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JANUARY - MARCH 2005<br />
IAAF World<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Championships<br />
Race results<br />
from around<br />
the world<br />
Rio de Janeiro<br />
Half Marathon<br />
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Contents<br />
News<br />
AIMS News<br />
President’s message;<br />
AIMS / ASICS Awards;<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> announcement;<br />
New members;<br />
Executives’ contact details; 5<br />
IAAF News<br />
President’s message;<br />
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, New Delhi;<br />
Diary;<br />
Executives’ contact details; 40<br />
Regulars<br />
Results<br />
Worldwide race reports and pictures 7<br />
Calendar of events<br />
Official listings for AIMS events 44<br />
Beyond the marathon<br />
The ultra-distance running scene 72<br />
World leading times<br />
The latest top times for men and women at 10km,<br />
Half Marathon, and Marathon 76<br />
Race contact details<br />
AIMS member races with full contact details 80<br />
Features<br />
Beach life<br />
Meia Maratona de Rio de Janeiro 50<br />
The spirit of Christmas Pass<br />
African University Int’l Peace Marathon 54<br />
Peaks of spirit, valleys of soul<br />
ASICS Melbourne Marathon 56<br />
Beauty and the beast<br />
Mount Desert Island Marathon 58<br />
On the grapevine<br />
Lausanne Marathon 62<br />
Out of thin air<br />
Great Ethiopian Run 10.2km 66<br />
Where are we now?<br />
By Alan Brookes 70<br />
January - March 2005<br />
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President<br />
Hiroaki Chosa,<br />
Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation<br />
(International Section),<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 />
Domingo Amaison,<br />
Representative South and Central<br />
America, Buenos Aires Half Marathon<br />
Allan Steinfeld, (Race Management),<br />
New York Marathon<br />
Secretary<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
115 Southwark Street,<br />
London SE1 0JF, U.K.<br />
Tel: 44 20 7902 0192<br />
Fax: 44 20 7620 4208<br />
Email: Aimssec@aol.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Al Boka,<br />
Las Vegas Marathon<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Wim Verhoorn (Marketing),<br />
Representative W. Europe<br />
Enschede Marathon Twente<br />
Carlos Moya (Marketing),<br />
Lisbon Half Marathon<br />
Horst Milde,<br />
Berlin Marathon<br />
Gordon Rogers (Technical)<br />
Representative N. America and English<br />
speaking Caribbean, PO Box 2931,<br />
Vancouver BC V6H 1E1, Canada<br />
Tel: 1 604 733 6224<br />
Fax: 1 604 733 6221<br />
Email: gordonrogers@telus.net<br />
Nick Bitel, (Legal)<br />
London Marathon<br />
Guy Morse,<br />
Boston Marathon<br />
Jim Moberly,<br />
Honolulu Marathon<br />
Peter McLean,<br />
(Press & Public Relations)<br />
15 Kirklee Terrace,<br />
Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland<br />
T/F: 44 141 357 2516<br />
Email: petermclean@<br />
pmpr2000.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Dr David Martin, (Statistics)<br />
College of Health Sciences,<br />
Georgia State University, Atlanta,<br />
Georgia 30303, USA<br />
Fax: 1 404 651 1531<br />
Email: drdave@gsu.edu.<br />
Ahmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa,<br />
Mount Meru Marathon, Tanzania<br />
Francisco Borao, (Membership<br />
Development) Representative<br />
Mediterannean, Valencia Marathon<br />
Dave Cundy, Representative S. Pacific,<br />
Gold Coast Marathon<br />
AIMS AFFILIATE<br />
International Marathon Medical<br />
Directors Association (IMMDA)<br />
President<br />
Martha Miltenyi,<br />
Budapest Marathon<br />
Secretary / Treasurer<br />
Lewis Maraham MD<br />
24 West 57th Street,<br />
6th floor, New York, NY 10019<br />
Tel: 1 212 765 5763<br />
Email: nysportsmd@aol.com<br />
MEASURERS<br />
International Measurement<br />
Administrators<br />
Asia & Oceania<br />
Dave Cundy,<br />
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,<br />
NSW 2257, Australia<br />
Tel: 61 2 4342 7611<br />
Fax: 61 2 4342 7648<br />
Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au<br />
French & Spanish speaking<br />
Europe & Africa<br />
Jean François Delasalle,<br />
Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25,<br />
80800 Corbie, France<br />
Tel: 33 3 2248 5190<br />
Fax: 33 3 2248 5191<br />
Email: jf.delasalle@tiscali.fr<br />
English speaking Europe & Africa<br />
John Disley,<br />
Hampton House, Upper Sunbury Road,<br />
Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 2DW, England<br />
Tel: 44 208 979 1707<br />
Fax: 44 208 941 1867<br />
Email: johnapdisley@aol.com<br />
Americas<br />
Bernie Conway,<br />
67 Southwood Crescent,<br />
London, Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada<br />
Tel: 1 519 633 0090<br />
1 519 641 6889 (Home)<br />
Fax: 1 519 633 4887<br />
Email: measurer@rogers.com<br />
President’s Message - HIROAKI CHOSA<br />
I wish the year 2005 will be good for AIMS, for AIMS members,<br />
and above all for the hundreds of thousands of runners who<br />
take part in AIMS events all year long and throughout the<br />
world.<br />
Last year, in very hot temperatures, the Olympic Marathons were<br />
conducted sucessfully, showing that marathon running can take place<br />
even under very difficult conditions.<br />
AIMS now has close to 200 member races, with about threequarters<br />
of these member events being marathons. They are spread<br />
throughout every corner of the globe, including some - like the North<br />
Pole Marathon, or the Sahara Marathon - where extremely difficult<br />
conditions prevail. It would seem that the popularity of running<br />
knows no bounds.<br />
Over the last year AIMS has gained members from many places<br />
where mass running events had previously not existed. The physical<br />
conditions may have been less hostile than in Athens, but the<br />
economic or cultural conditions had not previously favoured the<br />
emergence of mass running events. Now, both in Africa and Asia<br />
there are growing numbers of increasingly high-profile events which<br />
help to spread the word around the world. The word is that running is<br />
for everyone.<br />
Also over the past year, IAAF has accepted and promoted the idea<br />
of world records for road running events, subject to some restrictive<br />
criteria. This also helps in the promotion of road running as a global<br />
sport.<br />
Strengthened by these trends, road running is entering a new era.<br />
Together, let's run into it.<br />
New AIMS Members<br />
■ THE FIVE TOWERS MARATHON<br />
(DEN) takes place on 3 April 2005<br />
■ THE TORAY CUP SHANGHAI<br />
INTERNATIONAL MARATHON (CHN)<br />
has just held its ninth edition last<br />
November (see Results section). The race<br />
has grown to nearly 1000 runners with<br />
191 of them coming from 36 countries<br />
■ THE ATLANTA MARATHON & HALF<br />
(USA) has been run over the last 42<br />
years in the city which hosted the 1996<br />
Olympics. Only 10 foreign runners were<br />
among the 640-strong entry for the<br />
marathon (representing 5 countries), but<br />
several thousand runners contested the<br />
associated half marathon. The 43rd<br />
running is scheduled for 24 November<br />
2005.<br />
■ THE MARATONA SANT ANTONIO<br />
(ITA) is run in the North Italian city of<br />
Padua at the end of April. Over the last<br />
five years it has built up to 3000<br />
runners, with 241 foreign runners coming<br />
from 25 countries.<br />
■ THE WALT DISNEY WORLD<br />
MARATHON (USA) celebrates its 10th<br />
anniversary (11th edition) on 9 January.<br />
The race runs between and through the<br />
major amusement parks of the Walt<br />
Disney World site.<br />
■ THE MYRTLE BEACH MARATHON<br />
(USA) has, over the last seven years,<br />
been conducted largely as a local event,<br />
with only 50 of the race’s 1700 entrants<br />
coming from three countries outside the<br />
USA. There is great potential for this<br />
Atlantic seabord settlement in South<br />
Carolina to attract an international<br />
following. Held in mid-February, it is<br />
accessible through international airports<br />
in Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte (NC).<br />
New Associate Members<br />
■ THE LAHORE MARATHON (PAK) will<br />
be held for the first time on 30 January,<br />
with a 10km race and 5km fun run, all<br />
starting and finishing in the National<br />
Sports complex on the south side of the<br />
city. The Marathon route passes through<br />
the centre of this historic Punjabi city.<br />
■ THE ING BRUSSELS MARATHON<br />
(BEL) brings international marathon<br />
running back on to the streets of the<br />
Belgian capital on 9 October, after an<br />
absence of several years.<br />
■ THE CARLOS LOPES GOLD<br />
MARATHON MEMORIAL (POR)<br />
celebrates the achievements of<br />
Portugal’s foremost distance runner.<br />
This new race takes place for the first<br />
time on 17 April.<br />
■ THE CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF<br />
MARATHON (CYP) has built up a strong<br />
international following over its 10-year<br />
life, with two-thirds of the 600-strong<br />
field coming from 16 overseas countries.<br />
The next race takes place on 27<br />
November.<br />
■ THE RWANDA PEACE MARATHON<br />
(RWA) takes place on 15 May. The race<br />
aims to publicly demonstrate that the<br />
Rwandan genocide has now been<br />
consigned to history, as the nation<br />
rebuilds.<br />
Paul Tergat with his Citizen World<br />
Fastest Time Award presented by<br />
AIMS Director Carlos Moya<br />
From left, Allan Steinfeld Race Director<br />
ING New York City Marathon, Paula<br />
Radcliffe AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of<br />
the year, Rich Bourne President ASICS<br />
America Corporation, Masao Hijikata<br />
General Manager ASICS Corporation<br />
AIMS/ASICS Awards<br />
Paul Tergat and Paula Radcliffe<br />
collected the AIMS/ASICS Golden<br />
Shoe Awards as athletes of the year<br />
for their performances during 2003.<br />
One of these performances was Paul<br />
Tergat’s World Record marathon of<br />
2:04:55 in Berlin, for which he also<br />
received the AIMS/CITIZEN World’s<br />
Fastest Time award.<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING<br />
From this edition <strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong><br />
will be printed quarterly, with four<br />
editions published annually in<br />
January, April, July and October.<br />
This edition of <strong>Distance</strong><br />
<strong>Running</strong> is dated January-<br />
March 2005. It covers races<br />
that took place in the last<br />
third of 2004, from the end of<br />
August 2004 until mid-<br />
December 2004. The next<br />
edition will be dated April-June<br />
2005, and will cover races that<br />
take place between December<br />
2004 and March 2005<br />
Subsequent editions of<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> will be<br />
published July and October,<br />
covering the periods April-June<br />
and July-September. The period<br />
October-December 2005 will be<br />
covered in the edition published a<br />
year from now, in January 2006.<br />
For details on advertising and editorial<br />
deadlines, please contact<br />
distancerunning@inpositionmedia.co.uk<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
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29 AUGUST 2004:<br />
HOKKAIDO MARATHON,<br />
JAPAN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Laban KAGIKA KEN 2:12:20<br />
2 Keitai KITAGAWA JPN 2:14:48<br />
3 Masayuki SATOUCHI JPN 2:14:55<br />
4 Akihiro OSHIKIRI JPN 2:15:09<br />
5 Frederick CHERONO KEN 2:15:20<br />
6 Hiroyuki FUJII JPN 2:15:40<br />
7 Yuki MORISHITA JPN 2:16:00<br />
8 Tetsuo NISHIMURA JPN 2:16:33<br />
9 Shinji KAWASHIMA JPN 2:17:18<br />
10 Degene GUTA ETH 2:17:20<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Masako CHIBA JPN 2:26:50<br />
2 Mai TANOUE JPN 2:29:43<br />
3 Elzbieta JAROSZ POL 2:35:38<br />
4 Hiromi NAKAYAMA JPN 2:35:46<br />
5 Aki NEGORO JPN 2:37:51<br />
6 Masayo KOBAYASHI JPN 2:39:06<br />
7 Tomoko KAI JPN 2:40:52<br />
8 Jyunko KUMAGAI JPN 2:40:56<br />
9 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:43:56<br />
10 Yoriko ODA JPN 2:44:45<br />
29 AUGUST 2004:<br />
MARATHON DES DEUX<br />
RIVES, CANADA<br />
Bravo Quebec...bonne course! writes Alan Brookes.<br />
Both the place and the race have something<br />
special, creating atmosphere and excitement.<br />
Cape Diamond’s cliffs, beside the great St<br />
Lawrence River, tower above the runners a<br />
kilometre from the finish.<br />
It was here that Samuel de Champlain founded<br />
Canada in 1608. On the Plains of Abraham,<br />
perched on the top of the cliffs, the British<br />
General Wolfe defeated French General Montcalm<br />
in 1759 in the battle for the continent.<br />
Quebec<br />
The great Canadian experiment then began: a<br />
marriage of English-speaking protestants and<br />
French-speaking catholics, different cultures as<br />
well as languages and faiths, creating and<br />
sustaining one nation together. That's Quebec Ciy<br />
- the pivotal point of it all; the fulcrum of Canada.<br />
Anyone who thinks there was a winner and a loser<br />
in 1759 is in serious trouble as a Canadian citizen.<br />
This year, on this site, there were almost 4,000<br />
winners from 27 countries, and no losers who ran<br />
the marathon, New Balance Demi-Marathon, and<br />
the 10km & 5km events.<br />
Race Director Denis Therrien and his 2,000<br />
benevols put on a great show to retain their hardearned<br />
reputation for staging Canada's best<br />
technically-organized race.<br />
Unfortunately the weather was a little special, too.<br />
Temperatures of 13°C were ideal for running, but<br />
a strong East wind hit both half and full<br />
marathoners as they came over the bridge and<br />
onto the north, Quebec City "rive". Occasional<br />
showers added to the discomfort. The tough<br />
conditions produced tactical races.<br />
Gitah Macharia just out-kicked Ottawa's Joseph<br />
Nsengiyumva, 68:31 to 68:32, to win the half<br />
marathon. A group of 4 had run together until<br />
15km, when Macharia and Nsengiyumva broke<br />
away. After that, it was a see-saw battle.<br />
Nsengiyumva led into the finishing straight,<br />
before Macharia came back to take it by a stride.<br />
In the women's race Emily Le May led from start<br />
to finish to win by more than 5 minutes.<br />
In the marathon, Kenyan Moses Cheserek took off<br />
into the punishing wind at 32km to put nearly 7<br />
minutes between him and second-place Richard<br />
Tessier. On the women's side, Louise Voghel,<br />
winner in 2000, came home to win in 3:02:53<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Moses CHESEREK KEN 2:28:35<br />
2 Richard TESSIER CAN 2:35:11<br />
3 Michael MUSILI CAN 2:40:36<br />
4 Carlos NUTELET CAN 2:42:59<br />
5 Guy CARDINAL CAN 2:48:29<br />
6 Christian OESCH CAN 2:48:48<br />
7 Partrice PORTER CAN 2:49:33<br />
8 Camilien BOUDREAU CAN 2:54:24<br />
9 Pierre AUPAIX CAN 2:55:55<br />
10 Sylvain ST-GELAIS CAN 2:57:05<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:02:51<br />
2 Caroline POITRAS CAN 3:04:12<br />
3 Kathleen BELL CAN 3:09:54<br />
4 Lynda DESMEULES CAN 3:16:55<br />
5 Suzanne MUNGER CAN 3:28:41<br />
6 Odette FORTIN CAN 3:32:10<br />
7 Kate HERZBERG CAN 3:33:59<br />
8 Paulette CHARLERY CAN 3:34:35<br />
9 Caroline SAMSON CAN 3:34:49<br />
10 Linda TALBOT CAN 3:35:44<br />
5 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
RIO DE JANEIRO HALF<br />
MARATHON, BRAZIL<br />
See separate feature, p.50<br />
Pila<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Piotr DRWAL POL 1:03:49<br />
2 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 1:03:56<br />
3 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 1:04:01<br />
4 Vladzimir TSIAMCHYK BLR 1:04:45<br />
5 Jan ZAKRZEWSKI POL 1:05:07<br />
6 Marek DRZALA POL 1:05:17<br />
7 Artur OSMAN POL 1:05:33<br />
8 Dariusz KRUCZKOWSKI POL 1:05:44<br />
9 Rafal WOJCIK POL 1:05:51<br />
10 Arkadiusz SOWA POL 1:05:56<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 1:13:27<br />
2 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 1:13:41<br />
3 Elzbieta JAROSZ POL 1:14:35<br />
4 Katarzyna DZIWOSZ POL 1:16:21<br />
5 Arleta MELOCH POL 1:17:31<br />
6 Malgorzata JAMROZ POL 1:18:41<br />
7 Lucyna LIGAJ POL 1:18:51<br />
8 Valentina DELION MDA 1:19:18<br />
9 Renata ANTROPIK POL 1:20:03<br />
10 Agnieszka GOLAK POL 1:21:57<br />
11 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
VII NOVOSIBIRSK HALF<br />
MARATHON, RUSSIA<br />
The race incorporated the Russian<br />
Championships for men, women and juniors, and<br />
an Ekiden event. The AIMS-certified course along<br />
Novosibirsk Street and Red Avenue, was 3.5km<br />
long, requiring runners to complete six laps.<br />
Fine weather (15-20C 67% humidity and light<br />
wind) afforded good conditions for the 833<br />
runners (651 men and 182 women). Of these, 240<br />
came from 54 other cities and towns of Russia,<br />
Kazakhstan and Kirghizia.<br />
5 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
PILA INT’L HALF MARATHON,<br />
POLAND<br />
The race incorporated the Polish Half Marathon<br />
Championship. There were 799 finishers coming<br />
from a total of nine countries, making this the<br />
largest half marathon in Poland. The weather was<br />
warm(25°C)<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
Novosibirsk<br />
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To show the race better, the women were started<br />
seven minutes earlier than the men. Both winners<br />
finished far in front of their rivals, although the<br />
first three women gave international class<br />
performances. The Russian Champions for 2004<br />
were Evgeny Rybakov (1:03:33) and Victoria<br />
Klymina. The ceremonial celebration of their<br />
victories attracted thousands of onlookers,<br />
followed by a Parade of Olympians, a concert by<br />
Vyacheslav Butusov, and a firework display.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Evgeny RIBAKOV RUS 1:03:33<br />
2 Andrey BRIZGALOV RUS 1:03:52<br />
3 Michael HOBOTOV RUS 1:04:05<br />
4 Alexander VASILIEV RUS 1:05:46<br />
5 Marat ABUBAKIROV RUS 1:06:11<br />
6 Sergey DAVIDOV RUS 1:06:46<br />
7 Sergey FEDOTOV RUS 1:06:47<br />
8 Oleg BOLOHVETS RUS 1:07:29<br />
9 Ildar BAIBURIN RUS 1:08:17<br />
10 Oleg KNYAGIN RUS 1:08.26<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Victoria KLYMINA RUS 1:09:54<br />
2 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 1:10:42<br />
3 Alina IVANOVA RUS 1:11:30<br />
4 Irina SAFAROVA RUS 1:13:50<br />
5 Elena BURYKINA RUS 1:15:04<br />
6 Lilia YAGIAK RUS 1:15:26<br />
7 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 1:15:42<br />
8 Aleftina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 1:16:11<br />
9 Elena RAZDRIGINA RUS 1:17:02<br />
10 Maria PILYAVINA RUS 1:17:29<br />
11 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
JUNGFRAU MARATHON,<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tesfaye ETICHA ETH 2:59:30<br />
2 Blaha JAN CZE 3:01:52<br />
3 Fekadu BEKELE ETH 3:01:54<br />
4 Feyisa MENGESHA ETH 3:06:06<br />
5 Serguej KALEDINE FRA 3:06:45<br />
6 Gerd FRICK ITA 3:09:03<br />
7 Billy BURNS GBR 3:10:55<br />
8 Marco KAMINSKI SUI 3:12:34<br />
9 Disassa DABESSA ETH 3:13:44<br />
10 Bruno HEUBERGER SUI 3:14:40<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Emebet ABOSA ETH 3:23:11<br />
2 Svetlana NETCHAEVA RUS 3:28:55<br />
3 Elena KALEDINA FRA 3:30:54<br />
4 Carolina REIBER SUI 3:34:13<br />
5 Tsige WORKU ETH 3:40:20<br />
6 Claudia RIEM SUI 3:46:44<br />
7 Evelyne MURA FRA 3:46:51<br />
8 Nathalie ETZENSPERGER SUI 3:47:16<br />
9 Rita BORN SUI 3:47:56<br />
10 Maja PLISKA SUI 3:52:03<br />
Bristol<br />
Jungfrau<br />
12 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
FLORA SYDNEY MARATHON,<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Oswald REVELIAN TAN 2:21:13<br />
2 Daniel GREEN AUS 2:23:06<br />
3 Sergey NOCHEVNY AUS 2:24:52<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rina HILL AUS 2:39:46<br />
2 Zhenying HAN CHN 2:48:59<br />
3 Miaomiao YI CHN 2:52:26<br />
12 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
MOSCOW INT’L PEACE<br />
MARATHON, RUSSIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Andrey TOPTUN UKR 2:21:24<br />
2 Andrey IVANOV RUS 2:24:18<br />
3 Anatoliy ARCHAKHOV RUS 2:24:25<br />
4 Lenar HUZNUTDINOV RUS 2:24:29<br />
5 Viktor ROGOVOY UKR 2:24:46<br />
6 Aleksandr BEDAVIN RUS 2:24:55<br />
7 Evgeniy ZARAKOVSKIY RUS 2:25:31<br />
8 Dmitriy RASKITYA RUS 2:25:55<br />
9 Aleksey VASILIEV RUS 2:31:04<br />
10 Andrey TCHERNISHOV RUS 2:33:13<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Svetiana BAYGULOVA RUS 2:40:50<br />
2 Janna MALKOVA RUS 2:41:58<br />
3 Rimma PUSHKINA RUS 2:45:54<br />
4 Gulnara ULAMANOVA RUS 2:46:39<br />
5 Nina KOLIASEVA RUS 2:47:27<br />
6 Tatyana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:49:28<br />
7 Oksana HOHLOVA RUS 2:55:34<br />
8 Tatyana TASLENKO RUS 2:58:31<br />
9 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 2:59:55<br />
10 Irina RISINA RUS 3:04:14<br />
12 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
BRISTOL HALF MARATHON,<br />
GREAT BRITAIN<br />
Simon Tonui fell a single second short of his<br />
personal best time in winning the 16th edition of<br />
this race, after leaving all opposition behind in<br />
the final 5km. A record 12,000 people entered and<br />
8,600 finished the race. In the women’s race<br />
Miryam Wangari defended her title in a time 1:20<br />
slower than last year, but no less than four of the<br />
other top-10 finishers set new personal bests.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Simon TONUI KEN 1:04:18<br />
2 Sammy MALAKWEN KEN 1:05:15<br />
3 Kassa TADESSE GBR 1:05:27<br />
4 Steve HEPPLES GBR 1:05:29<br />
5 Richard GARDINER GBR 1:05:34<br />
6 Neil WILKINSON GBR 1:05:34<br />
7 A JONES GBR 1:05:49<br />
8 J MCFARLANE GBR 105:52<br />
9 Ben NOAD GBR 1:06:26<br />
10 G RAVEN GBR 1:06:35<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Miryam WANGARI KEN 1:13:40<br />
2 Amy STILES GBR 1:14:42<br />
3 Maddy HORTON GBR 1:14:50<br />
4 Catherine ROTICH KEN 1:15:00<br />
5 Alison OUTRAM GBR 1:15:50<br />
6 Michaela MCCALLUM GBR 1:16:34<br />
7 Gill KEDDIE GBR 1:16:57<br />
8 Jo KELSEY GBR 1:17:09<br />
9 Lucy HASELL GBR 1:17:21<br />
10 Annabel GRANGER GBR 1:17:50<br />
12 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
MEDIO MARATON DE<br />
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marilson Dos SANTOS BRA 1:03:58<br />
2 Jacinto LOPEZ COL 1:04:24<br />
3 Edgar SANCHEZ COL 1:04:30<br />
4 Diego COLORADO COL 1:04:48<br />
5 Juan BERRIO COL 1:05:46<br />
6 Luis OCHOA COL 1:06:02<br />
7 Hugo JIMENEZ COL 1:06:28<br />
8 Silvester MOLEKO 1:07:04<br />
9 Wilberto MORELOS COL 1:07:08<br />
10 Julio Cesar PULIDO COL 1:07:59<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Iglandini GONZALEZ COL 1:17:16<br />
2 Berta SANCHEZ COL 1:17:35<br />
3 Galina ALEXANDROVA RUS 1:17:37<br />
4 Sonia CALIZAYA COL 1:19:05<br />
5 Ruby RIATIBA COL 1:20:54<br />
6 Claudia TANGARIFE COL 1:22:51<br />
7 Rosalba GARCIA COL 1:24:04<br />
8 Cecilia ROJAS COL 1:25:29<br />
9 Ana Joaquina Rondon MACIAS 1:26:01<br />
10 Maria Soreni ALVAREZ COL 1:26:41<br />
8 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
12 SEPT 2004:<br />
BUENOS AIRES CITY HALF<br />
MARATHON, ARGENTINA<br />
Several thousand runners gathered near the Plaza<br />
de Mayo for the start of the half marathon and<br />
5km fun runs on a grey, overcast morning. The<br />
route ran around the back of the Casa Rosada<br />
Government House, and then on broad streets<br />
bordering the port area. The final 5km of the race<br />
included an out-and-back section on the<br />
imposing 120m-wide Avenida 9 de Julio before<br />
returning to the Plaza de Mayo.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Hernan CORTINEZ ARG 1:05:09<br />
2 Diego FERNANDEZ CRISTIAN ARG 1:05:31<br />
3 Ulises SANGUINETTI ARG 1:05:40<br />
4 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:05:59<br />
5 Oscar AMAYA ARG 1:06:40<br />
6 Leonardo DA SILVA BRA 1:07:24<br />
7 Santiago FIGUEROA ARG 1:07:47<br />
8 Carlos SISTE ARG 1:08:08<br />
9 Juan PEREYRA ARG 1:08:20<br />
10 Leonardo ARISTEI ARG 1:08:46<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Elizabete CRUZ BRA 1:19:17<br />
2 Lorena LAZARO ARG 1:21:12<br />
3 Ana GARCES BRA 1:22:33<br />
4 Rosanna LUISETTI ARG 1:23:36<br />
5 Alfonsina BISSONI BRA 1:24:09<br />
6 Romina PUENTE ARG 1:24:32<br />
7 Adriana PADOVESE BRA 1:24:44<br />
8 Fabiola PESCARMONA BRA 1:25:24<br />
9 Marcia VENERANDI ARG 1:25:25<br />
10 Cecilia URTUBEY ARG 1:27:44<br />
19 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
WACHAU MARATHON,<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
MEN<br />
1 Julius Randich KEN 2:23:11<br />
2 Kidus Gebremeskel-Abay ETH 2:24:19<br />
3 Christian Kremslehner AUT 2:31:43<br />
4 Herbert Köberl AUT 2:38:47<br />
5 Christian Thalhammer AUT 2:39:14<br />
6 Thomas Srb AUT 2:39:27<br />
7 Martin Köhler AUT 2:41:28<br />
8 Martin Wahl GER 2:42:25<br />
9 Efim Motpan MOL 2:42:49<br />
10 Robert Glaser AUT 2:44:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ingrid Eichberger AUT 2:54:16<br />
2 Carina Weber Leutner AUT 3:01:25<br />
3 Veronika Kienbichl AUT 3:01:55<br />
4 Veronika Hauke AUT 3:09:59<br />
5 Christine Seigner GER 3:15:52<br />
6 Andrea Kraft Hollunder AUT 3:22:10<br />
7 Karin Schnabl AUT 3:23:03<br />
8 Regina Strasser AUT 3:23:22<br />
9 Ines Kondor AUT 3:23:46<br />
10 Elfriede Stoick AUT 3:26:57<br />
19 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
TURIN HALF MARATHON,<br />
ITALY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Daniel RONO KEN 1:03:19<br />
2 Geoffrey TERER KEN 1:03:27<br />
3 William TODOO KEN 1:03:49<br />
4 Barnabas KOECH KEN 1:04:09<br />
5 Omar ALNOOR JUMAH 1:04:14<br />
6 Adil ANNANI 1:05:21<br />
7 Ali ABUBAKAR 1:05:45<br />
8 Fabio RINALDI ITA 1:05:56<br />
9 Nicola CIAVARELLA ITA 1:08:14<br />
10 Mario PRANDI ITA 1:08:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anne JELAGAT KEN 1:13:02<br />
2 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 1:13:46<br />
3 Lucilla ANDREUCCI ITA 1:14:19<br />
4 Svetlana DEMIDENKO RUS 1:14:52<br />
5 Valeria STRANEO ITA 1:18:46<br />
6 Elena NAVONE ITA 1:24:05<br />
7 Maria GRAZIA NAVACCHIA ITA 1:25:25<br />
8 Grazia FASOLO ITA 1:25:57<br />
9 Luigina DEFINIS ITA 1:27:11<br />
10 Josephine KILLEEN GBR 1:28:02<br />
19 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
TALLINN HALF MARATHON,<br />
ESTONIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Vjatseslav KOSELEV EST 1:07:29<br />
2 Ivo ZIGADLO LAT 1:08:47<br />
3 Urmas POLDRE EST 1:11:51<br />
4 Aleksei SAVELJEV EST 1:13:51<br />
5 Henry ULJAS EST 1:14:11<br />
6 Andrus LEIN EST 1:15:18<br />
7 Tiit REMMELG EST 1:15:19<br />
8 Erlend AALDE EST 1:15:33<br />
9 Marko TOMENTSUK EST 1:15:38<br />
10 Kaupo SABRE EST 1:15:52<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 1:12:56<br />
2 Natalja BULJUKINA EST 1:25:39<br />
3 Olga ANDREJEVA EST 1:26:18<br />
4 Sigrid VALDRE EST 1:26:34<br />
5 Kaja VALS EST 1:32:11<br />
6 Ulle KUMMER-LEMON EST 1:32:34<br />
7 Taima KANGUR EST 1:34:20<br />
8 Maris JAAMA EST 1:34:31<br />
9 Jaanika KALER EST 1:38:51<br />
10 Natalgia ALEKSEEJEVA EST 1:39:27<br />
25 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
AFRICA UNIVERSITY INT’L<br />
PEACE MARATHON,<br />
ZIMBABWE<br />
See separate feature, p.54<br />
26 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
43rd DEXIA BIL ROUTE DU<br />
VIN HALF MARATHON,<br />
LUXEMBOURG<br />
This was a race of records. In a very closely<br />
contested men’s race, Moses Kigen set a new<br />
course record, just three seconds ahead of<br />
Barnabas Kenduiywo.<br />
In the women’s race, Helena Javornik from<br />
Slovenia also set a new course record, finishing in<br />
1.09.22, 13 seconds ahead of Luminita Zaituc.<br />
Alain Kieffer and Pascale Schmoetten won the<br />
national championships that were incorporated<br />
within the race.<br />
There was another record set, of 1572 finishers<br />
coming from more than 30 countries, making this<br />
the largest road race in Luxembourg.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Moses KIGEN KEN 1:01:38<br />
2 Barnabas KENDUIYWO KEN 1:01:41<br />
3 Sammy KIPRUTO KEN 1:02:11<br />
4 Lahoucine MRIKIK MAR 1:02:13<br />
5 Geoffrey KIPNGENO KEN 1:02:19<br />
6 David PLIMO KEN 1:03:46<br />
7 Elijah SANG KEN 1:03:50<br />
8 Mariko KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:03:57<br />
9 Rik CEULEMANS BEL 1:04:09<br />
10 Jaroslaw CICHOCKI POL 1:04:18<br />
Toronto Waterfront<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 1:09:22<br />
2 Luminita ZAITUC GER 1:09:35<br />
3 Rebby KOECH KEN 1:13:52<br />
4 Beate SZYJKA POL 1:15:11<br />
5 Elzbieta JAROSZ SLO 1:15:59<br />
6 Lilliane CHELIMO KEN 1:19:55<br />
7 Tanja SCHMIDT GER 1:23:38<br />
8 Pascale SCHMOETTEN LUX 1:23:46<br />
9 Anette CHRISTENSEN DEN 1:25:50<br />
10 Danielle LENTZ LUX 1:26:58<br />
26 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
SCOTIABANK TORONTO<br />
WATERFRONT MARATHON,<br />
CANADA<br />
Two new world records were set this year to match<br />
Ed Whitlock’s over-70 and Fauja Singh’s over-90<br />
marks established last year. At the front, a<br />
relatively unknown local, 21-year old Danny<br />
Kassap came from behind to win in 2:14:50 for a<br />
true Cinderella story.<br />
A refugee from the Congo struggling hard to make<br />
ends meet with part-time jobs in Toronto while<br />
learning English, Kassap surprised an<br />
experienced international field. Favourite for the<br />
women’s race, Lioudmila Kortchaguina, faded<br />
badly over the last 7km but hung on to win in<br />
2:36:32. She is another “new Canadian”, having<br />
immigrated to Toronto from Ykaterinburg, Russia,<br />
three years ago.<br />
A record 9,000 runners from 25 countries and 38<br />
US states - up a whopping 54% from 2003 - took<br />
part on a sunny, clear morning with temperatures<br />
from 12-18°C. More than $300,000 was raised for<br />
45 different charities. The sun shone and the<br />
bands played along the course. Michal Kapral, a<br />
local 2:30 marathoner, set a new Guinness Record<br />
for “running a marathon while pushing a pram”.<br />
He pushed his 20-month-old daughter Annika<br />
across the finish line in 2:49:38. But the day again<br />
belonged to Whitlock and Singh.<br />
If Whitlock impressed the world last year when he<br />
became the first septuagenarian to break 3-hours<br />
(2:59:10), this year he astounded us with a 2:54:49.<br />
There was no agonized look of exhaustion this<br />
time. He looked strong and comfortable all the<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
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way. Now 73, the form book dictated that he<br />
should have run 2 or 3 minutes slower. Instead he<br />
ran perfectly even splits, passing the half in<br />
1:27:31, smiling and looking strong to the end as<br />
he came down the finishing straight in his blue<br />
and yellow Ranelagh club vest.<br />
Berlin<br />
Last year, Whitlock had clearly felt the pressure.<br />
He had been injured off and on. He had tried and<br />
failed at 70, running 3:00:24. His injuries had not<br />
afforded him adequate training time, and he<br />
admitted: “I’m running out of time”. This year, he<br />
had trained consistently and injury-free, he had<br />
broken the magical barrier already, and all the<br />
pressure was gone.<br />
Whitlock wrote home to his club: "Showed the<br />
Ranelagh colours this year! The picture was taken<br />
750m from the finish, about the time I had the last<br />
of 3 or 4 leg cramps, but felt a lot better than last<br />
year. I am naturally overjoyed".<br />
Not to disappoint, Fauja Singh was up next to run<br />
the half marathon, in what he has said was his<br />
final full or half marathon until he reaches 98. He<br />
will then qualify to take a run at being the oldest<br />
person ever to complete a marathon. This then,<br />
was “Fauja’s Farewell Tour”.<br />
Could he surpass his own half-marathon agegroup<br />
record of 2:33 set in Glasgow this summer?<br />
The large crowd, that included a sizeable<br />
contingent of Toronto’s South Asian community,<br />
was on its feet as the adidas poster-boy made it<br />
home in 2:30:02.<br />
He then helped members of his Canadian charity,<br />
the Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation,<br />
serve free samosas, chapatties, and other Indian<br />
delicacies to all 9,000 fellow runners,<br />
underscoring his commitment to charity and<br />
community. He also shared his secret recipe for<br />
his favourite ginger curry.<br />
It was a “day for the ages”, where “Impossible was<br />
Nothing”, where Cinderella stories and many<br />
marathon dreams came true. Book early for next<br />
year, 25th September 2005.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Danny KASSAP CGO 2:14:51<br />
2 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:17:02<br />
3 Joseph NDERITU KEN 2:19:16<br />
4 Paul GAITHA KEN 2:21:47<br />
5 Michael BOOOTH CAN 2:23:40<br />
6 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:30:02<br />
7 Mauritus VAN DER VEEN CAN 2:35:06<br />
8 Ryan DAY CAN 2:35:58<br />
9 Andrew MILL CAN 2:36:43<br />
10 Nicolas VALLEE CAN 2:39:15<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA RUS 2:36:32<br />
2 Tania JONES CAN 2:48:07<br />
3 Liz MAGUIRE CAN 2:59:42<br />
4 Angie FERRARO CAN 3:02:37<br />
5 Kim HOUSE CAN 3:03:20<br />
6 Rebecca RICHARDS CAN 3:08:30<br />
7 Marianne PERZ CAN 311:02<br />
8 Nadiya SYTARCHUK CAN 3:12:59<br />
9 Martha LEBLANC CAN 3:16:33<br />
10 Jessica MULLEN CAN 3:17:19<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Giitah MACHARIA KEN 1:05:41<br />
2 Abraham KOSGER KEN 1:05:42<br />
3 Bagdad RECHIM ALG 1:05:49<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Carly GRAYTOCK CAN 1:19:37<br />
2 Stephanie SUMMERS CAN 1:22:33<br />
3 Nicole MACINNIS CAN 1:23:41<br />
26 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
RTP HALF MARATHON OF<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
MEN:<br />
1 William KIPLAGAT KEN 1:01:38<br />
2 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 1:01:48<br />
3 Rogers ROP KEN 1:02:03<br />
4 John KORIR KEN 1:02:42<br />
5 Charles KAMATHI KEN 1:02:53<br />
6 Paul BIWOTT KEN 1:03:03<br />
7 John GWAKO KEN 1:04:01<br />
8 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:04:38<br />
9 Paul KOSGEI KEN 1:04:40<br />
10 Hermano FERREIRA POR 1:04:56<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Margaret OKAYO KEN 1:09:53<br />
2 Jane EKIMAT KEN 1:10:32<br />
3 Salina KOSGEI KEN 1:10:34<br />
4 Merima DENBOBA ETH 1:11:57<br />
5 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 1:12:18<br />
6 Derebe ALEMU ETH 1:12:48<br />
7 Leah MALOT KEN 1:12:52<br />
8 Monica ROSA POR 1:13:27<br />
9 Magdeline CHEMJOR KEN 1:14:37<br />
10 Susan KURUI KEN 1:15:51<br />
26 SEPTEMBER 2004:<br />
REAL BERLIN MARATHON,<br />
GERMANY<br />
Yoko Shibui became the fifth woman in history to<br />
break the 2:20 barrier in the marathon. The 25-year<br />
old Japanese broke the famous Berlin course<br />
record of her countrywoman Naoko Takahashi, who<br />
had become the first woman ever to go sub 2:20 in<br />
Berlin in 2001 (2:19:46), which was also the<br />
Japanese record. Shibui missed Sun Yingjie’s Asian<br />
record by just two seconds. In third, home<br />
favourite Sonja Oberem finished in a fast 2:26:53<br />
but then declared that this was her last marathon.<br />
Following his early-season win in Rotterdam in a<br />
world-leading 2:06:14, Felix Limo took the Berlin<br />
title in a time 30 seconds slower. Only towards the<br />
very last kilometre did he dispose of Joseph Riri’s<br />
challenge. Riri sensationally improved from 2:16:12<br />
to 2:06:49. Joshua Chelanga completed another<br />
clean sweep for Kenya.<br />
It was the sixth successive win for Kenya in Berlin<br />
and the fourth time that Kenyans took the top<br />
three places in the men’s race. For the Japanese<br />
women it was the fifth Berlin triumph in a row.<br />
Despite some very bad weather forecasts there was<br />
only slight rain in the beginning of the race and no<br />
strong winds. It was 9°C at the start.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Felix LIMO KEN 2:06:44<br />
2 Joseph RIRI KEN 2:06:49<br />
3 Josua CHELANGA KEN 2:07:05<br />
4 Wilson ONSARE KEN 2:08:53<br />
5 Luis JESUS POR 2:09:08<br />
6 Shinichi WATANABE JPN 2:09:32<br />
7 Luis NOVO POR 2:09:41<br />
8 Gashaw MELESE ETH 2:09:47<br />
9 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:11:26<br />
10 Ernest KIPYEGO KEN 2:11:52<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:19:41<br />
2 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:23:26<br />
3 Sonja OBEREM GER 2:26:53<br />
4 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:27:19<br />
5 Leila AMAN ETH 2:27:54<br />
6 Tiziane ALAGIA ITA 2:32:20<br />
7 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:34:18<br />
8 Romy SPITZMULLER GER 2:34:44<br />
9 Manuela ZIPSE GER 2:37:18<br />
10 Anna RAHM SWE 2:37:32<br />
2 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
KUST MARATHON,<br />
BELGIUM<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Elijah YATOR KEN 2:12:52<br />
2 Henry KAPKIAI KEN 2:13:38<br />
3 Robert KIPYEGO KEN 2:14:12<br />
4 Eric GEROME BEL 2:14:37<br />
5 Gino VAN GEYTE BEL 2:15:53<br />
