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Contents 

Distance Running is an official publication of AIMS and IAAF. 

It is produced four times a year, in January, April, July and 

October, and distributed at races worldwide. 

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On the cover… 

Page 21 

If there is just one race a Marathon 

runner must do once in their running 

life it is this one, where it all started. 

Athens Classic Marathon, Greece, 

31 October 2010. 

Page 37 

Celebrations of the 25th century 

anniversary of the Battle of Marathon 

have ignored the astounding story of 

the first ever mass Marathon, argues 

Paul Anastasi. 

Page 33 

The 27th edition was run on a new 

course, perfectly styled to clock up 

better times, but on race day Florence 

woke up to bitterly cold weather. Firenze 

Marathon, Italy, 28 November 2010. 

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News 

AIMS News 7 

IAAF News 13 

IAU News 41 

WMRA News 72 

Regulars 

Calendar of events 46 

Official listings for AIMS events 

Results 49 

Worldwide race reports and pictures 

World’s fastest times 2010 77 

The fastest times in 2010 for men and women 

at 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 

Race contact details 82 

AIMS member races with full contact details 

Features 

A race of legend 21 

Athens Classic Marathon, Greece 

A port that calls 27 

EDP Porto Marathon, Portugal 

Running renaissance 33 

Firenze Marathon, Italy 

Opinion 37 

Looking back over 2500 years 

Distance Running | January – March 2011 5

6 Distance Running | January – March 2011

AIMS News 

New AIMS Members 

■ Held twice the Punta Cana Half Marathon 

and 10km attracts 150 men and 80 women, with 

25 foreign runners coming from seven countries. 

Locals Yovanni Adames (32:53) and Maria 

Mancebo (38:57) hold the course records. The 

next race will be on 27 March. 

■ The 10k Rio Pan-American race has been 

held for five years, attracting 4000 men and 2000 

women, with 200 of these coming from 10 foreign 

countries. Course records stand to Chemtai 

Rionotukei (KEN) at 34:33 and Martin Sulle (TAN) 

at 29:38 

■ The Cam Sur Marathon has only been going 

for two years but pulls in a field of 11000 men 

and 6000 women, with 500 foreign runners 

coming from 8 countries. Course records are held 

by Richard Kimeli Kemboi (KEN) at 2:19:40 and 

Ayelu Lema Geda (ETH) at 2:40:04 

■ Medio Maraton de Madrid has been run for 

the last 10 years, and is now contested by 9000 

men and 1000 women with 500 foreign runners 

coming from 18 countries. Shadrach Kiplagat 

(KEN) and Kambuchia Siud (MAR) hold the course 

records at 1:02:31 and 1:12:55 respectively. 

■ Held for the first time in 2010 the Powerade 

Copenhagen Half Marathon is a sister event to 

the Copenhagen Marathon. 3500 men and 2500 

women ran in the first edition, won by Tom 

Kristensen in 1:07:42 and Christina Bus (NOR) in 

1:17:04. 300 foreign runners came, from five 

countries. The next race will be on 21 August 

2011. 

■ Moscow Marathon Luzhniki has been held 

since 1997, and also in the period between 1979- 

1986. Records are held by Dereje Nedi at 2:10.32 

and Lyudmila Petrova at 2:30.54. 1500 men and 

400 women take part, with 100 foreign runners 

from 10 countries. 

New Associate Members 

■ The Nara Marathon is held for the first time 

after 29 editions of the race as a 10km event, 

organised by Japanese Federation. Isono Kouji 

(JPN, 31:04) and Ai Kodama (JPN, 35:54) held the 

records for the previous event, which attracted 

more than 5000 men and 2500 women, although 

there were only 15 foreign participants from five 

countries. 

■ The Tel Aviv Marathon has been held for the 

last two years, fastest times having been run by 

Daniel Kipchunba-Kones (KEN, 2:37:55) and Orna 

Blau (ISR, 3:13:28). The field comprises 700 men 

and 150 women with 70 foreign runners from 10 

countries. 

■ Held in November 2009, the Vadodara Half 

Marathon has its next outing on 23 January 

2011, fortified by a huge mass entry in the 

inaugural race. 

■ The Silesia Marathon, set up two years ago, 

attracts 600 men and 50 women, but only eight 

foreign runners from six countries. Olexey 

Medentsov of Ukraine and Volha Kaminskaya of 

Belarus hold the course records of 2:25:48 and 

2:51:40 

■ The Standard Chartered Marathon 

Singapore has been re-organised directly by the 

Singapore Sports Council, under which the first 

event was held on 5 December. The 15,000 

strong field had been built up over the previous 10 

years. 

■ The Maraton Internacional de Asuncion 

attracts 150 men and 50 women, of which fully 

60 are foreign runners, coming from 20 countries. 

Course records stand to Brazilian Elias Rodrigues 

Bastos at 2:27:51 and Argentinian Gabriela 

Almada at 2:55:02 

For a full list of race 

contacts, see page 82 

The next edition of Distance Running 

will be published in April 2011, 

covering races held from January to 

March. The advertising and editorial 

deadlines will be on 9 March. 

President’s 

message 

My first President’s message to all involved in our Association, is to 

renew the promise I made at our 18th World Congress of AIMS: we will 

perform our tasks as in a competition and we will try to do it higher, 

stronger, and faster to provide more and better services to our runners, 

races, and partners. 

Following the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, I consider sport a 

philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the 

qualities of body, will and mind. Running, maybe the simplest, easiest 

and cheapest sporting activity, today provides to those of all ages the 

physical preparation and the mental conviction needed to feel proud of 

themselves and ready to face the challenges that life puts in front of 

us. Moreover, through the network of running organizations, runners 

create hope, help each other through social projects, and make our 

sport the best example of human solidarity. 

My task, and the task of the whole Board of Directors, is to enlarge our 

membership, increase our efficiency, reinforce our links with IAAF, 

improve as much as possible our support to our cultural and social 

programs, give the largest visibility to our partners, and provide the 

best services to our races and runners, all of this for the well being of 

running… 

I thank our former president Mr. Chosa and all those who have 

contributed in the past to building the respect that the whole world of 

running has today for AIMS. I consider my election an honor and a 

responsibility, and I feel deeply committed to working towards a better 

and bigger Association where all of us feel proud to be part of it. 

Paco Borao elected as 

new President of AIMS 

Paco Borao of the Valencia 

Marathon was elected President 

of AIMS at the 18th World 

Congress of AIMS held on 28-30 

October in Athens. 

Paco Borao 

at Congress 

Paco Borao 

The Congress coincided with the 

2500th anniversary celebrations 

of the Marathon legend, dating 

from the Battle of Marathon 

(490BC). Borao has been 

Membership Director of AIMS 

since he was elected to the Board 

at the 10th World Congress of 

AIMS held in Barcelona in March 

1996. Since then membership has 

grown from 100 members to 304. 

Martha Morales of the 

Tangamanga Marathon, Mexico 

was elected Vice President. Others 

elected to the AIMS Board of 

Directors at the Congress were 

Keisuke Sawaki of Yokohama 

Marathon (Japan), Guy L Morse of 

the Boston Marathon (USA) and 

Fernando Jamarne of the Santiago 

Marathon (Chile). Al Boka of the 

Las Vegas Marathon (USA) was reelected 

as Treasurer. 

The major theme discussed at the 

Congress was how sport can 

become more friendly to the 

environment and promote this 

ethos to runners around the 

world. 

EXECUTIVES 

President: 

Paco Borao 

Tel: 34 6 346 0707 

Fax: 34 6 346 3635 

Email: borao@correcaminos.org 

Honorary Vice Presidents: 

Leonard F. Luchner, Allan Steinfeld 

Vice-Presidents: 

Carlos Moya (Lisbon Half Marathon, Financial Control) 

Tel: 351 21 441 3182 

Fax: 351 21 441 3073 

Email: geral@maratonaportugal.com 

Martha Morales (Tangamanga, Legal) 

Tel: 52 4448 15444 

Fax: 52 4448 158921 

Email: maratontangamanga@gmail.com 

Secretary: 

Hugh Jones 

19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7916 0356 

Email: aimssec@aol.com 

Treasurer: 

Al Boka (Las Vegas) 

Tel: 1 702 809 2620 

Email: aimstreasurer@aol.com 

Members of the Board: 

Carlo Capalbo (Prague, Marketing) 

Tel: 420 224 919 209 

Fax: 420 224 923 355 

Email: aims@pim.cz 

Dave Cundy (Great Wall, Website) 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, NSW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 43427611 

Fax: 61 2 43427648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

Francisco Jamarne (Santiago) 

Tel: 562 787 6012 

Fax: 562 787 6076 

Email: fjamarne@alessandri.cl 

Guy Morse (Boston) 

Tel: 1 617 236 1652 

Fax: 1 617 236 4505 

Email: morse@baa.org 

Gordon Rogers (Vancouver, Technical) 

Tel: 1 604 733 6224 

Fax: 1 604 733 6221 

Email: gordonrogers@telus.net 

Keisuke Sawaki (Tokyo) 

Tel: 81 3 5452 1500 

Fax: 81 3 5452 1795 

Email: sawaki@rikuren.or.jp 

Consultants: 

Peter McLean (Press & Public Relations) 

15 Kirklee Terrace, Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland 

Tel/Fax: 44 141 357 2516 

Email: petermclean@pmpr2000.fsnet.co.uk 

Dr. David Martin (Statistics) 

College of Health Sciences, Georgia State 

University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA 

Fax: 1 404 413 1230 

Email: drdavexyz@gmail.com 

Distance Running: 

Frank Baillie (Publisher) 

43 Langlands Avenue, Glasgow G51 4LF, Scotland 

Tel: 44 141 956 2051 

Email: bailliefrank@aol.com 

AIMS AFFILIATES: 

International Marathon Medical 

Directors Association (IMMDA): 

Lewis Maraham M.D. (Chairman) 

24 West 57th Street, 

6th floor, New York, NY 10019 USA 

Tel: 1 212 765 5763 

Email: nysportsmd@aol.com 

International Measurement Administrators: 

Americas: 

Bernie Conway 

67 Southwood Crescent, London, 

Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada 

Tel: 1 519 641 6889 

Fax: 1 519 633 4887 

Email: measurer@rogers.com 

English-speaking Europe & Africa: 

Hugh Jones 

19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7209 3193 

Email: aimssec@aol.com 

French & Spanish-speaking Europe & Africa: 

Jean Francois Delasalle 

Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25, 

80800 Corbie, France 

Tel: 33 3 22 48 51 90 

Fax: 33 3 22 48 51 91 

Email: jf.delasalle@aliceadsl.fr 

Asia & Oceania: 

Dave Cundy 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, SW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 43427611 Fax: 61 2 43427648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 


AIMS News 

AIMS Children’s Series 

The Indian Community of Santa María 

Acapulco, within the Municipality of Santa 

Catarina in San Luis Potosí, México, hosted 

its second AIMS Chidren’s race on 12 

November. A total of 1100 children from 16 

different native communities participated. 

The event was organized by AIMS in 

association with Tangamanga Marathon and 

made possible the State Government of San 

Luis Potosí. 

The course, around the oldest Church in Latin 

America (founded by Franciscan Monks in 1609) 

was difficult because of the mountainous terrain, 

but children tackled it with enthusiasm. Interpreters 

were needed as the children speak very little 

Spanish, using instead their own dialect Pame. 

Even so, their enjoyment was obvious. It was a 

shining example of how the sport of running has 

the power to unite society, as it provided 

something in common for the rich mix of cultures 

that populate the area. AIMS hopes to plant the 

seed of running in these communities, and that 

through running the children glimpse the 

opportunity of a better life. 

The Governor Dr. Fernando Toranzo and his wife 

Dra. María Luisa Ramos showed great interest in 

the event and supported the organization by 

providing the services through the State Secretary 

of Education, the State Secretary of Security and 

Police, DIF System, the State Roads Authority and 

the Municipality of Santa Catarina. 

The AIMS CHILDREN’S SERIES was created to 

promote running in communities of the world 

where the promotion of sport would otherwise 

enjoy little financial support. 

There were various age groups ranging from 4 to 

13 years old, competing in races over different 

distances. The children wore t-shirts color-coded 

according to their age group and received a runner 

package that included beverages, food, candies, 

toys and a medal. Awards were made to the first 

three finishers in each category and the 

Organization raffled “Turbo” bicycles and toys 

among the participants. 


AIMS News 

AIMS/CITIZEN World’s 

Fastest Time Award 

Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea has been awarded 

the AIMS/Citizen World’s Fastest Time Award 

in recognition of his world record breaking 

time of 58:23, set during the Lisbon Half 

Marathon on 21 March 2010. He broke 

Olympic Marathon champion Sammy 

Wanjiru’s mark by 10 seconds. 

AIMS Board member Dave Cundy presented 

Tadese with the award ahead of the recent 

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 

Nanning, China. 

AIMS Marathon 

Museum of Running 

Dr. David Martin has come to Berlin three 

times from Atlanta, Georgia with 80–100 kg 

of luggage destined for the AIMS Marathon 

Museum of Running writes Horst Milde. 

Dr Martin, professor of Sports Medicine at Georgia 

State University in Atlanta, was for years an advisor 

to the US marathon and long-distance runners, and 

is still active as a statistician for AIMS. 

In addition to his medical and research activities at 

the University and his “hobby” of athletics, he has 

authored numerous books, including “The 

Marathon Footrace”, which he wrote with Roger 

Gynn, the comprehensive compendium “The 

Olympic Marathon” with all details of all Olympic 

Marathons since 1896, and together with Peter 

Coe, the father of Sebastian Coe, a book about 

training. 

Over the decades he amassed a great collection of 

running artifacts including medals, souvenirs, 

photos, programmes, result lists, t-shirts, 

newspapers, books, documentary materials, 

correspondence with athletes, officials and 

associations. 

Every time Dr. David Martin arrives with his heavy 

suitcases he unpacks important museum treasures, 

such as a complete documentation of the 

development of the AVON Women’s Run in the 

USA. His donations are greatly appreciated and 

treasured by the AIMS Marathon Museum of 

Running. 


AIMS News 

Hiroaki Chosa given 

IAAF Silver Award of Merit 

At the Athens Classic 

Marathon celebrations of the 

2500th anniversary of the 

Battle of Marathon the 

retiring President of AIMS, 

Hiroaki Chosa, was presented 

with the IAAF Silver Order of 

Merit writes Pat Butcher. The 

Gold award is reserved for 

heads of state. 

IAAF President Lamine Diack, 

attending the 4th AIMS-IAAF 

Marathon Symposium on 30 

October, after the ceremonial 

lighting of the Marathon Flame, took 

advantage of the occasion to present 

the award. 

Now in his 81st year, former middle 

distance runner Chosa has guided 

AIMS for the last 20 years, a time of 

unprecedented growth in AIMS 

membership. A long-serving member 

of several IAAF and Japanese 

federation (JAAF) committees and 

commissions, including his present 

position as a member of the IAAF 

Road Running Commission, Chosa is 

now President of the Tokyo 

Marathon Foundation. The Tokyo 

Marathon, once an elite-only race, 

has in recent years opened its entry 

to everyone, and for the 2011 

edition 335000 applications were 

received for 35,000 places. 

Receiving his award Chosa said “Ten 

thousand words cannot express my 

surprise and pleasure at receiving this 

award from President Diack. I’ve 

always refused this type of award 

from the Japanese government, and 

now I have this award, I can continue 

to refuse.” 

Rick Nealis named US 

Race Director of the Year 

16 November: Marine Corps 

Marathon (MCM) Race Director 

Rick Nealis has been named Race 

Director of the Year by the US 

organisation Road Race 

Management. 

Nealis has directed the MCM for the 

last 18 years, steering it to become the 

fourth largest marathon in the United 

States and the eighth largest in the 

world. On 31 October the 35th MCM 

hosted its largest race field to date 

including 21,942 finishers from all 50 

states and 54 countries. 

“As race director of the Marine Corps 

Marathon, Rick Nealis has done it all” 

said Road Race Management President 

Phil Stewart. “Coordinating eight 

separate law enforcement agencies 

through whose jurisdictions the event 

passes; keeping the paparazzi away 

from Oprah Winfrey for over four-and-ahalf 

hours; his boyish exuberance for 

the event belies his abilities as a master 

tactician who makes the Marine Corps 

proud of the race that serves as the 

organization’s single largest public 

relations event.” 

The 36th Marine Corps 

Marathon will be held on 30 October 

2011. Registration 

opens online on 23 February at 

www.marinemarathon.com. 

IMMDA meeting 

The International Marathon Medical Director's Association met on 4 December 

2010, the day before the Zappos Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon and Half 

Marathon, in the Mandalay Bay Resort . This year's program included presentations 

from different marathons explaining how they provide medical services to their 

races. Apart from sharing experiences there was continuing discussion about sudden 

death in long distance events, an effort to develop a cooperative study and prevent 

such incidences, and a discussion of treatment of heat illness at endurance events. 

The 2011 IMMDA Scientific Meeting will be held in Las Vegas on 3 December 2011. 


IAAF News 

A sea of 

green 

by Bob Ramsak 

IAAF / SINOPEC World Half 

Marathon Championships 

Nanning, China, 16 October 2010 

With its sprawling parks and 

tree-lined streets and 

boulevards, Nanning is known as 

China’s Green City. Fittingly and 

from the outset, the battle at 

the front featured the various 

shades of green found on the 

Kenyan and Ethiopian team 

vests. The city provided 

hothouse conditions, with the 

women facing 69% humidity at 

the start and temperatures that 

climbed rapidly from under 20C 

to well over it. The men, starting 

later, had slightly reduced 

humidity but a slightly higher 

temperature. 

Women: 

After a fierce contest the 2008 

Florence Kiplagat kicked away from winners Ethiopia had to settle for a 

Dire Tune over the final 800m to fourth silver medal finish in the past 

capture an impressive victory. five editions. 

Running in just her second Half 

Marathon, the 23-year-old Kenyan After a kilometre four Kenyans – 

clocked 1:08:24 in hot and humid Kiplagat, Peninah Arusei, Sarah 

conditions to collect her second Chepchirchir, and Joyce Chepkirui – 

global title, adding to her triumph at were just a stride ahead of all five of 

the 2009 World Cross Country Ethiopia’s entrants: Dire Tune, Feyse 

Championships. She had made her Tadese, Fate Tola, Abebech Afework, 

Half Marathon debut only a month and Meseret Mengistu. It was a 

ago, running 1:07:40 in Lille, France. veritable sea of green. A kilometre 

“I wasn’t worried about the time,” she later the only runner in the lead pack 

said, noting the humid conditions. not hailing from east Africa was Nikki 

Kiplagat’s victory propelled Kenya to 

their fourth team title in five years. Continued on page 15 

A sea of green: The training park in Nanning (top of page) and, below, the leading women’s group in the early stages of the race, 

sporting the various shades of green that make up the team colours of Kenya, Ethiopia and Australia 

EXECUTIVES 

Headquarters: 

17 rue Princesse Florestine, MC 98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 93 10 88 88 

Fax: 377 93 15 95 15 

Email: headquarters@iaaf.org 

IAAF President: 

Lamine Diack (SEN) 

IAAF Council: 

Sergey Bubka (UKR) 

Senior Vice President 

Robert Hersh (USA) 

Vice President 

Lord Sebastian Coe (GBR) 


Brigadier Gen. Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) 


Jean Poczobut (FRA) 

Honorary Treasurer 

Pierre Weiss 

General Secretary 

Area Group Representatives: 

Mr William (Bill) Bailey (AUS) 

Oceania Representative 

Mr. Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA) 

South America Representative 

Col. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (CMR) 

Shri Suresh Kalmadi, M.P. (IND) 

Asia Representative 

Mr. Neville McCook (JAM) 

North and Central America 

and Caribbean Representative 

Mr. Hansjörg Wirz (SUI) 

Europe Representative 

Members: 

Valentin Balakhnichev (RUS) 

Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH) 

Prof. Dr. Helmut Digel (GER) 

Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 

Abby Hoffman (CAN) 

Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB) 

Ilkka Kanerva (FIN) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN) 

Chaoyi Luo (CHN) 

César Moreno Bravo (MEX) 

Prof José Maria Odriozola (ESP) 

Jung-Ki Park (KOR) 

Anna Riccardi (ITA) 

Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN) 

General Secretary 

Mr. Pierre Weiss (FRA) 

IAAF Road Running Commission 

Chairman: 

Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA) 

Members: 

David Bedford 

London Marathon, 115 Southwark Street, 

London SE1 0JF, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0200 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Paco Borao (ESP) 

AIMS President 

Carlos Cardoso (POR) 

Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2, 1699 Lisbon, Portugal 

Fax: 351 1 795 4288 

Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt 

Hiroaki Chosa (JPN) 

C/o Japan Association of Athletics Federations 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 

Tokyo 150-8050, Japan 

Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Hugh Jones (GBR) 

AIMS Secretary 

Otto Klappert 

Platanenallee 7, 59425 Unna, Germany 

Fax: 49 2303 21233 

Email: o.klappert@gmx.de 

Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN) 

Pierre Weiss (FRA) 

Mary Wittenberg (USA) 

DIARY DATES 

20 March 2011: 

IAAF World Cross-Country Championships 

Punto Umbria (ESP) 

27 August – 4 September 2011: 

IAAF World Championships in Athletics 

Daegu (KOR) 


IAAF News 

Continued from page 13 

Chapple of Australia, who incidentally, was also 

sporting green. 

The leading ten charged though the first 5km in 

15:53, only the fourth time in these championships 

that the opening split has been under 16 minutes. 

The only change over the next 3km, as the leaders 

passed the 12 Pillars of the impressive Guangxi 

People’s Hall, came at the back, with Chapple 

dropping off the pace and forced into a no man’s 

land, some 20 seconds ahead of the chase pack. 

The pace slowed as the temperature rose with 

10km passed in 32:32, as Chepchirchir dropped 

back. By 15km (48:42) the field was down to just 

four - Kiplagat, Tadese, Tune and Arusei, with Tola 

drifting a few seconds behind and fading with 

every stride. About five minutes later the race 

became a showdown between Kiplagat and Tune. 

Result 

Florence Kiplagat (right) 

celebrates an impressive victory 

MEN: 

1 Wilson KIPROP KEN 1:00:07 

2 Zersenay TADESE ERI 1:00:11 

3 Sammy KITWARA KEN 1:00:22 

4 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 1: 01:03 

5 Samuel TSEGAYE ETH 1:01:03 

6 Titus MASAI KEN 1:01:24 

7 Lelisa DESISA ETH 1:01:28 

8 Birhanu BEKELE ETH 1:01:28 

9 Tomoyo ONISHI JPN 1:01:31 

10 Moses MOSOP KEN 1:01:31 

MEN’S TEAMS: 

1 KEN 3:01:32 

2 ERI 3:03:04 

3 ETH 3:05:26 

4 JPN 3:06:48 

5 RSA 3:09:53 

Tune, a profilic road racer who has run more than a 

dozen marathons, shadowed Kiplagat. Despite 

having run at or near the front throughout, the 

Kenyan clearly looked the stronger of the two. 

