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News 

AIMS News 

President’s message; New members; 

Executives’ contact details; AIMS Children’s 

Series; Back to the roots; AIMS/Citizen 

World’s Fastest Time Award; 

Ted Corbitt, running pioneer; AIMS/ASICS 

Athlete of the Year Award 7 

IAAF News 

President’s message; Diary; Executives’ contact 

details; 2nd IAAF World Road Race Championships; 

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Calendar of events 

Official listings for AIMS events 44 

Results 

Worldwide race reports and pictures 48 

World leading times 

The latest top times for men and women 

at 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 72 

Race contact details 

AIMS member races with full contact details 78 

Features 

A fairy tale marathon 

H C Andersen Marathon, Denmark. 21 

A royal event 

Royal Victoria Marathon, Canada. 27 

Getting better all the time 

27th ANA Beijing International 

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Opinion 

From then to now 40 

Opinion 

A class of his own 41 

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EXECUTIVES 

President 

Hiroaki Chosa, 

Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations, 

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Honorary Vice President 

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AIMS Children’s Series 

The final event in the AIMS 

Children's Series 2007 was again 

held in conjunction with the Great 

Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa. It 

had been scheduled for 8 September 

to coincide with the Ethiopian 

Millennium celebrations, but at the 

late request of the Government was 

put back to the regular date, the last 

weekend in November. 

There were four Children's races 

held on 24 November: unders 8s and 

under 11s for both girls and boys, 

but children as young as three took 

part, alongside their parents or 

brothers and sisters. Each race was 

over a 1km out-and-back course 

which started and finished in Meskel 

Square, a huge semi-circular space 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Hiroaki Chosa 

I wish all AIMS member races, runners and supporters the very best for 

the coming Olympic year, 2008. 

The AIMS Congress held in Xiamen, China, at the end of March 2007 

gave us a foretaste of the spirit that will prevail at the Beijing Olympics. 

We were very impressed with the technical preparations and also with the 

enthusiasm with which the Chinese people are taking to the Olympics 

and other flagship sporting events. 

At the Xiamen Congress several constitutional changes were made which 

we believe will better enable AIMS to tackle issues in a proactive manner, 

not least of which is the continuing strong growth of our Association. 

The membership made several constitutional changes that we believe will 

prepare us for future challenges, including the stabilisation of AIMS’ 

finances through effective marketing of the Association’s unique 

positioning within the world of distance running. New Board members 

elected in Xiamen included the first female member of the Board for 

many years, and a representative for Asia, where the upsurge in 

participation in running events is still gathering pace. 

Runners themselves have also been impressively building up towards 

Beijing. World records have fallen in the men’s half marathon (twice), the 

men’s Marathon, and the women’s half marathon. These were glorious 

performances, recognized by IAAF and, specifically, by the AIMS/Citizen 

World Fastest Time Awards. 

We look forward to exciting new developments in 2008... 

with raked terraces remniscent of an 

amphitheatre. 

Presentations were made by Race 

Patron Haile Gebrselassie, Mary 

Wittenberg (race director of the New 

York City Marathon) and Tim 

Clarke (the outgoing European 

Union Ambassador). Apart from 

medals, T-shirts, snacks and drinks 

for all the first few finishers in each 

race won shoes and bags, in an 

initiative funded by charitable efforts 

of the Tokyo Marathon, initiated by 

ASICS. Ethiopian airlines also 

provided a race souvenir. 

Race director Richard Nerurkar 

commented "I think this event is 

here to stay" 

New AIMS Members 

■ The Society of Torun Marathon has been 

staged in the Polish city for the last 26 years, 

attracting 533 runners, including 15 foreign runners 

from nine countries. Race records are held by 

Janusz Wojcik (2:13:55) and Aniela Nikiel (2:35:02). 

■ The Hangzhou International Marathon, 

recently held for the 20th time (see Results 

section), attracts 4000 male and 3000 female 

runners, among whom are 300 foreign runners 

representing 13 countries. Records stand to Wu 

YinShi at 2:16:59 and Liu Nian at 2:40:49 

■ The Pardubice Wine Marathon has been held 

for the last seven years, attracting 450 men and 

100 women, with 50 runners coming from eight 

foreign countries. Course records stand at 1:03:19 

and 1:13:03 

■ The Stockholm Half Marathon (SWE), held 

for the last 25 years, attracts a field of 4600 men 

and 600 women, including 550 foreign runners 

from 12 countries, and will next be held on 6 

September 2008. Alfred Shemweta and Lena 

Gavelin hold the course records at 1:04:29 and 

1:13:09 respectively. 

■ The Rijeka Half Marathon (CRO) has been 

held at the beginning of October for the last five 

years, with 180 runners including 50 foreign 

participants from five countries. Course records 

are held by Roman Kezjar (SLO) at 1:05:24 and 

Lucija Kimani (BIH) at 1:15:32 

■ On 21 October the Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju 

International Marathon (KOR) hosted the its 

first international field since 1997 on a course that 

circumnavigated the historic city. Altogether 

more than 10,000 runners took part, with Edwin 

Komen and Sun Suk Yoon first home in 2:09:44 

and 2:35:53 respectively. 

■ The Terwamarathon (FIN), held for the last 

19 years, attracts a field of 277 men and 79 

women, including 30 foreign runners from 9 

countries, and will next be held on 24 April 

2008. Course records stand at 2:27:59 for men 

and 2:50:28 for women. 

Associate Members 

■ To be held for the first time next May, the 

Bangalore World 10km (IND) is promoted by 

the organisers of the Standard Chartered Mumbai 

Marathon and the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon. 

■ The Lago Maggiore Half Marathon offers a 

fast course around the famously beautiful shores 

of the Italian lake. 

n Held once before the Kinmen Marathon (TPE) 

takes place on 13 January 2008 and also offers a 

supporting half marathon event 

■ The Taroko Int'l Marathon (TPE) and an 

associated Half Marathon event have been held 

in November for the last eight years, attracting 

7500 men and 2500 women, among whom 500 

foreigners come from 12 countries 

■ The Subic Marathon & Half Marathon, to be 

held for the third time on 20 January in the 

Philippines, 2008 attracts 3000 men and 2500 

women. 

■ The Unicef Charity Half Marathon and 10km 

(HKG) has been held for the last two years in 

early December (see Results section) with 1600 

men and 600 women participating 

■ The 10km Int’l Costa Rica (CRC) is a sister 

event to the Costa Rica International Maathon, 

and will be held for the first time on 28 

September 2008. 

■ To be held for the first time on 9 November, 

the Marathon des Alpes Maritimes Cannes- 

Nice (FRA) is a sister event to the Nice 

International Half Marathon. 

January – March 2008 

7

Back to the roots 

The birthplace of the classical 

race, the village of Marathon in 

Greece, was the venue for the first 

AIMS Marathon Symposium, on 3 

November. The symposium was a 

cooperative effort between AIMS, 

IAAF, the Athens Classic 

Marathon, the Greek Athletic 

Federation SEGAS, and the city of 

Marathon. It is intended to hold 

the symposium annually. 

"It is the aim of the marathon to 

bring together people from all 

over the world to a festival of 

sport and fair play," said Michalis 

Liapis, Minister of Culture for 

Greece, at the opening ceremony 

at the tomb of the Marathon 

warriors. IAAF General Secretary 

Pierre Weiss said that there could 

not have been a better venue for 

the Symposium, especially in 

connection with the Athens 

Classic Marathon, which took 

place the following day. "This is 

the birthplace of sport and of the 

Olympic Games. So the IAAF 

happily supports the AIMS 

Symposium. Without the work of 

AIMS in the past 25 years the 

marathon would not be what it is 

today." 

At the Symposium Yannis 

Theodorakopoulos, Greek TV 

Sports Journalist and Mayor of 

Pefki, and the former international 

runner Maria Polizou, who still 

holds the Greek marathon record, 

recalled the historic roots of the 

marathon. Hugh Jones, former 

world-class marathon runner and 

present AIMS secretary, spoke 

about the tremendous 

development of marathon running 

in the past 30 years, from events 

of a few dozen runners with only 

cows for spectators to TV 

spectaculars with a cast of 

thousands which take over world 

cities for the day (see Opinion 

article. p40). He also referred to 

the enormous recent growth of 

running in Asia. 

A main topic of the symposium 

was the economic impact of road 

races. "Analysing a marathon race 

in terms of economics one has to 

conclude that these races are 

highly attractive," said Wolfgang 

Maennig, who is a professor in 

economy science at the University 

of Hamburg. "Back in 1998 we 

found that the economic impact of 

the Berlin Marathon was 25 

million Euros. Today's figures are 

much higher. Boston in 2003 is 

said to have had an impact of 

US$74 million while the figure for 

the New York City Marathon is 

even greater." 

Horst Milde, the man who 

developed the Berlin Marathon 

and who acted as Chairman of the 

Symposium organising committee, 

stated: "An important aspect for 

our future development is to 

motivate young people to start 

running. Races must think about 

this and include children's 

competitions." 

Timothy Kilduff from the Boston 

Marathon stressed that race 

organisers should also think about 

"media coverage, especially TV, 

the internet and Charity Running. 

Ted Corbitt, running pioneer 

Ted Corbitt, a pioneer in methods 

of both long distance training and 

the measurement of road race 

courses, has passed away at the 

age of 88. 

Born in South Carolina in 1919 

Corbitt's family grew corn 

and cotton. Growing up with 

farm duties from an early age, he 

developed a tough, wiry physique 

and strong work disipline. In the 

segregated society of the time, he 

had to get to school on foot - 

and discovered the joys of 

running. After his family moved 

to Ohio he competed in high 

school meets and then at the 

University of Cincinnati, where he 

earned a Masters degree. In 1950, 

after marriage and qualification 

as a physical therapist, he 

resolved to run the Boston 

Marathon, preparing himself 

according to what he could find 

out about the legendary Emil 

Zatopek's training methods. "I 

used a lot of the resistance 

exercises that were a part of 

physical therapy treatment to 

build up my legs" he said. He 

also used Zatopek’s "interval" 

sessions for speed endurance and 

long, slow runs for stamina. 

In the 1951 Boston Marathon 

he placed 15th but the following 

year he made the Olympic 

Marathon team. It was the 

Helsinki Games, in which 

Zatopek won 5000m 10000m and 

marathon in Olympic record 

times. His success redoubled 

Corbitt's resolve and his training 

leapt to between 200-300 miles a 

week. Corbitt set US records for 

ROSA MOTA (LEFT) AND ABEL ANTON 

(RIGHT) HOLD A REPLICA OF THE CUP 

AWARDED TO 1896 OLYMPIC MARATHON 

WINNER SPIRIDON LOUIS, ASSISTED BY 

AIMS VICE-PRESIDENT PACO BORAO 

(LEFT) AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIMS 

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISING COMMITTEE 

HORST MILDE (RIGHT). THE MAYOR OF 

MARATHON, SPYROS ZAGARIS, IS 

SECOND FROM RIGHT. 

But whatever you do, you always 

have to be respectful to the 

runners". 

"Today marathon is a way of 

life," said the Mayor of 

Marathon, Spiros Zagaris, who 

had been very eager and 

supportive to stage stage this 

symposium and also had been the 

key figure behind the opening of a 

new marathon museum in his 

town. Among those invited for 

the marathon weekend were 

former World Champions Abel 

Anton (Spain/1997 in Athens and 

1999 in Seville) and Rosa Mota 

(Portugal/1987 in Rome), who 

also became the Olympic 

Champion in 1988 and who won 

the first ever marathon 

championship for women over the 

Marathon to Athens course back 

in 1982. 

25 miles on the track, the 

marathon, 40 miles, 50 miles and 

100 miles - this last at the age of 

50. He won US and Canadian 

Marathon Championships 

but retired from serious 

competition in 1974 after a bout 

of bronchitis, although 

he continued to run marathons 

and ultra races. In 2001, aged 82, 

he walked 303 miles in a six-day 

competition. 

But Corbitt left his greatest 

mark in administration of his 

sport. He was the first president 

of the Road Runners Club of 

America, and co-founder of the 

New York Road Runners Club. 

He was formative in shaping 

masters' competition and in 

developing reliable methods of 

measuring road race courses. 

AIMS/Citizen 

World’s Fastest 

Time Award 

Haile Gebrselassie was 

presented with the 

AIMS/Citizen World’s Fastest 

Time Award on 23 November 

2007, at the Great Ethiopian 

Run pre-race press conference 

at the Sheraton Hotel, Addis 

Ababa for his World Record 

performance (2:04:26) at this 

year’s Berlin Marathon on 30 

September. Haile received the 

AIMS/CITIZEN WORLD’S 

FASTEST TIME AWARD from 

Mary Wittenberg of the New 

York City Marathon. 

This time is the fastest time 

ever run for the marathon 

distance, and is recognised by 

both AIMS and IAAF 

(International Association of 

Athletics Federations). 

AIMS President Hiroaki 

Chosa comments: “It is with 

pleasure that we recognise this 

achievement of Haile 

Gebrselassie. Ethiopia is a 

country greatly respected 

throughout the rest of the 

World for producing some of 

the finest athletes ever seen. 

Haile is now officially the 

fastest man in the World over 

the marathon distance.” 

Haile Gebrselassie remarked, 

“This is really wonderful. I 

want to say thank you to 

AIMS and IAAF.Thank you 

also to Citizen for giving me 

this award from my race in 

Berlin. I am so happy to 

receive this award." 



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10 Distance Running January – March 2008

AIMS/ASICS 

Athlete of the Year Award 

Lornah Kiplagat was presented with 

the AIMS/ASICS Golden Shoe award 

at the Seven Hills Race in Nijmegen 

(NED) on 18 November. The award 

recognises her as the World’s top 

female road runner. 

Lornah received the top award in 

world road racing from AIMS 

representative Wim Verhoorn. A 

dominant figure on the road, the 

track and the turf, Lornah. has won 

the World Road Running 

Championships for two successive 

years, and in between these 

victories scored an empghatic win 

in the World Cross Country 

Championships. 

AIMS President Hiroaki Chosa 

comments: “Lornah is one of the 

World’s most talented female 

runners of our time. She has 

worked very hard for many years to 

reach the very top of her sport. She 

is a credit to the sport investing 

much of her prize money winnings 

into funding a High Altitude 

Training Centre in Kenya for 

promising young athletes.” 

Lornah Kiplagat remarked: “I am 

delighted to accept this prestigious 

award. It is always an honour to 

have your performances recognised 

and it is particularly pleasing to 

receive an award where over 80 

countries around the world have 

been involved in the nomination 

process. I feel greatly honoured.” 

The Next Edition Of Distance 

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April 2008, Covering Races 

Held From 31 December 2007- 

31 March 2008. The 

Advertising And Editorial 

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IAAF President 

Lamine Diack (SEN) 

IAAF Council 

Sergey Bubka (UKR) 

Vice President 

Robert Hersh (USA) 


Sebastian Coe (GBR) 


Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) 


Jean Poczobut (FRA), 

Honorary Treasurer 

Pierre Weiss 

General Secretary 

Members 

Bill Bailey (AUS), 

Oceania Representative 

Valentin Balakhnichev (RUS) 

Leonard Chuene (RSA), 

Africa Representative 

Helmut Digel (GER) 

Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 

Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA), 

South America Representative 

Abby Hoffman (CAN) 

Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB) 

Suresh Kalmadi (IND), 

Asia Representative 

Ilkka Kanerva (FIN) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN) 

Chaoyi Luo (CHN) 

Teddy McCook (JAM), 

North and Central America 

and Caribbean Representative 

César Moreno Bravo (MEX) 

José Maria Odriozola (ESP) 

Jung-Ki Park (KOR) 

Anna Riccardi (ITA) 

Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH) 

Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN) 

Hansjörg Wirz (SUI), 

Europe Representative 

IAAF Road Running 

Commission Chairman 

Otto Klappert 

Platanenallee 7, 59425 Unna, Germany 

Fax: 49 2303 21233 

Email: o.klappert@gmx.de 

Members 

David Bedford 

London Marathon 

115 Southwark Street, 

London SE1 0JF, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0200 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Carlos Cardoso 

Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2, 

1699 Lisbon, Portugal 

Fax: 351 1 795 4288 

Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt 

Hiroaki Chosa 

C/o Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 


Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Nawal El Moutawakel 

5 rue Ile Tasmanie 

Ain Diab, Casablanca, Morocco 

Tel: 212 22 948 261 

Fax: 212 22 948 358 

Email: nawal.el-moutawakel@cm.iaaf.org 

Paco Borao 

AIMS Vice-President 

Hugh Jones 

AIMS Secretary 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Lamine Diack 

2007 was marked by positive new developments in our relationship 

with AIMS and with the world of Distance Running in general. 

The newly established IAAF Road Running Commission, which held 

its first meeting in June 2007 includes amongst its members three 

representatives of the board of AIMS: Hiroaki Chosa, the President of 

AIMS, Francisco (Paco) Borao, the vice-president of AIMS and the 

AIMS General Secretary, Hugh Jones. This representation of AIMS 

and its 240 member races will, I am certain, help us to formulate 

along with the other members of the Commission, new ways of 

bringing the road running community around the world and the IAAF 

closer together. 

One of the first recommendations of the Commission, which has been 

adopted by Council, is the introduction of IAAF Labels for road races. 

The IAAF Gold and Silver Labels for Road Races recognise the 

enormous efforts that are made by race organisers around the world 

and we believe that the high standards that are required to achieve 

both will be something to which all races will aspire. 

Just like our athletes – be they elite athletes or fun-runners - we all 

strive to improve as best we can. We believe that introducing the IAAF 

Labels will give races further incentives to continue to better the level 

of services that they offer their participants, engage stronger elite fields 

and do everything that they can to increase the exposure of their event 

through the international media. 

I assure you of the continuing efforts of the IAAF to support and 

promote road running and all other areas of athletics and wish all of 

you a happy and successful 2008. 

14 October 2007 

2nd IAAF World Road Race 

Championships, 21.1Km Udine, Italy. 

King of the hill 

The steep-sided hill on which Udine Castle 

stands imposingly provided a colourful 

backdrop to the finishing straight of the 

IAAF World Road Running Championships in 

Udine’s Piazza 1st Maggio writes Chris 

Turner. Hundreds of flag waving Eritrean 

fans, who had travelled the 650km from the 

large national ex-pat community which is 

situated in Rome, packed its grassy banks, 

exuberantly celebrating each time the men’s 

leading pack came into their view. 

The noise they made was even loud enough 

on occasions to drown out the sound of the 

rock music which pounded away to the 

rhythm of the runners to keep the crowd 

entertained during the three-lap race. 

Eritrea’s World Road Running champion 

Zersenay Tadese who retained his title, summedup 

the inspiring atmosphere. “It felt like the 

whole of Eritrea was running with me.” 

Taking advantage of ideal conditions and a 

fast three-lap course, the race was quick 

from the start. A lead group of eight went 

through 5km in 13:55. Past 10km (27:35) 

Tadese and Ethiopia's Deriba Merga ran 

stride for side with Patrick Makau and 

Evans Cheruiyot a step or two behind. 

These four passed 15km in 41:34, just five 

seconds shy of Sammy Wanjiru's world 

record for the distance set earlier this year. 

Cheruiyot then dropped back a few metres 

but worked his way back to rejoin the 

leading three at 20km (56:13), just as the 

25-year-old Eritrean made his decisive 

break. 

Tadese had made the pace throughout most 

of the race but changed his tacics after 

passing 15km. “The race had to slow” he 

RESULT 

MEN: 

1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 58:59 

2 Patrick Makau MUSYOKI KEN 59:02 

3 Evans Kiprop CHERUIYOT KEN 59:05 

4 Deriba MERGA ETH 59:16 

5 Yonas KIFLE ERI 59:30 

6 Dieudonné DISI RWA 59:32 

7 Marilson DOS SANTOS BRA 59:33 

8 Dickson Marwa MKAMI TAN 1:00:24 

9 Atsushi SATO JPN 1:00:25 

10 Cuthbert NYASANGO ZIM 1:00:26 

TEAMS: 

1 Kenya 2:58:54 

2 Eritrea 2:59:08 

3 Ethiopia 3:01:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 1:06:25 

2 Mary Jepkosgei KEITANY KEN 1:06:48 

3 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 1:08:06 

4 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 1:08:07 

5 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:08:29 

6 Everline K KIMWEI KEN 1:08:39 

7 Chisato OSAKI JPN 1:08:56 

8 Luminita TALPOS ROM 1:09:01 

9 Alice Jemeli TIMBILILI KEN 1:09:09 

10 Alina GHERASIM ROM 1:09:14 

TEAMS: 

1 Kenya 3:23:33 

2 Ethiopia 3:25:51 

3 Japan 3:27:39 


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said afterwards. “There were still 

three with me and no one was 

prepared to help. So I decided to 

wait. I dropped back and planned 

to go again with 1km to go”. 

When it came, the ferocity of his 

attack left the others stranded. 

Tadese surged down the slope into 

the Piazza 1 Maggio with a clear 

lead and 500m to run. Patrick 

Makau launched an attack at 300m 

that saw him rapidly close down 

the gap. Tadese, sensing the danger, 

responded to Makau and to the 

crowd of 200 or so jubilantly 

waving green, red and blue Eritrean 

flags from Udine’s Castle Hill. 

Tadese joined an exclusive group of 

sub-59 minute performers over the 

distance and became only the second 

man, after Paul Tergat, to defend his 

title. World record holder Wanjiru, 

in his debut for Kenya, had raced to 

the front at the start but then 

struggled. Running with a knee 

injury, the fast early pace took its 

toll. A distant eighth and 18 seconds 

behind at 10km, he eventually 

crossed the line 51st, clocking 

1:03:31. A total of 17 runners 

bettered 61 minutes. Despite 

Tadese’s individual win the Kenyan 

team managed to overcome the team 

challenge from the Eritreans by a 

slender 14-second margin. 

Back in the fast lane 

Holland's Lornah Kiplagat bested her performance of last year at the same 

Championships in Debrecen (HUN) to improve her 20km World record to 

1:02:57. She went on to complete the half marathon distance in 1:06:25, 

beating Elana Meyer's 1999 figures from the Tokyo Half Marathon by 19 

seconds. 

Yet only three months earlier 

everything had looked very different 

for the 33 year old Kenyan-born 

road running champion, as a leg 

injury had forced her out of the 

London 10km and prevented her 

from competing in the World 

Championships in Athletics. 

“I never panicked when I got injured 

but it was my coach and husband 

Pieter Langerhorst who gave me the 

confidence to go for it. I had doubts 

but he reassured me and without that 

I would not have had the faith to 

have run so well today.” 

Kiplagat led from the start but at 

about 8km Kenya's Mary Keitany 

had the temerity to challenge her 

and pulled ahead to lead by a few 

seconds. Kiplagat was slow to 

respond but gathered her strength. 

They were together at 10km, passing 

through in 33:10 and she pushed 

ahead from about 13km. It took her 

a while to shake off the tenacious 

Keitany, who was still only three 

seconds down at 15km. Thereafter 

Kiplagat gradually pulled away to a 

23-second win, which could have 

been more but for celebrations 

before the finish line. “I realised the 

record was possible with 4km to go” 

she said afterwards. Keitany finished 

just outside the old record in 

1:06:48, improving the Kenyan 

national record by a single second. 

Pamela Chepchumba ran a personal 

best for the bronze medal and along 

with Everline Kimwei in 6th place 

ensured an emphatic team victory 

for Kenya. In fourth place Bezunesh 

Bekele lowered Berhane Adere's 

Ethiopian national record by 10 

seconds and of the top 20 finishers, 

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Edinburgh set for 

2008 World Cross 

2008 

30 March: 

IAAF World Cross 

Country Championships 

Edinburgh, Great Britain 

15-24 August: 

XXIX Olympic Games 

Beijing, China 

12 October: 

3rd IAAF World Road 

Running Championships 

Rio de Janeiro, Bazil 

The 36th IAAF World Cross Country 

Championships take place in 

Holyrood Park, Edinburgh on 30 

March 2008, marking the 30th 

anniversary of the last World Cross 

Country Championships to be 

hosted in Scotland, held in 

Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in 1978. 

The continuing popularity of cross 

country is indicated by Edinburgh 

playing host to a record number of 

countries from every continent – and 

a crowd of up to 10,000 - in the 

weekend’s showcase event, shown 

live by BBC television. 

VisitScotland spokesman, Ben Carter, 

said; “Edinburgh provides a 

breathtaking backdrop and skyline 

for the cross country championships. 

Edinburgh is a beautiful city with 

superb facilities”. 

Edinburgh staged the European 

Cross Country Championships at the 

Holyrood Park venue in 2003, an 

event which is still widely regarded 

as being the best ever in the 20 year 

history of that event. This helped to 

create a lasting legacy for cross 

country running in Scotland. 

IAAF ROAD RACE LABELS 2008 

RACE NAME COUNTRY DATE 

IAAF GOLD LABEL ROAD RACES 2008 

Xiamen International Marathon..............................................................CHN................................05.01.2008 

World's Best 10K Race...................................................................................PUR ...............................24.02.2008 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon....................................................................POR ................................16.03.2008 

Marathon International de Paris...............................................................FRA...............................06.04.2008 

Flora London Marathon ...............................................................................GBR ................................13.04.2008 

BAA Boston Marathon..................................................................................USA ................................21.04.2008 

real,- Berlin-Marathon...................................................................................GER ...............................08.09.2008 

RTP Half Marathon of Portugal ................................................................POR................................28.09.2008 

LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon...............................................................USA .................................12.10.2008 

Beijing International Marathon................................................................CHN .................................19.10.2008 

Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon.................................................................IND .................................19.10.2008 

ING New York City Marathon...................................................................USA .................................02.11.2008 

IAAF SILVER LABEL ROAD RACES 2008 

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon................................................IND................................20.01.2008 

Osaka Intl Ladies Marathon.........................................................................JPN.................................27.01.2008 

Ohme Marathon ...............................................................................................JPN ...............................03.02.2008 

Tokyo Marathon................................................................................................JPN.................................17.02.2008 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon.....................................................................JPN ...............................02.03.2008 

Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon ...........................................................JPN................................03.03.2008 

Nagoya Intl Women's Marathon ................................................................JPN................................09.03.2008 

Fortis City-Pier-City Run .............................................................................NED.................................15.03.2008 

Maratona Città di Roma ................................................................................ITA ................................16.03.2008 

Seoul International Marathon ..................................................................KOR ................................16.03.2008 

Hervis Prague Half Marathon .....................................................................CZE................................29.03.2008 

Turin Marathon...................................................................................................ITA ................................13.04.2008 

Fortis Rotterdam Marathon.......................................................................NED ................................13.04.2008 

Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon ....................................JPN...............................20.04.2008 

Maraton de Madrid..........................................................................................ESP................................27.04.2008 

Conergy Marathon Hamburg .....................................................................GER................................27.04.2008 

Maratona S.Antonio Padova.........................................................................ITA................................27.04.2008 

Volkswagen Prague Marathon ....................................................................CZE .................................11.05.2008 

Course Féminine de Casablanca.............................................................MAR ................................18.05.2008 

MDS Nordion 10K ..........................................................................................CAN................................24.05.2008 

ING Ottawa Marathon.................................................................................CAN................................25.05.2008 

Freihofer's Run for Women ........................................................................USA................................01.06.2008 

Hokkaido Marathon ........................................................................................JPN................................07.09.2008 

Tilburg Ladies Run..........................................................................................NED................................07.09.2008 

Tilburg Ten Miles.............................................................................................NED................................07.09.2008 

Fortis Half Marathon Rotterdam.............................................................NED ................................14.09.2008 

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon........................................CAN................................28.09.2008 

Turin Half Marathon ........................................................................................ITA................................28.09.2008 

Ford Köln Marathon.......................................................................................GER ................................05.10.2008 

ING Brussels Marathon ..................................................................................BEL ................................05.10.2008 

ING Amsterdam Marathon ........................................................................NED .................................19.10.2008 

Classique Internationale Marseille-Cassis............................................FRA ................................26.10.2008 

Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon..............................................GER ................................26.10.2008 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon .........................................................................KOR .................................02.11.2008 

Athens Classic Marathon.............................................................................GRE .................................09.11.2008 

Athens 10 KM....................................................................................................GRE .................................09.11.2008 

Tokyo Intl Women's Marathon ...................................................................JPN ..................................16.11.2008 

Fortis Zevenheuvelenloop..........................................................................NED ..................................16.11.2008 

Tutta Dritta Torino ...........................................................................................ITA.................................07.12.2008 

Fukuoka Intl Open Marathon Champs....................................................JPN.................................07.12.2008 


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A fairy tale marathon 

H C Andersen Marathon, Denmark. 