6 Oleg OTMAKHOV 2:22:21<br />
7 Ronny LIGNEEL BEL 2:22:49<br />
8 Filip VANHAECKE BEL 2:23:24<br />
9 Thomas KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:25:58<br />
10 Hilary KORIR KEN 2:27:30<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Margarate KARIE KEN 2:30:35<br />
2 Nathalie LOUBELLE BEL 2:45:02<br />
3 Bekele ALEMITU ETH 2:46:35<br />
4 Marijke GUILLEMYN BEL 2:55:01<br />
5 Ange DAMMEN BEL 3:01:53<br />
6 Laurence COUQUELET BEL 3:02:42<br />
7 Magda VAN MOL BEL 3:03:47<br />
8 Veerle DHAESE BEL 3:07:21<br />
9 Inez JACQUEMART BEL 3:09:47<br />
10 Anick VANDECASTEELE BEL 3:11:05<br />
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2-3 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL OF<br />
RUNNING, SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Founded in 1997, the Capetown Festival of<br />
<strong>Running</strong> now attracts nearly 3000 runners to its<br />
four main events and Charity 10km walk.<br />
These include 100-mile, 100km, half marathon<br />
and 10x10km relay. All are held over a scenic 10km<br />
circuit right beside the Atlantic coast.<br />
There are four refreshment stations, a medical<br />
facility and a soup kitchen located on the lap, and<br />
competitors get split times for each lap.<br />
100 MILES:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Johannes GAWAXAMAB NAM 15:38:26<br />
2 Milton NKONYANE RSA 18:21:36<br />
3 Pieter HANEKOM RSA 18:29:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Martha PRETORIUS RSA 18:09:36<br />
2 Frieda MUIR RSA 24:28:50<br />
3 Nikki CAMPBELL RSA 25:21:36<br />
100km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Moses NGQOLA RSA 8:02:35<br />
2 Johannes GAWAXAMAB NAM 8:05:46<br />
3 Doctor TSHISEKO RSA 8:23:14<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Stynie PRINS RSA 9:10:21<br />
2 Martha PRETORIUS RSA 9:35:40<br />
3 Arina GILLIERS RSA 11:29:39<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Neo MOLEMA RSA 1:03:53<br />
2 Gilbert MUTANDIRO RSA 1:05:08<br />
3 Thembelani ZOLA RSA 1:07:05<br />
4 John MBOKO RSA 1:07:20<br />
5 Patrick KETELO RSA 1:07:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nomvuyesi SETI RSA 1:22:47<br />
2 Francis ROMAN RSA 1:24:14<br />
3 Esme KOOPMAN RSA 1:25:09<br />
4 Norma NONKOMYANA RSA 1:25:52<br />
5 Sheryl DELANGE RSA 1:28:12<br />
3 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
19th PLUS BUDAPEST INT’L<br />
MARATHON, HUNGARY<br />
In the biggest leisure event in Hungary nearly<br />
14,000 people ran and almost 150,000 people<br />
went to see the various sport and music programs<br />
or to cheer for the runners. Jackton Odhiambo<br />
breasted the tape first in the marathon, before the<br />
winner of the Hungarian championship, Roland<br />
Ádok from Veszprém. Simona Staicu set a new<br />
record in the women’s race.<br />
The Marathon incorporated relay and Ekiden<br />
events. Every third runner was from abroad, but<br />
for the top Hungarian runners the goal was to win<br />
the Hungarian Championship.<br />
The lead group held together only for 4km, after<br />
which Odhiambo went ahead and continually<br />
increased his advantage. Ferenc Sági led the rest<br />
of the field until the 37km, after which Ádok, only<br />
20 years old, took over and went on to win the<br />
Hungarian Championship.<br />
In the women’s race Simona Staicu had only one<br />
opponent: the clock. Simona, who took part in<br />
Olympic Games six weeks before, beat Ida Kovacs’<br />
2002 course record. Mariann Poth, running her<br />
second marathon, came through to overtake Petra<br />
Teveli in the last kilometre for second place.<br />
Among the rest of the field were 400 runners who<br />
completed a marathon for the first time, and<br />
enjoyed great support for the entire length of the<br />
course.<br />
Several thousand runners took part in the Plus<br />
Fun Run and Minimarathon or Family Run (800m)<br />
and in a walk organized for international walking<br />
day.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jackton ODHIAMBO KEN 2:24:17<br />
2 Roland ADOK HUN 2:26:34<br />
3 Márton HIRT HUN 2:26:44<br />
4 János ZABARI HUN 2:28:19<br />
5 Ferenc SAGI HUN 2:29:59<br />
6 Zsolt ZSODER HUN 2:30:47<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Simona STAICU HUN 2:38:17<br />
2 Mariann POTH HUN 2:50:34<br />
3 Petra TEVELI HUN 2:51:53<br />
4 Gabriella BENKO HUN 3:00:27<br />
5 Krisztina KOVACS HUN 3:02:47<br />
6 Ágnes CZIBOK HUN 3:07:26<br />
3 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
PORTLAND<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Chris CHARLES USA 2:25:33<br />
2 Brandon REIFF USA 2:29:53<br />
3 Sassa TSUTOMU JPN 2:30:22<br />
4 Destry JOHNSON USA 2:30:49<br />
5 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:30:59<br />
6 Andrew WARTENBURG USA 2:31:10<br />
7 Jose GARCIA USA 2:33:05<br />
8 John GRANHOLM USA 2:34:07<br />
9 Nate KAISER USA 2:35:11<br />
10 Patrick DILL USA 2:36:19<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Liane SULLIVAN RAE USA 2:49:48<br />
2 Azusa NOJIRI JPN 2:50:04<br />
3 Sabrina MONRO USA 2:50:58<br />
4 Kristin DUYN USA 2:52:23<br />
5 Lauren MATTHEWS USA 2:55:52<br />
6 Rebecca HENRY USA 2:58:32<br />
7 Tanaka HIKARU JPN 2:59:20<br />
8 Sarah HALLAS USA 3:00:31<br />
9 Sally BERGESEN USA 3:02:12<br />
10 Cheryl TRONSON USA 3:03:50<br />
3 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
KOSICE PEACE MARATHON,<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
Kosice Marathon’s 80th anniversary attracted<br />
more than 2200 runners in all categories, coming<br />
from 28 countries. The host Marathon Club issued<br />
a book presenting the history of this oldest<br />
marathon in Europe.<br />
The race started in ideal windless weather. The<br />
course was the same as that used for the 1997<br />
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. A<br />
leading group of eight runners hit the halfway<br />
mark in 1:06:02, but then reduced to three<br />
Kenyans - Kipbor, Kipruto and Yabei,<br />
accompanied by the Pole, Adam Dobrzynski, who<br />
had finished second in 2002 and third in 2003. At<br />
25km, the Kenyans decided to pull away, speeding<br />
up to 2:59–3:02/km pace, and gained a 40-second<br />
lead. Dobrzynski did not give up, and at 35km<br />
passed the group of Kenyans to take the lead. He<br />
won the race in a new course record, cheered by<br />
thousands of spectators. Dobrzynski later<br />
commented on the good crowd support.<br />
Rika Tabashi, a 22-year old Japanese, came to<br />
Europe for the first time. In 2004 she finished 11th<br />
in Boston and in autumn she won in Kosice, the<br />
two oldest marathons in the world. Improving her<br />
personal best by more than five minutes she<br />
became the second Japanese winner of the Kosice<br />
Peace Marathon, after Takeshi Soh, who won in<br />
1976 (2:18:42). Second finisher - Sue Harrison also<br />
improved her personal best (London, 2:38:20),<br />
placing highest among the 4-member British<br />
team in Kosice.<br />
Mikulá Dzurinda, Prime Minister of the Slovak<br />
Republic, could not miss the anniversary<br />
marathon. Following his runs in New York and<br />
London he finished his 14th Kosice Peace<br />
Marathon in 3:28:13.<br />
Kosice also included an in-line half marathon a<br />
wheelchair marathon and almost 1000 mostly<br />
young people in a 4.2km fun run.<br />
Kosice<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
Budapest<br />
15
Loch Ness<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:12:35<br />
2 Maritim KIPRUTO KEN 2:15:44<br />
3 Dmytro OSADCHYI UKR 2:15:50<br />
4 Clement KIPBOR KEN 2:17:07<br />
5 John MCFARLANE GBR 2:19:47<br />
6 Marcin FEHLAU POL 2:22:24<br />
7 Igor ZHAVORONOK BLR 2:23:21<br />
8 Jaroslaw KOSTRZEWSKI POL 2:26:07<br />
9 Peter TICHY SVK 2:27:53<br />
10 Martin HOLEEKO SVK 2:28:35<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rika TABASHI JPN 2:33:52<br />
2 Sue HARRISON GBR 2:37:00<br />
3 Ida KOVACS HUN 2:40:42<br />
4 Olga NEVKAPSA UKR 2:42:43<br />
5 Claudia COLITA ROM 2:44:23<br />
6 Michaela MC CALLUM GBR 2:47:24<br />
7 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 2:50:15<br />
8 Erika BILLA SVK 3:08:18<br />
9 Alzbeta TISZOVA SVK 3:17:39<br />
10 Zlatka SEMANOVA SVK 3:29:49<br />
3 OCTOBER 2004: BAXTER’S<br />
LOCH NESS MARATHON,<br />
GREAT BRITAIN<br />
Of 1,570 entries from 29 different countries, 950<br />
runners lined up at the start line and all but 9 of<br />
these finished. The race starts on the spectacular<br />
south side of Loch Ness and descends through<br />
Highland glens and forest, to run alongside the<br />
famous Loch itself for most of the route. A crowd<br />
of thousands supported the runners along the<br />
final four miles through the city of Inverness,<br />
where massed pipes & drums and a Highland<br />
feast awaited runners and supporters at the finish.<br />
Scottish ultra-distance runner Simon Pride won<br />
this second Loch Ness Marathon Ruaridh<br />
Campbell took third place for the second time.<br />
Edinburgh’s Jan Roxburgh just ducked under three<br />
hours to take the women’s title.<br />
The inaugural River Ness 10km, which follows a<br />
fast, flat route through the Highland capital of<br />
Inverness, attracted 1000 runners. Both winners,<br />
Eric Kiplagat in 30:22 and Kathy Matwa in 34:58,<br />
were Kenyans.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Simon PRIDE GBR 2:27:59<br />
2 Johan SAND SWE 2:36:06<br />
3 Ruairidh CAMPBELL GBR 2:38:55<br />
4 Steven MILLER GBR 2:45:40<br />
5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 2:46:40<br />
6 Alan BURNS GBR 2:48:31<br />
7 Abdelouahab FERGUEN ALG 2:49:42<br />
8 David MCLHINNEY GBR 2:52:44<br />
9 Norman MCLENNAN GBR 2:52:47<br />
10 Edward FLETCHER GBR 2:54:10<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jan ROXBURGH GBR 2:59:58<br />
2 Erica CHRISTIE GBR 3:06:56<br />
3 Jacqui THOMSON GBR 3:07:57<br />
4 Alison MCKAY GBR 3:10:30<br />
5 Mary JOHNSON GBR 3:16:01<br />
6 Fionn NAIRN GBR 3:23:16<br />
7 Catherine MACRITCHE GBR 3:26:59<br />
8 Sally ROLLAND GBR 3:27:04<br />
9 Feleena TAYLOR GBR 3:27:07<br />
10 Marion PARCHMENT GBR 3:27:08<br />
9 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
LAKE TAHOE MARATHON,<br />
USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John WERU KEN 2:37:06<br />
2 Juan SANCHEZ USA 2:57:08<br />
3 Eric SISLEY USA 3:04:58<br />
4 Adrian BAETTIG SUI 3:08:31<br />
5 Sean MEISSNER USA 3:11:23<br />
6 Mark MURRAY USA 3:14:03<br />
7 Joe NIEZGODA USA 3:14:13<br />
8 Rolf MARZI USA 3:17:33<br />
9 Christopher WARREN USA 3:17:56<br />
10 Jon ROCKWOOD USA 3:19:51<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sonya DROTTAR USA 3:23:04<br />
2 Diana VANRY USA 3:33:42<br />
3 Becky BURDICK USA 3:33:50<br />
4 Elizabeth LYLES USA 3:36:13<br />
5 Nuvit FOSTER USA 3:36:29<br />
6 Julie FINGAR USA 3:37:06<br />
7 Nancy ROBERTS USA 3:41:09<br />
8 Heidi NEWELL USA 3:42:28<br />
9 Laura BLEAKLEY USA 3:46:22<br />
10 Deborah HAMBERLIN USA 3:47:50<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ROYAL VICTORIA<br />
MARATHON, CANADA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Bruce DEACON CAN 2:21:07<br />
2 Lawrence MERRIFIELD JR. USA 2:32:53<br />
3 Todd HOWARD CAN 2:35:08<br />
4 Hugh TRENCHARD CAN 2:39:35<br />
5 Trevor JORDAN CAN 2:40:59<br />
6 Rod WOODBECK CAN 2:41:23<br />
7 John MOE CAN 2:44:28<br />
8 Dick BEARDSLEY USA 2:44:30<br />
9 Brian NEMETHY CAN 2:44:38<br />
10 Daniel BARTOSZ USA 2:44:40<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Hallie JANSSEN USA 2:49:36<br />
2 Joan MCGRATH CAN 2:55:08<br />
3 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 2:59:51<br />
4 Wendy MONTGOMERY CAN 3:04:52<br />
5 Meaghan MCCOLLUM CAN 3:15:51<br />
6 Jennifer YOGI USA 3:17:00<br />
7 Annette SUNDIN CAN 3:17:30<br />
8 Penny PLAMONDON CAN 3:18:38<br />
9 Kim WARD CAN 3:20:07<br />
10 Katty O’NEIL CAN 3:20:20<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ASICS MELBOURNE<br />
MARATHON, AUSTRALIA<br />
See separate feature, p.56<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
POZNAN MARATHON,<br />
POLAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mykhail IVERUK UKR 2:17:55<br />
2 Uladzimir TSIAMCHYK BLR 2:18:22<br />
3 Leszek TSIAMCHYK POL 2:18:37<br />
4 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:18:41<br />
5 Aliaksei HAURYCHENKA BLR 2:19:11<br />
6 Andriej KRAWTSOV RUS 2:21:02<br />
7 Jerzy ZAWIERUCHA POL 2:21:35<br />
8 Andrzej KRZYSCIN POL 2:22:21<br />
9 Marcin PANFIL POL 2:23:17<br />
10 Tomasz LAZAREWICZ POL 2:24:11<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:41:19<br />
2 Ewa DEDERKO POL 2:47:09<br />
3 Katarzyna DZIWOSZ POL 2:49:15<br />
4 Agnieszka GOLAK POL 2:49:28<br />
5 Agnieszka GORTEL POL 2:52:30<br />
6 Iliana JOPEK POL 2:57:24<br />
7 Karolina RAKIEC POL 3:00:53<br />
8 Elena TSUKHLO BLR 3:03:00<br />
9 Anita BIELINSKA POL 3:03:04<br />
10 Lenina OLENEVA UKR 3:05:30<br />
Poznan<br />
16 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Novi Sad<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
BUENOS AIRES MARATHON,<br />
ARGENTINA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Oscar CORTINEZ ARG 2:21:22<br />
2 Marcos LOPES BRA 2:22:10<br />
3 Jose LUNA ARG 2:22:46<br />
4 Daniel SIMBROM ARG 2:23:08<br />
5 Fabio HEREDIA ARG 2:33:22<br />
6 Hector LEONHARDT ARG 2:34:43<br />
7 Juan PEREYRA ARG 2:35:12<br />
8 Leonardo ARISTEI ARG 2:35:45<br />
9 Crisian MALGIOGLIO ARG 2:36:14<br />
10 Toribio GUTIERREZ ARG 2:36:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Veronica PAEZ ARG 2:55:04<br />
2 Clara SERINO ARG 2:55:50<br />
3 Lorena LAZARO ARG 3:01:50<br />
4 Rossana LUISETTI ARG 3:03:37<br />
5 Mariley ALVES DA SILVA BRA 3:06:04<br />
6 Aida AGUILAR PAR 3:08:30<br />
7 Ivanir SANTOS BRA 3:12:44<br />
8 Lorena OLIVEIRA ARG 3:12:45<br />
9 Veronica ORTEGA ARG 3:17:07<br />
10 Gertrudis CARVAJAL VEN 3:17:12<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
XII NOVI SAD NIS<br />
MARATHON, YUGOSLAVIA<br />
More runners have been coming to Novi Sad since<br />
the repair of the war-damaged bridges. Over 350<br />
runners came from five countries and two<br />
continents.<br />
In a sign of repaired relations, most foreign<br />
runners were from Croatia (Hrvatska). The weather<br />
did not co-operate, as it rained throughout the<br />
race, but the temperature was mild (17°C) and<br />
some runners achieved personal best times. The<br />
most interesting part of the marathon was the<br />
relay event.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Krzysztof BARTKIEWICZ POL 2:29:59<br />
2 Zdravko MISOVIC SCG 2:31:38<br />
3 Goran JESIC SCG 2:42:50<br />
4 Veljko POPOVIC SCG 2:44:46<br />
5 Danilo SPASOJEVIC SCG 2:46:26<br />
6 Zoran JANKOVIC SCG 2:51:57<br />
7 Ferenc SZEKERES HUN 2:54:07<br />
8 Istvan VINDICZ HUN 2:58:22<br />
9 Laza RADISIC SCG 3:04:17<br />
10 Dejan GASIC SCG 3:05:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Andrea SZABO HUN 2:54:05<br />
2 Stojanka SOKOL SCG 3:27:09<br />
3 Ksenija BODLOVIC SCG 3:38:03<br />
4 Sanja STOJKOV SCG 3:43:30<br />
5 Gabriela MAZAK SCG 3:52:34<br />
6 Zorica ANTIC SCG 4:13:38<br />
7 Bernandeta NALEZNIAK POL 4:19:35<br />
8 Ines STOJKOVIC CRO 4:39:19<br />
9 Romana SVALJEK TOTH CRO 4:51:56<br />
10 Ivanka BUBAN CRO 4:53:19<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ISTANBUL EURASIA<br />
MARATHON, TURKEY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 David KIPTANUI KEN 2:18:19<br />
2 Konstantin PERMITIN RUS 2:18:25<br />
3 Yuriy HYCHUN UKR 2:18:35<br />
4 Abed BOUALEM ALG 2:19:11<br />
5 John Mutai KIPYATOR KEN 2:20:18<br />
6 Julius MARITIM KEN 2:20:39<br />
7 Belay WOLASHE ETH 2:21:42<br />
8 Ahmet YAVUZ TUR 2:24:50<br />
9 Frans CHAUKE RSA 2:25:54<br />
10 Simon MPHULANYANE RSA 2:27:28<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Svetlana DEMIDENKO RUS 2:36:44<br />
2 Zhanna MALKOVA RUS 2:39:36<br />
3 Olga GLOK RUS 2:42:45<br />
4 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:47:57<br />
5 Svetlana SHEPELEVA-TKACH MDA 2:56:52<br />
6 Hasibe ONAT TUR 3:01:01<br />
7 Tatiana TESLENKO RUS 3:14:23<br />
8 Bakiye DURAN TUR 3:29:32<br />
9 Lutfiye KAYA TUR 3:31:04<br />
10 Cora MAAS-DEWAAL NED 3:56:05<br />
Chicago<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
BEIRUT INT’L MARATHON,<br />
LEBANON<br />
In the second edition of the race, incorporating<br />
5km and 10km events, 12,000 people came from<br />
66 countries to take part.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Eshetu BEKELE ETH 2:17:31<br />
2 David KIPLAGAT KEN 2:17:59<br />
3 Fikadu DEGEFU ETH 2:19:15<br />
4 Abraham ASSEFA ETH 2:20:57<br />
5 Philemeon KEMEI KIMAIYO KEN 2:21:37<br />
6 Elijah MUGO KEN 2:21:55<br />
7 Albert CHEMARIAN KEN 2:22:00<br />
8 Paul RUGUT KEN 2:24:07<br />
9 Ali AWAD LEB 2:29:04<br />
10 Benson LIMO KEN 2:29:55<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anastasia NDEREBA KEN 2:36:46<br />
2 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:37:29<br />
3 Naomi WANGUI KEN 2:39:08<br />
4 Tatyana MIRONOVA RUS 2:39:22<br />
5 Gladys LUKHWARENI RSA 2:40:18<br />
6 Elena MAZOVKA BLR 2:41:05<br />
7 Svetiana BAIGULOVA RUS 2:44:19<br />
8 Monica SAMILA TAN 2:46:40<br />
9 Keneli CHALA ETH 2:56:19<br />
10 Norra NYABITCHA KEN 2:59:26<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
LASALLE BANKS CHICAGO<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
This was Rutto’s third straight marathon win, in<br />
times which average 2:06:08 writes Jim Ferstle.<br />
Constantina Tomescu rounded off a busy season<br />
with an impressive win after being sick for most of<br />
race week.<br />
Rutto might have gone faster, had it not been for<br />
hasty pacemaking early on (2:02 pace), and windy<br />
conditions in the latter part of the race. They<br />
passed halfway in 1:02:24 but were already<br />
slowing, and Rutto had to run alone from 30km.<br />
Former world record holder and four-time Chicago<br />
winner Khalid Khannouchi stayed off the early<br />
pace but had to work hard trying to catch the lead<br />
group after halfway. He never quite managed it.<br />
Tomescu had run the Olympic Marathon two<br />
months earlier and finished third in the World<br />
Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi only<br />
the previous weekend.<br />
In travelling to Chicago she had come down with<br />
a severe cold, only venturing out for a short run on<br />
the Friday.<br />
Despite this, she maintained her usual frontrunning<br />
style from early on in the race. This time,<br />
despite slowing and showing signs of anxiety, no<br />
one came past her.<br />
Although visibly drained, she finished with her<br />
first major win in a time within 10 seconds of her<br />
personal best.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Evans RUTTO KEN 2:06:16<br />
2 Daniel NJENGA KEN 2:07:44<br />
3 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:07:50<br />
4 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:08:27<br />
5 Khalid KHANNOUCHI USA 2:08:44<br />
6 Marilson DOS SANTIOS BRA 2:08:48<br />
7 Stephen KIOGORA KEN 2:09:21<br />
8 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 2:13:08<br />
9 Ben MAIYO KEN 2:13:17<br />
10 Paul KOECH KEN 2:13:20<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
19
WOMEN:<br />
1 Constantina TOMESCU ROM 2:23:45<br />
2 Nuta OLARU ROM 2:24:33<br />
3 Svetlana ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:25:01<br />
4 Joyce CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:26:21<br />
5 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:28:22<br />
6 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2:28:28<br />
7 Marla RUNYAN USA 2:28:33<br />
8 Derartu TULU ETH 2:30:21<br />
9 Blake RUSSELL USA 2:32:04<br />
10 Jenny SPANGLER USA 2:33:36<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
EINDHOVEN MARATHON,<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
Willy Cheruiyot won this race for the fourth time,<br />
in its 21st edition, and missed his own 2003 course<br />
record by just 15 seconds writes Wim Van Hemert.<br />
For a while it looked like a new record was<br />
possible as 12 men ran the first 10km in 30:14 and<br />
halfway in 1:04:05, although five of these were<br />
pacemakers. They slowed on the second lap, and<br />
Tom Van Hooste managed to catch the lead group<br />
just after 25km. By 30km (1:32:10) the first three<br />
were clear, but only 2km later it looked like<br />
Cheruiyot was having problems. He regained<br />
contact and it was Philip Singoei who dropped<br />
back first, at 37km. From 39km Cheruiyot went on<br />
alone, while Koech slipped back behind Singoei.<br />
Annelieke van der Sluijs ran the first half of the<br />
race with Fatiha Baouf, but then had to battle the<br />
winds alone on the second lap. It was Baouf’s<br />
debut marathon while third-placed Sandra ter<br />
Horst improved her best time by two minutes.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Willy CHERUIYOT KEN 2:09:20<br />
2 Philip SINGOEI KEN 2:10:07<br />
3 Barnabas KOECH KEN 2:10:19<br />
4 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:12<br />
5 Vincent KIPSOS KEN 2:13:52<br />
6 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:14:03<br />
7 Tom VAN HOOSTE NED 2:14:08<br />
8 Abdelkadir LAMACHI MAR 2:14:55<br />
9 My Tahar CHADLI MAR 2:15:47<br />
10 Boubker EL AFOUI MAR 2:15:58<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Annelieke VAN DER SLUIS NED 2:37:33<br />
2 Fatiha BAOUF BEL 2:39:41<br />
3 Sandra TER HORST NED 2:46:11<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN<br />
MARATHON, DENMARK<br />
A total of 2,125 runners from 24 nations signed up<br />
for the 5th H.C. Andersen Marathon in the famous<br />
author’s town of birth. There is also a skaters’ race,<br />
a Minimarathon and the 5km, called H.C. Andersen<br />
Løbet. The autumn weather was beautiful and<br />
sunny (12ºC, 40% humidity), although slightly<br />
windy and there were some good performances on<br />
the fastest course in Scandinavia. Next year the<br />
race will be a part of the great celebration of the<br />
200th anniversary of H.C. Andersen´s birth.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Daniel KIPRUGUT TOO KEN 2:13:57<br />
2 Julias SUGUT KEN 2:15:16<br />
3 Alexey SOKOLOV RUS 2:15:59<br />
4 Alexej RYBALCHENKO UKR 2:17:04<br />
5 Alexey KHOKHLOV RUS 2:17:20<br />
6 Torben Juul NIELSEN DEN 2:18:53<br />
7 Jaroslaw CICHOCKI POL 2:19:38<br />
8 Jeppe FARSOTH DEN 2:22:34<br />
9 David MOLLER DEN 2:24:10<br />
10 Valerik VLAS MDA 2:24:41<br />
Toronto<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Gitte KARLSHOJ DEN 2:45:46<br />
2 Martina SALOMONSSON SWE 2:46:27<br />
3 Joanna GRONT POL 2:47:23<br />
4 Birgitte JORGENSEN DEN 2:50:06<br />
5 Ludmila GURKINA RUS 2:50:09<br />
6 Lene DUUS DEN 2:52:14<br />
7 Vibeke HANSEN DEN 2:59:19<br />
8 Anne Marie SIMONSEN DEN 3:05:39<br />
9 Lene BIRK DEN 3:07:00<br />
10 Stine REX DEN 3:08:49<br />
10 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
HALF MARATHON OF BAHIA,<br />
BRAZIL<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Giomar PEREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:07:55<br />
2 Willian GOMES AMORIM BRA 1:07:57<br />
3 Josueeldo F. NASCIMENTO BRA 1:08:01<br />
4 Marco Antonio PEREIRA BRA 1:08:14<br />
5 Manoel De Jesus TEIXEIRA BRA 1:08:18<br />
6 Benjamin PSERET BRA 1:08:37<br />
7 Ubiratan JOSE DOS SANTOS BRA 1:08:55<br />
8 Jose Gutemberg PEREIRA BRA 1:08:58<br />
9 Claudio RODRIGUES BESSA BRA 1:10:08<br />
10 Jose CICERO ELOY BRA 1:10:09<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:18:53<br />
2 Maria Zeferina R. BALDAIA BRA 1:19:12<br />
3 Rose JEPCHUMBA BRA 1:20:31<br />
4 Mariezete M. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:21:14<br />
5 Viviany ANDERSON BRA 1:22:16<br />
6 Marluce Q. FERREIRA BORGE BRA 1:23:41<br />
7 Rosangela FIGUEIREDO SILVA BRA 1:25:12<br />
8 Deborah MENGICH BRA 1:25:22<br />
9 Maria S. PEREIRA SILVA BRA 1:25:28<br />
10 Edivania MARIA VALERIO BRA 1:26:15<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
PALERMO D’INVERNO<br />
SUPERMARATHON, ITALY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mario ARDEMAGNI ITA 3:04:33<br />
2 Dominic CROFT GBR 3:11:08<br />
3 Jochen KUMPEL GER 3:14:22<br />
4 Lorenzo TRINCHERI ITA 3:18:28<br />
5 Pio MALFATTI ITA 3:23:48<br />
6 Thomas MIKSCH GER 3:34:23<br />
7 Roberto FRATARCANGELI ITA 3:34:59<br />
8 Martin REA IRL 3:35:44<br />
9 Mario PIROTTA ITA 3:39:00<br />
10 Muhl VOLKMAR GER 3:39:12<br />
Hans Christian Andersen Marathon<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 ITA 6:22:59<br />
2 GER 6:48:43<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Danielle SANDERSON GBR 3:29:24<br />
2 Roslyn ALEXANDER GBR 3:35:55<br />
3 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 3:37:23<br />
4 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 3:46:59<br />
5 Simone STOPPLER GER 3:49:01<br />
6 Birgit SCHONHERR-HOSCHERGER 3:51:23<br />
7 Lisa KNIGHTS GBR 3:52:40<br />
8 Carmen HILDEBRAND GER 3:53:16<br />
9 Siri TERJESEN USA 3:58:00<br />
10 Simona VICARO ITA 4:11:53<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 GBR 7:05:17<br />
2 ITA 7:24:40<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Eliud TANUI KEN 1:07:58<br />
2 Abdelkrim BOUMALIK MAR 1:09:26<br />
3 Marchane ABDELKEBIR MAR 1:11:33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maura TUMMINELLI ITA 1:27:29<br />
2 Germana FERRERI ITA 1:30:27<br />
3 Luisa BALSAMO ITA 1:31:42<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
See separate feature, p.58<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
CHINA MOTOR MARATHON,<br />
TAIWAN<br />
The race is the largest marathon in Taiwan. There<br />
were about 50,000 particiapants in all races, of<br />
whom 1,350 ran in the marathon. The half<br />
marathon had 3,600 runners, the 10km 3850, and<br />
35,000 people ran in the 5km fun run. It was a<br />
sunny day and quite hot (28˚C).<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Azat PAKIPOV RUS 2:23:39<br />
2 Octavio Dos S. PINHEIRO BRA 2:24:11<br />
3 Zi Jian SHENG TPE 2:25:55<br />
4 Joel Kasairo SANKALE KEN 2:29:09<br />
5 Zhao Xin PENG TPE 2:40:30<br />
6 Jia Xiang WU TPE 2:44:46<br />
7 Mchkirate EL MUSTAFA MAR 2:46:07<br />
8 Yong Fa WU TPE 2:47:57<br />
9 Tsung Min LIN TPE 2:48:56<br />
10 Yao Chen LIN TPE 2:52:53<br />
20 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
WOMEN:<br />
1 Ziu Ying HU CHN 2:39:34<br />
2 Fabiola WILLIAM TAN 2:41:52<br />
3 Dione D’Agostini CHILEMI BRA 2:51:53<br />
4 Li Ling WU TPE 3:19:09<br />
5 Shu Rong CHIOU TPE 3:26:44<br />
6 Li Jen LIU TPE 3:33:28<br />
7 Min Hua TSAI TPE 3:36:13<br />
8 Yuan Xiang GONG TPE 3:38:23<br />
9 Yi Mei TSAI TPE 3:48:34<br />
10 Zhu Li ZHENG TPE 3:48:42<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
TORONTO MARATHON,<br />
CANADA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Procopio FRANCO MEX 2:16:43<br />
2 Danny KASSAP CGO 2:17:48<br />
3 Bernard ONSARE KEN 2:18:48<br />
4 Penuel OSORO KEN 2:19:10<br />
5 Asier CUEVAS ESP 2:20:15<br />
6 Joseph NSENGIYUMVA RWA 2:20:33<br />
7 Bruce RAYMER CAN 2:24:24<br />
8 Joseph KAMAU KEN 2:25:51<br />
9 Kim GILLARD AUS 2:27:02<br />
10 Anthony GITAU KEN 2:27:48<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Olga KOVPOTINA UKR 2:31:48<br />
2 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA RUS 2:36:03<br />
3 Aurica BUIA ROM 2:46:10<br />
4 Lucia SUBANO KEN 2:50:16<br />
5 Angela BATSFORD CAN 2:50:36<br />
6 Kate MACNAMARA CAN 2:52:52<br />
7 Seanna ROBINSON CAN 2:56:25<br />
8 Stephanie SUMMERS CAN 2:57:13<br />
9 Aileen HANNIGAN CAN 2:57:26<br />
10 May ALLISON CAN 2:59:34<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Olano Esparza IBON CAN 1:12:02<br />
2 Predrag MLADENOVIC CAN 1:12:27<br />
3 Paul LEDUC CAN 1:13:23<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Sarah NAGY CAN 1:21:18<br />
2 Leslie GOLD CAN 1:23:55<br />
3 Melanie BOULTBEE CAN 1:26:51<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ITALIAN MARATHON<br />
MEMORIAL ENZO FERRARI<br />
The 16th Ferrari Italian Marathon started out from<br />
Maranello on a beautiful sunny day. The Kenyan<br />
Haron Kiplimo Toroitich won the race in a time<br />
which surpassed the old course record, held by<br />
Fabian Roncero (2:09:43) since 1996. Toroitich led<br />
the race from the very beginning leading a group<br />
including Kenyans Maiyo and Kiptarus, the<br />
Ethiopian Bekele and the Italian Pertile. Pertile<br />
finished third in the second best time of his<br />
career, while Maiyo had originally signed up only<br />
for pacemaking duties but pushed Toroitich hard<br />
until the final kilometres<br />
Anne Jelagat Kibor had no rivals in the women’s<br />
race. She stretched away from Meseret Kotu and<br />
Tatyana Hladyr after 15km, for her fourth career win<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Haron Kiplimo TOROITICH KEN 2:09:09<br />
2 Richard Kiprono MAIYO KEN 2:09:47<br />
3 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 2:10:22<br />
4 Johnstone K. CHANGWONY KEN 2:10:59<br />
5 Samson KOSGEI KEN 2:11:43<br />
6 Benjamin KIPTARUS KEN 2:11:59<br />
7 Nelson LEBO KEN 2:13:17<br />
8 Kenneth Kiprono KIPRONO KEN 2:16:14<br />
9 Medeksa Derba BEDADE ETH 2:18:21<br />
10 Fekadu BEKELE ETH 2:20:46<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Anne Jelagat KIBOR KEN 2:30:54<br />
2 Tatiana HLADYR UKR 2:32:24<br />
3 Meseret KOTU ETH 2:41:21<br />
4 Laura RICCI ITA 2:48:37<br />
5 Ilaria AICARDI ITA 2:57:47<br />
6 Chiara PACCHIEGA ITA 2:57:57<br />
7 Valentina GUALANDI ITA 3:12:31<br />
8 Maria Luisa COSTETTI ITA 3:18:16<br />
9 Annalisa SANTI ITA 3:22:40<br />
10 Carla FAGGIN ITA 3:23:32<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
BEIJING MARATHON,<br />
CHINA<br />
Sun Yingjie scored her third successive win in<br />
Beijing, only two weeks after she had become<br />
World Half Marathon champion writes Mirko Javala.<br />
She claimed that she intended to run Beijing only<br />
as “training“. In the absence of 10,000m Olympic<br />
champion Xing Huina, she had an easy victory. Sun<br />
started cautiously, and stuck with the leading<br />
group until well after halfway, but then broke away<br />
decisively. Zhou Chunxiou, who had run with the<br />
lead group in Athens but then faded to 33rd,<br />
finished more than four minutes behind her. Third<br />
place went to the top athlete in today’s version of<br />
“Ma’s army“, Dai Yanyan. Xing Huina had not<br />
started because the public appearances and<br />
interviews in the three weeks following her<br />
Olympic 10000m win had left no time for training.<br />
James Moiben won the men’s race, his second<br />
victory of the year in China after the Xiamen<br />
Marathon in March. In doing so he improved his<br />
three-year old personal best by two seconds.<br />
More than 6000 people ran in the marathon, and<br />
another 21,000 people took part in the three other<br />
associated events: half marathon, 10km and 5km.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 James MOIBEN KEN 2:10:42<br />
2 Christopher ISEGWE TAN 2:10:56<br />
3 Ri Kyong CHOL PRK 2:15:24<br />
4 Jonathan CHERONO KEN 2:15:30<br />
5 Ke GONG CHN 2:15:48<br />
6 Jinbo ZHANG CHN 2:16:23<br />
7 Zemin WANG CHN 2:16:31<br />
8 Seiji KUSHIBE JPN 2:17:00<br />
9 Yonghua WANG CHN 2:17:06<br />
10 Yinshuai WU CHN 2:17:11<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
Italy<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yingjie SUN CHN 2:24:11<br />
2 Chunxiu ZHOU CHN 2:28:42<br />
3 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:29:58<br />
4 Guang ZENG CHN 2:33:19<br />
5 Yunman MA CHN 2:33:29<br />
6 Ling WANG CHN 2:34:31<br />
7 Xiaohuan LIN CHN 2:34:46<br />
8 Song Suk O PRK 2:36:14<br />
9 Yuan Yuan JANG CHN 2:36:26<br />
10 Kum Hwa RYANG PRK 2:36:39<br />
17 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ING AMSTERDAM<br />
MARATHON, NETHERLANDS<br />
Last year he was only a pacemaker, but this time he<br />
won the race in a new course record writes Wim van<br />
Hemert. Robert Cheboror had been second in the<br />
Boston Marathon, but went one better in<br />
Amsterdam when he dropped Rodgers Rop after<br />
36km. Last year’s winner William Kipsang came<br />
through to take second, well behind him. Helena<br />
Javornik set a personal best to win the women’s<br />
race.<br />
The race started in the Olympic stadium, coming<br />
back through the stadium after 7km before heading<br />
out onto a loop course for 35km. Early pace was<br />
erratic, but after 15km the pacemakers settled<br />
down into a headwind along a section beside the<br />
River Amstel, which was also part of the 1928<br />
Amsterdam<br />
23
Olympic course. At halfway there was a leading<br />
group of nine, but Kipsang and the two pacemakers<br />
dropped back. At 35km Rop still looked<br />
competitive but a kilometre later he weakened, and<br />
faded to ninth.<br />
The 38-year old Javornik ran together with Emily<br />
Kimuria until 34km, but Javornik then forged ahead<br />
to win by over two minutes. She later claimed to be<br />
disappointed with her new personal best, saying<br />
that she had hoped to run close to 2:25.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Robert CHEBOROR KEN 2:06:23<br />
2 William KIPSANG KEN 2:08:41<br />
3 El Hassan LAHSSINI FRA 2:10:10<br />
4 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:12:05<br />
5 Hugo Van Den BROEK NED 2:12:08<br />
6 Khalid BOUMLILI MAR 2:12:32<br />
7 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:12:44<br />
8 Teferi BACHA ETH 2:13:07<br />
9 Rodgers ROP KEN 2:13:58<br />
10 Benjamin KIMUTAI KEN 2:14:16<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:27:33<br />
2 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:29:46<br />
3 Tigiste ABIDI ETH 2:33:26<br />
4 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:37:01<br />
5 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:37:14<br />
6 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:38:43<br />
7 Millicent BOADI GHA 2:48:27<br />
8 Agnes HIJMAN NED 2:49:29<br />
9 Sanna LAMPI FIN 2:57:17<br />
10 Carla OPHORST NED 2:58:01<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
VENICE MARATHON,<br />
ITALY<br />
Raymond Kipkoech narrowly beat a resurgent<br />
Danilo Goffi to the finish line in an exciting neck<br />
and neck battle which reached its climax in the<br />
final 2km writes Diego Sampaolo. There was another<br />
Kenyan victory over a local favourite in the<br />
women’s race, as Jane Ekimat led Giovanna<br />
Volpato home by a margin of over 500m.<br />
At first Goffi had struggled to keep up with a group<br />
of four Kenyans, but their pace slowed after 10km.<br />
He regained contact by 15km, along with course<br />
record holder David Makori and Isaac Kiprono, so<br />
that there was a lead group of seven.<br />
Two of the leaders were pacemakers, and dropped<br />
out at 25km and 30km, while still on sub-2:09<br />
pace. Kipkoech and Goffi then pulled away, and<br />
were battling side by side over the famous Ponte<br />
della Liberta which links Mestre to Venice.<br />
At 40km, Kipkoech made his move, but it was not<br />
decisive. In the most challenging section of the<br />
course, over the characteristic 13 bridges of this<br />
unique city, Goffi hung on and produced a final<br />
kick. Kipkoech responded promptly to win by a<br />
single second.<br />
For Goffi it was a major success, after a long<br />
period of injury, to run within 30 seconds of his<br />
personal best. Kipkoech also, has not yet regained<br />
his form of two years ago, when he won the Berlin<br />
Marathon in 2:06:47, although he had wins in<br />
Paris and Vienna earlier in the year.<br />
Volpato and Ekimat led the women’s race early on,<br />
with Ardese Measso, passing 10km in 36:15.<br />
Volpato was dropped by the other two after<br />
halfway (passed in 1:16:04), but caught Measso<br />
again.<br />
By 30km Ekimat led by a minute, and went on to<br />
win this second marathon of her career, after a<br />
2:36:41 performance in Turin six months before.<br />
Niagara<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Raymond KIPROECH KEN 2:09:54<br />
2 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:09:55<br />
3 Laban KIPNGETICH KEN 2:11:38<br />
4 Kemboi Samuel CHEMWENO KEN 2:11:50<br />
5 Siya David CHERUI KEN 2:14:20<br />
6 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:14:21<br />
7 Omiti David MAKORI KEN 2:15:02<br />
8 Habtamu BEKELE ETH 2:15:42<br />
9 David KOSGEI KEN 2:16:31<br />
10 Mostafa ERREBBAH ITA 2:16:35<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Auro Jane EKIMAT KEN 2:32:08<br />
2 Giovanna VOLPATO ITA 2:33:57<br />
3 Sisay MEASSO ETH 2:36:51<br />
4 Silvia SOMMAGGIO ITA 2:39:33<br />
5 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:41:24<br />
6 Francesca ZANUSSO ITA 2:43:16<br />
7 Michela MINCIARELLI ITA 3:05:59<br />
8 Simonetta LAZZAROTTO ITA 3:05:59<br />
9 Valentina BONANNI ITA 3:08:27<br />
10 Sabrina CASTELLO ITA 3:08:47<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
LAUSANNE MARATHON,<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
See separate feature, p.62<br />
Photo: Bob Eby<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON<br />
INT’L MARATHON, KOREA<br />
The race is held along the shores of the beautiful<br />
Lake Eui-am, surrounded by mountains covered<br />
with trees in autumnal foliage.<br />
The start and finish points are at the Chunchon<br />
Sports Complex, and of the 24,202 registrations<br />
17,892 runners finished in mild (12ºC) conditions,<br />
making this race one of the top 10 marathons in<br />
the world in terms of numbers.<br />
The race was the 58th marathon commemoration<br />
of the victory of Ki-Jung Son in the 1936 Berlin<br />