Shortly after the pair passed 20km in 1:05:06, 

Kiplagat began to pull away, to break the tape 

unchallenged. 

Tune was pleased with her first medal in 

international competition: “the conditions were not 

good, so I was happy with second” said the 2008 

Boston Marathon winner. Arusei finished third to 

take her first international medal: “I tried three 

times for a medal and this was my day,” she said. 

A three-time winner of the Berlin 25K, at 31 Arusei 

was the veteran on the team. Her 23-second 

margin over Tadese was the key difference in the 

team battle. 

Teenager Chepkirui, who lagged behind in sixth 

for a large portion of the race, moved up a notch 

over the final kilometre to reach the line in just a 

second ahead of Ethiopian Mengistu. Both 

clocked career bests, as did Tola behind them. 

WOMEN: 

1 Florence KIPLAGAT KEN 1:08:24 

2 Dire TUNE ETH 1:08:34 

3 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:09:05 

4 Fayse TADESE ETH 1:09:23 

5 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:09:30 

6 Meseret MENGITU ETH 1:09:31 

7 Fate TOLA ETH 1:09:38 

8 Zhu XIAOLIN CHN 1:11:01 

9 Yoshimi OZAKI JPN 1:11:02 

10 Riyoko KIZAKI JPN 1:11:03 

WOMEN’S TEAMS: 

1 KEN 3:26:59 

2 ETH 3:27:33 

3 JPN 3:33:40 

4 AUS 3:40:14 

5 BRA 3:44:05 

Florence Kiplagat 

(centre) with 

teammates Joyce 

Chepkirui (left) and 

Peninah Arusei 

Men: 

After an epic battle over the final two kilometres, 

Wilson Kiprop of Kenya upset Zersenay Tadese to 

take the men’s title. Kiprop’s victory was the first 

for Kenya at these championships since 2004, and 

ended to Tadese’s four-year reign at this event. “It’s 

great to win, to beat a four-time world champion,” 

said the 23-year-old Kiprop, whose breakout 2010 

season also included the African 10,000m title at 

home in Nairobi. 

The knockout blow didn’t come until the final 

100m when Kiprop, running upright and 

looking forward, forged past Tadese, who 

appeared sluggish in the waning stages 

Continued 

on page 16 

Wilson Kiprop 

raises his arms 

as he crosses 

the finish line 


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after running at or near the front since the outset. 

When he was passed a few strides from the finish 

Tadese came to a near-complete halt and hobbled 

across the finish in 1:00:11 reportedly injured. Just 

behind, Sammy Kitwara and Silas Kipruto secured 

Kenya’s fifth straight men’s team title. 

Kiprop, like Kiplagat, had run just one Half 

Marathon prior to Nanning, an impressive 59:39 

debut also in Lille just one month ago. In Nanning 

he was the picture of experience as, along with 

teammates Kitwara and Kipruto, he kept the 

pressure on Tadese from behind. The men’s contest 

was a bit more packed for the first half, with 15 

men reaching 5km in 14:30. With Tadese at the 

front about a dozen were still in contention at 

10km (28:49). The pace was considerably slower 

than in each of Tadese’s previous victories but still 

well within reach of sub-one-hour territory. 

After another 2km the field was reduced to seven, 

then six. By 15km (42:49) only four were left – 

Tadese, Kipruto, Kitwara and Kiprop. Running sideby-side, 

they had built a seven-second cushion on 

Eritrean Samuel Tsegay and 12 on Kenyan Titus 

Masai. Moses Mosop, the fastest in the field this 

year, was 37 seconds behind the leaders at this 

point and well out of contention. 

With 48 minutes on the clock and the conditions 

taking their toll, Kipruto was the next to go, leaving 

the podium positions all but decided as the 

remaining trio passed the Nanning International 

Convention and Expo Centre. Two minutes later, it 

was just Tadese, still pushing at the front, and 

Kiprop, who was eyeing his adversary’s every move. 

In their final approach towards the finish in the 

city’s large central Wuxiang Square, Kiprop began 

to challenge the Eritrean, briefly moving to the 

front 53 minutes into the race. Tadese responded 

with his own surge, matched by Kiprop. Continuing 

to trade the lead over the last kilometre, Kiprop 

made his final effort with just over 100m to go. 

The team victory was never in doubt, with Kitwara 

and Kiprop closing in Kenya’s scoring trio by fourth 

place. Eritrea, led by Tadese and Tsegay, took team 

silver for the sixth straight year. Lelisa Desisa and 

Birhanu Bekele crossed the line together in seventh 

and eighth, securing the second straight team 

bronze for Ethiopia. 

From left to right: Wilson Kiprop, Sammy Kitwara, 

Titus Masai and Moses Mosop celebrate Kenya 

winning the Men’s Team gold medal 




OCTOBER 

31 

2010 

If there is just one race a Marathon runner 

must do once in their running life it is this 

one, where it all started. No matter that the 

course bears no earthly semblance 

to what it must have been like 

even for the “original” marathon in 

1896, never mind the legendary 

one 25 centuries ago (but see 

Opinion article, p37). It is still the 

one that gave birth to the 

Marathon as a sporting event. 

The 2500th anniversary of the Battle of 

Marathon (bedevilled in its definition, 

like the Millennium, by whether or not 

we count Year Zero) proved to be the occasion on 

which many undertook the pilgrimage. The entry 

opened in March and the 12000 places allocated 

were taken within three weeks (representing a 

threefold increase on the normal size of the race). 

The race is point-to-point; it starts in Marathon and 

finishes in Athens. That means runners take buses 

out to the start line on race morning, knowing that 

they will soon have to do the return journey by 

foot. It reinforces the popular idea of what 

Marathon is – a very long way, a challenge and, 

once completed, an achievement. 

The route is historic, so cannot be changed, and it 

is one of the toughest around, rising several 

hundred metres between 11km and 31km before 

dropping gently down to the finish at 

the Panathenikon Stadium, where the 

first modern Olympic Games were held 

in 1896. 

The first challenge in this anniversary 

event though was to get to the start line, 

as a fleet of hundreds of buses 

disgorged their passengers near the start 

who had to find space to change, hand 

baggage over to the equally large 

number of trucks waiting to transport 

them to the finish line, and then find the correct 

position from which their particular “wave” start 

would edge into position for the off. 

In fact there was a slight adjustment to the course 

for this landmark edition of the race, as the start 

line had to be pushed forward by a few dozen 

metres to make room for the vastly increased 

numbers crowding behind it. An extra turn was 

added in just after 5km to compensate, but the 

possible bunching effect this would have created 

was defused by the staggering of the eight starting 

waves. 

Once under way the early kilometres were easy to 

negotiate, although some runners, trapped in later 

waves, had to battle past large numbers of slower 

starters. The road is half of a highway that now 

follows the same route that 115 years ago was no 

more than a dusty track. The route of legend 

started from somewhere near the 5km point, where 

the modern-day course circumnavigates the tomb of 

the Marathon warriors; they were buried – all 192 

Continued on page 22 

Modern day marathon legends at the Tomb of Marathon, 

from left to right: Stefano Baldini, Joan Benoit Samuelson, 

Rosa Mota, Constantina Dita, Abel Anton and Ron Hill 




of them – close to where they fell on the 

battlefield. 

A little after looping around the site of the tomb 

and rejoining the 1896 route, the road starts to 

become built-up, with shops, gas stations, 

restaurants and houses. Crowd support here was 

good, with children offering runners olive sprigs 

that many accepted and carried with them right 

through to the finish. What greater contrast could 

there be than with a battle-scarred soldier throwing 

down the sword and stumbling back to base with 

news of the victory? 

But it was probably not like that at all – according 

to some research (see Opinion article, p37). There 

could have been 11000 battle-scarred warriors 

embarking on a far more urgent mission of 

circumventing a second Persian attack. This bundle 

of historical possibilities is what brings us - the 

present-day 11000 - to the task of slogging up the 

hill towards Athens, but with far less urgency. 

On the Friday evening before the race a huge 

public celebration of the 2500th Anniversary of 

the Battle of Marathon was held outside the 

Zappeon Megaron, which was the athletes’ Olympic 

village in 1896, and which now houses the 

marathon expo. A film was shown featuring a 

reconstruction of the legendary soldier-messenger 

stumbling towards Athens: climbing up over grassy 

heights, fighting through forest undergrowth and 

splashing through muddy puddles. It was far from 

the sight we presented – clad in our multicoloured 

lightweight technical running strip, and running 

along a smooth strip of asphalt. The tough 

gradients have been levelled out, not just since the 

days of the battle but also since the first Olympic 

Marathon, along that dusty road. 

Physically, what we were trying to do did not really 

bear comparison. But the beauty of the Marathon 

is that it transcends these comparisons. A 

Marathon is a Marathon – whether in 490BC or 

2010, whether in Athens or in Antarctica, whether 

uphill or down. It gives us something in common, 

and 11000 people turned out in this race to testify 

to that effect. 

And we made it up the hill. Running, struggling or 

walking, after cresting the peak at 31km the gentle 

downhill gradient gave us all impetus, even though 

we were fading. It was only with 3km to go that 

the certainty of finishing allowed the sense of 

celebration to start taking effect. The final 

kilometre, downhill beside the park with crowds 

gathering and becoming noisy in their 

encouragement, was one of the most memorable 

that anyone could ever run. 

Entering the grand marble stadium, we had 100m 

to run. We savoured every step, imagining ourselves 

being escorted by royalty like the original Olympic 

winner Spiridon Louis – but never with any doubt 

that we would live to tell the tale. 

Running this race was a privileged experience, but 

those who did not make it to the Marathon start 

line this year have another chance: factor in Year 

Zero and the 2500th anniversary falls in 2011. 

Book your place in the race on 13 November 2011 

when the race entry opens on 1 March - or wait 

another few centuries. 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Raymond BETT KEN 2:12:40 

2 Jonathon KIPKORIR KEN 2:14:05 

3 Edwin KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:21 

4 Henryk SZOST KEN 2:15:28 

5 Radoslav GARDZIELEWSKI POL 2:15:45 

6 Francesco BONA ITA 2:16:49 

7 Robert MWANGI KEN 2:17:04 

8 Michal KAZMAREK POL 2:17:19 

9 Paulo Joao DE SOUZA BRA 2:18:33 

10 Moulai SLINAME 2:18:36 

WOMEN 

1 Rasa DRAZDAUSKAITE LIT 2:31:06 

2 Olga GLOK RUS 2:33:51 

3 Svitlana STANKO UKR 2:38:59 

4 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:40:25 

5 Kefala KONSTANTINA GRE 2:40:36 

6 Irina MASHKANTSEVA RUS 2:41:04 

7 Irina PERMITTINA RUS 2:42:03 

8 Oksana TEPLYKH RUS 2:44:12 

9 Magda KARIMALI GRE 2:44:58 

10 Magdalini GAZEA GRE 2:47:19 




NOVEMBER 

7 

2010 

Aport 

that calls 

There are many ports in the world, but 

probably only one has the confidence to call 

itself just that: “the Port” or “o Porto”. As 

the greatest seafaring nation the world has 

ever seen, who could deny such a right to the 

Portuguese, with the very word contained in 

the name of their country? 

The Porto Marathon showcases the port, although 

nowadays it is more a scenic tour of the Douro 

estuary. Serious trade here is conducted differently 

today, and there is no dockside bustle to encroach 

upon the 15km point of the course, where it passes 

by the old customs building. The Port Wine 

industry, still thriving, has found alternative means 

of exporting than the leisurely cruise down the 

Douro River before transhipment to the dinner 

tables of the world’s capital cities. 

local meat and vegetables supplied from a fertile 

hinterland. All washed down with unfussy local 

wines - but start and finish are defined by the Port. 

And The Port defines the Marathon. The race starts 

on the fringes of the city centre, because the centre 

itself is about as mountainous as any major city 

can be. The Marathon does well to avoid it. So on 

what seemed would be a dull and drizzly morning 

runners negotiated a switchback first kilometre 

before the course turns westward along Boavista 

boulevard and gently declines to meet the Atlantic 

Ocean, That makes for some fast early kilometres, 

during which runners pass by the finish area after 

about 6km. They hit the seafront at 7km and 

perform a short out-back section to the north, the 

turning point of which is marked by a sculpture, 

suspended above a roundabout and on an heroic 

scale, of a fishing net about to be cast. 

pace was still fast, before runners turned into the 

steep-sided and more sheltered Douro estuary to 

begin a tour of the city’s World Heritage 

waterfront. 

With 14km on the clock runners pass under the 

high-level bridge, before running landward of the 

old customs building at 15km. The city is now up 

above, apart from the old waterfront warehouses, 

and runners pass under a tunnel before emerging 

back on the riverside to cross the to the south side 

of the Douro by a low-level bridge. The following 

out-back section, westwards towards the Atlantic 

along a narrow road at the foot of the steep 

riverbank, is marked with a turn at the half 

marathon point. Runners retrace their steps back 

over the low level bridge to the north side, but then 

turn eastward, further upriver, to another turn point 

at 28.5km. 

Before – or after – runners do their deed they 

should find time to taste the local speciality that 

has made such an impact on the rest of the world. 

For centuries, treaties of conquest and trade were 

sealed over an after-dinner glass of Port. To visitors, 

Porto offers the same, or a White Port alternative as 

an aperitif, and in between the two a huge range 

of gastronomic treats: seafood and fish, but also 

As the lead runners reached the Ocean front, the 

sky cleared and the sun beamed through the 

parting clouds. They then turned and ran south, 

passing fortresses to the seaward side, now left 

guarding the coast from nothing more daunting 

than an army of windsurfers. The prevailing wind is 

from behind along this section, so at 10km the 

This part of the course is serene; the lazy river 

spreads out, threading its way through sandbanks, 

and fishermen cast their lines from the 

embankment. Runners may also still feel relaxed, 

before turning back towards the Atlantic. Apart 





from the first 7km and the last 1500m the course 

is flat, but there is now a psychological gradient to 

be faced in running back towards the Ocean. 

Reaching there at around 36km there is likely to be 

a headwind. The sting in the tail, after 7km of easy 

descent and 30km of a flat, scenic course, is a bit 

of headwind and a climb over the final 1500m. 

Forewarned, you can plan for it, and save some 

effort for the last few kilometres. 

It’s well worth it. Turning off the Boavista 

boulevard down which you descended two, three or 

four hours earlier you hug the periphery of the City 

park, and turn on to level ground for the final 

100m red carpet finish. Even if you are unable to 

raise your pace, you may well be going faster than 

the fun runners that are finishing alongside. 

The race is only seven years old and has grown 

from an initial 250 runners to this year’s total of 

over a thousand. It is now Portugal’s largest 

Marathon, with most of the increase in numbers 

coming in the last three years. Budget airlines are 

now operating into Porto’s impressive new airport 

and increasing the number of their destinations all 

over Europe, but the marathon’s trajectory of 

growth is consistent with the effect of word of 

mouth reporting. Runners go back home and tell 

friends about the quality of the event, and the 

experience, and they come to see for themselves. 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Alex KIRUI KEN 2:14:25 

2 Paulo GOMES POR 2:15:09 

3 Anthony NDUNGU KEN 2:15:39 

4 Kimutai KETER KEN 2:19:03 

5 Talam KIPSANG KEN 2:20:54 

6 Bedada TOLA ETH 2:23:55 

7 Antonio FERNANDES POR 2:24:25 

8 Luis SILVA POR 2:24:53 

9 Thomas KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:25:57 

10 Gil FERREIRA POR 2:26:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Beatrice TOROITICH KEN 2:37:49 

2 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:51:44 

3 Lidia PEREIRA POR 2:56:51 

4 Samantha WOODWARD GBR 3:09:36 

5 Susana SIMOES POR 3:14:28 





NOVEMBER 

28 

2010 

Running 

renaissance 

The 27th edition was run on a new course, 

perfectly styled to clock up better times, but 

on race day Florence woke up to bitterly cold 

weather. Icy rain made everyone’s life 

difficult. 

A 22 year-old Ethiopian running his first marathon, 

Tolesa Tadese Aredo, won after a breathtaking 

neck and neck finish with his fellow countryman 

Gelana Teshome. The time reflected the adverse 

weather conditions. It was the first time that an 

Ethiopian had won, and this year it was practically 

a “grand slam” for them, with the first three places 

in the men’s race and Firewot Dado and Meseret 

Mengistu taking the top two places in the women’s. 

The only record was achieved by a MarathonAble 

competitor (the race for differently-abled athletes 

organized by the Florence Spinal Unit Sports 

Group). Paolo Cecchetto finished in 1:18:35 with 

his handcycle. Unfortunately ex-Formula1 

driver Alex Zanardi, competing for the first 

time in Florence, lost a wheel at 32km and 

had to withdraw. 

It must have been the miserable weather conditions 

that decimated the number of participants at the 

last minute. There were 8499 athletes closed in 

their gate areas at the start in Viale Michelangelo, 

and 7773 who crossed the finishing line (6598 

men and 1175 women). The Mayor of Florence, 

Matteo Renzi, finished his first marathon in the 

respectable time of 4:42:31, exhausted but 

satisfied that he had fulfilled his promise to run. 

The Florence Marathon, over its 27 years, has 

become a sporting event with worldwide appeal. 

This year participants came from a record 62 

countries. The field included 7543 Italians, 570 

French, 321 British, 282 Germans, and others from 

as far afield as South Africa, Australia, New 

Zealand, Japan, the US and the Faroe Islands. What 

made these athletes come to run in Florence on a 

bitter wintry Sunday, defying the cold and the rain? 

We asked Francesco, 35, a local with a passion for 

running. “It’s because we like to run together with 

lots of other people, all of us with a passion for the 

marathon. This year we can consider ourselves real 

“heroes”. To run in these weather conditions was 

really trying. In the second half I suffered from 

cramps but managed to finish, and that was my 

objective. It is very emotional for a Florentine, to 

run in Florence, but I was twice as happy because 

friends and running partners were impressed with 

the new route that takes us by the world-renowned 

sights of the city. We really appreciated the 

welcome we received along the route, as people 

along the road clapped and encouraged us. This 

Marathon Sunday was a holiday for everyone, and 

if traffic had to come to a halt for a half a day, 

never mind! It’s good for everyone. And it was fun 

preparing for the Marathon that takes months. You 

can‘t just improvise, you have to follow charts, 

objectives, follow a diet. It takes some sacrifice, but 

if you go into it with the right spirit it’s much 

easier. To go home from work, change, put on 

sweat shirt, shorts and running shoes, and go 

running for a couple of hours is not always 

something we feel like doing, but this passion 

makes us do it. Next year I’ll start preparing for my 





Result 

MEN: 

1 Tolesa TADESE ETH 2:12:41 

2 Teshome GELANA ETH 2:12:41 

3 Bane TOLA ETH 2:13:30 

4 Benedict WHITBY GBR 2:15:09 

5 Tariku JIFAR ETH 2:18:06 

6 Tom BEDFORD GBR 2:19:30 

7 John HUTCHINS ITA 2:21:51 

8 Paolo NATALI ITA 2:22:59 

9 Kristian ALGERS GBR 2:23:14 

10 Ebisa MERGA ETH 2:23:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Firewot DADO ETH 2:28:58 

2 Meseret MENGISTU ETH 2:30:45 

3 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:36:42 

4 Anna Brigitta VON SCHENK SWE 2:40:28 

5 Marcella MANCINA ITA 2:44:00 

6 Veronica VANNUCCI ITA 2:44:22 

7 Barbara MOLNAR HUN 2:47:10 

8 Fiona CLARK GBR 2:48:25 

9 Roberta FERRU ITA 2:52:55 

10 Elena CASARO ITA 2:53:40 

fifth Florence Marathon, I can’t miss it. Thanks 

indeed to all the organization that was perfect from 

every point of view, I just hope that next year it 

won’t be so cold!” 

Florence Marathon is also a “mass media” event, 

and not only with the mainstream media but also 

because people were cramming Facebook social 

network with their comments. 

Samuele, a Tuscan from Lammari (Lucca) said “It 

was a wonderful day, except for the cold and the 

rain. My personal record for my second marathon 

was 3:50. Thanks to all the volunteers, organizers 

and spectators.” 

Francesco, 41 said: “I’ll never forget this day. It was 

my first marathon, I did it in 3:42, and during the 

stretch in the centre of Florence, from Piazza SS 

Annunziata to the Cathedral, I was so 

moved that tears of happiness were 

streaming down my face, mixing with 

the raindrops. Thank you Florence, 

and thanks to the organizers.” 

Alessio, from Florence, is a sportsman, 

and even though he did not make it 

to the finish he was still quite moved. 

“I withdrew after 2:19:22 at 22km on 

account of pain in my knee and 

exhaustion, but I’ll do it again next 

year. I bettered my time by 8 

minutes, but it was a shame it was 

windy and rainy. See you next year, in 

the Florence Marathon 2011.!” 

Patrick, from Lidingo in Sweden, was happy about 

his time, in spite of the weather. “Thanks for a 

great race! Managed to set a new PB by 9 minutes 

- 3:15:40. Not too bad for a rainy Sunday morning.” 

Lots of applause is due to the 1700 volunteers, 

who are fundamental to the success of the race. 

Mario from Palermo said: “Thanks to all the 

volunteers, you were great!” Laura, from Florence 

didn’t run the marathon this time, but is a fan and 

said “Well done! I was so happy for you. It’s true 

that it’s difficult to understand and share the 

emotion if you’re not running! Continue the same 

way, and do even better next time.” 

The next appointment with Florence Marathon will 

be on Sunday, 27 November 2011, yet another 

emotional journey through 42 kilometres and 195 

metres. 


Opinion 

Looking 

back over 

Celebrations of the 25th century anniversary of the 

Battle of Marathon have ignored the astounding story 

of the first ever mass Marathon, argues Paul Anastasi. 

2500 

years 

Above: Painting of Pheidippides by Luc-Olivier Merson (1869) 

Below: A modern day illustration by Richard Hook showing 

hoplite army runners arriving, exhausted, at the Herakleion 

military camp on Kynosargus Hill in Athens 

On 31 October Athens staged its 

largest ever international Marathon 

race in tribute to the 25th century 

anniversary of the Battle of Marathon 

and original Marathon Run. Both 

these events were of long-lasting 

political and cultural significance for 

the democratic world. In modern 

times they provided the inspiration 

for the establishment of the popular 

Marathon Race. 

This inspiration has arisen from the 

dubious historical claim that there 

was an ancient solo runner who 

supposedly died of exhaustion after delivering the 

message of victory over the invading Persian 

empire. The truth is more inspiring. Tribute should 

be paid to those who really staged the 42km feat – 

in fact more like 45km – namely the 11,000 

soldiers who, after a fierce battle and loss of 

comrades at Marathon, actually did make a heroic 

mass run back to Athens. This was a run more real, 

meaningful and spectacular than the legendary but 

accepted tale of the solo runner. In doing so, they 

saved the ancient city state from a second attack 

and capture on that same day and helped protect 

the subsequent evolution of Athenian and global 

democracy. 

