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JANUARY – MARCH 2008<br />
RACE<br />
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Beijing Marathon, 21 October 2007<br />
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7<br />
News<br />
AIMS News<br />
President’s message; New members;<br />
Executives’ contact details; AIMS Children’s<br />
Series; Back to the roots; AIMS/Citizen<br />
World’s Fastest Time Award;<br />
Ted Corbitt, running pioneer; AIMS/ASICS<br />
Athlete of the Year Award 7<br />
IAAF News<br />
President’s message; Diary; Executives’ contact<br />
details; 2nd IAAF World Road Race Championships;<br />
Edinburgh set for 2008 World Cross 13<br />
IAU News<br />
IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo; IAU World Trail<br />
Challenge, Huntsville; Soochow University 24<br />
hours; Diary; Executives’ contact details; 31<br />
WMRA<br />
Executives’ contact details;<br />
WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race,<br />
Smarna Gora Hill Race; 2008 Calendar 37<br />
Regulars<br />
Calendar of events<br />
Official listings for AIMS events 44<br />
Results<br />
Worldwide race reports and pictures 48<br />
World leading times<br />
The latest top times for men and women<br />
at 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 72<br />
Race contact details<br />
AIMS member races with full contact details 78<br />
Features<br />
A fairy tale marathon<br />
H C Andersen Marathon, Denmark. 21<br />
A royal event<br />
Royal Victoria Marathon, Canada. 27<br />
Getting better all the time<br />
27th ANA Beijing International<br />
Marathon, China 33<br />
Opinion<br />
From then to now 40<br />
Opinion<br />
A class of his own 41<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
33<br />
48<br />
5
EXECUTIVES<br />
President<br />
Hiroaki Chosa,<br />
Japan Association of<br />
Athletics Federations,<br />
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,<br />
Tokyo 150-8050, Japan<br />
Tel: 81 3 5452 1500<br />
Fax: 81 3 5452 1795<br />
Honorary Vice President<br />
Leonard F. Luchner<br />
Vice-Presidents<br />
Carlos Moya (Lisbon Half Marathon, Financial Control)<br />
Tel: +351 21 441 3182<br />
Fax: +351 21 441 3073<br />
Email: geral@maratonaportugal.com<br />
Francisco Borao (Valencia, Membership)<br />
Tel: +34 6 346 0707<br />
Fax: +34 6 346 3635<br />
Email: borao@innoveverda.com<br />
Secretary<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK<br />
Tel: +44 20 7209 3193<br />
Email: aimssec@aol.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Al Boka (Las Vegas)<br />
Tel: +1 702 809 2620<br />
Fax: +1 702 876 3870<br />
Email: aimstreasurer@aol.com<br />
Members of the Board<br />
Horst Milde (Berlin, Children’s Series)<br />
Tel: +49 30 302 5370<br />
Fax: +49 30 306 2203<br />
Email: horst.milde@berlin-marathon.com<br />
Gordon Rogers (Vancouver, Technical)<br />
Tel: +1 604 733 6224<br />
Fax: +1 604 733 6221<br />
Email: gordonrogers@telus.net<br />
Dave Cundy (Canberra, Website)<br />
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,<br />
NSW 2257, Australia<br />
Tel: +61 2 43427611<br />
Fax: +61 2 43427648<br />
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Vivek B Singh (Mumbai, Marketing)<br />
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Fax: +91 22 2202 5112<br />
Email: vivek@procamintl.com<br />
Martha Morales (Tangamanga, Legal)<br />
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Fax: +52 4448 158921<br />
Email: maratontangamanga@gmail.com<br />
Consultants<br />
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15 Kirklee Terrace, Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland<br />
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Email: drdave@gsu.edu<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong><br />
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International Marathon Medical Directors<br />
Association (IMMDA)<br />
Chairman<br />
Lewis Maraham MD<br />
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Email: measurer@rogers.com<br />
English-speaking Europe & Africa:<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK<br />
Tel: +44 20 7209 3193<br />
Email: aimssec@aol.com<br />
French & Spanish-speaking Europe & Africa<br />
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<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong><br />
AIMS Children’s Series<br />
The final event in the AIMS<br />
Children's Series 2007 was again<br />
held in conjunction with the Great<br />
Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa. It<br />
had been scheduled for 8 September<br />
to coincide with the Ethiopian<br />
Millennium celebrations, but at the<br />
late request of the Government was<br />
put back to the regular date, the last<br />
weekend in November.<br />
There were four Children's races<br />
held on 24 November: unders 8s and<br />
under 11s for both girls and boys,<br />
but children as young as three took<br />
part, alongside their parents or<br />
brothers and sisters. Each race was<br />
over a 1km out-and-back course<br />
which started and finished in Meskel<br />
Square, a huge semi-circular space<br />
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
Hiroaki Chosa<br />
I wish all AIMS member races, runners and supporters the very best for<br />
the coming Olympic year, 2008.<br />
The AIMS Congress held in Xiamen, China, at the end of March 2007<br />
gave us a foretaste of the spirit that will prevail at the Beijing Olympics.<br />
We were very impressed with the technical preparations and also with the<br />
enthusiasm with which the Chinese people are taking to the Olympics<br />
and other flagship sporting events.<br />
At the Xiamen Congress several constitutional changes were made which<br />
we believe will better enable AIMS to tackle issues in a proactive manner,<br />
not least of which is the continuing strong growth of our Association.<br />
The membership made several constitutional changes that we believe will<br />
prepare us for future challenges, including the stabilisation of AIMS’<br />
finances through effective marketing of the Association’s unique<br />
positioning within the world of distance running. New Board members<br />
elected in Xiamen included the first female member of the Board for<br />
many years, and a representative for Asia, where the upsurge in<br />
participation in running events is still gathering pace.<br />
Runners themselves have also been impressively building up towards<br />
Beijing. World records have fallen in the men’s half marathon (twice), the<br />
men’s Marathon, and the women’s half marathon. These were glorious<br />
performances, recognized by IAAF and, specifically, by the AIMS/Citizen<br />
World Fastest Time Awards.<br />
We look forward to exciting new developments in 2008...<br />
with raked terraces remniscent of an<br />
amphitheatre.<br />
Presentations were made by Race<br />
Patron Haile Gebrselassie, Mary<br />
Wittenberg (race director of the New<br />
York City Marathon) and Tim<br />
Clarke (the outgoing European<br />
Union Ambassador). Apart from<br />
medals, T-shirts, snacks and drinks<br />
for all the first few finishers in each<br />
race won shoes and bags, in an<br />
initiative funded by charitable efforts<br />
of the Tokyo Marathon, initiated by<br />
ASICS. Ethiopian airlines also<br />
provided a race souvenir.<br />
Race director Richard Nerurkar<br />
commented "I think this event is<br />
here to stay"<br />
New AIMS Members<br />
■ The Society of Torun Marathon has been<br />
staged in the Polish city for the last 26 years,<br />
attracting 533 runners, including 15 foreign runners<br />
from nine countries. Race records are held by<br />
Janusz Wojcik (2:13:55) and Aniela Nikiel (2:35:02).<br />
■ The Hangzhou International Marathon,<br />
recently held for the 20th time (see Results<br />
section), attracts 4000 male and 3000 female<br />
runners, among whom are 300 foreign runners<br />
representing 13 countries. Records stand to Wu<br />
YinShi at 2:16:59 and Liu Nian at 2:40:49<br />
■ The Pardubice Wine Marathon has been held<br />
for the last seven years, attracting 450 men and<br />
100 women, with 50 runners coming from eight<br />
foreign countries. Course records stand at 1:03:19<br />
and 1:13:03<br />
■ The Stockholm Half Marathon (SWE), held<br />
for the last 25 years, attracts a field of 4600 men<br />
and 600 women, including 550 foreign runners<br />
from 12 countries, and will next be held on 6<br />
September 2008. Alfred Shemweta and Lena<br />
Gavelin hold the course records at 1:04:29 and<br />
1:13:09 respectively.<br />
■ The Rijeka Half Marathon (CRO) has been<br />
held at the beginning of October for the last five<br />
years, with 180 runners including 50 foreign<br />
participants from five countries. Course records<br />
are held by Roman Kezjar (SLO) at 1:05:24 and<br />
Lucija Kimani (BIH) at 1:15:32<br />
■ On 21 October the Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju<br />
International Marathon (KOR) hosted the its<br />
first international field since 1997 on a course that<br />
circumnavigated the historic city. Altogether<br />
more than 10,000 runners took part, with Edwin<br />
Komen and Sun Suk Yoon first home in 2:09:44<br />
and 2:35:53 respectively.<br />
■ The Terwamarathon (FIN), held for the last<br />
19 years, attracts a field of 277 men and 79<br />
women, including 30 foreign runners from 9<br />
countries, and will next be held on 24 April<br />
2008. Course records stand at 2:27:59 for men<br />
and 2:50:28 for women.<br />
Associate Members<br />
■ To be held for the first time next May, the<br />
Bangalore World 10km (IND) is promoted by<br />
the organisers of the Standard Chartered Mumbai<br />
Marathon and the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon.<br />
■ The Lago Maggiore Half Marathon offers a<br />
fast course around the famously beautiful shores<br />
of the Italian lake.<br />
n Held once before the Kinmen Marathon (TPE)<br />
takes place on 13 January 2008 and also offers a<br />
supporting half marathon event<br />
■ The Taroko Int'l Marathon (TPE) and an<br />
associated Half Marathon event have been held<br />
in November for the last eight years, attracting<br />
7500 men and 2500 women, among whom 500<br />
foreigners come from 12 countries<br />
■ The Subic Marathon & Half Marathon, to be<br />
held for the third time on 20 January in the<br />
Philippines, 2008 attracts 3000 men and 2500<br />
women.<br />
■ The Unicef Charity Half Marathon and 10km<br />
(HKG) has been held for the last two years in<br />
early December (see Results section) with 1600<br />
men and 600 women participating<br />
■ The 10km Int’l Costa Rica (CRC) is a sister<br />
event to the Costa Rica International Maathon,<br />
and will be held for the first time on 28<br />
September 2008.<br />
■ To be held for the first time on 9 November,<br />
the Marathon des Alpes Maritimes Cannes-<br />
Nice (FRA) is a sister event to the Nice<br />
International Half Marathon.<br />
January – March 2008<br />
7
Back to the roots<br />
The birthplace of the classical<br />
race, the village of Marathon in<br />
Greece, was the venue for the first<br />
AIMS Marathon Symposium, on 3<br />
November. The symposium was a<br />
cooperative effort between AIMS,<br />
IAAF, the Athens Classic<br />
Marathon, the Greek Athletic<br />
Federation SEGAS, and the city of<br />
Marathon. It is intended to hold<br />
the symposium annually.<br />
"It is the aim of the marathon to<br />
bring together people from all<br />
over the world to a festival of<br />
sport and fair play," said Michalis<br />
Liapis, Minister of Culture for<br />
Greece, at the opening ceremony<br />
at the tomb of the Marathon<br />
warriors. IAAF General Secretary<br />
Pierre Weiss said that there could<br />
not have been a better venue for<br />
the Symposium, especially in<br />
connection with the Athens<br />
Classic Marathon, which took<br />
place the following day. "This is<br />
the birthplace of sport and of the<br />
Olympic Games. So the IAAF<br />
happily supports the AIMS<br />
Symposium. Without the work of<br />
AIMS in the past 25 years the<br />
marathon would not be what it is<br />
today."<br />
At the Symposium Yannis<br />
Theodorakopoulos, Greek TV<br />
Sports Journalist and Mayor of<br />
Pefki, and the former international<br />
runner Maria Polizou, who still<br />
holds the Greek marathon record,<br />
recalled the historic roots of the<br />
marathon. Hugh Jones, former<br />
world-class marathon runner and<br />
present AIMS secretary, spoke<br />
about the tremendous<br />
development of marathon running<br />
in the past 30 years, from events<br />
of a few dozen runners with only<br />
cows for spectators to TV<br />
spectaculars with a cast of<br />
thousands which take over world<br />
cities for the day (see Opinion<br />
article. p40). He also referred to<br />
the enormous recent growth of<br />
running in Asia.<br />
A main topic of the symposium<br />
was the economic impact of road<br />
races. "Analysing a marathon race<br />
in terms of economics one has to<br />
conclude that these races are<br />
highly attractive," said Wolfgang<br />
Maennig, who is a professor in<br />
economy science at the University<br />
of Hamburg. "Back in 1998 we<br />
found that the economic impact of<br />
the Berlin Marathon was 25<br />
million Euros. Today's figures are<br />
much higher. Boston in 2003 is<br />
said to have had an impact of<br />
US$74 million while the figure for<br />
the New York City Marathon is<br />
even greater."<br />
Horst Milde, the man who<br />
developed the Berlin Marathon<br />
and who acted as Chairman of the<br />
Symposium organising committee,<br />
stated: "An important aspect for<br />
our future development is to<br />
motivate young people to start<br />
running. Races must think about<br />
this and include children's<br />
competitions."<br />
Timothy Kilduff from the Boston<br />
Marathon stressed that race<br />
organisers should also think about<br />
"media coverage, especially TV,<br />
the internet and Charity <strong>Running</strong>.<br />
Ted Corbitt, running pioneer<br />
Ted Corbitt, a pioneer in methods<br />
of both long distance training and<br />
the measurement of road race<br />
courses, has passed away at the<br />
age of 88.<br />
Born in South Carolina in 1919<br />
Corbitt's family grew corn<br />
and cotton. Growing up with<br />
farm duties from an early age, he<br />
developed a tough, wiry physique<br />
and strong work disipline. In the<br />
segregated society of the time, he<br />
had to get to school on foot -<br />
and discovered the joys of<br />
running. After his family moved<br />
to Ohio he competed in high<br />
school meets and then at the<br />
University of Cincinnati, where he<br />
earned a Masters degree. In 1950,<br />
after marriage and qualification<br />
as a physical therapist, he<br />
resolved to run the Boston<br />
Marathon, preparing himself<br />
according to what he could find<br />
out about the legendary Emil<br />
Zatopek's training methods. "I<br />
used a lot of the resistance<br />
exercises that were a part of<br />
physical therapy treatment to<br />
build up my legs" he said. He<br />
also used Zatopek’s "interval"<br />
sessions for speed endurance and<br />
long, slow runs for stamina.<br />
In the 1951 Boston Marathon<br />
he placed 15th but the following<br />
year he made the Olympic<br />
Marathon team. It was the<br />
Helsinki Games, in which<br />
Zatopek won 5000m 10000m and<br />
marathon in Olympic record<br />
times. His success redoubled<br />
Corbitt's resolve and his training<br />
leapt to between 200-300 miles a<br />
week. Corbitt set US records for<br />
ROSA MOTA (LEFT) AND ABEL ANTON<br />
(RIGHT) HOLD A REPLICA OF THE CUP<br />
AWARDED TO 1896 OLYMPIC MARATHON<br />
WINNER SPIRIDON LOUIS, ASSISTED BY<br />
AIMS VICE-PRESIDENT PACO BORAO<br />
(LEFT) AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIMS<br />
SYMPOSIUM ORGANISING COMMITTEE<br />
HORST MILDE (RIGHT). THE MAYOR OF<br />
MARATHON, SPYROS ZAGARIS, IS<br />
SECOND FROM RIGHT.<br />
But whatever you do, you always<br />
have to be respectful to the<br />
runners".<br />
"Today marathon is a way of<br />
life," said the Mayor of<br />
Marathon, Spiros Zagaris, who<br />
had been very eager and<br />
supportive to stage stage this<br />
symposium and also had been the<br />
key figure behind the opening of a<br />
new marathon museum in his<br />
town. Among those invited for<br />
the marathon weekend were<br />
former World Champions Abel<br />
Anton (Spain/1997 in Athens and<br />
1999 in Seville) and Rosa Mota<br />
(Portugal/1987 in Rome), who<br />
also became the Olympic<br />
Champion in 1988 and who won<br />
the first ever marathon<br />
championship for women over the<br />
Marathon to Athens course back<br />
in 1982.<br />
25 miles on the track, the<br />
marathon, 40 miles, 50 miles and<br />
100 miles - this last at the age of<br />
50. He won US and Canadian<br />
Marathon Championships<br />
but retired from serious<br />
competition in 1974 after a bout<br />
of bronchitis, although<br />
he continued to run marathons<br />
and ultra races. In 2001, aged 82,<br />
he walked 303 miles in a six-day<br />
competition.<br />
But Corbitt left his greatest<br />
mark in administration of his<br />
sport. He was the first president<br />
of the Road Runners Club of<br />
America, and co-founder of the<br />
New York Road Runners Club.<br />
He was formative in shaping<br />
masters' competition and in<br />
developing reliable methods of<br />
measuring road race courses.<br />
AIMS/Citizen<br />
World’s Fastest<br />
Time Award<br />
Haile Gebrselassie was<br />
presented with the<br />
AIMS/Citizen World’s Fastest<br />
Time Award on 23 November<br />
2007, at the Great Ethiopian<br />
Run pre-race press conference<br />
at the Sheraton Hotel, Addis<br />
Ababa for his World Record<br />
performance (2:04:26) at this<br />
year’s Berlin Marathon on 30<br />
September. Haile received the<br />
AIMS/CITIZEN WORLD’S<br />
FASTEST TIME AWARD from<br />
Mary Wittenberg of the New<br />
York City Marathon.<br />
This time is the fastest time<br />
ever run for the marathon<br />
distance, and is recognised by<br />
both AIMS and IAAF<br />
(International Association of<br />
Athletics Federations).<br />
AIMS President Hiroaki<br />
Chosa comments: “It is with<br />
pleasure that we recognise this<br />
achievement of Haile<br />
Gebrselassie. Ethiopia is a<br />
country greatly respected<br />
throughout the rest of the<br />
World for producing some of<br />
the finest athletes ever seen.<br />
Haile is now officially the<br />
fastest man in the World over<br />
the marathon distance.”<br />
Haile Gebrselassie remarked,<br />
“This is really wonderful. I<br />
want to say thank you to<br />
AIMS and IAAF.Thank you<br />
also to Citizen for giving me<br />
this award from my race in<br />
Berlin. I am so happy to<br />
receive this award."<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong><br />
January – March 2008<br />
9
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AIMS/ASICS<br />
Athlete of the Year Award<br />
Lornah Kiplagat was presented with<br />
the AIMS/ASICS Golden Shoe award<br />
at the Seven Hills Race in Nijmegen<br />
(NED) on 18 November. The award<br />
recognises her as the World’s top<br />
female road runner.<br />
Lornah received the top award in<br />
world road racing from AIMS<br />
representative Wim Verhoorn. A<br />
dominant figure on the road, the<br />
track and the turf, Lornah. has won<br />
the World Road <strong>Running</strong><br />
Championships for two successive<br />
years, and in between these<br />
victories scored an empghatic win<br />
in the World Cross Country<br />
Championships.<br />
AIMS President Hiroaki Chosa<br />
comments: “Lornah is one of the<br />
World’s most talented female<br />
runners of our time. She has<br />
worked very hard for many years to<br />
reach the very top of her sport. She<br />
is a credit to the sport investing<br />
much of her prize money winnings<br />
into funding a High Altitude<br />
Training Centre in Kenya for<br />
promising young athletes.”<br />
Lornah Kiplagat remarked: “I am<br />
delighted to accept this prestigious<br />
award. It is always an honour to<br />
have your performances recognised<br />
and it is particularly pleasing to<br />
receive an award where over 80<br />
countries around the world have<br />
been involved in the nomination<br />
process. I feel greatly honoured.”<br />
The Next Edition Of <strong>Distance</strong><br />
<strong>Running</strong> Will Be Published In<br />
April 2008, Covering Races<br />
Held From 31 December 2007-<br />
31 March 2008. The<br />
Advertising And Editorial<br />
Deadlines Will Be On 9 March.<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong><br />
January – March 2008<br />
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MC 98000, Monaco<br />
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Fax: 377 93 15 95 15<br />
Email: headquarters@iaaf.org<br />
IAAF President<br />
Lamine Diack (SEN)<br />
IAAF Council<br />
Sergey Bubka (UKR)<br />
Vice President<br />
Robert Hersh (USA)<br />
Vice President<br />
Sebastian Coe (GBR)<br />
Vice President<br />
Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)<br />
Vice President<br />
Jean Poczobut (FRA),<br />
Honorary Treasurer<br />
Pierre Weiss<br />
General Secretary<br />
Members<br />
Bill Bailey (AUS),<br />
Oceania Representative<br />
Valentin Balakhnichev (RUS)<br />
Leonard Chuene (RSA),<br />
Africa Representative<br />
Helmut Digel (GER)<br />
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)<br />
Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA),<br />
South America Representative<br />
Abby Hoffman (CAN)<br />
Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB)<br />
Suresh Kalmadi (IND),<br />
Asia Representative<br />
Ilkka Kanerva (FIN)<br />
Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN)<br />
Chaoyi Luo (CHN)<br />
Teddy McCook (JAM),<br />
North and Central America<br />
and Caribbean Representative<br />
César Moreno Bravo (MEX)<br />
José Maria Odriozola (ESP)<br />
Jung-Ki Park (KOR)<br />
Anna Riccardi (ITA)<br />
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)<br />
Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN)<br />
Hansjörg Wirz (SUI),<br />
Europe Representative<br />
IAAF Road <strong>Running</strong><br />
Commission Chairman<br />
Otto Klappert<br />
Platanenallee 7, 59425 Unna, Germany<br />
Fax: 49 2303 21233<br />
Email: o.klappert@gmx.de<br />
Members<br />
David Bedford<br />
London Marathon<br />
115 Southwark Street,<br />
London SE1 0JF, UK<br />
Tel: 44 20 7902 0200<br />
Fax: 44 20 7620 4208<br />
Carlos Cardoso<br />
Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2,<br />
1699 Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Fax: 351 1 795 4288<br />
Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt<br />
Hiroaki Chosa<br />
C/o Japan Association of<br />
Athletics Federations<br />
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,<br />
Tokyo 150-8050, Japan<br />
Fax: 81 3 3481 2449<br />
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5 rue Ile Tasmanie<br />
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Tel: 212 22 948 261<br />
Fax: 212 22 948 358<br />
Email: nawal.el-moutawakel@cm.iaaf.org<br />
Paco Borao<br />
AIMS Vice-President<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
AIMS Secretary<br />
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
Lamine Diack<br />
2007 was marked by positive new developments in our relationship<br />
with AIMS and with the world of <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> in general.<br />
The newly established IAAF Road <strong>Running</strong> Commission, which held<br />
its first meeting in June 2007 includes amongst its members three<br />
representatives of the board of AIMS: Hiroaki Chosa, the President of<br />
AIMS, Francisco (Paco) Borao, the vice-president of AIMS and the<br />
AIMS General Secretary, Hugh Jones. This representation of AIMS<br />
and its 240 member races will, I am certain, help us to formulate<br />
along with the other members of the Commission, new ways of<br />
bringing the road running community around the world and the IAAF<br />
closer together.<br />
One of the first recommendations of the Commission, which has been<br />
adopted by Council, is the introduction of IAAF Labels for road races.<br />
The IAAF Gold and Silver Labels for Road Races recognise the<br />
enormous efforts that are made by race organisers around the world<br />
and we believe that the high standards that are required to achieve<br />
both will be something to which all races will aspire.<br />
Just like our athletes – be they elite athletes or fun-runners - we all<br />
strive to improve as best we can. We believe that introducing the IAAF<br />
Labels will give races further incentives to continue to better the level<br />
of services that they offer their participants, engage stronger elite fields<br />
and do everything that they can to increase the exposure of their event<br />
through the international media.<br />
I assure you of the continuing efforts of the IAAF to support and<br />
promote road running and all other areas of athletics and wish all of<br />
you a happy and successful 2008.<br />
14 October 2007<br />
2nd IAAF World Road Race<br />
Championships, 21.1Km Udine, Italy.<br />
King of the hill<br />
The steep-sided hill on which Udine Castle<br />
stands imposingly provided a colourful<br />
backdrop to the finishing straight of the<br />
IAAF World Road <strong>Running</strong> Championships in<br />
Udine’s Piazza 1st Maggio writes Chris<br />
Turner. Hundreds of flag waving Eritrean<br />
fans, who had travelled the 650km from the<br />
large national ex-pat community which is<br />
situated in Rome, packed its grassy banks,<br />
exuberantly celebrating each time the men’s<br />
leading pack came into their view.<br />
The noise they made was even loud enough<br />
on occasions to drown out the sound of the<br />
rock music which pounded away to the<br />
rhythm of the runners to keep the crowd<br />
entertained during the three-lap race.<br />
Eritrea’s World Road <strong>Running</strong> champion<br />
Zersenay Tadese who retained his title, summedup<br />
the inspiring atmosphere. “It felt like the<br />
whole of Eritrea was running with me.”<br />
Taking advantage of ideal conditions and a<br />
fast three-lap course, the race was quick<br />
from the start. A lead group of eight went<br />
through 5km in 13:55. Past 10km (27:35)<br />
Tadese and Ethiopia's Deriba Merga ran<br />
stride for side with Patrick Makau and<br />
Evans Cheruiyot a step or two behind.<br />
These four passed 15km in 41:34, just five<br />
seconds shy of Sammy Wanjiru's world<br />
record for the distance set earlier this year.<br />
Cheruiyot then dropped back a few metres<br />
but worked his way back to rejoin the<br />
leading three at 20km (56:13), just as the<br />
25-year-old Eritrean made his decisive<br />
break.<br />
Tadese had made the pace throughout most<br />
of the race but changed his tacics after<br />
passing 15km. “The race had to slow” he<br />
RESULT<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 58:59<br />
2 Patrick Makau MUSYOKI KEN 59:02<br />
3 Evans Kiprop CHERUIYOT KEN 59:05<br />
4 Deriba MERGA ETH 59:16<br />
5 Yonas KIFLE ERI 59:30<br />
6 Dieudonné DISI RWA 59:32<br />
7 Marilson DOS SANTOS BRA 59:33<br />
8 Dickson Marwa MKAMI TAN 1:00:24<br />
9 Atsushi SATO JPN 1:00:25<br />
10 Cuthbert NYASANGO ZIM 1:00:26<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 Kenya 2:58:54<br />
2 Eritrea 2:59:08<br />
3 Ethiopia 3:01:15<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 1:06:25<br />
2 Mary Jepkosgei KEITANY KEN 1:06:48<br />
3 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 1:08:06<br />
4 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 1:08:07<br />
5 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:08:29<br />
6 Everline K KIMWEI KEN 1:08:39<br />
7 Chisato OSAKI JPN 1:08:56<br />
8 Luminita TALPOS ROM 1:09:01<br />
9 Alice Jemeli TIMBILILI KEN 1:09:09<br />
10 Alina GHERASIM ROM 1:09:14<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 Kenya 3:23:33<br />
2 Ethiopia 3:25:51<br />
3 Japan 3:27:39<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
13
said afterwards. “There were still<br />
three with me and no one was<br />
prepared to help. So I decided to<br />
wait. I dropped back and planned<br />
to go again with 1km to go”.<br />
When it came, the ferocity of his<br />
attack left the others stranded.<br />
Tadese surged down the slope into<br />
the Piazza 1 Maggio with a clear<br />
lead and 500m to run. Patrick<br />
Makau launched an attack at 300m<br />
that saw him rapidly close down<br />
the gap. Tadese, sensing the danger,<br />
responded to Makau and to the<br />
crowd of 200 or so jubilantly<br />
waving green, red and blue Eritrean<br />
flags from Udine’s Castle Hill.<br />
Tadese joined an exclusive group of<br />
sub-59 minute performers over the<br />
distance and became only the second<br />
man, after Paul Tergat, to defend his<br />
title. World record holder Wanjiru,<br />
in his debut for Kenya, had raced to<br />
the front at the start but then<br />
struggled. <strong>Running</strong> with a knee<br />
injury, the fast early pace took its<br />
toll. A distant eighth and 18 seconds<br />
behind at 10km, he eventually<br />
crossed the line 51st, clocking<br />
1:03:31. A total of 17 runners<br />
bettered 61 minutes. Despite<br />
Tadese’s individual win the Kenyan<br />
team managed to overcome the team<br />
challenge from the Eritreans by a<br />
slender 14-second margin.<br />
Back in the fast lane<br />
Holland's Lornah Kiplagat bested her performance of last year at the same<br />
Championships in Debrecen (HUN) to improve her 20km World record to<br />
1:02:57. She went on to complete the half marathon distance in 1:06:25,<br />
beating Elana Meyer's 1999 figures from the Tokyo Half Marathon by 19<br />
seconds.<br />
Yet only three months earlier<br />
everything had looked very different<br />
for the 33 year old Kenyan-born<br />
road running champion, as a leg<br />
injury had forced her out of the<br />
London 10km and prevented her<br />
from competing in the World<br />
Championships in Athletics.<br />
“I never panicked when I got injured<br />
but it was my coach and husband<br />
Pieter Langerhorst who gave me the<br />
confidence to go for it. I had doubts<br />
but he reassured me and without that<br />
I would not have had the faith to<br />
have run so well today.”<br />
Kiplagat led from the start but at<br />
about 8km Kenya's Mary Keitany<br />
had the temerity to challenge her<br />
and pulled ahead to lead by a few<br />
seconds. Kiplagat was slow to<br />
respond but gathered her strength.<br />
They were together at 10km, passing<br />
through in 33:10 and she pushed<br />
ahead from about 13km. It took her<br />
a while to shake off the tenacious<br />
Keitany, who was still only three<br />
seconds down at 15km. Thereafter<br />
Kiplagat gradually pulled away to a<br />
23-second win, which could have<br />
been more but for celebrations<br />
before the finish line. “I realised the<br />
record was possible with 4km to go”<br />
she said afterwards. Keitany finished<br />
just outside the old record in<br />
1:06:48, improving the Kenyan<br />
national record by a single second.<br />
Pamela Chepchumba ran a personal<br />
best for the bronze medal and along<br />
with Everline Kimwei in 6th place<br />
ensured an emphatic team victory<br />
for Kenya. In fourth place Bezunesh<br />
Bekele lowered Berhane Adere's<br />
Ethiopian national record by 10<br />
seconds and of the top 20 finishers,<br />
17 recorded personal bests.<br />
14 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
said afterwards. “There were still<br />
three with me and no one was<br />
prepared to help. So I decided to<br />
wait. I dropped back and planned<br />
to go again with 1km to go”.<br />
When it came, the ferocity of his<br />
attack left the others stranded.<br />
Tadese surged down the slope into<br />
the Piazza 1 Maggio with a clear<br />
lead and 500m to run. Patrick<br />
Makau launched an attack at 300m<br />
that saw him rapidly close down<br />
the gap. Tadese, sensing the danger,<br />
responded to Makau and to the<br />
crowd of 200 or so jubilantly<br />
waving green, red and blue Eritrean<br />
flags from Udine’s Castle Hill.<br />
Tadese joined an exclusive group of<br />
sub-59 minute performers over the<br />
distance and became only the second<br />
man, after Paul Tergat, to defend his<br />
title. World record holder Wanjiru,<br />
in his debut for Kenya, had raced to<br />
the front at the start but then<br />
struggled. <strong>Running</strong> with a knee<br />
injury, the fast early pace took its<br />
toll. A distant eighth and 18 seconds<br />
behind at 10km, he eventually<br />
crossed the line 51st, clocking<br />
1:03:31. A total of 17 runners<br />
bettered 61 minutes. Despite<br />
Tadese’s individual win the Kenyan<br />
team managed to overcome the team<br />
challenge from the Eritreans by a<br />
slender 14-second margin.<br />
Back in the fast lane<br />
Holland's Lornah Kiplagat bested her performance of last year at the same<br />
Championships in Debrecen (HUN) to improve her 20km World record to<br />
1:02:57. She went on to complete the half marathon distance in 1:06:25,<br />
beating Elana Meyer's 1999 figures from the Tokyo Half Marathon by 19<br />
seconds.<br />
Yet only three months earlier<br />
everything had looked very different<br />
for the 33 year old Kenyan-born<br />
road running champion, as a leg<br />
injury had forced her out of the<br />
London 10km and prevented her<br />
from competing in the World<br />
Championships in Athletics.<br />
“I never panicked when I got injured<br />
but it was my coach and husband<br />
Pieter Langerhorst who gave me the<br />
confidence to go for it. I had doubts<br />
but he reassured me and without that<br />
I would not have had the faith to<br />
have run so well today.”<br />
Kiplagat led from the start but at<br />
about 8km Kenya's Mary Keitany<br />
had the temerity to challenge her<br />
and pulled ahead to lead by a few<br />
seconds. Kiplagat was slow to<br />
respond but gathered her strength.<br />
They were together at 10km, passing<br />
through in 33:10 and she pushed<br />
ahead from about 13km. It took her<br />
a while to shake off the tenacious<br />
Keitany, who was still only three<br />
seconds down at 15km. Thereafter<br />
Kiplagat gradually pulled away to a<br />
23-second win, which could have<br />
been more but for celebrations<br />
before the finish line. “I realised the<br />
record was possible with 4km to go”<br />
she said afterwards. Keitany finished<br />
just outside the old record in<br />
1:06:48, improving the Kenyan<br />
national record by a single second.<br />
Pamela Chepchumba ran a personal<br />
best for the bronze medal and along<br />
with Everline Kimwei in 6th place<br />
ensured an emphatic team victory<br />
for Kenya. In fourth place Bezunesh<br />
Bekele lowered Berhane Adere's<br />
Ethiopian national record by 10<br />
seconds and of the top 20 finishers,<br />
17 recorded personal bests.<br />
14 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
said afterwards. “There were still<br />
three with me and no one was<br />
prepared to help. So I decided to<br />
wait. I dropped back and planned<br />
to go again with 1km to go”.<br />
When it came, the ferocity of his<br />
attack left the others stranded.<br />
Tadese surged down the slope into<br />
the Piazza 1 Maggio with a clear<br />
lead and 500m to run. Patrick<br />
Makau launched an attack at 300m<br />
that saw him rapidly close down<br />
the gap. Tadese, sensing the danger,<br />
responded to Makau and to the<br />
crowd of 200 or so jubilantly<br />
waving green, red and blue Eritrean<br />
flags from Udine’s Castle Hill.<br />
Tadese joined an exclusive group of<br />
sub-59 minute performers over the<br />
distance and became only the second<br />
man, after Paul Tergat, to defend his<br />
title. World record holder Wanjiru,<br />
in his debut for Kenya, had raced to<br />
the front at the start but then<br />
struggled. <strong>Running</strong> with a knee<br />
injury, the fast early pace took its<br />
toll. A distant eighth and 18 seconds<br />
behind at 10km, he eventually<br />
crossed the line 51st, clocking<br />
1:03:31. A total of 17 runners<br />
bettered 61 minutes. Despite<br />
Tadese’s individual win the Kenyan<br />
team managed to overcome the team<br />
challenge from the Eritreans by a<br />
slender 14-second margin.<br />
Back in the fast lane<br />
Holland's Lornah Kiplagat bested her performance of last year at the same<br />
Championships in Debrecen (HUN) to improve her 20km World record to<br />
1:02:57. She went on to complete the half marathon distance in 1:06:25,<br />
beating Elana Meyer's 1999 figures from the Tokyo Half Marathon by 19<br />
seconds.<br />
Yet only three months earlier<br />
everything had looked very different<br />
for the 33 year old Kenyan-born<br />
road running champion, as a leg<br />
injury had forced her out of the<br />
London 10km and prevented her<br />
from competing in the World<br />
Championships in Athletics.<br />
“I never panicked when I got injured<br />
but it was my coach and husband<br />
Pieter Langerhorst who gave me the<br />
confidence to go for it. I had doubts<br />
but he reassured me and without that<br />
I would not have had the faith to<br />
have run so well today.”<br />
Kiplagat led from the start but at<br />
about 8km Kenya's Mary Keitany<br />
had the temerity to challenge her<br />
and pulled ahead to lead by a few<br />
seconds. Kiplagat was slow to<br />
respond but gathered her strength.<br />
They were together at 10km, passing<br />
through in 33:10 and she pushed<br />
ahead from about 13km. It took her<br />
a while to shake off the tenacious<br />
Keitany, who was still only three<br />
seconds down at 15km. Thereafter<br />
Kiplagat gradually pulled away to a<br />
23-second win, which could have<br />
been more but for celebrations<br />
before the finish line. “I realised the<br />
record was possible with 4km to go”<br />
she said afterwards. Keitany finished<br />
just outside the old record in<br />
1:06:48, improving the Kenyan<br />
national record by a single second.<br />
Pamela Chepchumba ran a personal<br />
best for the bronze medal and along<br />
with Everline Kimwei in 6th place<br />
ensured an emphatic team victory<br />
for Kenya. In fourth place Bezunesh<br />
Bekele lowered Berhane Adere's<br />
Ethiopian national record by 10<br />
seconds and of the top 20 finishers,<br />
17 recorded personal bests.<br />
14 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
Edinburgh set for<br />
2008 World Cross<br />
2008<br />
30 March:<br />
IAAF World Cross<br />
Country Championships<br />
Edinburgh, Great Britain<br />
15-24 August:<br />
XXIX Olympic Games<br />
Beijing, China<br />
12 October:<br />
3rd IAAF World Road<br />
<strong>Running</strong> Championships<br />
Rio de Janeiro, Bazil<br />
The 36th IAAF World Cross Country<br />
Championships take place in<br />
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh on 30<br />
March 2008, marking the 30th<br />
anniversary of the last World Cross<br />
Country Championships to be<br />
hosted in Scotland, held in<br />
Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in 1978.<br />
The continuing popularity of cross<br />
country is indicated by Edinburgh<br />
playing host to a record number of<br />
countries from every continent – and<br />
a crowd of up to 10,000 - in the<br />
weekend’s showcase event, shown<br />
live by BBC television.<br />
VisitScotland spokesman, Ben Carter,<br />
said; “Edinburgh provides a<br />
breathtaking backdrop and skyline<br />
for the cross country championships.<br />
Edinburgh is a beautiful city with<br />
superb facilities”.<br />
Edinburgh staged the European<br />
Cross Country Championships at the<br />
Holyrood Park venue in 2003, an<br />
event which is still widely regarded<br />
as being the best ever in the 20 year<br />
history of that event. This helped to<br />
create a lasting legacy for cross<br />
country running in Scotland.<br />
IAAF ROAD RACE LABELS 2008<br />
RACE NAME COUNTRY DATE<br />
IAAF GOLD LABEL ROAD RACES 2008<br />
Xiamen International Marathon..............................................................CHN................................05.01.2008<br />
World's Best 10K Race...................................................................................PUR ...............................24.02.2008<br />
EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon....................................................................POR ................................16.03.2008<br />
Marathon International de Paris...............................................................FRA...............................06.04.2008<br />
Flora London Marathon ...............................................................................GBR ................................13.04.2008<br />
BAA Boston Marathon..................................................................................USA ................................21.04.2008<br />
real,- Berlin-Marathon...................................................................................GER ...............................08.09.2008<br />
RTP Half Marathon of Portugal ................................................................POR................................28.09.2008<br />
LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon...............................................................USA .................................12.10.2008<br />
Beijing International Marathon................................................................CHN .................................19.10.2008<br />
Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon.................................................................IND .................................19.10.2008<br />
ING New York City Marathon...................................................................USA .................................02.11.2008<br />
IAAF SILVER LABEL ROAD RACES 2008<br />
Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon................................................IND................................20.01.2008<br />
Osaka Intl Ladies Marathon.........................................................................JPN.................................27.01.2008<br />
Ohme Marathon ...............................................................................................JPN ...............................03.02.2008<br />
Tokyo Marathon................................................................................................JPN.................................17.02.2008<br />
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon.....................................................................JPN ...............................02.03.2008<br />
Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon ...........................................................JPN................................03.03.2008<br />
Nagoya Intl Women's Marathon ................................................................JPN................................09.03.2008<br />