Olympic Marathon (2:29:19). Elijah Mutai<br />
retained his title from 2003.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Elijah MUTAI KEN 2:14:31<br />
2 Woon-San JUNG KOR 2:14:38<br />
3 In-Mo JE KOR 2:15:11<br />
4 Jin-Su LIM KOR 2:17:11<br />
5 Young-Chun KIM KOR 2:17:29<br />
6 Simon SAWE KEN 2:18:06<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jung-Hee OH KOR 2:35:59<br />
2 Kyong-Hee LIM KOR 2:39:39<br />
3 Kong-Ju LEE KOR 3:07:20<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
STANDARD CHARTERED<br />
NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA<br />
A top international marathon has finally come to<br />
Kenya, with the Standard Chartered event, run for<br />
the second time, but it was no surprise to see<br />
domestic runners dominate.<br />
In the men’s race there was an opportunity for<br />
relative unknowns to shine, on a chilly morning in<br />
the Kenyan capital.<br />
Winner Benjamin Kemboi had only previously run<br />
internationally at the World Military<br />
Championships last year, where he finished<br />
fourth.<br />
The women’s race was won by another new name,<br />
mother-of-four (ranging from 4-12 years old),<br />
Chimokil Chilapong.<br />
She overcame the challenge of more seasoned<br />
international runners like Joyce Chepchumba and<br />
Beatrice Omwanza, although both had run fast<br />
marathons within the previous few weeks in<br />
Chicago and Berlin.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Benjamin KEMBOI KEN 2:11:50<br />
2 Festus KIOKO KEN 2:14:08<br />
3 Peter NDEGWA KEN 2:14:35<br />
4 Cleophas ROP KEN 2:15:08<br />
5 Wesley KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:15<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Chimokil CHILAPONG KEN 2:39:09<br />
2 Joyce CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:39:27<br />
3 Delilah ASIAGO KEN 2:45:16<br />
4 Jane KARIUKI KEN 2:46:20<br />
5 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:49:42<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Evans KIPROP KEN 1:04:21<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:16:24<br />
10km:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Thomas LORIONGASIWA KEN 30:38<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Isabella OCHICHI KEN 35:48<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
CASINO NIAGARA INT’L<br />
MARATHON, CANADA<br />
Apart from the marathon three other events were<br />
held on the Sunday morning: Half Marathon, 5km<br />
and the Schools Marathon Challenge.<br />
It was overcast, 12ºC, and there was a slight tail<br />
wind for the runners at the 10:00 starts.<br />
The weather was a key factor in the marathon,<br />
helping Nicole Stevenson to break the old course<br />
record by 1:20 for a finishing time of 2:37:08 and a<br />
$10,000 bonus.<br />
In the Half Marathon Steve Boyd beat the old<br />
Canadian masters’ record by 1:10 to post a<br />
finishing time of 1:05:42.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Moses CHESEREK KEN 2:22:22<br />
2 Anthony GITAU KEN 2:22:59<br />
3 Stephane GAMACHE CAN 2:26:27<br />
4 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:26:59<br />
5 Shingirai BADZA ZIM 2:29:47<br />
6 Janusz SARNICKI POL 2:33:39<br />
7 Norman TINKHAM CAN 2:35:35<br />
8 Woojin PARK USA 2:36:18<br />
9 Dennis COLBURN CAN 2:36:55<br />
10 Stuart GALLOWAY CAN 2:38:23<br />
24 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nicole STEVENSON CAN 2:37:08<br />
2 Tania JONES CAN 2:41:28<br />
3 Sarah PLAXTON USA 2:51:06<br />
4 Louise VOGHEL CAN 2:59:04<br />
5 Sharon STUBLER USA 3:05:34<br />
6 Tosha SARACHMAN CAN 3:15:16<br />
7 Annie BUNTING CAN 3:17:38<br />
8 Cornelia JONGENOTTER NED 3:18:33<br />
9 Emmanuella NIEUWENHOF CAN 3:20:46<br />
10 Patricia ALBERT USA 3:21:55<br />
Marine Corps<br />
24 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON,<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Joachim NSIMIRIMANA BUR 2:13:31<br />
2 Andrey NAUMOV UKR 2:15:22<br />
3 Joseph RUTTO KEN 2:17:52<br />
4 Petrus SITHOLE RSA 2:20:13<br />
5 Lorenzo MERLI ITA 2:22:25<br />
6 Emanuelle ZENUCCHI ITA 2:24:48<br />
7 Sipho NCUBE ZIM 2:34:44<br />
8 Toni VENCELJ SLO 2:35:20<br />
9 Miro VOGRIE SLO 2:41:19<br />
10 Enoch SKOSANA RSA 2:43:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jelena RAZDROGINA RUS 2:46:30<br />
2 Marjana LUKIC SCG 2:47:34<br />
3 Ida SURBEK SLO 2:49:18<br />
4 Alevtina NAUMOVA RUS 2:51:40<br />
5 Olga LOGINOVA RUS 2:53:19<br />
6 Dinah KIPKOECH KEN 2:54:57<br />
7 Marija TROSIC CRO 3:11:14<br />
8 Marinka LAPANJA SLO 3:17:02<br />
9 Simona ZABJEK SLO 3:18:04<br />
10 Tanja OBERDANK SLO 3:32:18<br />
25 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
ADIDAS DUBLIN MARATHON,<br />
IRELAND<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Lezan KIMUTAI KEN 2:13:08<br />
2 Tseko MPOLOKENG RSA 2:14:45<br />
3 Julius KIMTAI KEN 2:15:22<br />
4 Nluleki Nobanda RSA 2:15:59<br />
5 Zacharia MPOLOKENG RSA 2:16:25<br />
6 Joseph KANDA KEN 2:17:19<br />
7 Jackson KIPNGETUNY KEN 2:18:06<br />
8 Thomas ABYU ETH 2:18:53<br />
9 Benedict AKO TAN 2:18:56<br />
10 Isaac KIMUGE KEN 2:22:18<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yelena BURYKINA RUS 2:32:53<br />
2 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:33:58<br />
3 Tatiana TITOVA RUS 2:36:04<br />
4 Nadia ZOLOTAREVA RUS 2:43:15<br />
5 Valerie VAUGHAN IRL 2:52:10<br />
6 Helena CROSSMAN IRL 2:53:28<br />
7 Annabelle STEARNS GBR 2:56:16<br />
8 Anne-Marie CASEY GBR 2:56:42<br />
9 Ingemarie NILSSON IRL 2:56:48<br />
10 Patricia MURPHY IRL 2:56:54<br />
31 OCTOBER 2005:<br />
MARINE CORPS MARATHON,<br />
USA<br />
Warm temperatures made for slower times but a<br />
great tactical race with a thrilling finish writes Alan<br />
Brookes. A record 22,666 runners entered this 29th<br />
edition, with 16,987 starting and 16,379 finishing<br />
[1000 more than in 2003].<br />
Carl Rundell, a 36-year old from Michigan went<br />
out gunning for a 2:20, despite the conditions,<br />
and by 15km at the Lincoln Memorial he was 90<br />
Dublin<br />
seconds clear of a group of five. Shortly after,<br />
Mexican Jose Miranda broke away and gave chase.<br />
The real excitement began after 24km when a<br />
good threesome of Terry Shea, Texan Air Force<br />
Major Chris Juarez and eventual winner Retta<br />
Feyissa (an Ethiopian now living in New York City)<br />
began to work together to pull in Rundell and<br />
Miranda.<br />
At 39km all five were together, but Feyissa and<br />
Shea gradually pulled away as the group passed<br />
the Pentagon. Over the last kilometre Feyissa got<br />
away to win by 100m.<br />
Miranda came back on Rundell, and in the end,<br />
little over a minute separated the top five. On the<br />
women's side, Mary Kate Bailey, a 29-year-old<br />
marine from Arlington had things all her own way,<br />
winning by almost three minutes.<br />
The Marine Corps Marathon is not an elite race<br />
and there is no prize money. Instead there are<br />
2,000 hand-picked Marines organising the event<br />
with military precision. They hug each finisher and<br />
place a medal around their necks.<br />
This is the self-titled "People's Marathon". It is<br />
about the 38% of participants who are running a<br />
marathon for the first time. They appreciate the<br />
marvellous organization, and perhaps feel less<br />
intimidated in the absence of superstars.<br />
It is about the charities, with teams of up to 1,000<br />
running for their causes. MCM is about the<br />
camaraderie of the Marines and the marathon<br />
experience, about pride and determination.<br />
There are American flags everywhere, and<br />
historical sites crowd the route: the White House,<br />
Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Washington<br />
Monument, the Pentagon, and the Iwo Jima<br />
Monument at the finish line.<br />
MCM is about the celebration of America and the<br />
pain of America [and the pain of the marathon].<br />
Amidst the joy and achievement of ordinary folk<br />
on a wonderful, sunny, record-breaking day,<br />
Race Director Rick Nealis had to replace 500 of his<br />
race crew this year, as that many of his regulars<br />
had been deployed.<br />
The Race Committee worked to get amputee and<br />
burn veterans out on the course to spectate, and<br />
others ran in memory of fallen friends or relatives.<br />
It is mostly Americans who run "America's<br />
Marathon". This year only 835 runners were from<br />
outside the USA and 523 of these were from<br />
Canada. A scant 312 came from true "overseas"<br />
countries.<br />
This could change next year when MCM goes for<br />
30,000 entries in its 30th Anniversary. They will<br />
abandon their normal lottery, in favour of a firstcome,<br />
first-served process, with online<br />
registration opening on 6 April 2005.<br />
If you go, just remember to hug your Marine back<br />
when you finish; Arlington Cemetery is averaging<br />
25 burials a day.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Retta FEYISSA ETH 2:25:35<br />
2 Terrence SHEA USA 2:25:57<br />
3 Chris JUAREZ USA 2:26:03<br />
4 Jose MIRANDA MEX 2:26:26<br />
5 Carl RUNDELL USA 2:26:48<br />
6 Benjamin PALAFOX USA 2:30:36<br />
7 Paul RADES USA 2:31:18<br />
8 Mark CROASDALE GBR 2:32:54<br />
9 Chris FARLEY USA 2:33:50<br />
10 Mark GOODRIDGE GBR 2:34:31<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mary-Kate BAILEY USA 2:48:31<br />
2 Kim FAGEN USA 2:51:17<br />
3 Suzanne CLEMMER USA 2:59:11<br />
4 Eleanor S.-GARBRECHT USA 3:05:47<br />
5 Jill METZGER USA 3:06:26<br />
6 Sage STEFIUK USA 3:06:36<br />
7 Kirsten WARD USA 3:07:25<br />
8 Amanda RASMUSSEN USA 3:08:37<br />
9 Corinne BUCKWALTER USA 3:08:46<br />
10 Kelly JASKE USA 3:08:56<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
27
New York<br />
31 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
CLASSIQUE INT’L<br />
MARSEILLE-CASSIS, FRANCE<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:14<br />
2 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 1:02:17<br />
3 James THEURY 1:02:23<br />
4 James KWAMBAI KEN 1:02:36<br />
5 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:03:00<br />
6 Simon MUNYUTU KEN 1:03:38<br />
7 Elijah NYABUTI KEN 1:04:51<br />
8 Sammy TUM KEN 1:05:01<br />
9 Andrew LIMO KEN 1:05:08<br />
10 El-Hassan EL-HAMADI 1:05:30<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Marina IVANOVA RUS 1:12:10<br />
2 Gloria MARCONI ITA 1:14:03<br />
3 Sally JEMUTAI KEN 1:14:43<br />
4 Rakia MARAOUI FRA 1:15:19<br />
5 Fatna MARAOUI 1:15:58<br />
6 Carmen OLIVERAS ESP 1:16:08<br />
7 Benedicte ROBIN FRA 1:19:07<br />
8 Caroline DESPREZ FRA 1:19:09<br />
9 Marie-Pierre HOFFMANN FRA 1:20:41<br />
10 Dany DAVESNE FRA 1:23:08<br />
31 OCTOBER 2004:<br />
EUROCITY MARATHON,<br />
FRANKFURT<br />
Boaz Kimaiyo of Kenya retained his title in a new<br />
course record, 19 seconds faster than that he set last<br />
year, writes Pat Butcher.<br />
At halfway, reached in 64:29, Kenyans filled the first<br />
17 places (including several pacemakers), but when<br />
Kimaiyo and Kibet drew away at 30km, Dmitri<br />
Baranovski and Sergey Lukin began to make inroads.<br />
They finished sixth and tenth respectively, but that<br />
still left eight Kenyans in the top ten. Kimaiyo broke<br />
away from Kibet at 33km, and ran out of the bright<br />
sunshine into the fanfare and fireworks of the red<br />
carpet finish inside Frankfurt’s FestHalle.<br />
The popular favourite, Ondoro Osoro, had a bad fall<br />
just before 20km and hobbled home with a bloodied<br />
hip and arm, in ninth place.<br />
The women´s race was a double header for the<br />
Russian ultramarathon twins, Olesya and Elena<br />
Nurgalieva. Olesya finished one second ahead of<br />
Elena, but both improved their best time by nearly<br />
10 minutes.<br />
Elena has won both the Comrades and the Two-<br />
Oceans ultra races in South Africa in the last year,<br />
with Olesya second. Elena said, “It was Olesya’s turn<br />
to win today, and she was stronger anyway”.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Boaz KIMAIYO KEN 2.09.09<br />
2 Luke KIBET KEN 2.11.27<br />
3 Ben ROTICH KEN 2.11.44<br />
4 John RONO KEN 2.12.59<br />
5 Fred MOGAKA KEN 2.14.28<br />
6 Dmitri BARANOVSKI UKR 2.15.01<br />
7 Eric KIPTOON KEN 2.15.03<br />
8 Francis KIPROP KEN 2.15.11<br />
9 Ondoro OSORO KEN 2.15.57<br />
10 Sergey LUKIN RUS 2.16.23<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 2.29.48<br />
2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 2.29.49<br />
3 Yulia VINOKUROVA RUS 2.32.27<br />
4 Gladys ASIBA KEN 2.35.14<br />
5 Maija ORAVMAKI FIN 2.39.35<br />
6 Maija HELLER GER 2.54.58<br />
7 Marianne BRULISAUER GER 2.55.59<br />
8 Birgit BARTELS SUI 2.57.26<br />
9 Christina BREDER GER 2.58.25<br />
10 Kaisa SALMINEN FIN 2.58.37<br />
7 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
ING NEW YORK CITY<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
In what has become a regular arrangement since<br />
2002, the elite women’s race started 35 minutes<br />
before the elite men and the mass field, to better<br />
showcase the event.<br />
It was a race that more than justified the<br />
exposure, turning into a more competitive tussle<br />
than that endured by the men.<br />
The pacemaker Leah Malot set a steady early pace<br />
within course record schedule, leading a group of<br />
10. Passing 10km in 33:20 Paula Radcliffe was<br />
keeping wide of Malot’s pacemaking, as seems to<br />
be her custom.<br />
By 15km the group was down to eight and<br />
they kept together through halfway in 1:10:51.<br />
Tegla Lorupe was among them, and running<br />
within a minute of her recent best half<br />
marathon times. Radcliffe pulled a group of four<br />
clear from here. Radcliffe, Lornah Kiplagat,<br />
Lorupe and Susan Chepkemei were together<br />
at 25km over the Queensborough Bridge,<br />
leading last year’s winner and course recordholder<br />
Margaret Okayo by 15 seconds.<br />
On the long stretch up First Avenue Kiplagat led,<br />
and Loroupe dropped back. Chepkemei appeared<br />
to be least comfortable of the remaining three,<br />
but past the 20 mile (32km) point it was Kiplagat<br />
who yielded. The lead pair were still within course<br />
record pace but although they battled each other<br />
all the way, they were both slowing.<br />
As they came through Central Park the<br />
commentator observed: “Every surge looks like it’s<br />
meant to be the last, but every one is answered.<br />
Neither Radcliffe or Chepkemei has yet mustered<br />
the effort to break away.” They were still<br />
exchanging the lead into the final mile, but from<br />
the last turn on the course at Columbus Circle<br />
Radcliffe finally won the crucial advantage, and<br />
came home four seconds clear.<br />
The men’s race featured a much bigger lead pack<br />
in the early stages. Benoit Ziercziewski became<br />
entangled at a water station and fell to the<br />
ground. His recovery was just too instantaneous,<br />
as he came to the front and injected temporary<br />
pace which thinned the group out to 14 as they<br />
passed halfway in 1:04:15.<br />
He dropped out shortly afterwards. Over the<br />
Queensborough Bridge a lead group of three<br />
formed. Enos Ketter, Timothy Cherigat and<br />
Hendrick Ramaala were well ahead of the chasing<br />
group as they ran up First Avenue. Christopher<br />
Cheboiboch and Mebrahtom Keflezighi led the<br />
chase, and Keflezighi continued it as he saw<br />
Ketter start to drop back.<br />
Into Central Park he caught the lead pair, but<br />
Ramaala made his push soon afterwards, and<br />
went away to a relatively untroubled win.<br />
Cherigat tried to chase but Keflezighi rationed his<br />
effort more carefully, which brought him past<br />
Cherigat for second place.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Hendrik RAMAALA RSA 2:09:28<br />
2 Meb KEFLEZIGHI USA 2:09:53<br />
3 Timothy CHERIGAT KEN 2:10:00<br />
4 Patrick TAMBWE COD 2:10:11<br />
5 Benson CHERONO KEN 2:11:23<br />
6 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:12:34<br />
7 John KAGWE KEN 2:12:35<br />
8 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:14:04<br />
9 Ryan SHAY USA 2:14:08<br />
10 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:14:51<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Paula RADCLIFFE GBR 2:23:10<br />
2 Susan CHEPKEMEI KEN 2:23:14<br />
3 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2:25:18<br />
4 Margaret OKAYO KEN 2:26:31<br />
5 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:26:51<br />
6 Luminita ZAITUC GER 2:28:15<br />
7 Lornah KIPLAGAT KEN 2:28:21<br />
8 Larisa ZOUSKO RUS 2:29:32<br />
9 Madai PEREZ MEX 2:29:57<br />
10 Kerryn MCCANN AUS 2:32:06<br />
7 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
ATHENS CLASSIC<br />
MARATHON, GREECE<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Frederick CHERONO KEN 2:15:30<br />
2 Ruto BARNABAS KEN 2:17:12<br />
3 Christopher KOSGEI KEN 2:17:21<br />
4 Michael KAPKIAI KEN 2:17:26<br />
5 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:17:34<br />
6 John NGENO KEN 2:17:42<br />
7 David MAYO KEN 2:18:58<br />
8 Patrick CHUMBA KEN 2:19:26<br />
9 Daniel KIRWA TOO KEN 2:20:20<br />
10 Elijah YATOR KEN 2:20:50<br />
28 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Seoul<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Zinach ALEMU ETH 2:41:12<br />
2 Areba HIRUET ETH 2:41:19<br />
3 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:41:45<br />
4 Derbe HUNDE ETH 2:42:00<br />
5 Georgia AMPATZIDOU GRE 2:45:27<br />
6 Janna MALKOVA RUS 2:45:56<br />
7 Magdalini GAZEA GRE 2:46:30<br />
8 Greta VARCHI ITA 2:46:37<br />
9 Magda KARIMALI GRE 2:48:15<br />
10 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:50:18<br />
7 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
JOONGANG SEOUL<br />
MARATHON, KOREA<br />
It was chilly (6ºC) but perfect weather for Pavel<br />
Loskotuv, defending his 2003 JoongAng Seoul<br />
Marathon title. During the first half he was only<br />
European of the 19 invited athletes from six<br />
counties who tried to stick with the leading group.<br />
Others included Mbarek Hussein, winner of the<br />
2002 race and another favoured athlete, William<br />
Kiplagat.<br />
It was not until 39km that the Estonian overtook a<br />
pacemaker who kept a comfortable distance<br />
ahead of the rest of the field all the way from<br />
30km. Ruke Metto had never finished a marathon<br />
before but, seeing that nobody was capable of<br />
following him closely after 30km, made his bid for<br />
victory.<br />
Then Loskutov came by, the first of four who<br />
passed Metto before the finish line inside the<br />
Olympic stadium where the Seoul Olympic Games<br />
had been held in 1988. Loskutov’s time fell short<br />
of the 2:09:15 course record that he had set the<br />
previous year.<br />
MEN ONLY:<br />
1 Pavel LOSKUTOV EST 2:09:34<br />
2 Andrew SAMBU TAN 2:09:52<br />
3 Mbarek HUSSEIN KEN 2:09:55<br />
4 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:10:44<br />
5 Luke METTO KEN 2:10:57<br />
6 Ki-Yong KIM KOR 2:11:32<br />
7 William KIPLAGAT KEN 2:12:04<br />
8 Girma TOLA ETH 2:14:20<br />
9 Masami SOETA JPN 2:14:34<br />
10 Kang HAN CHN 2:15:12<br />
13 NOV 2005:<br />
TORAY CUP SHANGHAI INT’L<br />
MARATHON, CHINA<br />
About 15,000 runners participated in all events,<br />
the most entries since 1996. There were nearly<br />
1000 finishers in the marathon, and 191 of these<br />
were foreign runners, coming from 36 countries.<br />
In the women’s race Yanan Wei beat 107 others<br />
and surpassed the winning time of the previous<br />
year. About 3,000 athletes ran the half marathon.<br />
Weather was quite good for the runners: light<br />
drizzle, 14-17ºC and very little wind.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mbithi Benson MITSYA KEN 2:17:55<br />
2 Qiang WANG CHN 2:18:29<br />
3 Jinbo ZHANG CHN 2:18:49<br />
4 Shaofeng NING CHN 2:20:21<br />
5 Peng ZHAO CHN 2:20:46<br />
6 Liqiang TANG CHN 2:21:39<br />
7 Linlu LI CHN 2:25:35<br />
8 Tsuchiya KATSUMI JPN 2:26:35<br />
9 Dapeng GAO CHN 2:28:04<br />
10 Zhenhua ZHANG CHN 2:30:32<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yanan WEI CHN 2:30:37<br />
2 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:31:41<br />
3 Linan WANG CHN 2:36:55<br />
4 Xiaoming WANG CHN 2:37:00<br />
5 Yuxi WANG CHN 2:40:33<br />
6 Yanli GAO CHN 2:40:46<br />
7 Chengcheng CUI CHN 2:43:27<br />
8 Cui LU CHN 2:44:07<br />
9 Meiyu SHEN CHN 2:44:55<br />
10 Xiaohuan LIU CHN 2:45:03<br />
14 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
MARABANA MARATHON &<br />
HALF, CUBA<br />
The 17th edition of this now classical<br />
international race, the foremost marathon in the<br />
Caribbean, welcomed 2,300 runners - including<br />
394 of them coming from 59 different countries.<br />
Emperatriz Wilson's marathon victory was her<br />
fifth, making her the most prolific winner of this<br />
competition. The “Maracuba” race series is held a<br />
day before Marabana, in as many as 3000 cities,<br />
towns and villages spread across Cuba.<br />
Radio ensures a common start time and the total<br />
participation reported was 1,343,261 - probably<br />
the most massive running event in the world.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Hiram TRUTIE CUB 2:27:40<br />
2 Emilio PINO CUB 2:35:37<br />
3 Wilmer FONSECA CUB 2:36:19<br />
4 Isbel MILIAN CUB 2:36:40<br />
5 Angel LAUDINOT CUB 2:38:13<br />
6 Rolando ACOSTA CUB 2:43:28<br />
7 Omar QUIALA CUB 2:44:48<br />
8 Jorge MORA CUB 2:45:06<br />
9 Lorenzo MARZO CUB 2:45:54<br />
10 Younier FOUMAT CUB 2:46:45<br />
Cuba<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Emperatriz WILSON CUB 2:52:59<br />
2 Yuleima ALVAREZ CUB 2:57:15<br />
3 Zenaida ALONSO CUB 3:06:38<br />
4 Margarete DIEPOLD AUT 4:01:35<br />
5 Kirsten NIELSEN DEN 4:12:23<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Norbert GUTIERREZ CUB 1:06:11<br />
2 Mauris CASTILLO CUB 1:06:40<br />
3 Luis CADET CUB 1:06:47<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yailen GARCIA CUB 1:19:31<br />
2 Yudelkis MARTINEZ CUB 1:19:50<br />
3 Yudileisis CASTILLO CUB 1:20:05<br />
14 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
MARATHON DE MONACO<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Andrey CHERNYCHOV RUS 2:22:12<br />
2 Konstantin PERMITIN RUS 2:22:41<br />
3 Abderrahim BENREDOUANE MAR 2:26:12<br />
4 Sergey KALEDINE RUS 2:30:56<br />
5 Philp KIPTOO KEN 2:36:20<br />
6 Stanley KIBET KEN 2:37:50<br />
7 Jack PEYRARD FRA 2:39:45<br />
8 Georges DE ARAUJO FRA 2:40:00<br />
9 Andre SICOT FRA 2:40:03<br />
10 Stefano PAOLI ITA 2:40:53<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maria FEDOSEEVA RUS 2:41:17<br />
2 Petrea HRISTEA ROM 2:42:18<br />
3 Lylia YADZHAK RUS 2:43:03<br />
4 Elena DERIABANA RUS 2:43:04<br />
5 Krystyna KUTA POL 2:43:45<br />
6 Angelique AVERKOVA UKR 2:44:47<br />
7 Muriel BRIONNE FRA 2:50:46<br />
8 Simone KUSTER FRA 2:51:57<br />
9 Magali MAGGIOLINI FRA 2:55:11<br />
10 Fabrice DEPLAIGNE FRA 2:57:09<br />
20 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
CORPORE 10km,<br />
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL<br />
The race incorporated wave starts for the first<br />
time, giving more space and comfort to the 11,000<br />
runners.<br />
It was a new, faster, course, incorporating some of<br />
the main thoroughfares of Sao Paulo, including<br />
two tunnel sections.<br />
A drumming band positioned in the tunnel<br />
created tremendous sound, which seemed to<br />
motivate some of the runners.<br />
The Kenyan opposition in the men’s race proved<br />
too strong for the home runners. Lawrence<br />
Kiprotich and Mathew Cheboi left the opposition<br />
behind at 8km.<br />
In the women’s race Maria Baldaia started fast<br />
and then kept on the shoulder of the Kenyans<br />
Peninah Limakori and Teresia Kipchumba. She<br />
pulled away in the final kilometre for a deserved<br />
win.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 28:52<br />
2 Mathew CHEBOI KEN 29:05<br />
3 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 29:47<br />
4 Leonardo GUEDES BRA 29:54<br />
5 Luis DA SILVA BRA 30:00<br />
6 Jocemar SOARES BRA 30:07<br />
7 Alex DE MENDONCA BRA 30:14<br />
8 William GOMES BRA 30:14<br />
9 Jose DE SOUSA BRA 30:15<br />
10 Orlando DE LIMA BRA 30:16<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
31
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 34:22<br />
2 Peninah LIMAKORI KEN 34:33<br />
3 Teresia KIPCHUMBA KEN 34:33<br />
4 Ednalva DA SILVA BRA 34:47<br />
5 Maria GUIMARAES BRA 35:25<br />
6 Elizabeth DE SOUSA BRA 36:02<br />
7 Maria Lucia MORAES BRA 36:08<br />
8 Adriana DE SOUSA BRA 36:25<br />
9 Janet Gomes BARBOSA BRA 36:29<br />
10 Laudina DA SILVA BRA 36:39<br />
20 NOV 2004:<br />
AFN/MTN LAGOS INT’L HALF<br />
MARATHON, NIGERIA<br />
There were 33, 289 runners registered for this third<br />
edition, alongside elite runners from all corners of<br />
Africa, including the two previous winners writes<br />
Ulf Saletti.<br />
Conditions were hot (30ºC) and humid in the<br />
centre of Lagos despite the 08.00 start on the<br />
Outer Marina Highway. After a loop around<br />
Victoria Island on the southern side of Lagos and<br />
passing the famous Bay Beach area, a group of<br />
five emerged.<br />
This included previous winners Paul Kosgei and<br />
Elijah Nyabuti, together with Wilson Kiprotich<br />
and John Korir, all Kenyans, and Alene Emere of<br />
Ethiopia. Kosgei dropped out with an injury at<br />
13km. John Korir surged with 2km to go, gaining a<br />
slight lead which he kept until the finish in the<br />
National Stadium.<br />
He improved the previous course record, set by<br />
Kosgei in 2002, by 40 seconds. The top three had<br />
finished in the top eight at the recent IAAF World<br />
Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi.<br />
Telecom giant MTN had also sponsored four<br />
regional half marathons, with the winners lining<br />
up on the elite start in Lagos. William Eku was<br />
challenged by Danjuma Gyang and Danjuma<br />
Monday, both from Plateau State, but Eku<br />
prevailed in 9th place overall and as the top<br />
Nigerian finisher he won a Kia car.<br />
The women’s race was also contested by some<br />
household names of African running. Immediately<br />
after her emphatic win Jennifer Chesinon said:<br />
“please invite me back next year, it was a very nice<br />
race.” Proceedings concluded with a concert<br />
outside the Stadium for all participants.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John KORIR KEN 1:03:05<br />
2 Wilson KIPROTICH KEN 1:03:13<br />
3 Alene EMERE ETH 1:03:18<br />
4 Elijah NYABUTI KEN 1:03:48<br />
5 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:05:45<br />
6 Abdella MEFTAH MAR 1:06:22<br />
7 Youssef SONGOKA KEN 1:09:06<br />
8 Dan Kabirou MALLAM NIG 1:09:43<br />
9 Wilson EKU NGR 1:10.08<br />
10 Danjuma GYANG NGR 1:10.33<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Jennifer CHESINON KEN 1:16.34<br />
2 Leila AMAN ETH 1:20.44<br />
3 Elana MEYER RSA 1:24.40<br />
4 Janet DUNG NGR 1:34.45<br />
5 Mercy EDWARD NGR 1:34.50<br />
6 Helen AZUBUIKE NGR 1:35.37<br />
21 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
TOKYO WOMEN’S<br />
MARATHON, JAPAN<br />
Bruna Genovese overtook race leader Elfenesh<br />
Alemu only a mile from the finish, after lagging by<br />
Sao Paulo<br />
250m at 35km writes Ken Nakamura. Relatively warm<br />
weather (17ºC and sunny) may have inhibited<br />
early pace, as no contender followed pacemakers<br />
Albina Ivanova and Restituta Joseph through the<br />
first 5km.<br />
By 10km (33:52) a group of five, comprising<br />
Alemu, Masako Chiba, Gete Wami, Yingjie Sun<br />
and Aki Fujikawa, had joined the pacers.<br />
Genovese stayed behind in the second group: “so<br />
that I could run my own rhythm”.<br />
Fujikawa dropped back before Joseph had paced<br />
the remaining four through halfway (1:11:46) with<br />
the chasing group 55 seconds behind. Next to go<br />
were Sun at 27km and Wami at 30km, while Chiba<br />
tried to keep the pace on track for a 2:26 finish.<br />
The second group were now moving through.<br />
Genovese passed those already dropped and after<br />
35km began to close on the lead pair, as their pace<br />
faltered. By 40km she was poised to strike. Kiyoko<br />
Shimihara had been trailing Genovese, and came<br />
past both Chiba and Alemu as they entered the<br />
stadium.<br />
Lagos<br />
Photo: Hiroto Yoshioka<br />
1 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:26:34<br />
2 Kiyoko SHIMIHARA JPN 2:26:43<br />
3 Elfenesh ALEMU ETH 2:26:58<br />
4 Masako CHIBA JPN 2:27:02<br />
5 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LIT 2:27:28<br />
6 Yingjie SUN CHN 2:29:24<br />
7 Alice CHELANGAT KEN 2:31:14<br />
8 Gete WAMI ETH 2:32:07<br />
9 Yumiko OKAMOTO JPN 2:32:21<br />
10 Shiho TAKAI JPN 2:34:03<br />
21 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
PALERMO INTERNATIONAL<br />
MARATHON, ITALY<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jomo KORORIA KEN 2:12:22<br />
2 Hosea KIMUTAI KEN 2:13:06<br />
3 Linus NGETICH KEN 2:13:56<br />
4 Michael CHEMCHIR KEN 2:15:02<br />
5 Phillip MOLEFE KEN 2:17:53<br />
6 Roberto BARBI ITA 2:21:06<br />
7 Riccardo BAGGIA ITA 2:24:50<br />
8 Maurizio MEDRI ITA 2:24:55<br />
9 Walter ENDRIZZI ITA 2:25:31<br />
10 Vincenzo QUAGLIANA ITA 2:29:09<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Caroline CHEPTONUI KEN 2:31:15<br />
2 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:38:21<br />
3 Vanessa DI LIBERTO ITA 3:10:54<br />
4 Merja KAIKKONEN FIN 3:15:53<br />
5 Luisa BALSAMO ITA 3:23:02<br />
6 Jacqueline MAZOYER FRA 4:01:18<br />
7 Angela BUONASERA ITA 4:02:23<br />
8 Niina TAMMI FIN 4:05:21<br />
9 Giuliana AMARU ITA 4:06:35<br />
10 Maria Pia ALBANESE ITA 4:16:14<br />
26 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
4TH 100 KM PHARAONIC<br />
RACE, EGYPT<br />
RESULTS<br />
1 Mahmoud A. DEHAISE EGY 08:52:03<br />
2 Mark SCHROEDER GER 10:20:20<br />
3 Detlev ACKERMANN GER 10:33:56<br />
4 Caroll KERNER FRA 10:53:56<br />
(First Woman)<br />
5 Diethard STEINBRECHER GER 11:18:13<br />
6 Hassan ATALAH EGY 11:26:38<br />
7 Klaus BECKER GER 11:29:10<br />
8 Beja EILON FRA 12:13:31<br />
9 Daniel HEAD USA 12:39:29<br />
10 Robert PEACHEY GBR 12:40:35<br />
32 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
TEAMS:<br />
1 Alexandria Runners 5:40:13<br />
2 Horse Owners Club 5:40:14<br />
(16 teams finished)<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN<br />
ETHIOPIA<br />
See separate feature, p.66<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
THAI HEALTH BANGKOK<br />
MARATHON<br />
This year’s 17th edition attracted more than<br />
20,000 athletes from 36 countries. Approximately<br />
2,000 ran the full marathon, 7,000 the 10km and<br />
15,000 completed the 5km Walk and Fun Run. The<br />
marathon and wheelchair race started at 03.30 in<br />
front of the Royal Grand Palace with temperatures<br />
rising from 21-23°C. The 18th edition of the event<br />
will be held on 27 November 2005.<br />
MEN<br />
1 John Cheboi SETAUNEI KEN 2.22.53<br />
2 Boonchoe JANDECHA THA 2.25.20<br />
3 Gideon KOECH KEN 2.25.35<br />
4 William KOECH KEN 2.26.05<br />
5 Jirasak SUTHICHART THA 2.26.27<br />
6 Anusak PISAWONG THA 2.31.45<br />
7 Amnaj SRICHART THA 2.32.37<br />
8 Vadimir EPANOV RUS 2.33.04<br />
9 Tamrat G. DEBALKE ETH 2.33.32<br />
10 Jiratikal BOONMA THA 2.35.45<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Lilian CHELIMO KEN 2.57.48<br />
2 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 2.59.49<br />
3 Saiphone PIAWONG THA 3.01.20<br />
4 Sontiya SAIWAEW THA 3.02.45<br />
5 Indresh DHIRAJ IND 3.04.10<br />
6 Pacharee CHAITHONGSRI THA 3.05.57<br />
7 Ketmanee SENAPAN THA 3.07.05<br />
8 Saipin PATJUNE THA 3.09.56<br />
9 Apasara PRASARTHINPIMAI THA 3.10.36<br />
10 Ashley CLARK USA 3.15.36<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
LAKE KAWAGUCHI,<br />
JAPAN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Katsumi ASADA JPN 2:26:18<br />
2 Yasunori YAMAMOTO JPN 2:27:57<br />
3 Teruyoshi IWASAKI JPN 2:29:20<br />
4 Akihiro KANDA JPN 2:32:36<br />
5 Yuusuke HATTORI JPN 2:33:42<br />
6 Naoki HIRASAWA JPN 2:34:59<br />
7 Masashi TAKEDA JPN 2:36:45<br />
8 Keiichi MOTOSA JPN 2:37:33<br />
9 Takafumi KODERA JPN 2:38:01<br />
10 Yasuto KIMURA JPN 2:38:50<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:40:41<br />
2 Bianca MAYER 2:58:00<br />
3 Hifumi FUKUYASU JPN 3:00:02<br />
4 Sumie MATSUMOTO JPN 3:02:43<br />
5 Kiyoko SIRAKAWA JPN 3:14:34<br />
6 Itsumi INABA JPN 3:18:15<br />
7 Minami HASEGAWA JPN 3:24:27<br />
8 Toshiko KAWAIDA JPN 3:29:13<br />
9 Megumi TAKAHASHI JPN 3:29:33<br />
10 Mayumi IWATA JPN 3:31:18<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
MARATHON DE LA<br />
ROCHELLE, FRANCE<br />
A lead group of three runners were clear at 10km<br />
(31:25) but Duncan Kibet pulled up to them soon<br />
afterwards and the quartet stuck together through<br />
half marathon (1:06:28) and 25km.<br />
By 30km Yator Kiprotich had fallen back by 10m,<br />
as Stephen Reremoi started to go clear. He was<br />
chased by Kibet, who was 100m down by 35km,<br />
but Kibet paid for this effort as both Kiprotich and<br />
Aliaksein Haurychenka came past him in the later<br />
stages.<br />
Jennifer Lotoiwo and Helena Loshanyang blazed a<br />
trail in the women’s race which no one elected to<br />
follow.<br />
They were 75 seconds ahead at 5km, over two<br />
minutes at 10km and two and a half at halfway,<br />
over a group of four. By 30km the gap was down to<br />
56 seconds, as eventual winner Halina<br />
Karnatsevich broke away from the chasing group.<br />
At 35km she had taken a winning lead, while<br />
Lotoiwo and Loshanyang faded and were passed<br />
by three other women in the final kilometres,<br />
finishing 6.5 minutes down on Karnatsevich.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Stephen RERIMOI KEN 2:16:08<br />
2 Mikola ROUDIK 2:18:49<br />
3 Yator KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:52<br />
4 Aliaksei HAURYCHENKA RUS 2:19:03<br />
5 Duncan KIBET KEN 2:19:52<br />
6 Victor ROGOVOY RUS 2:20:57<br />
7 Pascal FETIZON FRA 2:21:25<br />
8 John NGENY KEN 2:23:03<br />
9 Aliaksandr LABUCHENKA RUS 2:24:18<br />
10 Mustapha BERRI 2:24:34<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Halina KARNATSEVICH RUS 2:39:24<br />
2 Tatiana MIRONOVA RUS 2:43:02<br />
3 Yulia VINOKOUROVA RUS 2:44:25<br />
4 Volha YUDZIANKOVA RUS 2:44:58<br />
5 Jennifer LOTOIWO KEN 2:45:52<br />
6 Helena LOSHANYANG KEN 2:45:56<br />
7 Gouinara TAZETDINOVA RUS 2:46:07<br />
8 Svetlana NETCHAEVA RUS 2:47:29<br />
9 Ludmila SMIRNOVA RUS 2:47:51<br />
10 Murielle BRIONNE FRA 2:49:50<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
FIRENZE MARATHON,<br />
ITALY<br />
Florence Barsosio, whose budding talent was first<br />
seen with a victory in Turin in 2000, gave birth to<br />
her first child last year and returned to flower in<br />
her namesake city with another sub-2:30 victory.<br />
She had already set a course record in Madrid in<br />
late April (2:34:10), and improved on that with<br />
second place on a tough course in Dublin<br />
(2:33:58) but her victory in Florence was<br />
something of a homecoming.<br />
She had no real contest, and ran away in the early<br />
downhill stages. She kept consistent pace (1:14:40<br />
at halfway) without any pressure to do so. “I tried<br />
to set a good pace, and I was able to keep it to the<br />
end” she said. “Next year, I am sure that I will<br />
come back to run like I used to run before my<br />
pregnancy.” (pb 2:27:00 in NYC 2000)<br />
In the men’s race it was closer writes Alberto Zorzi.<br />
Benjamin Kiprotich overcame a significant move<br />
by Mark Saina at 39km by keeping with his pace<br />
and upping his effort only in the last kilometre.<br />
Poor Saina had previously found himself almost<br />
dropped before halfway (1:04:34), troubled by a<br />
loose shoelace.<br />
He re-tied it and managed to regain contact a<br />
couple of kilometres later. Then Richard Maiyo,<br />
winner of the Ferrari Marathon (where he was<br />
nominally a pacemaker) dropped out at 26km. The<br />
pacemaker finished his work at 30km with only<br />
three still in contention.<br />
Saina’s move dropped Kipkorir, who had won in<br />
Lausanne five weeks previously, but third place<br />
still won him a personal best time by over a<br />
minute. Back in Kenya, Saina and Kiprotich train<br />
together in Kaptagat along with Milan 2003<br />
winner John Birgen.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Benjamin KIPROTICH KEN 2:11:33<br />
2 Mark SAINA KEN 2:11:43<br />
3 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:34<br />
4 Philemon KIPKERING KEN 2:14:38<br />
5 Tesfaye ETICHA KEN 2:17:01<br />
6 Giovanni RUGGIERO ITA 2:17:25<br />
7 Aloys NIZIGAMA KEN 2:18:49<br />
8 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 2:20:55<br />
9 Emanuele ZENUCCHI ITA 2:21:11<br />
10 John MCFARLANE GBR 2:21:45<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:29:11<br />
2 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:34:40<br />
3 Dana JANECKOVA SVK 2:47:42<br />
4 Lidija RAJCIC CRO 2:48:57<br />
5 Fiona OAKES GBR 2:50:14<br />
6 Timea ZSIGA HUN 2:52:36<br />
7 Domenica WOJNOWSKI POL 2:54:47<br />
8 Monika HIRT GER 2:55:00<br />
9 Gabriela BENKO HUN 2:55:09<br />
10 Maria Paola COLZI ITA 2:57:58<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
CITROEN MILANO CITY<br />
MARATHON, ITALY<br />
Daniel Kiplagat Cheribo set a new course record<br />
in the fifth edition of the race, improving John<br />
Nada Saya’s time of 2001 by 19 seconds writes Diego<br />