SEPTEMBER 

23 

2007 

By Bjarke Vestesen 

The first time a runner completes a 

marathon is like a fairy tale come 

true. After so many kilometres the 

pain is replaced with the ultimate 

joy, the enthusiasm and the rush of 

victory experienced in running the 

last hundred metres before the 

finish line. 

My fairly tale came true in the H.C. 

Andersen Marathon, my first 

marathon ever. The race is named 

after the famous Danish author 

Hans Christian Andersen, who was 

born more than 200 years ago and 

whose books have been translated 

into more than 100 languages. The 

race takes place in the city of 

Odense, where he grew up and 

wrote many of his most successful 

stories like The Ugly Duckling, The 

Emperor’s New Clothes and The 

Little Mermaid. 

The H.C. Andersen Marathon was 

held for the first time in the year 

2000. Since then it has been held 

every September, with an ever 

growing number of participants. 

More than 3000 runners from 28 

nations competed in the 2007 race, 

which incorporated the Danish 

Marathon Championships. A 

separate women-only half marathon 

was held as part of the event. 

Participants ranged from 

professional elite runners to 

amateur marathon debutants, to 

runners dressed up as characters 

from Andersen’s fairy tales. I 

approached this marathon after 

several months of preparation with 

long and short runs following a 

sports injury. At the age of 42 and 

with many half marathons behind 

me it was now or never. Anxiety 

grew in me leading up to the race, 

although I was eager to try the 

marathon distance. When the 

starting signal finally sounded it 

was a fantastic feeling to have 

defied my own scepticism. 

I chose this marathon because it is 

one of the flattest marathons in 

Denmark. This makes it a good 

debut race or if you are going for a 

fast time. The route takes you 

through beautiful parts of Odense, 

Denmark’s third largest city, 

crossing back and forth between 

suburbia, the city centre, the 

harbour, and back to the city 

centre. The race starts and finishes 

at the University of Southern 

Denmark and has refreshment 

stations every 2.5km. 

Spectators cheer the runners on in 

many places along the course. A 

good, supportive audience was 

crucial for me in finishing the race 

after having completed most of the 

The race takes place 

in the city of Odense, where 

Hans Christian Andersen grew up 

and wrote many of his most 

successful stories 

harrowing distance. The biggest 

challenge is the tunnel in the city 

centre between 35-36km. The road 

out of the tunnel is merciless and 

many choose to slow to a walk up 

the incline. 

But the race is much more than just 

a marathon. For the locals it is a 

city festival with lots of 

entertainment along the route. 

Music has always accompanied the 

marathon. All along the route 

orchestras give small concerts and 

loudspeakers are put in the street to 

entertain the weary runners as they 

pass. On one corner a rock band is 

placed to make sure the runners can 

hear them for as long as possible. In 

another place the Odense Postal 

Orchestra and the Odense 

Marching Band give us an extra 

fanfare. Just as the crisis is at its 

worst, when your legs hurt the 

most and all your energy is spent; 

suddenly there is a samba band 

with inciting, exotic music that 

cannot fail to make you feel good. 

Somehow the samba rhythms are 

transferred to our bodies and we 

are sent on our way towards the 

finish - always fighting our inner 

demons. The last kilometre is a 

constant battle to move your legs 

towards the finish line. 

Across the field I can see the finish 

area by the University. Even at a 

distance I can already hear the 

cheering, but it still seems impossibly 

far away. Again and again I visualise 

crossing the finish line, but there is 

still 300m to go. I think people have 

already spotted me, I can hear them 

cheering and applauding. Now it is 

just 100m to the finish line. My 

name is announced over the loud 

speaker, and I put on a final spurt to 

cross the beeping chip timing mats 

and have a medal thrown around my 

neck. 

In that very second all the pain is 

forgotten. It is like flying or 

walking on water, even if I can 

hardly stand. The same chip on my 

shoe that tells me that my time is 

four hours and 12 minutes has also 

allowed my friends and family to 

follow my split times at home on 

the computer as I passed through 

the timing points every 10km. It is 

far from the winning time of the 


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RESULT 

MEN: 

1 Jonah KEMBOI KEN 2:15:05 

2 Philip BANDAWE ZIM 2:15:27 

3 William KIPROTICH KEN 2:17:43 

4 Andrej TOPTUN UKR 2:18:03 

5 Julias MUTAI KEN 2:21:56 

6 Soren PALSHOJ DEN 2:21:59 

7 Steen PETERSEN DEN 2:23:09 

8 Thomas SONDERGAARD DEN 2:23:26 

9 Jeppe FARSOHT DEN 2:26:13 

10 Alexey KHOKHLOV RUS 2:28:16 

race but it is my personal victory as 

it is for everybody else who finishes 

– no matter how fast or slow they 

have been. 

Just like in many of Hans Christian 

Andersen’s fairy tales my personal 

fairy tale ends well. I have 

completed my first marathon ever 

in the city where Andersen was 

born. The ugly duckling has 

become a beautiful swan and the 

tin soldier has gotten his princess. 

I get a beautiful medal with a 

portrait of the old poet in memory 

of my first fantastic marathon. It 

will definitely not be the last! 

WOMEN: 

1 Irina SONGERLAYNEN RUS 2:42:15 

2 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:43:48 

3 Agnieszka LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:45:39 

4 Lotta SINCLAIR SWE 2:47:36 

5 Olga GONCHARENKO UKR 2:48:53 

6 Margrethe LOGAVLEN NOR 2:51:25 

7 Lene K DUUS DEN 2:57:12 

8 Tove BRODERSEN DEN 3:12:45 

9 Mia SORENSEN DEN 3:15:17 

10 Christina NIELSEN DEN 3:16:04 

WOMEN-ONLY HALF MARATHON 

1 Agnes MUTUNE DEN 1:17:44 

2 Pauline NJERY DEN 1:17:46 

3 Anne-mette AAGAARD DEN 1:19:41 

For the locals the race 

is a city festival with lots of 

entertainment along the route 

RACE CONTACT DETAILS 

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 

Full race contact listings start on page 78 


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MISTROVSTVÍ ČR V PŮLMARATONU 

HALF-MARATHON CZECH REPUBLIC CHAMPIONSHIP 

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PARDUBICE WINE HALF-MARATHON 

through the town streets, under auspices 

of the provost of Pardubice 

Starting fee - 10 € 

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April, 19th, 2008 

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folk run, in-line, interesting attendant program 

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each runner will obtain medal, T-shirt, bottle of wine, wide refreshment... 

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A royal event 

Royal Victoria Marathon, Canada. 

OCTOBER 

07 

2007 

PHOTOS CREDITS: SIMON DESROCHERS, TONY AUSTIN 

By Louise Hodgson-Jones 

Many call it the perfect marathon. 

Course undulations and 

occasionally inclement weather 

make it a challenge but most agree 

that the Royal Victoria Marathon is 

a memorable ‘royal’ experience 

under any conditions. 

It attracts a wide selection of the 

racing fraternity – from the onetime 

marathoner to the elite chasing 

a course record. Hotel rooms on 

race weekend – the race is always 

held on Canadian Thanksgiving 

weekend - must be booked weeks in 

advance. With the marathon, half 

marathon, 8km road race and a 

kid’s run, over 9,000 runners with 

family and friends descend on 

British Columbia’s capital city to 

take part in one of most scenic 

races in North America. 

According to race director Rob 

Reid, a running icon in Victoria, 

what stands the RVM apart is that: 

“It’s scenic, and we treat everyone 

royally”. He knows, because every 

year he is at the finish line shaking 

thousands of hands as runners of 

all ages complete in personal best 

times. Many are in tears, not quite 

believing they did it. “I remember 

Rob Reid shaking my hand as I 

came across the finish line for my 

first Victoria Marathon three years 

ago,” Catherine Wiggins recalls. 

A seven-time marathoner from 

Vancouver, Wiggins calls Victoria “a 

unique experience.” It was so 

memorable that she came back in 

2007 with her friend Deborah 

White. White had lost 200lbs (90kg) 

in five years by joining a Vancouver 

running group and progressing from 

10km races to half marathons. 

Deciding to do Victoria was a big 

decision. “As race day approached I 

got very nervous, but I knew I had 

trained hard. My only goal was to 

run the race without stopping.” 

Supported by family and friends she 

finished in 4:57:40 – a huge 

achievement and one that will stay 

ingrained in her memory. “No one 

will ever need to ask me what my 

first RVM marathon time was as it 

is now tattooed on my foot,” she 

says proudly. 

For others running Victoria is a 

matter of course – there are three 

runners who have run all 28 races 

and not to run the race would feel 

unnatural. “It’s such a tradition 

now that I can’t think of doing 

anything else for Thanksgiving,” 

says Rose-Marie Preston. A runner 

for over 35 years, her best time is 

3:46 and she comes back every year 

to challenge herself over the scenic 

route. “My goal these days is to 

start and finish.” 

Ken Bonner, a local Victoria runner, 

has run more than 160 marathons 

and used to average 10 marathons 

a year. Now he usually does three, 

with Victoria his favourite. 

“Victoria isn’t a big city marathon 

but has a class about it. It has a 

nice fall atmosphere with all the 

colors,” he says. One marathon 

stood out in his memory: “It was a 

foggy day and we were running on 

Dallas Road by the ocean when the 

fog started to lift. The sun was 

trying to peep through and it 

created such a surreal image.” 

For Terry Slater, another Victoria 

runner, running the race is more 

challenging now, but he wouldn’t 

think of doing anything else. “It’s 

part of my life and even though I 

don’t run or train as hard as I used 

to, I still enjoy it,” he says. 

The marathon course has seen some 

changes in its 28-year history – for 

the first four years it consisted of a 

13-mile double-loop course that 

started and finished at Beacon Hill 

Park. 1985 saw it take on the shape 

it is today with an out and back 

course. Since 1986 the start has 

either been on Government Street 

or more recently on Menzies Street, 

a block away from the Inner 

Harbor, and the finish in front of 

the majestic Legislature, the B.C. 

Parliament building. Apart from a 

stretch through downtown at the 

beginning of the race, a trip 

through two of Victoria’s affluent 

neighborhoods, and a meander 

through the prestigious Royal 

Victoria Golf Club, the out and 

back route has ocean views for its 

entire length. 

“The nice thing about an out and 

back course rather than a point-topoint 

is that you can see and say 

hello to friends as you pass,” says 


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GLITNIR 

COPENHAGEN 

MARATHON 

MAY 18, 2008 

EVERYONE WINS 

in Copenhagen on Sunday 

May 18, at 9.30 am 

www.copenhagenmarathon.com 


RESULT 

MEN: 

1 Steve OSADUIK CAN 2:20:14 

2 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:29:41 

3 Anthony SKUCE CAN 2:32:40 

4 Colin DIGNUM CAN 2:35:33 

5 Kevin TITUS CAN 2:37:59 

6 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:40:46 

7 David TERRIS USA 2:41:39 

8 Geoff REID CAN 2:42:08 

9 James RICHARDSON CAN 2:42:19 

10 Cormac HIKISCH CAN 2:43:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:45:39 

2 Wendy TORRIS USA 2:49:59 

3 Constance HUI CAN 3:02:34 

4 Sarah PETERS CAN 3:05:15 

5 Kelly MCKEAN USA 3:06:36 

6 Shannon JAMES CAN 3:07:02 

7 Erin PERKIN USA 3:07:21 

8 Catrin JONES CAN 3:08:12 

9 Jenny SANDERS CAN 3:11:20 

10 Karin THIBODEAU CAN 3:11:39 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Bruce DEACON CAN 1:08:02 

2 Mark BOMBA CAN 1:10:20 

3 Steven MURENBEELD CAN 1:10:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Lucy SMITH CAN 1:16:11 

2 Judith LEROY CAN 1:19:52 

3 Rachel RUUS CAN 1:23:12 

Ellis Andrews, president of the 

Penticton Pounders, who hired a 

bus for the club’s trip to Victoria. 

“It was a very scenic, and was so 

nice to see all the half marathoners 

coming back after the turnaround,” 

he says. Eighteen runners from the 

club participated in the race with 

four qualifying for Boston, five did 

personal bests and one finished her 

first marathon. “We had a great 

time in Victoria and it certainly was 

an adventure.” 

The organization and the 

enthusiastic volunteers make this 

event what it is. With many of the 

organizing committee being 

involved for over 10 years – some 

for 20 – the race infrastructure runs 

like clockwork. All of Victoria – 

including the City, Mayor and 

residents – are behind the event 

100%. 

Elise Maltinsky traveled from 

Yellowknife in the Northwest 

Territories to run in the half 

marathon. She couldn’t believe the 

reception the runners are given en 

route. “Victoria has really shown us 

that they can be the most 

hospitable and kind people I've ever 

met. All weekend, people were so 

warm and friendly. We had a great 

run and just loved how every detail 

was considered – for heavens sakes, 

someone was standing on the 

sidelines offering us a Kleenex at 

one point! It was inspiring to see 

the kindness of strangers, the 

dedication of volunteers and the 

fantastic organization of this world 

class event.” 

Victoria’s location on Vancouver 

Island is a great attraction for 

runners. “Vancouver Island is a big 

recreational backyard and what’s 

driving our numbers is that the 

average runner wants to run in a 

beautiful city” says Reid. 

With the 30th anniversary of the 


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 

race approaching in 2009, the 

marathon has a history to be proud 

of. Its future looks bright, with 

2007 seeing record registrations. 

“We give great value over the 

weekend” says Reid. “We want 

runners to leave with a good feeling 

about Victoria, wanting to return.” 



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Sunday. May, 18 

2008 

w w w . c o r r e c a m i n o s . o r g

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERS 

EXECUTIVES 

President 

Dirk Strumane (BEL) 

Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be 


Roelof Veld (NED) 

Director of Development 

Jose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP) 

Director of Competitions 

Harry Arndt (GER) 

Director of Organisations 

Jan Vandendriessche (BEL) 

Director of Asian Affairs 

Souhei Kobayashi (JPN) 

Joint European Group Representatives 

Roger Bonnifait (FRA) 

Norman Wilson (GBR) 


Hilary Walker (GBR) 

Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net 

DIARY 

2008 

8 November: 

IAU 100km World Cup & 

European Championship 

Tarquinia, Italy 

IAU 24hr Championship 

venue date to be 

announced. 

RESULT 


IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo, ITA 

MEN: 

1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 3:10:47 (Gistel) 3:06:36 6:17:23 

2 Julian RENDALL GBR 3:13:10 (Boddington) 3:09:39 6:22:49 

3 Bernhard SANTNER GER 3:17:10 (Mank) 3:12:44 6:29:54 

4 Masami SOEDA JPN 3:16:31 (Lake Saroma) 3:14:41 6:31:12 

5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 3:14:53 (Boddington) 3:25:24 6:40:17 

6 Bert PELGRIM AUS 3:15:33 (Canberra) 3:46:32 7:02:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Sabine HOFER AUT 3:44:36 (Mank) 3:36:07 7:20:43 

2 June PETRIE AUS 3:46:13 (Canberra) 3:35:38 7:21:51 

3 Satomi MATSUI JPN 3:48:56 (Lake Saroma) 3:42:14 7:31:10 

4 Heidi WILSON GBR 3:45:33 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:31:28 

5 Sarah TUCKER GBR 3:43:01 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:33:58 

6 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 3:50:11 (Boddington 3:45:17 7:35:28 

Marc Papanikitas (BEL) won also the Open Race, three 

minutes ahead of second-placed Julian Rendall (GBR) 

and six minutes clear of Bernhard Santner (GER). 

Monica Carlin won the women’s race but had not 

taken part in any of the selection races so could not be 

ranked in the final Trophy standings. The Australian 

June Petrie finished second, only 29 seconds ahead of 

Sabine Hofer (AUT) who did enough to build on her 

winning time in the 50km of Mank and take the 

Trophy 

8 December 2007 

IAU World Trail Challenge 

Huntsville, Texas USA 

RESULT 

24 November 2007: 

Soochow University 24 

hours, Chinese Taipei 

MEN: 

1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 275.684km 

2 Mohamed MAGROUN FRA 241.850km 

3 Shang-Ming WU TPE 216.264km 

4 Shun DA TPE 209.259km 

5 Yong Kyoo KWON KOR 191.443km 

WOMEN: 

1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 232.960km 

2 Su-zong CHIOU TPE 211.375km 

3 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 210.749km 

4 Mami KUDO JPN 204.604km 

5 Riyoko MOTOKI JPN 200.835km 

RESULT 

The inaugural IAU Trail World 

Challenge, held within the 

established Sunmart Races in 

Huntsville National Park, started 

at dawn in unseasonably warm 

conditions writes Hilary Walker. A 

50km race was held in 

conjunction with the 

champiionship distance. A total of 

25 runners had been picked by 

the IAU member federations to 

take part in the event from 11 

countries round the globe. 

The first runners took just over 90 minutes to complete 

the first 12.5 mile loop on shady wooded trails around 

the lake in the National Park. Jeremy Bragg (GBR) and 

Janoslav Janicki (POL) were running with two 

runners competing in the open race, John Yoder ( USA) 

and Jose Azevedo (LUX). Narimi Sakurai (JPN), the 

leading female runner, came through next. Sakurai had 

taken the gold medal in the World 100km Challenge 

three months previously and was odds-on favourite. 

After two laps, at the halfway point, the heat was 

beginning to tell although a light breeze had crept up 

and cloud cover kept the direct heat of the sun at bay. 

MEN: 

1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 6:07:45 

2 Marc VANDERLINDEN BEL 6:29:20 

3 Akos KONYA HUN 6:35:14 

4 Jeremy BRAGG GBR 6:38:39 

5 Jorg HOOS GER 6:51:08 

Non-IAU: Jose AZEVEDO LUX 6:32:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Norimi SAKURAI JPN 6:34:57 

2 Helena CROSSAN IRL 7:18:23 

3 Adela SALT GBR 7:22:03 

4 Yuki NOSE JPN 7:38:25 

5 Jennifer DICK CAN 7:55:55 

Janicki had taken a lead over Azevedo, coming through 

in 3:02:06. Bragg was lying in third ( but second in the 

IAU race) with Marc Vanderlinden of Belgium in 

fourth. Sakurai came through next in 3:07:35. Adela 

Salt followed six minutes later and Helena Crossan, 

lying third, was a similar distance behind her. 

Janicki put in a third lap 5 minutes faster than the 

previous two to take a solid lead. While Sakurai, with a 

consistent pace, went ever further ahead in the 

women's race. But it is always the final miles that 

matter most and there were some interesting changes. 

Janicki suffered for his earlier efforts and slumped to 

1:39 for the final lap, but still won handsomely. 

Vanderlinden passed Azevedo (who was not in the IAU 

race) to come in second. Azevedo came in three 

minutes later. The IAU third place went to Akos Konya 

from Hungary who came through strongly in the final 

stages, overtaking Bragg. 

Sakurai had finished smoothly to take the women's 

prize in fourth overall, 45 minutes ahead of secondplaced 

Crossan. In all 14 men and six women finished. 

The winners were awarded bronze statues of the 

famous Texas stallions, courtesy of the Sunmart hosts. 

The IAU looks forward to the World Trail Challenge as 

an annual event within the calendar. 


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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERS 

EXECUTIVES 

President 

Dirk Strumane (BEL) 

Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be 


Roelof Veld (NED) 


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) 


Hilary Walker (GBR) 

Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net 

DIARY 

2008 

8 November: 

IAU 100km World Cup & 

European Championship 

Tarquinia, Italy 

IAU 24hr Championship 

venue date to be 

announced. 

RESULT 


IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo, ITA 

MEN: 

1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 3:10:47 (Gistel) 3:06:36 6:17:23 

2 Julian RENDALL GBR 3:13:10 (Boddington) 3:09:39 6:22:49 

3 Bernhard SANTNER GER 3:17:10 (Mank) 3:12:44 6:29:54 

4 Masami SOEDA JPN 3:16:31 (Lake Saroma) 3:14:41 6:31:12 

5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 3:14:53 (Boddington) 3:25:24 6:40:17 

6 Bert PELGRIM AUS 3:15:33 (Canberra) 3:46:32 7:02:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Sabine HOFER AUT 3:44:36 (Mank) 3:36:07 7:20:43 

2 June PETRIE AUS 3:46:13 (Canberra) 3:35:38 7:21:51 

3 Satomi MATSUI JPN 3:48:56 (Lake Saroma) 3:42:14 7:31:10 

4 Heidi WILSON GBR 3:45:33 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:31:28 

5 Sarah TUCKER GBR 3:43:01 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:33:58 

6 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 3:50:11 (Boddington 3:45:17 7:35:28 

Marc Papanikitas (BEL) won also the Open Race, three 

minutes ahead of second-placed Julian Rendall (GBR) 

and six minutes clear of Bernhard Santner (GER). 

Monica Carlin won the women’s race but had not 

taken part in any of the selection races so could not be 

ranked in the final Trophy standings. The Australian 

June Petrie finished second, only 29 seconds ahead of 

Sabine Hofer (AUT) who did enough to build on her 

winning time in the 50km of Mank and take the 

Trophy 

8 December 2007 

IAU World Trail Challenge 

Huntsville, Texas USA 

RESULT 

24 November 2007: 

Soochow University 24 

hours, Chinese Taipei 

MEN: 

1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 275.684km 

2 Mohamed MAGROUN FRA 241.850km 

3 Shang-Ming WU TPE 216.264km 

4 Shun DA TPE 209.259km 

5 Yong Kyoo KWON KOR 191.443km 

WOMEN: 

1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 232.960km 

2 Su-zong CHIOU TPE 211.375km 

3 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 210.749km 

4 Mami KUDO JPN 204.604km 

5 Riyoko MOTOKI JPN 200.835km 

RESULT 

The inaugural IAU Trail World 

Challenge, held within the 

established Sunmart Races in 

Huntsville National Park, started 

at dawn in unseasonably warm 

conditions writes Hilary Walker. A 

50km race was held in 

conjunction with the 

champiionship distance. A total of 

25 runners had been picked by 

the IAU member federations to 

take part in the event from 11 

countries round the globe. 

The first runners took just over 90 minutes to complete 

the first 12.5 mile loop on shady wooded trails around 

the lake in the National Park. Jeremy Bragg (GBR) and 

Janoslav Janicki (POL) were running with two 

runners competing in the open race, John Yoder ( USA) 

and Jose Azevedo (LUX). Narimi Sakurai (JPN), the 

leading female runner, came through next. Sakurai had 

taken the gold medal in the World 100km Challenge 

three months previously and was odds-on favourite. 

After two laps, at the halfway point, the heat was 

beginning to tell although a light breeze had crept up 

and cloud cover kept the direct heat of the sun at bay. 

MEN: 

1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 6:07:45 

2 Marc VANDERLINDEN BEL 6:29:20 

3 Akos KONYA HUN 6:35:14 

4 Jeremy BRAGG GBR 6:38:39 

5 Jorg HOOS GER 6:51:08 

Non-IAU: Jose AZEVEDO LUX 6:32:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Norimi SAKURAI JPN 6:34:57 

2 Helena CROSSAN IRL 7:18:23 

3 Adela SALT GBR 7:22:03 

4 Yuki NOSE JPN 7:38:25 

5 Jennifer DICK CAN 7:55:55 

Janicki had taken a lead over Azevedo, coming through 

in 3:02:06. Bragg was lying in third ( but second in the 

IAU race) with Marc Vanderlinden of Belgium in 

fourth. Sakurai came through next in 3:07:35. Adela 

Salt followed six minutes later and Helena Crossan, 

lying third, was a similar distance behind her. 

Janicki put in a third lap 5 minutes faster than the 

previous two to take a solid lead. While Sakurai, with a 

consistent pace, went ever further ahead in the 

women's race. But it is always the final miles that 

matter most and there were some interesting changes. 

Janicki suffered for his earlier efforts and slumped to 

1:39 for the final lap, but still won handsomely. 

Vanderlinden passed Azevedo (who was not in the IAU 

race) to come in second. Azevedo came in three 

minutes later. The IAU third place went to Akos Konya 

from Hungary who came through strongly in the final 

stages, overtaking Bragg. 

Sakurai had finished smoothly to take the women's 

prize in fourth overall, 45 minutes ahead of secondplaced 

Crossan. In all 14 men and six women finished. 

The winners were awarded bronze statues of the 

famous Texas stallions, courtesy of the Sunmart hosts. 

The IAU looks forward to the World Trail Challenge as 

an annual event within the calendar. 


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27th ANA Beijing International Marathon, China 

Getting better all the time 

OCTOBER 

21 

2007 

By Kenneth Lloyd 

On a cool, crisp Sunday morning 

25,694 runners lined up at the 

National Olympic Sport centre in 

Beijing. The giant flags and banners 

of various universities and 

businesses pierced the sea of runners 

snaking their way out to the sound 

of ‘Malason’, a 1960s-sounding 

Chinese marathon anthem. 

Run over a fast, flat out and back 

course, the start and finish of this 

year’s race were changed from their 

traditional location at Tiananmen 

Square to the renovated Olympic 

sports centre in the north of Beijing. 

The date of the 17th National 

Congress of the Chinese Communist 

Party, held in the Great Hall of the 

People on Tianenman Square, was 

only fixed in August and happened 

to coincide with race day. 