Fortis City-Pier-City Run .............................................................................NED.................................15.03.2008<br />
Maratona Città di Roma ................................................................................ITA ................................16.03.2008<br />
Seoul International Marathon ..................................................................KOR ................................16.03.2008<br />
Hervis Prague Half Marathon .....................................................................CZE................................29.03.2008<br />
Turin Marathon...................................................................................................ITA ................................13.04.2008<br />
Fortis Rotterdam Marathon.......................................................................NED ................................13.04.2008<br />
Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon ....................................JPN...............................20.04.2008<br />
Maraton de Madrid..........................................................................................ESP................................27.04.2008<br />
Conergy Marathon Hamburg .....................................................................GER................................27.04.2008<br />
Maratona S.Antonio Padova.........................................................................ITA................................27.04.2008<br />
Volkswagen Prague Marathon ....................................................................CZE .................................11.05.2008<br />
Course Féminine de Casablanca.............................................................MAR ................................18.05.2008<br />
MDS Nordion 10K ..........................................................................................CAN................................24.05.2008<br />
ING Ottawa Marathon.................................................................................CAN................................25.05.2008<br />
Freihofer's Run for Women ........................................................................USA................................01.06.2008<br />
Hokkaido Marathon ........................................................................................JPN................................07.09.2008<br />
Tilburg Ladies Run..........................................................................................NED................................07.09.2008<br />
Tilburg Ten Miles.............................................................................................NED................................07.09.2008<br />
Fortis Half Marathon Rotterdam.............................................................NED ................................14.09.2008<br />
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon........................................CAN................................28.09.2008<br />
Turin Half Marathon ........................................................................................ITA................................28.09.2008<br />
Ford Köln Marathon.......................................................................................GER ................................05.10.2008<br />
ING Brussels Marathon ..................................................................................BEL ................................05.10.2008<br />
ING Amsterdam Marathon ........................................................................NED .................................19.10.2008<br />
Classique Internationale Marseille-Cassis............................................FRA ................................26.10.2008<br />
Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon..............................................GER ................................26.10.2008<br />
JoongAng Seoul Marathon .........................................................................KOR .................................02.11.2008<br />
Athens Classic Marathon.............................................................................GRE .................................09.11.2008<br />
Athens 10 KM....................................................................................................GRE .................................09.11.2008<br />
Tokyo Intl Women's Marathon ...................................................................JPN ..................................16.11.2008<br />
Fortis Zevenheuvelenloop..........................................................................NED ..................................16.11.2008<br />
Tutta Dritta Torino ...........................................................................................ITA.................................07.12.2008<br />
Fukuoka Intl Open Marathon Champs....................................................JPN.................................07.12.2008<br />
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A fairy tale marathon<br />
H C Andersen Marathon, Denmark.<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
23<br />
2007<br />
By Bjarke Vestesen<br />
The first time a runner completes a<br />
marathon is like a fairy tale come<br />
true. After so many kilometres the<br />
pain is replaced with the ultimate<br />
joy, the enthusiasm and the rush of<br />
victory experienced in running the<br />
last hundred metres before the<br />
finish line.<br />
My fairly tale came true in the H.C.<br />
Andersen Marathon, my first<br />
marathon ever. The race is named<br />
after the famous Danish author<br />
Hans Christian Andersen, who was<br />
born more than 200 years ago and<br />
whose books have been translated<br />
into more than 100 languages. The<br />
race takes place in the city of<br />
Odense, where he grew up and<br />
wrote many of his most successful<br />
stories like The Ugly Duckling, The<br />
Emperor’s New Clothes and The<br />
Little Mermaid.<br />
The H.C. Andersen Marathon was<br />
held for the first time in the year<br />
2000. Since then it has been held<br />
every September, with an ever<br />
growing number of participants.<br />
More than 3000 runners from 28<br />
nations competed in the 2007 race,<br />
which incorporated the Danish<br />
Marathon Championships. A<br />
separate women-only half marathon<br />
was held as part of the event.<br />
Participants ranged from<br />
professional elite runners to<br />
amateur marathon debutants, to<br />
runners dressed up as characters<br />
from Andersen’s fairy tales. I<br />
approached this marathon after<br />
several months of preparation with<br />
long and short runs following a<br />
sports injury. At the age of 42 and<br />
with many half marathons behind<br />
me it was now or never. Anxiety<br />
grew in me leading up to the race,<br />
although I was eager to try the<br />
marathon distance. When the<br />
starting signal finally sounded it<br />
was a fantastic feeling to have<br />
defied my own scepticism.<br />
I chose this marathon because it is<br />
one of the flattest marathons in<br />
Denmark. This makes it a good<br />
debut race or if you are going for a<br />
fast time. The route takes you<br />
through beautiful parts of Odense,<br />
Denmark’s third largest city,<br />
crossing back and forth between<br />
suburbia, the city centre, the<br />
harbour, and back to the city<br />
centre. The race starts and finishes<br />
at the University of Southern<br />
Denmark and has refreshment<br />
stations every 2.5km.<br />
Spectators cheer the runners on in<br />
many places along the course. A<br />
good, supportive audience was<br />
crucial for me in finishing the race<br />
after having completed most of the<br />
The race takes place<br />
in the city of Odense, where<br />
Hans Christian Andersen grew up<br />
and wrote many of his most<br />
successful stories<br />
harrowing distance. The biggest<br />
challenge is the tunnel in the city<br />
centre between 35-36km. The road<br />
out of the tunnel is merciless and<br />
many choose to slow to a walk up<br />
the incline.<br />
But the race is much more than just<br />
a marathon. For the locals it is a<br />
city festival with lots of<br />
entertainment along the route.<br />
Music has always accompanied the<br />
marathon. All along the route<br />
orchestras give small concerts and<br />
loudspeakers are put in the street to<br />
entertain the weary runners as they<br />
pass. On one corner a rock band is<br />
placed to make sure the runners can<br />
hear them for as long as possible. In<br />
another place the Odense Postal<br />
Orchestra and the Odense<br />
Marching Band give us an extra<br />
fanfare. Just as the crisis is at its<br />
worst, when your legs hurt the<br />
most and all your energy is spent;<br />
suddenly there is a samba band<br />
with inciting, exotic music that<br />
cannot fail to make you feel good.<br />
Somehow the samba rhythms are<br />
transferred to our bodies and we<br />
are sent on our way towards the<br />
finish - always fighting our inner<br />
demons. The last kilometre is a<br />
constant battle to move your legs<br />
towards the finish line.<br />
Across the field I can see the finish<br />
area by the University. Even at a<br />
distance I can already hear the<br />
cheering, but it still seems impossibly<br />
far away. Again and again I visualise<br />
crossing the finish line, but there is<br />
still 300m to go. I think people have<br />
already spotted me, I can hear them<br />
cheering and applauding. Now it is<br />
just 100m to the finish line. My<br />
name is announced over the loud<br />
speaker, and I put on a final spurt to<br />
cross the beeping chip timing mats<br />
and have a medal thrown around my<br />
neck.<br />
In that very second all the pain is<br />
forgotten. It is like flying or<br />
walking on water, even if I can<br />
hardly stand. The same chip on my<br />
shoe that tells me that my time is<br />
four hours and 12 minutes has also<br />
allowed my friends and family to<br />
follow my split times at home on<br />
the computer as I passed through<br />
the timing points every 10km. It is<br />
far from the winning time of the<br />
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RESULT<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jonah KEMBOI KEN 2:15:05<br />
2 Philip BANDAWE ZIM 2:15:27<br />
3 William KIPROTICH KEN 2:17:43<br />
4 Andrej TOPTUN UKR 2:18:03<br />
5 Julias MUTAI KEN 2:21:56<br />
6 Soren PALSHOJ DEN 2:21:59<br />
7 Steen PETERSEN DEN 2:23:09<br />
8 Thomas SONDERGAARD DEN 2:23:26<br />
9 Jeppe FARSOHT DEN 2:26:13<br />
10 Alexey KHOKHLOV RUS 2:28:16<br />
race but it is my personal victory as<br />
it is for everybody else who finishes<br />
– no matter how fast or slow they<br />
have been.<br />
Just like in many of Hans Christian<br />
Andersen’s fairy tales my personal<br />
fairy tale ends well. I have<br />
completed my first marathon ever<br />
in the city where Andersen was<br />
born. The ugly duckling has<br />
become a beautiful swan and the<br />
tin soldier has gotten his princess.<br />
I get a beautiful medal with a<br />
portrait of the old poet in memory<br />
of my first fantastic marathon. It<br />
will definitely not be the last!<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Irina SONGERLAYNEN RUS 2:42:15<br />
2 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:43:48<br />
3 Agnieszka LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:45:39<br />
4 Lotta SINCLAIR SWE 2:47:36<br />
5 Olga GONCHARENKO UKR 2:48:53<br />
6 Margrethe LOGAVLEN NOR 2:51:25<br />
7 Lene K DUUS DEN 2:57:12<br />
8 Tove BRODERSEN DEN 3:12:45<br />
9 Mia SORENSEN DEN 3:15:17<br />
10 Christina NIELSEN DEN 3:16:04<br />
WOMEN-ONLY HALF MARATHON<br />
1 Agnes MUTUNE DEN 1:17:44<br />
2 Pauline NJERY DEN 1:17:46<br />
3 Anne-mette AAGAARD DEN 1:19:41<br />
For the locals the race<br />
is a city festival with lots of<br />
entertainment along the route<br />
RACE CONTACT DETAILS<br />
H. C. ANDERSEN MARATHON, SEPTEMBER<br />
Torben Simonsen, Stadionvej 50k, DK-5200 Odense V.<br />
Tel: 45 3059 2444<br />
Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk<br />
Full race contact listings start on page 78<br />
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MISTROVSTVÍ ČR V PŮLMARATONU<br />
HALF-MARATHON CZECH REPUBLIC CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
PARDUBICKÝ VINAŘSKÝ PŮLMARATON<br />
PARDUBICE WINE HALF-MARATHON<br />
through the town streets, under auspices<br />
of the provost of Pardubice<br />
Starting fee - 10 €<br />
19. dubna 2008<br />
April, 19th, 2008<br />
Pardubice - Czech Republic<br />
lidový běh, in line, zajímavý doprovodný program<br />
folk run, in-line, interesting attendant program<br />
každý učastník obdrží medaili, tričko, víno, bohaté občerstvení...<br />
each runner will obtain medal, T-shirt, bottle of wine, wide refreshment...<br />
www.pardubickyvinarskypulmaraton.cz<br />
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A royal event<br />
Royal Victoria Marathon, Canada.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
07<br />
2007<br />
PHOTOS CREDITS: SIMON DESROCHERS, TONY AUSTIN<br />
By Louise Hodgson-Jones<br />
Many call it the perfect marathon.<br />
Course undulations and<br />
occasionally inclement weather<br />
make it a challenge but most agree<br />
that the Royal Victoria Marathon is<br />
a memorable ‘royal’ experience<br />
under any conditions.<br />
It attracts a wide selection of the<br />
racing fraternity – from the onetime<br />
marathoner to the elite chasing<br />
a course record. Hotel rooms on<br />
race weekend – the race is always<br />
held on Canadian Thanksgiving<br />
weekend - must be booked weeks in<br />
advance. With the marathon, half<br />
marathon, 8km road race and a<br />
kid’s run, over 9,000 runners with<br />
family and friends descend on<br />
British Columbia’s capital city to<br />
take part in one of most scenic<br />
races in North America.<br />
According to race director Rob<br />
Reid, a running icon in Victoria,<br />
what stands the RVM apart is that:<br />
“It’s scenic, and we treat everyone<br />
royally”. He knows, because every<br />
year he is at the finish line shaking<br />
thousands of hands as runners of<br />
all ages complete in personal best<br />
times. Many are in tears, not quite<br />
believing they did it. “I remember<br />
Rob Reid shaking my hand as I<br />
came across the finish line for my<br />
first Victoria Marathon three years<br />
ago,” Catherine Wiggins recalls.<br />
A seven-time marathoner from<br />
Vancouver, Wiggins calls Victoria “a<br />
unique experience.” It was so<br />
memorable that she came back in<br />
2007 with her friend Deborah<br />
White. White had lost 200lbs (90kg)<br />
in five years by joining a Vancouver<br />
running group and progressing from<br />
10km races to half marathons.<br />
Deciding to do Victoria was a big<br />
decision. “As race day approached I<br />
got very nervous, but I knew I had<br />
trained hard. My only goal was to<br />
run the race without stopping.”<br />
Supported by family and friends she<br />
finished in 4:57:40 – a huge<br />
achievement and one that will stay<br />
ingrained in her memory. “No one<br />
will ever need to ask me what my<br />
first RVM marathon time was as it<br />
is now tattooed on my foot,” she<br />
says proudly.<br />
For others running Victoria is a<br />
matter of course – there are three<br />
runners who have run all 28 races<br />
and not to run the race would feel<br />
unnatural. “It’s such a tradition<br />
now that I can’t think of doing<br />
anything else for Thanksgiving,”<br />
says Rose-Marie Preston. A runner<br />
for over 35 years, her best time is<br />
3:46 and she comes back every year<br />
to challenge herself over the scenic<br />
route. “My goal these days is to<br />
start and finish.”<br />
Ken Bonner, a local Victoria runner,<br />
has run more than 160 marathons<br />
and used to average 10 marathons<br />
a year. Now he usually does three,<br />
with Victoria his favourite.<br />
“Victoria isn’t a big city marathon<br />
but has a class about it. It has a<br />
nice fall atmosphere with all the<br />
colors,” he says. One marathon<br />
stood out in his memory: “It was a<br />
foggy day and we were running on<br />
Dallas Road by the ocean when the<br />
fog started to lift. The sun was<br />
trying to peep through and it<br />
created such a surreal image.”<br />
For Terry Slater, another Victoria<br />
runner, running the race is more<br />
challenging now, but he wouldn’t<br />
think of doing anything else. “It’s<br />
part of my life and even though I<br />
don’t run or train as hard as I used<br />
to, I still enjoy it,” he says.<br />
The marathon course has seen some<br />
changes in its 28-year history – for<br />
the first four years it consisted of a<br />
13-mile double-loop course that<br />
started and finished at Beacon Hill<br />
Park. 1985 saw it take on the shape<br />
it is today with an out and back<br />
course. Since 1986 the start has<br />
either been on Government Street<br />
or more recently on Menzies Street,<br />
a block away from the Inner<br />
Harbor, and the finish in front of<br />
the majestic Legislature, the B.C.<br />
Parliament building. Apart from a<br />
stretch through downtown at the<br />
beginning of the race, a trip<br />
through two of Victoria’s affluent<br />
neighborhoods, and a meander<br />
through the prestigious Royal<br />
Victoria Golf Club, the out and<br />
back route has ocean views for its<br />
entire length.<br />
“The nice thing about an out and<br />
back course rather than a point-topoint<br />
is that you can see and say<br />
hello to friends as you pass,” says<br />
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GLITNIR<br />
COPENHAGEN<br />
MARATHON<br />
MAY 18, 2008<br />
EVERYONE WINS<br />
in Copenhagen on Sunday<br />
May 18, at 9.30 am<br />
www.copenhagenmarathon.com<br />
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RESULT<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Steve OSADUIK CAN 2:20:14<br />
2 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:29:41<br />
3 Anthony SKUCE CAN 2:32:40<br />
4 Colin DIGNUM CAN 2:35:33<br />
5 Kevin TITUS CAN 2:37:59<br />
6 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:40:46<br />
7 David TERRIS USA 2:41:39<br />
8 Geoff REID CAN 2:42:08<br />
9 James RICHARDSON CAN 2:42:19<br />
10 Cormac HIKISCH CAN 2:43:10<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:45:39<br />
2 Wendy TORRIS USA 2:49:59<br />
3 Constance HUI CAN 3:02:34<br />
4 Sarah PETERS CAN 3:05:15<br />
5 Kelly MCKEAN USA 3:06:36<br />
6 Shannon JAMES CAN 3:07:02<br />
7 Erin PERKIN USA 3:07:21<br />
8 Catrin JONES CAN 3:08:12<br />
9 Jenny SANDERS CAN 3:11:20<br />
10 Karin THIBODEAU CAN 3:11:39<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Bruce DEACON CAN 1:08:02<br />
2 Mark BOMBA CAN 1:10:20<br />
3 Steven MURENBEELD CAN 1:10:55<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lucy SMITH CAN 1:16:11<br />
2 Judith LEROY CAN 1:19:52<br />
3 Rachel RUUS CAN 1:23:12<br />
Ellis Andrews, president of the<br />
Penticton Pounders, who hired a<br />
bus for the club’s trip to Victoria.<br />
“It was a very scenic, and was so<br />
nice to see all the half marathoners<br />
coming back after the turnaround,”<br />
he says. Eighteen runners from the<br />
club participated in the race with<br />
four qualifying for Boston, five did<br />
personal bests and one finished her<br />
first marathon. “We had a great<br />
time in Victoria and it certainly was<br />
an adventure.”<br />
The organization and the<br />
enthusiastic volunteers make this<br />
event what it is. With many of the<br />
organizing committee being<br />
involved for over 10 years – some<br />
for 20 – the race infrastructure runs<br />
like clockwork. All of Victoria –<br />
including the City, Mayor and<br />
residents – are behind the event<br />
100%.<br />
Elise Maltinsky traveled from<br />
Yellowknife in the Northwest<br />
Territories to run in the half<br />
marathon. She couldn’t believe the<br />
reception the runners are given en<br />
route. “Victoria has really shown us<br />
that they can be the most<br />
hospitable and kind people I've ever<br />
met. All weekend, people were so<br />
warm and friendly. We had a great<br />
run and just loved how every detail<br />
was considered – for heavens sakes,<br />
someone was standing on the<br />
sidelines offering us a Kleenex at<br />
one point! It was inspiring to see<br />
the kindness of strangers, the<br />
dedication of volunteers and the<br />
fantastic organization of this world<br />
class event.”<br />
Victoria’s location on Vancouver<br />
Island is a great attraction for<br />
runners. “Vancouver Island is a big<br />
recreational backyard and what’s<br />
driving our numbers is that the<br />
average runner wants to run in a<br />
beautiful city” says Reid.<br />
With the 30th anniversary of the<br />
RACE CONTACT DETAILS<br />
ROYAL VICTORIA MARATHON, OCTOBER<br />
Rob Reid, P.O. Box 675, 185 - 911 Yates Street,<br />
Victoria, British Colombia, V8V 4Y9<br />
Tel: 11 250 658 4520 Fax: 11 250 658 4580<br />
Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
race approaching in 2009, the<br />
marathon has a history to be proud<br />
of. Its future looks bright, with<br />
2007 seeing record registrations.<br />
“We give great value over the<br />
weekend” says Reid. “We want<br />
runners to leave with a good feeling<br />
about Victoria, wanting to return.”<br />
Full race contact listings start on page 78<br />
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Sunday. May, 18<br />
2008<br />
w w w . c o r r e c a m i n o s . o r g
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERS<br />
EXECUTIVES<br />
President<br />
Dirk Strumane (BEL)<br />
Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be<br />
Vice President<br />
Roelof Veld (NED)<br />
Director of Development<br />
Jose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP)<br />
Director of Competitions<br />
Harry Arndt (GER)<br />
Director of Organisations<br />
Jan Vandendriessche (BEL)<br />
Director of Asian Affairs<br />
Souhei Kobayashi (JPN)<br />
Joint European Group Representatives<br />
Roger Bonnifait (FRA)<br />
Norman Wilson (GBR)<br />
General Secretary<br />
Hilary Walker (GBR)<br />
Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net<br />
DIARY<br />
2008<br />
8 November:<br />
IAU 100km World Cup &<br />
European Championship<br />
Tarquinia, Italy<br />
IAU 24hr Championship<br />
venue date to be<br />
announced.<br />
RESULT<br />
14 October 2007<br />
IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo, ITA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 3:10:47 (Gistel) 3:06:36 6:17:23<br />
2 Julian RENDALL GBR 3:13:10 (Boddington) 3:09:39 6:22:49<br />
3 Bernhard SANTNER GER 3:17:10 (Mank) 3:12:44 6:29:54<br />
4 Masami SOEDA JPN 3:16:31 (Lake Saroma) 3:14:41 6:31:12<br />
5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 3:14:53 (Boddington) 3:25:24 6:40:17<br />
6 Bert PELGRIM AUS 3:15:33 (Canberra) 3:46:32 7:02:05<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sabine HOFER AUT 3:44:36 (Mank) 3:36:07 7:20:43<br />
2 June PETRIE AUS 3:46:13 (Canberra) 3:35:38 7:21:51<br />
3 Satomi MATSUI JPN 3:48:56 (Lake Saroma) 3:42:14 7:31:10<br />
4 Heidi WILSON GBR 3:45:33 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:31:28<br />
5 Sarah TUCKER GBR 3:43:01 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:33:58<br />
6 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 3:50:11 (Boddington 3:45:17 7:35:28<br />
Marc Papanikitas (BEL) won also the Open Race, three<br />
minutes ahead of second-placed Julian Rendall (GBR)<br />
and six minutes clear of Bernhard Santner (GER).<br />
Monica Carlin won the women’s race but had not<br />
taken part in any of the selection races so could not be<br />
ranked in the final Trophy standings. The Australian<br />
June Petrie finished second, only 29 seconds ahead of<br />
Sabine Hofer (AUT) who did enough to build on her<br />
winning time in the 50km of Mank and take the<br />
Trophy<br />
8 December 2007<br />
IAU World Trail Challenge<br />
Huntsville, Texas USA<br />
RESULT<br />
24 November 2007:<br />
Soochow University 24<br />
hours, Chinese Taipei<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 275.684km<br />
2 Mohamed MAGROUN FRA 241.850km<br />
3 Shang-Ming WU TPE 216.264km<br />
4 Shun DA TPE 209.259km<br />
5 Yong Kyoo KWON KOR 191.443km<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 232.960km<br />
2 Su-zong CHIOU TPE 211.375km<br />
3 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 210.749km<br />
4 Mami KUDO JPN 204.604km<br />
5 Riyoko MOTOKI JPN 200.835km<br />
RESULT<br />
The inaugural IAU Trail World<br />
Challenge, held within the<br />
established Sunmart Races in<br />
Huntsville National Park, started<br />
at dawn in unseasonably warm<br />
conditions writes Hilary Walker. A<br />
50km race was held in<br />
conjunction with the<br />
champiionship distance. A total of<br />
25 runners had been picked by<br />
the IAU member federations to<br />
take part in the event from 11<br />
countries round the globe.<br />
The first runners took just over 90 minutes to complete<br />
the first 12.5 mile loop on shady wooded trails around<br />
the lake in the National Park. Jeremy Bragg (GBR) and<br />
Janoslav Janicki (POL) were running with two<br />
runners competing in the open race, John Yoder ( USA)<br />
and Jose Azevedo (LUX). Narimi Sakurai (JPN), the<br />
leading female runner, came through next. Sakurai had<br />
taken the gold medal in the World 100km Challenge<br />
three months previously and was odds-on favourite.<br />
After two laps, at the halfway point, the heat was<br />
beginning to tell although a light breeze had crept up<br />
and cloud cover kept the direct heat of the sun at bay.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 6:07:45<br />
2 Marc VANDERLINDEN BEL 6:29:20<br />
3 Akos KONYA HUN 6:35:14<br />
4 Jeremy BRAGG GBR 6:38:39<br />
5 Jorg HOOS GER 6:51:08<br />
Non-IAU: Jose AZEVEDO LUX 6:32:02<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Norimi SAKURAI JPN 6:34:57<br />
2 Helena CROSSAN IRL 7:18:23<br />
3 Adela SALT GBR 7:22:03<br />
4 Yuki NOSE JPN 7:38:25<br />
5 Jennifer DICK CAN 7:55:55<br />
Janicki had taken a lead over Azevedo, coming through<br />
in 3:02:06. Bragg was lying in third ( but second in the<br />
IAU race) with Marc Vanderlinden of Belgium in<br />
fourth. Sakurai came through next in 3:07:35. Adela<br />
Salt followed six minutes later and Helena Crossan,<br />
lying third, was a similar distance behind her.<br />
Janicki put in a third lap 5 minutes faster than the<br />
previous two to take a solid lead. While Sakurai, with a<br />
consistent pace, went ever further ahead in the<br />
women's race. But it is always the final miles that<br />
matter most and there were some interesting changes.<br />
Janicki suffered for his earlier efforts and slumped to<br />
1:39 for the final lap, but still won handsomely.<br />
Vanderlinden passed Azevedo (who was not in the IAU<br />
race) to come in second. Azevedo came in three<br />
minutes later. The IAU third place went to Akos Konya<br />
from Hungary who came through strongly in the final<br />
stages, overtaking Bragg.<br />
Sakurai had finished smoothly to take the women's<br />
prize in fourth overall, 45 minutes ahead of secondplaced<br />
Crossan. In all 14 men and six women finished.<br />
The winners were awarded bronze statues of the<br />
famous Texas stallions, courtesy of the Sunmart hosts.<br />
The IAU looks forward to the World Trail Challenge as<br />
an annual event within the calendar.<br />
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERS<br />
EXECUTIVES<br />
President<br />
Dirk Strumane (BEL)<br />
Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be<br />
Vice President<br />
Roelof Veld (NED)<br />
Director of Development<br />
Jose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP)<br />
Director of Competitions<br />
Harry Arndt (GER)<br />
Director of Organisations<br />
Jan Vandendriessche (BEL)<br />
Director of Asian Affairs<br />
Souhei Kobayashi (JPN)<br />
Joint European Group Representatives<br />
Roger Bonnifait (FRA)<br />
Norman Wilson (GBR)<br />
General Secretary<br />
Hilary Walker (GBR)<br />
Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net<br />
DIARY<br />
2008<br />
8 November:<br />
IAU 100km World Cup &<br />
European Championship<br />
Tarquinia, Italy<br />
IAU 24hr Championship<br />
venue date to be<br />
announced.<br />
RESULT<br />
14 October 2007<br />
IAU 50km Trophy, Palermo, ITA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 3:10:47 (Gistel) 3:06:36 6:17:23<br />
2 Julian RENDALL GBR 3:13:10 (Boddington) 3:09:39 6:22:49<br />
3 Bernhard SANTNER GER 3:17:10 (Mank) 3:12:44 6:29:54<br />
4 Masami SOEDA JPN 3:16:31 (Lake Saroma) 3:14:41 6:31:12<br />
5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 3:14:53 (Boddington) 3:25:24 6:40:17<br />
6 Bert PELGRIM AUS 3:15:33 (Canberra) 3:46:32 7:02:05<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sabine HOFER AUT 3:44:36 (Mank) 3:36:07 7:20:43<br />
2 June PETRIE AUS 3:46:13 (Canberra) 3:35:38 7:21:51<br />
3 Satomi MATSUI JPN 3:48:56 (Lake Saroma) 3:42:14 7:31:10<br />
4 Heidi WILSON GBR 3:45:33 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:31:28<br />
5 Sarah TUCKER GBR 3:43:01 (Boddington) 3:45:55 7:33:58<br />
6 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 3:50:11 (Boddington 3:45:17 7:35:28<br />
Marc Papanikitas (BEL) won also the Open Race, three<br />
minutes ahead of second-placed Julian Rendall (GBR)<br />
and six minutes clear of Bernhard Santner (GER).<br />
Monica Carlin won the women’s race but had not<br />
taken part in any of the selection races so could not be<br />
ranked in the final Trophy standings. The Australian<br />
June Petrie finished second, only 29 seconds ahead of<br />
Sabine Hofer (AUT) who did enough to build on her<br />
winning time in the 50km of Mank and take the<br />
Trophy<br />
8 December 2007<br />
IAU World Trail Challenge<br />
Huntsville, Texas USA<br />
RESULT<br />
24 November 2007:<br />
Soochow University 24<br />
hours, Chinese Taipei<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 275.684km<br />
2 Mohamed MAGROUN FRA 241.850km<br />
3 Shang-Ming WU TPE 216.264km<br />
4 Shun DA TPE 209.259km<br />
5 Yong Kyoo KWON KOR 191.443km<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 232.960km<br />
2 Su-zong CHIOU TPE 211.375km<br />
3 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 210.749km<br />
4 Mami KUDO JPN 204.604km<br />
5 Riyoko MOTOKI JPN 200.835km<br />
RESULT<br />
The inaugural IAU Trail World<br />
Challenge, held within the<br />
established Sunmart Races in<br />
Huntsville National Park, started<br />
at dawn in unseasonably warm<br />
conditions writes Hilary Walker. A<br />
50km race was held in<br />
conjunction with the<br />
champiionship distance. A total of<br />
25 runners had been picked by<br />
the IAU member federations to<br />
take part in the event from 11<br />
countries round the globe.<br />
The first runners took just over 90 minutes to complete<br />
the first 12.5 mile loop on shady wooded trails around<br />
the lake in the National Park. Jeremy Bragg (GBR) and<br />
Janoslav Janicki (POL) were running with two<br />
runners competing in the open race, John Yoder ( USA)<br />
and Jose Azevedo (LUX). Narimi Sakurai (JPN), the<br />
leading female runner, came through next. Sakurai had<br />
taken the gold medal in the World 100km Challenge<br />
three months previously and was odds-on favourite.<br />
After two laps, at the halfway point, the heat was<br />
beginning to tell although a light breeze had crept up<br />
and cloud cover kept the direct heat of the sun at bay.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 6:07:45<br />
2 Marc VANDERLINDEN BEL 6:29:20<br />
3 Akos KONYA HUN 6:35:14<br />
4 Jeremy BRAGG GBR 6:38:39<br />
5 Jorg HOOS GER 6:51:08<br />
Non-IAU: Jose AZEVEDO LUX 6:32:02<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Norimi SAKURAI JPN 6:34:57<br />
2 Helena CROSSAN IRL 7:18:23<br />
3 Adela SALT GBR 7:22:03<br />
4 Yuki NOSE JPN 7:38:25<br />
5 Jennifer DICK CAN 7:55:55<br />
Janicki had taken a lead over Azevedo, coming through<br />
in 3:02:06. Bragg was lying in third ( but second in the<br />
IAU race) with Marc Vanderlinden of Belgium in<br />
fourth. Sakurai came through next in 3:07:35. Adela<br />
Salt followed six minutes later and Helena Crossan,<br />
lying third, was a similar distance behind her.<br />
Janicki put in a third lap 5 minutes faster than the<br />
previous two to take a solid lead. While Sakurai, with a<br />
consistent pace, went ever further ahead in the<br />
women's race. But it is always the final miles that<br />
matter most and there were some interesting changes.<br />
Janicki suffered for his earlier efforts and slumped to<br />
1:39 for the final lap, but still won handsomely.<br />
Vanderlinden passed Azevedo (who was not in the IAU<br />
race) to come in second. Azevedo came in three<br />
minutes later. The IAU third place went to Akos Konya<br />
from Hungary who came through strongly in the final<br />
stages, overtaking Bragg.<br />
Sakurai had finished smoothly to take the women's<br />
prize in fourth overall, 45 minutes ahead of secondplaced<br />
Crossan. In all 14 men and six women finished.<br />
The winners were awarded bronze statues of the<br />
famous Texas stallions, courtesy of the Sunmart hosts.<br />
The IAU looks forward to the World Trail Challenge as<br />
an annual event within the calendar.<br />
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27th ANA Beijing International Marathon, China<br />
Getting better all the time<br />
OCTOBER<br />
21<br />
2007<br />
By Kenneth Lloyd<br />
On a cool, crisp Sunday morning<br />
25,694 runners lined up at the<br />
National Olympic Sport centre in<br />
Beijing. The giant flags and banners<br />
of various universities and<br />
businesses pierced the sea of runners<br />
snaking their way out to the sound<br />
of ‘Malason’, a 1960s-sounding<br />
Chinese marathon anthem.<br />
Run over a fast, flat out and back<br />
course, the start and finish of this<br />
year’s race were changed from their<br />
traditional location at Tiananmen<br />
Square to the renovated Olympic<br />
sports centre in the north of Beijing.<br />
The date of the 17th National<br />
Congress of the Chinese Communist<br />
Party, held in the Great Hall of the<br />
People on Tianenman Square, was<br />
only fixed in August and happened<br />
to coincide with race day.<br />
Beijing’s pollution is an oft-cited<br />
problem for sporting events held in<br />
the city. It is one of the principal<br />
concerns for both the organisers<br />
and the participating teams in the<br />
upcoming Olympics. For the<br />
Marathon conditions were good<br />
despite the day not being classed as<br />
one of Beijing’s sporadic Qingtian<br />
or “Blue Sky” days. The north of<br />
the city was much less hazy<br />
throughout the day than the centre,<br />
which recorded a particularly high<br />
air particle count. This was aided<br />
by a “car-free day initiative” which<br />
although by no means obligatory, in<br />
conjunction with the road closures<br />
seemed to have reduced car use.<br />
The new course enjoyed cleaner air<br />
but lost much of the scenic quality<br />
of touristic old Beijing for which it<br />
was famous. Beijing is a vast<br />
sprawling city with many famous<br />
sites both old and new. The<br />
distance between them, or in the<br />
case of the Forbidden City the<br />
immense size of the site itself,<br />
present their own problems. The<br />
old marathon route led runners<br />
through the three Beijings of the<br />
Imperial age, the communist<br />
architecture of the mid 20th<br />
century, and the modernity of 21st<br />
century China. The new route is a<br />
clear move towards the latter.<br />
What it does offer is a sneak peek<br />
at the new Olympic sites, including<br />
the main Olympic stadium or the<br />
“Bird’s Nest” and the aquatic<br />
centre or “Water Cube.” Next<br />
year’s race, however, is set to return<br />
to Tiananmen Square.<br />
Beijing is one of the international<br />
marathon calendar’s veterans. Run<br />
as an elite event in the early days,<br />
Beijing’s course record of 2:07:35<br />
was set in 1986 by the Japanese<br />
runner Taisuke Kodama, and<br />
runners on schedule for a time of<br />
more than two and a half hours<br />
would be “retired” from the race.<br />
Over the last 20 years the race has<br />
consistently moved towards mass<br />
participation with the addition of<br />
several shorter events, including a<br />
half-marathon, 10km and a 4.2km<br />
fun run. These events have created a<br />
diverse, inclusive event. The<br />
Marathon manages to attract a<br />
predominantly domestic field, a true<br />
representation of “local flavour”.<br />
Beijing’s running population are an<br />
inconspicuous group. Although<br />
many people can be seen jogging<br />
laps around the communal gardens<br />
of housing estates and the tracks<br />
present on every university campus,<br />
runners are not a common site on<br />
the streets of Beijing. If anything<br />
those running in China for the first<br />
time will see sights unseen at the<br />
average big-city marathon and<br />
perhaps learn a few truths about<br />
Beijing culture. Don’t be surprised<br />
if you see people running in dress<br />
shoes or runners leaving the finish<br />
area to immediately light up a<br />
cigarette. From the older gentlemen<br />
who run in slacks and plimsolls,<br />
seemingly running 42.2km out of<br />
habit, to the sub-3 hour club<br />
athletes, Chinese runners seem to<br />
share an extraordinary hardiness,<br />
strong sense of camaraderie and a<br />
straightforward love of running.<br />
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RESULT<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:08:09<br />
2 Ren LONGYUN CHN 2:08:15<br />
3 Han GANG CHN 2:08:56<br />
4 David Kipkorir MANDAGO KEN 2:09:59<br />
5 Luka CHELIMO KEN 2:10:47<br />
6 Kataoka YUSUKE JPN 2:12:28<br />
7 Kiprotich KENEI KEN 2:14:30<br />
8 Chen GUOQIANG CHN 2:14:39<br />
9 John MALUNI KEN 2:14:51<br />
10 Su WEI CHN 2:14:53<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Chen RONG CHN 2:27:05<br />
2 Zhang YINGYING CHN 2:27:20<br />
3 Bai XUE CHN 2:27:46<br />
4 Zhu YINGYING CHN 2:28:47<br />
5 Jo Pun HUI PRK 2:29:16<br />
6 Zhang XIN CHN 2:31:29<br />
7 Jong Yong OK PRK 2:32:28<br />
8 Yang FENGXIA CHN 2:33:11<br />
9 An Un SUK PRK 2:33:12<br />
10 Kim Kum OK PRK 2:33:58<br />
Support for the runners was strong<br />
throughout most of the course with<br />
many of the finishers from the<br />
shorter events staying to support<br />
the marathon finishers. Access to<br />
the stadium complex and<br />
movement to and from different<br />
points of the course was difficult.<br />
Hundreds of army, police and<br />
security personnel were also on<br />
hand to secure the course and<br />
enforce the road closures, which did<br />
at times restrict the movement of<br />
those who had come to cheer on<br />
friends or family.<br />
The start arrangements, which may<br />
have been down to the last minute<br />
re-location of the course, presented<br />
some problems. The elite men<br />
started 15 minutes prior to the rest<br />
of the field. The elite women were<br />
placed a few metres ahead of the<br />
main marathon field, followed<br />
respectively by the half marathon,<br />
10km and fun runners. This<br />
inevitably led to the elite women<br />
being instantly swallowed by the<br />
main field and the front runners<br />
from the shorter races having to<br />
weave their way through the 6,700<br />
marathon runners.<br />
Any visiting runner should be<br />
aware of the 5-hour time limit –<br />
double what it once was. Runners<br />
set to complete the course in over<br />
five hours are asked to board the<br />
broom-wagons which drop them at<br />
the finish to collect their<br />
belongings. Marathon runners<br />
receive their medals before the race<br />
and those finishing within the time<br />
limit also receive a certificate of<br />
completion at the finish.<br />
The men’s race saw Kenya’s Nephat<br />
Kinyanjui win in a sprint, pulling<br />
away from China’s Ren Longyu<br />
inside the stadium to win by eight<br />
seconds. Both men broke their<br />
personal bests; Kinyanjui improving<br />
by over three minutes on his<br />
previous best time of 2:11.18, set<br />
when he won the 2006 Nagano<br />
marathon. Ren set a new Chinese<br />
national record of 2:08.16. The<br />
small elite women’s field saw a<br />
Chinese sweep of the podium<br />
places. Chen Rong led a close race<br />
finishing in 2:27:05, 15 seconds<br />
ahead of Zhang Yingying and a<br />
further 26 seconds clear of thirdplacer<br />
Bai Xue.<br />
The Beijing marathon is<br />
progressively refining its<br />
organisation, communityinteraction<br />
and the quality of<br />
running experience it offers. The<br />
total field of approximately<br />
26,000 within the four races, is<br />
already at capacity. This year’s<br />
race saw the introduction of<br />
several new initiatives to broaden<br />
the scope of the marathon,<br />
including, a food festival, a<br />
photography competition and a<br />
partnership with the Red Cross of<br />
RACE CONTACT DETAILS<br />
China. The ANA Beijing<br />
International Marathon looks set<br />
to increase its stature within both<br />
the international marathon and<br />
Beijing cultural calendars.<br />
28th ANA Beijing Int’l Marathon October<br />
Wang Dawei<br />
Chinese Athletic Association, 2 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing,<br />
Tel: 86 10 8718 3441<br />
Fax: 86 10 6714 0801<br />
Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com<br />
Inet: www.beijing-marathon.com<br />
Full race contact listings start on page 78<br />
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EXECUTIVES<br />
President<br />
Danny Hughes (GBR)<br />
E-Mail: dannyhughes@ukonline.co.uk<br />
Secretary<br />
Bruno Gozzelino (ITA)<br />
E-Mail: bgozzel@libero.it<br />
Treasurer<br />
Nancy Hobbs (USA)<br />
E-Mail: trlrunner@aol.com<br />
Director of Competition<br />
Raimondo Balicco (ITA)<br />
E-Mail: balicco.rai@tin.it<br />
Director of Organisation<br />
Wolfgang Münzel (GER)<br />
E-Mail: Petra-Muenzel@t-online.de<br />
Director of Development<br />
Tomo Sarf (SLO)<br />
E-Mail: tomo.sarf@helios.si<br />
Director of Marketing<br />
Adrian Woods (GBR)<br />
E-Mail: adrian.woods@virgin.net<br />
MARCO GAIARDO, ITALY (RIGHT) WINNER OF<br />
THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX SERIES AND<br />
ANDRZEJ DLUGOSZ, POLAND (LEFT) RUNNER-UP<br />
IN THE SCHLICKERALM GRAND PRIX RACE.<br />
6 October 2007:<br />
WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race<br />
Smarna Gora Hill Race, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br />
RESULT<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 41:25<br />
2 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 42:00<br />
3 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 42:04<br />
4 J.RANCON FRA 42:12<br />
5 Marco GAIARDO ITA 42:22<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 48:54<br />
2 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 49:41<br />
