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News
AIMS News
New members
Executives’ contact details
AIMS Children’s Series
Runners stampede
Women’s running
Aims Marathon Symposium 7
IAAF News
Diary
Executives’ contact details 11
WMRA News
Diary
Executives’ contact details
5th WMRA World Long Distance
Mountain Running Challenge
WMRA Grand Prix 19
IAU News
Diary
Executives’ contact details
Results 33
Regulars
Calendar of events
Official listings for AIMS events 36
Results
Worldwide race reports and pictures 40
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 66
Features
Battling with emotions
5th Treviso Marathon, Italy. 15
Capital gains
Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K, Albany, USA. 23
Destination paradise
Laguna Phuket Int’l Marathon, Thailand. 27
Opinion
Going the distance. 30
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EXECUTIVES
President
Hiroaki Chosa,
Japan Association of
Athletics Federations,
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 150-8050, Japan
Tel: 81 3 5452 1500
Fax: 81 3 5452 1795
Honorary Vice President
Leonard F. Luchner
Vice-Presidents
Carlos Moya (Lisbon Half Marathon, Financial Control)
Tel: +351 21 441 3182
Fax: +351 21 441 3073
Email: geral@maratonaportugal.com
Francisco Borao (Valencia, Membership)
Tel: +34 6 346 0707
Fax: +34 6 346 3635
Email: borao@innoveverda.com
Secretary
Hugh Jones
19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK
Tel: +44 20 7209 3193
Email: aimssec@aol.com
Treasurer
Al Boka (Las Vegas)
Tel: +1 702 809 2620
Fax: +1 702 255 5492
Email: aimstreasurer@aol.com
Members of the Board
Horst Milde (Berlin, Children’s Series)
Tel: +49 30 302 5370
Fax: +49 30 306 2203
Email: horst.milde@berlin-marathon.com
Gordon Rogers (Vancouver, Technical)
Tel: +1 604 733 6224
Fax: +1 604 733 6221
Email: gordonrogers@telus.net
Dave Cundy (Canberra, Website)
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,
NSW 2257, Australia
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Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au
Vivek B Singh (Mumbai, Marketing)
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Martha Morales (Tangamanga, Legal)
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Consultants
Peter McLean (Press & Public Relations)
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Dr David Martin (Stats)
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University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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AIMS AFFILIATE
International Marathon Medical Directors
Association (IMMDA)
Chairman
Lewis Maraham MD
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6th floor, New York, NY 10019 USA
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Distance Running
AIMS
Children’s Series
The second event in the AIMS
Children’s Series was held in the
Rwandan capital of Kigali on 11 May
in conjunction with the Kigali Peace
Marathon. Entries were oversubscribed
as 1700 children took
part but only 1250 could be
registered.
In what was effectively a fantastic
curtain-raiser for the Marathon,
1700 children aged from 9-13
started from within the stadium just
before the top athletes. They
completed a separate lap on the
surrounding roads before reentering
the stadium for the final
The next edition of Distance
Running will be published in
October, covering races held from
30 June – 30 September. The
advertising and editorial deadlines
will be on 9 September.
300m on the track. Medals and T-
shirts sponsored by AIMS were
given to all participants and awards
were presented to the top 15 girls
and boys, courtesy of ASICS and
the “Runners help runners”
programme conducted at the Tokyo
Marathon.
Runners’
stampede
Many AIMS member races are
reporting increasing numbers in
their races. Many others have fixed
a limit on the number of entries
they accept, and this number has
been reached earlier than ever
before. Stockholm has operated a
17,000 limit for the last couple of
years, but fills it at an earlier date
each year. Berlin this year reached
their 40,000 limit four months
before their 28 September race
date. Likewise, Gold Coast Airport
Marathon in Australia and Dresdner
Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon all
report larger entries than in
previous years. Now would seem to
be the time to promote new
events, borne out by the
experience of the Marathon Alpes
Maritimes Nice-Cannes, to be held
along the French Riviera on 9
November, which has already
accepted 7000 entries of an
anticipated 10,000.
New AIMS Members
■ The New Jersey Marathon was held for the
twelfth time on 4 May. The race attracts 1500 men
and 700 women, of whom in the last edition 35
represented 11 foreign countries. Records stand to
Mike Harrison (USA) at 2:29:19 and Dorian Meyer
(USA) at 2:51:43
■ The Wachau Marathon has been held for 11
years, with the next edition due on 14 September,
and draws 5600 runners, half of them women.
There are 650 foreign runners in the field,
representing 47 countries. Course records are held
by J Rotich at 2:12:32 and K Symanska at 2:33:33
■ The Dam tot Damloop is held over the
distance of 10 miles (16093.4m) on a point-topoint
course from Central Amsterdam to Zandam,
with a long tunnel in the early stages of the race.
It has been held for the last 23 years and course
records stand to Ingrid Kristiansen (50:31) and Paul
Koech (44:45). A total of 35,000 runners take part,
split 60% men, 40% women, with around 100
foreign runners from 19 countries. The next race
will be on 21 September.
■ The Philadelphia Marathon which will next
be run on 22 November, has been held for the
last 14 years and attracts around 6000 runners
split almost evenly between men and women and
including 500 foreign runners from 25 countries
■ The Colombo Marathon has been held on
the first Sunday in October for the last eight
years with steadily growing numbers. 600 men
and 150 women participate in this picturesque
event, which traces a route north from the Sri
Lankan capital through fishing villages. Foreign
participation amounts to 100 runners from 4
countries.
■ The Douro Valley Half Marathon has been
held for the last 5 years and attracts around 3200
runners (2500 men, 700 women), including 400
foreign runners from 12 countries. Records stand
to Benson Olenakeri (KEN) at 1:03:58 and Anne
Bererwe (KEN) at 1:12:01. It will next be held on 12
October.
New Associates
■ Held for the last two years in April the
Alexander the Great Marathon attracts 800 men
and 200 women, of whom about 25% are foreign
runners, from 15 countries. Records are held by
Moses Arusei at 2:11:35 and Souad Ait Salem at
2:28:22
■ A sister event to the Lake Tahoe Marathon, the
Maui Oceanfront Marathon takes place for the
first time on 25 January 2009.
■ The Bass Pro Shops Springfield Marathon has
been held for only one year, and this year will
take place on 2 November, but the associated half
marathon event has been run for the last 27 years.
The first marathon edition attracted 300 runners
evenly split between men and women, with six
foreign runners coming from three countries.
■ The Nightmarathon is held in early June and is
run between two small Italian towns at the head
of the Adriatic Sea, just east of Venice. The race
starts from Cavallino and after a 13km loop to the
west the half marathon runners head straight for
the seafront town of Jesolo. Marathon runners
bypass the finish area and complete the second
half of the race with a loop to the east before
returning to Jesolo.
■ The Maraton Expo Zaragoza El Corte Ingles
has been held once before with winners being
Peter Korir (KEN) in 2:12:31 and Elena Moreno (ESP)
in 2:37:21. Apart from them, 1206 men and 41
women took part, including 14 foreigners
representing 6 countries. This year’s edition will be
on 28 September.
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Women’s running
In 1978 AVON held the first of a
series of annual global
championships exclusively for
women which led to the
International Olympic
Committee announcing that a
women’s Marathon would be
included in the 1984 Olympic
programme in Los Angeles.
These trailblazing AVON
marathons hold a special place
in Distance Running history. In
Berlin, Horst Milde established
the AVON women’s 10km race
the year after the inaugural
Olympic Marathon which
provides an unbroken link to the
boom in present day numbers of
women running distance races.
Comprehensive archival material
collected by AIMS statistician Dr
David Martin, a key organiser of
the first AVON RUNNING
marathon in Atlanta in 1978,
was recently passed to Horst
Milde for housing in the AIMS
Museum of Running in Berlin.
AIMS further made a donation
of US$10,000 to the Museum,
which will allow the material to
be showcased.
AIMS
Marathon
Symposium
The 2nd AIMS Marathon Symposium will
take place on 8 November 2008, the day
before the Athens Classic Marathon. The
venue is the town of Marathon itself, the
birthplace of the event. The theme of the
Symposium is “Adding value to your
Marathon” and builds upon the platform
established by the inaugural Symposium
held on 3 November 2007. The content of
the Symposium is geared towards
organisers of Marathon events but other
interested parties are welcome to attend.
Six main presentations will be spread
throughout the day on such specific topics
as “the needs of today’s runners”,
“maximising media awareness” and “the
role of supporting organisations” and will
each be accompanied by panel and
audience discussion and case studies
offered by attending guests.
All guests attending the AIMS Marathon
Symposium are also welcome to attend the
ceremonies and events of the Athens
Classic 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
Sergey Bubka (UKR)
Senior Vice President
Robert Hersh (USA)
Vice President
Lord Sebastian Coe (GBR)
Vice President
Brigadier Gen. Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)
Vice President
Jean Poczobut (FRA),
Honorary Treasurer
Pierre Weiss
General Secretary
Area Group Representative:
Mr William (Bill) Bailey (AUS)
Oceania Representative
Mr Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA)
South America Representative
Col. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (CMR)
Shri Suresh Kalmadi, M.P. (IND)
Asia Representative
EXECUTIVES
Mr Neville McCook (JAM)
North and Central America
and Caribbean Representative
Mr Hansjörg Wirz (SUI)
Europe Representative
Members
Valentin Balakhnichev (RUS)
Leonard Chuene (RSA),
Africa Representative
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)
Prof. Dr. Helmut Digel (GER)
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)
Abby Hoffman (CAN)
Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB)
Ilkka Kanerva (FIN)
Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN)
Chaoyi Luo (CHN)
César Moreno Bravo (MEX)
Prof José Maria Odriozola (ESP)
Jung-Ki Park (KOR)
Anna Riccardi (ITA)
Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN)
General Secretary
Mr Pierre Weiss (FRA)
IAAF Road Running
Commission Chairman
Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA)
Members
David Bedford
London Marathon
115 Southwark Street,
London SE1 0JF, UK
Tel: 44 20 7902 0200
Fax: 44 20 7620 4208
Paco Borao (ESP)
Carlos Cardoso (POR)
Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2,
1699 Lisbon, Portugal
Fax: 351 1 795 4288
Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt
Hiroaki Chosa (JPN)
C/o Japan Association of
Athletics Federations
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 150-8050, Japan
Fax: 81 3 3481 2449
Hugh Jones (GBR)
AIMS Secretary
Otto Klappert
Platanenallee 7, 59425 Unna, Germany
Fax: 49 2303 21233
Email: o.klappert@gmx.de
Katsuyuki TANAKA (JPN)
Pierre WEISS (FRA)
Mary WITTENBERG (USA)
DIARY
2008
15-24 August:
XXIX Olympic Games
Beijing, China
12 October:
IAAF World Half
Marathon Championships
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
28 March:
IAAF World Cross Country
Championships,
Imman (JOR)
15-23 August:
IAAF
World Championships
in Athletics
Berlin , (GER)
11 October
IAAF World Half
Marathon
Championships
Birmingham, (GBR)
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Battling with emotions
5th Treviso Marathon, Italy.
MARCH
30
2008
By Mauro Ferraro
(translated by Chiara Crosato)
Marathons are unfailingly
impressive, but some of them are
simply unforgettable.
A 42-kilometre journey through
emotions that imprints itself in
runners’ memories, and becomes a
collective experience: “I was there -
were you?”
Ninety years ago, in the area by the
Piave River, people were running
for other reasons. They struggled
for survival, not for a race against
the clock or a competition against
others. Between 1917 and 1918, the
Treviso area was destroyed by one
of the most cruel conflicts of the
First World War. Such distant epic
events live on in place names like
Nervesa della Battaglia, Sernaglia
della Battaglia, Moriago della
Battaglia…
Among these places, in an area only
30km from Venice that has become
Three years ago a ray of light
accompanied Denis Curzi on the
way to his first victory in the
Treviso Marathon, and the good
weather framed a repeat win. It is
an exceptional event to see an
Italian athlete ascend to the highest
place on the podium in such an
important marathon. The 32-year
old carabiniere from the region of
the Marches, with the dream of
participating at the Olympic Games
in Beijing, overcame the challenge
of four Kenyan athletes.
Curzi won the race after a long duel
with the Kenyan Peter Esakete
Lomuria, who he eventually
outdistanced by 100m. Outside the
medieval walls of Treviso, at the
finish line in viale Nino Bixio, the
winner was awaited by his wife
Veronica and his baby son Nicolò.
Third-placed Samson Kosgei, had
been the pre-race favourite due to
his 2:11:27 credentials gained when
winning the Florence Marathon in
2005.
The race was only decided with
A riot of flags and tumultuous crowds
gathered at the head of the Piave River,
shortly after the junction at which the
three race courses converged.
of great tourist interest, someone
was moved to tears when they
heard that a marathon was to be
run on three different courses
starting from Vidor, Vittorio Veneto
and Ponte di Piave, to mark the
90th anniversary of the end of the
First World War.
The 5th Treviso Marathon was an
event like no other, a great
celebration of sport, where the
athletes, the 150,000 spectators
along the course and the 3000
volunteers were the real
protagonists. Among them, many
War veterans’ associations
collaborated with the organisers.
After previous cold, rainy and
snowy editions, a wonderful sunny
day assisted the race and the
participants and heightened the
celebratory mood. A riot of flags
and tumultuous crowds gathered at
the head of the Piave River, shortly
after the junction at which the three
race courses converged. There, a
faithful reproduction of Francesco
Baracca’s airplane, the Spad XIII
flew above the runners. The original,
belonging to the First World War
hero, had been shot down by the
Austrians in the Montello area. As
they passed by some runners bore
smiles on their faces and others were
moved to tears.
little more than 2km to run, shortly
before they entered the city centre
of Treviso. Curzi, who had been
observing Lomuria’s resistance in
the previous few kilometres,
suddenly changed pace and gained
some distance. From there to the
finish it was a long triumphal drive
for the runner coached by the
Roman Romano Tordelli.
“It is a pity about the time” said
Curzi. “I was in a good enough
shape to run 2:10 but it was too
hot for me. After a certain point I
never looked at the time: I was
focused only on the victory”.
Among the women victory went to
42-year old Helena Javornik, from
neighbouring Slovenia, in the 17th
win of her career. Paced by her
fellow countryman Mitja Kosovelj,
she dropped all opposition at an
early stage of the race and went on
to record the third fastest ever time
in Treviso, just 33 seconds short of
the race record held by the
Ethiopian Shitaye Gemechu.
Second-placed Laura Giordano was
running the second marathon in her
career and improved her time by
four minutes over her performance
in Milan six months before. She is
an international duathlete,
combining running and cycling, but
the marathon could represent her
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RESULT
MEN:
1 Denis CURZI ITA 2:13:27
2 Peter Esakete LOMURIA KEN 2:13:47
3 Samson KOSGEI KEN 2:15:10
4 Kenneth KIPTOO KEN 2:15:39
5 Joshua Kipchumba ROP KEN 2:16:41
6 Said BOUDALIA ITA 2:17:14
7 Clint VERRAN USA 2:17:51
8 Hermann ACHMULLER ITA 2:19:50
9 Jason MAYEROFF USA 2:23:39
10 Filippo Lo PICCOLO ITA 2:24:24
WOMEN:
1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:28:36
2 Laura GIORDANO ITA 2:37:36
3 Sisay MEASO ETH 2:42:26
4 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:44:44
5 Marinella CURRELI ITA 2:48:03
6 Marina ZANARDI ITA 2:50:43
7 Greta VARCHI ITA 2:53:55
8 Ulrike RAICH ITA 2:54:42
9 Sonia DONNINI ITA 3:01:11
10 Rosanna SARAN ITA 3:05:26
The race was
only decided with
little more than
2km to run. Curzi,
suddenly changed
pace and gained
some distance.
future. The Italian athlete Rosaria
Console, back in the marathon five
months after giving birth to her
baby, withdrew at 30km.
Altogether 4716 runners finished
within the six-hour time limit
(including 55 disabled athletes
headed by the champion Francesca
Porcellato). Participation was 27%
up on the previous year and it is
this kind of progress that has
brought the Treviso Marathon to
the front rank of Italian Marathons
in its short history.
In the debut running on 14 March
2004 a total of 3,136 runners
signed up for all events. In the four
years since this has exactly doubled,
to reach 6,271 in 2008. Treviso is
a fast race (the race records stand at
2:10:18 and 2:28:03 for men and
women respectively), but its gentle
course appeals equally to ordinary
RACE CONTACT DETAILS
runners, and again proved to be
one of the most eagerly-anticipated
races of the season.
The marathon of emotions does not
stop here: the sixth edition will be
held on 29 March 2009.
TREVISO MARATHON MARCH
Aldo Zanetti, Maratona Treviso Scrl, via Martiri delle Foibe, 20 - 31015
Conegliano (Z.I. Scomigo)
Tel: 39 0438 413 255 Fax: 39 0438 413 475
Email: info@trevisomarathon.com / marketing@trevisomarathon.com
Inet: www.trevisomarathon.com
Full race contact listings start on page 66
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EXECUTIVES
President
Danny Hughes (GBR)
E-Mail: dannyhughes@ukonline.co.uk
Secretary
Bruno Gozzelino (ITA)
E-Mail: bgozzel@libero.it
Treasurer
Nancy Hobbs (USA)
E-Mail: trlrunner@aol.com
Director of Competition
Raimondo Balicco (ITA)
E-Mail: balicco.rai@tin.it
Director of Organisation
Wolfgang Münzel (GER)
E-Mail: Petra-Muenzel@t-online.de
Director of Development
Tomo Sarf (SLO)
E-Mail: tomo.sarf@helios.si
Director of Marketing
Adrian Woods (GBR)
E-Mail: adrian.woods@virgin.net
26 April 2008:
5th WMRA World Long Distance Mountain
Running Challenge, Horton, Great Britain
900 athletes and supporters
descended on the tiny Yorkshire
Dales village of Horton to contend
for the World Championship titles
on offer for the winners of the
54th edition of the Three Peaks
race. Thankfully, instead of the
heavy rain forecast, running
conditions were ideal under high
cloud and mild temperatures.
Experienced English fell runners
were faced with overseas
challengers determined to prove
that they could succeed in the
British version of mountain running.
The star performance came from
the diminutive 2007 World
Mountain Running Champion
Anna Pichrtova (CZE). Dominating
the women’s race from the start,
she sped around the 37.4km course
that included 1608m of ascent and
descent to beat the old record set in
1996 by 1:34. In doing so she
followed Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) to
become both short and long
distance mountain running
champion. Long distance expert
Angela Mudge, from Scotland, was
RESULT
six minutes behind in second place.
There was a fierce tussle for the
bronze medal between Australian
Angela Bateup and New Zealander
Anna Frost with the former
winning by just 40 seconds on the
final run in. The Russian women,
in 6th, 7th and 8th positions, won
the team award.
In contrast, positions changed
constantly in the men’s race. Early
leader coming off the first peak,
Pen-Y- Ghent, was Martin Cox
(GBR) but he was nowhere to be
seen as the leaders came off
Whernside. Young Slovenian Mitja
Kosovelj led, closely followed by
MEN:
1 Jethro Lennox GBR 2:53:39
2 Thomas Owens GBR 2:54:16
3 Mitja Kosovelj GBR 2:57:3–
WOMEN:
1 Anna Pichrtova CZE 3:14:43
2 Angela Mudge GBR 3:20:53
3 Angelas Bateup AUS 3:25:33
Jethro Lennox (Scotland). On the
long 10km run off the final peak of
Ingleborough Lennox overtook the
tiring Slovenian to become a
surprise winner.
English pride was salvaged by
Thomas Owens, the only English
runner to gain a medal in second,
37 seconds later. Kosovelj
completed an excellent run in third
place, beating the winner for the
past three years Rob Jebb (GBR)
and the British fell running
champion Rob Hope in 4th and 5th
positions. The next overseas
competitor was Jon Tvedt
(Norway) in 18th.
12 July:
7th EAA Mountain
Running Chs,
Zell am Harmersbach, GER
28 July:
3rd CONSUDATLE
Mountain Running Chs
Valle el Elqui, CHI
3 August:
4th GP race – 21st
Schlikeralm Berglauf,
Telfes, AUT
10 August:
5th GP race - Sport
2000 Feuerkogel
Berglauf, Ebensee, GER
DIARY
2008
6 Sept:
8th WMRA
Masters’ Chs
Dolni Morava, CZE
14 Sept:
24th WMRA World
Mountain Running
Trophy
Crans Montana, SUI
27 Sept:
6th GP race –
International
Schneeberglauf,
Puchberg, AUT
4 October:
7th GP race – 29th
Smarna Gora race,
SLO
RESULT
1 May 2008: Grand – Ballon (FRA)
The 2008 WMRA Grand Prix got
under way in the Alsace region of
France with a 13km men’s race up
the Grand Ballon. Ranked 8th in last
year’s Grand Prix Emmanuel
Meyssat (FRA) outpaced Steve
Vernon (GBR) in the last stages of
the race to record a fine win by 21
seconds. Vernon, a British crosscountry
international who this
season is concentrating on
mountain racing, provided stiff
opposition for Meyssat. Timo Zeiler
improved on his performance in
this race last year by moving up
from 7th to third. Last years winner,
Julien Rancon, came in fourth.
MEN:
1 Emmanuel MEYSSAT FRA 61:34
2 Steve VERNON GBR 61:55
3 Timo ZEILER GER 62:14
4 Julien RANCON FRA 63:06
5 Phillipe CHARASSE FRA 63:36
6 Georges BURRIER FRA 65:42
WOMEN:
1 Martina STRAEHL SUI 46:42 (rec)
2 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 48:41
3 Sarah TUNSTALL GBR 50:32
4 Maya CHOLLET SUI 52:04
5 Anne BUCKLEY GBR 53:11
6 Valerie GALLAND FRA 53:26
Martina Straehl (SUI) exceeded
expectations in the 8km women’s
race, beating the 2003 course
record by 68 seconds. Victoria
Wilkinson (GBR), runner-up in the
GP last year and coming into the
race after a successful cross country
season, had to be satisfied with
second just in front of her young
team mate Sarah Tunstall. Ann
Buckley completed an impressive
showing by the British girls in
finishing 5th. With the Swiss Maya
Chollet in 4th the French, on home
ground, had to wait for Valerie
Galland in 6th place for their first
finisher.
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24 May 2008:
Saillon-Ovronnaz (Valais – SUI)
The anticipated renewal of
competition between Jonathan Wyatt
(NZL) and Marco Gaiardo (ITA) did not
materialise, since the Italian did not
make it to the start line. Wyatt still
had to be on top form to beat Julien
Rancon (FRA), erstwhile European
bronze medallist by 26 seconds over
the 10km/800m climb course.
Wyatt declared himself satisfied with
his first serious mountain race of the
season and indicated his intention to
compete in the full GP series after
having a year off in 2007.
Anna Pichrtova (CZE) did not run
in the women’s race but Martina
Straehl (SUI) unexpectedly turned
out and duly recorded her second
Grand Prix victory. She showed the
same devastating form as in the
Grand Ballon race in winning by
2:43. Victoria Wilkinson, showing
consistent form, finished second
again. Anne Buckley, who trains
with Victoria, improved to finish
third and young Sarah Tunstall
came in fourth to give another very
satisfying result for the British girls.
15 June 2008:
Corsa in Montagna Merano (ITA)
RESULT
MEN:
1 Jonathan WYATT NZL 45.46
2 Julien RANCON FRA 46.11
3 Seb EPINEY SUI 46.50
4 Georges BURRIER FRA 48.00
5 Seb ZARNIK SLO 48.49
6 Jean DUPONT FRA 49.29
WOMEN:
1 Martina STRAEHL SUI 52.52
2 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 55.35
3 Anne BUCKLEY GBR 57.07
4 Sarah TUNSTALL GBR 58.04
5 Anna FROST NZL 58.16
6 Val. GALLAND FRA 58.33
Jonathan Wyatt is once again
proving to be unbeatable on the
mountains this year. He shaved 33
seconds off Marco Gaiardo’s course
record to win the third Grand Prix
event. This was just one day after
he had run in a 42km mountainous
road marathon in Liechtenstein
beating the previous record by ten
minutes in a time of 2:56:00.
Gaiardo was not off form. He
repeated his fine run of last year
only 12 seconds slower than his
now broken record. It was not even
enough to earn him his customary
second place as Timo Zeiler showed
markedly improved form since the
first GP race and beat him into
second place by 15 seconds. Zeiler
had even threatened to run away
from Wyatt on the second, technical
part of the course. Andrzei Dlugosz
and Robert Krupicka were in
contention until the final stages and
were only a minute adrift of the
leading places. Wyatt now moves to
the top of the GP ranking.
The women’s race was just as
thrilling, with Renate Rungger
again proving her mountain running
credentials by out-sprinting a
rapidly improving Anna Frost
(NZL) to win by a single second.
Frost has been selected to represent
New Zealand in the 2008 World
Trophy to be held in Switzerland in
September. Her second place moves
her into third overall in the GP
ranking. Rungger will have to start
competing outside of Italy to figure
as a significant competitor in the
GP rankings. Course record holder
Antonella Confortola placed third
but was well beaten.
A steady run by Anne Buckley in
sixth moves her to the top of the
GP ranking as she is the only
woman to have competed in all
three GP races to date. The fourth
Grand Prix race takes place in
Telfes (AUT) on 3 August.