European romantics, historians and sports writers 

have played a key role in developing the myth of the 

single runner. However important a source of 

inspiration that legend has proved to be, in doing so 

they have failed to give credit where it is really due. 

History and Myth 

The marathon race, the dramatic, closing event to 

every Olympic Games and now a spectacle staged 

annually in more than 700 cities around the world, 

was inspired by two parallel running feats of 

endurance that purportedly took place before and 

after the famous battle in 490 BC. About a week 

before the battle a runner called Philipides or 

Pheidippides (both names have been used in 

ancient texts) is said to have run a total of about 

500km to Sparta and back in two days to try to 

raise military support for Athens against the 

invading forces of the largest Empire the world had 

ever known. That run is commemorated nowadays 

by the ‘Spartathlon’, a run from Athens to Sparta, 

which covers only the first half of the course that 

Pheidippides supposedly ran. 

Modern writers also claim that the same runner, or 

someone like him, ran the 26 miles (42km) from 

the Marathon battlefield to the city to announce 

the unexpected victory over the Persians, and then 

died of exhaustion after crying out “Rejoice, we 

won!” It is this legend which, 24 centuries after the 

battle, inspired French and British historians, artists 

and romantics to pursue the establishment of the 

Marathon Race at the first Olympics of 1896 in 

Athens. It has since swept the world, with major, 

high-profile races taking place every year in such 

cities as Boston, New York, London, Berlin and 

Tokyo, embracing all continents and even inspiring 

such events as the North Pole Marathon. 

However emotional and inspiring such stories are I 

am convinced neither of these two long-distance 

runs took place – nor could there have 

been any tactical logic in attempting 

them. In both cases – the mission to 

mobilize Spartan help and the delivery 

of news of victory at Marathon – it 

would have been irrational and 

potentially disastrous for an invaded 

city-state to rely on a solitary runner. 

Both missions must have been carried 

out more safely and effectively by a 

team of horsemen, along with the welltested 

military signals of the time 

(smoke signals and sunray deflections 

from shields or concave objects). 

What took place in terms of running was 

something far more necessary and 

admirable. It was clearly recorded by 

Herodotus, the ancient thinker and 

traveler generally referred to as ‘the 

inventor of the writing of history’, who 

was the only almost original source on 

the Greco-Persian wars. But for some 

inexplicable reason this running feat has 

been almost totally ignored by modern 

historians and writers. 

Herodotus wrote that there was a 

marathon run by 11,000 armed, 

exhausted but emotionally charged 

Greek hoplites or foot-soldiers (10,000 


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Opinion 


Athenians and 1,000 Platean 

allies). This was no mission to 

deliver a message but a real 

life-or-death race between the 

battle-scarred soldiers and the 

Persian fleet. The battle had 

not ended and the soldiers, with 

their armour and clothes soaked 

in blood, sweat and tears, ran “as 

fast as their feet could carry 

them” about 45km back to 

their Herakleion military camp 

at Kynosargus hill in Neos 

Kosmos. From here they could 

overlook the beaches of Athens’ 

Phaleron Bay, where the second 

Persian attack was expected. 

They won the race. They arrived 

in Athens before the Persians 

got there and could land 

soldiers and horses at the 

doorstep of the city. The Battle 

of Athens in 490 BC was won by military means in 

its first half, and by a race in its second and final 

part. This is the only mass race of global 

significance recorded in history, and makes perfect 

sense (unlike the solo Sparta or Marathon runs). 

The military goal of the Persian invaders, after a 

three-month conquering sweep across the Aegean 

Sea, were not the empty fields, shores and deadly 

swamps of Marathon. It was to capture Athens and 

The European 

interpretation 

Ancient Greek pottery depicting an 

Athenian archer on horseback, above, 

and, below, armour-bearing hoplites 

then nearby Corinth and Sparta, 

the only Greek states which 

continued to reject the Persian 

ultimatum and blocked the 

empire from entering the 

European continent. (The 

Greek city states of Eretria and 

Karystos on the nearby 

landmass of Evia had been 

destroyed and their people 

enslaved only shortly before the 

Persian pincer attack on 

Marathon and Athens). 

Herodotus’ reference 

to the alleged 

500km solo run 

to Sparta and 

back reads like 

one of his more 

colourful fairy 

tales. The run, 

over very rough 

and dangerous 

territory, was 

equivalent to 12 continuous 

marathons, and based on 

accounts by elderly survivors who 

spoke to the historian some 45 

years after the battle. Resorting 

to the supernatural to convince 

his audiences of the superhuman 

character of this alleged feat, 

Herodotus wrote that as the 

runner was about to collapse 

Left: Le Soldat de Marathon, by Jean-Pierre 

Scortot. Right: Second century AD Assyrian satirist 

Lucian of Samosata. Below: Michel Bréal, who 

insisted that the Marathon be included in the first 

modern Olympics held in 1896 in Athens 

Ancient Greek historian Herodotus 

and give up at the start of his return trip, after 

gaining only a vague promise of support from the 

Spartans, the half-goat, half-human pagan god Pan 

appeared to him from the sky. Pan demanded that 

in return for giving him strength to complete the 

run, Pheidippides would persuade the Athenians to 

have Pan worshipped equally along with the other 

gods. 

Similarly, when the Persian fleet was making a 

second encircling attack directly on Athens, despite 

having been repelled at Marathon a few hours 

earlier, it made no sense to send a solitary 

‘Marathon runner’ back to the city to 

announce an inconclusive victory. The 

battle-weary soldiers were the real 

Marathon runners, rushing back to 

the second front. They completed 

the victory by blocking the Persians’ 

second landing and their southern 

entry to the European continent. 

Confronted by the unexpected sight 

of the Athenian army back in 

position in Athens, Herodotus 

explains that the invaders were 

forced to sail away. 

■ Paul Anastasi was the 

founder and director of the 

International Media 

Department of the City of 

Athens for the Athens 

2004 Olympic Games and 

is author of the book 

Marathon Mysteries. 

The solo runner myth can be traced to the 

witty political writings of Lucian in 

the mid-second century AD - 

more than six centuries 

after the battle. He 

mentioned 

Philipides as a 

runner who 

delivered 

the 

message 

from Marathon, but 

he did so within a non-historical context, 

poking fun at the politicians and serious 

writers of his day in a short work which 

translates: On those who fell while 

presenting a message of greeting. 

The story is only picked up again at Greek 

independence, after liberation from Ottoman 

rule with the help of the Western powers. The 

decisive military confrontation was the 

destruction of the Turkish fleet in 1827 at 

Navarino Bay by a combined British-French- 

Russian fleet led by Admiral Sir Edward 

Codrington. The liberation of Greece was a 

passion in the European period of 

Enlightenment, in Britain in particular both for 

strategic reasons and because of the heroic 

involvement and death of Lord Byron in the 

Greek liberation struggle. Everything Greek was 

almost automatically linked to Ancient Greece 

and virtually deified. 

Soon after Greek independence in 

1830 French sculptor Jean-Pierre 

Scortot built his famous statue 

called Le Soldat de Marathon, 

erected in 1834 in the Tuilleries 

Gardens of Paris. That, and the 

growing philhellenic legends 

of those decades, also inspired 

the popular poem on the 

alleged solo Marathon run by 

British poet Robert 

Browning, written in 

1879 and entitled Pheidippides. 

The campaign to establish 

the modern Olympic Games 

started only a few years 

later, spearheaded by 

Baron Pierre de 

Coubertin and his friend 

Michel Bréal. Breal 

insisted that the 

Marathon be included 

in the first modern 

Olympics held in 1896 

in Athens. His advocacy 

was based on legend 

and romantic enthusiasm 

rather than historical 

precedent, since the 

ancient Olympic Games that 

started in 776 BC never 

included anything remotely 

similar to a marathon. 

Yet the race has since 

become the final, 

dramatic contest at 

the end of every 

modern Olympiad 

and a popular mass 

participation event 

all over the world. 

The creation of the 

Pheidippides 

Marathon running 

myth can be traced 

from the 18th Century, 

but there is nothing that 

can be taken seriously about 

it from ancient texts. 


IAU News 

24th IAU 100km World and European 

Championships, Gibraltar 

7 November 2010 

Gibraltar, with a population of 

30,000, is one of the newest IAU 

members but this was already 

the second major IAU 

championship it has hosted in as 

many years. Over 180 athletes 

representing 30 nations 

participated. Race day 

temperatures were ideal in the 

mid-teens Celsius. The race was 

run over 19 5km laps, with start 

and finish sections 

Shinji Nakadai ran a cautious race, 

only taking the lead after 87km. 

Michael Wardian looked strong for 

most of the race but European 

Champion Jonas Buud, in the chasing 

group, tracked the leaders and moved 

up to join them at 75km before 

Nakadai made his move. “Buud's 

pace was very good, and I decided to 

follow him” said Nakadai after the 

race. Buud retained his silver medal 

Monica Carlin, Ellie Greenwood and Lizzy Hawker 

position while for Wardian it was his 

third consecutive bronze medal finish 

in as many IAU races. 

Trail specialist Ellie Greenwood 

proved herself on the roads in this 

race, after battling with pre-race 

favourite, teammate and former world 

champion Lizzy Hawker for most of 

the race. “I passed through 50km at 

about 3:34 but by 55km my 

hamstrings were really a problem” 

she said. “I visited the physio table 

and my legs then felt better, but 

despite consistently taking on calories 

by 70km I felt I just didn’t have the 

energy and was struggling mentally 

with the thought of six more laps. I 

continued to run simply for the GBR 

team as we only had three entered, 

so none of us could drop out. With 

25km to go I got my second wind. 

With 15km to go I was gaining on 

Monica [Carlin] and Lizzy and 

overtook them both in 

quite quick succession on 

the penultimate loop. 

Then I pushed the pace a 

bit to avoid a sprint 

finish.” 

A Masters event was held 

concurrently, in 

collaboration with the 

World Masters Association, 

with medals awarded in 5- 

year age groups. 

Jonas Buud, Shinji Nakadai 

And Michael Wardian 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Shinji NAKADAI JPN 6:43:44 

2 Jonas BUUD SWE 6:47:40 

3 Michael WARDIAN USA 6:49:18 

4 Noriyuki ARAKI JPN 6:50:00 

5 Oleksandr HOLOVNYTSKY UKR 6:51:03 

TEAMS: 

1 JPN 20:32:21 

2 USA 20:46:04 

3 FRA 21:05:52 

4 GBR 21:37:25 

5 GER 22:04:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Ellie GREENWOOD GBR 7:29:05 

2 Monica CARLIN ITA 7:30:50 

3 Lizzy HAWKER GBR 7:33:26 

4 Gloria VINSTEDT SWE 7:37:06 

5 Meghan ARBOGAST USA 7:46:01 

TEAMS: 

1 GBR 23:16:54 

2 ITA 23:47:11 

3 JPN 24:00:22 

4 RUS 24:39:47 

5 GER 24:40:49 

EXECUTIVES 

President: Dirk Strumane (BEL) 

Vice President: Norman Wilson (GBR) 

Secretary: Hilary Walker (GBR) 

Director of Communications: 

Nadeem Khan (CAN) 

Director of Competition: 

Liesbeth Jansen (NED) 

Director of Marketing & Protocol: 

Roger Bonnifait (FRA) 

Director of Organizations: 

Jan Vandendriessche (BEL) 

Africa & Oceania Representative: 

James Evans (RSA) 

Americas Representative: Roy Pirrung (USA) 

Asia Representative: Souhei Kobayashi (JPN) 

Europe Representative: Stefano Scevaroli (ITA) 

For more information contact: 

Nadeem Khan 

IAU Director of Communications 

nadeem.khan@iau-ultramarathon.org 

www.iau-ultramartathon.org 

DIARY DATES 

The 24 Hour World & European Championships 

scheduled for 25-26 June in Brugg, (SUI) has 

been CANCELLED. An alternative date and venue 

is being sought. 

10 July 2011: 

World Trail Challenge, Connemara (IRL) 

20 August 2011: 

50km World Trophy Final, Assen (NED) 

10 September 2011: 

100km World & European Championships, 

Winschoten (NED) 

23-25 September 2011: 

2nd Commonwealth Championship in Mountain 

and Ultradistance Running*, Conwy (GBR) 

To be confirmed: 

24 Hour World Championships. 

*The Commonwealth Championships 

will consist of: 

1) 24 Hour race, Men/Women 

2) Up and Down Mountain Running: 

12km Men/8km Women 

3) Trail Running 50-56km, Men/Women 

From down 

under to on top 

Martin Fryer, a veteran ultramarathoner 

from Australia, performed a record 

breaking feat in the first event of the 

inaugural Commonwealth Mountain and 

Ultradistance Running Championships in 

Keswick (GBR) last year, by covering 

255.934km in the 24-hour event. 

Fryer has previously competed for Australia in 

World 24 hr Challenges in Taipei (2006) 

Drummondville (2007) and Seoul (2008). He 

started started running at a very early age, to the 

beach and back with his father for early morning 

swims. He says: “Now I have the joy of sharing 

running with my own 14-year old son.” 

Fryer ran his first ultra in 1997, a 45km trail 

ultramarathon through the Blue Mountains, west 

of Sydney. “Like everyone I vowed never to do one 

again but the event was a transformational 

experience”. In Seoul he ran 247km so “it was a 

natural goal to aim for 250km plus at Keswick. 

Conditions there were excellent and I was able to 

break this barrier with time to spare.”. The 24 

Hour event is mind over matter : Fryer ran more 

than six marathons in one day. “I run my own 

race and only consider “racing” aspects in the last 

3 or 4 hours when it really counts. Since I ran at 

the Surgères 48h earlier in the year I consider the 

24-hour race as a “speed” event.” 

The Commonwealth event 

brought together two offshoots 

of mainstream athletics, 

ultrarunning and mountain 

running. “Runners developed 

an increased mutual respect for 

what it takes to compete in the 

other side of the sport after 

watching the performances in 

the Mountain and ultrarunning 

races,” said Fryer. Like many in 

the ultrarunning and mountain 

running world, Fryer holds a 

day job and trains when he 

can. He works as regulatory 

toxicologist for the 

Therapeutics Goods 

Administration (TGA). “I do my first run of the day 

around sunrise” said Fryer. ”The second is either at 

lunchtime or I run commute home with a small 

backpack.” His training regimen averages 90- 

140km a week with one easy 30-50 km run, a 

faster 20 km run and a fartlek session for speed. 

He competes in occasional mountain running 

races to increase his VO2 max. “My long-term goal 

is to run for life; stay injury-free and enjoy my 

running for as many years as 

possible.” 

Martin Fryer 

Australia is taking the 

ultrarunning world by storm with 

the women’s team recently 

finishing third at the IAU 24 

Hour World Championship. 

“There has been a boom in ultra 

participation in Australia, 

particularly for trail events,” 

explained Fryer “but we also lure 

some of our best runners to the 

track.” Fryer added, “My second 

long-term goal is to expand my 

coaching and mentoring and 

help promote the sport to people 

from all sorts of backgrounds.” 


IAU News 

Through the heartland of Ontario 

Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, caters to more than five hundred ultrarunning enthusiasts with the 12 events 

of the Ontario Running Series – but for some that is not enough. Charlotte Vasarhelyi prefers to embrace the varied terrain 

that is available in the vast province, and embarked on a personal two-week journey in the summer of 2010. 

Having represented Canada at five 

24hour World Championships 

Vasarhelyi has held records over 

several courses in North America, the 

latest of which was for the 896km 

Bruce Trail, stretching along the edge 

of the Niagara escarpment. She 

took13 days, 10 hours and 51 

minutes knocking nearly a full day off 

the old record. 

It was a journey of self-discovery: “I 

wanted to use this journey to learn 

and grow, to become a better person” 

she said. “I had dreamed of it for over 

a decade, having hiked and run the 

trail most of my adult life.” 

“I planned to use the same 45 

running stages that we used for the 

Blaze (relay speed record in 2009). 

Crew access and restocking was done 

at the end of each section, roughly 

22-24 km average. The original plan 

was to cover the distance in 11 days. 

At the end of day 4 and going into 

day 5, I abandoned this plan as I 

found crew access was needed more 

regularly for restocking and total 

mileage per day changed at that 

point. From day 5 we continuously 

planned and adjusted crew access 

areas and ran for most daylight 

hours, only running short sections in 

the dark. I averaged about 14-15 

hours per day. We synchronized our 

watches at the start in Tobermory 

and for the start and finish of each 

stage and logged every pit stop.” 

In preparation, Vasarhelyi said, “I ran 

a minimum of 100 miles a week in 

the 12 months leading up to the 

event, and even had a few weeks at 

150 miles. I also entered races, 

knowing that it would be very 

challenging and anticipating I would 

rank poorly – but the purpose was to 

build mental and emotional 

strength.” 

Coming off this epic run, Vasarhelyi 

aspires to run over 100km at a 24- 

hour event and to break 18 hours for 

100 miles. She is also planning 

another end-to-end trail run. 


Calendar of events 

2011 

January 

DATE RACE PAGE 

1 Neujahrsmarathon Zurich M SUI 90 

2 Xiamen Int’l Marathon M CHN 82 

6 Tiberias Marathon M ISR 86 

6 Zayed Int’l Half Marathon H UAE 90 

9 Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half-Marathon Championships H HKG 84 

16 Bahamas Marathon M BAH 82 

16 China Coast Marathon & Half M,H HKG 84 

16 Kinmen Marathon M,H TPE 82 

16 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon M IND 86 

20 Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km R BRA 82 

21 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon M UAE 90 

23 Maui Ocean Front Marathon & Half M,H USA 90 

23 Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon M THA 90 

23 Maraton Int’l de Culiacan M MEX 88 

23 Mitja Marato Int’l Santa Pola M ESP 90 

23 Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon M TPE 82 

23 Vadodara Half Marathon H IND 86 

28 18th Egyptian Marathon M,H EGY 84 

30 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon M JPN 86 

30 Marathon Int’l de Marrakech M,H MAR 88 

February 


6 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon M JPN 86 

6 Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon H JPN 86 

13 Seville City Marathon M ESP 90 

18 RAK Half Marathon H UAE 4 

20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon M JPN 86 

20 Limassol Marathon G.S.O. M CYP 6 

20 Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon M TPE 82 

20 Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race (&10km) R JPN 86 

20 Standard Chartered 

Hong Kong Marathon M HKG 84 

21 Sahara Marathon M ALG 82 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 

27 Kilimanjaro Marathon M TAN 90 

27 World’s Best 10k Road Race R PUR 88 

27 Giuseppe Verdi Country Marathon M ITA 86 

27 Marizburg Marathon and Half M,H RSA 88 

27 São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon H BRA 82 

27 Seychelles Eco-Healing Marathon M SEY 90 

27 Tokyo Marathon M JPN 86 

28 Antarctica Marathon & Half M,H ATA 82 


March 


6 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon H ITA 86 

6 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon M JPN 86 

6 Marato de Barcelona M ESP 90 

6 Maraton LaLa Int’l M MEX 88 

6-12 Sahara 100k Challenge Race U TUN 17 


6 Semi Marathon de Paris H FRA 84 

13 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon M JPN 86 

20 IAAF World Cross Country 

Championships – Punto Umbria C ESP 13 

20 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon H POR 8 

20 Maratona di Roma M ITA 12 

20 Monaco Run R MON 88 

20 Seoul Int’l Marathon M KOR 86 

20 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon M FLK 10 

25 Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k M,H,R ISR 6 

27 Bratislava City Marathon M,H SVK 16 

KEY 

= MYLAPS Sports Timing Featured Race 

M Marathon 

U Ultradistance 

H Half Marathon C Cross Country 

R Road Race 

88 Page number – 

MR Mountain Run 

Please use these as an 

index for race details. 

IAAF races are highlighted in red 

IMPORTANT: At the time of publication, the above dates were 

believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly with race 

organisers prior to booking arrangements. 

