost out by 

a second to Paul Kosgei’s record-setting run last year, 

made a determined bid for victory, finally outsprinting 

Simon Kiprop on the stadium track. 

A total of 9672 people entered the event, 20% up on last 

year. 6100 ran the 25km and 2300 the 10km fun run. 

There were also inline skating and children’s events. 

MEN: 

1 Luke KIBET KEN 1:13:51 

2 Simon KIPROP KEN 1:13:52 

3 Enock MITEI KEN 1:13:56 

4 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:14:03 

5 Francis KIPROP KEN 1:14:20 

6 Julius SUGUT KEN 1:14:34 

7 Richard MUTEI KEN 1:14:54 

8 Joseph NGOLEPUS KEN 1:14:56 

9 Jason MBOTE KEN 1:16:29 

10 Eliud TANUI KEN 1:16:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Rose CHERUIYOT KEN 1:24:46 

2 Dire Tuna ARISSI ETH 1:24:47 

3 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:29:28 

4 Rebby KOECH KEN 1:30:44 

5 Ludmila AFONIOUCHKINA RUS 1:35:03 

6 Ingallil ANDERSSON SWE 1:44:29 

7 Karsta PARSIEGLA GER 1:45:14 

8 Alexandra GABRYS GER 1:46:35 

9 Ursula FRIEDMANN GER 1:46:44 

10 Lina BOCKER GER 1:48:11 

8 MAY 2005: 

6th MARATONA D’EUROPA, 

ITALY, 

Migidio Bourifa crowned his win in Trieste with a new 

course record, surpassing the 2:11:19 set by Roberto 

Barbi in 2001. In the women’s race the favourite Rosita 

Rota Guelpi had a comfortable win. A famous name 

from the past took the men’s half marathon title. In all 

over 8000 people entered, another event record. 

MEN: 

1 Migidio BOURIFA ITA 2:10:48 

2 Sergio CHIESA ITA 2:14:00 

3 Eliap Kurgat KIPLAGAT KEN 2:16:05 

4 David KIPRUTO KEN 2:17:25 

5 David Slya CHERUI KEN 2:17:36 

6 Elias Chebet KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:20:52 

7 Franco PLESNIKAR ITA 2:25:31 

8 Walter ENDRIZZI ITA 2:25:54 

9 Bruno TITTOLO ITA 2:26:13 

10 Danilo PANICCIA ITA 2:38:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Rosita Rota GUELPI ITA 2:39:28 

2 Lidija RAJCIC ITA 2:54:38 

3 Monica CANDIANI ITA 3:13:16 

4 Anna Maria ROSETTI ITA 3:26:14 

5 Antonieta DANESE ITA 3:28:44 

6 Annalisa TIRONI ITA 3:35:26 

7 Valentina GEMIGNANI ITA 3:35:28 

8 Angela EMANUELLI ITA 3:39:36 

9 Amie STRYKER USA 3:40:10 

10 Margit TONEATTI ITA 3:43:43 

10th MARATONINA EUROPEA 

DEI DUE CASTELLI 

MEN: 

1 Salvatore BETTIOL ITA 1:08:33 

2 Cosimo CAPUTA ITA 1:11:35 

3 Renzo ROIATTI ITA 1:12:28 

WOMEN: 

1 Anna QUAGLIARO ITA 1:23:37 

2 Erika GRANATO ITA 1:27:09 

3 Marta FELTRE ITA 1:30:03 

15 MAY 2005: 

RWANDA PEACE 

MARATHON, 


15 MAY 2005: 

LIPTON BANGALORE 

INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, 

INDIA 

India's latest contribution to the marathon circuit 

happened almost as fast as the race itself. With the title 

sponsor stepping in only a month before the race, 

Crossover Consulting finally had the green light to stage 

the inaugural Lipton Bangalore International Marathon, 

writes Nathan Clayton. 

Given such short notice it was inspirational to witness 

the dawn arrival of 16,000 people at the Sree Kanteerava 

Stadium in the heart of the 'Garden City'. All of them 

had turned their backs on their beds to fight for a 

rickshaw and make it to the start of one of the three 

races. While the full marathon attracted some 200 

committed runners, the half marathon attracted 1,100 

and the 7km Celebration Run 15,000 participants to 

take to the traffic-free streets of India's IT city. 

Despite Ethiopian favourites Tesfaye Orgawa, Abebe 

Seume and Tegayae Desalgne running in the marathon, 

a local man won. Kennedy Chinna Ramu, a 28-year old 

from the Army Sports Institute, stuck close to the 

invited elites from the start. He moved ahead at halfway 

and crossed the finish line five minutes clear, improving 

upon his 2:26 as first Indian national in Mumbai last 

year. 

Picking up his $3,367 winnings, the Bangalore-born 

veteran of five international marathons was elated. “I 

wanted to finish in 2:18 but the weather was quite hot 

and I found the route challenging." The Ethiopians took 

the next three places and, like Ramu, 

cited the unusually warm weather and PRAGUE 

humidity for their slow times. 

BANGALORE 

Marshet Jimma, Adenech Beyene and Korre Alemu 

made up the Ethiopian contingent in the women's race 

and led comfortably from the start to claim the top 

three positions respectively. 

The media and organisers hailed the event as a huge 

success, but it was the home winner of the first 

Bangalore International Marathon that prompted 

emotions to hit fever pitch. This is an event set to draw 

many thousands next year. 

MEN: 

1 Kennedy Chinna RAMU IND 2:23:46 

2 Abebe SEUME ETH 2:28:27 

3 Tegayae DESALGNE ETH 2:33:10 

4 Tesfaye ORGAWA ETH 2:35:34 

5 SANTOSH IND 2:36:58 

6 Channan SINGH IND 2:37:18 

7 Harun ALI IND 2:40:32 

8 Raju KUMAR IND 2:41:44 

9 Man SINGH IND 2:43:39 

10 Gurmeet SINGH IND 2:44:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Marshet JIMMA ETH 2:45:34 

2 Adenech BEYENE ETH 2:47:04 

3 Korre ALEMU ETH 3:03:47 

4 Leelamma ALPHONSO IND 3:16:47 

5 Indresh DHIRRAJ IND 3:27:12 

6 Waheeda BANU IND 3:53:32 

7 Kiran DHIRRAJ IND 3:54:26 


MEN: 

1 SHAHNAWAZ IND 1:07:45 

2 Ramsingh YADAV IND 1:08:59 

3 S B SINGH IND 1:10:05 

4 Ranjit KUMAR IND 1:10:20 

5 Girish TIWARI IND 1:10:50 

BANGALORE 

WOMEN: 

1 BHAGAVATHI IND 1:26:24 

2 Chandraprabha VARMA IND 1:31:17 

3 Neha AGAEWAL IND 1:32:57 

4 C S.SUNITHA IND 1:35:44 

5 Farah MEHMOOD IND 1:40:35 


53

The 61st Lake Biwa 

Mainichi 

Marathon 2006 

Date Sunday, March 5 2006 

Japan's oldest marathon race 

The Real International 

Marathon in Thailand 

Khon Kaen 

International 

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Chiangmai 

Bangkok 

22 January 2006 

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21 MAY 2005: 

GOTEBORG HALF 

MARATHON, SWEDEN 

The 26th edition attracted 35,300 entries from 34 

different nations. The weather conditions were good 

after heavy rain showers in the morning - but maybe not 

so good for the spectators along the race course 

through the city centre of Göteborg. 

Silas Sang took charge of the leading pack very early in the 

race and made a decisive move after 7 km. The gap to 

Augustus Mbusya and former winner Pavel Loskutov grew 

continuosly and Sang cruised to a comfortable victory. 

Mbusya left Loskutov in the last mile to take second place 

at the classic Slottsskogsvallen Arena. In the women's 

race Susan Kirui also had a comfortable win. 

On the day after the half marathon, another 7,000 

runners aged 7-17 crossed the finish line at 

Slottsskogsvallen, when the kid's race set a new record 

entry for Swedish youth running. 

MEN: 

1 Silas SANG KEN 1:03:19 

2 Augustus MBUSYA KEN 1:04:13 

3 Pavel LOSKUTOVEST 1:04:26 

4 Ali OUADIH FRA 1:05:09 

5 Daniel KIPRUGUT KEN 1:05:47 

6 Martin Matindi MURITHI KEN 1:05:59 

7 Rachid AIT-BENSALEM SWE 1:06:40 

8 Ivan BABARIKA UKR 1:07:20 

9 Rubin MCRAE NZL 1:07:29 

10 Joakim JOHANSSON DEN 1:07:41 

WOMEN: 

1 Susan KIRUI KEN 1:12:34 

2 Nancy KIPROP KEN 1:13:56 

3 Julia VINOKUROVA RUS 1:14:20 

4 Anna RAHM DEN 1:15:27 

5 Mia LARSSON DEN 1:16:45 

6 Christin JOHANSSON DEN 1:17:55 

7 Elisabeth ENGSTROM DEN 1:18:11 

8 Asa HOOG DEN 1:20:46 

9 Karin ELF DEN 1:21:01 

10 Anja LINDBERG DEN 1:21:19 

21 MAY 2005: 

THREE HEARTS 

MARATHON,SLOVENIA 

MEN: 

1 Jonathan KIPSAINA KEN 2:20:47 

2 Joshua KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:23:00 

3 Abraham MAIYO KEN 2:33:37 

4 Toni VENCELJ CRO 2:37:29 

5 Zdravko VOKLAR SLO 2:43:20 


7 Valter HVALA SLO 2:55:14 

8 Damijan STRAMSAK SLO 3:04:20 

9 Milan ZUPANC SLO 3:06:23 

10 Harald HERBST AUT 3:06:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Jozica SIFTAR SLO 3:38:56 

2 Visnja SKEVIN CRO 3:42:27 

3 Darja KRANJC SLO 3:45:16 

4 Ann LANARI ITA 3:47:30 

5 Nina BOMBEK SLO 3:51:22 

6 Lojzka FELIJAN SLO 3:55:33 

7 Natasa OKOREN SLO 4:20:54 

8 Tjasa KERMAVNAR SLO 4:27:53 

9 Irene NEBEC SLO 4:30:32 

10 Danica FILAE SLO 4:49:56 

GREAT WALL 

21 MAY 2005: 

THE GREAT WALL 

MARATHON, CHINA 

American Gregory Feucht set a new record for the best 

time at The Great Wall Marathon this year. No runner 

ever gets a personal best time at this race, due to the 

difficulty of the course with its 10 degree uphill climb to 

The Great Wall, followed by the 3700 irregular stone 

steps to ascend and descend on the wall itself. 

Feucht’s record was partly due to the optimal weather 

conditions for distance running. The temperature at the 

start of the marathon was 15 o C and, for the first time at 

this race, there were overcast skies for the entire day. 

Fellow American Jennifer Burtner was the fastest woman 

runner this year, with an impressive 22 minutes ahead of 

the second place winner. Runners came from 36 

countries to participate in this sixth edition of the race. 

MEN: 

1 Gregory FEUCHT USA 3:25:13 

2 Patrik LI SUI 3:38:02 

3 Fredrik CRONEBORG DEN 3:50:28 

4 Ivars EGLITIS LAT 3:50:47 

5 Erich FELBABEL FRA 3:53:36 

6 Martinus Ten KATE NED 3:54:40 

7 Thomas GMELCH GER 3:57:49 

8 Thomas SCHMADALLA GER 3:57:51 

9 Jan PETERSEN DEN 3:58:45 

10 Henrik JAENSSON SWE 4:04:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Jennifer BURTNER USA 4:30:57 

2 Helen MOSELEY GBR 4:52:36 

3 Holly CRANE GBR 4:54:35 

4 Chuan GAO CHN 4:59:22 

5 Deborah GRAY RSA 5:00:46 

6 Kim Lucy WILMSHURST GBR 5:01:59 

7 Silke FIEDLER GER 5:04:18 

8 Oddny Hoensi RINGHEIM NOR 5:09:22 

9 Janice BRYANT NZL 5:16:41 

10 Siobhan O’REILLY GBR 5:19:49 

22 MAY 2005: COURSE 

FEMININE DE CASABLANCA 

10KM, MOROCCO 

1 Zakia MRISHO TAN 32:49 

2 Adaneche Adane ZEKIROS ETH 32:52 

3 Letay Hadish NEGASHE ETH 33:00 

4 Fatema AYACHI MAR 33:56 

5 Khadija TOUATI ALG 34:15 

6 Nkoki Jumanni ZAITUNI TAN 34:45 

7 Malika BELFAKIR MAR 35:17 

8 Malika MAJDOUB MAR 35:31 

9 Kenza DAHMANI ALG 36:04 

10 Salima Ovali AL MAR 36:22 

22 MAY 2005: 

COPENHAGEN MARATHON, 

DENMARK 

Reaching the halfway point one minute ahead of a small 

chasing group, William Kiprotich then sped up to run 

the second half nearly two minutes quicker. The chasing 

group all slowed at different rates to fill the next four 

positions. 

MEN: 

1 William KIPROTICH KEN 2:21:14 

2 Steen PETERSEN DEN 2:26:15 

3 Peder TROLDBORG DEN 2:26:51 

4 Lukasz GURFINKIEL DEN 2:29:45 

5 Kristian KARSTOFT DEN 2:30:29 

6 Kenneth MUNK DEN 2:32:46 

7 Per BEENFELDT DEN 2:35:34 

8 Casper Hunnerup DAHL DEN 2:36:08 

9 Claus BENTSEN DEN 2:38:23 

10 Stirling SLINGERLAND DEN 2:38:59 

WOMEN: 

1 Jo KELSEY GBR 2:48:21 

2 Tiina TROSS DEN 2:48:46 

3 Anette B JORGENSEN DEN 2:51:57 

4 Nina W MADSEN DEN 2:55:11 

5 Gitte ABRAHAMSEN DEN 2:57:21 

6 Jean MOLLER DEN 3:06:16 

7 Caroline AISTRUP DEN 3:06:25 

8 Helene Runitz ANDERSEN DEN 3:10:36 

9 Kristin Mauland LARSEN DEN 3:10:54 

10 Kirsten SOBORG DEN 3:11:53 

22 MAY 2005: PRAGUE 

VOLKSWAGEN MARATHON, 


Steven Matebo Cheptot kept his head cool under warm 

and humid weather to win Prague’s Volkswagen 

Marathon, in yet another Kenyan clean sweep writes 

Diana Rybachenko. In what proved to be a race with an 

exciting and unexpected finish the 30-year-old fared 

well in less than ideal running conditions (19C, 70% 

humidity) to win in 2.10.42. The pre-race favorite, 

Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei, held a clear lead until 35km 

but suddenly pulled out with a hamstring injury. 