MEN:
1 Jonathan WYATT NZL 1:15.57
2 Timo ZEILER GER 1:16:27
3 Marco GAILLARDO ITA 1:16:42
4 Andrzei DLOGOSZ POL 1:17:10
5 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 1:17:25
6 Markus KROLL SUI 1:19:23
RESULT
WOMEN:
1 Renate RUNGGER ITA 1:08:22
2 Anna FORST NZL 1:08:23
3 Antonella CONFORTOLA ITA 1:11:12
4 Pavla MATYASOVA CZE 1:13:22
5 Iva MILESOVA CZE 1:14:21
6 Anne BUCKLEY GBR 1:17:50
20 Distance Running July – September 2008

Capital gains
Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K, Albany, USA
MAY
31
2008
By Chris Bowcutt
Most people are surprised to learn
that there is more to New York
than the 305 square miles of
Manhattan and its surrounding
boroughs. There are many other
thriving, lively, and historic cities in
New York state and the historic
government seat of Albany, 135
miles to the north, is one of them. It
is the fourth oldest city in the US,
and home to numerous art fairs,
tulip festivals (in homage to the
city’s Dutch founders), horse races
and, for the past 30 years, one of
the most acclaimed all-women 5K
road races in the world, the
Freihofer’s Run for Women.
Since 1979, Freihofer’s has seen,
presented and orchestrated some of
the most dramatic moments in the
history of women’s distance
running. When it started women
were still not allowed to race a
marathon in the Olympic Games, or
anything more than 1500m. Race
founder George Regan and others in
the running community set out to
change that. With the immediate
popularity of women-only races
such as Freihofer’s, their efforts paid
off with the debut women’s
marathon at the 1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles. The winner of that
event, Joan Benoit, went on to run
numerous times at Freihofer’s —
coming in first in the masters
division on two occasions.
While the Freihofer’s Run for
Women attracts Olympians from as
many as 10 nations, the vast
majority of participants are agegroupers
out to improve upon
previous years, to support a cause
or simply to experience what it’s
like to race among so many women.
Any participant who’s ever run in
the race will tell you the same thing:
the energy of being among so many
women is unforgettable.
“It feels like we’re all on the same
team,” says 21-year-old Sylvie Lloyd
from Bristol, England. “The first
thing I notice when I arrive at the
start line is the amazing energy of
having all the women and all
excitement in the air.”
Some women have turned into
celebrities of sorts as a result of the
race. Linda Campbell, Denise
Herman, Cynthia Kelly, Bernadette
La Manna and Ellen Picotte have
run it every year. In this year’s 30th
anniversary race, they reunited once
again to mark the milestone. “I’m
amazed,” said La Manna, who was
27 when she first ran Freihofer’s. “I
doubt that any of us thought that
we’d continue doing it for 30
years.”
The scenic course starts and finishes
at Empire State Plaza in downtown
Albany, home to a number of
statuesque government buildings
and to “The Egg” — a performing
arts building which looks like an
egg on stilts. The start line lies
under a pedestrian bridge that links
two of Albany’s government
buildings.
While the elite athletes take their
position at the front, the agegroupers
and others seed themselves
accordingly: running club members
and competitive types closer
towards the front; mid-packers in
the middle; and joggers and walkers
in the rear. The excitement is
palpable. Spectators hold tight to
their viewing spots, knowing the
winners will be back in just 15
minutes.
A benediction is given, the National
Anthem is sung and – boom! – the
starter’s horn sends 3,400 women
off as the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me
Up” pounds out of the
loudspeakers.
The first 300m is an uphill sprint
that gets the heart-rate pumping.
Things level off at the top of
Madison Avenue and, as the
minutes tick by, the field begins to
spread out. Pre-race favorite Benita
Johnson is at the front with 10
other women. They’re running fiveminute
mile pace through Albany’s
rolling streets, through historic
neighborhoods lined with
townhouses and brownstones not
unlike those found in Brooklyn.
This is where Theodore Roosevelt
Pre-race favorite
Benita Johnson is at
the front with
10 other women.
They’re running fiveminute
mile pace
through Albany’s
rolling streets.
Many recognizable
names from history
lived or passed
through this area.
lived as New York’s governor, and
these are the roads through which a
later governor, Nelson Rockefeller,
commuted to the legislature. Many
recognizable names from history
lived or passed through this area —
and numerous dignitaries from
around the country and the world
still do.
After a kilometre athletes reach lush
green Washington Park — a 90-acre
botanical garden in the heart of
Albany — before exiting onto
Western Avenue at halfway. The
race is now down to Johnson and
Amane Gobena, who lead the rest
of the field by several seconds. The
leaders head back into the park on
Henry Johnson Boulevard, followed
by several thousand others. Once
back on Madison Avenue, they
finish down the same hill they ran
up at the start.
Runners coming in display a host of
emotions: excitement, pain, hope,
fear, agony and euphoria.
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23

Spectators roar as the frontrunners
trickle through to the finish, with
Johnson outkicking Gobena for her
third title in a row and $10,000 first
place prize.
The trickle turns into a stream of
other fast competitors, followed by
a deluge comprising the rest of the
field. Sylvie Lloyd makes it across in
20:41, putting her in the top 100.
Katie Guilbo, 11 years old, collapses
from fatigue as a police officer
watches with concern. Through
tears, Guilbo sees the finish line
clock ticking away in the distance:
25:17 … 25:18 … 25:19. Her goal
for the race is sub-26. She struggles
to her feet, staggers for a few yards
and then forces herself to run,
finishing in 25:36.
The day is unusually humid, and
some runners stop to get their breath
in the last few yards. When the race
was held in April, athletes sometimes
had to contend with sleet and snow.
The problem in May is humidity.
The weather doesn’t keep them away
though and 3,097 of the day’s 3,386
registrants complete the race.
The Freihofer’s Run for Women is
the main event, but there are other
races over the weekend, including
the USATF National Race Walk
10K Open and Junior
Championships, the 21st annual
Kids’ Run and the 20th annual
Community Walk for charity. The
weekend brings out thousands of
people from the Capital District of
New York, and Albany residents are
clearly proud to host such a
prestigious race.
“Looking back I am very proud of
what we’ve accomplished” says
Regan. “I’m proud of the athletes
who come here each year. They put
a shine on our race. It’s about
athletes challenging themselves,
becoming better. That applies from
the very front to the very back. It’s
the spirit of our race, and why we
all love it so much.”
Chris Bowcutt is a freelance writer
and editor who lives in Clifton
Park, New York.
Spectators roar as the frontrunners
trickle through to the finish, with Johnson
outkicking Gobena for her third title in a row
and $10,000 first place prize.
RESULT
WOMEN (ONLY):
1 Benita JOHNSON AUS 15:46
2 Amane GOBENA ETH 15:52
3 Azziza ALIYU ETH 16:02
4 Jane GAKUNYI KEN 16:02
5 Millicent GATHONI KEN 16:03
6 Florence JEPKOSGEI KEN 16:08
7 Everlyne LAGAT KEN 16:11
8 Genoveva KIGEN KEN 16:20
9 Alina ALEKSEYEVA RUS 16:23
10 Kathy BUTLER GBR 16:31
RACE CONTACT DETAILS
FREIHOFER’S 5K RUN FOR WOMEN MAY
George P Regan, USATF Adirondack,
233 Fourth Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205 Tel: 1 518 273-0647
Email: george@freihofersrun.com
Inet: www.freihofersrun.com
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24 Distance Running July – September 2008

Destination paradise
Laguna Phuket International Marathon, Thailand.
JUNE
15
2008
By Roman Floesser
The catchline of the Laguna Phuket
International Marathon is “Run
Paradise!” and what a day in
paradise it was. A perfect sunny
day greeted the runners in the early
morning for the third edition of
Southeast Asia’s leading destination
marathon on the Thai resort island
of Phuket.
Established in 2006 in an effort to
bring tourists back after the
devastating tsunami earlier that
year the event organizers have
positioned the event as a funoriented,
family and runner-friendly
event with a focus on enjoyment
over fast times.
In pursuit of this objective race
director Raimund Wellenhofer had
invited not some of the fastest
runners in the world, but one of the
slowest. Hajime Nishi, slow
running advocate from Japan,
joined close to 200 of his Japanese
compatriots on the marathon
course. Nishi has run more than
500 marathons around the world
sharing his “Slow is beautiful”
philosophy with runners and race
organizers. For this year’s event he
initiated a photo contest for runners
and spectators encouraging runners
to take their camera along the
course and to capture their day on
camera. Runners were asked to
hand in their favorite picture after
the race and a panel voted for the
best pictures. The winners were
presented at the farewell party on
the evening of the event.
Nishi himself took part in his first
marathon in four months after knee
surgery prevented him from
pursuing his goal of running 1,000
different marathons by the year
2050. After his long lay off he was
eager to get out on the course and
to do what he loves the most. The
generous time limit of 8 hours for
the marathon gave him the
opportunity to stop regularly for
photos, thank every volunteer on
the course and to as he put it
“enjoy the marathon the longest of
all runners”. He eventually finished
in 6:34:19 hours, one of the slowest
times of the day.
Testifying to the success of the
unique event concept is the increase
in participants from less than 2,000
runners in 2006 to more than 4,000
runners and walkers in 2008. A
total of 458 runners raced the
Marathon, 782 in the Half-
Marathon, 825 in the 10.5km Run,
950 in the 5km Walk and more
than 1000 in the 2km Kids’ Run.
Among the total were 1,567
international runners from 45
countries. Singapore had the largest
contingent of international runners
with 327 entrants, followed by
Malaysia (212) and Japan (192).
Race Director Raimund
Wellenhofer was very pleased with
these numbers. “We are a
destination race and one of our
main objectives is to bring tourist
runners to Phuket not only to enjoy
our event but the unique Thai
hospitality and our world class
destination. Our success in
attracting international runners in
large numbers gives us the
encouragement to continue on the
path we have chosen for our
event.”
Phuket is Thailand’s largest island
located 862km south of Bangkok in
the Andaman Sea. It welcomes
Despite the large
numbers of
international runners
the local runners
are still the backbone
of the event.
more than three million visitors per
year who are attracted by the
beautiful white beaches, stunning
coral reefs, sumptuous seafood and
the thousands of activities the
island has to offer.
With a history stretching back at
least one thousand years, Phuket
was a way station on the route
between India and China as well as
a wealthy tin and rubber
manufacturing centre and a major
trading city.
The Dutch established a trading
post during the 16th century. The
island’s northern and central
regions were then governed by the
Thais, and the southern and
western areas were given over to
the tin trade, which was operated
by a number of western countries
under a power-sharing relationship
with the Thai monarchy. During the
19th century large numbers of
Chinese immigrants arrived as
labour for the tin mines. The ethnic
makeup of the island’s interior
became predominantly Chinese,
while the coastal settlements
remained populated mainly by
Muslim fishermen.
Under Rama V, Phuket became the
administration centre of a group of
tin mining provinces called Monton
Phuket. In 1933, when the
government changed from an
absolute monarchy to a
parliamentary system, the island
became a province.
Around 1980 the tin ore became
depleted and world tin prices fell;
the mining merchants turned to
tourism. One place where the
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27

connection between the old tin
mining days and the new tourism
era is most obvious is Laguna
Phuket, the start and finish of the
marathon. A former tin mine once
declared too polluted to be
redeveloped, a Singaporean lead
group of investors decided to take
on the challenge and turned the
moon-like land into a resort and
hotel complex with six hotels and
resorts surrounded by lagoons and
with a view of one of Phuket’s most
unspoiled beaches. During the
marathon weekend Laguna Phuket
offers special hotel rates for
marathon participants which make
the event ideal for a marathon
holiday for the whole family.
Despite the large numbers of
international runners the local
runners are still the backbone of the
event. The Phuket provincial
government made a tremendous
effort to involve the local
community and schools in this
year’s event. The local sports office
conducted running clinics for
school children in the lead up to the
marathon and close to 1,000
students took part in the 2km Kids
Run.
One day one of these kids may be
able to challenge for victory in one
of the main races and follow into
the footsteps of this year’s winners.
The next opportunity to run in
Paradise will be on 14 June 2009
when the fourth edition of the event
will be run.
RESULT
MEN:
1 Stephen PAINE AUS 2:37:52
2 Brent C ROEGER USA 2:41:57
3 Yung-Fa WU TPE 2:44:42
4 Chadarak CHAIKAMJORN THA 3:02:43
5 Hiroshi KOGANE JPN 3:05:38
6 Seijiro SATAKE JPN 3:09:42
7 Niwat SOMJIT THA 3:12:40
8 Chi Man FONG CHN 3:14:37
9 Seehanart NGAOSRI THA 3:16:40
10 Jarae JEARRANAI THA 3:19:21
WOMEN:
1 Angela Louise STEVENS AUS 3:14:17
2 Peta-Jane HARTHEN AUS 3:35:32
3 Miho MIYASHIRO JPN 3:40:18
4 Premchit NARULA THA 3:45:31
5 Kim Joanna ISAAC GBR 3:53:05
6 Chie SANO JPN 3:58:11
7 Cindy Kin-Mi TSUI CHN 3:59:54
8 Jacqueline L PRINSLOO RSA 4:01:49
9 Chun Lien PEN TPE 4:03:47
10 Tsurumi YUKIKO JPN 4:17:38
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Stefano PASSARELLO ITA 1:13:26
2 Niwat OITHIP THA 1:19:30
3 Sitti Pong CHANGLAI THA 1:23:36
WOMEN:
1 Nicola GREEN GBR 1:34:51
2 Emily WOODFIELD GBR 1:36:18
3 Kerrie EDWARDS AUS 1:40:57
RACE CONTACT DETAILS
LAGUNA PHUKET INTERNATIONAL MARATHON JUNE
Raimund Wellenhofer
Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building,
109 Surawong Road, Bangkok, 10500 THAILAND
Tel: 662 236 2921 Fax: 662 237 2321
Email: info@goadventureasia.com Inet: www.phuketmarathon.com
Full race contact listings start on page 66
28 Distance Running July – September 2008

Going the distance
One race above all came to define
the marathon, claims Hugh Jones
A hundred years ago, on 24 July 1908, a race was run that led to the
marathon becoming a fixed length of 26 miles and 385 yards, or 42,195m.
Up until that time – marathons had only been around for 12 years – the
distance had been based on that between Marathon and Athens, about
40km, but not stated in any definite terms.
The marathon race in the 1908 Olympic Games in London changed all
that. It unfolded with such drama and so many further consequences
that the distance almost haphazardly arrived at in that race became the
standard. It was immediately adopted for re-matches between the same
leading players over the next few years – to settle bets on the outcome -
and when the amateur authorities that governed the sport came to
make a ruling 16 years later, they could not ignore what had become
lodged in the public mind as the defining moment of the event.
The Course
intact today (compare the photo
bottom left with the cover picture)
and the documentation from the
time describes some of the mile
points with precision. One mile
marker, the first, which says “25
miles to the stadium” is fixed to the
wall of a house in Eton. The
starting position is only defined as
“700 yards from the Queen
Victoria Statue” and assuming that
this was indeed so, modern
measurement indicates that this first
mile could be 30m short. The next
two miles of the course measured a
total of 14m short.
Whatever the actual length of the
course the belief that it was 26
The Race
AT THE 1 MILE MARK
miles from the start to the stadium
and another 385 yards on the track
inside the stadium is what fixed the
distance for all the later re-matches
between the Olympic protagonists
Dorando Pietri, Johnny Hayes and
Tom Longboat, and eventually led
to the standardisation of the
marathon distance.
The course was modelled on the
Marathon original – run to the
capital city from a place of
historical significance. The main
mover of the London Olympics, the
polymath Lord Desborough,
immediately saw that proposing
Windsor Castle as the starting point
could perhaps engage the King’s
direct interest and support. The
finish would be at the newly-built
stadium at White City - the
centrepiece of the Franco-British
Exhibition which ran for most of
the summer of 1908.
What was to happen in between
these points was handed over to
Jack Andrew, secretary of the
Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club.
Several trial races were held to
select the team, but the most
significant of these was from
Windsor to Wembley, over slightly
less than 23 miles, of which 0.5-21
miles was on the eventual Olympic
route.
A year before the Games the race
distance had been announced as 25
miles but changes were made to the
finishing section as it approached
the city to avoid cobbles and
tramlines. The route fixed upon by
Andrew, arcing north through a
series of villages on its eastward
trajectory towards the capital,
turned out to be nearer to 26 miles.
According to the race programme
the start location depended upon
the hope, which was realised, “that
the King will graciously consent to
the start being made from the
terrace of the historic Castle, in
which event the distance will be
about 26 miles to the edge of the
stadium track”.
Previous Olympic organisers had
named a distance from the start of
the marathon to the stadium, and
left detailed finish arrangements to
the team organising the events on
the track. This arrangement was
unchanged in London, where the
distance from the stadium entrance
to the finish line under the Royal
box was 385 yards when run
clockwise around the 586.6 yard
track (three laps to a mile).
Running clockwise was fairly
common practice at the time.
It can only be taken on trust that
the stated distance was correct. The
1908 route remains very much
© Nathan Jones
The race started at 14.33 from the
East Lawn of Windsor Castle,
adjacent to a memorial to Queen
Victoria’s favourite dog, Dako, and
with few but royalty and officials in
attendance. The field of 56 runners
from 16 countries were lined up on
the narrow path with Pietri near the
back. Even so, he emerged through
the gate onto Castle Hill, after
about 500m, in fifth place,
according to the report in The
Times. They swept down the hill
and over the River Thames into
Eton, with the first mile being
timed at 5:01 (3.07/km). The man
setting this torrid pace, the Scottish
champion Jack, slowed over the
succeeding miles (5:10; 5:31; 5:36;
6:00) but led the race for five miles
(8km) after which he “dropped to a
walk”. Many of the runners seemed
unfamiliar with the advantages of
holding to a steady pace, and
followed Jack’s lead. Charles
Hefferon of South Africa and the
Englishmen Duncan and Lord were
only 10 seconds down on Jack at
four miles and six seconds behind
at five miles.
To be selected the English runners
had all run trial races over courses
which varied in length from
between 18 to 24 miles - long
enough to demonstrate the
advantages of careful pacing. All
that was thrown to the wind in the
mad charge out of Windsor. Two
English runners, Lord and Price, led
until 10 miles, at which point Price
went ahead. Hefferon and Pietri
trailed by around 20 seconds. Price
built up a 40-second lead within the
next two miles, but lost it in the
next three and at 15 miles he “sat
down, leaving Hefferon with the
lead”. Lord trailed off while Tom
Longboat overtook Pietri before 16
miles, but then also faltered. By 19
miles Pietri was back in second,
three minutes behind a now tiring
Hefferon.
On the “dusty road” between
Harrow and Harlesden Hefferon
clung on tenaciously as Pietri
gradually eroded his lead. At 23
miles he was still 2:28 ahead, but
just past 24 miles he dropped to a
walk, and Pietri passed him. Johnny
Hayes, of the USA, had been in
third place from 21 miles, and
lagged Pietri by about five minutes.
Pietri’s pace was down to eight
minute miles, but his 26th mile was
reported by The Times as taking 13
IN THE
26TH MILE
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minutes. Hayes would have been
closing down on him quickly even
before Pietri turned into the
passageway leading to the stadium -
and collapsed.
Regaining his feet, he then started
around the track in the wrong
(anticlockwise) direction. In the
confusion of correcting this mistake
he fell again. As he struggled
around the track, surrounded by an
entourage of officials, Hayes
entered the stadium when Pietri was
about 100m from the tape. Pietri
fell again only 30m from the line,
but according to The Times “when
Dorando Pietri
Dorando Pietri had only just made
it into the Italian team that went to
the London Olympics. He he had to
withdraw from the trial race, held
just seven weeks before the Games,
at around 30km. Then on 7 July,
just 17 days before the Olympic
race, he ran a solo time trial over
40km in Carpi, recording a
sensational 2:38 in a temperature of
27C. The performance secured him
the financial backing of the Carpi
athletics club La Patria to go to the
London Olympics.
picked up finished with so strong a
sprint that had he been left alone he
would in all probability have
accomplished the necessary half-lap
unaided and still have just won.”
Pietri was first announced as the
winner but the race was awarded to
Hayes after a protest by the
American team managers. Princess
Alexandra, who had been on her
feet with the rest of the crowd as
they willed Pietri around the track,
awarded a cup to him the next day
for what Lord Desborough
described as “being practically, if
not de facto, the winner.”
Born in Mandrio, just outside Carpi
(the town which today hosts the
Italian Marathon) on 16 October
1886, Dorando Pietri was the third
of four sons. At 14 he was
employed as a baker’s delivery boy,
and the first sporting interest he
had was cycle racing. At age 18
Pietri watched the town square in
Carpi being marked out for a lap
around which champion runner,
Pericle Pagliani, was to run
10000m. Boys from the town
joined in after a couple of laps, and
most of them dropped out soon
afterwards, but Pietri kept going to
the end, finishing just ahead of the
putative champion. A serious
cycling crash in 1904 may have also
helped determine him to switch
disciplines to long-distance running,
and he quickly established himself
with an Italian half hour record.
Next year he won a 30km race in
Paris.
He went on to compete in the
“Intermediate” Olympic Games
held in Athens in 1906, but after a
bout of seasickness on the short
voyage to Greece he suffered
stomach pains before and during
the race. At first the pains held off,
and Pietri built up a five-minute
lead in the first 10 miles. The pains
then returned and he dropped out
at 24km. Shamed by the experience,
it was only a year later that Pietri
regained form but even then it
eluded him in the longer distances
right up until his solo run
practically on the eve of departure
for the Games.
The “assistance” Pietri had received
to get him over the Olympic
Marathon finishing line first was
shrugged off by many as
inconsequential, and his
disqualification unjust. Public
sympathy was on his side and the
presentation of a specially
commissioned cup by Queen
Alexandra only increased public
awareness and epitomised the epic
nature of the event. Pietri’s older
brother Ulpiano, who had lived in
London for several years, moved
quickly to exploit the opportunities
this presented. He arranged for the
cup to be publicly exhibited and
negotiated with the American
impresario Pat Powers to stage rematches
between Pietri and Johnny
Hayes.
The first of these took place in New
York on 26 November 1908, billed
specifically as “a reproduction of
their struggle over 26 miles and 385
yards of English road”. It actually
took place over 262 dusty, smoky
laps of a 10-to-the-mile track at the
old Madison Square Garden. A
capacity crowd of 16,000 wildly
partisan supporters from the Italian
and Irish immigrant communities
saw Pietri draw gradually away
from Hayes in the final mile of the
race to win by half a lap in 2:44:21
- 11 minutes faster than the
Olympic winning time.
Only three weeks later Pietri ran
against Tom Longboat, in the same
arena but collapsed with the effort
of attempting to match the
Canadian’s pace over the last mile.
The drama further increased public
interest, and after another three
weeks the pair met again in Buffalo,
where Pietri ran himself into the
ground with too fast a pace, and
retired at 19 miles. The madcap
schedule continued with further
races after another week, then
another 11 days, both of which he
won against nondescript
opposition.
He met Hayes twice more, in April
1909, when they were both beaten
by Henri Saint-Yves, and January
1910, when Pietri won in the final
100m sprint-out. Marathon mania
receded in 1910 and by that time
Pietri’s health showed signs of
deterioration. Despite his brother
Ulpiano’s urging, he returned to
Carpi. In 1909 he had married and,
with his brother, bought a building
on the main piazza which became
the Grand Hotel Dorando.
It turned out to be too grand, as
custom was slow, and in 1917, as
the First World War raged, the
brothers sold up. Dorando bought a
taxi business, first in Carpi then on
the Italian Riviera. He became a
tourist guide and de facto attraction
of his own, constantly re-telling his
Marathon deeds until he died of a
heart attack on 7 February 1942,
aged 56.
Unless otherwise stated, all pictures
takenfrom THE MARATHON
MAKERS by John Bryant (John
Blake Publishing) available from
bookshops, Amazon.co.uk or from
the publisher (+44 20 7381 0666)
at £12.99 including p&p.
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN
THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE
AUTHOR AND DO NOT
NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE
VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERS
EXECUTIVES
President
Dirk Strumane (BEL)
Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be
Vice President
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
DIARY
2008
18-19 October
IAU 24hr World
Challenge
Seoul (KOR)
8 November
IAU 100km World
Challenge
Tarquinia (ITA)
6 or 13 December
IAU World Trail
Challenge 50km
Huntsville, Texas (USA)
30 MAY 2008:
100km del Passatore, ITA
MEN:
1 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 6:37:45
2 Marco BOFFO ITA 7:00:43
3 Alexay IZMAILOV RUS 7:03:47
WOMEN:
1 Monica CARLIN ITA 7:39:42
2 Paola SANNA ITA 8:38:49
3 Roberta MONARI ITA 8:41:34
24 MAY 2008:
Hungarian 24h Championships
MEN:
1 Csaba SANDOR 232.180km
2 Ferenc SZONYI 219.570km
3 Jozsef MOZSIK 212.402km
WOMEN:
1 Edit BERCES 203.073km
2 Monika HORVATH 167.238km
3 Eva GURDON 162.927km
23 MAY 2008:
48h of Bornholm
MEN:
1 Yiannis KOUROS GRE 433.095km
2 Lars-Skytte CHRISTOFFERSEN DEN 366.271km
3 Eiolf EIVINDSEN NOR 343.650km
WOMEN:
1 Hanna VAUHKONEN FIN 278.400km
2 Barbara BECKER GER 274.250km
3 Caroline AISTRUP DEN 262.592km
24h
MEN:
1 Jon-Harald BERGE NOR 241.383km
2 Per BROLLING DEN 223.356km
3 Vagn KIKELUND DEN 188.947km
WOMEN:
1 Mette Normind PILGAARD DEN 203.665km
2 Anne-Marie ROSSEN DEN 191.967km
3 May-Britt HANSEN DEN 188.947km
6h
MEN:
1 Charley PRODEL DEN 78.838km
2 Peter PALDAN DEN 68.410km
3 Claudio PELSEN DEN 68.074km
WOMEN:
1 Marianna RASMUSSEN DEN 66.185km
2 Lillian MADSEN DEN 57.216km
3 Grethe KOFOAD SVENDSEN DEN 40.372km
18 MAY 2008:
UK 100km Championships &
Anglo-Celtic Plate, Cardiff
Cardiff’s Bute Park was the setting for the UK 100km
championship and the annual competition between the nations
of Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, but this year Ireland were
unable to compete. Dominic Croft of England secured his second
title after a lengthy absence through injury. He ran an
impressively even-paced race, avoiding the energy-sapping early
battles to pull through in the last quarter. In second place Matt
Giles made his 100km debut He led the race at various stages but
a calf injury forced him to slow.