RACE DIRECTORS: To correct current contact information and race 

dates please send details to: update@aimsworldrunning.org 

46 Distance Running | January – March 2011 

27 Costa Rica Int’l Marathon & Half M,H CRC 11 

27 Ferraramarathon M ITA 86 

27 Incheon Int’l Half Marathon H KOR 86 

27 Novi Sad Half Marathon H SRB 6 

27 Punta Cana Half Marathon & 10k H,R DOM 84 

27 Treviso Marathon M ITA 86 

Egyptian Red Sea Marathon & Half M,H EGY 84 

April 


2 Hervis Prague Half Marathon H CZE 31 

3 mds – Maratón de Santiago M CHI 20 

3 Medio Maraton de Madrid H ESP 28 

3 Poznan Half Marathon H POL 88 

3 Semi Marathon Int’l de Rabat H MAR 88 

3 Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon H GER 23 

7 North Pole Marathon M NPO 88 


8 Dead Sea Ultramarathon U JOR 86 

8 Tel Aviv Marathon M ISR 86 

10 ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam M NED 88 

10 Canberra Marathon M AUS 82 

10 Daegu Int’l Marathon M KOR 86 

10 Milano City Marathon M ITA 26 

10 Paris Marathon M FRA 84 

10 São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon Corpore H BRA 28 

10 Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great M GRE 84 

10 Gaborone City Marathon M BOT 82 

16 Pardubice Wine Half Marathon H CZE 24 

17 24th Belgrade Marathon M,H SRB 88 

17 Cracovia Marathon M POL 88 

17 DVV Antwerp Marathon M BEL 82 

17 Enschede Marathon M NED 20 

17 9th Golden Horn Half Marathon H TUR 20 

17 Madrid Marathon M ESP 90 

17 Maratona S. Antonio M ITA 24 

17 Olympic Commemorative 

Nagano Marathon M JPN 86 

17 Vienna City Marathon M AUT 82 

17 Zurich Marathon M SUI 90 

17 Semi Marathon Int’l de Nice H FRA 20 

17 Vancouver Sun Run 10km R CAN 82 

18 BAA Boston Marathon M USA 90 

23 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon U RSA 24 

Dalian Int’l Marathon M CHN 82 

May 


1 Big Sur Int’l Marathon M,H USA 90 

1 BMO Vancouver Marathon M CAN 34 

1 New Jersey Marathon M USA 90 

3 Silesia Marathon M POL 88 

8 BIG 25 Berlin R GER 29 

8 Maratona d’Europa M,H ITA 38 

8 Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz M ESP 90 

8 METRO GROUP Marathon Düsseldorf M GER 36 

8 Skopje Marathon M MKD 29 

8 Volkswagen Prague Marathon M CZE 31 

14 Bozcaada Half Marathon & 10k M TUR 90 

15 iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg M GER 84 

15 Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon M CAN 29 

15 Lima 42k M PER 88 

15 Panama Int’l Half Marathon H PAN 88 

15 World 10k Bangalore R IND 84 

21 GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon H SWE 90 

21 Terwamarathon M FIN 84 

21 Three Hearts Marathon M SLO 29 

21 The Great Wall Marathon M CHN 82 


22 Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon M DEN 32 

22 Douro Valley Half Marathon H POR 88 

22 Edinburgh Marathon Festival M GBR 30 

22 Haspa Marathon Hamburg M GER 84 

22 Moscow Marathon Luzhniki M RUS 88 

22 Nordea Riga Marathon & Half M,H LAT 86 

22 Sotokoto Safari Half Marathon M KEN 86 

23 Nightmarathon M ITA 86 

28 ASICS Stockholm Marathon M SWE 90 

28 Kigali Peace Marathon M RWA 88 

29 Comrades Marathon U RSA 30 

29 Ottawa Marathon M CAN 30 

29 Scotiabank Calgary Marathon M CAN 82 

June 


4 Freihofer’s Run for Women 5k R USA 90 

31 OCTOBER 2010: 

ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON, GREECE 

5 Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K R ECU 34 

5 Zelenograd Half Marathon H RUS 88 

6 Cork City Marathon M IRE 86 

12 Laguna Phuket Int’l Marathon M THA 90 

18 Portumna Marathon, Ultra & 100km M,U IRL 86 

18 Santa Claus Marathon M FIN 84 

19 Marathon de l’Ile Maurice M MRI 88 

19 São Paulo Marathon M BRA 82 

25 Midnight Sun Marathon & Half M,H NOR 88 

25 Volkswagen Olomouc Half Marathon M CZE 31 

25 Vidovdan 10km Road Race R BIH 82 

26 Int’l “White Nights” Marathon M RUS 88 

26 Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon U JPN 86 

26 Tangamanga Int’l Marathon M MEX 88 

26 Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half-Marathon & 5k H CAN 82 

26 Standard Chartered KL Marathon M MAS 86 

July 


2 Paavo Nurmi Marathon M FIN 84 

3 Gold Coast Airport Marathon M AUS 40 

9 Zermatt Marathon M SUI 42 

10 Maraton de Quito M ECU 84 

17 City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon M BRA 82 

30 Australian Outback Marathon M AUS 82 


30 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos U SUI 90 


31 Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá H COL 82 

31 San Francisco Marathon M,H USA 90 

31 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon M AUS 82 

August 


6 Yangmingshan Summer Marathon M,H,R TPE 82 

6 Siberian Int’l Marathon M RUS 88 

7 Maraton Int’l de Asuncion M PAR 88 

20 Helsinki City Marathon M FIN 48 

20 Reykjavík Marathon Íslandsbanka M,H ISL 42 

21 Intact Insurance Canadian Derby 

Edmonton Marathon M CAN 82 

21 Powerade København Halvmaraton M DEN 

21 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon H BRA 82 

22 (until 4 September) IAAF World Marathon 

Championships in Athletics – Daegu M KOR 13 

27 La Ruta de las Iglesias M ECU 84 

28 Galway City Marathon M IRL 86 

28 Hokkaido Marathon M JPN 86 

28 Maraton Int’l de la Ciudad de Mexico M MEX 88 

28 SSQ Quebec City Marathon M CAN 43 

28 Victoria Falls Marathon M ZIM 90 

Northwest Passage Marathon & 55km M,U CAN 82 


September 


3 Fjord Norway Half Marathon H NOR 61 

4 Budapest Int’l Half Marathon H HUN 58 

4 Great Scottish Run H GBR 84

4 Kaua’i Marathon and Half M,H USA 53 

4 Medio Maraton Atlas de Guadalajara H MEX 65 

4 Pila Int’l Half Marathon H POL 88 

4 Torshavn Marathon M FRO 84 

10 Jungfrau Marathon M SUI 53 


10 Ruska Marathon M FIN 84 

10 Tesco Prague Grand Prix - 

Metro Men’s Race 10km R CZE 31 

11 Bristol Half Marathon H GBR 84 

11 Wroclaw Marathon M POL 88 

11 Media Maratón Int’l Ciudad de Medellin H COL 82 

11 Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon M RUS 53 

11 SEB Tallinn Marathon H EST 62 

11 Vilniaus Marathon 2011 M,H LTU 86 

17 Stockholm Half Marathon H SWE 57 

18 14th Int’l WACHAUmarathon M AUT 82 

18 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival / 

Sydney Marathon M AUS 40 

18 Dam tot Damloop R NED 88 

18 H.C. Andersen Marathon M DEN 65 

18 Varazdinski Polumarathon M CRO 82 

25 ABN AMRO Singelloop Utrecht 10km R NED 88 

25 BMW Berlin Marathon M GER 23 

25 CamSur Marathon M,H,R PHI 88 

25 Cape Town Marathon M RSA 88 

25 Dexia Bil Route du Vin Half Marathon H LUX 86 

25 Lake Tahoe Marathon & Half M,H USA 90 

25 Vodafone Half Marathon of Portugal H POR 88 

26 Maratonina Citta di Udine H ITA 86 

26 Turin Half Marathon H ITA 86 

Novosibirsk Half Marathon H RUS 88 

10k Costa Rica R CRC 82 

October 


2 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon 

& Festival of Running M GBR 84 

2 Brussels Marathon & Half M,H BEL 65 

2 Cologne Marathon & Half 

presented by Sparkasse KölnBonn M,H GER 69 

2 Colombo Marathon M SRI 90 

2 Guayaquil Marathon M ECU 84 

2 Kosice Peace Marathon M SVK 70 

2 Spar Budapest Int’l Marathon M HUN 58 

2 Sparkasse 3 Country Marathon & Half M,H AUT 81 

9 BMO Okanagan Marathon M CAN 82 

9 Bucharest City Marathon & Half M,H ROU 88 

9 Eindhoven Marathon M NED 88 

9 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon M CAN 82 

9 Maratona do Algarve M POR 88 

9 Maratona d’Italia 

memorial Enzo Ferrari M,H,R ITA 86 

9 Munich Marathon M,H,R GER 84 

9 Novi Sad Marathon M SRB 90 

9 Portland Marathon M USA 90 

9 St George Melbourne Marathon Festival M AUS 40 

9 Timisoara Marathon M,H,R ROU 88 

9 Zagreb Marathon & Half M,H CRO 82 

16 Amsterdam Marathon M NED 73 

16 Intercontinental Istanbul 

Eurasia Marathon M TUR 75 

16 Poznan Marathon M POL 75 

16 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 

& Half Marathon & 5k M,H,R CAN 66 

21 Amman Int’l Marathon M JOR 86 

23 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon H IND 86 

23 Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca M MAR 88 

23 Ljubljana Marathon M SLO 69 

23 Medio Maraton de Valencia H ESP 90 

23 Mediterranean Marathon M ESP 90 

23 Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon M CAN 78 

23 St Denis Half Marathon H FRA 84 

23 Venice Marathon M ITA 76 

30 BMW Frankfurt Marathon M GER 80 

30 Lausanne Marathon M SUI 75 

30 Lucerne Marathon M SUI 74 

30 Marine Corps Marathon M USA 74 

30 Podgorica Marathon M MNE 88 

31 Lifestyle Sports - adidas Dublin Marathon M IRL 86 

Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon M KOR 86 

Standard Chartered 

Nairobi Marathon and Half M,H KEN 86 

Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Int’l Marathon M KOR 86 

100.GI R GIB 84 

UWI-SPEC Half Marathon H TRI 90 

Beijing Int’l Marathon M,H CHN 82 

November 


4 Sharm El Sheikh Half Marathon H EGY 84 

5 Taroko Gorge Marathon M,H TPE 82 

6 Porto Marathon M POR 83 

See feature on page 27 

13 10k Rio Pan-American Race R BRA 82 

13 Athens Classic Marathon M GRE 84 


13 Garda Trentino Half Marathon H ITA 86 

13 Marathon des Alpes 

Maritimes Nice-Cannes M FRA 84 

13 Turin Marathon M ITA 86 

20 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic R BRA 82 

20 Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay H USA 90 

20 Marabana Marathon & Half M,H CUB 84 

20 Maratón Divina Pastora Valencia M ESP 85 

20 Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon M MAS 86 

20 Philadelphia Marathon M USA 90 

20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon M JPN 86 

25 11th Pharaonic 100km U EGY 84 

25-27 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon M MLT 86 

27 Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon M,H USA 81 

27 Blom Beirut Marathon M LIB 86 

27 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon H CYP 84 

27 Firenze Marathon M ITA 81 


27 Great Ethiopian Run 10km R ETH 84 

27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon M JPN 86 

27 Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon M,H FRA 84 

27 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon M,H,R THA 90 

30 Antarctic Ice Marathon M,U ATA 82 

Bass Pro Shops Conservation Marathon M USA 90 

Maraton De Zaragoza M ESP 90 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon M KOR 86 

Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune H MAR 88 

Medio Maraton Turistico Riviera Nayarit M MEX 88 

Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo H ECU 84 

21km Nuevo Leon H MEX 88 

Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián M ESP 90 

UNICEF Charity Half Marathon & 10km H,R HKG 84 

December 


3 Reggae Marathon M JAM 86 

4 10th St Croix Int’l Marathon M ISV 90 

4 65th Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship M JPN 86 

4 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon H CAM 82 

4 Cayman Islands Marathon M CAY 82 

4 Gran Maraton Pacifico M MEX 88 

4 Lisbon Int’l Marathon M POR 88 

4 Macau Galaxy Entertainment 

Int’l Marathon M,H MAC 87 

4 Nara Marathon M JPN 86 

Calendar of events 

4 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race R BRA 82 

4 Panama City Int’l Marathon M PAN 88 

4 Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon & Half M,H USA 90 

4 Run Barbados Marathon M,H BAR 82 

4 Standard Chartered 

Marathon Singapore M,H,R SIN 90 

11 Maraton Powerade Monterrey M MEX 88 

18 Fubon Taipei Marathon M TPE 82 

18 PisaMarathon M,H ITA 86 

31 São Silvestre Int’l Road Race R BRA 82 

El Gouna Int’l Marathon M,H EGY 84 

Toray Cup Shanghai Int’l Marathon M CHN 82 

St Catherine Int’l Marathon & Half M,H EGY 84 

2012 

January 


1 Neujahrsmarathon Zurich M SUI 90 

7 Xiamen Int’l Marathon M CHN 82 

12 Tiberias Marathon M ISR 86 

15 Kinmen Marathon M,H TPE 82 

15 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon M IND 86 

20 Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km R BRA 82 

22 Maui Ocean Front Marathon & Half M,H USA 90 

22 Mitja Marato Int’l Santa Pola M ESP 90 

22 Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon M TPE 82 

29 Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon M THA 90 

29 Marathon Int’l de Marrakech M,H MAR 88 

29 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon M JPN 86 

Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half-Marathon Championships H HKG 84 

Zayed Int’l Half Marathon H UAE 90 

China Coast Marathon & Half M,H HKG 84 

Bahamas Marathon M BAH 82 

Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon M UAE 90 

19th Egyptian Marathon M,H EGY 84 

Maraton Int’l de Culiacan M MEX 88 

Vadodara Half Marathon H IND 86 

February 


5 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon M JPN 86 

5 Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon H JPN 86 

17 RAK Half Marathon H UAE 4 

19 Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race (&10km) R JPN 86 

26 Kilimanjaro Marathon M TAN 90 

26 Limassol Marathon G.S.O. M CYP 6 

26 Marizburg Marathon and Half M,H RSA 88 

26 Seychelles Eco-Healing Marathon M SEY 90 

26 Seville City Marathon M ESP 90 

26 Tokyo Marathon M JPN 86 

26 World’s Best 10k Road Race R PUR 88 

27 Sahara Marathon M ALG 82 


Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon M TPE 82 


Hong Kong Marathon M HKG 84 

Giuseppe Verdi Country Marathon M ITA 86 

March 


4 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon M JPN 86 

4 São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon H BRA 82 

4-10 Sahara 100k Challenge Race U TUN 17 


5 Antarctica Marathon & Half M,H ATA 82 


11 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon H ITA 86 

11 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon M JPN 86 

16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k M,H,R ISR 6 

25 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon H POR 8 

25 Novi Sad Half Marathon H SRB 6 

25 Treviso Marathon M ITA 86 

Marato de Barcelona M ESP 90 

Maraton LaLa Int’l M MEX 88 

Semi Marathon de Paris H FRA 84 

Maratona di Roma M ITA 12 

Monaco Run R MON 88 

Seoul Int’l Marathon M KOR 86 

Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon M FLK 11 

Costa Rica Int’l Marathon and Half M,H CRC 16 

Bratislava City Marathon M,H SVK 20 

Incheon Int’l Half Marathon H KOR 86 

Egyptian Red Sea Marathon & Half M,H EGY 84 

Ferraramarathon M ITA 86 


Results 

Results 

OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2010 

26 SEPTEMBER 2010: 

CAPE TOWN MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA 

MEN: 

1 Gert THYS RSA 2:22:12 

2 Pule HLABAHLABA RSA 2:22:19 

3 Welcome Mzwanele MAPHEKUL RSA 2:22:38 

4 Sityhilo DIKO RSA 2:22:50 

5 Neo MOLEMA RSA 2:24:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Nomvuyisi SETI RSA 2:57:12 

2 Annelinme ROFFEY RSA 2:59:26 

3 Bulelwa MTSHAGI RSA 3:02:07 

4 Ronelle NATTRASS RSA 3:09:12 

5 Kerryn ARMSTRONG RSA 3:12:03 

10km 

MEN: 

1 Nkosinathi MADYO RSA 30:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Zintle XINIWE RSA 33:54 

26 SEPTEMBER 2010: 

COSTA RICA 10km INTERNATIONAL 

[no results obtained] 


COLOGNE MARATHON & HALF PRESENTED 

BY SPARKASSE KOLNBONN,GERMANY 

MEN: 

1 Francis B KIPKOECH KEN 2:14:15 

2 Ulrich STEIDL GER 2:27:33 

3 Rene HAUSER SUI 2:28:14 

4 Raymon VAN DEN BERG NED 2:31:24 

5 Sam LANDMAN NED 2:31:53 

WOMEN: 

1 Katharina HEINIG GER 2:46:05 

2 Kerstin STEG GER 2:59:49 

3 Tanja HOOB GER 3:02:35 

4 Marlen GUNTHER GER 3:05:13 

5 Sabine APEL GER 3:14:20 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Leonard LANGAT KEN 1:03:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Simret RESTLE GER 1:12:56 


KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA 

Gilbert Chepkwony running his second marathon, won 

the 87th edition of Europe’s oldest Marathon. His 

winning time was a course record and a personal best, 

while second and third placed Solomon Bushendich 

and Peter Chebet also dipped under 2:09. The 

previous record was 2:09:53 by William Biama in 

2007. The race was held in near perfect conditions, 

with temperatures of 9-12C, sun and only slight wind 

as 30,000 spectators lined the streets along the twolap 

course. Bushendich won a close battle for second 

ahead of Chebet, as both set personal bests by a few 

seconds. 

The pace started conservatively with 1:04:58 

through the first half led by pacemakers Elisha Meli 

with Paul Kimugul, who ended their duties ar 30km. 

The pace picked up in the second half (1:03:33). 

Chepkwony earned 15,000 Euros for the victory, 

including his course record bonus. Debutant Kipkoech 

Ruto was fourth while the Slovak national title went 

to Imrich Pastor, in seventh, for the fifth consecutive 

time. 

In the women’s race, the splits were the reverse. 

Twenty-eight year-old Ethiopian Almaz Alemu Balcha, 

running in her fifth Marathon, opened with a fast 

1:13:56 first half. She faded considerably over the 

waning stages but still won comfortably in 2:36:35. 

(second half 1:22:37). “I did not have training for 

such a fast pace,” said Balcha, who earned 6000 

Euros for the victory. “After 24km I started cramping 

and was slower and slower. I was not worried about 

first place, but wanted a better time.” A record 

number of 5500 runners participated in all the races. 

MEN: 

1 Kipt G CHEPKWONY KEN 2:08:33 

2 Solo N BUSHENDICH KEN 2:08:41 

3 Kiplagat P CHEBET KEN 2:08:42 

4 Kipkoech RUTO KEN 2:18:18 

5 Girma B DEGEFA ETH 2:18:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Alemu A BALCHA ETH 2:36:35 

2 Kamila KHANIPOVA RUS 2:43:49 

3 Ingrid PETNUCHOVA SVK 2:53:42 

4 Ivana MARTINACOVA CZE 2:59:28 

5 Marcela KOVAROVA SVK 3:06:01 


BAXTER’S LOCH NESS MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Tomas Abyu won with a new course record. Faster 

times were expected due to the changed course and 

he improved the mark he set in 2003 by nine seconds, 

finishing a clear five minutes ahead. Dinknesh Mekash 

Tefera also set a new record for the women’s race. 

Abyu said: “I had a very good run. It was raining for 


BAXTER’S LOCH NESS 

MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 


KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, SLOVAKIA 

the first half of the race which made the run harder. 

In the last ten miles I ran faster. I want to come back 

next year!” Tefera, on her first visit to Britain, said: “I 

enjoyed running through the beautiful countryside 

and am very happy to have achieved a new course 

record.” 

In the Baxters River Ness 10K Artur Kern of Poland 

beat last year’s winner Likas Wambua. First woman 

home was course record holder Cathy Mutwa of 

Kenya. 

The HSPC Gerald Cooper Memorial Cup and a 

donation of £1000 to the charity of their choice, 

awarded to the first person resident in the Highland 

area to cross the finish line in the Marathon, was won 

by Hugh Campbell of Isle of Skye. 

Over 8,600 runners from 41 countries entered the 

Festival of Running, including Britain’s most scenic 

marathon. The mild, damp start to the day didn’t 

dampen the runners’ enthusiasm for an event which 

welcomes participants of all ages and abilities to the 

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon, River Ness 10K, 10k 

Corporate Challenge, River Ness 5k, and, new for this 

year, the Wee Nessie. 

Malcolm Sutherland of Baxters Loch Ness Marathon 

& Festival of Running said: “We offer one of the most 

friendly and most scenic marathons which has helped 

us to attract a growing number of runners from all 

corners of the globe”. Runners participating in last 

year’s event generated over £660,000 for charity, and 

brought benefit of over £2,178,066 to the local area. 

MEN: 

1 Tomas ABYU GBR 2:20:50 

2 Joseph MBITHI KEN 2:25:50 

3 David SIMPSON GBR 2:26:16 

4 Chris WILSON GBR 2:28:12 

5 Stuart KERR GBR 2:30:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Dinknesh Mekash TEFERA ETH 2:46:39 

2 Clare PROSSER GBR 3:05:39 

3 Lin LASCELLES GBR 3:05:56 

4 Sarah RIDGWAY GBR 3:05:57 

5 Diane MUNROE GBR 3:06:18 

Baxters River Ness 10K 

MEN: 

1 Artur KERN GBR 29:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Cathy MUTWA KEN 34:46 


SPARKASSE-3 COUNTRY MARATHON, 

AUSTRIA 

MEN: 

1 Evans KAMROMBOI KEN 2:17:36 

2 Titus K KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:22:57 

3 Kipruto N CHEPNGABIT KEN 2:38:04 

4 Harald STEGER AUT 2:38:09 

5 Jakob HORNER GER 2:38:51 


Results 

WOMEN: 

1 Helen KIMUTAI KEN 2:43:35 

2 Deborah BALZ 3:05:51 

3 Jelagat G CHERUIYOT KEN 3:15:59 

4 Irmgard SCHMIDT GER 3:17:37 

5 Pia ALLGAUER AUT 3:21:16 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Jonathan KOILEGEI KEN 1:05:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Dorcas KANGOGO KEN 1:15:46 


COLOMBO MARATHON, SRI LANKA 

MEN: 

1 Kennedy CHERYUIYOT KEN 2:22:12 

2 Titus ROTICH KEN 2:22:14 

3 Geoffrey Tum KIPTOO KEN 2:22:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Manjula KUMARASINGHE SRL 3:10:01 

2 Sharmali LAMAHEWAGE SRL 3:17:06 

3 Disna MALKANTIE SRL 3:30:22 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 W NISHAN SRL 1:11:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Nirmala JAYAWARDENA SRL 1:39:21 


KINMEN ROUND-THE-ISLAND MARATHON, 

CHINESE TAIPEI 

MEN: 

1 Timothy Kibet CHELIMO KEN 2:24:53 

2 Ji Wen JIANG TPE 2:25:26 

3 Zhi Hong HE TPE 2:40:31 

4 Jian Xing QIU TPE 2:41:27 

5 Jin Wen HE TPE 2:43:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Everlyne Nyamu ANTANCHA KEN 2:49:48 

2 Pei Yu JIAN TPE 3:15:22 

3 Chun Yu CAO TPE 3:24:21 

4 Xiu Yu DAI TPE 3:27:19 

5 Yan Ling HUANG TPE 3:33:16 


ST GEORGE MELBOURNE MARATHON, 

AUSTRALIA 

MEN: 

1 Japhet KIPKORIR KEN 2:11:04 

2 Asnake FEKADU ETH 2:15:31 

3 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:18:01 

4 Geleta WONDWOSEN AUS 2:18:43 

5 Scott MCTAGGART AUS 2:18:49 


ST GEORGE MELBOURNE 

MARATHON, AUSTRALIA 

WOMEN: 

1 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:32:20 

2 Roxie FRASE AUS 2:43:52 

3 Sarah BISS AUS 2:44:51 

4 Lisa ROSE AUS 2:49:37 

5 Kirsten WYATT AUS 2:51:00 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Isaac SEREM KEN 1:06:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Clare GERAUGHTY AUS 1:16:07 


EINDHOVEN MARATHON, NETHERLANDS 

MEN: 

1 Charles KAMATHI KEN 2:07:38 

2 Nicolas Chelimo KIPKORIR KEN 2:07:38 

3 Paul BIWOTT KEN 2:07:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 2:25:35 

2 Tsega GELAW ETH 2:30:10 

3 Anne KOSGEI KEN 2:31:05 


BRUSSELS MARATHON AND HALF, BELGIUM 

MEN: 

1 Levy MATEBO KEN 2:13:30 

2 Kenneth K KIPRONO KEN 2:16:51 

3 William SUPARIMUK KEN 2:22:16 

4 Gino VAN GEYTE BEL 2:23:24 

5 Koen NEVEN BEL 2:23:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Mariska DUTE NED 2:59:16 

2 Carline DESEYN BEL 3:03:32 

3 Marijke GUILLEMYN BEL 3:06:54 

4 Linda VANLOMMEL BEL 3:09:50 

5 Liesbeth VAN LEEUWEN NED 3:10:06 


MUNICH MARATHON, GERMANY 

MEN: 

1 Andrej NAUMOV GER 2:18:23 

2 Hermann ACHMULLER ITA 2:23:46 

3 Andreas STERZINGER GER 2:26:11 

4 Boris GIESEN GER 2:27:34 

5 Zakis RAIVIS LAT 2:27:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Bernadette PICHLMAIER GER 2:35:28 

2 Birgit LENNARTZ GER 2:58:42 

3 Mary OLEARY IRL 2:59:56 

4 Cornelia FIRSCHING GER 3:02:28 

5 Andrea FALTERMEIER GER 3:04:39 


POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND 

MEN: 

1 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:16:27 

2 Haile TESFAYE ETH 2:16:32 

3 Philemon KIMAIYO KEN 2:16:46 

4 Michal SMALEC POL 2:19:21 

5 Viktor STARODUBSTEV POL 2:19:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Marina DAMANTSEVICH BLR 2:36:30 

2 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:42:24 

3 Renata KALINSKA POL 2:54:09 

4 Magdalna STANNY POL 3:02:54 

5 Magda BARTOSZEWICZ POL 3:07:58 


ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIA 

MEN: 

1 Erkolo ASHENAFI ETH 2:23:51 

2 Denis STARIKOV RUS 2:25:16 

3 Evgeniy FAKHURTDINOV RUS 2:26:44 

4 Sreten NINKOVIC SRB 2:28:49 

5 Marin KOCEIC CRO 2:41:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Maroje ŠOSIC CRO 2:56:17 

2 Ivica RADELJIC CRO 2:58:44 

3 Ivica ŠOSIC CRO 3:25:27 

4 Ivica PEDISIC SLO 3:31:24 


NOVI SAD MARATHON, SERBIA 

MEN: 

1 Tianpeng LAN CHN 2:31:35 

2 Zdravko MISOVIC SRB 2:42:01 

3 Atila HILEP SRB 2:50:09 

4 Nikola JEVTIC SRB 2:50:20 

5 Ivan OGNANOVIC SRB 2:53:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Junliang XU CHN 2:55:14 

2 Erika POLJAKOVIC SRB 4:29:34 


TIMISOARA MARATHON, ROMANIA 

MEN: 

1 Catalin MIKLAUS ROM 2:35:10 

2 Ion Dragan MARIN ROM 2:51:02 

3 Razvan FARKAS ROM 2:51:07 

4 Tadeusz DZIEKONSKI POL 2:51:25 

5 Remus FILIP ROM 3:07:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Silvia BANDA ROM 3:17:02 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Nebojsa MILENKOVIC SRB 1:07:29 

WOMEN: 

1 Mirela BRATU ROM 1:33:48 


LAKE GARDA MARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Pietro COLNAGHI ITA 2:28:28 

2 Lukas OLDANI SUI 2:32:02 

3 Dirk SCHWARZBACH GER 2:32:28 

4 Marco BOFFO ITA 2:34:11 

5 Niklas KREUHN AUT 2:37:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:54:25 

2 Nunez ENCARNA ESP 2:58:41 

3 Tina PURINEN FIN 2:59:43 

4 Jessica PURBRICK AUS 3:00:57 

5 Carmen Sala FERRERA ESP 3:05:18 


FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON, ITALY 

An extraordinary race and a perfect day for running 

allowed 32-year-old Kenyan Paul Kosgei to break the 

course record. His 2:09:00 surpassed Haron Toroitich’s 

2004 mark by nine seconds and improved his 

personal best by 15 seconds. World Champion at Half 

Marathon in 2002, Kosgei launched an attack at 

39km to drop Dickson Chumba and Abdullah Dawit 

Shami, both of whom recorded big improvements to 

their personal bests. 