3 M. KOSOVELJ SLO 50:24<br />
4 Iva MILESOVA CZE 51:56<br />
FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS (after four events)<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marco GAIARDO ITA 300<br />
2 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 246<br />
3 Joe SYMONDS GBR 227<br />
4 G ABATE ITA 223<br />
5 J HAVICEK CZE 207<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 308<br />
2 Iva MILESOVA CZE 266<br />
3 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 260<br />
4 M ROBERTI ITA 237<br />
5 P HAVLOVA CZE 216<br />
ANNA PICHRTOVA, WINNER OF<br />
THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX<br />
SERIES TO ACCOMPANY REPORT.<br />
Women’s World Mountain <strong>Running</strong><br />
Champion Anna Pichrtova suffered<br />
a rare defeat in the final WMRA<br />
Grand Prix race of 2007. After two<br />
weeks of warm autumn weather,<br />
the race was run in torrential rain,<br />
making conditions treacherous on<br />
the forest tracks.<br />
Victoria Wilkinson (GBR) went<br />
into the race leading the Grand<br />
Prix rankings and did all she could<br />
to hold on to the premier position.<br />
She defeated Pichrtova, but it was<br />
not enough to take the series.<br />
Wilkinson won a World title<br />
herself in 1997 when she became<br />
junior champion in the Czech<br />
Republic but since then she has<br />
had some injuries, and had<br />
seriously taken up cycling, but now<br />
appears poised to make a serious<br />
mark in the senior mountain<br />
running scene.<br />
Pichrtova finished 47 seconds<br />
behind the Briton but took the<br />
overall title. Scores are calculated<br />
from the best three finishes in the<br />
four races of the series. Wilkinson<br />
finished the season with 270 points<br />
to take overall second, and by<br />
finishing fourth in Ljubljana, Iva<br />
Milesova (CZE) secured third<br />
overall.<br />
Marco Gaiardo of Italy was under<br />
no pressure in the men’s race<br />
having already secured the overall<br />
Grand Prix title with 300 points<br />
this season. He trotted home in a<br />
careful fifth position.<br />
Nevertheless, the Italian would<br />
have been hard pressed to beat<br />
winner Andrzej Dlugosz (POL)<br />
who was second in this race in<br />
2006. The conditions seemed to<br />
suit the Pole as he nimbly<br />
negotiated some tricky descents on<br />
parts of the course. Dlugosz’s<br />
performance was good enough to<br />
give him second position in the<br />
final ranking.<br />
Joe Symonds (GBR) had a rather<br />
disappointing run and could only<br />
finish 8th, to drop down to third<br />
overall.<br />
Robert Krupicka (CZE) made an<br />
impressive comeback from injury to<br />
finish the race second in front of<br />
local boy Mitja Kosovelj (SLO).<br />
CALENDAR 2008<br />
IAAF AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008<br />
DATE EVENT CITY COUNTRY<br />
12 JULY 7TH EAA MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS ZELL AM HARMERSBACH GERMANY<br />
27TH JULY 3RD CONSUDATLE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS TBD CHILE<br />
7 OR 14 JUNE 5TH NACAC MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS JALISCO MEXICO<br />
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008<br />
29 JUNE 1ST BALKAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS SAPAREVA BANYA BULGARIA<br />
10TH WMRA GRAND PRIX 2008 (IAAF PERMIT RACES)<br />
24 MAY 5TH COURSE DES 2 BAINS (1ST G.P. RACE) SAILLON – OVRONNAZ SWITZERLAND<br />
15 JUNE 3RD INTERNATIONAL BERGLAUF MERAN 2000 (2ND G.P. RACE) MERANO ITALY<br />
3 AUGUST 21ST SCHLICKERALM BERGLAUF (3RD G.P. RACE) TELFES AUSTRIA<br />
10 AUGUST 13TH INTERNATIONAL SPORT 2000 FEUERKOGEL BERGLAUF (4TH G.P. RACE) EBENSEE AUSTRIA<br />
4 OCTOBER 29TH SMARNA GORA INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN RACE (5TH G.P. RACE) LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA<br />
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24 November 2007<br />
Obudu International Mountain Race<br />
Cross River State, Nigeria<br />
An impressive field of international<br />
mountain runners lined up to<br />
contest the Worlds Richest<br />
Mountain race over a course of<br />
11.5km ascending 800m to the<br />
Obudu ranch at 1600m writes<br />
Danny Hughes. With $50,00 at stake<br />
for both men and women winners,<br />
and $20,000 and $9000 for the<br />
other podium placings, the Kenyans<br />
and Ethiopians turned out in force.<br />
The women started 15 minutes<br />
before the men and became an<br />
exciting battle between the worlds<br />
two leading distance running<br />
nations. Defending champion<br />
Rehima Kedir (ETH) led a pack of<br />
10 up to the 6.5km point. Ashu<br />
Kasime then split the group apart<br />
leaving, among others, European<br />
Mountain <strong>Running</strong> Champion<br />
Anita Eversten gasping. Only<br />
Kenya's Rita Jeptoo, 2006 Boston<br />
Marathon winner, could go with<br />
her. At this stage World Mountain<br />
<strong>Running</strong> Champion Anna Pichrtova<br />
(CZE)was nowhere in sight. The<br />
two leaders were locked together<br />
like glue until, with kilometre to go,<br />
Jeptoo took off with a devastating<br />
change of pace and left Ashu<br />
standing. She set a new course<br />
record, and Ashu, Angela Mutuku<br />
(KEN) and fourth-placer Anita<br />
RESULT<br />
Eversten (NOR) also got inside the<br />
old mark. Anna Pichrtova finished<br />
strongly in 6th position.<br />
The mens race was led from start<br />
to finish by Habtamu Fikadu<br />
Awash (ETH) who was 24 seconds<br />
outside Francis Kibiwott's course<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Habtamu AWASH ETH 42:50<br />
2 Geofrey KURUSO UGA 43:02<br />
3 John SOMPOL KEN 43:06<br />
4 Lishan FANTA ETH 43:35<br />
5 Tadese TOLA ETH 43:56<br />
6 Challa DEMIE ETH 44:01<br />
7 Robert KIPKORIR KEN 44:28<br />
8 Solomon MOLLA ETH 44:50<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 51:42<br />
2 Ashu KASIME ETH 52:01<br />
3 Angela MUTUKU KEN 53:09<br />
4 Anita EVERSTEN NOR 53:21<br />
5 Mary JEPKOSGEI KEN 53:25<br />
6 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 53:28<br />
7 Rehima KEDIR ETH 53:34<br />
8 Pauline WINANGUI KEN 53:53<br />
record. The latter finished in a<br />
lowly 14th place. Uganda's Geofrey<br />
Kusuro in second place, was the<br />
only runner to break into the<br />
Ethiopian/Kenyan dominance<br />
which claimed seven of the eight<br />
positions offering cash prizes.<br />
38 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
Welcome to the Capital of Scandinavia<br />
STOCKHOLM MARATHON<br />
Saturday 31 May 2008<br />
The marathon: The 30th Stockholm Marathon will be<br />
staged on May 31, 2008. Start at 14.00. This will be a jubilee<br />
event to remember! Entries are limited to 17 500 runners.<br />
Ideal weather conditions. Average temperature 18 degrees<br />
centigrade.Exclusive commemorative medal, certificate<br />
and T-shirt to all finishers. Free carboloading Party.<br />
Ranked as the No 1 destination marathon in the world<br />
by “The Ultimate Guide to International Marathons”.<br />
The course: Scenic course through downtown<br />
Stockholm. Finish in the 1912 Olympic Stadium.<br />
The runners: This is an international marathon. 50 per<br />
cent of the runners are from other countries than Sweden.<br />
The city: Welcome to Stockholm and one of the<br />
world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands<br />
around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved<br />
mediaeval city centres, the Swedish capital is superbly<br />
positioned, with stunning and extremely varied scenery<br />
in every direction. Stockholm offers a wealth of<br />
museums, theatres, sights, attractions and events.<br />
By the end of May, the nights never get really dark.<br />
Entry on-line: www.StockholmMarathon.se<br />
Marathon office: E-mail: info@marathon.se<br />
Web site: www.StockholmMarathon.se<br />
Phone: +46 – 854 566 440.<br />
Tourist information: Stockholm Visitors Board.<br />
Web site: www.stockholmtown.com<br />
Phone: +46–850 828 508.<br />
Official hotel: Quality Hotel Globe. Web site:<br />
www.globehotel.se Phone: +46– 8 686 63 20.<br />
SPONSORS:<br />
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Entry on-line: www.StockholmMarathon.se
From then to now<br />
The marathon is a huge public<br />
festival which takes over the<br />
streets, but a generation ago it was<br />
for a few dozen obsessives battling<br />
with traffic on backroads. How did<br />
we get from then to now?*<br />
Marathons today are major earners:<br />
for the top runners of course - but<br />
also for tour operators, hotels, and<br />
airlines. Sponsors compete to use<br />
these public events as vehicles for<br />
promotion. Charities recruit teams<br />
of runners to raise funds through<br />
sponsorship.<br />
Yet marathon running 30 years ago<br />
was hardly known. It was a<br />
competitive sport that took place<br />
on the open road in which even the<br />
top performers went financially<br />
unrewarded.<br />
Boston Marathon, the most wellknown<br />
race in the world. A headto-head<br />
competition between two<br />
American runners – both of them<br />
among the best in the world - is a<br />
distant dream nowadays, but in<br />
1976 it was what launched the<br />
Marathon.<br />
Entries poured in. They were<br />
capped at 2100. Lebow’s account of<br />
that first City marathon makes<br />
clear what an adventurous gamble<br />
it was. What is taken for granted<br />
today was unknown, or uncertain.<br />
Would traffic restrictions be<br />
enforceable? Would volunteers<br />
show up? Would bystanders respect<br />
the course? And would all those<br />
runners, half doing it for the very<br />
first time, actually enjoy it? They<br />
did. It was a resounding success.<br />
Fred Lebow’s first New York City<br />
Marathon, in 1970, was no<br />
different to any other marathon of<br />
the time. It was confined to laps of<br />
Central Park; it was put together on<br />
an extremely limited budget; and it<br />
had only 55 finishers. In 1972<br />
Frank Shorter won the Olympic<br />
Marathon and the American public<br />
slowly became aware of the<br />
Marathon, but the field continued<br />
to grow only slowly.<br />
The 1976 race changed all that.<br />
Almost by accident, it broke the<br />
mould of all previous marathon<br />
races. Ted Corbitt, a pioneer of<br />
road race measurement and himself<br />
a notable runner, suggested inviting<br />
teams from the five boroughs of<br />
New York City to compete in the<br />
race. Somehow this was understood<br />
by the City as a proposal to run the<br />
race route through the five<br />
boroughs, and they liked the idea.<br />
Lebow was opposed: “You couldn’t<br />
run a marathon through city streets.<br />
Even the Boston Marathon, the<br />
oldest and most prestigious, only<br />
ran the last few miles in Boston<br />
itself.” Lebow thought that it<br />
would be too expensive to organise<br />
and impossible to get all the<br />
permissions. The American<br />
Bicentennial fell in 1976 and people<br />
in the Mayor’s office thought that a<br />
citywide five-borough marathon<br />
would be a good way to celebrate<br />
the occasion. They secured a<br />
sponsor and the Mayor’s full<br />
support. “The first reaction of the<br />
Police Department was “No Way!”<br />
But the city insisted, and the Police<br />
had to go along with it.”<br />
To capture public interest Lebow<br />
head hunted top-name athletes.<br />
Frank Shorter had just won a silver<br />
medal in the Montreal Olympics.<br />
Bill Rodgers had twice won the<br />
The following year there were 5000<br />
runners and for its 1979 edition the<br />
New York City Marathon accepted<br />
14,000 entries, a seven-fold increase<br />
in three years. Yet even this wasn’t<br />
enough to meet the demand. One of<br />
the entrants was Chris Brasher<br />
who, spellbound by the experience,<br />
resolved to put on something<br />
similar in London.<br />
What had been born on the streets<br />
of New York quickly attracted<br />
emulation. The Berlin Marathon,<br />
founded four years after New York,<br />
moved out of the Grunewald woods<br />
and on to the streets of the city in<br />
1980. The following year Chris<br />
Brasher inaugurated the London<br />
Marathon. Suddenly, no major city<br />
in the world was complete without<br />
its own marathon.<br />
In founding the London Marathon<br />
Chris Brasher cited, among his<br />
objectives, “to provide happiness<br />
and a sense of achievement.” It was<br />
this which explained the runaway<br />
success of the marathon. In London<br />
20,000 people wanted to run and<br />
7,000 were accepted. The following<br />
year, when the race coincided with<br />
the foundation of AIMS, 90,000<br />
people applied to run and 18,000<br />
were accepted.<br />
Fred Lebow was there. He<br />
generously acknowledged London’s<br />
ascendancy. But it was he who had<br />
laid the foundations of the<br />
Marathon movement as we have<br />
known it for the last 30 years. Fred<br />
Lebow’s experience in setting up the<br />
world’s original mass marathon<br />
provided a template for those who<br />
came later.<br />
What New York had done was<br />
tackled by all the other events that<br />
followed. The struggle to stage a<br />
controlled start. The detail of how<br />
to guide runners smoothly around<br />
the course. How to keep the finish<br />
line free of obstructions. How to<br />
give the best possible view of it all<br />
for the onlookers and media.<br />
Conceptually these are simple<br />
problems but become complicated<br />
because they take place in the real<br />
world. Compared to the<br />
choreographed environment of an<br />
athletic stadium, Marathons looked<br />
chaotic. “In those days, road<br />
racing was treated like the bastard<br />
offspring of track and field” said<br />
Lebow.<br />
But a firm anchor in the real world<br />
was always the strength of the<br />
reborn sport. The streets are not a<br />
stage for selected actors to perform.<br />
They are up for grabs. Anyone can<br />
come and have a go. And come<br />
they did. Like Chris Brasher, at first<br />
dozens but eventually thousands of<br />
British runners crossed the Atlantic<br />
just to run in the New York City<br />
Marathon.<br />
Britain was no special case. In<br />
France, Italy, Germany, Spain,<br />
Mexico, Brazil, and many other<br />
countries, runners wanted to go to<br />
New York. Usually they stayed for<br />
a week. Demand increased, hotels<br />
put up their prices and a lot of<br />
money was made.<br />
Fred Lebow may not have seen this<br />
ahead of time, but he seized the<br />
opportunity. New York became the<br />
most international of marathons. It<br />
pioneered the trade in running<br />
tourism which was continued<br />
through AIMS. New York’s success<br />
demonstrated the pressing need for<br />
an organisation like AIMS, for at<br />
least two reasons. The first was to<br />
set some basic rules. Marathons<br />
had to be marathons, 42,195m<br />
long. Other standards also applied,<br />
but with less certainty. They could<br />
best be encouraged by offering<br />
advice and help, and AIMS was<br />
well placed to assist.<br />
AIMS also offered an ideal channel<br />
through which to promote running<br />
tourism. This was the most valuable<br />
card a race could play to its city<br />
authorities, to national government,<br />
to media outlets and to business<br />
interests both local and national. In<br />
most places it was the key<br />
consideration in getting a race onto<br />
the road.<br />
Since AIMS’ foundation, 25 years<br />
ago, membership has mushroomed<br />
to approach 250 events. AIMS’ very<br />
existence is part of that recipe for<br />
success. It is a global enterprise. We<br />
have the same interests but we<br />
come from very different places. As<br />
Chris Brasher said, the Marathon<br />
can “show to mankind that, on<br />
occasions, they can be united”.<br />
There can be no greater<br />
achievement.<br />
* This is an edited version of an<br />
address given to the 1st AIMS<br />
Marathon Symposium, held on 3<br />
November 2007, by AIMS<br />
Secretary Hugh Jones.<br />
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN<br />
THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE<br />
AUTHOR AND DO NOT<br />
NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE<br />
VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF<br />
40 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
A class of his own<br />
Dr David Martin marvels at the unique talent<br />
of Haile Gebreselassie<br />
In the Berlin Marathon on 30<br />
September last year Haile<br />
Gebrselassie chopped 29 seconds<br />
from Paul Tergat’s three-year old<br />
2:04:55 marathon world record, set<br />
on the same course four years<br />
earlier. That achievement led many<br />
to suggest that Geb’s career had<br />
now earned him the ultimate<br />
accolade: ‘the greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
He was already a two-time Olympic<br />
gold medalist (at 10,000m), and a<br />
four-time World Champion (at<br />
10,000m). This marathon<br />
performance was his 18th IAAFapproved<br />
world record, over<br />
distances starting at 3000m,<br />
achieved during a period from 1994<br />
through 2007. But he also had run<br />
faster than anyone else over seven<br />
other distances as well (see table).<br />
Racing the final kilometers alone in<br />
Berlin, with a spectacular negative<br />
split of 1:01:57 after a 1:02:29 first<br />
half, Gebrselassie demonstrated that<br />
the marathon distance was well<br />
under his control – especially on<br />
that day of ideal weather conditions<br />
(16C, overcast and no wind).<br />
Just how fast is 2:04:26 in the<br />
world of marathon running? Those<br />
of us back in the pack find such a<br />
finish time for a marathon footrace<br />
rather unfathomable. One way of<br />
appreciating it is to run one 4:44<br />
mile after another, for 26 miles,<br />
plus a little farther to cover the<br />
remaining 385 yards. Those who do<br />
not run marathons may be able to<br />
visualize it in terms of pace per<br />
400m – one lap of a standard<br />
athletics track. Run around that<br />
400m track once in 70.8 seconds,<br />
and now do this 104 more times<br />
without taking a break, and you’ll<br />
still be tied with Geb – but you’ll<br />
have to continue onward at that<br />
pace for another half lap to the<br />
finish. [Equally amazing is that<br />
Paula Radcliffe raced at 77.0<br />
seconds pace per 400 meters when<br />
she achieved her 2:15:25 world<br />
record at London in 2003.] That’s<br />
endurance!<br />
Another interesting question is:<br />
‘which of Gebrselassie’s records is<br />
the best?’ In order to compare each<br />
of the races, one must find a way to<br />
analyze 16 different combinations<br />
of running surface (road and track),<br />
environment (indoors and out), and<br />
distance (3000m, 2 miles, 5, 10,<br />
and 15km, 10 miles, 20km, onehour<br />
run, half marathon, 25km,<br />
and marathon). The science of<br />
exercise physiology provides a tool<br />
for comparative assessment of the<br />
outdoor competitions.<br />
When we exercise, our breathing<br />
quickens and deepens. This brings<br />
oxygen into the working muscles<br />
and allows metabolism to produce<br />
energy for muscle movement. The<br />
largest volume of oxygen that can<br />
be absorbed and utilized is a<br />
quantity called VO2-max. The units<br />
of this quantity are volume of<br />
oxygen in millilitres per<br />
kilogramme of body weight, per<br />
minute. VO2-max is partly<br />
determined by genetics, partly by<br />
running efficiency, but also by<br />
training – running distances at a<br />
faster pace tends to raise one’s<br />
VO2-max. In top-class distance<br />
races, the men at the front all have<br />
VO2-max values in the 70 to 90<br />
range. Women are smaller in size<br />
and at the top end of performance<br />
have VO2-max values from about<br />
65 to 80 ml/kg/min. Without going<br />
into detail, prediction tables permit<br />
estimates of performance times<br />
achievable over various distances at<br />
THE 25 WORLD-BEST PERFORMANCES OF HAILE GEBRSELASSIE<br />
DATE VENUE DISTANCE TIME RECORD STATUS VO2 VALUE<br />
04-Jun-1994 Hengelo "5,000 m" 12:56.96 IAAF 82.5<br />
27-May-1995 Kerkrade 2 miles 8:07.46 non-IAAF 81.3<br />
05-Jun-1995 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:43.53 IAAF 83.5<br />
16-Aug-1995 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:44.39 IAAF 84.1<br />
27-Jan-1996 Sindelfingen "5,000 m (i)" 13:10.98 IAAF<br />
04-Feb-1996 Stuttgart "3,000 m (i)" 7:30.72 IAAF<br />
20-Feb-1997 Stockholm "5,000 m (i)" 12:59.04 IAAF<br />
31-May-1997 Hengelo 2 miles 8:01.08 non-IAAF 82.5<br />
04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2<br />
13-Aug-1997 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:41.86 IAAF 84.4<br />
25-Jan-1998 Karlsruhe "3,000 m (i)" 7:26.14 IAAF<br />
15-Feb-1998 Birmingham "2,000 m (i)" 4:52.86 non-IAAF<br />
01-Jun-1998 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:22.75 IAAF 84.7<br />
13-Jun-1998 Helsinki "5,000 m" 12:39.36 IAAF 84.7<br />
14-Feb-1999 Birmingham "5,000 m (i)" 12:50.38 IAAF<br />
11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3<br />
21-Feb-2003 Birmingham 2 miles (i) 8:04.69 non-IAAF<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 15 km 41:22 unofficial 82.3<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 10 miles 44:23 non-IAAF 82.8<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 20 km road 55:48 IAAF 82.9<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 1/2 marathon 58:55 IAAF 83.2<br />
12-Mar-2006 Alphen aan den Rijn 25 km 1:11:37 no drug testing 81.7<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 20 km track 56:25.98 IAAF 82<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 1 hour run "21,285 m" IAAF 82.3<br />
30-Sep-2007 Berlin marathon 2:04:26 IAAF 82.4<br />
i = indoor<br />
IAAF = world record as accepted by the International Association of Athletics Federations<br />
non-IAAF = world best time over a distance not recognized by the IAAF<br />
a wide range of VO2-max levels.<br />
The right column in the<br />
accompanying table indicates the<br />
VO2-max level required to achieve<br />
Gebrselassie’s outdoor road and<br />
track performances.<br />
Notice that Geb’s 10,000m Hengelo<br />
performance in June of 1998, as<br />
well as his 5000m race two weeks<br />
later at Helsinki, appear to be his<br />
best efforts to date. Working at a<br />
metabolic rate (represented as VO2-<br />
max in ml/kg/min) of 84.7<br />
ml/kg/min, this brought finish times<br />
of 26:22.75 for 10000m and<br />
12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also,<br />
however, that Geb’s 2:04:26 at<br />
Berlin, despite being 29 seconds<br />
faster than Tergat’s then exisisting<br />
record, required a slightly smaller<br />
VO2-max value (82.4) than the<br />
84.7 value for the two track<br />
performances. What do the<br />
performance tables say that Geb<br />
could have run for the marathon<br />
while working at an energy level of<br />
84.7 ml/kg/min? The answer is an<br />
amazing 2:01.32<br />
This value prompts one final<br />
question: Could Haile Gebrselassie<br />
become the first person to break the<br />
two-hour barrier in the marathon?<br />
Present-day charts using VO2-max<br />
as a predictor stop at 85 ml/kg/min,<br />
which suggest a 2:01:10 marathon<br />
under ideal conditions. That would<br />
be a top-end improvement in<br />
performance capability required for<br />
Gebrselassie. Who knows? My<br />
prediction from analyzing<br />
mountains of marathon finish times<br />
is that this two-hour barrier will<br />
not be broken before 2015. And<br />
Geb will likely have retired before<br />
then. But his charismatic smile and<br />
effortless style of running will do<br />
much to bring the best out of his<br />
competitors as the next group tries<br />
to emulate this ‘greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN<br />
THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE<br />
AUTHOR AND DO NOT<br />
NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE<br />
VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
41
A class of his own<br />
Dr David Martin marvels at the unique talent<br />
of Haile Gebreselassie<br />
In the Berlin Marathon on 30<br />
September last year Haile<br />
Gebrselassie chopped 29 seconds<br />
from Paul Tergat’s three-year old<br />
2:04:55 marathon world record, set<br />
on the same course four years<br />
earlier. That achievement led many<br />
to suggest that Geb’s career had<br />
now earned him the ultimate<br />
accolade: ‘the greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
He was already a two-time Olympic<br />
gold medalist (at 10,000m), and a<br />
four-time World Champion (at<br />
10,000m). This marathon<br />
performance was his 18th IAAFapproved<br />
world record, over<br />
distances starting at 3000m,<br />
achieved during a period from 1994<br />
through 2007. But he also had run<br />
faster than anyone else over seven<br />
other distances as well (see table).<br />
Racing the final kilometers alone in<br />
Berlin, with a spectacular negative<br />
split of 1:01:57 after a 1:02:29 first<br />
half, Gebrselassie demonstrated that<br />
the marathon distance was well<br />
under his control – especially on<br />
that day of ideal weather conditions<br />
(16C, overcast and no wind).<br />
Just how fast is 2:04:26 in the<br />
world of marathon running? Those<br />
of us back in the pack find such a<br />
finish time for a marathon footrace<br />
rather unfathomable. One way of<br />
appreciating it is to run one 4:44<br />
mile after another, for 26 miles,<br />
plus a little farther to cover the<br />
remaining 385 yards. Those who do<br />
not run marathons may be able to<br />
visualize it in terms of pace per<br />
400m – one lap of a standard<br />
athletics track. Run around that<br />
400m track once in 70.8 seconds,<br />
and now do this 104 more times<br />
without taking a break, and you’ll<br />
still be tied with Geb – but you’ll<br />
have to continue onward at that<br />
pace for another half lap to the<br />
finish. [Equally amazing is that<br />
Paula Radcliffe raced at 77.0<br />
seconds pace per 400 meters when<br />
she achieved her 2:15:25 world<br />
record at London in 2003.] That’s<br />
endurance!<br />
Another interesting question is:<br />
‘which of Gebrselassie’s records is<br />
the best?’ In order to compare each<br />
of the races, one must find a way to<br />
analyze 16 different combinations<br />
of running surface (road and track),<br />
environment (indoors and out), and<br />
distance (3000m, 2 miles, 5, 10,<br />
and 15km, 10 miles, 20km, onehour<br />
run, half marathon, 25km,<br />
and marathon). The science of<br />
exercise physiology provides a tool<br />
for comparative assessment of the<br />
outdoor competitions.<br />
When we exercise, our breathing<br />
quickens and deepens. This brings<br />
oxygen into the working muscles<br />
and allows metabolism to produce<br />
energy for muscle movement. The<br />
largest volume of oxygen that can<br />
be absorbed and utilized is a<br />
quantity called VO2-max. The units<br />
of this quantity are volume of<br />
oxygen in millilitres per<br />
kilogramme of body weight, per<br />
minute. VO2-max is partly<br />
determined by genetics, partly by<br />
running efficiency, but also by<br />
training – running distances at a<br />
faster pace tends to raise one’s<br />
VO2-max. In top-class distance<br />
races, the men at the front all have<br />
VO2-max values in the 70 to 90<br />
range. Women are smaller in size<br />
and at the top end of performance<br />
have VO2-max values from about<br />
65 to 80 ml/kg/min. Without going<br />
into detail, prediction tables permit<br />
estimates of performance times<br />
achievable over various distances at<br />
THE 25 WORLD-BEST PERFORMANCES OF HAILE GEBRSELASSIE<br />
DATE VENUE DISTANCE TIME RECORD STATUS VO2 VALUE<br />
04-Jun-1994 Hengelo "5,000 m" 12:56.96 IAAF 82.5<br />
27-May-1995 Kerkrade 2 miles 8:07.46 non-IAAF 81.3<br />
05-Jun-1995 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:43.53 IAAF 83.5<br />
16-Aug-1995 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:44.39 IAAF 84.1<br />
27-Jan-1996 Sindelfingen "5,000 m (i)" 13:10.98 IAAF<br />
04-Feb-1996 Stuttgart "3,000 m (i)" 7:30.72 IAAF<br />
20-Feb-1997 Stockholm "5,000 m (i)" 12:59.04 IAAF<br />
31-May-1997 Hengelo 2 miles 8:01.08 non-IAAF 82.5<br />
04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2<br />
13-Aug-1997 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:41.86 IAAF 84.4<br />
25-Jan-1998 Karlsruhe "3,000 m (i)" 7:26.14 IAAF<br />
15-Feb-1998 Birmingham "2,000 m (i)" 4:52.86 non-IAAF<br />
01-Jun-1998 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:22.75 IAAF 84.7<br />
13-Jun-1998 Helsinki "5,000 m" 12:39.36 IAAF 84.7<br />
14-Feb-1999 Birmingham "5,000 m (i)" 12:50.38 IAAF<br />
11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3<br />
21-Feb-2003 Birmingham 2 miles (i) 8:04.69 non-IAAF<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 15 km 41:22 unofficial 82.3<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 10 miles 44:23 non-IAAF 82.8<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 20 km road 55:48 IAAF 82.9<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 1/2 marathon 58:55 IAAF 83.2<br />
12-Mar-2006 Alphen aan den Rijn 25 km 1:11:37 no drug testing 81.7<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 20 km track 56:25.98 IAAF 82<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 1 hour run "21,285 m" IAAF 82.3<br />
30-Sep-2007 Berlin marathon 2:04:26 IAAF 82.4<br />
i = indoor<br />
IAAF = world record as accepted by the International Association of Athletics Federations<br />
non-IAAF = world best time over a distance not recognized by the IAAF<br />
a wide range of VO2-max levels.<br />
The right column in the<br />
accompanying table indicates the<br />
VO2-max level required to achieve<br />
Gebrselassie’s outdoor road and<br />
track performances.<br />
Notice that Geb’s 10,000m Hengelo<br />
performance in June of 1998, as<br />
well as his 5000m race two weeks<br />
later at Helsinki, appear to be his<br />
best efforts to date. Working at a<br />
metabolic rate (represented as VO2-<br />
max in ml/kg/min) of 84.7<br />
ml/kg/min, this brought finish times<br />
of 26:22.75 for 10000m and<br />
12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also,<br />
however, that Geb’s 2:04:26 at<br />
Berlin, despite being 29 seconds<br />
faster than Tergat’s then exisisting<br />
record, required a slightly smaller<br />
VO2-max value (82.4) than the<br />
84.7 value for the two track<br />
performances. What do the<br />
performance tables say that Geb<br />
could have run for the marathon<br />
while working at an energy level of<br />
84.7 ml/kg/min? The answer is an<br />
amazing 2:01.32<br />
This value prompts one final<br />
question: Could Haile Gebrselassie<br />
become the first person to break the<br />
two-hour barrier in the marathon?<br />
Present-day charts using VO2-max<br />
as a predictor stop at 85 ml/kg/min,<br />
which suggest a 2:01:10 marathon<br />
under ideal conditions. That would<br />
be a top-end improvement in<br />
performance capability required for<br />
Gebrselassie. Who knows? My<br />
prediction from analyzing<br />
mountains of marathon finish times<br />
is that this two-hour barrier will<br />
not be broken before 2015. And<br />
Geb will likely have retired before<br />
then. But his charismatic smile and<br />
effortless style of running will do<br />
much to bring the best out of his<br />
competitors as the next group tries<br />
to emulate this ‘greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN<br />
THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE<br />
AUTHOR AND DO NOT<br />
NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE<br />
VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
41
A class of his own<br />
Dr David Martin marvels at the unique talent<br />
of Haile Gebreselassie<br />
In the Berlin Marathon on 30<br />
September last year Haile<br />
Gebrselassie chopped 29 seconds<br />
from Paul Tergat’s three-year old<br />
2:04:55 marathon world record, set<br />
on the same course four years<br />
earlier. That achievement led many<br />
to suggest that Geb’s career had<br />
now earned him the ultimate<br />
accolade: ‘the greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
He was already a two-time Olympic<br />
gold medalist (at 10,000m), and a<br />
four-time World Champion (at<br />
10,000m). This marathon<br />
performance was his 18th IAAFapproved<br />
world record, over<br />
distances starting at 3000m,<br />
achieved during a period from 1994<br />
through 2007. But he also had run<br />
faster than anyone else over seven<br />
other distances as well (see table).<br />
Racing the final kilometers alone in<br />
Berlin, with a spectacular negative<br />
split of 1:01:57 after a 1:02:29 first<br />
half, Gebrselassie demonstrated that<br />
the marathon distance was well<br />
under his control – especially on<br />
that day of ideal weather conditions<br />
(16C, overcast and no wind).<br />
Just how fast is 2:04:26 in the<br />
world of marathon running? Those<br />
of us back in the pack find such a<br />
finish time for a marathon footrace<br />
rather unfathomable. One way of<br />
appreciating it is to run one 4:44<br />
mile after another, for 26 miles,<br />
plus a little farther to cover the<br />
remaining 385 yards. Those who do<br />
not run marathons may be able to<br />
visualize it in terms of pace per<br />
400m – one lap of a standard<br />
athletics track. Run around that<br />
400m track once in 70.8 seconds,<br />
and now do this 104 more times<br />
without taking a break, and you’ll<br />
still be tied with Geb – but you’ll<br />
have to continue onward at that<br />
pace for another half lap to the<br />
finish. [Equally amazing is that<br />
Paula Radcliffe raced at 77.0<br />
seconds pace per 400 meters when<br />
she achieved her 2:15:25 world<br />
record at London in 2003.] That’s<br />
endurance!<br />
Another interesting question is:<br />
‘which of Gebrselassie’s records is<br />
the best?’ In order to compare each<br />
of the races, one must find a way to<br />
analyze 16 different combinations<br />
of running surface (road and track),<br />
environment (indoors and out), and<br />
distance (3000m, 2 miles, 5, 10,<br />
and 15km, 10 miles, 20km, onehour<br />
run, half marathon, 25km,<br />
and marathon). The science of<br />
exercise physiology provides a tool<br />
for comparative assessment of the<br />
outdoor competitions.<br />
When we exercise, our breathing<br />
quickens and deepens. This brings<br />
oxygen into the working muscles<br />
and allows metabolism to produce<br />
energy for muscle movement. The<br />
largest volume of oxygen that can<br />
be absorbed and utilized is a<br />
quantity called VO2-max. The units<br />
of this quantity are volume of<br />
oxygen in millilitres per<br />
kilogramme of body weight, per<br />
minute. VO2-max is partly<br />
determined by genetics, partly by<br />
running efficiency, but also by<br />
training – running distances at a<br />
faster pace tends to raise one’s<br />
VO2-max. In top-class distance<br />
races, the men at the front all have<br />
VO2-max values in the 70 to 90<br />
range. Women are smaller in size<br />
and at the top end of performance<br />
have VO2-max values from about<br />
65 to 80 ml/kg/min. Without going<br />
into detail, prediction tables permit<br />
estimates of performance times<br />
achievable over various distances at<br />
THE 25 WORLD-BEST PERFORMANCES OF HAILE GEBRSELASSIE<br />
DATE VENUE DISTANCE TIME RECORD STATUS VO2 VALUE<br />
04-Jun-1994 Hengelo "5,000 m" 12:56.96 IAAF 82.5<br />
27-May-1995 Kerkrade 2 miles 8:07.46 non-IAAF 81.3<br />
05-Jun-1995 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:43.53 IAAF 83.5<br />
16-Aug-1995 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:44.39 IAAF 84.1<br />
27-Jan-1996 Sindelfingen "5,000 m (i)" 13:10.98 IAAF<br />
04-Feb-1996 Stuttgart "3,000 m (i)" 7:30.72 IAAF<br />
20-Feb-1997 Stockholm "5,000 m (i)" 12:59.04 IAAF<br />
31-May-1997 Hengelo 2 miles 8:01.08 non-IAAF 82.5<br />
04-Jul-1997 Oslo "10,000 m" 26:31.32 IAAF 84.2<br />
13-Aug-1997 Zuerich "5,000 m" 12:41.86 IAAF 84.4<br />
25-Jan-1998 Karlsruhe "3,000 m (i)" 7:26.14 IAAF<br />
15-Feb-1998 Birmingham "2,000 m (i)" 4:52.86 non-IAAF<br />
01-Jun-1998 Hengelo "10,000 m" 26:22.75 IAAF 84.7<br />
13-Jun-1998 Helsinki "5,000 m" 12:39.36 IAAF 84.7<br />
14-Feb-1999 Birmingham "5,000 m (i)" 12:50.38 IAAF<br />
11-Dec-2002 Doha "10,000 m" 27:02 IAAF 82.3<br />
21-Feb-2003 Birmingham 2 miles (i) 8:04.69 non-IAAF<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 15 km 41:22 unofficial 82.3<br />
04-Sep-2005 Tilburg 10 miles 44:23 non-IAAF 82.8<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 20 km road 55:48 IAAF 82.9<br />
15-Jan-2006 Tempe 1/2 marathon 58:55 IAAF 83.2<br />
12-Mar-2006 Alphen aan den Rijn 25 km 1:11:37 no drug testing 81.7<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 20 km track 56:25.98 IAAF 82<br />
27-Jun-2007 Ostrava 1 hour run "21,285 m" IAAF 82.3<br />
30-Sep-2007 Berlin marathon 2:04:26 IAAF 82.4<br />
i = indoor<br />
IAAF = world record as accepted by the International Association of Athletics Federations<br />
non-IAAF = world best time over a distance not recognized by the IAAF<br />
a wide range of VO2-max levels.<br />
The right column in the<br />
accompanying table indicates the<br />
VO2-max level required to achieve<br />
Gebrselassie’s outdoor road and<br />
track performances.<br />
Notice that Geb’s 10,000m Hengelo<br />
performance in June of 1998, as<br />
well as his 5000m race two weeks<br />
later at Helsinki, appear to be his<br />
best efforts to date. Working at a<br />
metabolic rate (represented as VO2-<br />
max in ml/kg/min) of 84.7<br />
ml/kg/min, this brought finish times<br />
of 26:22.75 for 10000m and<br />
12:39.36 for 5000m. Note also,<br />
however, that Geb’s 2:04:26 at<br />
Berlin, despite being 29 seconds<br />
faster than Tergat’s then exisisting<br />
record, required a slightly smaller<br />
VO2-max value (82.4) than the<br />
84.7 value for the two track<br />
performances. What do the<br />
performance tables say that Geb<br />
could have run for the marathon<br />
while working at an energy level of<br />
84.7 ml/kg/min? The answer is an<br />
amazing 2:01.32<br />
This value prompts one final<br />
question: Could Haile Gebrselassie<br />
become the first person to break the<br />
two-hour barrier in the marathon?<br />
Present-day charts using VO2-max<br />
as a predictor stop at 85 ml/kg/min,<br />
which suggest a 2:01:10 marathon<br />
under ideal conditions. That would<br />
be a top-end improvement in<br />
performance capability required for<br />
Gebrselassie. Who knows? My<br />
prediction from analyzing<br />
mountains of marathon finish times<br />
is that this two-hour barrier will<br />
not be broken before 2015. And<br />
Geb will likely have retired before<br />
then. But his charismatic smile and<br />
effortless style of running will do<br />
much to bring the best out of his<br />
competitors as the next group tries<br />
to emulate this ‘greatest distance<br />
runner ever.’<br />
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN<br />
THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE<br />
AUTHOR AND DO NOT<br />
NECCESSARILY REPRESENT THE<br />
VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
41
January 2008<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 86<br />
5 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 78<br />
5 Kinmen Marathon TPE M/H 78<br />
6 Mizuno Hong Kong<br />
Half Marathon Championships HKG H 80<br />
10 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82<br />
18 Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon UAE M 86<br />
20 Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon IND M 82<br />
20 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG M/H 80<br />
20 Medio Maraton Los Cabos MEX H 84<br />
20 Subic Marathon PHI M 84<br />
27 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 86<br />
27 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 82<br />
February<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
3 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 82<br />
3 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /<br />
10k Road Race JPN R 82<br />
3 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82<br />
8 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon UAE H 86<br />
15 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 80<br />
16 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 82<br />
17 Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 82<br />
17 Maratón Popular de Valencia ESP M 4<br />
17 Standard Chartered<br />
Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 80<br />
24 4th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 84<br />
24 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 84<br />
24 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 84<br />
24 Giuseppe Verdi<br />
Country Marathon ITA M 82<br />
24 Seville City Marathon ESP M 10<br />
25 Sahara Marathon ALG M 78<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
March<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1-8 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards 86<br />
2 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 84<br />
2 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 86<br />
2 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82<br />
2 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 86<br />
2 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 11<br />
2 International Oger Antalya Marathon TUR M 86<br />
5 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 78<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
9 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 82<br />
9 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82<br />
9 Sao Paulo Int’l Half Marathon BRA H 78<br />
9 Ferraramarathon ITA M 82<br />
9 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon ITA H 18<br />
16 AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MAS M 84<br />
16 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 34<br />
16 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 16<br />
16 Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 80<br />
16 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 8<br />
16 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 82<br />
22 Old Mutual Two Oceans 10<br />
Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U<br />
26 North Pole Marathon NPO M 84<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
27 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 10<br />
29 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17<br />
29 IAAF World Cross-Country<br />
Championships, Edinburgh GBR C 13<br />
30 Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 84<br />
30 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 12<br />
30 Treviso Marathon ITA M 82<br />
30 Incheon International Half Marathon KOR H 82<br />