Cheptot’s time was two minutes over the course record. 

“It was too humid” he said, “I let the others dictate the 

pace and just followed them but at my own pace to save 

energy. In the end it paid off”. 

A six-strong group of Kenyans led at halfway, when 

Wilson Kiprotich went clear. Cheptot, Robert Kiprotich 

and Laban Kipngetich formed a trio behind the leader, 

who seemed certain to win. But when Kiprotich 

unexpectedly stepped aside Cheptot saw his 

opportunity. 

In the women’s event the first three all suggested 

afterwards that they could have done better had it not 

been for the uncomfortably warm conditions. 

A total of 4646 runners entered this year’s full 

Volkswagen Marathon. Another 12,000 opted for the 

various fun-runs. 

MEN: 

1 Stephen CHEPTOT KEN 2:10:42 

2 Laban KIPNGETICH KEN 2:11:48 

3 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:14 

4 Noah BOR KEN 2:13:58 

5 Adugna TOLA ETH 2:15:45 

6 Jan BLAHA CZE 2:17:59 

7 Dawit TEFERA ETH 2:19:02 

8 Rik CEULEMANS BEL 2:20:40 

9 Joel RONO KEN 2:21:09 

10 Nick WETHERIDGE GBR 2:25:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2.28.42 

2 Larissa ZOUSKO RUS 2:30:14 

3 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:31:28 

4 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:36:57 

5 Michaela MCCALLUM GBR 2:43:25 

6 Dimakatso MOROBI RSA 2:53:56 

7 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 2:58:00 

8 Radka CHURACOVA CZE 3:04:00 

9 Monika DOLEZELOVA CZE 3:05:12 

10 Veronika BRYCHCINOVA CZE 3:08:26 

PRAGUE 


55

22 MAY 2005: 

VIENNA CITY MARATHON, 

AUSTRIA 

In warm conditions of over 25°C Mubbarak Shami 

(Qatar) and Florence Barsosio (Kenya) won the 22nd 

edition of the Vienna City Marathon writes Jorg Wenig. 

For Shami, who switched nationality from Kenya to 

Qatar a year ago, it was his debut marathon. He was 

formerly known as Richard Yatich. 

Florence Barsosio won by a big margin of more than 

eight minutes. “I think the heat cost me five minutes”, 

said Barsosio, who had been aiming for 2.27 although 

she had finished second in the Paris Marathon seven 

weeks earlier. “At the end of the race I felt very tired.” The 

28 year-old was running alone for most of the race since 

she had no pacemakers. Both winners earned 10,000 

Euros of prize money. About 21,500 runners took part in 

various races of the Vienna City Marathon, which was 

once more the biggest sporting event in the summer 

season in Austria, bringing thousands of spectators to 

the streets of the city centre. 

At the start temperatures had already reached 20°C. It 

continued to warm up, which slowed the race. “In cooler 

conditions I could have run 2.09 today”, Mubbarak 

Shami said. “I felt strong and ran alone for a large part 

of the race.” Shami went away after passing half way in 

65:21. Japhet Kosgei and Degene Regassa Nigusse 

triedto hold on but when Shami ran sub three-minute 

splits between 25-30km he was soon alone at the front. 

Beyond 35km Shami slowed but was in no danger of 

being caught. 

Last year’s winner and course record holder Samson 

Kandie (Kenya/2.08.35), Vincent Kipsos (Kenya), the 

fastest man in the field with a PB of 2.06.52, Boniface 

Usisivu and former Olympic Champion Josia Thugwane 

all dropped out. 

Shami had shown his potential at shorter distances but 

said: “I always knew that marathon would be my future. 

Now I believe I can run faster, about 2.07 to 2.08.” Shami 

lives and trains in Kenya but runs for Qatar. He has a 

five-year contract with the Qatari federation. “Actually 

the officials of my new federation chose my new name. 

Family members still call me Richard – and if I would 

have children they would be Kenyans.” 

But he admits that some things have changed. “The 

approach from the Kenyan runners is different.” It was 

obvious in Vienna that the Kenyan runners avoided 

contact with Mubbarak Shami. “But for my family 

nothing has changed.” 

MEN: 

1 Mubbarak SHAMI QAT 2:12:20 

2 Japhet KOSGEI KEN 2:15:15 

3 Henry SEREM KEN 2:15:26 

4 Lahoucine MRIKIK MAR 2:15:45 

5 Richard MUTAI KEN 2:15:57 

6 Maru-Shadrad KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:16:18 

7 Degene-Rega NIGUSSE ETH 2:16:37 

8 Michael BUCHLEITNERAUT 2:16:41 

9 Tereje WODAJO ETH 2:17:19 

10 Norman DLOMO RSA 2:18:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:31:40 

2 Eva-Maria GRADWOHL AUT 2:39:44 

3 Ilona BARVANOVA UKR 2:47:04 

4 Daniela BIDMON AUT 2:48:14 

5 Nicole GULDEMEISTERGER2:49:13 

6 Tanith MAXWELL RSA 2:49:29 

7 Sabine BAUMANN GER3:05:03 

8 Renate EINFALT AUT 3:05:47 

9 Astrid KALTENBOCK AUT 3:08:11 

10 Henriette HOLZKNECHT AUT 3:13:11 

22 MAY 2005: MEDIO 

MARATON INTERNACIONAL 

DE COBAN, GUATEMALA 


29 MAY 2005: 

ING OTTAWA MARATHON, 

CANADA 

With high humidity keeping the Marathon times slower 

than expected, Grace Momanyi proved the star of the 

National Capital Race Weekend in Canada writes Pat 

Butcher. Momanyi pulverised the 16-year old course 

record in the women’s 10km. Asmae Leghzaoui of 

Morocco was the big favourite, and she, Momanyi and 

defending champion Aster Demissie of Ethiopia tracked 

the men surprisingly closely in the early stages. 

Leghzaoui led at 5km by 12 seconds. Momanyi fought 

back but the gap stayed the same until the last 

kilometre. Then a sustained final effort by Momanyi 

took her into the lead with just 200m to go. 

The men’s 10km was a straight win for George Kirwa 

Misoi, who gradually pulled away from the field to win 

by 100m. The battle was for second place, with pre-race 

favourite Reuben Chebii just edging Burundian, Jean- 

Claude Nduwingona by a stride. 

The men’s Marathon was highly competitive, although 

not fast, until 35km. Then David Cheruyiot put in a burst 

that no one else could match. There had been eleven 

men together at halfway, reached in 66:30, with the 

contenders later blaming the high humidity for their 

cautious running, rather than going for the intended 

64:40 ‘half’. 

Ludmila Kortchagina, having acquired her Canadian 

citizenship just two days before, was happy to win her 

first ‘new’ national title, in second place. Lidia 

Vassilevskaya was the only one to follow the pacemaker, 

who took her through 25km at 2:28 pace. At that pace 

she would have broken the course record but running 

alone for 30km told, and she was eventually over a 

minute down on the record with 2.31.53. 

Kortchagina closed in the latter stages of the race but 

not by enough to count. 

MEN 

1 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:14:20 

2 John ITATI KEN 2:14:47 

3 Danny KASSAP COD 2:15:13 

4 Joseph NDERITU KEN 2:16:21 

5 Elly RONO KEN 2:16:47 

6 Noah KIPSANG KEN 2:17:51 

7 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 2:18:21 

8 Ryan DAY CAN 2:19:55 

9 Matthew MCINNES CAN 2:21:45 

10 Joseph NSENGIYUMVA RWA 2:22:38 

WOMEN 

1 Lidia VASSILEVSKAYA RUS 2:31:53 

2 Lioudmila KORTCHGINA CAN 2:32:19 

3 Nicole STEVENSON CAN 2:38:50 

4 Natalia VOLGINA RUS 2:43:25 

5 Tina KADERCAN 2:55:07 

6 Michelle SCHULERCAN 2:56:14 

7 Emily BRYANS USA 2:57:19 

8 Heather GOODFELLOW CAN 2:57:41 

9 Kim HOUSE CAN 2:57:44 

10 Stephanie HODGE CAN 2:58:04 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 George KIRWA Misoi KEN 28:56 

2 Reuben CHEBII KEN 29:08 

3 Jean-Claude NDUWINGONA BUR29:09 

WOMEN: 

1 Grace MOMANYI KEN 31:24 

2 Asmae LEGHZAOUI MAR31:28 

3 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 32:33 

4 JUNE 2005: 

STOCKHOLM MARATHON, 

SWEDEN 

A record number of 17,071 runners entered the 27th 

Stockholm Marathon, and registrations were closed 

three months in advance. Heavy rain on Saturday 

morning turned out to be a blessing. The rain stopped 

at noon, two hours before the start. It then stayed 

overcast, at 12C - fabulous running conditions that led 

to the fastest winning time since 1991. 

Stockholm Marathon attracts more and more 

foreigners, this year coming from 55 countries. Half of 

the participants came from abroad this year. Every third 

runner was from Finland, more than 1000 came from 

Germany, and hundreds of Brits, Americans, 

Frenchmen, Norwegians, Danes, Swiss and Italians 

pounded the streets of Stockholm. The number of 

women (3,717, 22%) is also constantly increasing. Two 

of the 69 women who took part in the inaugural 1979 

race have finished all 27 editions. 

The two-lap course wriggles through the most scenic 

parts of the Swedish capital with spectacular views of 

the surrounding waters. Zimbabwe’s Kasirai Sita 

enjoyed the cool weather and had no problems with the 

undulating course, breaking away from his opponents 

at 28km. He crossed the finish line in the 1912 Olympic 

Stadium nearly two minutes ahead. 

Australia’s Susan Michelson led the women’s race until 

38km, but Tina Maria Rámos finished strongly. After she 

overtook she went on to win by nearly 400m. Malin 

Ewerlöf-Krepp, a former European 800m silver medallist 

and world junior cross-country champion made a wellbalanced 

debut. She sprinted into third place inside the 

Olympic Stadium to win the Swedish Championships by 

more than four minutes. She was only 11th at halfway 

and ran her second half faster than the first. Her goal was 

to run in less than three hours as she had given birth to 

her second daughter in November and stopped running 

competitively four years ago. 

A record number of 13,476 runners started the race and 

12 701 of them finished. The next Stockholm Marathon 

is on Saturday 3 June 2006. 

MEN: 

1 Kasirai SITA ZIM 2:13:30 

2 Daniel KIPRUGUT TOO KEN 2:15:13 

3 Phillip BANDAWE ZIM 2:15:51 

4 Said REGRAGUL SWE 2:18:38 

5 Kent CLAESSON SWE 2:19:16 

6 Paul KANDA KEN 2:20:50 

7 Runar HOIOM SWE 2:23:31 

8 Marko VAITTINEN FIN 2:24:08 


10 Eshetu BEKELE ETH 2:25:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Tina Maria RAMOS ESP 2:41:28 

2 Susan MICHELSSON AUS 2:42:51 

3 Malin EWERLOF-KREPP SWE 2:44:38 

4 Michelle LEE GBR2:44:49 

5 Alevtina NAUMOVA RUS 2:48:49 

6 Mia LARSSON SWE 2:48:55 

7 Sarah MAHLANGU RSA 2:49:27 

8 Lisa WIKLUND SWE 2:50:23 

9 Inga KAZLAUSKAITE SWE 2:53:10 

10 Pernilla KARLSSON SWE 2:56:10 

12 JUNE 2005: 

EDINBURGH MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

In its third edition the Edinburgh Marathon reached 

new heights: the number of runners leapt and course 

records were dramatically improved. The one height 

that wasn’t scaled was Arthur’s Seat. Last year the race 

started with a lap of this famous rocky outcrop that 

overlooks the city. This year course improvements ruled 

out such a narrow and steep ascent so close to the start. 

This approach paid off, as both Zachary Kihara leading 

the first five finishers under 2:20, and Zinaida Semenova 

and Fabiola William running sub 2:35. 

The race started from Holyrood Park with a 5.5km loop 

around the heart of Edinburgh. Runners encircled the 

Castle and returned on Princes Street and the Royal 

Mile to re-enter the Park by passing between the brandnew 

Scottish Parliament building and the ancient 

Holyrood Palace. 

After a cautious first uphill mile the pace picked up and 

a group of eight went through four miles in 19:52, as 

they passed out of the Park for the second time. After 


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10km the course leaves the roads for flat, leafy and 

sheltered cycle paths. The leaders broke up and then regrouped 

along this 5km section and seven of them 

remained on the two out-and-back forays along the 

upper and lower banks of the Firth of Forth to pass 

halfway in 66:14, 500m clear of a chasing threesome. 

As pacing duties ended the contest clarified. Race 

favourite Francis Naali, last year’s winner John Mutai and 

Zachary Kihara spearheaded the racewith the wind at 

their backs as they raced along the shore for the next 

15km. Other pretenders dropped off quickly and Naali 

himself had to yield to the other two as they passed 

30km. Kihara and Mutai pounded along the promenade 

at Portobello as they approached the eastern turnaround 

of the course. Mutai made his move just before 34km and 

by the turn at 36km he led by 15 seconds. 

With the long, gradual ascent to the finish Mutai slowed 

by 10 seconds every mile. Kihara, his hamstring 

cramping, made little impression until the final 2km. 

The scent of victory gradually enlivened him, and he 

charged into the Park for the final 600m to overhaul 

Mutai in the finishing straight. 

In the women’s race a group of five reached halfway on 

2:30 schedule but thereafter Zinaida Semenova 

relentlessly pulled away. Fabiola William paced herself 

well to finish a minute behind and improve her personal 

best by six minutes. 