Beijing’s pollution is an oft-cited 

problem for sporting events held in 

the city. It is one of the principal 

concerns for both the organisers 

and the participating teams in the 

upcoming Olympics. For the 

Marathon conditions were good 

despite the day not being classed as 

one of Beijing’s sporadic Qingtian 

or “Blue Sky” days. The north of 

the city was much less hazy 

throughout the day than the centre, 

which recorded a particularly high 

air particle count. This was aided 

by a “car-free day initiative” which 

although by no means obligatory, in 

conjunction with the road closures 

seemed to have reduced car use. 

The new course enjoyed cleaner air 

but lost much of the scenic quality 

of touristic old Beijing for which it 

was famous. Beijing is a vast 

sprawling city with many famous 

sites both old and new. The 

distance between them, or in the 

case of the Forbidden City the 

immense size of the site itself, 

present their own problems. The 

old marathon route led runners 

through the three Beijings of the 

Imperial age, the communist 

architecture of the mid 20th 

century, and the modernity of 21st 

century China. The new route is a 

clear move towards the latter. 

What it does offer is a sneak peek 

at the new Olympic sites, including 

the main Olympic stadium or the 

“Bird’s Nest” and the aquatic 

centre or “Water Cube.” Next 

year’s race, however, is set to return 

to Tiananmen Square. 

Beijing is one of the international 

marathon calendar’s veterans. Run 

as an elite event in the early days, 

Beijing’s course record of 2:07:35 

was set in 1986 by the Japanese 

runner Taisuke Kodama, and 

runners on schedule for a time of 

more than two and a half hours 

would be “retired” from the race. 

Over the last 20 years the race has 

consistently moved towards mass 

participation with the addition of 

several shorter events, including a 

half-marathon, 10km and a 4.2km 

fun run. These events have created a 

diverse, inclusive event. The 

Marathon manages to attract a 

predominantly domestic field, a true 

representation of “local flavour”. 

Beijing’s running population are an 

inconspicuous group. Although 

many people can be seen jogging 

laps around the communal gardens 

of housing estates and the tracks 

present on every university campus, 

runners are not a common site on 

the streets of Beijing. If anything 

those running in China for the first 

time will see sights unseen at the 

average big-city marathon and 

perhaps learn a few truths about 

Beijing culture. Don’t be surprised 

if you see people running in dress 

shoes or runners leaving the finish 

area to immediately light up a 

cigarette. From the older gentlemen 

who run in slacks and plimsolls, 

seemingly running 42.2km out of 

habit, to the sub-3 hour club 

athletes, Chinese runners seem to 

share an extraordinary hardiness, 

strong sense of camaraderie and a 

straightforward love of running. 


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RESULT 

MEN: 

1 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:08:09 

2 Ren LONGYUN CHN 2:08:15 

3 Han GANG CHN 2:08:56 

4 David Kipkorir MANDAGO KEN 2:09:59 

5 Luka CHELIMO KEN 2:10:47 

6 Kataoka YUSUKE JPN 2:12:28 

7 Kiprotich KENEI KEN 2:14:30 

8 Chen GUOQIANG CHN 2:14:39 

9 John MALUNI KEN 2:14:51 

10 Su WEI CHN 2:14:53 

WOMEN: 

1 Chen RONG CHN 2:27:05 

2 Zhang YINGYING CHN 2:27:20 

3 Bai XUE CHN 2:27:46 

4 Zhu YINGYING CHN 2:28:47 

5 Jo Pun HUI PRK 2:29:16 

6 Zhang XIN CHN 2:31:29 

7 Jong Yong OK PRK 2:32:28 

8 Yang FENGXIA CHN 2:33:11 

9 An Un SUK PRK 2:33:12 

10 Kim Kum OK PRK 2:33:58 

Support for the runners was strong 

throughout most of the course with 

many of the finishers from the 

shorter events staying to support 

the marathon finishers. Access to 

the stadium complex and 

movement to and from different 

points of the course was difficult. 

Hundreds of army, police and 

security personnel were also on 

hand to secure the course and 

enforce the road closures, which did 

at times restrict the movement of 

those who had come to cheer on 

friends or family. 

The start arrangements, which may 

have been down to the last minute 

re-location of the course, presented 

some problems. The elite men 

started 15 minutes prior to the rest 

of the field. The elite women were 

placed a few metres ahead of the 

main marathon field, followed 

respectively by the half marathon, 

10km and fun runners. This 

inevitably led to the elite women 

being instantly swallowed by the 

main field and the front runners 

from the shorter races having to 

weave their way through the 6,700 

marathon runners. 

Any visiting runner should be 

aware of the 5-hour time limit – 

double what it once was. Runners 

set to complete the course in over 

five hours are asked to board the 

broom-wagons which drop them at 

the finish to collect their 

belongings. Marathon runners 

receive their medals before the race 

and those finishing within the time 

limit also receive a certificate of 

completion at the finish. 

The men’s race saw Kenya’s Nephat 

Kinyanjui win in a sprint, pulling 

away from China’s Ren Longyu 

inside the stadium to win by eight 

seconds. Both men broke their 

personal bests; Kinyanjui improving 

by over three minutes on his 

previous best time of 2:11.18, set 

when he won the 2006 Nagano 

marathon. Ren set a new Chinese 

national record of 2:08.16. The 

small elite women’s field saw a 

Chinese sweep of the podium 

places. Chen Rong led a close race 

finishing in 2:27:05, 15 seconds 

ahead of Zhang Yingying and a 

further 26 seconds clear of thirdplacer 

Bai Xue. 

The Beijing marathon is 

progressively refining its 

organisation, communityinteraction 

and the quality of 

running experience it offers. The 

total field of approximately 

26,000 within the four races, is 

already at capacity. This year’s 

race saw the introduction of 

several new initiatives to broaden 

the scope of the marathon, 

including, a food festival, a 

photography competition and a 

partnership with the Red Cross of 


China. The ANA Beijing 

International Marathon looks set 

to increase its stature within both 

the international marathon and 

Beijing cultural calendars. 

28th ANA 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 



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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 


Tomo Sarf (SLO) 

E-Mail: tomo.sarf@helios.si 

Director of Marketing 

Adrian Woods (GBR) 

E-Mail: adrian.woods@virgin.net 

MARCO GAIARDO, ITALY (RIGHT) WINNER OF 

THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX SERIES AND 

ANDRZEJ DLUGOSZ, POLAND (LEFT) RUNNER-UP 

IN THE SCHLICKERALM GRAND PRIX RACE. 

6 October 2007: 

WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race 

Smarna Gora Hill Race, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

RESULT 

MEN: 

1 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 41:25 

2 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 42:00 

3 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 42:04 

4 J.RANCON FRA 42:12 

5 Marco GAIARDO ITA 42:22 

WOMEN: 

1 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 48:54 

2 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 49:41 

3 M. KOSOVELJ SLO 50:24 

4 Iva MILESOVA CZE 51:56 

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS (after four events) 

MEN: 

1 Marco GAIARDO ITA 300 

2 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 246 

3 Joe SYMONDS GBR 227 

4 G ABATE ITA 223 

5 J HAVICEK CZE 207 

WOMEN: 

1 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 308 

2 Iva MILESOVA CZE 266 

3 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 260 

4 M ROBERTI ITA 237 

5 P HAVLOVA CZE 216 

ANNA PICHRTOVA, WINNER OF 

THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX 

SERIES TO ACCOMPANY REPORT. 

Women’s World Mountain Running 

Champion Anna Pichrtova suffered 

a rare defeat in the final WMRA 

Grand Prix race of 2007. After two 

weeks of warm autumn weather, 

the race was run in torrential rain, 

making conditions treacherous on 

the forest tracks. 

Victoria Wilkinson (GBR) went 

into the race leading the Grand 

Prix rankings and did all she could 

to hold on to the premier position. 

She defeated Pichrtova, but it was 

not enough to take the series. 

Wilkinson won a World title 

herself in 1997 when she became 

junior champion in the Czech 

Republic but since then she has 

had some injuries, and had 

seriously taken up cycling, but now 

appears poised to make a serious 

mark in the senior mountain 

running scene. 

Pichrtova finished 47 seconds 

behind the Briton but took the 

overall title. Scores are calculated 

from the best three finishes in the 

four races of the series. Wilkinson 

finished the season with 270 points 

to take overall second, and by 

finishing fourth in Ljubljana, Iva 

Milesova (CZE) secured third 

overall. 

Marco Gaiardo of Italy was under 

no pressure in the men’s race 

having already secured the overall 

Grand Prix title with 300 points 

this season. He trotted home in a 

careful fifth position. 

Nevertheless, the Italian would 

have been hard pressed to beat 

winner Andrzej Dlugosz (POL) 

who was second in this race in 

2006. The conditions seemed to 

suit the Pole as he nimbly 

negotiated some tricky descents on 

parts of the course. Dlugosz’s 

performance was good enough to 

give him second position in the 

final ranking. 

Joe Symonds (GBR) had a rather 

disappointing run and could only 

finish 8th, to drop down to third 

overall. 

Robert Krupicka (CZE) made an 

impressive comeback from injury to 

finish the race second in front of 

local boy Mitja Kosovelj (SLO). 

CALENDAR 2008 

IAAF AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 

DATE EVENT CITY COUNTRY 

12 JULY 7TH EAA MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS ZELL AM HARMERSBACH GERMANY 

27TH JULY 3RD CONSUDATLE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS TBD CHILE 

7 OR 14 JUNE 5TH NACAC MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS JALISCO MEXICO 

OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 

29 JUNE 1ST BALKAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS SAPAREVA BANYA BULGARIA 

10TH WMRA GRAND PRIX 2008 (IAAF PERMIT RACES) 

24 MAY 5TH COURSE DES 2 BAINS (1ST G.P. RACE) SAILLON – OVRONNAZ SWITZERLAND 

15 JUNE 3RD INTERNATIONAL BERGLAUF MERAN 2000 (2ND G.P. RACE) MERANO ITALY 

3 AUGUST 21ST SCHLICKERALM BERGLAUF (3RD G.P. RACE) TELFES AUSTRIA 

10 AUGUST 13TH INTERNATIONAL SPORT 2000 FEUERKOGEL BERGLAUF (4TH G.P. RACE) EBENSEE AUSTRIA 

4 OCTOBER 29TH SMARNA GORA INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN RACE (5TH G.P. RACE) LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA 


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24 November 2007 

Obudu International Mountain Race 

Cross River State, Nigeria 

An impressive field of international 

mountain runners lined up to 

contest the Worlds Richest 

Mountain race over a course of 

11.5km ascending 800m to the 

Obudu ranch at 1600m writes 

Danny Hughes. With $50,00 at stake 

for both men and women winners, 

and $20,000 and $9000 for the 

other podium placings, the Kenyans 

and Ethiopians turned out in force. 

The women started 15 minutes 

before the men and became an 

exciting battle between the worlds 

two leading distance running 

nations. Defending champion 

Rehima Kedir (ETH) led a pack of 

10 up to the 6.5km point. Ashu 

Kasime then split the group apart 

leaving, among others, European 

Mountain Running Champion 

Anita Eversten gasping. Only 

Kenya's Rita Jeptoo, 2006 Boston 

Marathon winner, could go with 

her. At this stage World Mountain 

Running Champion Anna Pichrtova 

(CZE)was nowhere in sight. The 

two leaders were locked together 

like glue until, with kilometre to go, 

Jeptoo took off with a devastating 

change of pace and left Ashu 

standing. She set a new course 

record, and Ashu, Angela Mutuku 

(KEN) and fourth-placer Anita 

RESULT 

Eversten (NOR) also got inside the 

old mark. Anna Pichrtova finished 

strongly in 6th position. 

The mens race was led from start 

to finish by Habtamu Fikadu 

Awash (ETH) who was 24 seconds 

outside Francis Kibiwott's course 

MEN: 

1 Habtamu AWASH ETH 42:50 

2 Geofrey KURUSO UGA 43:02 

3 John SOMPOL KEN 43:06 

4 Lishan FANTA ETH 43:35 

5 Tadese TOLA ETH 43:56 

6 Challa DEMIE ETH 44:01 

7 Robert KIPKORIR KEN 44:28 

8 Solomon MOLLA ETH 44:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 51:42 

2 Ashu KASIME ETH 52:01 

3 Angela MUTUKU KEN 53:09 

4 Anita EVERSTEN NOR 53:21 

5 Mary JEPKOSGEI KEN 53:25 

6 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 53:28 

7 Rehima KEDIR ETH 53:34 

8 Pauline WINANGUI KEN 53:53 

record. The latter finished in a 

lowly 14th place. Uganda's Geofrey 

Kusuro in second place, was the 

only runner to break into the 

Ethiopian/Kenyan dominance 

which claimed seven of the eight 

positions offering cash prizes. 


Welcome to the Capital of Scandinavia 

STOCKHOLM MARATHON 

Saturday 31 May 2008 

The marathon: The 30th Stockholm Marathon will be 

staged on May 31, 2008. Start at 14.00. This will be a jubilee 

event to remember! Entries are limited to 17 500 runners. 

Ideal weather conditions. Average temperature 18 degrees 

centigrade.Exclusive commemorative medal, certificate 

and T-shirt to all finishers. Free carboloading Party. 

Ranked as the No 1 destination marathon in the world 

by “The Ultimate Guide to International Marathons”. 

The course: Scenic course through downtown 

Stockholm. Finish in the 1912 Olympic Stadium. 

The runners: This is an international marathon. 50 per 

cent of the runners are from other countries than Sweden. 

The city: Welcome to Stockholm and one of the 

world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands 

around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved 

mediaeval city centres, the Swedish capital is superbly 

positioned, with stunning and extremely varied scenery 

in every direction. Stockholm offers a wealth of 

museums, theatres, sights, attractions and events. 

By the end of May, the nights never get really dark. 

Entry on-line: www.StockholmMarathon.se 

Marathon office: E-mail: info@marathon.se 

Web site: www.StockholmMarathon.se 

Phone: +46 – 854 566 440. 

Tourist information: Stockholm Visitors Board. 

Web site: www.stockholmtown.com 

Phone: +46–850 828 508. 

Official hotel: Quality Hotel Globe. Web site: 

www.globehotel.se Phone: +46– 8 686 63 20. 

SPONSORS: 

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Great races 

in Sweden: 

Stockholm Half 

Marathon 

7.000 runners, fast course. 

13 September 2008: www. 

StockholmHalfMarathon.se 

Tjejmilen 

Women´s only 10.000 

metres road race in 

Stockholm with 22.000 

runners. 31 August 2008: 

www.tjejmilen.se 

Entry on-line: www.StockholmMarathon.se

From then to now 

The marathon is a huge public 

festival which takes over the 

streets, but a generation ago it was 

for a few dozen obsessives battling 

with traffic on backroads. How did 

we get from then to now?* 

Marathons today are major earners: 

for the top runners of course - but 

also for tour operators, hotels, and 

airlines. Sponsors compete to use 

these public events as vehicles for 

promotion. Charities recruit teams 

of runners to raise funds through 

sponsorship. 

Yet marathon running 30 years ago 

was hardly known. It was a 

competitive sport that took place 

on the open road in which even the 

top performers went financially 

unrewarded. 

Boston Marathon, the most wellknown 

race in the world. A headto-head 

competition between two 

American runners – both of them 

among the best in the world - is a 

distant dream nowadays, but in 

1976 it was what launched the 

Marathon. 

Entries poured in. They were 

capped at 2100. Lebow’s account of 

that first City marathon makes 

clear what an adventurous gamble 

it was. What is taken for granted 

today was unknown, or uncertain. 

Would traffic restrictions be 

enforceable? Would volunteers 

show up? Would bystanders respect 

the course? And would all those 

runners, half doing it for the very 

first time, actually enjoy it? They 

did. It was a resounding success. 

Fred Lebow’s first New York City 

Marathon, in 1970, was no 

different to any other marathon of 

the time. It was confined to laps of 

Central Park; it was put together on 

an extremely limited budget; and it 

had only 55 finishers. In 1972 

Frank Shorter won the Olympic 

Marathon and the American public 

slowly became aware of the 

Marathon, but the field continued 

to grow only slowly. 

The 1976 race changed all that. 

Almost by accident, it broke the 

mould of all previous marathon 

races. Ted Corbitt, a pioneer of 

road race measurement and himself 

a notable runner, suggested inviting 

teams from the five boroughs of 

New York City to compete in the 

race. Somehow this was understood 

by the City as a proposal to run the 

race route through the five 

boroughs, and they liked the idea. 

Lebow was opposed: “You couldn’t 

run a marathon through city streets. 

Even the Boston Marathon, the 

oldest and most prestigious, only 

ran the last few miles in Boston 

itself.” Lebow thought that it 

would be too expensive to organise 

and impossible to get all the 

permissions. The American 

Bicentennial fell in 1976 and people 

in the Mayor’s office thought that a 

citywide five-borough marathon 

would be a good way to celebrate 

the occasion. They secured a 

sponsor and the Mayor’s full 

support. “The first reaction of the 

Police Department was “No Way!” 

But the city insisted, and the Police 

had to go along with it.” 

To capture public interest Lebow 

head hunted top-name athletes. 

Frank Shorter had just won a silver 

medal in the Montreal Olympics. 

Bill Rodgers had twice won the 

The following year there were 5000 

runners and for its 1979 edition the 

New York City Marathon accepted 

14,000 entries, a seven-fold increase 

in three years. Yet even this wasn’t 

enough to meet the demand. One of 

the entrants was Chris Brasher 

who, spellbound by the experience, 

resolved to put on something 

similar in London. 

What had been born on the streets 

of New York quickly attracted 

emulation. The Berlin Marathon, 

founded four years after New York, 

moved out of the Grunewald woods 

and on to the streets of the city in 

1980. The following year Chris 

Brasher inaugurated the London 

Marathon. Suddenly, no major city 

in the world was complete without 

its own marathon. 

In founding the London Marathon 

Chris Brasher cited, among his 

objectives, “to provide happiness 

and a sense of achievement.” It was 

this which explained the runaway 

success of the marathon. In London 

20,000 people wanted to run and 

7,000 were accepted. The following 

year, when the race coincided with 

the foundation of AIMS, 90,000 

people applied to run and 18,000 

were accepted. 

Fred Lebow was there. He 

generously acknowledged London’s 

ascendancy. But it was he who had 

laid the foundations of the 

Marathon movement as we have 

known it for the last 30 years. Fred 

Lebow’s experience in setting up the 

world’s original mass marathon 

provided a template for those who 

came later. 

What New York had done was 

tackled by all the other events that 

followed. The struggle to stage a 

controlled start. The detail of how 

to guide runners smoothly around 

the course. How to keep the finish 

line free of obstructions. How to 

give the best possible view of it all 

for the onlookers and media. 

Conceptually these are simple 

problems but become complicated 

because they take place in the real 

world. Compared to the 

choreographed environment of an 

athletic stadium, Marathons looked 

chaotic. “In those days, road 

racing was treated like the bastard 

offspring of track and field” said 

Lebow. 

But a firm anchor in the real world 

was always the strength of the 

reborn sport. The streets are not a 

stage for selected actors to perform. 

They are up for grabs. Anyone can 

come and have a go. And come 

they did. Like Chris Brasher, at first 

dozens but eventually thousands of 

British runners crossed the Atlantic 

just to run in the New York City 

Marathon. 

Britain was no special case. In 

France, Italy, Germany, Spain, 

Mexico, Brazil, and many other 

countries, runners wanted to go to 

New York. Usually they stayed for 

a week. Demand increased, hotels 

put up their prices and a lot of 

money was made. 

Fred Lebow may not have seen this 

ahead of time, but he seized the 

opportunity. New York became the 

most international of marathons. It 

pioneered the trade in running 

tourism which was continued 

through AIMS. New York’s success 

demonstrated the pressing need for 

an organisation like AIMS, for at 

least two reasons. The first was to 

set some basic rules. Marathons 

had to be marathons, 42,195m 

long. Other standards also applied, 

but with less certainty. They could 

best be encouraged by offering 

advice and help, and AIMS was 

well placed to assist. 

AIMS also offered an ideal channel 

through which to promote running 

tourism. This was the most valuable 

card a race could play to its city 

authorities, to national government, 

to media outlets and to business 

interests both local and national. In 

most places it was the key 

consideration in getting a race onto 

the road. 

Since AIMS’ foundation, 25 years 

ago, membership has mushroomed 

to approach 250 events. AIMS’ very 

existence is part of that recipe for 

success. It is a global enterprise. We 

have the same interests but we 

come from very different places. As 

Chris Brasher said, the Marathon 

can “show to mankind that, on 

occasions, they can be united”. 

There can be no greater 

achievement. 

* This is an edited version of an 

address given to the 1st AIMS 

Marathon Symposium, held on 3 

November 2007, by AIMS 

Secretary Hugh Jones. 

THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN 

THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE 

AUTHOR AND DO NOT 

NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE 

VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF 


A class of his own 

Dr David Martin marvels at the unique talent 

of Haile Gebreselassie 

In the Berlin Marathon on 30 

September last year Haile 

Gebrselassie chopped 29 seconds 

from Paul Tergat’s three-year old 

2:04:55 marathon world record, set 

on the same course four years 

earlier. That achievement led many 

to suggest that Geb’s career had 

now earned him the ultimate 

accolade: ‘the greatest distance 

runner ever.’ 

He was already a two-time Olympic 

gold medalist (at 10,000m), and a 

four-time World Champion (at 

10,000m). This marathon 

performance was his 18th IAAFapproved 

world record, over 

distances starting at 3000m, 

achieved during a period from 1994 

through 2007. But he also had run 

faster than anyone else over seven 

other distances as well (see table). 

Racing the final kilometers alone in 

Berlin, with a spectacular negative 

split of 1:01:57 after a 1:02:29 first 

half, Gebrselassie demonstrated that 

the marathon distance was well 

under his control – especially on 

that day of ideal weather conditions 

(16C, overcast and no wind). 

Just how fast is 2:04:26 in the 

world of marathon running? Those 

of us back in the pack find such a 

finish time for a marathon footrace 

rather unfathomable. One way of 

appreciating it is to run one 4:44 

mile after another, for 26 miles, 

plus a little farther to cover the 

remaining 385 yards. Those who do 

not run marathons may be able to 

visualize it in terms of pace per 

400m – one lap of a standard 

athletics track. Run around that 

400m track once in 70.8 seconds, 

and now do this 104 more times 

without taking a break, and you’ll 

still be tied with Geb – but you’ll 

have to continue onward at that 

pace for another half lap to the 

finish. [Equally amazing is that 

Paula Radcliffe raced at 77.0 

seconds pace per 400 meters when 

she achieved her 2:15:25 world 

record at London in 2003.] That’s 

endurance! 

Another interesting question is: 

‘which of Gebrselassie’s records is 

the best?’ In order to compare each 

of the races, one must find a way to 

analyze 16 different combinations 

of running surface (road and track), 

environment (indoors and out), and 

distance (3000m, 2 miles, 5, 10, 

and 15km, 10 miles, 20km, onehour 

run, half marathon, 25km, 

and marathon). The science of 

exercise physiology provides a tool 

for comparative assessment of the 

outdoor competitions. 

When we exercise, our breathing 

quickens and deepens. This brings 

oxygen into the working muscles 

and allows metabolism to produce 

energy for muscle movement. The 

largest volume of oxygen that can 

be absorbed and utilized is a 

quantity called VO2-max. The units 

of this quantity are volume of 

oxygen in millilitres per 

kilogramme of body weight, per 

minute. VO2-max is partly 

determined by genetics, partly by 

running efficiency, but also by 

training – running distances at a 

faster pace tends to raise one’s 

VO2-max. In top-class distance 

races, the men at the front all have 

VO2-max values in the 70 to 90 

range. Women are smaller in size 

and at the top end of performance 

have VO2-max values from about 

65 to 80 ml/kg/min. Without going 

into detail, prediction tables permit 

estimates of performance times 

achievable over various distances at 

THE 25 WORLD-BEST PERFORMANCES OF HAILE GEBRSELASSIE 

DATE VENUE DISTANCE TIME RECORD STATUS VO2 VALUE 

04-Jun-1994 Hengelo "5,000 m" 12:56.96 IAAF 82.5 

27-May-1995 Kerkrade 2 miles 8:07.46 non-IAAF 81.3 


16-Aug-1995 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:44.39 IAAF 84.1 

27-Jan-1996 Sindelfingen "5,000 m (i)" 13:10.98 IAAF 

04-Feb-1996 Stuttgart "3,000 m (i)" 7:30.72 IAAF 

20-Feb-1997 Stockholm "5,000 m (i)" 12:59.04 IAAF 

31-May-1997 Hengelo 2 miles 8:01.08 non-IAAF 82.5 

04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2 


25-Jan-1998 Karlsruhe "3,000 m (i)" 7:26.14 IAAF 

15-Feb-1998 Birmingham "2,000 m (i)" 4:52.86 non-IAAF 


13-Jun-1998 Helsinki "5,000 m" 12:39.36 IAAF 84.7 

14-Feb-1999 Birmingham "5,000 m (i)" 12:50.38 IAAF 

11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3 

21-Feb-2003 Birmingham 2 miles (i) 8:04.69 non-IAAF 

04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 15 km 41:22 unofficial 82.3 

04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 10 miles 44:23 non-IAAF 82.8 

15-Jan-2006 Tempe 20 km road 55:48 IAAF 82.9 

15-Jan-2006 Tempe 1/2 marathon 58:55 IAAF 83.2 

12-Mar-2006 Alphen aan den Rijn 25 km 1:11:37 no drug testing 81.7 

27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 20 km track 56:25.98 IAAF 82 

27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 1 hour run "21,285 m" IAAF 82.3 

30-Sep-2007 Berlin marathon 2:04:26 IAAF 82.4 

i = indoor 

IAAF = world record as accepted by the International Association of Athletics Federations 

non-IAAF = world best time over a distance not recognized by the IAAF 

a wide range of VO2-max levels. 

The right column in the 

accompanying table indicates the 

VO2-max level required to achieve 

Gebrselassie’s outdoor road and 

track performances. 

Notice that Geb’s 10,000m Hengelo 

performance in June of 1998, as 

well as his 5000m race two weeks 

later at Helsinki, appear to be his 

best efforts to date. Working at a 

metabolic rate (represented as VO2- 

max in ml/kg/min) of 84.7 

ml/kg/min, this brought finish times 

of 26:22.75 for 10000m and 

12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also, 

however, that Geb’s 2:04:26 at 

Berlin, despite being 29 seconds 

faster than Tergat’s then exisisting 

record, required a slightly smaller 

VO2-max value (82.4) than the 

84.7 value for the two track 

performances. What do the 

performance tables say that Geb 

could have run for the marathon 

while working at an energy level of 

84.7 ml/kg/min? The answer is an 

amazing 2:01.32 

This value prompts one final 

question: Could Haile Gebrselassie 

become the first person to break the 

two-hour barrier in the marathon? 