30 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 86<br />
April<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 19<br />
6 Paris Marathon FRA M 80<br />
13 Canberra Marathon AUS M 28<br />
13 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 84<br />
13 Turin Marathon ITA M 82<br />
13 Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA H 25<br />
19 Pardubice Wine Marathon CZE M 24<br />
20 Zurich Marathon SUI M 86<br />
20 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 78<br />
20 Olympic Commemorative<br />
20 Nagano Marathon JPN M 82<br />
20 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 80<br />
21 112th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 86<br />
24 The Terwamarathon FIN M 80<br />
27 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 84<br />
27 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 78<br />
27 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 80<br />
27 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 26<br />
27 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 82<br />
27 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 86<br />
27 Marathon Hamburg GER M 20<br />
27 Society of Torun Marathon POL M 24<br />
27 ING Bank Enschede Marathon NED M 84<br />
Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 84<br />
May<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
4 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 36<br />
4 Berlin runs 25km GER R 80<br />
4 BMO Bank of Montreal<br />
Vancouver Marathon CAN M 78<br />
4 Eugene Marathon and Half USA M/H 86<br />
4 Cracovia Marathon POL M 38<br />
8 Media Maraton de Quito 2800 ECU M 80<br />
11 Kigali Peace Marathon RWA M 84<br />
11 Pisa Marathon ITA M 82<br />
11 Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 17<br />
11 Maraton Martin Fiz ESP M 86<br />
17 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 86<br />
17 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 78<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
18 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 28<br />
18 Karstadt Marathon GER M 24<br />
18 Nordea Riga Marathon LAT M 82<br />
18 Medio Maratón Ciudad de Valencia ESP H 30<br />
18 Bangalore World 10km IND R 82<br />
25 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 24<br />
25 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 32<br />
31 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 39<br />
31 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA R 86<br />
Three Hearts Marathon & Half SLO M/H 84<br />
Geneve Marathon [moved to 28.09.08] SUI M 86<br />
June<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 78<br />
1 Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K ECU R 80<br />
1 Zelenograd Half Marathon Sprandi RUS H 84<br />
15 Laguna Phuket Int'l Marathon THA M 86<br />
15 Dalian International Marathon CHN M 78<br />
15 Comrades Marathon RSA M 84<br />
20 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 80<br />
21 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 84<br />
22 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 82<br />
22 Scotiabank Vancouver<br />
Half Marathon CAN H 78<br />
22 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 38<br />
28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 51<br />
28 Santa Claus Marathon FIN M 51<br />
28 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 80<br />
28-5 July 100 miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 84<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
29 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 78<br />
July<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
5 Tallinn Marathon (Viimsi) EST M 51<br />
5 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 63<br />
6 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 51<br />
6 HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 78<br />
13 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 86<br />
19 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 82<br />
26 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 86<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
27 Bogotá Int'l Half Marathon COL H 78<br />
Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M/H 86<br />
Arctic Marathon CAN M 78<br />
August<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
2 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 84<br />
3 San Francisco Marathon USA M/H 65<br />
9 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 80<br />
10 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 65<br />
10 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 78<br />
10 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 78<br />
15-23 XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing CHN M 13<br />
16 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 59<br />
23 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 63<br />
24 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 86<br />
24 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 55<br />
26 Maraton de la Ciudad de Mexico MEX M 84<br />
31 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 78<br />
September<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
5-6 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 65<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
6 Stockholm Half Marathon SWE H 67<br />
7 23rd Nike Budapest<br />
Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 70+71<br />
7 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 84<br />
13 Vilnius Maratonas & Half LIT M/H 82<br />
13 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 84<br />
14 Media Maraton Int’l<br />
Ciudad de Medellin COL H 78<br />
14 28th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 84<br />
14 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 80<br />
21 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 67<br />
21 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 86<br />
21 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 63<br />
21 Blackmores Sydney <strong>Running</strong><br />
Fesitival/Sydney Marathon AUS M 78<br />
21 Marathon By The Sea CAN M 78<br />
28 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 86<br />
28 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 84<br />
28 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront<br />
Marathon and Half CAN M/H 78<br />
28 47th Dexia Route du Vin<br />
Half Marathon LUX H 82<br />
28 Berlin Marathon GER M 19<br />
28 Geneve Marathon SUI M 86<br />
28 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 82<br />
28 Maratonina Citta di Udine ITA H 82<br />
28 10k Int’l Costa Rica CRC R 80<br />
Great Scottish Run GBR H 80<br />
M<br />
H<br />
R<br />
ChampionChip timing<br />
Marathon<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Road Race<br />
MR Mountain Run<br />
U Ultradistance<br />
C Cross Country<br />
** For race date please contact race direct.<br />
00 Each race has a page number (at the right hand<br />
side of each column). Please use these as an<br />
index for race details.<br />
IMPORTANT:<br />
At the time of publication, the above dates were<br />
believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly<br />
with race organisers prior to booking arrangements.<br />
RACE DIRECTORS:<br />
To correct current contact information and race dates<br />
please send details to: update@aims-association.org<br />
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Ruska Marathon FIN M 80<br />
La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 80<br />
Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 82<br />
BSNL Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 82<br />
Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 80<br />
October<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
5 23rd Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 70+71<br />
5 St Denis Half Marathon FRA H 80<br />
5 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 80<br />
5 Twin Cities Marathon USA M 86<br />
5 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 71<br />
5 Portland Marathon USA M 69<br />
5 Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon CRO M/H 80<br />
5 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 70<br />
12 Samsung Melbourne Marathon AUS M 67<br />
12 Okanagan Int’l Marathon CAN M 78<br />
12 Poznan Marathon POL M 69<br />
12 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 78<br />
12 3rd IAAF World Road Race<br />
Championships, 21.1km, Rio de Janeiro BRA H 13<br />
12 Novi Sad Marathon SER M 84<br />
12 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 84<br />
12 Timisoara Marathon ROM M 84<br />
12 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 81<br />
12 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 78<br />
19 Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon IND H 82<br />
19 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 78<br />
19 Amsterdam Marathon NED M 84<br />
19 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M/H 78<br />
19 Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int'l Marathon KOR M 82<br />
26 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 81<br />
26 Niagara Fallsview<br />
Casino Int'l Marathon CAN M 74<br />
26 Venice Marathon ITA M 76+77<br />
26 Mediterranean Marathon ESP M 86<br />
26 Porto Marathon POR M 79<br />
26 Åland Marathon and Half FIN M/H 80<br />
26 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 86<br />
26 Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon GER M 73<br />
26 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 83<br />
26 Standard Chartered<br />
Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 82<br />
26 Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara MEX M 84<br />
27 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 82<br />
5th Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 78<br />
ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 78<br />
Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 82<br />
Rijeka Half Marathon CRO H 80<br />
Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 84<br />
November<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 Taroko Int’l Marathon TPE M/H 78<br />
2 21km Nuevo Leon MEX H 84<br />
2 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 86<br />
2 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 83<br />
9 Big Sur Half Marathon<br />
on Monterey Bay USA H 86<br />
9 Marathon des Alpes<br />
Maritimes Cannes-Nice FRA M 80<br />
9 Hanghzhou Marathon CHN M 78<br />
9 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 80<br />
14 7th Pharaonic 100km EGY U 80<br />
16 Guarda Trentino Half Marathon ITA H 82<br />
16 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 83<br />
16 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 80<br />
16 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82<br />
16 Blom Bank Beirut Marathon LEB M 82<br />
23 Medio Maraton Quito -<br />
Mitad del Mundo ECU H 80<br />
23 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 80<br />
23 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon THA M 86<br />
23 Maraton de San Sebastian ESP M 86<br />
27 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 86<br />
28-23 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 84<br />
30 Great Ethiopian Run ETH R 80<br />
30 XXV Firenze Marathon ITA M 81<br />
30 Univ of Washington Medical Centre<br />
Seattle Marathon USA M/H 86<br />
30 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 78<br />
30 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 80<br />
30 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 78<br />
30 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 84<br />
Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 82<br />
10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 78<br />
December<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Reggae Marathon JAM M 83<br />
7 UNICEF Charity Half Marathon & 10k HKG H/R 80<br />
7 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 85<br />
7 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 78<br />
7 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 84<br />
7 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 78<br />
7 Costa Rica Int’l Marathon and Half CRC M/H 78<br />
7 62nd Fukuoka Int’l Open<br />
Marathon Championship JPN M 82<br />
7 Standard Chartered<br />
Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 84<br />
7 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 86<br />
12 Antarctica Ice Marathon ACA M/U 78<br />
14 Honolulu Marathon USA M 86<br />
14 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 78<br />
14 Powerade Monterrey Marathon MEX M 84<br />
31 St Catherine Marathon EGY M/H 80<br />
31 Sao Silvestre 15km BRA R 78<br />
Milano City Marathon ITA M 82<br />
Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CMB H 78<br />
January 2009<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 86<br />
3 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 78<br />
8 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82<br />
18 Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon IND M 82<br />
18 Cabo Marathon MEX H 84<br />
25 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 86<br />
25 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 82<br />
Subic Marathon PHI M 84<br />
Mizuno Hong Kong<br />
Half Marathon Championships HKG H 80<br />
Kinmen Marathon TPE M/H 78<br />
China Coast Marathon and Half HKG M/H 80<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon UAE M 86<br />
February<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon UAE H 86<br />
13 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 80<br />
14 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 82<br />
15 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 4<br />
22 Seville City Marathon ESP M 10<br />
23 Sahara Marathon ALG M 78<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 82<br />
Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /<br />
10k Road Race JPN R 82<br />
Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82<br />
5th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 84<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 80<br />
Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 84<br />
Giuseppe Verdi<br />
Country Marathon ITA M 82<br />
Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 82<br />
March<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 84<br />
1 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 86<br />
9 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon ITA H 18<br />
10 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 78<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
22 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 16<br />
22 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 8<br />
22 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 12<br />
26 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 10<br />
28 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17<br />
29 North Pole Marathon NPO M 84<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
29 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 86<br />
Treviso Marathon ITA M 82<br />
Incheon International Half Marathon KOR H 82<br />
Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 80<br />
Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 86<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 84<br />
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 82<br />
Los Angeles Marathon USA M 86<br />
Marato de Barcelona ESP M 11<br />
International Oger Antalya Marathon TUR M 86<br />
Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 82<br />
Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 82<br />
Sao Paulo Int’l Half Marathon BRA H 78<br />
Ferraramarathon ITA M 82<br />
AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MAS M 84<br />
Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 34<br />
Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 82<br />
IAAF World Cross-Country<br />
Championships C 13<br />
Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 84<br />
· www.aimsworldrunning.org · www.iaaf.org · www.aimsworldrunning.org · www.iaaf.org · January – March 2008 45
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
SAMSUNG MELBOURNE<br />
MARATHON, AUSTRALIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:19:16<br />
2 Josphet Gatiya MWANGI KEN 2:20:55<br />
3 Trent HARLOW AUS 2:21:58<br />
4 Anthony RICKARDS AUS 2:23:46<br />
5 Scott RANTALL AUS 2:26:18<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Hanny ALSTON AUS 2:40:34<br />
2 Helen STANTON AUS 2:41:51<br />
3 Billinda SCIPP AUS 2:42:22<br />
4 Karen NATOLI AUS 2:45:15<br />
5 Angela BATEUP AUS 2:46:40<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Brett CARTRIGHT AUS 1:03:02<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lauren SHELLEY AUS 1:14:57<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
KOSICE PEACE MARATHON,<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
It's been a long time coming, but Europe's oldest<br />
marathon finally went sub 2:10 as unheralded Kenyan<br />
William Biama won in a great solo effort writes Alfons<br />
Juck. The 84th edition of the race enjoyed favourable<br />
conditions (13°C, no wind) and the participation of<br />
more than 3000 runners from 40 countries in the<br />
marathon and various support races.<br />
For 22-year-old Biama it was only his third<br />
marathon. Alongside the much more experienced<br />
Simon Bor, (2:07:55 from 2003) by 10km (30:25) they<br />
had already dropped the pacemakers. Through halfway<br />
in 1:03:50, it seemed inevitable that they would fade in<br />
the second half, but while Bor did so (after 30km)<br />
Biama was still running well.<br />
Watched by Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic among<br />
the spectators Bima delivered in fine style. "I did not<br />
have any big crisis, only at the end when I was a little bit<br />
cold… next time I think I can run close to 2:07," he said.<br />
Bor, in his 21st marathon, also beat the old course record.<br />
Natalya Kulesh defended her women's title and set a<br />
new personal best of 2:34:50, fourth fastest ever in<br />
Kosice. The 2005 race winner Edyta Lewandowska<br />
finished two minutes behind her.<br />
Member of Parliament and former Slovak Prime<br />
Minister Mikulas Dzurinda finished his 21st marathon<br />
after leg surgery in very solid 3:35:13.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 William BIAMA KEN 2:09:53<br />
2 Simon BOR KEN 2:12:01<br />
3 Lenar KHUSNUTDINOV RUS 2:15:29<br />
4 Mathew KOSGEI KEN 2:16:50<br />
5 Wilfred CHESEREK KEN 2:17:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Natcha KULESH BLR 2:34:50<br />
2 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:36:58<br />
3 Olga KOTOVSKA UKR 2:39:53<br />
4 Valentina DELION MDA 2:45:18<br />
5 Laura MCINTYRE CAN 2:57:57<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Anatoly MALYY SVK 1:09:55<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Katarina BERESOVA SVK 1:18:43<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
MEDTRONIC TWIN CITIES<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:13:54<br />
2 Joseph MUTINDA KEN 2:20:12<br />
3 Augustus KAVUTU KEN 2:21:13<br />
4 David CHEPKWONY KEN 2:21:55<br />
5 Stephen MUTURI KEN 2:22:16<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:34:09<br />
2 Alena VINITSKAYA RUS 2:38:23<br />
3 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:38:45<br />
4 Robyn FRIEDMAN USA 2:42:15<br />
5 Caroline CRETTI 2:43:13<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
BAXTER'S LOCH NESS MARATHON,<br />
GREAT BRITAIN<br />
Over 5600 runners ran in the Baxters Festival of<br />
<strong>Running</strong>, with thousands lining the final few miles<br />
along the route in the autumn sunshine to support the<br />
runners as they came into Queens Park Stadium in<br />
Inverness, the finish venue of all three races. Runners,<br />
together with their families and friends, enjoyed a<br />
carnival atmosphere, with entertainment including<br />
pipes and drums and ceilidh bands. For the kids there<br />
was a bouncy castle, Baxter's Soup and face painting.<br />
The event attracts elite Scottish and international<br />
athletes and club runners, but is also hugely popular<br />
with amateurs, joggers and those running to raise<br />
money for charity. Last year's event raised £408,311.<br />
Fifty different nationalities were represented, with<br />
athletes from as far afield as Australia, Brazil, Japan,<br />
Kenya, New Zealand and Trinidad.<br />
The Festival of <strong>Running</strong> has a tremendous impact<br />
on the local economy as runners, their supporters and<br />
locals alike soak up the race weekend atmosphere;<br />
almost $2 million was spent on accommodation, food<br />
and activities in 2006, and certainly more this year.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Zakary KIHARA KEN 2:23:17<br />
2 Moray ANDERSON GBR 2:30:56<br />
3 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 2:35:10<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 2:55:04<br />
2 Shona MCINTOSH GBR 3:04:29<br />
3 Lydia SCHUMACHER USA 3:06:35<br />
KOSICE<br />
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RIVER NESS 10km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jean NDAYASENGA BDI 30:36<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Bridget COOMBER GBR 37:43<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ROYAL VICTORIA MARATHON,<br />
CANADA<br />
See separate feature, p27<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
PORTLAND MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Carlos SIQUEIROS USA 2:25:25<br />
2 Scott NICHOLAS USA 2:28:23<br />
3 Nobuhito HORIKI JPN 2:29:10<br />
4 Andy MARTIN USA 2:30:36<br />
5 Daniel FELDMAN USA 2:31:16<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mayu HORIKI JPN 2:53:44<br />
2 Laurie PORTER USA 2:53:47<br />
3 Angie RADOSEVICH USA 2:57:01<br />
4 Ashlee VINCENT USA 2:57:06<br />
5 Sally BERGESEN USA 2:59:21<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Scott TREMBLAY CAN 2:38:27<br />
2 Trevor HAAHEIM CAN 2:39:40<br />
3 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:50:05<br />
4 Martin MCMAHON CAN 2:57:58<br />
5 Adam TEASDALE CAN 2:58:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Christy LOVIG CAN 3:14:23<br />
2 Nicky REHN CAN 3:16:47<br />
3 Paige HOWAT CAN 3:17:45<br />
4 Wendi CAMPBELL CAN 3:18:44<br />
5 Leah ANAKA CAN 3:20:47<br />
7 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
GUAYAQUIL MARATHON,<br />
ECUADOR<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Byron PIEDRA ECU 2:20:50<br />
2 Miguel MALLQUI 2:21:14<br />
3 Larryn SANCHEZ 2:22:01<br />
4 William BARROS 2:23:51<br />
5 Stalin BARROS 2:25:14<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nancy ROSERO 2:49:30<br />
2 Sandra RUALES 2:50:24<br />
3 Mary L MAMANI 2:59:31<br />
4 Olga TABLA 3:03:10<br />
5 Angelina GUALOTUNA 3:10:12<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
TORONTO MARATHON AND HALF,<br />
CANADA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:21:59<br />
2 Matthew NORMINTON CAN 2:23:56<br />
3 Gavin STEVENS NZL 2:34:29<br />
4 Martinez ANGEL MEX 2:36:12<br />
5 Zeljko SABOL CAN 2:38:00<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Leslie BLACK CAN 2:58:47<br />
2 Angela BATSFORD CAN 3:06:20<br />
3 Gretchen GEHRKE USA 3:08:27<br />
4 Katie SNOWDEN CAN 3:10:30<br />
5 Christine ROSS CAN 3:10:36<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Pius KORIR KEN 1:08:50<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sarah HUNTER-NAGY CAN 1:20:05<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ZAGREB MARATHON & HALF<br />
MARATHON, CROATIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Duro KODZO BIH 2:19:57<br />
2 Slavko PETROVIC CRO 2:20:48<br />
3 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 2:25:26<br />
4 Drazen DINJAR CRO 2:28:16<br />
5 Bela HORVATH HUN 2:28:47<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maria LUCA TEODERASCU ROM 2:45:35<br />
2 Svetlana SHEPELEVA RUS 2:47:13<br />
3 Ida SURBEK SLO 2:49:20<br />
4 Ljiljana CULIBRK CRO 2:50:44<br />
5 Larisa USACHEVA RUS 2:50:53<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
EINDHOVEN MARATHON,<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
In ideal conditions (16°C, sunny, no wind) Philip Singoei<br />
defended his title and bettered his 2:08:08 course<br />
record from last year writes Wim van Hemert. It was<br />
Singoei's fourth consecutive Eindhoven. In 2004 and<br />
2005 he finished second in 2:10:07 and 2:08:45<br />
respectively. "I love this course," he said afterwards. "I<br />
was very confident to win."<br />
A big group of Africans went through 10km in 29:40<br />
but at 15km (44:36) they were reduced to four: Singoei,<br />
William Todoo Rotich (who eventually did not finish),<br />
Joseph Ngeny Kiprotich and pacemaker Charles Koech.<br />
At halfway Koech stopped and the other three were on<br />
their own. The pace stayed very fast as the trio passed<br />
30km in 1:29:57. Rotich dropped back at 33km and soon<br />
after that point he stopped. Just before 35km Singoei<br />
accelerated and left his last rival.<br />
In the last 7km he opened a gap of nearly two<br />
minutes.<br />
Lydia Kurgat was a comfortable winner in the<br />
women's race, well ahead of compatriots Tabitha Kibet<br />
and Eunice Korir. The event drew a record 16,046<br />
participants: 1775 in the marathon, 8135 in the half<br />
marathon and 6830 in the City Run (6km).<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Philips SINGOEI KEN 2:07:57<br />
2 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:09:56<br />
3 Joseph N KIPROTICH KEN 2:11:05<br />
4 Sammy CHUMBA KEN 2:11:08<br />
5 Mulugeta WAMI ETH 2:11:47<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lydia KURGAT KEN 2:39:27<br />
2 Tabitha KIBET KEN 2:40:51<br />
3 Eunice KORIR KEN 2:40:56<br />
4 Inge VAN BERGEN NED 2:51:53<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Wellay AMARE ETH 1:06:14<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Firehiwott TESFAYE ETH 1:16:53<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ING BRUSSELS MARATHON AND<br />
HALF, BELGIUM<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jonathan Y KIPTOO 2:12:16<br />
2 Josphat KEIYO 2:12:19<br />
3 Maru SHADRACK 2:13:39<br />
4 Patrick TAMBWE 2:15:29<br />
5 Elias C KIMELI 2:17:30<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rael K JEPYATOR 2:41:20<br />
2 Reka KOVACS 3:14:03<br />
3 Christine POULARD 3:14:19<br />
4 Caroline GOETGHBUER 3:16:36<br />
5 Catherine ROOSSENS 3:16:37<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jason MAYEROFF 1:07:03<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anne Marie DUPONT 1:28:08<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007,<br />
NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Akademija VONA 2:23:33<br />
2 Roman PRODIUS MDA 2:32:31<br />
3 Sergui LANGU MDA 2:32:32<br />
4 Dimitriji PAVLOV RUS 2:33:31<br />
5 Alex SCUTARU MDA 2:37:22<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jekaterina KOKLIJEVA 2:56:53<br />
2 Ksenija BODLOVIC 3:06:31<br />
3 Vera JANJUSKINA 3:14:24<br />
4 Lidija MIKLOS 3:17:35<br />
5 Biljana GRUBOR-VOZAREVIC 3:38:54<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND<br />
A total of 2400 runners gathered on a sunny but cold<br />
morning at Malta Lake to take part in Poland’s biggest<br />
ever marathon. The number surpassed that recorded in<br />
Warsaw in the early 1980s. The City's Mayor and his<br />
deputy both took part.<br />
On the first lap pacemaker Pawel Ochal led the<br />
elite group of three Kenyans (Ndegwa, Tangus and<br />
Kilimo), two Poles (Dudycz and Drwal) and two<br />
Ukrainians (Starodubtsev and Remshchuk). From 27-<br />
36km Tangus and Ndegwa ran together leaving, Dudycz<br />
100m chasing them 100m adrift. At 40km Dudycz<br />
caught them, but a kilometre later Tangus escaped to<br />
cross the finish line well ahead. Dudycz managed to<br />
outrun Ndegwa with only 300m to go.<br />
Apart from runners over 300 inline skaters finished<br />
the half marathon race as well.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Paul TANGUS KEN 2:16:24<br />
2 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 2:17:17<br />
3 David NDEGWA KEN 2:17:21<br />
4 Vasiliy REMSHCHUK UKR 2:17:43<br />
5 Viktor STARODUBCEV UKR 2:18:57<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ewa BRYCH PAJAK POL 2:39:59<br />
2 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:40:22<br />
3 Elena MAZOVKA 2:44:57<br />
4 Julia PASTUHOVA RUS 2:46:38<br />
5 Ludmila RODINA RUS 2:46:51<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 David HERR USA 2:37:44<br />
2 Andrew BEARDSLEY USA 2:41:20<br />
3 Matt FRONGILLO USA 2:41:47<br />
4 Erik MCCARTHY USA 2:46:30<br />
5 Steve NOONE USA 2:49:28<br />
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WOMEN:<br />
1 Judi CHIAVETTA USA 3:04:42<br />
2 Debra MOREAU USA 3:21:00<br />
3 Lara JUDSON USA 3:21:23<br />
4 Kathleen MUNSON USA 3:22:46<br />
5 Amanda DREYER USA 3:23:50<br />
14 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
TIMISOARA MARATHON AND<br />
HALF, ROMANIA<br />
The race passed a milestone by attracting runners from<br />
more than ten countries for the first time. Nebojsa<br />
Kosic from neighbouring Serbia won the men's<br />
Marathon in great style and Hiroko Ogawa from Japan<br />
dominated the women's competition.<br />
Runners enjoyed both marathon and half marathon<br />
events in sunny conditions, on a fast course and against<br />
the beautiful backdrop provided by the historical city<br />
of Timisoara. Beside the main events there was also a<br />
"Bambi Marathon" for 4 to 6 year old children, over a<br />
course of a few hundred metres.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Nebojsa KOSIC SRB 2:40:16<br />
2 Gennaro FRANCESCO ITA 2:52:02<br />
3 Danut CERNAT ROM 2:54:27<br />
4 Florian CUTI ROM 2:54:28<br />
5 Giulio CAVATAIO ITA 2:58:55<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 3:30:55<br />
2 Silvia BANDA ROM 3:47:10<br />
3 Chandra LECOMPTE USA 4:19:18<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Constantin MINERAN ROM 1:14:26<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Cuta STEFAN TALPAU ROM 1:30:49<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ING AMSTERDAM MARATHON,<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
Ideal weather (10-12°C and sunny but with no wind)<br />
allowed fast times in a race which was not determined<br />
until the final 250m inside the 1928 Olympic Stadium<br />
writes Wim van Hemert. Emmanuel Mutai clocked the<br />
third fastest time in the history of the event and the<br />
second fastest time of the year. Compatriot Magdaline<br />
Chemjor won her debut marathon.<br />
Mutai earned the victory by his strong front<br />
running. After a moderate start a large group of<br />
runners held together through 10km (29:55) and<br />
halfway (1:03:56). After this point, outside Amsterdam<br />
by the River Amstel, the pace increased as some<br />
pacemakers dropped out. The lead group diminished<br />
but still numbered 11 runners who passed 25km in<br />
1:15:32 and 30km in 1:30:20. By 35km (1:44:55) there were<br />
three leaders: the Kenyans Mutai and Richard Limo and<br />
Yonas Kifle of Eritrea. Kifle lost contact and was<br />
overtaken by the Kenyans James Rotich and Paul Kirui<br />
at around 41km. Mutai and Limo battled on but in the<br />
last kilometre Mutai succeeded in breaking away from<br />
his final opponent. Rotich and Kirui stayed together<br />
until the last stride both clocking the same time for<br />
third and fourth place.<br />
Mutai's previous best was a modest 2:13:06 from<br />
Rotterdam in April. Dutchman Kamiel Maase gave<br />
himself a nice present, a day after his 37th birthday, by<br />
finishing ninth with a new Dutch record. He bettered<br />
his old national record, which he also set in<br />
Amsterdam four years ago, by exactly ten seconds.<br />
Magdaline Chemjor dropped her last opponents,<br />
Ethiopians Marta Markos and Ayelech Worku, at 35km<br />
(1:44:47). The experienced Pole Dorota Gruca was very<br />
strong in the final seven kilometres, coming through to<br />
take second place.<br />
Over 8000 runners took part in the Marathon<br />
while another 16,000 competed over the other two<br />
distances.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Emmanuel MUTAI KEN 2:06:29<br />
2 Richard LIMO KEN 2:06:45<br />
3 James ROTICH KEN 2:07:12<br />
4 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:07:12<br />
5 Yonas KIFLE ERI 2:07:34<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 2:28:16<br />
2 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:30:10<br />
3 Ayelech WORKU ETH 2:30:15<br />
4 Shiru DERIBA ETH 2:30:30<br />
5 Liza HUNTER-GALVAN NZL 2:30:40<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ANA BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA<br />
See separate feature p33<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON,<br />
ITALY<br />
Aniko Kalovics scored a back-to back win while Kenyan<br />
Noah Serem took the honours in the men's race with a<br />
personal best writes Diego Sampaolo.<br />
Ornella Ferrara, a former Marathon world<br />
championships bronze medallist now aged 39, ran well<br />
in her comeback competition after undergoing surgery<br />
twice in the last two years.<br />
Kalovics had already declared herself below her<br />
form of last year, when she set a Hungarian record, but<br />
she went ahead at 10 km and built up a 45-second lead<br />
by 15 km (52:27). She passed halfway in 1:13:53 and<br />
increased the gap on Ferrara to 1:06 at 25 km (1:27:46)<br />
and to 1:45 at 35 km (2:03:10). She ran the second half in<br />
1:14:24 for the third Marathon win of her career. "I<br />
wanted to dip under 2:28 but it was too cold today,"<br />
Kalovics said.<br />
Ferrara was delighted with her second place in her<br />
comeback competition. "I hoped to run under 2:30. But<br />
considering that I have not run a Marathon race since<br />
December 2004 I am happy," Ferrara said. In third,<br />
Justina Bak smashed her personal best by ten minutes.<br />
Reigning Olympic and European champion Stefano<br />
Baldini made his final test for the ING New York City<br />
Marathon by running 25 km in the race, very close to<br />
his home town of Castelnovo di Sotto.<br />
Baldini showed progress after a difficult 2007<br />
season, running the first 25km alone. The Italian<br />
marathon hero reached 1:04:57 at the halfway mark and<br />
finished his test at 25km where he clocked 1:17:02.<br />
With Baldini gone, four Kenyans remained in<br />
contention for the final victory: Serem, Biwott,<br />
Cheruyiot and Willy Korir. Biwott was the first to test<br />
the others at 31km but they held on. At 36km Serem<br />
attacked and this time only Biwott resisted. Serem<br />
maintained the pressure and at 37km had established a<br />
six-second gap which he held to the end.<br />
Race organisers presented plans for next year's<br />
celebrations of the century anniversary of the famous<br />
Marathon race of Italian Marathon legend Dorando<br />
Pietri at the Olympic Games in London 1908. A<br />
monument dedicated to the great Italian runner will be<br />
unveiled. A book "The race of the century", written by<br />
athletics historian and journalist Augusto Frasca, was<br />
presented to the Italian media. The celebration will<br />
also be marked by the issue of a series of special<br />
stamps and postmarks and a set of illustrated<br />
postcards will be printed.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kiplagat N SEREM KEN 2:11:15<br />
2 Kiplagat P BIWOTT KEN 2:11:25<br />
3 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:48<br />
4 Willy KORIR KEN 2:13:16<br />
5 Mekonnen Y TEMESGEN ETH 2:14:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 2:28:14<br />
2 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:30:18<br />
3 Justina BAK POL 2:30:42<br />
4 Getnet S KASSA ETH 2:34:41<br />
5 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:37:02<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
LAUSANNE MARATHON,<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kwambai W KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:12:18<br />
2 Kiptoo B KOLUM KEN 2:12:25<br />
3 Lamma FIKADE ETH 2:24:16<br />
4 Christophe STAUFFER SUI 2:31:05<br />
5 Steffen LEONHARDT 2:37:08<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jeanna MALKOVA RUS 2:47:11<br />
2 Krijstina LOONEN NED 2:53:48<br />
3 Keneli CHALA ETH 2:58:46<br />
4 Sandra ANNEN-LEMARD 2:59:31<br />
5 Elfenesh MALAKU ETH 3:01:41<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
5TH HALF MARATHON OF BAHIA,<br />
BRAZIL<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 1:09:14<br />
2 Giomar PEREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:09:17<br />
3 Marcos Alexandre ELIAS BRA 1:09:18<br />
4 Josueldo F NASCIMENTO BRA 1:09:21<br />
5 Cicero Marcos DE LIMA BRA 1:09:22<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:17:57<br />
2 Edielza A Dos A GUIMARAES BRA 1:18:55<br />
3 Eunice KIRWA KEN 1:21:18<br />
4 Sirlene SOUZA PINHO BRA 1:21:45<br />
5 Marluce BORGES BRA 1:23:15<br />
21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL<br />
Last year this was the fastest marathon in Portugal,<br />
with a sub 2:10 winning time, but this year the weather<br />
was very hot and winner's time was much slower. Even<br />
so, Marisa Barros from the Azores broke her personal<br />
best and the race record with 2:31:31, and also obtained<br />
the Olympic qualifying time. She maintained the<br />
unbroken run of victories for Portugal in the women's<br />
race.<br />
The course is flat and fast and shows the best of<br />
the city, combining seaside and riverside. The Half<br />
Marathon was run over the second half of the<br />
marathon course, which was of some help to the<br />
marathon runners. In all three races - there was also a<br />
mini marathon - a total of nearly 7,500 runners took<br />
part. The 2008 race is scheduled for 26 October.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Edwin KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:12<br />
2 Thomas KIPROSGEI KEN 2:20:00<br />
3 Antonio SALVADOR POR 2:22:52<br />
4 Philip KIPROECH KEN 2:25:30<br />
5 Peter KIPTOO KEN 2:25:53<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Marisa BARROS POR 2:31:31<br />
2 Karolina JARKYNASKA 2:54:55<br />
3 Chantal XHERVELLE 2:58:11<br />
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21 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
DONG-A ILBO GYEONGJU<br />
MARATHON, KOREA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Edwin KOMEN KEN 2:09:44<br />
2 Charles Kibiwott KEN 2:09:45<br />
3 Wilson KIGEN KEN 2:09:56<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sun-sook YOON KOR 2:35:53<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
VODAFONE DELHI HALF MARATON,<br />
INDIA<br />
Dieudonne Disi, sixth in the World Half Championships<br />
two weeks previously after a meteoric rise to form<br />
over the last year or so, destroyed a talented field by<br />
fierce front running. He passed through 5km in 13:55<br />
and 10km in 28:20. He gradually worked his way clear<br />
of all opposition except for Isaac Macharia, who had<br />
held back in the early stages and ran together with Disi<br />
as they worked up a big lead. But Disi was not to be<br />
denied and had enough left to sprint clear in the final<br />
few hundred metres.<br />
Alice Timbilil took charge of the women's race and<br />
went clear with a pair of Ethiopian runners, Atsede<br />
Habtamu and Deribe Alemu. Like Disi and Macharia in<br />
the men's race, these three together forged a big lead<br />
and the race was determined only in the sprint for the<br />
line, won by Alemu.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Dieudonne DISI RWA 1:00:43<br />
2 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 1:00:48<br />
3 Dickson MARWA TAN 1:02:03<br />
4 Patrick MBUVI KEN 1:02:03<br />
5 Wilson KIPLAGAT KEN 1:02:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Deribe ALEMU ETH 1:10:30<br />
2 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:10:36<br />
3 Alice TIMBILIL KEN 1:10:40<br />
4 Natalia BERKUT UKR 1:11:14<br />
5 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 1:11:48<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
VENICE MARATHON, ITALY<br />
Both winners successfully defended the titles they won<br />
last year, Lenah Cheruiyot with a new course record<br />
and personal best time. Jonathan Kipkorir won a<br />
tactical race to finish ahead of the winner of this year's<br />
Turin Marathon, Philemon Kirwa.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jonathan Kosgei KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:27<br />
2 Philemon Tarbei KIRWA KEN 2:12:49<br />
3 Richard MUTAI KEN 2:13:31<br />
4 Hillary BETT KEN 2:13:34<br />
5 Boaz Kimaiyo KIBET KEN 2:14:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lenah CHERUIYOT KEN 2:27:02<br />
2 Anne KOSGEI KEN 2:28:27<br />
3 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:34:52<br />
4 Fatna MARAOUI ITA 2:37:22<br />
5 Mary PTIKAN KEN 2:37:50<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
DRESDNER KLEINWORT<br />
FRANKFURT MARATHON,<br />
GERMANY<br />
Wilfred Kigen broke his own course record in winning<br />
for the third successive time writes Pat Butcher. But he<br />
was headed for most of the way by Hosea Rotich,<br />
running only his second marathon. Kigen proved the<br />
tougher in the last kilometre, pulling away to win by 80<br />
metres from Rotich, who ran a personal best.<br />
Kigen was joined at the finish line in the city's<br />
Festival Hall by his eight year old daughter, Patience,<br />
and it was that virtue which won her father the race.<br />
At 30km Rotich had shot out of the pack of 15 Kenyans<br />
to take a 50m lead. Kigen and Peter Kiprotich set off in<br />
gradual pursuit. "I knew he went too fast," Kigen said of<br />
Rotich's spurt, "and I knew if I ran steadily, I would<br />
catch him."<br />
Former steeplechase world record holder, Wilson<br />
Boit Kipketer improved his best by four minutes,<br />
finishing 16th in 2:13:08, but he's running out of years in<br />
his avowed pursuit of Haile Gebrselassie's world record<br />
of 2:04:26. Dieter Baumann, Olympic 5000 metres<br />
champion in 1992, made a brief comeback to<br />
competition finishing his first marathon, for charity, in<br />
exactly 2:30:00.<br />
The women's race looked for a long time like a<br />
procession behind the veteran Russian, Svetlana<br />
Zakharova, making her comeback after the birth of her<br />
daughter. She gradually went away from the field and<br />
was a minute ahead at 30km. Melanie Kraus had been<br />
over a minute behind at halfway but worked her way<br />
through from sixth, to catch Zakharova at 40km.<br />
Zakharova only just held off fast finishing Kirsten<br />
Otterbu.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:07:58<br />
2 Hosea ROTICH KEN 2:08:11<br />
3 Sammy KURGAT KEN 2:08:38<br />
4 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 2:08:49<br />
5 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:09:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Melanie KRAUS GER 2:28:56<br />
2 Svetlana ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:29:12<br />