Results 


FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON, ITALY 

The women also ran fast, with 25-year-old Kenyan 

Hellen Mugo Wanjiku on 1:10:14 at halfway. She 

eventually slowed but still finished with an excellent 

2:27:16, a personal best by 12 seconds and ranking 

her third among best-ever times at Carpi. Maria Guida 

kept her 2:25:57 course record from 1999. In a 

surprise second place 30-year-old Lithuanian Diana 

Lobacevske closed up in the later stages and shaved 

seven seconds from her personal best. 

MEN: 

1 Paul Kosgei MALAKWEN KEN 2:09:00 

2 Dickson CHUMBA KEN 2:09:20 

3 Abdullah Dawit SHAMI ETH 2:09:50 

4 Azziz Naji EL-IDRISSI MAR 2:11:09 

5 Abraham POTONGOLE KEN 2:11:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Hellen Mugo WAJIKU KEN 2:27:16 

2 Diana LOBACEVSKE LTU 2:28:03 

3 Giorgina RONO KEN 2:30:55 

4 Hellen Gebremedhin GEBREHIWOT ETH 2:32:31 

5 Amelework Fikadu BOSHO ETH 2:33:52 


GOODLIFE FITNESS VICTORIA MARATHON, 

CANADA 

Cloudy, damp conditions greeted 14,078 participants 

in the 31st edition. There were 3221 marathon 

participants, 6800 in the Half and 3184 in the 8km 

race. The kids’ run, of 1200m, had 875 entries. A new 

world age-group record was set in the Women’s 

Marathon. 

Philip Samoei beat pre-race favourite James Lander. 

Lander, who recently moved to Victoria from the US, 

said: “I was pleased overall, but it was the windiest 

race I have ever run.” Those conditions affected the 

women’s race as well, which Cheryl Murphy led at 

halfway but then dropped out to leave Catrin Jones as 

winner, 90 seconds ahead of three-time Marathon 

winner, Suzanne Evans. 

The Marathon saw a world record shattered with 

Gwen McFarlan winning the F75-79 category in 

4:02:27, 47 minutes faster than the previous record 

for a 76-year old. There were more finishers than ever 

in the Half Marathon and the 8km Road Race – 

5,696 and 2,678 respectively. The Marathon saw 

2,558 finishers, with the overall total standing at a 

record 11,807 – 13% up on 2009. The 32nd 

GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon will be on 9 

October 2011. 


MEN: 

1 Philip SAMOEI KEN 2:23:24 

2 James LANDER USA 2:23:57 

3 Bernard ONSARE KEN 2:26:50 

4 Kevin O’CONNOR CAN 2:31:09 

5 Oliver UTTING CAN 2:32:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Catrin JONES CAN 2:52:21 

2 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:53:53 

3 Lucy SMITH CAN 2:55:30 

4 Kristina RODY CAN 2:58:21 

5 Anne-Marie MADDEN CAN 2:58:50 

HALF MARATHON: 

MEN: 

1 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:07:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:18:34 


PORTLAND MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Eric GRIFFITHS 2:28:42 

2 Phil OLSEN 2:29:02 

3 Stan PYLE 2:30:54 

4 Glen TUCKER 2:31:29 

5 Justin HENRY 2:38:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Kami SEMICK 2:52:02 

2 Chelsea VANDERBRAKE 2:52:22 

3 Heather LIEBERG 2:54:22 

4 Maria CERDA 2:57:41 

5 Brittany BRENNY 2:58:49 


OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Jack COOK CAN 2:39:16 

2 Jason PAGE USA 2:44:12 

3 Matt BRASSARD CAN 2:46:01 

4 Trevor HAAHEIM CAN 2:46:09 

5 Dale KIRK CAN 2:47:28 

WOMEN: 

1 Keddi-Anne SITERBINO CAN 3:00:05 

2 Janet LUN CAN 3:14:58 

3 Sandra JENSEN CAN 3:15:03 

4 Mary MCEWAN CAN 3:17:51 

5 Paige HOWATT CAN 3:19:39 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Jeff SYMONDS CAN 1:12:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Emmy SIM CAN 1:27:45 


OKANAGAN MARATHON, CANADA 


GUAYAQUIL MARATHON, ECUADOR 

MEN: 

1 Fabian CAJAMARCA ECU 2:25:52 

2 Juan Carlos HERNANDEZ 2:26:45 

3 Dimas QUINGALUISA 2:27:44 

4 Jhonny CANDO 2:34:39 

5 Manuel JUCA 2:34:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Rose JEBET KEN 2:43:35 

2 Leidi MORALES ECU 2:50:38 

3 Sandra RUALES ECU 2:58:40 

4 Paola PEREZ ECU 3:01:56 

5 Nancy OSORIO ECU 3:05:11 


GYEONGJU INT’L MARATHON, KOREA 

Surprisingly, given the favourable conditions (18C) 

several of the top names in the men’s race dropped 

out before halfway writes Mirko Javala. In the end 

there were only three runners fighting for the win with 

the rest of the field more than six minutes back. 

Leaders reached 5km in 15:14 and then went for 

the fastest 5km of the marathon (14:57) passing 

10km mark in 30:11. Notably already at this stage 

several of the favourites had been dropped. 15km was 

passed in 45:26 and the leaders reached 20km in 

60:46. The pace was still well under 2:10, but then 

slowed considerably, the next 10km taking 30:51. At 

25km (1:16:17) there were seven athletes left and 

they kept together through 30km. Ethiopian Dejene 

Yirdaw made a move at 32km and opened up a nine 

second by 35km. 

Moroccan Abdellah Falil and Kenyan Kipchirchir 

Kimaly followed. Yirdaw held on to his small lead to 

win by 11 seconds. 

The women’s race was won by 27-year-old Korean 

Chung Yun-Hee, who finished 16 minutes clear of her 

nearest rival. 

MEN: 

1 Dejene YIRDAW ETH 2:09:13 

2 Abdellah FALIL MAR 2:09:24 

3 Kipchirchir KIMALY KEN 2:09:44 

4 Myong-Seun LEE KOR 2:16:19 

5 Jacob CHESIRE KEN 2:19:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Yun-Hee CHUNG KOR 2:32:09 


ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON, TURKEY 

Vincent Kiplagat and Ashu Kasim set new course 

records in mild, overcast conditions. 

Kiplagat led from the start from a group of Kenyan 

and Ethiopian runners,passing through 10km in 30:56 

and halfway on 1:04:22. Approaching 35km Kiplagat 

surged ahead and passed 40km (2:03:04) with an 

unassailable lead. 

Alemitu Abera steered the women’s race for the first 

hour, but Ashu Kasim led through halfway in 1:12:16 

gradually stretching away from Alemitu Abera and 

Amane Gobena to finish nearly a minute inside the 

old course record. 

MEN: 

1 Vincent KIPLAGAT KEN 2:10:39 

2 Dereje Yadete WOLDEGIYORGIS ETH 2:11:53 

3 Assefa GIRMA ETH 2:13:37 

4 Kasime Adilo ROBA ETH 2:16:08 

5 Bekir KARAYEL TUR 2:16:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Ashu KASIM ETH 2:27:25 

2 Alemitu ABERA ETH 2:27:54 

3 Amane GOBENA ETH 2:32:28 

4 Bizynesh URGESA ETH 2:34:14 

5 Galina YEGOROVA-SAYKINA RUS 2:35:57


Results 

15km Race 

MEN: 

1 Abayneh Ayele WOLDEGIORGIS ETH 45:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Emily CHEBET KEN 48:44 


BUCHAREST CITY MARATHON, ROMANIA 

MEN: 

1 Duncan KOECH KEN 2:13:54 

2 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:15:28 

3 John KATIO KEN 2:18:37 

4 John KIOKO KEN 2:19:17 

5 Tuwei KIPROP KEN 2:20:21 

WOMEN: 

1 Sviatlana KOUNAN BLR 2:35:13 

2 Belaynesh BEKELE ETH 2:39:49 

3 Oxsana KUZMICHEVA RUS 2:46:56 

4 Daniela CIRLAN ROM 2:50:01 

5 Alina NITULEASA ROM 2:55:37 


AMSTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS 

Getu Feleke set a sensational new course record with 

debutant Wilson Chebet 28 seconds behind him. Alice 

Timbilil won the women’s race in 2.25.03. A record 

31,463 entries were received for the race. 

Favourable weather and changes to the course 

made for a fast race. At 09.45 the Mayor of 

Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, started 10,241 

registered runners in the marathon. The leading group 

remained together for a long time, until Getu Feleke 

sped away at 35km. Chebet chased in vain, but broke 

the old course record by six seconds. Feleke’s time was 

a 2min 20 seconds inprovement on his personal best 

and moves him to eighth on the all-time list. 

The women’s race was also decided late on, when 

Alice Timbilil also ran away from the group after 

33km, finishing with the third fastest time ever run in 

Amsterdam and defeating last year’s winner, 

Eyerusalem Kuma. The fast times mean Amsterdam 

has moved up one place in the top 10 fastest 

marathon races in the world and now occupies fifth 

place. 

MEN: 

1 Getu FELEKE ETH 2:05:44 

2 Wilson CHEBET KEN 2:06:12 

3 Chala DECHASE ETH 2:07:23 

4 Cherkos FELEKE ETH 2:07:29 

5 Hailu MEKONNEN ETH 2:07:37 


AMSTERDAM MARATHON, 

NETHERLANDS 

WOMEN: 

1 Alice TIMBILIL KEN 2:25:03 

2 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:27:04 

3 Robe GUTA ETH 2:27:44 

4 Woinshet GIRMA ETH 2:27:51 

5 Shitaye BEDASO ETH 2:29:48 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Huw LOBB GBR 1:09:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Helen SHARPE GBR 1:20:16 


SEMI MARATHON INT’L DE SAINT DENIS, 

FRANCE 

MEN: 

1 Paul Kiugul KIMAIYO KEN 1:02:29 

2 Geoffrey TERER KEN 1:02:35 

3 Samson KIFLEMARIAN ERI 1:02:48 

4 Meli Elisha TARUS KEN 1:02:59 

5 Patrick CHEROTWO UGA 1:03:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Josephine KIMUYU KEN 1:11:07 

2 Rose CHELIMO KEN 1:12:48 

3 Katharine WEBONBESA UGA 1:13:42 

4 Natalya STARKOVA RUS 1:13:45 

5 Marina KOVALEVA RUS 1:14:57 


GOODLIFE FITNESS TORONTO MARATHON, 

CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Brandan LAAN CAN 2:23:39 

2 Brendan KENNY CAN 2:26:19 

3 Janis ARSENIKOVS LAT 2:33:50 

4 Michel LAVOIE CAN 2:34:59 

5 Terry GEHL CAN 2:36:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Nathalie GOYER CAN 2:52:51 

2 Joanne BINK CAN 2:58:16 

3 Reesa SIMMONS CAN 3:04:10 

4 Seanna RISHOR CAN 3:08:32 

5 Rachel CROWE CAN 3:12:27 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Dessie BELACHEW ETH 1:10:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Jane CULLIS CAN 1:19:04 


AMMAN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, 

JORDAN 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin SERE KEN 2:17:05 

2 Abraham BELETE ETH 2:17:16 

3 Wondwosen KEBEDE ETH 2:18:31 

4 Methjal ABU THOREES JOR 2:33:47 

5 Salamh AL AKRA’A JOR 2:39:42 

WOMEN: 

1 Alemnesh ESHETU ETH 2:43:52 

2 Sisay ARSEDI ETH 2:43:54 

3 Zenawork JUFAR ETH 3:15:49 

4 Anna PSIAKI USA 4:00:04 

5 Sue PETRIE NZL 4:11:19 


BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA 

Gena Siraj of Ethiopia won a rain-lashed race by 

easing clear of 38-year old Gert Thys of South Africa 

in the final kilometre writes Pat Butcher. The dreadful 

conditions yielded one of the slowest winning times in 

the event’s 30-year history. A light drizzle had already 

slicked the streets prior to the 08.00 start in a 

Tiananmen Square but, minutes after the start, the 

heavy rain began followed 30 minutes later by a 

sharp drop in temperature. 

Thys was running “probably” his 40th marathon in a 

career that began at the age of 13. Pacemaker 

Matthew Sigei of Kenya stayed in the reckoning after 

his stint at the front, and came back from sixth place 

with 10km to run, to take third. 

The Chinese presumed to control the potential 

showers which might have ruined the Olympic 

opening ceremony two years ago, but truly bad 

weather is beyond any human aegis. The tail-end of a 

typhoon from the south east colliding with a cold 

front from the north-west left many of the competitors 

shivering and cramping even before they had finished. 

Last year’s winner and race favorite, Sammy Mugo 

dropped off the pace at 35km. He said, “It wasn’t too 

bad for the first 10km, but the temperature dropped, 

and with water splashing up I started to cramp”. 

Siraj won his breakthrough race in Rome earlier this 

year when, in tribute to fellow Ethiopian Abebe 

Bikila’s barefoot Olympic win there 50 years before, 

he took off his shoes with 50m to run and still won in 

2:08:39 

Former winner Chen Rong was a long-time leader in 

the women’s race, with training partner Wang Jiali 

nowhere to be seen. But Wang closed her down at 

35km and swept past to win by 15 seconds. 

MEN: 

1 Gena SIRAJ ETH 2:15:45 

2 Gert THYS RSA 2:15:56 

3 Matthew SIGEI KEN 2:16:01 

4 Ping HE CHN 2:16:52 

5 Menxu TIAN CHN 2:17:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Jiali WANG CHN 2:29:31 

2 Rong CHEN CHN 2:29:46 

3 Xiao Shu WANG CHN 2:30:21 

4 Yanan WEI CHN 2:30:46 

5 Winfrida NYANSIKERA KEN 2:32:50 


65TH CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON INT’L 

MARATHON, KOREA 

Benjamin Kiptoo set a new course record. 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin Kiptoo KOLUM KEN 2:07:54 

2 Benson Kipchumba BARUS KEN 2:08:53 

3 David Kipserem KISANG KEN 2:08:54 

4 Boniface Mbuvi MUEMA KEN 2:09:27 

5 Luka Kipkemoi CHELIMO KEN 2:10:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Sun Jung KIM KOR 2:43:39 

2 Myoung Ae PARK KOR 2:52:14 

3 Sun A KIM KOR 3:01:56 


LJUBLJANA MARATHON, SLOVENIA 

MEN: 

1 Evans RUTO KEN 2:10:17 

2 Philemon TARBEI KEN 2:10:44 

3 Joseph LOMALA KEN 2:10:55 

4 James MBUGUA KEN 2:11:30 

5 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:11:51 


Results 

WOMEN: 

1 Tiruwork MEKONNEN ETH 2:37:16 

2 Konjit BIRUK ETH 2:38:44 

3 Salome KIMUTAI KEN 2:46:05 

4 Natalya KRUSHINSKA UKR 2:47:15 

5 Neza MRAVLJE SLO 2:52:25 


VENICEMARATHON, ITALY 


MEN: 

1 Primoz KOBE SLO 1:04:55 

WOMEN 

1 Kaja OBIDIC SLO 1:19:49 


VENICEMARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Simon Kamama MUKUN KEN 2:09:35 

2 Sahle Warga BETONA ETH 2:09:48 

3 Peter Muriuki NDERITU KEN 2:10:52 

4 Diriba Demisse HAILE ETH 2:12:21 

5 Philemon Kiprono KEMBOI KEN 2:12:45 

WOMEN: 

1 Makda Harun HAJI ETH 2:28:08 

2 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:29:21 

3 Elena RUHLIADA RUS 2:30:41 

4 Anne Cheptanui BERERWE KEN 2:31:36 

5 Rebby KOECH KEN 2:33:48 


MARATON DEL MEDITERRANEO, SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Jordi Escoriza VALENCIA ESP 2:28:14 

2 Vicenc Sellares OLIVERAS ESP 2:37:44 

3 Antonio Sevillano LLERGO ESP 2:39:46 

4 Esteve Campmol AMETLLER ESP 2:39:50 

5 Oscar Del Rio MAESTRE ESP 2:40:29 

WOMEN: 

1 Rosa Moreno PANADERO ESP 3:27:36 

2 Emi Vaquero SANCHEZ ESP 3:31:41 

3 Assumpta Vila MAINAR ESP 3:38:18 

4 Ma De Montan Casanova BERTRAN ESP 3:41:01 

5 Jennifer ROBERTS 3:44:53 


NIAGARA FALLS MARATHON, CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Steve BOHAN USA 2:27:49 

2 James DERICK USA 2:29:46 

3 David SAVARD-GAGNON CAN 2:36:13 

4 Richard CARTIER CAN 2:37:02 

5 Janusz SARNICKI POL 2:41:28 

WOMEN: 

1 Jill GAMBLE CAN 2:56:10 

2 Nathalie GOYER CAN 2:58:30 

3 Annette PUFALL USA 3:05:16 

4 Colleen BERRY CAN 3:06:17 

5 Elizabeth MAGUIRE CAN 3:07:46 


DUBLIN MARATHON, IRELAND 

MEN: 

1 Moses Kangogo KIBET KEN 2:08:58 

2 Fikadu KEDIR ETH 2:09:44 

3 Mourice Mutinda MUSYOKI KEN 2:10:25 

4 Chesso Jonath KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:10:27 

5 Aleksey SOKOLOV RUS 2:10:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Tatyana ARYSOVA RUS 2:26:12 

2 Kateryna STETSENKO UKR 2:27:51 

3 Elsa KIREEVA RUS 2:28:02 

4 Tiki GELANA ETH 2:29:53 

5 Tabitha TSATSA ZIM 2:30:39 


STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBI 

MARATHON, KENYA 

MEN: 

1 David Tumo BARMASAI KEN 2:10:31 

2 Philemon GITIA KEN 2:11:11 

3 Vincent KIPLAGAT KEN 2:12:09 

4 Simon KIPROP KEN 2:12:15 

5 Julius Saolei KIPROTICH KEN 2:13:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Helena KIPROP KEN 2:31:11 

2 Leah MALOT KEN 2:33:41 

3 Frashiah NUAMBURA KEN 2:35:09 

4 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 2:38:19 

5 Grace KITONGA KEN 2:38:42 


ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON, GREECE 

See separate feature, p21. 