Sampaolo. Pacemakers took the lead group through<br />
halfway in 1:04:24, but Cheribo took the initiative<br />
from 30km, running 5:53 for the next 2km.<br />
Benjamin Kipchumba trailed by little, and<br />
Raymond Kipkoech and Enock Mitei were still in<br />
contention, but Cheribo pulled away after 35km.<br />
In the final 3km Kipchumba tried to close. Although<br />
Cheribo’s lead proved unassailable, Kipchumba<br />
won a new personal best time, improving his<br />
Nairobi (at 2000m altitude) win of five weeks<br />
previously by 2.5 minutes. Cheribo himself<br />
improved from his 2:10:57 timing for third place in<br />
Turin earlier in the year by a similar margin.<br />
Rita Jeptoo, crowning her year of international<br />
emergence, won the women’s race with ease. Her<br />
2:35 win in Stockholm in June, and a strategic half<br />
marathon win in Rio de Janeiro in early<br />
September had cued her up nicely for the contest,<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
35
if there was to be such. There was none, but she<br />
posted a new best time of 2:28:11.<br />
She had followed home favourite Gloria Marconi<br />
through halfway in 1:13:27, and thanked the<br />
Italian for her involuntary pacemaking duties.<br />
Marconi herself was on a personal mission after a<br />
car accident earlier this year.<br />
“I felt pains in my leg. I really struggled in the last<br />
5km, and thought that I might not be able to<br />
finish” she said. “I had wanted to improve my<br />
personal best time of 2:29:35 that I set in Rome<br />
last year, but I am happy with this comeback.”<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Daniel CHERIBO KEN 2:08:38<br />
2 Benjamin KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:09:23<br />
3 Enock MITEI KEN 2:10:52<br />
4 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:11:30<br />
5 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:12:08<br />
6 Rachid AMOUR MAR 2:15:48<br />
7 Ibrahim MIEI KEN 2:16:16<br />
8 Vito SARDELLA ITA 2:17:32<br />
9 Gian Luca PASETTO ITA 2:22:12<br />
10 Vincenzo TRENTADUE ITA 2:23:34<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:28:11<br />
2 Gloria MARCNI ITA 2:31:53<br />
3 Debora TONIOLO ITA 2:34:24<br />
4 Griseldes GONZALEZ ESP 2:34:28<br />
5 Irina SONGERLAINEN RUS 2:38:09<br />
6 Rosita GELPI ITA 2:38:39<br />
7 Karin SCHON SWE 2:40:11<br />
8 Catherine BERTONE ITA 2:42:24<br />
9 Lauredana SANTONI ITA 2:51:48<br />
10 Mery Ellen HERMAN ITA 2:55:06<br />
28 NOVEMBER 2004:<br />
HARRIS DIRECT SEATTLE<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Uli STEIDL GER 2:29:36<br />
2 Gregory CROWTHER 2:32:53<br />
3 David JACKSON 2:35:11<br />
4 Jeffrey BIGHAM 2:39:45<br />
5 Jesse STEVICK 2:40:13<br />
6 Broderick GANN 2:43:46<br />
7 Michael GORDON 2:44:25<br />
8 Jim ELWELL 2:44:55<br />
9 Matthew SIMMS 2:44:55<br />
10 Paul KROCHAK 2:48:06<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kami SEMICK 2:53:11<br />
2 Joan MCGRATH 2:54:12<br />
3 Sarah WILLIAMS 2:59:38<br />
4 Trisha ROSENBERG 3:01:11<br />
5 Melanie BOS 3:05:59<br />
6 Kristin VEAL 3:06:50<br />
7 Becky HOFLAND 3:06:51<br />
8 Heather GRIFFITH 3:08:20<br />
9 Michelle CHILLE 3:08:38<br />
10 Lori BURATTO 3:11:45<br />
4 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
REGGAE MARATHON AND<br />
HALF, JAMAICA<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Randy CADDELL 2:24:18<br />
2 Pamenos BALLANTYNE 2:28:05<br />
3 Tanto CAMPELL 2:36:21<br />
4 Phillip EDWARDS 2:41:09<br />
5 Andrew GUTZMORE 2:42:06<br />
6 Runar GILBERG 2:46:00<br />
7 Colin GRAHAM 2:51:54<br />
8 Maxwell SMITH 2:55:00<br />
9 Doug LUDMANN 3:06:23<br />
10 Owen GREAVES 3:07:54<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Arieta MARTIN 3:14:05<br />
2 Kathy WALDRON 3:19:25<br />
3 Mimmi ANDERSSON 3:32:36<br />
4 Shannon HARTY 3:38:23<br />
5 Hilda BAKER 3:46:35<br />
6 Sonia GAYLE 4:06:35<br />
7 Melinda ADAM 4:08:15<br />
8 Melanie HAUCK 4:08:16<br />
9 Jennifer TUTTLE 4:08:17<br />
10 Susan PRESTON 4:08:49<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jeremy BORLING 1:11:30<br />
2 Robert WATSON 1:12:18<br />
3 Larnar EDWARDS 1:12:49<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tarnica THOMAS 1:29:45<br />
2 Tanja DEGEN 1:30:29<br />
3 Mary FRIELINGSDORF 1:38:06<br />
5 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
PAMPULHA LAGOON INT’L<br />
ROAD RACE, BRAZIL<br />
This sixth edition of the race attracted over 12,000<br />
runners onto the streets of Belo Horizonte for a<br />
lap of the lagoon under clear blue skies and a<br />
temperature of 31C.<br />
After two 5th positions, in 2002 and 2003, Lucélia<br />
Peres won the women’s race. The young (23-year<br />
old) local runner overcame the foreign<br />
competition, in the shape of the Kenyan pair,<br />
Peninah Limokori and Terezia Kipchumba, by a<br />
large margin. The men’s race was a Kenyan onetwo,<br />
with only the third place being picked up by<br />
a home runner, Clodoaldo da Silva.<br />
Peres was something of a surprise: “I was not<br />
expecting more than just a good result, but I<br />
managed to keep a fast rhythm and win” she said.<br />
“That was beyond my expectations”. She left the<br />
rest behind after only 5km, keeping a good<br />
distance between her and the Kenyans. Even after<br />
slowing towards the end she still won by a great<br />
margin.<br />
Despite the high temperatures, the men’s winner<br />
Lawrence Kiprotich said he had no difficulties. “I<br />
really enjoyed this race. The course is fast and I<br />
could pace myself right.” Having won other two<br />
races in Brazil, Kiprotich is the favorite for the Sao<br />
Silvestre race on New Year’s Eve in Sao Paulo..<br />
Clodoaldo da Silva dedicated his third position to<br />
his late father. “He always encouraged me, and I<br />
thought of him all the time. Even feeling tired and<br />
hot, I managed to keep going, as I didn’t stop<br />
thinking of him”, he said. Still recovering from an<br />
injured right foot, which had kept him out of<br />
competitions for 6 months, he considered his<br />
result excellent.<br />
Pampulha<br />
Photo: Sergio Shibuya<br />
Franck Caldeira, who had won the previous year’s<br />
race, followed the Kenyan leaders for a while, but<br />
then had to ease back. “I was not fully<br />
concentrated, so I preferred to get a place in the<br />
podium, rather than risk not finishing.”<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 53:53<br />
2 Solomon NAIBEI KEN 53:57<br />
3 Clodoaldo da SILVA BRA 54:14<br />
4 Franck CALDEIRA BRA 54:31<br />
5 Mathew CHEBOI KEN 54:49<br />
6 Fernando SANTOS BRA 55:04<br />
7 Valdenor dos SANTOS BRA 55:20<br />
8 William Gomes AMORIM BRA 55:38<br />
9 Leonardo Vieira GUEDES BRA 55:49<br />
10 João Ferreira de LIMA BRA 55:54<br />
WOMEN -<br />
1 Lucélia PERES BRA 1:03:14<br />
2 Peninah LIMOKORI KEN 1:04:24<br />
3 Terezia KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:04:32<br />
4 Marily dos SANTOS BRA 1:04:40<br />
5 Adriana da SILVA BRA 1:05:14<br />
6 Maria do Carmo ARRUDA BRA 1:06:03<br />
7 Ednalva LAUREANO BRA 1:06:22<br />
8 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 1:06:40<br />
9 Rosangela RAIMUNDO BRA 1:06:57<br />
10 Rosa Jussara BARBOSA BRA 1:07:18<br />
5 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
RUN BARBADOS<br />
MARATHON<br />
The Run Barbados festival went back to its<br />
previous format of Saturday afternoon 10km<br />
followed by an early Sunday morning start for the<br />
marathon.<br />
The previous marathon route was also reinstated,<br />
along the south and west coasts of this<br />
Easternmost Caribbean island.<br />
The revised scheduling allowed for runners to<br />
double in the 10km and the half marathon, set off<br />
30 minutes after the marathon and run<br />
substantially over the second half of the<br />
marathon route.<br />
Many of the top runners did this, and the top<br />
three female finishers were the same in both races<br />
Teresa Wanjiku consistently came out on top over<br />
Gabonaise Josiane Aboungono, a landed<br />
immigrant in Canada, and Canadian Nikki Knapp<br />
– both of whom had to adjust to dramatically<br />
different ambient temperatures.<br />
Among the men Joseph Kamau conceded to<br />
Ronald Mogaka over 10km but managed to<br />
reverse the positions in the Half.<br />
In the flagship marathon event Victor Ledger<br />
scored his second victory, following his 1995 win,<br />
and Kim Goff secured her 11th victory. Since 1993<br />
she has only been bettered once in this race.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Victor LEDGER STL 2:34:10<br />
2 Moses CHESHIRE KEN 2:41:03<br />
3 Andrew GREENIDGE BAR 2:44:17<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Kim GOFF USA 3:31:24<br />
2 Vreni VERHOEVEN GBR 3:42:29<br />
3 Sara MCLOUGHLIN GBR 3:43:27<br />
HALF MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Joseph KAMAU KEN 1:08:15<br />
2 Ronald MOGAKA KEN 1:09:17<br />
3 Sean WADE NZL 1:10:22<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 1:24:56<br />
2 Josiane ABOUNGONO GAB 1:27:41<br />
3 Nikki KNAPP CAN 1:31:04<br />
36 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
10km:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Ronald MOGAKA KEN 30:16<br />
2 Joseph KAMAU KEN 30:29<br />
3 David NDJUNGA KEN 31:36<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 38:05<br />
2 Josiane ABOUNGONO GAB 38:28<br />
3 Nikki KNAPP CAN 38:35<br />
5 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
MACAU GALAXY RESORT<br />
MARATHON & HALF<br />
On what turned out to be a sunny day (15°C)<br />
runners geared up at the Estrada da Baia da<br />
Nossa Senhora da Esperanca for the 07.00 race<br />
start. A total of 1,573 athletes completed the race<br />
within the five-hour limit. There was a total of<br />
1,862 registrations.<br />
After hours of exciting contention, Adam<br />
Dobrzynski from Poland crossed the finish line<br />
first, in 2:16:30, to claim both first prize and the<br />
special sub-2:17 bonus of US$3,000. In the<br />
women’s race two Chinese athletes, Tai In In and<br />
Pu Zhen, both won the sub-2:40 bonus of<br />
US$1,500.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:16:30<br />
2 Wilson CHEPKWONY KEN 2:17:34<br />
3 Kasirai SITA ZIM 2:19:14<br />
4 Ri Gyong CHOL PRK 2:19:45<br />
5 Qian WONG CHN 2:22:08<br />
6 Jeremiah MIANO MBOGO KEN 2:24:30<br />
7 Xue Xiao FENG CHN 2:25:14<br />
8 Pak SONG CHOL PRK 2:25:35<br />
9 Song DO YOUNG KOR 2:27:00<br />
10 Jinbo ZHANG CHN 2:28:08<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 In In TAI CHN 2:37:27<br />
2 Zhen PU CHN 2:39:46<br />
3 Hyon Ok JANG PRK 2:40:57<br />
4 Miao Miao YI CHN 2:44:51<br />
5 Theresa DU TOIT RSA 2:45:30<br />
6 Yuen Fan LEONG HKG 3:10:37<br />
7 Grace BALINTONG ESTONILO HKG 3:16:06<br />
8 Siu Ping WONG HKG 3:19:02<br />
9 Catherine LEONARD HKG 3:20:22<br />
10 Yuk Kei LAI HKG 3:21:33<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Yan Chi NG HKG 1:13:00<br />
2 Hok Yan LAI HKG 1:16:24<br />
3 Chiwai KWOK MAC 1:16:30<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Hui Mei GAO CHN 1:27:15<br />
2 Ying Suet LEUNG HKG 1:29:34<br />
3 Hui Fang OU CHN 1:31:28<br />
5 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
58th FUKUOKA INT’L<br />
MARATHON, JAPAN<br />
Tsuyoshi Ogata surged away from compatriot<br />
Satoshi Osaki and Kenya’s Sammy Korir at 35km<br />
writes Ken Nakamaura. Korir, second fastest ever<br />
marathon runer with 2:04:56 last year, could only<br />
manage third place.<br />
Windy conditions slowed runners in the first 7km<br />
and last 10km of the race. “The headwind was<br />
tough after 31km” said Ogata “but I have not won<br />
a marathon before”. His previous race was sixth in<br />
Fukuoka 2003, when he failed to win an Olympic<br />
place. This performance earned him a place in the<br />
2005 Helsinki World Championships.<br />
After cautious early running into the wind, the<br />
Dallas<br />
second 10km split picked up. Pacemakers<br />
dropped out at halfway and by 25km (1:16:24) the<br />
lead pack had reduced to seven runners. These<br />
gradually dropped off during this fastest section<br />
of the course.<br />
After the turnaround point at 31.6km the<br />
remaining three were running into the wind, but<br />
Ogata waited to 35km to make his effort. Korir was<br />
able to stay with him for a while, but after being<br />
dropped was also reeled in by Osaki. While others<br />
were slowed by the headwind Ogata kept pushing<br />
on at close to 3mins/km pace.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Tsuyoshi OGATA JPN 2:09:10<br />
2 Satoshi OSAKI JPN 2:10:56<br />
3 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:11:45<br />
4 Gert THYS RSA 2:14:27<br />
5 Tadakatsu MUKAE JPN 2:15:27<br />
6 Mohamed OUAADI FRA 2:15:33<br />
7 Hailu NEGUSSIE ETH 2:16:12<br />
8 Kurao UMEKI JPN 2:16:17<br />
9 Yukiyasu NAGAO JPN 2:16:30<br />
10 Tatsuya HOSHI JPN 2:16:43<br />
5 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
STANDARD CHARTERED<br />
SINGAPORE INT’L<br />
MARATHON<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Philip TANUI KEN 2:17:02<br />
2 Hombo DESDERY TAN 2:17:15<br />
3 Victor MANGUSHO KEN 2:17:27<br />
4 John KELAI KEN 2:17:49<br />
5 Josphat KIPCHOGE KEN 2:17:57<br />
6 Ernest KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:28<br />
7 Indrajith COORAY IND 2:18:28<br />
8 Wilson KIPNGETICH KEN 2:18:29<br />
9 Joshua BII KEN 2:18:52<br />
10 Getuli BAYO TAN 2:19:14<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:39:37<br />
2 Rose KERUBO KEN 2:40:23<br />
3 Margaret ATODOYANG KEN 2:42:05<br />
4 Svetlana DEMIDENKO RUS 2:44:28<br />
5 Yanan WEI CHN 2:45:23<br />
6 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:48:04<br />
7 Pa PA MYA 2:49:07<br />
8 Gitte KARLSHOJ DEN 2:49:51<br />
9 Mallika CHANDRAKANTHI IND 2:51:52<br />
10 Ilona BARANOVSKA RUS 2:53:54<br />
12 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
DALLAS WHITE ROCK<br />
MARATHON, USA<br />
In this 34th running of the race Elly Rono<br />
outpaced all others in the second half of the race.<br />
The lead group of nine runners went through<br />
halfway in 67:24 and while Rono and secondplaced<br />
Nephat Kinyanjui speeded up and thirdplaced<br />
Simon Sawe ran only slightly slower,<br />
everyone else faded.<br />
In the women’s race a group of three led through<br />
halfway in 1:19:09, followed at minute intervals by<br />
Viola Simona of Italy and Marina Bychkova of<br />
Russia. The lead three stayed ahead, with Lisa<br />
Galvan striding away from Maria Portilla and<br />
Alvetina Biktimirova to take top honors. Bychkova<br />
came past Simona late on in the race to take<br />
fourth place.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Elly RONO KEN 2:14:01<br />
2 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:14:35<br />
3 Simon SAWE KEN 2:15:25<br />
4 Pavel ANDREYEV RUS 2:17:26<br />
5 Joseph KAMAU KEN 2:19:17<br />
6 Francis KIRWA KEN 2:22:04<br />
7 Paul NGENY KEN 2:23:50<br />
8 Oleksandr KUZIN UKR 2:24:39<br />
9 Wilson KOMEN KEN 2:26:59<br />
10 Lameck AGUTA KEN 2:34:07<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lisa GALVAN USA 2:38:24<br />
2 Maria PORTILLA USA 2:39:50<br />
3 Alvetina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:42:11<br />
4 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 2:44:29<br />
5 Viola SIMONA ITA 2:44:40<br />
6 MacHelle COCHRANE USA 2:58:22<br />
7 Julie HARDING USA 3:00:38<br />
8 Melisa CHRISTIAN USA 3:02:54<br />
9 Yukio NISHIDE JPN 3:07:20<br />
10 Leah MARBACH USA 3:07:38<br />
HALF MARATHON:<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Gilbert TUHABONYE 1:11:13<br />
2 Dave RAY 1:15:11<br />
3 Brian BARIOLA 1:15:27<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Carly GAY 1:16:51<br />
2 Fride VULLUM 1:18:12<br />
3 Esme FANTOZZI 1:18:09<br />
12 DECEMBER 2004:<br />
HONOLULU MARATHON,<br />
USA<br />
Best-ever race conditions – 18C and 78% humidity<br />
– allowed Honolulu regulars Jimmy Muindi and<br />
Lyubov Morgunova to break the course records.<br />
Muindi, winning the title for the fourth time, ran<br />
31 seconds under the men’s record, while threetime<br />
winner Morgunova broke her own record by a<br />
minute. Muindi had gone through halfway in a<br />
group, in 66 minutes, but managed to run his<br />
second half of the race faster than his first half. Eri<br />
Hayakawa was close enough to Morgunova that<br />
she also broke the old course record.<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:11:12<br />
2 David MUTUA KEN 2:12:52<br />
3 Mbarak HUSSEIN KEN 2:14:00<br />
4 Boniface USISUVU KEN 2:14:20<br />
5 Mathew SIGEI KEN 2:14:48<br />
6 Eric KIMAIYO KEN 2:18:28<br />
7 Junichi WATANABE JPN 2:27:33<br />
8 Gudisa SHENTEMA ETH 2:27:15<br />
9 Jason LOUTITT CAN 2:27:28<br />
10 Naoki HIRASAWA JPN 2:30:03<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:27:33<br />
2 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:28:11<br />
3 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:32:44<br />
4 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:35:48<br />
5 Tatyana PETROVA RUS 2:36:34<br />
6 Mina OGAWA JPN 2:38:34<br />
7 Junko SUZUKI JPN 2:50:40<br />
8 Sayuri KUSUTANI JPN 2:53:48<br />
9 Jeannie WOKASCH USA 2:55:01<br />
10 Mari TANIGAWA JPN 2:56:18<br />
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39
President’s Message - LAMINE DIACK<br />
It was a real pleasure for me to visit Ethiopia recently on the<br />
occasion of the Great Ethiopia Run. Although I enjoyed very much<br />
my experience earlier this year at the Flora London Marathon, where<br />
around 40,000 people took to the streets despite some horrible<br />
weather, it was perhaps more surprising to see that 20,000 people<br />
were ready to run in Addis Ababa. They came from everywhere, and it<br />
was marvellous to see that - despite the high altitude and a very hilly<br />
terrain - most seemed determined to finsh the race as well.<br />
Being in Ethiopia, I was able to spend time with that marvellous<br />
ambassador to athletics Haile Gebrselassie, and appreciate just how much he<br />
has given our sport, not only as a unique competitor, but now as someone<br />
who is engaged in bringing running events to his own country.<br />
The Great Ethiopia Run is going from strength to strength, but I am also<br />
delighted that the Ethiopian capital will also soon have a completely new<br />
synthetic track at the national stadium. Part of the finance for this major work<br />
has come from great runners like Haile, and it is about time that such gifted<br />
athletes had a training and competition venue worthy of their status.<br />
Still in Africa, I would also like to congratulate another legendary athlete,<br />
Tegla Loroupe, who also recently organised a road race - the second edition<br />
of the Tegla Loroupe Run for Peace - and from all accounts it was an<br />
outstanding event. There is nothing that gives me greater satisfaction than to<br />
see athletes grasping the occasion to make a difference to other people's<br />
lives.<br />
Lamine Diack<br />
IAAF President<br />
Headquarters<br />
17 rue Princesse Florestine,<br />
MC 98000, Monaco<br />
Tel: 377 93 10 88 88<br />
Fax: 377 93 15 95 15<br />
Email: headquarters@iaaf.org<br />
IAAF President<br />
Lamine Diack (SEN)<br />
IAAF Council<br />
Arne Ljungqvist (SWE),<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Dapeng Lou (CHN),<br />
Vice President<br />
Amadeo I.D. Francis (PUR),<br />
Vice President<br />
Helmut Digel (GER),<br />
Vice President<br />
Jean Poczobut (FRA),<br />
Honorary Treasurer<br />
István Gyulai (HUN),<br />
General Secretary, Monaco Office<br />
Members<br />
Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)<br />
Bill Bailey (AUS),<br />
Oceania Representative<br />
Sergey Bubka (UKR)<br />
Leonard Chuene (RSA),<br />
Africa Representative<br />
Sebastian Coe (GBR)<br />
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)<br />
Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA),<br />
South America Representative<br />
Robert Hersh (USA)<br />
Abby Hoffman (CAN)<br />
Alberto Juantorena (CUB)<br />
Suresh Kalmadi (IND),<br />
Asia Representative<br />
Ilkka Kanerva (FIN)<br />
Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN)<br />
Minos Kyriakou (GRE)<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 />
Jamel Simohamed (ALG)<br />
Taizo Watanabe (JPN)<br />
Hansjörg Wirz (SUI),<br />
Europe Representative<br />
IAAF CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD<br />
RUNNING COMMITTEE<br />
Chairman<br />
Otto Klappert<br />
Platanenallee 7,<br />
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Email: o.klappert@gmx.de<br />
Members<br />
David Bedford<br />
London Marathon<br />
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London SE1 0JF, UK<br />
Tel: 44 20 7902 0200<br />
Fax: 44 20 7620 4208<br />
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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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Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund,<br />
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Fax: 34 91 547 6113<br />
Email: lumilanda@hotmail.com<br />
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C/o Athletics Kenya,<br />
PO Box 46722-00100<br />
Nairobi GPO, Kenya<br />
Email: athleticskenya@gt.co.ke<br />
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C/o Federación Venezolana de Atletismo<br />
Fax: 58 21 2471 6332<br />
Email: marcos.oviedo@cantv.net<br />
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Kathmandu, Nepal<br />
Fax: 977 1 418 653<br />
Email: Nepal-athletics@<br />
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Fax: 64 4 568 9609<br />
Email: alanstevens@<br />
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C/o Qatar Association of<br />
Athletics Federations,<br />
PO Box 8139, Doha, Qatar<br />
Email: taiyb68@hotmail.com<br />
Anne Timmons<br />
PO Box 8081, Missoula,<br />
MT 59807, USA<br />
Fax: 1 406 542 3222<br />
Email: aetimmons@aol.com<br />
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Fax: 90 212 587 5258<br />
Email: atlet@superonline.com<br />
40 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
After the<br />
deluge<br />
IAAF World Half Marathon<br />
Championships, New Delhi, India.<br />
3 October 2004<br />
The World Half Marathon<br />
Championships ventured into<br />
Asia for the first time, and met<br />
with a whirlwind reception.<br />
The night before the race a<br />
dramatic lightning storm and<br />
torrential downpour damped<br />
down both the official<br />
celebrations and the air<br />
temperature and pollution.<br />
Next morning, with race<br />
furniture hurriedly restored into<br />
position, athletes confronted a<br />
seasonally mild 25°C, although<br />
humidity had risen to 80%.<br />
The races started and finished<br />
in the Jaharwarlal Nehru Stadium.<br />
Runners did a lap of the track to<br />
start with, before completing a<br />
5km out-and-back route which<br />
extended northward to a point<br />
just beyond the monumental<br />
India Gate.<br />
After retracing this route to the<br />
stadium runners completed<br />
another lap around the stadium<br />
track, mid-race. They then headed<br />
out for a second tour of the road<br />
circuit before returning to the<br />
stadium for a final lap of the track.<br />
Kirui’s<br />
confident canter<br />
Paul Kirui fulfilled his own<br />
supremely confident expectations<br />
of himself by piling on the pace<br />
after the turning point on the<br />
second lap, to finish 100m clear of<br />
his nearest challenger.<br />
The race had started<br />
ambitiously, with a 60-second lap.<br />
Yonas Kifle of Eritrea emerged<br />
once out on the roads to head the<br />
field by a margin of seven seconds<br />
at 5km, which he passed in 14:48.<br />
Behind him, as they took the turn<br />
for the first time, a group of 25<br />
runners were within about 20m of<br />
road length.<br />
Low cloud had not prevented<br />
TV helicopters from getting<br />
airborne, although security<br />
precautions surrounding a visit<br />
from the Indian Prime Minister<br />
had nearly achieved this. Some of<br />
the athletes may have regretted<br />
that it hadn’t, as the down<br />
draught from the helicopters’<br />
rotor blades was clearly causing<br />
problems for some of them. It<br />
also had the unwelcome effect of<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING<br />
sending the lightweight course<br />
marking cones skittering all over<br />
the road junctions.<br />
A dozen runners were still<br />
together on entering the stadium,<br />
after passing through 10km in<br />
29:55. Another six were starting to<br />
trail off behind, although there<br />
had been no obvious attempt to<br />
force the pace at the front. Kirui<br />
was biding his time.<br />
Although he later dismissed the<br />
credentials of Fabiano Joseph, last<br />
year’s silver medallist, he<br />
admitted to being wary of the<br />
challenge from Abdullah Ahmed<br />
Hassan of Qatar - formerly Albert<br />
Chepkurui, of Kenya.<br />
As they approached India Gate<br />
for the second time, Kirui made<br />
his break. He gradually put<br />
distance between himself and his<br />
closest challengers, although<br />
Fabiano Joseph later claimed that<br />
he had entertained hopes of<br />
closing him down until they had<br />
passed 16km. To any observer that<br />
never looked likely, as Korir had<br />
the roads to himself.<br />
Out on his own, there were few<br />
spectators to keep him company<br />
either. This part of New Delhi,<br />
although telegenically tree-lined,<br />
is sparsely built up with wellguarded<br />
diplomatic and<br />
ministerial compounds. Those<br />
spectators who travelled to watch<br />
the race headed for the stadium<br />
itself, rather than the roads on<br />
which it was run.<br />
They were there to watch Kirui<br />
enter the stadium with arms aloft<br />
to acknowledge the crowd’s<br />
acclaim. He cruised around the<br />
final lap 100m ahead of Joseph,<br />
who held on ahead of Hassan and<br />
Kirui’s team-mate, John Cheruiyot<br />
Korir. Two Ethiopians followed<br />
closely, to make the Kenyan team<br />
victory narrower than it appeared<br />
at any time during the race.<br />
January - March 2005<br />
41
Headline<br />
14pt pointsize<br />
Cheromei’s<br />
challenging<br />
charge<br />
While Kenya took neither<br />
individual title nor team placing<br />
in the women’s competition, it<br />
was Lydia Cheromei’s brave effort<br />
which galvanised the race. She<br />
seized control by injecting fierce<br />
pace after the 5km point (16:24).<br />
Sun Yingjie was the only one to<br />
follow her, and she eventually<br />
proved the stronger.<br />
Up until that point things had<br />
jogged along in a familiar style.<br />
The perennial front-runner in<br />
championship road races,<br />
Constantina Tomescu, had led<br />
early on, but had never created a<br />
gap. Ethiopia’s Teyba Erkesso also<br />
showed strongly at the front in the<br />
early stages, but she gradually fell<br />
away after the break had been<br />
made.<br />
Cheromei’s move took the<br />
entire field by surprise. Sun<br />
Yingjie’s response was measured –<br />
but she did not allow Cheromei to<br />
escape. Tomescu also rallied her<br />
efforts and trailed the leading pair<br />
ahead of everyone else.<br />
Cheromei’s action appeared<br />
striving, in contrast to Sun’s now<br />
familiar shuffling, low arm<br />
carriage. Before the pair reached<br />
10km it seemed like Cheromei<br />
would falter. Sun indeed went<br />
ahead, reaching 10km in 32:09, six<br />
seconds up on<br />
Cheromei, with Tomescu following<br />
at a similar interval.<br />
Cheromei was not done yet.<br />
She reined Sun back in. Sun made<br />
another break and Cheromei<br />
again responded. It was only at<br />
the third time of asking, past the<br />
17km point, that Sun found no<br />
response was forthcoming.<br />
Behind them, Tomescu<br />
had been getting<br />
closer, and she<br />
immediately<br />
mounted a<br />
challenge to<br />
Cheromei as she<br />
fell back from the<br />
lead. She passed<br />
her and at one<br />
point was within<br />
20m of Sun, but<br />
Cheromei never gave up.<br />
Sun herself pulled away to a<br />
clear win, improving her clearly<br />
out-of-date five-year old personal<br />
best by 1:42 in these far-fromideal<br />
conditions. Cheromei fought<br />
back again, this time with<br />
Tomescu as adversary. She passed<br />
her and resolutely hung on to her<br />
silver medal placing.<br />
These first three were a long<br />
way clear. Sonia O’Sullivan, taking<br />
part in her second half marathon<br />
in a week, followed in fourth. After<br />
Teyba Erkesso’s demise – she<br />
slipped back to 15th - the first<br />
Ethiopian came in sixth, but they<br />
managed to displace the<br />
Romanians from the top team<br />
position.<br />
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Paul KIRUI KEN 1:02:15<br />
2 Fabiano JOSEPH TAN 1:02:31<br />
3 Addullah Ahmed HASSAN QAT 1:02:36<br />
4 John Cheruiyot KORIR KEN 1:02:38<br />
5 Solomon TSIGE ETH 1:02:42<br />
6 Alene AMIRE ETH 1:02:52<br />
7 Wilson BUSIENI UGA 1:02:55<br />
8 Wilson Kiprotich KEBENEI KEN 1:03:02<br />
9 Berhanu ADDANE ETH 1:03:03<br />
10 Abebe DINKESA ETH 1:04:06<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 KEN 3:07:55<br />
2 ETH 3:08:37<br />
3 UGA 3:13:48<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yingjie SUN CHN 1:08:40<br />
2 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:09:00<br />
3 Constantina TOMESCU ROM 1:09:07<br />
4 Sonia O’SULLIVAN IRL 1:10:33<br />
5 Yuki SAITO JPN 1:11:05<br />
6 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 1:11:07<br />
7 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 1:11:17<br />
8 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 1:11:23<br />
9 Alina IVANOVA RUS 1:12:17<br />
10 Mihaela BOTEZAN ROM 1:12:36<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 ETH 3:36:00<br />
2 ROM 3:36:08<br />
3 RUS 3:38:21<br />
2005<br />
19/20 MARCH:<br />
IAAF World Cross Country<br />
Championships,<br />
St Etienne/St Galmier,<br />
France<br />
5-14 AUGUST:<br />
IAAF World Championships<br />
in Athletics<br />
Helsinki, Finland<br />
1 OCTOBER:<br />
IAAF World Half Marathon<br />
Championships<br />
Edmonton, Canada<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005<br />
43
Official listings for AIMS events<br />
January 2005<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 San Fernando 10km URU R 88<br />
6 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82<br />
7-9 Disney Marathon USA M 88<br />
7 Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon UAE M 88<br />
16 Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon USA H 88<br />
16 Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon IND M 82<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth - See Page 6<br />
23 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 88<br />
23 Mizuno Hong Kong<br />
Half Marathon Championships HKG H 82<br />
30 China Coast Marathon HKG M 82<br />
30 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 88<br />
30 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 84<br />
30 Standard Chartered<br />
Lahore Marathon PAK M 86<br />
February<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84<br />
6 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 88<br />
13 Tokyo-New York<br />
Friendship Marathon JPN M 84<br />
17-19 XV AIMS World CONGRESS,<br />
Valencia<br />
ESP5<br />
18 12th Egyptian Marathon EGY M 82<br />
18 Kathmandu Marathon NEP M 86<br />
19 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 88<br />
20 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 86<br />
20 Ohme Marathon 30km /<br />
10k Road Race JPN R 84<br />
25 Abu Dhabi Half Marathon UAE H 88<br />
26 Antarctica Marathon ANT H 80<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
27 Giuseppe Verdi<br />
Country Marathon ITA M 84<br />
27 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 88<br />
27 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 86<br />
27 Seville City Marathon ESP M 86<br />
27 Standard Chartered<br />
Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 82<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth - See Page 6<br />
27 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 86<br />
28 Sahara Marathon ALG M 80<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Tokyo Int’l Marathon JPN M 84<br />
March<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
3 Five Towers Marathon DEN M 82<br />
6 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84<br />
6 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 88<br />
6 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 10<br />
9-16 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 14<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
13 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 84<br />
13 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 13<br />
13 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 84<br />
13 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84<br />
13 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 9<br />
19 City-Pier-City Int’l<br />
Half-Marathon Den Haag NED H 86<br />
19 ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 10<br />
19-20 IAAF World Cross Country Championships<br />
St Galmier / St Etienne FRA C 40<br />
20 Grazer-Murpromenaden<br />
Half Marathon AUT M/H 80<br />
20 Marathon of Barcelona ESP M 86<br />
20 Vigarano Marathon ITA M 84<br />
26 Old Mutual Two Oceans<br />
Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 10<br />
26 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 80<br />
27 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 88<br />
April<br />
Marathon de Marseille FRA M 82<br />
Kuala Lumpur Marathon MAL M 84<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
2 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17<br />
3 Bewag Half Marathon Berlin GER H 21<br />
3 Portugal Marathon POR M 18<br />
3 Zurich Marathon SUI M 88<br />
10 Canberra Marathon AUS M 22<br />
10 Fortis Marathon, Rotterdam NED M 86<br />
10 Paris Marathon FRA M 82<br />
10 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 88<br />
10 Wels Halfmarathon AUT H 80<br />
13 North Pole Marathon NPO M 86<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
17 Carlos Lopes Gold<br />
Marathon Memorial POR M 86<br />
17 Flora London Marathon GBR M 82<br />
17 Karstadt Ruhr Marathon GER M 82<br />
17 Linz Int’l Marathon AUT M 22<br />
17 Nagano Olympic<br />
Commemorative Marathon JPN M 84<br />
17 Turin Marathon ITA M 25<br />
18 109th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 88<br />
23 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 29<br />
24 20th Olympus<br />
Marathon Hamburg GER M 30<br />
24 Big Sur Int’l Marathon USA M 88<br />
24 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 33<br />
24 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 84<br />
24 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 30<br />
24 Oklahoma City<br />
Memorial Marathon USA M 88<br />
24 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 80<br />
24 Sardinia Marathon ITA M 26<br />
24 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 86<br />
Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz,<br />
Vitoria-Gasteiz ESP M 86<br />
May<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon CAN M 80<br />
8 Enschede Marathon NED M 86<br />
8 Maratona d’Europa ITA M 84<br />
8 Nike Run Berlin 25km GER R 82<br />
15 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 82<br />
15 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 86<br />
21 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 30<br />
21 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 80<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
21 Three Hearts Marathon SLO M 86<br />
22 Course Feminine de<br />
Casablanca 10km MAR R 86<br />
22 Medio Maraton Internacional<br />
de Coban GUA M 82<br />
22 Prague Int’l Marathon CZE M 82<br />
22 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 80<br />
29 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 34<br />
30 Mad City Marathon USA M 88<br />
June<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
4 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 37<br />
12 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 38<br />
18 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 30<br />
26 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 80<br />
26 Lake Saroma 100km,<br />
IAU World Ultra Marathon Cup JPN U 84<br />
26 Scotiabank Vancouver<br />
Half Marathon CAN H 42<br />
28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 42<br />
July<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
3 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 22<br />
3 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 60<br />
3 Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon JPN H 84<br />
10 British 10k, London GBR R 52<br />
10 Burnco Calgary Marathon CAN M 80<br />
30 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 80<br />
30 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 88<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
31 San Francisco Marathon USA M 88<br />
August<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
4 Great Scottish Run GBR H 82<br />
5 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 42<br />
5-14 IAAF World Championships in<br />
Athletics, Helsinki FIN M 40<br />
6 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 60<br />