It was another debutant, Emma Gooderham, who provided
the outstanding performance of the day as she led from start to
finish to set a new event record of 8:03. Despite Scotland having
two runners in the top three, Vicky Skelton’s solid fourth place
was enough for the England ladies team to retain the Anglo Celtic
Plate.
MEN:
1 Dominic CROFT GBR 7:21:45
2 Matt GILES GBR 7:28:54
3 Julian RENDELL GBR 7:33:15
4 Colin GELL GBR 7:40:14
5 Allen SMALLS GBR 7:49:10
WOMEN:
1 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 8:03:11
2 Sandra BOWERS GBR 8:57:18
3 Elaine CALDER GBR 9:13:39
4 Pauline WALKER GBR 9:18:18
5 Vicky SKELTON GBR 9:28:53
11 MAY 2008:
48h Surgeres, FRA
MEN:
1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 401.416km
2 Philip MCCARTHY USA 378.495km
3 Emmanuel CONREAUX FRA 363.718km
4 Gilles PARARUELO FRA 353.162km
5 William SICHEL GBR 340.797km
WOMEN:
1 Sumie INAGAKI JPN 382.718km
2 Galina EREMINA RUS 357.686km
3 Masae KAMURA JPN 336.574km
4 Sandra POWELL USA 323.606km
5 Marika HEINLEIN GER 319.987km
24h (splits)
MEN:
1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 249.415km
2 Masayuki OTAKI JPN 219.859km
3 Philip MCCARTHY USA 209.303km
WOMEN:
1 Sumie INAGAKI JPN 226.193km
2 Marika HEINLEIN GER 206.589km
3 Galina EREMINA RUS 204.176km
10 MAY 2008:
50km of Flanders – Gistel
MEN:
1 Pieter VERMEERSCH BEL 3:21:23
2 Gino CASIER BEL 3:32:06
3 Renaat MOYSEN BEL 3:56:45
WOMEN:
1 Anke MOREEL BEL 4:26:33
2 Marleen VAN PARIJS BEL 4:28:49
3 Inge PETTERSSEN BEL 4:46:47
27 MARCH 2008:
Athens 24h
MEN:
1 Dimitris KOULAKIOTIS GRE 223.360km
2 Mikhailo BOGDANOV UKR 213.095km
3 William SICHEL GBR 190.000km
WOMEN:
1 Edit BERCES HUN 170.778km
2 Emilia RAIS GRE 141.000km
3 Caroline AISTRUP DEN 125.000km
7-day race
MEN :
1 Wolfgang SCHWERK GER 1012km
2 Hans-Jurgen SCHLOTTER GER 900km
3 Lucio BAZZANA ITA 854km
WOMEN:
1 Martina HAUSSMANN GER 804km
2 Chiu Shu-Jung LU TPE 785km
3 Maria TAHKAVUORI FIN 732.16km
8 JUNE 2008:
6 Days of Antibes, France
1 Cornelia BULLIG GER 775.255km - 1st woman
2 Christophe LABORIE FRA 762.68km
3 Pierre Michael MICALETTI FRA 747.323km
4 Eduard CLEMENTE ESP 735.256km
5 Martina HAUSMANN GER 713.492km - 2nd woman
6 Alexandre FORESTIERI FRA 707.581km
7 Edit BERCES HUN 690.957km - 3rd woman
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July
DATE RACE PAGE
5 Tallinn Marathon (Viimsi) EST M 68
5 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 74
5-12 July 100km of the Namib Desert NAM U 38
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
6 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 62
6 HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 66
13 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 74
19 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 70
26 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 74
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
27 Bogotá Int'l Half Marathon COL H 66
Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M/H 74
August
DATE RACE PAGE
2 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 72
3 San Francisco Marathon USA M/H 74
10 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 72
10 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 66
15-23 XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing CHN M 11
16 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 68
23 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 68
24 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 74
36 Distance Running
24 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 6
30 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 29
31 Maraton de la Ciudad de Mexico MEX M 72
31 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 66
31 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 70
September
DATE RACE PAGE
5-6 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 74
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
6 Stockholm Half Marathon SWE H 74
7 23rd Nike Budapest
Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 16
7 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 72
7 Medio Maraton Atlas de Guadalajara MEX M 10
7 Torshavn Marathon FRO M 10
7 Great Scottish Run GBR H 68
13 Vilnius Maratonas & Half LIT M/H 70
13 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 72
13 Ruska Marathon FIN M 68
14 Media Maraton Int’l
Ciudad de Medellin COL H 66
14 Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 10
14 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 68
14 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 74
14 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 72
14 Wachau Marathon AUT M 66
21 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 66
21 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 10
21 Blackmores Sydney Running
Fesitival (incl.) Sydney Marathon AUS M 66
21 Marathon By The Sea CAN M 66
21 Dam tot Damloop NED M 72
28 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 74
28 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 72
28 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon and Half CAN M/H 66
28 Dexia Route du Vin
Half Marathon LUX H 70
28 Berlin Marathon GER M 8
28 Geneve Marathon SUI M 74
28 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 70
28 Maratonina Citta di Udine ITA H 70
28 10k Int’l Costa Rica CRC R 66
28 International Lake Garda Marathon ITA M 70
28 Maraton Expo Zaragoza El Corte Ingles ESP M 12
October
DATE RACE PAGE
5 23rd Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 17
5 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 68
5 Twin Cities Marathon USA M 74
5 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 17
5 Portland Marathon USA M 9
5 Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon CRO M/H 26
5 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 26
5 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 66
5 Colombo Marathon SRI M 74
12 Samsung Melbourne Marathon AUS M 62
12 Okanagan Int’l Marathon CAN M 66
12 Poznan Marathon POL M 11
12 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 29
12 3rd IAAF World Road Race
Championships, 21.1km, Rio de Janeiro BRA H 11
12 Novi Sad Marathon SRB M 72
12 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 72
12 Timisoara Marathon ROM M 72
12 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 70
12 Douro Valley Half Marathon POR H 32
19 Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara MEX M 72
19 St Denis Half Marathon FRA H 28
19 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 29
19 Amsterdam Marathon NED M 29
19 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M/H 66
19 Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int'l Marathon KOR M 70
26 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 74
26 Niagara Falls Int'l Marathon CAN M 14
26 Venice Marathon ITA M 25
26 Mediterranean Marathon ESP M 74
26 Porto Marathon POR M 28
26 Åland Marathon and Half FIN M/H 32
26 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 74
26 Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon GER M 21
26 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 74
26 Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 70
26 Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Marathon KOR M 70
26 Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 72
27 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 70
November
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Taroko Int’l Marathon TPE M/H 66
2 21km Nuevo Leon MEX H 72
2 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 74
2 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 70
2 Bass Pro Shops Springfield Marathon USA M 74
9 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon IND H 70
9 Big Sur Half Marathon
on Monterey Bay USA H 74
9 Marathon des Alpes
Maritimes Cannes-Nice FRA M 68
9 Hanghzhou Marathon CHN M 66
9 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 68
14 8th Pharaonic 100km EGY U 32
16 Garda Trentino Half Marathon ITA H 70
16 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 70
16 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 68
16 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 70
16 Medio Maratón Ciudad de Valencia ESP H 43
23 Milano City Marathon ITA M 70
23 Medio Maraton Quito -
Mitad del Mundo ECU H 68
23 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 68
23 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon THA M 47
23 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 56
23 Philadelphia Marathon USA M 74
23 Great Ethiopian Run ETH R 68
28-30 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 70
30 XXV Firenze Marathon ITA M 47
30 Univ of Washington Medical Centre
Seattle Marathon USA M/H 74
30 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 66
30 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 68
30 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 66
30 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 72
30 Blom Bank Beirut Marathon LEB M 70
30 UNICEF Charity Half Marathon & 10k HKG H/R 68
30 Maraton de San Sebastian ESP M 48
Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 70
December
DATE RACE PAGE
6 Reggae Marathon JAM M 70
7 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 51
7 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 66
7 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 72
7 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 66
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7 Costa Rica Int’l Marathon and Half CRC M/H 66
7 62nd Fukuoka Int’l Open
Marathon Championship JPN M 70
7 Standard Chartered
Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 72
7 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 74
7 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CMB H 56
12 Antarctica Ice Marathon ANT M/U 66
14 Honolulu Marathon USA M 74
14 Powerade Monterrey Marathon MEX M 72
21 Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 66
31 Sao Silvestre 15km BRA R 66
January 2009
DATE RACE PAGE
1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 74
3 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 66
8 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 70
16 Standard Chartered
Dubai Marathon UAE M 74
18 Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon IND M 52
18 Cabo Marathon MEX H 72
18 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG M/H 68
25 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 74
25 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 70
25 Maui Ocean Front Marathon USA M 74
25 Marrakech Intl. Marathon MOR M 72
Subic Marathon PHL M 72
Mizuno Hong Kong
Half Marathon Championships HKG H 68
Kinmen Marathon TPE M/H 66
February
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 70
1 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /
10k Road Race JPN R 70
13 RAK Half Marathon UAE H 74
13 Egyptian Marathon EGY M/H 32
22 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 74
22 Seville City Marathon ESP M 74
22 5th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 72
22 Int’l Philippines Marathon PHL M 72
22 Giuseppe Verdi
Country Marathon ITA M 70
22 AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MAS M 72
22 Tokyo Marathon JPN M 60
23 Sahara Marathon ALG M 66
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 70
Standard Chartered
Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 68
March
DATE RACE PAGE
1 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 72
1 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 74
1 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 62
1 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 56
1 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 72
8 International Oger Antalya Marathon TUR M 74
8 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon ITA H 70
8 Sao Paulo Int’l Half Marathon BRA H 66
8 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 70
9-14 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 38
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
10 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 66
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
15 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 68
22 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 59
22 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 55
22 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 63
26 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 70
28 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 68
28 IAAF World Cross Country
Championships, Imman JOR C 11
29 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 74
29 Poznan Half Marathon POL H 72
29 Novi Sad Half Marathon SRB H 72
29 Treviso Marathon ITA M 70
Incheon International Half Marathon KOR H 70
Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 70
Ferraramarathon ITA M 70
Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 70
April
DATE RACE PAGE
5 Paris Marathon FRA M 68
5 Santiago Marathon CHI M 66
5 Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA H 66
5 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 72
5 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 8
8 North Pole Marathon NPO M 72
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
11 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon RSA U 69
12 Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great GRE M 68
18 Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 72
18 Pardubice Wine Half Marathon CZE H 68
19 Canberra Marathon AUS M 62
19 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 66
19 Turin Marathon ITA M 67
19 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 66
19 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 68
20 113th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 74
26 Zurich Marathon SUI M 74
26 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 74
26 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 74
26 ING Bank Enschede Marathon NED M 72
26 Int’l Torun Marathon POL M 72
26 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 70
26 Marathon Hamburg GER M 69
26 Cracovia Marathon POL M 72
Rijeka Half Marathon CRO H 68
Olympic Commemorative
Nagano Marathon JPN M 70
May
DATE RACE PAGE
3 BMO Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Marathon CAN M 66
3 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 70
3 Eugene Marathon and Half USA M/H 74
3 New Jersey Marathon USA M 74
10 Berlin runs 25km GER R 68
10 Maraton Martin Fiz ESP M 74
16 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 66
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
16 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 74
17 Karstadt Marathon GER M 68
17 Nordea Riga Marathon LAT M 70
17 Sunfeast World 10km IND R 68
17 Pisa Marathon ITA M 70
23 The Terwamarathon FIN M 68
24 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 68
24 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 68
24 Ottawa Marathon CAN M 69
24 Glitnir Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 73
30 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 71
30 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA R 74
30-6 June100km of the Namib Desert NAM U 38
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Media Maraton de Quito 2800 ECU M 68
Kigali Peace Marathon RWA M 72
Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 68
mBank Lodz Marathon POL M 72
June
DATE RACE PAGE
7 Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K ECU R 68
7 Zelenograd Half Marathon Sprandi RUS H 72
7 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 66
14 Laguna Phuket Int'l Marathon THA M 74
14 Comrades Marathon RSA M 72
20 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 72
21 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 72
21 Maraton de Quito ECU M 68
21 Scotiabank Vancouver
Half Marathon CAN H 66
28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 66
28 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 66
July
Dalian International Marathon CHN M 66
Santa Claus Marathon FIN M 68
Nightmarathon ITA M 70
Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 68
Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 70
DATE RACE PAGE
4 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 74
5 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 62
18 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 70
27 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 74
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
August
Tallinn Marathon (Viimsi) EST M 68
HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 66
Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 74
Bogotá Int'l Half Marathon COL H 66
DATE RACE PAGE
15-23 IAAF World Championships in Athletics GER 11
17 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 66
22 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 68
30 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 6
30 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 66
Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 72
San Francisco Marathon USA M/H 74
Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 72
Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 68
Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 74
Maraton de la Ciudad de Mexico MEX M 72
September
DATE RACE PAGE
5 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 74
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
5 Stockholm Half Marathon SWE H 74
6 24th Nike Budapest
Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 16
6 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 29
6 Medio Maraton Atlas de Guadalajara MEX M 10
13 Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 10
13 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 72
20 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 10
20 Dam tot Damloop NED M 72
20 Blackmores Sydney Running
Fesitival/Sydney Marathon AUS M 66
27 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 74
27 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon and Half CAN M/H 66
27 Dexia Route du Vin
Half Marathon LUX H 70
27 10k Int’l Costa Rica CRC R 66
27 International Lake Garda Marathon ITA M 70
Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 72
Torshavn Marathon FRO M 10
Vilnius Maratonas & Half LIT M/H 70
Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 72
Ruska Marathon FIN M 68
Media Maraton Int’l
Ciudad de Medellin COL H 66
Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 68
Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 74
Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 66
Marathon By The Sea CAN M 66
RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 72
Berlin Marathon GER M 68
Geneve Marathon SUI M 74
Turin Half Marathon ITA H 70
Maratonina Citta di Udine ITA H 70
Great Scottish Run GBR H 68
Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 70
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27 MARCH 2008:
JERUSALEM HALF MARATHON,
ISRAEL
MEN:
1 Daraja TEDESTA 1:09:22
2 Destau SWANH 1:10:34
3 Hielle SATAIN 1:10:34
4 Memo ASERET 1:12:15
5 Hervee ATALY 1:12:16
WOMEN:
1 Svetlana BEHMEND 1:20:56
2 Blancha KALKIDA 1:20:56
3 Loris MANDLOVIC 1:29:28
4 Dorit SHUVALY 1:40:28
5 Orly AMOS 1:41:17
29 MARCH 2008:
HERVIS PRAGUE HALF MARATHON,
CZECH REPUBLIC
Expectations for a new course record had been high
but strong winds in the Czech capital dashed any
hopes for bettering Patrick Ivuti’s 1:01:00 from last
year’s race as Kenya’s Eliah Muturi Karanja and Ethiopia’s
Asha Roba Gigi took top honours. A total of 5812
runners took part in the 10th anniversary race, 20% up
on last year’s figures.
Kenya’s Jackson Kiprono Kirwa was race favourite,
and was led out by Mark Tanui at a blazing pace. They
were well clear by 5km but at 10km Kirwa was losing
ground to Tanui as both of them were being swept up
by a more cautious-starting pack. While Kirwa faded to
eighth in 1:04:42 Tanui pressed on with the pack and
had enough left at the end to grab third place.
Caroline Kwambai’s 1:10:08 course record from
2006 was safe, but the Kenyan was soon dropped by
Asha Gigi and had to settle for runner-up spot for the
second successive year as both of them finished streets
ahead of the rest of the women.
MEN:
1 Eliah Muturi KARANJA KEN 1:02:08
2 Mugi MUHUGU KEN 1:02:23
3 Mark TANUI KEN 1:02:41
4 Paul BIWOTT KEN 1:02:58
5 Cheruiyot KOSGEI KEN 1:02:59
WOMEN:
1 Asha Roba GIGI ETH 1:12:00
2 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 1:12:31
3 Yelena SOKOLOVA RUS 1:17:03
4 Magdalini GAZEA GRE 1:17:20
5 Jana KLIMESOVA CZE 1:21:15
30 MARCH 2008:
NOVI SAD HALF MARATHON,
SERBIA
MEN:
1 Gebreslase GENERINE ETH 1:06:44
2 Eshetu ESTEFANOS ETH 1:07:51
3 Vitalie GHEORGHITA MDV 1:08:06
4 Legesse TAMRAT ETH 1:08:12
5 Velimir BOJOVIC SER 1:08:19
WOMEN:
1 Jelena MARKOVIA SER 1:25:06
2 Bodlovic KSENIJA SER 1:29:42
3 Milana GAVRILOV SER 1:31:38
4 Katerina DIMOVSKA MAK 1:32:34
5 Biljana GRUBOR-VOZAREVIC SER 1:39:15
30 MARCH 2008:
AMBANK KUALA LUMPUR INT’L
MARATHON, MALAYSIA
MEN:
1 Nelson K ROTICH KEN 2:15:32
2 Luka K CHELIMO KEN 2:15:39
3 Kipkering K CHRIST KEN 2:16:30
4 Daniel KIPKEMEI KEN 2:16:44
5 Frimin K KIPCHOGE KEN 2:21:00
WOMEN:
1 Fridah C LODEPA KEN 2:54:23
2 Jane W WAWERU KEN 3:01:00
3 Magret KIPLAGAT KEN 3:06:03
4 Apassara P THINPHIMAI THA 3:08:30
5 Anne QI HUI DATE SIN 3:11:27
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Julius K MBUGUA KEN 1:09:30
WOMEN:
1 Jane N KANGARA KEN 1:21:46
30 MARCH 2008:
MONACO INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, MONACO
MEN:
1 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 2:12:40
2 Jacob KITUR KEN 2:13:22
3 Joel K KIPLIMO KEN 2:13:50
4 Henry TARUS KEN 2:16:57
5 Folisho T TUM ETH 2:19:33
WOMEN:
1 Elena KOZHEVNIKOVA RUS 2:41:21
2 Elena TIKHONOVA RUS 2:48:10
3 Jeanna MALKOVA RUS 2:50:37
4 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:51:30
5 Nadezda SEMILETOVA RUS 2:56:53
30 MARCH 2008:
TREVISO MARATHON, ITALY
See separate feature on p15
30 MARCH 2008:
TARSUS INTERNATIONAL HALF
MARATHON, TURKEY
MEN:
1 Wilson Kipsang KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:50
2 James KIRWA KEN 1:03:32
3 Bekir KARAYEL TUR 1:05:54
4 Mehmet ÇAGLAYAN TUR 1:06:35
5 Belachew Amare SHIBESHI ETH 1:06:45
WOMEN:
1 Damla Yenigelen ÇELIK TUR 1:23:13
2 Birgül ÖZCAN TUR 1:23:19
3 Yesim Yeter GULAL TUR 1:23:30
4 Hülya BASTUG TUR 1:24:04
30 MARCH 2008:
INCHEON INTERNATIONAL HALF
MARATHON, KOREA
In cloudy, cool weather (7.5°C) more than 13,000
runners completed, among whom 11 foreign countries
were represented.
MEN:
1 Luke METTO KEN 1:03:27
2 Andrew SAMBU TAN 1:04:03
3 Chokri DHAOUADI TUN 1:04:15
4 Assefa Worku BEYENE ETH 1:04:46
5 Simon SAWE KEN 1:05:23
WOMEN:
1 Sung-Eun KIM KOR 1:14:44
2 Min-Jung CHOI KOR 1:15:07
3 Kyung-Hee CHOI KOR 1:16:23
4 Yu-Jin CHANG KOR 1:16:35
5 Jin-Sook CHANG KOR 1:16:58
1 APRIL 2008:
NORTH POLE MARATHON,
NEUTRAL POLAR OCEAN
The race took place at 04:30 GMT in perfect 24-hour
daylight and -29°C temperature. The men’s race was
close to start with before Sik-Ahn Byeung’s persistent
pressure on the frozen ice floes finally began to tell.
He widened the gap over his opponents during the
second half, well ahead of the Lithuanian Ignas
Staskevicius, who had overhauled Charles Sanders of
Great Britain for second place. Cathrine Due and
Margit Andersen, the two Danes in the women’s event,
battled thoughout. Due proved stronger in the latter
stages.
Unfortunately, unusual logistical delays at the Pole
this season caused a five-day delay and this led to two
competitors having to withdraw before the race began.
Furthermore, an effective cut-off time of seven-and-ahalf
hours was abruptly forced upon competitors by
the logistics company in order for them to make the
return flight to Norway.
Nevertheless, all participants stood at 90 degrees
North, the precise Geographic North Pole. In addition,
the few remaining competitors who were agonisingly
close to completing the 26.2-mile distance have been
invited to attend for free next year, the centenary of
Man reaching the Pole. To register for the race, which is
now expected to occur in early April 2009, see
www.npmarathon.com.
MEN:
1 Sik-Anh BYEUNG KOR 4:02:37
2 Ignas STASKEVICIUS LIT 4:19:05
3 Charles SANDERS GBR 4:21:27
4 Jurgen HEILBOCK GER 4:50:01
5 Hans-Willem HANKE GER 5:21:07
WOMEN:
1 Catherine DUE DEN 5:37:14
2 Margit ANDERSEN DEN 5:53:10
3 Kirsty DEVONPORT GBR 6:12:05
4 Allison GILL GBR 6:44:08
5 Marie-Hamren LARSSON SWE 7:04:32
6 APRIL 2008:
28TH VATTENFALL BERLIN HALF
MARATHON, GERMANY
Defending champion Patrick Makau bested Eshetu
Wondimu by one second while Peninah Arusei ran the
third fastest time in the world this year writes Jorg
Wenig.
In uncomfortably cold conditions the men’s early
pace was well off record target as a large group
reached 5km in 14:07, but the official pacemaker was
already well behind. After passing through 10km in
28:22 and 15km in 42:48 a lead group of four emerged,
and it was Wondimu who surged ahead at 19km. Makau
responded immediately and the pair passed through
20km in 57:00. Makau secured victory only in the last
few metres. “We intended to run faster but it was
simply too cold today” said Makau, adding. “I intend to
come back to Berlin next year to break my course
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ecord (58:56 from last year).” He still clocked the
seventh fastest time of the year and the seventh
fastest ever in the race.
The cold weather also affected the women’s race
although Peninah Arusei improved her personal best by
61 seconds. “In warmer weather I could have run faster.
I think 67 minutes is possible for me” said the 29-yearold
Kenyan. For much of the race it had looked as she
would surpass Philes Ongori’s world leading time (67:57
minutes in Marugame/JPN) as she passed 10km in 31:56
(only 14 seconds slower than her personal best at
10km) and 15km in 48:12, but she slowed towards the
end. Arusei returns to Berlin in four weeks for the
Berlin 25km race, which she won two years ago.
A record 20,660 runners came from 86 countries,
and it was the first time that a half marathon in
Germany had over 20,000 entries.
MEN:
1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 1:00:00
2 Eshetu WONDIMU ETH 1:00:01
3 Elijah KEITANY KEN 1:00:10
4 William TODOO KEN 1:00:12
5 Joseph MAREGU KEN 1:00:48
WOMEN:
1 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:08:22
2 Pauline WANGUI KEN 1:09:51
3 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 1:11:24
4 Dulce Maria RODRIGUEZ MEX 1:11:25
5 Milka JEROTICH KEN 1:12:18
6 APRIL 2008:
32ND PARIS MARATHON, FRANCE
20-year-old Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede ran the second
fastest time in the world this year while Kenyan
Martha Komu smashed her personal best by seven
minutes writes P-J Vazel. On a sunny, cold (5°C) and still
morning 29,706 runners took part. Conditions favoured
fast times and the top eight men and top seven
women set personal bests. The top 12 men dipped
under 2:10 and Kebede came within seven seconds of
the 5-year old course record.
A large men’s pack cruised past halfway in 1:03:40
and positions remained largely unchanged until 30km
when six Kenyans and two Ethiopians led the race. The
second uphill stretch on the circuit caused the most
damage as by 35km there were only three runners
battling for the victory: Kebede, countryman Gudisa
Shentema and Kenya’s Kimeli Arusei. All were running
much faster than their personal bests.
Arusei was in his fifth marathon after a modest
career on the track; the young Kebede debuted last
October in Amsterdam with 2:08:16; Shentema, 27, in
his tenth marathon had most recently ran 2:09:27 in
Dubai on 18 January. But Shentema was the first to go,
with 5km remaining, and eventually faded to 4th place.
Kebede finally pulled away from Arusei after 40km.
Former Kenyan Simon Munyutu took more than 2
minutes off his own personal mark to place 11th in
2:09:24 and looks set to be selected for the French
team for Beijing. Sixteen minutes later his fiancée
Martha Komu won the women’s race.
Five runners emerged as contenders in the early
stages of the women’s race. The two fastest in the field
the Ethiopians Worknesh Tola (2:25:42) and Shitaye
Gemeshu. Despite her impressive PB, Tola couldn’t find
a way to break away from the surprising Komu, who
finally pulled away to win in the last 200m of the race.