PODGORICA MARATHON, MONTENEGRO 

MEN: 

1 Buliche MENDAYA ETH 2:16:05 

2 Nicodemus BIWOT KEN 2:16:33 

3 Urge KASSAYE ETH 2:18:26 

4 Andrei MINYAKOV RUS 2:18:27 

5 Artem EKIMOV RUS 2:21:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Ana SUBOTIC SRB 2:43:22 

2 Edeto GEDESE ETH 2:43:29 

3 Gidey TINIBT ETH 2:43:38 

4 Nadežda SEMILETOVA RUS 2:47:47 

5 Tatjana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:51:32 


COMMERZBANK FRANKFURT MARATHON, 

GERMANY 

MEN: 

1 Wilson KIPSANG KEN 2:04:57 

2 Tadese TOLA ETH 2:06:31 

3 Elias CHELIMO KEN 2:07:04 

4 Philip SANGA KEN 2:07:11 

5 Daniel CHEPYEGON UGA 2:08:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Caroline KILEL KEN 2:23:25 

2 Dire TUNE KEN 2:23:44 

3 Agnes KIPROP KEN 2:24:07 

4 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 2:25:10 

5 Mare DIBABA ETH 2:25:27 


LUCERNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND 

MEN: 

1 Stefan MULLER 2:35:48 

2 Steve GISLER 2:37:00 

3 Daugaard H NILSSON 2:38:29 

4 Josef VOGT 2:38:52 

5 Woody SCHOCH 2:39:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Julia WAGNER 2:47:36 

2 Tanja AMIET 2:56:36 

3 Sandra WYSS 2:56:40 

4 Lucia MAYER-HOFMANN 2:59:46 

5 Natasha HALLER 3:01:09 


LAUSANNE MARATHON, SWITZERLAND 

MEN: 

1 Begashow HAILU ETH 2:20:03 

2 Patrick JEANNERET 2:29:21 

3 Pavel BRYDL 2:33:50 

4 Brice DONISCHAL 2:34:51 

5 Alexandrino AGUIAR 2:38:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Magali M DI MARCO 2:54:11 

2 Catrin JONES 2:54:51 

3 Laurence YERLY-CATTIN 2:56:29 

4 Lucilia DELPEDRO 2:59:05 

5 Joanna CHMIEL-GRONT 2:59:34 


MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Jacob BRADOSKY USA 2:23:30 

2 Ronald KURUI 2:23:41 

3 Sean BARRETT 2:24:08 

4 John MENTZER 2:24:16 

5 Brian DUMM 2:27:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Janet CHEROBON 2:39:19 

2 Gina SLABY 2:46:58 

3 Tezata DESALGN 2:48:35 

4 Erin MOFFETT 2:50:40 

5 Alice ROGERS 2:51:14 


Results 


UWI-SPEC HALF MARATHON, TRINIDAD 

MEN: 

1 Simon SAWE KEN 1:07:08 

2 Alfonso YATICH KEN 1:08:31 

3 Richard JONES TRI 1:08:33 

4 Denzel RAMIREZ TRI 1:09:13 

5 Zepherinus JOSEPH LCA 1:10:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Firaya ZHADANOVA RUS 1:23:51 

2 Yeisy ALVAREZ VEN 1:25:13 

3 Shermin LASALDO TRI 1:30:47 

4 Paulette LUCESS TRI 1:31:48 

5 Celine LESTRADE TRI 1:31:55 

5 NOVEMBER 2010: 

SHARM EL SHEIKH INT’L HALF MARATHON, 

EGYPT 

MEN: 

1 Rabia MOHAMED EGY 1:13:38 

2 Marzourk Essa HASSAN EGY 1:14:14 

3 Hamdelah MOHARM EGY 1:14:35 

4 Mazok Essa AL SAID EGY 1:15:41 

5 Filippo OCCHIOLINI ITA 1:18:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria Rosaria MORETTI ITA 1:43:50 

2 Emanuela PICCHIRILLI ITA 1:44:41 

3 Frederica FAPPIANO ITA 1:55:49 

4 Samir NORA EGY 1:56:48 

5 Debora PAPPARELLA ITA 1:57:00 


TAROKO GORGE INT’L MARATHON, 


MEN: 

1 Jie Wen JIANG TPE 2:27:41 

2 James MELI KEN 2:34:43 

3 Zhi Feng HE TPE 2:38:31 

4 Qiu Jun WANG TPE 2:41:23 

5 Xing QIU TPE 2:43:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Xiao Yu LI TPE 3:09:03 

2 Kazuha MATSUI JPN 3:13:24 

3 Mitsuko YAMAGUCHI JPN 3:17:19 

4 Chun Yu CAO TPE 3:18:05 

5 Pei Yu JIAN TPE 3:24:17 


12th JOONGANG SEOUL INT’L MARATHON, 

KOREA 

Over 13,600 runners from 19 countries started from 

the Jamsil Stadium with another 8300 in the 10km. 

14 runners remained in contention after halfway, 

and by 30km only half that number remained, 

including defending champion and course record 

holder Jason Mbote, who trailed David Kiyeng, 

Mohamed El Hachini, Wegayehu Girma Tefera and 

Stephen Mokoka as they passed 40km. Kiyeng and El 

Hachimi fought to the line, with Kiyeng taking the 

win by two seconds and missing Mbote’s course 

record by one. 

The women’s race had no international field and of 

the three home entrants Eun Jung Kim proved 

strongest. She led Na-Ri Jin by over three minutes at 

25km. Jin closed the gap significantly the next 10km 

but could get no nearer in the closing stages. 

MEN: 

1 David Kemboi KIYENG KEN 2:08:15 

2 Mohamed El HACHIMI MAR 2:08:17 

3 Wegayehu Girma TEFERA ETH 2:08:25 

4 Stephen MOKOKA RSA 2:08:33 

5 Jason MBOTE KEN 2:09:04 



BLOM BEIRUT MARATHON, LEBANON 

WOMEN: 

1 Eun-Jung KIM KOR 2:44:25 

2 Na-Ri JIN KOR 2:46:31 


BLOM BEIRUT MARATHON, LEBANON 

On a bright, sunny and hot morning Mohamed 

Temam gave up his pacing role shortly after halfway 

and eventually swept back past his fellow Ethiopian 

Abere Chane to win by over 200m writes Pat Butcher. 

Usually unsung heroes, pacemakers have 

nonetheless often seized their chance to win, and 

Temam did so.He was supposed to pace to 33km but 

Chane struck out for himself after passing halfway in 

66:01. He had run 61:47 earlier this year, and had 

predicted he would run 2:10-2:11. But running a 

faster second half was a tough task with direct sun 

making 22C feel much hotter. 

“At 37km my hip started to hurt” he said, but it was 

probably speeding up by 10 seconds per kilometre 

that proved his undoing. Temam ran in in Chane’s 

wake, then picked up the pieces when his colleague 

fell apart. Macharia fell away at 35km but finished a 

clear third. He made his most decisive move at the 

victory ceremony in extracting himself from the 

unwanted embrace of the huge Ethiopian flag that 

was produced for Temam and Chane. 

In the women’s race Etaferehu Tarekegn lived up to 

her status as favourite. Leading a group of three at 

30km she then began to push on, and by 37km was 

heading for an untroubled win. 

The new records anticipated in the eighth edition 

only materialised with a men’s national record for 

Hussein Awadah in seventh place, taking five seconds 

off his previous record from Berlin 2008. 

Prime Minister Saad Hariri vividly demonstrated the 

unifying force of running. Son of Rafik, the former PM 

who was assassinated in 2005, he ran the 10km 

around the streets of the city centre 

MEN: 

1 Mohammed TEMAM ETH 2:16:43 

2 Abere CHANEETH ETH 2:17:30 

3 James MACHARIA KEN 2:18:20 

4 Abere DAGNEETH ETH 2:19:38 

5 Desalegn TEGEGN ETH 2:20:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Etaferahu TAREKEGN ETH 2:41:15 

2 Mihiret ANAMO ETH 2:44:04 

3 Irina KAZUBOSKAYA RUS 2:46:05 

4 Carolyn CHEMUTAI KEN 2:47:56 


ZARAGOZA MARATHON, SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Mesfine Melse BALCHA ETH 2:20:19 

2 Girmay Ayane KIDANNU ETH 2:23:02 

3 Asheber Girma DEGEFU ETH 2:27:26 

4 Tsegaye Haile WELDEGEBREAL ETH 2:31:04 

5 Cheru Tewodrose BIRHANU ETH 2:31:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Halima Hassen BERISO 2:44:39 

2 Susana Segovia MUDIE ESP 3:06:53 

3 Yolanda Gonzalez JURADO ESP 3:20:29 

4 Maria Isabel Galiano SEGOVIA ESP 3:21:42 

5 Mª Ascension Mateo CARDIEL ESP 3:29:51 


EDP PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL 



GI100 - 24th IAU 100KM WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIPS, GIBRALTAR 

See separate report, p41. 


BASS PRO CONSERVATION SPRINGFIELD 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Julius ROTICH KEN 2:39:26 

2 Hillary KOGO KEN 2:41:27 

3 Dan HAY USA 2:44:36 

4 Wayne STANLEY USA 2:55:23 

5 Zach BOLEYN USA 2:57:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Sara MAJOR USA 3:03:47 

2 Julie ZEHR USA 3:07:23 

3 Sarah FUCHS USA 3:18:34 

4 Lauren Rose LAUGHLIN USA 3:24:41 

5 Amyn GORDY USA 3:35:57 


MEN: 

1 Mathew CHESANG KEN 1:08:44 

WOMEN: 

1 Jackie STILES USA 1:25:48 


GUADALAJARA MARATHON, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Christopher TOROITICH KEN 2:15:23 

2 Arturo Malaquias DELGADO KEN 2:15:57 

3 Dickson Muchangi MIERU KEN 2:16:29 

4 Moses Erick MONYENYE KEN 2:16:53 

5 Sergio Pedraza GONZALEZ MEX 2:18:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Paula Apolonia JUAREZ MEX 2:40:38 

2 Adriana Fernandez MIRANDA MEX 2:42:39 

3 Truphela Jumeli TARUS KEN 2:43:12 

4 Judith Ramirez HERNANDEZ MEX 2:45:43 

5 Monica MUTHONI KEN 2:46:57 


MEDIO MARATON TURISTICO RIVIERA 

NAYARIT, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Juan Carlos RAZO MEX 1:15:46 

2 Arnulfo Sandivar VEGA MEX 1:18:39 

3 Silviano De La Cruz VERA MEX 1:22:43 

4 Hector Gutierrez RAMIREZ MEX 1:23:22 

5 Adan Miranda VERA MEX 1:26:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Ema Leticia JOYA MEX 1:29:15 

2 Laura Patricia Famoso BAEZ MEX 1:40:08 

3 Hortencia PICHARDO MEX 1:42:16 

4 Ma Angelica Alvarez MARTINEZ MEX 1:44:10 

5 Laura Diaz CHAVEZ MEX 1:47:31

Results 


GARDA TRENTINO HALF MARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Mathew RUGUT KEN 1:04:06 

2 Julius KIPGURGAT KEN 1:04:32 

3 Felix NTIRENGANYA RWA 1:04:45 

4 Lahcen MOKRAJI MAR 1:05:26 

5 Rachid JARMOUNI MAR 1:07:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Hanane JANAT MAR 1:14:10 

2 Michela ZANATTA ITA 1:19:22 

3 Frederica BALLARINI ITA 1:19:37 

4 Chiara DAMIANI ITA 1:21:29 

5 Ana-Mari KNUUTI FIN 1:22:31 


24th TURIN MARATHON, ITALY 

The race was started by President of Piedmont region, 

Roberto Cota who set 2500 runners off from the start 

line. 

Ruggero Pertile posted the best time of the year for 

an Italian, while Priscah Jeptoo recorded the second 

fastest time ever, after Agnes Kiprop’s course record of 

2:26:22 set last year. She distanced herself from 

runner up Fate Tola in the final kilometres. Next year’s 

race will be on 13 November. 

MEN: 

1 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 2:10:58 

2 Lawrence KIMAYO KEN 2:11:46 

3 Habteselassie LEMMA ETH 2:12:21 

4 Peter KURUI KEN 2:13:06 

5 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:14:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Priscah JEPTOO KEN 2:27:02 

2 Fate TOLA ETH 2:28:22 

3 Florence CHEPSTOI KEN 2:32:39 

4 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2: 

5 Yelena NURGALIEVA RUS 2: 


MARATHON DES ALPES MARITIMES NICE- 

CANNES, FRANCE 

The third edition incorporated the French 

Championships and started at 08.15 from the 

Promenade des Anglais in Nice to finish in Cannes on 

the Boulevard de la Croisette opposite Palais 

Stéphanie. The invited elite started on the south side 

of the road with 600 national runners who expected 

to break three hours. The mass of runners gathered on 

the north side of the road. two French runners Rachid 

Ghanmouni and El Hassan Lahssini were among the 

dwindling group of leaders and by 30km Mark Tanui, 

Hailu Shume and Botoru Tsegaye had the podium 

positions wrapped up. With 4km to go to Tsegaye put 

distance between himself and the other two, going on 

to win in a time just 10 seconds outside the course 

record set last year. The women’s race was also 

dominated by Kenya and Ethiopia, as as Radiya Roba 


MARATHON DES ALPES MARITIMES 

NICE-CANNES, FRANCE 

© FOCALIVE 

and Emily Rotich finished far ahead of the 

Frenchwoman Adeline Roche. 

The third edition was another great success with 11 

700 registrations including more than 250 teams for 

the Relay Marathon. The 4th edition will be on 13 

November 2011. 

MEN: 

1 Botoru TSEGAYE ETH 2:10:27 

2 Mark TANUI KEN 2:11:02 

3 Hailu SHUME ETH 2:12:24 

4 Rachid GHANMOUNI FRA 2:12:59 

5 Stephen KOECH KEN 2:13:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Radiya ROBA ETH 2:30:37 

2 Emily ROTICH KEN 2:33:08 

3 Adeline ROCHE FRA 2:38:31 

4 Aline CAMBOULIVES FRA 2:42:53 

5 Alexandra LOUISON FRA 2:47:21 


BIG SUR HALF MARATHON 

ON MONTEREY BAY, USA 

MEN: 

1 MacDonald ONDARA KEN 1:03:20 

2 Kiprotich KIRUI KEN 1:03:23 

3 Abdelaziz ATMANI MAR 1:04:33 

4 Mario MACIAS 1:04:42 

5 Shadrack BIWOTT KEN 1:05:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Belainesh GEBRE ETH 1:09:44 

2 Kelly CALWAY USA 1:18:10 

3 Heather GIBSON USA 1:18:42 

4 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:18:45 

5 Mary COORDT USA 1:19:30 


STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOK 

MARATHON, THAILAND 

MEN: 

1 Lilan Kennedy KIPROOLILAN KEN 2:16:10 

2 Charles KANYAO KEN 2:17:09 

3 David KIPRONO KEN 2:17:58 

4 Joel KEMBOI KEN 2:18:41 

5 Patrick KOECH KEN 2:20:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Fridah LOPEDA KEN 2:42:47 

2 Jackline KIPLIMO KEN 2:44:39 

3 Margaret NJUNGA KEN 2:47:11 

4 Zeddy RERE KEN 2:47:54 

5 Ylines Moraa ONYANCHA KEN 2:50:04 


PENANG BRIDGE INT’L MARATHON, 

MALAYSIA 

MEN: 

1 Alex MELLY KEN 2:24:30 

2 Robert Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 2:27:43 

3 James TALLAM KEN 2:27:49 

4 Frederick Mwingirwa MATHIU KEN 2:29:42 

5 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 2:30:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Rose Jepkemboi CHESIRE KEN 2:59:14 

2 Lucy Karimi MUGAMBI KEN 3:06:07 

3 Kari ELLIOTT CAN 3:26:33 

4 Lai Chi YONG SIN 3:49:25 

5 Lay Khim CH’NG MAS 3:52:08 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 James MAREGU KEN 1:08:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Noor Amelia MUSA MAS 1:30:30 


AIRTEL DELHI HALF MARATHON, INDIA 

Ethiopian Aselefech Mergia found her kick again to 

regain the title she took two years ago and lead eight 

others under 69 minutes writes Ram Murali Krishnan. 

The men’s pack splintered much earlier, but there was 

still less than a second separating winner Geoffrey 

Mutai from Lelisa Desisa. 

As many as 12 women passed through 10km 

together in 33:30, and the last to drop back was 

debutante Doris Changeiywo. There were still nine 

women together as they entered the final kilometre, 

but they then began to string out. Mergia kept pace 

with every move and launched her attack with less 

than 200m to go. 18-year old Merima Mohamed just 

pipped Yimer Wude by four hundredths of a second, 

and set a world age best. Mohamed, already with a 

2:23 marathon to her credit from Toronto this year, 

had shared early leading with Atsede Bayisa as the 

leaders passed 15km in 48:45. Mergia bided her time 

with a confidence that she had recently seemed to 

lack: “Before the race I was not sure of a podium 

finish, but the win made me happy as I struggled in 

the last four months with injury.” 

Geoffrey Mutai started the men’s race as favourite 

but the tall figure of Silas Kipruto made much of the 

early running. Passing through 5km in 14 minutes the 

pace sped up significantly for a couple of kilometres, 

after which point it seemed as if the Kenyan pair 

wanted assistance from the Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa 

and Yacob Yarso. They slowed along the scenic 

thoroughfare of Rajpath, stretching from India Gate to 

the Central Secretariat buildings, and by 10km were 

back on par with a timing of 28:05, a lead of about 

10 seconds. The tactical game began from about 

14km, and the chasing group started to close up as 

Mutai continued to weave a path that suggested he 

was unhappy to lead. But with 300m to go he seized 

his chance and stretched out for the finish line to win 

by half a second. 

The winners took home USD 25,000 awarded by 

sport loving Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit. 

Bollywood actress Gul Panag took part, while Rahul 

Bose, Maria Goretti, Arshad Warsi and ’Face of the 

Event’ Bipasha Basu were there in support. 

MEN: 

1 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 59:38 

2 Lelisa DESISA ETH 59:39 

3 Yacob YARSO ETH 1:00:07 

4 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 1:00:21 

5 Feyisa LELISA ETH 1:00:33 


AIRTEL DELHI HALF 

MARATHON, INDIA 


Results 


AIRTEL DELHI HALF MARATHON, INDIA 

WOMEN: 

1 Aselefech MERGIA ETH 1:08:35 

2 Merima MOHAMED ETH 1:08:36 

3 Yimer WUDE ETH 1:08:36 

4 Aberu KEBEDE ETH 1:08:39 

5 Atsede BAYSA ETH 1:08:42 


MEDIO MARATON DE VALENCIA, SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 John WANGANGI KEN 1:01:10 

2 Gilbert MASAI KEN 1:01:18 

3 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 1:02:08 

4 Erick KIBET KEN 1:02:12 

5 Hasan BEN KANNOUCH MAR 1:03:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:09:25 

2 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 1:09:27 

3 Anna INCERTI ITA 1:10:41 

4 Pamela CHENOM KEN 1:17:20 

5 Monica PONT ESP 1:18:31 


ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES GREAT ETHIOPIAN 

RUN 10km 

Haile Gebrselassie flagged off a record number of 

runners for a road race in Africa on the streets of 

Addis Ababa. It was won in a relatively modest time 

as it came down to a fierce sprint among the top 

three over the final 200m, with Ameraw Bekele 

edging ahead. The women’s eace was taken by Sule 

Utura. 

With 32,000 medals distributed at the finish and 

many more unofficial participants joining in, an 

estimated total of around 35,000 took part in the 

race, many walking round the 10km course which this 

year used a new route to cater for the larger numbers. 

Gebrselassie acted as starter for the race alongside 

Lornah Kiplagat, visiting Ethiopia for the first time 

from her home base in Iten, Kenya. 

The Spanish Ambassador Antonio Benedito Gaspar 

was the first ambassador home in just under one 

hour. Running round with him was Spain’s former 

double world marathon champion Abel Anton. John 

Treacy of Ireland, who was taking part as an 

ambassador for Concern Worldwide, one of the many 

charity organisations involved in the event, finished in 

47 minutes and commented after the race: “I’m too 

old now for doing this kind of thing.” 

MEN: 

1 Azmeraw BEKELE ETH 29:24 

2 Yenew ALEMEW ETH 29:26 

3 Berhanu BEKELE ETH 29:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Sule UTURA ETH 33:35 

2 Abebech AFEWORK ETH 33:46 

3 Ahaza KIROS ETH 33:59 


SAMSUNG 10K SP CLASSIC CORPORE, 

BRAZIL 

Starting from the City’s Legislative Assembly 

thousands of runners took off for a tour of Sao Paulo’s 

Ibirapuera district, filling the streets with a sea of 

blue. The first three finishers were Kenyan; Giovane 

dos Santos was the best local to finish. The winner, 

Emmanuel Kipkemei Bett, is coached by Luiz Antonio 

dos Santos, who won the first edition of the race. The 

Brazilian women fared better with a win from 

debutante Cruz Nonata da Silva. Finishers could 

observe their arrival on a video wall set up adjacent to 

the finishing line. After the race the party was 

completed with a show and many awards were made 

within the finish arena. 

MEN: 

1 Emmanuel Kipkemei BETT KEN 29:19 

2 Mathew Kiptoo CHEBOI KEN 29:29 

3 Paul Koech KIMUTAI KEN 29:50 

4 Giovane DOS SANTOS BRA 30:01 

5 Damião Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 30:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Cruz Nonata DA SILVA BRA 34:43 

2 Sueli Pereira DA SILVA BRA 35:10 

3 Ednah MUKHWANA KEN 35:37 

4 Tatiele Roberta DE CARVALHO BRA 36:04 

5 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 36:40 


PHILADELPHIA MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Daniel VASSALO USA 2:21:28 

2 David BEDOYA USA 2:23:37 

3 Ryan BENDER USA 2:25:10 

4 Ryan MCGUIRE USA 2:26:05 

5 Edward CALLINAN USA 2:26:27 

WOMEN: 

1 Mariska KRAMER NED 2:38:55 

2 Ramilia BURANGULOVA RUS 2:40:32 

3 Emily HULME USA 2:44:30 

4 Meghan RIDGLEY USA 2:48:04 

5 Jennifer MODLISZEWSKI USA 2:48:30 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Kiprotich KIRUI KEN 1:04:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Hirut MANDELFRO 1:17:52 


MARABANA, CUBA 

MEN: 

1 Livan Luque REYES CUB 2:28:13 

2 Jorge Luis Suarez JIMENEZ CUB 2:31:13 

3 Yumier Fouman SANTIESTEBAN CUB 2:31:46 

4 Jorge Luis Mora ALBEAR CUB 2:40:35 

5 Jacinto Milanes VERANES CUB 2:42:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Yailen Garcia DOME CUB 2:45:12 

2 Liuris Figueredo SANCHEZ CUB 3:14:20 

3 Aracelis Lamoth LUIS CUB 3:22:22 

4 Raquel MARTINEZ CUB 3:27:18 

5 Yadira Gonzalez HAITI CUB 3:27:31 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Norbert Gutierrez CURBECO CUB 1:07:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Dailin Belmonte TORRES CUB 1:18:54 


QUITO 21K MITAD EL MUNDO, ECUADOR 

MEN: 

1 Oswaldo JAMI JAMI ECU 1:04:29 

2 Miguel ALMACHI ECU 1:05:02 

3 Paul BUENANO ECU 1:05:13 

4 Franklin TENORIO ECU 1:05:21 

5 Dimas QUINGALUISA ECU 1:07:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Diana LANDI ECU 1:14:25 

2 Sandra RUALES ECU 1:17:40 

3 Janeth COLLAHUAZO ECU 1:18:35 

4 Maria ZAMBRANO ECU 1:20:08 

5 Nancy OSORIO ECU 1:21:17 


PHARAONIC 100km, EGYPT 

King Taharqa wanted a strong army and decided that 

they should make a training run from Saqqara 

through Memphis, Dahshur, Lisht, Meidum to the 

Pyramid of Hawara at Fayyum, a distance of about 

100km. This was the 10th anniversary of the revived 

event, and attracted 28 nationalities. The race renews 

the Pharaoh’s glory every year, re-enacting the same 

run that happened more than 2500 years ago. 

Everyone should remember the story and a replica of 

the stone should be given to the winner of the Race. 