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7 Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TAN M 88<br />
7 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 86<br />
14 The Sun-Herald City to Surf AUS R 80<br />
20 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M 64<br />
21 ING Edmonton Centennial Marathon CAN M 80<br />
27 The Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 82<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
28 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 61<br />
28 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 84<br />
28 Quebec City Marathon CAN M 55<br />
28 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 61<br />
September<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
4 20th Nike Budapest<br />
Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 60<br />
4 Flora Sydney Marathon AUS M 80<br />
10 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 88<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
10 Marathon du Medoc FRA H 82<br />
10 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS M 68<br />
11 25th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 86<br />
11 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 64<br />
11 Media Maraton Int’l<br />
Ciudad de Medellin COL H 80<br />
11 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL R 86<br />
18 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 84<br />
18 Wachau Marathon AUT M 80<br />
24 Africa University Marathon ZIM M 88<br />
25 44th Dexia Bil Route du Vin<br />
Half Marathon LUX H 84<br />
25 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 65<br />
25 real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 21<br />
25 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 86<br />
25 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront<br />
Marathon and Half CAN M/H 57<br />
25 Tallinn Half Marathon EST H 82<br />
October<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
1 IAAF World Half Marathon<br />
Championships, Edmonton CAN H 40<br />
1 Coastal Marathon BEL M 68<br />
1-2 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 74<br />
1-2 Cape Town Festival of <strong>Running</strong> RSA U 86<br />
2 20th Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 60<br />
2 Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 82<br />
2 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 88<br />
2 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 68<br />
8 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 88<br />
9 ASICS Melbourne Marathon AUS M 22<br />
9 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 80<br />
9 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 86<br />
9 LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon USA M 88<br />
9 Novi Sad Marathon YUG M 88<br />
9 Portland Marathon USA M 74<br />
9 Poznan Marathon POL M 78<br />
9 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 80<br />
16 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 78<br />
16 ING Amsterdam Marathon NED M 86<br />
16 Mount Desert Island Marathon USA M 88<br />
16 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 80<br />
23 Jeunju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon KOR M 84<br />
23 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 79<br />
23 Niagara Fallsview<br />
Casino Int'l Marathon CAN M 69<br />
23 Venice Marathon ITA M 79<br />
25 Standard Chartered<br />
Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 84<br />
30 Classique Int’l Marseille Cassis FRA R 82<br />
30 Eurocity Marathon Messe Frankfurt GER M 79<br />
30 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 87<br />
31 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 82<br />
Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M 80<br />
China Motor Int’l Marathon TPE M 88<br />
Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 84<br />
Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 80<br />
Palermo D’Inverno Half Marathon<br />
and Super Marathon ITA H/M 84<br />
November<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 82<br />
6 ING New York City Marathon USA M 75<br />
6 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 84<br />
12 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 80<br />
13 Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 84<br />
13 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 80<br />
13 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 81<br />
18 Pharaonic 100km EGY U 82<br />
19 MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 86<br />
20 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 84<br />
20 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84<br />
24 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 88<br />
25-27 15th Gatorade Malta Int’l<br />
Challenge Marathon MLT M 84<br />
27 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 80<br />
27 Thai Health Bangkok Marathon THA M 88<br />
27 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 80<br />
27 Firenze Marathon ITA M 87<br />
27 Harris Direct Seattle Marathon USA M/H 88<br />
27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 84<br />
27 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 82<br />
27 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 82<br />
December<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
3 Reggae Marathon and Half JAM M/H 84<br />
4 59th Fukuoka Int’l Open<br />
Marathon Championship JPN M 84<br />
4 Citroen Milano City Marathon ITA M 84<br />
4 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 84<br />
4 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 86<br />
4 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 83<br />
4 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 80<br />
4 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M 80<br />
4 Standard Chartered<br />
Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 86<br />
11 Dallas White Rock Marathon USA M 88<br />
11 Honolulu Marathon USA M 88<br />
31 Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race BRA R 80<br />
31 St Catherine’s Marathon EGY M/H 82<br />
ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TAI M 88<br />
Abbreviations Used<br />
AIMS Event<br />
IAAF Event<br />
ChampionChip timing<br />
M Marathon<br />
MR Mountain Run<br />
H Half Marathon U Ultradistance<br />
R Road Race<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 please<br />
send details to: update@aims-association.org<br />
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January 2006<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
5 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82<br />
6 San Fernando 10km URU R 88<br />
8 Disney Marathon USA M 88<br />
15 Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon USA H 88<br />
15 Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon IND M 82<br />
22 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 88<br />
29 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 88<br />
29 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 84<br />
China Coast Marathon HKG M 82<br />
Mizuno Hong Kong<br />
Half Marathon Championships HKG H 82<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Dubai Marathon UAE M 88<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Lahore Marathon PAK M 86<br />
February<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
6 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 88<br />
17 13th Egyptian Marathon EGY M 82<br />
19 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 86<br />
25 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 88<br />
26 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 88<br />
26 Seville City Marathon ESP M 86<br />
26 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 86<br />
27 Sahara Marathon ALG M 80<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Abu Dhabi Half Marathon UAE H 88<br />
Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84<br />
Giuseppe Verdi<br />
Country Marathon ITA M 84<br />
Kathmandu Marathon NEP M 86<br />
Ohme Marathon 30km /<br />
10k Road Race JPN R 84<br />
Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 86<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 82<br />
Tokyo Int’l Marathon JPN M 84<br />
Tokyo-New York<br />
Friendship Marathon JPN M 84<br />
March<br />
DATE RACE PAGE<br />
5 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 88<br />
8-15 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 14<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
26 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 84<br />
26 Grazer-Murpromenaden<br />
Half Marathon AUT M/H 80<br />
26 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 88<br />
EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 13<br />
Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 84<br />
City-Pier-City Int’l<br />
Half-Marathon Den Haag NED H 86<br />
ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 10<br />
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84<br />
Marathon de Marseille FRA M 82<br />
Marathon of Barcelona ESP M 86<br />
Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 10<br />
Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84<br />
Old Mutual Two Oceans<br />
Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 10<br />
Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 9<br />
Vigarano Marathon ITA M 84<br />
Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 80<br />
January - March 2005<br />
45
Beach life<br />
Meia Maratona de Rio de Janeiro. 5 September 2004.<br />
Contrary to every foreigner’s<br />
exotic image of Rio de Janeiro,<br />
race day dawned grey, cool<br />
and cloudy. Then 10 minutes<br />
before the women’s start the<br />
clouds were split wide open<br />
by brilliant sunshine. Course<br />
records and fast times were<br />
pushed off the agenda, but<br />
the race backdrop of Rio’s<br />
glorious coastline and<br />
forested hills was framed to<br />
greatest advantage.<br />
Brazil is one of the few places<br />
that habitually features elite<br />
women’s races in front of the elite<br />
men and mass field. The women’s<br />
race, for TV, for spectators and for<br />
the women themselves, is much<br />
more clear-cut. Every runner can<br />
see their competitors and there is<br />
no chance to ‘hide’ among the<br />
mass of male runners.<br />
Up front the women may have<br />
been keeping a wary eye on each<br />
other, but further back runners<br />
cannot fail to be struck by the<br />
scenery.<br />
The race starts in the outlying<br />
centre of Sao Conrado, to the<br />
north west of the city. Runners<br />
lined up along the road just above<br />
the broad, windswept beach. Early<br />
on Sunday morning there was<br />
little life about except for the<br />
crowd of runners massing on the<br />
esplanade.<br />
Before the first kilometre ends<br />
the course begins to rise, in order<br />
to navigate its way around the<br />
rocky promontory that separates<br />
Sao Conrado from the betterknown<br />
beach neighbourhoods<br />
closer to the centre.<br />
The highest point of the course<br />
comes after only two kilometres,<br />
as the road wriggles around the<br />
headland. The deep blue of the<br />
South Atlantic Ocean, dotted with<br />
a few small islets, lies to the right<br />
and a steep cliff face is on the left.<br />
After four kilometres the road<br />
descends towards the esplanade<br />
at Leblon, the first of Rio’s sweep<br />
of grand beaches.<br />
Here the lie of the land is very<br />
different. The beach at Sao<br />
Conrado, a convenient backdrop<br />
for the start of the race, had little<br />
other life evident.<br />
But from Leblon onwards there<br />
seemed to be little life that was<br />
not beach-centred. The settlement<br />
consists of blocks of high-rises<br />
that have been fitted around the<br />
beach. The race comes between<br />
the two, and it appeared as if this<br />
was how the locals saw it.<br />
As the lead runners thundered<br />
along the wide road backing on to<br />
the beach, with a flotilla of<br />
vehicles alongside them, freelance<br />
runners, skaters, cyclists and<br />
ordinary pedestrians clogged the<br />
road. Somehow, with sirens<br />
blaring and lights flashing, the<br />
lead vehicles cut a path through<br />
the throng, and the runners<br />
followed.<br />
In Leblon the crowds were<br />
more dedicated to doing their<br />
own thing. A few kilometres<br />
further along the same sweep,<br />
once over the waterway that<br />
connects to an inland lagoon,<br />
Ipanema beach begins, and<br />
further along comes Copacabana.<br />
It is not just the names that<br />
change, but also the character.<br />
These beach names are well<br />
known for a reason; they mean<br />
something. The Sunday crowds<br />
flocked to the beaches, just as<br />
they had in Leblon, but the<br />
Copacabana crowds stopped to<br />
watch the race.<br />
They didn’t just watch; they<br />
became as involved as any<br />
dedicated spectator would have<br />
been. Maybe they had arrived<br />
alongside the runners by chance,<br />
but they offered them vociferous<br />
support - as if it was their only<br />
reason for being there.<br />
While the women were still<br />
bunched together at the west end<br />
of Copacabana beach the 14,000-<br />
strong mass field set off in pursuit<br />
from Sao Conrado. Two-time<br />
winners John Gwako and Philip<br />
Rugut had returned to contest the<br />
half marathon.<br />
After the first kilometre Rugut<br />
took up the pace. On reaching<br />
Leblon, Gwako, always previously<br />
near Rugut’s shoulder, started to<br />
push. As they raced through<br />
Ipanema and Copacabana he<br />
regularly opened up small gaps on<br />
Rugut and Robert Cheruiyot.<br />
It was a compelling spectacle<br />
for the roadside supporters. They<br />
were not supporting anyone in<br />
particular, but they clearly<br />
supported the race itself.<br />
They cheered every move and<br />
counter-move made by the lead<br />
players. In one of these Cheruiyot<br />
lost contact and thereafter tracked<br />
the lead pair from 30m behind<br />
them.<br />
The course is dead flat along<br />
the beaches, but the east end of<br />
Copacabana beach is blocked by a<br />
huge granite massif. Just before<br />
reaching it runners turn left,<br />
cutting through a tunnel to<br />
Botafogo.<br />
The bay here is of a different<br />
character. There is a walkway and<br />
adjacent parkland, but no beach,<br />
and therefore fewer people<br />
around.<br />
Sweeping around the bay in the<br />
shadow of the Sugar Loaf<br />
Mountain, Gwako got away. This<br />
was around the 14km point, but<br />
runners pass by the finish line still<br />
with 5km to run, out to the<br />
turning point and back.<br />
The out and back section is on<br />
a broad highway cutting through<br />
the parkland that backs onto<br />
Flamengo beach. On Sundays the<br />
highway is closed, whether there<br />
is a race on or not, to better<br />
50 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 John GWAKO KEN 1:02:11<br />
2 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 1:02:52<br />
3 Philip RUGUT KEN 1:03:15<br />
4 Frank CALDEIRA ALMEIDA BRA 1:03:40<br />
5 Paulo ALVES DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:07<br />
6 Valdenor P. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:54<br />
7 Claudir RODRIGUES BRA 1:05:01<br />
8 Willian SALGADO GOMES BRA 1:05:11<br />
9 Jose TELES DE SOUZA BRA 1:05:18<br />
10 Ubiratan J. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:36<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:14:25<br />
2 Rose JUPCHUMBA KEN 1:14:28<br />
3 Adriana APARECIDA DA SILVA BRA 1:14:32<br />
4 Deborah MENGICH KEN 1:14:53<br />
5 Ednalva LAUREANO SILVA BRA 1:15:19<br />
6 Anne JELAGAT KIBOR KEN 1:15:43<br />
7 Maria do C. A. GUIMARAES BRA 1:16:28<br />
8 Selma CANDIDO DOS REIS BRA 1:16:41<br />
9 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:16:54<br />
10 Rosa BARBOSA BRA 1:16:56<br />
facilitate use of the beach. The<br />
entire area becomes one big<br />
playground, and the runners are<br />
part of it, enjoying huge crowd<br />
support.<br />
In the women’s race the top<br />
three stayed together nearly all<br />
the way to the finish. Amid the<br />
crowds gathered on all sides Rita<br />
Jeptoo eased ahead of Rose<br />
Jupchumba and Adriana<br />
Aparecida da Silva in the final few<br />
hundred metres. Deborah<br />
Mengich followed 100m behind.<br />
It was now up to 28C, on this<br />
winter’s day in Rio, but Gwako<br />
kept the pace fast to finish only 23<br />
seconds short of his own course<br />
record. Cheruiyot came back to<br />
pass Rugut at 18.5km, just past<br />
the turn.<br />
For hours afterwards, the flow<br />
continued. After the elite came<br />
the mass, and after the mass<br />
came the stragglers. The busy<br />
activity of the well-organised<br />
finish area gradually subsided.<br />
Apart from the clearing-up<br />
operation, action on the road<br />
ebbed. Life, including many weary<br />
but fulfilled runners, migrated<br />
back towards the beach.<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING<br />
January - March 2005<br />
51
The spirit of Christmas Pass<br />
African University Int’l Peace Marathon, Mutare, Zimbabwe. 25 September 2004.<br />
By Norrie Williamson<br />
The sun rose from behind the<br />
Christmas Pass in the<br />
mountains skirting the<br />
Zimbabwean city of Mutare.<br />
In the centre of town runners<br />
congregated in Meikle Park.<br />
Zimbabwe’s first mass<br />
participation international<br />
marathon starts from the palmlined<br />
boulevard, in a project<br />
initiated by Augustine Dzathor of<br />
the African University.<br />
Now in its third year, the<br />
Marathon personifies the culture<br />
and mission of this Pan African<br />
institution, which was established<br />
in 1992 and offers an MBA in<br />
Peace leadership and Governance.<br />
Peace in Africa and the world is a<br />
vision yet to be achieved, but it is<br />
one to which everyone can aspire.<br />
With distances from 500m for<br />
“kids and grandparents’’ through<br />
to the challenge of the full<br />
marathon, there is something for<br />
everyone. Each event is focused<br />
around the challenge of the<br />
Christmas Pass; a 3.5km climb<br />
from the city over the protective<br />
mountain range to the University<br />
campus, which nestles in the<br />
Valley of Dreams.<br />
The half marathon spends little<br />
time in the city, heading straight<br />
for the twisting, spectacular climb.<br />
The 10km wheelchair race<br />
capitalises on the steep downhill<br />
from just below the crest, to<br />
plummet down towards the<br />
campus. Only the out and back<br />
5km, for the young and novice<br />
runners and walkers, fails to feel<br />
the impact of the 1350m high pass<br />
- but even that reaches the lower<br />
slopes.<br />
Mutare is the country’s fourth<br />
largest city located only 12km<br />
from the Mozambique border, and<br />
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Christopher KALUNDA ZIM 2:26:17<br />
2 Felix MHURWA ZIM 2:26:36<br />
3 Hatiwande NYAMANDE ZIM 2:26:42<br />
4 Moses NJODZI ZIM 2:26:48<br />
5 Nicholas MUGOMERI ZIM 2:30:37<br />
6 Sarimfina MUTOWA ZIM 2:32:11<br />
7 Lazarus MANGWENGWE ZIM 2:33:10<br />
8 Stephen SANGAZA ZIM 2:34:25<br />
9 Alan MAGWERE ZIM 2:34:38<br />
10 Abel CHIMUKOKO ZIM 2:36:12<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Chiedza CHOKORE ZIM 2:58:34<br />
2 Tawapo BHIRI ZIM 2:59:38<br />
3 Rabiya FILINA ZIM 3:15:32<br />
4 Simiso MAYELANE ZIM 3:53:03<br />
5 Sarah MAKAZA ZIM 4:08:00<br />
21.1km<br />
MEN<br />
1 Kasirai SITA ZIM 1:08:10<br />
2 Collen MAKAZA ZIM 1:08:22<br />
3 Tsungai MWENENGENI ZIM 1:09:22<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Lizzy CHOKORE ZIM 1:23:53<br />
2 Sikulile SIBANDA ZIM 1:30:42<br />
3 Hazvinei CHIGWAGWA ZIM 1:55:02<br />
a comfortable 3-hour drive from<br />
Harare International airport.<br />
Media coverage of economically<br />
challenged Zimbabwe does<br />
nothing to prepare international<br />
visitors for the spirited, vibrant<br />
welcome that greets them. The<br />
easy pace of daily life and the<br />
warmth and friendliness of local<br />
people stand in stark contrast to<br />
the world’s received images.<br />
The marathon prize list at first<br />
sounds overwhelming. Half a<br />
million Zimbabwean dollars for<br />
the first male and female to top of<br />
the pass. Age category winners<br />
carry away 100,000 dollars – but<br />
that is sufficient only for a<br />
month’s food. The overall winner<br />
gets US$2000. With the US Dollar<br />
being exchanged for around 6500<br />
Zimbabwean, the rest of the prize<br />
list rapidly diminishes.<br />
Not so the enthusiasm and<br />
performances of the athletes, who<br />
hurtled down Herbert Chipeto<br />
Street at a pace of under three<br />
minutes per kilometre. As the sun<br />
rose umbrellas were unfurled<br />
along the expansive palm lined<br />
boulevard, which stretches out to<br />
the city’s suburbs.<br />
The first 10km brings a steep,<br />
then a gradual downhill. With the<br />
early adrenalin surge runners<br />
started at a wildly unrealistic pace<br />
for the challenge they faced. After<br />
5km the hustle and bustle of early<br />
morning city life changed to a<br />
more leisurely rural weekend<br />
pace. The outlook changed along<br />
with the pace. Deep purple<br />
flowers of the Jacaranda tree<br />
contrasted sharply with lush green<br />
spring growth and the multishaded<br />
brown pallet of African<br />
farmland.<br />
A crisp undercurrent of early<br />
spring soon melted away under<br />
bright sunlight as runners<br />
approached the half-way point.<br />
Spaza shops mixed with the multicoloured<br />
blocks that typify the<br />
ethnic individuality of African<br />
residences as the field returned to<br />
the city centre. Knots of playful<br />
children enthused and motivated<br />
the runners with chants, whistles<br />
and waves.<br />
Runners left the main street for<br />
the tree-lined shade of the upper<br />
residential area, in preparation for<br />
the Christmas Pass. This dual<br />
carriageway twists and climbs in<br />
ever-increasing panoramic views<br />
of the city and surroundings.<br />
There is little respite in this<br />
energy-sapping climb of 350m in<br />
3.5km.<br />
Aloes, cycads, bright<br />
bougainvilleas and stunning red<br />
poker flowers lined the roadside<br />
as runners left the floral “welcome<br />
to Mutare” sign behind. They<br />
ascended towards the crown of<br />
Christmas Pass in search of the<br />
titles of King and Queen of the<br />
pass.<br />
Below, the purple jacarandas<br />
intermingled with multi-storey<br />
buildings of commerce in the<br />
basin of landscape stretching<br />
between the mountains. The<br />
splendour of Mutare was laid out<br />
for all to see.<br />
The top climbers were<br />
dramatically challenged by the<br />
5km of jarring downhill running<br />
which followed. Different<br />
attributes are required, and a<br />
change of leadership in the freefall<br />
drop towards the finish was<br />
practically assured. Zimbabwe’s<br />
Olympic marathoner, Abel<br />
Chimukoko, captured the crown<br />
before conceding to mine worker<br />
Christopher Kalunda, an<br />
experienced 10km athlete making<br />
his marathon debut.<br />
An amazing array of stone<br />
carvings and detailed, brightly<br />
painted wooden scale replicas of<br />
farm vehicles lined the roads as<br />
runners descended towards the<br />
valley floor. Off the main highway,<br />
the road rolled out on a gradual<br />
downward slope into the distance,<br />
through a natural ‘gate’ made<br />
between two smaller hills. The<br />
gradual downhill kept the runners<br />
moving towards the finish. At the<br />
entrance to the campus runners<br />
crossed the Bridge of Dreams,<br />
which signalled the final 700m of<br />
their challenge and the start of a<br />
rapturous welcome.<br />
In spite of the low altitude<br />
conditions (1000m), the heat of<br />
the Southern African spring day,<br />
and the demanding pull up the<br />
pass, times were impressive.<br />
Kalunda led the marathon field<br />
home in 2:26:17, taking the top<br />
four finishers under 2:27. The top<br />
four half marathoners broke 70<br />
minutes, led by Kasirai Sita in<br />
68:10. Little of this talent has ever<br />
had the opportunity to run<br />
outside the local community.<br />
Visitors depart with lasting<br />
memories, above all the sharp<br />
contrast between international<br />
news broadcasts and the everyday<br />
reality of a warm, welcoming<br />
people sharing in the message of<br />
peace. There is clearly hope that<br />
each runner crossing the campus<br />
bridge will bring that dream of<br />
peace closer to reality.<br />
54 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Peaks of spirit, valleys of soul<br />
ASICS Melbourne Marathon, Australia. 10 October 2004<br />
By Don Nicholson*<br />
It was one of those cloudless<br />
spring mornings that seemed<br />
perfect for running fast. The<br />
air was cool and the brilliant<br />
blue sky reflected in the calm<br />
of the bay. Beautiful seaside<br />
vistas regularly open up along<br />
the famous bayside course,<br />
whether or not competitors<br />
care to take a peek<br />
As the field began to stretch<br />
out in those first few minutes you<br />
got the feeling that it could be,<br />
yes, a perfect day. One of those<br />
days where you sense that there’s<br />
the potential for “runners high”. A<br />
day where you feel so good that<br />
you keep going faster and further,<br />
never tiring, just feeling better.<br />
In those early minutes of the<br />
ASICS Melbourne Marathon the<br />
spirit of the race was shining. You<br />
could smell the spirit of<br />
competition, of possibility. We all<br />
felt it. It was a day for realising<br />
dreams.<br />
When we speak here about<br />
spirit, we use the word like a crazy<br />
old Beat poet. Like Jack Kerourac,<br />
we’re On the Road! Eccentric<br />
psychologist James Hillman sees<br />
spirit not as a thing, but as an<br />
emotion or a place.<br />
Hillman reckons spirit lives in<br />
the peaks, the “highs”, and is<br />
ablaze with light. Spirit is fast<br />
and quickens what it touches. It<br />
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Magnus MICHELSSON AUS 2:26:51<br />
2 John MEAGHER AUS 2:29:12<br />
3 Saeki TSUTOMU JPN 2:29:12<br />
4 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:29:26<br />
5 Justin WILSON AUS 2:32:19<br />
6 Michael MCINTYRE AUS 2:37:18<br />
7 Grant MORGAN AUS 2:39:09<br />
8 David GALEA AUS 2:40:33<br />
9 Blair MORRIS AUS 2:43:42<br />
10 Geoff MOULDAY AUS 2:43:56<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Billinda SCHIPP AUS 2:54:01<br />
2 Lee-Ann TURNER AUS 2:54:29<br />
3 Hifumi FUKUYASU JPN 2:54:37<br />
4 Karyn BOLLEN AUS 2:58:11<br />
5 Heather CARSON AUS 3:01:31<br />
6 Alison BOWMAKER AUS 3:05:10<br />
7 Sandra PROSENICA AUS 3:06:39<br />
8 Dianne AITKEN AUS 3:10:13<br />
9 Kristen WYATT AUS 3:12:34<br />
10 Sandy ALLAN AUS 3:12:38<br />
WHEELCHAIR:<br />
BRETT MCARTHUR AUS 2:04:35<br />
Half Marathon<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Martin FEDMOWSKI AUS 1:08:16<br />
2 Masashi WADA JPN 1:08:25<br />
3 Tod INGRAM AUS 1:09:40<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Yuka AIKAWA JPN 1:16:57<br />
2 Nadelle LEGG AUS 1:18:47<br />
3 Loretta MCGRATH AUS 1:22:03<br />
10.9km MARAFUN<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Marcus TIERNEY 34:37<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Karen THORP 39:27<br />
excites us! It makes our pulses<br />
race! It inspires prose with<br />
exclamation marks! It is an arrow<br />
– straight and knife-sharp.<br />
It urges us to climb the<br />
mountain, to feel the coolness of<br />
altitude, to leave behind our<br />
fellow travellers and journey<br />
upward, to commit heroic deeds,<br />
or die trying.<br />
Rod De Highden (twice<br />
Australian Olympic Marathon<br />
representative) and Magnus<br />
Michelsson (who had run the<br />
World Half Marathon in New Delhi<br />
only a week before) took the lead<br />
in the first few kilometres.<br />
There was spirit, competitive<br />
spirit certainly, and the urge to<br />
leave the rest of the field far<br />
behind. Those of us not in the<br />
lead group also inhaled the spirit,<br />
wanting to feel light and airy so<br />
that the kilometres would just<br />
float by. Wanting to be sharp,<br />
unflinching and honed for action.<br />
We wanted to feel refreshed, cool<br />
and comfortable, ready to climb<br />
the mountain.<br />
All distance runners secretly<br />
wonder whether the heavens will<br />
smile on us and grant a day where<br />
we run and feel no pain. Like a<br />
punter with his wager on a highodds<br />
bet, we nervously yearn for<br />
just one of those special days.<br />
Where you feel so good that you<br />
keep going faster and further,<br />
never tiring, just feeling better.<br />
An hour or so into the<br />
marathon spirit had waned. Rod<br />
De Highden, having made the<br />
pace, then pulled out. His job was<br />
done, but he looked<br />
uncomfortably warm. Michelson<br />
then took up the running with<br />
Saeki Tsutomu of Japan, and the<br />
real work began. They turned off<br />
the highway at Mordialloc and<br />
begin the tough part of the course<br />
all the way through to Brighton.<br />
Now we entered soul’s territory.<br />
Soul lives in warm, languid<br />
places. In soul territory we have<br />
descended from the mountain<br />
into the valley; we’re no longer on<br />
a high. Like Icarus, ascending and<br />
coming to grief from the warmth<br />
of sun’s rays, so the October sun<br />
began to melt the wings of those<br />
that had flown too high, that had<br />
gone out too fast.<br />
Soul floods us with warmth of<br />
all varieties. For instance, we may<br />
feel a new regard for the many<br />
volunteers. We realise, as the<br />
going gets tougher, that their<br />
encouragement and support is<br />
crucial for us to continue.<br />
Soul territory emphasises<br />
connectedness. Although we still<br />
want to do our best, we start to<br />
appreciate the shelter and<br />
support of the pack. We may even<br />
encourage others around us – it’s<br />
a long way to go and a hard task<br />
to do it alone. We look out for<br />
family members, hoping for a<br />
cheer.<br />
Little by little soul envelops us<br />
in the urge to slow, to move like<br />
lazy, tropical lizards. Maybe even<br />
to lie down. In soul territory we<br />
encounter the ordinary. At around<br />
32km we understand our<br />
limitations.<br />
Dream goals are revised or<br />
abandoned. Many now just hope<br />
to finish. The long, straight,<br />
ordinary flatness of Brighton’s<br />
Golden Mile is perhaps the<br />
toughest section of the course.<br />
Michelson was feeling the heat<br />
and slowed. Saeki Tsutomu<br />
looked comfortable up to this<br />
point but now dropped away, his<br />
dreams of victory gone.<br />
It is here we sometimes mourn<br />
and curse. Sometimes we don’t<br />
want to acknowledge our<br />
limitations. We question and<br />
complain. “Why have the race in<br />
October? Why did I have to wait<br />
for drinks? Why don’t they make it<br />
an easier course? Why? Because<br />
it’s the soul of Melbourne and its<br />
marathon. The fluky weather, the<br />
wind off the Bay, the October<br />
humidity, and the journey from<br />
Frankston all give the Melbourne<br />
Marathon its character and forms<br />
its soul spaces.<br />
Like a welcome cool change for<br />
those that make it through to<br />
Elwood, there is a hint of relief.<br />
The sniff of spirit can again just be<br />
distinguished from the lattés and<br />
the sweetness of electrolyte<br />
replacement products.<br />
We speak about teams getting a<br />
sniff of victory, of winning glory;<br />
this is the essence that pervades<br />
the air as competitors pass the St<br />
Kilda Marina and head towards<br />
the Esplanade. Michelson had<br />
the aura of a winner, even though<br />
he was now clocking each<br />
kilometre a minute slower than at<br />
the start.<br />
Spirit grows stronger the closer<br />
one gets to the finish. There is a<br />
sense that a mighty achievement<br />
is possible - no matter the<br />
disappointment after the<br />
humbling brush with soul.<br />
The competitive spirit rises<br />
back up. In the final few metres of<br />
the race Saeki Tsutomu and John<br />
Meagher (Half Marathon winner at<br />
the World Masters Games in 2002)<br />
stage a fight to the death for<br />
second place, like the last two<br />
samurai left in the battle.<br />
To finish the marathon is a<br />
spiritual experience. Many of us<br />
surprise ourselves with tenacity<br />
and willpower we never thought<br />
possible.<br />
There is also a feeling of how<br />
easily we could have relinquished<br />
ourselves to soul - to defeat or<br />
disappointment. The marathon<br />
helps us lose our dogmatic<br />
certainties, our jaunty selfconfidence.<br />
Paradoxically it leaves us<br />
knowing ourselves better for<br />
having experienced the peaks of<br />
spirit and the valleys of soul.<br />
*Five-time ASICS Melbourne<br />
Marathon competitor who this<br />
year pleaded middle age<br />
menopause and saw it all from<br />
the sanctity of the lead car.<br />
56 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Beauty and the beast<br />
Mount Desert Island Marathon, USA. 17 October 2004.<br />
By Craig Crosby<br />
When marathon legend Dick<br />
Beardsley traveled to the<br />
north-eastern corner of the<br />
USA, to run the Mount Desert<br />
Island Marathon, he found out<br />
what more than a thousand<br />
other runners have discovered<br />
in the marathon’s three-year<br />
life.<br />
It’s a beast of a course, but it’s<br />
run in one of the most beautiful<br />
areas imaginable. “It’s absolutely<br />
gorgeous, but it’s definitely a<br />
tough course,” said Beardsley. “It’s<br />
just a first-class event.”<br />
This was just the sort of<br />
response race architect and<br />
director Gary Allen had in mind<br />
when he first dreamt of a<br />
marathon on his home island. He<br />
was bored by the trend towards<br />
flat, featureless marathons<br />
designed to boost runners’ times.<br />
He saw the marathon as a test of<br />
mettle, and wanted to create a<br />
race that would return to the<br />
roots of running.<br />
Allen knew that if he took care<br />
of the organization, nature would<br />
take care of the rest. Located<br />
about three-quarters of the way<br />
up the coast of the state of Maine,<br />
Mount Desert Island’s rocky coast<br />
and mountain vistas have<br />
attracted visitors from around the<br />
world for generations. Home to<br />
Acadia National Park, the island<br />
brims with opportunities for the<br />
outdoor enthusiast, from hiking<br />
and biking to sea kayaking. There<br />
are also ample opportunities to<br />
shop in the hundreds of local<br />
island retailers.<br />
The island’s stark beauty<br />
attracts three million visitors each<br />
year and the marathon provides a<br />
unique way of appreciating it.<br />
Winding through three towns and<br />
half a dozen villages on quiet rural<br />
roads, runners enjoy spectacular<br />
views. Somes Sound, the only<br />
fjord on the Atlantic Coast, and<br />
Northeast Harbor, with its<br />
magnificent shingle-style<br />
cottages, are just two of the<br />
highlights.<br />
The race is held at a time when<br />
the New England fall foliage is at<br />
its brightest, and when runners<br />
can count on nearly ideal<br />
temperatures (typically between<br />
10-15ºC) and brilliant sunshine.<br />
With all this, it is no wonder that<br />
Eco Marathon voted the course<br />
the most scenic in the United<br />
States.<br />
But nature held a few surprises<br />
this year. Race day dawned to a<br />
window rattling, nerve wracking<br />
and very violent thunderstorm.<br />
The race hotel was hit by lightning<br />
which showed the proximity of the<br />
storm. The sound of sharply<br />
cracking thunder and streaking<br />
lightning kept the field at bay<br />
until the last possible minute.<br />
The start line remained empty<br />
as runners huddled in doorways<br />
and sought shelter where they<br />
could find it, but 10 minutes<br />
before the 08.00 start the skies<br />
cleared and the race was on.<br />
The starting gun was fired by<br />
Gary Allen, sporting a black<br />
bowler hat and a vintage tuxedo<br />
tail coat with "Mount Desert<br />
Island Marathon" embroidered on<br />
the back in hot pink lettering. The<br />
race was as spectacular as his<br />
attire. Runners first encountered<br />
the Tarn, a small glacial pond, and<br />
the picturesque valley passing<br />
close by Dorr Mountain. The hills<br />
were alive with vibrant reds,<br />
oranges and yellows of the peak<br />
fall foliage season.<br />
At 10km runners turn onto<br />
Cooksey Drive, passing summer<br />
cottages first built by prominent<br />
Americans such as Edsel Ford and<br />
58 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Judson CAKE USA 2:33:01<br />
2 David HERR USA 2:36:55<br />
3 Simon ISAACS USA 2:44:23<br />
4 Paul YOUNG USA 2:51:58<br />
5 Dick BEARDSLEY USA 2:53:37<br />
6 Tom ST GERMAIN USA 2:54:29<br />
7 Brock GIBBS CAN 2:58:37<br />
8 Bob SHOLL USA 3:00:11<br />
9 Chris LYFORD USA 3:01:13<br />