Present-day charts using VO2-max 

as a predictor stop at 85 ml/kg/min, 

which suggest a 2:01:10 marathon 

under ideal conditions. That would 

be a top-end improvement in 

performance capability required for 

Gebrselassie. Who knows? My 

prediction from analyzing 

mountains of marathon finish times 

is that this two-hour barrier will 

not be broken before 2015. And 

Geb will likely have retired before 

then. But his charismatic smile and 

effortless style of running will do 

much to bring the best out of his 

competitors as the next group tries 

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04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2 







11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3 










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12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also, 









































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04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2 







11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3 










i = indoor 

















of 26:22.75 for 10000m and 

12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also, 









































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January 2008 

DATE RACE PAGE 

1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 86 

5 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 78 

5 Kinmen Marathon TPE M/H 78 

6 Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 80 

10 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82 

18 Standard Chartered 

Dubai Marathon UAE M 86 


Mumbai Marathon IND M 82 

20 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG M/H 80 

20 Medio Maraton Los Cabos MEX H 84 

20 Subic Marathon PHI M 84 

27 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 86 

27 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 82 

February 


3 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 82 

3 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km / 

10k Road Race JPN R 82 

3 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82 

8 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon UAE H 86 

15 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 80 

16 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 82 

17 Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 82 

17 Maratón Popular de Valencia ESP M 4 


Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 80 

24 4th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 84 

24 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 84 

24 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 84 

24 Giuseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon ITA M 82 

24 Seville City Marathon ESP M 10 

25 Sahara Marathon ALG M 78 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 

March 


1-8 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 86 

2 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 84 

2 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 86 

2 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82 

2 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 86 

2 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 11 

2 International Oger Antalya Marathon TUR M 86 

5 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 78 


9 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 82 

9 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82 

9 Sao Paulo Int’l Half Marathon BRA H 78 

9 Ferraramarathon ITA M 82 

9 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon ITA H 18 

16 AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MAS M 84 

16 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 34 

16 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 16 

16 Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 80 

16 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 8 

16 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 82 

22 Old Mutual Two Oceans 10 

Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 

26 North Pole Marathon NPO M 84 


27 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 10 

29 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17 

29 IAAF World Cross-Country 

Championships, Edinburgh GBR C 13 

30 Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 84 

30 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 12 

30 Treviso Marathon ITA M 82 

30 Incheon International Half Marathon KOR H 82 

30 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 86 

April 


6 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 19 

6 Paris Marathon FRA M 80 

13 Canberra Marathon AUS M 28 

13 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 84 

13 Turin Marathon ITA M 82 

13 Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA H 25 

19 Pardubice Wine Marathon CZE M 24 

20 Zurich Marathon SUI M 86 

20 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 78 

20 Olympic Commemorative 

20 Nagano Marathon JPN M 82 

20 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 80 

21 112th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 86 

24 The Terwamarathon FIN M 80 

27 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 84 

27 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 78 

27 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 80 

27 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 26 

27 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 82 

27 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 86 

27 Marathon Hamburg GER M 20 

27 Society of Torun Marathon POL M 24 

27 ING Bank Enschede Marathon NED M 84 

Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 84 

May 


4 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 36 

4 Berlin runs 25km GER R 80 

4 BMO Bank of Montreal 

Vancouver Marathon CAN M 78 

4 Eugene Marathon and Half USA M/H 86 

4 Cracovia Marathon POL M 38 

8 Media Maraton de Quito 2800 ECU M 80 

11 Kigali Peace Marathon RWA M 84 

11 Pisa Marathon ITA M 82 

11 Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 17 

11 Maraton Martin Fiz ESP M 86 

17 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 86 

17 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 78 


18 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 28 

18 Karstadt Marathon GER M 24 

18 Nordea Riga Marathon LAT M 82 

18 Medio Maratón Ciudad de Valencia ESP H 30 

18 Bangalore World 10km IND R 82 

25 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 24 

25 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 32 

31 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 39 

31 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA R 86 

Three Hearts Marathon & Half SLO M/H 84 

Geneve Marathon [moved to 28.09.08] SUI M 86 

June 


1 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 78 

1 Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K ECU R 80 

1 Zelenograd Half Marathon Sprandi RUS H 84 

15 Laguna Phuket Int'l Marathon THA M 86 

15 Dalian International Marathon CHN M 78 

15 Comrades Marathon RSA M 84 

20 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 80 

21 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 84 

22 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 82 

22 Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon CAN H 78 

22 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 38 

28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 51 

28 Santa Claus Marathon FIN M 51 

28 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 80 

28-5 July 100 miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 84 


29 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 78 

July 


5 Tallinn Marathon (Viimsi) EST M 51 

5 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 63 

6 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 51 

6 HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 78 

13 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 86 

19 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 82 

26 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 86 


27 Bogotá Int'l Half Marathon COL H 78 

Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M/H 86 

Arctic Marathon CAN M 78 

August 


2 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 84 

3 San Francisco Marathon USA M/H 65 

9 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 80 

10 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 65 

10 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 78 

10 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 78 

15-23 XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing CHN M 13 

16 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 59 

23 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 63 

24 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 86 

24 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 55 

26 Maraton de la Ciudad de Mexico MEX M 84 

31 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 78 

September 


5-6 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 65 


6 Stockholm Half Marathon SWE H 67 

7 23rd Nike Budapest 

Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 70+71 

7 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 84 

13 Vilnius Maratonas & Half LIT M/H 82 

13 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 84 

14 Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin COL H 78 

14 28th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 84 

14 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 80 

21 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 67 

21 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 86 

21 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 63 

21 Blackmores Sydney Running 

Fesitival/Sydney Marathon AUS M 78 

21 Marathon By The Sea CAN M 78 

28 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 86 

28 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 84 

28 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half CAN M/H 78 

28 47th Dexia Route du Vin 

Half Marathon LUX H 82 

28 Berlin Marathon GER M 19 

28 Geneve Marathon SUI M 86 

28 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 82 

28 Maratonina Citta di Udine ITA H 82 

28 10k Int’l Costa Rica CRC R 80 

Great Scottish Run GBR H 80 

M 

H 

R 

ChampionChip timing 

Marathon 

Half Marathon 

Road Race 

MR Mountain Run 

U Ultradistance 

C Cross Country 

** For race date please contact race direct. 

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

side of each column). Please use these as an 

index for race details. 

IMPORTANT: 

At the time of publication, the above dates were 

believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly 

with race organisers prior to booking arrangements. 

RACE DIRECTORS: 

To correct current contact information and race dates 

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

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Ruska Marathon FIN M 80 

La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 80 

Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 82 

BSNL Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 82 

Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 80 

October 


5 23rd Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 70+71 

5 St Denis Half Marathon FRA H 80 

5 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 80 

5 Twin Cities Marathon USA M 86 

5 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 71 

5 Portland Marathon USA M 69 

5 Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon CRO M/H 80 

5 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 70 

12 Samsung Melbourne Marathon AUS M 67 

12 Okanagan Int’l Marathon CAN M 78 

12 Poznan Marathon POL M 69 

12 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 78 

12 3rd IAAF World Road Race 

Championships, 21.1km, Rio de Janeiro BRA H 13 

12 Novi Sad Marathon SER M 84 

12 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 84 

12 Timisoara Marathon ROM M 84 

12 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 81 

12 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 78 

19 Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon IND H 82 

19 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 78 

19 Amsterdam Marathon NED M 84 

19 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M/H 78 

19 Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int'l Marathon KOR M 82 

26 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 81 

26 Niagara Fallsview 

Casino Int'l Marathon CAN M 74 

26 Venice Marathon ITA M 76+77 

26 Mediterranean Marathon ESP M 86 

26 Porto Marathon POR M 79 

26 Åland Marathon and Half FIN M/H 80 

26 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 86 

26 Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon GER M 73 

26 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 83 


Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 82 

26 Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara MEX M 84 

27 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 82 

5th Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 78 

ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 78 

Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 82 

Rijeka Half Marathon CRO H 80 

Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 84 

November 


1 Taroko Int’l Marathon TPE M/H 78 

2 21km Nuevo Leon MEX H 84 

2 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 86 

2 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 83 

9 Big Sur Half Marathon 

on Monterey Bay USA H 86 

9 Marathon des Alpes 

Maritimes Cannes-Nice FRA M 80 

9 Hanghzhou Marathon CHN M 78 

9 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 80 

14 7th Pharaonic 100km EGY U 80 

16 Guarda Trentino Half Marathon ITA H 82 

16 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 83 

16 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 80 

16 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82 

16 Blom Bank Beirut Marathon LEB M 82 

23 Medio Maraton Quito - 

Mitad del Mundo ECU H 80 

23 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 80 

23 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon THA M 86 

23 Maraton de San Sebastian ESP M 86 

27 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 86 

28-23 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 84 

30 Great Ethiopian Run ETH R 80 

30 XXV Firenze Marathon ITA M 81 

30 Univ of Washington Medical Centre 

Seattle Marathon USA M/H 86 

30 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 78 

30 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 80 

30 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 78 

30 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 84 

Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 82 

10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 78 

December 


6 Reggae Marathon JAM M 83 

7 UNICEF Charity Half Marathon & 10k HKG H/R 80 

7 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 85 

7 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 78 

7 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 84 

7 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 78 

7 Costa Rica Int’l Marathon and Half CRC M/H 78 

7 62nd Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship JPN M 82 


Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 84 

7 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 86 

12 Antarctica Ice Marathon ACA M/U 78 

14 Honolulu Marathon USA M 86 

14 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 78 

14 Powerade Monterrey Marathon MEX M 84 

31 St Catherine Marathon EGY M/H 80 

31 Sao Silvestre 15km BRA R 78 

Milano City Marathon ITA M 82 

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CMB H 78 

January 2009 


1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 86 

3 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 78 

8 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82 


Mumbai Marathon IND M 82 

18 Cabo Marathon MEX H 84 

25 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 86 

25 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 82 

Subic Marathon PHI M 84 

Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 80 

Kinmen Marathon TPE M/H 78 

China Coast Marathon and Half HKG M/H 80 

Standard Chartered 

Dubai Marathon UAE M 86 

February 


6 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon UAE H 86 

13 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 80 

14 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 82 

15 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 4 

22 Seville City Marathon ESP M 10 

23 Sahara Marathon ALG M 78 


Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 82 

Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km / 

10k Road Race JPN R 82 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82 

5th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 84 


Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 80 

Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 84 

Giuseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon ITA M 82 

Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 82 

March 


1 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 84 

1 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 86 

9 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon ITA H 18 

10 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 78 


22 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 16 

22 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 8 

22 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 12 

26 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 10 

28 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17 

29 North Pole Marathon NPO M 84 


29 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 86 

Treviso Marathon ITA M 82 

Incheon International Half Marathon KOR H 82 

Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 80 

Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 86 


Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 84 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82 

Los Angeles Marathon USA M 86 

Marato de Barcelona ESP M 11 

International Oger Antalya Marathon TUR M 86 

Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 82 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82 

Sao Paulo Int’l Half Marathon BRA H 78 

Ferraramarathon ITA M 82 

AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MAS M 84 

Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 34 

Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 82 

IAAF World Cross-Country 

Championships C 13 

Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 84 

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7 OCTOBER 2007: 

SAMSUNG MELBOURNE 

MARATHON, AUSTRALIA 

MEN: 

1 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:19:16 

2 Josphet Gatiya MWANGI KEN 2:20:55 

3 Trent HARLOW AUS 2:21:58 

4 Anthony RICKARDS AUS 2:23:46 

5 Scott RANTALL AUS 2:26:18 

WOMEN: 

1 Hanny ALSTON AUS 2:40:34 

2 Helen STANTON AUS 2:41:51 

3 Billinda SCIPP AUS 2:42:22 

4 Karen NATOLI AUS 2:45:15 

5 Angela BATEUP AUS 2:46:40 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Brett CARTRIGHT AUS 1:03:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Lauren SHELLEY AUS 1:14:57 


KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, 

SLOVAKIA 

It's been a long time coming, but Europe's oldest 

marathon finally went sub 2:10 as unheralded Kenyan 

William Biama won in a great solo effort writes Alfons 

Juck. The 84th edition of the race enjoyed favourable 

conditions (13°C, no wind) and the participation of 

more than 3000 runners from 40 countries in the 

marathon and various support races. 

For 22-year-old Biama it was only his third 

marathon. Alongside the much more experienced 

Simon Bor, (2:07:55 from 2003) by 10km (30:25) they 

had already dropped the pacemakers. Through halfway 

in 1:03:50, it seemed inevitable that they would fade in 

the second half, but while Bor did so (after 30km) 

Biama was still running well. 

Watched by Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic among 

the spectators Bima delivered in fine style. "I did not 

have any big crisis, only at the end when I was a little bit 

cold… next time I think I can run close to 2:07," he said. 

Bor, in his 21st marathon, also beat the old course record. 

Natalya Kulesh defended her women's title and set a 

new personal best of 2:34:50, fourth fastest ever in 

Kosice. The 2005 race winner Edyta Lewandowska 

finished two minutes behind her. 

Member of Parliament and former Slovak Prime 

Minister Mikulas Dzurinda finished his 21st marathon 

after leg surgery in very solid 3:35:13. 

MEN: 

1 William BIAMA KEN 2:09:53 

2 Simon BOR KEN 2:12:01 

3 Lenar KHUSNUTDINOV RUS 2:15:29 

4 Mathew KOSGEI KEN 2:16:50 

5 Wilfred CHESEREK KEN 2:17:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Natcha KULESH BLR 2:34:50 

2 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:36:58 

3 Olga KOTOVSKA UKR 2:39:53 

4 Valentina DELION MDA 2:45:18 

5 Laura MCINTYRE CAN 2:57:57 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Anatoly MALYY SVK 1:09:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Katarina BERESOVA SVK 1:18:43 


MEDTRONIC TWIN CITIES 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:13:54 

2 Joseph MUTINDA KEN 2:20:12 

3 Augustus KAVUTU KEN 2:21:13 

4 David CHEPKWONY KEN 2:21:55 

5 Stephen MUTURI KEN 2:22:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:34:09 

2 Alena VINITSKAYA RUS 2:38:23 

3 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:38:45 

4 Robyn FRIEDMAN USA 2:42:15 

5 Caroline CRETTI 2:43:13 


BAXTER'S LOCH NESS MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Over 5600 runners ran in the Baxters Festival of 

Running, with thousands lining the final few miles 

along the route in the autumn sunshine to support the 

runners as they came into Queens Park Stadium in 

Inverness, the finish venue of all three races. Runners, 

together with their families and friends, enjoyed a 

carnival atmosphere, with entertainment including 

pipes and drums and ceilidh bands. For the kids there 

was a bouncy castle, Baxter's Soup and face painting. 

The event attracts elite Scottish and international 

athletes and club runners, but is also hugely popular 

with amateurs, joggers and those running to raise 

money for charity. Last year's event raised £408,311. 

Fifty different nationalities were represented, with 

athletes from as far afield as Australia, Brazil, Japan, 

Kenya, New Zealand and Trinidad. 

The Festival of Running has a tremendous impact 

on the local economy as runners, their supporters and 

locals alike soak up the race weekend atmosphere; 

almost $2 million was spent on accommodation, food 

and activities in 2006, and certainly more this year. 

MEN: 

1 Zakary KIHARA KEN 2:23:17 

2 Moray ANDERSON GBR 2:30:56 

3 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 2:35:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 2:55:04 

2 Shona MCINTOSH GBR 3:04:29 

3 Lydia SCHUMACHER USA 3:06:35 

KOSICE 

LOCH NESS 


RIVER NESS 10km 

MEN: 

1 Jean NDAYASENGA BDI 30:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Bridget COOMBER GBR 37:43 


ROYAL VICTORIA MARATHON, 

CANADA 

See separate feature, p27 


PORTLAND MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Carlos SIQUEIROS USA 2:25:25 

2 Scott NICHOLAS USA 2:28:23 

3 Nobuhito HORIKI JPN 2:29:10 

4 Andy MARTIN USA 2:30:36 

5 Daniel FELDMAN USA 2:31:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Mayu HORIKI JPN 2:53:44 

2 Laurie PORTER USA 2:53:47 

3 Angie RADOSEVICH USA 2:57:01 

4 Ashlee VINCENT USA 2:57:06 

5 Sally BERGESEN USA 2:59:21 


OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Scott TREMBLAY CAN 2:38:27 

2 Trevor HAAHEIM CAN 2:39:40 

3 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:50:05 

4 Martin MCMAHON CAN 2:57:58 

5 Adam TEASDALE CAN 2:58:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Christy LOVIG CAN 3:14:23 

2 Nicky REHN CAN 3:16:47 

3 Paige HOWAT CAN 3:17:45 

4 Wendi CAMPBELL CAN 3:18:44 

5 Leah ANAKA CAN 3:20:47 


GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, 

ECUADOR 

MEN: 

1 Byron PIEDRA ECU 2:20:50 

2 Miguel MALLQUI 2:21:14 

3 Larryn SANCHEZ 2:22:01 

4 William BARROS 2:23:51 

5 Stalin BARROS 2:25:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Nancy ROSERO 2:49:30 

2 Sandra RUALES 2:50:24 

3 Mary L MAMANI 2:59:31 

4 Olga TABLA 3:03:10 

5 Angelina GUALOTUNA 3:10:12 


TORONTO MARATHON AND HALF, 

CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:21:59 

2 Matthew NORMINTON CAN 2:23:56 

3 Gavin STEVENS NZL 2:34:29 

4 Martinez ANGEL MEX 2:36:12 

5 Zeljko SABOL CAN 2:38:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Leslie BLACK CAN 2:58:47 

2 Angela BATSFORD CAN 3:06:20 

3 Gretchen GEHRKE USA 3:08:27 

4 Katie SNOWDEN CAN 3:10:30 

5 Christine ROSS CAN 3:10:36 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Pius KORIR KEN 1:08:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Sarah HUNTER-NAGY CAN 1:20:05 


ZAGREB MARATHON & HALF 

MARATHON, CROATIA 

MEN: 

1 Duro KODZO BIH 2:19:57 

2 Slavko PETROVIC CRO 2:20:48 

3 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 2:25:26 

4 Drazen DINJAR CRO 2:28:16 

5 Bela HORVATH HUN 2:28:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria LUCA TEODERASCU ROM 2:45:35 

2 Svetlana SHEPELEVA RUS 2:47:13 

3 Ida SURBEK SLO 2:49:20 

4 Ljiljana CULIBRK CRO 2:50:44 

5 Larisa USACHEVA RUS 2:50:53 


EINDHOVEN MARATHON, 

NETHERLANDS 

In ideal conditions (16°C, sunny, no wind) Philip Singoei 

defended his title and bettered his 2:08:08 course 

record from last year writes Wim van Hemert. It was 

Singoei's fourth consecutive Eindhoven. In 2004 and 

2005 he finished second in 2:10:07 and 2:08:45 

respectively. "I love this course," he said afterwards. "I 

was very confident to win." 

A big group of Africans went through 10km in 29:40 

but at 15km (44:36) they were reduced to four: Singoei, 

William Todoo Rotich (who eventually did not finish), 

Joseph Ngeny Kiprotich and pacemaker Charles Koech. 

At halfway Koech stopped and the other three were on 

their own. The pace stayed very fast as the trio passed 

30km in 1:29:57. Rotich dropped back at 33km and soon 

after that point he stopped. Just before 35km Singoei 

accelerated and left his last rival. 

In the last 7km he opened a gap of nearly two 

minutes. 

Lydia Kurgat was a comfortable winner in the 

women's race, well ahead of compatriots Tabitha Kibet 

and Eunice Korir. The event drew a record 16,046 

participants: 1775 in the marathon, 8135 in the half 

marathon and 6830 in the City Run (6km). 

MEN: 

1 Philips SINGOEI KEN 2:07:57 

2 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:09:56 

3 Joseph N KIPROTICH KEN 2:11:05 

4 Sammy CHUMBA KEN 2:11:08 

5 Mulugeta WAMI ETH 2:11:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Lydia KURGAT KEN 2:39:27 

2 Tabitha KIBET KEN 2:40:51 

3 Eunice KORIR KEN 2:40:56 

4 Inge VAN BERGEN NED 2:51:53 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Wellay AMARE ETH 1:06:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Firehiwott TESFAYE ETH 1:16:53 


ING BRUSSELS MARATHON AND 

HALF, BELGIUM 

MEN: 

1 Jonathan Y KIPTOO 2:12:16 

2 Josphat KEIYO 2:12:19 

3 Maru SHADRACK 2:13:39 

4 Patrick TAMBWE 2:15:29 

5 Elias C KIMELI 2:17:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Rael K JEPYATOR 2:41:20 

2 Reka KOVACS 3:14:03 

3 Christine POULARD 3:14:19 

4 Caroline GOETGHBUER 3:16:36 

5 Catherine ROOSSENS 3:16:37 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Jason MAYEROFF 1:07:03 

WOMEN: 

1 Anne Marie DUPONT 1:28:08 

14 OCTOBER 2007, 

NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA 

MEN: 

1 Akademija VONA 2:23:33 

2 Roman PRODIUS MDA 2:32:31 

3 Sergui LANGU MDA 2:32:32 

4 Dimitriji PAVLOV RUS 2:33:31 

5 Alex SCUTARU MDA 2:37:22 

WOMEN: 

1 Jekaterina KOKLIJEVA 2:56:53 

2 Ksenija BODLOVIC 3:06:31 

3 Vera JANJUSKINA 3:14:24 

4 Lidija MIKLOS 3:17:35 

5 Biljana GRUBOR-VOZAREVIC 3:38:54 


POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND 

A total of 2400 runners gathered on a sunny but cold 

morning at Malta Lake to take part in Poland’s biggest 

ever marathon. The number surpassed that recorded in 

Warsaw in the early 1980s. The City's Mayor and his 

deputy both took part. 

On the first lap pacemaker Pawel Ochal led the 

elite group of three Kenyans (Ndegwa, Tangus and 

Kilimo), two Poles (Dudycz and Drwal) and two 

Ukrainians (Starodubtsev and Remshchuk). From 27- 

36km Tangus and Ndegwa ran together leaving, Dudycz 

100m chasing them 100m adrift. At 40km Dudycz 

caught them, but a kilometre later Tangus escaped to 

cross the finish line well ahead. Dudycz managed to 

outrun Ndegwa with only 300m to go. 

Apart from runners over 300 inline skaters finished 

the half marathon race as well. 

MEN: 

1 Paul TANGUS KEN 2:16:24 

2 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 2:17:17 

3 David NDEGWA KEN 2:17:21 

4 Vasiliy REMSHCHUK UKR 2:17:43 

5 Viktor STARODUBCEV UKR 2:18:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Ewa BRYCH PAJAK POL 2:39:59 

2 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:40:22 

3 Elena MAZOVKA 2:44:57 

4 Julia PASTUHOVA RUS 2:46:38 

5 Ludmila RODINA RUS 2:46:51 


MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 David HERR USA 2:37:44 

2 Andrew BEARDSLEY USA 2:41:20 

3 Matt FRONGILLO USA 2:41:47 

4 Erik MCCARTHY USA 2:46:30 

5 Steve NOONE USA 2:49:28 


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WOMEN: 

1 Judi CHIAVETTA USA 3:04:42 

2 Debra MOREAU USA 3:21:00 

3 Lara JUDSON USA 3:21:23 

4 Kathleen MUNSON USA 3:22:46 

5 Amanda DREYER USA 3:23:50 


TIMISOARA MARATHON AND 

HALF, ROMANIA 

The race passed a milestone by attracting runners from 

more than ten countries for the first time. Nebojsa 

Kosic from neighbouring Serbia won the men's 

Marathon in great style and Hiroko Ogawa from Japan 

dominated the women's competition. 

Runners enjoyed both marathon and half marathon 

events in sunny conditions, on a fast course and against 

the beautiful backdrop provided by the historical city 

of Timisoara. Beside the main events there was also a 

"Bambi Marathon" for 4 to 6 year old children, over a 

course of a few hundred metres. 

MEN: 

1 Nebojsa KOSIC SRB 2:40:16 

2 Gennaro FRANCESCO ITA 2:52:02 

3 Danut CERNAT ROM 2:54:27 

4 Florian CUTI ROM 2:54:28 

5 Giulio CAVATAIO ITA 2:58:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 3:30:55 

2 Silvia BANDA ROM 3:47:10 

3 Chandra LECOMPTE USA 4:19:18 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Constantin MINERAN ROM 1:14:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Cuta STEFAN TALPAU ROM 1:30:49 


ING AMSTERDAM MARATHON, 

NETHERLANDS 

Ideal weather (10-12°C and sunny but with no wind) 

allowed fast times in a race which was not determined 

until the final 250m inside the 1928 Olympic Stadium 

writes Wim van Hemert. Emmanuel Mutai clocked the 

third fastest time in the history of the event and the 

second fastest time of the year. Compatriot Magdaline 

Chemjor won her debut marathon. 

Mutai earned the victory by his strong front 

running. After a moderate start a large group of 

runners held together through 10km (29:55) and 

halfway (1:03:56). After this point, outside Amsterdam 

by the River Amstel, the pace increased as some 

pacemakers dropped out. The lead group diminished 

but still numbered 11 runners who passed 25km in 

1:15:32 and 30km in 1:30:20. By 35km (1:44:55) there were 

three leaders: the Kenyans Mutai and Richard Limo and 

Yonas Kifle of Eritrea. Kifle lost contact and was 

overtaken by the Kenyans James Rotich and Paul Kirui 

at around 41km. Mutai and Limo battled on but in the 

last kilometre Mutai succeeded in breaking away from 

his final opponent. Rotich and Kirui stayed together 

until the last stride both clocking the same time for 

third and fourth place. 

Mutai's previous best was a modest 2:13:06 from 

Rotterdam in April. Dutchman Kamiel Maase gave 

himself a nice present, a day after his 37th birthday, by 

finishing ninth with a new Dutch record. He bettered 

his old national record, which he also set in 

Amsterdam four years ago, by exactly ten seconds. 

Magdaline Chemjor dropped her last opponents, 

Ethiopians Marta Markos and Ayelech Worku, at 35km 

(1:44:47). The experienced Pole Dorota Gruca was very 

strong in the final seven kilometres, coming through to 

take second place. 

Over 8000 runners took part in the Marathon 

while another 16,000 competed over the other two 

distances. 

MEN: 

1 Emmanuel MUTAI KEN 2:06:29 

2 Richard LIMO KEN 2:06:45 

3 James ROTICH KEN 2:07:12 

4 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:07:12 

5 Yonas KIFLE ERI 2:07:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 2:28:16 

2 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:30:10 

3 Ayelech WORKU ETH 2:30:15 

4 Shiru DERIBA ETH 2:30:30 

5 Liza HUNTER-GALVAN NZL 2:30:40 


ANA BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA 

See separate feature p33 


FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON, 

ITALY 

Aniko Kalovics scored a back-to back win while Kenyan 

Noah Serem took the honours in the men's race with a 

personal best writes Diego Sampaolo. 