3 Kirsten M OTTERBU NOR 2:29:12<br />
4 Jemima JELEGAT KEN 2:29:41<br />
5 Luminita ZAITUC GER 2:30:09<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON,<br />
TURKEY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 David E CHERUIYOT KEN 2:10:56<br />
2 Mark W YATICH KEN 2:11:02<br />
3 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:11:04<br />
4 Leonard M MAINA KEN 2:11:08<br />
5 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:11:11<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Atsede B TESEMA ETH 2:29:05<br />
2 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 2:31:08<br />
3 Olga GLOK RUS 2:31:10<br />
4 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:32:31<br />
5 Winifred KWAMBOKA KEN 2:36:27<br />
ISTANBUL<br />
DELHI<br />
FRANKFURT<br />
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28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA<br />
A beautiful, blue-sky, sunny day and cool temperatures<br />
greeted 21,226 starters, but they also faced stiff breezes<br />
along the Potomac River for the 32nd running of the<br />
4th largest marathon in North America writes Alan<br />
Brookes.<br />
True to its name, "The People's Marathon", which<br />
offers no prize money, was won by no-name athletes: 33<br />
year old Ethiopian Tamrat Ayalew, who now calls<br />
Atlanta his home and 28 year old Kristen Henehan of<br />
suburban Washington. Ayalew surged away from a<br />
disappointed Mexican Marine, Ruben Garcia, at 21<br />
miles, frustrating Garcia's hope of becoming the first 3-<br />
time winner. Henehan, a political lobbyist in the<br />
American capital, said she entered to run her first<br />
marathon for fun. After running with a group of three<br />
from the 4 mile point, she got by another local runner,<br />
Lisa Thomas, in the last half mile to complete her debut<br />
with a large smile.<br />
The real story of the Marine Corps Marathon is its<br />
wonderfully scenic course through the parklands along<br />
the banks of the Potomac. Its route showcases the<br />
White House, the Capitol Building, the Lincoln and<br />
Jefferson Memorials, the Washington Monument, the<br />
Pentagon and the famous Iwo Jima Monument at the<br />
finish line. It is about the legions of Marines who put on<br />
a technically excellent race for the average runner, who<br />
finishes somewhere around 5 hours. Fully one-third of<br />
the entrants were first-time marathoners, and 40% were<br />
women, greeted warmly in the largest PR exercise of<br />
the year for the USMC.<br />
Although it attracts runners from 50 countries the<br />
race is dominated by Americans from all 50 states,<br />
drawn to their country's capital. Just 716 of 30,715<br />
entrants were international runners this year. In<br />
contrast, 1,486 active duty marines ran the race. Robin<br />
Platt, a 52 year old from the Chicago area finished with<br />
his 17 year old daughter, Amanda, in 5:26:34, running in<br />
memory of his godson, 26-year-old Colby Umbrell, a 1st<br />
Lieutenant Army Ranger who was killed in Iraq in May.<br />
Fifty-seven year old David Johnson ran 6:48 in honour<br />
of his father, 84 year-old Elvin Johnson, a veteran of Iwo<br />
Jima. The DC Mayor, 36-year old Adrian Fenty, led by<br />
example in clocking a speedy 4:10:50.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tamrat AYALEW USA 2:22:18<br />
2 Ruben GARCIA USA 2:24:18<br />
3 Jaron HAWKINS USA 2:25:29<br />
4 Jose MIRANDA USA 2:26:01<br />
5 Carl RUNDELL USA 2:26:27<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kristen HENEHAN USA 2:51:09<br />
2 Lisa THOMAS USA 2:51:36<br />
3 Claudia COLITA USA 2:54:15<br />
4 Gina SHAW USA 2:56:39<br />
5 Martha MERZ USA 2:56:41<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
MEDITERRANEAN MARATHON,<br />
SPAIN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Victor G GUIRAO 2:23:56<br />
2 Carmelo QUATTROCCHI 2:33:20<br />
3 Jose M G LORCA 2:40:21<br />
4 Ivan HOMPANERA 2:41:20<br />
5 Josep M MARTI 2:42:49<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Angelina M CUGAT 3:17:34<br />
2 Emi V SANCHEZ 3:18:44<br />
3 Ana B HERNANDEZ 3:32:26<br />
4 Maria TOLEDANO 3:37:46<br />
5 Olga A RUBIO 3:48:38<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ALAND MARATHON, FINLAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Janne HOLMEN 2:23:51<br />
2 Anders FRANSSON 2:23:40<br />
3 Markus GRONROOS 2:42:37<br />
4 Erik ANFALT 2:47:00<br />
5 Jonny JOHANSSON 2:47:41<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anu M OSSBERG 3:21:07<br />
2 Malena LAHTIMIES 3:33:45<br />
3 Virpi TERVONEN 3:34:59<br />
4 Malin WIMAN 3:37:17<br />
5 Elina JUNNILA 3:38:18<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jorgen LINDH 1:17:23<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ana RAHM 1:20:09<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
NIAGARA FALLS INT'L MARATHON,<br />
CANADA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Thomas OMWENGA CAN 2:33:13<br />
2 Michel LAVOIE CAN 2:36:10<br />
3 Brandon NEWBOULD USA 2:37:04<br />
4 Jeremy LABUFF USA 2:40:38<br />
5 Scott MCDONELL CAN 2:42:24<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:02:37<br />
2 Colleen M BERRY CAN 3:02:58<br />
3 Michelle SCHULER CAN 3:10:45<br />
4 Tina PIPPY CAN 3:15:53<br />
5 Jennifer REA USA 3:18:06<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Pius K KORIR KEN 1:05:30<br />
NAIROBI<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nadezda TRILINSKAYA RUS 1:17:14<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON,<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Oleksandr SITKOVSKIY UKR 2:12:49<br />
2 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:14:01<br />
3 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:14:13<br />
4 Paul KOGO KEN 2:18:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tetyana FILONYUK UKR 2:34:58<br />
2 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:35:45<br />
3 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:38:00<br />
4 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:48:36<br />
5 Mateja SUSTARSIC SLO 2:54:45<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 1:06:45<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 1:18:57<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI<br />
MARATHON, KENYA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John THUITA KEN 2:15:50<br />
2 Wilson CHERUIYOT KEN 2:16:10<br />
3 Paul LIMO KEN 2:17:42<br />
4 Seury KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:17<br />
5 Kiplagat KANDIE KEN 2:18:37<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rose CHESHIRE KEN 2:44:14<br />
2 Lu LI CHN 2:47:37<br />
3 Magdalene MKUNZI KEN 2:51:27<br />
4 Agnes KIPROTICH KEN 2:53:38<br />
5 Jackline NYANGERI KEN 2:54:45<br />
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28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
MARATON INTERNACIONAL DE<br />
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Cornelius LEL KEN 2:15:32<br />
2 George OKWORO KEN 2:16:43<br />
3 Jonathan LOPEZ MEX 2:17:09<br />
4 Samuel CHEPNO KEN 2:18:10<br />
5 Meshak KIRWA KEN 2:19:02<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Viola BOR KEN 2:38:20<br />
2 Judith HERNANDEZ MEX 2:38:35<br />
3 Patricia GUTIERREZ MEX 2:41:56<br />
4 Adriana SANCEZ RUIZ MEX 2:44:59<br />
5 Alice NDIRANGU KEN 2:46:15<br />
28 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON<br />
MARATHON, KOREA<br />
Victor Mangusho beat Charles Yabei by 24 seconds<br />
after a thrilling duel. Elijah Mutai, who won for four<br />
consecutive years, finished fifth this year. In total more<br />
than 20,000 runners participated.<br />
MEN<br />
1 Victor MANGUSHO KEN 2:14:01<br />
2 Charles YABEI KEN 2:14:25<br />
3 Elijah BITOK KEN 2:14:46<br />
4 Patrick NYANGELO TAN 2:16:50<br />
5 Elijah MUTAI KEN 2:17:01<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kyoung Hee CHOI KOR 2:35:25<br />
2 Sun Young LEE KOR 2:37:28<br />
3 Hee Yeon KIM KOR 2:39:21<br />
29 OCTOBER 2007:<br />
ADIDAS DUBLIN MARATHON,<br />
IRELAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Aleksey SOKOLOV RUS 2:09:07<br />
2 Thomas ABYU GBR 2:10:37<br />
3 Dejene YIRDAWE ETH 2:11:08<br />
4 Tessema ABSHIRO ETH 2:14:22<br />
5 Sergey ZACHEPA UKR 2:15:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Alina IVANOVA RUS 2:29:20<br />
2 Larisa ZYUSKO RUS 2:31:42<br />
3 Nguiatukei KIYARA KEN 2:33:27<br />
4 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 2:35:30<br />
5 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:35:46<br />
3 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
TAROKO INTERNATIONAL<br />
MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Nicodemus MALAKWEN KEN 2:18:00<br />
2 Marko MAMBO 2:26:02<br />
3 Yi Cai ZENG 2:36:40<br />
4 Ting Yin ZHOU 2:36:41<br />
5 Zhi Hong HE 2:39:13<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sally JEBICHII 2:50:00<br />
2 Shu Hua CHEN 2:54:47<br />
3 Min WU 3:00:11<br />
4 Xiao Yu LI 3:02:18<br />
5 Maria PAVLOVA 3:13:12<br />
4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON,<br />
GREECE<br />
With temperatures around 20°C and occasional light<br />
rain winning times were much faster in this jubilee<br />
edition of the race than in previous years over the<br />
classic route from Marathon to Athens writes Jorg<br />
Wenig. Participation was up from 5,000 last year to<br />
7,950 this year for all events. Among them were 4,750<br />
marathon runners. Abel Anton, Spain's marathon World<br />
Champion from Athens 1997 and Seville 1999 ran in the<br />
10km race.<br />
Kenyans had won the Athens Classic Marathon<br />
three times in a row, and they again dominated. Eight<br />
of them formed the leading group at half way (68:07).<br />
At about 35km Benjamin Korir Kiprotich broke away<br />
and opened a decisive gap. "I had tried to get away<br />
earlier, but then I decided to relax a bit more and let<br />
the others catch me again. I was sure that I would win<br />
the race," said the 29 year-old who ran a personal best<br />
of 2:10:43 earlier this year when he finished third in<br />
Brescia. Defending champion Henry Tarus came in third<br />
while Georgios Karavidas, in tenth, won the Greek<br />
championship.<br />
In the women's race the big favourite took the<br />
honours: Svetlana Ponomarenko passed halfway in<br />
1:15:56. The 37 year-old, who had won the Frankfurt<br />
Marathon in 2006 and has a personal best of 2:29:55,<br />
ran a very consistent pace. "The weather was fine for<br />
me. I would now like to qualify for Beijing next year,"<br />
she said.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Benjamin Korir KIPROTICH KEN 2:14:40<br />
2 Husea Kiptanui KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:03<br />
3 Henry TARUS KEN 2:15:57<br />
4 Michael CHEMPCHIR KEN 2:16:52<br />
5 David Kimutai KOSGAI KEN 2:17:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:33:19<br />
2 Chihiro TANAKA JPN 2:41:01<br />
3 Magdalene GAZEA GRE 2:41:31<br />
4 Magdalene KARIMALI GRE 2:46:14<br />
5 Sisai Arsenti MEASO ETH 2:46:43<br />
4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
JOONGANG SEOUL INT'L<br />
MARATHON, KOREA<br />
Cool conditions allowed for fast running, and winner<br />
Joshua Chelanga just failed, by one second, to beat the<br />
course record set by Jason Mbote a year previously.<br />
From a group of 12 runners at halfway there<br />
remained six with 10km still to run, after all<br />
pacemakers had completed their task. Only four<br />
kilometres later it became a head to head contest<br />
between Joshua Chelanga and Abderrahime<br />
Bouramdane in which Chelanga made all the running<br />
and never quite allowed Bouramdane to get on level<br />
terms.<br />
The women's race featured an entirely domestic<br />
field, and Eung Jung Lee had no serious rival as she<br />
passed 10km with an already impressive lead. She<br />
pressed on to a solo victory and beat the old course<br />
record, set four years ago, by 58 seconds.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Joshua CHELANGA KEN 2:08:14<br />
2 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE MAR 2:08:20<br />
3 Yirefu BIRHANU ETH 2:09:01<br />
4 Benson BARUS KEN 2:09:04<br />
5 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:09:42<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Eun-Jung LEE KOR 2:29:32<br />
2 Hae-Jin BAE KOR 2:37:43<br />
3 Ho-Sun PARK KOR 2:41:01<br />
4 Jin-Sook KIM KOR 2:49:10<br />
10km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Soon-Taek YIM 32:36<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jong-Sun YEO 38:21<br />
ATHENS<br />
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4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
UWI-SPEC INTERNATIONAL HALF<br />
MARATHON, TRINIDAD<br />
MEN:<br />
1 George TOWETT USA 1:05:13<br />
2 Ernest KIMELI KEN 1:07:35<br />
3 Oswaldo BELANDRIA VEN 1:07:48<br />
4 Pamenos BALLANTYNE STV 1:09:18<br />
5 Zepherinus JOSEPH` STL 1:09:44<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Shermin LASALDO TRI 1:27:17<br />
2 Neyda MARCANO VEN 1:28:03<br />
3 Christine REGIS TRI 1:31:58<br />
4 Paulette LUCESS TRI 1:38:31<br />
5 Scarla NERO TRI 1:41:23<br />
4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
HALF MARATHON OF ST DENIS,<br />
FRANCE<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Nizgimana EZEKIER 1:02:09<br />
2 Samson KIFLEMARIAN 1:02:33<br />
3 Nathan CHEBET KEN 1:02:39<br />
4 Damian CHOPA 1:02:42<br />
5 Mickael TESFAYE 1:02:43<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anne BERERWE KEN 1:12:58<br />
2 Hafida GADID 1:14:20<br />
3 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 1:14:38<br />
4 Christine CHEPKONGA KEN 1:15:54<br />
5 Elisabeth CHELANGAT KEN 1:17:06<br />
10km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jacob KITUR KEN 29:38<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Triphuna JUPCHUMBA KEN 36:38<br />
4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
BUENOS AIRES MARATHON,<br />
ARGENTINA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Juan CARDONA ARG 2:16:07<br />
2 Hernan CORTINEZ ARG 2:18:30<br />
3 Paulo DA SILVA BRA 2:19:40<br />
4 Caetano DOS SANTOS BRA 2:20:28<br />
5 Juan HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ ARG 2:22:09<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sirlene SOUSA DE PINHO BRA 2:39:08<br />
2 Estela MARTINEZ ARG 2:43:55<br />
3 Sonia Calizaya HUACO 2:45:05<br />
4 Andrea GRACIANO ARG 2:48:05<br />
5 Maria Clara CASTRO ARG 2:58:58<br />
4 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
NUEVO LEON 20KM, MEXICO<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John KIPROTICH KEN 59:24<br />
2 Ben MUTAI KEN 59:28<br />
3 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 59:35<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ogla KIMAIYO KEN 1:07:10<br />
2 Neriah ASIBA KEN 1:08:13<br />
3 Ana Teresa PACHECO MEX 1:16:17<br />
4 Elida JASSO MEX 1:17:06<br />
5 Yabeth ROCHA SILVA MEX 1:19:07<br />
11 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
HANGZHOU MARATHON, CHINA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Eric KIPTOON KEN 2:18:00<br />
2 Collins EDEP KEN 2:18:28<br />
3 Peter MUGO KEN 2:18:48<br />
4 Joseph NGUNJIRI KEN 2:20:10<br />
5 Peter MUTUA KEN 2:20:59<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Sainan XIE CHN 2:33:08<br />
2 Pan HE CHN 2:39:29<br />
3 Nian LIU CHN 2:39:37<br />
4 Aiping FENG CHN 2:40:00<br />
5 Huan XU CHN 2:43:39<br />
11 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
BIG SUR HALF MARATHON ON<br />
MONTEREY BAY, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Macdonald ONDARA KEN 1:40:00<br />
2 Michael AISH USA 1:40:08<br />
3 Fernando CABADA USA 1:06:55<br />
4 Joseph MUTINDA KEN 1:07:05<br />
5 Kevin CASTILLE USA 1:07:54<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 1:15:59<br />
2 Jane KIBII KEN 1:16:26<br />
3 Heather GIBSON USA 1:16:46<br />
4 Rebecca TALLAM USA 1:17:25<br />
5 Brooke WELLS USA 1:19:31<br />
16 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
PHARAONIC 100KM, EGYPT<br />
INDIVIDUAL:<br />
1 Mahmoud DEHAISE EGY 8:56:48<br />
2 Graham HEDGER GBR 10:21:45<br />
3 Osama AHMED EGY 10:53:50<br />
4 Cannon CURTIS USA 11:02:30<br />
5 Beja EILON FRA 11:27:23<br />
WHEELCHAIR:<br />
1 William TAN SIN 6:47:52<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 Alexandria Runners, EGY 5:31:32<br />
2 Alexandria Runners, EGY 5:41:20<br />
3 H.O. Alexandria, EGY 5:42:10<br />
NUEVO LEON<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S<br />
MARATHON, JAPAN<br />
Surging away from Kenyan Salina Kosgei at 36.5km,<br />
Olympic Champion Mizuki Noguchi won in a new<br />
course record, eclipsing Eri Yamaguchi’s 1999 mark of<br />
2:22:12 writes Ken Nakamura. Noguchi became only the<br />
second runner to win all three big Japanese women’s<br />
marathons – Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Katrin Dorre of<br />
the DDR is the only other runner to have done<br />
this. Noguchi’s win gains her near-certain selection for<br />
the Bejing Olympic Marathon.<br />
A lead pack of nine runners quickly emerged, and<br />
was down to six by 5km, passed in 16:38. The pace<br />
remained moderate due to unseasonably warm<br />
weather (17-20C) and a head wind. Five runners passed<br />
15km in 50:23 and a kilometre later Yoko Shibui,<br />
Noguchi and Kosgei went ahead, with Akemi Ominami<br />
and Bruna Genovese trailing. The lead trio passed<br />
halfway in 1:11:16. After the turn-around point, with the<br />
wind now behind them, the pace picked up to sub-<br />
3:20/km. The race had been billed as a showdown<br />
between Shibui and Noguchi but just before 30km<br />
Shibui lost contact. From 30-35km was covered in 16:26,<br />
the fastest split of the race. Noguchi ran the uphill 36th<br />
kilometre in 3:16, and began to pull away over the next<br />
kilometre. She covered the uphill section from 35-<br />
40km in an incredible 16:56, faster than the previous<br />
best of 17:08 by Valentina Yegorova in 1994.<br />
Kosgei ran on to a time only 10 seconds slower<br />
than her personal best but Shibui was passed by<br />
Genovese at 38km and a kilometre laer by Ozaki. She<br />
faded to seventh in the slowest time of her marathon<br />
career.<br />
WOMEN (ONLY):<br />
1 Mizuki NOGUCHI JPN 2:21:37<br />
2 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2:23:31<br />
3 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:27:35<br />
4 Akemi OZAKI JPN 2:28:39<br />
5 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:30:24<br />
6 Mika HIKICHI JPN 2:34:14<br />
7 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:34:19<br />
8 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LTU 2:34:29<br />
9 Jessica RUTHE NZL 2:39:12<br />
10 Eri OKUBO JPN 2:40:12<br />
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18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOK<br />
MARATHON, THAILAND<br />
This was the 20th edition of the race, and the 18th as a<br />
member of AIMS. During this time the race has grown<br />
to become the biggest event in Thailand, with up to<br />
50,000 people taking part over all events, crowding in<br />
front of<br />
Royal Grand Palace. Phenomenally, more than<br />
40,000, Thai runners participated in Quarter-marathon<br />
(10.550 km.) and Fun Run (5 km.). This year the event<br />
celebrated the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the<br />
King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary. The Marathon itself<br />
(42.195 km.) attracted 3,105 participants. Of these, there<br />
were more than 1000 international runners who came<br />
from more than 40 countries from across the world.<br />
Next year's 21st annual SCB-Marathon will be held on 23<br />
November 2008.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John Chirchir TUBEI KEN 2:18:27<br />
2 Philip Tarus ROTICH KEN 2:18:47<br />
3 Disdery Lucian HUMBO TAN 2:19:28<br />
4 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 2:21:58<br />
5 Nicodemus BIWOTT KEN 2:22:38<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Fridah Chepkite LODEPA KEN 2:51:42<br />
2 Wioletta URYGA POL 2:54:24<br />
3 Rispa Lagat CHELEGAT KEN 2:55:04<br />
4 Prasarthinpimai ARPASSARA THA 3:02:56<br />
5 Stephanie Jill HODGE CAN 3:04:36<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
BLOM BANK BEIRUT MARATHON,<br />
LEBANON<br />
The Ethiopian pair of Tamrat Elanso and Adaneche<br />
Beyene Jemilu proved to be easy winners but pride of<br />
place went to the meeting organisers who ensured the<br />
race went ahead without a hitch despite Lebanon‘s<br />
present political situation writes David Martin.<br />
Race president May El Khalil said “We have people<br />
from all sorts of religions and life running. They come<br />
to participate. They come for the ‘Love of Lebanon’.<br />
Over 3000 from the army are participating. Really we<br />
have everybody on our side supporting us.”<br />
With a controversial Presidential election scheduled<br />
for Wednesday, organisers turned down an<br />
earlier government suggestion that the race should be<br />
postponed. They refused to concede to what occurred<br />
a year ago after the gunning down of a cabinet minister<br />
in a nation where political problems regularly develop<br />
into bloodshed between warring factions.<br />
“Every great ciy has a marathon” said El Khalil.<br />
“During these difficult times it unites people and it<br />
becomes a space for hope and a time for celebration.”<br />
The event went ahead with positive results for<br />
Elanso and Jemilu who led a strong Ethiopian<br />
contingent to the Lebanese capital. Elanso scorched<br />
ahead of his rivals after 35km to clinch a simple victory.<br />
He slowed after breaking up the field and ran in<br />
isolation for the last 7km. He had massive<br />
encouragement, with thousands of spectators roaring<br />
him along.<br />
The 30-year-old unknown posted a personal best<br />
and overcame more favoured rivals who had to settle<br />
for a private battle between themselves. David Kuino,<br />
this year’s Bonn champion, won the joust, pushing<br />
Abraham Belete into third place for the second<br />
succesive year.<br />
Adanech Jemilu, who had finished third in the Dubai<br />
Marathon in January, was the fastest woman in the field<br />
and also scored an easy victory<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tamrat ELANSO ETH 2:19:46<br />
23-25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
MALTA CHALLENGE MARATHON<br />
Of the 140 runners who started the three-day event, 120 of them entered Valetta's Freedom Square at the<br />
end of the final 25km stage.<br />
MEN: TOTAL 11.1KM 6KM 25KM<br />
1 Brian MAGRI MLT 2:29:19 38:00 19:45 1:31:34<br />
2 Charles CILIA MLT 2:29:40 38:13 19:44 1:31:43<br />
3 Johan GALEA MLT 2:35:15 40:38 21:10 1:33:27<br />
4 Stephen BORG MLT 2:36:38 40:01 20:54 1:35:43<br />
5 Andrew GRECH MLT 2:38:54 40:56 21:19 1:36:39<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Carol WALSH MLT 2:48:12 42:59 22:50 1:44:23<br />
2 Carmen HILI MLT 3:01:00 46:04 24:28 1:50:28<br />
3 Doreen VELLA MLT 3:03:18 46:50 24:46 1:51:42<br />
4 Laura CHAMPION GBR 3:21:19 52:43 27:37 2:01:08<br />
5 Jeenke DE GROOT NED 3:24:03 53:03 27:05 2:03:55<br />
2 David Kiplagat KUINO KEN 2:21:51<br />
3 Abraham Yilma BELETE ETH 2:21:54<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Adanech Beyene JEMILU ETH 2:41:24<br />
2 Meseret Legese REGESA ETH 2:48:52<br />
3 Etaferahu Tarakegn GETAHUN ETH 2:55:14<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
GUARDA TRENTINO HALF<br />
MARATHON, ITALY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Eric K CHIRCHIR 1:04:45<br />
2 Isack KIPROTICH TANUI 1:04:45<br />
3 Rached AMOR 1:04:56<br />
4 Henrik SKOOG 1:05:34<br />
5 Rachid JARMOUNI 1:06:08<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Stefania BENEDETTI 1:14:22<br />
2 Laura GIORDANO 1:15:13<br />
3 Julia RUBAN 1:16:22<br />
4 Marcella MANCINI 1:16:33<br />
5 Giavanna RICOTTA 1:18:20<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
PALERMO INTERNATIONAL<br />
MARATHON, ITALY<br />
Breaking the Kenyan stranglehold of previous years - 9<br />
victories in 12 editions – a 33-year old Moroccan,<br />
resident for the last for years in Monza, won the 13th<br />
edition. Abdelhadi El Hachimi attacked decisively in the<br />
23rd kilometre to beat off the challenge of Kenyan Ben<br />
Kipruto, who had a 2:12 timing to his credit. Kipruto<br />
slowed considerably and showed advanced symptoms<br />
of hypothermia at the finish. The weather had<br />
been untypically cold all week and there were three<br />
cases of hypothermia among the total of 1000+ runners<br />
(207 Marathon finishers, 767 in the Half Marathon)<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Abdelhadi EL HACHIMI MAR 2:15:26<br />
2 Ben KIPRUTO KEN 2:37:04<br />
3 Massimo VITO ITA 2:37:12<br />
4 Angelo CAMBARERI ITA 2:42:29<br />
5 Antonio DEFRANCESCO ITA 2:44:25<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Alessandra CORVAIA ITA 3:04:21<br />
2 Giusi CHIOLO ITA 3:12:28<br />
3 Elisa VARANO ITA 3:15:24<br />
4 Maria VILONE ITA 3:22:51<br />
5 Nancy KLEINROCK USA 3:25:52<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
MARABANA, CUBA<br />
The event had 4122 runners from 73 countries, with 522<br />
in the marathon and 3600 in the Half. There was also a<br />
10km event for paralympic competitors. One day<br />
before, in the ‘Maracuba’ festival, a total of 5198 races<br />
took place simultaneously throughout the country<br />
with up to two million people participating and 30,000<br />
volunteers lending their support. Next years’ races take<br />
place on 15-16 November.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Henry JAEN ORTIZ CUB 2:27:03<br />
2 Yausbel ARBOLAEZ HERNANDEZ CUB 2:27:39<br />
3 Yunier FOUWAN SANTIESTEBAN CUB 2:32:38<br />
4 Yoel RICARDO HIDALGO CUB 2:34:39<br />
5 Jose Luis BARZAGA ALCOLEA CUB 2:36:16<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mariela GONZALEZ TORRES CUB 2:51:18<br />
2 Yailen GARCIA DOMEC CUB 2:51:19<br />
3 Aracelis LAMOT LUIS CUB 3:13:29<br />
4 Yadira GONZALEZ HAITI CUB 3:23:22<br />
5 Asle STAURLAND NOR 3:43:06<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Aguelmis ROJAS DE ARMAS CUB 1:04:35<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Dailin BELMONTE TORRES CUB 1:17:28<br />
22 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
ATLANTA MARATHON AND HALF,<br />
USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Scott P LOWE USA 2:39:43<br />
2 Jeff ABBOTT USA 2:40:17<br />
3 Mark COUGHLIN USA 2:45:48<br />
4 Enrique SANCHEZ USA 2:50:34<br />
5 Archie BARRIBEAU USA 2:51:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kate HARTLEY USA 3:03:37<br />
2 Sandra TORRES ALVAREZ ARG 3:24:12<br />
3 Carmen ZIMERI USA 3:27:04<br />
4 Lynn A MOONEY USA 3:31:12<br />
5 Araceli SCHNEIDER USA 3:33:38<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Joshua MCADAMS USA 1:07:08<br />
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WOMEN:<br />
1 Jill HORST USA 1:20:06<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
TOYOTA GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN,<br />
ADDIS ABABA<br />
Tsegaye Kebede, winner of the 23rd Abebe Bikila<br />
Marathon in June, took a deserved win. Just<br />
20, Kebede set a marathon best of 2:08.15 only six<br />
weeks earlier, in the Amsterdam Marathon.<br />
The scorching initial pace claimed pre-race<br />
favourite Eshetu Wondimu (who dropped out at 4km).<br />
The race then turned into a two-way battle between<br />
Kebede and Ayele Abshiro, who escaped as early as the<br />
half way point. Abshiro unsuccessfully tried to get<br />
away 7.5km and when Kebede responded with his own<br />
thrust a klometre later Abshiro had little left. It was a<br />
cruel endgame for Abshiro who was powerless to<br />
respond as others came past to beat him to<br />
the podium positions. “I ran last year but I did not<br />
finish in the top twenty. It is a surprise for me to win.”<br />
said Kebede after the race.<br />
Wude Ayalew dictated the pace for much of the<br />
women’s race before powering forward just after 9km<br />
to take a commanding victory.<br />
In a characteristically frantic start there was much<br />
jostling for strategic positions among the initial pack of<br />
30 runners. The first clear move came from 20-year<br />
old Ayalew at 4km, and reduced the pack to 20. The<br />
second came from pre-race favourite Derebe Alemu<br />
who whittled the pack down to 12. Ayalew’s<br />
penultimate launch at 7km reduced the race into a<br />
three-way battle and dropped the likes of Alemu and<br />
former two-time winner Genet Getaneh. Ayalew finally<br />
saw off Mergia’s challenge with another impressive<br />
spurt of energy that clinched her victory.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 29:07<br />
2 Tola BANE ETH 29:14<br />
3 Feysa LELISA ETH 29:21<br />
4 Ayele ABSHIRO ETH 29:22<br />
5 Dereje TADESSE ETH 29:25<br />
GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Wude AYALEW ETH 33:51<br />
2 Asselefech MERGIA ETH 34:11<br />
3 Koreni JELILA ETH 34:15<br />
4 Genet GETANEH ETH 34:25<br />
5 Derebe ALEMU ETH 34:25<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
XXX MARATHON OF SAN<br />
SEBASTIAN, SPAIN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Abdelhadi EL MOUAZIZ MAR 2:12:45<br />
2 Youssef EL KALAI MAR 2:18:32<br />
3 Rachid NADIJ MAR 2:18:32<br />
4 Jose BLANCO MINAYA ESP 2:25:47<br />
5 David Martin BLAZQUEZ ESP 2:27:00<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:47:12<br />
2 Ma Luna MIGUEL-MUNOZ ESP 2:53:00<br />
3 Amaia ARANA ALDANONDO ESP 2:55:05<br />
4 Naroa ARRIETA BELTRAN ESP 3:08:49<br />
5 Carmen SALA FERRER ESP 3:10:27<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
TORAY CUP SHANGHAI<br />
MARATHON, CHINA<br />
Both course records were broken in this 12th edition of<br />
the race writes Brendan Reilly.<br />
On the men’s side, the trio of Rachid Kisri of<br />
Morocco and Kenyans Sammy Kipkoech Tum and<br />
Joseph Riri gradually pulled away with two pacemakers<br />
to go through halfway in 65:04. Kisri went ahead<br />
shortly after 25km, getting clear of both pacemakers<br />
and his two rivals. <strong>Running</strong> solo against light but<br />
increasing headwinds, Kisri led by 250m at 36km, but<br />
weakened over the next uphill kilometre. Kipkoech and<br />
Riri, working together, finally caught Kisri at 41km.<br />
Kipkoech then put in a great kick to break the 2:13:22<br />
course record of China’s Han Gang (2005). Riri held off<br />
Kisri in the final 400m, with the pair finishing just<br />
outside the old course record.<br />
Lidia Simon’s resurgence continued. With fifth<br />
place at the Osaka World Championships, Simon is<br />
showing signs of her old self. Her major challenger in<br />
Shanghai was expected to be Japan-based Kenyan Ruth<br />
Wanjiru Kuria, who had requested a pace of 73:00 for<br />
the first half in her marathon debut. The Shanghai<br />
course put this beyond reach, as the pair came through<br />
halfway in 74:09, accompanied by a pair of pacemakers<br />
and a handful of male marathoners. As had Kisri, Simon<br />
began to pull away after the course turned north into<br />
head winds after 25km, opening an ever-widening gap<br />
on the rest of the women’s field. Continuing her solo<br />
effort through the finish, Simon became the first sub-<br />
2:30:00 woman in Shanghai’s history, breaking Yanan<br />
Wei’s 2004 course record by 69 seconds. Japan’s Kiyoko<br />
Shimahara, just resuming her own training after 6th<br />
place in Osaka, was some six minutes back in second<br />
place. Wanjiru took two falls in the second half of the<br />
race, hit once by a bicyclist and once by a pothole.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Sammy Kipkoech TUM KEN 2:13:01<br />
2 Joseph RIRI KEN 2:13:23<br />
3 Rachid KISRI MAR 2:13:28<br />
4 Feng XIE CHN 2:15:02<br />
5 Koichiro NAGATA JPN 2:16:22<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:29:28<br />
2 Kiyoko SHIMAHARA JPN 2:35:41<br />
3 Wenrong ZHENG CHN 2:38:10<br />
4 Ruth Wanjiru KURIA KEN 2:43:16<br />
5 Yinli TANG CHN 2:46:46<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
MEDIA MARATON MITAD DEL<br />
MUNDO, ECUADOR<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Franklin TENORIO ECU 1:04:59<br />
2 Vladimir BURBANO GUERRA ECU 1:05:09<br />
3 Efren PIEDRA VINUEZA ECU 1:05:38<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Judith LANDI ECU 1:16:41<br />
2 Silvia PAREDES ECU 1:23:37<br />
3 Beatriz CHAMORRO ECU 1:24:51<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
13TH SAMSUNG CORPORE SAO<br />
PAULO CLASSIC 10KM, BRAZIL<br />
For each of the 13 years since it was founded this race<br />
has improved in all aspects, and now draws 12,000<br />
participants.<br />
In the women’s elite race, set off 15 minutes before<br />
the mass race, Maria Zeferina Baldaia ran side by side<br />
with Nancy Jepkosgei Kipron up to 6km, at which point<br />
the Kenyan started to draw ahead, to win by 36<br />
seconds. Among the men the competition lasted for<br />
the entire duration of the race. At 5km the Kenyans<br />
Titus Kosgli Kibii, Kiprono Mutai Chemwolo and Kosgei<br />
Kenneth Kiplino went ahead and alternated the lead. In<br />
the final metres Kibii had the speed to win. Luis Paulo<br />
da Silva Antunes made a late surge to overtake Kosgei<br />
for third place.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 29:37<br />
2 Kiprono Mutai CHEMWOLO KEN 29:44<br />
3 Luis Paolo DA SILVA ANTUNES BRA 30:04<br />
4 Kosgei Kenneth KIPRONO KEN 30:09<br />
5 Jose Telles DE SOUZA BRA 30:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPRONO KEN 34:04<br />
2 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 34:40<br />
3 Chemtai RIONOTUKI KEN 34:57<br />
4 Eunice JEPKIRUI KIWA KEN 35:38<br />
5 Ma Lucia ALVES MORAES BRA 36:06<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
14TH CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF<br />
MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 1:06:52<br />
2 Lambros ZARAGAS GRE 1:08:37<br />
3 Bela HORVATH HUN 1:08:51<br />
4 Dimos MANGINAS GRE 1:10:03<br />
5 Theodoros ZACHOS GRE 1:10:10<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Magda GAZEA GRE 1:17:12<br />
2 Kathryn BAILEY GBR 1:18:39<br />
3 Barbara MOLNAR HUN 1:22:01<br />
4 Emilia HRISTOVA BUL 1:36:54<br />
5 Judy BROWN GBR 1:37:33<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
LAKE KAWAGUCHI MARATHON,<br />
JAPAN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kazunobu FUSE JPN 2:24:19<br />
2 Katsumi ASADA JPN 2:26:22<br />
3 Kazunari SUZUKI JPN 2:26:25<br />
4 Hiroyuki SAITO JPN 2:29:05<br />
5 Andrew WALTERS AUS 2:29:54<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Naoko TSUCHIYA JPN 2:38:18<br />
2 Mai TAGAI JPN 2:53:37<br />
3 Chiemi TAKAHASHI JPN 2:56:11<br />
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25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
24TH FIRENZE MARATHON, ITALY<br />
The race start at Piazzale Michelangelo, across the<br />
River Arno from the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio offers a<br />
stunning view of the city. The course is mainly flat but<br />
it twists and turns all over Florence. We ran along the<br />
south bank of the river, coming back around the<br />
Palazzo Pitti, and past the Ponte Vecchio, crossing the<br />
river a little futher and making another out/back<br />
eastward along the north bank. Halfway came at the<br />
athletic stadium and after a downbeat section crossing<br />
the railway a couple of times the route heads in to the<br />
most spectacular parts of the city past the stunning<br />
Duomo, Campanile and Baptistery, through the Piazza<br />
della Republica, and out for a third out and back along<br />
the river, this time heading west along the north side<br />
from the 30km point. The best was saved for last, along<br />
the river to the Ponte Vecchio, sharp left and round to<br />
the Palazzo Vecchio, Loggia Dei Lanzi and the Uffizi<br />
Gallery, and back up to the Duomo at 40km. Then back<br />
to the river, and round to finish in the spectacular<br />
Piazza Santa Croce.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Paul Kipkemboi NGENY KEN 2:12:50<br />
2 Alberico DI CECCO ITA 2:13:52<br />
3 Daniele CAIMMI ITA 2:14:47<br />
4 Denis CURZI ITA 2:15:11<br />
5 Kemei Kennedy KIMELI KEN 2:17:17<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Vincenza SICARI ITA 2:33:14<br />
2 Hirut Lagesse ABERA ETH 2:42:39<br />
3 Aurora PEREZ ESP 2:52:02<br />
4 Loretta GIARDA ITA 2:53:22<br />
5 Patrizia CINI ITA 2:53:49<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
MARATHON OF LA ROCHELLE —<br />
SERGE VIGOT, FRANCE<br />
With 8600 registered, the participation record was<br />
again surpassed. Hopes were also high, with a strong<br />
male elite field, that the 2003 course record of 2:11:34<br />
would fall. But the rain fell first, just before the start,<br />
and played on the morale of the field.<br />
Kenyan pacemakers Kyui and Kurgat led the troops.<br />
France's James Theuri, a favourite, followed closely<br />
with another Frenchman, Loïc Letellier, in tow. The rain<br />
had already slowed the pace and any hope of breaking<br />
the record was lost. Passing halfway in 1:06:40 James<br />
Theuri started vomiting at 27km and could not<br />
dethrone the event record holder, Elijah Yator.<br />
The pace was now headed for a 2:13 finish with Loïc<br />
Letellier, Johnstone Chebii, and debut marathon runner<br />
Akello Rutto still contesting. The trio flew away<br />
towards the finish with the 39-year old Chebii getting<br />
there first.<br />
In the women's race Carmen Oliveras, Leopoldina<br />
Silveira and Flora Kandie formed the lead group before<br />
Kandie moved ahead at the halfway point for her<br />
second victory of the year, after winning Helsinki in<br />
August.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Johnstone CHEBII KEN 2:14:17<br />
2 Loic LETELLIER FRA 2:14:37<br />
3 Akello RUTTO KEN 2:14:49<br />
4 James THEURY FRA 2:17:19<br />
5 Wilson P KORKOR KEN 2:20:34<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Flora KANDIE KEN 2:37:12<br />
2 Carmen OLIVERAS ESP 2:37:32<br />
3 Leopoldina SILVEIRA 2:39:30<br />
4 Corine HERBRETEAU-CANTE FRA 2:44:09<br />
5 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:44:55<br />
25 NOVEMBER 2007:<br />
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON<br />
MEDICAL CENTER SEATTLE<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Andy MARTIN USA 2:27:12<br />
2 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:29:12<br />
3 Jesse WILLIAMS USA 2:33:10<br />
4 Jesse STEVICK USA 2:34:48<br />
5 Jimmy GRANT USA 2:39:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Trisha STEIDL USA 2:59:21<br />
2 Annie THEISSEN USA 3:01:22<br />
3 Sarah Louise CUMBER USA 3:04:31<br />
4 Annett KAMENTZ CAN 3:07:10<br />
5 Marisa RUHTER USA 3:09:57<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kota REICHERT USA 1:09:10<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Caryn HEFFERNAN USA 1:21:54<br />
1 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA<br />
International participants came out on top in this year’s<br />
edition with Belgium’s Rik Ceulemans and Jeanette<br />
Seckinger USA winning the marathon, while the Half<br />
Marahton event belonged to the Jamaicans. Defending<br />
champions Andrew Gutzmore and Euleen Josiah Tanner<br />
placed third and second respectively<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Rik CEULEMANS NED 2:31:43<br />
2 Rupert GREEN JAM 2:37:22<br />
3 Andew GUTZMORE JAM 2:41:32<br />
4 Christopher STEWART USA 2:47:04<br />
5 Enos BENBOW JR USA 2:47:37<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jeanette SECKINGER USA 3:00:57<br />
2 Euleen JOSIAH-TANNE USA 3:08:37<br />
3 Terri REJIMBAL USA 3:24:21<br />
4 Cara MEARS USA 3:36:58<br />
5 Karlene BLAGROVE JAM 3:38:40<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kemoy CAMPBELL JAM 1:10:26<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tanice BARNETT JAM 1:28:48<br />
LA ROCHELLE<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
61ST FUKUOKA INT’L OPEN<br />
MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP,<br />
JAPAN<br />
Samuel Wanjiru, the World Half Marathon record<br />
holder, won in a new course record writes Ken<br />
Nakamura. Deriba Merga of Ethiopia also finished<br />
under the previous course record with a personal best<br />
time by nearly seven minutes. Atsushi Sato, the<br />
Japanese half marathon record holder improved his<br />
best by 1:23 and staked his claim for the Olympic team.<br />
Former national record holder Atsushi Fujita finished a<br />
disappointing eighth, while the current national record<br />
holder Toshinari Takaoka was tenth.<br />
Pacemakers Isaac Macharia and Fabiano Joseph<br />
kept a steady 3 minutes per kilometer pace as<br />
contenders gradually fell behind. After passing halfway<br />
in 1:03:30 national record holder Toshinari Takaoka<br />
started to fall behind. The pace increased and by 25km,<br />
10 runners, including pacemakers, remained. Soon it<br />
was down to Wanjiru, Sato and Merga as Fujita, Shigeru<br />
Aburaya and Kensuke Takahashi were dropped soon<br />
after 30km. Wanjiru increased the pace after 34km and<br />
Sato fell back, soon enough to avoid a dramatic<br />
slowdown. Wanjiru led Merga through a 2:52 35th<br />
kilometre. The 39th kilometre was a slow 3:11 but<br />
Wanjiru kicked at around 40.5km and the race was<br />
over.<br />
Wanjiru plans to improve to 2:05 in a spring<br />
marathon to make the Olympic marathon team for<br />
Kenya. His second marathon will be awaited with much<br />
anticipation.<br />
Sato is likely to be selected for the Japanese<br />
Olympic team. He married 2004 Olympic 800m<br />
competitor Miho Sugimori recently and they have a<br />
chance to make it to Beijing together.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Samuel WANJIRU KEN 2:06:39<br />
2 Deriba MERGA ETH 2:06:50<br />
3 Atsushi SATO JPN 2:07:13<br />
4 Yukou MATSUMIYA JPN 2:09:40<br />
5 Shigeru ABURAYA JPN 2:10:30<br />
6 Kensuke TAKAHASHI JPN 2:11:52<br />
7 Daniel YEGO KEN 2:11:57<br />
8 Atsushi FUJITA JPN 2:12:29<br />
9 Naoki MISHIRO JPN 2:12:56<br />
10 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:13:40<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY<br />
A record 5726 runners assembled in the Piazza Castello<br />
in cool conditions writes Diego Sampaolo. Recent<br />
bronze medal winners in the World Road <strong>Running</strong><br />
Championships in Udine, Kenya’s Evans Cheruiyot and<br />
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Pamela Chepchumba confirmed their form in winning<br />
their races, with Chepchumba smashing her previous<br />
best of 2:29:48 set in the 2006 Paris Marathon.<br />
A seven-man group including three pacemakers passed<br />
15km in 45:46, 45 seconds ahead of the chasing group.<br />
Two pacers dropped out at halfway, reached in 1:04:24,<br />
after which the pace slowed slightly as runners<br />
watched each other. At 30km it was down to four men:<br />
John Birgen, Norman Dlomo, Charles Kamathi and<br />
Cheruiyot. Dlomo tried to break away at 34km.<br />
Kamathi was dropped but Cheruiyot and Birgen<br />
responded quickly and the three passed 35km in 1:47:30.<br />
Cheruiyot and Birgen then went clear. Cheruiyot’s<br />
speed (he ran 59:05 in Udine) proved decisive at 39km<br />
when he pulled away from Birgen to finish in the Arco<br />