Behind these leaders 6415 runners finished from 6500 

starters, and another 926 five-person relay teams 

finished out of the 995 who registered. In all, on a day of 

fulfilled promise, 11,000 runners participated – 

everyone of them a winner. 

MEN: 

1 Zachary KIHARA KEN 2:15:26 

2 John MUTAI KEN 2:15:35 

3 Mindi PUKSTAS LIT 2:18:53 

4 Krzysztof PRZYBYLA POL 2:19:21 

5 Francis NAALI TAN 2:19:25 

6 Joseph KIBOR KEN 2:23:21 

7 Semeretu ALEMAYEHU ETH 2:24:01 

8Jackson KIPNGETUNY KEN 2:25:55 

9 Robert GILROY GBR 2:26:42 

10 David TAYLOR GBR 2:28:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Zinaida SEMENOVA RUS 2:33:36 

2 Fabiola WILLIAM TAN 2:34:41 

3 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:38:24 

4 Shona CROMBIE-HICKS GBR 2:44:58 

5 Roz ALEXANDER GBR 2:48:25 

6 Gill BACON GBR 2:53:46 

7 Elke SCHMIDT GER 2:54:16 

8 Janet ROXBURGH GBR 2:57:16 

9 Georgia BENSON GBR 3:00:09 

10 Getenesh LEMMA ETH 3:00:17 

18 JUNE 2005: 

MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, 

NORWAY 

Runners from 35 countries took part in the 16th 

Midnight Sun Marathon. Held in Tromso at 70∞N, it is 

the world’s northernmost AIMS-certified marathon. The 

race starts in the evening and many finishers complete 

the race after midnight, but in daylight. The city of 

Tromsø has the northernmost university in the world, 

where scientists can investigate the Aurora in a 

relatively mild climate due to the Gulf Stream. During 

the dark period when the Aurora Borealis is active 

another race, the Polar Night Half-Marathon, takes 

place in Tromsø (7 January 2006). 

The marathon had 251 runners participating, and the 

half marathon 279. The midnight sun hid stubbornly 

behind clouds on race night. The temperature dropped 

to 10∞C but there was no rain and conditions for 

running were very good. Wind was light, at about 3 m/s. 

Those runners who arrived early in Tromsø experienced 

an extraordinary night, between 17-18 June, when the 

midnight sun maintained a temperature of more than 

20∞C long into the night. 

Of the 196 male marathon runners Runar Höiom won, 

following up on his 7th place in the Stockholm 

Marathon two weeks earlier. Among the 55 females 

Sharon Broadwell won easily. Runar Höiom got a 7th 

place in this year’s Stockholm Marathon on the 4 June, 

thus June have been a good month for him this year. 

Juan Miguel Valdes Rodriguez came all the way from 

Cuba to win the Half Marathon. 

The countries with most runners on the Marathon were 

Norway (57), Great Britain (47), Germany (21), 

Switzerland (15) and Denmark (15). Many of the foreign 

runners enjoyed their stay in Tromsø very much and 

have already decided to bring more of their friends and 

family to take part in this special marathon race above 

the Arctic Circle in the land of the midnight sun. The 17th 

Midnight Sun Marathon takes place on 17 June 2006. 

MEN: 

1 Runar HOIM SWE 2:36:11 

2 Egil SKARPSNO NOR 2:40:10 

3 Jens-Kristian BERG NOR 2:49:39 

4 Michel CORREVON SUI 2:52:59 

5 Robert ZUCH GER 2:56:04 

6 John PEDERSEN NOR 2:59:08 

7 Dan ANTALICS USA 2:59:24 

8Charles CHRISTIANSEN NOR 3:00:25 

9 Adam LIEVE USA 3:04:04 

10 Aitor BOLINAGA ESP 3:05:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Sharon BROADWELL NOR 2:54:45 

2 Anita WETTER SUI 3:24:26 

3 Frauke FICHTNER SWE 3:29:28 

4 Vera NYSTAD NOR 3:33:00 

5 Louise CRAIG GBR 3:48:31 

6 Anne Mette LARSEN DEN 3:52:50 

7 Jan EDDY GBR 3:54:19 

8Ulla Brith RANES NOR 3:55:21 

9 Lisa LITHUN NOR 3:55:21 

10 Vibeke ANDERSEN DEN 3:56:08 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Juan Miguel RODRIGUEZ CUB 1:08:51 

2 Knut AALIEN NOR 1:09:58 

3 Tor GISMARVIK NOR 1:11:03 

WOMEN: 

1 Annette WOLFROM GER 1:26:04 

2 Sari HILLI FIN 1:28:54 

3 Manuela KRAMER GER 1:29:18 

26 JUNE 2005 

SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER 

HALF MARATHON, CANADA 

Defending champion of the Canada Running Series, 

Gittah Macharia, got the better of Oregon’s Nick Rogers 

in a tense battle ahead of almost 3,500 starters. From 

the University of British Colombia the field dashed 

down to Stanley Park in one of the world's most scenic 

half marathons, run mainly alongside the Pacific 

shoreline. Another 600 participants ran the 

MIDNIGHT SUN 

accompanying 5km, entirely within the Park. The event 

grew 20% this year, and attracted runners from 20 

countries and almost 30 US states. Conditions were 

good for running in late June: overcast skies and 

temperatures between 13-17C, although the morning 

was quite humid. 

Rogers took things out hard from the start, "to hurt a 

little", as he said, with Macharia on his shoulder. This 

immediately spread the field, with Toronto's Danny 

Kassap on his own in third place, and half a dozen others 

strung out behind. Rogers pushed through 10km in just 

under 30 minutes, having done all the work over the first 

half of the race. From 10-15km the two adversaries 

worked together uneasily, see-sawing back and forth, 

until Macharia made the decisive break at 15km. Rogers 

hung on well to finish only 13 seconds adrift. 

Kassap, winner of last autumn's Scotiabank Toronto 

Waterfront Marathon, was adrift for most of the 

morning. Running alone for so long took its toll and he 

was almost caught by the pair behind, Montreal's 

Bagdad Rachem and Vancouver Island’s Steve Osadiuk, 

who pushed each other forward in a royal battle for 4th. 

Rachem took it by a step, but Osaduik was all smiles. 

Osaduik won the BC Half Marathon Championship crown, 

and two notable scalps - those of Bruce Deacon, (Canada's 

top marathoner for more than a decade), and Jim Findlayson 

(Canadian Marathon Champion for 2005). Findlayson 

dropped out, perhaps suffering from his 2:18 in Ottawa four 

weeks before. All three of them being "Islanders", it would 

have been a lively ride home on the ferry. 

In the women's race Canadian marathon champion and 

last year's winner, Lioudmila Kortchaguina, had things 

all her own way after late withdrawls from those who 

might have contested best. Kortchaguina cruised 

around to win by nearly five minutes. Third-placedNancy 

Tinari became BC Half marathon champion. 

MEN: 

1 Gitah MACHARIA KEN 1:04:55 

2 Nick ROGERS USA 1:05:08 

3 Danny KASSAP COD 1:05:38 

4 Bagdad RACHEM CAN 1:05:48 

5 Steve OSADIUK CAN 1:05:49 

6 Bruce DEACON CAN 1:06:58 

7 Jussi UTRIAINEN FIN 1:07:10 

8Huw LOBB GBR 1:07:14 

9 Hans OTTEN USA 1:08:58 

10 Warren BARKER CAN 1:11:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:14:32 

2 Gwen GREINER USA 1:19:10 

3 Nancy TINARI CAN 1:19:24 

4 Lauren MATTHEWS USA 1:21:19 

5 Darcie MONTGOMERY CAN 1:21:45 

6 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 1:21:56 

7 Carla DUNN CAN 1:22:28 

8Jane CULLIS CAN 1:25:24 

9 Paulina UTRIAINEN FIN 1:26:12 

10 Lindsay DYCK CAN 1:26:45 

26 JUNE 2005 

CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 

MARATHON, BRAZIL 

There were two first-time winners for this marathon, but 

they fell short of qualifying standards for the World 

Championships in Helsinki. Hundreds of thousands of 

spectators lined the route from Bandeirantes Park to 

Flamengo Beach. 

Claudio Da Cruz was running in this event for the third time. 

Two years ago he had finished 8th and last year he suffered 

from injuries. He was happy with the win, but not so much 

with his time. Running in Rio is a pleasure on such a 

beautiful course, he said and he dreamed of contesting the 

2007 Pan-American Games Marathon in the city. 

The women’s race was a much closer battle with an 

emotional finish. Denise de Lucas and Leone da Silva 

fought it out as if it was a short-distance race. “I started 

well, but lost strength.” Said Da Silva. “With a kilometre 

to go I lost the lead.” De Lucas said it was the crowds 


VANCOUVER 

who had motivated her right through to the end. She 

had previously won the Santiago Marathon in April. 

At the finish the President of the Provincial Federation, 

Carlos Alberto Lancetta, commendedthe race for its 

good organisation, allowing it to establish its place in 

the international calendar. The race was also important 

for the city in its preparation for the Pan-American 

Games of 2007. 

MEN: 

1 Claudio DA CRUZ BRA 2:21:18 

2 Eliesio SILVA BRA 2:23:51 

3 Lindenber NUNES BRA 2:23:57 

4 Flavio SILVA BRA 2:24:35 

5 Marcos LOPES BRA 2:26:37 

6 Deuzimar TOMAZ BRA 2:27:58 

7Lielzio DE JESUS BRA 2:28:20 

8 Geralso DA SILVA BRA 2:29:49 

9 Gilberto SANTOS BRA 2:30:27 

10 SALES BRA 2:30:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Denise DE LUCAS BRA 2:49:59 

2 Lerone DA SILVA BRA 2:51:25 

3 Marluce FERREIRA BORGES BRA 2:51:47 

4 Raimunda FONSECA BRA 2:58:34 

5 Angelita DA CRUZ BRA 3:01:54 

6 Grazielle PEDROSO BRA 3:05:52 

7Valdenize RODRIGUES BRA 3:08:27 

8 Ma. Jose QUEIROZ BRA 3:10:38 

9 Nercy COSTA BRA 3:21:25 

10 Francilene SOUZA BRA 3:22:17 

26 JUNE 2005 

LAKE SAROMA 100km, 

JAPAN 

The IAU 100km World Cup was last held at Lake Saroma 

in 1994. The for this 20th anniversary race was was 

unchanged since then, with its rolling hills and scenic 

lake views. The race itself has grown from a few hundred 

runners in the early years to over 3,000. 

Three municipalities work closely together to organise 

the race and the course runs through each of them. 

Starting at Yubetsu Town at 05.00 runners pass around 

the edges of Lake Saroma, through the marathon point, 

before reaching the town of Saroma. They continue on 

an undulating course around the lake. A 20km out and 

back section follows, through a wild flower garden 

where Japanese lilies are just coming into flower. The 

finish is at Tokoro town which has a reputation for 

producing international curling champions – a very 

popular sport in Japan. 

Teams from 22 countries came to contest the World 

Cup, joining the 3000 local runners. Rain and cloud 

were forecast but passed overhead the night before the 

race. It was fine and bright at the start and temperatures 

later climbed above 25C. 

Mario Ardemagni (ITA), a previous champion, and 

Tsutomu Sassa (JPN), who won the Saroma race in 2004, 

took the early lead. A group containing Sandor Barcza 

(Fra), Yoshiaki Kobayashi (JPN), Oleksander Holovnitsky 

(UKR) and Yaroslaw Janicki (POL)) joined the leaders 

before the marathon point. Gregory Murzin (RUS) and 

Jorge Aubeso (ESP) followed a little bit further behind. 

When Barcza accelerated only Sassa could follow. Just 

behind them Murzin started to gear his race up. He took 

the lead at about 60km and continued to increase it, to 

win by 9 minutes. Aubeso also finished strongly to take 

second place with Sassa taking the bronze medal. 

Japan won the team race from France in a close contest. 

In the women’s race Jungkok Kim (KOR) led early on, until 

Hiroko Syou (JAP) overtook her at 35km and stayed ahead 

to the finish. Anne Lundblad (USA) had a storming 

second half to finish only 40 seconds behind her. 

The women’s team race was a nail-biting event. Japan, 

France and USA had two members home but it was the 

third USA runner who clinched it for them. 

MEN: 

1 Gregory MURZIN RUS 6:24:25 

2 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:33:03 

3 Tsutomu SASSA JPN 6:40:20 

4 Sandor BARCZA FRA 6:44:45 

5 Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI JPN 6:49:43 

6 Michael SOMMER GER 6:37:35 

7Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:50:59 

8 Howard NIPPERT USA 6:59:20 

9. Yasunori YAMAMOTO JPN 7:04:04 

10 Jyouji NISHIMURA JPN 7:07:38 

TEAMS 

1 Japan 20:34:07 

2 France 20:43:27 

3 Germany 21:25:19 

WOMEN: 

1 Hiroko SYOU JPN 7:52:41 

2 Anne LUNDBLAD USA 7:54:22 

3 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8:10:27 

4 Laurence FRICOTTOA FRA 8:12:02 

5 Mageli REYMONENG FRA 8:18:52 

6 Jungok KIM KOR 8:19:49 

7Nikki KIMBOLI USA 8:22:58 

8 Tanya HOOSS GER 8:23:25 

9 Tanya PACEY USA 8:29:19 

10 Christine DENIS GER 8:30:13 

TEAMS 

1 USA 24:46:49 

2 France 25:01:07 

3 Japan 25:17:40 

28 JUNE 2005: 

VIDOVDAN 10KM ROAD RACE, 

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA 

The 9th annual running of this elite race in the town of 

Brcko was watched by an audience of 20,000 in very hot 

weather and high humidity (31C, 70%). Despite the 

oppressive conditions the runners put on great 

performances for a shareof the $10,500 prize money on 

offer. There was big battle for victory between three of 

them. The field was drawn from eight countries, and no 

less than 54 of the 67 runners came from outside 

Bosnia. Two national records were set: by the winner 

Goran Stoiljkovic for Serbia and Montenegro and by the 

local athlete Djuro Kodzo, who set the best time 

recorded by a Bosnian in this race. 