Ornella Ferrara, a former Marathon world 

championships bronze medallist now aged 39, ran well 

in her comeback competition after undergoing surgery 

twice in the last two years. 

Kalovics had already declared herself below her 

form of last year, when she set a Hungarian record, but 

she went ahead at 10 km and built up a 45-second lead 

by 15 km (52:27). She passed halfway in 1:13:53 and 

increased the gap on Ferrara to 1:06 at 25 km (1:27:46) 

and to 1:45 at 35 km (2:03:10). She ran the second half in 

1:14:24 for the third Marathon win of her career. "I 

wanted to dip under 2:28 but it was too cold today," 

Kalovics said. 

Ferrara was delighted with her second place in her 

comeback competition. "I hoped to run under 2:30. But 

considering that I have not run a Marathon race since 

December 2004 I am happy," Ferrara said. In third, 

Justina Bak smashed her personal best by ten minutes. 

Reigning Olympic and European champion Stefano 

Baldini made his final test for the ING New York City 

Marathon by running 25 km in the race, very close to 

his home town of Castelnovo di Sotto. 

Baldini showed progress after a difficult 2007 

season, running the first 25km alone. The Italian 

marathon hero reached 1:04:57 at the halfway mark and 

finished his test at 25km where he clocked 1:17:02. 

With Baldini gone, four Kenyans remained in 

contention for the final victory: Serem, Biwott, 

Cheruyiot and Willy Korir. Biwott was the first to test 

the others at 31km but they held on. At 36km Serem 

attacked and this time only Biwott resisted. Serem 

maintained the pressure and at 37km had established a 

six-second gap which he held to the end. 

Race organisers presented plans for next year's 

celebrations of the century anniversary of the famous 

Marathon race of Italian Marathon legend Dorando 

Pietri at the Olympic Games in London 1908. A 

monument dedicated to the great Italian runner will be 

unveiled. A book "The race of the century", written by 

athletics historian and journalist Augusto Frasca, was 

presented to the Italian media. The celebration will 

also be marked by the issue of a series of special 

stamps and postmarks and a set of illustrated 

postcards will be printed. 

MEN: 

1 Kiplagat N SEREM KEN 2:11:15 

2 Kiplagat P BIWOTT KEN 2:11:25 

3 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:48 

4 Willy KORIR KEN 2:13:16 

5 Mekonnen Y TEMESGEN ETH 2:14:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 2:28:14 

2 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:30:18 

3 Justina BAK POL 2:30:42 

4 Getnet S KASSA ETH 2:34:41 

5 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:37:02 


LAUSANNE MARATHON, 

SWITZERLAND 

MEN: 

1 Kwambai W KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:12:18 

2 Kiptoo B KOLUM KEN 2:12:25 

3 Lamma FIKADE ETH 2:24:16 

4 Christophe STAUFFER SUI 2:31:05 

5 Steffen LEONHARDT 2:37:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Jeanna MALKOVA RUS 2:47:11 

2 Krijstina LOONEN NED 2:53:48 

3 Keneli CHALA ETH 2:58:46 

4 Sandra ANNEN-LEMARD 2:59:31 

5 Elfenesh MALAKU ETH 3:01:41 


5TH HALF MARATHON OF BAHIA, 

BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 1:09:14 

2 Giomar PEREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:09:17 

3 Marcos Alexandre ELIAS BRA 1:09:18 

4 Josueldo F NASCIMENTO BRA 1:09:21 

5 Cicero Marcos DE LIMA BRA 1:09:22 

WOMEN: 

1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:17:57 

2 Edielza A Dos A GUIMARAES BRA 1:18:55 

3 Eunice KIRWA KEN 1:21:18 

4 Sirlene SOUZA PINHO BRA 1:21:45 

5 Marluce BORGES BRA 1:23:15 


PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL 

Last year this was the fastest marathon in Portugal, 

with a sub 2:10 winning time, but this year the weather 

was very hot and winner's time was much slower. Even 

so, Marisa Barros from the Azores broke her personal 

best and the race record with 2:31:31, and also obtained 

the Olympic qualifying time. She maintained the 

unbroken run of victories for Portugal in the women's 

race. 

The course is flat and fast and shows the best of 

the city, combining seaside and riverside. The Half 

Marathon was run over the second half of the 

marathon course, which was of some help to the 

marathon runners. In all three races - there was also a 

mini marathon - a total of nearly 7,500 runners took 

part. The 2008 race is scheduled for 26 October. 

MEN: 

1 Edwin KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:12 

2 Thomas KIPROSGEI KEN 2:20:00 

3 Antonio SALVADOR POR 2:22:52 

4 Philip KIPROECH KEN 2:25:30 

5 Peter KIPTOO KEN 2:25:53 

WOMEN: 

1 Marisa BARROS POR 2:31:31 

2 Karolina JARKYNASKA 2:54:55 

3 Chantal XHERVELLE 2:58:11 


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MARATHON, KOREA 

MEN: 

1 Edwin KOMEN KEN 2:09:44 

2 Charles Kibiwott KEN 2:09:45 

3 Wilson KIGEN KEN 2:09:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Sun-sook YOON KOR 2:35:53 


VODAFONE DELHI HALF MARATON, 

INDIA 

Dieudonne Disi, sixth in the World Half Championships 

two weeks previously after a meteoric rise to form 

over the last year or so, destroyed a talented field by 

fierce front running. He passed through 5km in 13:55 

and 10km in 28:20. He gradually worked his way clear 

of all opposition except for Isaac Macharia, who had 

held back in the early stages and ran together with Disi 

as they worked up a big lead. But Disi was not to be 

denied and had enough left to sprint clear in the final 

few hundred metres. 

Alice Timbilil took charge of the women's race and 

went clear with a pair of Ethiopian runners, Atsede 

Habtamu and Deribe Alemu. Like Disi and Macharia in 

the men's race, these three together forged a big lead 

and the race was determined only in the sprint for the 

line, won by Alemu. 

MEN: 

1 Dieudonne DISI RWA 1:00:43 

2 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 1:00:48 

3 Dickson MARWA TAN 1:02:03 

4 Patrick MBUVI KEN 1:02:03 

5 Wilson KIPLAGAT KEN 1:02:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Deribe ALEMU ETH 1:10:30 

2 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:10:36 

3 Alice TIMBILIL KEN 1:10:40 

4 Natalia BERKUT UKR 1:11:14 

5 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 1:11:48 


VENICE MARATHON, ITALY 

Both winners successfully defended the titles they won 

last year, Lenah Cheruiyot with a new course record 

and personal best time. Jonathan Kipkorir won a 

tactical race to finish ahead of the winner of this year's 

Turin Marathon, Philemon Kirwa. 

MEN: 

1 Jonathan Kosgei KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:27 

2 Philemon Tarbei KIRWA KEN 2:12:49 

3 Richard MUTAI KEN 2:13:31 

4 Hillary BETT KEN 2:13:34 

5 Boaz Kimaiyo KIBET KEN 2:14:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Lenah CHERUIYOT KEN 2:27:02 

2 Anne KOSGEI KEN 2:28:27 

3 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:34:52 

4 Fatna MARAOUI ITA 2:37:22 

5 Mary PTIKAN KEN 2:37:50 


DRESDNER KLEINWORT 

FRANKFURT MARATHON, 

GERMANY 

Wilfred Kigen broke his own course record in winning 

for the third successive time writes Pat Butcher. But he 

was headed for most of the way by Hosea Rotich, 

running only his second marathon. Kigen proved the 

tougher in the last kilometre, pulling away to win by 80 

metres from Rotich, who ran a personal best. 

Kigen was joined at the finish line in the city's 

Festival Hall by his eight year old daughter, Patience, 

and it was that virtue which won her father the race. 

At 30km Rotich had shot out of the pack of 15 Kenyans 

to take a 50m lead. Kigen and Peter Kiprotich set off in 

gradual pursuit. "I knew he went too fast," Kigen said of 

Rotich's spurt, "and I knew if I ran steadily, I would 

catch him." 

Former steeplechase world record holder, Wilson 

Boit Kipketer improved his best by four minutes, 

finishing 16th in 2:13:08, but he's running out of years in 

his avowed pursuit of Haile Gebrselassie's world record 

of 2:04:26. Dieter Baumann, Olympic 5000 metres 

champion in 1992, made a brief comeback to 

competition finishing his first marathon, for charity, in 

exactly 2:30:00. 

The women's race looked for a long time like a 

procession behind the veteran Russian, Svetlana 

Zakharova, making her comeback after the birth of her 

daughter. She gradually went away from the field and 

was a minute ahead at 30km. Melanie Kraus had been 

over a minute behind at halfway but worked her way 

through from sixth, to catch Zakharova at 40km. 

Zakharova only just held off fast finishing Kirsten 

Otterbu. 

MEN: 

1 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:07:58 

2 Hosea ROTICH KEN 2:08:11 

3 Sammy KURGAT KEN 2:08:38 

4 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 2:08:49 

5 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:09:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Melanie KRAUS GER 2:28:56 

2 Svetlana ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:29:12 

3 Kirsten M OTTERBU NOR 2:29:12 

4 Jemima JELEGAT KEN 2:29:41 

5 Luminita ZAITUC GER 2:30:09 


ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON, 

TURKEY 

MEN: 

1 David E CHERUIYOT KEN 2:10:56 

2 Mark W YATICH KEN 2:11:02 

3 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:11:04 

4 Leonard M MAINA KEN 2:11:08 

5 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:11:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Atsede B TESEMA ETH 2:29:05 

2 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 2:31:08 

3 Olga GLOK RUS 2:31:10 

4 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:32:31 

5 Winifred KWAMBOKA KEN 2:36:27 

ISTANBUL 

DELHI 

FRANKFURT 


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MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA 

A beautiful, blue-sky, sunny day and cool temperatures 

greeted 21,226 starters, but they also faced stiff breezes 

along the Potomac River for the 32nd running of the 

4th largest marathon in North America writes Alan 

Brookes. 

True to its name, "The People's Marathon", which 

offers no prize money, was won by no-name athletes: 33 

year old Ethiopian Tamrat Ayalew, who now calls 

Atlanta his home and 28 year old Kristen Henehan of 

suburban Washington. Ayalew surged away from a 

disappointed Mexican Marine, Ruben Garcia, at 21 

miles, frustrating Garcia's hope of becoming the first 3- 

time winner. Henehan, a political lobbyist in the 

American capital, said she entered to run her first 

marathon for fun. After running with a group of three 

from the 4 mile point, she got by another local runner, 

Lisa Thomas, in the last half mile to complete her debut 

with a large smile. 

The real story of the Marine Corps Marathon is its 

wonderfully scenic course through the parklands along 

the banks of the Potomac. Its route showcases the 

White House, the Capitol Building, the Lincoln and 

Jefferson Memorials, the Washington Monument, the 

Pentagon and the famous Iwo Jima Monument at the 

finish line. It is about the legions of Marines who put on 

a technically excellent race for the average runner, who 

finishes somewhere around 5 hours. Fully one-third of 

the entrants were first-time marathoners, and 40% were 

women, greeted warmly in the largest PR exercise of 

the year for the USMC. 

Although it attracts runners from 50 countries the 

race is dominated by Americans from all 50 states, 

drawn to their country's capital. Just 716 of 30,715 

entrants were international runners this year. In 

contrast, 1,486 active duty marines ran the race. Robin 

Platt, a 52 year old from the Chicago area finished with 

his 17 year old daughter, Amanda, in 5:26:34, running in 

memory of his godson, 26-year-old Colby Umbrell, a 1st 

Lieutenant Army Ranger who was killed in Iraq in May. 

Fifty-seven year old David Johnson ran 6:48 in honour 

of his father, 84 year-old Elvin Johnson, a veteran of Iwo 

Jima. The DC Mayor, 36-year old Adrian Fenty, led by 

example in clocking a speedy 4:10:50. 

MEN: 

1 Tamrat AYALEW USA 2:22:18 

2 Ruben GARCIA USA 2:24:18 

3 Jaron HAWKINS USA 2:25:29 

4 Jose MIRANDA USA 2:26:01 

5 Carl RUNDELL USA 2:26:27 

WOMEN: 

1 Kristen HENEHAN USA 2:51:09 

2 Lisa THOMAS USA 2:51:36 

3 Claudia COLITA USA 2:54:15 

4 Gina SHAW USA 2:56:39 

5 Martha MERZ USA 2:56:41 


MEDITERRANEAN MARATHON, 

SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Victor G GUIRAO 2:23:56 

2 Carmelo QUATTROCCHI 2:33:20 

3 Jose M G LORCA 2:40:21 

4 Ivan HOMPANERA 2:41:20 

5 Josep M MARTI 2:42:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Angelina M CUGAT 3:17:34 

2 Emi V SANCHEZ 3:18:44 

3 Ana B HERNANDEZ 3:32:26 

4 Maria TOLEDANO 3:37:46 

5 Olga A RUBIO 3:48:38 


ALAND MARATHON, FINLAND 

MEN: 

1 Janne HOLMEN 2:23:51 

2 Anders FRANSSON 2:23:40 

3 Markus GRONROOS 2:42:37 

4 Erik ANFALT 2:47:00 

5 Jonny JOHANSSON 2:47:41 

WOMEN: 

1 Anu M OSSBERG 3:21:07 

2 Malena LAHTIMIES 3:33:45 

3 Virpi TERVONEN 3:34:59 

4 Malin WIMAN 3:37:17 

5 Elina JUNNILA 3:38:18 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Jorgen LINDH 1:17:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Ana RAHM 1:20:09 


NIAGARA FALLS INT'L MARATHON, 

CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Thomas OMWENGA CAN 2:33:13 

2 Michel LAVOIE CAN 2:36:10 

3 Brandon NEWBOULD USA 2:37:04 

4 Jeremy LABUFF USA 2:40:38 

5 Scott MCDONELL CAN 2:42:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:02:37 

2 Colleen M BERRY CAN 3:02:58 

3 Michelle SCHULER CAN 3:10:45 

4 Tina PIPPY CAN 3:15:53 

5 Jennifer REA USA 3:18:06 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Pius K KORIR KEN 1:05:30 

NAIROBI 

WOMEN: 

1 Nadezda TRILINSKAYA RUS 1:17:14 


LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON, 

SLOVENIA 

MEN: 

1 Oleksandr SITKOVSKIY UKR 2:12:49 

2 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:14:01 

3 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:14:13 

4 Paul KOGO KEN 2:18:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Tetyana FILONYUK UKR 2:34:58 

2 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:35:45 

3 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:38:00 

4 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:48:36 

5 Mateja SUSTARSIC SLO 2:54:45 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 1:06:45 

WOMEN: 

1 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 1:18:57 


STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI 

MARATHON, KENYA 

MEN: 

1 John THUITA KEN 2:15:50 

2 Wilson CHERUIYOT KEN 2:16:10 

3 Paul LIMO KEN 2:17:42 

4 Seury KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:17 

5 Kiplagat KANDIE KEN 2:18:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Rose CHESHIRE KEN 2:44:14 

2 Lu LI CHN 2:47:37 

3 Magdalene MKUNZI KEN 2:51:27 

4 Agnes KIPROTICH KEN 2:53:38 

5 Jackline NYANGERI KEN 2:54:45 



MARATON INTERNACIONAL DE 

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Cornelius LEL KEN 2:15:32 

2 George OKWORO KEN 2:16:43 

3 Jonathan LOPEZ MEX 2:17:09 

4 Samuel CHEPNO KEN 2:18:10 

5 Meshak KIRWA KEN 2:19:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Viola BOR KEN 2:38:20 

2 Judith HERNANDEZ MEX 2:38:35 

3 Patricia GUTIERREZ MEX 2:41:56 

4 Adriana SANCEZ RUIZ MEX 2:44:59 

5 Alice NDIRANGU KEN 2:46:15 


CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON 


Victor Mangusho beat Charles Yabei by 24 seconds 

after a thrilling duel. Elijah Mutai, who won for four 

consecutive years, finished fifth this year. In total more 

than 20,000 runners participated. 

MEN 

1 Victor MANGUSHO KEN 2:14:01 

2 Charles YABEI KEN 2:14:25 

3 Elijah BITOK KEN 2:14:46 

4 Patrick NYANGELO TAN 2:16:50 

5 Elijah MUTAI KEN 2:17:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Kyoung Hee CHOI KOR 2:35:25 

2 Sun Young LEE KOR 2:37:28 

3 Hee Yeon KIM KOR 2:39:21 


ADIDAS DUBLIN MARATHON, 

IRELAND 

MEN: 

1 Aleksey SOKOLOV RUS 2:09:07 

2 Thomas ABYU GBR 2:10:37 

3 Dejene YIRDAWE ETH 2:11:08 

4 Tessema ABSHIRO ETH 2:14:22 

5 Sergey ZACHEPA UKR 2:15:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Alina IVANOVA RUS 2:29:20 

2 Larisa ZYUSKO RUS 2:31:42 

3 Nguiatukei KIYARA KEN 2:33:27 

4 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 2:35:30 

5 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:35:46 

3 NOVEMBER 2007: 

TAROKO INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI 

MEN: 

1 Nicodemus MALAKWEN KEN 2:18:00 

2 Marko MAMBO 2:26:02 

3 Yi Cai ZENG 2:36:40 

4 Ting Yin ZHOU 2:36:41 

5 Zhi Hong HE 2:39:13 

WOMEN: 

1 Sally JEBICHII 2:50:00 

2 Shu Hua CHEN 2:54:47 

3 Min WU 3:00:11 

4 Xiao Yu LI 3:02:18 

5 Maria PAVLOVA 3:13:12 


ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON, 

GREECE 

With temperatures around 20°C and occasional light 

rain winning times were much faster in this jubilee 

edition of the race than in previous years over the 

classic route from Marathon to Athens writes Jorg 

Wenig. Participation was up from 5,000 last year to 

7,950 this year for all events. Among them were 4,750 

marathon runners. Abel Anton, Spain's marathon World 

Champion from Athens 1997 and Seville 1999 ran in the 

10km race. 

Kenyans had won the Athens Classic Marathon 

three times in a row, and they again dominated. Eight 

of them formed the leading group at half way (68:07). 

At about 35km Benjamin Korir Kiprotich broke away 

and opened a decisive gap. "I had tried to get away 

earlier, but then I decided to relax a bit more and let 

the others catch me again. I was sure that I would win 

the race," said the 29 year-old who ran a personal best 

of 2:10:43 earlier this year when he finished third in 

Brescia. Defending champion Henry Tarus came in third 

while Georgios Karavidas, in tenth, won the Greek 

championship. 

In the women's race the big favourite took the 

honours: Svetlana Ponomarenko passed halfway in 

1:15:56. The 37 year-old, who had won the Frankfurt 

Marathon in 2006 and has a personal best of 2:29:55, 

ran a very consistent pace. "The weather was fine for 

me. I would now like to qualify for Beijing next year," 

she said. 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin Korir KIPROTICH KEN 2:14:40 

2 Husea Kiptanui KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:03 

3 Henry TARUS KEN 2:15:57 

4 Michael CHEMPCHIR KEN 2:16:52 

5 David Kimutai KOSGAI KEN 2:17:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:33:19 

2 Chihiro TANAKA JPN 2:41:01 

3 Magdalene GAZEA GRE 2:41:31 

4 Magdalene KARIMALI GRE 2:46:14 

5 Sisai Arsenti MEASO ETH 2:46:43 


JOONGANG SEOUL INT'L 


Cool conditions allowed for fast running, and winner 

Joshua Chelanga just failed, by one second, to beat the 

course record set by Jason Mbote a year previously. 

From a group of 12 runners at halfway there 

remained six with 10km still to run, after all 

pacemakers had completed their task. Only four 

kilometres later it became a head to head contest 

between Joshua Chelanga and Abderrahime 

Bouramdane in which Chelanga made all the running 

and never quite allowed Bouramdane to get on level 

terms. 

The women's race featured an entirely domestic 

field, and Eung Jung Lee had no serious rival as she 

passed 10km with an already impressive lead. She 

pressed on to a solo victory and beat the old course 

record, set four years ago, by 58 seconds. 

MEN: 

1 Joshua CHELANGA KEN 2:08:14 

2 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE MAR 2:08:20 

3 Yirefu BIRHANU ETH 2:09:01 

4 Benson BARUS KEN 2:09:04 

5 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:09:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Eun-Jung LEE KOR 2:29:32 

2 Hae-Jin BAE KOR 2:37:43 

3 Ho-Sun PARK KOR 2:41:01 

4 Jin-Sook KIM KOR 2:49:10 

10km 

MEN: 

1 Soon-Taek YIM 32:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Jong-Sun YEO 38:21 

ATHENS 


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UWI-SPEC INTERNATIONAL HALF 

MARATHON, TRINIDAD 

MEN: 

1 George TOWETT USA 1:05:13 

2 Ernest KIMELI KEN 1:07:35 

3 Oswaldo BELANDRIA VEN 1:07:48 

4 Pamenos BALLANTYNE STV 1:09:18 

5 Zepherinus JOSEPH` STL 1:09:44 

WOMEN: 

1 Shermin LASALDO TRI 1:27:17 

2 Neyda MARCANO VEN 1:28:03 

3 Christine REGIS TRI 1:31:58 

4 Paulette LUCESS TRI 1:38:31 

5 Scarla NERO TRI 1:41:23 


HALF MARATHON OF ST DENIS, 

FRANCE 

MEN: 

1 Nizgimana EZEKIER 1:02:09 

2 Samson KIFLEMARIAN 1:02:33 

3 Nathan CHEBET KEN 1:02:39 

4 Damian CHOPA 1:02:42 

5 Mickael TESFAYE 1:02:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Anne BERERWE KEN 1:12:58 

2 Hafida GADID 1:14:20 

3 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 1:14:38 

4 Christine CHEPKONGA KEN 1:15:54 

5 Elisabeth CHELANGAT KEN 1:17:06 

10km 

MEN: 

1 Jacob KITUR KEN 29:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Triphuna JUPCHUMBA KEN 36:38 


BUENOS AIRES MARATHON, 

ARGENTINA 

MEN: 

1 Juan CARDONA ARG 2:16:07 

2 Hernan CORTINEZ ARG 2:18:30 

3 Paulo DA SILVA BRA 2:19:40 

4 Caetano DOS SANTOS BRA 2:20:28 

5 Juan HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ ARG 2:22:09 

WOMEN: 

1 Sirlene SOUSA DE PINHO BRA 2:39:08 

2 Estela MARTINEZ ARG 2:43:55 

3 Sonia Calizaya HUACO 2:45:05 

4 Andrea GRACIANO ARG 2:48:05 

5 Maria Clara CASTRO ARG 2:58:58 


NUEVO LEON 20KM, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 John KIPROTICH KEN 59:24 

2 Ben MUTAI KEN 59:28 

3 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 59:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Ogla KIMAIYO KEN 1:07:10 

2 Neriah ASIBA KEN 1:08:13 

3 Ana Teresa PACHECO MEX 1:16:17 

4 Elida JASSO MEX 1:17:06 

5 Yabeth ROCHA SILVA MEX 1:19:07 


HANGZHOU MARATHON, CHINA 

MEN: 

1 Eric KIPTOON KEN 2:18:00 

2 Collins EDEP KEN 2:18:28 

3 Peter MUGO KEN 2:18:48 

4 Joseph NGUNJIRI KEN 2:20:10 

5 Peter MUTUA KEN 2:20:59 

WOMEN 

1 Sainan XIE CHN 2:33:08 

2 Pan HE CHN 2:39:29 

3 Nian LIU CHN 2:39:37 

4 Aiping FENG CHN 2:40:00 

5 Huan XU CHN 2:43:39 


BIG SUR HALF MARATHON ON 

MONTEREY BAY, USA 

MEN: 

1 Macdonald ONDARA KEN 1:40:00 

2 Michael AISH USA 1:40:08 

3 Fernando CABADA USA 1:06:55 

4 Joseph MUTINDA KEN 1:07:05 

5 Kevin CASTILLE USA 1:07:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 1:15:59 

2 Jane KIBII KEN 1:16:26 

3 Heather GIBSON USA 1:16:46 

4 Rebecca TALLAM USA 1:17:25 

5 Brooke WELLS USA 1:19:31 


PHARAONIC 100KM, EGYPT 

INDIVIDUAL: 

1 Mahmoud DEHAISE EGY 8:56:48 

2 Graham HEDGER GBR 10:21:45 

3 Osama AHMED EGY 10:53:50 

4 Cannon CURTIS USA 11:02:30 

5 Beja EILON FRA 11:27:23 

WHEELCHAIR: 

1 William TAN SIN 6:47:52 

TEAMS: 

1 Alexandria Runners, EGY 5:31:32 

2 Alexandria Runners, EGY 5:41:20 

3 H.O. Alexandria, EGY 5:42:10 

NUEVO LEON 


TOKYO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S 

MARATHON, JAPAN 

Surging away from Kenyan Salina Kosgei at 36.5km, 

Olympic Champion Mizuki Noguchi won in a new 

course record, eclipsing Eri Yamaguchi’s 1999 mark of 

2:22:12 writes Ken Nakamura. Noguchi became only the 

second runner to win all three big Japanese women’s 

marathons – Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Katrin Dorre of 

the DDR is the only other runner to have done 

this. Noguchi’s win gains her near-certain selection for 

the Bejing Olympic Marathon. 

A lead pack of nine runners quickly emerged, and 

was down to six by 5km, passed in 16:38. The pace 

remained moderate due to unseasonably warm 

weather (17-20C) and a head wind. Five runners passed 

15km in 50:23 and a kilometre later Yoko Shibui, 

Noguchi and Kosgei went ahead, with Akemi Ominami 

and Bruna Genovese trailing. The lead trio passed 

halfway in 1:11:16. After the turn-around point, with the 

wind now behind them, the pace picked up to sub- 

3:20/km. The race had been billed as a showdown 

between Shibui and Noguchi but just before 30km 

Shibui lost contact. From 30-35km was covered in 16:26, 

the fastest split of the race. Noguchi ran the uphill 36th 

kilometre in 3:16, and began to pull away over the next 

kilometre. She covered the uphill section from 35- 

40km in an incredible 16:56, faster than the previous 

best of 17:08 by Valentina Yegorova in 1994. 

Kosgei ran on to a time only 10 seconds slower 

than her personal best but Shibui was passed by 

Genovese at 38km and a kilometre laer by Ozaki. She 

faded to seventh in the slowest time of her marathon 

career. 