MEN:
1 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 2:06:40
2 Moses Kimeli ARUSEI KEN 2:06:50
3 Josea ROTICH KEN 2:07:24
4 Gudisa SHENTEMA ETH 2:07:34
5 David KEMBOI KEN 2:08:34
WOMEN:
1 Martha KOMU KEN 2:25:33
2 Worknesh TOLA ETH 2:25:37
3 Lenah CHERUIYOT KEN 2:26:00
4 Shitaye GEMESHU ETH 2:26:10
5 Alice TIMBILIL KEN 2:26:45
6 APRIL 2008:
POZNAN HALF MARATHON,
POLAND
MEN:
1 Nathan SOIMO KEN 1:05:59
2 Marek JAROSZEWSKI POL 1:08:14
3 Yevgen SIROTIN UKR 1:08:25
4 Alexey GURKINA RUS 1:08:28
5 Maciej LUCYK POL 1:10:55
WOMEN:
1 Karolina JARZYNSKA POL 1:12:33
2 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 1:12:42
3 Wioletta URYGA POL 1:16:30
4 Agnieszka JANASIAK POL 1:17:14
5 Renata ANTROPIK POL 1:21:22
6 APRIL 2008:
MARATON INTERNACIONAL DE
SANTIAGO, CHILE
MEN:
1 Roberto ETCHEVERRIA CHI 2:15:37
2 Peter MWANGI KEN 2:18:59
3 Philip KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:19:48
4 Samuel KIPROTICH KEN 2:22:16
5 Miguel MELENDEZ CHI 2:24:48
WOMEN:
1 Natalia ROMERO CHI 2:45:42
2 Susana REBOLLEDO CHI 2:47:05
3 Julia RIVERA CHI 2:50:30
4 Natalia CASTILLO CHI 2:59:28
5 Virginia PENA CHI 3:00:32
13 APRIL 2008:
TURIN MARATHON, ITALY
Stephen Kibiwott won the Turin Marathon for a second
time with a personal best of 2:10:12 in a close battle
over the final kilometres writes Diego Sampaolo.
Vincenza Sicari dipped under 2:30 in the women’s race
for an Olympic qualifying time.
The men’s race was tactical from the beginning as
the first half passed in 1:05:30 with pacemakers Hillary
Bett and Wilson Busienei leading a group which
eventually comprised six Kenyans, two Ukrainians and
one Russian. They passed 30km in 1:30:20 but nobody
took the initiative until after 35km.
Kibiwott and Lomala began to push hard at 37km
Sitkovsky fought hard and in the final two kilometres it
was Kibiwott and Sitkovsky who had the neck to neck
battle with Lomala slightly adrift. With a final
kilometre of 2:50 Kibiwott took the win by five
seconds while Lomala smashed his previous personal
best by four minutes in third place, holding off
debutant John Komen by four seconds.
The women’s race focused on Vincenza Sicari’s
attempt to run under the 2:30 qualifying time set by
the Italian Athletics Federation for the Beijing
Olympics. Sicari’s previous attempt to qualify one
month ago failed when she dropped out of the Rome
Marathon. In Turin she ran the first 16km with Kenyan
Catherine Kurui and Oksana Slyarenko from Ukraine.
Breaking away, she built up an 8-second gap by halfway
and continued at a consistent pace. In the final 500m
she suffered from a stitch but managed to accomplish
her target by finishing in 2:29:50.
MEN:
1 Stephen KIBIWOTT KEN 2:10:12
2 Oleksander SITKOWSKY UKR 2:10:17
3 Joseph LOMALA KEN 2:10:21
4 John KOMEN KEN 2:10:25
5 Vasyl MATVICHUK UKR 2:10:36
WOMEN:
1 Vincenza SICARI ITA 2:29:50
2 Catherine KURUI KEN 2:35:11
3 Oksana SLYARENKO UKR 2:36:13
4 Elisa DESCO ITA 2:36:53
5 Petra TEVELI HUN 2:37:27
13 APRIL 2008:
CANBERRA MARATHON,
AUSTRALIA
Mark Tucker and Jackie Fairweather won the men’s and
women’s marathons but did not stop there. For the
past 15 years Canberra has incorporated a 50km option,
and any marathon finisher is able to continue on and
officially complete the ultra. This year, for the first
time, both marathon winners opted to continue, and
both of them not only did the marathon/50km double
but also broke the Australian 50km records.
Jackie Fairweather (nee Gallagher), the 1996 World
Triathlon champion and 2002 Commonwealth Games
marathon bronze medallist, in addition to the double
win and national record, also lowered the World
Masters record for 50km, although this is pending
ratification by the International Association of
Ultrarunners.
Mark Tucker, better known as a 1500m runner,
announced just two weeks ago that he was retiring
from the sport because he had missed selection for
the Beijing Olympic Games. However he did add that
he was going to make his marathon debut before
hanging up his shoes. His debut was so successful in
Canberra with the marathon/ultra double, that he is
now re-considering his options. Particularly as his prize
from Canberra is an Asics travel award to run another
marathon in Japan.
The marathon continues to be a significant tourism
event for Australia’s national capital with over 80 per
cent of the 1153 entrants being visitors. The Asics
Marathon Eve 5km and 10km Fun Runs and the award
winning Kids Marathon had record numbers with the
event attracting over 2500 participants across race
weekend.
MEN:
1 Mark TUCKER AUS 2:24:13
2 David CRINITI AUS 2:27:34
3 Andrew TUCKEY AUS 2:29:19
4 Jeremy HORNE AUS 2:32:35
5 Anthony FARRUGIA AUS 2:34:09
WOMEN:
1 Jackie FAIRWEATHER AUS 2:46:01
2 Tina MAJOR AUS 2:47:58
3 Jenny WICKHAM AUS 2:48:46
4 Glenda BANAGHAN AUS 2:52:41
5 Verity TOLHURST AUS 2:55:10
50km
MEN:
1 Mark TUCKER AUS 2:53:47
2 David CRINITI AUS 2:58:21
3 Tim COCHRANE AUS 3:13:16
WOMEN:
1 Jackie FAIRWEATHER AUS 3:19:12
2 Kerrie BREMNER AUS 4:01:16
3 Lisa-Anne CAREY AUS 4:02:36
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13 APRIL 2008:
FORTIS MARATHON ROTTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS
William Kipsang set a new course record in winning the
28th Fortis Rotterdam Marathon, while Lyubov
Morgunova came from behind in the second half of the
race to win the women’s event writes Wim Van
Hemert. Kipsang bettered Felix Limo’s 2004 time by 25
seconds. Many of the top finishers in both races set
personal bests, which included a new Finnish record of
2:10:46 for Janne Holmen in ninth place.
After the extreme heat of last year conditions were
ideal with a light wind and a temperature of 12°C.
Before 15km a group of seven had formed, containing
Kipsang, Daniel Rono, Charles Kamathi, Richard Limo,
Paul Kirui, Benjamin Maiyo and Daniel Yego and this
group stayed together until 25km (1:14:31). The group
broke up after 30km (1:29:41) and by 35km Kipsang was
seven seconds clear. Behind him Kamathi, Rono and
Limo formed the chasing pack. At 40km he was 40
seconds ahead and Rono was alone in second place. “In
the Kralingse wood, Kipsang was awfully strong,
running one kilometre in 2:49”, Rono said afterwards.
The 37-year-old Russian Lyubov Morgunova was 19
seconds behind Ethiopian Zekiros Adanech at 25km but
5km later they were level, and in the following 5km the
experienced Russian pulled ahead, gaining a lead of
over two minutes by 40km and setting a new personal
best. “Although I was behind at half way, in the final
phase of the race I felt very strong.” she said.
MEN:
1 William KIPSANG KEN 2:05:49
2 Daniel RONO KEN 2:06:58
3 Charles KAMATHI KEN 2:07:33
4 Richard LIMO KEN 2:08:43
5 Paul KIRUUI KEN 2:09:46
WOMEN:
1 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:25:12
2 Zekiros ADENACH ETH 2:27:32
3 Alessandra AGUILAR ESP 2:29:03
4 Alice CHELAGAT KEN 2:30:18
5 Ines MONTEIRO POR 2:30:36
WOMEN:
1 Anne Cheptanui BERERWE KEN 1:13:51
2 Eunice JEPKIRUI KEN 1:15:00
3 Edielza ALVES BRA 1:15:46
4 Luiza DE SOUZA BRA 1:17:11
5 Marizete MOREIRA BRA 1:17:24
19 APRIL 2008:
PARDUBICE WINE HALF
MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN:
1 Robert STEFKO CZE 1:06:39
2 Martin FREI CZE 1:07:00
3 Petr PECHEK CZE 1:07:37
4 Pavrl BRYDL CZE 1:08:04
5 Daniel ORALEK CZE 1:08:07
WOMEN:
1 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:17:28
2 Marta VLCOVSKA CZE 1:20:00
3 Lenka SIBRAVOVA CZE 1:20:36
4 Irena PETRIKOVA CZE 1:22:29
5 Milada BARESOVA CZE 1:25:21
20 APRIL 2008:
6TH ZURICH MARATHON,
SWITZERLAND
Weather and conditions were perfect and although the
course records remained unbeaten many runners
achieved personal bests and shouted with joy as they
finished. Of 4780 who started, 4588 finished (3777 men
and 811 women) within the 5.30 hours limit.
Oleg Kulkov (RUS) and Tadelech Birra (ETH) won
the open races in personal best times, with Tarcis
Ancay (14th, 2:22:32) and Maya Neuenschwander (7th)
taking the Swiss titles. While Kulkov scored his first big
race victory and cut his best time by four minutes,
Birra (33) was only 24 seconds short of her five-year
old personal best set when winning in Hannover.
SAO PAULO – 13 APRIL
Mirja Jenni, who was trying for Beijing qualification,
abandoned at 27km but Marcel Tschopp, second Swiss,
managed Olympic qualification through his dual Swiss-
Liechtenstein citizenship. His 2:24:10 back in 16th place
was 15 seconds under the Liechtenstein qualifying time.
MEN:
1 Oleg KULKOV RUS 2:11.16
2 Edwin KIBOWEN KEN 2:11.50
3 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:13.41
4 Anderson CHIRCHIR KEN 2:14.02
5 Kimutai H KIPTANUI KEN 2:14.22
WOMEN:
1 Tadelech T BIRRA ETH 2:32.09
2 Karolina JARZYNSKA POL 2:33.16
3 Prisca KIPRONO KEN 2:34.14
4 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:35.36
5 Etafereh G TAREKEGN ETH 2:37.05
20 APRIL 2008:
NICE INTERNATIONAL HALF
MARATHON, FRANCE
MEN:
1 Dennis NDISO 1:00:54
2 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:00:57
3 Joseph MAREGU 1:01:21
4 Samuel KWAANGUO 1:02:08
5 Justus KIPRONO KEN 1:02:10
WOMEN:
1 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:10:49
2 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:10:59
3 Muriel LORY 1:12:52
4 Lydia NJERI KEN 1:13:15
5 Ingrid LOPERGOLO 1:18:08
13 APRIL 2008:
SAO PAULO HALF MARATHON
CORPORE, BRAZIL
The 9th edition of the race attracted more than 11,000
participants. A nice day and a festival atmosphere
contributed to the continuing growth and
development of the event within the City’s sporting
calendar. Before the first rays of the sun came up, the
University precinct was alive with movement. The elite
women were set off at 07.15 with the mass field
following 15 minutes later.
There was a large peloton until 6km, when the
Kenyan Kiprono Mutai Chemwolo began to build a lead
over Paulo Almeida, who also finished second last year,
which extended to 98 seconds by the end of the race.
Edielza Alves dos Santos finished third behind the
Kenyans Anne Bererwe and Eunice Jepkirui and said
“the contest with the Kenyans was good, but when
they opened up a gap I had a fight to keep third place”.
Anne Bererwe, who stormed away to win by over a
minute and break the course record, commented that
the course was good and fast.
MEN:
1 Kiprono Mutai CHEMWOLO KEN 1:04:06
2 Paulo Roberto ALMEIDA PAULA BRA 1:05:44
3 Francisco Barbosa DOS SANTOS BRA 1:06:06
4 William Salgado GOMES BRA 1:06:15
5 Alex JANUARIO BRA 1:06:50
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20 APRIL 2008:
NAGANO OLYMPIC
COMMEMORATIVE MARATHON,
JAPAN
Among a record field of 7444 (1240 women) the
defending champions, Nephat Kinyanjui of Kenya and
Alevtina Ivanova, of Russia won the 10th edition writes
Ken Nakamura. Kinyanjui won, like on the other two
occasions, with a mad dash to the line - although this
year was the slowest ever winning time. Ivanova broke
away from Kate Smyth, her final challenger, at 31km
and won by two minutes in the third fastest winning
time recorded in the event and the fastest yet on the
current flatter course that starts in Nagano Park and
finishes in Nagano Olympic stadium.
The men’s race was down to 10 runners by half way
(1:05:56). The pace then slowed and from 25-30km took
16:32. Tomohiro Seto made the first move at 31km,
gaining a few seconds, but Kinyanjui led the chasing
pack back into contact. With seven runners biding their
time, the pace stayed slow. Only Gemechu Woyecha
was dropped before 40km. Arkadiusz Sowa and then
Yoshiyuki Suetsugu lost contact before the final
scramble over the last 200m. Kinyanjui, took the lead
with 100m to go but won with the narrowest margin.
Both Kinyanjui and Seto were credited with the same
finishing time, 2:14:17.
In the women’s race, only seven runners were left
at 5km (17:39, 2:29 marathon pace). Six of them stayed
together through half way (1:14:40) and 25km (1:28:04),
but in the 26th kilometre four runners were dropped
and only Ivanova and Australia’s Kate Smyth were left.
They ran together for the next 5km, but at 31km
Ivanova surged and by 35km she was 27 seconds ahead.
Ivanova ran the next 5km even faster(16:48) and by
40km, she was clear by 1:44. She won comfortably in a
personal best by more than a minute (her previous
marathon best was 2:27:48 when she won Nagano last
year). In second, Smyth improved by nearly five
minutes. Former world record holder Tegla Loroupe
finished 12th in 2:49:15.
ZURICH –20 APRIL
MEN:
1 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:14:17
2 Tomohiro SETO JPN 2:14:17
3 Fayisa TUSSE ETH 2:14:19
4 Gidey AMAHA ETH 2:14:19
5 Yoshiyuki SUETSUGU JPN 2:14:31
WOMEN:
1 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:26:39
2 Kate SMYTH AUS 2:28:51
3 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:31:54
4 Miyuki ANDO JPN 2:34:25
5 Asnakech MENGISTU ETH 2:37:02
20 APRIL 2008:
VANCOUVER SUN RUN 10KM,
CANADA
Kenya’s Festus Langat kept the Kenyan winning streak
going but local favourite Ryan Hayden almost got
himself into second place. He was also third last year,
but “I was the guy who faded at the end,” he said. “This
year, I was really coming on at the end.” Langat and
second-placed Phillip Koech train together and ran
shoulder-to-shoulder down Georgia Street, along
Lagoon Drive in Stanley Park and then onto Beach
Avenue. Langat made his move mid-race on the Burrard
Bridge and was only ever challenged by the very cold
conditions. In all 59,179 runners participated - a new
record.
It was the slowest women’s race since 1991. Genet
Gebregiorgis, coming back after four years off with a
heel injury, retained the title for Ethiopia. Her time was
nearly three minutes slower than Isabella Ochichi’s
2006 course record of 30:55. Sun Run regular Lisa
Harvey (38), competing in the race for the sixth time,
finished 100m behind Gebregiorgis. Harvey, who was
third last year, came through in the later stages to pass
Cheryl Murphy and Kirsty Smith, and was closing on
the winner in the last couple of kilometres.
MEN:
1 Festus LANGAT KEN 29:26
2 Phillip KOECH KEN 29:36
3 Ryan HAYDEN CAN 29.38
4 Steve MACINTYRE CAN 30:09
5 Mark BOMBA CAN 30:10
WOMEN:
1 Genet GEBREGIORGIS ETH 33:36
2 Lisa HARVEY CAN 33:58
3 Kirsty SMITH CAN 34:12
4 Cheryl MURPHY CAN 34:14
5 Edyta SIEMINSKA CAN 35:11
20 APRIL 2008:
INT’L MARATHON ALEXANDER THE
GREAT, GREECE
MEN:
1 Chebet B KIPRUTO KEN 2:13:08
2 Leonard K KIPYEGO KEN 2:13:17
3 Benson CHERUIYOT KEN 2:14:04
4 Iaroslav MUSINSCHI MDV 2:14:57
5 Yared M TEMESGEN ETH 2:16:46
WOMEN:
1 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:35:04
2 Hirut A LEGESSE ETH 2:45:42
3 Girma W TAFA ETH 2:50:06
4 Samirawit B OBSA ETH 2:51:14
5 Alevtina NAUMOVA RUS 2:52:15
20 APRIL 2008:
DALIAN INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, CHINA
No results obtainable
21 APRIL 2008:
112TH BAA BOSTON MARATHON,
USA
After a sedate start the men’s race picked up quickly,
passing 10km in 30:19, and by 15km the lead group was
on to course record pace. At 20km the pack was down
to nine, and soon afterwards reduced to six, thanks to
aggressive running by defending champion Robert
Cheruiyot. He continued to push and into the hills
forced open a gap on the others. Passing 30km in 1:29:11
he was now on sub-2:06 pace, with Abderrahime
Bouramdane in second and James Kwambai in third. On
Heartbreak Hill Cheruiyot began to slow but was 30
seconds ahead of Bouramdane as Adillo moved ahead
of Kwambai into third place. The pace continued to
slow as Cheruiyot passed 40km in 2:00:43 now again
outside course record schedule, but still leading by 52
seconds. He soldiered on to join Clarence DeMar,
Gerard Cote, Bill Rodgers and Catherine Ndereba as
four-time winners of Boston.
Inaugural Olympic women’s marathon champion
Joan Samuelson set the elite women’s field off 25
minutes before the men and the mass race. With the
US women’s trials held on a different course in Boston
the day before, there was no home interest among the
select field. Defending champion Jelena Prokopcuka
led through 5km in 17:09. Others took up the running,
at first at 2:24 pace but then slowing to 2:27 pace at
10km (34:50). They reached halfway in 1:14:45, only just
inside 2:30 schedule. Prokopcuka made a move after
25km but soon fell back to leave a group of four, as
Alevtina Biktimirova led Ethiopians Dire Tune and
Askale Magarsa, along with 2006 winner Rita Jeptoo.
Margarsa dropped back at around 30km, passed in
1:45:24, and Jeptoo also fell back shortly afterwards. At
the front, Biktimirova was making all the running but
Tune tracked her doggedly through 40km. It came
down to a sprint and Dire Tune edged ahead in the
final 300m to win by a couple of seconds.
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MEN:
1 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:07:46
2 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE MAR 2:09:04
3 Khalid EL BOUMILI MAR 2:10:35
4 Gashaw ASFAW ETH 2:10:47
5 Kasime ADILLO ETH 2:12:24
WOMEN
1 Dire TUNE ETH 2:25:25
2 Alevtina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:25:27
3 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:26:34
4 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:28:12
5 Askale MAGARSA ETH 2:29:48
27 APRIL 2008:
CONERGY MARATHON HAMBURG,
GERMANY
David Mandago and Wilfred Kigen pushed each other
to 2:07 times, while Irina Timofeyeva broke the course
record by 21 seconds in the women’s race writes Jorg
Wenig. Despite the course record the men’s event
produced the best results of the day. Almost 20
runners reached the half way mark in 1:03:17, among
them the four-time Hamburg champion Julio Rey. But
Rey lost lost contact at 25km and only finished a lowly
16th in 2:13:20. Mandago decisively broke away after
the 35 km mark but later said “I did not expect to win,
and did not think it would become such a fast race.”
Kigen again narrowly missed victory. The three-time
winner of the Frankfurt Marathon again finished
second.
Germany’s Falk Cierpinski did well although he
missed the qualifying time for the Beijing Olympics.
The son of the double Olympic marathon champion
Waldemar Cierpinski improved his personal best by
more than three minutes, to 2:15:48 in 22nd place.
Cierpinski had run the first half in 1:06:03 aiming for
the 2:13 the German federation demands for selection.
Although he missed this time he has now established
himself as Germany’s number one marathon runner.
And there is room for further improvement.
Irina Timofeyeva broke both the course record and
her personal best. The 38-year-old passed half way in
1:11:47 but was more than four minutes ahead of Pamela
Chepchumba at the end. Disaster struck Ulrike Maisch
in the fight for Olympic selection. The surprise winner
of the European Championships in 2006 gave up after
only 16km, blaming “heavy legs”. In all, 23,230 runners
had registered for Germany’s second biggest marathon
behind only Berlin.
MEN:
1 David MANDAGO KEN 2:07:23
2 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:07:48
3 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:08:10
4 Tessema ABSHIOR ETH 2:08:26
5 Sammy KURGAT KEN 2:08:55
WOMEN:
1 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:24:14
2 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:28:36
3 Asha GIGI ETH 2:29:28
4 Yesenia CENENO ESP 2:31:16
5 Mulu Seyfu SEBOKA ETH 2:31:45
27 APRIL 2008:
VIENNA CITY MARATHON,
AUSTRIA
Kenya’s Abel Kirui won the 25th edition with a new
course record. The 25 year-old Kenyan broke 2:08 for
the first time in Vienna and three others finished inside
2:09. Defending women’s champion Luminita Talpos
retained her title with the third fastest time ever run
on the course.
In all 30,072 runners from more than 100 nations
made the Vienna City Marathon and its associated
events the biggest running festival ever seen in Austria.
Passing through 63:44 at halfway and 1:30:26 at
30km four runners from Kenya were still contesting:
Abel Kirui, debutant Duncan Kibet, Paul Biwott and
William Rotich. It was Kirui and Kibet, the training
partner of marathon greats Martin Lel and Robert
Cheruiyot, who increased the pace and broke away.
Kirui opened the decisive gap at 35km (1:45:04) and at
first looked on course for sub-2:07, but later explained:
“running alone was hard. I got tired and it got very
warm.” He improved the 2:08:20 mark run by
Lahoucine Mrikik (MAR) in 2006.
Tomo Morimoto was women’s race favourite after
her 2:24:33 win in 2006: “But it felt hard right from the
beginning and I got problems at around 17km,” she said.
Defending champion Luminita Talpos then took the
lead and constantly increased it. She improved her
five-year old personal best by 49 seconds and expects
to gain selection for Beijing.
MEN:
1 Abel KIRUI KEN 2:07:38
2 Duncan KIBET KEN 2:08:33
3 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:08:53
4 Willliam ROTICH KEN 2:12:18
5 Andrew LIMO KEN 2:12:27
WOMEN:
1 Luminita TALPOS ROM 2:26:43
2 Tomo MORIMOTO JPN 2:29:01
3 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:37:36
4 Oksana KUZMICHEVA RUS 2:39:54
27 APRIL 2008:
MARATHON POPULAR DE MADRID,
SPAIN
José Manuel Martínez won the 31st Madrid Marathon
convincingly, for his first win in 10 marathon
appearances writes Emeterio Valiente. Known as
“Chema” Martínez, the former European 10,000m
champion clocked 2:12:42 to build a one-minute margin
over Kenya‘s Frederick Cherono.
Due to its 650m altitude Madrid is not the place to
run fast times at distance events but the leading group
went through 10km section in a quick 30:45 with five
Kenyans accompanied only by Martínez. The half
marathon split of 1:04:19 still promised an assault on
the Madrid all-comers best, Olympic champion
Stefano Baldini’s 2:09:59, but the rising temperature
and the hilly closing section defeated that purpose. By
halfway the Madrid-native Martínez and the Kenyan
trio of Cherono, Abraham Keter and Robert Cheruiyot
were away. Martinez made his move at 30km, reached
in 1:32.39. Firstly Cheruiyot and then Keter simply could
not live with the pace. The local hero also managed to
leave Cherono with the clock reading 1:44 (34th km)
and then romped home unopposed, just outside the
Olympic qualifying standard of 2:12:30. His clocking of
2:10:12 in 2007 will give him qualification. “It’s great to
succeed in front of your home crowd,” said the ecstatic
victor, who also confessed that his knowledge of the
circuit had benefited him.
The women’s race witnessed a battle between the
unheralded Kenyan Rael Kiyara Kguriatukei and
Ethiopia’s twice Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu
Tulu. The former had a 200m margin over Tulu by
halfway and the illustrious Ethiopian’s come-from
behind tactic in the second half was not enough to
catch the Kenyan, who finished 17 seconds ahead of
Tulu. It was Tulu’s first outing - at any event – since the
Helsinki 2005 World Championships where she
finished fourth in the marathon.
MEN:
1 Chema MARTINEZ ESP 2:12:42
2 Frederick CHERONO KEN 2:13:42
3 Abraham KETER KEN 2:14:48
4 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:15:32
5 Larbi ESRADI FRA 2:16:48
WOMEN:
1 Rael Kiyara KGURIATUKEI KEN 2:36:15
2 Derartu TULU ETH 2:36:32
3 Kenza DAHMANI ALG 2:39:38
4 Pauline CHEPKORIR KEN 2:40:35
5 Eunice Jepkoech KORIR KEN 2:40:37
27 APRIL 2008:
IWELT MARATHON WUERZBURG,
GERMANY
MEN:
1 Kidus GEBREMESKEL ETH 2:27:10
2 Oliver NEUMANN GER 2:40:16
3 Uwe REINKE GER 2:42:57
4 Gerald DR LEHRIEDER GER 2:47:52
5 Michael NEHER GER 2:54:16
WOMEN:
1 Carolin MEYER GER 3:01:10
2 Elke BRENNER GER 3:01:19
3 Carola ROSENWIRTH GER 3:06:28
4 Sabine PULLNS GER 3:09:16
5 Astrid STAUBACH GER 3:14:29
27 APRIL 2008:
BIG SUR INT’L MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Andy MARTIN USA 2:29:50
2 Jesus CAMPOS USA 2:30:21
3 Robert ROSASCO USA 2:38:38
4 Jeff GARDINA USA 2:41:07
5 Eric BOWLES USA 2:42:08
WOMEN:
1 Kris LAWSON USA 3:00:53
2 Annie FISHER USA 3:18:47
3 Christina WILK USA 3:20:16
4 Sarah LAVENDER SMITH USA 3:21:30
5 Jennifer FLINT USA 3:21:31
27 APRIL 2008:
MARATONA SANT ANTONIO, ITALY
Francis Kirwa, now representing Finland, won easily
from Alberico Di Cecco on a warm day, but there was a
home win in the women’s race writes Diego Sampaolo.