The traditional race for for kids, which takes place just 

before the main race, attracted more than 500 of them from 

Brcko and 50 other towns of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia. 

MEN: 

1 Goran STOILJKOVIC SCG 30:29 

2 Sreten NONKOVIC SCG 30:35 

3 Tamasz TOTH HUN 30:43 

4 Djuro KODZO BSH 30:48 

5 Slavisa BUNC BSH 31:08 

6 Miklos ZLATKO HUN 31:21 

7Senaid HASIC BSH 31:25 

8 Velimir BOJOVIC SCG 31:27 

9 Dejan BOGICEVIC SCG 31:42 

10 Edin ZUKOVIC BSH 32:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Marijana LUKIC CRO 36:01 

2 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 36:30 

3 Ivana CEBIC SCG 38:46 

4 Vesna STEVANOVIC SCG 38:54 

5 Dijana KOVACEVIC BSH 39:16 

6 Tamara MARKOVIC SCG 39:33 

7Milanka DJUKIC BSH 40:04 

8 Ivana PANTELIC SCG 40:14 

9 Dragana RANKOVIC SCG 40:20 

10 Bojana BERAK BSH 41:20 

RIO DE JANEIRO 

VIVOVDAN 


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World leading times 

Latest standings at 10km, half marathon and marathon 

Paula Radcliffe 

By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician 

These lists provide a glimpse into the world of global road-racing activity and were believed 

accurate at 31 March 2005. They focus primarily on the half-marathon and marathon, as these 

represent the primary event membership within AIMS. The lists are updated periodically based 

upon availability of results. Amendments, corrections, and additions are always welcome; there 

is no such thing as a “perfect” or “complete” list, as accumulation of new information 

continually provides new perspective. Please send relevant results to Drdave@gsu.edu 

Marathon 

Men 

World Record: 

Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003 

Women 

World Record: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003 

Women-only-race: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 2005 

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

2:07:26 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 17 APR 

2:07:38 Julio Rey ESP 1 Hamburg 24 APR 

2:07:41 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 1 Tokyo 13 FEB 

2:07:49 Jaouad Gharib MAR 2 London 17 APR 

2:07:50 Jimmy Muindi KEN 1 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:08:02 Alberico di Cecco ITA 1 Roma 13 MAR 

2:08:02 Jackson Koech KEN 2 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:08:04 Salim Kipsang KEN 1 Paris 10 APR 

2:08:07 Philip Manyim KEN 2 Roma 13 MAR 

2:08:16 Daniel Yego KEN 3 Roma 13 MAR 

2:08:17 Paul Biwott KEN 2 Paris 10 APR 

2:08:32 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 3 London 17 APR 

2:08:53 William Kipsang KEN 1 Seoul 13 MAR 

2:09:00 Joseph Riri KEN 1 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:09:01 Felix Limo KEN 3 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:09:03 Jose Rios ESP 2 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:09:03 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 4 London 17 APR 

2:09:10 Michitaka Hosokawa JPN 3 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:09:13 Wataru Okutani JPN 4 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:09:17 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 1 San Diego 05 JUN 

2:09:18 Yuko Matsumiya JPN 5 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:09:18 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 2 Hamburg 24 APR 

2:09:24 Gashaw Melese Asfaw ETH 3 Paris 10 APR 

2:09:25 Stefano Baldini ITA 5 London 17 APR 

2:09:31 Jonathan Brown GBR 6 London 17 APR 

2:09:35 Mark Saina KEN 1 Los Angeles 06 MAR 

2:09:45 Benjamin Maiyo KEN 2 Los Angeles 06 MAR 

2:09:46 Gudisa Shentama ETH 4 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:09:49 Raymond Kipkoech KEN 1 Xiamen 26 MAR 

2:09:51 Stephen Kiogora KEN 2 San Diego 05 JUN 

2:09:58 Satoshi Irifune JPN 1 Oita 06 FEB 

2:10:01 Benson Cherono KEN 3 San Diego 05 JUN 

2:10:10 Takashi Tokunaga JPN 6 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:10:10 Peter Kiprono Chebet KEN 4 Paris 10 APR 

2:10:12 Toshiya Katayama JPN 7 Otsu 06 MAR 

2:10:12 Ottaviano Andriani ITA 4 Roma 13 MAR 

2:10:13 Daniel Cheribo KEN 5 Paris 10 APR 

2:10:13 Christopher Cheboiboc KEN 5 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:10:13 Moses Ndiema Masai KEN 1 Essen 17 APR 

2:10:17 Stanley Leleito KEN 1 Zuerich 03 APR 

10km Road 

Men 

World Record: 

Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002 


27:25 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Manchester 22 MAY 

27:47 Sammy Kipketer KEN 1 New Orleans 26 MAR 

27:49 John Cheruiyot Korir KEN 2 New Orleans 26 MAR 

27:50 John Kibowen KEN 1 Brunssum 03 APR 

27:53 John Kipchumba KEN 1 Stadskanaal 28 MAR 

27:55 Juan Carlos de la Ossa ESP 2 Manchester 22 MAY 

27:56 John Korir KEN 1 Carolina 27 FEB 

27:57 Wilson Kebenei KEN 2 Carolina 27 FEB 

28:00 Samuel Rongo Olengura KEN 2 Brunssum 03 APR 

28:01 Kibowen 3 New Orleans 26 MAR 


2:17:42 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 London 17 APR 

2:22:50 Constantina Tomescu ROM 2 London 7 APR 

2:22:56 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 1 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:23:24 Chunxiu Zhou CHN 1 Seoul 13 MAR 

2:23:59 Mary Ozaki JPN 2 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:24:00 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 London 17 APR 

2:24:19 Yumiko Hara JPN 1 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:24:25 Megumi Oshima JPN 2 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:24:54 Ryoko Eda JPN 3 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:25:21 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 4 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:25:22 Margaret Okayo KEN 4 London 17 APR 

2:25:55 Yanan Wei CHN 2 Seou 13 MAR 

2:25:56 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 3 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:26:02 Kiyomi Ogawa JPN 5 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:26:11 Lyubov Denisova RUS 1 Los Angeles 06 MAR 

2:26:29 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 5 London 17 APR 

2:26:32 Benita Johnson AUS 6 London 17 APR 

2:26:46 Luminita Zaituc GER 1 Duesseldorf 08 MAY 

2:26:55 Miki Oyama JPN 4 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:27:01 Lidia Simon ROM 5 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:27:01 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 1 Paris 10 APR 

2:27:01 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 7 London 17 APR 

2:27:06 Edith Masai KEN 1 Hamburg 24 APR 

2:27:18 Florence Barsosio KEN 2 Paris 10 APR 

2:27:22 Chieko Yamasaki JPN 6 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:27:36 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 Rotterdam 10 APR 

2:27:38 Asha Gigi ETH 3 Paris 10 APR 

2:27:40 Yoko Shibui JPN 7 Nagoya 13 MAR 

2:28:01 Silviya Skvortsova RUS 1 Roma 13 MAR 

2:28:04 Rosaria Console ITA 4 Paris 10 APR 

2:28:07 Hiromi Ominami JPN 6 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:28:10 Zivile Balciunaite LTU 2 Los Angele 06 MAR 

2:28:21 Albina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 17 APR 

2:28:34 Mihaela Botezan ROM 7 Osaka 30 JAN 

2:28:36 Hellen Kimutai KEN 3 Los Angeles 06 MAR 

2:28:42 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Praha 22 MAY 

2:28:43 Galina Karnatsevich BLR 1 Duluth 17 JUN 

OTHER PERFORMANCES 

2:25:13 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Boston 18 APR 

2:27:03 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 2 Boston 18 APR 

Women 

World Record: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003 

Women’s-only loop course: 

Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29, 

New York, 08 JUN 2002 


30:27 Isabella Ochichi KEN 1 New Orleans 27 MAR 

30:45 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 New Orleans 27 MAR 

31:10 Asmae Leghzaoui MAR 1 Cleveland 22 MAY 

31:25 Irene Kwambai Kipchumba KEN 1 Barcelona 03 APR 

31:25 Grace Momanyi KEN 1 Ottawa 28 MAY 

31:27 Leghzaoui 1 W.Potomac Pk 16 APR 

31:28 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 Manchester 22 MAY 

31:29 Leghzaoui 2 Ottawa 28 MAY 

31:35 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Manchester 22 MAY 

31:38 Benita Johnson AUS 2 Barcelona 03 APR 

Half Marathon 

Men 

World Record: 

Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:17, Milano, 04 APR 1998 

[splits: 13:42/27:52/42:02/56:37] 

Point-to-point aided (downhill – 69 m) course: 

Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:06, Lisboa, 26 MAR 2000 


60:11 Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei KEN 1 Milano 10 APR 

60:25 John Yuda Msuri KEN 2 Milano 10 APR 

60:30 Lawrence Kiprotich Saina KEN 3 Milano 10 APR 

61:00 Fabiano Joseph Naasi KEN 4 Milano 10 APR 

61:01 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 17 APR 

61:04 Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul KEN 1 Berlin 03 APR 

61:07 Silas Kirui KEN 1 Praha 03 APR 

61:07 Kimugul 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 17 APR 

61:14 Benson Barus KEN 1 Nice 24 APR 

61:16 Joseph Ngolepus KEN 2 Berlin 03 APR 

61:18 Jairus Chanchaima KEN 3 Vitry-sur-Seine 17 APR 

61:27 Dennis Musembi Ndiso KEN 4 Vitry-sur-Seine 17 APR 

61:31 Daniel Njenga KEN 1 Yamaguchi 13 MAR 


59:10 Paul Tergat KEN 1 Lisboa 13 MAR 

59:21 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 2 Lisboa 13 MAR 

59:27 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 3 Lisboa 13 MAR 

59:42 Martin Lel KEN 4 Lisboa 13 MAR 

60:46 Rodgers Rop KEN 5 Lisboa 13 MAR 

60:51 Jaouad Gharib MAR 6 Lisboa 13 MAR 

Women 

World Record: 

Elana Meyer (RSA) 66:44, Tokyo, 15 JAN 1999 

[splits 16:02/31:38/47:31/63:23] 

Point-to-point aided (downhill – 30.5 m drop) course: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 65:40, 21 SEP 2003 


69:34 Takako Kotorida JPN 1 Marugame 06 FEB 

69:43 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 2 Marugame 06 FEB 

69:53 Helena Javornik SLO 1 Ferrara 20 FEB 

69:54 Terumi Asoshina JPN 1 Yamaguchi 13 MAR 

69:58 Lidia Simon ROM 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:02 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:13 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 1 Vilamoura 10 APR 

70:15 Hiroko Miyauchi JPN 3 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:18 Mary Ptikany KEN 1 Den Haag 19 MAR 

70:20 Grace Momanyi KEN 1 Monterrey 17 APR 

70:25 Miho Notagashira JPN 3 Marugame 06 FEB 

70:26 Akane Taira JPN 4 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:29 Taira 2 Yamaguchi 13 MAR 

70:31 Madoka Ogi JPN 3 Yamaguchi 13 MAR 

70:34 Notagashira 5 Miyazaki 06 JAN 


68:47 Susan Chepkemei KEN 1 Lisboa 13 MAR 

69:17 Margaret Okayo KEN 2 Lisboa 13 MAR 

69:53 Asha Gigi ETH 3 Lisboa 13 MAR 

69:55 Rosaria Console ITA 4 Lisboa 13 MAR 

# = Lisboa 69 m drop (3.3 m/km) 


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* - AIMS Associate Member 


To correct current contact information 

and race dates please send details to: 

update@aims-association.org 

Algeria 

Sahara Marathon 

February 

James E. B. Carney 

P.O. Box 455, Marshall, VA 20116, USA 

Tel: 703 969 0049 

Fax: 503 905 9526 

Email: saharamarathon@aol.com 

Inet: saharamarathon.org 


Antarctica 

Antarctica Marathon 

February 

Thom Gilligan 

Marathon Tours, 261 Main St, 

Boston MA 02129 

Tel: 1 617 242 7845 

Fax: 1 617 242 7686 

Email: marathon@shore.net 

Inet: www.marathontour.com 


Argentina 

Buenos Aires City 

Half Marathon 

September 

Domingo Amaison 

Echeverria 1677-Dto L, (1428) Buenos Aires 

Tel: 54 11 4782 8678 

Fax: 54 11 4784 8354 

Email: amaison@amaisonproducciones.com.ar 

Inet: www.amaisonproducciones.com.ar 

Buenos Aires Marathon 

October 

Jorge Usle 

Julian Olvarez 1221, Buenos Aires, Zip 1414 

Tel/Fax: 54 11 4779 0615 

Personal Email: uslan@ciudad.com.ar 

Marathon Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com. 