10 Steve BREMNER USA 3:03:23<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Christine GANZ USA 3:10:02<br />
2 Rebecca HARMAN USA 3:12:19<br />
3 Lara JUDSON USA 3:18:51<br />
4 Jennifer BRITZ USA 3:28:44<br />
5 Shelly GLUCK USA 3:33:57<br />
6 Thaisa WAY USA 3:34:40<br />
7 Colleen RYAN USA 3:36:48<br />
8 Lorrie TILY USA 3:38:24<br />
9 Julie BRADSTREET USA 3:39:39<br />
10 Michelle LEINFELDER USA 3:40:10<br />
runners say they were hoping for a<br />
race that offered a beautiful<br />
course and none have been<br />
disappointed. “It was a nice<br />
course,” agreed David Herr, from<br />
the neighboring state of Vermont,<br />
and winner of the first two races.<br />
“That’s really what I look for in a<br />
race.”<br />
Word has spread quickly, and<br />
registration has grown in each of<br />
the past two years. The race draws<br />
a mixture of runners from across<br />
the nation and the globe. First<br />
timers come looking to cut their<br />
teeth and qualify for Boston.<br />
Veteran distance runners come in<br />
search of a new challenge. Next<br />
year’s race, to be held on 16<br />
October, already looks like it will<br />
reach its 1000-runner limit.<br />
the Rockefeller families, to reach<br />
the calm waters of Seal Harbor.<br />
The marathon route provides<br />
ocean vistas, quiet woodlands,<br />
steep granite cliffs, quaint village<br />
centers, pristine lakes and Somes<br />
Sound.<br />
Over the first two editions<br />
volunteer numbers have almost<br />
equaled the runners and they<br />
were again out in their hundreds.<br />
Along Main Street in the village of<br />
Northeast Harbor, welcome<br />
banners stretched over the<br />
marathon route. Runners reach<br />
Somes Fjord at 14-17 miles. With<br />
cliffs on the right, deep blue water<br />
on the left and a winding road<br />
ahead, runners are inspired by the<br />
beauty of their surroundings. Then<br />
comes another beast of a hill, at<br />
mile 19. This is "Granite Hill"<br />
named for the famous quarries<br />
which produced Maine granite for<br />
cathedrals and cobblestone<br />
streets still seen in New York and<br />
Boston.<br />
At Mile 20 runners reach<br />
Somesville, the first permanent<br />
settlement on Mount Desert<br />
Island, founded in 1761. The<br />
signature white clapboard homes<br />
and churches, along with the<br />
white wooden curved bridge over<br />
the tranquil village mill pond<br />
makes runners feel as if they are<br />
part of a postcard. Then come<br />
soothing views of Echo Lake and<br />
the Western Mountains casting<br />
their shadows on the waters in the<br />
late morning light, before runners<br />
toil towards the highest point of<br />
the course at mile 24.<br />
The race captures the essence<br />
of the small-town communities<br />
that dot Mount Desert Island.<br />
With less than 20,000 year-round<br />
residents in four towns, the island<br />
is home to a vibrant running<br />
community that knows how to<br />
treat guests, and especially guest<br />
runners. Aid stations are ample,<br />
but runners marvel at the number<br />
of offers for water and support<br />
they receive as they pass homes<br />
and spectators along the route.<br />
Runners finish on Main Street in<br />
Southwest Harbor, a traditional<br />
fishing community of<br />
approximately 2,000. The street is<br />
shut down to traffic, allowing the<br />
hundreds of fans who gather there<br />
the chance to urge runners over<br />
the final yards.<br />
“The course was hard as hell,”<br />
said Simon Isaacs, a college<br />
runner but first time marathoner.<br />
“At 24 miles my legs felt like<br />
concrete.” Almost without fail,<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING<br />
January - March 2005<br />
59
On the grapevine<br />
Lausanne Marathon, Switzerland. 24 October 2005.<br />
Considering that Lausanne is<br />
the modern Olympic capital<br />
and the Olympic marathon is<br />
a world event, the Lausanne<br />
Marathon is a remarkably well<br />
kept secret.<br />
The place itself surprises. Home<br />
to 115,000 people, anyone would<br />
expect the city of Lausanne to<br />
nestle along the shore of the<br />
beautiful Lac Leman, which<br />
arches 100km through western<br />
Switzerland between Geneva and<br />
Montreux.<br />
Early settlers did cling to the<br />
shoreline but as the Roman<br />
Empire came under attack they<br />
moved inland to a more<br />
defensible site. Although the new<br />
site lay only 2km from the<br />
lakeshore this became the centre<br />
of Lausanne, and it lies far above<br />
the Lake.<br />
The city centre is deeply<br />
dissected by the landscape, so<br />
that, on turning a corner, a visitor<br />
can suddenly be up on a viaduct<br />
high up above other city streets.<br />
The marathon avoids such<br />
testing topography. Although it is<br />
named after the city, it could<br />
equally appropriately take its title<br />
from the Lavaux wine region just<br />
to the east. The course heads out<br />
through the vineyards to a<br />
turnaround point at La Tour de<br />
Peilz, before returning to finish on<br />
the doorstep of the Olympic<br />
Museum. It clings to the lakeshore<br />
for nearly all of the way, and by<br />
doing so minimises the gradients.<br />
But the Lake does more than<br />
make the race easier. It also<br />
makes it one of the most scenic<br />
that can be run anywhere. There<br />
are different aspects to how it<br />
does this: the steeply-sloping<br />
vineyards that pitch down towards<br />
the lakeshore; the view of the<br />
Evian massif looming from across<br />
the lake, on the French side; and<br />
the surface mist from the lake,<br />
emitting a glow which infuses the<br />
entire landscape.<br />
With such impressionistic<br />
surroundings it is easy to forget<br />
those other requirements of a<br />
race: that it be well organised, or<br />
where, if the balmy conditions<br />
don’t favour fast times, then they<br />
at least make the experience one<br />
to remember. Lausanne has all of<br />
this.<br />
There is a relaxed approach to<br />
the start at Place de Milan. People<br />
are still strolling through the<br />
brilliant early-morning sunshine<br />
towards the start only 25 minutes<br />
before the race begins.<br />
There is still time for the<br />
choreographed warm-up before<br />
moving to the start line for the<br />
short wait before the gun sounds.<br />
Just around the corner expectant<br />
onlookers crane their necks to<br />
see, as the wave of runners<br />
approaches. This is as close as the<br />
race gets to the centre of town, a<br />
short way up the slope from the<br />
lakeside.<br />
After a kilometre the course<br />
crests the hill behind the Olympic<br />
Museum and drops down through<br />
autumnal woodland to the main<br />
Route du Lac. From here, 2km<br />
into the course, it is out and back<br />
on the same road, allowing<br />
runners to get the view in both<br />
directions.<br />
It is not just a marathon. There<br />
is a full programme of events. It<br />
would be neglectful if only<br />
marathon runners were able to<br />
take advantage of such a<br />
magnificent public stage. As the<br />
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unners go out, and it takes them<br />
a full 13 minutes to pass the 2km<br />
music station, the wheelchairs<br />
and roller bladers come back.<br />
They started over an hour<br />
earlier, from near the turnaround<br />
point of the marathon course at<br />
La Tour de Peilz, and beelined<br />
west along the lakeshore.<br />
With the runners gone, a<br />
Sunday morning silence descends,<br />
emphasised by the lack of traffic.<br />
All to be heard is the occasional,<br />
gentle whirring of bike wheels<br />
before the whistling breath of the<br />
first walker.<br />
With his atypical race-walking<br />
gait, he is out on his own, and it<br />
takes another couple of minutes<br />
before anyone else comes by.<br />
They are mostly determined<br />
plodders, many of them holding<br />
ski sticks and leaning forward.<br />
Then come the upright strollers,<br />
some of them pushing small<br />
children in buggies.<br />
The next wave to wash past<br />
contains the half-marathon<br />
runners (a distance of 10,549m).<br />
They venture to a turning point<br />
just beyond the first of the scenic<br />
lakeside settlements to the east,<br />
the village of Lutry, just as the<br />
walkers do. That’s where the<br />
vineyards begin. The marathon<br />
runners have already come by<br />
here, running along the road that<br />
holds to the contours between the<br />
lake and the vineyards.<br />
They have gone through the<br />
next village of Cully, and at the<br />
15km point they passed through<br />
the tiny village of St Saphorin,<br />
clinging to the hillside, which<br />
provides the name of the most<br />
well-known wine label of<br />
Switzerland.<br />
The race leaders were now<br />
approaching Vevey, a small town<br />
in which the Nestlé Corporation is<br />
headquartered. There were still<br />
three of them together as they ran<br />
around the central market square,<br />
with a merry-go-round in the<br />
middle of it, and along the scenic<br />
Quai Perdonnet beside the lake.<br />
They passed the halfway point<br />
at the Rive Reine, a Nestlé<br />
sanatorium, with 1:06:30 elapsed<br />
on the clock. Only 500m later they<br />
turned around and retraced their<br />
steps, with an increasing stream<br />
of runners coming towards them.<br />
Back through Vevey, the course<br />
rejoins the Route du Lac after<br />
diverting under a viaduct and up<br />
one of the steeper gradients of the<br />
marathon course.<br />
The three leaders were still<br />
together, as the sun’s strength<br />
grew and the stone embankments<br />
reflected its heat. Conditions were<br />
not as favourable as in 2003, when<br />
Tesfaye Eticha set the course<br />
record of 2:10:05 in winning his<br />
sixth victory in this race.<br />
Fighting against adversity is<br />
what produces winners, and it was<br />
David Kipkorir who threw down<br />
the challenge at 33km. He quickly<br />
got away from Jonathan Kipsaina<br />
and Weyessa Urguessa, and went<br />
on for an untroubled win.<br />
After returning through wine<br />
country, the course reaches the<br />
outskirts of Lausanne and turns<br />
off down to the Lakeshore, along<br />
Quai D’Ouchy. For the final 600m<br />
runners are racing alongside<br />
rowing eights, sailing boats and<br />
the cross-Lake ferries. The natural<br />
scenery, even when it is as<br />
impressive as here, ceases to<br />
matter at the finish.<br />
The manmade marathon<br />
landscape of road barriers and<br />
advertising hoardings takes over<br />
in the final few metres. The crowd<br />
used the advertising boards to<br />
beat out their acclaim as each<br />
finisher came through, to cross<br />
the finish line right outside the<br />
entrance to the Olympic Museum.<br />
It didn’t quite have the resonating<br />
roar of the Olympic Stadium, but<br />
the world will eventually get the<br />
message on the grapevine: the<br />
Lausanne Marathon is a race of<br />
rare vintage, one not to be<br />
missed.<br />
Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:13:38<br />
2 Weyessa URGUESSA ETH 2:16:07<br />
3 Jonathan KIPSAINA KEN 2:16:17<br />
4 Philip CHERUIYOT KEN 2:21:34<br />
5 Samson Lila MULI KEN 2:23:11<br />
6 Disassa DABESSA ETH 2:23:30<br />
7 Jean-Luc GUYON FRA 2:34:40<br />
8 Gioacchino SCIARROTTA ITA 2:35:20<br />
9 Michel BOUCHARDY FRA 2:36:09<br />
10 Didier CARLOZ FRA 2:39:16<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tsege WORKU ETH 2:37:26<br />
2 Marshet GEMA ETH 2:42:15<br />
3 Laurence DUQUENOY FRA 2:46:44<br />
4 Ursula JEITZINER-SPIELMAN SUI 2:50:14<br />
5 Beatice EGGAR SUI 2:52:30<br />
6 Etaferahu CHERKOS ETH 2:56:38<br />
7 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER SUI 2:57:10<br />
8 Hiromi NAKADA SUI 3:05:03<br />
9 Martha GRABER SUI 3:10:22<br />
10 Valerie METCALF GBR 3:12:01<br />
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Out of thin air<br />
Great Ethiopian Run 10.2km, Addis Ababa. 28 November 2004<br />
Where does running talent<br />
come from? It comes<br />
overwhelmingly from East<br />
Africa, out of the thin air of<br />
upland Kenya and Ethiopia.<br />
Kenya got in first, and<br />
established something of a<br />
hegemony, but it is the<br />
Ethiopian star which is now in<br />
the ascendant.<br />
For decades after East Africa<br />
emerged as the hotbed of running<br />
talent, and well after such time as<br />
both Kenyans and Ethiopians had<br />
established themselves<br />
internationally (from Abebe Bikila<br />
and Kip Keino onwards), there<br />
was no local showcase for their<br />
abilities. <strong>Running</strong> was an export<br />
industry, and runners went<br />
overseas to perform. It has only<br />
been since 2001 that Ethiopia<br />
itself has had a stage on which to<br />
display prodigious home-grown<br />
talent.<br />
That was when the Great<br />
Ethiopian Run started up,<br />
immediately attracting 10,000<br />
entries. This year’s fourth edition<br />
of the race had 20,000 official<br />
entrants, but many thousands<br />
more jumped in among them after<br />
the start. All official entrants<br />
receive a T-shirt as their proof of<br />
entry, and the 100m-wide road<br />
cutting through the start area in<br />
Meskel Square quickly becomes<br />
filled with the year’s chosen<br />
colour.<br />
Meskel Square is the perfect<br />
setting for spectacle. The huge<br />
expanse of tarmac provides<br />
passage for the runners, but there<br />
is also a vast expanse of gently<br />
arcing terraces on the south side,<br />
forming an amphitheatre<br />
overlooking the start area. The<br />
raking of the terraces defines a<br />
series of paths which runners use<br />
to warm up. On other days they<br />
provide a training venue in<br />
themselves as runners work their<br />
way to and fro to the top of the<br />
stepped area.<br />
To the north side is a building<br />
constructed as a tribune. This<br />
acted as a reviewing stand for<br />
state dignitaries during the huge<br />
military parades held by the<br />
Mengistu regime during the 1970s<br />
and 1980s. For the purposes of<br />
the race it is an ideal starter’s<br />
podium.<br />
A red-jacketed marching band<br />
paraded around the square and<br />
drew up alongside the tribune as<br />
the first event got underway.<br />
Thirty crank-handled tricycles<br />
trundled to the far side of the<br />
square and back. Participants<br />
were mainly landmine victims.<br />
After years of separatist war<br />
Ethiopia is one of the most<br />
heavily mined countries in the<br />
world.<br />
As the regulation blue trikes<br />
came over the finish line, another<br />
set of vehicles converged in the<br />
square – shaded diplomatic cars<br />
bearing Prime Minister Meles<br />
Zenawi to the tribune. He took his<br />
place between IAAF President<br />
Lamine Diack and Ethiopia’s<br />
greatest ever distance runner.<br />
Haile Gebrselassie has been<br />
instrumental in the success of the<br />
race, and won the very first<br />
edition.<br />
The activity around the startline<br />
was making the mass runners<br />
restless. As the police cordon<br />
parted to allow them to approach<br />
the start, they ran pell-mell<br />
towards it. Elite runners filed out<br />
from the side in controlled panic,<br />
desperate to be away before the<br />
human wave washed over them.<br />
Within seconds there had been a<br />
false start involving thousands, as<br />
officials screamed into the public<br />
address system, urging restraint.<br />
Miraculously, the wave halted.<br />
Police then began the equally<br />
difficult task of getting runners<br />
back to the start line as the Prime<br />
Minister spoke ceremonial words.<br />
Haile Gebrselassie added his<br />
exhortation for runners to regroup<br />
behind the gantry, and they<br />
almost managed to do so by the<br />
time that the official start was<br />
signalled.<br />
This time there was no<br />
stopping, as 20,000 runners<br />
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Result<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Abebe DINKESSA ETH 29:57<br />
2 Zenbaba YEGEZU ETH 30:01<br />
3 Maeregu ZEWDE ETH 30:04<br />
4 Gebo BURKA ETH 30:09<br />
5 Lishan YIGEZU ETH 30:13<br />
6 Alene EMERE ETH 30:20<br />
7 Solomon TSIGE ETH 30:23<br />
8 Solomon MOLLA ETH 30:24<br />
9 Roba GEBRE ETH 30:26<br />
10 Abate ATAFETEGNE ETH 30:27<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Genet GETANEH ETH 34:18<br />
2 Teyiba ERKESSO ETH 34:30<br />
3 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 34:33<br />
4 Teke GELANEH ETH 34:36<br />
5 Amani GODANA ETH 34:47<br />
6 Adanech ZEKIROS ETH 34:48<br />
7 Emebet BETA ETH 34:49<br />
8 Aheza KIROS ETH 34:56<br />
9 Meron NEGASSA ETH 35:05<br />
10 Asnaketch MENGISTU ETH 35:14<br />
cleared the line in little over four<br />
minutes. The first kilometre of<br />
roadway, tapering out of sight up<br />
the hill, became a river of red T-<br />
shirts. The course is a lap of 3.4km<br />
followed by a lap of 6.8km. Race<br />
leaders, climbing up behind the<br />
Palace grounds after 2km, then<br />
sweep down the hill back into<br />
Meskel Square after less than 10<br />
minutes. A long line of runners<br />
were strung out without anyone<br />
having broken away and with the<br />
pace too quick for very much<br />
bunching to occur. Leading<br />
runners lapped back markers<br />
momentarily, before diverting<br />
onto the larger lap after 4.3km.<br />
At the western end of the<br />
course, just past 5km, runners<br />
turn sharply back on themselves.<br />
After another<br />
kilometre the<br />
leaders are<br />
again running<br />
alongside<br />
slower runners still on their first<br />
lap.<br />
The fast-moving favourites are<br />
on one side of the grassy road<br />
divider and the slower runners on<br />
the other, cheering out their<br />
encouragement. At 7km the front<br />
runners are again climbing the hill<br />
behind the Palace. In the thin air<br />
of Addis Ababa, 2600m above sea<br />
level, a hill like this is a severe<br />
test of condition, and Abebe<br />
Dinkassa threw down his<br />
challenge.<br />
Dinkassa had run a 12km stage<br />
in an Ekiden relay in Japan only<br />
five days previously, but he rose<br />
above any fatigue to almost sprint<br />
away from the others. He gained<br />
30m before anyone could react. As<br />
he crested the hill and passed the<br />
UN Headquarters in Africa at 8km,<br />
he had a lead of 50m. He later<br />
complained of a knee injury<br />
which forced him to slow down<br />
over the last two kilometres<br />
The course then flows gently<br />
downhill, turning onto Haile<br />
Gebrselassie Avenue just before<br />
9km. The finishing straight starts<br />
here, over a kilometre distant<br />
from the line, and rises slightly<br />
before reaching Meskel Square.<br />
Dinkessa stormed into the Square<br />
hotly pursued by the almost<br />
unknown Zenbaba Yegezu. This<br />
race provides good opportunities<br />
for ambitious newcomers, as yet<br />
unencumbered by the fatigue of<br />
intercontinental travel, to<br />
challenge the established stars.<br />
Genet Getaneh had also been<br />
in Japan for an Ekiden, but back in<br />
January 2004. She was<br />
on the fringes of the<br />
Ethiopian team,<br />
but overcame more<br />
internationally known names to<br />
record “the greatest achievement<br />
of my career”. One of those<br />
names, Teyba Erkesso, who<br />
finished second in the 2004 World<br />
Cross-Country, admitted “this is<br />
the most difficult race I have ever<br />
been in”. The thin air of Addis<br />
Ababa is a fertile breeding ground<br />
for new running talent, and the<br />
Great Ethiopian Run provides<br />
means by which it can emerge.<br />
Eyerusalem Kuma, third in the<br />
women’s race and a seasoned<br />
campaigner in World Cross-<br />
Country and Athletics<br />
Championships commented “I<br />
prefer road running, and it is very<br />
nice and educational to have a<br />
race like this in our country”.<br />
It is also educational for the<br />
foreign runners who participate,<br />
and for the world as a whole.<br />
News from Ethiopia is<br />
usually of strife, but the<br />
struggle for athletic<br />
supremacy on the<br />
streets of Addis<br />
Ababa is an<br />
altogether different<br />
story.<br />
Photos: Mark Shearman<br />
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67
Where are we now?<br />
Alan Brookes, on the road in North America and Europe, tries to assess the state<br />
Across Canada and into the<br />
USA, in London and in<br />
Prague, I chat to runners and<br />
race directors. I write<br />
occasional race reports for<br />
<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong>, but in the<br />
bigger picture these raise<br />
more questions than they<br />
answer.<br />
What follows is not a definitive<br />
survey of marathon running, but a<br />
view from mid-pack, from a race<br />
director of a small marathon [like<br />
many AIMS members], on the<br />
road, searching for answers.<br />
The phoenix must rise<br />
“For marathons today, it’s a constant<br />
challenge to be innovative. You have<br />
to be a phoenix, and re-birth, reinvent<br />
yourself every year. That’s<br />
the hardest part”.<br />
Nick Bitel, Chief Executive,<br />
London Marathon<br />
Throughout the spring there<br />
seemed to be some apprehension<br />
as well as precipitation in the air.<br />
It poured down in London and<br />
rained just as much in Prague.<br />
The venerable Boston Marathon<br />
slipped a little, from 17,030<br />
finishers in 2003 to 16,743 this<br />
year. In July, USA Track & Field<br />
Road <strong>Running</strong> Information Centre<br />
summarized:<br />
“For the first time since USA Track &<br />
Field began tracking event size<br />
(1987), total finishers in U.S. road<br />
races declined from 2002 to 2003. It<br />
was a modest decline of only 1% but<br />
it does ring warning bells for race<br />
organizers of certain types of events.”<br />
http://www.runningusa.org/<br />
statistics/trends.html<br />
While the bells tolled loudest for<br />
shorter distance races, the<br />
numbers presented show that<br />
marathon finishers in US events<br />
grew by a meager 2% [to 400,000],<br />
and half-marathon finishers by<br />
just 4%, 2002 to 2003.<br />
Marathonguide.com was only a<br />
little more upbeat:<br />
In 2003, there was a 3.4% increase in<br />
the number of marathon finishers<br />
from 2002, with a total of nearly<br />
334,000 people completing a<br />
marathon in the USA - up from<br />
approximately 323,000 in 2002.<br />
Male finishers increased by 2.3%,<br />
female finishers by 4.8%, narrowing<br />
the gender gap to 60:40. In total,<br />
270 marathons took place in the<br />
USA in 2003.<br />
http://www.marathonguide.com/features/<br />
articles/2003recapoverview.cfm<br />
AIMS membership reflects a<br />
similar picture of continued<br />
growth - with surges in 2000 and<br />
2004. Today, AIMS has nearly 200<br />
members [Table 1] - although this<br />
is the number of marathons who<br />
have joined, and not the number<br />
of marathon runners they<br />
represent. We could speculate<br />
that, as the competition for<br />
marathon participants heats up,<br />
more events want to join AIMS<br />
and advertise more, to attract a<br />
slow-growing pool of marathoners<br />
in an increasingly congested<br />
marketplace.See Table 1.<br />
Conversations in 2004 echoed<br />
these trends from 2003 statistics<br />
suggesting that perhaps the<br />
marathon boom is over, and the<br />
sport has either plateaued or is in<br />
decline.<br />
Yet I found evidence to the<br />
contrary too. A week before<br />
Prague I was at the inaugural<br />
Mississauga Marathon—which<br />
attracted 1209 finishers in a<br />
nondescript western suburb of<br />
Toronto. Prague was followed one<br />
week later by the Ottawa<br />
Marathon. Pumped with new ING<br />
sponsorship money, they got a<br />
2:11 winner, the fastest time in<br />
Canada in a decade, and 3585<br />
finishers – up 39% in one year.<br />
Then came a glorious autumn.<br />
My fledgling Toronto Waterfront<br />
Marathon leapt 113%, from 795 to<br />
1690 finishers. The whole event<br />
including marathon, half and 5km,<br />
went from 5866 to 9007 (up 54%).<br />
The sun shone and the bands<br />
played. The Marine Corps<br />
Marathon had a similarly fine day,<br />
filled with sunshine, joy and a<br />
record number of finishers: 16379<br />
vs. 15973 last year. Race director<br />
Table 1. AIMS membership<br />
[# of marathons per year]<br />
YEAR AIMS MEMBERS<br />
1997 116<br />
1998 123<br />
1999 130<br />
2000 136<br />
2001 158<br />
2002 164<br />
2003 171<br />
2004 195 estimated<br />
Table 2. Finishers in Major US Marathons.<br />
Event 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
ING New York 36513 34729 31834 23664 29375<br />
Chicago 33033 32362 31106 28771 27889<br />
Honolulu ? 22139 26477 19236 22652<br />
Los Angeles 17306 17097 18737 16071 17192<br />
Boston 16743 17030 14573 13406 15688<br />
Rock’n Roll San Diego 16369 16798 16136 15083 15918<br />
Marine Corps 16379 15973 14058 14341 17048<br />
Disney 9371 9422 7950 8020 7660<br />
Twin Cities 7304 7085 6641 6360 5907<br />
Grandma’s, Duluth 6750 6868 6836 6699 6074<br />
Rick Nealis spoke confidently of<br />
abandoning the “lottery” system<br />
of entries for 2005, in favour of a<br />
first-come, first-served online<br />
entry process that will start on 6<br />
April. This, says Nealis, will give<br />
them 30,000 runners for their 30th<br />
anniversary next October.<br />
Next stop… New York City.<br />
What a day! The glitz and<br />
glamour were everywhere – at<br />
parties, receptions, fireworks<br />
displays. It was another glorious,<br />
sunny race day with “New York,<br />
New York” belting out over the<br />
record 36,513 crowd on the<br />
Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.<br />
Teeming throngs of New Yorkers<br />
lined the route and brilliant<br />
autumn colours draped Central<br />
Park. “The world’s greatest<br />
marathon” was back. The phoenix<br />
had risen: 2001, just after 9/11,<br />
saw only 23,664 finishers.<br />
This autumn, then, consensus<br />
seemed uniform amongst the big<br />
players.<br />
“Marathons are still growing.<br />
Marathoning is very healthy now,”<br />
said Guy Morse, Executive<br />
director for Boston, when I caught<br />
up to him in Washington,DC.<br />
Rick Nealis concurred:<br />
“Definitely healthy.”<br />
Nick Bitel, of the Flora London<br />
Marathon, was even more<br />
ebullient: “We are still in a growth<br />
period—especially the bigger races.<br />
London will have to turn down a record<br />
80,000 applications for our 2005 race,<br />
after accepting 45,000. The marathon<br />
has become the greatest inspiration and<br />
a symbol of our era. Every runner is a<br />
hero. The challenge is how to constantly<br />
enliven the offering, the experience….”<br />
The phoenix had risen, but I<br />
was still confused.<br />
Does size matter?<br />
Maybe Nick was right: the big<br />
guys are all getting bigger, and<br />
dominate the scene. As Guy<br />
Morse put it:<br />
“runners are getting very<br />
sophisticated and expect more<br />
and more… The marathon is no<br />
longer just about the t-shirt; it’s<br />
about a quality ‘experience’.”<br />
With a $10 million budget the<br />
largest races can create so much<br />
more of a “happening”. Yet the<br />
competition is also fiercest at the<br />
top, as New York, London,<br />
Chicago, Berlin and Boston<br />
compete in a “Champions League”<br />
to be “the world’s greatest race”.<br />
To do so, they bid for a handful of<br />
superstars who might deliver<br />
world records. The phoenix has to<br />
rise every year.<br />
While NYC has rebounded from<br />
2001 (up 54%), Chicago has<br />
nudged forward each year, from<br />
28771 to 33033 in 2004 [See Table<br />
2]. London and Berlin have the<br />
current women’s and men’s world<br />
records. So what is Carey<br />
Pinkowski going to do in Chicago<br />
for 2005? See Table 2.<br />
It is indeed tough at the top.<br />
Honolulu were one of the “big<br />
three” American races in 2000,<br />
with 22652 finishers, only 5000<br />
behind second-place Chicago.<br />
Three years later they were<br />
holding at 22139 - but this was<br />
now 10,000 finishers shy of<br />
Chicago. Arguably, Honolulu has<br />
slipped into the second tier. It<br />
hasn’t been any easier for Los<br />
Angeles, who have had five years<br />
of running on the spot. Perhaps it<br />
is no surprise then that the LA<br />
Marathon has been sold to the<br />
Devine Racing Group of Chicago<br />
for US$15 million.<br />
CEO Chris Devine was quoted<br />
as suggesting that with<br />
major Devine intervention<br />
[cash], LA<br />
could grow<br />
to 40,000<br />
participants,<br />
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of the marathon running market.<br />
OPINION<br />
Table 3. Finishers in selected USA mid-size, smaller marathons:<br />
Event 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
Baltimore 2352 2070 2203 4829 ?<br />
Portland 6172 7016 7091 7555 7751<br />
Harris Direct Seattle 2209 1984 2227 1669 1899<br />
Dallas ? 3452 3375 3442 3146<br />
Houston 5384 5735 4412 4059 4699<br />
Austin 5238 5315 5393 4624 4074<br />
Detroit 3514 2785 2305 2457 2157<br />
Cincinnati 4348 3752 3886 4256 3821<br />
Las Vegas 2709 2534 2340 2502 2716<br />
Miami Tropical 1781 1455 [new]<br />
and a place in the Champion’s<br />
League. Can Devine cash do for<br />
LA what ING cash has done for<br />
New York or Ottawa?<br />
Table 3 shows finisher<br />
numbers in a range of medium or<br />
smaller US marathons, and Table<br />
4 for Canada, to complete the<br />
picture in North America.<br />
The numbers show more than<br />
just “size matters”. They show:<br />
1. The importance of new marathons on<br />
the scene<br />
2. The importance of innovation and<br />
“re-birthing” for existing events<br />
3. The frenetic jockeying for position in<br />
the marathon boom<br />
New marathons are bursting out<br />
all over, like 10Ks in the first<br />
running boom of the 1980s.<br />
USA T&F compared “% change<br />
in same events”, to get their 2%<br />
growth figure. But as<br />
marathonguide.com reported,<br />
“There were nearly 20 inaugural<br />
marathons in 2003… The Miami<br />
Tropical Marathon (1,455 finishers<br />
in the marathon), broke the bar of<br />
1,000 finishers in its inaugural race.<br />
Next on the size list of new<br />
marathons were the Akron<br />
Marathon (855 finishers) and the<br />
Little Rock Marathon (842<br />
finishers).”<br />
http://www.marathonguide.com/features/<br />
articles/2003recapoverview.cfm<br />
This trend appears to have<br />
continued or gained pace in 2004.<br />
The Elite Racing empire, with<br />
flagship San Diego Rock’n Roll<br />
Marathon stalled at 16369<br />
finishers in 2004, introduced<br />
Rock’n Roll Arizona with 9482<br />
finishers the first time out.<br />
Nike weighed in with their 26.2<br />
in San Francisco, with a coat<br />
check at mile 1, pedicure, foot<br />
massage and fresh socks at mile<br />
18, and chocolates on a platter<br />
from valets at<br />
mile 25.<br />
Result: 2,372 finishers in the first<br />
running.<br />
The newly-formed Devine<br />
Racing group from Chicago,<br />
thwarted in their attempts to buy<br />
Elite Racing, launched a new<br />
marathon in Salt Lake City that<br />
attracted 2622 finishers.<br />
In Canada, apart from<br />
Mississauga, there were new<br />
marathons in Prince Edward<br />
County, Prince Edward Island, and<br />
Halifax.<br />
Being new, fresh and exciting<br />
counts, but you’ve also got to<br />
sustain the momentum.<br />
Miami Tropical did, growing<br />
from 1455 to 1781 in their<br />
sophomore year [2004]. But Akron<br />
slid back from 855 to 714.<br />
“Montreal International<br />
Marathon”, who debuted with<br />
much fanfare last year, went from<br />
801 finishers in 2003 to 803 this<br />
September.<br />
In tables 3 & 4 we can see the<br />
importance of hard work,<br />
advertising, strong branding and<br />
innovation. This yielded gains in<br />
Detroit, Baltimore, Ottawa, and<br />
Toronto Waterfront, and retained<br />
market share in Austin, Houston,<br />
Cincinnati, LA, Vegas, and<br />
Vancouver.<br />
At the other end of the scale,<br />
there are the interesting cases of<br />
Portland, Victoria, Quebec City<br />
and Niagara - four fine, wellestablished<br />
marathons with<br />
excellent organization. Apparently<br />
that’s no longer enough. Even<br />
with their outstanding Race<br />
Director’s Workshop and<br />
leadership in organization for the<br />
average runner in their “People’s<br />
Marathon”, Portland’s image has<br />
remained largely unchanged to<br />
those same runners.<br />
Niagara,<br />
Quebec City<br />
and perhaps<br />
Victoria, seem<br />
to be<br />
challenged by their location—<br />
magnificent scenery, but they are<br />
secondary centres with small<br />
hinterlands, and few direct flights,<br />
in an increasingly congested<br />
marketplace.<br />
There was considerable<br />
consternation in Quebec City last<br />
year, when the much larger city of<br />
Montreal re-introduced their<br />
marathon, after almost a decade’s<br />
hiatus. Yet Montreal did not take<br />
Quebec’s 259 runners they lost<br />
this year—Montreal grew by just<br />
two finishers. Rather, Marathon<br />
des Deux Rives seems to have<br />
been pecked at, by the many new<br />
and innovative marathons in<br />
Canada and the border States.<br />
With a solid foundation of firstrate<br />
organization, and innovation<br />
and new marketing, they’ll bounce<br />
back.<br />
There is still a boom, and huge<br />
excitement in marathoning, but<br />
there are signs everywhere of<br />
market saturation. Activity is<br />
frenetic and competition is fierce<br />
for a bigger slice of the slowly<br />
growing marathon pie. The pie is<br />
growing at 2% - 3% a year, or<br />
around 10,000 in total. But Rock’n<br />
Roll Arizona took 10,000. Rick<br />
Nealis says he’s gunning for<br />
30,000 in 2005 [up 7,500 from<br />
2004]. Chris Devine is looking for<br />
40,000 in LA. NYC and Chicago<br />
take an extra thousand or two<br />
every year. Guy Morse feels<br />
compelled to take more to<br />
maintain Boston’s stature. It goes<br />
on down the line to Miami<br />
Tropical, Toronto Waterfront,<br />
Ottawa and Halifax. So where are<br />
all these folks coming from?<br />
There are only three ways to<br />
grow:<br />
– create new marathoners from couch<br />
potatoes or half-marathoners<br />
– attract more local/regional runners,<br />
taking them from your local<br />
competition<br />
Table 4: Selected Canadian<br />
Marathons [finishers].<br />
Event 2004 2003<br />
Vancouver 4399 4342<br />
Ottawa 3585 2576<br />
Victoria 2229 2693<br />
Toronto 1957 1899<br />
Toronto<br />
Waterfront 1690 795<br />
Mississauga 1209 [new]<br />
Marathon des<br />
Deux Rives,<br />
Quebec City 1052 1311<br />
Niagara 873 1071<br />
Montreal 803 801<br />
Bluenose,<br />
Halifax 501 [new]<br />
Prince Edward<br />
County 320 [new]<br />
Prince Edward<br />
Island 236 [new]<br />
– get marathoners to travel more [join<br />
AIMS and convince international<br />
marathoners to travel to your event<br />
rather than someone else’s].<br />
Canadian marathons recognize<br />
this foreign factor [see Table 5.].<br />
There are currently 10 AIMS<br />
members from Canada versus 19<br />
from the US, a country 10 times<br />
bigger. Canadian marathons<br />
cannot grow without international<br />
runners.<br />
Prague has led the way with<br />
this for years, with more than 50%<br />
of its participants from outside<br />
the tiny Czech Republic. Should<br />
American marathons (excepting<br />
New York) work harder at this?<br />
Will Marine Corps, with only 3.7%<br />
of their field from outside USA<br />
Table 5. AIMS members<br />
from North America<br />
[# of marathons].<br />
YEAR USA CANADA<br />
2004 19 10<br />
2003 17 10<br />
2002 16 9<br />
2001 17 8<br />
2000 15 5<br />
1999 14 5<br />
1998 13 4<br />
1997 12 3<br />
(and two-thirds of those were<br />
Canadians), need to go after more<br />
foreigners to get 30,000 for their<br />
30th Anniversary next year? See<br />
Table 5.<br />
Marathons that are innovative,<br />
whether big or small, are<br />
succeeding. Those who are<br />
working hard to offer an exciting,<br />
distinctive and fresh experience,<br />
those who are aggressively<br />
advertising and promoting, are<br />
phoenix-like, rising again each<br />
year. Those who aren’t are hitting<br />
the wall, and are in for a struggle.<br />
And AIMS membership? It is<br />
one of life’s last great bargains for<br />
marathon race directors like me -<br />
it will continue to rise.<br />
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THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF<br />
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Beyond the marathon<br />
Malcolm Campbell reviews the ultradistance running scene<br />
World Champions Mario Ardemagni (ITA)<br />
and Tatiana Zhyrkova (RUS)<br />
IAU 100km World Cup<br />
and Congress<br />
The Dutch town of Winschoten has been<br />
the scene of many historical IAU<br />
competitions, none more so than the<br />
IAU 100km World Cup on 11 September<br />