della Pace with a five-second advantage<br />
Margaret Okayo, the Milan record holder<br />
with 2:24:59 from 2002, hit the front early on and ran<br />
with Chepchumba, passing 10km in 33:45. She<br />
completed her test, coming back from injury, at<br />
halfway, passed in 1:11:50. In the second half<br />
Chepchumba continued running strongly at course<br />
record pace but showed signs of fatigue at the end, and<br />
the record slipped from her grasp. This was the fourth<br />
Marathon of her career. Bahrain’s Nadia Ejjaffini led<br />
Marcella Mancini by 50 seconds at 30km, but the<br />
Italian overhauled her at 40km to take second.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Evans CHERUIYOT KEN 2:09:15<br />
2 John BIRGEN KEN 2:09:20<br />
3 Norman MBLOMO RSA 2:10:39<br />
4 Charles KAMATHI KEN 2:11:25<br />
5 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:11:42<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:25:36<br />
2 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:34:58<br />
3 Petra TEVELI HUN 2:35:21<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
STANDARD CHARTERED<br />
SINGAPORE INT’L MARATHON,<br />
Pacemaker Elijah Mbogo of Kenya ended up going the full<br />
distance and winning his debut marathon writes Pat<br />
Butcher. Two-time winner Amos Matui failed by just two<br />
seconds to catch his 19-year old compatriot. Veteran David<br />
Cheruiyot, who won Istanbul just five weeks ago, made it a<br />
Kenyan clean sweep and also finished under the old<br />
record.<br />
In contrast to his previous marathon start, when he<br />
duly dropped out as planned at 30km, Mbogo said he<br />
every intention of finishing in Singapore if he felt good at<br />
that point.<br />
The earlier start, 5.30am in the city-state meant that<br />
the athletes got the most temperate conditions they are<br />
ever likely to encounter in Singapore - 25C with 40%<br />
humidity at the start - and the men’s group of a dozen<br />
duly attacked Matui’s 2:15:01 record. They were still<br />
together at halfway in 66:55, but when the sun came up<br />
after an hour and half, and temperatures climbed towards<br />
30C the field began to break up. They were on their way<br />
back into town at that point, after the long garden<br />
stretches beside the beach in the East Coast Park.<br />
When the lead car slowed to negotiate a bend Mbogo<br />
shot off into a 100m lead, which he built up to double that<br />
with 2km to go. Even then, as Matui said later, he still<br />
thought he could win. He set out with the same will as in<br />
the last two years, but he just ran out of road.<br />
“I knew he had a good kick, so I tried to build up as big<br />
a lead as possible,” said an exultant Mbogo. I was pacing<br />
until 30k, but I saw that the group was not so strong, so I<br />
decided to attempt it. Personal bests at 10km (28.24) and<br />
the half-marathon (61.40) in Europe two months ago and<br />
nine weeks’ altitude training near Mount Kenya provided<br />
the background for his victory. “I don’t want to rush into<br />
another marathon yet. I want to get better times for 10km<br />
and 59 minutes for the ‘half’,” he said.<br />
The women were always going to be chasing a dream<br />
time, Salina Kosgei’s 2:31:55 from last year. Veteran Edith<br />
Masai of Kenya could not stay with the young Ethiopian,<br />
Alem Ashebier, when she surged away at 35km. Ashebier<br />
won with a personal best by two minutes, despite the<br />
conditions.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Elijah MBOGO KEN 2:14:23<br />
2 Amos MATUI KEN 2:14:25<br />
3 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:14:43<br />
4 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:16:43<br />
5 Michael KIMANI KEN 2:17:00<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Alem ASHEBIER ETH 2:37:08<br />
2 Edith MASAI KEN 2:38:07<br />
3 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 2:38:46<br />
4 Emma MUTONI KEN 2:39:42<br />
5 Madina BIKTAGIROVA RUS 2:43:28<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
LAS VEGAS INT’L MARATHON, USA<br />
The race features a gender challenge, where the elite<br />
women set off a predetermined time ahead of the men<br />
(this year 18 minutes and three seconds) and the first<br />
runner across the finish line receives a $25,000 bonus.<br />
Despite the pre-event publicity the challenge brings,<br />
the life went out of the men’s race as soon as they,<br />
including several 2:09 performers, realized that they<br />
would be unable to catch Silvia Skortsova, who duly<br />
pocketed a total of $45000.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Christoper CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:16:49<br />
2 Jynocel BASWETI 2:17:41<br />
3 Philip TANUI KEN 2:20:26<br />
4 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:21:13<br />
5 Moses TAYE KEN 2:22:39<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sylvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:29:01<br />
2 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:36:15<br />
3 Tegla LORUPE KEN 2:41:37<br />
4 Viktoria ZUEVA RUS 2:42:29<br />
5 Margaret NAKINTU KEN 2:48:11<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Peter HESSLER USA 1:18:31<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sarah RAITTER USA 1:23:51<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
26TH MACAU GALAXY<br />
ENTERTAINMENY INT’L<br />
MARATHON<br />
Almost 3000 participants registered for the marathon,<br />
half and mini marathon and 2356 of them completed<br />
the races. The warm and dry weather offered great<br />
conditions to the runners gathered cheerfully in Macau<br />
Stadium.<br />
LAS VEGAS<br />
Defending female champion Phyo Un Suk, from the<br />
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, retained the<br />
title while the new men’s winner also came from North<br />
Korea.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kum Song RI DPK 2:17:39<br />
2 Joseph Kadon EPETET KEN 2:17:56<br />
3 Reuben CHERUIYOT KEN 2:18:35<br />
4 Mikhail IVERUK UKR 2:18:38<br />
5 Hyon U RI DPK 2:18:55<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Un Suk PHYO DPK 2:38:26<br />
2 Chol Sun KIM DPK 2:40:00<br />
3 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:42:42<br />
4 Edyta LEANDOWSKA POL 2:43:27<br />
5 Kristyna LOONEN NED 2:49:01<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Kar Lun LEE HKG 1:18:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kit Ching YIU HKG 1:27:46<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
RUN BARBADOS MARATHON,<br />
HALF & 10KM<br />
Victor Ledger, from the neighbouring Caribbean island<br />
of St Lucia, retained his marathon title in the Run<br />
Barbados Festival by floating away from his rivals<br />
before even reaching the halfway point on the new<br />
out-and-back course along the west coast of Barbados.<br />
Amy Chalk had even less difficulty in distancing the<br />
opposition to retain the women’s title. The half and<br />
full marathon runners started off together at 05.15<br />
from the bandstand on the Esplanade outside the<br />
Prime Minister’s office, and most of the front runners<br />
in the half marathon had also run the 10km race<br />
around Bridgetown the previous afternoon. The<br />
convincing winners of the 10km, Kenyans Philip Lagat<br />
and Janet Cheberon, repeated their wins, with Lagat<br />
setting a new event record despite it being generally<br />
acknowledged that the new course is slightly more<br />
difficult than that previously run.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Victor LEDGER STL 2:26:27<br />
2 Richard JONES TRI 2:33:16<br />
3 Samuel NJUNGA KEN 2:35:03<br />
4 Curtis COX TRI 2:38:24<br />
5 Pamenos BALLANTYNE VIN 2:38:50<br />
W0MEN:<br />
1 Amy CHALK GBR 3:02:15<br />
2 Kim GOFF USA 3:31:23<br />
3 Elinor CROCK IRL 3:35:40<br />
4 Helen ORIORDAN IRL 3:37:01<br />
5 Irene GAYNOR IRL 3:44:29<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Philip LAGAT KEN 1:05:24<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Janet CHEBERON KEN 1:17:22<br />
1 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
10KM<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Philip LAGAT KEN 29:46<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Janet CHEBERON KEN 34:03<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
LISBON INTERNATIONAL<br />
MARATHON, PORTUGAL<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Vasco AZVEDO POR 2:19:55<br />
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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6<br />
Welcome to Stockholm and one of the world’s most<br />
beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of<br />
Europe’s largest and best-preserved mediaeval city<br />
centres, the Swedish capital is superbly positioned, with<br />
stunning and extremely varied scenery in every direction.<br />
Just outside the city, the archipelago of 24 000<br />
islands is waiting to be explored.<br />
The Stockholm Half Marathon is run on an inspiring<br />
course through the inner city areas of Stockholm. Start<br />
and finish at the Royal Castle.<br />
Information and entry on line:<br />
StockholmHalfMarathon.se<br />
www.berlin-runs.com<br />
BERLIN RUNS… 25 k<br />
4 th May, 2008<br />
Start and Finish: OLYMPIC STADIUM<br />
Come and run on the world record course, passing many<br />
famous sights like Brandenburg Gate,<br />
Friedrichstraße, Potsdamer Platz and Kurfürstendamm.<br />
<strong>Distance</strong>s: 25 k, 5x5 k relay, 10 k<br />
Phone: +49 – 30 – 3068 8550 • Fax: +49 – 30 – 2431 9999<br />
E-mail: info@berlin-runs.com • www.berlin-runs.com<br />
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2 Joao SERRALHEIRO POR 2:20:50<br />
3 Thomas SCHUSTER GER 2:23:54<br />
4 Antonio SOUSA POR 2:25:06<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Fatima SILVA POR 2:47:49<br />
2 Lucinda MOREIRAS POR 2:55:33<br />
3 Natalia PINHO POR 3:06:08<br />
4 Anita LEIPINA POR 3:11:52<br />
5 Arianna PASQUARIELLO ITA 3:22:40<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Scott BRITTAIN CAY 2:45:23<br />
2 Eduardo TORRES CAY 3:06:23<br />
3 Chris SOLARZ USA 3:11:45<br />
4 Jasper MIKKELSEN CAY 3:22:01<br />
5 Kevin BOE USA 3:29:49<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Andrea KOVACH USA 3:37:02<br />
2 Katrina ROWE CAY 3:38:59<br />
3 Debbie SAINT GBR 4:09:47<br />
4 Shelley RYAN USA 4:19:56<br />
5 Kate CUTA USA 4:26:20<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marius ACKER CAY 1:17:54<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maria MAYS CAY 1:28:14<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
PAMPULHA LAGOON ROAD RACE,<br />
BRAZIL (17.8KM)<br />
Franck Caldeira capped his victories in 2003 and 2006<br />
by defending his title in this 17.8km race around the<br />
Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte. He was<br />
accompanied by a group of three Kenyans and two<br />
Brazilians, but by 10km it was between him, Paulo<br />
Roberto Paula and Kiprono Mutai - but Caldeira cruised<br />
to victory brandishing a flag in the home straight to<br />
applause from all sides. “It was a hard race, despite the<br />
eventual margin of victory” said the Pan-Am Games<br />
Marathon Champion afterwards. His victory brought<br />
the Brazil vs. Kenya score of victories to 5-4.<br />
Winner of the women’s race for the last three<br />
years, Lucelia Peres, had to yield to the Kenyan Nancy<br />
Kipron and Marizete Rezende. Mother-of-two<br />
Kipron’s won last year’s Barcelona 10km in 31:52 “I saved<br />
my strength for the decisive attack” she commented.<br />
Marizete Rezende, in second, complained of breathing<br />
problems but the Queen of Pampulha Lucelia Peres<br />
simply said “I gave my best, but the competition was<br />
tough.<br />
Ten thousand runners participated in temperatures<br />
of 28C<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Franck Caldeira DE ALMEIDA BRA 53:11<br />
2 Paulo De Almeida PAULA BRA 54:03<br />
3 Kiprono Chemwolo MUTAI KEN 54:10<br />
4 Raimundo Sousa AGUIAR BRA 54:13<br />
5 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 54:21<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nancy Kipkosgei KIPRON KEN 1:02:41<br />
2 Marizete De Paula REZENDE BRA 1:02:50<br />
3 Lucelia De Oliveira PERES BRA 1:03:08<br />
4 Ma.Zeferina Baldaia RODRIGUESBRA 1:03:19<br />
5 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:08<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
UNICEF CHARITY HALF MARATHON<br />
& 10KM, HONG KONG<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Ka Ho CHAN 1:12:43<br />
2 Andrew NAYLOR 1:14:23<br />
3 Hok Lan YAI 1:14:51<br />
4 Adrian KING 1:15:41<br />
5 Wai Shing MO 1:19:02<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rachel SPROSTON 1:29:53<br />
2 Rosamund BARKER 1:30:39<br />
3 Ada Yuen Fan LEONG 1:30:43<br />
4 Yin Ping LEE 1:34:13<br />
5 Hei Chi HON 1:34:47<br />
10km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Andrew STEVENSON 32:41<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ying Suet LEUNG 38:25<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
GRAN MARATHON PACIFICO,<br />
MEXICO<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Bob ONYANCHA KEN 2:19:50<br />
2 Peter OMAE KEN 2:20:34<br />
3 Lazarus NYAKERAKA KEN 2:21:55<br />
3 Stephen CHELAL KEN 2:23:38<br />
4 Ruben CHESANG KEN 2:24:07<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:37:05<br />
2 Ma Elena Valencia JIMENEZ MEX 2:41:27<br />
3 Ma Guadalupe Santana MARIN MEX 2:54:35<br />
4 Penelope Lona GUERRERO MEX 2:58:30<br />
5 Misha Ruiz FERNANDEZ MEX 2:58:42<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Bernal Juan Carlos ROMERO MEX 1:04:40<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Marisol Romero ROSALES MEX 1:20:09<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL<br />
MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Javier BARRANTES CRC 2:43:44<br />
2 Miguel GUERRERO CRC 2:46:24<br />
3 Kenneth GUTIERREZ CRC 2:48:22<br />
4 Charles ENGLE USA 2:54:20<br />
5 Allan BADILLA CRC 2:59:05<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Margertia MARIN GUA 3:14:55<br />
2 Christina GONZALES CRC 3:17:03<br />
3 Gerlin RODRIGUEZ CRC 3:34:38<br />
4 Kattia ROJAS CRC 3:44:14<br />
5 Maria De Carmen VILLEGAS CRC 3:59:07<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Johnny LORIA 1:10:46<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Delbin CARTAGENA 1:27:11<br />
2 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
ANGKOR WAT INTERNATIONAL<br />
HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA<br />
Altogether more than 2300 runners and walkers from<br />
40 countries participated, including 950 foreigners.<br />
Apart from men, women and children there were also<br />
competition categories for amputees and wheelchair<br />
participants over four distances. Another 117 competed<br />
in two biking events<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tony SEAKINS GBR 1:18:58<br />
2 Mok BUNTHOEUN CAM 1:22:07<br />
3 Patrick Michel LORENTZ FRA 1:23:33<br />
4 Nicolas FRUCHART FRA 1:23:54<br />
5 Thomas SIEGMUND GER 1:24:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mika KUME JPN 1:34:26<br />
2 Leng Leng KOH SIN 1:35:20<br />
3 Mami HIROTA JPN 1:35:39<br />
4 Patricia Anne SLOAN IRL 1:37:31<br />
5 Jet Jon SHEPARD SIN 1:38:26<br />
10km<br />
MEN<br />
1 Keang SAMOM CAM 33:38<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tipawan KAENPINIT THA 47:05<br />
9 DECEMBER 2007:<br />
HONOLULU MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Ambesse TOLOSA ETH 2:17:26<br />
2 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:18:53<br />
3 Eric MZIOKI KEN 2:21:32<br />
4 Boniface MBUVI KEN 2:22:59<br />
5 Aleksei ALEKSANDROV RUS 2:24:36<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Alevtina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:33:06<br />
2 Akemi-Isige OZAKI JPN 2:34:21<br />
3 Tatiana PETROVA RUS 2:35:55<br />
4 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 2:43:20<br />
5 Mina OGAWA JPN 2:47:31<br />
MACAU<br />
ANKOR WAT<br />
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LATEST STANDINGS AT 10KM, HALF MARATHON AND MARATHON<br />
By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician<br />
These lists provide a glimpse into the world of global road-racing activity and were believed accurate at 5 December 2007. They<br />
focus primarily on the half-marathon and marathon, as these represent the primary event membership within AIMS. The lists are<br />
updated periodically based upon availability of results. Amendments, corrections, and additions are always welcome; there is no<br />
such thing as a “perfect” or “complete” list, as accumulation of new information continually provides new perspective. Please send<br />
relevant results to Drdave@gsu.edu<br />
Men<br />
Present world record:<br />
Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003<br />
Pending world record:<br />
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 2:04:26, Berlin, 30 SEP 2007<br />
Marathon<br />
Present world record (mixed race):<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003<br />
Women<br />
Present world record (women’s-only race):<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 2005<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:06:29 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:06:39 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 1 Fukuoka 02 DEC<br />
2;06:45 Richard Limo KEN 2 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:06:50 Deeriba Merga ETH 2 Fukuoka 02 DEC<br />
2:20:38 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 London 22 APR<br />
2:21:37 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Tokyo 18 NOV<br />
2:21:45 Getenesh Wami ETH 2 London 22 APR<br />
2:23:09 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:23:12 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:27:19 Tafa 1 Dubai 12 JAN<br />
2:27:20 Zhang Yingying CHN 2 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:27:25 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 2 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:27:35 Bruna Genovese ITA 3 Tokyo 18 NOV<br />
2:27:46 Bai Xue CHN 3 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:06:51 Abel Kirui KEN 2 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:07:12 James Rotich KEN 3 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:07:12 Paul Kiprop Kirui KEN 4 Amsterdam 21 APR<br />
2:07:13 Atsushi Sato JPN 3 Fukuoka 02 DEC<br />
2:07:19 Mbarak Hassan Shami QAT 1 Paris 15 APR<br />
2:07:29 Salim Kipsang KEN 3 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:07:32 Rodgers Rop KEN 1 Hamburg 29 APR<br />
2:07:33 Oleksandr Kuzin UKR 1 Linz 15 APR<br />
2:07:33 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 2 Hamburg 29 APR<br />
2:07:34 Yonas Kifle ERI 5 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:07:41 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 22 APR<br />
2:07:42 Kiprotich Kenei KEN 3 Hamburg 29 APR<br />
2:07:44 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 2 London 22 APR<br />
2:07:47 Felix Limo KEN 3 London 22 APR<br />
2:07:51 Jason Mbote KEN 6 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:07:53 Shadrack Kipchumba KEN 7 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:07:54 Jaouad Gharib MAR 4 London 22 APR<br />
2:07:56 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 5 London 22 APR<br />
2:07:57 Philip Singoei KEN 1 Eindhoven 14 OCT<br />
2:07:58 Kigen 1 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:08:01 Philip Manyim KEN 4 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:08:04 Lee Bong-ju KOR 1 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:08:06 Paul Tergat KEN 6 London 22 APR<br />
2:08:09 Nephat Kinyanjui KEN 1 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:08:11 Hosea Rotich KEN 2 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:08:14 Joshua Chelanga KEN 1 Seoul 04 NOV<br />
2:08:15 Ren Longyun CHN 2 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:08:16 Tsegay Kebede ETH 8 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:08:20 Viktor Roethlin SUI 1 Zuerich 01 APR<br />
2:08:20 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 2 Seoul 04 NOV<br />
2:08:21 Chelanga 1 Rotterdam 15 APR<br />
2:08:21 Kamiel Maase NED 9 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:08:24 Ryan Hall USA 7 London 22 APR<br />
2:08:29 Kirui 2 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:08:37 Marilson dos Santos BRA 8 London 22 APR<br />
2:08:38 Laban Kipkemboi KOR 3 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:08:38 Sammy Kiptoo Kurgat KEN 3 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:08:45 Edwin Komen KOR 4 Seoul 18 MAR<br />
2:08:49 Peter Kiprotich KEN 4 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:08:56 Han Gang CHN 3 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:09:01 Yerefu Berhanu ETH 3 Seoul 04 NOV<br />
2:09:02 Hall 1 New York 03 NOV<br />
2:09:04 Lel 1 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:09:04 Benson Barus KEN 4 Seoul 04 NOV<br />
2:09:07 Aleksey Sokolov RUS 1 Dublin 29 OCT<br />
2:09:08 David Kemboi Kiyeng KEN 1 Reims 21 OCT<br />
2:09:16 Goumri 2 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:09:16 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 1 Milano 02 DEC<br />
2:09:20 John Birgen KEN 2 Milano 02 DEC<br />
2:09:21 Peter Kemboi KEN 1 Mombasa 27 MAY<br />
2:09:29 Rotich 4 Hamburg 29 APR<br />
2:09:30 John Ekiru Kelai KEN 1 Toronto 30 SEP<br />
2:09:31 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 10 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:09:33 Albert Matebor KEN 5 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:09:36 Elias Kemboi Chelimo KEN 1 Roma 18 MAR<br />
2:23:17 Wami 1 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:23:31 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Tokyo 18 NOV<br />
2:23:32 Wami 2 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:23:48 Yumiko Hara JPN 1 Osaka 28 JAN<br />
2:23:55 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 London 22 APR<br />
2:24:13 Kosgei 4 London 22 APR<br />
2:24:39 Mari Ozaki JPN 2 Osaka 28 JAN<br />
2:24:43 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Osaka 28 JAN<br />
2:24:46 Lornah Kiplagat NED 5 London 22 APR<br />
2:24:51 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:25:07 Magarsa Askale Tafa ETH 1 Paris 15 APR<br />
2:25:08 Souad Ait Salem ALG 1 Roma 18 MAR<br />
2:25:36 Pamela Chepchumba KEN 1 Milano 02 DEC<br />
2:25:41 Mara Yamauchi GBR 6 London 22 APR<br />
2:26:02 Jong Yong-Ok PRK 1 Pyongyang 08 APR<br />
2:26:08 Zhu Xiaolin CHN 1 Xiamen 31 MAR<br />
2:26:13 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 3 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:26:27 Helena Loshanyang KEN 3 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:26:37 Hiromi Ominami JPN 1 Rotterdam 15 APR<br />
2:26:46 Hellen Kimutai KEN 2 Roma 18 MAR<br />
2:26:52 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 1 Houston 14 JAN<br />
2:26:54 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 4 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:26:56 Kim Kum-Ok PRK 2 Pyongyang 08 APR<br />
2:27:02 Lenah Cheruiyot KEN 1 Venezia 28 OCT<br />
2:27:05 Chen Rong CHN 1 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:27:49 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 15 APR<br />
2:28:16 Magdaline Chemjor KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 OCT<br />
2:28:22 Gulnara Vygovskaya RUS 2 Paris 15 APR<br />
2:28:25 Jo Bun-Hui PRK 3 Pyongyang 08 APR<br />
2:28:33 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 5 Berlin 30 SEP<br />
2:28:37 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 4 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:28:39 Akemi Ozaki JPN 4 Tokyo 18 NOV<br />
2:28:47 Zhu Yingying CHN 4 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
2:28:49 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 1 Nagoya 11 MAR<br />
2:28:53 Helena Javornik SLO 3 Roma 18 MAR<br />
2:28:54 Pyo Un-Suk PRK 4 Pyongyang 08 APR<br />
2:28:54 Christelle Daunay FRA 3 Paris 15 APR<br />
2:28:55 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Nagoya 11 MAR<br />
2:28:56 Melanie Kraus GER 1 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:28:59 Arissi 2 Nagano 15 APR<br />
2:29:01 Sylvia Skvortsova RUS 1 Las Vegas 02 DEC<br />
2:29:08 Atsede Baysa ETH 1 Istanbul 28 OCT<br />
2:29:08 Catherine Ndereba KEN 5 New York 04 NOV<br />
2:29:11 Asha Gigi Roba ETH 4 Paris 15 APR<br />
2:29:12 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:29:12 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 3 Frankfurt 28 OCT<br />
2:29:14 Ayelech Worku ETH 1 Hamburg 29 APR<br />
2:29:16 Jo 5 Beijing 21 OCT<br />
DOWNHILL PERFORMANCES<br />
2:28:03 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 1 Treviso (96 m) 25 MAR<br />
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Sunday, October 26 th 2008<br />
Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon<br />
60135 Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Phone +49 (0)69 3700468-0<br />
www.frankfurt-marathon.com | mail@frankfurt-marathon.com
LATEST STANDINGS AT 10KM, HALF MARATHON AND MARATHON<br />
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE<br />
LORNA KIPLAGAT<br />
Men<br />
Present World Record:<br />
Sammy Wanjiru (KEN), 58:35, Den Haag, 23 MAR 2007<br />
58:35 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru KEN 1 Den Haag 17 MAR<br />
58:53 Wanjiru 1 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB<br />
58:56 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 1 Berlin 01 APR<br />
58:59 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:02 Musyoki 2 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:05 Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot KEN 3 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:12 Cheruiyot 1 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
59:13 Musyoki 2 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB<br />
59:16 Deriba Merga ETH 4 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:19 Musyoki 2 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
59:24 Haile Gebrselasse ETH 1 New York 04 AUG<br />
59:25 Merga 3 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
59:26 Francis Kibiwott KEN 2 Berlin 01 APR<br />
59:27 Patrick Ivuti KEN 4 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
59:30 Yonas Kifle ERI 5 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:32 Dieudonne Disi RWA 6 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:33 Marilson dos Santos BRA 7 Udine 14 OCT<br />
59:43 Ryan Hall USA 1 Houston 14 JAN<br />
59:44 Merga 3 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB<br />
59:45 Joseph Maregu KEN 1 Lille 01 SEP<br />
59:48 Mekubo Mogusu KEN 1 Marugame 04 FEB<br />
59:48 Cheruiyot 3 Berlin 01 APR<br />
59:54 Mogusu 1 Sapporo 08 JUL<br />
59:58 Mogusu 1 Ichinoseki 23 SEP<br />
60:08 Kibiwott 4 Ras Al Khaimah 09 FEB<br />
60:08 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 4 Berlin 01 APR<br />
60:10 Jonathan Maiyo KEN 5 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
60:11 Abel Kirui KEN 6 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
60:13 Solomon Busendich KEN 2 Den Haag 17 MAR<br />
60:13 Wilson Chebet KEN 1 Remich 30 SEP<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Women<br />
Present World Record:<br />
Elana Meyer (RSA) 66:44, Tokyo, 15 JAN 1999<br />
[splits 16:02/31:38/47:31/63:23]<br />
Point-to-Point aided (downhill 30.5m) World Best:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 65:40, 21 SEPT 2003, South Shields<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
66:25 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 1 Udine 14 OCT<br />
66:48 Mary Kepkosgei Keitany KEN 2 Udine 14 OCT<br />
68:00 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Margame 04 FEB<br />
68:06 Pamela Chepchumba KEN 3 Udine 14 OCT<br />
68:07 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 4 Udine 14 OCT<br />
68:22 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Sapporo 08 JUL<br />
68:28 Benita Johnson AUS 1 Berlin 01 APR<br />
68:30 Noguchi 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
68:36 Keitany 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 01 APR<br />
68:39 Everline Kemunto KEN 6 Udine 14 OCT<br />
68:43 Keitany 1 Lille 01 SEP<br />
68:45 Mara Yamauchi GBR 2 Sapporo 08 JUL<br />
68:45 Chepchumba 1 Philadelphia 16 SEP<br />
68:54 Noguchi 1 Sendai 13 MAY<br />
68:56 Alice Timbilili KEN 2 Philadelphia 16 SEP<br />
68:56 Chisato Osaki JPN 7 Udine 14 OCT<br />
68:57 Chepchumba KEN 1 Azpeitia 31 MAR<br />
68:58 Aniko Kalovics HUN 1 Milano 01 APR<br />
69:01 Luminita Talpos ROM 8 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:09 Timbilili 9 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:14 Alina Gherasim ROM 10 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:15 Atsede Baysa ETH 11 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:15 Akana Taira JPN 12 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:23 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Ulrum 28 JUL<br />
69:25 Osaki 1 Matsue 18 MAR<br />
69:26 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 13 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:28 Liz Yelling GBR 1 Bath 25 MAR<br />
69:29 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 14 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:32 Kimwei 3 Sapporo 08 JUL<br />
69:32 Alina Ivanova RUS 15 Udine 14 OCT<br />
10km<br />
Road<br />
Men<br />
World Record:<br />
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
27:07 Micah Kogo KEN 1 Brunssum 01 APR<br />
27:21 Kogo 1 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
27:24 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 2 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
27:51 Wilson Kipsang KEN 1 Hem 26 AUG<br />
27:52 Jason Mbote KEN 1 Groesbeek 02 JUN<br />
27:52 Duncan Kibet KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 04 AUG<br />
27:52 Mark Tanui KEN 1 Utrecht 07 OCT<br />
27:53 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Cape Elizabeth 04 AUG<br />
27:54 Dickson Marwa Mkami KEN 2 Utrecht 07 OCT<br />
27:56 Charles Koech KEN 2 Groesbeek 02 JUN<br />
Women<br />
World Record:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003<br />
Women’s-only race: Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29,<br />
New York, 08 JUN 2002<br />
60:14 Fabiano Joseph Naasi KEN 7 Rotterdam 09 SEP<br />
60:17 Francis Kiprop KEN 3 Den Haag 17 MAR<br />
60:18 Benson Barus KEN 1 Ostia 25 FEB<br />
60:22 Maregu 1 Paris 11 MAR<br />
60:24 Dickson Marwa Mkami TAN 8 Udine 14 OCT<br />
60:25 William Kipsang KEN 4 Den Haag 17 MAR<br />
60:25 Atsushi Sato JPN 9 Udine 14 OCT<br />
60:26 Cuthbert Nyasango ZIM 10 Udine 14 OCT<br />
60:27 Naasi 11 Udine 14 OCT<br />
60:28 Yared Asmerom ERI 1 Azpeitia 31 MAR<br />
69:36 Yamauchi 2 Matsue 18 MAR<br />
69:38 Deena Kastor USA 16 Udine 14 OCT<br />
69:43 Hilda Kibet KEN 1 Den Haag 17 MAR<br />
69:46 Kimwei 3 Matsue 18 MAR<br />
69:46 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 01 APR<br />
69:50 Philes Ongori KEN 1 Yamaguchi 11 MAR<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES<br />
66:57 Kara Goucher USA 1 Sth Shields (30.5 m) 30 SEP<br />
67:05 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 1 Lisboa (69 m drop) 18 MAR<br />
67:53 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 Sth Shields (30.5 m) 30 SEP<br />
* = Lisbon 69m drop (3.3 m/km)<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
31:05 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 25 FEB<br />
31:26 Hilda Kibet KEN 1 Schoorl 11 FEB<br />
31:44 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY<br />
31:46 Penninah Arusei KEN 1 Paderborn 08 APR<br />
31:47 Joanne Pavey GBR 1 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
31:48 Aniko Kalovics HUN 2 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
31:49 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 1 Barcelona 01 APR<br />
31:50 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 3 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
31:55 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 4 Manchester 20 MAY<br />
31:56 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Casablanca 20 MAY<br />
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* = AIMS Associate Member<br />
RACE DIRECTORS:<br />
To correct current contact information<br />
and race dates please send details to<br />
update@aims-association.org<br />
Algeria<br />
Sahara Marathon<br />
February<br />
James E. B. Carney<br />
P.O. Box 455, Marshall, VA 20116, USA<br />
Tel: 703 969 0049<br />
Fax: 503 905 9526<br />
Email: saharamarathon@aol.com<br />
Inet: saharamarathon.org<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Antarctica<br />
Antarctica Marathon<br />
March<br />
Thom Gilligan<br />
Marathon Tours, 261 Main St,<br />
Boston MA 02129<br />
Tel: 1 617 242 7845<br />
Fax: 1 617 242 7686<br />
Email: marathon@shore.net<br />
Inet: www.marathontour.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
*Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k December<br />
Richard Donovan<br />
1 Forster Place Centre<br />
Galway, Ireland<br />
Tel. 353 91-566077<br />
Email: rd@npmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.icemarathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards.<br />
Argentina<br />
XIX Half Marathon<br />
Buenos Aires City<br />
September<br />
Domingo Amaison<br />
Sucre 1050 PB4 - Edif.1- Belgrano C - 1428 -<br />
Beunos Aires Argentina<br />
Tel: 54 11 4782 8678<br />
Fax: 54 11 4784 8678<br />
Email: mediamaraton@amaisonproducciones.com.ar<br />
Inet: www.mediamaraton.com.ar<br />
Buenos Aires Marathon<br />
October<br />
Antonio Silio<br />
Medrano 1260 C1179AAX Capital Federal,<br />
Buenos Aires<br />
Tel: 54 11 4867 4885<br />
Fax: 54 11 4867 3400<br />
Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com<br />
Inet: www.maratondebuenosaires.com<br />
Australia<br />
Blackmores Sydney <strong>Running</strong><br />
Fesitival/Sydney Marathon September<br />
Wayne Larden<br />
Locked Bag 1396, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012<br />
Tel: 61 2 9311 8400<br />
Fax: 61 2 9311 8401<br />
Email: info@runthebridge.com.au<br />
Inet: www.runthebridge.com.au<br />
Gold Coast Airport Marathon<br />
July<br />
Queensland Events Gold Coast<br />
P.O. Box 2547, Southport BC,<br />
Queensland, 4215<br />
Tel: 61 7 5564 8733<br />
Fax: 61 7 5564 9733<br />
Email: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au<br />
Inet: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au<br />
Canberra Marathon<br />
April<br />
Dave Cundy<br />
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,<br />
NSW 2257, Australia<br />
Tel: 61 2 434 27611<br />
Fax: 61 2 434 27648<br />
Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au<br />
Inet: www.canberramarathon.com.au<br />
The Sun-Herald City to Surf<br />
August<br />
Jenny Barker<br />
C/- John Fairfax Publications,<br />
201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000<br />
Tel: 61 2 9282 2747<br />
Fax: 61 2 9282 3703<br />
Email: city2surf@mail.fairfax.com.au<br />
Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf<br />
Samsung Melbourne Marathon October<br />
Dallas O'Brien<br />
c/o level 3, 480 St Kilda Road, Melbourne,<br />
Victoria AUSTRALIA 3004<br />
Tel: 61 3 9864 1137<br />
Fax: 61 3 9864 1190<br />
Email: enquiries@melbournemarathon.com.au<br />
Inet: www.melbournemarathon.com.au<br />
Austria<br />
Vienna City Marathon<br />
Wolfgang Konrad<br />
Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH,<br />
P.O. Box 145, 1100 Wien/Vienna<br />
Tel: 43 1 606 9510<br />
Fax: 43 1 606 9540<br />
Email: office@vienna-marathon.com<br />
Inet: www.vienna-marathon.com<br />
April<br />
Barbados<br />
Run Barbardos Marathon<br />
Winston Carter<br />
December<br />
Barbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road,<br />
St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 Bridgetown<br />
Tel: 246 427 2623<br />
Fax: 246 426 4080<br />
Email: sportsbarbados@usa.net<br />
Inet: www.runbarbados.org<br />
Belgium<br />
ING Brussels<br />
Marathon and Half<br />
Christophe Impens<br />
October<br />
Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen<br />
Tel: 32 11 45 99 24<br />
Fax: 32 11 45 99 10<br />
Email: cimpens@cis.be<br />
Inet: www.ingbrusselsmarathon.be<br />
Bosnia<br />
Vidovdan 10km Road Race<br />
Borislav Djurdjevic<br />
Brace Ribnikar 17, 76100 Brcko<br />
Tel: 387 49217 771<br />
Fax: 387 49217 771<br />
Email: mpc1@teol.net<br />
Inet: www.vidovdanskatrka.org<br />
Brazil<br />
June<br />
*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon<br />
Joao Traven<br />
June<br />
Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102,<br />
Leblon 22450-080<br />
Tel: 55 21 222 33 073<br />
Fax: 55 21 222 32 773<br />
Email: traven@dh.com.br<br />
Inet: www.maratonadorio.com.br<br />
*Half Marathon of Bahia<br />
Thusnelda Frick<br />
October<br />
Rua Dr. Jose Peroba, 349 - Sala 1407,<br />
Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil<br />
Tel: 55 71 3272 1340<br />
Fax: 55 71 3341 0047<br />
Email: meiaadabahia@bissports.com.br<br />
Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br<br />
10km Corpore<br />
São Paulo Classic<br />
November<br />
*São Paulo Half Marathon Corpore April<br />
Jose Octavio Aronis<br />
Rua Bento De Andrade, 436,<br />
Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP<br />
Tel: 55 11 3884 4188<br />
Fax: 55 11 3885 0213<br />
Email: corpore@corpore.org.br<br />
Inet: www.corpore.org.br<br />
São Paulo Marathon<br />
June<br />
Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race November<br />
*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August<br />
Thadeus Kassabian<br />
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor,<br />
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070<br />
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633<br />
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286<br />
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br<br />
Inet: www.yescom.com.br<br />
São Paulo Marathon Int’l Half Marathon March<br />
Thadeus Kassabian<br />
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor<br />
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070<br />
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633<br />
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286<br />
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br<br />
Inet: www.yescom.com.br<br />
São Silvestre Int’l Road Race<br />
Thadeus Kassabian<br />
December<br />
Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor<br />
Barueri - SP - Brazil, CEP 06454-070<br />
Tel: 55 11 4208 7633<br />
Fax: 55 11 4208 7286<br />
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br<br />
Inet: www.yescom.com.br<br />
Cambodia<br />
Angkor-Wat Int’l Half Marathon<br />
Oddom Yem<br />
December<br />
National Olympic Stadium, PO Box 101,<br />
Phnom Penh<br />
Tel: 855 1293 0177<br />
Fax: 855 2335 3536<br />
Email: cam@mf.iaaf.org<br />
Inet: www.angkormarathon.org<br />
Canada<br />
*Arctic Marathon<br />
Jay Glassman<br />
450 Walmer Road, Toronto,<br />
Ontario, M5P 2X8<br />
Tel: 1 416 972 1062<br />
Fax: 1 416 972 1238<br />
Email: jay@torontomarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.arcticmarathon.com<br />
July<br />
BMO Bank of Montreal<br />
Vancouver Marathon<br />
May<br />
Janet Anderson<br />
PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8<br />
Tel: 1 604 872 2928<br />
Fax: 1 604 872 2903<br />
Email: janand@telus.net<br />
pauladams@telus.net<br />
Inet: www.bmovanmarathon.ca<br />
HSBC Calgary Marathon and Half July<br />
Jacqui Sanderson<br />
PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H9<br />
Tel: 1 403 264 2996<br />
Fax: 1 403 251 9070<br />
Email: info@calgarymarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.calgarymarathon.com<br />
ING Edmonton Marathon<br />
August<br />
Tom Keough<br />
8537-109th Street (<strong>Running</strong> Room),<br />
Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4<br />
Tel: 1 780 433 6062<br />
Fax: 1 780 439 8465<br />
Email: tom@keycare.ca<br />
Inet: www.runningroom.com<br />
ING Ottawa Marathon<br />
May<br />
Jim Robinson<br />
PO Box 426, Stn A Ottowa, ON,<br />
Canada, KIN 8V5<br />
Tel: 1 613 234 2221<br />
Fax: 1 613 234 5880<br />
Email: info@runottawa.ca<br />
Inet: www.runottawa.ca<br />
*Marathon By The Sea<br />
September<br />
Shelley Clark Collins<br />
133 Mount Pleasant Ave, Saint John,<br />
NB E2K 3T9, Canada<br />
Tel: 1 506 672 4194<br />
Email: mrdoyleth@yahoo.ca<br />
Inet: www.marathonbythesea.com<br />
Niagara Fallsview Casino<br />
Resort Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Jim R. Ralston<br />
5300 Willmott Street,<br />
Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 2A7<br />
Tel: 1 905 356 9460<br />
Fax: 1 905 356 7156<br />
Email: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com<br />
Okanagan Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Tom Keogh (Race Director)<br />
8537 109 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4<br />
Tel: +1 780 905-5577<br />
Email: info@okanaganmarathon.ca<br />
Inet: www.okanaganmarathon.ca<br />
Quebec City Marathon<br />
August<br />
Denis Therrien<br />
1173 boulevard Charest Ouest bureau 290,<br />
Quebec, G1N 2C9<br />
Tel: 1 418 694 4442<br />
Fax: 1 418 694 4441<br />
Email: info@marathonquebec.com<br />
Inet: www.runquebeccity.com<br />
Royal Victoria Marathon<br />
October<br />
Rob Reid<br />
P.O. Box 675, 185 - 911 Yates Street,<br />
Victoria, British Colombia, V8V 4Y9<br />
Tel: 11 250 658 4520<br />
Fax: 11 250 658 4580<br />
Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront<br />
Marathon and Half<br />
September<br />
Alan Brookes<br />
33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807,<br />
Toronto, ON M4W 3T4<br />
Tel: 1 416 944 2765 (ext.503)<br />
Fax: 1 416 944 8527<br />
Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com<br />
svhm@canadarunningseries.com<br />
Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com<br />
canadarunningseries.com/svhm<br />
Scotiabank Vancouver<br />
Half Marathon<br />
June<br />
Clifton Cunningham<br />
RCP International, 176-1917 W 4th Ave<br />
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1M7<br />
Tel: 778 786 3116<br />
Fax: 778 786 3117<br />
Email: clifton@canadarunningseries.com<br />
Inet: canadarunningseries.com/svhm<br />
Toronto Marathon and Half October<br />
Jay Glassman<br />
450 Walmer Road, Suite 412,<br />
Toronto, ON, M5P 2X8<br />
Tel: 1 416 972 1062<br />
Fax: 1 416 972 1238<br />
Email: torontomarathon@rogers.com<br />
Inet: www.torontomarathon.com<br />
Vancouver Sun Run 10km<br />
April<br />
Jamie Pitblado<br />
1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3<br />
Tel: 1 604 605 2316<br />
Fax: 1 604 605 2342<br />
Email: jpitblado@png.canwest.com<br />
Inet: www.sunrun.com<br />
Cayman Islands<br />
Cayman Islands Marathon December<br />
Rhonda Kelly<br />
PO BOX 2712 GT, Grand Caymen,<br />
CAYMEN ISLANDS<br />
Tel: 1 345 946 8822<br />
Fax: 1 345 946 8811<br />
Email: rhonda@kellyholding.com<br />
Inet: www.caymanislandsmarathon.com<br />
China<br />
Beijing Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Wang Dawei<br />
Chinese Athletic Association, 2 Tiyuguan<br />
Road, 100763 Beijing,<br />
Tel: 86 10 8718 3441<br />
Fax: 86 10 6714 0801<br />
Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com<br />
Inet: www.beijing-marathon.com<br />
Dallian Int'l Marathon<br />
June<br />
Sun Xinsheng<br />
KDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, Xigang<br />
District, Dalian<br />
Tel: 86 411 8368 2293<br />
Fax: 86 411 8368 2693<br />
Email: kouzhengjie@sina.com<br />
Inet: www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007<br />
The Great Wall Marathon<br />
May<br />
Dave Cundy<br />
Great Wall Marathon - Head Office<br />
Ground Floor, Unit 4, No. 36<br />
Fuchengmenwai Street, Xicheng District,<br />
Beijing 100037, China<br />
Tel: 86 10 6858 9496 / 6851 2395<br />
Fax: 86 10 6858 9497<br />
Email: gwm_booking@263.net.cn<br />
Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Hangzhou Int’l Marathon November<br />
Michelle Hsia<br />
Rm 701, China Lifetower, Chaoyang District,<br />
Beijing, China<br />
Tel: 86 10 8525 1200<br />
Fax: 86 10 8525 1789<br />
Email: michelle.hsia@octagon.com<br />
Inet: www.hangzhoumarathon.com<br />
Toray Cup Shanghi<br />
Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Haiyou Xu<br />
Room 602 & 603, Dongya Building,<br />
1500 Zhongshan Er Rd(S), Shanghi 200030<br />
Tel/Fax: 86 21 6629 8808/6088<br />
Email: shmarathon@shmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.shmarathon.com<br />
Xiamen Int’l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Yu Zhenjie<br />
No. 2 Tiyu Road, Xiamen<br />
Tel: 86 592 509 4800<br />
Fax: 82 592 512 1241<br />
Email: alice.chen@126.com<br />
Inet: www.xmim.org<br />
Chinese Taipei<br />
ING Taipei Int'l Marathon December<br />
Chinese Taipei Road <strong>Running</strong> Association<br />
No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C<br />
Tel: 886 2 2585 5659<br />
Fax: 886 2 2599 6716<br />
Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw<br />
sharonlee@sportsnet.org.tw<br />
Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw<br />
*Kinmen Marathon<br />
January<br />
*Taroko Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Sharon Lee<br />
Chinese Taipei Road <strong>Running</strong> Association<br />
No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C<br />
Tel: 886 2 2585 5659<br />
Fax: 886 2 2599 6716<br />
Email: sharonlee@sportsnet.org.tw<br />
Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw<br />
Colombia<br />
Bogota Int’l Half Maraton<br />
Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá<br />
July<br />
Martha Santos<br />
Calle 93B No.15 - 34 Oficina 207-208, Bogota<br />
Tel/Fax: 57 1 257 3107<br />
Email: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.com<br />
Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com<br />
Media Maraton Int’l<br />
Ciudad de Medellin<br />
September<br />
Gustavo Orozco Posada<br />
Calle 49B, nro 63-21, Piso 3, Edificio Camacol<br />
Medellin<br />
Tel: 574 230 4872<br />
Fax: 574 230 1123<br />
Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co<br />
Inet: www.maratonmedellin.com<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Costa Rica Int'l Marathon and Half December<br />
Guillermo Saenz<br />
P.O.Box 70230, 1000 San Jose, Costa Rica<br />
Tel. 506 222 0804<br />
Fax. 506 232 4543<br />
Email: maraintercostarica@hotmail.com<br />
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RACE DIRECTORS:<br />
To correct current contact information<br />
and race dates please send details to<br />
update@aims-association.org<br />
10km Int’l Costa Rica<br />
September<br />
Guillermo Saenz<br />
70230-1000 , San Jose, COSTA RICA<br />
Tel: +506 222 0804<br />
Fax: +506 232 4543<br />
Email: maraintercostarica@hotmail.com<br />
Croatia<br />
Zagreb Marathon & Half Marathon October<br />
Franjo Kordic - race director<br />
Dragutina Rakovca 10, 10000 Zagreb<br />
Tel: 385 1 2314 228<br />
Fax: 385 1 2314 122<br />
Email: zagrebacki.atletski.savez@zg.t-com.hr<br />
Inet: www.z-as.hr<br />
Rijeka Half Marathon<br />
October<br />
Radovan Soljaga<br />
Slavka Krautzeka 45, 51000 Rijeka, CROATIA<br />
Tel: +385 91 217 7122<br />
Fax: +385 51 217 022<br />
Email: med-skola-rijeka@ri.t-com.hr<br />
Inet: www.homositec.hr , www.rss.hr<br />
Cuba<br />
Marabana Marathon and Half November<br />
Carlos R. Gattorno Correa<br />
Ciudad Deportiva, Apartado 5130 La Habana<br />
Tel: 53 7 545 022 / 410 953<br />
Fax: 53 7 204 1914<br />
Email: marabana@inder.co.cu<br />
Inet: www.inder.cu./beta/competitions/marabana<br />
Cyprus<br />
Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon November<br />
Cyprus health runners club<br />
P.O.Box 28167, 2091 Strovolos, Nicosia<br />
Tel: 357 994 10730<br />
Fax: 357 224 20559<br />
Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cy<br />
Inet: www.runclub.com.cy<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Volkswagen Prague Marathon<br />
Hervis Prague Half Marathon<br />
Paulo Ottone<br />
Zahoranského 3, 120 00 Prague 2<br />
Tel: 420 224 919 209<br />
Fax: 420 224 923 355<br />
Email: ottone@pim.cz<br />
Inet: www.praguemarathon.com<br />
May<br />
March<br />
Pardubice Wine Marathon<br />
April<br />
Oldrich Bujnoch, Topolska 739, 53701 –<br />
Chrudim, CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
Tel: +420 466 052 100<br />
Fax: +420 466 052 130<br />
Email: marketing@zlatastika.cz; jr.running@wo.cz<br />
Inet: www.zlatastika.cz<br />
Denmark<br />
Copenhagen Marathon<br />
May<br />
Niels Jorgen Holdt<br />
Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11,<br />
DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen<br />
Tel: 45 35 26 69 00<br />
Fax: 45 35 38 69 03<br />
Email: vibjerg@sparta.dk<br />
Inet: www.copenhagenmarathon.dk<br />
H. C. Andersen Marathon September<br />
Torben Simonsen<br />
Stadionvej 50k, DK-5200 Odense V.<br />
Tel: 45 3059 2444<br />
Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk<br />
Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk<br />
Ecuador<br />
Guayaquil Marathon<br />
October<br />
Diego Maruri<br />
Av Las Aguas 640, Edf. MCG, ofc. Guayaquil,<br />
Ecuador<br />
Tel: 593 4 288 5008<br />
Fax: 593 4 288 4746<br />
Email: diegomaruri@dm3.com<br />
Inet: www.dm3.com<br />
*La Ruta de las Iglesias<br />
September<br />
Samia Solah<br />
Juan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito,<br />
Ecuador<br />
Tel: 593 2 244 8850<br />
Fax: 593 2 244 8857<br />
Email: samia@tventas.net<br />
Inet: www.rutadlasiglesias.com<br />
*Medio Maraton Quito<br />
Mitad del Mundo<br />
November<br />
Marialuz Arellano<br />
Carlos Tobar 155 y Eloy Alfaro<br />
Quito, Ecuador<br />
Tel. 593 9 980 3237<br />
Fax. 593 2 2505203<br />
Email: marellano@andinanet.net<br />
Inet: www.vidactiva.com.ec/mediamaraton<br />
*Media Maraton de Quito 2800 May<br />
Kennya Estralla Lozada<br />
Ultimas Noticias N37-139 y El Espectador<br />
Quito, Ecuador<br />
Tel. 593 9 959 5753<br />
Fax. 593 2 224 2242<br />
Email: km@km.com.ec<br />
Inet: www.km.com.ec<br />
*Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K June<br />
Pablo Gonzalez Peña<br />
Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito,<br />
Ecuador<br />
Tel: 593 2 2670 999<br />
Fax: 593 2 2670 214 (ext.2340)<br />
Email: pgonzalez@elcomercio.com<br />
Inet: www.quitoultimasnoticias15k.com<br />
Egypt<br />
15th Egyptian Marathon<br />
February<br />
*7th Pharaonic 100km<br />
November<br />
Gasser Riad<br />
Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St,<br />
(Area No.1), Nasr City, Cairo<br />
Tel: 202 2260 6930<br />
2012 21 488 39<br />
Fax: 202 2260 6932<br />
Email: info@egyptianmarathon.net<br />
Inet: www.egyptianmarathon.net<br />
*St Catherine’s Marathon December<br />
Tarek Moshref<br />
Misr Sinai Tours, P.O. Box 119, Abbassia, Cairo<br />
Tel: 202 274 4900<br />
Fax: 202 671 3130<br />
Email: info@misrsinaitours.com<br />
Inet: www.misrsinaitours.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Estonia<br />
Baltic Marathon<br />
Tallinn Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Mr. Urmo Raiend<br />
Külmallika 15a, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
Tel: +372 6718 548<br />
Email: stamina@stamina.ee<br />
Inet: www.marathon.ee<br />
Tallinn Marathon<br />
July<br />
Rein Raspel<br />
Tihasheina Tee 3, Maardu 74117, ESTONIA<br />
Tel/fax: 372 609 6310<br />
Email: tallinnmarathon@hotmail.com<br />
Inet: www.tallinnmarathon.ee<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Toyota Great Ethiopian<br />
Run 10km<br />
November<br />
Richard Nerurkar<br />
Tel: 251 11 663 36 46<br />
Fax: 251 11 662 78 76<br />
Email:<br />
Inet:<br />
greatrun@ethionet.et<br />
village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et<br />
www.ethiopiarun.org<br />
Falkland Islands<br />
Standard Chartered Bank<br />
Stanley Marathon<br />
Rino S Donosepdetro<br />
Standard Chartered Bank,<br />
P.O. Box 597, Stanley<br />
Tel: 500 22220<br />
Fax: 500 22219<br />
March<br />
Email: standardchartered@horizon.co.fk<br />
Inet: www.standardcharter.com/fk/marathon/<br />
Finland<br />
Åland Marathon<br />
October<br />
John Holmberg<br />
Martellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn,<br />
Åland<br />
Tel: 358 1 819 605<br />
Fax: 358 1 813 170<br />
Email: marathon@aland.net<br />
Inet: www.marathon.aland.fi<br />
Helsinki City Marathon<br />
August<br />
Pertti Raunio<br />
Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20,<br />
00240 Helsinki, Finland<br />
Tel: 358 9 3481 2405<br />
Fax: 358 9 3481 2367<br />
Email: sul.harraste@sul.fi<br />
Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com<br />
Paavo Nurmi Marathon<br />
June<br />
Jari Salonen<br />
Linnankatu 36, FIN-20100, Turku<br />
Tel: 358 2 274 5010<br />
Fax: 358 2 274 5001<br />
Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.com<br />
Inet: www.paavonurmisports.com<br />
Ruska Marathon<br />
September<br />
Pekka Erikkson<br />
Valtatie 15, 99100 Kittila, Finland<br />
Tel: 358 400 808 784<br />
Fax: 358 16 642 259<br />
Email: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fi<br />
Inet: www.ruskamaraton.com<br />
Santa Claus Marathon<br />
June<br />
Mr. Rauno Riekkinen<br />
Kivirinne 16, 96910 Rovaniemi, Finland<br />
Tel. 358 403 44 7770<br />
Fax. 358 403 44 7771<br />
Email: info@santaclausmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.arcticcirclemarathon.com<br />
The Terwamarathon<br />
April<br />
Asko Vääräniemi<br />
Keluveneenväylä 22, 90650 OULU, Finland<br />
Tel: +358405068803<br />
Email: asko.vaaraniemi@elisanet.fi<br />
Inet: www.oulumarathon.net<br />
France<br />
the Marathon des Alpes<br />
Maritimes Cannes-Nice<br />
November<br />
Matthieu Etancelin<br />
Azur Sport Organisation<br />
16 bvd Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice, FRANCE<br />
Tel: +33 4 93 26 19 88<br />
Fax: +33 4 93 26 19 34<br />
Email: mail@azur-sport.org<br />
Inet: www.marathon06.com<br />
Marathon of La Rochelle November<br />
Mauny Nocolas<br />
B.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01<br />
Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19<br />
Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04<br />
Email: info@marathondelarochelle.com<br />
Inet: www.marathondelarochelle.com<br />
Nice Int’l Half Marathon<br />
April<br />
Matthieu Etancelin<br />
Azur Sport Organisation,<br />
16 bvd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice<br />
Tel: 33 4 93 26 19 12<br />
Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34<br />
Email: communication@azur-sport.org<br />
Inet: www.nicesemimarathon.com<br />
Paris Int'l Marathon<br />
April<br />
Joël Laine<br />
Aso-Athletisne, 2 rue Rouset de Lisle,<br />
92130 Issy les Moulineaux<br />
Tel: 33 1 41 33 15 68<br />
Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74<br />
Email: infos @parismarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.parismarathon.com<br />
St. Denis Half Marathon<br />
October<br />
Thierry Vernay / Antonio Agostinho<br />
34 rue la Boulangerie, 93200, St Denis<br />
Tel: 33 1 48 20 56 81 / 33 06 81 63 53 82<br />
Fax: 33 1 49 22 01 74<br />
Email: info@wanago.com<br />
Inet: www.saint-denis-marathon.com<br />
Germany<br />
28th Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin April<br />
34th Berlin Marathon<br />
September<br />
Mark Milde<br />
SCC-<strong>Running</strong> Events,<br />
Glockenturmstrasse 23, D-14055, Berlin<br />
Tel: 49 30 301 288 10<br />
Fax: 49 30 301 288 20<br />
Email: info@berlin-marathon.com<br />
Inet: www.berlin-marathon.com<br />
Berlin runs 25km<br />
May<br />
Gerhard Janetzky<br />
Olympischer Platz 5<br />
14053 Berlin<br />
Tel: 49 30 30 688 550<br />
Fax: 49 30 24 319 999<br />
Email: info@berlin-laeuft.de<br />
Inet: www.berlin-runs.com<br />
Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon October<br />
Jo Schindler<br />
Sonnemannstr 5, 60314 Frankfurt, Germany<br />
Tel: 49 69 370 0468 0<br />
Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11<br />
Email: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com<br />
Inet: www.frankfurt-marathon.com<br />
iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg<br />
April<br />
Guenter Herrmann<br />
Domweg 12, 97084, Wuerzburg, Germany<br />
Tel: 49 931 65616<br />
Fax: 49 931 65619<br />
Email: herrman@wuerzburg-marathon.de<br />
Inet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de<br />
Karstadt Marathon<br />
May<br />
Volker Ebener<br />
Idko GM6H Co KG, Potodamer Plate 2,<br />
53119, Bonn<br />
Tel: 49 228 725 39 80<br />
Fax: 49 228 725 39 59<br />
Email: info@idko.com<br />
Inet: www.karstadt-marathon.eu<br />
Conergy Marathon Hamburg<br />
April<br />
Wolfram Goetz<br />
act agency GmbH, Himmelstraße 9, 22299<br />
Hamburg<br />
Tel: 49 40 4146 4172<br />
Fax: 49 40 4146 4112<br />
Email: info@marathon-hamburg.de<br />
Inet: www.marathon-hamburg.de<br />
Great Britain<br />
Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon &<br />
Festival of running<br />
Malcolm Sutherland<br />
Caledonian Concepts PO Box 26,<br />
Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ<br />
Tel: 44 870 127 8000<br />
Fax: 44 845 838 2764<br />
Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com<br />
October<br />
Reebok Bristol Half Marathon September<br />
Jane McCulloch<br />
P.O. Box 512, Cheadle,<br />
Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJ<br />
Tel: 44 1782 396113<br />
Email: bristol@frsystems.co.uk<br />
Inet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathon<br />
Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon March<br />
Ian Ladbrooke<br />
22 Hamilton Crescent, Gullane, EH31 2HR,<br />
Great Britain<br />
Tel: 44 1620 843 593<br />
Email: iladbrooke@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.edinburgh-forthside-half-marathon.co.uk<br />
Edinburgh Marathon<br />
May<br />
Caroline Vevers<br />
Edinburgh Marathon Ltd, North Berwick<br />
Business Centre, Melbourne Place,<br />
North Berwick EH39 4JS<br />
Tel: 44 1620 890 788<br />
Fax: 44 1620 890 787<br />
Email: info@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk<br />
Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk<br />
Great Scottish Run<br />
September<br />
Frank Clement<br />
Admail, ADM3909, Glasgow G1 5ZY, Scotland<br />
Tel: 44 0845 270 0166<br />
Email: run.glasgow@cls.glasgow.gov.uk<br />
Inet: www.runglasgow.org<br />
Greenland<br />
Nuuk Marathon<br />
Claus Nielsen<br />
PO BOX 84, DK-3900 Nuuk<br />
Tel: 299 558 854<br />
Fax: 299 323 278<br />
Email: claus@team.gl<br />
Inet: www.nuuk-marathon.gl<br />
Greece<br />
August<br />
Athens Classic Marathon November<br />
Evangelos Papapostolou<br />
137, Syngrou Avenue, 17121 Nea Smirni, Athens<br />
Tel: 30 210 931 5886 / 0 210 933 1113<br />
Tel: 30 210 933 1152<br />
Email: mail@athensclassicmarathon.gr<br />
Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr<br />
Hong Kong, China<br />
China Coast Marathon<br />
January<br />
Catherine Leonard<br />
AVOHK, P.O. Box 28893,<br />
Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai<br />
Tel: 852 9038 5460<br />
Email: avohkccm@yahoo.com<br />
Inet: www.avohk.org<br />
Mizuno Hong Kong Half<br />
Marathon Championships<br />
January<br />
Alan Wong Kim Lun<br />
Rm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path,<br />
So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong<br />
Tel: 852 2504 8215<br />
Fax: 852 2577 5392<br />
Email: hkaaa@hksdb.org.hk<br />
Inet: www.hkaaa.com<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Hong Kong Marathon<br />
February<br />
William Ko<br />
Rm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path,<br />
So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong<br />
Tel: 852 2577 5392<br />
Fax: 852 2367 6166<br />
Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com<br />
Inet: www.hkmarathon.com<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth<br />
UNICEF Charity<br />
Half Marathon and 10km<br />
December<br />
Anna Choy / Keith Noyes<br />
3/F 60Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley,<br />
HONG KONG<br />
Tel: +852 2833 6139 / 2812 0741<br />
Fax: +852 2834 0996 / 2792 7064<br />
Email: achoy@inicef.org.hk , keith@seyonasia.com<br />
Inet: www.unicef.org.hk/runforchildren<br />
Hungary<br />
Nike Budapest Int’l<br />
Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
23rd Plus Budapest Marathon October<br />
BSI Futo Kft, Arpad Kocsis<br />
1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156<br />
Tel: 36 1 273 0939<br />
Fax: 36 1 273 0936<br />
Email: budapest.run@t-online.hu<br />
Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com<br />
Iceland<br />
Lake Myvatn Marathon<br />
Yngvi R Kristjansson<br />
Sel Hotel Myvatn,<br />
Skutustadir, 660 Myvatn, Iceland<br />
Tel: 354 464 4164<br />
Fax: 354 464 4364<br />
Email: marathon@myvatn.is<br />
Inet: www.myvatn.is<br />
Reykjavik Marathon and Half<br />
Friman Ari Ferdinandsson<br />
Engjavegur 6, 113 Reykjavik<br />
Tel: 354 535 3700<br />
Fax: 354 568 7566<br />
Email: marathon@marathon.is<br />
Inet: www.reykjavikmarathon.com<br />
June<br />
August<br />
80 <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008
SWITZERLAND<br />
Italian Marathon Centenary of<br />
Dorando Pietri’s feat in London 1908<br />
OCTOBER 12, 2008<br />
SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 2008<br />
R<br />
UN WITH DORANDO IN HIS<br />
CENTENNIAL MARATHON<br />
MOTOR TOUR<br />
Guided tours in the land of motors<br />
Ferrari, Ducati, Lamborghini e Maserati<br />
SECRETARY AND HOTEL<br />
Maratona d’Italia - Via Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO) Italy<br />
Tel. +39 059 650297 - Fax +39 059 651330 - info@italianmarathon.it<br />
www.italianmarathon.it<br />
www.dorandopietri.it<br />
Lausanne Marathon<br />
av. de Rhodanie 54<br />
CH-1007 Lausanne<br />
Tel. +41 21 806 30 16<br />
Fax. +41 21 806 25 48<br />
robert@bruchez-organisations.com<br />
www.lausanne-marathon.com<br />
A distance for everyone!<br />
MARATHON<br />
1/2 MARATHON<br />
1/4 MARATHON<br />
MINI MARATHON<br />
1/4 WALKING<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> January – March 2008<br />
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* = AIMS Associate Member<br />
RACE DIRECTORS:<br />
To correct current contact information<br />
and race dates please send details to<br />
update@aims-association.org<br />
India<br />
Bangalore World 10km<br />
July<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,<br />
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20<br />
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84<br />
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon<br />
January<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,<br />
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20<br />
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84<br />
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112<br />
Email: scmm@procamintl.com<br />
Inet: www.scmm.indiatimes.com<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth<br />
Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon October<br />
Lalit Bhanot<br />
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,<br />
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20<br />
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84<br />
Fax: 91 22 2202 5112<br />
Email: vdhm@procamintl.com<br />
Inet: www.indiatimes.com<br />
Great Tibetan Marathon<br />
July<br />
Nazir Rah<br />
A-51, IInd Floor, DDA Flats, Mount Kailash,<br />
East of Kailash, New Delhi, India<br />
Tel: 91 11 26 222216<br />
Fax: 91 11 26 222211<br />
Email: gtm@mountainadventuresindia.com<br />
Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
BSNL Bangalore Int’l Marathon September<br />
Ian Ladbroke<br />
c/o Crossover Consulting, 11 Wood Street,<br />
Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 026, India<br />
Tel: 91 80 51126004<br />
Fax: 91 80 57712004<br />
Email: info@coindia.com<br />
Inet: www.bangaloreinternationalmarathon.com<br />
Ireland<br />
adidas Dublin Marathon<br />
October<br />
Jim Aughney<br />
Donore Harriers Sports, Complex,<br />
Chapelizod, Dublin 20<br />
Tel: 353 1 623 2250<br />
Fax: 353 1 626 3757<br />
Email: bhaa@eircom.net<br />
Inet: www.adidasdublinmarathon.ie<br />
Israel<br />
Dead Sea Half Marathon<br />
February<br />
Yaacov Akrish, Tamar Regional Council,<br />
Dead Sea Post 86910, Dead Sea, Israel<br />
Tel: 972 866 88822<br />
Fax: 972 866 88922<br />
Email: akrish@ma-tamar.co.il<br />
Inet: www.shvoong.co.il/deadsea-halfmarathon<br />
Tiberias Marathon<br />
January<br />
Jack Cohen, Israeli Athletic Association<br />
10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv, 89482, Israel<br />
Tel: 972 3 648 6256<br />
Fax: 972 3 648 6255<br />
Email: iaa@zahav.net.il<br />
Inet: www.tiberias-marathon.co.il<br />
Jerusalem Half Marathon<br />
March<br />
Simon Avraham<br />
Sports Authority. 10 Safra Square, Jerusalem<br />
91007<br />
Tel: 972 2 629 6542<br />
972 2 629 8047<br />
Fax: 972 2 629 7411<br />
Email: pngmiri@jerusalem.muni.il<br />
Inet: www.hmarathon.jerusalem.muni.il<br />
Italy<br />
Ferraramarathon<br />
March<br />
Federica Stella<br />
Casella Postale 140,<br />
44100, Ferrara, Italy<br />
Email: info@ferraramarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.ferraramarathon.it<br />
Firenze Marathon<br />
November<br />
Giancarlo Romiti<br />
Organizzazione Firenze Marathon<br />
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 2 Firenze 50137<br />
Tel: 39 (0) 55 5522 957<br />
Fax: 39 (0) 55 5536 823<br />
Email: staff@firenzemarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.firenzemarathon.it<br />
*Garda Trentino Half Marathon November<br />
Poli Sandro<br />
Via Vittorio Veneto 20/A<br />
38062 Arco (TN), Italy<br />
Mob Tel: 339 646 7887<br />
Fax. 39 0464 520 900<br />
Email: event@trentinoevents.it<br />
Inet: www.trentinoevents.it<br />
Guiseppe Verdi<br />
Country Marathon<br />
February<br />
Gian Carlo Chittolini<br />
Via Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore,<br />
Terme, Parma<br />
Tel: 390 524 572 083<br />
Fax: 390 524 575 055<br />
Email: info@verdimarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.verdimarathon.it<br />
Ferrari Italian Marathon<br />
October<br />
Ivano Barbolini<br />
VIA Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO)<br />
Tel: 39 059 65 02 97<br />
Fax: 39 059 65 13 30<br />
Email: info@italianmarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.italianmarathon.it<br />
*Lago Maggiore Half Marathon March<br />
Paolo Ottone (Race Director)<br />
Via 42 Martiri, 165 - 28924<br />
Verbania (VB) Italy<br />
Tel: +39 0323 58 54 03<br />
Fax: +39 0323 58 54 04<br />
Email: p.ottone@pro-motion.it<br />
Inet: www.lagomaggiorehalfmarathon.com<br />
www.pro-motion.it<br />
Maratona d’Europa<br />
May<br />
Enrico Benedetti<br />
Via Udine, 35 c/o Associatione la Bavisela,<br />
34135 Trieste<br />
Tel: 39 040 410 339<br />
Fax: 39 040 418 634<br />
Email: info@bavisela.it<br />
Inet: www.bavisela.it<br />
The City of Rome Marathon<br />
March<br />
Enrico Castrucci<br />
Viale Batista Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Rome<br />
Tel: 39 06 40 65 064<br />
Fax: 39 06 40 65 063<br />
Email: info@maratonadiroma.it<br />
Inet: www.maratonadiroma.it<br />
Palermo Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Salvatore Gebbia<br />
C/o Maratona della Citta di Palermo,<br />
Via Napoli, 84, 90133 Palermo<br />
Tel: 39 09 132 0731<br />
Fax: 39 09 132 0731<br />
Email: info@palermomaratona.it<br />
Inet: www.palermomaratona.it<br />
Pisa Marathon<br />
May<br />
Andrea Maggini<br />
Via di Gello 47/A, 56123 Pisa<br />
Tel: 39 050 556135<br />
Fax: 39 050 503119<br />
Email: maggini@pisamarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.pisamarathon.it<br />
Sant Antonio Marathon<br />
April<br />
Silvana Santi<br />
Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova<br />
Tel: 39 049 822 7114<br />
Fax: 39 049 822 7164<br />
Email: info@maratonasantantonio.com<br />
Inet: www.maratonasantantonio.com<br />
Milano City Marathon<br />
December<br />
Ennio Mazzei<br />
Via degli Orombelli, 11 - 20133 Milano (MI)<br />
Tel/Fax: 39 02 3658 6686<br />
Email: info@milanocitymarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it<br />
Treviso Marathon<br />
March<br />
Aldo Zanetti, Maratona Treviso Scrl,<br />
via Martiri delle Foibe, 20 - 31015<br />
Conegliano (Z.I. Scomigo)<br />
Tel: 39 0438 413 255<br />
Fax: 39 0438 413 475<br />
Email: info@trevisomarathon.com<br />
marketing@trevisomarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.trevisomarathon.com<br />
Turin Marathon<br />
Turin Half Marathon<br />
April<br />
September<br />
Pietro Chiabrera<br />
C.SO Regina Magherita 497, 10151 Turin<br />
Tel: 39 011 455 9959<br />
Fax: 39 011 407 6054<br />
Email: info@turinmarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.turinmarathon.it<br />
*Maratonina Citta Di Udine September<br />
Ennio Della Mea<br />
Via C. Percoto 17/C, 33100 Udine<br />
Tel/Fax 390 324 501 612<br />
Email: info@maratoninadiudine.it<br />
Inet: www.maratoninadiudine.it<br />
Venice Marathon<br />
October<br />
Enrico Jacomini<br />
A.S.D. Venicemarathon Club, Via F. Linghindal<br />
5/5, 30172 Mestre Venice, Italy<br />
Tel: 39 041 532 1871<br />
Fax: 39 041 532 1879<br />
Email: info@venicemarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.venicemarathon.it<br />
Jamaica<br />
Reggae Marathon<br />
December<br />
Alfred Francis<br />
87-89 Tower st, Kingston, Jamaica<br />
Tel: 1 876 922 8677<br />
Fax: 1 876 922 0155<br />
Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.reggaemarathon.com<br />
Japan<br />
Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February<br />
Minoru Kubota<br />
Sports Dept, RKB Mainichi Radio-TV<br />
Broadcasting Company, 2-3-8 Momochihama<br />
Sawara-Ku, Fukuoka, 814-8585<br />
Tel: 092 852 6611<br />
Fax: 092 852 6658<br />
Email: m-kubota@rkb.ne.jp<br />
Fukuoka Int’l Open<br />
Marathon Championship<br />
December<br />
Hiroaki Chosa<br />
Japan Association of Athletics Federations<br />
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050<br />
Tel: 81 3 3481 2300<br />
Fax: 81 3 3481 2449<br />
Email: jaaf@rikuren.or.jp<br />
Inet: www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/<br />
Hokkaido Marathon<br />
September<br />
Yoshitaka Abe<br />
The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat,<br />
The Hokkaido Shimubun Press,<br />
Nishi-3, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo,<br />
Hokkaido, 060-8711<br />
Tel: 81 11 232 0840<br />
Fax: 81 11 210 5734<br />
Email: marathon@hokkaido-np.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.hokkaido-marathon.com<br />
Kagawa Marugame<br />
Half Marathon<br />
February<br />
Tetsuji Araj<br />
Marugame Shimin Gymnastics,<br />
924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, Kagawapref<br />
763 0053<br />
Tel: 81 0877 24 6251<br />
Fax: 81 0877 24 7966<br />
Email: mr-taikyo@ninus.ocn.ne.jp<br />
Inet: www.km-half.com<br />
Kyoto City Half Marathon<br />
March<br />
Yoshiharu Naya<br />
32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo,<br />
Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864<br />
Tel: 81 75 315 1235<br />
Fax: 81 75 315 1236<br />
Email: isono@runners.co.jp<br />
Inet: http://kyoto-city-half.jp<br />
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon March<br />
Yukihiro Fujioka<br />
The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office,<br />
3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251<br />
Tel: 81 6 6346 8249<br />
Fax: 81 6 6346 8372<br />
Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp<br />
Lake Kawaguchi Marathon November<br />
Nikkan Sports Press<br />
c/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd.,<br />
502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, Shimbashi,<br />
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004<br />
Tel: 81 3 5733 2451<br />
Fax: 81 3 5733 2452<br />
Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.sports-info.co.jp<br />
Lake Saroma<br />
100km Ultra Marathon<br />
June<br />
Jiro Hashimoto<br />
Runners Inc., 1-31-9 Haramachi,<br />
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8532<br />
Tel: 81 3 3714 1733<br />
Fax: 81 3 3714 5455<br />
Email: saroma@runners.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.runnet.co.jp<br />
Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon March<br />
Kosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Tanaka<br />
The Chunichi Shimbun (Press),<br />
Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon Office, 6-1,<br />
1-Chome, Sannomaru, Naka-ku,<br />
Nagoya, 460-8511<br />
Tel: 81 52 221 0737<br />
Fax: 81 52 221 0739<br />
Email: niwm@chunichi.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.chunichi.co.jp/niwm/<br />
Olympic Commemorative<br />
Nagano Marathon<br />
April<br />
Yasushi Aoki<br />
1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801<br />
Tel: 81 26 252 7687<br />
Fax: 81 26 234 6381<br />
Email: y-aoki@shinmai.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp<br />
Ohme-Hochi Marathon<br />
30km/10k Road Race<br />
February<br />
Takuji Yamamoto<br />
Publicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan,<br />
Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485<br />
Tel: 81 3 5479 1294<br />
Fax: 81 3 5479 1155<br />
Email: takuji_y@hochi.jp<br />
Inet: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp<br />
Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon January<br />
Motonobu Shimamoto<br />
KTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku,<br />
Osaka 530-8408<br />
Tel: 81 6 6314 8277<br />
Fax: 81 6 6314 8549<br />
Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jp<br />
Tokyo Marathon<br />
February<br />
Hideyuki Sasaki,<br />
C/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports Planning<br />
Enterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi,<br />
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325<br />
Tel: 81 3 5320 6896<br />
Fax: 81 3 5388 1739<br />
Email: sasaki@tokyo42195.org<br />
Inet: www.tokyo42195.com<br />
Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November<br />
Takao Ishizawa<br />
c/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji,<br />
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011<br />
Tel: 81 3 5540 7455<br />
Fax: 81 3 3248 6636<br />
Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com<br />
Inet: www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon<br />
Kenya<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Nairobi Marathon and Half October<br />
John Velzian<br />
PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi<br />
Tel: 254 2086 0186<br />
Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke<br />
Inet: www.nairobimarathon.com<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth<br />
Korea<br />
Chosunilbo Chunchon<br />
Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
In Bae Seung<br />
61, 1-ka, Taepyong-no, Jung-ku, 100-756 Seoul<br />
Tel: 82 2 724 6333<br />
Fax: 82 2 724 6309<br />
Email: marathon@chosun.com<br />
Inet: www.marathon.chosun.com<br />
Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Wha-Kyung Choi<br />
139 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-715<br />
Tel: 82 2 2020 0311<br />
Fax: 82 2 2020 1639<br />
Email: marathon@donga.com<br />
Inet: http://marathon.donga.com/gyeongju.html<br />
Incheon Int’l Half Marathon<br />
March<br />
Chul-Hoon Yoon<br />
Half Marathon Organizing Committee, 18-1<br />
Handong-4ga, Jung-Gu, Incheon, Korea<br />
Tel: 82 32 882-7722<br />
Fax: 82 32 887-0085<br />
Email: koraaf@hotmail.com<br />
Seoul Int’l Marathon<br />
Joong San Ahn,<br />
7th Floor, Dong - A Ilbo, 139 Sejongno,<br />
Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-715<br />
Tel: 82 2 2020 0708<br />
Fax: 82 2 2020 1639<br />
Email: marathon@donga.com<br />
Inet: www.seoul-marathon.com<br />
JoongAng Seoul Marathon<br />
JoongAng Culture Media<br />
7 Soonhwa-dong,<br />
Chung-ku Seoul, 100-959 Korea<br />
Tel: 82 2 751 9685<br />
Fax: 82 2 751 9656, 40<br />
Email: marathon@joongang.co.kr<br />
Inet: marathon.joins.com<br />
Latvia<br />
March<br />
November<br />
Nordea Riga Marathon<br />
May<br />
Nordea Riga Marathon<br />
Aigars Nords, Brivibas 40-37, Riga LV-1050<br />
Tel: 371 2654 0970<br />
Fax: 371 7505286<br />
Email: inese.kikule@porternovelli.lv<br />
Inet: www.porternovelli.lv<br />
Lebanon<br />
*Beirut Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Mark Dickinson/Nadine Moawad<br />
BMA, P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut, Lebanon<br />
Tel: 961 5 959 262<br />
Fax: 961 5 959 263<br />
Email: info@beirutmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org<br />
Lithuania<br />
Vilnius Maratonas & Half September<br />
Rokas Babravicius<br />
Odminiu str. 8, Vilnius<br />
Tel: 370 5 212 3099<br />
Fax: 370 5 210 6451<br />
Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.lt<br />
Inet: www.marathon.lt<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Dexia Route du Vin<br />
Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Georges Klepper<br />
3, route d’Arlon; L-8009 Strassen<br />
Tel: 352 48 06 70<br />
Fax: 352 48 05 72<br />
Email: routeduvin@fla.lu<br />
Inet: www.fla.lu<br />
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Macau, China<br />
Macau Galaxy Entertainments Group Int’l<br />
Marathon, Half and Mini<br />
December<br />
José Tavares<br />
Macau Sport Development Board,<br />
Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n,<br />
Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar,<br />
Bloco 1, 4 andar, Macau<br />
Tel. 853 2858 0762<br />
Fax. 853 7965 611<br />
Email: sport@macau.ctm.net<br />
Inet: www.sport.gov.mo<br />
www.macaumarathon.com<br />
Malta<br />
Int’l Malta<br />
Challenge Marathon<br />
November<br />
Barry M. Whitmore<br />
P.O. Box 5, New Mill Street, Mellieha, MLH<br />
1000 Malta<br />
Tel: 356 79 33 90 46<br />
Fax: 356 25 40 10 31<br />
Email: info@maltamarathonchallenge.com<br />
Inet:<br />
www.maltamarathonchallenge.com<br />
Malaysia<br />
AmBank Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon March<br />
S. Vegiyathunam<br />
F. T. A. A. A., 2nd floor, Wisma OCM, Jalan<br />
Hang Jebat, 50150 Kula Lumpur<br />
Tel: 60 3 27152843<br />
Fax: 60 3 27152678<br />
Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.com<br />
Mexico<br />
Gran Maraton Pacifico<br />
November<br />
Francisco Mijares<br />
Javier Barros Sierra 555,<br />
Col. Zedec Santa Fe Del. Alvaro Obregon CP.<br />
01210 Mexico D.F.<br />
Tel: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208)<br />
Fax: 525 552 801 716<br />
Email: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx<br />
Inet: www.maraton.org<br />
Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara October<br />
Enrique Gomez Espejel<br />
100 Nevado de Toluca St, Colonia<br />
Independencia, Guadalajara, jalisco 44290<br />
Tel: 52 33 3637 0408<br />
Fax: 55 33 3651 8271<br />
Email: leqomez@guadalajara.gob.mx<br />
Inet: www.maraton.com.mx<br />
Maraton Int’l de la Ciudad de Mexico August<br />
Dione Anguiano Flores<br />
Division del Norte 2333 General Anaya<br />
c.p.o. 03340 Benito Juarez, Mexico D.F<br />
Tel: 52 5 688 1869<br />
Fax: 52 5 688 8701<br />
Email: dione@df.gob.mx<br />
Inet: www.maraton.df.gob.mx<br />
Maraton LaLa Internacional<br />
Héctor Guerrero Herrera<br />
Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n<br />
(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada),<br />
Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila<br />
Tel: 52 871 729 2453<br />
Fax: 52 871 729 2436<br />
Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com<br />
Inet: www.maratonlala.org<br />
*Medio Maraton Los Cabos/<br />
Cabo Half Marathon<br />
Adrian Soria Bejar<br />
Nebraska #62-202 Colonia Napoles<br />
Mexico DF, CP 03818, México<br />
Tel. 52 55 5443 7447<br />
Fax. 52 55 5523 5035<br />
Email: adrian@maratonloscabos.com<br />
Inet: www.cabomarathon.com<br />
*Maraton Powerade Monterrey<br />
Gerardo Cervantes Padilla<br />
Rio Pilon 2124,<br />
Fraccionamiento Bernardo Reyes<br />
Monterrey (NL), Mexico, CP 64280<br />
Tel. 52 81 8373 9254<br />
Fax. 52 81 8373 2026<br />
March<br />
January<br />
December<br />
Email: gcervantes@ssnl.gob.mx<br />
Inet: www.maratonmonterrey.com<br />
21km Nuevo Leon<br />
Luciano Ramirez Gallardo<br />
Francisco Murguia 4200, Col Guadalupe<br />
Victoria, Guadalupe NL<br />
Tel: 52 818 161 6725<br />
Fax: 52 811 505 1799<br />
Email: atletismo_nl@axtel.net<br />
Tangamanga Int'l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Jaime Morales Reyes<br />
Avenida Mariano Jimenez, 78280 Sanluis<br />
Potosi, Sanluis Potosi, Mexico<br />
Tel: 52 44 48 15 8921<br />
Fax: 52 44 48 15 4444<br />
Email: maratontangamanga@gmail.com<br />
Inet: www.maratontangamanga.com<br />
June<br />
Monaco<br />
Monaco Int’l Marathon<br />
March<br />
Jean-Pierre Schoëbel<br />
Stade Louis II, 7 Avenue Des Castelans,<br />
98000, Monaco<br />
Tel: 377 92 05 43 05<br />
Fax: 377 92 05 68 08<br />
Email: info@monacomarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.monacomarathon.org<br />
Namibia<br />
100 miles of the Namib Desert July<br />
Adriano Zito<br />
Via delle Costellazioni, No.118, 41100, Modena<br />
Tel: 390 593 59813<br />
Fax: 390 292 0013<br />
Email: info@zitoway.com<br />
Inet: www.100milesofnamibdesert.com<br />
Netherlands<br />
Fortis Marathon Rotterdam<br />
April<br />
Mario J Kadiks<br />
P.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam<br />
Tel: 31 10 291 9230<br />
Fax: 31 10 291 9172<br />
Email: info@rotterdammarathon.nl<br />
Inet: www.fortismarathonrotterdam.nl<br />
Eindhoven Marathon<br />
October<br />
Cor Vriend<br />
Biesven 11, 5645 KL, Eindhoven<br />
Tel: 31 40 2115 142<br />
Fax: 31 40 2118 727<br />
Email: ncvriend@iae.nl<br />
Inet: www.marathoneindhoven.nl<br />
ING Bank Enschede Marathon<br />
April<br />
Rian Stamsnieder<br />
Postbus 555, 7500 AN Enschede<br />
Tel: 31 53 430 5486<br />
Fax: 31 53 434 4768<br />
Email: info@enschedmarathon.nl<br />
Inet: www.enschedemarathon.nl<br />
ING Amsterdam Marathon<br />
October<br />
Cees Pronk<br />
Postbus 143, 1850 AC, Heiloo<br />
Tel: 31 72 533 8136<br />
Fax: 31 72 533 9398<br />
Email: info@ingamsterdammarathon.nl<br />
Inet: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl<br />
North Pole<br />
North Pole Marathon<br />
March<br />
Richard Donovan<br />
1 Forstar Place, City Centre, Galway, Ireland<br />
Tel: 353 91 566 077<br />
Fax: 353 91 566 082<br />
Email: rd@npmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.npmarathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Norway<br />
Midnight Sun Marathon<br />
Nils I. Haetta<br />
P.O. Box 821, N-9258, Tromsø<br />
Tel: 47 776 73363<br />
Fax: 47 776 73364<br />
Email: post@msm.no<br />
Inet: www.msm.no<br />
Pakistan<br />
*Lahore Marathon<br />
Ian Ladbrooke<br />
Publicis Pakistan<br />
68-C/2 Gulberg III, Lahore.<br />
Tel: 92-42-5765101/3<br />
Fax: 92-42-5753569<br />
Email: Iladbrooke@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lahoremarathon.com<br />
Panama<br />
June<br />
February<br />
Panama City Int’l Marathon<br />
August<br />
Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza<br />
P.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama City<br />
Tel: 507 6674 1618 / 507 223 2588<br />
Fax: 507 263 4111<br />
Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.com<br />
ajones@marathonpanama.com<br />
corredoresistmo@gmail.com<br />
Inet: www.marathonpanama.com<br />
Philippines<br />
Philippines Marathon –<br />
Pasig River<br />
February<br />
Magdalane Gay C. Maddela<br />
The Orchidarium/Butterfly Pavillion,<br />
Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila<br />
Tel: 632 527 6376<br />
Fax: 632 527 6379<br />
Email: cgfi@itextron.com<br />
Inet: www.philippinemarathon.com<br />
The Subic Marathon<br />
& Half Marathon<br />
January<br />
Samson Ramos Tucay<br />
Police National Training Institute, Camp<br />
Vicente Lim, Calamba, Iaguna<br />
Tel: 049 834 1374<br />
Fax: 049 834 1377<br />
Email: tucaysam@yahoo.com<br />
Inet: www.subicmarathon.com<br />
Poland<br />
Cracovia Marathon<br />
May<br />
Piotr Sokolowski<br />
Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, ul. Eisenberga 2<br />
31-523 Krakow, Poland<br />
Tel: 48 12 411 40 88<br />
Fax: 48 12 4127477<br />
Email: biuro@cracoviamaraton.pl<br />
Inet: www.cracoviamaraton.pl<br />
Poznan Marathon<br />
October<br />
Janusz Rajewski<br />
POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznan<br />
Tel: 48 61 835 79 17<br />
Fax: 48 61 835 79 20<br />
Email: info@marathon.poznan.pl<br />
Inet: www.marathon.poznan.pl<br />
Pila Int’l Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Henryk Paskal<br />
Stowarzysznie Biegow Ulicznych ul. Kossaka<br />
23, 64-920 Pila<br />
Tel: 48 67 351 0478<br />
Fax: 48 67 212 5975<br />
Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl<br />
Inet: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl<br />
Society of Torun Marathon/<br />
Stowarzyszenie Maraton Torunski April<br />
Rafal Flis,<br />
87-100 Torun, ul. Mickiewicza 142-4<br />
POLAND<br />
Tel: 48 (56) 471 38 29<br />
Fax: 48 (56) 623 01 62<br />
Email: torunski@maraton.pl<br />
Inet : www.torunski.maraton.pl<br />
Wroclaw Marathon<br />
April<br />
Marek Danielak<br />
Stowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw,<br />
Oporowska 62, 53-434 Wroclaw<br />
Tel: 48 71 364 72 00<br />
Fax: 48 71 346 72 10<br />
Email: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl<br />
Inet: www.wroclawmaraton.pl<br />
Portugal<br />
EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March<br />
RTP Half Marathon<br />
of Portugal<br />
September<br />
Carlos Moya<br />
B Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas<br />
Branco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 Caxias<br />
Tel: 351 21 441 3182<br />
Fax: 351 21 441 3073<br />
Email: geral@maratonaportugal.com<br />
Inet: www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com<br />
Lisbon Int’l Marathon<br />
December<br />
António Campos<br />
Calçada da Tapada, 67-A, 1349-012 Lisboa<br />
Tel: 351 21 361 6160<br />
Fax: 351 21 361 6169<br />
Email: treinador@sapo.pt<br />
Inet: www.Lisbon-marathon.com<br />
Porto Marathon<br />
October<br />
Jorge Teixeira<br />
Rua de Cedofeita, 455-3 Sala 35,<br />
4050-181, Porto<br />
Tel: 351 91 785 0216<br />
Fax: 351 22 208 0403<br />
Email: runporto@sapo.pt<br />
Inet: www.runporto.com<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
World’s Best 10k Road Race February<br />
Rafael B. Acosta<br />
P.O. Box 2780, Carolina, PR 00984-2780<br />