A group of 12 men ran sub-2:10 pace for the first
10km (30:44) and at halfway (1:04:45) the 2003 course
record (2:10:38) was still under threat with five men still
together. The last pacemaker, Henry Rutto, took them
through 25km in 1:16:50. First Haron Toroitich at 28km
and then Phillip Biwott at 30km (1:32:17) tried to break
away but the trio formed by Toroitich, Kirwa and Di
Cecco held together. Biwott got away just before 35km
(1:47:46) but Kirwa soon got back on level terms as Di
Cecco fell back behind Toroitich. By 38km Kirwa was 23
seconds clear. Although Di Cecco suffered from cramps
in the final stages he came through for second place as
Biwott struggled and then dropped out at 38km, as the
temperature rose to 25°C. Kirwa moved to Finland in
2001 and obtained citizenship on 1 January 2003. “I
chose to represent Finland because I realized that I had
more chances to compete in international major
events.”
In the women’s race 2:28 runner Alina Gherasim set
the early pace, passing halfway in 1:14:55 to lead by 46
seconds from Spain’s Teresa Pulido and Italy’s Marcella
Mancini. Gherasim suddenly began to struggle and
dropped out at 25km. Mancini then took the lead with
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a gap of 14 seconds over Pulido, which she stretched to
52 seconds at 30km (1:48:27) and 1:53 at 35km. She went
on to take her third victory in the event.
MEN:
1 Francis KIRWA FIN 2:11:00
2 Alberico DI CECCO ITA 2:13:09
3 Haron TOROITICH KEN 2:13:24
4 Amos MASAI UGA 2:16:09
5 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 2:16:28
WOMEN:
1 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:35:24
2 Dolores PULIDO ESP 2:39:24
3 Josephine Wangoi NJOKI KEN 2:48:19
27 APRIL 2008:
ENSCHEDE MARATHON,
NETHERLANDS
MEN:
1 Silas TOEK KEN 2:10:40
2 Sammy KIBET KEN 2:11:49
3 Tekeste NEKATIBEBE ETH 2:12:00
4 Dereje TESFAYE ETH 2:12:00
5 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:12:29
WOMEN:
1 Polly NKAMBI 3:12:41
2 Klara DAVINA NED 3:17:31
3 Gabriela G SANABRIA NED 3:22:09
4 Brigitte LANGKAMP 3:29:19
5 Gerry VISSER NED 3:33:09
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Christophe CLYNCKE NED 1:09:40
2 Christoph HAKENES 1:10:17
3 David STEVENS NED 1:11:29
WOMEN:
1 Jacqueline RUSTIDGE NED 1:22:22
2 Kristel GEEROMS NED 1:29:35
3 Katharina HAUERTMANN 1:31:46
27 APRIL 2008:
RIJEKA HALF MARATHON, CROATIA
MEN:
1 Isaac TANUI KEN 1:03:57
2 Moses ALIWA UGA 1:04:01
3 Roman KEZJAR SLO 1:06:29
4 Duro KODZO BIH 1:06:35
5 Drazen DINJAR CRO 1:08:35
WOMEN:
1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 1:12:12
2 Ida SURBEK SLO 1:18:52
3 Marija VRAJIC CRO 1:23:45
4 Antonija ORLIC CRO 1:27:25
5 Sanja BEGOVIC CRO 1:29:30
27 APRIL 2008:
26TH INTERNATIONAL TORUN
MARATHON, POLAND
In all 841 runners, including many foreigners, finished
the three races: 583 in the marathon; 162 in the halfmarathon
and 96 in a 7km run.
MEN:
1 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:23:19
2 Tomasz DRAG POL 2:26:07
3 Robert CELINSKI POL 2:26:57
4 Artur PELO POL 2:28:40
5 Adam THIEL POL 2:29:16
WOMEN:
1 Svetlana STANKO UKR 2:43:52
2 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:44:43
3 Volha YUDZIANKOVA BLR 2:47:16
4 Renata ANTROPIK POL 2:53:46
5 Dominika STAWCZYK POL 3:03:22
4 MAY 2008:
CRACOVIA MARATHON, POLAND
MEN:
1 Andrey GORDEYEV RUS 2:13:41
2 Jan BIALK POL 2:16:25
3 Aleh HUR BLR 2:20:08
4 Marius DILIUNAS LIT 2:20:31
5 Paul NGETICH KEN 2:21:03
WOMEN:
1 Olga KOTOWSKA UKR 2:39:49
2 Violetta URYGA POL 2:40:46
3 Tatyana BYELOVOL UKR 2:41:24
4 Elena MAZOVKA BLR 2:44:31
5 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:48:06
4 MAY 2008:
9TH MARATONA D’EUROPA, ITALY
MEN:
1 Wilson CHELAL KEN 2:10:57
2 David Maiyo CHIRCHIR KEN 2:11:02
3 Stephen Biwot KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:11:21
4 David Toniok CHERONO KEN 2:13:23
5 Paul Lopio LOMOL KEN 2:15:34
WOMEN:
1 Daniela VASSALLI ITA 2:50:51
2 Aleksandra FORTIN SLO 3:22:33
3 Alessandra GRATTON ITA 3:23:16
4 Antonella PARRELLA ITA 3:24:50
5 Lara BRUSCHI ITA 3:27:28
13TH “TWO CASTLES” HALF
MARATHON
MEN:
1 Rudy MAGAGNALI ITA 1:07:27
2 Jefferson MONSERRATE 1:08:28
3 Pietro CILENTO ITA 1:08:37
WOMEN:
1 Giovanna RICOTTA ITA 1:17:12
2 Paola VERALDI ITA 1:22:30
3 Laura Francesca CASTELLANI ITA 1:23:12
4 MAY 2008:
BERLIN RUNS 25KM, GERMANY
Peninah Arusei broke Susan Chepkemei’s eight-year old
course record by 19 seconds, while Samuel Karuku
overcame the race favourite Patrick Ivuti in the 28th
edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race writes
Jorg Wenig.
Adding all running events 8,142 athletes from 23
nations had entered, finishing inside the Berlin
Olympic Stadium. Up by 1,000 over last year, the relaunched
BERLIN RUNS is reclaiming its former glory.
The main 25km race attracted 6,012 runners and 1,628
entered the 10km event while 502 children ran a 2km
race.
Karuku’s time was the third fastest ever and extended
Kenya’s grip on both titles to eight years in a row. He
took the lead early and was never caught as the chasing
group remained 50-100m behind throughout the
race. “The pacemaker was not good enough. I had
asked him to go faster before he dropped out,” Karuku
said.
The pack behind him began to break up after half
way. At 20km Ivuti was 14 seconds behind, and tried
to close the gap but Karuku responded well so
that Ivuti settled for second.
The women’s race saw the expected battle between
Peninah Arusei, who had won the race two years ago,
and defending champion Flomena Chepchirchir.
Arusei surged ahead after 21km to open up a big lead
and become the first woman to win both the Berlin
Half Marathon (held a month ago) and the 25km.
MEN:
1 Samuel KARUKU KEN 1:13:49
2 Patrick IVUTI KEN 1:14:04
3 Gilbert CHEPKWONY KEN 1:14:11
4 Willy MWANGI KEN 1:14:25
5 Albert MATEBOR KEN 1:14:30
WOMEN:
1 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:24:10
2 Flomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:34:55
3 Karsta PARSEIGLA GER 1:41:36
4 Kathrin NEUMANN GER 1:46:35
5 Antje HEHN GER 1:48:19
10km:
MEN:
1 Christoph SEEBER GER 36:13
2 Mohammed ZAGGOUR GER 37:32
3 Winfried SCHUMANN GER 38:15
WOMEN:
1 Carmen SIEWART GER 36:38
2 Laura OPT-EYNDE GER 40:12
3 Ullika SCHULZ GER 43:44
4 MAY 2008:
EUGENE MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Matthew NORMINTON 2:22:04
2 James RUCKER 2:28:10
3 Jeff DROUET 2:28:29
4 Samuel CASTONGUAY 2:30:55
5 John NGIGI 2:31:09
WOMEN:
1 Erin KASPAR 2:52:52
2 Jaymee MARTY 2:55:12
3 Wendy TERRIS 2:55:35
4 Lia SLEMONS 2:56:04
5 Holly MCILVAINE 2:59:40
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Steve DEKOKER 1:10:10
2 James LEVINS 1:12:29
3 Patrick CONWAY 1:14:26
WOMEN:
1 Liz WILSON 1:23:37
2 Sally BERGESON 1:24:24
3 Katy TEATS 1:26:30
4 MAY 2008:
37TH BMO BANK OF MONTREAL
VANCOUVER MARATHON, CANADA
Under sunny skies 12,815 triumphant people from 35
countries participated in the full, half, team relay, 8km
and kids marathon races.
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Thomas Omwenga retained his title with a 9:24
improvement over last year, while Mary Akor turned
the tables on last year’s winner Claudia Camargo.
Bettyjean McHugh from North Vancouver, BC, at 80
years old, recorded a half marathon time of 2:04:19 to
better the old record of 2:23:54 and set her 13th single
age category world record.
The race took participants along a scenic route that
included False Creek, the Seawall, Stanley Park, and
across the Burrard Street Bridge, through Kitsilano and
Point Grey to the finish line at BC Place Stadium. The
original race back in 1972 was five laps around Stanley
Park.
MEN:
1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:15:59
2 Erick Cheboi YATOR KEN 2:19:52
3 Negassa HABTAMU USA 2:21:46
4 Dan MCLEAN CAN 2:23:27
5 Ian FRASER CAN 2:24:20
WOMEN:
1 Mary AKOR USA 2:37:54
2 Claudia CAMARGO ARG 2:54:53
3 Ellie GREENWOOD CAN 2:55:28
4 Susanne RUSSELL CAN 3:03:42
5 Kari ELLIOTT CAN 3:05:15
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 James FINLAYSON CAN 1:07:27
WOMEN:
1 Cheryl MURPHY CAN 1:15:58
4 MAY 2008:
NEW JERSEY MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Oz PEARLMAN USA 2:33:09
2 Jacob COOPER USA 2:36:24
3 Erik PRINCE USA 2:40:48
4 Justin FYFFE USA 2:42:43
5 Robert CROSSMAN USA 2:43:15
WOMEN:
1 Kathryn BOWSER USA 3:04:51
2 Diane PETRUZZELLI USA 3:06:26
3 Jocelyn STARK USA 3:08:35
4 Sage NORTON USA 3:11:35
5 Vanessa ANDES USA 3:11:45
11 MAY 2008:
VOLKSWAGEN PRAGUE
MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Natalya Yulamanova ran 90 seconds faster than last
year to defend her title. She broke away late from a
pack that included Kenya’s Caroline Kwambai and
compatriot Alina Ivanova, a two-time champion in
Prague.
Despite rising temperatures Kenneth Mungara
finished in 2:11:06 to become the 10th Kenyan to win
the men’s title since the inaugural race in 1995. Kenyans
also grabbed the other two spots on the podium. “The
race was fine. The weather wasn’t a problem for me,”
said Mungara, although for others it was. Several
runners had hoped to post Olympic qualifying times in
the race, but none were successful. The Czech
Republic’s Pavel Novak dropped out at 24km. Race
favourite David Makori also dropped out. The first
Czech, Robert Stefko, finished 15th with a time of
2:23:53.
MEN:
1 Kenneth Mburu MUNGARA KEN 2:11:06
2 Eliah SANG KEN 2:12:15
3 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:13:24
4 Hillary KIPLAGAT KEN 2:13:38
5 Paul KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:14:56
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WOMEN:
1 Natalya YULAMANOVA RUS 2:31:43
2 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:35:55
3 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 2:37:51
4 Georgina RONO KEN 2:40:43
5 Mounia ABOULAHCEN BEL 2:40:50
11 MAY 2008:
PISA MARATHON, ITALY
MEN:
1 Pietro CILENTO ITA 2:25:39
2 David Cheruiyot NGENY KEN 2:28:59
3 Giacinto GRASSANO ITA 2:33:00
4 Guiseppe VELETTI ITA 2:38:31
5 Michele EVANGELISTI ITA 2:42:34
WOMEN:
1 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:42:26
2 Marinella CURELLI ITA 2:48:44
3 Ilaria BIANCHI ITA 2:56:11
4 Ma Cristina ORLANDI ITA 3:20:58
5 Manuela GATTI ITA 3:25:19
11 MAY 2008:
MARATON MARTIN FIZ, SPAIN
MEN:
1 Michael CHEMCHIR KEN 2:17:17
2 Martin FIZ ESP 2:28:07
3 Xabin Aranaga ALDANONDO ESP 2:28:10
4 Asier Larranaga URIGOITIA ESP 2:28:22
5 Francisco MORA ESP 2:30:11
WOMEN:
1 Cristina Gomez ALMARAZ ESP 2:51:00
2 Laura De Miguel MARTIN ESP 2:55:20
3 Nuria Sierra MARIN ESP 3:06:26
4 M Lourdes OROZCO ESP 3:08:20
5 M Dolroes Benito CABALLERO ESP 3:12:22
11 MAY 2008:
KIGALI PEACE MARATHON,
RWANDA
Jacob Kendagor led a 1-2-3 Kenyan sweep and set a new
course record. He was in the lead pack for the entire
race and finished 30 seconds ahead of his fellow
countryman Maisei Kiplimo. Sports Minister Joseph
Habineza flagged off the event at Amahoro Stadium.
Participants completed four laps, each of which took
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them back through the stadium for a complete lap
within it. A half marathon and fun run were held
concurrently.
Kenyans also impressed in the women’s race, taking
the first three slots. Tanzania’s Martin Sulle and Rwanda’s
Angeline Nyiransabimana won the half-marathon.
The 5km race in the AIMS Children’s Series was a
fantastic appetizer. Over 1200 kids aged 9-13 started
ahead of the top athletes. Medals and T-shirts
sponsored by AIMS were given to all participants and
awards from ASICS were given to the top 15 girls and
boys.
The Kigali International Marathon was fully
supported by Rwanda President, Paul Kagame and
sponsored by Ministry of Culture and Sport, Rwanda
National Olympic Committee & Soroptimist
International. More than 26 nations took part and 2800
participants were registered.
MEN:
1 Jacob KENDAGOR KEN 2:18:06
2 Julius KIPLIMO KEN 2:18:36
3 Micah KIPSEREM KEN 2:21:58
4 Joseph NSUBUGA UGA 2:23:50
5 Ernest Kipruto KIBOR KEN 2:25:13
WOMEN:
1 Risper KIMAIYO KEN 2:55:22
2 Lydia RUTTO KEN 2:55:27
3 Jennifer LOTOYO KEN 2:58:18
4 Susan TEIMET KEN 3:04:01
5 Flora KAGALI TAN 3:07:17
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Martin SULLE TAN 1:04:21
2 Sammy LIMO KEN 1:04:31
3 Martin TOROTICH UGA 1:05:27
WOMEN:
1 Angeline NYIRANSABIMANA RWA 1:16:16
2 Helen WAITHERA KEN 1:17:49
3 Susan KIPLAGAT KEN 1:19:39
17 MAY 2008:
THE GREAT WALL MARATHON,
CHINA
The Great Wall Marathon is the event that popularised
adventure running and growth continued in the 9th
edition with another record total field of over 1700

unners from 49 countries in the title event, a half
marathon, 10km and 5km. Most foreign runners came
from the USA (370), followed by Canada (142), Australia
and Britain (134) and Germany (116).
Temperatures of around 18°C and dry conditions
assisted some record performances at the front of the
field and allowed slower runners to complete their
challenge in relative comfort. Even so, the common
view is usually: “that was the hardest thing I’ve ever
done in my life” coupled with “but it is also one of the
most enjoyable and satisfying”.
Romualdo Sanchez Garita, a 2:29 marathoner, cut
four minutes from the previous record with a
convincing win. The Great Wall Marathon course
includes 3km on the wall itself. Those in the marathon
run this twice, interspersed by an undulating 25km
section through Chinese villages that have hardly
changed in centuries. Participants in the shorter events
run across the wall once, then also enjoy some
kilometres running through local villages before
returning to the finish line in Ying and Yang Square.
MEN:
1 Romualdo S GARITA MEX 3:18:48
2 Yunfeng WANG CHN 3:44:09
3 Michael BUFE GER 3:46:37
4 Peter ANDERSON GBR 3:47:41
5 Daniel PHILLIPS AUS 3:57:27
WOMEN:
1 Leanne JUUL RSA 4:09:10
2 Marion WOOD GBR 4:14:24
3 Ilona RIEDO-BAERISWYL SUI 4:18:59
4 Juana C GAMEZ ESP 4:22:34
5 Charlotte BURTT NZL 4:25:00
17 MAY 2008:
GOTEBORG HALF MARATHON,
SWEDEN
MEN:
1 Sylvester KIMELI KEN 1:01:21
2 Silas SANG KEN 1:01:24
3 Patrick KIMELI KEN 1:02:52
4 Benjamin SEREM KEN 1:03:40
5 Japhet KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:03:43
WOMEN:
1 Kirsten OTTERBU NOR 1:10:19
2 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 1:11:06
3 Christelle DAUNAY FRA 1:11:19
4 Susan KURUI KEN 1:13:20
5 Pauline NJERI KEN 1:15:39
18 MAY 2008:
GLITNIR COPENHAGEN
MARATHON, DENMARK
MEN:
1 Julius MUTAI KEN 2:21:09
2 Martin PARKHOI 2:25:00
3 Casper HUNNERUP DAHL 2:26:10
4 Torben Juul NIELSEN 2:26:50
5 Steen PETERSEN 2:27:21
WOMEN:
1 Anne Mette AAGAARD 2:36:10
2 Anne-Sofie P HANSEN 2:44:49
3 Karina BERNER-MAGNUSSON 2:55:10
4 Nina W MADSEN 2:55:14
5 Vibeke HANSEN 3:00:24
18 MAY 2008:
SUNFEAST WORLD 10KM
BANGALORE, INDIA
A cool morning greeted the start of the men’s race, but
by the time the women’s race got underway an hour
later temperatures were seriously on the rise, writes
Ram Murali Krishnan. World Road Running champion
Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea took the men’s victory,
while there was a dead-heat in the women’s race.
South Africa’s Enos Matalane and Kenyan Ezekiel
Cherop were the initial leaders before World 5000m
bronze medallist Moses Kipsiro of Uganda and
Tanzanian Dickson Marwa joined them at the 2km
mark. Pre-race favourites Tadese and Moses Masai of
Kenya shortly moved in front and stayed there along
with Kipsiro. Tadese went past the half-way mark in
13:58 with Kipsiro and Matthew Koech (Kenya) close on
his heels. Tsegaye Kebede, the Great Ethiopian Run
winner, came from behind to join the leaders just after
7km as they were running in front of Vidhan Saudha,
the provincial Karnataka legislative assembly. The
runners then turned into the picturesque Cubbon Park
in the final stretch towards the finish where Tadese
and Kipsiro emerged as clear leaders. Kipsiro was ahead
when he entered the Sree Kanteerava Stadium but
once on the synthetic track surface Tadese ran faster
and overtook the Ugandan. “My legs were unable to
cope with the heat of the race and I wonder what
happened at the last few metres,” Kipsiro confirmed
after finishing three seconds behind Tadese.
Pre-race favourite Elvan Abeylegesse, the World
silver medallist for 10,000m, led the women’s race
from the start. Berhane Adere stayed at the fore with a
big bunch of runners including her team-mate Tiki
Gelana, passing through 5km in 16:07. Gelana started
trailing off the pace leaving Abeylegessie to contest
with the Kenyan duo of Grace Momanyi and Doris
Chemwego. Abeylegesse entered the stadium with
Momanyi a metre behind. They ran neck-to-neck in the
last few metres of the race and crossed the finish-line
together in 32:02. At first Abeylegesse was announced
as winner but on verification of the tape, both
Abeylegesse and Momanyi were declared joint winners
and so split the winnings for the first two places
evenly (USD $16,000 each).
Apart from the elite races other events included a
4km wheelchair event, an open 10km race for juniors,
another 4km run for the senior citizens and a 5km
“Majja” Run. Around 5000 people took to the streets
in the open race.
In all USD 150,000 was distributed as prize money.
MEN:
1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 27:51
2 Moses KIPSIRO UGA 27:54
3 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 28:10
4 Moses MASAI KEN 28:22
5 Feyisa LELISA ETH 28:35
WOMEN:
1= Grace MOMANYI KEN 32:02
1= Elvan ABEYLEGESSIE TUR 32:02
3 Doris CHEMWEGO KEN 32:31
4 Tiki GELANA ETH 32:46
5 Salina KOSGEI KEN 33:18
18 MAY 2008:
NORDEA RIGA MARATHON & HALF,
LATVIA
MEN:
1 Sammy Kibet ROTICH KEN 2:16:42
2 Sergey LUKIN 2:20:30
3 Vyacheslav KOSHELEV 2:28:02
4 Aurimas SKINULIS 2:30:42
5 Tonis JUULIK 2:37:24
WOMEN:
1 Kaja VALS 3:13:54
2 Anita LIEPINA 3:15:21
3 Inga MANNECK 3:17:52
4 Jany TSAI USA 3:19:07
5 Isel MITCEL 3:20:50
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Pavel LOSKUTOV EST 1:05:52
2 Mareks FLOROSEKS 1:07:33
3 Diego ABBATESCIANNI ITA 1:08:19
WOMEN:
1 Helen DECKER GBR 1:20:00
2 Ilona MARHELE 1:22:05
3 Agnese PASTARE 1:22:15
18 MAY 2008:
KARSTADT MARATHON, GERMANY
DORTMUND-ESSEN:
MEN:
1 Henry CHERONO KEN 2:11:08
2 Jonathan KEIYO KEN 2:14:42
3 Julius RUGUT KEN 2:15:50
4 Eliud KERING KEN 2:17:57
5 Richard NGOLEPUS KEN 2:18:47
WOMEN:
1 Sonja OPEL GER 3:03:55
OBERHAUSEN-ESSEN:
MEN:
1 Charles OMWOYO KEN 2:40:39
WOMEN:
1 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:36:09
2 Selima CHELIMO KEN 2:38:04
3 Evelyne KIMURIA KEN 2:40:04
4 Irene CHEROP KEN 2:44:45
5 Svenja GAYK GER 3:04:43
18 MAY 2008:
5TH LODZ MARATHON, POLAND
MEN:
1 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:21:14
2 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:21:19
3 Reuben KWAMBAI KEN 2:21:43
4 Valerii DEKANENKO UKR 2:21:57
5 Sergey REDKO UKR 2:22:06
WOMEN:
1 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:47:24
2 Maria BUTAKOVA BLR 2:49:37
3 Renata ANTROPIK POL 2:53:39
4 Karolina RAKIEC POL 2:54:20
5 Magdelena BARTOSZEWICZ POL 3:11:38
24 MAY 2008:
TERWAMARATHON, FINLAND
MEN:
1 Andrey SMIRNOV 2:33:42
2 Pasi HAUTAMAKI 2:35:33
3 Teppo RONKAINEN 2:42:00
4 Timo NYKYRI 2:42:14
5 Petr KULIKOV 2:43:28
WOMEN:
1 Anne MAKELA 3:06:04
2 Anastasia ZAKHAROVA 3:08:44
3 Tarja KANKKUNEN 3:25:00
4 Outi SULASALMI 3:28:00
5 Pauliina AULA-KYRO 3:29:13
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HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Yury VINOGRADOV 1:08:54
WOMEN:
1 Maria GYPPENEN 1:22:59
25 MAY 2008:
ING OTTAWA MARATHON,
CANADA
In a tactical race David Cheruiyot successfully
defended his title while Asmae Leghazoui took a solo
victory in her debut marathon writes Paul Gaines.
After the pacemaker dropped out at 24km
Cheruiyot followed countryman Vincent Kiplagat and
Ethiopia’s 21-year-old Solomon Molla. By 36km Kiplagat
had fallen back and it Cheruiyot amd Molla remained
locked in battle until the final 150m when Cheruiyot
sprinted ahead to take his third victory in four years.
The 38-year-old missed his own course record of
2:10:36 set last year. The race incorporated the
Canadian championship, won by Congolese-born Giitah
Macharia who is now a Canadian citizen just four
seconds ahead of Ottawa’s Mathew McInnis.
Leghazoui made her move at 26km and won by five
minutes. “I thought it was possible to run faster” she
said afterwards. Four-time winner Lioudmila
Kortchaguina did not start, due to a hip injury, leaving
Toronto’s Tara Quinn-Smith to take the Canadian title,
also in her debut marathon. She is part of an innovative
distance running program known as the Brooks
Marathon Project.