Australia 

ASICS Melbourne Marathon October 

Joe Murphy 

P.O. Box 148, Brunswick, 3056 Victoria 

Tel: 61 3 9381 4666 

Fax: 61 3 9381 4777 

Email: joe@eventwizard.com.au 

Inet: www.melbournemarathon.com.au 

Blackmores Sydney Running 

Fesitival/Sydney Marathon September 

Wayne Larden 

Pont3 Pty Ltd, Level 2, 5 Queen St, 

Chippendale NSW 2008 

Tel: 61 2 9310 8100 

Fax: 61 2 9310 8139 

Email: info@sydneymarathon.org 

Inet: www.sydneymarathon.org 

Gold Coast Airport Marathon 

July 

Cameron Hart 

P.O. Box 2547, Southport BC, 

Queensland, 4215 

Tel: 61 7 5564 8733 

Fax: 61 7 5564 9733 

Email: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

Inet: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

Canberra Marathon 

April 

Dave Cundy 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, 

NSW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 434 27611 

Fax: 61 2 434 27648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

Inet: www.canberramarathon.com.au 

The Sun-Herald City to Surf August 

Jenny Barker 

C/- John Fairfax Publications, 

201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 

Tel: 61 2 9282 2747 

Fax: 61 2 9282 3703 

Email: city2surf@mail.fairfax.com.au 

Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf 

Austria 

Grazer Murpromenaden 

Half Marathon 

March 

Alois E. Fortmüller 

A 8020 Graz, Lagergasse 97/2/6 

Tel/Fax: 43 316 71 79 44 

Email: office@graz-halbmarathon.org 

Inet: www.graz-halbmarathon.org 

Linz Int’l Marathon 

April 

Ewald Tröbinger 

Roseggerstrasse 41, A-4020 Linz 

Tel: 43 732 60 34 12 

Fax: 43 732 60 62 12 

Email: linzmarathon@liva.co.at 

Inet: www.linz-marathon.at 

Vienna City Marathon 

May 

Wolfgang Konrad 

Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH, 

P.O. Box 145, 1100 Wien/Vienna 

Tel: 43 1 606 9510 

Fax: 43 1 606 9540 

Email: office@vienna-marathon.com 

Inet: www.vienna-marathon.com 

Wachau Marathon 

September 

Dr. Helmut Paul 

P.O. Box 15, A-3500 Krems 

Tel: 43 2732 82853 

Fax: 43 2732 84618 22 

Email: info@wachaumarathon.at 

Inet: www.wachaumarathon.at 

*Int’l Welser Intersport Eybl 

Halbmarathon 

April 

Otto Geitz 

Haidlweg 91, A-4600 Wels 

Tel/Fax: 43 7242 25 828 

Email: office@wels-halbmarathon.at 

Inet: www.wels-halbmarathon.at 

Barbados 

Run Barbardos Marathon December 

Steve Edwards 

Barbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road, 

St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 Bridgetown 

Tel: 246 427 2623 

Fax: 246 426 4080 

Email: stevee@barbados.org 

Inet: www.runbarbados.org 

Belgium 

ING Brussels 

Marathon and Half 

August 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen 

Tel: 32 11 45 99 78 

Fax: 32 11 45 99 10 

Email: info@ingrunningtour.be 

Inet: www.ingbrusselsmarathon.be 

Coastal Marathon 

October 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen 

Tel: 32 11 45 99 78 

Fax: 32 11 45 99 10 

Email: info@cis.be 

Inet: www.kustmarathon.be 

Bosnia 

Vidovdan 10km Road Race 

Borislav Djurdjevic 

Brace Ribnikar 17, 

76100 Brcko 

Tel: 387 49217 771 

Fax: 387 49217 771 

Email: mpc1@teol.net 

Inet: www.vidovdanskatrka.org 

Brazil 

June 

*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon June 

Joao Traven 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102, 

Leblon 22450-080 

Tel: 55 21 222 33 073 

Fax: 55 21 222 32 773 

Email: traven@dh.com.br 

Inet: www.maratonadorio.com.br 

*Half Marathon of Bahia 

October 

Og Robson de Menezes Chagas 

Rua Dr. Jose Peroba, 349 - Sala 1502, 

Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, CEP 41760-320 

Tel: 55 71 3341 1666 

Fax: 55 71 3341 2204 

Email: meiadabahia@bis.tur.br 

Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br 

10km Corpore 

São Paulo Classic 

November 

*São Paulo Half Marathon Corpore April 

Jose Octavio Aronis 

Rua Bento De Andrade, 436, 

Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP 

Tel: 55 11 3884 4188 

Fax: 55 11 3885 0213 

Email: corpore@corpore.org.br 

Inet: www.corpore.org.br 

São Paulo Marathon 

April 

Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December 

*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August 

Thadeus Kassabian 

Avenida Magalhaes de Castor, 956 Butanta, 

Sao Paulo, CEP 05502-001 

Tel/Fax: 55 11 3031 7033 

Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br 

Inet: www.voltadapampulha.com.br 

www.maratonadesaopaulo.com.br 

www.yescom.com.br 

Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race December 

Julio Deodora 

Rua Jacarapinima, 416, 

CEP 02415-010, Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP 

Tel: 55 11 3170 5917 

Fax: 55 11 3266 8574 

Email: jdeodoro@gazetaesportiva.com.br 

Canada 

adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon May 

Janet Anderson 

PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8 

Tel: 1 604 872 2928 

Fax: 1 604 872 2903 

Email: info@vanmarathon.bc.ca 

Inet: www.vanmarathon.ca 

BURNCO Calgary Marathon 

Jacqui Sanderson 

PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary, 

Alberta T2P 2H9 

Tel: 1 403 264 2996 

Fax: 1 403 251 9070 

Email: info@calgarymarathon.com 

Inet: www.calgarymarathon.com 

July 

ING Edmonton Centennial Marathon August 

Alan Whyte 

8537-109th Street (Running Room), 

Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4 

Tel: 1 780 433 6062 

Fax: 1 780 439 8465 

Email: awhyte@runningroom.com 

Inet: www.runningroom.com 

ING Ottawa Marathon 

Jim Robinson 

P.O. Box 426, Station A, Ottawa, 

ON K1N 8V5 

Tel: 1 613 234 2221 

Fax: 1 613 234 5880 

Email: info@ncm.ca 

Inet: www.ingottawamarathon.com 

May 

Niagara Fallsview Casino 

Resort Int’l Marathon 

October 

Jim R. Ralston 

5515 Stanley Avenue, 

Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 3X4 

Tel: 1 905 356 9460 

Fax: 1 905 356 5567 

Email: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Quebec City Marathon 

August 

Denis Therrien 

1173 boul. Charest Ouest bureau 290, 

Quebec, G1N 2C9 

Tel: 1 418 694 4442 

Fax: 1 418 694 4441 

Email: isabelle.paquet@marathonquebec.com 

Inet: www.runquebeccity.com 

Royal Victoria Marathon 

October 

Rob Reid 

P.O. Box 675, 185 - 911 Yates Street, 

Victoria, British Colombia, V8V 4Y9 

Tel: 11 250 658 4520 

Fax: 11 250 658 4526 

Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com 

Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com 

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half 

September 

Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon 

June 

Alan Brookes 

33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807, 

Toronto, ON M4W 3T4 

Tel: 1 416 944 2765 (ext.503) 

Fax: 1 416 944 8527 

Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

svhm@canadarunningseries.com 

Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

canadarunningseries.com/svhm 

Toronto Marathon and Half 

Jay W. Glassman 

450 Walmer Road, Suite 412, 

Toronto, ON, M5P 2X8 

Tel: 1 416 972 1062 

Fax: 1 416 972 1238 

Email: torontomarathon@rogers.com 

Inet: www.torontomarathon.com 

China 

October 

Beijing Int’l Marathon 

October 

Wang Dawei 

4 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing 

Tel: 86 10 8718 3440 

Fax: 86 10 6714 2515 

Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com 

Inet: www.athletics.org.cn 

The Great Wall Marathon 

May 

Michael Andersen 

Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 51 50 6039 

Fax: 45 36 98 0021 

Email: michael.andersen@get2net.dk 

Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com 


Toray Cup Shanghi 

Int’l Marathon 

November 

Xian Gong 

Room 603, Huating Holiday Inn Hotel, No 

469, Zhonghua Xin Rd, Shanghi 

Tel: 86 21 6629 6088 

Fax: 86 21 6629 6088 

Email: tennisyang@sohu.com 

Xiamen Int’l Marathon 

March 

Yu Zhenjie 

No. 2 Tiyu Road, Xiamen 

Tel: 86 592 509 4800 

Fax: 82 592 512 1241 

Email: alice.chen@126.com 

Inet: www.xmim.org 

Colombia 

Bogota Int’l Half Maraton 

Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá July 

Martha Santos 

Calle 93B #15 - 34 Oficina 306 

Tel: 57 1 531 1860 

Fax: 57 1 531 0212 

Email: correcam@elsitio.net.co 

Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com 

Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin 

September 

Juan Jose Piedrahita Velasquez 

Calle 49B, 63-21, Piso 3, Medellin 

Tel: 54 230 1123 

54 230 8000 

Fax: 54 260 1231 

Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co 

Inet: www.maratonmedellin.com 

Cuba 

Marabana Marathon and Half November 

Carlos R. Gattorno Correa 

Ciudad Deportiva, Apartado 5130 La Habana 

Tel: 53 7 545 022 / 410 953 

Fax: 53 7 204 1914 

Email: marabana@inder.co.cu 

Cyprus 

Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon November 

Chjristos Evripidou 

13 Souliou Street, 2091 Strovolos, Nicosia 

Tel: 357 994 10730 

Fax: 357 224 20559 

Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cy 

Inet: www.runclub.com.cy 

Czech Republic 

Prague Int’l Marathon 

Hervis Prague Half Marathon 

Paulo Ottone 

Zahoranského 3, Prague 2 120 00 

Tel: 420 224 91 92 09 

Fax: 420 224 92 33 55 

Email: marathon@pim.cz 

Inet: www.praguemarathon.com 

Denmark 

May 

April 

Copenhagen Marathon 

May 

Niels Jorgen Holdt 

Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11, 

DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 35 26 69 00 

Fax: 45 35 38 69 03 

Email: sparta@sparta.dk 

Inet: www.sparta.dk 

Five Towers Marathon 

April 

Jes Clausen 

11, Gisselorevej, DK-4400, Kalundborg 

Tel: 45 595 12634 

Email: jesclausen@ka-net.dk 

Inet: www.5-taarns-marathon.dk 

H. C. Andersen Marathon September 

Torben Simonsen 

Stadionvej 50, DK-5200 Odense V. 

Tel: 45 6312 7312 

Fax: 45 6590 7425 

Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk 

Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk 



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Egypt 

Egyptian Marathon 

February 

*Pharaonic 100km 

November 

Gasser Riad 

Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St, 

(Area No.1), Nasr City, Cairo 

Tel: 202 260 6930 

2012 21 488 39 

Fax: 202 260 6932 

Email: info@egyptianmarathon.net 

Inet: www.egyptianmarathon.net 

*St Catherine’s Marathon December 

Tarek Moshref 

Misr Sinai Tours, P.O. Box 119, 

Abbassia, Cairo 

Tel: 202 274 4900 

Fax: 202 671 3130 

Email: info@misrsinaitours.com 

Inet: www.misrsinaitours.com 


Estonia 

Tallinn Half Marathon 

September 

Uno Lipp 

Ounapuu pst 197, Maardu 74117 

Tel/Fax: 372 6457 611 

Email: rahvajooks@datanet.ee 

Inet: www.halfmarathon.ee 

Ethiopia 

Toyota Great Ethiopian 

Run 10km 

November 

Richard Nerurkar 

Tel: 251 1 633 646 

Fax: 251 1 627 876 

Email: greatrun@telecom.net.et 

village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et 

Inet: www.ethiopiarun.org 

Finland 

Aland Marathon 

October 

John Holmberg 

Martellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn, 

Aaland 

Tel: 358 1 819 605 

Fax: 358 1 813 170 

Email: marathon@aland.net 

Inet: www.marathon.aland.fi 

Helsinki City Marathon 

August 

Pertti Raunio 

Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20, 

FI-00240 Helsinki 

Tel: 358 9 3481 2405 

Fax: 358 9 3481 2367 

Email: sul.harraste@sul.fi 

Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com 

Paavo Nurmi Marathon 

July 

Jari Salonen 

Linnankatu 36, FIN-20100, Turku 

Tel: 358 2 274 5010 

Fax: 358 2 274 5001 

Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.com 

Inet: www.paavonurmisports.com 

France 

Classique Internationale 

Marseille Cassis 

October 

Claude Ravel 

1 Boulevard de la Pugette, 13009 Marseille 

Tel: 33 4 91 75 24 24 

Fax: 33 4 91 75 78 62 

Email: estelle.roumanille@libertysurf.fr 

Inet: www.marseille-cassis.com 

*Marathon de Marseille 

March 

30 Rue Briffaut, 13005 Marseille 

Tel: 33 4 91 4845 17 

Fax: 33 4 91 4837 91 

Email: info@marseillemarathon.com 

Inet: www.marseillemarathon.com 

Marathon du Medoc 

September 

Hubert Rocher 

AMCM Maison du Vin, 33250 Pauillac 

Tel: 33 5 56 59 01 91 

Fax: 33 5 56 59 62 38 

Email: info@marathondumedoc.com 

Inet: www.marathondumedoc.com 

Marathon of La Rochelle November 

Mauny Nicolas 

B.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01 

Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19 

Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04 

Email: info@marathondelarochelle.com 

Inet: www.marathondelarochelle.com 

Nice Int’l Half Marathon 

April 

Reynald Debreyne 

Azure Sport Organisation, 

16 bvd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice 

Tel: 33 4 93 26 19 12 

Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34 

Email: mail@azur-sport.org 

Inet: www.nicesemimarathon.com 

Paris Marathon 

April 

Joël Laine 

Aso, 2 rue Rouget de Lisle, 

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux 

Tel: 33 1 41 33 15 68 

Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74 

Email: bleutellier@aso.fr 

Inet: www.parismarathon.com 

Germany 

Bewag Half Marathon Berlin 

April 

real,- Berlin Marathon 

September 

Mark Milde 

SCC-Running Events, Glockenturmstrasse 

23, D-14055, Berlin 

Tel: 49 30 301 288 10 

Fax: 49 30 301 288 20 

Email: info@berlin-marathon.com 

Inet: www.berlin-marathon.com 

Messe Frankfurt Marathon October 

Jo Schindler 

Sonnemannstrasse 3, 

60314 Frankfurt, Germany 

Tel: 49 69 370 0468 0 

Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11 

Email: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com 

Inet: www.frankfurt-marathon.com 

iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg 

May 

Michael Littmann 

An der Stadtmarter, 2, 

97228 Rottendorf 

Tel: 49 9302 9904 17 

Fax: 49 9302 9807 82 

Email: littmann@wuerzburg-marathon.de 

Inet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de 

Karstadt Ruhr Marathon 

May 

Bernd Groene 

Tel: 49 201 727 3852 

Fax: 49 201 727 3816 

Email: groene@idko.com 

Inet: www.twinmarathon.de 

Marathon Hamburg 

April 

Wolfram Goetz 

Winterhuder Weg 86, D22085 Hamburg 

Tel: 49 40 8888 0358 

Fax: 49 40 8888 0368 

Email: info@marathon-hamburg.de 

Inet: www.marathon-hamburg.de 

Nike Run Berlin 25km 

May 

Glockenturm str 1, D 17053 Berlin 

Tel: 49 30 305 17 71 

Fax: 49 30 30 09 9610 

Email: info@runberlin.de 

Inet: www.runberlin.de 

Great Britain 

Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon October 

Malcolm Sutherland 

Caledonian Concepts PO Box 26, 

Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ 

Tel: 44 0870 127 8000 

Fax: 44 0845 838 2764 

Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com 

Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com 

Reebok Bristol Half Marathon October 

Georgette Van Hoof 

P.O. Box 512, Cheadle, 

Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJ 

Tel: 44 01782 396113 

Email: bristol@frsystems.co.uk 

Inet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathon 

British 10K London Run 

July 

Michael O’Reilly 

Union Jack Sports Ltd, 18b Charles Street, 

London W1J 5DU 

Tel: 44 207 667 6894 

Fax: 44 207 667 6895 

Email: mor10k@yahoo.co.uk 

Inet: www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk 

Edinburgh Marathon 

June 

Ian Ladbrooke 

North Berwick Business Centre, Melbourne 

Place, North Berwick EH39 4JS, Scotland 

Tel: 44 1620 890 444 

Fax: 44 1620 890 787 

Email: ian@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Flora London Marathon 