Tel: 1 787 767 9191 / 767 2000<br />
Fax: 1 787 767 9199 / 763 2000<br />
Email: racosta@ptmpr.com<br />
Inet: www.worldbest10k.com<br />
Republic of<br />
South Africa<br />
Old Mutual Two Oceans<br />
Marathon, presented by Nike<br />
Chet Sainsbury<br />
11 Lansdowne Road, Claremont,<br />
7700, Cape Town<br />
Tel: 27 21 671 6054<br />
Fax: 27 21 671 8724<br />
March<br />
Email: stefanie@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za<br />
Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za<br />
Comrades Marathon<br />
June<br />
Ms. Renee Smith<br />
18 Connought Road, Scottsville,<br />
Pietermaritzburg, 3201 South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 33 897 8650<br />
Fax: 27 033 0897 8660<br />
Email: renee@comrades.com<br />
Inet: www.comrades.com<br />
Romania<br />
Timisoara Marathon<br />
Atletic Club Maraton<br />
O.P. 1 C.P. 283<br />
300024 Timisoara<br />
Romania<br />
Tel: 40 722 801 440<br />
Email: dumitra@marathon.ro<br />
Inet: www.marathon.ro<br />
October<br />
Russia<br />
Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September<br />
Boris Fadeev<br />
18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000<br />
Tel: 7 495 624 0824<br />
Fax: 7 495 624 0824<br />
Email: fond@marafon.msk.ru<br />
Inet: www.marafon.msk.ru<br />
Novosibirsk Half Marathon September<br />
Alexandr Chepasov<br />
Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001<br />
Tel: 7 38 2 204 77 22<br />
Fax: 7 38 2 204 77 22<br />
Email: info@marafon.nsk.ru<br />
Inet: www.marafon.nsk.ru<br />
Siberian Int’l Marathon<br />
August<br />
Konstantin Podbelski<br />
Ul. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043<br />
Tel: 7 3812 231 526<br />
Fax: 7 3812 242 567<br />
Email: sim@omsknet.ru<br />
Inet: www.sim.omsknet.ru<br />
Zelenograd Half Marathon Sprandi June<br />
Boris Prokop’ev<br />
P.O. Box 140, 124482 Moscow, Zelenograd<br />
Tel/Fax: 7 495 534 62 15<br />
Email: bim@zelnet.ru<br />
Inet: www.bimrun.ru<br />
Rwanda<br />
Kigali Peace Marathon<br />
May<br />
Bettina Scholl-Sabatini<br />
Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture<br />
P.O. Box 1044, Kigali<br />
Tel: 352 21 21 4804<br />
Fax: 352 26 61 5264<br />
Email: minicult@rwanda1.com<br />
betmar@pt.lu<br />
Inet: www.kigalimarathon.com<br />
Serbia<br />
Novi Sad Marathon<br />
October<br />
Novi Sad Half Marathon<br />
March<br />
Milan Dolga<br />
Trgg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad,<br />
Serbie and Montenegro (yu)<br />
Tel: 381 21 27 214<br />
Fax: 381 21 551 711<br />
Email: office@marathon.org.yu<br />
Inet: www.marathon.org.yu<br />
Belgrade Marathon<br />
April<br />
Bejan Nikolic<br />
Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade<br />
Tel: 381 11 369 0709<br />
Fax: 381 11 306 5720<br />
Email: office@bgdmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.bgdmarathon.com<br />
Singapore<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Singapore Marathon<br />
December<br />
Paul Chan Chow Tin<br />
15 Stadium Road, Room 1 South Entrance,<br />
National Stadium, Singapore 397718<br />
Tel: 65 6386 2721<br />
Fax: 65 6386 7773<br />
Email: info@singaporemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.singaporemarathon.com<br />
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Slovakia<br />
Kosice Peace Marathon<br />
October<br />
Dr Stefan Dano<br />
Marathon Club Kosice, Pri jazdiarni 1,<br />
PO Box F-24, 043 04 Kosice<br />
Tel: 421 55 622 00 10<br />
Fax: 421 55 622 41 58<br />
Email: info@kosicemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.kosicemarathon.com<br />
Slovenia<br />
Ljubljanski Marathon<br />
October<br />
Gojko Zalokar<br />
Timing Ljubijana,<br />
Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubijana<br />
Tel: 386 1 234 8000<br />
Fax: 386 1 234 8005<br />
Email: info@timingljubijana.si<br />
Inet: www.ljubijanskimarathon.si<br />
Three Hearts Marathon and Half May<br />
Drago Jug<br />
Maraton Treh Src, p.p. 69, SI-9252 Radenci<br />
Tel: 386 2 566 90 90<br />
Fax: 386 2 566 90 92<br />
Email: teniskicenter.radenci@siol.net<br />
Inet: www.radenska.sl<br />
Spain<br />
Marato de Barcelona<br />
March<br />
Josep Sole<br />
Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 63 Bis, àtic 3a CP:<br />
0825-Barcelona<br />
Tel: 34 93 431 55 33<br />
Fax: 34 93 422 10 96<br />
Email: info@maratobarcelona.com<br />
Inet: www.maratobarcelona.com<br />
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update@aims-association.org<br />
Maraton San Sebastian<br />
Jesus Lopez Jimenez<br />
November<br />
Federacion Atletica Guipuzcoana,<br />
Paseo Anoeta, 5,<br />
Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia,<br />
San Sebastian, Spain<br />
Tel. 34 943 451 757<br />
Fax. 34 943 453 982<br />
Email: gaf@kirolak.net<br />
Inet: www.maratondonostia.com<br />
Seville City Marathon<br />
Manuel Nieto<br />
February<br />
Instituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico de<br />
Sevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 Sevilla<br />
Tel: 34 95459 6870<br />
34 95459 6847<br />
Fax: 34 95459 6871<br />
34 95459 6845<br />
Email: maraton@id.aytosevilla.org<br />
Inet: www.imd.sevilla.org<br />
Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz,<br />
Vitoria-Gasteiz<br />
May<br />
Eduardo Martinez Lobera<br />
Pintor Ortiz de Urbina No3, Of. 19<br />
01008 Vitoria<br />
Tel: 34 945 214 278<br />
Fax: 34 945 214 279<br />
Email: info@ascentium.org<br />
Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com<br />
Marathon Popular de Madrid<br />
April<br />
Guillermo J. Jimenez Ramos<br />
Calle Galileo No 74 local VIAJES SANDRA’S<br />
C.P: 28015 Madrid<br />
Tel: +34 91354 03 89<br />
Fax: +34 91365 10 01<br />
Email: vlopez@mapoma.es<br />
Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org<br />
III Mediterranean Marathon<br />
Josep-Maria Antentas<br />
October<br />
Regas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN)<br />
Tel: 34 93 725 0461<br />
Fax: 34 93 725 0451<br />
Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.es<br />
Inet: maratodelmediteranni.com<br />
Maratón Popular de Valencia February<br />
Medio Maratòn Ciudad de Valencia May<br />
Paco Borao<br />
Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia<br />
Tel: 34 96 346 0707<br />
Fax: 34 96 346 3635<br />
Email: maraton@correcaminos.org<br />
Inet: www.correcaminos.org<br />
Sweden<br />
Göteborg Half Marathon<br />
Hans Hultman<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 12174, S-40242 Göteborg<br />
Tel: 46 31 772 7880<br />
Fax: 46 31 772 7890<br />
Email: varvet@gfif.se<br />
Inet: www.goteborgsvarvet.com<br />
Stockholm Marathon<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm<br />
Tel: 46 8 545 66 440<br />
Fax: 46 8 664 38 22<br />
Email: info@stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Stockholm Half Marathon September<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
Stockholm Marathon organisation, Box 100<br />
23, 100 55 Stockholm, SWEDEN<br />
Tel: +46-8-545 664 40<br />
Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se<br />
Switzerland<br />
Geneve Marathon & Semi Marathon<br />
September<br />
Association Geneve Marathon<br />
Case Postale 6572<br />
1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland<br />
Tel: 41 22 787 0753<br />
Fax: 41 22 787 0750<br />
Email: info@genevemarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.genevemarathon.ch<br />
Jungfrau Marathon<br />
Richard Umberg<br />
Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243<br />
CH-3800, Interlaken<br />
Tel: 41 33 827 62 90<br />
Fax: 41 33 827 62 05<br />
Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Inet:<br />
September<br />
www.jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Lausanne Marathon<br />
Robert Bruchez<br />
October<br />
Av, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne<br />
Tel: 41 21 806 3016<br />
Fax: 41 21 806 2548<br />
Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com<br />
Inet: www.lausanne-marathon.com<br />
Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July<br />
Andrea Tuffli<br />
P.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos Platz<br />
Tel: 41 81 401 1490<br />
Fax: 41 81 401 1489<br />
Email: info@alpine-davos.ch<br />
Inet: www.alpine-davos.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Zermatt Marathon<br />
Andrea Kummer-Schneider<br />
Postfach 94, CH-3924, St Niklaus<br />
Tel: 41 956 2760<br />
Fax: 41 27 956 2925<br />
Email: info@zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Zurich Marathon<br />
Bruno Lafranchi<br />
Postfach 8027, 8036 Zurich<br />
Tel: 41 480 25 57<br />
Fax: 41 480 25 56<br />
Email: info@zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Tanzania<br />
July<br />
April<br />
*Kilimanjaro Marathon<br />
March<br />
John Addison<br />
Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 1685,<br />
Republic of South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
Inet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com<br />
Thailand<br />
Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon<br />
November<br />
Song<br />
kram Kraisonthi<br />
20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road<br />
Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400<br />
Tel: 66 22 77 6670<br />
Fax: 66 22 77 2567<br />
Email: info@amazingfield.org<br />
Inet: www.bkkmarathon.com<br />
Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Dr. Theera Rittirod<br />
Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002<br />
Tel: 66 43 202 222<br />
Fax: 66 43 202 557<br />
Email: theera@kku.ac.th<br />
Inet: www.khonkaenmarathon.com/th/<br />
Laguna Phuket International Marathon June<br />
Raimund Wellenhofer<br />
Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building<br />
109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,<br />
10500 THAILAND<br />
Tel: 662 236 2921<br />
Fax: 662 237 2321<br />
Email: info@goadventureasia.com<br />
Inet: www.phuketmarathon.com<br />
Trinidad & Tobago<br />
UWI-SPEC Half Marathon November<br />
Dr Iva Gloudon<br />
Sport & Physical Ed. Centre,<br />
University of the West Indies,<br />
St Augustine, Trinidad<br />
Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239<br />
Email: info@spec.uwi.tt<br />
Inet: www.sta.uwi.edu/spec<br />
Tunisia<br />
Sahara 100k Challenge Race<br />
March<br />
Adriano Zito<br />
Via delle Costellazioni, 118,<br />
41100 Modena, Italy<br />
Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813<br />
Email: info@zitoway.com<br />
Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Turkey<br />
International Oger Antalya Marathon March<br />
Recep Yavuz<br />
Mehmetcik mah.Aspendos Bulvari<br />
Aspendos is merkezi No. 65 A-B, Antalya<br />
Tel: 90 242 310 4040<br />
Fax: 90 242 321 2565<br />
Email: ryavuz@oger.com.tr<br />
Inet: www.oger-marathon.de<br />
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon<br />
October<br />
Ilker Astarci<br />
IBB Spor AS Kaleboyu Cad. 111, Faith<br />
Tel: 90 212 453 3000<br />
Fax: 90 212 621 3848<br />
Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon<br />
Hayri Ozsut<br />
Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33,<br />
33401 Tarsus<br />
Tel: 90 324 616 3333<br />
Fax: 90 324 616 3307<br />
Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org<br />
United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon<br />
Peter Connerton<br />
P.O. Box 57176, Dubai<br />
Tel: 97 14 367 1062<br />
Fax: 97 14 367 2524<br />
Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.dubaimarathon.org<br />
*2nd RAK International<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Nathan Clayton<br />
P.O.Box 282331, Dubai, UAE<br />
Tel: 971 50 347 64 74<br />
Fax: 971 4 399 5678<br />
Email: rd@rakmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.rakmarathon.org<br />
United States<br />
of America<br />
March<br />
January<br />
February<br />
Atlanta Marathon & Half November<br />
Julia Emmons<br />
Atlanta Track Club<br />
3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, GA30305<br />
Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14<br />
Fax: 1 404 364 0708<br />
Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org<br />
Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org<br />
BAA Boston Marathon<br />
April<br />
Dave McGillivray<br />
Boston Athletic Association<br />
40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116<br />
Tel: 1 617 236 1652<br />
Fax: 1 617 236 4505<br />
Email: mile27registration@baa.org<br />
Inet: www.bostonmarathon.org<br />
*Eugene Marathon and Half<br />
Richard Maher<br />
541 Williamette St, Suite 312, Eugene,<br />
OR 97401, USA<br />
Tel: 1 541 345 2230<br />
Fax: 1 541 345 3227<br />
May<br />
Email: contact@eugenemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.eugenemarathon.com<br />
Big Sur Half Marathon<br />
on Monterey Bay<br />
Big Sur Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
April<br />
Wally Kastner<br />
P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922<br />
Tel: 1 831 625 6226<br />
Fax: 1 831 625 2119<br />
Email: info@bsim.org<br />
Inet: www.bsim.org<br />
Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women<br />
May<br />
George P Regan<br />
USATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy,<br />
NY 12180, USA<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-0647<br />
Email: george@freihofersrun.com<br />
Inet: www.freihofersrun.com<br />
Honolulu Marathon<br />
Jon Cross, Jim Moberly<br />
3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208,<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USA<br />
Tel: 1 808 734 7200<br />
Fax: 1 808 732 7057<br />
Email: info@honolulumarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.honolulumarathon.org<br />
Lake Tahoe Marathon<br />
Les Wright<br />
2261 Cold Creek Trail,<br />
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150<br />
Tel: 1 530 544 7095<br />
1 504 328 3478<br />
Fax: 1 530 452 2844<br />
December<br />
September<br />
Email: Leswright@sbcglobal.net<br />
Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com<br />
Maui Marathon & Half<br />
September<br />
Bob Carver<br />
P.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733<br />
Tel: 1 808 871 6441<br />
Email: info@mauimarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.mauimarathon.com<br />
Las Vegas Marathon<br />
and Half Marathon<br />
December<br />
Al Boka - overseas coordinator<br />
9817 Royal Lamb Drive, Las Vegas, N, 89145<br />
Tel: 1 702 809 2620<br />
Fax: 1 702 240 2723<br />
Email: alboka@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lvmarathon.com<br />
Los Angeles Marathon<br />
March<br />
Terry Collier<br />
11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100,<br />
Los Angeles CA90025<br />
Tel: 1 310 444 5544<br />
Fax: 1 310 473 8105<br />
Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.lamarathon.com<br />
Marine Corps Marathon<br />
October<br />
Rick Nealis<br />
P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134<br />
Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6<br />
Fax: 1 703 784 2265<br />
Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil<br />
Inet: www.marinemarathon.com<br />
Portland Marathon<br />
October<br />
Les Smith<br />
1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900,<br />
Portland, Oregon 97205<br />
Tel: 1 503 248 1134<br />
Fax: 1 503 224 8851<br />
Email: info@portlandmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.portlandmarathon.org<br />
San Francisco Marathon<br />
August<br />
PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107<br />
Tel: 1 415 814 2823<br />
Fax: 1 415 276 4179<br />
Email: info@runsfm.com<br />
Inet: www.runsfm.com<br />
University Washington Medical Center<br />
Seattle Marathon<br />
November<br />
Louise Long<br />
P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103<br />
Tel: 1 206 729 3660<br />
Fax: 1 206 729 3662<br />
Email: info@seattlemarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.seattlemarathon.org<br />
Twin Cities Marathon<br />
October<br />
Virginia Brophy Achman<br />
4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2,<br />
Minneapolis, MN55422<br />
Tel: 1 763 287 3888<br />
Fax: 1 763 287 3889<br />
Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Virginia Mason Team Medicine<br />
Marathon at Seafair<br />
July<br />
Jared Loranger<br />
2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121<br />
Tel: 206 965 8837<br />
Fax: 206 728 9506<br />
Email: mike@seafair.com<br />
Inet: www.seafairmarathon.com<br />
Virgin Islands<br />
St Croix Int'l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Wallace Williams<br />
P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, US<br />
Virgin Islands 00822<br />
Tel: 1 340 643 2557<br />
Fax: 1 340 773 5327<br />
Email: wallacewilliams@msn.com<br />
Inet: www.virginislandspace.org<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Africa University International<br />
Peace Marathon<br />
July<br />
Chenjerai Tanyongana<br />
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare<br />
Tel: 263 20 60026/75<br />
Fax: 263 20 61785<br />
Email: ausport@africau.ac.zw<br />
Inet: www.africau.ed<br />
Victoria Falls Marathon & Half August<br />
John Addison<br />
PO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
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Maraton San Sebastian<br />
Jesus Lopez Jimenez<br />
November<br />
Federacion Atletica Guipuzcoana,<br />
Paseo Anoeta, 5,<br />
Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia,<br />
San Sebastian, Spain<br />
Tel. 34 943 451 757<br />
Fax. 34 943 453 982<br />
Email: gaf@kirolak.net<br />
Inet: www.maratondonostia.com<br />
Seville City Marathon<br />
Manuel Nieto<br />
February<br />
Instituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico de<br />
Sevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 Sevilla<br />
Tel: 34 95459 6870<br />
34 95459 6847<br />
Fax: 34 95459 6871<br />
34 95459 6845<br />
Email: maraton@id.aytosevilla.org<br />
Inet: www.imd.sevilla.org<br />
Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz,<br />
Vitoria-Gasteiz<br />
May<br />
Eduardo Martinez Lobera<br />
Pintor Ortiz de Urbina No3, Of. 19<br />
01008 Vitoria<br />
Tel: 34 945 214 278<br />
Fax: 34 945 214 279<br />
Email: info@ascentium.org<br />
Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com<br />
Marathon Popular de Madrid<br />
April<br />
Guillermo J. Jimenez Ramos<br />
Calle Galileo No 74 local VIAJES SANDRA’S<br />
C.P: 28015 Madrid<br />
Tel: +34 91354 03 89<br />
Fax: +34 91365 10 01<br />
Email: vlopez@mapoma.es<br />
Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org<br />
III Mediterranean Marathon<br />
Josep-Maria Antentas<br />
October<br />
Regas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN)<br />
Tel: 34 93 725 0461<br />
Fax: 34 93 725 0451<br />
Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.es<br />
Inet: maratodelmediteranni.com<br />
Maratón Popular de Valencia February<br />
Medio Maratòn Ciudad de Valencia May<br />
Paco Borao<br />
Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia<br />
Tel: 34 96 346 0707<br />
Fax: 34 96 346 3635<br />
Email: maraton@correcaminos.org<br />
Inet: www.correcaminos.org<br />
Sweden<br />
Göteborg Half Marathon<br />
Hans Hultman<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 12174, S-40242 Göteborg<br />
Tel: 46 31 772 7880<br />
Fax: 46 31 772 7890<br />
Email: varvet@gfif.se<br />
Inet: www.goteborgsvarvet.com<br />
Stockholm Marathon<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm<br />
Tel: 46 8 545 66 440<br />
Fax: 46 8 664 38 22<br />
Email: info@stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Stockholm Half Marathon September<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
Stockholm Marathon organisation, Box 100<br />
23, 100 55 Stockholm, SWEDEN<br />
Tel: +46-8-545 664 40<br />
Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se<br />
Switzerland<br />
Geneve Marathon & Semi Marathon<br />
September<br />
Association Geneve Marathon<br />
Case Postale 6572<br />
1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland<br />
Tel: 41 22 787 0753<br />
Fax: 41 22 787 0750<br />
Email: info@genevemarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.genevemarathon.ch<br />
Jungfrau Marathon<br />
Richard Umberg<br />
Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243<br />
CH-3800, Interlaken<br />
Tel: 41 33 827 62 90<br />
Fax: 41 33 827 62 05<br />
Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Inet:<br />
September<br />
www.jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Lausanne Marathon<br />
Robert Bruchez<br />
October<br />
Av, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne<br />
Tel: 41 21 806 3016<br />
Fax: 41 21 806 2548<br />
Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com<br />
Inet: www.lausanne-marathon.com<br />
Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July<br />
Andrea Tuffli<br />
P.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos Platz<br />
Tel: 41 81 401 1490<br />
Fax: 41 81 401 1489<br />
Email: info@alpine-davos.ch<br />
Inet: www.alpine-davos.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Zermatt Marathon<br />
Andrea Kummer-Schneider<br />
Postfach 94, CH-3924, St Niklaus<br />
Tel: 41 956 2760<br />
Fax: 41 27 956 2925<br />
Email: info@zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Zurich Marathon<br />
Bruno Lafranchi<br />
Postfach 8027, 8036 Zurich<br />
Tel: 41 480 25 57<br />
Fax: 41 480 25 56<br />
Email: info@zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Tanzania<br />
July<br />
April<br />
*Kilimanjaro Marathon<br />
March<br />
John Addison<br />
Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 1685,<br />
Republic of South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
Inet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com<br />
Thailand<br />
Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon<br />
November<br />
Song<br />
kram Kraisonthi<br />
20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road<br />
Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400<br />
Tel: 66 22 77 6670<br />
Fax: 66 22 77 2567<br />
Email: info@amazingfield.org<br />
Inet: www.bkkmarathon.com<br />
Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Dr. Theera Rittirod<br />
Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002<br />
Tel: 66 43 202 222<br />
Fax: 66 43 202 557<br />
Email: theera@kku.ac.th<br />
Inet: www.khonkaenmarathon.com/th/<br />
Laguna Phuket International Marathon June<br />
Raimund Wellenhofer<br />
Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building<br />
109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,<br />
10500 THAILAND<br />
Tel: 662 236 2921<br />
Fax: 662 237 2321<br />
Email: info@goadventureasia.com<br />
Inet: www.phuketmarathon.com<br />
Trinidad & Tobago<br />
UWI-SPEC Half Marathon November<br />
Dr Iva Gloudon<br />
Sport & Physical Ed. Centre,<br />
University of the West Indies,<br />
St Augustine, Trinidad<br />
Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239<br />
Email: info@spec.uwi.tt<br />
Inet: www.sta.uwi.edu/spec<br />
Tunisia<br />
Sahara 100k Challenge Race<br />
March<br />
Adriano Zito<br />
Via delle Costellazioni, 118,<br />
41100 Modena, Italy<br />
Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813<br />
Email: info@zitoway.com<br />
Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Turkey<br />
International Oger Antalya Marathon March<br />
Recep Yavuz<br />
Mehmetcik mah.Aspendos Bulvari<br />
Aspendos is merkezi No. 65 A-B, Antalya<br />
Tel: 90 242 310 4040<br />
Fax: 90 242 321 2565<br />
Email: ryavuz@oger.com.tr<br />
Inet: www.oger-marathon.de<br />
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon<br />
October<br />
Ilker Astarci<br />
IBB Spor AS Kaleboyu Cad. 111, Faith<br />
Tel: 90 212 453 3000<br />
Fax: 90 212 621 3848<br />
Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon<br />
Hayri Ozsut<br />
Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33,<br />
33401 Tarsus<br />
Tel: 90 324 616 3333<br />
Fax: 90 324 616 3307<br />
Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org<br />
United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon<br />
Peter Connerton<br />
P.O. Box 57176, Dubai<br />
Tel: 97 14 367 1062<br />
Fax: 97 14 367 2524<br />
Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.dubaimarathon.org<br />
*2nd RAK International<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Nathan Clayton<br />
P.O.Box 282331, Dubai, UAE<br />
Tel: 971 50 347 64 74<br />
Fax: 971 4 399 5678<br />
Email: rd@rakmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.rakmarathon.org<br />
United States<br />
of America<br />
March<br />
January<br />
February<br />
Atlanta Marathon & Half November<br />
Julia Emmons<br />
Atlanta Track Club<br />
3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, GA30305<br />
Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14<br />
Fax: 1 404 364 0708<br />
Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org<br />
Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org<br />
BAA Boston Marathon<br />
April<br />
Dave McGillivray<br />
Boston Athletic Association<br />
40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116<br />
Tel: 1 617 236 1652<br />
Fax: 1 617 236 4505<br />
Email: mile27registration@baa.org<br />
Inet: www.bostonmarathon.org<br />
*Eugene Marathon and Half<br />
Richard Maher<br />
541 Williamette St, Suite 312, Eugene,<br />
OR 97401, USA<br />
Tel: 1 541 345 2230<br />
Fax: 1 541 345 3227<br />
May<br />
Email: contact@eugenemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.eugenemarathon.com<br />
Big Sur Half Marathon<br />
on Monterey Bay<br />
Big Sur Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
April<br />
Wally Kastner<br />
P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922<br />
Tel: 1 831 625 6226<br />
Fax: 1 831 625 2119<br />
Email: info@bsim.org<br />
Inet: www.bsim.org<br />
Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women<br />
May<br />
George P Regan<br />
USATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy,<br />
NY 12180, USA<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-0647<br />
Email: george@freihofersrun.com<br />
Inet: www.freihofersrun.com<br />
Honolulu Marathon<br />
Jon Cross, Jim Moberly<br />
3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208,<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USA<br />
Tel: 1 808 734 7200<br />
Fax: 1 808 732 7057<br />
Email: info@honolulumarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.honolulumarathon.org<br />
Lake Tahoe Marathon<br />
Les Wright<br />
2261 Cold Creek Trail,<br />
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150<br />
Tel: 1 530 544 7095<br />
1 504 328 3478<br />
Fax: 1 530 452 2844<br />
December<br />
September<br />
Email: Leswright@sbcglobal.net<br />
Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com<br />
Maui Marathon & Half<br />
September<br />
Bob Carver<br />
P.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733<br />
Tel: 1 808 871 6441<br />
Email: info@mauimarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.mauimarathon.com<br />
Las Vegas Marathon<br />
and Half Marathon<br />
December<br />
Al Boka - overseas coordinator<br />
9817 Royal Lamb Drive, Las Vegas, N, 89145<br />
Tel: 1 702 809 2620<br />
Fax: 1 702 240 2723<br />
Email: alboka@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lvmarathon.com<br />
Los Angeles Marathon<br />
March<br />
Terry Collier<br />
11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100,<br />
Los Angeles CA90025<br />
Tel: 1 310 444 5544<br />
Fax: 1 310 473 8105<br />
Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.lamarathon.com<br />
Marine Corps Marathon<br />
October<br />
Rick Nealis<br />
P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134<br />
Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6<br />
Fax: 1 703 784 2265<br />
Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil<br />
Inet: www.marinemarathon.com<br />
Portland Marathon<br />
October<br />
Les Smith<br />
1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900,<br />
Portland, Oregon 97205<br />
Tel: 1 503 248 1134<br />
Fax: 1 503 224 8851<br />
Email: info@portlandmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.portlandmarathon.org<br />
San Francisco Marathon<br />
August<br />
PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107<br />
Tel: 1 415 814 2823<br />
Fax: 1 415 276 4179<br />
Email: info@runsfm.com<br />
Inet: www.runsfm.com<br />
University Washington Medical Center<br />
Seattle Marathon<br />
November<br />
Louise Long<br />
P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103<br />
Tel: 1 206 729 3660<br />
Fax: 1 206 729 3662<br />
Email: info@seattlemarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.seattlemarathon.org<br />
Twin Cities Marathon<br />
October<br />
Virginia Brophy Achman<br />
4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2,<br />
Minneapolis, MN55422<br />
Tel: 1 763 287 3888<br />
Fax: 1 763 287 3889<br />
Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Virginia Mason Team Medicine<br />
Marathon at Seafair<br />
July<br />
Jared Loranger<br />
2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121<br />
Tel: 206 965 8837<br />
Fax: 206 728 9506<br />
Email: mike@seafair.com<br />
Inet: www.seafairmarathon.com<br />
Virgin Islands<br />
St Croix Int'l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Wallace Williams<br />
P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, US<br />
Virgin Islands 00822<br />
Tel: 1 340 643 2557<br />
Fax: 1 340 773 5327<br />
Email: wallacewilliams@msn.com<br />
Inet: www.virginislandspace.org<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Africa University International<br />
Peace Marathon<br />
July<br />
Chenjerai Tanyongana<br />
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare<br />
Tel: 263 20 60026/75<br />
Fax: 263 20 61785<br />
Email: ausport@africau.ac.zw<br />
Inet: www.africau.ed<br />
Victoria Falls Marathon & Half August<br />
John Addison<br />
PO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
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Maraton San Sebastian<br />
Jesus Lopez Jimenez<br />
November<br />
Federacion Atletica Guipuzcoana,<br />
Paseo Anoeta, 5,<br />
Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia,<br />
San Sebastian, Spain<br />
Tel. 34 943 451 757<br />
Fax. 34 943 453 982<br />
Email: gaf@kirolak.net<br />
Inet: www.maratondonostia.com<br />
Seville City Marathon<br />
Manuel Nieto<br />
February<br />
Instituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico de<br />
Sevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 Sevilla<br />
Tel: 34 95459 6870<br />
34 95459 6847<br />
Fax: 34 95459 6871<br />
34 95459 6845<br />
Email: maraton@id.aytosevilla.org<br />
Inet: www.imd.sevilla.org<br />
Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz,<br />
Vitoria-Gasteiz<br />
May<br />
Eduardo Martinez Lobera<br />
Pintor Ortiz de Urbina No3, Of. 19<br />
01008 Vitoria<br />
Tel: 34 945 214 278<br />
Fax: 34 945 214 279<br />
Email: info@ascentium.org<br />
Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com<br />
Marathon Popular de Madrid<br />
April<br />
Guillermo J. Jimenez Ramos<br />
Calle Galileo No 74 local VIAJES SANDRA’S<br />
C.P: 28015 Madrid<br />
Tel: +34 91354 03 89<br />
Fax: +34 91365 10 01<br />
Email: vlopez@mapoma.es<br />
Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org<br />
III Mediterranean Marathon<br />
Josep-Maria Antentas<br />
October<br />
Regas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN)<br />
Tel: 34 93 725 0461<br />
Fax: 34 93 725 0451<br />
Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.es<br />
Inet: maratodelmediteranni.com<br />
Maratón Popular de Valencia February<br />
Medio Maratòn Ciudad de Valencia May<br />
Paco Borao<br />
Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia<br />
Tel: 34 96 346 0707<br />
Fax: 34 96 346 3635<br />
Email: maraton@correcaminos.org<br />
Inet: www.correcaminos.org<br />
Sweden<br />
Göteborg Half Marathon<br />
Hans Hultman<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 12174, S-40242 Göteborg<br />
Tel: 46 31 772 7880<br />
Fax: 46 31 772 7890<br />
Email: varvet@gfif.se<br />
Inet: www.goteborgsvarvet.com<br />
Stockholm Marathon<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
May<br />
P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm<br />
Tel: 46 8 545 66 440<br />
Fax: 46 8 664 38 22<br />
Email: info@stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmmarathon.se<br />
Stockholm Half Marathon September<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
Stockholm Marathon organisation, Box 100<br />
23, 100 55 Stockholm, SWEDEN<br />
Tel: +46-8-545 664 40<br />
Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.se<br />
Inet: www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se<br />
Switzerland<br />
Geneve Marathon & Semi Marathon<br />
September<br />
Association Geneve Marathon<br />
Case Postale 6572<br />
1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland<br />
Tel: 41 22 787 0753<br />
Fax: 41 22 787 0750<br />
Email: info@genevemarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.genevemarathon.ch<br />
Jungfrau Marathon<br />
Richard Umberg<br />
Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243<br />
CH-3800, Interlaken<br />
Tel: 41 33 827 62 90<br />
Fax: 41 33 827 62 05<br />
Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Inet:<br />
September<br />
www.jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Lausanne Marathon<br />
Robert Bruchez<br />
October<br />
Av, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne<br />
Tel: 41 21 806 3016<br />
Fax: 41 21 806 2548<br />
Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com<br />
Inet: www.lausanne-marathon.com<br />
Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July<br />
Andrea Tuffli<br />
P.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos Platz<br />
Tel: 41 81 401 1490<br />
Fax: 41 81 401 1489<br />
Email: info@alpine-davos.ch<br />
Inet: www.alpine-davos.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Zermatt Marathon<br />
Andrea Kummer-Schneider<br />
Postfach 94, CH-3924, St Niklaus<br />
Tel: 41 956 2760<br />
Fax: 41 27 956 2925<br />
Email: info@zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zermattmarathon.ch<br />
Zurich Marathon<br />
Bruno Lafranchi<br />
Postfach 8027, 8036 Zurich<br />
Tel: 41 480 25 57<br />
Fax: 41 480 25 56<br />
Email: info@zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.zurichmarathon.ch<br />
Tanzania<br />
July<br />
April<br />
*Kilimanjaro Marathon<br />
March<br />
John Addison<br />
Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 1685,<br />
Republic of South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
Inet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com<br />
Thailand<br />
Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon<br />
November<br />
Song<br />
kram Kraisonthi<br />
20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road<br />
Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400<br />
Tel: 66 22 77 6670<br />
Fax: 66 22 77 2567<br />
Email: info@amazingfield.org<br />
Inet: www.bkkmarathon.com<br />
Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Dr. Theera Rittirod<br />
Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002<br />
Tel: 66 43 202 222<br />
Fax: 66 43 202 557<br />
Email: theera@kku.ac.th<br />
Inet: www.khonkaenmarathon.com/th/<br />
Laguna Phuket International Marathon June<br />
Raimund Wellenhofer<br />
Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building<br />
109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,<br />
10500 THAILAND<br />
Tel: 662 236 2921<br />
Fax: 662 237 2321<br />
Email: info@goadventureasia.com<br />
Inet: www.phuketmarathon.com<br />
Trinidad & Tobago<br />
UWI-SPEC Half Marathon November<br />
Dr Iva Gloudon<br />
Sport & Physical Ed. Centre,<br />
University of the West Indies,<br />
St Augustine, Trinidad<br />
Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239<br />
Email: info@spec.uwi.tt<br />
Inet: www.sta.uwi.edu/spec<br />
Tunisia<br />
Sahara 100k Challenge Race<br />
March<br />
Adriano Zito<br />
Via delle Costellazioni, 118,<br />
41100 Modena, Italy<br />
Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813<br />
Email: info@zitoway.com<br />
Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Turkey<br />
International Oger Antalya Marathon March<br />
Recep Yavuz<br />
Mehmetcik mah.Aspendos Bulvari<br />
Aspendos is merkezi No. 65 A-B, Antalya<br />
Tel: 90 242 310 4040<br />
Fax: 90 242 321 2565<br />
Email: ryavuz@oger.com.tr<br />
Inet: www.oger-marathon.de<br />
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon<br />
October<br />
Ilker Astarci<br />
IBB Spor AS Kaleboyu Cad. 111, Faith<br />
Tel: 90 212 453 3000<br />
Fax: 90 212 621 3848<br />
Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org<br />
Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon<br />
Hayri Ozsut<br />
Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33,<br />
33401 Tarsus<br />
Tel: 90 324 616 3333<br />
Fax: 90 324 616 3307<br />
Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org<br />
United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon<br />
Peter Connerton<br />
P.O. Box 57176, Dubai<br />
Tel: 97 14 367 1062<br />
Fax: 97 14 367 2524<br />
Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.dubaimarathon.org<br />
*2nd RAK International<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Nathan Clayton<br />
P.O.Box 282331, Dubai, UAE<br />
Tel: 971 50 347 64 74<br />
Fax: 971 4 399 5678<br />
Email: rd@rakmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.rakmarathon.org<br />
United States<br />
of America<br />
March<br />
January<br />
February<br />
Atlanta Marathon & Half November<br />
Julia Emmons<br />
Atlanta Track Club<br />
3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, GA30305<br />
Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14<br />
Fax: 1 404 364 0708<br />
Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org<br />
Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org<br />
BAA Boston Marathon<br />
April<br />
Dave McGillivray<br />
Boston Athletic Association<br />
40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116<br />
Tel: 1 617 236 1652<br />
Fax: 1 617 236 4505<br />
Email: mile27registration@baa.org<br />
Inet: www.bostonmarathon.org<br />
*Eugene Marathon and Half<br />
Richard Maher<br />
541 Williamette St, Suite 312, Eugene,<br />
OR 97401, USA<br />
Tel: 1 541 345 2230<br />
Fax: 1 541 345 3227<br />
May<br />
Email: contact@eugenemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.eugenemarathon.com<br />
Big Sur Half Marathon<br />
on Monterey Bay<br />
Big Sur Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
April<br />
Wally Kastner<br />
P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922<br />
Tel: 1 831 625 6226<br />
Fax: 1 831 625 2119<br />
Email: info@bsim.org<br />
Inet: www.bsim.org<br />
Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women<br />
May<br />
George P Regan<br />
USATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy,<br />
NY 12180, USA<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-5552 ext.205<br />
Tel: 1 518 273-0647<br />
Email: george@freihofersrun.com<br />
Inet: www.freihofersrun.com<br />
Honolulu Marathon<br />
Jon Cross, Jim Moberly<br />
3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208,<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USA<br />
Tel: 1 808 734 7200<br />
Fax: 1 808 732 7057<br />
Email: info@honolulumarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.honolulumarathon.org<br />
Lake Tahoe Marathon<br />
Les Wright<br />
2261 Cold Creek Trail,<br />
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150<br />
Tel: 1 530 544 7095<br />
1 504 328 3478<br />
Fax: 1 530 452 2844<br />
December<br />
September<br />
Email: Leswright@sbcglobal.net<br />
Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com<br />
Maui Marathon & Half<br />
September<br />
Bob Carver<br />
P.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733<br />
Tel: 1 808 871 6441<br />
Email: info@mauimarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.mauimarathon.com<br />
Las Vegas Marathon<br />
and Half Marathon<br />
December<br />
Al Boka - overseas coordinator<br />
9817 Royal Lamb Drive, Las Vegas, N, 89145<br />
Tel: 1 702 809 2620<br />
Fax: 1 702 240 2723<br />
Email: alboka@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lvmarathon.com<br />
Los Angeles Marathon<br />
March<br />
Terry Collier<br />
11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100,<br />
Los Angeles CA90025<br />
Tel: 1 310 444 5544<br />
Fax: 1 310 473 8105<br />
Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.lamarathon.com<br />
Marine Corps Marathon<br />
October<br />
Rick Nealis<br />
P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134<br />
Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6<br />
Fax: 1 703 784 2265<br />
Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil<br />
Inet: www.marinemarathon.com<br />
Portland Marathon<br />
October<br />
Les Smith<br />
1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900,<br />
Portland, Oregon 97205<br />
Tel: 1 503 248 1134<br />
Fax: 1 503 224 8851<br />
Email: info@portlandmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.portlandmarathon.org<br />
San Francisco Marathon<br />
August<br />
PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107<br />
Tel: 1 415 814 2823<br />
Fax: 1 415 276 4179<br />
Email: info@runsfm.com<br />
Inet: www.runsfm.com<br />
University Washington Medical Center<br />
Seattle Marathon<br />
November<br />
Louise Long<br />
P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103<br />
Tel: 1 206 729 3660<br />
Fax: 1 206 729 3662<br />
Email: info@seattlemarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.seattlemarathon.org<br />
Twin Cities Marathon<br />
October<br />
Virginia Brophy Achman<br />
4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2,<br />
Minneapolis, MN55422<br />
Tel: 1 763 287 3888<br />
Fax: 1 763 287 3889<br />
Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.twincitiesmarathon.org<br />
Virginia Mason Team Medicine<br />
Marathon at Seafair<br />
July<br />
Jared Loranger<br />
2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121<br />
Tel: 206 965 8837<br />
Fax: 206 728 9506<br />
Email: mike@seafair.com<br />
Inet: www.seafairmarathon.com<br />
Virgin Islands<br />
St Croix Int'l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Wallace Williams<br />
P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, US<br />
Virgin Islands 00822<br />
Tel: 1 340 643 2557<br />
Fax: 1 340 773 5327<br />
Email: wallacewilliams@msn.com<br />
Inet: www.virginislandspace.org<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Africa University International<br />
Peace Marathon<br />
July<br />
Chenjerai Tanyongana<br />
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare<br />
Tel: 263 20 60026/75<br />
Fax: 263 20 61785<br />
Email: ausport@africau.ac.zw<br />
Inet: www.africau.ed<br />
Victoria Falls Marathon & Half August<br />
John Addison<br />
PO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa<br />
Tel: 27 11 702 2035<br />
Fax: 27 11 468 1655<br />
Email: john@wildfrontiers.com<br />
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