WOMEN (ONLY): 

1 Mizuki NOGUCHI JPN 2:21:37 

2 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2:23:31 

3 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:27:35 

4 Akemi OZAKI JPN 2:28:39 

5 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:30:24 

6 Mika HIKICHI JPN 2:34:14 

7 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:34:19 

8 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LTU 2:34:29 

9 Jessica RUTHE NZL 2:39:12 

10 Eri OKUBO JPN 2:40:12 



STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOK 

MARATHON, THAILAND 

This was the 20th edition of the race, and the 18th as a 

member of AIMS. During this time the race has grown 

to become the biggest event in Thailand, with up to 

50,000 people taking part over all events, crowding in 

front of 

Royal Grand Palace. Phenomenally, more than 

40,000, Thai runners participated in Quarter-marathon 

(10.550 km.) and Fun Run (5 km.). This year the event 

celebrated the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the 

King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary. The Marathon itself 

(42.195 km.) attracted 3,105 participants. Of these, there 

were more than 1000 international runners who came 

from more than 40 countries from across the world. 

Next year's 21st annual SCB-Marathon will be held on 23 

November 2008. 

MEN: 

1 John Chirchir TUBEI KEN 2:18:27 

2 Philip Tarus ROTICH KEN 2:18:47 

3 Disdery Lucian HUMBO TAN 2:19:28 

4 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 2:21:58 

5 Nicodemus BIWOTT KEN 2:22:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Fridah Chepkite LODEPA KEN 2:51:42 

2 Wioletta URYGA POL 2:54:24 

3 Rispa Lagat CHELEGAT KEN 2:55:04 

4 Prasarthinpimai ARPASSARA THA 3:02:56 

5 Stephanie Jill HODGE CAN 3:04:36 


BLOM BANK BEIRUT MARATHON, 

LEBANON 

The Ethiopian pair of Tamrat Elanso and Adaneche 

Beyene Jemilu proved to be easy winners but pride of 

place went to the meeting organisers who ensured the 

race went ahead without a hitch despite Lebanon‘s 

present political situation writes David Martin. 

Race president May El Khalil said “We have people 

from all sorts of religions and life running. They come 

to participate. They come for the ‘Love of Lebanon’. 

Over 3000 from the army are participating. Really we 

have everybody on our side supporting us.” 

With a controversial Presidential election scheduled 

for Wednesday, organisers turned down an 

earlier government suggestion that the race should be 

postponed. They refused to concede to what occurred 

a year ago after the gunning down of a cabinet minister 

in a nation where political problems regularly develop 

into bloodshed between warring factions. 

“Every great ciy has a marathon” said El Khalil. 

“During these difficult times it unites people and it 

becomes a space for hope and a time for celebration.” 

The event went ahead with positive results for 

Elanso and Jemilu who led a strong Ethiopian 

contingent to the Lebanese capital. Elanso scorched 

ahead of his rivals after 35km to clinch a simple victory. 

He slowed after breaking up the field and ran in 

isolation for the last 7km. He had massive 

encouragement, with thousands of spectators roaring 

him along. 

The 30-year-old unknown posted a personal best 

and overcame more favoured rivals who had to settle 

for a private battle between themselves. David Kuino, 

this year’s Bonn champion, won the joust, pushing 

Abraham Belete into third place for the second 

succesive year. 

Adanech Jemilu, who had finished third in the Dubai 

Marathon in January, was the fastest woman in the field 

and also scored an easy victory 

MEN: 

1 Tamrat ELANSO ETH 2:19:46 

23-25 NOVEMBER 2007: 

MALTA CHALLENGE MARATHON 

Of the 140 runners who started the three-day event, 120 of them entered Valetta's Freedom Square at the 

end of the final 25km stage. 

MEN: TOTAL 11.1KM 6KM 25KM 

1 Brian MAGRI MLT 2:29:19 38:00 19:45 1:31:34 

2 Charles CILIA MLT 2:29:40 38:13 19:44 1:31:43 

3 Johan GALEA MLT 2:35:15 40:38 21:10 1:33:27 

4 Stephen BORG MLT 2:36:38 40:01 20:54 1:35:43 

5 Andrew GRECH MLT 2:38:54 40:56 21:19 1:36:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Carol WALSH MLT 2:48:12 42:59 22:50 1:44:23 

2 Carmen HILI MLT 3:01:00 46:04 24:28 1:50:28 

3 Doreen VELLA MLT 3:03:18 46:50 24:46 1:51:42 

4 Laura CHAMPION GBR 3:21:19 52:43 27:37 2:01:08 

5 Jeenke DE GROOT NED 3:24:03 53:03 27:05 2:03:55 

2 David Kiplagat KUINO KEN 2:21:51 

3 Abraham Yilma BELETE ETH 2:21:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Adanech Beyene JEMILU ETH 2:41:24 

2 Meseret Legese REGESA ETH 2:48:52 

3 Etaferahu Tarakegn GETAHUN ETH 2:55:14 


GUARDA TRENTINO HALF 

MARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Eric K CHIRCHIR 1:04:45 

2 Isack KIPROTICH TANUI 1:04:45 

3 Rached AMOR 1:04:56 

4 Henrik SKOOG 1:05:34 

5 Rachid JARMOUNI 1:06:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Stefania BENEDETTI 1:14:22 

2 Laura GIORDANO 1:15:13 

3 Julia RUBAN 1:16:22 

4 Marcella MANCINI 1:16:33 

5 Giavanna RICOTTA 1:18:20 


PALERMO INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, ITALY 

Breaking the Kenyan stranglehold of previous years - 9 

victories in 12 editions – a 33-year old Moroccan, 

resident for the last for years in Monza, won the 13th 

edition. Abdelhadi El Hachimi attacked decisively in the 

23rd kilometre to beat off the challenge of Kenyan Ben 

Kipruto, who had a 2:12 timing to his credit. Kipruto 

slowed considerably and showed advanced symptoms 

of hypothermia at the finish. The weather had 

been untypically cold all week and there were three 

cases of hypothermia among the total of 1000+ runners 

(207 Marathon finishers, 767 in the Half Marathon) 

MEN: 

1 Abdelhadi EL HACHIMI MAR 2:15:26 

2 Ben KIPRUTO KEN 2:37:04 

3 Massimo VITO ITA 2:37:12 

4 Angelo CAMBARERI ITA 2:42:29 

5 Antonio DEFRANCESCO ITA 2:44:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Alessandra CORVAIA ITA 3:04:21 

2 Giusi CHIOLO ITA 3:12:28 

3 Elisa VARANO ITA 3:15:24 

4 Maria VILONE ITA 3:22:51 

5 Nancy KLEINROCK USA 3:25:52 


MARABANA, CUBA 

The event had 4122 runners from 73 countries, with 522 

in the marathon and 3600 in the Half. There was also a 

10km event for paralympic competitors. One day 

before, in the ‘Maracuba’ festival, a total of 5198 races 

took place simultaneously throughout the country 

with up to two million people participating and 30,000 

volunteers lending their support. Next years’ races take 

place on 15-16 November. 

MEN: 

1 Henry JAEN ORTIZ CUB 2:27:03 

2 Yausbel ARBOLAEZ HERNANDEZ CUB 2:27:39 

3 Yunier FOUWAN SANTIESTEBAN CUB 2:32:38 

4 Yoel RICARDO HIDALGO CUB 2:34:39 

5 Jose Luis BARZAGA ALCOLEA CUB 2:36:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Mariela GONZALEZ TORRES CUB 2:51:18 

2 Yailen GARCIA DOMEC CUB 2:51:19 

3 Aracelis LAMOT LUIS CUB 3:13:29 

4 Yadira GONZALEZ HAITI CUB 3:23:22 

5 Asle STAURLAND NOR 3:43:06 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Aguelmis ROJAS DE ARMAS CUB 1:04:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Dailin BELMONTE TORRES CUB 1:17:28 


ATLANTA MARATHON AND HALF, 

USA 

MEN: 

1 Scott P LOWE USA 2:39:43 

2 Jeff ABBOTT USA 2:40:17 

3 Mark COUGHLIN USA 2:45:48 

4 Enrique SANCHEZ USA 2:50:34 

5 Archie BARRIBEAU USA 2:51:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Kate HARTLEY USA 3:03:37 

2 Sandra TORRES ALVAREZ ARG 3:24:12 

3 Carmen ZIMERI USA 3:27:04 

4 Lynn A MOONEY USA 3:31:12 

5 Araceli SCHNEIDER USA 3:33:38 

HALF MARATHON: 

MEN: 

1 Joshua MCADAMS USA 1:07:08 


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WOMEN: 

1 Jill HORST USA 1:20:06 


TOYOTA GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN, 

ADDIS ABABA 

Tsegaye Kebede, winner of the 23rd Abebe Bikila 

Marathon in June, took a deserved win. Just 

20, Kebede set a marathon best of 2:08.15 only six 

weeks earlier, in the Amsterdam Marathon. 

The scorching initial pace claimed pre-race 

favourite Eshetu Wondimu (who dropped out at 4km). 

The race then turned into a two-way battle between 

Kebede and Ayele Abshiro, who escaped as early as the 

half way point. Abshiro unsuccessfully tried to get 

away 7.5km and when Kebede responded with his own 

thrust a klometre later Abshiro had little left. It was a 

cruel endgame for Abshiro who was powerless to 

respond as others came past to beat him to 

the podium positions. “I ran last year but I did not 

finish in the top twenty. It is a surprise for me to win.” 

said Kebede after the race. 

Wude Ayalew dictated the pace for much of the 

women’s race before powering forward just after 9km 

to take a commanding victory. 

In a characteristically frantic start there was much 

jostling for strategic positions among the initial pack of 

30 runners. The first clear move came from 20-year 

old Ayalew at 4km, and reduced the pack to 20. The 

second came from pre-race favourite Derebe Alemu 

who whittled the pack down to 12. Ayalew’s 

penultimate launch at 7km reduced the race into a 

three-way battle and dropped the likes of Alemu and 

former two-time winner Genet Getaneh. Ayalew finally 

saw off Mergia’s challenge with another impressive 

spurt of energy that clinched her victory. 

MEN: 

1 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 29:07 

2 Tola BANE ETH 29:14 

3 Feysa LELISA ETH 29:21 

4 Ayele ABSHIRO ETH 29:22 

5 Dereje TADESSE ETH 29:25 

GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN 

WOMEN: 

1 Wude AYALEW ETH 33:51 

2 Asselefech MERGIA ETH 34:11 

3 Koreni JELILA ETH 34:15 

4 Genet GETANEH ETH 34:25 

5 Derebe ALEMU ETH 34:25 


XXX MARATHON OF SAN 

SEBASTIAN, SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Abdelhadi EL MOUAZIZ MAR 2:12:45 

2 Youssef EL KALAI MAR 2:18:32 

3 Rachid NADIJ MAR 2:18:32 

4 Jose BLANCO MINAYA ESP 2:25:47 

5 David Martin BLAZQUEZ ESP 2:27:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:47:12 

2 Ma Luna MIGUEL-MUNOZ ESP 2:53:00 

3 Amaia ARANA ALDANONDO ESP 2:55:05 

4 Naroa ARRIETA BELTRAN ESP 3:08:49 

5 Carmen SALA FERRER ESP 3:10:27 


TORAY CUP SHANGHAI 

MARATHON, CHINA 

Both course records were broken in this 12th edition of 

the race writes Brendan Reilly. 

On the men’s side, the trio of Rachid Kisri of 

Morocco and Kenyans Sammy Kipkoech Tum and 

Joseph Riri gradually pulled away with two pacemakers 

to go through halfway in 65:04. Kisri went ahead 

shortly after 25km, getting clear of both pacemakers 

and his two rivals. Running solo against light but 

increasing headwinds, Kisri led by 250m at 36km, but 

weakened over the next uphill kilometre. Kipkoech and 

Riri, working together, finally caught Kisri at 41km. 

Kipkoech then put in a great kick to break the 2:13:22 

course record of China’s Han Gang (2005). Riri held off 

Kisri in the final 400m, with the pair finishing just 

outside the old course record. 

Lidia Simon’s resurgence continued. With fifth 

place at the Osaka World Championships, Simon is 

showing signs of her old self. Her major challenger in 

Shanghai was expected to be Japan-based Kenyan Ruth 

Wanjiru Kuria, who had requested a pace of 73:00 for 

the first half in her marathon debut. The Shanghai 

course put this beyond reach, as the pair came through 

halfway in 74:09, accompanied by a pair of pacemakers 

and a handful of male marathoners. As had Kisri, Simon 

began to pull away after the course turned north into 

head winds after 25km, opening an ever-widening gap 

on the rest of the women’s field. Continuing her solo 

effort through the finish, Simon became the first sub- 

2:30:00 woman in Shanghai’s history, breaking Yanan 

Wei’s 2004 course record by 69 seconds. Japan’s Kiyoko 

Shimahara, just resuming her own training after 6th 

place in Osaka, was some six minutes back in second 

place. Wanjiru took two falls in the second half of the 

race, hit once by a bicyclist and once by a pothole. 

MEN: 

1 Sammy Kipkoech TUM KEN 2:13:01 

2 Joseph RIRI KEN 2:13:23 

3 Rachid KISRI MAR 2:13:28 

4 Feng XIE CHN 2:15:02 

5 Koichiro NAGATA JPN 2:16:22 

WOMEN: 

1 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:29:28 

2 Kiyoko SHIMAHARA JPN 2:35:41 

3 Wenrong ZHENG CHN 2:38:10 

4 Ruth Wanjiru KURIA KEN 2:43:16 

5 Yinli TANG CHN 2:46:46 


MEDIA MARATON MITAD DEL 

MUNDO, ECUADOR 

MEN: 

1 Franklin TENORIO ECU 1:04:59 

2 Vladimir BURBANO GUERRA ECU 1:05:09 

3 Efren PIEDRA VINUEZA ECU 1:05:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Judith LANDI ECU 1:16:41 

2 Silvia PAREDES ECU 1:23:37 

3 Beatriz CHAMORRO ECU 1:24:51 


13TH SAMSUNG CORPORE SAO 

PAULO CLASSIC 10KM, BRAZIL 

For each of the 13 years since it was founded this race 

has improved in all aspects, and now draws 12,000 

participants. 

In the women’s elite race, set off 15 minutes before 

the mass race, Maria Zeferina Baldaia ran side by side 

with Nancy Jepkosgei Kipron up to 6km, at which point 

the Kenyan started to draw ahead, to win by 36 

seconds. Among the men the competition lasted for 

the entire duration of the race. At 5km the Kenyans 

Titus Kosgli Kibii, Kiprono Mutai Chemwolo and Kosgei 

Kenneth Kiplino went ahead and alternated the lead. In 

the final metres Kibii had the speed to win. Luis Paulo 

da Silva Antunes made a late surge to overtake Kosgei 

for third place. 

MEN: 

1 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 29:37 

2 Kiprono Mutai CHEMWOLO KEN 29:44 

3 Luis Paolo DA SILVA ANTUNES BRA 30:04 

4 Kosgei Kenneth KIPRONO KEN 30:09 

5 Jose Telles DE SOUZA BRA 30:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPRONO KEN 34:04 

2 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 34:40 

3 Chemtai RIONOTUKI KEN 34:57 

4 Eunice JEPKIRUI KIWA KEN 35:38 

5 Ma Lucia ALVES MORAES BRA 36:06 


14TH CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF 

MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 1:06:52 

2 Lambros ZARAGAS GRE 1:08:37 

3 Bela HORVATH HUN 1:08:51 

4 Dimos MANGINAS GRE 1:10:03 

5 Theodoros ZACHOS GRE 1:10:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Magda GAZEA GRE 1:17:12 

2 Kathryn BAILEY GBR 1:18:39 

3 Barbara MOLNAR HUN 1:22:01 

4 Emilia HRISTOVA BUL 1:36:54 

5 Judy BROWN GBR 1:37:33 


LAKE KAWAGUCHI MARATHON, 

JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Kazunobu FUSE JPN 2:24:19 

2 Katsumi ASADA JPN 2:26:22 

3 Kazunari SUZUKI JPN 2:26:25 

4 Hiroyuki SAITO JPN 2:29:05 

5 Andrew WALTERS AUS 2:29:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Naoko TSUCHIYA JPN 2:38:18 

2 Mai TAGAI JPN 2:53:37 

3 Chiemi TAKAHASHI JPN 2:56:11 



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24TH FIRENZE MARATHON, ITALY 

The race start at Piazzale Michelangelo, across the 

River Arno from the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio offers a 

stunning view of the city. The course is mainly flat but 

it twists and turns all over Florence. We ran along the 

south bank of the river, coming back around the 

Palazzo Pitti, and past the Ponte Vecchio, crossing the 

river a little futher and making another out/back 

eastward along the north bank. Halfway came at the 

athletic stadium and after a downbeat section crossing 

the railway a couple of times the route heads in to the 

most spectacular parts of the city past the stunning 

Duomo, Campanile and Baptistery, through the Piazza 

della Republica, and out for a third out and back along 

the river, this time heading west along the north side 

from the 30km point. The best was saved for last, along 

the river to the Ponte Vecchio, sharp left and round to 

the Palazzo Vecchio, Loggia Dei Lanzi and the Uffizi 

Gallery, and back up to the Duomo at 40km. Then back 

to the river, and round to finish in the spectacular 

Piazza Santa Croce. 

MEN: 

1 Paul Kipkemboi NGENY KEN 2:12:50 

2 Alberico DI CECCO ITA 2:13:52 

3 Daniele CAIMMI ITA 2:14:47 

4 Denis CURZI ITA 2:15:11 

5 Kemei Kennedy KIMELI KEN 2:17:17 

WOMEN: 

1 Vincenza SICARI ITA 2:33:14 

2 Hirut Lagesse ABERA ETH 2:42:39 

3 Aurora PEREZ ESP 2:52:02 

4 Loretta GIARDA ITA 2:53:22 

5 Patrizia CINI ITA 2:53:49 


MARATHON OF LA ROCHELLE — 

SERGE VIGOT, FRANCE 

With 8600 registered, the participation record was 

again surpassed. Hopes were also high, with a strong 

male elite field, that the 2003 course record of 2:11:34 

would fall. But the rain fell first, just before the start, 

and played on the morale of the field. 

Kenyan pacemakers Kyui and Kurgat led the troops. 

France's James Theuri, a favourite, followed closely 

with another Frenchman, Loïc Letellier, in tow. The rain 

had already slowed the pace and any hope of breaking 

the record was lost. Passing halfway in 1:06:40 James 

Theuri started vomiting at 27km and could not 

dethrone the event record holder, Elijah Yator. 

The pace was now headed for a 2:13 finish with Loïc 

Letellier, Johnstone Chebii, and debut marathon runner 

Akello Rutto still contesting. The trio flew away 

towards the finish with the 39-year old Chebii getting 

there first. 

In the women's race Carmen Oliveras, Leopoldina 

Silveira and Flora Kandie formed the lead group before 

Kandie moved ahead at the halfway point for her 

second victory of the year, after winning Helsinki in 

August. 

MEN: 

1 Johnstone CHEBII KEN 2:14:17 

2 Loic LETELLIER FRA 2:14:37 

3 Akello RUTTO KEN 2:14:49 

4 James THEURY FRA 2:17:19 

5 Wilson P KORKOR KEN 2:20:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Flora KANDIE KEN 2:37:12 

2 Carmen OLIVERAS ESP 2:37:32 

3 Leopoldina SILVEIRA 2:39:30 

4 Corine HERBRETEAU-CANTE FRA 2:44:09 

5 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:44:55 


UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 

MEDICAL CENTER SEATTLE 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Andy MARTIN USA 2:27:12 

2 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:29:12 

3 Jesse WILLIAMS USA 2:33:10 

4 Jesse STEVICK USA 2:34:48 

5 Jimmy GRANT USA 2:39:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Trisha STEIDL USA 2:59:21 

2 Annie THEISSEN USA 3:01:22 

3 Sarah Louise CUMBER USA 3:04:31 

4 Annett KAMENTZ CAN 3:07:10 

5 Marisa RUHTER USA 3:09:57 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Kota REICHERT USA 1:09:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Caryn HEFFERNAN USA 1:21:54 

1 DECEMBER 2007: 

REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA 

International participants came out on top in this year’s 

edition with Belgium’s Rik Ceulemans and Jeanette 

Seckinger USA winning the marathon, while the Half 

Marahton event belonged to the Jamaicans. Defending 

champions Andrew Gutzmore and Euleen Josiah Tanner 

placed third and second respectively 

MEN: 

1 Rik CEULEMANS NED 2:31:43 

2 Rupert GREEN JAM 2:37:22 

3 Andew GUTZMORE JAM 2:41:32 

4 Christopher STEWART USA 2:47:04 

5 Enos BENBOW JR USA 2:47:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Jeanette SECKINGER USA 3:00:57 

2 Euleen JOSIAH-TANNE USA 3:08:37 

3 Terri REJIMBAL USA 3:24:21 

4 Cara MEARS USA 3:36:58 

5 Karlene BLAGROVE JAM 3:38:40 


MEN: 

1 Kemoy CAMPBELL JAM 1:10:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Tanice BARNETT JAM 1:28:48 

LA ROCHELLE 


61ST FUKUOKA INT’L OPEN 

MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP, 

JAPAN 

Samuel Wanjiru, the World Half Marathon record 

holder, won in a new course record writes Ken 

Nakamura. Deriba Merga of Ethiopia also finished 

under the previous course record with a personal best 

time by nearly seven minutes. Atsushi Sato, the 

Japanese half marathon record holder improved his 

best by 1:23 and staked his claim for the Olympic team. 

Former national record holder Atsushi Fujita finished a 

disappointing eighth, while the current national record 

holder Toshinari Takaoka was tenth. 

Pacemakers Isaac Macharia and Fabiano Joseph 

kept a steady 3 minutes per kilometer pace as 

contenders gradually fell behind. After passing halfway 

in 1:03:30 national record holder Toshinari Takaoka 

started to fall behind. The pace increased and by 25km, 

10 runners, including pacemakers, remained. Soon it 

was down to Wanjiru, Sato and Merga as Fujita, Shigeru 

Aburaya and Kensuke Takahashi were dropped soon 

after 30km. Wanjiru increased the pace after 34km and 

Sato fell back, soon enough to avoid a dramatic 

slowdown. Wanjiru led Merga through a 2:52 35th 

kilometre. The 39th kilometre was a slow 3:11 but 

Wanjiru kicked at around 40.5km and the race was 

over. 

Wanjiru plans to improve to 2:05 in a spring 

marathon to make the Olympic marathon team for 

Kenya. His second marathon will be awaited with much 

anticipation. 

Sato is likely to be selected for the Japanese 

Olympic team. He married 2004 Olympic 800m 

competitor Miho Sugimori recently and they have a 

chance to make it to Beijing together. 

MEN: 

1 Samuel WANJIRU KEN 2:06:39 

2 Deriba MERGA ETH 2:06:50 

3 Atsushi SATO JPN 2:07:13 

4 Yukou MATSUMIYA JPN 2:09:40 

5 Shigeru ABURAYA JPN 2:10:30 

6 Kensuke TAKAHASHI JPN 2:11:52 

7 Daniel YEGO KEN 2:11:57 

8 Atsushi FUJITA JPN 2:12:29 

9 Naoki MISHIRO JPN 2:12:56 

10 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:13:40 


MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY 

A record 5726 runners assembled in the Piazza Castello 

in cool conditions writes Diego Sampaolo. Recent 

bronze medal winners in the World Road Running 

Championships in Udine, Kenya’s Evans Cheruiyot and 



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Pamela Chepchumba confirmed their form in winning 

their races, with Chepchumba smashing her previous 

best of 2:29:48 set in the 2006 Paris Marathon. 

A seven-man group including three pacemakers passed 

15km in 45:46, 45 seconds ahead of the chasing group. 

Two pacers dropped out at halfway, reached in 1:04:24, 

after which the pace slowed slightly as runners 

watched each other. At 30km it was down to four men: 

John Birgen, Norman Dlomo, Charles Kamathi and 

Cheruiyot. Dlomo tried to break away at 34km. 

Kamathi was dropped but Cheruiyot and Birgen 

responded quickly and the three passed 35km in 1:47:30. 

Cheruiyot and Birgen then went clear. Cheruiyot’s 

speed (he ran 59:05 in Udine) proved decisive at 39km 

when he pulled away from Birgen to finish in the Arco 

della Pace with a five-second advantage 

Margaret Okayo, the Milan record holder 

with 2:24:59 from 2002, hit the front early on and ran 

with Chepchumba, passing 10km in 33:45. She 

completed her test, coming back from injury, at 

halfway, passed in 1:11:50. In the second half 

Chepchumba continued running strongly at course 

record pace but showed signs of fatigue at the end, and 

the record slipped from her grasp. This was the fourth 

Marathon of her career. Bahrain’s Nadia Ejjaffini led 

Marcella Mancini by 50 seconds at 30km, but the 

Italian overhauled her at 40km to take second. 

MEN: 

1 Evans CHERUIYOT KEN 2:09:15 

2 John BIRGEN KEN 2:09:20 

3 Norman MBLOMO RSA 2:10:39 

4 Charles KAMATHI KEN 2:11:25 

5 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:11:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:25:36 

2 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:34:58 

3 Petra TEVELI HUN 2:35:21 


STANDARD CHARTERED 

SINGAPORE INT’L MARATHON, 

Pacemaker Elijah Mbogo of Kenya ended up going the full 

distance and winning his debut marathon writes Pat 

Butcher. Two-time winner Amos Matui failed by just two 

seconds to catch his 19-year old compatriot. Veteran David 

Cheruiyot, who won Istanbul just five weeks ago, made it a 

Kenyan clean sweep and also finished under the old 

record. 

In contrast to his previous marathon start, when he 

duly dropped out as planned at 30km, Mbogo said he 

every intention of finishing in Singapore if he felt good at 

that point. 

The earlier start, 5.30am in the city-state meant that 

the athletes got the most temperate conditions they are 

ever likely to encounter in Singapore - 25C with 40% 

humidity at the start - and the men’s group of a dozen 

duly attacked Matui’s 2:15:01 record. They were still 

together at halfway in 66:55, but when the sun came up 

after an hour and half, and temperatures climbed towards 

30C the field began to break up. They were on their way 

back into town at that point, after the long garden 

stretches beside the beach in the East Coast Park. 

When the lead car slowed to negotiate a bend Mbogo 

shot off into a 100m lead, which he built up to double that 

with 2km to go. Even then, as Matui said later, he still 

thought he could win. He set out with the same will as in 

the last two years, but he just ran out of road. 

“I knew he had a good kick, so I tried to build up as big 

a lead as possible,” said an exultant Mbogo. I was pacing 

until 30k, but I saw that the group was not so strong, so I 

decided to attempt it. Personal bests at 10km (28.24) and 

the half-marathon (61.40) in Europe two months ago and 

nine weeks’ altitude training near Mount Kenya provided 

the background for his victory. “I don’t want to rush into 

another marathon yet. I want to get better times for 10km 

and 59 minutes for the ‘half’,” he said. 

The women were always going to be chasing a dream 

time, Salina Kosgei’s 2:31:55 from last year. Veteran Edith 

Masai of Kenya could not stay with the young Ethiopian, 

Alem Ashebier, when she surged away at 35km. Ashebier 

won with a personal best by two minutes, despite the 

conditions. 