2004. The IAU Congress took place the<br />
day before the race and, with Malcolm<br />
Campbell not standing for re-election as<br />
President after 20 years in the position,<br />
there was much interest in his successor.<br />
The new elected President was Dirk<br />
Strumane (BEL) and we wish him every<br />
success for the future.<br />
The 100km World Cup had attracted some<br />
outstanding entries and all eyes were on the<br />
Italian teams which had won both team races<br />
and both individual races last year in Taiwan.<br />
The defending Champions were Mario<br />
Fattore, who had also won the World Cup in<br />
2002, and Monica Casiraghi. In the men’s race<br />
it was another Mario - Mario Ardemagni -<br />
who led the field to the 50km point in 3:07:45.<br />
He must have found the 10km “canal-flat”<br />
course to his liking as he gradually increased<br />
his lead to win with 6:18:24 - the best time of<br />
the year, a national record and a World Age-<br />
Best Performance (M40).<br />
In the women’s race Tatiana Zhyrkova<br />
(RUS) also won the race from the front. She<br />
led at 50km in 3:32:09, just a few seconds<br />
ahead of Casiraghi. Gradually Zhyrkova’s<br />
increased her lead and it seemed that the<br />
defending champion would have to settle for<br />
silver, but during the last 10km Marina<br />
Bychkova (RUS) came past Casiraghi.<br />
Zhrykova’s winning time of 7:10:32 was the<br />
best in 2004.<br />
Italy secured gold in the men’s team race<br />
and the Russian team won the women’s race.<br />
With three to score, 16 men’s teams and 12<br />
women’s teams finished. The event was held<br />
under IAAF patronage and the IAAF flag next<br />
moves on to Japan where the 100km World<br />
Cup 2005 will take place at Lake Saroma,<br />
Hokkaido on 26 June.<br />
Please note the new address<br />
of the IAU Bureau is:<br />
International Association of<br />
Ultrarunners (IAU),<br />
Kruiskalsijdestraat 32,<br />
B-8900 Ieper (Ypres), Belgium<br />
President: dirk.strumane2@pandora.be<br />
General Secretary:<br />
hilary.walker@virgin.net<br />
The IAU 24-Hour European Challenge<br />
was first staged in 1992 and following<br />
the success of this and subsequent<br />
events it was decided to open the<br />
event up to competitors from outside<br />
Europe. In 2003 at Uden, Netherlands<br />
the IAU World 24-Hour Challenge was<br />
held in conjunction with the European<br />
24-Hour Challenge. In 2004 these<br />
combined events were staged at Brno<br />
in the Czech Republic.<br />
Scoring three to a team, 16 men’s teams<br />
and 10 women’s team finished and a record<br />
number of 61 runners passed the 200km<br />
point. Individual winners of the World<br />
Challenge were Ryiochi Sekiya (JPN) and<br />
Sumie Ingaki (JPN). The individual<br />
European Champions were Lubomir Hrno<br />
(SVK) and Galina Eremina (RUS)<br />
Gregory Murzin (RUS)<br />
wins for the sixth time<br />
The first Cantabria International<br />
100km race took place on 13<br />
September 1980. Although the venue<br />
has changed from time to time the<br />
event has been located at Santa Cruz<br />
de Bezana for many years. The race<br />
director has always been Soto Rojas-<br />
IAU Director of Development. The 25th<br />
edition took place on 2 October 2004.<br />
Gregory Murzin (RUS), winner for the last<br />
five years, was race favourite and he set off<br />
in determined fashion. He finished the first<br />
10km lap in 37:21, and reached halfway well<br />
clear, in 3:06:00. There was a point when a<br />
world best performance seemed possible<br />
but somewhere between 70-90km his pace<br />
dropped slightly and he left himself too<br />
much to do in the closing stages. His<br />
winning time of 6:23:08 places him high on<br />
the 2004 ranking list. The women’s race was<br />
dominated by Marina Myshlyanova who<br />
finished in 7:57:56, well clear of any<br />
challengers.<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
23-24 October 2004:<br />
IAU 24 Hours European &<br />
World Challenge, Brno<br />
MEN:<br />
KM<br />
1 Ryochi SEKIYA JPN 269.095<br />
2 Lubomir HRMO SVK 259.064<br />
3 Mohammed MAGROUN FRA 257.881<br />
4 Vladimir BYCHKOV RUS 248.595<br />
5 Emmanual CONRAUX FRA 247.205<br />
6 Kaname SAKURAI JPN 241.449<br />
7 Claude HARDEL FRA 240.638<br />
8 Lars CHRISTOFFERSON DEN 239.136<br />
9 Dominique PROVOST FRA 236.354<br />
10 Andrei KAZANTSEV RUS 235.160<br />
TEAMS: (3 TO SCORE)<br />
1 FRA<br />
2 JPN<br />
3 RUS<br />
4 USA<br />
5 SVK<br />
(16 teams finished)<br />
WOMEN:<br />
KM<br />
1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 237.154<br />
2 Galina EREMINA RUS 235.012<br />
3 Stephanie EHRET USA 225.573<br />
4 Edit BERCES HUN 217.664<br />
5 Sachiko OKANDA JPN 215.824<br />
6 Irina REUTOVICH RUS 214.632<br />
7 Pam REED USA 213.276<br />
8 Irina KOVAL RUS 211.913<br />
9 Nina MYTROFANOVA UKR 209.186<br />
10 Veronique JEHANNO FRA 207.068<br />
TEAMS (3 TO SCORE)<br />
1 RUS<br />
2 JPN<br />
3 USA<br />
4 FRA<br />
5 ITA<br />
(10 teams finished)<br />
FRANCE<br />
25 September 2004:<br />
100km de Millau<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Christophe BUQUET 7:31:57<br />
2 Christophe MORGO 7:34:20<br />
3 Eric PLANTIN 7:47:46<br />
28 Anny FLORIS 9:15:27<br />
1st woman<br />
68 Katell CORNE 9:49:18<br />
2nd woman<br />
82 Laetita BERGASSE 9:56:55<br />
3rd woman<br />
16-17 October 2004:<br />
24 Heures de Saint Doulchard<br />
MEN:<br />
KM<br />
1 Christian MAINIX 217.532<br />
2 Olivier ARA 206.893<br />
3 Robert BERTIN 198.459<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Christine BODET 193.883<br />
2 Noell CHARLON 176.133<br />
3 Nicole GOLFIER 144.642<br />
GERMANY<br />
23 October 2004:<br />
Schwabische 50km, Gmund<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Jurgen WIESER 3:23:47<br />
2 Helmut DEHAUT 3:26:03<br />
3 Bernard WEIS 3:38:04<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Mira KAIZI 4:15:02<br />
2 Andrea CAIMBACH 4:16:16<br />
3 Jutta KOLENC 4:17:33<br />
7 November 2004:<br />
Bottrop 50km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Serhiy OKSENYUK UKR 3:16:33<br />
2 Jorg FRIESE 3:18:53<br />
3 Olaf KRACHT 3:35:16<br />
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WOMEN:<br />
1 Birgit SCHONHERR-HOLSCHER 3:44:26<br />
2 Petra PFLITSCH 4:27:00<br />
3 Martina GORZ 4:28:34<br />
GREAT BRITAIN<br />
3 October 2004:<br />
London to Brighton, 89kms<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Brian HENNESSEY 6:13:59<br />
2 Ian BAILEY 6:18:43<br />
3 Mark GOODRIDGE 6:38:51<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Vicky SKELTON 7:20:43<br />
2 Michelle STEWART 7:58:11<br />
3 Deidre FINN 8:25:05<br />
The inaugural IAU 50km Open<br />
Challenge took place in Palermo, Italy<br />
on 17 October 2004 and was hosted by<br />
the Palermo SuperMarathon. On a<br />
gently undulating four-lap course over<br />
100 runners took part. Mario<br />
Ardegmagni (ITA) continued his winning<br />
ways in a convincing manner and<br />
Danielle Sanderson (GBR), pictured left,<br />
produced a great run to take gold in the<br />
women’s race with a world age best<br />
performance (F40) [see main results<br />
section, p.].<br />
New IAU President<br />
Dirk Strumane<br />
GREECE<br />
24-25 September 2004:<br />
Spartathlon, Athens-Sparta 246km<br />
1 Jens LUKAS GER 25:49:56<br />
2 Markus THALMANN AUT 26:20:02<br />
3 Martin JURI AUT 27:19:15<br />
12 Kimie NOTO JPN 29:57:40<br />
1st woman<br />
16 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 31:01:17<br />
2nd woman<br />
23 Anke DRESCHER GER 32:55:26<br />
3rd woman<br />
HUNGARY<br />
19-23 September 2004:<br />
15th Vienna-Budapest<br />
5-day stage race, 352km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Attila VOZAR HUN 27:27;44<br />
2 Thomasz CHAWAWKO POL 27:42:14<br />
3 Janos BOGAR HUN 28:05:06<br />
4 Anatoly KRUGLIKOV RUS 30:32:30<br />
5 Stephan GUNZELMANN GER 32:43:48<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Maria BAK GER 31:44:36<br />
2 Anke DRESCHER GER 33:21:24<br />
3 Agnes CZIBOK HUN 34:21:09<br />
4 Ludmila KALININA RUS 35:25:14<br />
5 Svetlana SAVOSKINA RUS 35:25:14<br />
ITALY<br />
25-26 September 2004: National<br />
24-Hour Track Championships<br />
San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona<br />
MEN:<br />
KM<br />
1 Massimo PETRUZZELLI 203.702<br />
2 Tiziano MARCHESI 198.740<br />
3 Giorgio GARELLO 191.529<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Nunzia PATRUNO 190.148<br />
2 Carmela DI DOMENICO 179.503<br />
3 Reginella PERON 165.813<br />
17 October 2004:<br />
Palermo Supermarathon,<br />
IAU 50km Open Challenge<br />
See main Results section - Page 20<br />
KOREA<br />
26-29 September 2004: Trans Korea<br />
Stage Race (West to East), 311km<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Gyung Seork SEO 42:41<br />
2 Ja Hyun KWON 48:35<br />
3 Kwang Ho KIM 48:35<br />
12 Sook Hoe HUR 55:30<br />
1st woman<br />
53 Hyun Sook HWANG 64:23<br />
2nd woman<br />
73 Soon Hui UM 65:20<br />
3rd woman<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
11 September 2004: IAU 100km<br />
World Cup, Winschoten<br />
MEN:<br />
1 Mario ARDEGMANI ITA 6:18:24<br />
2 Jaraslaw JANICKI POL 6:26:21<br />
3 Oleg KHARITOV RUS 6:32:56<br />
4 Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:36:20<br />
5 Piotr SEKOWSKI POL 6:37:20<br />
6 Oleksandr HOLOVNYTSKI UKR 6:37:32<br />
7 Stefano SARTORI ITA 6:45:25<br />
8 Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI JPN 6:46:16<br />
9 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:52:22<br />
10 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 6.53.59<br />
TEAMS:<br />
1 ITA<br />
2 JPN<br />
3 BEL<br />
4 AUS<br />
5 SVK<br />
(15 teams finished)<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Tatiana ZHYRKOVA RUS 7.10.32<br />
2 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 7.26.37<br />
3 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 7.29.20<br />
4 Akiko SEKIYA JPN 7.44.15<br />
5 Kazuhu IZUTSU JPN 7.49.53<br />
6 Paola SANNA ITA 7.58.52<br />
7 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 8.00.22<br />
8 Birgit S. HOELSCHER GER 8.00.42<br />
9 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8.03.37<br />
10 Christine DENIS-BILLET FRA 8.16.16<br />
TEAMS<br />
1 RUS<br />
2 ITA<br />
3 JPN<br />
4 GER<br />
5 USA<br />
(11 teams finished)<br />
NORWAY<br />
30 October 2004: Troll Races<br />
100kms & 63km, Bergen<br />
100km:<br />
1 Runar GILBERG 7:22:50<br />
2 Gjermund SORSTAD 8:27:32<br />
3 Willy HAMRIE 8:34:58<br />
Anne Marie HEIENBERG 9:17:18<br />
1st woman<br />
63km:<br />
1 Helge HAFSAS 4:03:56<br />
2 Per Olaf BOYUM 4:31:15<br />
3 Ludvik TENEBEKK 5:06:32<br />
Edna LEIKVOLL 6:04:26<br />
1st woman<br />
SPAIN<br />
2 October 2004: 25th International<br />
100km of Cantabria, Santa Cruz de<br />
Bezana<br />
MEN<br />
1 Gregory MURZIN RUS 6:23:08<br />
2 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:51:18<br />
3 Ildar AKHMETSHIN RUS 6:54:03<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Marina MYSHLYANOVA RUS 7:57:56<br />
2 Laudeline FRANCO ESP 9:17:11<br />
3 Ann Maria FERRADAS ESP 10:03:19<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
11 September 2004:<br />
National 100 Mile Championships,<br />
Sylvania, Ohio<br />
1 Bob SWEENY 13:05:28<br />
2 Steve PETERSON 14:11:26<br />
3 John GEESLER 14:55:44<br />
4 Connie GARDNER 15:48:04<br />
1st woman<br />
7 Rebecca JOHNSON 16:19:13<br />
2nd woman<br />
9 Janet RUNYAN 17:28:59<br />
3rd woman<br />
17 October 2004:<br />
Edmund Fitgerald 100km, Duluth<br />
MEN<br />
1 Patrick RUSSELL 7:32:26<br />
2 Jim RAMACIER 8:30:38<br />
3 Brett EVANS 9:21:01<br />
WOMEN<br />
1 Sue KAINULAINEN 9:08:01<br />
2 Sue OLSEN 10:19:51<br />
3 Heather KICK 13:15:41<br />
6-7 November 2004:<br />
National 24 Hour Championships,<br />
San Diego<br />
MEN<br />
KM<br />
1 Steve PETERSON 231.502<br />
2 Danny RIPKA 220.232<br />
3 John GEESLER 218.042<br />
WOMEN:<br />
1 Rebecca JOHNSON 209.477<br />
2 Brenda KLEIN 199.382<br />
3 Janet RUNYAN 185.778<br />
DIARY<br />
26 June 2005:<br />
IAU 100km World Challenge,<br />
Lake Saroma (JPN)<br />
16/17 June 2005:<br />
IAU 24 Hours European<br />
Challenge & World 24<br />
Hours Challenge,<br />
Worschach (AUT)<br />
10 September 2005:<br />
IAU European 100km<br />
Championships,<br />
Winschoten (NED)<br />
For information on all IAU events,<br />
contact Malcolm Campbell:<br />
Fax: +44 1476578 822;<br />
Email: iaumc@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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World leading times<br />
Latest standings at 10km, half marathon and marathon<br />
By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician<br />
Half Marathon<br />
Men<br />
World Record:<br />
Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:17, Milano, 04 APR 1998<br />
[splits: 13:42/27:52/42:02/56:37]<br />
Point-to-point aided (downhill – 69 m) course:<br />
Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:06, Lisboa, 26 MAR 2000<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
60:11 Robert K. Cheruiyot KEN 1 Rotterdam 12 SEP<br />
60:22 Paul Kirui KEN 1 Ostia 29 FEB<br />
60:22 Robert Kipchumba KEN 1 Milano 03 APR<br />
60:22 James Kwambai KEN 1 Udine 26 SEP<br />
60:28 Benson Cherono KEN 2 Udine 26 SEP<br />
Women<br />
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 – 30.5 m drop) course:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 65:40, 21 SEP 2003<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
67:47 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
68:40 Sun Yingjie CHN 1 New Delhi 03 OCT<br />
68:45 Hiromi Ominami JPN 1 Sapporo 04 JUL<br />
68:52 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
69:00 Lydia Cheromei KEN 2 New Delhi 03 OCT<br />
60:29 Martin Sulle TAN 2 Milano 03 APR<br />
60:29 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 3 Milano 03 APR<br />
60:32 Enock Mitei KEN 4 Milano 03 APR<br />
60:40 Kirui 1 Berlin 04 APR<br />
60:42 Solomon Busendich KEN 2 Berlin 04 APR<br />
60:47 John Korir KEN 5 Milano 03 APR<br />
60:56 Yusuf Songoka KEN 1 Azpeitia 28 MAR<br />
61:01 Duncan Kibet KEN 1 Lille 06 SEP<br />
61:03 Fabiano Joseph TAN 6 Milano 03 APR<br />
61:06 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 2 Azpeitia 28 MAR<br />
61:14 Fred Mogaka KEN 1 Paris 07 MAR<br />
61:18 Julius Kibet KEN 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP<br />
61:19 El Arbi Khattabi MAR 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP<br />
61:20 Songoka 3 Udine 26 SEP<br />
61:21 Elijah Nyabuti KEN 2 Paris 07 MAR<br />
61:21 Khalid Khannouchi USA 3 Philadelphia 19 SEP<br />
61:22 Silas Kirui KEN 2 Lille 06 SEP<br />
61:23 Christopher Cheboibok KEN 3 Berlin 04 APR<br />
61:26@ Richard Maiyo KEN 1 Eldoret 25 JAN<br />
61:26 Daniel Rono KEN 4 Berlin 04 APR<br />
61:27 Julius Rotich KEN 1 Nice 25 APR<br />
61:28 James Mwangi KEN 1 Sapporo 04 JUL<br />
61:29 Ayad Lamdassam MAR 3 Azpeitia 28 MAR<br />
61:29 Hillary Korir KEN 3 Lille 06 SEP<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES (Aided downhill)<br />
59:37 Dejene Berhanu ETH 1 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
59:49 Rodgers Rop KEN 1 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
59:51 Martin Lel KEN 2 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
59:54 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 3 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
59:56 Jaouad Gharib MAR 4 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
69:07 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 New Delhi 03 OCT<br />
69:13 Cheromei 1 Rotterdam 12 SEP<br />
69:38 Nuta Olaru ROM 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP<br />
69:43 Yuki Saito JPN 2 Sapporo 04 JUL<br />
69:47 Lucy Wangui KEN 1 Yamaguchi 14 MAR<br />
69:49 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 Berlin 04 APR<br />
69:51 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 Lisboa 26 SEP<br />
69:54 Miki Oyama JPN 3 Sapporo 04 JUL<br />
69:54 Viktoriya Klimina RUS 1 Novosibirsk 11 SEP<br />
70:00 Machi Tanaka JPN 1 Inuyama 29 FEB<br />
70:02 Leah Malot KEN 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP<br />
70:05 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 Uster 18 SEP<br />
70:07 Hellen Cherono KEN 1 Udine 26 SEP<br />
70:11 Alina Ivanova RUS 1 Setubal 02 MAY<br />
70:11 Chepchumba 2 Uster 18 SEP<br />
70:13 Miki Ohira JPN 1 Matsue 21 MAR<br />
70:15 Keiko Isogai JPN 3 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
70:15 Lena Cheruiyot KEN 1 Lille 06 SEP<br />
70:20 Kayoko Obata JPN 4 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
70:20 Isogai 2 Yamaguchi 14 MAR<br />
70:24 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 5 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES (Aided downhill)<br />
67:55 Benita Johnson AUS 1 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
68:11 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
68:27 Edith Masai KEN 2 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
68:32 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
68:35 Derartu Tulu ETH 4 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
68:48 Berhane Adere ETH 5 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
68:55 Sonia O’Sullivan IRL 6 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
69:22 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 7 South Shields 26 SEP<br />
59:58 Paul Kosgei KEN 5 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
60:00 Lukas Kibet KEN 6 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
60:19 Sammy Korir KEN 7 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
60:28 Charles Kamathi KEN 8 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
60:31 Richard Yatich KEN 9 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
Men<br />
World Record:<br />
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
27:35 Gilbert Okari KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
27:37 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 1 Praha 19 SEP<br />
27:39 Thomas Kiplitan KEN 2 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
27:41 Samuel Rongo Olengura KEN 1 Zevenaar 29 AUG<br />
27:42 Stanley Kipkoskei Salil KEN 2 Praha 19 SEP<br />
69:22 Helena Javornik SLO 1 Remich 26 SEP<br />
69:35 Leah Malot KEN 2 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
69:35 Luminita Zaituc GER 2 Remich 26 SEP<br />
69:36 Merima Denboba ETH 3 Lisboa 28 MAR<br />
69:53 Sylvia Mosqueda USA 1 Austin 25 JAN<br />
@ = altitude > 1,000 m # = Lisboa 69 m drop (3.3 m/km); Austin = 114 m drop (5.4 m/km); South Shields 30.5 m drop<br />
10km Road<br />
Women<br />
World Record:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003<br />
Women’s-only loop course:<br />
Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29,<br />
New York, 08 JUN 2002<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
30:41 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 29 FEB<br />
30:45 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 San Juan 29 FEB<br />
30:59 Kiplagat 1 Tilburg 05 SEP<br />
31:23 Lydia Cheromei KEN 1 Port Elizabeth 25 AUG<br />
31:36 Susan Chepkemei KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
World’s fastest woman<br />
of the year, Yoko Shibui<br />
27:47 John Korir KEN 1 San Juan 29 FEB<br />
27:48 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 2 San Juan 29 FEB<br />
27:48 Robert Kip. Cheruiyot KEN 3 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
27:53 Kiprotich 4 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
27:54 Craig Mottram AUS 1 Manchester 23 MAY<br />
31:38 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 1 Wuerzburg 25 APR<br />
31:44 Deena Kastor USA 1 New York 12 JUN<br />
31:47 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN<br />
31:51 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Casablanca 22 MAY<br />
31:51 Masako Chiba JPN 2 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
27:55 Andrew Limo KEN 1 Port Elizabeth 25 AUG<br />
27:57 Kip. Cheruiyot 1 Punte del Este 06 JAN<br />
27:59 Benson Cherono KEN 2 Punte del Este 06 JAN<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES (82 meters drop)<br />
27:48 Rueben Chebii KEN 1 Toronto 02 MAY 31:55 Susan Chepkemei KEN 1 Atlanta 04 JUL<br />
# = substantial drop, e.g., Salt Lake City drops 157 m (15.7 m/km); Pittsburgh drops 122 m drop (12.2 m/km);<br />
@ = altitude > 1,000 m, e.g., Salt Lake City starts at 1457 m, finishes at 1,300 m<br />
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31:56 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 3 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG<br />
32:00 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 San Juan 29 FEB<br />
32:00 Cheromei 1 Appingedam 26 JUN<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES (> 1 m/km drop)<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005
These lists provide a glimpse into the<br />
world of global road-racing activity. They<br />
focus primarily on the half-marathon and<br />
marathon, as these represent the primary<br />
event membership within AIMS. The lists<br />
are updated periodically based upon<br />
availability of results. Amendments,<br />
corrections, and additions are always<br />
welcome; there is no such thing as a<br />
“perfect” or “complete” list, as<br />
accumulation of new information<br />
continually provides new perspective.<br />
Please send relevant results to<br />
Drdave@gsu.edu<br />
World’s fastest man<br />
of the year, Felix Limo<br />
Marathon<br />
Men<br />
World Record:<br />
Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
2:06:14 Felix Limo KEN 1 Rotterdam 04 APR<br />
2:06:16 Evans Rutto KEN 1 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:06:18 Rutto 1 London 18 APR<br />
2:06:23 Robert Cheboror KEN 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT<br />
2:06:44 Limo 1 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:06:48 Sammy Korir KEN 2 London 18 APR<br />
2:06:49 Joseph Riri KEN 2 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:07:02 Jaouad Gharib MAR 3 London 18 APR<br />
2:07:05 Joshua Chelanga KEN 3 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:07:06 Gert Thys RSA 1 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:07:42 Jose Rios ESP 1 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:07:43 William Kipsang KEN 2 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:07:44 Daniel Njenga KEN 2 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:07:50 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 3 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:08:10 Mbarak Hussein KEN 3 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:08:11 Tefere Wodajo ETH 4 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:08:15 Lee Bong-Ju KOR 5 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:08:18 Tadayuki Ojima JPN 2 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:08:27 Mwangangi Muindi KEN 4 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:08:33 Wilson Onsare JPN 3 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:08:35 Samson Kandie KEN 1 Wien 16 MAY<br />
2:08:36 Atsushi Sato JPN 4 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:08:37 Stefano Baldini ITA 4 London 18 APR<br />
2:08:38 Frederick Cherono KEN 1 Torino 18 APR<br />
2:08:38 Daniel Cheribo KEN 1 Milano 28 NOV<br />
2:08:41 Kipsang 2 Amsterdam 17 OCT<br />
2:08:43 Njenga 1 Tokyo 08 FEB<br />
2:08:44 Khalid Khannouchi USA 5 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:08:46 Satoshi Osaki JPN 2 Tokyo 08 FEB<br />
2:08:48 Marilson dos Santos BRA 6 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:08:53 Onsare 4 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:08:54 Ji Young-Jun KOR 6 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:08:55 Patrick Tambwe COD 1 Mont St. Michel 20 JUN<br />
2:08:56 Kazutoshi Takatsuka JPN 5 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:08:56 Ambesse Tolosa ETH 1 Paris 04 APR<br />
2:09:07 Michael Rotich KEN 2 Rotterdam 04 APR<br />
2:09:07 Tesfaye Tolla ETH 5 London 18 APR<br />
2:09:08 Luis Jesus POR 5 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:09:09 Haron Toroitich KEN 1 Carpi 17 OCT<br />
2:09:10 Boaz Kimaiyo Kibet KEN 1 Frankfurt 31 OCT<br />
2:09:10 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 1 Fukuoka 05 DEC<br />
2:09:20 Willy Cheruiyot KEN 1 Eindhoven 10 OCT<br />
2:09:21 Stephen Kiogora KEN 7 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:09:23 Benjamin Kipchumba KEN 2 Milano 28 NOV<br />
2:09:25 Yuko Matsumiya JPN 6 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:09:27 Benedict Kimondiu KEN 3 Tokyo 08 FEB<br />
2:09:28 Yukinobu Nakazaki JPN 4 Tokyo 08 FEB<br />
2:09:28 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:09:29 Alberico di Cecco ITA 2 Torino 18 APR<br />
2:09:32 Shinichi Watanabe JPN 6 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:09:34 Pavel Loskutov EST 1 Seoul 07 NOV<br />
2:09:35 Benoit Zwierzchiewski FRA 6 London 18 APR<br />
2:09:39 Vanderlei de Lima BRA 1 Hamburg 18 APR<br />
2:09:41 Luis Novo POR 7 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:09:42 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 7 London 18 APR<br />
2:09:43 Tomoyuki Sato JPN 5 Tokyo 08 FEB<br />
2:09:47 Gashaw Melesse ETH 8 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:09:47 Richard Kiprono Maiyo KEN 2 Carpi 17 OCT<br />
2:09:52 Andrew Sambu KEN 2 Seoul 07 NOV<br />
2:09:53 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA 2 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:09:54 Raymond Kipkoech KEN 1 Venezia 24 OCT<br />
2:09:55 Watanabe 7 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:09:55 Danilo Goffi ITA 2 Venezia 24 OCT<br />
2:09:55 Mbarak Hussein KEN 3 Seoul 07 NOV<br />
2:09:56 Viktor Roethlin SUI 1 Zurich 04 APR<br />
2:09:58 Lee Troop AUS 8 London 18 APR<br />
2:10:00 Timothy Cherigat KEN 3 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:10:07 Muneyuki Ojima JPN 8 Otsu 07 MAR<br />
2:10:07 Philip Singoei KEN 2 Eindhoven 10 OCT<br />
2:10:08 Kipkoech 2 Paris 04 APR<br />
2:10:08 Phaustin Baha TAN 1 Essen 25 APR<br />
2:10:10 El Hassan Lahssini FRA 3 Amsterdam 17 OCT<br />
2:10:11 Tambwe 4 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:10:12 Ruggero Pertile ITA 1 Roma 28 MAR<br />
2:10:13 John Yuda TAN 9 London 18 APR<br />
Women<br />
World Record:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003<br />
Women-only-race:<br />
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:18:56, London, 14 APR 2002<br />
Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date<br />
2:19:41 Yoko Shibui JPN 1 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:22:35 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 London 18 APR<br />
2:23:10 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:23:14 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:23:26 Hiromi Ominami JPN 2 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:23:28 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Xiamen 27 MAR<br />
2:23:45 Constantina Tomescu ROM 1 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:23:57 Reiko Tosa JPN 1 Nagoya 14 MAR<br />
2:24:11 Sun Yingjie CHN 1 Beijing 17 OCT<br />
2:24:32 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Paris 04 APR<br />
2:24:33 Nuta Olaru ROM 2 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:24:47 Megumi Tanaka JPN 2 Nagoya 14 MAR<br />
2:25:01 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 3 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:25:18 Lyubov Denisova RUS 3 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:25:29 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 1 Osaka 25 JAN<br />
2:26:02 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2 London 18 APR<br />
2:26:05 Asha Gigi ETH 2 Paris 04 APR<br />
2:26:10 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Rotterdam 04 APR<br />
2:26:17 Lee Eun-Kyung KOR 1 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:26:20 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Athina 22 AUG<br />
2:26:21 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 4 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:26:22 Worknesh Tola ETH 2 Seoul 14 MAR<br />
2:26:31 Okayo 4 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:26:32 Ndereba 2 Athina 22 AUG<br />
2:26:34 Bruna Genovese ITA 1 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:26:43 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 2 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:26:50 Masako Chiba JPN 2 Sapporo 28 AUG<br />
2:26:51 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 5 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:26:52 Tomescu 3 London 18 APR<br />
2:26:53 Sonja Oberem GER 3 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:26:53 Irina Permitina RUS 1 St. Paul 03 OCT<br />
2:26:58 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 3 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:27:02 Chiba 4 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:27:06 Aki Fujikawa JPN 3 Nagoya 14 MAR<br />
2:27:08 Madai Perez MEX 2 Rotterdam 04 APR<br />
2:27:19 Beatrice Omwanza KEN 4 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:27:20 Deena Kastor USA 3 Athina 22 AUG<br />
2:27:25 Albina Ivanova RUS 4 London 18 APR<br />
2:27:28 Silviya Skvortsova RUS 2 St. Paul 03 OCT<br />
2:27:28 Zivile Balciunaite LTU 5 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:27:33 Helena Javornik SLO 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT<br />
2:27:34 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 1 Honolulu 12 DEC<br />
2:27:38 Chiba 2 Osaka 25 JAN<br />
2:27:40 H. Ominami 3 Osaka 25 JAN<br />
2:27:49 Ornella Ferrara ITA 1 Roma 28 MAR<br />
2:27:54 Leila Aman ETH 5 Berlin 26 SEP<br />
2:27:58 Miki Oyama JPN 4 Nagoya 14 MAR<br />
2:28:01 Chepchumba 5 London 18 APR<br />
2:28:05 Fatuma Roba ETH 1 Nagano 11 APR<br />
2:28:10 Zakharova 6 London 18 APR<br />
2:28:11 Rita Jeptoo KEN 1 Milano 28 NOV<br />
2:28:11 Eri Hayakawa JPN 2 Honolulu 12 DEC<br />
2:28:15 Alemu 4 Athina 22 AUG<br />
2:28:15 Luminita Zaituc GER 6 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:28:17 Li Helan CHN 2 Xiamen 27 MAR<br />
2:28:21 Lornah Kiplagat NED 7 New York 07 NOV<br />
2:28:22 Alb. Ivanova RUS 5 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:28:25 Colleen De Reuck USA 1 St. Louis 03 APR<br />
2:28:28 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 6 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:28:32 Ham Bong-Sil PRK 3 Xiamen 27 MAR<br />
2:28:32 Sun 7 London 18 APR<br />
2:28:33 Marla Runyan USA 7 Chicago 10 OCT<br />
2:28:36 Margarita Tapia MEX 1 Houston 18 JAN<br />
2:28:42 Zhou 2 Beijing 17 OCT<br />
2:28:44 Tosa 5 Athina 22 AUG<br />
2:28:48 Alina Ivanova RUS 8 London 18 APR<br />
2:28:49 Dorota Gruca POL 1 Mazatlan 28 NOV<br />
2:28:57 Emily Kimuria KEN 1 Hamburg 18 APR<br />
2:28:58 Alice Chelangat KEN 2 Hamburg 18 APR<br />
2:29:03 Genovese 2 Roma 28 MAR<br />
2:29:04 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Dalian 29 OCT<br />
2:29:11 Florence Barsosio KEN 1 Firenze 28 NOV<br />
2:29:19 Corinne Raux FRA 3 Paris 04 APR<br />
2:29:22 Rosaria Console ITA 1 Wien 16 MAY<br />
2:29:24 Sun 6 Tokyo 21 NOV<br />
2:10:16 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 1 Leipzig 25 APR<br />
2:10:19 Koech 3 Eindhoven 10 OCT<br />
2:10:22 James Rotich KEN 1 Koeln 12 SEP<br />
2:10:22 Pertile 3 Carpi 17 OCT<br />
2:10:26 Henry Kosgei Cherono KEN 2 Koeln 12 SEP<br />
2:29:27 Wang Yu CHN 4 Xiamen 27 MAR<br />
OTHER PERFORMANCES<br />
2:24:27 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Boston 19 APR<br />
2:24:43 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 2 Boston 19 APR<br />
2:27:34 Olivera Jevtic SCG 3 Boston 19 APR<br />
# = Austin 137 m drop (3.2 m/km); Nagano = 219.5 m drop (5.2 m/km); Boston 139 m drop (3.3 m/km);<br />
Ngodwana = 485 m drop (1430m to 945 m = 11.5 m/km)<br />
DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005 77
Race contact details<br />
www.aims-association.org<br />
* - 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 />
February<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 />
Argentina<br />
Buenos Aires City<br />
Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Domingo Amaison<br />
Echeverria 1677-Dto L, (1428) Buenos Aires<br />
Tel: 54 11 4782 8678<br />
Fax: 54 11 4784 8354<br />
Email: amaison@amaisonproducciones.com.ar<br />
Inet: www.amaisonproducciones.com.ar<br />
Buenos Aires Marathon<br />
October<br />
Jorge Usle<br />
Julian Olvarez 1221, Buenos Aires, Zip 1414<br />
Tel/Fax: 54 11 4779 0615<br />
Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com<br />
Inet: www.maratondebuenosaires.com<br />
Australia<br />
ASICS Melbourne Marathon October<br />
Joe Murphy<br />
P.O. Box 148, Brunswick, 3056 Victoria<br />
Tel: 61 3 9381 4666<br />
Fax: 61 3 9381 4777<br />
Email: joe@eventwizard.com.au<br />
Inet: www.melbournemarathon.com.au<br />
Flora Sydney Marathon September<br />
Graeme Hannon<br />
Level 1, 18-20 York Street, Sydney 2000<br />
Email: info@sydneymarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.sydneymarathon.org<br />
Gold Coast Airport Marathon<br />
Cameron Hart<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 />
July<br />
Canberra Marathon<br />
April<br />
Dave Cundy<br />
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, NSW 2257<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 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: jbarker@fairfax.mail.com.au<br />
Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf<br />
Austria<br />
Grazer Murpromenaden<br />
Half Marathon<br />
March<br />
Alois E. Fortmüller<br />
A 8020 Graz, Lagergasse 97/2/6<br />
Tel/Fax: 43 316 71 79 44<br />
Email: office@graz-halbmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.graz-halbmarathon.org<br />
Linz Int’l Marathon<br />
Ewald Tröbinger<br />
Roseggerstrasse 41, A-4020 Linz<br />
Tel: 43 732 60 34 12<br />
Fax: 43 732 60 62 12<br />
Email: linzmarathon@liva.co.at<br />
Inet: www.linz-marathon.at<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 />
Wachau Marathon<br />
Helmut Paul<br />
P.O. Box 15, A-3500 Krems<br />
Tel: 43 2732 82853<br />
Fax: 43 2732 84618 22<br />
Email: gutermann@wvnet.at<br />
Inet: www.wachaumarathon.at<br />
*Wels Halfmarathon<br />
Otto Geitz<br />
Heidlweg 91, A-4600 Wels<br />
Tel/Fax: 43 7242 25 828<br />
Email: office@wels-halbmarathon.at<br />
Inet: www.wels-halbmarathon.at<br />
Barbados<br />
April<br />
May<br />
September<br />
April<br />
Run Barbardos Marathon December<br />
Steve Edwards<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: stevee@barbados.org<br />
Inet: www.runbarbados.org<br />
Belgium<br />
ING Brussels<br />
Marathon and Half<br />
August<br />
Phillippe Housiaux<br />
Avenue du Col Vert 5, 1170 Brussels<br />
Tel: 32 2426 6466<br />
Fax: 32 2426 5378<br />
Email: phillippe@dialogue_agency.be<br />
Inet: www.ingrunningtour.be<br />
Coastal Marathon<br />
October<br />
Christophe Impens<br />
Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen<br />
Tel: 32 11 45 99 78<br />
Fax: 32 11 45 99 10<br />
Email: info@ingrunningtour.be<br />
Inet: www.ingrunningtour.be<br />
Bosnia<br />
Vidovdan 10km Road Race<br />
Borislav Djurdjevic<br />
Brace Ribnikar 17,<br />
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 June<br />
Joao Traven<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 />
October<br />
BIS Sports, Rua Dr. Jose Peroba 349,<br />
15°ander, sala1507, Ed. Empresarial Coast<br />
Azul, Coast Azul, Salvador, Bahia, CEP<br />
41760-320<br />
Tel: 55 71 341 1666<br />
Fax: 55 71 341 2204<br />
Email: meiadabahia@bis.tur.br<br />
Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br<br />
10km Corpore<br />
São Paulo Classic<br />
November<br />
Octãvio 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: octavio@corpore.org.br<br />
Inet: www.corpore.org.br<br />
São Paulo Marathon<br />
April<br />
Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December<br />
*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August<br />
Thadeus Kassabian<br />
Avenida Magalhaes de Castor, 956 Butanta,<br />
Sao Paulo, CEP 05502-001<br />
Tel/Fax: 55 11 3031 7033<br />
Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br<br />
Inet: www.voltadapampulha.com.br<br />
www.maratonadesaopaulo.com.br<br />
www.yescom.com.br<br />
Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race December<br />
Julio Deodora<br />
Rua Jacarapinima, 416,<br />
CEP 02415-010, Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP<br />
Tel: 55 11 3170 5917<br />
Fax: 55 11 3266 8574<br />
Email: jdeodoro@gazetaesportiva.com.br<br />
Canada<br />
adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon May<br />
Derek Hodge<br />
P.O. Box 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8<br />
Tel: 1 604 872 2928<br />
Fax: 1 604 872 2903<br />
Email: info@vanmarathon.bc.ca<br />
Inet: www.adidasvanmarathon.ca<br />
Calgary Marathon<br />
Jacqui Sanderson<br />
PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary,<br />
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 />
July<br />
ING Edmonton Centennial Marathon August<br />
John Stanton<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: jstanton@runningroom.com<br />
Inet: www.runningroom.com<br />
ING Ottawa Marathon<br />
Jim Robinson<br />
P.O. Box 426, Station A, Ottawa,<br />
ON K1N 8V5<br />
Tel: 1 613 234 2221<br />
Fax: 1 613 234 5880<br />
Email: info@ncm.ca<br />
Inet: www.ingottawamarathon.com<br />
May<br />
Niagara Fallsview Casino<br />
Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Jim R. Ralston<br />
5515 Stanley Avenue,<br />
Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 3X4<br />