David Bedford 

P.O. Box 1234, London SE1 8RZ 

Tel: 44 207 902 0200 

Fax: 44 207 620 4208 

Inet: www.london-marathon.co.uk 

April 

Great Scottish Run 

September 

Frank Clement 

Glasgow City Council, 20 Trongate, 

Glasgow G1 5ES, Scotland 

Tel: 44 141 248 9909 

Fax: 44 141 287 0994 

Email: amanda.brown@cls.glasgow.gov.uk 

Inet: www.run.glasgow.gov.uk 

Greenland 

Nuuk Marathon 

Claus Nielsen 

PO BOX 84, DK-3900 Nuuk 

Tel: 299 558 854 

Fax: 299 323 278 

Email: claus@team.gl 

Inet: www.nuuk-marathon.gl 

Greece 

August 

Athens Classic Marathon November 

Evangelos Papapostolou 

137, Syngrou Avenue, 171 21 N Smirni, Athens 

Tel/Fax: 30 210 935 6904 

Email: mail@athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Guatemala 

*Medio Maraton 

Internacional de Coban 

May 

Juan de Dios Reyes 

Via 5, 3-65 Zona 4 Edificio El Angel, 

Suite 24, Guatemala 

Tel: 502 331 9579 

Fax: 502 360 1215 

Email: sports@sportsandmarketing.net 

Inet: www.sportsandmarketing.net 

Hong Kong 

China Coast Marathon 

March 

Catherine Leonard 

P.O. Box 28893, 

Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai 

Tel: 852 2732 6222 (Phil Booth) 

Fax: 852 2813 1417 

Email: avohkccm@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.avohk.org 

Mizuno Hong Kong Half 

Marathon Championships January 

Alan Wong Kim Lun 

Rm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

Tel: 852 2504 8215 

Fax: 852 2577 5392 

Email: hkaaa@hksdb.org.hk 

Inet: www.hkaaa.com 

Standard Chartered 

Hong Kong Marathon 

February 

William Ko 

Rm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

Tel: 852 2577 0800 

Fax: 852 2367 6166 

Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com 

Inet: www.hkmarathon.com 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth 

Hungary 

Nike Budapest Int’l 

Half Marathon 

September 

Plus Budapest Marathon 

October 

BSI Futo Kft 

1038 Budapest, Váci út 152-156 

Tel: 36 1 273 0939 

Fax: 36 1 273 0936 

Email: budapest.run@axelero.hu 

Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com 

Iceland 

Reykjavik Marathon and Half 

Friman Ari Ferdinandsson 

Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavik 

Tel: 354 535 3700 

Fax: 354 568 7566 

Email: marathon@marathon.is 

Inet: www.reykjavikmarathon.com 

August 

India 


Mumbai Marathon 

January 

Delhi Int'l Half Marathon 

October 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International 

14, St. James Court, Marine Drive, 

Mumbai - 400 020 

Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 Ext:114 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 

Email: scmm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.mumbaimarathon.indiatimes.com 


The Great Tibetan Marathon August/Sept 

Michael Andersen 

Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 51 50 6039 

Fax: 45 36 98 0021 

Email: michael.andersen@get2net.dk 

Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com 


Hyderabad Midnight Marathon September 

Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon May 

Ian Ladbroke 

c/o Crossover Consulting, 11 Wood Street, 

Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 026, India 

Tel: +91 80 51126004 

Fax: +91 80 57712004 

Email: info@coindia.com 

Inet: www.bangaloreinternationalmarathon.com 

Ireland 

adidas Dublin Marathon 

October 

Jim Aughney 

Donore Harriers Sports, Complex, 

Chapelizod, Dublin 20 

Tel: 353 1 623 2250 

Fax: 353 1 626 3757 

Email: bhaa@eircom.net 

Inet: www.adidasdublinmarathon.ie 

Israel 

Tiberias Marathon 

January 

Jack Cohen 

10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv 

Tel: 972 3 648 6256 

Fax: 972 3 648 6255 

Email: iaa@zahav.net.il 

Inet: www.iaa.co.il/E/TiberiasMarathon/ 

Jerusalem Half Marathon 

March 

Dr. Vladimir Shklar 

Jerusalem Municipality Sports Authority 

10 Safra Square, Jerusalem, Israel 

Tel: 

Fax: 

Email: svladimir@jerusalem.muni.il 

Inet: 

Italy 

Firenze Marathon 

November 

Giancarlo Romiti 

Organizzazione Firenze Marathon, 

Casella Postale 597, 50100 Firenze 

Tel: 39 055 5522 957 

Fax: 39 055 5536 823 

Email: staff@firenzemarathon.it 

Inet: www.firenzemarathon.it 

Guiseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon 

February 

Gian Carlo Chittolini 

Via Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore, 

Terme, Parma 

Tel: 390 524 572 083 

Fax: 390 524 575 055 

Email: info@verdimarathon.it 

Inet: www.verdimarathon.it 

Ferrari Italian Marathon 

October 

Ivano Barbolini 

PO Box 330 - 41012 Carpi (MO) 

Tel: 39 059 65 02 97 

Fax: 39 059 65 13 30 

Email: info@italianmarathon.it 

Inet: www.italianmarathon.it 

Maratona d’Europa 

May 

Enrico Benedetti 

Via Lazzaretto Vecchio 18, 34123 Trieste 

Tel: 39 040 322 0224 

Fax: 39 040 322 0726 

Email: info@bavisela.it 

Inet: www.bavisela.it 

The City of Rome Marathon 

March 

Enrico Castrucci 

Viale Batista Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Rome 

Tel: 39 06 40 65 064 

Fax: 39 06 40 65 063 

Email: info@maratonadiroma.it 

Inet: www.maratonadiroma.it 


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21 MAY 2006 SPARTA 


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*Palermo D’Inverno Half 

Marathon and Super Marathon October 

Prof. Antonio Selvaggio 

Via Resuttana Colli, 414, Palermo 

90146 Palermo 

Tel: 39 091 524980 

Fax: 39 091 524980 

Email: sorbello@palermosupermarathon.com 

Inet: www.palermosupermarathon.com 

Palermo Int’l Marathon 

November 

Salvatore Gebbia 

C/o Maratona della Citta di Palermo, 

Via Napoli, 84, 90133 Palermo 

Tel: 39 09 132 0731 

Fax: 39 09 132 0731 / 625 0365 

Email: info@palermomaratona.it 

Inet: www.palermomaratona.it 

Sant Antonio Marathon 

April 

Silvana Santi 

Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova 

Tel: 39 049 822 7114 

Fax: 39 049 822 7164 

Email: info@maratonasantantonio.com 

Inet: www.maratonasantantonio.com 

Sardinia Marathon 

April 

Antonio Baldisserotto 

Tel: 39 0532 909010 

Fax: 39 0532 977245 

Email: ab@terramia.com 

Citroen Milano City Marathon December 

Massimo Magnani 

Corso Garibaldi 86, 20121 Milano 

Tel: 39 02 6282 8755 

Fax: 39 02 6282 8752 

Email: massimagnani@libero.it 

Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it 

Turin Marathon 

April 

Turin Half Marathon 

September 

Pietro Chiabrera 

C.SO Regina Magherita 497, 10151 Turin 

Tel: 39 011 455 9959 

Fax: 39 011 407 6054 

Email: info@turinmarathon.it 

Inet: www.turinmarathon.it 

Venice Marathon 

October 

Enrico Jacomini 

Venice Marathon Club, Via Torino 133, 

30172 Mestre, Venice 

Tel: 39 041 532 1871 

Fax: 39 041 532 1879 

Email: info@venicemarathon.it 

Inet: www.venicemarathon.it 

Vigarano Marathon 

March 

Federica Stella 

Via Municipio 1 - 44049 Vigarano, 

Mainarda, Ferrara 

Tel: 39 0532 43 196 

Fax: 39 0532 73 9126 

Email: post@vigaranomarathon.it 

Inet: www.vigaranomarathon.it 

Jamaica 

Reggae Marathon and Half December 

Alfred Francis 

87-89 Tower Street, Kingston 

Tel: 1 876 922 8677 

Fax: 1 876 942 2815 

Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com 

Inet: www.reggaemarathon.com 

Japan 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February 

Seiji Imai 

Sports Dept, RKB Mainichi Radio-TV 

Broadcasting Company, 2-3-8 Momochihama 

Sawara-Ku, Fukuoka, 814-8585 

Tel: 092 852 6611 

Fax: 092 852 6658 

Email: imai@rkb.ne.jp 

Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship December 

Hiroaki Chosa 

Japan Association of Athletics Federations 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 

Tel: 81 3 3481 2300 

Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Email: jaaf@rikuren.or.jp 

Inet: www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/ 

Hokkaido Marathon 

August 

Yoshitaka Abe 

The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat, 

The Hokkaido Shimubun Press, 

Nishi-3, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 

Hokkaido, 060-8711 

Tel: 81 11 232 0840 

Fax: 81 11 210 5734 

Email: marathon@hokkaido-np.co.jp 

Inet: www.hokkaido-marathon.com 

Kagawa Marugame 

Half Marathon 

February 

Tetsuji Araj 

Marugame Shimin Gymnastics, 

924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, 

Kagawa-pref 763 0053 

Tel: 81 0877 24 6251 

Fax: 81 0877 24 7966 

Email: muraoshi@mocha.ocn.ne.jp 

Inet: www.km-half.com 

Kyoto City Half Marathon 

March 

Yoshiharu Naya 

32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo, 

Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864 

Tel: 81 75 315 1235 

Fax: 81 75 315 1236 

Email: isono@runners.co.jp 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon March 

Yukihiro Fujioka 

The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 

3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251 

Tel: 81 6 6346 8249 

Fax: 81 6 6346 8372 

Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp 

Lake Kawaguchi Marathon November 

Nikkan Sports Press 

c/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd., 

IF Kagurazaka Masumoto Bldg., 113, 

Yarai-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805 

Tel: 81 3 5227 3717 

Fax: 81 3 5227 3759 

Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp 

Inet: www.sports-info.co.jp 

Lake Saroma 

100km Ultra Marathon 

June 

Jiro Hashimoto 

Runners Inc., 1-31-9 Haramachi, 

Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8532 

Tel: 81 3 3714 1733 

Fax: 81 3 3714 5455 

Email: saroma@runners.co.jp 

Inet: www.runnet.co.jp 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon March 

Kosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Tanaka 

The Chunichi Shimbun (Press), 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon Office, 6-1, 

1-Chome, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 

460-8511 

Tel: 81 52 221 0737 

Fax: 81 52 221 0739 

Email: niwm@chunichi.co.jp 

Inet: www.chunichi.co.jp/niwm/ 

Nagano Olympic 

Commemorative Marathon 

April 

Satoru Yokoyama 

1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801 

Tel: 81 26 252 7687 

Fax: 81 26 234 6381 

Email: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Ohme Marathon 

30km/10k Road Race 

February 

Kazuo Komatsuzaki, Toshio Takeuchi, 

Katsuhiko Kubota, c/o Hochi Shimbun 

Publicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan, 

Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485 

Tel: 81 3 5479 1294 

Fax: 81 3 5479 1298 

Email: event@hochi.co.jp 

Inet: www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/home.htm 

Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon January 

Motonobu Shimamoto 

2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8408 

Tel: 81 6 6314 8277 

Fax: 81 6 6314 8549 

Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jp 

Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon 

July 

Yasuji Ogawa 

4-4-1 Sapporo Int’l Marathon Secretariat, 

Yomiuri Shimbun, Chuo, Sapporo 060-8656 

Tel: 81 11 242 3117 

Fax: 81 11 242 3153 

Email: kazu1029@yomiuri.com 

Tokyo Int’l Marathon 

February 

Kazuyuki Shiraishi 

C/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports Planning 

Enterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi, 

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325 

Tel: 81 3 5159 5834 

Fax: 81 3 5159 5876 

Email: kazu1029@yomiuri.com 

Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November 

Takao Ishizawa 

c/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji, 

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 

Tel: 81 3 3545 0355 

Fax: 81 3 3248 6636 

Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com 

Inet: http://www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon/ 

Tokyo / New York 

Friendship Marathon 

February 

Yoshinori Sakai (Athletes’ Liaison) 

C/o Japan AAF, 1-1-1 Jinnan, 

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 

Tel: 81 3 3481 2300 

Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Kenya 


Nairobi Marathon and Half October 

John Velzian 

PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi 

Tel: 254 2086 0186 

Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke 

Inet: www.nairobimarathon.com 


Korea 

Chosunilbo Chunchon 

Int’l Marathon 

October 

Sur Kun 

61, 1-ka, Taepyong-no, 

Jung-ku, 100 - 756 Seoul 

Tel: 82 2 724 6333 

Fax: 82 2 724 6309 

Email: marathon@chosun.com 

Inet: marathon.chosun.com 

Seoul Int’l Marathon 

March 

Youn Churl Lim, 

139 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-ku, Seoul 110-715 

Tel: 82 2 2020 0736 

Fax: 82 2 2020 1639 

Email: marathon@donga.com 

Inet: http://marathon.donga.com 

Jeonju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon October 

Kim, Sun-Gil 

Sports & Juvenile Division, 

Jeollabuk-do Provincial Government, #1, 4-ga, 

Jungang-dong, Sansan-gu, Jeonju 560-761 

Tel: 82 63 280 2534 

82 63 280 2536 

Fax: 82 63 280 2539 

Email: cleank@hanmir.com 

Inet: www.jgmara.or.kr 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon November 