MEN: 

1 Elijah MBOGO KEN 2:14:23 

2 Amos MATUI KEN 2:14:25 

3 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:14:43 

4 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:16:43 

5 Michael KIMANI KEN 2:17:00 

WOMEN 

1 Alem ASHEBIER ETH 2:37:08 

2 Edith MASAI KEN 2:38:07 

3 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 2:38:46 

4 Emma MUTONI KEN 2:39:42 

5 Madina BIKTAGIROVA RUS 2:43:28 


LAS VEGAS INT’L MARATHON, USA 

The race features a gender challenge, where the elite 

women set off a predetermined time ahead of the men 

(this year 18 minutes and three seconds) and the first 

runner across the finish line receives a $25,000 bonus. 

Despite the pre-event publicity the challenge brings, 

the life went out of the men’s race as soon as they, 

including several 2:09 performers, realized that they 

would be unable to catch Silvia Skortsova, who duly 

pocketed a total of $45000. 

MEN: 

1 Christoper CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:16:49 

2 Jynocel BASWETI 2:17:41 

3 Philip TANUI KEN 2:20:26 

4 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:21:13 

5 Moses TAYE KEN 2:22:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Sylvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:29:01 

2 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:36:15 

3 Tegla LORUPE KEN 2:41:37 

4 Viktoria ZUEVA RUS 2:42:29 

5 Margaret NAKINTU KEN 2:48:11 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Peter HESSLER USA 1:18:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Sarah RAITTER USA 1:23:51 


26TH MACAU GALAXY 

ENTERTAINMENY INT’L 

MARATHON 

Almost 3000 participants registered for the marathon, 

half and mini marathon and 2356 of them completed 

the races. The warm and dry weather offered great 

conditions to the runners gathered cheerfully in Macau 

Stadium. 

LAS VEGAS 

Defending female champion Phyo Un Suk, from the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, retained the 

title while the new men’s winner also came from North 

Korea. 

MEN: 

1 Kum Song RI DPK 2:17:39 

2 Joseph Kadon EPETET KEN 2:17:56 

3 Reuben CHERUIYOT KEN 2:18:35 

4 Mikhail IVERUK UKR 2:18:38 

5 Hyon U RI DPK 2:18:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Un Suk PHYO DPK 2:38:26 

2 Chol Sun KIM DPK 2:40:00 

3 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:42:42 

4 Edyta LEANDOWSKA POL 2:43:27 

5 Kristyna LOONEN NED 2:49:01 


MEN: 

1 Kar Lun LEE HKG 1:18:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Kit Ching YIU HKG 1:27:46 


RUN BARBADOS MARATHON, 

HALF & 10KM 

Victor Ledger, from the neighbouring Caribbean island 

of St Lucia, retained his marathon title in the Run 

Barbados Festival by floating away from his rivals 

before even reaching the halfway point on the new 

out-and-back course along the west coast of Barbados. 

Amy Chalk had even less difficulty in distancing the 

opposition to retain the women’s title. The half and 

full marathon runners started off together at 05.15 

from the bandstand on the Esplanade outside the 

Prime Minister’s office, and most of the front runners 

in the half marathon had also run the 10km race 

around Bridgetown the previous afternoon. The 

convincing winners of the 10km, Kenyans Philip Lagat 

and Janet Cheberon, repeated their wins, with Lagat 

setting a new event record despite it being generally 

acknowledged that the new course is slightly more 

difficult than that previously run. 

MEN: 

1 Victor LEDGER STL 2:26:27 

2 Richard JONES TRI 2:33:16 

3 Samuel NJUNGA KEN 2:35:03 

4 Curtis COX TRI 2:38:24 

5 Pamenos BALLANTYNE VIN 2:38:50 

W0MEN: 

1 Amy CHALK GBR 3:02:15 

2 Kim GOFF USA 3:31:23 

3 Elinor CROCK IRL 3:35:40 

4 Helen ORIORDAN IRL 3:37:01 

5 Irene GAYNOR IRL 3:44:29 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Philip LAGAT KEN 1:05:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Janet CHEBERON KEN 1:17:22 


10KM 

MEN: 

1 Philip LAGAT KEN 29:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Janet CHEBERON KEN 34:03 


LISBON INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, PORTUGAL 

MEN: 

1 Vasco AZVEDO POR 2:19:55 


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 

Welcome to Stockholm and one of the world’s most 

beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of 

Europe’s largest and best-preserved mediaeval city 

centres, the Swedish capital is superbly positioned, with 

stunning and extremely varied scenery in every direction. 

Just outside the city, the archipelago of 24 000 

islands is waiting to be explored. 

The Stockholm Half Marathon is run on an inspiring 

course through the inner city areas of Stockholm. Start 

and finish at the Royal Castle. 

Information and entry on line: 

StockholmHalfMarathon.se 

www.berlin-runs.com 

BERLIN RUNS… 25 k 

4 th May, 2008 

Start and Finish: OLYMPIC STADIUM 

Come and run on the world record course, passing many 

famous sights like Brandenburg Gate, 

Friedrichstraße, Potsdamer Platz and Kurfürstendamm. 

Distances: 25 k, 5x5 k relay, 10 k 

Phone: +49 – 30 – 3068 8550 • Fax: +49 – 30 – 2431 9999 

E-mail: info@berlin-runs.com • www.berlin-runs.com 

© DKB-ISTAF Berlin 


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2 Joao SERRALHEIRO POR 2:20:50 

3 Thomas SCHUSTER GER 2:23:54 

4 Antonio SOUSA POR 2:25:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Fatima SILVA POR 2:47:49 

2 Lucinda MOREIRAS POR 2:55:33 

3 Natalia PINHO POR 3:06:08 

4 Anita LEIPINA POR 3:11:52 

5 Arianna PASQUARIELLO ITA 3:22:40 


CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Scott BRITTAIN CAY 2:45:23 

2 Eduardo TORRES CAY 3:06:23 

3 Chris SOLARZ USA 3:11:45 

4 Jasper MIKKELSEN CAY 3:22:01 

5 Kevin BOE USA 3:29:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Andrea KOVACH USA 3:37:02 

2 Katrina ROWE CAY 3:38:59 

3 Debbie SAINT GBR 4:09:47 

4 Shelley RYAN USA 4:19:56 

5 Kate CUTA USA 4:26:20 


MEN: 

1 Marius ACKER CAY 1:17:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria MAYS CAY 1:28:14 


PAMPULHA LAGOON ROAD RACE, 

BRAZIL (17.8KM) 

Franck Caldeira capped his victories in 2003 and 2006 

by defending his title in this 17.8km race around the 

Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte. He was 

accompanied by a group of three Kenyans and two 

Brazilians, but by 10km it was between him, Paulo 

Roberto Paula and Kiprono Mutai - but Caldeira cruised 

to victory brandishing a flag in the home straight to 

applause from all sides. “It was a hard race, despite the 

eventual margin of victory” said the Pan-Am Games 

Marathon Champion afterwards. His victory brought 

the Brazil vs. Kenya score of victories to 5-4. 

Winner of the women’s race for the last three 

years, Lucelia Peres, had to yield to the Kenyan Nancy 

Kipron and Marizete Rezende. Mother-of-two 

Kipron’s won last year’s Barcelona 10km in 31:52 “I saved 

my strength for the decisive attack” she commented. 

Marizete Rezende, in second, complained of breathing 

problems but the Queen of Pampulha Lucelia Peres 

simply said “I gave my best, but the competition was 

tough. 

Ten thousand runners participated in temperatures 

of 28C 

MEN: 

1 Franck Caldeira DE ALMEIDA BRA 53:11 

2 Paulo De Almeida PAULA BRA 54:03 

3 Kiprono Chemwolo MUTAI KEN 54:10 

4 Raimundo Sousa AGUIAR BRA 54:13 

5 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 54:21 

WOMEN: 

1 Nancy Kipkosgei KIPRON KEN 1:02:41 

2 Marizete De Paula REZENDE BRA 1:02:50 

3 Lucelia De Oliveira PERES BRA 1:03:08 

4 Ma.Zeferina Baldaia RODRIGUESBRA 1:03:19 

5 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:08 


UNICEF CHARITY HALF MARATHON 

& 10KM, HONG KONG 

MEN: 

1 Ka Ho CHAN 1:12:43 

2 Andrew NAYLOR 1:14:23 

3 Hok Lan YAI 1:14:51 

4 Adrian KING 1:15:41 

5 Wai Shing MO 1:19:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Rachel SPROSTON 1:29:53 

2 Rosamund BARKER 1:30:39 

3 Ada Yuen Fan LEONG 1:30:43 

4 Yin Ping LEE 1:34:13 

5 Hei Chi HON 1:34:47 

10km 

MEN: 

1 Andrew STEVENSON 32:41 

WOMEN: 

1 Ying Suet LEUNG 38:25 


GRAN MARATHON PACIFICO, 

MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Bob ONYANCHA KEN 2:19:50 

2 Peter OMAE KEN 2:20:34 

3 Lazarus NYAKERAKA KEN 2:21:55 

3 Stephen CHELAL KEN 2:23:38 

4 Ruben CHESANG KEN 2:24:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:37:05 

2 Ma Elena Valencia JIMENEZ MEX 2:41:27 

3 Ma Guadalupe Santana MARIN MEX 2:54:35 

4 Penelope Lona GUERRERO MEX 2:58:30 

5 Misha Ruiz FERNANDEZ MEX 2:58:42 


MEN: 

1 Bernal Juan Carlos ROMERO MEX 1:04:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Marisol Romero ROSALES MEX 1:20:09 


COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Javier BARRANTES CRC 2:43:44 

2 Miguel GUERRERO CRC 2:46:24 

3 Kenneth GUTIERREZ CRC 2:48:22 

4 Charles ENGLE USA 2:54:20 

5 Allan BADILLA CRC 2:59:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Margertia MARIN GUA 3:14:55 

2 Christina GONZALES CRC 3:17:03 

3 Gerlin RODRIGUEZ CRC 3:34:38 

4 Kattia ROJAS CRC 3:44:14 

5 Maria De Carmen VILLEGAS CRC 3:59:07 


MEN: 

1 Johnny LORIA 1:10:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Delbin CARTAGENA 1:27:11 


ANGKOR WAT INTERNATIONAL 

HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA 

Altogether more than 2300 runners and walkers from 

40 countries participated, including 950 foreigners. 

Apart from men, women and children there were also 

competition categories for amputees and wheelchair 

participants over four distances. Another 117 competed 

in two biking events 

MEN: 

1 Tony SEAKINS GBR 1:18:58 

2 Mok BUNTHOEUN CAM 1:22:07 

3 Patrick Michel LORENTZ FRA 1:23:33 

4 Nicolas FRUCHART FRA 1:23:54 

5 Thomas SIEGMUND GER 1:24:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Mika KUME JPN 1:34:26 

2 Leng Leng KOH SIN 1:35:20 

3 Mami HIROTA JPN 1:35:39 

4 Patricia Anne SLOAN IRL 1:37:31 

5 Jet Jon SHEPARD SIN 1:38:26 

10km 

MEN 

1 Keang SAMOM CAM 33:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Tipawan KAENPINIT THA 47:05 


HONOLULU MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Ambesse TOLOSA ETH 2:17:26 

2 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:18:53 

3 Eric MZIOKI KEN 2:21:32 

4 Boniface MBUVI KEN 2:22:59 

5 Aleksei ALEKSANDROV RUS 2:24:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Alevtina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:33:06 

2 Akemi-Isige OZAKI JPN 2:34:21 

3 Tatiana PETROVA RUS 2:35:55 

4 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 2:43:20 

5 Mina OGAWA JPN 2:47:31 

MACAU 

ANKOR WAT 



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71

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 5 December 2007. 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: 

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

Pending world record: 

Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 2:04:26, Berlin, 30 SEP 2007 

Marathon 

Present world record (mixed race): 

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

Women 

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 Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:06:29 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:06:39 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 1 Fukuoka 02 DEC 

2;06:45 Richard Limo KEN 2 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:06:50 Deeriba Merga ETH 2 Fukuoka 02 DEC 

2:20:38 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 London 22 APR 

2:21:37 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Tokyo 18 NOV 

2:21:45 Getenesh Wami ETH 2 London 22 APR 

2:23:09 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New York 04 NOV 

2:23:12 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:27:19 Tafa 1 Dubai 12 JAN 

2:27:20 Zhang Yingying CHN 2 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:27:25 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 2 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:27:35 Bruna Genovese ITA 3 Tokyo 18 NOV 

2:27:46 Bai Xue CHN 3 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:06:51 Abel Kirui KEN 2 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:07:12 James Rotich KEN 3 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:07:12 Paul Kiprop Kirui KEN 4 Amsterdam 21 APR 

2:07:13 Atsushi Sato JPN 3 Fukuoka 02 DEC 

2:07:19 Mbarak Hassan Shami QAT 1 Paris 15 APR 

2:07:29 Salim Kipsang KEN 3 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:07:32 Rodgers Rop KEN 1 Hamburg 29 APR 

2:07:33 Oleksandr Kuzin UKR 1 Linz 15 APR 

2:07:33 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 2 Hamburg 29 APR 

2:07:34 Yonas Kifle ERI 5 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:07:41 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 22 APR 

2:07:42 Kiprotich Kenei KEN 3 Hamburg 29 APR 

2:07:44 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 2 London 22 APR 

2:07:47 Felix Limo KEN 3 London 22 APR 

2:07:51 Jason Mbote KEN 6 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:07:53 Shadrack Kipchumba KEN 7 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:07:54 Jaouad Gharib MAR 4 London 22 APR 

2:07:56 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 5 London 22 APR 

2:07:57 Philip Singoei KEN 1 Eindhoven 14 OCT 

2:07:58 Kigen 1 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:08:01 Philip Manyim KEN 4 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:08:04 Lee Bong-ju KOR 1 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:08:06 Paul Tergat KEN 6 London 22 APR 

2:08:09 Nephat Kinyanjui KEN 1 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:08:11 Hosea Rotich KEN 2 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:08:14 Joshua Chelanga KEN 1 Seoul 04 NOV 

2:08:15 Ren Longyun CHN 2 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:08:16 Tsegay Kebede ETH 8 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:08:20 Viktor Roethlin SUI 1 Zuerich 01 APR 

2:08:20 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 2 Seoul 04 NOV 

2:08:21 Chelanga 1 Rotterdam 15 APR 

2:08:21 Kamiel Maase NED 9 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:08:24 Ryan Hall USA 7 London 22 APR 

2:08:29 Kirui 2 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:08:37 Marilson dos Santos BRA 8 London 22 APR 

2:08:38 Laban Kipkemboi KOR 3 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:08:38 Sammy Kiptoo Kurgat KEN 3 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:08:45 Edwin Komen KOR 4 Seoul 18 MAR 

2:08:49 Peter Kiprotich KEN 4 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:08:56 Han Gang CHN 3 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:09:01 Yerefu Berhanu ETH 3 Seoul 04 NOV 

2:09:02 Hall 1 New York 03 NOV 

2:09:04 Lel 1 New York 04 NOV 

2:09:04 Benson Barus KEN 4 Seoul 04 NOV 

2:09:07 Aleksey Sokolov RUS 1 Dublin 29 OCT 

2:09:08 David Kemboi Kiyeng KEN 1 Reims 21 OCT 

2:09:16 Goumri 2 New York 04 NOV 

2:09:16 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 1 Milano 02 DEC 

2:09:20 John Birgen KEN 2 Milano 02 DEC 

2:09:21 Peter Kemboi KEN 1 Mombasa 27 MAY 

2:09:29 Rotich 4 Hamburg 29 APR 

2:09:30 John Ekiru Kelai KEN 1 Toronto 30 SEP 

2:09:31 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 10 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:09:33 Albert Matebor KEN 5 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:09:36 Elias Kemboi Chelimo KEN 1 Roma 18 MAR 

2:23:17 Wami 1 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:23:31 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Tokyo 18 NOV 

2:23:32 Wami 2 New York 04 NOV 

2:23:48 Yumiko Hara JPN 1 Osaka 28 JAN 

2:23:55 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 London 22 APR 

2:24:13 Kosgei 4 London 22 APR 

2:24:39 Mari Ozaki JPN 2 Osaka 28 JAN 

2:24:43 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Osaka 28 JAN 

2:24:46 Lornah Kiplagat NED 5 London 22 APR 

2:24:51 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:25:07 Magarsa Askale Tafa ETH 1 Paris 15 APR 

2:25:08 Souad Ait Salem ALG 1 Roma 18 MAR 

2:25:36 Pamela Chepchumba KEN 1 Milano 02 DEC 

2:25:41 Mara Yamauchi GBR 6 London 22 APR 

2:26:02 Jong Yong-Ok PRK 1 Pyongyang 08 APR 

2:26:08 Zhu Xiaolin CHN 1 Xiamen 31 MAR 

2:26:13 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 3 New York 04 NOV 

2:26:27 Helena Loshanyang KEN 3 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:26:37 Hiromi Ominami JPN 1 Rotterdam 15 APR 

2:26:46 Hellen Kimutai KEN 2 Roma 18 MAR 

2:26:52 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 1 Houston 14 JAN 

2:26:54 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 4 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:26:56 Kim Kum-Ok PRK 2 Pyongyang 08 APR 

2:27:02 Lenah Cheruiyot KEN 1 Venezia 28 OCT 

2:27:05 Chen Rong CHN 1 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:27:49 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 15 APR 

2:28:16 Magdaline Chemjor KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 OCT 

2:28:22 Gulnara Vygovskaya RUS 2 Paris 15 APR 

2:28:25 Jo Bun-Hui PRK 3 Pyongyang 08 APR 

2:28:33 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 5 Berlin 30 SEP 

2:28:37 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 4 New York 04 NOV 

2:28:39 Akemi Ozaki JPN 4 Tokyo 18 NOV 

2:28:47 Zhu Yingying CHN 4 Beijing 21 OCT 

2:28:49 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 1 Nagoya 11 MAR 

2:28:53 Helena Javornik SLO 3 Roma 18 MAR 

2:28:54 Pyo Un-Suk PRK 4 Pyongyang 08 APR 

2:28:54 Christelle Daunay FRA 3 Paris 15 APR 

2:28:55 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Nagoya 11 MAR 

2:28:56 Melanie Kraus GER 1 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:28:59 Arissi 2 Nagano 15 APR 

2:29:01 Sylvia Skvortsova RUS 1 Las Vegas 02 DEC 

2:29:08 Atsede Baysa ETH 1 Istanbul 28 OCT 

2:29:08 Catherine Ndereba KEN 5 New York 04 NOV 

2:29:11 Asha Gigi Roba ETH 4 Paris 15 APR 

2:29:12 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:29:12 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 3 Frankfurt 28 OCT 

2:29:14 Ayelech Worku ETH 1 Hamburg 29 APR 

2:29:16 Jo 5 Beijing 21 OCT 

DOWNHILL PERFORMANCES 

2:28:03 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 1 Treviso (96 m) 25 MAR 


Sunday, October 26 th 2008 

Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon 

60135 Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Phone +49 (0)69 3700468-0 

www.frankfurt-marathon.com | mail@frankfurt-marathon.com

LATEST STANDINGS AT 10KM, HALF MARATHON AND MARATHON 

HAILE GEBRSELASSIE 

LORNA KIPLAGAT 

Men 

Present World Record: 

Sammy Wanjiru (KEN), 58:35, Den Haag, 23 MAR 2007 

58:35 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru KEN 1 Den Haag 17 MAR 

58:53 Wanjiru 1 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB 

58:56 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 1 Berlin 01 APR 

58:59 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Udine 14 OCT 

59:02 Musyoki 2 Udine 14 OCT 

59:05 Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot KEN 3 Udine 14 OCT 

59:12 Cheruiyot 1 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

59:13 Musyoki 2 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB 

59:16 Deriba Merga ETH 4 Udine 14 OCT 

59:19 Musyoki 2 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

59:24 Haile Gebrselasse ETH 1 New York 04 AUG 

59:25 Merga 3 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

59:26 Francis Kibiwott KEN 2 Berlin 01 APR 

59:27 Patrick Ivuti KEN 4 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

59:30 Yonas Kifle ERI 5 Udine 14 OCT 

59:32 Dieudonne Disi RWA 6 Udine 14 OCT 

59:33 Marilson dos Santos BRA 7 Udine 14 OCT 

59:43 Ryan Hall USA 1 Houston 14 JAN 

59:44 Merga 3 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB 

59:45 Joseph Maregu KEN 1 Lille 01 SEP 

59:48 Mekubo Mogusu KEN 1 Marugame 04 FEB 

59:48 Cheruiyot 3 Berlin 01 APR 

59:54 Mogusu 1 Sapporo 08 JUL 

59:58 Mogusu 1 Ichinoseki 23 SEP 

60:08 Kibiwott 4 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB 

60:08 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 4 Berlin 01 APR 

60:10 Jonathan Maiyo KEN 5 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

60:11 Abel Kirui KEN 6 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

60:13 Solomon Busendich KEN 2 Den Haag 17 MAR 

60:13 Wilson Chebet KEN 1 Remich 30 SEP 

Half Marathon 

Women 

Present World Record: 

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

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

Point-to-Point aided (downhill 30.5m) World Best: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 65:40, 21 SEPT 2003, South Shields 

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

66:25 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 1 Udine 14 OCT 

66:48 Mary Kepkosgei Keitany KEN 2 Udine 14 OCT 

68:00 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Margame 04 FEB 

68:06 Pamela Chepchumba KEN 3 Udine 14 OCT 

68:07 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 4 Udine 14 OCT 

68:22 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Sapporo 08 JUL 

68:28 Benita Johnson AUS 1 Berlin 01 APR 

68:30 Noguchi 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

68:36 Keitany 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 01 APR 

68:39 Everline Kemunto KEN 6 Udine 14 OCT 

68:43 Keitany 1 Lille 01 SEP 

68:45 Mara Yamauchi GBR 2 Sapporo 08 JUL 

68:45 Chepchumba 1 Philadelphia 16 SEP 

68:54 Noguchi 1 Sendai 13 MAY 

68:56 Alice Timbilili KEN 2 Philadelphia 16 SEP 

68:56 Chisato Osaki JPN 7 Udine 14 OCT 

68:57 Chepchumba KEN 1 Azpeitia 31 MAR 

68:58 Aniko Kalovics HUN 1 Milano 01 APR 

69:01 Luminita Talpos ROM 8 Udine 14 OCT 

69:09 Timbilili 9 Udine 14 OCT 

69:14 Alina Gherasim ROM 10 Udine 14 OCT 

69:15 Atsede Baysa ETH 11 Udine 14 OCT 

69:15 Akana Taira JPN 12 Udine 14 OCT 

69:23 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Ulrum 28 JUL 

69:25 Osaki 1 Matsue 18 MAR 

69:26 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 13 Udine 14 OCT 

69:28 Liz Yelling GBR 1 Bath 25 MAR 

69:29 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 14 Udine 14 OCT 

69:32 Kimwei 3 Sapporo 08 JUL 

69:32 Alina Ivanova RUS 15 Udine 14 OCT 

10km 

Road 

Men 

World Record: 

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

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

27:07 Micah Kogo KEN 1 Brunssum 01 APR 

27:21 Kogo 1 Manchester 20 MAY 

27:24 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 2 Manchester 20 MAY 

27:51 Wilson Kipsang KEN 1 Hem 26 AUG 

27:52 Jason Mbote KEN 1 Groesbeek 02 JUN 

27:52 Duncan Kibet KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 04 AUG 

27:52 Mark Tanui KEN 1 Utrecht 07 OCT 

27:53 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Cape Elizabeth 04 AUG 

27:54 Dickson Marwa Mkami KEN 2 Utrecht 07 OCT 

27:56 Charles Koech KEN 2 Groesbeek 02 JUN 

Women 

World Record: 

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

Women’s-only race: Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29, 

New York, 08 JUN 2002 

60:14 Fabiano Joseph Naasi KEN 7 Rotterdam 09 SEP 

60:17 Francis Kiprop KEN 3 Den Haag 17 MAR 

60:18 Benson Barus KEN 1 Ostia 25 FEB 

60:22 Maregu 1 Paris 11 MAR 

60:24 Dickson Marwa Mkami TAN 8 Udine 14 OCT 

60:25 William Kipsang KEN 4 Den Haag 17 MAR 

60:25 Atsushi Sato JPN 9 Udine 14 OCT 

60:26 Cuthbert Nyasango ZIM 10 Udine 14 OCT 

60:27 Naasi 11 Udine 14 OCT 

60:28 Yared Asmerom ERI 1 Azpeitia 31 MAR 

69:36 Yamauchi 2 Matsue 18 MAR 

69:38 Deena Kastor USA 16 Udine 14 OCT 

69:43 Hilda Kibet KEN 1 Den Haag 17 MAR 

69:46 Kimwei 3 Matsue 18 MAR 

69:46 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 01 APR 

69:50 Philes Ongori KEN 1 Yamaguchi 11 MAR 

OTHER PERFORMANCES 

66:57 Kara Goucher USA 1 Sth Shields (30.5 m) 30 SEP 

67:05 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 1 Lisboa (69 m drop) 18 MAR 

67:53 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 Sth Shields (30.5 m) 30 SEP 

* = Lisbon 69m drop (3.3 m/km) 

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

31:05 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 25 FEB 

31:26 Hilda Kibet KEN 1 Schoorl 11 FEB 

31:44 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY 

31:46 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Paderborn 08 APR 

31:47 Joanne Pavey GBR 1 Manchester 20 MAY 

31:48 Aniko Kalovics HUN 2 Manchester 20 MAY 

31:49 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 1 Barcelona 01 APR 

31:50 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 3 Manchester 20 MAY 

31:55 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 4 Manchester 20 MAY 

31:56 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Casablanca 20 MAY 


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* = AIMS Associate Member 


To correct current contact information 

and race dates please send details to 

update@aims-association.org 

Algeria 

Sahara Marathon 

February 

James E. B. Carney 

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

Tel: 703 969 0049 

Fax: 503 905 9526 

Email: saharamarathon@aol.com 

Inet: saharamarathon.org 


Antarctica 

Antarctica Marathon 

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 


*Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k December 

Richard Donovan 

1 Forster Place Centre 

Galway, Ireland 

Tel. 353 91-566077 

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: mediamaraton@amaisonproducciones.com.ar 