Mike Dyon, President of Brooks Shoes Canada and
himself a three-time winner of the Ottawa Marathon,
purchased a house in Toronto for eleven promising
Canadian marathoners to live in. They live rent free
and train together full time.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity and it’s a great
support,” Quinn-Smith said.
MEN:
1 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:11:00
2 Solomon MOLLA KEN 2:11:05
3 Vincent KIPLAGAT KEN 2:11:55
4 Francis BOWEN KEN 2:12:22
5 Chala Lemi DEMIE ETH 2:13:02
WOMEN:
1 Asmae LEGHAZOUI MAR 2:28:44
2 Elza KIREEVA RUS 2:33:46
3 Kebebush HAILE ETH 2:33:48
4 Tara QUINN-SMITH CAN 2:33:58
5 Yeshi ESAYIAS 2:35:28
TERWAMARATHON – 24 MAY
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Terry GEHL CAN 1:11:23
2 Charles NADEAU CAN 1:12:57
3 Adam LITTKE USA 1:15:05
WOMEN:
1 Marie DANAIS CAN 1:19:51
2 Lisa BROOKING CAN 1:21:47
3 Elizabeth PRIMROSE CAN 1:22:54
25 MAY 2008:
ALBERT BARTLETT EDINBURGH
MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
Paul McNamara, a 32-year-old Irishman who finished
129th in the Edinburgh World Cross-Country in March,
returned to win the city’s marathon in his first serious
attempt at the distance writes Sandy Sutherland for
The Scotsman.
McNamara suffered conditions variously described
as “horrendous”, “like being sand-blasted” and “a war of
attrition” from the city centre start to finish on
Musselburgh Racecourse. “I was hoping for around
2:20,” said McNamara, who has a best 5000m track
time of 14:06.93 and had once “jogged round” the
Dublin marathon.
A stiff and cold easterly wind, which whipped up
sand in the competitors’ faces as they ran along
Portobello promenade was a problem right up until the
turn at 30km.
Pre-race favourite Michael Green said: “As soon as
we hit the turn the race was on but I wasn’t 100% per
cent fit”. Second-placed Nathaniel Williams, in his third
marathon, broke his personal best by five minutes
despite the conditions.
“I’d probably have run a personal best time if it
hadn’t been for that wind but it’s a great course, I really
liked it,” said women’s winner Pauline Powell.
MEN:
1 Paul MCNAMARA IRL 2:25:06
2 Nathaniel WILLIAMS GBR 2:25:33
3 Michael GREEN GBR 2:26:18
4 Gary DUNN 2:26:57
5 Paul ADAMS 2:29:05
WOMEN:
1 Pauline POWELL GBR 2:47:57
2 Karen HAZLITT GBR 2:50:26
3 Gill LAITHWAITE GBR 2:52:24
4 Jayne KNOWLES 2:56:48
5 Julia MYATT 2:58:22
OTTAWA – 25 MAY
31 MAY 2008:
FREIHOFERS RUN FOR WOMEN
5KM, USA
See separate feature on p.23
31 MAY 2008:
STOCKHOLM MARATHON, SWEDEN
The 30th Stockholm Marathon, held in warm (25C) and
sunny conditions produced a record entry of 18231
runners (13911 men and 4320 women) representing 61
countries - all of these accepted five months before
race day. 14680 runners started the race and 13542
crossed the finish line in the 1912 Olympic Stadium.
Willy Korir took his first victory in an international
Marathon. Korir injected a faster pace after 30km when
he still had compatriots Bernard Mutai and Paul Tangus
as well as Tchad's Abdelkarim Abdoulaye and the
defending Champion Phillip Bandawe for company.
Isabellah Andersson made her first serious attempt
to run a marathon and showed masterful tactics.
Andersson tracked the Swedish record holder Lena
Gavelin during the first of the two laps through the
capital. While most of the competitors slowed down
in the final stages, Andersson stepped up the pace.
1:18:19 at the halway point was follwed by a second half
in 1:15:55. Gavelin struggled and lost more than six
minutes.
MEN:
1 Willy KORIR KEN 2:16:03
2 Bernard MUTAI KEN 2:17:57
3 Paul K TANGUS KEN 2:19:26
4 Phillip BANDAWE ZIM 2:20:08
5 Abdelkarim ABDOULAYE CHA 2:20:16
WOMEN:
1 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 2:34:14
2 Lena GAVELIN SWE 2:40:43
3 Lilian MAGNUSSON SWE 2:45:15
4 Ida KOVACS HUN 2:47:57
5 Anna Von SCHENK SWE 2:49:08
1 JUNE 2008:
ZELENOGRAD HALF MARATHON
SPRANDI, RUSSIA
The 12th edition coincided with International Children’s
Defence Day and started with a mini-marathon (420m)
for children under 10. The main race started 15 minutes
later. Runners from 38 regions of Russia (of 84 in total)
and from 10 other countries took part. Given the
windy weather 28-year old Ljubov Morgunova who
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won this year’s Rotterdam marathon (2:25.12) –
preferred a tactical rather than a fast race. She ran with
Zinaida Semenova (marathon best of 2:26:57) and
only in the last few kilometers did Morgunova,
who being fourth-ranked in the marathon this year will
not be running the Olympic Games in Beijing, get away
from Semenova in a relatively modest winning time.
The men’s struggle for victory was similar: only 300m
from the finish line did last year’s winner, 33-year old
Sergey Lukin, accelerate ahead of 21-year old
Ethiopian Asfaw Birhanu.
MEN:
1 Sergey LUKIN RUS 1:07:35
2 Birhanu ASFAW ETH 1:07:39
3 Dmitriy LUKIN RUS 1:07:48
4 Ivan MOTORIN RUS 1:11:02
5 Aleksey ASHMANOVICHUS RUS 1:11:19
WOMEN:
1 Ljubov MORGUNOVA RUS 1:15:51
2 Zinaida SEMENOVA RUS 1:16:04
3 Rimma PUSHKINA RUS 1:17:19
4 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 1:18:20
5 Irina KOZUBOVSKAIA RUS 1:19:31
1 JUNE 2008:
QUITO ULTIMAS NOTICIAS 15KM,
ECUADOR
More than 15,000 runners flooded on to the streets of
the Ecuadorean capital for 48th edition of the
country’s most important road race.
The top class field started at 08:30 and surpassed
performances of the previous year but Ecuadoreans
could not lift the gold in either category.
Africans filled the first two places in the men’s race
before local hero Franklin Tenorio came in third.
Among the women Diana Landi managed a close
second.
MEN:
1 Isaac KIMAIO KEN 46:13
2 Reta ALENA ETH 46:21
3 Franklin TENORIO ECU 46:43
4 Paulino C CANCHAI COL 46:49
5 Edilberto M HERNANDEZ 47:07
WOMEN:
1 Karina PEREZ MEX 53:37
2 Diana J L ANDRADE ECU 53:43
3 Emily SAMOEI KEN 54:23
4 Julia R LOPEZ 55:08
5 Rosa A CHACHA ECU 55:25
STOCKHOLM – 31 MAY
1 JUNE 2008:
SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, BRAZIL
Claudir Rodrigues, from the south of the country, and
Maria Zeferina Baldaia from the central state of Minas
Gerais won the 14th edition of the race on a cool but
humid morning (14C, 68%). Over all events,
including races of 4.5km and 10km as well as the
marathon, 12.000 runners were entered. A new course
was used, with all races starting at the Avenida Roberto
Marinho and the 10km and Marathon finishing in
Ibirapuera Park.
After two years of Kenyan victories the race
returned to Brazilian ownership. The winners were
surprising though, as 32-year old Rodrigues was by no
means the favourite but ran a tactically perfect race,
only taking the lead in the final stages. The conditions
seemed to help the shorter distance specialists and
Luis Carlos do Cruzeiro in particular was pleased with
second place in his first marathon.
Maria Zeferina Baldaia won the race in 2002 but
had suffered a series of setbacks since then. Over the
last year she has made a real return to form. “The cold
made it hard” she said, and she was also uncertain of
her recovery since running the Hamburg Marathon five
weeks previously
MEN:
1 Claudir RODRIGUES BRA 2:17:07
2 Luiz C FERNANDES DA SILVA BRA 2:17:24
3 Marcos A PEREIRA BRA 2:18:09
4 Francisco B DOS SANTOS BRA 2:18:25
5 Rotich CHEMLANY KEN 2:18:46
WOMEN:
1 Maria Z BALDAIA BRA 2:42:20
2 Edielza ALVES DOS SANTOS BRA 2:42:44
3 Marizete M DOS SANTOS BRA 2:43:28
4 Luzia DE SOUZA PINTO BRA 2:46:05
5 Sueli A VIEIRA BRA 2:50:14
7 JUNE 2008:
NIGHTMARATHON, ITALY
MEN:
1 Philemon M KIKERING KEN 2:41:21
2 Ivano NOVELLO ITA 2:41:38
3 Andrea RIGO ITA 2:46:13
4 Joan VAIDA 2:49:22
5 Daniele SANTARELLI ITA 2:52:07
WOMEN:
1 Marija VRAJIC CRO 2:58:54
2 Cristina M ORLANDI ITA 3:18:21
3 Alessia CARRER ITA 3:21:27
4 Marilena DALL’ANESE ITA 3:24:12
5 Simonetta CASTELLI ITA 3:25:28
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Enrico VIVIAN ITA 1:10:10
2 Mohammed EL MANSOURI ITA 1:10:10
3 Fabrizio PRADETTO ITA 1:10:18
WOMEN:
1 Beth EBURNE GBR 1:20:35
2 Jennifer MORESI SUI 1:24:33
3 Francesca L CASTELLANI ITA 1:25:14
15 JUNE 2008:
LAGUNA PHUKET INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, THAILAND
See separate feature on p27
15 JUNE 2008:
COMRADES MARATHON, SOUTH
AFRICA
Leonid Shvetsov raced into the Comrades Marathon
record books by smashing Vladimir Kotov’s eight-yearold
‘’up’’ run record by 47 seconds. He won by 13:41, one
of the largest margins in recent Comrades’ history.
Shvetsov becomes the first man since Bruce Fordyce to
win in both directions and to own both records.
After the race, Shvetsov said ‘’Last year I knew from
a long way out that the record was in the bag, but this
time it was touch and go.’’ Jaroslav Janicki continued
with his fine Comrades record taking his fifth top-10
placing, including a single win back in 1999.
First South African was Harmans Mokgadi in sixth,
while 50-year-old Vladimir Kotov, who saw his course
record evaporate while he was still out on the road,
received some consolation with his eighth place. Willie
Mtolo, who finished second way back in 1989, grabbed
the final gold medal, much to the delight of the local
Comrades fans.
The Russian juggernaut continued in the women’s
race. Once again the Nurgalieva twins dominated, with
Elena collecting her third straight ‘’up’’ run victory, five
minutes short of her record set two years ago. In fifth,
behind Tatiana Zhirkova and Marina Myshlyankova,
Marina Bychkova completed Russian domination of the
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women’s competition with her eighth top-10 placing.
Pretoria’s Riana van Niekerk ended Farwa Mentoor’s
long domination as first South African.
MEN:
1 Leonid SHVETSOV RUS 5:24:46
2 Jaroslav JANICKI POL 5:38:27
3 Stephen MUZHUINGI ZIM 5:39:40
4 Oleg KHARITONOV RUS 5:42:05
5 Grigory MURZIN RUS 5:43:08
WOMEN:
1 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 6:14:38
2 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 6:15:53
3 Tatyana ZHIRKOVA RUS 6:17:46
4 Marina MYSHLYANOVA RUS 6:30:48
5 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 6:38:03
21 JUNE 2008:
MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON,
NORWAY
MEN:
1 Samwel CHEPNO KEN 2:23:14
2 David KANYARI FIN 2:29:49
3 Tatu ARISNIEMI FIN 2:33:57
4 Andrew DAVIES GBR 2:37:52
5 Jens-Kristian BERG NOR 2:38:42
WOMEN:
1 Mona RYDLAND NOR 3:17:51
2 Merete ERGA NOR 3:22:54
3 Brenda ODONAGHUE IRL 3:25:02
4 Priska VON BUEREN SUI 3:26:59
5 Martina FOEIDL ITA 3:34:00
22 JUNE 2008:
TANGAMANGA MARATHON,
MEXICO
More than 2500 runners all wearing a blue t-shirt -
even the elite athletes were in blue - began to run
shoulder to shoulder as a wave through the Mexican
city of San Luis Potosi. The scenic course enhanced the
sight - everybody moving in common, using the same
language of running.
The course itself was green, passing through the
third largest park in Central and South America, the
Tangamanga Park. Here runners could enjoy the beauty
of nature before emerging amid more attractive sites.
Music played around the course, and people cheered
runners on by the names that were printed on their bib
numbers. Runners came from different countries and
experienced a sense of Mexico: from Belgium,
Germany, one runner from Finland, USA, Kenya and
Ethiopia. The medal design was a world encircled by
runners of all kinds: a child, a fireman, a policeman, a
woman elite runner, a mother, a wheelchair participant,
a blind runner. The meaning of the medal was the
equality of the road running community and friendship
around the world.
The day before 5000 children ran as part of the
“See better to learn more” program, helping other
children to be provided with lenses and 2500 trees
were given as a gift to the kids, under an adopt-a-tree
initiative. All the aid station glasses and bottles were
recycled. They ran through the marathon finish line
feeling like grown ups, and they will be the marathon
runners of the future.
The 25th Aniversary will be held on 21 June 2009,
you are invited to come and enjoy this FIESTA with us.
MEN:
1 Christopher KIPYEGO KEN 2:18:30
2 Alene RETA ETH 2:18:41
3 George OKWORO KEN 2:19:24
4 Hugo Romero MENDEZ MEX 2:19:34
5 Jose Arredondo ESPERICUETA MEX 2:20:08
WOMEN:
1 Sara Cedillo SANCHEZ MEX 2:40:28
2 Paula Apollonio JUAREZ MEX 2:42:32
3 Mariela Gonzalez TORRES CUB 2:45:08
4 Liliana Merlo FERNANDEZ MEX 2:47:33
5 Chemareng Chepkoro LOSIAKAT KEN 2:52:29
22 JUNE 2008:
MARATON DE QUITO, ECUADOR
MEN:
1 Leonso Jimenez CHITAN COL 2:29:30
2 Edgar Chancusiq LINARES ECU 2:30:24
3 Claudio Ramos NUNEZ ECU 2:31:44
4 Antonio Almache CONDO ECU 2:33:43
5 Cesar Wilson CAMACHO ECU 2:34:07
TANGAMANGA – 22 JUNE
WOMEN:
1 Alicia Gabriela CEVALLOS ECU 2:55:12
2 Nancy ROSERO ECU 2:59:50
3 Olga TABLA GOMEZ COL 3:12:18
4 Nancy OSORIO NARANJO ECU 3:17:21
5 Ma.Carmen CURICHO ECU 3:22:19
22 JUNE 2008:
SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER
HALF MARATHON,
CANADA
Moses Macharia cruised to a comfortable victory
ahead of compatriot Josephat Ongeri, while 24-year
old Florence Jepkosgei had an even easier time of
things in taking the women’s title more than 3
minutes ahead of Calgary’s Lisa Harvey. Conditions
were good for running, with overcast skies and a
temperature of 12C at the 07.00 start although some
stiff breezes and humidity mitigated against reallyfast
times. A record 4,220 participants took part in
this 10th Anniversary edition, from 7 Canadian
provinces, 38 American states, and 24 different
countries. Another 500 took part in the
accompanying 5km fun run, helping to raise $200,000
for 10 local charities.
Macharia and Ongeri took charge from the start,
going through the first kilometre in 3:04, with
Toronto’s Danny Kassap being the only Canadian to
hang onto them. Ongeri made a move between 4-
5km, and from there Macharia and Ongeri matched
strides through 9km. Turning onto Marine Drive for
the precipitous downhill to Spanish Banks, Ongeri
threw in a 2:44 kilometre, to pass 10km in 30:24 at
the bottom of the hill. Macharia stayed close, looking
very comfortable, and then pressed his case on the
short, sharp rise from Jericho Beach up to West 4th.
Ongeri struggled on the incline, and by 12km he was
20m down - a gap he was never able to close.
Macharia passed 15km in 45:51, taking the occasional
glance back, as he cruised passed Kits Beach, over the
Burrard Bridge, and down Pacific Avenue to the finish
line in Vancouver’s world-famous Stanley Park.
Ongeri finished 25 seconds back, and Danny Kassap
held onto third, and first Canadian, in a disappointing
67:26 - well off the 64:03 he ran for second last year.
Florence Jepkosgei was never challenged in the
women’s race, leading from start to finish. The
second-youngest of 9 children from Eldoret, she was
pleased to have an easy win for her 10th and final
outing of her Spring season in North America, before
returning home on Wednesday. The $1500 she takes
with her from Vancouver, will go towards school fees
for her sisters’ children. Behind Lisa Harvey Milton in
second, Ontario’s Josiane Aboungono and Whistler’s
Kristina Rody had a great see-saw battle
with Aboungono finally prevailing. British Columbia
has always had a very strong Master’s running scene.
Coquitlam’s Nancy Tinari, at 49 years of age, placed
fifth overall while on the men’s side Louis Philippe
Garnier of Montreal, fought off a West coast pack for
the victory in 1:13:08.
MEN:
1 Moses MACHARIA KEN 1:04:50
2 Josephat ONGERI KEN 1:05:15
3 Danny KASSAP CAN 1:07:26
4 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:07:50
5 Todd HOWARD CAN 1:09:15
WOMEN:
1 Florence JEPKOSGEI KEN 1:14:04
2 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:17:29
3 Josiane ABOUNGONO CAN 1:20:27
4 Kristina RODY CAN 1:20:31
5 Nancy TINARI CAN 1:21:03
58 Distance Running July – September 2008

LATEST STANDINGS AT 10KM, HALF MARATHON AND MARATHON
By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician
These lists provide a glimpse into the world of global road-racing activity and were believed accurate at
30 June 2008. 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
Men
Present world record:
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 2:04:26, Berlin.30 SEP 2007
1:00:45 Charles Kamathi KEN 2 Lisboa 16 MAR
1:00:48 Maregu 5 Berlin 06 APR
1:00:50 Robt. Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN 3 Lisboa 16 MAR
1:00:52 Francis Larabal KEN 5 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:00:54 Samson Kitwara Kiprop KEN 1 Rabat 20 APR
1:00:54 Ndiso 1 Nice 20 APR
1:00:59 Matthew Koech KEN 6 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
1:01:00 Kiplimo Kimutai KEN 7 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
1:01:03 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 6 Berlin 06 APR
1:01:04 Stephen Kibiwott KEN 1 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:05 Raji Assefa ETH 7 Berlin 06 APR
1:01:07 Dieudonne Disi KEN 8 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
1:01:09 Gudisa Shentema ETH 2 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:09 Jacob Yator KEN 3 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:10 Wilson Chebet KEN 4 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:11 Silas Kipngetich Sang KEN 1 Albacete 11 MAY
1:01:12 Chebet KEN 2 Granollers 03 FEB
1:01:12 John Kales KEN 5 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:14 Jackson Kirwa Kiprono KEN 6 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:14 Kiprop 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 13 APR
1:01:16 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 3 Abu Dhabi 28 FEB
1:01:18 Isaac Wanjohi Macharia KEN 8 Berlin 06 APR
1:01:19 Yator 1 Barcelona 10 FEB
1:01:19 Musyoki 1 Reading 02 MAR
1:01:19 Nicholas Kiprono KEN 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 13 APR
1:01:21 Maregu 3 Nice 20 APR
1:01:21 Sylvester Kimeli Teimet KEN 1 Gothenburg 17 MAY
1:01:22 Allan Masai Ndiwa KEN 1 Marrakech 27 JAN
1:01:22 Peter Nderitu Muriuki KEN 3 Vitry-sur-Seine 13 APR
1:01:23 Chebet 2 Barcelona 10 FEB
1:01:24 Charles Ngolepus KEN 1 Paderborn 22 MAR
1:01:24 Sang 2 Gothenburg 17 MAY
1:01:25 Mark Tanui KEN 2 Marrakech 27 JAN
1:01:25 Samson Barmao KEN 7 Paris 02 MAR
1:01:27 Gebrselassie split Dubai 18 JAN
1:01:28 David Kilel KEN 2 Rabat 20 APR
1:01:29 Hillary Kiprono Bii KEN 4 Vitry-sur-Seine 13 APR
1:01:31 William Kipsang KEN 6 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:01:31 Kirwa Kiprono 1 Merano 27 APR
1:01:34 Samwel Shauri TAN 2 Merano 27 APR
Men
World Record:
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002
Marathon
Women
Present world record (mixed race):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003
Present world record (women’s-only race):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 2005
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date
10km Road
2:22:38 Zhang Yingying CHN 1 Xiamen 05 JAN
2:22:42 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Dubai 18 JAN
2:22:53 Galina Bogomolova RUS 1 Roma 16 MAR
2:23:09 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 2 Dubai 18 JAN
2:23:23 Magarsa Assale ETH 3 Dubai 18 JAN
2:23:27 Bai Xue CHN 2 Xiamen 05 JAN
2:24:14 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 London 13 APR
2:24:14 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 1 Hamburg 27 APR
2:24:39 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 London 13 APR
2:24:40 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 1 Houston 13 JAN
2:25:10 Wei Yanan CHN 3 Xiamen 05 JAN
2:25:10 Mara Yamauchi GBR 1 Osaka 27 JAN
2:25:12 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 1 Rotterdam 13 APR
2:25:25 Tune 1 Boston 21 APR
2:25:27 Alevtina Biktimirova RUS 2 Boston 21 APR
2:25:33 Martha Komu KEN 1 Paris 06 APR
2:25:34 Tomo Morimoto JPN 2 Osaka 27 JAN
2:25:37 Workenesh Tola ETH 2 Paris 06 APR
2:25:37 Getenesh Wami ETH 3 London 13 APR
2:25:48 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 4 Dubai 18 JAN
2:25:51 Yurika Nakamura JPN 1 Nagoya 09 MAR
2:26:00 Julia Mumbi Muraga KEN 3 Osaka 27 JAN
2:26:00 Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot KEN 3 Paris 06 APR
2:26:09 Miki Ohira JPN 4 Osaka 27 JAN
2:26:10 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 4 Paris 06 APR
2:26:11 Zhang Shujing CHN 1 Seoul 16 MAR
2:26:19 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 2 Nagoya 09 MAR
2:26:30 Salina Kosgei KEN 4 London 13 APR
2:26:34 Wang Jiali CHN 1 Zhengzhou 30 MAR
2:26:34 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 3 Boston 21 APR
2:26:38 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 20 APR
2:26:39 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Nagoya 09 MAR
2:26:45 Alice Jemeli Timbilili KEN 5 Paris 06 APR
2:26:45 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 5 London 13 APR
2:26:55 Madoka Ogi JPN 5 Osaka 27 JAN
2:27:09 Chen Rong CHN 4 Xiamen 05 JAN
2:27:14 Yumiko Hara JPN 4 Nagoya 09 MAR
2:27:16 Chika Horie JPN 5 Nagoya 09 MAR
2:27:17 Lidia Simon ROM 6 Osaka 27 JAN
2:27:29 Alice Chelangat KEN 5 Dubai 18 JAN
Women
World Record:
Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date
27:22 Moses Ndiema Masai KEN 1 Brunssum 6 APR
27:28 Silas Kipruto KEN 1 Marseille 1 MAY
27:29 Micah Kogo KEN 2 Brunssum 6 APR
27:33 Joseph Ebuya KEN 3 Brunssum 6 APR
27:44 Moses Kipkosgei Kigen KEN 1 New Orleans 22 MAR
27:45 Robert Letting KEN 2 New Orleans 22 MAR
27:46 Samuel Kipketer KEN 3 New Orleans 22 MAR
27:47 Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN 1 Barcelona 6 APR
27:48 George Kirwa Misoi KEN 4 New Orleans 22 MAR
27:51 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Bangalore 18 MAY
31:01 Hilda Kibet KEN 1 Schoorl 10 FEB
31:02 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 1 San Juan 24 FEB
31:12 Mestawat Tufa ETH 2 San Juan 24 FEB
31:24 Philes Ongori KEN split Marugame 03 FEB
31:32 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 1 Glasgow 18 MAY
31:35 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo 1 Wuerzburg 20 APR
31:37 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 1 Barcelona 06 APR
31:38 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 3 San Juan 24 FEB
31:41 Lucy Kabuu Wangui KEN 2 Glasgow 18 MAY
31:42 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Paderborn 22 MAR
ELVAN ABEYLEGESSE (LEFT) AND GRACE MOMANYI (RIGHT)
DEAD HEAT IN 32:02 IN THE SUNFEAST WORLD 10K
BANGALORE ON 18 MAY 18
Half Marathon
Men
Present World Record:
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN) 58:33, Den Haag, 17 MAR 2007
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date
59:15 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Lisboa 16 MAR
59:26 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru KEN 1 Granollers 03 FEB
59:35 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 1 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
59:35 Tsegay Kebede ETH 2 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
59:52 Dixon Marwa Mkami TAN 3 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
59:56 Fabiano Joseph Naasi TAN 4 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
1:00:00 Musyoki 1 Berlin 06 APR
1:00:01 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 2 Berlin 06 APR
1:00:08 Musyoki 1 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:00:10 Elijah Keitany KEN 3 Berlin 06 APR
1:00:12 Joseph Maregu KEN 2 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:00:12 William Todoo Rotich KEN 4 Berlin 06 APR
1:00:19 Jonathan Kosgei KEN 1 Ostia 24 FEB
1:00:22 James Kwambai KEN 2 Ostia 24 FEB
1:00:23 David Kipkorir KEN 3 Ostia 24 FEB
1:00:33 Wanjiru 1 Abu Dhabi 28 FEB
1:00:33 Dennis Ndiso KEN 3 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:00:35 Mekubo Mogusu KEN 5 Ras Al Khaimah 08 FEB
1:00:43 Naasi 2 Abu Dhabi 28 FEB
1:00:43 Wilson Kebenei KEN 4 Den Haag 15 MAR
Women
Present World Record:
Lornah Kiplagat (KEN) 1:06:25, Udine, 14 OCT 2007
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date
1:07:57 Philes Ongori KEN 1 Marugame 03 FEB
1:08:11 Yukiko Akaba JPN 1 Yamaguchi 16 MAR
1:08:22 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Berlin 06 APR
1:08:25 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Sendai 11 MAY
1:08:31 Julia Mumbi Muraga KEN 2 Sendai 11 MAY
1:08:51 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 Paderborn 22 MAR
1:08:52 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 Abu Dhabi 28 FEB
1:08:57 Yuri Kano JPN 1 Sapporo 15 JUN
1:08:59 Chunxiu Zhou CHN 1 Yangzhou 06 APR
1:09:06 Filomena Cheyech KEN 2 Yamaguchi 16 MAR
1:09:15 Souad ait-Salem ALG 1 Ostia 24 FEB
1:09:16 Chisato Osaki JPN 2 Sapporo 15 JUN
1:09:30 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 2 Marugame 03 FEB
1:09:34 Muraga 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN
1:09:35 Liz Yelling GBR 1 Reading 02 MAR
1:09:43 Ongori 3 Yamaguchi 16 MAR
1:09:45 Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot KEN 1 Paris 02 MAR
1:09:49 Pauline Wangui KEN 1 Den Haag 15 MAR
1:09:51 Wangui 2 Berlin 06 APR
1:09:54 Hiroko Miyauchi JPN 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN
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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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Antarctica
Antarctica Marathon
March
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k December
Richard Donovan
Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas
Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland
Tel/Fax: 353-91-443408
Email: rd@npmarathon.com
Inet: www.icemarathon.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards.