Supported by the Ministry of Tourism, the race started 

at the Hawara Pyramid at Faiyum and finished at the 

Sakkara pyramids near Giza. 

MEN: 

1 Salameh ALAQRAA JOR 7:50:58 

2 Alswaiti MOHAMMED JOR 8:41:08 

3 Paolo VENTURINI ITA 9:38:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Angela CHONG SIN 11:58:54 

2-PERSON TEAMS: 

1 Yuta SUZUKI/Kazuo SHIMIZU JPN 8:00:22 

2 Judson TOMLIN/Edward PRICE USA/GBR 9:35:50 

3 Scott ANDREW/Mohamed EL-HAMAM GBR/EGY 9:35:51 

5-PERSON TEAMS: 

1 Ebsworth-Hammerberg-Kenwright-Bradley 7:02:27 

2 Kendell-Gibson-Inman=Vickory-Lemstrom 7:52:08 

3 Davidson-Wielen-French-Golding-Cavanagh 8:00:11 

26-28 NOVEMBER 2010: 

MALTA CHALLENGE MARATHON 

MEN: day 1 day 2 day 3 total 

1 Jonathan BALZAN MLT 38:51 20:05 1:30:32 2:29:28 

2 Johann GALEA MLT 39:53 20:30 1:31:39 2:32:02 

3 Brian MAGRI MLT 39:33 20:24 1:34:03 2:34:00 

4 David MANSBRIDGE GBR 39:28 20:28 1:39:08 2:39:04 

5 Joseph ABDILLA MLT 41:55 21:16 1:39:39 2:42:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Joelle CORTIS MLT 47:42 23:53 1:49:41 3:01:16 

2 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 47:09 23:56 1:51:07 3:02:12 

3 Carmen HILI MLT 47:54 24:48 1:53:49 3:06:31 

4 Aurora PEREZ ESP 49:20 24:43 1:54:32 3:08:35 

5 Annechien SATRRENBURG NED 50:07 25:35 1:58:54 3:14:36 


LAKE KAWAGUCHI MARATHON, JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Tsutomu SAEKI JPN 2:25:08 

2 Masashi SHIROTAKE JPN 2:25:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Toshiko YOSHIKAWA JPN 2:53:18 

2 Yukina KITAMURA JPN 2:55:53 

3 Karen DORRIS AUS 2:59:21 



Results 


UNICEF CHARITY HALF MARATHON, 

HONG KONG 

MEN: 

1 Thomas KIPROTICH KEN 1:09:50 

2 Ka Ho CHAN 1:13:44 

3 Colin FISHWICK 1:14:18 

4 Ho Yin YEN 1:15:14 

5 Adrian HORVATH 1:16:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Kristijna LOONEN NED 1:24:25 

2 Angelina KONG 1:25:55 

3 Sui Ping FAN 1:27:31 

4 Ying Suet LEUNG 1:28:51 

5 Pui Shan CHAN 1:29:53 


HYDERABAD 10km, INDIA 

MEN: 

1 Million FEYISA ETH 28:28 

2 Indrajath PATEL IND 28:50 

3 IRAPPADAKI IND 29:04 

4 Santosh KUMAR IND 29:10 

5 Karan SINGH IND 29:17 

WOMEN: 

1 Lalita BABAR IND 34:14 

2 Tinbit Gidey WOLDEGEHEIL ETH 34:14 

3 Prianka Singh PATEL IND 34:42 

4 Kiran TIWARI IND 34:49 

5 Meseret ZENEBE ETH 35:32 


CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Dmitris THEODORAKAKOS GRE 1:08:55 

2 Kassahun GEBEL CYP 1:09:54 

3 Amine KHADIRI CYP 1:11:11 

4 Lambros ZARAGKAS GRE 1:11:37 

5 Theodoros ANAGNOSTOU GRE 1:12:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Magda KARIMALI GRE 1:21:49 

2 Anna GAVRIUK RUS 1:22:33 

3 Magda GAZEA GRE 1:24:32 

4 Irini KOKKINARIDOU GRE 1:25:36 

5 Julia TULLY GBR 1:37:47 


FIRENZE MARATHON, ITALY 



RIO PAN-AM 10KM, 

BRAZIL 


MARATHON DE LA ROCHELLE - 

SERGE VIGOT, FRANCE 

MEN: 

1 Haile HAJA ETH 2:09:44 

2 Azmeraw BEKELE ETH 2:10:25 

3 Natashon KIMAIYO KEN 2:10:36 

4 Oleksandr SITOVSKY RUS 2:10:46 

5 Alemayehu AYETA ETH 2:11:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Goitetom HAFTU ETH 2:28:24 

2 Meseret DEBELE ETH 2:30:42 

3 Marta MARKOS ETH 2:32:14 

4 Anzhelika AVERKOVA RUS 2:34:29 

5 Aberash NESGA ETH 2:35:31 


MARATHON DONOSTIA - SAN SEBASTIAN, 

SPAIN 

MEN: 

1 Elijah Muturi KARANJA KEN 2:13:29 

2 Rafael Iglesias BORREGO ESP 2:13:44 

3 Asier Cuevas ETTECHETO ESP 2:17:41 

4 Gebregzbhier GIDEY ETH 2:22:41 

5 Telmo SILVA POR 2:24:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Tirhas Gebre ENUN ETH 2:38:47 

2 Tigist GEBRESELASSIE ETH 2:40:53 

3 Ana Casares POLO ESP 2:43:07 

4 Xuan Garcia DE ISLA ESP 2:58:23 

5 Eva Busto VILOSLADA ESP 3:01:59 


AMICA SEATTLE MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Teshome KOKEBE ETH 2:30:57 

2 John RIAK 2:32:12 

3 Jesse STEVICK 2:32:50 

4 James DESALVO 2:40:09 

5 Maxwell FERGUSON 2:40:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Sarah PULLINS USA 3:04:21 

2 Raquel CHAVEZ 3:09:06 

3 Becky MANUEL 3:09:40 

4 Jennifer YOGI 3:11:40 

5 Sarah GETTY 3:12:13 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Steven CRANE USA 1:10:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Sheila CROFT USA 1:23:16 


RIO PAN-AM 10km, BRAZIL 

The race started and finished in front of the 

’Monument to Pracinhas’ (a tribute to the 

expeditionary force during the Second World War), at 

Aterro do Flamengo. The women’s race started at 

07.45 with the men and the mass runners following 

15 minutes later. The weather was sunny and warm 

(25ºC). Cruz Nonata Da Silva scored a third victory 

over Kenyan opposition in recent months, and shaved 

a second off the 2005 course record. The Kenyans 

swept the men’s podium. 

MEN: 

1 Mark KORIR KEN 29:18 

2 Barnabas KOSGEI KEN 29:20 

3 Matthew CHEBOI KEN 29:34 

4 Joao Ferriera DE LIMA BRA 29:38 

5 Damiao Ancelmo DA SOUZA BRA 29:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Cruz Nonata DA SILVA BRA 34:14 

2 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 34:57 

3 Sueli Perreira SILVA BRA 35:08 

4 Anastazia Msandi Mhomi GHAMAA 35:38 

5 Chemtai RIONOTUKEI KEN 36:04 


21K NUEVO LEON, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Isaac Kemboi KIMAIYO KEN 1:03:08 

2 Elisha Korir CHUMO KEN 1:03:50 

3 Andres Juarez CAPILLA MEX 1:05:44 

4 Sammy KIPLAGAT KEN 1:08:35 

5 Charles Kandie KOECH KEN 1:08:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 1:11:00 

2 Genoveva JELEGAT KEN 1:14:25 

3 Ana Teresa Jauregui PACHECO MEX 1:21:56 

4 Judith Bautista VILLEGAS MEX 1:23:01 

5 Elvia Caballero GUERRERO MEX 1:28:33 

4 DECEMBER 2010: 

REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA 

A record field of nearly 1,200 runners from 29 

countries took part in the 10th edition, with local 

favourites, Rupert Green and Elizabeth Mondon taking 

top honours. Defending champion Green took the 

lead early, but Mondon ran a slow tactical first half 

before pushing ahead of last year’s women’s 

champion, Terry Refjimbal, to finish in a personal best. 

A Frenchwoman, Mondon lives in Kingston and is a 

member of the Jamdammers Running Club, giving the 

hosts of the Reggae Marathon their first victory in ten 

years. 

At the start the excitement generated by the 

torchbearers and drummers took the runners’ minds 

off the light rain. The skies eventually cleared and the 

temperature remained a cool 23C for most of the 

race. The route took runners along the Negril coastline 

and ended at the Long Bay Beach Park, where runners 

poured unto Negril’s famous seven-mile white sand 

beach to enjoy post race massages and a swim. The 

race boasts an even mix of local and international 

runners. President of the Jamdammers’ Running Club, 

Emile Leiba, said “We’re proud of creating and 

sustaining a world class event that promotes local 

running and brings visitors from all over the world to 

Jamaica.” 


Results 


REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICA 

MEN: 

1 Rupert GREEN JAM 2:30:27 

2 Gregory MCKENZIE JAM 2:39:31 

3 Corey LEVIN 2:41:24 

4 Linton MCKENZIE JAM 2:45:22 

5 Anthony JACKSON 2:51:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Elizabeth MONDON 2:55:50 

2 Terri RAFJIMBAL 3:09:17 

3 Outi BEN AMMAR 3:37:37 

4 Eva HOOD 3:39:54 

5 Karlene BLADGROVE 3:42:34 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Kirk BROWN 1:10:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Twishauna WILLIAMS JAM 1:29:08 


64th FUKUOKA INT’L OPEN MARATHON 

CHAMPIONSHIPS, JAPAN 

Jaoud Gharib, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and twotime 

World Champion, ran away from the field at 

15km writes Ken Nakamura. Run in sunny and 

unseasonably warm conditions, it was the slowest 

winning time since 2005 when Dmytro Baranovsky 

won in 2:08:29; Second-placed Dmitriy Safronov 

finished nearly two minutes adrift. In third, Takayuki 

Matsumiya failed to crack 2:09:30 which would have 

won him a place in the 2011 World Championships 

marathon team. Final team selection is made only 

after the Lake Biwa Marathon in March. 

Runners passed 10km in 30:17 and at 15km 

pacemaker Eliud Kiptanui upped the pace with a 

14:15 5km split, breaking up the leading pack. Gharib 

followed 100m behind Kiptanui through halfway in 

1:03:14 but then at half) started to close the gap. 

They were followed by Kiprono, Tekeste Kebede, 

Dmytri Baranovskyy and Masato Imai, 30 seconds 

behind. Gharib went further clear of the chasing pace 

as he closed on Kiptanui, who passed 30km in 

1:29:56 and then dropped out. 

Gharib ran on alone to the finish on a course that is 

completely exposed to the sun and won handily. 

Behind him, the group had over extended themselves 

and Safronov, who was seventh at halfway, moved up 

steadily to second place before 35Km. He covered the 

final 2.195km in 6:41 to smash his personal best by 

more than a minute and half. Likewise, Takayuki 

Matsumiya, was not even in the top 10 at 30km but 

eventually finished third. 

MEN: 

1 Jaouad GHARIB MAR 2:08:24 

2 Dmitriy SAFRONOV RUS 2:10:12 

3 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 2:10:54 

4 Chiharu TAKADA JPN 2:12:44 

5 Masato IMAI JPN 2:13:23 

6 Dmytro BARANOVSKY UKR 2:13:40 

7 Tekeste KEBEDE ETH 2:14:44 

8 Tomoya SHIMIZU JPN 2:16:22 

9 Satoshi IRIFUNE JPN 2:16:42 

10 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:17:54 


NARA MARATHON, JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Nobuyuki MATSUMOTO JPN 2:23:16 

2 Ryo HAYATA JPN 2:26:31 

3 Osamu HIRATA JPN 2:29:35 

4 Kinya HASHIRA JPN 2:30:45 

5 Kazuyoshi MAEDA JPN 2:31:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Ikue TABATA JPN 2:49:52 

2 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 2:56:21 

3 Makiko SHIMAMURA JPN 2:56:33 

4 Fumiko YAMASHITA JPN 2:57:46 

5 Tomoyo TSUJII JPN 2:58:24 


TORAY CUP SHANGHAI MARATHON, CHINA 

MEN: 

1 Gashaw Melese ASFAW ETH 2:11:36 

WOMEN: 

2 Nailya YULAMANOVA RUS 2:26:05 


MACAU GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT INT’L 

MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Tekest Nektiabeb NURELIGN ETH 2:16:15 

2 Stephen Kweilo CHEMLANY KEN 2:16:22 

3 Patrick Kipkemboi ROTICH KEN 2:16:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Xue Lin WANG CHN 2:37:37 

2 Rose Kerubo NYANGANCHA KEN 2:38:09 

3 Yenaealem Ayano BULI ETH 2:39:32 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Siyuan GUAN CHN 1:09:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Zhihua XU CHN 1:21:33 


ANGKOR WAT INT’L HALF MARATHON, 

CAMBODIA 

MEN: 

1 Hem BUNTING CAM 1:10:10 

2 Evan FOX USA 1:15:49 

3 Hiroshi NEKO JPN 1:15:59 

4 Hadnier MULLER GER 1:19:43 

5 Jay JOHANNESEN SWE 1:19:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Satako UETANI JPN 1:22:29 

2 Vivian TANG SIN 1:26:33 

3 Heather DANKS AUS 1!29:46 

4 Tomoko YAMADA JPN 1:31:34 

5 Ly NARY CAM 1:32:32 


STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON 

SINGAPORE 

Kenneth Mungara and Irene Jerotich Kosgei 

triumphed in warm and humid conditions. “The race is 

good but very hot,” said Mungara, who took home a 

US $50,000 first place prize. “The first half of the race 

was quite slow but I broke away at 30km and I knew 

that if I maintained my pace, I would win.” The 

women’s race saw a close contest as the recentlycrowned 

Commonwealth Games Marathon champion 

fended off the challenge of Ethiopian Ayelu Lemma 

Geda by a nine-second margin. “I couldn’t run under 

2:29.00 because of the humid weather” said Kosgei. 

In three events, a record-breaking 60,000 runners 

took to the streets. Flagged off from three different 

start points, they pounded past Singapore’s iconic 

landmarks, including Orchard Road, Chinatown, 

Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore, Marina Bay 

Sands and the Singapore Flyer. Minister for Foreign 

Affairs Mr. George Yeo was the Guest of Honour for 

the Marathon, which was flagged off at 05.00 at 

Orchard Road for the first time as 20,000 runners 

passed under a flood of Christmas lights. Dr Vivian 

Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, 

Youth and Sports, flagged off the Half-Marathon at 

06.30 where 15,000 runners started the race at the 

Sentosa Gateway, bringing them through the island of 

Sentosa and amidst the sights and sounds of 

Universal Studios Singapore. The 10km, with a field of 

20,000, started at 07.45 from the Esplanade Bridge. 

MEN: 

1 Kenneth MUNGARA KEN 2:14:06 

2 Thomas CHEROGONY KEN 2:14:32 

3 Vincent KIPROP KEN 2:14:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Irene Jerotich KOSGEI KEN 2:35:22 

2 Ayelu Lemma GEDA ETH 2:35:31 

3 Annerien VAN SCHALKWYK NED 2:35.32 


PUNE INT’L MARATHON, INDIA 

MEN: 

1 Gudeta Gemechu BIRATU ETH 2:13:20 

2 Cosmas Mutuku KYEVA KEN 2:15:30 

3 Tumicha Worana HORSA ETH 2:15:39 

4 Sammy Kimeli LIMO KEN 2:15:45 

5 Daniel Kipkorir KILIMO KEN 2:16:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Birzaf Tekele GEBRU ETH 2:38:41 

2 Chattu Moha TURE ETH 2:38:42 

3 Abebe Tsegaye BEKELE ETH 2:39:05 

4 Tesehay Desalegn ADHANA ETH 2:40:36 

5 Mildred Chebosis KIMINY KEN 2:42:15 


LISBON INT’L MARATHON, PORTUGAL 

MEN: 

1 Vasco AZVEDO POR 2:23:09 

2 Olexey RYBACHENKO RUS 2:24:55 

3 Carlos SANTOS POR 2:31:01 

4 Nuno NUNES POR 2:35:40 

5 Roman PRODIUS MDV 2:37:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria KOVALEVA RUS 2:42:40 

2 Ekaterina SLAHOVA RUS 2:56:30 

3 Laura Govena MAJUTO ESP 3:16:05 

4 Stephanie AMBLARD FRA 3:28:22 

5 Chloe LE VAGUERES FRA 3:28:25 


PUNE INT’L MARATHON, INDIA 



Results 


ST CROIX MARATHON, US VIRGIN ISLANDS 


PAMPULHA LAGOON 17.8KM ROAD RACE, BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Jose RODRIGUEZ PUR 2:51:27 

2 Eric Yves LEGROS USA 3:09:39 

3 Steve BURKHOLDER USV 3:46:10 

4 Mike KLEIN USV 3:46:19 

5 Matt HALK USV 3:50:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Maureen MANNING USA 3:18:14 

2 Ana GUTIERREZ USV 3:43:50 

3 HEIDI SNOW USV 4:04:13 

4 Patricia MAHONEY USV 5:00:03 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Juan ROBLES USV 1:15:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Theresa HARPER USV 1:39:18 


CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON, 

MEN: 

1 Steve SPIERS USA 2:52:20 

2 Mark HOGAN CAY 2:59:24 

3 Eduardo TORRES CAY 3:04:15 

4 Tom DEHART USA 3:10:11 

5 Richard BARBER CAY 3:29:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Beth SCHREADER CAY 3:10:16 

2 Caroline CAHILL CAY 3:29:53 

3 Jacqui REITIF CAY 3:55:17 

4 Pam TRAVERS CAY 3:56:20 

5 Niki LAUZON CAN 3:57:48 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Marius ACKER CAY 1:15:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Chrissy DOOLING CAY 1:28:02 


RUN BARBADOS MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Richard Tirop KESSIO KEN 2:29:49 

2 Zepherinus JOSEPH LCA 2:32:38 

3 Simon SAWE KEN 2:32:45 

4 Curtis COX TRI 2:35:12 

5 Alphonce K YATICH KEN 2:45:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Mary AKOR USA 2:53:21 

2 Teresia MOUGUA KEN 3:01:49 

3 Amy CHALK GBR 3:02:34 

4 Euleen JOSIAH-TANNER GUY 3:33:52 

5 Arieta MARTIN JAM 3:34:33 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Robert K LETTING USA 1:09:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Janet CHEROBON KEN 1:19:46 


GRAN MARATON PACIFICO, MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:14:16 

2 Daniel Vargas SANCHEZ MEX 2:14:48 

3 Cosmas Kiplimo LETTING KEN 2:18:04 

4 Erick Moses MONYENYE KEN 2:20:32 

5 Juan Vargas SANCHEZ MEX 2:21:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 2:44:11 

2 Truphena Jemeli TARUS KEN 2:44:31 

3 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ MEX 2:44:50 

4 Daniela Alonso ARREOLA MEX 2:46:28 

5 Maria Gudalupe SANTANA MEX 2:47:16 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 1:02:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Neriah Asiba NYABONG KEN 1:15:01 


PAMPULHA LAGOON 17.8km ROAD RACE, 

BRAZIL 

Kenyans Barnabas Kiplagat and Bornes Jepkirui 

extended the Kenyan run of victories in the 12th 

edition to three years in a row. Edielza Alves 

Guimarães and Damião Ancelmo de Souza salvaged 

Brazilian pride with podium places. 

Over 12,500 registered athletes started on a close 

and sunny morning. It was already 25ºC at 08.55, 

when the 22 elite women started. Bornes led from the 

start and after 9km started to run away from the rest. 

The men‘s race fielded 49 elite runners of which 44 

were Brazilians. João Ferreira de Lima started strongly 

but did not last. Giovani dos Santos tried to escape 

the bunch at 6km but was soon overtaken by the 

better-prepared Kenyans. 

MEN: 

1 Barnabas Kiplagat KOSGEI KEN 54:08 

2 Mark KORIR KEN 54:10 

3 Damiao Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 54:14 

4 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 54:15 

5 Paulo Roberto ALMEIDA BRA 54:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 1:05:12 

2 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:59 

3 Maurine Jelegat KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:06:19 

4 Tatiele Roberta DE CARVALHO BRA 1:06:35 

5 Conceicao CARVALHO BRA 1:06:45 


PANAMA CITY INT’L MARATHON 

[No results obtained] 


ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LAS VEGAS MARATHON, 

USA 

MEN: 

1 Josh COX USA 2:25:05 

2 Steve DEKEKER USA 2:31:21 

3 Stalin BARROS ECU 2:31:52 

4 Nicholas PINNING USA 2:37:03 

5 Ryan HERZOG USA 2:37:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:44:36 

2 Beth WOODWARD USA 2:59:04 

3 Beth WALSH USA 2:59:05 

4 Adriana BERMUDEZ USA 2:59:05 

5 Amanda DI PAOLO USA 3:00:33 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Scott BAUHS USA 1:02:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Jen RHINES USA 1:14:57 


POWERADE MONTERREY MARATHON, 

MEXICO 

MEN: 

1 Omar Alfonso Luna RAMIREZ MEX 2:27:55 

2 Alfredo Moctezuma EVARISTI MEX 2:32:32 

3 Miguel Angel Ibarra LOPEZ MEX 2:33:54 

4 Abraham Arteaga GARCIA MEX 2:34:46 

5 Jaime Arguelles DE LA CRUZ MEX 2:37:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Dulce Maria BANUELOS MEX 2:51:06 

2 Nancy Cerda CISNEROS MEX 3:08:27 

3 Fernanda Cavazos GARZA MEX 3:14:43 

4 Monica Luna GUTIERREZ MEX 3:21:53 

5 Karla Villafuerte CRUZ MEX 3:23:45 


6th ANTARCTICA ICE MARATHON 

Sunshine and reasonably warm temperatures greeted 

runners at the start. Steve Hibbs, a 2:31 marathon 

runner, took the early lead but was overtaken by 

Belgium’s Marc de Keyser. De Keyser went through 

25km in 2:25 followed by Taiwan's Tommy Chen and 

France’s Alain D’Andria in 2:31, but Brazilian 

Bernardo Fonseca came through in the later stages to 

take victory. Clare Apps led from start to finish in the 

women's race. 