Tel: 1 905 356 9460<br />
Fax: 1 905 356 5567<br />
Email: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com<br />
Quebec City Marathon<br />
August<br />
Denis Therrien<br />
1173 boul. Charest Ouest bureau 290,<br />
Quebec, G1N 2C9<br />
Tel: 1 418 694 4442<br />
Fax: 1 418 694 4441<br />
Email: denis.therrien@marathonquebec.com<br />
Inet: www.marathonquebec.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 4526<br />
Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com<br />
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront<br />
Marathon and Half<br />
September<br />
Scotiabank Vancouver<br />
Half Marathon<br />
June<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 />
Toronto Marathon and Half<br />
Jay W. 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 />
China<br />
October<br />
Beijing Int’l Marathon<br />
October<br />
Wang Dawei<br />
5 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing<br />
Tel: 86 10 6710 3085<br />
Fax: 86 10 6714 0801<br />
Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com<br />
Inet: www.chinaaa.net<br />
The Great Wall Marathon<br />
May<br />
Michael Anderson<br />
Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen<br />
Tel: 45 51 50 6039<br />
Fax: 45 36 98 0021<br />
Email: michael.anderson@get2net.dk<br />
Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Toray Cup Shanghi<br />
Int’l Marathon<br />
November<br />
Xian Gong<br />
Room 603, Huating Holiday Inn Hotel, No<br />
469, Zhonghua Xin Rd, Shanghi<br />
Tel: 86 21 6629 6088<br />
Fax: 86 21 6629 6088<br />
Email: tennisyang@sohu.com<br />
Xiamen Int’l Marathon<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 />
Colombia<br />
Bogota Int’l Half Maraton<br />
Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá<br />
Martha Santos<br />
Calle 93B #15 - 34 Oficina 306<br />
Tel: 57 1 531 1860<br />
Fax: 57 1 531 0212<br />
Email: correcam@elsitio.net.co<br />
Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com<br />
March<br />
July<br />
Media Maraton Int’l<br />
Ciudad de Medellin<br />
September<br />
Juan Jose Piedrahita Velasquez<br />
Calle 49B, 63-21, Piso 3, Medellin<br />
Tel: 54 230 1123<br />
54 230 8000<br />
Fax: 54 260 1231<br />
Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co<br />
Inet: www.maratonmedellin.com<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 />
Cyprus<br />
Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon November<br />
Chjristos Evripidou<br />
13 Souliou Street, 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 />
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To correct current contact information<br />
and race dates please send details to:<br />
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Czech Republic<br />
Prague Int’l Marathon<br />
Hervis Prague Half Marathon<br />
Paulo Ottone<br />
Zahoranského 3, Prague 2 120 00<br />
Tel: 420 224 91 92 09<br />
Fax: 420 224 92 33 55<br />
Email: marathon@pim.cz<br />
Inet: www.praguemarathon.com<br />
Denmark<br />
Copenhagen Marathon<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: sparta@sparta.dk<br />
Inet: www.sparta.dk<br />
May<br />
April<br />
May<br />
Five Towers Marathon<br />
March<br />
Jes Clausen<br />
11, Gisselorevej, DK-4400, Kalundborg<br />
Tel: 45 595 12634<br />
Email: jesclausen@ka-net.dk<br />
Inet: www.5-taarns-marathon.dk<br />
H. C. Andersen Marathon September<br />
Torben Simonsen<br />
Stadionvej 50, DK-5200 Odense V.<br />
Tel: 45 6312 7312<br />
Fax: 45 6590 7425<br />
Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk<br />
Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk<br />
Egypt<br />
Egyptian Marathon<br />
February<br />
*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: 202 260 6930<br />
2012 21 488 39<br />
Fax: 202 260 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,<br />
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 />
Tallinn Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Uno Lipp<br />
Ounapuu pst 197, Maardu 74117<br />
Tel/Fax: 372 6457 611<br />
Email: rahvajooks@datanet.ee<br />
Inet: www.halfmarathon.ee<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Toyota Great Ethiopian<br />
Run 10km<br />
November<br />
Richard Nerurkar<br />
Tel: 251 1 633 646<br />
Email: greatrun@telecom.net.et<br />
village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et<br />
Inet: www.ethiopiarun.org<br />
Finland<br />
Helsinki City Marathon<br />
Pertti Raunio<br />
Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20,<br />
FI-00240 Helsinki<br />
Tel: 358 9 3481 2405<br />
Fax: 358 9 3481 2367<br />
Email: sul.harraste@sul.fi<br />
Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com<br />
August<br />
Paavo Nurmi Marathon<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 />
France<br />
July<br />
Classique Internationale<br />
Marseille Cassis<br />
October<br />
Claude Ravel<br />
1 Boulevard de la Pugette, 13009 Marseille<br />
Tel: 33 4 91 75 24 24<br />
Fax: 33 4 91 75 78 62<br />
Email: estelle.roumanille@libertysurf.fr<br />
Inet: www.marseille-cassis.com<br />
*Marathon de Marseille<br />
30 Rue Briffaut, 13005 Marseille<br />
Tel: 33 4 91 4845 17<br />
Fax: 33 4 91 4837 91<br />
Email: info@marseillemarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.marseillemarathon.com<br />
March<br />
Marathon du Medoc<br />
September<br />
Hubert Rocher<br />
AMCM Maison du Vin, 33250 Pauillac<br />
Tel: 33 5 56 59 01 91<br />
Fax: 33 5 56 59 62 38<br />
Email: info@marathondumedoc.com<br />
Inet: www.marathondumedoc.com<br />
Marathon of La Rochelle November<br />
Serge Vigot<br />
B.P. 97, 17904 La Rochelle, Cedex 1<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 />
Reynald Debreyne<br />
Azure 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: mail@azur-sport.org<br />
Inet: www.nicesemimarathon.com<br />
Paris Marathon<br />
Joël Laine<br />
Aso, 2 rue Rouget 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: bleutellier@aso.fr<br />
Inet: www.parismarathon.com<br />
Germany<br />
April<br />
real,- Berlin Marathon<br />
September<br />
Bewag Half Marathon Berlin<br />
April<br />
Mark Milde<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 />
Eurocity Marathon<br />
Messe Frankfurt<br />
Jo Schindler<br />
Sonnemannstrasse 3,<br />
60314 Frankfurt am Main<br />
Tel: 49 69 370 0468 22<br />
Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11<br />
Email: js@frankfurt-marathon.com<br />
Inet: www.frankfurt-marathon.com<br />
Karstadt Ruhr Marathon<br />
Otto Hurler<br />
Haedenkampstr. 20, 45143 Essen<br />
Tel: 49 201 727 3852<br />
Fax: 49 201 727 3816<br />
Email: otto.hurler@runnerspoint.de<br />
Inet: www.karstadt-ruhrmarathon.de<br />
October<br />
April<br />
Olympus Marathon Hamburg<br />
April<br />
Wolfram Goetz<br />
Winterhuder Weg 86, D22085 Hamburg<br />
Tel: 49 40 8888 0352<br />
Fax: 49 40 8888 0362<br />
Email: info@marathon-hamburg.de<br />
Inet: www.marathon-hamburg.de<br />
Nike Run Berlin 25km<br />
Glockenturm str 1, D 14053 Berlin<br />
Tel: 49 30 305 17 71<br />
Fax: 49 30 30 09 9610<br />
Email: info@runberlin.de<br />
Inet: www.runberlin.de<br />
Great Britain<br />
May<br />
Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon October<br />
Malcolm Sutherland<br />
8 East London Street, Edinburgh EH7 4RH<br />
Tel: 44 0870 127 8000<br />
Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com<br />
Bristol Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
F. R. Systems<br />
Unit 30, Blythe Park Business Base,<br />
Cresswell Lane, Blythe Bridge,<br />
Staffs ST11 9RD<br />
Tel: 0178 238 8891<br />
Fax: 0178 239 5325<br />
Email: bristol@frsystems.co.uk<br />
Inet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathon<br />
British 10K London Run<br />
July<br />
Michael O’Reilly<br />
Union Jack Sports Ltd, 18b Charles Street,<br />
London W1J 5DU<br />
Tel: 44 207 667 6894<br />
Fax: 44 207 667 6895<br />
Email: mor10k@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Inet: www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk<br />
Edinburgh Marathon<br />
June<br />
Ian Ladbrooke<br />
North Berwick Business Centre, Melbourne<br />
Place, North Berwick EH39 4JS, Scotland<br />
Tel: 44 1620 890 444<br />
Fax: 44 1620 890 787<br />
Email: ian@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk<br />
Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk<br />
Flora London Marathon<br />
David Bedford<br />
P.O. Box 1234, London SE1 8RZ<br />
Tel: 44 207 902 0200<br />
Fax: 44 207 620 4208<br />
Inet: www.london-marathon.co.uk<br />
April<br />
Great Scottish Run<br />
August<br />
Frank Clement<br />
Glasgow City Council, 20 Trongate,<br />
Glasgow G1 5ES, Scotland<br />
Tel: 44 141 248 9909<br />
Fax: 44 141 287 0994<br />
Email: kirsten-tuttle@cls.glasgow.gov.uk<br />
Inet: www.run.glasgow.gov.uk<br />
Greece<br />
Athens Classic Marathon November<br />
Constantinos Gatzias<br />
137, Syngrou Avenue, N Smyrni 17121, Athens<br />
Tel: 30 10 935 6904<br />
Fax: 30 10 935 5690<br />
Email: info@athensclassicmarathon.gr<br />
Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr<br />
Guatemala<br />
*Medio Maraton<br />
Internacional de Coban<br />
May<br />
Juan de Dios Reyes<br />
Via 5, 3-65 Zona 4 Edificio El Angel,<br />
Suite 24, Guatemala<br />
Tel: 502 331 9579<br />
Fax: 502 360 1215<br />
Email: sports@sportsandmarketing.net<br />
Inet: www.sportsandmarketing.net<br />
Hong Kong<br />
China Coast Marathon<br />
January<br />
John Brewer<br />
P.O. Box 28893,<br />
Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai<br />
Tel: 852 2732 6222 (Phil Booth)<br />
Fax: 852 2813 1417<br />
Email: fastrunner@netvigator.com<br />
Inet: www.chinacoastmarathon.com<br />
Mizuno Hong Kong Half<br />
Marathon Championships 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, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path,<br />
So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong<br />
Tel: 852 2577 0800<br />
Fax: 852 2367 6166<br />
Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com<br />
Inet: www.hkmarathon.com<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth<br />
Hungary<br />
Nike Budapest Int’l<br />
Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Budapest Marathon<br />
October<br />
Arpad Kocsis<br />
Budapest Sport Office,<br />
1146 Budapest, Dózsa György ut 1-3<br />
Tel: 36 1 273 0939<br />
Fax: 36 1 273 0936<br />
Email: budapest.run@axelero.hu<br />
Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com<br />
Iceland<br />
Reykjavik Marathon and Half<br />
Friman Ari Ferdinandsson<br />
Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavik<br />
Tel: 354 535 3700<br />
Email: marathon@marathon.is<br />
Inet: www.marathon.is<br />
India<br />
August<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Mumbai Marathon<br />
January<br />
Hugh Jones<br />
Procam International<br />
14, St. James Court, Marine Drive,<br />
Mumbai - 400 020<br />
Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84<br />
Fax: 91 22 2202 51 12<br />
Email: scmm@procamintl.com<br />
Inet: www.mumbaimarathon/indiatimes.com<br />
Part of The Greatest Race on Earth<br />
The Great Tibetan Marathon August<br />
Michael Anderson<br />
Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen<br />
Tel: 45 51 50 6039<br />
Fax: 45 36 98 0021<br />
Email: michael.anderson@get2net.dk<br />
Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Ireland<br />
adidas Dublin Marathon<br />
Jim Aughney<br />
PO Box 1287, Dublin 2<br />
Tel: 353 1 623 2250<br />
Fax: 353 1 626 3757<br />
Email: bhaa@eircom.net<br />
Inet: www.dublincitymarathon.ie<br />
Israel<br />
October<br />
Tiberias Marathon<br />
January<br />
Jack Cohen<br />
10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv<br />
Tel: 972 3 648 6256<br />
Fax: 972 3 648 6255<br />
Email: iaa@zahav.net.il<br />
Inet: www.iaa.co.il/E/TiberiasMarathon/<br />
Italy<br />
Firenze Marathon<br />
November<br />
Giancarlo Romiti<br />
Organizzazione Firenze Marathon,<br />
Casella Postale 597, 50100 Firenze<br />
Tel: 39 055 5522 957<br />
Fax: 39 055 5536 823<br />
Email: staff@firenzemarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.firenzemarathon.it<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 />
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 />
Ivano Barbolini<br />
PO Box 330 - 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 />
October<br />
Maratona d’Europa<br />
May<br />
Enrico Benedetti<br />
Via Lazzaretto Vecchio 18, 34123 Trieste<br />
Tel: 39 040 322 0224<br />
Fax: 39 040 322 0726<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 D’Inverno Half<br />
Marathon and Super Marathon October<br />
Leonardo Sorbello<br />
Via Resuttana Colli, 414, 90146 Palermo<br />
Tel: 39 09 152 4980<br />
Fax: 39 09 167 17215<br />
Inet: www.palermosupermarathon.com<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 / 625 0365<br />
Email: info@palermomaratona.it<br />
Inet: www.palermomaratona.it<br />
San Antonio Marathon<br />
Santi Silvana<br />
Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova<br />
Tel: 39 049 822 7114<br />
Fax: 39 049 822 7164<br />
Email: info@maratonasant-antonio.com<br />
Inet: www.maratonasant-antonio.com<br />
Sardinia Marathon<br />
Antonio Baldisserotto<br />
Tel: 39 0532 909010<br />
Fax: 39 0532 977245<br />
Email: ab@terramia.com<br />
April<br />
April<br />
Citroen Milano City Marathon November<br />
Massimo Magnani<br />
Corso Garibaldi 86, 20121 Milano<br />
Tel: 39 02 6282 8755<br />
Fax: 39 02 6282 8752<br />
Email: massimagnani@libero.it<br />
Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it<br />
Turin Marathon<br />
April<br />
Turin Half Marathon<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 />
Venice Marathon<br />
October<br />
Enrico Jacomini<br />
Via Torino 133, 30172 Mestre, Venice<br />
Tel: 39 041 532 1871<br />
Fax: 39 041 532 1879<br />
Email: info@venicemarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.venicemarathon.it<br />
Vigarano Marathon<br />
March<br />
Federica Stella<br />
Via Municipio 1 - 44049 Vigarano,<br />
Mainarda, Ferrara<br />
Tel: 39 0532 43 196<br />
Fax: 39 0532 73 9126<br />
Email: post@vigaranomarathon.it<br />
Inet: www.vigaranomarathon.it<br />
Jamaica<br />
Reggae Marathon and Half December<br />
Alfred Francis<br />
87-89 Tower Street, Kingston<br />
Tel: 1 876 967 1072<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 />
Seiji Imai<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: imai@rkb.ne.jp<br />
Fukuoka Int’l Open<br />
Marathon Championship December<br />
Hiroaki Chosa<br />
Japan Association of Athletics Federations<br />
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050<br />
Tel: 81 3 5452 1500<br />
Fax: 81 3 5452 1795<br />
Email: jaaf@rikuren.or.jp<br />
Inet: www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/<br />
Hokkaido Marathon<br />
August<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 />
Kyoto City Half Marathon<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 />
March<br />
Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon March<br />
Osamu Ishii<br />
Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office,<br />
3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251<br />
Tel: 81 6 6346 8371<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 />
IF Kagurazaka Masumoto Bldg., 113,<br />
Yarai-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805<br />
Tel: 81 3 5227 3717<br />
Fax: 81 3 5227 3759<br />
Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.sports-info.co.jp<br />
Lake Saroma<br />
100km Ultra Marathon<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 />
June<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, Nagoya,<br />
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 />
Nagano Olympic<br />
Commemorative Marathon<br />
April<br />
Satoru Yokoyama<br />
1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801<br />
Tel: 81 26 252 7687<br />
Fax: 81 26 234 6381<br />
Email: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp<br />
Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp<br />
Ohme Marathon<br />
30km/10k Road Race<br />
February<br />
Kazuo Komatsuzaki, Toshio Takeuchi,<br />
Katsuhiko Kubota, c/o Hochi Shimbun<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 1298<br />
Email: event@hochi.co.jp<br />
Inet: www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/home.htm<br />
Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon January<br />
Motonobu Shimamoto<br />
2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8408<br />
Tel: 81 6 6314 8277<br />
Fax: 81 6 6314 8549<br />
Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jp<br />
Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon<br />
July<br />
Hisanori Odagiri<br />
4-4-1 Sapporo Int’l Marathon Secretariat,<br />
Yomiuri Shimbun, Chuo, Sapporo 060-8656<br />
Tel: 81 11 242 3117<br />
Fax: 81 11 242 3153<br />
Tokyo Int’l Marathon<br />
February<br />
Kazuyuki Shiraishi<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 5159 5834<br />
Fax: 81 3 5159 5876<br />
Email: spopro@yominet.ne.jp<br />
Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November<br />
Tsuyoshi Iizuka<br />
c/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji,<br />
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011<br />
Tel: 81 3 3545 0355<br />
Fax: 81 3 3248 6636<br />
Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com<br />
Inet: http://www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon/<br />
Tokyo / New York<br />
Friendship Marathon<br />
February<br />
Yoshinori Sakai (Athletes’ Liaison)<br />
C/o Japan AAF, 1-1-1 Jinnan,<br />
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050<br />
Tel: 81 3 3481 2300<br />
Fax: 81 3 3481 2449<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 />
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Korea<br />
Chosunilbo Chunchon<br />
Int’l Marathon<br />
Sur Kun<br />
61, 1-ka, Taepyong-no,<br />
Jung-ku, 100 - 756 Seoul<br />
Tel: 82 2 724 6333<br />
Fax: 82 2 724 6309<br />
Email: marathon@chosun.com<br />
Inet: marathon.chosun.com<br />
October<br />
Seoul Int’l Marathon<br />
March<br />
Youn Churl Lim,<br />
139 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-ku, Seoul 110-715<br />
Tel: 82 2 2020 0736<br />
Fax: 82 2 2020 1639<br />
Email: marathon@donga.com<br />
Inet: http://marathon.donga.com<br />
Jeonju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon April<br />
Kim, Sun-Gil<br />
Sports & Juvenile Division,<br />
Jeollabuk-do Provincial Government, #1, 4-ga,<br />
Jungang-dong, Sansan-gu, Jeonju 560-761<br />
Tel: 82 63 280 2534<br />
82 63 280 2536<br />
Fax: 82 63 280 2539<br />
Email: cleank@hanmir.com<br />
Inet: www.jgmara.or.kr<br />
JoongAng Seoul Marathon November<br />
Yang Seung-Ryoung<br />
7 Soonhwa-dong,<br />
Choong-gu Seoul, Korea 100-759<br />
Tel: 82 2 751 9627<br />
Fax: 82 2 751 9640<br />
Email: jeffkim@joongang.co.kr<br />
Inet: http://marathon.joins.com<br />
Lebanon<br />
*Beirut Int’l Marathon<br />
Sara Nasr<br />
P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut<br />
Tel: 961 5 959 262<br />
Fax: 961 5 959 263<br />
Email: info@beirutmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org<br />
Luxembourg<br />
November<br />
Dexia Bil Route du Vin<br />
Half Marathon<br />
September<br />
Georges Klepper<br />
Federation Luxembourgeoise d-Athletisme,<br />
P.O. Box 503, L-2015<br />
Tel: 352 48 06 70<br />
Fax: 352 48 05 72<br />
Email: fla@fla.lu<br />
Inet: www.fla.lu<br />
Macau<br />
Macau Int’l Marathon<br />
and Half<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: 853 580 762<br />
Fax: 853 343 708<br />
Email: sport@macau.ctm.net<br />
Inet: www.sport.gov.mo<br />
Malaysia<br />
Kuala Lumpur Marathon<br />
S Vegiyathuman<br />
Federal Territory Amateur Athletic<br />
Federation, 2nd Floor, Wisma OCM,<br />
P.O. Box 12546, Jalan Hang Jebat,<br />
50150 Kuala Lumpur<br />
Tel: 603 2715 2843<br />
Fax: 603 2715 2678<br />
Email: sportftaaa@hotmail<br />
Malta<br />
Gatorade Malta Int’l<br />
Challenge Marathon<br />
November<br />
Barry M. Whitmore<br />
P.O. Box 91, Sliema, SLM 01, Malta<br />
Tel: 356 21 34 43 78<br />
Fax: 356 25 40 10 31<br />
Email: mcm@shadow.net.mt<br />
Inet: www.maltachallengemarathon.com<br />
Mexico<br />
Gran Maraton Pacifico<br />
November<br />
Francisco Mijares<br />
Campos Eliseos, 400-12, Mexico D.F. Col<br />
Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000<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 LaLa Internacional March<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: 871 729 2453<br />
871 713 9646<br />
Fax: 871 729 2409<br />
Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com<br />
Inet: www.maratonlala.org<br />
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Race contact details<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 />
Monaco<br />
Monaco Int’l Marathon<br />
November<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@monaco-marathon.com<br />
Inet: www.monaco-marathon.com<br />
Morocco<br />
Course Feminine<br />
de Casablanca 10km<br />
May<br />
Mounhr Bennis<br />
Boite Postale 16071-20100, Casablanca<br />
Tel: 212 22 948 261<br />
Fax: 212 22 948 358<br />
Email: amsd@iam.net.ma<br />
Inet: www.amsd.ma<br />
Nepal<br />
Kathmandu Marathon<br />
February<br />
Roy K. Kline Jnr.<br />
Scheer Memorial Hospital,<br />
P.O. Box 88, Kathmandu<br />
Tel: 977 11 663 065<br />
Fax: 977 11 66 171<br />
Email: ygray@kathmandumarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.kathmandumarathon.org<br />
Netherlands<br />
City-Pier-City Int’l<br />
Half-Marathon Den Haag<br />
Wim Verhoorn<br />
P.O. Box 104, 2678 ZJ De Lier<br />
Tel: 31 174 540 607<br />
Fax: 31 174 510 129<br />
Email: wim@fasttravel.nl<br />
Inet: www.cpcloop.nl<br />
Eindhoven Marathon<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 />
Enschede Marathon<br />
Jos Hermens<br />
Global Sports Communications,<br />
P.O. Box 555, 7500 AN Enschede<br />
Tel: 31 24 351 5077<br />
Fax: 31 24 351 5088<br />
Email: gsc@global-sports-comm.nl<br />
Inet: www.global-sports-comm.nl<br />
March<br />
October<br />
May<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 />
ING Amsterdam Marathon October<br />
Robert Elfrink<br />
Amsterdam Marathon Foundation,<br />
P.O. Box 75588, 1070 AN, Amsterdam<br />
Tel: 31 35 656 12 96<br />
Fax: 31 35 656 99 88<br />
Email: robert.elfrink@wanadoo.nl<br />
Inet: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl<br />
Nigeria<br />
MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon November<br />
Alh, Abdul-Karim Ohimai Amu<br />
5 Akinola Johnson Close, Surulere, Lagos<br />
Tel: 234 803 402 3398<br />
Fax: 234 802 303 9652<br />
Email: akoi_amu@yahoo.com<br />
Inet: www.mtnhalfmarathon.com<br />
North Pole<br />
North Pole Marathon<br />
April<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 />
June<br />
*Standard Chartered<br />
Lahore Marathon<br />
January<br />
Ian Ladbrooke<br />
Publicis Pakistan pvt Ltd, 67-c-2 Gulberg 111,<br />
Lahore 54660<br />
Tel: 92 42 576 5101/2/3<br />
Email: Iladbrooke@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lahoremarathon.com<br />
Panama<br />
Panama City Int’l Marathon August<br />
Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza<br />
P.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama City<br />
Tel: 507 236 8332<br />
Fax: 507 236 8334<br />
Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.com<br />
Inet: www.marathonpanama.com<br />
Philippines<br />
Philippines Marathon –<br />
Pasig River<br />
February<br />
Imelda P. Sarmiento<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.heritagemarathon.com<br />
Poland<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 September<br />
Henryk Paskal<br />
Stowarzyszenie Biegow Ulicznych,<br />
ul. Kossaka 23, 64-920 Pila<br />
Tel: 48 67 351 04 78<br />
Fax: 48 67 212 59 75<br />
Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl<br />
Inet: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl<br />
Wroclaw Marathon<br />
April<br />
Marek Danielak<br />
Mosir ‘Poludnie’ WE Wroclawiv<br />
Ul. Lubinska 53, PL 53-623 Wroclaw,<br />
Tel: 48 71 354 81 75<br />
Fax: 48 71 354 81 69<br />
Email: biuro@mw.com.pl<br />
Inet: www.mw.com.pl<br />
Portugal<br />
Carlos Lopes Gold<br />
Marathon Memorial<br />
April<br />
Mario Silva<br />
Travessa da Palmeira, No. 6A, 1200-316<br />
Lisbon<br />
Tel: 351 969 636680<br />
Fax: 351 919 383077<br />
Email: geral@carloslopes.d2d.pt<br />
Inet: www.carloslopes.d2d.pt<br />
EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March<br />
RTP Half Marathon<br />
of Portugal<br />
September<br />
Carlos Moya<br />
Bairro Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João<br />
Freitas Branco, 10, 2760-073 Caxias<br />
Tel: 351 21 441 3182<br />
Fax: 351 21 441 3073<br />
Email: maratona@mcp.jazznet.pt<br />
Inet: maratonaclubedeportugal.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@clix.pt<br />
Portugal Marathon<br />
April<br />
Luis Sousa<br />
Joao Lagos Sports - Gestao de Eventos, S.A.,<br />
Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto, 42, 1400 Lisboa<br />
Tel: 351 21 303 4900<br />
Fax: 351 21 303 4930<br />
Email: info@portugalmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.portugalmarathon.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: 787 767 9191 / 767 2000<br />
Fax: 787 767 9199 / 763 2000<br />
Email: racosta@ptmpr.com<br />
Inet: www.wb10k.com<br />
Republic of<br />
South Africa<br />
Cape Town Festival of <strong>Running</strong> October<br />
Kanu Sukha<br />
28 Smuts Road, Lansdowne 7780<br />
Tel: 27 21 696 3058<br />
Fax: 27 21 696 3059<br />
Email: ctfestivalofrunning@eject.co.za<br />
Inet: http://web.eject.co.za/ctfestivalofrunning<br />
Old Mutual Two Oceans<br />
Marathon, presented by Nike March<br />
Chet Sainsbury<br />
P.O. Box 2276, Clareinch 7740, Cape Town<br />
Tel: 27 21 671 9407<br />
Fax: 27 21 671 8724<br />
Email: raceadmin@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za<br />
Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za<br />
Russia<br />
Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September<br />
Boris Fadeev<br />
18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000<br />
Tel: 7 095 924 0824<br />
Fax: 7 095 924 0824<br />
7 095 924 0015<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 3832 25 07 30<br />
Fax: 7 3832 25 07 30<br />
Email: info@marafon.nsk.ru<br />
Inet: www.marafon.nsk.ru<br />
Siberian Int’l Marathon<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: http://sim.omsknet.ru<br />
Rwanda<br />
August<br />
Rwanda 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 />
Singapore<br />
Standard Chartered<br />
Singapore Marathon<br />
December<br />
David Sim<br />
Singapore Sports Council, 15 Stadium Road,<br />
National Stadium, Singapore<br />
Tel: 65 6345 7111<br />
Fax: 65 6345 6043<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 />
Town of Ljubijana, Timing Ljubijana,<br />
Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubijana<br />
Tel: 386 1 234 8002<br />
Fax: 386 1 234 8005<br />
Email: marathon@slo-timing.com<br />
Inet: http://marathon.slo-timing.com<br />
Three Hearts Marathon<br />
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.radenski.si<br />
Spain<br />
Marathon of Barcelona<br />
March<br />
Rafael Salinas<br />
c/ Jonqueres, num.16, Flat 15,<br />
08003, Barcelona<br />
Tel: 34 93 268 01 14<br />
Fax: 34 93 268 43 34<br />
Email: secretaria@marathoncatalunya.com<br />
Inet: www.marathoncatalunya.com<br />
Seville City Marathon<br />
February<br />
Manuel Nieto<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.marasevi.vianetworks.es<br />
Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz,<br />
Vitoria-Gasteiz<br />
April<br />
Eduardo Martinez Lobera<br />
c/o Pinto Ortiz de Urbina No3, oficina 17<br />
01008 Vitoria (Alava)<br />
Tel: 34 945 214 278<br />
Fax: 34 945 214 279<br />
Email: info@maratonmartinfiz.com<br />
Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com<br />
Marathon Popular de Madrid<br />
Guillermo Jimenez Ramos<br />
cl. Linneo, 10 A, 28005 Madrid<br />
Tel: 34 902 210 578<br />
Fax: 34 91 364 03 13<br />
Email: mapoma@arrakis.es<br />
Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org<br />
April<br />
Marathon Popular de Valencia February<br />
Roberto Ferrandis<br />
Arz Fabian Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia<br />
Tel: 34 96 346 0707<br />
Fax: 34 96 346 3625<br />
Email: maraton@correcaminos.org<br />
Inet: www.correcaminos.org<br />
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Race contact details<br />
www.aims-association.org<br />
* - 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 />
Sweden<br />
Göteborg Half Marathon<br />
Hans Hultman<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 />
May<br />
Stockholm Marathon<br />
June<br />
Ulf Saletti<br />
P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm<br />
Tel: 46 8 54 566 440<br />
Fax: 46 8 664 3822<br />
Email: info@marathon.se<br />
Inet: www.marathon.se<br />
Switzerland<br />
Jungfrau Marathon<br />
September<br />
Richard Umberg<br />
Jungfraustr. 38, Postfach 356<br />
CH-3800, Interlaken<br />
Tel: 41 33 828 37 46<br />
Fax: 41 33 823 37 34<br />
Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Inet: www.jungfrau-marathon.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
Lausanne Marathon<br />
October<br />
Robert Bruchez<br />
Case Postale (Box) 31,<br />
CH-1162 Saint-Prex, Lausanne<br />
Tel: 41 21 806 3016<br />
Fax: 41 21 806 2548<br />
Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com<br />
Inet: www.lausanne-maraton.com<br />
Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July<br />
Andrea Tuffli<br />
P.O. Box 7270 Davos Platz<br />
Tel/Fax: 41 81 413 3226<br />
Email: swissalpine@bluewin.ch<br />
Inet: www.swissalpine.ch<br />
Course not measurable to AIMS standards<br />
*Zurich Marathon<br />
Bruno Lafranchi<br />
Spindelstr. 2, 8041 Zurich<br />
Tel: 411 480 25 57<br />
Fax: 411 480 25 56<br />
Email: info@zurichmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.zurichmarathon.com<br />
Taiwan<br />
April<br />
China Motor Int’l Marathon October<br />
ING Taipei Int’l Marathon December<br />
Sunny Chen<br />
104, No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei<br />
Tel: 886 2 2585 5659<br />
Fax: 886 2 2599 6716<br />
Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw<br />
Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw<br />
Tanzania<br />
*Kilimanjaro Marathon<br />
February<br />
John Addison<br />
Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House<br />
1685, 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 />
Mount Meru Int’l Marathon<br />
Ahmed Sharrif<br />
P.O. Box 21317, Dar-es-Salaam<br />
Tel/Fax: 255 22 264 7053<br />
Mobile: 255 748 219090<br />
Email: ahmedshariff@hotmail.com<br />
Thailand<br />
August<br />
Thai Health Bangkok Marathon November<br />
Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon<br />
January<br />
Songkram Kraisonthi<br />
20 Inthamara 38, Suthisarn Road,<br />
Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400<br />
Fax: 66 22 77 2567<br />
Email: info@amazingfield.org<br />
Inet: www.bkkmarathon.org (Bangkok)<br />
www.kkmarathon.com (Khon Kaen)<br />
ING Thailand Temple Run<br />
March<br />
Raimund Wellenhofer<br />
5th Floor, CCT Building,<br />
109 Surawong Road, 10500 Bangkok<br />
Tel: 662 237 6910, 237 3223<br />
Fax: 662 237 236 0114, 237 2321<br />
Email: raceinfo@thailandmarathon.org<br />
Inet: www.thailand-temple-run.com<br />
Tunisia<br />
Sahara 100k Challenge Race<br />
Adriano Zito<br />
Via delle Costellazioni, 118,<br />
41100 Modena, Italy<br />
Tel: 39 059 35913<br />
Fax: 39 059 359813<br />
Email: info@zitoway.com<br />
Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com<br />
Turkey<br />
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon<br />
Ryza Erdal<br />
Ulus Ishany, A Blok, Kat 10,<br />
No 1004, Ulus - Ankara<br />
Tel: 90 312 310 7652<br />
Fax: 90 312 310 7706<br />
Email: atletizmtr@yahoo.com<br />
Inet: www.taf.org.tr<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 3310<br />
Email: info@tarsusmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.com<br />
United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
March<br />
October<br />
April<br />
*Abu Dhabi Half Marathon February<br />
Rene Croisier<br />
c/o 5 KMC, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi<br />
Tel: 97 150 617 1558<br />
Fax: 97 12 610 4095<br />
Email: croisier@hotmail.com<br />
Inet: www.abudhabimarathon.com<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 />
United States<br />
of America<br />
January<br />
Atlanta Marathon & Half November<br />
Julia Emmons<br />
Atlanta Track Club<br />
3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave<br />
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 />
Boston Athletic Association<br />
One Ash Street, ‘The Starting Line’,<br />
Hopkinton, MA 01748-1897<br />
Tel: 1 508 435 6905<br />
Fax: 1 508 435 6590<br />
Email: mile27registration@baa.org<br />
Inet: www.baa.org<br />
April<br />
Big Sur Int’l Marathon<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 />
Dallas White Rock Marathon December<br />
Chuck Dannis<br />
1328 Linden Lane, Garland, Texas 75040<br />
Tel: 1 214 673 5329<br />
Email: chuck@runtherock.com<br />
Inet: www.RunTheRock.com<br />
Harris Direct Seattle Marathon 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 />
Honolulu Marathon<br />
December<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 />
ING New York City Marathon November<br />
Allan Steinfeld<br />
New York Road Runners, 9 East 89th Street,<br />
New York, NY 10128<br />
Tel: 1 212 423 2249<br />
Fax: 1 212 360 7324<br />
Email: marathonmailer@nyrrc.org<br />
Inet: www.ingnycmarathon.org<br />
Lake Tahoe Marathon<br />
*Maui Surf n’ Sand<br />
Les Wright<br />
2261 Cold Creek Trail,<br />
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150<br />
Tel: 1 530 544 7095<br />
Fax: 1 208 248 7025 (efax)<br />
530 452 2844<br />
Email: leswright@sbcglobal.net<br />
Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com<br />
www.mauisurfsandhalf.com<br />
October<br />
January<br />
Las Vegas Marathon<br />
and Half Marathon<br />
January<br />
Al Boka<br />
P.O. Box 81262, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180<br />
Tel: 1 702 240 2722<br />
Fax: 1 702 876 3870<br />
Email: lasvegasmarathon@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.lvmarathon.com<br />
LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon<br />
Carey A. Pinkowski<br />
11 East Adams, Lower Level 2,<br />
Chicago, IL 60604<br />
Tel: 1 312 904 9800<br />
Fax: 1 312 904 9820<br />
Email: marathon.office@abnamro.com<br />
Inet: www.chicagomarathon.com<br />
Los Angeles Marathon<br />
Nick Curl<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 />
Mad City Marathon<br />
Kristi Kent-Bracken<br />
204 Moravian Valley Road,<br />
Waunakee, WI 153597<br />
Tel: 1 608 850 4900<br />
Fax: 1 608 850 4929<br />
Email: globalcelebrations@tds.net<br />
Inet: www.madcitymarathon.com<br />
October<br />
March<br />
May<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: marathon@nt.quantico.usmc.mil<br />
Inet: www.marinemarathon.com<br />
Mount Desert Island Marathon October<br />
Gary Allen<br />
Box 1032, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662<br />
Tel: 1 207 276 5900<br />
Fax: 1 207 276 4211<br />
Email: mdimarathon@aol.com<br />
Inet: www.mdimarathon.org<br />
Myrtle Beach Marathon<br />
February<br />
Shaun Walsh<br />
P.O. Box 8780, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578<br />
Tel: 1 843 467 2543<br />
Fax: 1 843 467 2543<br />
Email: MBMarathon@sc.rr.com<br />
Inet: www.MBMarathon.com<br />
Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon<br />
Chet Collier<br />
53 NW 42nd Street,<br />
Oklahoma City, OK 73118<br />
Tel: 1 405 525 4242<br />
Fax: 1 405 525 7520<br />
Email: info@okcmarathon.com<br />
Inet: www.okcmarathon.com<br />
Pacific Shoreline Marathon<br />
Herb Massinger<br />
39300 Redonda Mesa Blvd,<br />
Murrieta, CA 92562<br />
Tel: 1 714 264 0311<br />
Fax: 1 949 581 0105<br />
Email: psminfo@sbcglobal.net<br />
Inet: www.marathonrun.com<br />
April<br />
February<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 />
July<br />
Miranda Lindl<br />
P.O. Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94110<br />
Tel: 1 415 291 9990<br />
Fax: 1 415 276 4179<br />
Email: miranda_lindl@westendmanagement.com<br />
Inet: www.chroniclemarathon.com<br />
Salt Lake City Marathon<br />
April<br />
Scott Kerr<br />
136 East South Temple Street, Suite 2400,<br />
Salt Lake City UT8411<br />
Tel: 1 801 412 6060<br />
Fax: 1 801 412 6089<br />
Email: skerr@devinerace.com<br />
Inet: www.saltlakecitymarathon.com<br />
Walt Disney World<br />
Marathon & Half<br />
January<br />
Jon Hughes<br />
1102 N. Mills Ave, Orlando, Fl 32803<br />
Tel: 1 407 896 1160<br />
Email: jon@emml.com<br />
Inet: www.disneyworldsports.com<br />
Uruguay<br />
*San Fernando 10km Road Race January<br />
Julio Deodoro, Nuble Guadalupe<br />
Rua Jacarapinima, 416, CEP 02415-010,<br />
Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil<br />
Tel: 55 11 3170 5917<br />
Fax: 55 11 3266 8574<br />
Email: jdeodoro@bol.com.br<br />
Inet: www.corridasanfernando.maldonado.gub.uy<br />
Yugoslavia<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 />
Zimbabwe<br />
Africa University Marathon September<br />
Augustine Yao Dzathor<br />
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare<br />
Tel: 363 20 61611<br />
Fax: 363 20 61785<br />
Email: dzathoray@africau.ac.zw<br />
Inet: www.africau.ed<br />
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