Argentina
XIX Half Marathon
Buenos Aires City
September
Domingo Amaison
Sucre 1050 PB4 - Edif.1- Belgrano C - 1428 -
Beunos Aires Argentina
Tel: 54 11 4782 8678
Fax: 54 11 4784 8678
Email: amaison@amaisonproducciones.com.ar
Inet: www.amaison.com.ar
Australia
Blackmores Sydney Running
Fesitival (incl.) Sydney Marathon September
Wayne Larden
Locked Bag 1396, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012
Tel: 61 2 9311 8400
Fax: 61 2 9311 8401
Email: info@runthebridge.com.au
Inet: www.runthebridge.com.au
Gold Coast Airport Marathon
July
Queensland Events Gold Coast
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
Samsung Melbourne Marathon October
Dallas O'Brien
c/o level 3, 480 St Kilda Road, Melbourne,
Victoria AUSTRALIA 3004
Tel: 61 3 9864 1137
Fax: 61 3 9864 1190
Email: enquiries@melbournemarathon.com.au
Inet: www.melbournemarathon.com.au
Austria
Vienna City Marathon
April
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, AUSTRIA
Tel: 43 681 107 54 696; Fax: +43 2732 846 1822
Email: info@wachaumarathon.at
Inet: www.wachaumarathon.at
Barbados
Run Barbardos Marathon December
Winston Carter
Barbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road,
St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 Bridgetown
Tel: 246 427 2623
Fax: 246 426 4080
Email: sportsbarbados@usa.net
Inet: www.runbarbados.org
Belgium
ING Brussels
Marathon and Half
October
Christophe Impens
Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen
Tel: 32 11 45 99 24
Fax: 32 11 45 99 10
Email: cimpens@cis.be
Inet: www.ingbrusselsmarathon.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
City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon
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
June
June
Email: traven@dh.com.br
Inet: www.maratonadorio.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
Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race
Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon
Thadeus Kassabian
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor,
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286
June
November
August
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br
Inet: www.yescom.com.br
São Paulo Marathon Int’l Half Marathon March
Thadeus Kassabian
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br
Inet: www.yescom.com.br
São Silvestre Int’l Road Race
Thadeus Kassabian
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br
Inet: www.yescom.com.br
Cambodia
December
Angkor-Wat Int’l Half Marathon
Muy Lath
National Olympic Stadium, PO Box 101,
Phnom Penh
Tel: 855 1293 0177
Fax: 855 2335 3536
Email: coop@angkormarathon.org
Inet: www.angkormarathon.org
Canada
BMO Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Marathon
Janet Anderson
PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8
Tel: 1 604 872 2928
Fax: 1 604 872 2903
December
May
Email: janand@telus.net
pauladams@telus.net
Inet: www.bmovanmarathon.ca
HSBC Calgary Marathon and Half July
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
ING Edmonton Marathon
Tom Keough
9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3
Tel: 1 780 504 0005
Fax: 1 888 240 2469
August
Email: info@edmontonmarathon.ca
Inet: www.edmontonmarathon.ca
Ottawa Marathon
May
Jim Robinson
PO Box 426, Stn A, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 1 613 234 2221
Fax: 1 613 234 5880
Email: info@runottawa.ca
Inet: www.runottawa.ca
*Marathon By The Sea
September
Shelley Clark Collins
133 Mount Pleasant Ave, Saint John,
NB E2K 3T9, Canada
Tel: 1 506 672 4194
Email: mrdoyleth@yahoo.ca
Inet: www.marathonbythesea.com
Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon October
Jim R. Ralston
5300 Willmott Street,
Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 2A7
Tel: 1 905 356 9460
Fax: 1 905 356 7156
Email: jimralston@becon.org
Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com
Okanagan Int’l Marathon
October
Tom Keogh (Race Director)
9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3
Tel: 1 780 504 0005
Fax: 1 888 240 2469
Email: info@okanaganmarathon.ca
Inet: www.okanaganmarathon.ca
Quebec City Marathon
August
Denis Therrien
1173 boulevard Charest Ouest bureau 290,
Quebec, G1N 2C9
Tel: 1 418 694 4442
Fax: 1 418 694 4441
Email: info@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 4580
Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com
Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon and Half
September
Alan Brookes
260 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON,
Canada, M5A 4J6
Tel: 1 416 944 2765
Fax: 1 416 944 8527
Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
Scotiabank Vancouver
Half Marathon
June
Clifton Cunningham
410-211 12th Street New Westminster, BC
Canada, V3M 4H4
Tel: 778 786 3116
Fax: 778 786 3117
Email: clifton@canadarunningseries.com
Inet: www.vancouverhalf.com
Toronto Marathon and Half October
Jay 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
Vancouver Sun Run 10km
April
Jamie Pitblado
1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3
Tel: 1 604 605 2316
Fax: 1 604 605 2342
Email: jpitblado@png.canwest.com
Inet: www.sunrun.com
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Marathon December
Rhonda Kelly
PO BOX 2712 GT, Grand Caymen,
CAYMEN ISLANDS
Tel: 1 345 946 8822
Fax: 1 345 946 8811
Email: rhonda@kellyholding.com
Inet: www.caymanislandsmarathon.com
Chile
Santiago Marathon
April
Francisco Riquelme
La Capitania 986 Las Condes, Santiago.
Tel: +562 248 0631
Fax: +562 248 0536
Email: francisco.riquelme@prokart.cl
Inet: www.fedachi.cl www.adidasrunning.cl
China
Beijing Int’l Marathon
October
Wang Dawei
Chinese Athletic Association, 2 Tiyuguan
Road, 100763 Beijing,
Tel: 86 10 8718 3441
Fax: 86 10 6714 0801
Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com
Inet: www.beijing-marathon.com
Dallian Int'l Marathon
June
Sun Xinsheng
KDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, Xigang
District, Dalian
Tel: 86 411 8368 2293
Fax: 86 411 8368 2693
Email: kouzhengjie@sina.com
Inet: www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007
The Great Wall Marathon
May
Dave Cundy
Great Wall Marathon - Head Office
Ground Floor, Unit 4, No. 36
Fuchengmenwai Street, Xicheng District,
Beijing 100037, China
Tel: 86 10 6858 9496 / 6851 2395
Fax: 86 10 6858 9497
Email: gwm_booking@263.net.cn
Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Hangzhou Int’l Marathon November
Michelle Hsia
Rm 701, China Lifetower, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China
Tel: 86 10 8525 1200
Fax: 86 10 8525 1789
Email: michelle.hsia@octagon.com
Inet: www.hangzhoumarathon.com
Toray Cup Shanghai
Int’l Marathon
November
Haiyou Xu
Room 602 & 603, Dongya Building,
1500 Zhongshan Er Rd(S), Shanghi 200030
Tel/Fax: 86 21 6629 8808/6088
Email: shmarathon@126.com
Inet: www.shmarathon.com
Xiamen Int’l Marathon
January
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
Chinese Taipei
ING Taipei Int'l Marathon December
Woon Kong Lee
Chinese Taipei Road Running Association
No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel: 886 2 2585 5659
Fax: 886 2 2599 6716
Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw
aspire@sportsnet.org.tw
Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw
*Kinmen Marathon
January
*Taroko Int’l Marathon
November
Woon Kong Lee
Chinese Taipei Road Running Association
No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel: 886 2 2585 5659
Fax: 886 2 2599 6716
Email: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw
Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw
Colombia
Bogota Int’l Half Maraton
Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá
July
Martha Santos
Calle 93B No.15 - 34 Oficina 207-208, Bogota
Tel/Fax: 57 1 257 3107
Email: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.com
Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com
Media Maraton Int’l
Ciudad de Medellin
September
Gustavo Orozco Posada
Calle 49B, nro 63-21, Piso 3, Edificio Camacol
Medellin
Tel: 574 230 4872
Fax: 574 230 1123
Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co
Inet: www.maratonmedellin.com
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Int'l Marathon and Half December
Guillermo Saenz
P.O.Box 70230, 1000 San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel. 506 222 0804
Fax. 506 232 4543
Email: maraintercostarica@hotmail.com
10km Int’l Costa Rica
September
Guillermo Saenz
70230-1000 , San Jose, COSTA RICA
Tel: 506 222 0804
Fax: 506 232 4543
Email: maraintercostarica@hotmail.com
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Croatia
Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon October
Franjo Kordic - race director
Dragutina Rakovca 10, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: 385 1 6398 586
Fax: 385 1 6398 561
Email: zagrebacki.atletski.savez@zg.t-com.hr
Inet: www.z-as.hr
Rijeka Half Marathon
April
Radovan Soljaga
Slavka Krautzeka 45, 51000 Rijeka, CROATIA
Tel: 385 91 217 7122
Fax: 385 51 217 022
Email: med-skola-rijeka@ri.t-com.hr
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
Inet: www.inder.cu./beta/competitions/marabana
Cyprus
Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon November
Cyprus health runners club
P.O.Box 28167, 2091 Strovolos, Nicosia
Tel: 357 994 10730
Fax: 357 224 20559
Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cy
Inet: www.runclub.com.cy
Czech Republic
Volkswagen Prague Marathon
Hervis Prague Half Marathon
Carlo Capalbo
Zahoranského 3, 120 00 Prague 2
Tel: 420 224 919 209
Fax: 420 224 923 355
Email: marathon@pim.cz
Inet: www.praguemarathon.com
May
March
Pardubice Wine Half Marathon April
Oldrich Bujnoch, Topolska 739, 53701 –
Chrudim, CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel: 420 466 052 100
Fax: 420 466 052 130
Email: marketing@zlatastika.cz
Inet: www.pardubickyvinarskypulmaraton.cz
Denmark
Copenhagen Marathon
May
Niels Jorgen Holdt
Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11,
DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen
Tel: 45 35 26 69 00
Email: vibjerg@sparta.dk
Inet: www.copenhagenmarathon.dk
H. C. Andersen Marathon September
Torben Simonsen
Stadionvej 50k, DK-5200 Odense V.
Tel: 45 3059 2444
Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk
Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk
Ecuador
Guayaquil Marathon
October
Diego Maruri
Av Las Aguas 640, Edf. MCG, ofc. Guayaquil,
Ecuador
Tel: 593 4 288 5008
Fax: 593 4 288 4746
Email: diegomaruri@dm3.com
Inet: www.dm3.com
*La Ruta de las Iglesias
August
Samia Solah
Juan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito,
Ecuador
Tel: 593 2 244 8850
Fax: 593 2 244 8857
Email: samia@tventas.net
Inet: www.rutadlasiglesias.com
*Medio Maraton Quito
Mitad del Mundo
November
Marialuz Arellano
Carlos Tobar 155 y Eloy Alfaro
Quito, Ecuador
Tel. 593 9 980 3237
Fax. 593 2 2505203
Email: marellano@andinanet.net
Inet: www.vidactiva.com.ec/mediamaraton
*Media Maraton de Quito 2800 May
Kennya Estralla Lozada
Ultimas Noticias N37-139 y El Espectador
Quito, Ecuador
Tel. 593 9 959 5753
Fax. 593 2 224 2242
Email: km@km.com.ec
Inet: www.km.com.ec
*Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K
Pablo Gonzalez Peña
June
Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito,
Ecuador
Tel: 593 2 2670 999
Fax: 593 2 2670 214 (ext.2340)
Email: pgonzalez@elcomercio.com
Inet: www.quitoultimasnoticias15k.com
*Maraton De Quito
Fredy Vivanco Benavides
June
Isla Marchena N-24-138,
Portal De Aragòn Dep. 5 - 402, Ecuador
Tel: 593 9 9011 780
593 2 33 41 253
Fax: 593 2 2242242
Email: fvivanco1@hotmail.com
Inet: www.maratondequito.com
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 2260 6930
2012 21 488 39
Fax: 202 2260 6932
Email: info@egyptianmarathon.net
Inet: www.egyptianmarathon.net
Estonia
Tallinn Marathon
Rein Raspel
July
Tihasheina Tee 3, Maardu 74117, ESTONIA
Tel/fax: 372 609 6310
Email: tallinnmarathon@hotmail.com
Inet: www.tallinnmarathon.ee
Ethiopia
Toyota Great Ethiopian
Run 10km
Richard Nerurkar
November
Tel: 251 11 663 36 46
Fax: 251 11 662 78 76
Email: greatrun@ethionet.et
village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et
Inet: www.ethiopiarun.org
Falkland Islands
Standard Chartered Bank
Stanley Marathon
Rino S Donosepdetro
Standard Chartered Bank,
P.O. Box 597, Stanley
Tel: 500 22220
Fax: 500 22219
March
Email: standardchartered@horizon.co.fk
Inet: www.standardcharter.com/fk/marathon/
Faroe Islands
Torshavn Marathon
Robert Vilhelmsen
Box 3004, FO-100 Torshavn
Tel: 298 230240
Email: post@torshavnmarathon.com
Inet: www.torshavnmarathon.com
Finland
September
Åland Marathon
Stefan Hägg
October
Önningebyvägen 444 AX-22140 Mariehamn
Tel: 358 1 819 170
Fax: 358 1 813 170
Email: info@marathon.ax
Inet: www.marathon.aland.fi
Helsinki City Marathon
Pertti Raunio
August
Finnish Athletics Federation, Radiokatu 20,
00240 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 358 9 3481 2405
Fax: 358 9 3481 2367
Email: sul.harraste@sul.fi
Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com
Paavo Nurmi Marathon
Jari Salonen
June
Linnankatu 36, FIN-20100, Turku
Tel: 358 2 274 5010
Fax: 358 2 274 5001
Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.com
Inet: www.paavonurmisports.com
Ruska Marathon
September
Pekka Erikkson
Valtatie 15, 99100 Kittila, Finland
Tel: 358 400 808 784
Fax: 358 16 642 259
Email: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fi
Inet: www.ruskamaraton.com
Santa Claus Marathon
June
Mr. Rauno Riekkinen
Kivirinne 16, 96910 Rovaniemi, Finland
Tel. 358 403 44 7770
Fax. 358 403 44 7771
Email: info@santaclausmarathon.com
Inet: www.arcticcirclemarathon.com
Terwamarathon
May
Asko Vääräniemi
Keluveneenväylä 22, 90650 OULU, Finland
Tel: 358405068803
Email: asko.vaaraniemi@elisanet.fi
Inet: www.oulumarathon.net
France
*Marathon des Alpes
Maritimes Cannes-Nice
November
Matthieu Etancelin
Azur Sport Organisation
16 bvd Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice, FRANCE
Tel: 33 4 93 26 13 12
Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34
Email: communication@azur-sport.org
Inet: www.marathon06.com
Marathon of La Rochelle November
Mauny Nocolas
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
Matthieu Etancelin
Azur Sport Organisation,
16 bvd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice
Tel: 33 4 93 26 19 12
Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34
Email: communication@azur-sport.org
Inet: www.nicesemimarathon.com
Paris Int'l Marathon
April
Joël Laine
Aso-Athletisne, 2 rue Rouset de Lisle,
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
Tel: 33 1 41 33 15 68
Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74
Email: infos @parismarathon.com
Inet: www.parismarathon.com
St. Denis Half Marathon
October
Thierry Vernay / Antonio Agostinho
34 rue la Boulangerie, 93200, St Denis
Tel: 33 1 48 20 56 81 / 33 06 81 63 53 82
Fax: 33 1 49 22 01 74
Email: info@wanago.com
Inet: www.saint-denis-marathon.com
Germany
28th Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin April
34th 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
Berlin runs 25km
May
Gerhard Janetzky
Olympischer Platz 5
14053 Berlin
Tel: 49 30 30 688 550
Fax: 49 30 24 319 999
Email: info@berlin-laeuft.de
Inet: www.berlin-runs.com
Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon October
Jo Schindler
Sonnemannstr 5, 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
Guenter Herrmann
Domweg 12, 97084, Wuerzburg, Germany
Tel: 49 931 65616
Fax: 49 931 65619
Email: herrman@wuerzburg-marathon.de
Inet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de
Karstadt Marathon
May
Volker Ebener
Idko GM6H Co KG, Potodamer Plate 2,
53119, Bonn
Tel: 49 228 725 39 90
Fax: 49 228 725 39 59
Email: info@idko.com
Inet: www.karstadt-marathon.eu
Conergy Marathon Hamburg
April
Wolfram Goetz
Act Agency GmbH, Himmelstraße 9, 22299
Hamburg
Tel: 49 40 4146 4171
Fax: 49 40 4146 4112
Email: goetz@act-agency.com
Inet: www.marathon-hamburg.de
Great Britain
Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon &
Festival of running
Malcolm Sutherland
Caledonian Concepts PO Box 26,
Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ
Tel: 44 845 838 2748
Fax: 44 845 838 2764
Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com
Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com
Reebok Bristol Half Marathon
Jane McCulloch
P.O. Box 512, Cheadle,
Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJ
Tel: 44 1782 396113
Email: bristol@frsystems.co.uk
Inet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathon
October
September
Edinburgh Marathon
May
Caroline Vevers
Edinburgh Marathon Ltd, North Berwick
Business Centre, Melbourne Place,
North Berwick EH39 4JS
Tel: 44 1620 890 788
Fax: 44 1620 890 787
Email: info@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk
Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk
Great Scottish Run
September
Frank Clement
Admail, ADM3909, Glasgow G1 5ZY, Scotland
Tel: 44 0845 270 0166
Email: run.glasgow@cls.glasgow.gov.uk
Inet: www.runglasgow.org
Greece
Athens Classic Marathon November
Evangelos Papapostolou
137, Syngrou Avenue, 17121 Nea Smirni, Athens
Tel: 30 210 931 5886 / 0 210 933 1113
Tel: 30 210 933 1152
Email: info@athensclassicmarathon.gr
Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr
*Int’l Marathon Alexander
the Great
April
Georgios Konstantopoulos
Agioy Dimitrioy 192, 54638 Thessaloniki,
Tel: 30 69 4856 0186
Fax: 30 23 1072 5076
Email: info@atgm.gr
Inet: www.atgm.gr
Hong Kong, China
China Coast Marathon
January
Catherine Leonard
AVOHK, P.O. Box 28893,
Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai
Tel: 852 9038 5460
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, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path,
So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: 852 2577 5392
Fax: 852 2367 6166
Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com
Inet: www.hkmarathon.com
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth
*UNICEF Charity
Half Marathon and 10km November
Anna Choy / Keith Noyes
3/F 60Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley,
HONG KONG
Tel: 852 2833 6139 / 2812 0741
Fax: 852 2834 0996 / 2792 7064
Email: achoy@inicef.org.hk , keith@seyonasia.com
Inet: www.unicef.org.hk/runforchildren
Hungary
Nike Budapest Int’l
Half Marathon
September
23rd Plus Budapest Marathon October
BSI Futo Kft, Arpad Kocsis
1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156
Tel: 36 1 273 0939
Fax: 36 1 273 0936
Email: budapest.run@t-online.hu
Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com
Iceland
Reykjavik Marathon and Half
Friman Ari Ferdinandsson
Engjavegur 6, 113 Reykjavik
Tel: 354 535 3700
Fax: 354 568 7566
Email: marathon@marathon.is
Inet: www.reykjavikmarathon.com
India
August
*Sunfeast World 10km
May
Hugh Jones
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112
Email: sw10k@procamintl.com
Inet: www.procamintl.com
Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon
January
Hugh Jones
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112
Email: punita@procamintl.com
Inet: www.procamintl.com
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Airtel Delhi Half Marathon November
Hugh Jones
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112
Email: punita@procamintl.com
Inet: www.procamintl.com
Great Tibetan Marathon
July
Nazir Rah
A-51, IInd Floor, DDA Flats, Mount Kailash,
East of Kailash, New Delhi, India
Tel: 91 11 26 222216
Fax: 91 11 26 222211
Email: gtm@mountainadventuresindia.com
Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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, Israeli Athletic Association
10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv, 89482, Israel
Tel: 972 3 648 6256
Fax: 972 3 648 6255
Email: iaa@zahav.net.il
Inet: www.tiberias-marathon.co.il
Jerusalem Half Marathon
March
Simon Avraham
Sports Authority. 10 Safra Square, Jerusalem
91007
Tel: 972 2 629 6542
972 2 629 8047
Fax: 972 2 629 7411
Email: pngmiri@jerusalem.muni.il
Inet: www.hmarathon.jerusalem.muni.il
Italy
Ferraramarathon
March
Federica Stella
Casella Postale 140,
44100, Ferrara, Italy
Email: info@ferraramarathon.it
Inet: www.ferraramarathon.it
Firenze Marathon
November
Giancarlo Romiti
Organizzazione Firenze Marathon
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 2 Firenze 50137
Tel: 39 (0) 55 5522 957
Fax: 39 (0) 55 5536 823
Email: staff@firenzemarathon.it
Inet: www.firenzemarathon.it
Garda Trentino Half Marathon November
Poli Sandro
Via Vittorio Veneto 20/A
38062 Arco (TN), Italy
Mob Tel: 339 646 7887
Fax. 39 0464 520 900
Email: event@trentinoevents.it
Inet: www.trentinoevents.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
VIA Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO)
Tel: 39 059 65 02 97
Fax: 39 059 65 13 30
Email: info@italianmarathon.it
Inet: www.italianmarathon.it
*Lago Maggiore Half Marathon March
Paolo Ottone (Race Director)
Via 42 Martiri, 165 - 28924
Verbania (VB) Italy
Tel: 39 0323 58 54 03
Fax: 39 0323 58 54 04
Email: p.ottone@pro-motion.it
Inet: www.lagomaggiorehalfmarathon.com
www.pro-motion.it
*Int’l Lake Garda Marathon September
Stefano Ballardini
Viale Pernici,
24 38066 Riva Del Garda (TN)
Tel: 39 348 9136628
39 335 8460132
Fax: 39 0365 954355
Email: info@lakegardamarathon.com
Inet: www.lakegardamarathon.com
Maratona d’Europa
May
Enrico Benedetti
Via Udine, 35 c/o Associatione la Bavisela,
34135 Trieste
Tel: 39 040 410 339
Fax: 39 040 418 634
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
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
Email: info@palermomaratona.it
Inet: www.palermomaratona.it
Pisa Marathon
May
Andrea Maggini
Via di Gello 47/A, 56123 Pisa
Tel: 39 050 556135
Fax: 39 050 503119
Email: maggini@pisamarathon.it
Inet: www.pisamarathon.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
Milano City Marathon
November
Ennio Mazzei
Via degli Orombelli, 11 - 20133 Milano (MI)
Tel/Fax: 39 02 3658 6686
Email: info@milanocitymarathon.it
Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it
*Nightmarathon
June
Roberto Stagnetti
Via dello Squero N°50 I 30172 Venezia
Mestre, ITALY
Tel: 390 41 268 5006
Fax: 390 41 961 951
Email: info@nightmarathon.it
Inet: www.nightmarathon.it
Treviso Marathon
March
Fernanda Rasera, Maratona Treviso Scrl,
via Martiri delle Foibe, 20 - 31015
Conegliano (Z.I. Scomigo)
Tel: 39 0438 413 255
Fax: 39 0438 413 475
Email: info@trevisomarathon.com
marketing@trevisomarathon.com
Inet: www.trevisomarathon.com
Turin Marathon
April
Turin Half Marathon
September
Pietro Chiabrera
Corso Regina Magherita 371, 10151 Torino
Tel: 39 011 455 9959
Fax: 39 011 407 6054
Email: info@turinmarathon.it
Inet: www.turinmarathon.it
*Maratonina Citta Di Udine September
Paolo Bordon
Via C. Percoto 17/C, 33100 Udine
Tel/Fax 390 324 501 612
Email: info@maratoninadiudine.it
Inet: www.maratoninadiudine.it
Venice Marathon
October
Enrico Jacomini
A.S.D. Venicemarathon Club, Via F. Linghindal
5/5, 30172 Mestre Venice, Italy
Tel: 39 041 532 1871
Fax: 39 041 532 1879
Email: info@venicemarathon.it
Inet: www.venicemarathon.it
Jamaica
Reggae Marathon
December
Alfred Francis
87-89 Tower st, Kingston, Jamaica
Tel: 1 876 922 8677
Fax: 1 876 922 0155
Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com
Inet: www.reggaemarathon.com
Japan
Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February
Minoru Kubota
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: m-kubota@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
Tetsuji Araj
February
Marugame Shimin Gymnastics,
924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, Kagawapref
763 0053
Tel: 81 0877 24 6251
Fax: 81 0877 24 7966
Email: mr-taikyo@ninus.ocn.ne.jp
Inet: www.km-half.com
Kyoto City Half Marathon
Yoshiharu Naya
March
32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo,
Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864
Tel: 81 75 315 1235
Fax: 81 75 315 1236
Email: isono@runners.co.jp
Inet: http://kyoto-city-half.jp
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon
Yasuo Inoue
March
The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office,
3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251
Tel: 81 6 6346 8371
Fax: 81 6 6346 8372
Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp
Inet: www.lakebiwa-marathon.com
Lake Kawaguchi Marathon
Nikkan Sports Press
November
c/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd.,
502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, Shimbashi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004
Tel: 81 3 5733 2451
Fax: 81 3 5733 2452
Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp
Inet: www.sports-info.co.jp
Lake Saroma
100km Ultra Marathon
Jiro Hashimoto
June
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
Kosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Tanaka
March
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/
Olympic Commemorative
Nagano Marathon
Ken Onishi
April
1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801
Tel: 81 26 234 6380
Fax: 81 26 234 6381
Email: marathon@avis.ne.jp
Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp
Ohme-Hochi Marathon
30km/10k Road Race
February
Takuji Yamamoto
Publicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan,
Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485
Tel: 81 3 5479 1294
Fax: 81 3 5479 1155
Email: takuji_y@hochi.jp
Inet: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp
Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon
Motonobu Shimamoto
January
KTV, 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
Tokyo Marathon
February
Hideyuki Sasaki,
2-8-1- Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku,
Tokyo 163 8001 Japan
Tel: 81 3 3 5320 9481
Fax: 81 3 3 5388 1939
Email: iwatani@tokyo42195.org
Inet: www.tokyo42195.com
Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon
Takao Ishizawa
November
c/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011
Tel: 81 3 5540 7455
Fax: 81 3 3248 6636
Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com
Inet: www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon
Kenya
Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon and Half
John Velzian
October
PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi
Tel: 254 2086 0186
Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke
Inet: www.nairobimarathon.com
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Korea
Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon
Int’l Marathon
October
In Bae Seung
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: www.chosun.com/event/marathon
*Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon
October
Wha-Kyung Choi
139 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-715
Tel: 82 2 2020 0311
Fax: 82 2 2020 1639
Email: marathon@donga.com
Inet: http://marathon.donga.com/gyeongju.html
*Incheon Int’l Half Marathon March
Chul-Hoon Yoon
Half Marathon Organizing Committee, 18-1
Handong-4ga, Jung-Gu, Incheon, Korea
Tel: 82 32 882-7722
Fax: 82 32 887-0085
Email: koraaf@hotmail.com
Seoul Int’l Marathon
March
Joong San Ahn,
7th Floor, Dong - A Ilbo, 139 Sejongno,
Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-715
Tel: 82 2 2020 0708
Fax: 82 2 2020 1639
Email: marathon@donga.com
Inet: www.seoul-marathon.com
JoongAng Seoul Marathon November
JoongAng Culture Media
7 Soonhwa-dong,
Chung-ku Seoul, 100-959 Korea
Tel: 82 2 751 9685
Fax: 82 2 751 9656, 40
Email: marathon@joongang.co.kr
Inet: marathon.joins.com
Latvia
Nordea Riga Marathon
May
Nordea Riga Marathon
Aigars Nords, Brivibas 40-37, Riga LV-1050
Tel: 371 2654 0970
Fax: 371 7505286
Email: inese.kikule@porternovelli.lv
Inet: www.porternovelli.lv
Lebanon
*Beirut Int’l Marathon
November
Mark Dickinson/Nadine Moawad
BMA, P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: 961 5 959 262
Fax: 961 5 959 263
Email: info@beirutmarathon.org
Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org
Lithuania
Vilnius Maratonas & Half September
Nerijus Januskevicus
Odminiu str. 8, Vilnius
Tel: 370 5 212 3099
Fax: 370 5 212 3099
Email: info@maratonas.lt
Inet: www.marathon.lt
Luxembourg
Dexia Route du Vin
Half Marathon
September
Georges Klepper
Federation Luxembourgeoise D’Athletishe,
3, route d’Arlon; L-8009 Strassen
Tel: 352 48 06 70
Fax: 352 48 05 72
Email: fla@fla.lu
Inet: www.fla.lu
Macau, China
Macau Galaxy Entertainments Group 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 2858 0762
Fax. 853 7965 611
Email: sport@macau.ctm.net
Inet: www.sport.gov.mo
www.macaumarathon.com
Malta
Int’l Malta
Challenge Marathon
November
Barry M. Whitmore
P.O. Box 5, New Mill Street, Mellieha, MLH
1000 Malta
Tel: 356 79 33 90 46
Fax: 356 25 40 10 31
Email:
Inet:
info@maltamarathonchallenge.com
bmw@marathonchallengemalta.com
www.maltamarathonchallenge.com
www.marathonchallengemalta.com
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Malaysia
AmBank Kuala Lumpur
Int’l Marathon
February
S. Vegiyathunam
F. T. A. A. A., 2nd floor, Wisma OCM, Jalan
Hang Jebat, 50150 Kula Lumpur
Tel: 60 3 27152843
Fax: 60 3 27152678
Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.com
Mexico
Gran Maraton Pacifico
November
Francisco Mijares
Javier Barros Sierra 555,
Col. Zedec Santa Fe Del. Alvaro Obregon CP.