Yang Seung-Ryong 

7 Soonhwa-dong, 

Chung-ku Seoul, 100-759 Korea 

Tel: 82 2 751 9629 

Fax: 82 2 751 9640 

Email: laputa@joongang.co.kr 

Inet: http://marathon.joins.com 

Lebanon 

*Beirut Int’l Marathon 

Sara Nasr 

P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut 

Tel: 961 5 959 262 

Fax: 961 5 959 263 

Email: info@beirutmarathon.org 

Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org 

Lithuania 

Vilniaus Marathon 

Rokas Babravicius 

V. Kudirkos 6, Vilniaus 

Tel: 370 5 210 6450 

Fax: 370 5 210 6451 

Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.lt 

Inet: www.marathon.lt 

Luxembourg 

November 

September 

Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon 

September 

Georges Klepper 

Federation Luxembourgeoise d-Athletisme, 

P.O. Box 503, L-2015 

Tel: 352 48 06 70 

Fax: 352 48 05 72 

Email: fla@fla.lu 

Inet: www.fla.lu 

Macau 

Macau Int’l Marathon, 

Half and Mini 

December 

José Tavares 

Macau Sport Development Board, 

Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n, 

Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar, 

Bloco 1, 4 andar, Macau 

Tel: 853 580 762 

Fax: 853 343 708 

Email: sport@macau.ctm.net 

Inet: www.sport.gov.mo 

Malaysia 

Kuala Lumpur Marathon 

S Vegiyathuman 

Federal Territory Amateur Athletic 

Federation, 2nd Floor, Wisma OCM, 

P.O. Box 12546, Jalan Hang Jebat, 

50150 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel: 603 2715 2843 

Fax: 603 2715 2678 

Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.com 

Malta 

Gatorade Malta Int’l 

Challenge Marathon 

November 

Barry M. Whitmore 

P.O. Box 91, Sliema, SLM 01, Malta 

Tel: 356 21 34 43 78 

Fax: 356 25 40 10 31 

Email: info@maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Inet: www.maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Mexico 

Gran Maraton Pacifico 

December 

Francisco Mijares 

Campos Eliseos, 400-12, Mexico D.F. Col 

Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000 

Tel: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208) 

Fax: 525 552 801 716 

Email: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx 

Inet: www.maraton.org 

Maraton LaLa Internacional March 

Héctor Guerrero Herrera 

Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n 

(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada), 

Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila 

Tel: 871 729 2453 

871 713 9646 

Fax: 871 729 2409 

Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com 

Inet: www.maratonlala.org 

Tangamanga Int'l Marathon 

Jaime Morales Reyes 

Vista Hermosa 720, Colonia Jardin 

San Luis Potosi, CP78270 

Tel: 52 4448 144903 

Fax: 52 4448 147857 

Email: morreyes@prodigy.net.mx 

Inet: www.maratontangamanga.com 

Monaco 

June 

Monaco Int’l Marathon 

November 

Jean-Pierre Schoëbel 

Stade Louis II, 7 Avenue Des Castelans, 

98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 92 05 43 05 

Fax: 377 92 05 68 08 

Email: info@monacomarathon.com 

Inet: www.monacomarathon.com 

Morocco 

Course Feminine 

de Casablanca 10km 

May 

Mounhr Bennis 

Boite Postale 16071-20100, Casablanca 

Tel: 212 22 948 261 

Fax: 212 22 948 358 

Email: amsd@iam.net.ma 

Inet: www.amsd.ma 

Namibia 

100 miles of the Namib Desert July 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, No.118, 41100, Modena 

Tel: +390 593 59813 

Fax: +39 292 0013 

Email: info@zitoway.com 

Inet: www.100milesofnamibdesert.com 

Nepal 

Kathmandu Marathon 

Roy K. Kline Jnr. 

Scheer Memorial Hospital, 

P.O. Box 88, Kathmandu 

Tel: 977 11 663 065 

Fax: 977 11 66 171 

Email: ygray@kathmandumarathon.org 

Inet: www.kathmandumarathon.org 

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Netherlands 

Fortis Marathon Rotterdam 

April 

Mario J Kadiks 

P.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam 

Tel:31 10 291 9230 

Fax:31 10 291 9172 

Email:info@rotterdammarathon.nl 

Inet:www.fortismarathonrotterdam.nl 

City-Pier-City Int’l 

Half-Marathon Den Haag 

Wim Verhoorn 

P.O. Box 104, 2678 ZJ De Lier 

Tel:31 174 540 607 

Fax:31 174 510 129 

Email:verh5082@planet.nl 

Inet:www.cpcloop.nl 

Eindhoven Marathon 

Cor Vriend 

Biesven 11, 5645 KL, Eindhoven 

Tel:31 40 2115 142 

Fax:31 40 2118 727 

Email:ncvriend@iae.nl 

Inet:www.marathoneindhoven.nl 

Enschede Marathon 

Jos Hermens 

Global Sports Communications, 

P.O. Box 555, 7500 AN Enschede 

Tel:31 24 351 5077 

Fax:31 24 351 5088 

Email:gsc@global-sports-comm.nl 

Inet:www.global-sports-comm.nl 

March 

October 

April 

ING Amsterdam Marathon October 

Birgit Schmitz, Cees Pronk 

Postbus 143, 1850 AC, Heiloo 

Tel:31 72 533 8136 

31 20 408 5096 

Fax:31 72 533 9398 

31 20 408 5097 

Email:info@ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

b.schmitz@ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

Inet:www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

Nigeria 

MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon November 

Alh, Abdul-Karim Ohimai Amu 

5 Akinola Johnson Close, Surulere, Lagos 

Tel:234 803 402 3398 

Fax:234 802 303 9652 

Email:akoi_amu@yahoo.com 

Inet:www.mtnhalfmarathon.com 

North Pole 

North Pole Marathon 

April 

Richard Donovan 

1 Forstar Place, City Centre, Galway, Ireland 

Tel:353 91 566 077 

Fax:353 91 566 082 

Email:rd@npmarathon.com 

Inet:www.npmarathon.com 


Norway 

Midnight Sun Marathon 

Nils I. Haetta 

P.O. Box 821, N-9258, Tromsø 

Tel:47 776 73363 

Fax:47 776 73364 

Email:post@msm.no 

Inet:www.msm.no 

Pakistan 

June 

*Standard Chartered 

Lahore Marathon 

January 

Ian Ladbrooke 

Publicis Pakistan pvt Ltd, 67-c-2 Gulberg 111, 

Lahore 54660 

Tel:92 42 576 5101/2/3 

Email:Iladbrooke@aol.com 

Inet:www.lahoremarathon.com 

Panama 

Panama City Int’l Marathon August 

Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza 

P.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama City 

Tel:507 236 8332 

Fax:507 236 8334 

Email:jcpaniza@hotmail.com 

Inet:www.marathonpanama.com 

Philippines 

Philippines Marathon – 

Pasig River 

February 

Imelda P. Sarmiento 

The Orchidarium/Butterfly Pavillion, 

Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila 

Tel:632 527 6376 

Fax:632 527 6379 

Email:cgfi@itextron.com 

Inet:www.heritagemarathon.com 

Poland 

Arkadia Warsaw Marathon September 

Marek Tronina 

Ul. Grochowska 278/011, 

03-841 Warsaw, 

Poland 

Tel:48 22 813 83 28 

Fax:48 22 870 01 45 

Email:marek.tronina@maratonwarszawski.com 

Inet:www.warsawmarathon.com 

Cracovia Marathon 

May 

Antonio Agostinho 

Ul. Tenczynek, 

Poland 

Tel:48 12 282 57 62 

Fax:48 12 282 58 73 

Email:info@cracovia-marathon.com 

Inet:www.cracovia-marathon.com 

Poznan Marathon 

October 

Janusz Rajewski 

POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznan 

Tel:48 61 835 79 17 

Fax:48 61 835 79 20 

Email:info@marathon.poznan.pl 

Inet:www.marathon.poznan.pl 

Pila Int’l Half Marathon September 

Henryk Paskal 

ul. Kossaka 23, 64-920 Pila 

Tel:48 67 351 0478 

Fax:48 67 212 5975 

Email:info@pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Inet:www.pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Wroclaw Marathon 

April 

Marek Danielak 

Stowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw, 

Oporowska 62, 53-434 Wroclaw 

Tel:48 71 364 72 00 

Fax:48 71 346 72 10 

Email:biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl 

Inet:www.wroclawmaraton.pl 

Portugal 

Carlos Lopes Gold 

Marathon Memorial 

April 

Mario Silva 

Travessa da Palmeira, No. 6A, 1200-316 

Lisbon 

Tel:351 969 636680 

Fax:351 919 383077 

Email:geral@carloslopes.d2d.pt 

Inet:www.carloslopes.d2d.pt 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March 

RTP 6th Half Marathon 

of Portugal 

September 

Carlos Moya 

3 Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas 

Branco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 Caxias 

Tel:351 21 441 3182 

Fax:351 21 441 3073 

Email:maratona@mcp.jazznet.pt 

Inet:maratonaclubedeportugal.com 

Lisbon Int’l Marathon 

December 

António Campos 

Calçada da Tapada, 67-A, 1349-012 Lisboa 

Tel:351 21 361 6160 

Fax:351 21 361 6169 

Email:treinador@clix.pt 

Porto Marathon 

October 

Jorge Valdemar da Silva Teixeira 

Rua de Cedofeita, 455 Sala 35, 

4050-181, Porto 

Tel:351 91 785 0216 

Fax:351 22 208 0403 

Email:runporto@sapo.pt 

Inet:www.runporto.com 

Portugal Marathon 

April 

Luis Sousa 

Joao Lagos Sports - Gestao de Eventos, S.A., 

Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto, 42, 1400 Lisboa 

Tel:351 21 303 4900 

Fax:351 21 303 4930 

Email:info@portugalmarathon.com 

Inet:www.portugalmarathon.com 

Puerto Rico 

World’s Best 10k Road Race February 

Rafael B. Acosta 

P.O. Box 2780, Carolina, PR 00984-2780 

Tel:787 767 9191 / 767 2000 

Fax:787 767 9199 / 763 2000 

Email:racosta@ptmpr.com 

Inet:www.wb10k.com 

Republic of 

South Africa 

Cape Town Festival of Running October 

Kanu Sukha 

28 Smuts Road, Lansdowne 7780 

Tel:27 21 696 3058 

Fax:27 21 696 3059 

Email:ctfestivalofrunning@eject.co.za 

Inet:http://web.eject.co.za/ctfestivalofrunning 

Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike 

April 

Chet Sainsbury 

P.O. Box 2276, Clareinch 7740, Cape Town 

Tel:27 21 671 9407 

Fax:27 21 671 8724 

Email:raceadmin@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Inet:www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Russia 

Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September 

Boris Fadeev 

18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000 

Tel:7 095 924 0824 

Fax:7 095 924 0824 

7 095 924 0015 

Email:fond@marafon.msk.ru 

Inet:www.marafon.msk.ru 

Novosibirsk Alexandr Raevich 

Half Marathon 

September 

Alexandr Chepasov 

Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001 

Tel:7 3832 27 33 60 

Fax:7 3832 25 07 30 

Email:info@marafon.nsk.ru 

Inet:www.marafon.nsk.ru 

Siberian Int’l Marathon 

August 

Konstantin Podbelski 

Ul. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043 

Tel:7 3812 231 526 

Fax:7 3812 242 567 

Email:sim@omsknet.ru 

Inet:http://sim.omsknet.ru 

Rwanda 

Rwanda Peace Marathon 

May 

Bettina Scholl-Sabatini 

Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture 

P.O. Box 1044, Kigali 

Tel:352 21 21 4804 

Fax:352 26 61 5264 

Email:minicult@rwanda1.com 

betmar@pt.lu 

Singapore 


Singapore Marathon 

December 

David Sim 

Singapore Sports Council, 15 Stadium Road, 

National Stadium, Singapore 

Tel:65 6345 7111 

Fax:65 6345 6043 

Email:info@singaporemarathon.com 

Inet:www.singaporemarathon.com 


Slovakia 

Kosice Peace Marathon 

October 

Dr Stefan Dano 

Marathon Club Kosice, Pri jazdiarni 1, 

PO Box F-24, 043 04 Kosice 

Tel:421 55 622 00 10 

Fax:421 55 622 41 58 

Email:info@kosicemarathon.com 

Inet:www.kosicemarathon.com 

Slovenia 

Ljubljanski Marathon 

October 

Gojko Zalokar 

Town of Ljubijana, Timing Ljubijana, 

Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubijana 

Tel:386 1 234 8002 

Fax:386 1 234 8005 

Email:marathon@slo-timing.com 

Inet:http://marathon.slo-timing.com 

Three Hearts Marathon 

May 

Drago Jug 

Maraton Treh Src, p.p. 69, SI-9252 Radenci 

Tel:386 2 566 90 90 

Fax:386 2 566 90 92 

Email:teniskicenter.radenci@siol.net 

Inet:www.radenska.sl 

Spain 

Marathon of Barcelona 

March 

Rafael Salinas 

c/ Jonqueres, num.16, Flat 15, 

08003, Barcelona 

Tel:34 93 268 01 14 

Fax:34 93 268 43 34 

Email:secretaria@marathoncatalunya.com 

Inet:www.marathoncatalunya.com 

Seville City Marathon 

February 

Manuel Nieto 

Instituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico de 

Sevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 Sevilla 

Tel:34 95459 6870 

34 95459 6847 

Fax:34 95459 6871 

34 95459 6845 

Email:maraton@id.aytosevilla.org 

Inet:www.marasevi.vianetworks.es 

Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz, 

Vitoria-Gasteiz 

April 

Eduardo Martinez Lobera 

c/o Pinto Ortiz de Urbina No3, oficina 17 

01008 Vitoria (Alava) 

Tel:34 945 214 278 

Fax:34 945 214 279 

Email:info@maratonmartinfiz.com 

Inet:www.maratonmartinfiz.com 

Marathon Popular de Madrid April 

Guillermo Jimenez Ramos 

cl. Linneo, 10 A, 28005 Madrid 

Tel:34 902 210 578 

Fax:34 91 364 03 13 

Email:mapoma@arrakis.es 

Inet:www.maratonmadrid.org 

Marathon Popular de Valencia February 

Paco Borao 

Arz Fabian Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia 

Tel:34 96 346 0707 

Fax:34 96 346 3635 

Email:maraton@correcaminos.org 

Inet:www.correcaminos.org 

Sweden 

Göteborg Half Marathon 

May 

Hans Hultman 

P.O. Box 12174, S-40242 Göteborg 

Tel:46 31 772 7880 

Fax:46 31 772 7890 

Email:varvet@gfif.se 

Inet:www.goteborgsvarvet.com 

Stockholm Marathon 

June 

Ulf Saletti 

P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm 

Tel:46 8 54 566 440 

Fax:46 8 664 3822 

Email:info@marathon.se 

Inet:www.marathon.se 

Switzerland 

Jungfrau Marathon 

September 

Richard Umberg 

Jungfraustr. 38, Postfach 356 

CH-3800, Interlaken 

Tel:41 33 828 37 46 

Fax:41 33 823 37 34 

Email:info@jungfrau-marathon.ch 

Inet:www.jungfrau-marathon.ch 


Lausanne Marathon 

October 

Robert Bruchez 

Case Postale (Box) 31, 

CH-1162 Saint-Prex, Lausanne 

Tel:41 21 806 3016 

Fax:41 21 806 2548 

Email:robert@bruchez-organisations.com 

Inet:www.lausanne-maraton.com 

Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July 

Andrea Tuffli 

P.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos Platz 

Tel:41 81 401 1490 

Fax:41 81 401 1489 

Email:info@alpine-davos.ch 

Inet:www.alpine-davos.ch 


Zurich Marathon 

April 

Bruno Lafranchi 

Spindelstr. 2, 8041 Zurich 

Tel:411 480 25 57 

Fax:411 480 25 56 

Email:info@zurichmarathon.com 

Inet:www.zurichmarathon.com 


Stockholm Marathon 

Saturday 3 June 2006 

Scenic course through one of the most stunning capitals in the world 

The marathon: Scandinavia’s biggest marathon and laced by water so clean that you can swim 

Entries from 17 071 runners representing 55 

and fish right in the heart of the city. The size of 

countries were accepted in 2005. Scenic course the city is comfortable; most hotels, restaurants, 

through downtown Stockholm. Finish in the 1912 shopping and sights are within walking distance. 

Olympic Stadium. Ranked as the No 1 destination In the early summer, the nights never get really 

marathon in the world by “The Ultimate Guide to dark. 

International Marathons”. 

Entry on-line: www.StockholmMarathon.se 

Ideal weather conditions. Average temperature Entry forms and race information: Stockholm 

18 degrees centigrade. 

Marathon, Box 10023, SE-100 55 Stockholm, Sweden. 

Start at 14.00 on Saturday 3 June 2006. Entries Phone: +46 – 854 566 440. Fax: +46 – 866 438 22. 

are limited to 17 000 runners. 

E-mail: info@marathon.se 

Exclusive commemorative medal, certificate Web site: www.StockholmMarathon.se 

and T-shirt to all finishers. Free carboloading Party Tourist information: Stockholm Visitors Board. 

Friday 3 June. 

Phone: +46–850 828 508. 

The city: Stockholm is one of the most stunning Web site: www.stockholmtown.com 

capitals in the world. It is situated on 14 islands Hotel reservations: www.trippus.se/marathon 

ENTRY ON- LINE: www.StockholmMarathon.se 

+ 

OTHER GREAT RACES 

IN SWEDEN 2006: 

• Dunder Dygnet 

Running adventure in the 

midnight sun, 8–9 July: 

www.dunderdygnet.se 

• St Eriksloppet 

Stockholm Half Marathon 

2 September: 

www.steriksloppet.se 

• Tjejmilen 

Women´s only 10 000 metres 

road race with 24 000 runners 

in Stockholm 27 August: 

www.tjejmilen.se








Taiwan 

ING Taipei Int'l Marathon December 

Sunny Chen 

104, No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 

Tel: 886 2 2585 5659 

Fax: 886 2 2599 6716 

Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw 

Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw 

Taiwan Boulevard Int’l Marathon October 

Sunny Chen 

104, No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 

Tel: 886 2 2585 5659 

Fax: 886 2 2599 6716 

Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw 

Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw 

Tanzania 

*Kilimanjaro Marathon 

February 

John Addison 

Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 

1685, Republic of South Africa 

Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655 

Email: john@wildfrontiers.com 

Inet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com 

Mount Meru Int’l Marathon August 

Ahmed Sharrif 

P.O. Box 21317, Dar-es-Salaam 

Tel/Fax: 255 22 264 7053 

Mobile: 255 748 219090 

Email: ahmedshariff@hotmail.com 

Thailand 

Thai Health Bangkok Marathon November 

Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon 

January 

Khon Kaen University 

123/101 Khon Kaen University Alumni 

Association, Khon Kaen University, 

Khon Kaen, 40000 

Tel: 66-4336-4187, 66-4320-2750 

Fax: 66-4336-4187, 66-4320-2750 

Email: thasor@kku.ac.th, Pr@.kku.ac.th 

Inet: www.alumni.kku.ac.th 

www.kkmarathon.com 

ING Thailand Temple Run 

March 

Raimund Wellenhofer 

5th Floor, CCT Building, 

109 Surawong Road, 10500 Bangkok 

Tel: 662 236 2931 

Fax: 662 236 2932 

Email: info@thailandmarathon.org 

Inet: www.thailand-temple-run.com 

Trinidad 

UWI-SPEC Half Marathon November 

Dr Iva Gloudon 

Sport & Physical Ed. Centre, 

University of the West Indies, 

St Augustine, Trinidad 

Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239 

Email: info@spec.uwi.tt 

Inet: www.uwi.tt 

Tunisia 

Sahara 100k Challenge Race March 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, 118, 

41100 Modena, Italy 

Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813 

Email: info@zitoway.com 

Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com 


Turkey 

International Ghazi 9km Run September 

Salih Danaci 

Muharip Gaziler Dernegi Istanbul Subesi, 

Nobethane Cad. Istasyon Arkasi Sok, Sirkeci, 

Istanbul 

Tel: 90 212 511 5314 

Fax: 90 212 511 2621 

Email: salihdanaci@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.muharipgazilerdernegi.org 

Istanbul Eurasia Marathon October 

Ayhan Bolukbasi 

Ulus Ishany, A Blok, Kat 10, 

No 1004, Ulus - Ankara 

Tel: 90 212 234 4200 

Fax: 90 212 234 2686 

Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org 

Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org 

Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon 

Hayri Ozsut 

Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33, 

33401 Tarsus 

Tel: 90 324 616 4040 

Fax: 90 324 616 3307 

Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org 

Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org 

United Arab 

Emirates 


Dubai Marathon 

Peter Connerton 

P.O. Box 57176, Dubai 

Tel: 97 14 367 1062 

Fax: 97 14 367 2524 

Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.org 

Inet: www.dubaimarathon.org 

United States 

of America 

April 

January 

Atlanta Marathon & Half November 

Julia Emmons 

Atlanta Track Club 

3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave 

Atlanta, GA30305 

Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14 

Fax: 1 404 364 0708 

Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org 

Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org 

BAA Boston Marathon 

April 

Boston Athletic Association 

One Ash Street, ‘The Starting Line’, 

Hopkinton, MA 01748-1897 

Tel: 1 508 435 6905 

Fax: 1 508 435 6590 

Email: mile27registration@baa.org 

Inet: www.baa.org 

Big Sur Half Marathon 

on Monterey Bay 

November 

Big Sur Int’l Marathon 

April 

Wally Kastner 

P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922 

Tel: 1 831 625 6226 

Fax: 1 831 625 2119 

Email: info@bsim.org 

Inet: www.bsim.org 

Dallas White Rock Marathon December 

Chuck Dannis 

1328 Linden Lane, Garland, Texas 75040 

Tel: 1 214 673 5329 

Email: chuck@runtherock.com 

Inet: www.RunTheRock.com 

Harris Direct Seattle Marathon November 

Louise Long 

P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103 

Tel: 1 206 729 3660 

Fax: 1 206 729 3662 

Email: info@seattlemarathon.org 

Inet: www.seattlemarathon.org 

Honolulu Marathon 

December 

Jon Cross, Jim Moberly 

3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208, 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USA 

Tel: 1 808 734 7200 

Fax: 1 808 732 7057 

Email: info@honolulumarathon.org 

Inet: www.honolulumarathon.org 

ING New York City Marathon November 

Mary Wittenberg 

New York Road Runners, 9 East 89th Street, 

New York, NY, 10128 

Tel: 1 212 423 2249 

Fax: 1 212 360 7324 

Email: marathonmailer@nyrr.org 

Inet: www.ingnycmarathon.org 

Lake Tahoe Marathon 

October 

*Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon January 

Les Wright, Janet Anderson 

2261 Cold Creek Trail, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 

Tel: 1 530 544 7095 

1 504 328 3478 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

Email: info@mauihalfmarathon.com 

Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com 

www.mauihalfmarathon.com 

Las Vegas Marathon 

and Half Marathon 

December 

Al Boka 

P.O. Box 81262, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180 

Tel: 1 702 240 2722 

Fax: 1 702 876 3870 

Email: lasvegasmarathon@aol.com 

Inet: www.lvmarathon.com 

LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon October 

Carey A. Pinkowski 

11 East Adams, Lower Level 2, 

Chicago, IL 60604 

Tel: 1 312 904 9800 

Fax: 1 312 904 9820 

Email: marathon.office@abnamro.com 

Inet: www.chicagomarathon.com 

Los Angeles Marathon 

March 

Nick Curl 

11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100, 

Los Angeles CA90025 

Tel: 1 310 444 5544 

Fax: 1 310 473 8105 

Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com 

Inet: www.lamarathon.com 

Marine Corps Marathon 

October 

Rick Nealis 

P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134 

Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6 

Fax: 1 703 784 2265 

Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil 

Inet: www.marinemarathon.com 

Mount Desert Island Marathon October 

Gary Allen 

Box 1032, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662 

Tel: 1 207 276 5900 

Fax: 1 207 276 4211 

Email: mdimarathon@aol.com 

Inet: www.mdimarathon.org 

Myrtle Beach Marathon 

February 

Shaun Walsh 

P.O. Box 8780, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 

Tel: 1 843 467 2543 

Fax: 1 843 467 2543 

Email: MBMarathon@sc.rr.com 

Inet: www.MBMarathon.com 

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon April 

Chet Collier 

53 NW 42nd Street, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73118 

Tel: 1 405 525 4242 

Fax: 1 405 525 7520 

Email: info@okcmarathon.com 

Inet: www.okcmarathon.com 

Pacific Shoreline Marathon February 

Louise Weiner 

P.O. Box 2718, Mission Viejo, CA 92690 

Tel: 1 949 581 0105 

Fax: 1 949 581 0095 

Email: info@psmarathon.com 

Inet: www.marathonrun.com 

Portland Marathon 

October 

Les Smith 

1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900, 

Portland, Oregon 97205 

Tel: 1 503 248 1134 

Fax: 1 503 224 8851 

Email: info@portlandmarathon.org 

Inet: www.portlandmarathon.org 

San Francisco Marathon 

July 

Sophie Li 

P.O. Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94110 

Tel: 1 415 291 9990 ext 2 

Fax: 1 415 276 4179 

Email: sophi_li@westendmanagement.com 

Inet: www.chroniclemarathon.com 

Salt Lake City Marathon 

April 

Scott Kerr 

136 East South Temple Street, Suite 2400, 

Salt Lake City UT8411 

Tel: 1 801 412 6060 

Fax: 1 801 412 6089 

Email: skerr@devinerace.com 

Inet: www.saltlakecitymarathon.com 

Under Armour 

Baltimore Marathon 

Lee Corrigan 

201 W. Baltimore Street, 

#306 Baltimore, MD 21201 

Tel: 1 410 605 9381 

Fax: 1 410 605 9389 

Email: lee@corrigansports.com 

Inet: www.thebaltimoremarathon.com 

October 

Walt Disney World 

Marathon & Half 

January 

Jon Hughes 

1102 N. Mills Ave, Orlando, Fl 32803 

Tel: 1 407 896 1160 

Email: jon@emml.com 

Inet: www.disneyworldsports.com 

Uruguay 

*San Fernando 10km Road Race January 

Julio Deodoro, Nuble Guadalupe 

Rua Jacarapinima, 416, CEP 02415-010, 

Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 

Tel: 55 11 3170 5917 

Fax: 55 11 3266 8574 

Email: jdeodoro@bol.com.br 

Inet: www.corridasanfernando.maldonado.gub.uy 

Yugoslavia 

Novi Sad Marathon 

October 

Novi Sad Half Marathon 

March 

Milan Dolga 

Trgg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad, 

Serbie and Montenegro (yu) 

Tel: 381 21 27 214 

Fax: 381 21 551 711 

Email: office@marathon.org.yu 

Inet: www.marathon.org.yu 

Belgrade Delta Sports Marathon 

Bejan Nikolic 

Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade 

Tel: 381 11 369 0709 

Fax: 381 11 306 5720 

Email: office@bgdmarathon.com 

Inet: www.bgdmarathon.com 

Zimbabwe 

April 

Africa University International 

Peace Marathon 

September 

Augustine Yao Dzathor 

Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare 

Tel: 263 20 60026/75 

Email: dzathoray@africau.ac.zw 

Inet: www.africau.ed 

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