Inet: www.mediamaraton.com.ar 

Buenos Aires Marathon 

October 

Antonio Silio 

Medrano 1260 C1179AAX Capital Federal, 

Buenos Aires 

Tel: 54 11 4867 4885 

Fax: 54 11 4867 3400 

Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com 

Inet: www.maratondebuenosaires.com 

Australia 

Blackmores Sydney Running 

Fesitival/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 


Inet: www.canberramarathon.com.au 

The Sun-Herald City to Surf 

August 

Jenny Barker 

C/- John Fairfax Publications, 

201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 

Tel: 61 2 9282 2747 

Fax: 61 2 9282 3703 

Email: city2surf@mail.fairfax.com.au 

Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf 

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 

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 

April 

Barbados 

Run Barbardos Marathon 

Winston Carter 

December 

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 

Christophe Impens 

October 

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 

June 

*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon 

Joao Traven 

June 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102, 

Leblon 22450-080 

Tel: 55 21 222 33 073 

Fax: 55 21 222 32 773 

Email: traven@dh.com.br 

Inet: www.maratonadorio.com.br 

*Half Marathon of Bahia 

Thusnelda Frick 

October 

Rua Dr. Jose Peroba, 349 - Sala 1407, 

Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 

Tel: 55 71 3272 1340 

Fax: 55 71 3341 0047 

Email: meiaadabahia@bissports.com.br 

Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br 

10km Corpore 

São Paulo Classic 

November 

*São Paulo Half Marathon Corpore April 

Jose Octavio Aronis 

Rua Bento De Andrade, 436, 

Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP 

Tel: 55 11 3884 4188 

Fax: 55 11 3885 0213 

Email: corpore@corpore.org.br 

Inet: www.corpore.org.br 

São Paulo Marathon 

June 

Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race November 

*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August 

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 Paulo Marathon Int’l Half Marathon March 


Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor 


Tel: 55 11 4208 7633 

Fax: 55 11 4208 7286 



São Silvestre Int’l Road Race 


December 

Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor 


Tel: 55 11 4208 7633 

Fax: 55 11 4208 7286 



Cambodia 

Angkor-Wat Int’l Half Marathon 

Oddom Yem 

December 

National Olympic Stadium, PO Box 101, 

Phnom Penh 

Tel: 855 1293 0177 

Fax: 855 2335 3536 

Email: cam@mf.iaaf.org 

Inet: www.angkormarathon.org 

Canada 

*Arctic Marathon 

Jay Glassman 

450 Walmer Road, Toronto, 

Ontario, M5P 2X8 

Tel: 1 416 972 1062 

Fax: 1 416 972 1238 

Email: jay@torontomarathon.com 

Inet: www.arcticmarathon.com 

July 

BMO Bank of Montreal 

Vancouver Marathon 

May 

Janet Anderson 

PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8 

Tel: 1 604 872 2928 

Fax: 1 604 872 2903 

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 

August 

Tom Keough 

8537-109th Street (Running Room), 

Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4 

Tel: 1 780 433 6062 

Fax: 1 780 439 8465 

Email: tom@keycare.ca 

Inet: www.runningroom.com 

ING Ottawa Marathon 

May 

Jim Robinson 

PO Box 426, Stn A Ottowa, ON, 

Canada, KIN 8V5 

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 Fallsview Casino 

Resort 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: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Okanagan Int’l Marathon 

October 

Tom Keogh (Race Director) 

8537 109 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4 

Tel: +1 780 905-5577 

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 

33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807, 

Toronto, ON M4W 3T4 

Tel: 1 416 944 2765 (ext.503) 

Fax: 1 416 944 8527 

Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

svhm@canadarunningseries.com 

Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

canadarunningseries.com/svhm 

Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon 

June 

Clifton Cunningham 

RCP International, 176-1917 W 4th Ave 

Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1M7 

Tel: 778 786 3116 

Fax: 778 786 3117 

Email: clifton@canadarunningseries.com 

Inet: canadarunningseries.com/svhm 

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 

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 


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 Shanghi 

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@shmarathon.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 

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 

sharonlee@sportsnet.org.tw 

Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw 

*Kinmen Marathon 

January 

*Taroko Int’l Marathon 

November 

Sharon 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: sharonlee@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 

Croatia 

Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon October 

Franjo Kordic - race director 

Dragutina Rakovca 10, 10000 Zagreb 

Tel: 385 1 2314 228 

Fax: 385 1 2314 122 

Email: zagrebacki.atletski.savez@zg.t-com.hr 

Inet: www.z-as.hr 

Rijeka Half Marathon 

October 

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 

Inet: www.homositec.hr , www.rss.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 

Paulo Ottone 

Zahoranského 3, 120 00 Prague 2 

Tel: 420 224 919 209 

Fax: 420 224 923 355 

Email: ottone@pim.cz 

Inet: www.praguemarathon.com 

May 

March 

Pardubice Wine Marathon 

April 

Oldrich Bujnoch, Topolska 739, 53701 – 

Chrudim, CZECH REPUBLIC 

Tel: +420 466 052 100 

Fax: +420 466 052 130 

Email: marketing@zlatastika.cz; jr.running@wo.cz 

Inet: www.zlatastika.cz 

Denmark 

Copenhagen Marathon 

May 

Niels Jorgen Holdt 

Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11, 

DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 35 26 69 00 

Fax: 45 35 38 69 03 

Email: 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 

September 

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 June 

Pablo Gonzalez Peña 

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 

Egypt 

15th Egyptian Marathon 

February 

*7th 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 

*St Catherine’s Marathon December 

Tarek Moshref 

Misr Sinai Tours, P.O. Box 119, Abbassia, Cairo 

Tel: 202 274 4900 

Fax: 202 671 3130 

Email: info@misrsinaitours.com 

Inet: www.misrsinaitours.com 


Estonia 

Baltic Marathon 

Tallinn Half Marathon 

September 

Mr. Urmo Raiend 

Külmallika 15a, Tallinn, Estonia 

Tel: +372 6718 548 

Email: stamina@stamina.ee 

Inet: www.marathon.ee 

Tallinn Marathon 

July 

Rein Raspel 

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 

November 

Richard Nerurkar 

Tel: 251 11 663 36 46 

Fax: 251 11 662 78 76 

Email: 

Inet: 

greatrun@ethionet.et 

village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et 

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/ 

Finland 

Åland Marathon 

October 

John Holmberg 

Martellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn, 

Åland 

Tel: 358 1 819 605 

Fax: 358 1 813 170 

Email: marathon@aland.net 

Inet: www.marathon.aland.fi 

Helsinki City Marathon 

August 

Pertti Raunio 

Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20, 

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 

June 

Jari Salonen 

Linnankatu 36, FIN-20100, Turku 

Tel: 358 2 274 5010 

Fax: 358 2 274 5001 

Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.com 

Inet: www.paavonurmisports.com 

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 

The Terwamarathon 

April 

Asko Vääräniemi 

Keluveneenväylä 22, 90650 OULU, Finland 

Tel: +358405068803 

Email: asko.vaaraniemi@elisanet.fi 

Inet: www.oulumarathon.net 

France 

the 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 19 88 

Fax: +33 4 93 26 19 34 

Email: mail@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 

April 

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 80 

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 4172 

Fax: 49 40 4146 4112 

Email: info@marathon-hamburg.de 

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: 44 870 127 8000 

Fax: 44 845 838 2764 

Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com 

Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com 

October 

Reebok Bristol Half Marathon September 

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 

Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon March 

Ian Ladbrooke 

22 Hamilton Crescent, Gullane, EH31 2HR, 

Great Britain 

Tel: 44 1620 843 593 

Email: iladbrooke@aol.com 

Inet: www.edinburgh-forthside-half-marathon.co.uk 

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 

Greenland 

Nuuk Marathon 

Claus Nielsen 

PO BOX 84, DK-3900 Nuuk 

Tel: 299 558 854 

Fax: 299 323 278 

Email: claus@team.gl 

Inet: www.nuuk-marathon.gl 

Greece 

August 

Athens Classic Marathon November 

Evangelos Papapostolou 

137, Syngrou Avenue, 17121 Nea Smirni, Athens 

Tel: 30 210 931 5886 / 0 210 933 1113 

Tel: 30 210 933 1152 

Email: mail@athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.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 


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 

December 

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 

Lake Myvatn Marathon 

Yngvi R Kristjansson 

Sel Hotel Myvatn, 

Skutustadir, 660 Myvatn, Iceland 

Tel: 354 464 4164 

Fax: 354 464 4364 

Email: marathon@myvatn.is 

Inet: www.myvatn.is 

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 

June 

August 


SWITZERLAND 

Italian Marathon Centenary of 

Dorando Pietri’s feat in London 1908 

OCTOBER 12, 2008 

SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 2008 

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CENTENNIAL MARATHON 

MOTOR TOUR 

Guided tours in the land of motors 

Ferrari, Ducati, Lamborghini e Maserati 

SECRETARY AND HOTEL 

Maratona d’Italia - Via Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO) Italy 

Tel. +39 059 650297 - Fax +39 059 651330 - info@italianmarathon.it 

www.italianmarathon.it 

www.dorandopietri.it 

Lausanne Marathon 

av. de Rhodanie 54 

CH-1007 Lausanne 

Tel. +41 21 806 30 16 

Fax. +41 21 806 25 48 

robert@bruchez-organisations.com 

www.lausanne-marathon.com 

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India 

Bangalore World 10km 

July 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International, 14, St. James Court, 

Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20 

Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 


Mumbai Marathon 

January 

Hugh Jones 



Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 

Email: scmm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.scmm.indiatimes.com 


Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon October 

Lalit Bhanot 



Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 

Email: vdhm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.indiatimes.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 


BSNL Bangalore Int’l Marathon September 

Ian Ladbroke 

c/o Crossover Consulting, 11 Wood Street, 

Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 026, India 

Tel: 91 80 51126004 

Fax: 91 80 57712004 

Email: info@coindia.com 

Inet: www.bangaloreinternationalmarathon.com 

Ireland 

adidas Dublin Marathon 

October 

Jim Aughney 

Donore Harriers Sports, Complex, 

Chapelizod, Dublin 20 

Tel: 353 1 623 2250 

Fax: 353 1 626 3757 

Email: bhaa@eircom.net 

Inet: www.adidasdublinmarathon.ie 

Israel 

Dead Sea Half Marathon 

February 

Yaacov Akrish, Tamar Regional Council, 

Dead Sea Post 86910, Dead Sea, Israel 

Tel: 972 866 88822 

Fax: 972 866 88922 

Email: akrish@ma-tamar.co.il 

Inet: www.shvoong.co.il/deadsea-halfmarathon 

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 

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 

December 

Ennio Mazzei 

Via degli Orombelli, 11 - 20133 Milano (MI) 

Tel/Fax: 39 02 3658 6686 

Email: info@milanocitymarathon.it 

Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it 

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 

Turin Marathon 

Turin Half Marathon 

April 

September 

Pietro Chiabrera 

C.SO Regina Magherita 497, 10151 Turin 

Tel: 39 011 455 9959 

Fax: 39 011 407 6054 

Email: info@turinmarathon.it 

Inet: www.turinmarathon.it 

*Maratonina Citta Di Udine September 

Ennio Della Mea 

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 

September 

Yoshitaka Abe 

The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat, 

The Hokkaido Shimubun Press, 

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

Hokkaido, 060-8711 

Tel: 81 11 232 0840 

Fax: 81 11 210 5734 

Email: marathon@hokkaido-np.co.jp 

Inet: www.hokkaido-marathon.com 

Kagawa Marugame 

Half Marathon 

February 

Tetsuji Araj 

Marugame Shimin Gymnastics, 

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

March 

Yoshiharu Naya 

32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo, 

Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864 

Tel: 81 75 315 1235 

Fax: 81 75 315 1236 

Email: isono@runners.co.jp 

Inet: http://kyoto-city-half.jp 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon March 

Yukihiro Fujioka 

The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 

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

Tel: 81 6 6346 8249 

Fax: 81 6 6346 8372 

Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp 

Lake Kawaguchi Marathon November 

Nikkan Sports Press 

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

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 

June 

Jiro Hashimoto 

Runners Inc., 1-31-9 Haramachi, 

Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8532 

Tel: 81 3 3714 1733 

Fax: 81 3 3714 5455 

Email: saroma@runners.co.jp 

Inet: www.runnet.co.jp 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon March 

Kosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Tanaka 

The Chunichi Shimbun (Press), 

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

1-Chome, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, 

Nagoya, 460-8511 

Tel: 81 52 221 0737 

Fax: 81 52 221 0739 

Email: niwm@chunichi.co.jp 

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

Olympic Commemorative 

Nagano Marathon 

April 

Yasushi Aoki 

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

Tel: 81 26 252 7687 

Fax: 81 26 234 6381 

Email: y-aoki@shinmai.co.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 January 

Motonobu Shimamoto 

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, 

C/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports Planning 

Enterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi, 

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325 

Tel: 81 3 5320 6896 

Fax: 81 3 5388 1739 

Email: sasaki@tokyo42195.org 

Inet: www.tokyo42195.com 

Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November 

Takao Ishizawa 

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

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 

Tel: 81 3 5540 7455 

Fax: 81 3 3248 6636 

Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com 

Inet: www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon 

Kenya 


Nairobi Marathon and Half October 

John Velzian 

PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi 

Tel: 254 2086 0186 

Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke 

Inet: www.nairobimarathon.com 


Korea 

Chosunilbo Chunchon 

Int’l Marathon 

October 

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.marathon.chosun.com 

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 

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 

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 

March 

November 

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 

Rokas Babravicius 

Odminiu str. 8, Vilnius 

Tel: 370 5 212 3099 

Fax: 370 5 210 6451 

Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.lt 

Inet: www.marathon.lt 

Luxembourg 

Dexia Route du Vin 

Half Marathon 

September 

Georges Klepper 

3, route d’Arlon; L-8009 Strassen 

Tel: 352 48 06 70 

Fax: 352 48 05 72 

Email: routeduvin@fla.lu 

Inet: www.fla.lu 


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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: info@maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Inet: 

www.maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Malaysia 

AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon March 

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 

Dione Anguiano Flores 

Division del Norte 2333 General Anaya 

c.p.o. 03340 Benito Juarez, Mexico D.F 

Tel: 52 5 688 1869 

Fax: 52 5 688 8701 

Email: dione@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 

March 

January 

December 

Email: gcervantes@ssnl.gob.mx 

Inet: www.maratonmonterrey.com 

21km Nuevo Leon 

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 

November 

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 

June 

Monaco 

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 

Namibia 

100 miles 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 

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 

Postbus 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 

March 

Richard Donovan 

1 Forstar Place, City Centre, Galway, Ireland 

Tel: 353 91 566 077 

Fax: 353 91 566 082 

Email: rd@npmarathon.com 

Inet: www.npmarathon.com 


Norway 

Midnight Sun Marathon 

Nils I. Haetta 

P.O. Box 821, N-9258, Tromsø 

Tel: 47 776 73363 

Fax: 47 776 73364 

Email: post@msm.no 

Inet: www.msm.no 

Pakistan 

*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 

Philippines Marathon – 

Pasig River 

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 

May 

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 

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 

Society of 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 

April 

Marek Danielak 

Stowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw, 

Oporowska 62, 53-434 Wroclaw 

Tel: 48 71 364 72 00 

Fax: 48 71 346 72 10 

Email: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl 

Inet: www.wroclawmaraton.pl 

Portugal 

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: geral@maratonaportugal.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 22 208 0403 

Email: runporto@sapo.pt 

Inet: www.runporto.com 

Puerto Rico 

World’s Best 10k Road Race February 

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, presented by Nike 

Chet Sainsbury 

11 Lansdowne Road, Claremont, 

7700, Cape Town 

Tel: 27 21 671 6054 

Fax: 27 21 671 8724 

March 

Email: stefanie@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Comrades Marathon 

June 

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 

October 

Russia 

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 

Novosibirsk Half Marathon September 

Alexandr Chepasov 

Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001 

Tel: 7 38 2 204 77 22 

Fax: 7 38 2 204 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 

Bejan Nikolic 

Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade 

Tel: 381 11 369 0709 

Fax: 381 11 306 5720 

Email: office@bgdmarathon.com 

Inet: www.bgdmarathon.com 

Singapore 


Singapore Marathon 

December 

Paul Chan Chow Tin 

15 Stadium Road, Room 1 South Entrance, 

National Stadium, Singapore 397718 

Tel: 65 6386 2721 

Fax: 65 6386 7773 

Email: info@singaporemarathon.com 

Inet: www.singaporemarathon.com 


Slovakia 

Kosice Peace Marathon 

October 

Dr Stefan Dano 

Marathon Club Kosice, Pri jazdiarni 1, 

PO Box F-24, 043 04 Kosice 

Tel: 421 55 622 00 10 

Fax: 421 55 622 41 58 

Email: info@kosicemarathon.com 

Inet: www.kosicemarathon.com 

Slovenia 

Ljubljanski Marathon 

October 

Gojko Zalokar 

Timing Ljubijana, 

Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubijana 

Tel: 386 1 234 8000 

Fax: 386 1 234 8005 

Email: info@timingljubijana.si 

Inet: www.ljubijanskimarathon.si 

Three Hearts Marathon and Half May 

Drago Jug 

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

Tel: 386 2 566 90 90 

Fax: 386 2 566 90 92 

Email: teniskicenter.radenci@siol.net 

Inet: www.radenska.sl 

Spain 

Marato de Barcelona 

March 

Josep Sole 

Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 63 Bis, àtic 3a CP: 

0825-Barcelona 

Tel: 34 93 431 55 33 

Fax: 34 93 422 10 96 

Email: info@maratobarcelona.com 

Inet: www.maratobarcelona.com 








Maraton San Sebastian 

Jesus Lopez Jimenez 

November 

Federacion Atletica Guipuzcoana, 

Paseo Anoeta, 5, 

Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia, 

San Sebastian, Spain 

Tel. 34 943 451 757 

Fax. 34 943 453 982 

Email: gaf@kirolak.net 

Inet: www.maratondonostia.com 

Seville City Marathon 

Manuel Nieto 

February 

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 

Josep-Maria Antentas 

October 

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 May 

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 

Sweden 

Göteborg Half Marathon 

Hans Hultman 

May 

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 

Ulf Saletti 

May 

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 



Robert Bruchez 

October 

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 July 

Andrea Tuffli 

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

Tel: 41 81 401 1490 

Fax: 41 81 401 1489 

Email: info@alpine-davos.ch 

Inet: www.alpine-davos.ch 


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 

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 

November 

Song 

kram Kraisonthi 

20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road 

Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 

Tel: 66 22 77 6670 

Fax: 66 22 77 2567 

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 

March 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, 118, 

41100 Modena, Italy 

Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813 


Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com 


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.oger-marathon.de 

Istanbul Eurasia Marathon 

October 

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 

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 


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 

*2nd RAK International 

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 

Atlanta Marathon & Half November 

Julia Emmons 

Atlanta Track Club 

3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, GA30305 

Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14 

Fax: 1 404 364 0708 

Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org 

Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org 

BAA Boston Marathon 

April 

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 

*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 

1 504 328 3478 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

December 

September 

Email: Leswright@sbcglobal.net 

Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com 

Maui Marathon & Half 

September 

Bob Carver 

P.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733 

Tel: 1 808 871 6441 

Email: info@mauimarathon.com 

Inet: www.mauimarathon.com 

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: 1 702 240 2723 

Email: alboka@aol.com 

Inet: www.lvmarathon.com 

Los Angeles Marathon 

March 

Terry Collier 

11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100, 

Los Angeles CA90025 

Tel: 1 310 444 5544 

Fax: 1 310 473 8105 

Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com 

Inet: www.lamarathon.com 

Marine Corps Marathon 

October 

Rick Nealis 

P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134 

Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6 

Fax: 1 703 784 2265 

Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil 

Inet: www.marinemarathon.com 

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 











November 





Tel. 34 943 451 757 

Fax. 34 943 453 982 




Manuel Nieto 

February 



Tel: 34 95459 6870 

34 95459 6847 

Fax: 34 95459 6871 

34 95459 6845 





May 



01008 Vitoria 

Tel: 34 945 214 278 

Fax: 34 945 214 279 




April 




Tel: +34 91354 03 89 

Fax: +34 91365 10 01 





October 


Tel: 34 93 725 0461 

Fax: 34 93 725 0451 





Paco Borao 


Tel: 34 96 346 0707 

Fax: 34 96 346 3635 



Sweden 


Hans Hultman 

May 


Tel: 46 31 772 7880 

Fax: 46 31 772 7890 




Ulf Saletti 

May 


Tel: 46 8 545 66 440 

Fax: 46 8 664 38 22 




Ulf Saletti 



Tel: +46-8-545 664 40 



Switzerland 


September 




Tel: 41 22 787 0753 

Fax: 41 22 787 0750 







Tel: 41 33 827 62 90 

Fax: 41 33 827 62 05 


Inet: 

September 





October 


Tel: 41 21 806 3016 

Fax: 41 21 806 2548 




Andrea Tuffli 


Tel: 41 81 401 1490 

Fax: 41 81 401 1489 







Tel: 41 956 2760 

Fax: 41 27 956 2925 






Tel: 41 480 25 57 

Fax: 41 480 25 56 



Tanzania 

July 

April 


March 

John Addison 



Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655 



Thailand 


November 

Song 




Tel: 66 22 77 6670 

Fax: 66 22 77 2567 




January 



Tel: 66 43 202 222 

Fax: 66 43 202 557 








Tel: 662 236 2921 

Fax: 662 237 2321 









Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239 



Tunisia 


March 

Adriano Zito 



Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813 




Turkey 


Recep Yavuz 



Tel: 90 242 310 4040 

Fax: 90 242 321 2565 




October 

Ilker Astarci 


Tel: 90 212 453 3000 

Fax: 90 212 621 3848 




Hayri Ozsut 


33401 Tarsus 

Tel: 90 324 616 3333 

Fax: 90 324 616 3307 



United Arab 

Emirates 





Tel: 97 14 367 1062 

Fax: 97 14 367 2524 




Half Marathon 



Tel: 971 50 347 64 74 

Fax: 971 4 399 5678 



United States 

of America 

March 

January 

February 


Julia Emmons 



Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14 

Fax: 1 404 364 0708 




April 




Tel: 1 617 236 1652 

Fax: 1 617 236 4505 




Richard Maher 


OR 97401, USA 

Tel: 1 541 345 2230 

Fax: 1 541 345 3227 

May 






November 

April 

Wally Kastner 


Tel: 1 831 625 6226 

Fax: 1 831 625 2119 




May 



NY 12180, USA 

Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205 

Tel: 1 518 273-0647 







Tel: 1 808 734 7200 

Fax: 1 808 732 7057 




Les Wright 



Tel: 1 530 544 7095 

1 504 328 3478 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

December 

September 




September 

Bob Carver 


Tel: 1 808 871 6441 





December 



Tel: 1 702 809 2620 

Fax: 1 702 240 2723 




March 

Terry Collier 



Tel: 1 310 444 5544 

Fax: 1 310 473 8105 




October 

Rick Nealis 


Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6 

Fax: 1 703 784 2265 




October 

Les Smith 



Tel: 1 503 248 1134 

Fax: 1 503 224 8851 




August 


Tel: 1 415 814 2823 

Fax: 1 415 276 4179 





November 

Louise Long 


Tel: 1 206 729 3660 

Fax: 1 206 729 3662 




October 




Tel: 1 763 287 3888 

Fax: 1 763 287 3889 





July 



Tel: 206 965 8837 

Fax: 206 728 9506 





January 




Tel: 1 340 643 2557 

Fax: 1 340 773 5327 



Zimbabwe 



July 



Tel: 263 20 60026/75 

Fax: 263 20 61785 




John Addison 


Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655 











November 





Tel. 34 943 451 757 

Fax. 34 943 453 982 




Manuel Nieto 

February 



Tel: 34 95459 6870 

34 95459 6847 

Fax: 34 95459 6871 

34 95459 6845 





May 



01008 Vitoria 

Tel: 34 945 214 278 

Fax: 34 945 214 279 




April 




Tel: +34 91354 03 89 

Fax: +34 91365 10 01 





October 


Tel: 34 93 725 0461 

Fax: 34 93 725 0451 





Paco Borao 


Tel: 34 96 346 0707 

Fax: 34 96 346 3635 



Sweden 


Hans Hultman 

May 


Tel: 46 31 772 7880 

Fax: 46 31 772 7890 




Ulf Saletti 

May 


Tel: 46 8 545 66 440 

Fax: 46 8 664 38 22 




Ulf Saletti 



Tel: +46-8-545 664 40 



Switzerland 


September 




Tel: 41 22 787 0753 

Fax: 41 22 787 0750 







Tel: 41 33 827 62 90 

Fax: 41 33 827 62 05 


Inet: 

September 





October 


Tel: 41 21 806 3016 

Fax: 41 21 806 2548 




Andrea Tuffli 


Tel: 41 81 401 1490 

Fax: 41 81 401 1489 







Tel: 41 956 2760 

Fax: 41 27 956 2925 






Tel: 41 480 25 57 

Fax: 41 480 25 56 



Tanzania 

July 

April 


March 

John Addison 



Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655 



Thailand 


November 

Song 




Tel: 66 22 77 6670 

Fax: 66 22 77 2567 




January 



Tel: 66 43 202 222 

Fax: 66 43 202 557 








Tel: 662 236 2921 

Fax: 662 237 2321 









Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239 



Tunisia 


March 

Adriano Zito 



Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813 




Turkey 


Recep Yavuz 



Tel: 90 242 310 4040 

Fax: 90 242 321 2565 




October 

Ilker Astarci 


Tel: 90 212 453 3000 

Fax: 90 212 621 3848 




Hayri Ozsut 


33401 Tarsus 

Tel: 90 324 616 3333 

Fax: 90 324 616 3307 



United Arab 

Emirates 





Tel: 97 14 367 1062 

Fax: 97 14 367 2524 




Half Marathon 



Tel: 971 50 347 64 74 

Fax: 971 4 399 5678 



United States 

of America 

March 

January 

February 


Julia Emmons 



Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14 

Fax: 1 404 364 0708 




April 




Tel: 1 617 236 1652 

Fax: 1 617 236 4505 




Richard Maher 


OR 97401, USA 

Tel: 1 541 345 2230 

Fax: 1 541 345 3227 

May 






November 

April 

Wally Kastner 


Tel: 1 831 625 6226 

Fax: 1 831 625 2119 




May 



NY 12180, USA 

Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205 

Tel: 1 518 273-0647 







Tel: 1 808 734 7200 

Fax: 1 808 732 7057 




Les Wright 



Tel: 1 530 544 7095 

1 504 328 3478 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

December 

September 




September 

Bob Carver 


Tel: 1 808 871 6441 





December 



Tel: 1 702 809 2620 

Fax: 1 702 240 2723 




March 

Terry Collier 



Tel: 1 310 444 5544 

Fax: 1 310 473 8105 




October 

Rick Nealis 


Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6 

Fax: 1 703 784 2265 




October 

Les Smith 



Tel: 1 503 248 1134 

Fax: 1 503 224 8851 




August 


Tel: 1 415 814 2823 

Fax: 1 415 276 4179 





November 

Louise Long 


Tel: 1 206 729 3660 

Fax: 1 206 729 3662 




October 




Tel: 1 763 287 3888 

Fax: 1 763 287 3889 





July 



Tel: 206 965 8837 

Fax: 206 728 9506 





January 




Tel: 1 340 643 2557 

Fax: 1 340 773 5327 



Zimbabwe 



July 



Tel: 263 20 60026/75 

Fax: 263 20 61785 




John Addison 


Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655

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