01210 Mexico D.F.
Tel: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208)
Fax: 525 552 801 716
Email: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx
Inet: www.maraton.org
Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara October
Enrique Gomez Espejel
100 Nevado de Toluca St, Colonia
Independencia, Guadalajara, jalisco 44290
Tel: 52 33 3637 0408
Fax: 55 33 3651 8271
Email: leqomez@guadalajara.gob.mx
Inet: www.maraton.com.mx
Maraton Int’l de la Ciudad de Mexico August
Pablo D’Antunano Padilla
Division del Norte 2333 General Anaya
c.p.o. 03340 Benito Juarez, Mexico D.F
Tel: 52 55 5688 68 29
52 55 5605 12 09
Email: dpacheco@df.gob.mx
Inet: www.maraton.df.gob.mx
Maraton LaLa Internacional
Héctor Guerrero Herrera
Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n
(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada),
Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila
Tel: 52 871 729 2453
Fax: 52 871 729 2436
Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com
Inet: www.maratonlala.org
*Medio Maraton Los Cabos/
Cabo Half Marathon
Adrian Soria Bejar
Nebraska #62-202 Colonia Napoles
Mexico DF, CP 03818, México
Tel. 52 55 5443 7447
Fax. 52 55 5523 5035
Email: adrian@maratonloscabos.com
Inet: www.cabomarathon.com
*Maraton Powerade Monterrey
Gerardo Cervantes Padilla
Rio Pilon 2124,
Fraccionamiento Bernardo Reyes
Monterrey (NL), Mexico, CP 64280
Tel. 52 81 8373 9254
Fax. 52 81 8373 2026
Email: gcervantes@ssnl.gob.mx
Inet: www.maratonmonterrey.com
Medio Maraton Atlas
de Guadalajara
Javier Peña de la Mora
Paseo Atlas Colomos 200 Fracc.:
Lomas del Bosque,
Zapopan, JAL – C.P. 45110.,
Mexico
March
January
December
September
Tel. 52.333 648 0120
Email: direccion@mediomaratonatlas.com
Inet: www.mediomaratonatlas.com
21km Nuevo Leon
November
Luciano Ramirez Gallardo
Francisco Murguia 4200, Col Guadalupe
Victoria, Guadalupe NL
Tel: 52 818 161 6725
Fax: 52 811 505 1799
Email: atletismo_nl@axtel.net
Tangamanga Int'l Marathon
Jaime Morales Reyes
Avenida Mariano Jimenez, 78280 Sanluis
Potosi, Sanluis Potosi, Mexico
Tel: 52 44 48 15 8921
Fax: 52 44 48 15 4444
Email: maratontangamanga@gmail.com
Inet: www.maratontangamanga.com
Monaco
June
Monaco Int’l Marathon
March
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.org
Morocco
Marrakech Intl. Marathon
Mohamed KNIDIRI
Dar Talib, unité 4
Daoudiat, Marrakech
Tel: 002 12 24 31 35 72
Fax: 002 12 24 31 31 95
Email: marathonmarrakech@yahoo.fr
Inet: www.marathon-marrakech.com
January
Namibia
100km of the Namib Desert
July
Adriano Zito
Via delle Costellazioni, No.118, 41100, Modena
Tel: 390 593 59813
Fax: 390 292 0013
Email: info@zitoway.com
Inet: www.100milesofnamibdesert.com
Netherlands
Dam Tot Damloop
September
Jan Willem Mijderwijk
Postbox 143 , 1850 AC Heiloo
Tel: 31 725 338 136
Fax: 31 725 339 398
Email: janwillemmijderwijk@lechampion.nl
Inet: www.damloop.nl
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
Eindhoven Marathon
October
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
ING Bank Enschede Marathon
April
Rian Stamsnieder
Postbus 555, 7500 AN Enschede
Tel: 31 53 430 5486
Fax: 31 53 434 4768
Email: info@enschedmarathon.nl
Inet: www.enschedemarathon.nl
ING Amsterdam Marathon
October
Cees Pronk
Postbox 143, 1850 AC, Heiloo
Tel: 31 72 533 8136
Fax: 31 72 533 9398
Email: info@ingamsterdammarathon.nl
Inet: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl
North Pole
North Pole Marathon
April
Richard Donovan
Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas
Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland
Tel/Fax: 353-91-443408
Email: rd@npmarathon.com
Inet: www.npmarathon.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
*Lahore Marathon
Ian Ladbrooke
Publicis Pakistan
68-C/2 Gulberg III, Lahore.
Tel: 92-42-5765101/3
Fax: 92-42-5753569
Email: Iladbrooke@aol.com
Inet: www.lahoremarathon.com
Panama
June
February
Panama City Int’l Marathon
August
Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza
P.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama City
Tel: 507 6674 1618 / 507 223 2588
Fax: 507 263 4111
Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.com
ajones@marathonpanama.com
corredoresistmo@gmail.com
Inet: www.marathonpanama.com
Philippines
Int’l Philippines Marathon
February
Magdalane Gay C. Maddela
The Orchidarium/Butterfly Pavillion,
Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila
Tel: 632 527 6376
Fax: 632 527 6379
Email: cgfi@itextron.com
Inet: www.philippinemarathon.com
*The Subic Marathon
& Half Marathon
January
Samson Ramos Tucay
Police National Training Institute, Camp
Vicente Lim, Calamba, Iaguna
Tel: 049 834 1374
Fax: 049 834 1377
Email: tucaysam@yahoo.com
Inet: www.subicmarathon.com
Poland
Cracovia Marathon
April
Piotr Sokolowski
Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, ul. Eisenberga 2
31-523 Krakow, Poland
Tel: 48 12 411 40 88
Fax: 48 12 4127477
Email: biuro@cracoviamaraton.pl
Inet: www.cracoviamaraton.pl
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
*Poznan Half Marathon
March
Janusz Rajewski
POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznan
Tel: 48 61 835 79 17
Fax: 48 61 835 79 20
Email: info@halfmarathon.poznan.pl
Inet: www.halfmarathon.poznan.pl
Pila Int’l Half Marathon
September
Henryk Paskal
Stowarzysznie Biegow Ulicznych 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
Int’l Torun Marathon/
Stowarzyszenie Maraton Torunski April
Rafal Flis,
87-100 Torun, ul. Mickiewicza 142-4
POLAND
Tel: 48 (56) 471 38 29
Fax: 48 (56) 623 01 62
Email: torunski@maraton.pl
Inet : www.torunski.maraton.pl
Wroclaw Marathon
September
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
mBank Lódz Maraton
Lech Krakowiak
Rudzki Klub Sportowy Ul., Rudzka 37,
93-423 Lódz, Poland
Tel. 48 42 638 25 03
Fax. 48 42 638 25 03
Email: maraton@mbank.pl
Inet: www.maraton.com.pl
Portugal
May
Douro Valley Half Marathon October
Paulo Costa
Rua D. Manuel Vieira de Matos
Poiares, 5050-345 Peso da Régua
Tel/Fax: 351 254 906 814
Email: geral@maratonaportugal.com
Inet: www.douro-valley-marathon.com
EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March
RTP Half Marathon
of Portugal
September
Carlos Moya
B Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas
Branco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 Caxias
Tel: 351 21 441 3182
Fax: 351 21 441 3073
Email: info@douro-valley-marathon.com
Inet: www.meiamaratonadelisboa.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@sapo.pt
Inet: www.Lisbon-marathon.com
Porto Marathon
October
Jorge Teixeira
Rua de Cedofeita, 455-3 Sala 35,
4050-181, Porto
Tel: 351 91 785 0216
Fax: 351 22 030 4726
Email: runporto@sapo.pt
Inet: www.runporto.com
Puerto Rico
World’s Best 10k Road Race
March
Rafael B. Acosta
P.O. Box 2780, Carolina, PR 00984-2780
Tel: 1 787 767 9191 / 767 2000
Fax: 1 787 767 9199 / 763 2000
Email: racosta@ptmpr.com
Inet: www.worldbest10k.com
Republic of
South Africa
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon
Stefanie Schultzen
PO Box 2276, 7740, Cape Town
Tel: 27 21 671 6054
Fax: 27 21 671 8724
Email: pro@twooceansmarathon.org.za
Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za
April
Comrades Marathon
Ms. Renee Smith
18 Connought Road, Scottsville,
Pietermaritzburg, 3201 South Africa
Tel: 27 33 897 8650
Fax: 27 033 0897 8660
Email: renee@comrades.com
Inet: www.comrades.com
Romania
Timisoara Marathon
Atletic Club Maraton
O.P. 1 C.P. 283
300024 Timisoara
Romania
Tel: 40 722 801 440
Email: dumitra@marathon.ro
Inet: www.marathon.ro
Russia
June
October
Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September
Boris Fadeev
18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000
Tel: 7 495 624 0824
Fax: 7 495 624 0824
Email: fond@marafon.msk.ru
Inet: www.marafon.msk.ru
www.maraton.adapt.ru
Novosibirsk Half Marathon September
Alexandr Chepasov
Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001
Tel: 7 383 204 77 68
Fax: 7 383 204 77 22
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: www.sim.omsknet.ru
Zelenograd Half Marathon Sprandi June
Boris Prokop’ev
P.O. Box 140, 124482 Moscow, Zelenograd
Tel/Fax: 7 495 534 62 15
Email: bim@zelnet.ru
Inet: www.bimrun.ru
Rwanda
Kigali 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
Inet: www.kigalimarathon.com
Serbia
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 Marathon
April
Dejan Nikolic
Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade
Tel: 381 11 369 0709
Fax: 381 11 306 5720
Email: office@bgdmarathon.com
Inet: www.bgdmarathon.com
Singapore
Standard Chartered
Singapore Marathon
December
Ms Sheila Sim
230 Stadium Boulevard, Singapore 397799
Tel: 65 6500 5221
Fax: 65 6346 1842
Email: sheila_sim@ssc.gov.sg
Inet: www.singaporemarathon.com
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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
Gojko Zalokar
Timing Ljubljana,
Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel: 386 1 234 8000
Fax: 386 1 234 8005
Email: info@timingljubljana.si
Inet: www.ljubljanskimarathon.si
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Spain
Maraton Expo Zaragoza
El Corte Ingles
September
José Luis Carrera
Avda. De valladolid, 81, 6ª, 28008 Madrid
Tel: 34 91 758 2098
Fax: 34 91 542 6504
Email: info@maratonexpozaragoza2008.es
Inet: www.maratonexpozaragoza2008.es
Marato de Barcelona
March
Bep Sole
Gran via 8-10 6a Planta
Tel: 34 93 431 55 33
Fax: 34 93 422 10 96
Email: bporcar@rpmracing.es
Inet: www.maratobarcelona.com
Maraton San Sebastian
November
Jesus Lopez Jimenez
Federacion Atletica Guipuzcoana,
Paseo Anoeta, 5,
Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia,
San Sebastian, Spain
Tel. 34 943 451 757
Fax. 34 943 453 982
Email: info@maratondonostia.com
Inet: www.maratondonostia.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.imd.sevilla.org
Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz,
Vitoria-Gasteiz
May
Eduardo Martinez Lobera
Pintor Ortiz de Urbina No3, Of. 19
01008 Vitoria
Tel: 34 945 214 278
Fax: 34 945 214 279
Email: info@ascentium.org
Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com
Marathon Popular de Madrid
April
Guillermo J. Jimenez Ramos
Calle Galileo No 74 local VIAJES SANDRA’S
C.P: 28015 Madrid
Tel: 34 91354 03 89
Fax: 34 91365 10 01
Email: vlopez@mapoma.es
Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org
III Mediterranean Marathon October
Josep-Maria Antentas
Regas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN)
Tel: 34 93 725 0461
Fax: 34 93 725 0451
Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.es
Inet: maratodelmediteranni.com
Maratón Popular de Valencia February
Medio Maratòn Ciudad de Valencia November
Paco Borao
Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia
Tel: 34 96 346 0707
Fax: 34 96 346 3635
Email: maraton@correcaminos.org
Inet: www.correcaminos.org
Sri Lanka
Colombo Marathon
October
Mr P.T. Weerasinghe
29 B, S.De S. Jayasinghe Mawathe,
Kalubowila, Dehiwela
Tel: 0094-11-2824500
Fax: 0094-11-2822165
Email: lsrtilak@sltnet.lk
Inet: www.srilankamarathon.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
May
Ulf Saletti
P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm
Tel: 46 8 545 66 440
Fax: 46 8 664 38 22
Email: info@stockholmmarathon.se
Inet: www.stockholmmarathon.se
Stockholm Half Marathon September
Ulf Saletti
Stockholm Marathon organisation, Box 100
23, 100 55 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Tel: 46-8-545 664 40
Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.se
Inet: www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se
Switzerland
Geneve Marathon & Semi Marathon
September
Association Geneve Marathon
Case Postale 6572
1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland
Tel: 41 22 787 0753
Fax: 41 22 787 0750
Email: info@genevemarathon.ch
Inet: www.genevemarathon.ch
Jungfrau Marathon
Richard Umberg
Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243
CH-3800, Interlaken
Tel: 41 33 827 62 90
Fax: 41 33 827 62 05
Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch
Inet:
September
www.jungfrau-marathon.ch
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Lausanne Marathon
Robert Bruchez
Av, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne
Tel: 41 21 806 3016
Fax: 41 21 806 2548
Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com
Inet: www.lausanne-marathon.com
Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos
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:
October
www.alpine-davos.ch
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Zermatt Marathon
Andrea Kummer-Schneider
Postfach 94, CH-3924, St Niklaus
Tel: 41 956 2760
Fax: 41 27 956 2925
Email: info@zermattmarathon.ch
Inet: www.zermattmarathon.ch
Zurich Marathon
Bruno Lafranchi
Postfach 8027, 8036 Zurich
Tel: 41 480 25 57
Fax: 41 480 25 56
Email: info@zurichmarathon.ch
Inet: www.zurichmarathon.ch
Tanzania
July
July
April
*Kilimanjaro Marathon
March
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
Thailand
Standard Chartered
Bangkok Marathon
Songkram Kraisonthi
20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road
Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400
Tel: 66 22 77 6670
Fax: 66 22 77 2567
November
Email: info@amazingfield.org
Inet: www.bkkmarathon.com
Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon
January
Dr. Theera Rittirod
Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002
Tel: 66 43 202 222
Fax: 66 43 202 557
Email: theera@kku.ac.th
Inet: www.khonkaenmarathon.com/th/
Laguna Phuket International Marathon June
Raimund Wellenhofer
Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building
109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,
10500 THAILAND
Tel: 662 236 2921
Fax: 662 237 2321
Email: info@goadventureasia.com
Inet: www.phuketmarathon.com
Trinidad & Tobago
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.sta.uwi.edu/spec
Tunisia
*Sahara 100k Challenge Race
Adriano Zito
Via delle Costellazioni, 118,
41100 Modena, Italy
Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813
Email: info@zitoway.com
Inet:
www.100kmdelsahara.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
March
Turkey
*International Oger Antalya Marathon March
Recep Yavuz
Mehmetcik mah.Aspendos Bulvari
Aspendos is merkezi No. 65 A-B, Antalya
Tel: 90 242 310 4040
Fax: 90 242 321 2565
Email: ryavuz@oger.com.tr
Inet: www.oeger-marathon.com
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon
Ilker Astarci
IBB Spor AS Kaleboyu Cad. 111, Faith
Tel: 90 212 453 3000
Fax: 90 212 621 3848
Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org
Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org
October
Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon
Hayri Ozsut
Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33,
33401 Tarsus
Tel: 90 324 616 3333
Fax: 90 324 616 3307
Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org
Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org
United Arab
Emirates
Standard Chartered
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
*RAK Half Marathon
Nathan Clayton
P.O.Box 282331, Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971 50 347 64 74
Fax: 971 4 399 5678
Email: rd@rakmarathon.org
Inet: www.rakmarathon.org
United States
of America
March
January
February
BAA Boston Marathon
April
Dave McGillivray
Boston Athletic Association
40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116
Tel: 1 617 236 1652
Fax: 1 617 236 4505
Email: mile27registration@baa.org
Inet: www.bostonmarathon.org
*Bass Pro Shops
Springfield Marathon
November
Dean Cheatham
1935 S.Campbell, Springfield, MO 65807, USA
Tel: 1 417 891 5216
Fax: 1 417 882 0072
Email: dcheatham@basspro.com
Inet: www.basspro.com/fitness
*Eugene Marathon and Half
Richard Maher
541 Williamette St, Suite 312, Eugene,
OR 97401, USA
Tel: 1 541 345 2230
Fax: 1 541 345 3227
May
Email: contact@eugenemarathon.com
Inet: www.eugenemarathon.com
Big Sur Half Marathon
on Monterey Bay
Big Sur Int’l Marathon
November
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
Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women
May
George P Regan
USATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy,
NY 12180, USA
Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205
Tel: 1 518 273-0647
Email: george@freihofersrun.com
Inet: www.freihofersrun.com
Honolulu Marathon
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
Lake Tahoe Marathon
Les Wright
2261 Cold Creek Trail,
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Tel: 1 530 544 7095
Fax: 1 484 346 3651
December
September
Email: Leswright@sbcglobal.net
Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com
Maui Marathon & Half
September
Cheryl Bouillon/Bill Burke
c/o Valley Isle Road Runners Club
P. O. Box 330099
Kahululi,HI, USA 96733
Email: officer@virr.com
Inet: www.mauimarathon.com
*Maui Ocean Front Marathon
Les Wright
2480 S. Kihei #28, Kihei, Maui, HI 96753
Tel: 1 808 344 3651
Fax: 1 530 452 2844
Email: leswright@sbcglobal.net
Inet: www.mauioceanfrontmarathon.com
January
Las Vegas Marathon
and Half Marathon
December
Al Boka - overseas coordinator
9817 Royal Lamb Drive, Las Vegas, N, 89145
Tel: 1 702 809 2620
Fax: 1 702 255 5492
Email: alboka@aol.com
Inet: www.lvmarathon.com
Marine Corps Marathon
October
Rick Nealis
3399 Russell Road, Quantico, Virginia 22134
Tel: 1 703 432 8022
Fax: 1 703 784 2265
Email: kimberly@usmc.mil
Inet: www.marinemarathon.com
New Jersey Marathon
May
Art Castellano
74 Pemberton Ave, Oceanport, NJ 07757,
Tel: 1 732 578 1771
Fax: 1 732 578 1771
Email: racedirector@njmarathon.org
Inet: www.njmarathon.org
Philadelphia Marathon
November
Michael Thompson
9 King Charles Dr.
Londonderry, NH 03053
Tel: 1 617 212-2928
Fax: 1 215 683-2094
Email: eagleevents@comcast.com
Inet: www.philadelphiamarathon.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
August
PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: 1 415 814 2823
Fax: 1 415 276 4179
Email: info@runsfm.com
Inet: www.runsfm.com
University Washington Medical Center
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
Twin Cities Marathon
October
Virginia Brophy Achman
4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2,
Minneapolis, MN55422
Tel: 1 763 287 3888
Fax: 1 763 287 3889
Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.org
Inet: www.twincitiesmarathon.org
Virginia Mason Team Medicine
Marathon at Seafair
July
Jared Loranger
2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206 965 8837
Fax: 206 728 9506
Email: mike@seafair.com
Inet: www.seafairmarathon.com
Virgin Islands
St Croix Int'l Marathon
January
Wallace Williams
P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, US
Virgin Islands 00822
Tel: 1 340 643 2557
Fax: 1 340 773 5327
Email: wallacewilliams@msn.com
Inet: www.virginislandspace.org
Zimbabwe
Africa University International
Peace Marathon
July
Chenjerai Tanyongana
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare
Tel: 263 20 60026/75
Fax: 263 20 61785
Email: ausport@africau.ac.zw
Inet: www.africau.ed
*Victoria Falls Marathon & Half August
John Addison
PO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa
Tel: 27 11 702 2035
Fax: 27 11 468 1655
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com
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