SEPTEMBER 2008 – Distance Running - Distance Running magazine

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
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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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