MEN: 

1 Bernardo FONSECA BRA 4:20:31 

2 Marc DE KEYSER BEL 4:24:24 

3 Steve HIBBS USA 4:46:15 

4 Henri Alain D'ANDRIA FRA 4:49:09 

5 Tristan MILLER AUS 4:59:08 

6 Irenesuz SZPOT POL 5:04:10 

7 Clayton CONSERVANI BRA 5:12:51 

8 Scott James MULLIGAN GBR 5:16:54 

9 Brett KARLSON RSA 5:19:32 

10 Greg SWAN AUS 5:23:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Clare APPS GBR 4:47:37 

2 Cathrine DUE DEN 5:34:38 

3 Sarah OLIPHANT USA 6:32:48 

4 Uma Devi CHIGURUPATI IND 8:16:22 

5 Rhoda Jones USA 9:33:29 


PISA MARATHON, ITALY 

[Race cancelled due to adverse weather] 


WMRA News 

Left: Andrea Mayr 

Below left: Arslan Ahmet and 

Andrea Mayr with their medals 

and (right) Arslan crossing the 

finish at the Smarna gora race 

EXECUTIVES 

President: Bruno Gozzelino (ITA) 

Treasurer: Nancy Hobbs (USA) 

Reserved Position – Women: Galia Puhaleva (BUL) 

Director of Marketing: Erhan Basoglu (TUR) 

Director of Competition: Raimondo Ballico (ITA) 

Director of Development: Tomo Sarf (SLO) 

Director of Organisation: Wolfgang Munzel (GER) 

CALENDAR 

Ljubljana, 

Slovenia 

2 October 2010 

WMRA Grand Prix final 

31st Smarna gora race 

by Tomo Sarf 

Ahmet Arslan from Turkey and Austrian 

Andrea Mayr cruised to victory at the 

Smarna Gora race, sealing the overall 2010 

WMRA Grand Prix titles. 

Runners from 10 countries gathered at the start 

line, just to the north of the Slovenian capital, 

Ljubljana. Cool and dry, conditions were good for 

Results 

MEN: 

1 Arslan AHMET TUR 42:28 

2 Jonathan WYATT NZL 42:38 

3 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 42:45 

4 David SCHNEIDER SUI 44:07 

5 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 44:29 

WOMEN 

1 Andrea MAYR AUT 48:48 

2 Antonella CONFORTOLA ITA 51:09 

3 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 51:26 

4 Kaja OBIDIC SLO 52:44 

5 Lauren JESKA GBR 54:23 

WMRA Grand Prix Results (Final): 

MEN 

1 Arslan AHMET TUR 386 

2 Jonathan WYATT NZL 247 

3 David SCHNEIDER SUI 224 

4 Roman SKALSKY CZE 188 

5 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 181 

WOMEN 

1 Andrea MAYR AUT 340 

2 Lauren JESKA GBR 223 

3 Anna FROST NZL 176 

4 Antonella CONFORTOLA ITA 174 

5 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 168 

the runners. The initial flat section of the course at 

the start was lengthened, lessening the incline at 

the start of the ascent. A dangerously steep 

downhill section was replaced by a more 

undulating route. The new course was extended by 

a kilometre to 10km, but the elevation remained as 

an ascent of 730m and the descent 300m. 

Ahmet Arslan from Turkey, the best non-African 

finisher at the World Championships held four 

weeks previously in nearby Kamnik, competed at 

this race for the first time. He started cautiously, 

behind six-time World champion Jonathan Wyatt, 

who had already run the demanding course several 

times. Wyatt knew that the first uphill was his 

chance and he passed the first summit with a small 

advantage. He was the first runner to pass the 

control point just before the end of the descent, but 

at the very last descent was overtaken by Arslan 

and Czech Robert Krupicka, the winner here two 

years ago. Arslan went on to take the victory 10 

seconds ahead of Wyatt. Runners from seven 

countries took the first seven positions. 

18 June 2011: 

8th World MR Long Distance Challenge, Podbrdo, Slovenia 

25 June 2011: 

6th WMRA International Youth Challenge, Gorenja vas, Slovenia 

26 June 2011: 

8th NACAC MR Championships, Ajicic, Mexico 

10 July 2011: 

10th European MR Championships, Bursa, Turkey 

7 August 2011: 

6th CONSUDATLE MR Championships, tbd 


27th World Championships, Tirane, Albania 


11th World Masters Mountain Running Championships, 

Arta Terme, Italy 


2nd Commonwealth MR Championships, Snowdon, Great Britain 

27 November 2011: 

3rd ACC MR Championships, Obudu Ranch, Nigeria 

To be decided: 

WMRA Grand Prix 2011 

3rd Balkan MR Championships 

www.wmra.info 

Andrea Mayr from Austria showed her superiority a 

month ago when taking the World title in Kamnik. 

Here she led from the start and crossed the line 

nearly two-and-a-half minutes clear. 

The Smarna gora race was also the 2010 WMRA 

Grand Prix Final. The winners were already decided 

before the race with Arslan and Mayr having 

collected enough points for the victory with their 

excellent races at the World Championships. The 

final race only decided the minor placings. 


WMRA News 

6th Obudu Mountain Race 

3rd African Mountain 

Running Championships 

Cross River State, Nigeria, 28 November 2010 

More then 150 top runners from seven 

African Countries participated. The best 

African mountain runners were there to 

compete both for the African title and the 

biggest prize purse offered in any mountain 

race. 

The course differs from standard WMRA practice by 

following an asphalted road from the start to the 

finish, but with 11km and 800m elevation gain it 

fits WMRA parameters regarding the length and 

the elevation. 

Course record holder (41:45 from 2008) Abebe 

Dinkesa won the men’s race, beating 2007 and 

2009 winner Fidaku Awash. Fifth-placed Geoffrey 

Kusuro was the junior World Champion in 2007 

and senior World Champion in 2009. 

In the women’s race Meselech Haileyesus, set a 

new course record. She defeated last year’s winner 

Mamitu Daska. The race was completely dominated 

by Ethiopian runners who took six of the first seven 

positions. 

Results 

MEN: 

1 Abebe DINKESA ETH 42:21 

2 Fikadu AWASH ETH 42:47 

3 John SOMBOL KEN 42:58 

4 Stephen KIPROTICH UGA 43:23 

5 Geoffrey KUSURO UGA 43:44 

WOMEN: 

1 Meselech HAILEYESUS ETH 48:57 

2 Daska MAMITU ETH 49:04 

3 Belaynesh GEBRE ETH 50:37 

4 Koren Yelela YAL ETH 52:49 

5 Mary Xwaymay NAALI TAN 53:28 



World’s fastest times 2010 

WORLD’S FASTEST TIMES 

in 2010 for 10km, 

HALF MARATHON 

& MARATHON 

By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician 

These lists focus primarily on the half-marathon and marathon, the primary event 

membership within AIMS, and were believed accurate at 31 December 2010. 

Corrections, and additions are welcome; there is no such thing as a perfect or 

complete list, as new information continually provides new perspective. 

Please send relevant results to drdavexyz@gmail.com 

(Note * = downhill course) 

Men 

Present world record: 

Zersenay Tadese; 58:23; Lisboa; 21 MAR 2010 

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

58:23 Zersenay Tadese ERI 1 Lisboa 21 MAR 

59:19 Tilahun Regassa ETH 1 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

59:20 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop KEN 1 Milano 21 MAR 

59:34 Sammy Kirop Kitwara KEN 2 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

59:38 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai KEN 1 New Delhi 21 NOV 

59:39 Silas Kipruto KEN 2 Milano 21 MAR 

59:39 Wilson Kiprop KEN 1 Lille 04 SEP 

59:40 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 2 Lille 04 SEP 

59:43 Kiprono KEN 1 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

59:47 Kitwara 2 Lisboa 21 MAR 

59:48 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 1 Sendai 09 MAY 

59:49 Tadese Tola ETH 2 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

59:51 Titus Masai KEN 3 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

59:51 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 1 Den Haag 14 MAR 

59:52 Eshetu Wendimu ETH 2 Den Haag 14 MAR 

Half Marathon 

Women 


Lornah Kiplagat (NED); 1:06:25; Udine; 14 OCT 2007 


1:07:07 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 1 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:07:13 Mare Ibrahimova AZE 2 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:07:14 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany KEN 1 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:07:22 Aselefech Mergia ETH 3 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:07:40 Keitany split Berlin 09 MAY 

1:07:40 Florence Kiplagat KEN 1 Lille 04 SEP 

1:07:41 Teyba Erkesso ETH 4 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:07:45 Meseret Defar ETH 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:07:47 Lineth Chepkurui KEN 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:07:48 Peninah Arusei KEN 2 Lille 04 SEP 

1:07:52 Berhane Adere ETH 1 New Orleans 28 FEB 

1:07:55 Kimberley Smith NZL 2 New Orleans 28 FEB 

1:07:58 Tune ETH 5 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:08:24 Kiplagat 1 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:08:30 Atsede Habtamu ETH 6 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 


COMMERZBANK FRANKFURT MARATHON, GERMANY 

10km Road 

Men 


Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN); 26:44; Utrecht; 26 SEP 2010 


26:44 Leonard Patrick Komon KEN 1 Utrecht 26 SEP 

27:04 Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN 1 Barcelona 18 APR 

27:19 Moses Ndiema Masai KEN 1 San Juan 28 FEB 

27:22 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 1 Brunssum 28 MAR 

27:29 Micah Kipkemboi Kogo KEN 1 Laredo 20 MAR 

59:52 Kipruto 3 Lille 04 SEP 

59:53 Peter Kamais KEN 1 New York 21 MAR 

59:56 Getu Feleke ETH 4 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

59:56 John Nzau Mwagangi KEN 3 Den Haag 14 MAR 

59:56 Leonard Langat KEN 1 Remich 26 SEP 

59:57 Eric Ndiema KEN 4 Den Haag 14 MAR 

59:58 Robt. Kipkorir Kipchumba KEN 5 Den Haag 14 MAR 

59:59 Lelisa Desessa ETH 3 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:00:02 Kipyego 6 Den Haag 14 MAR 

1:00:03 Emmanuel Kipchirchir KEN 3 Lisboa 21 MAR 

1:00:04 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 4 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:00:07 Willy Kariuku Mwangi KEN 5 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:00:07 John Kiprotich KEN 5 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:00:09 Joel Kimurer Kemboi KEN 1 Praha 27 MAR 

1:00:16 Wendimu 1 Berlin 28 MAR 

1:00:16 Matthew Kipkoech Kisorio KEN 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:00:17 Peter Cheruiyot Kirui KEN 2 Berlin 28 MAR 

1:00:21 Duncan Kibet Kirong KEN 4 Lisboa 21 MAR 

1:00:24 Terefe Maregu ETH 3 Berlin 28 MAR 

1:00:25 Gebregziabher Gebremariam ETH 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:00:28 Gilbert Masai KEN 5 Lisboa 21 MAR 

1:00:31 Wilson Kwambai Chebet KEN 6 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:00:31 Jairus Chanchaima KEN 5 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:00:31 Julius Arile KEN 7 Den Haag 14 MAR 

1:00:33 Jouad Gharib MAR 6 Lisboa 21 MAR 

1:00:38 Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott 6 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:00:38 Moses Kipkosgei Kigen KEN 2 New York 21 MAR 

1:00:39 Mohamed Trafeh USA 3 New York 21 MAR 

1:00:39 Pius Maiyo Kiprop KEN 4 Remich 26 SEP 

1:00:41 Kiplimo Kimutai KEN 7 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:08:31 Worknesh Kidane ETH 3 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:08:34 Tune ETH 2 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:08:37 Nicole Chapple AUS 1 Marugame 07 FEB 

1:08:37 Arusei 1 Koyang 28 FEB 

1:08:37 Shalane Flanagan USA 4 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

1:08:40 Hilda Kibet KEN 7 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:08:48 Agnes Kiprop KEN 8 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB 

1:08:50 Keitany 1 Lisboa 26 SEP 

1:08:59 Asmae Leghzaoui MAR 2 Koyang 28 FEB 

1:09:00 Lisa Weightman AUS 1 Gold Coast 04 JUL 

1:09:01 Flomena Cheyech Daniel KEN 1 Yamaguchi 21 MAR 

1:09:05 Arusei 3 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:09:11 Caroline Kilel KEN 1 Glasgow 05 SEP 

1:09:16 Philes Moora Ongori KEN 2 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:19 Tune 3 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:21 Mergia 4 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:24 Amane Gobena ETH 5 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:25 Wude Ayalew ETH 6 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:25 Mara Yamauchi GBR 1 New York 21 MAR 

1:09:27 Sarah Chepchirchir KEN 3 Lille 04 SEP 

1:09:28 Feyse Tadese ETH 4 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:09:30 Joyce Chepkirui KEN 5 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:09:31 Fate Tola ETH 6 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:09:33 Kilel 1 Zwolle 12 JUN 

1:09:38 Dibaba 7 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:38 Meseret Mengistu ETH 7 Nanning 16 OCT 

1:09:39 Arusei 8 Abu Dhabi 07 JAN 

1:09:41 Flanagan 1 Houston 17 JAN 

1:09:43 Deena Kastor USA 1 Tempe 17 JAN 

1:09:43 Kastor 2 New York 21 MAR 

27:31 Silas Kipruto KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY 

27:41 Gebregziabher Gebremariam ETH 1 Cape Elizabeth 07 AUG 

27:42 Samuel Kirop Kitwara KEN 2 San Juan 28 FEB 

27:42 Gebremariam 1 New York 15 MAY 

27:42 Allan Kiprono KEN 2 Cape Elizabeth 07 AUG 

27:43 Jacob Korir Cheshari KEN 2 Marseille 01 MAY 

27:43 Daniel Chebii KEN 1 Duesseldorf 05 SEP 

27:44 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai KEN 3 San Juan 28 FEB 

27:44 Mohammed Farah GBR 1 London 31 MAY 

27:45 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 4 San Juan 28 FEB 

Women 


Paula Radcliffe (GBR); 30:21; San Juan, PUR; 23 FEB 2003 


30:45 Lineth Chepkurui KEN 1 New Orleans 03 APR 

30:48 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 1 New York 12 JUN 

31:00 Chepkurui 1 Cape Elizabeth 07 AUG 

31:05 Margaret Wangari Muriuki KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY 

31:06 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany KEN 1 London 31 MAY 

31:07 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 1 San Juan 28 FEB 

31:07 Beleynesh Oljira KEN 2 Marseille 01 MAY 

31:07 Wude Ayalew ETH 2 Cape Elizabeth 07 AUG 

31:08 Masai 1 Glasgow 09 MAY 

31:09 Keitany 2 San Juan 28 FEB 

31:13 Emily Chebet ETH 2 New York 12 JUN 

31:18 Worknesh Kidane ETH 3 New York 12 JUN 

31:19 Kidane 1 Manchester 16 MAY 

31:20 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 2 Glasgow 09 MAY 

31:25 Alice Jemeli Timbilili KEN 1 Marseille 21 MAY 


World’s fastest times 2010 

Marathon 

Men 


Haile Gebrselassie (ETH); 2:03:59; Berlin; 28 SEP 2008 


2:04:48 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 1 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:04:55 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai KEN 2 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:04:57 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 1 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:05:08 Musyoki 1 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:05:10 Mutai 2 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:05:13 Vincent Kipruto KEN 3 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:05:19 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 1 London 25 APR 

2:05:23 Feyisa Lilesa ETH 4 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:05:25 Baza Worku ETH 3 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:05:39 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 1 Praha 09 MAY 

2:05:44 Getu Feleke ETH 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:05:52 Robt. Kiprono Cheruiyot KEN 1 Boston* 19 APR 

2:06:09 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:06:12 Wilson Kwambai Chebet KEN 2 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:06:23 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai KEN 2 London 25 APR 

2:06:24 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru KEN 1 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:06:31 Tadese Tola ETH 2 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:06:33 Chala Dechase ETH 2 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:06:41 Tola 1 Paris 21 MAR 

2:06:41 Kebede 2 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:06:46 Eshetu Wendimu ETH 3 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:06:49 Sylvester Kimeli Teimet KEN 1 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:06:55 Jaouad Gharib MAR 3 London 25 APR 

2:06:59 Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa KEN 2 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:07:01 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 5 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:07:04 Elias Kemboi Chelimo KEN 3 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:07:11 Alfred Kering KEN 2 Paris 11 APR 

2:07:11 Yemane Tsegay ETH 2 Praha 09 MAY 

2:07:13 Kiprotich 3 Paris 11 APR 

2:07:23 Kebede Tekeste ETH 2 Boston* 19 APR 


2:07:23 Nicholas Kipruto Koech KEN 3 Praha 09 MAY 

2:07:23 Dechase ETH 3 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:07:29 Abreham Cherkos ETH 4 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:07:30 Jackson Kipkoech Kotut KEN 1 Barcelona 07 MAR 

2:07:33 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 4 London 25 APR 

2:07:35 Paul Kiprop Kirui KEN 3 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:07:36 Felix Keny KEN 2 Barcelona 07 MAR 

2:07:37 Teshome Gelana ETH 1 Houston 17 JAN 

2:07:37 Hailu Mekonnen ETH 5 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:07:38 Charles Waweru Kamathi KEN 1 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:07:38 Nicholas Kipkorir Chelimo KEN 2 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:07:40 Paul Biwott KEN 3 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:07:52 Tsegay 4 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:07:54 Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo KEN 1 Chunchon 24 OCT 

2:07:56 Shadrack Kipchumba Kiplagat KEN 6 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:07:58 Kenneth Mburu Mungara KEN 1 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:08:01 Kiptoo 4 Paris 11 APR 

2:08:04 Abel Kirui KEN 5 London 25 APR 

2:08:04 Feleke 4 Praha 09 MAY 

2:08:05 James Kariuki KEN 5 Mombasa 09 MAY 

2:08:05 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 5 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:08:10 Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba KEN 2 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:08:10 Lilesa 3 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:13 Yared Dagnaw ERI 4 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:08:14 Gebregziabher Gebremariam ETH 1 New York 07 NOV 

2:08:15 Daniel Rono KEN 3 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:08:15 David Kemboi Kiyeng KEN 1 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:08:17 Mohamed El Hachimi MAR 2 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:08:22 Nixon Kipkoech Machichim KEN 4 Toronto 26 NOV 

2:08:24 Daniel Kipkorir Chepyego UGA 5 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:08:24 Gharib 1 Fukuoka 05 DEC 

2:08:25 Wegayehu Girma ETH 3 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:08:27 Zembaba Vigeze ETH 2 Houston 17 JAN 

2:08:29 Daniel Kiprugut Too KEN 5 Paris 11 APR 

2:08:32 Mulugeta Wami ETH 6 Paris 11 APR 


2:08:32 Iaroslav Musinschi MDA 1 Duesseldorf 02 MAY 

2:08:33 Gilbert Kiptoo Chepkwony KEN 1 Kosice 03 OCT 

2:08:33 Stephen Mokoka KEN 4 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:08:39 Siraj Gena ETH 1 Roma 21 MAR 

2:08:39 Deriba Merga ETH 3 *Boston 19 APR 

2:08:40 Henry Kemo Sugut KEN 1 Wien 18 APR 

2:08:41 Ryan Hall USA 4 *Boston 19 APR 

2:08:41 Solomon Busendich KEN 2 Kosice 03 OCT 

2:08:42 Peter Kiplagat Chebet KEN 3 Kosice 03 OCT 

2:08:44 Wesley Korir KEN 4 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:45 Samuel Woldemanuel ETH 3 Barcelona 07 MAR 

2:08:45 Deressa Chimsa ETH 1 Daegu 11 APR 

2:08:45 Daniel Kosgei KEN 7 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:08:46 Marilson dos Santos BRA 6 London 25 APR 

2:08:47 Lilesa 1 Xiamen 02 JAN 

2:08:48 Vigeze 7 Paris 11 APR 

2:08:50 Kipyego 6 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:08:53 Francis Kiprop KEN 6 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:08:53 Benson Kipchumba Barus KEN 2 Chunchon 24 OCT 

2:08:54 David Kisang KEN 3 Chunchon 24 OCT 

2:08:55 Yusuf Sungoka KEN 1 Hannover 02 MAY 

2:08:55 Gashaw Asfaw ETH 5 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:08:58 Jason Mbote KEN 3 Houston 17 JAN 

2:08:58 Moses Kibet Kangogo KEN 1 Dublin 24 OCT 

2:08:59 Kotut 8 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:09:00 Barus 2 Roma 21 MAR 

2:09:00 Kiyeng 4 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:09:00 Paul Kosgei KEN 1 *Carpi 10 OCT 

2:09:01 Mekonnen 8 Paris 11 APR 

2:09:02 Robert Mwangu KEN 2 Mombasa 09 MAY 

2:09:03 Abiyote Guta ETH 4 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:09:03 Shume Gerbaba ETH 1 Casablanca 24 OCT 

2:09:03 Terefa Maregu ETH 6 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:09:04 Mbote 5 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:09:05 Jacob Kendagor KEN 3 Mombasa 09 MAY 

Women 

Present world record (mixed race): 

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

Present world record (women’s-only race) 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR); 2:17:42; London; 17 APR 2005 


2:20:25 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 1 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:22:00 Shobukhova 1 London 25 APR 

2:22:04 Atsede Bayisa ETH 1 Paris 11 APR 

2:22:19 Inga Abitova RUS 2 London 25 APR 

2:22:38 Aselefech Mergia ETH 3 London 25 APR 

2:22:43 Sharon Jemutai Cherop KEN 1 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:22:44 Tirfi Tsegaye ETH 2 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:23:06 Merima Mohamed ETH 3 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:23:17 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 4 London 25 APR 

2:23:25 Caroline Cheptanui Kilel KEN 1 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:23:40 Bayisa 2 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:23:44 Dire Tune ETH 2 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:23:50 Mariya Konovalova RUS 3 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:23:53 Teyba Erkesso ETH 1 Houston 17 JAN 

2:23:58 Aberu Kebede ETH 1 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:24:07 Agnes Kiprop KEN 3 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:24:13 Amane Gobena ETH 1 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:24:19 Mamitu Daska ETH 1 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:24:22 Christelle Daunay FRA 2 Paris 11 APR 

2:24:26 Kebede 2 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:24:33 Koren Yal ETH 4 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:24:39 Magarsa Askale Tafa ETH 5 London 25 APR 

2:24:51 Tsegaye 3 Paris 11 APR 

2:24:54 Helena Loshanyang Kirop KEN 3 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:24:55 Yukiko Akaba JPN 6 London 25 APR 

2:24:58 Bekele 2 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:25:00 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Guangzhou 27 NOV 

2 25:01 Zhou 2 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:25:03 Alice Jemeli TimbililiKEN 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:25:10 Isabellah Andersson SWE 4 Frankfurt 31 OCT 


2:25:14 Gobena 1 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:25:18 Bai Xue CHN 7 London 25 APR 

2:25:21 Kimberly Smith NZL 8 London 25 APR 

2:25:27 Mare Dibaba ETH 5 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:25:28 Firehiwot Dado ETH 1 Roma 21 MAR 

2:25:29 Kebede 1 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:25:29 Kirop 1 Praha 09 MAY 

2:25:31 Haile 2 Roma 21 MAR 

2:25:34 Asalech Masresha ETH 4 Paris 11 APR 

2:25:35 Atsede Habtamu ETH 1 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:25:38 Dibaba 3 Roma 21 MAR 

2:25:38 Edna Kiplagat KEN 1 *Los Angeles 21MAR 

2:25:43 Mari Ozaki JPN 9 London 25 APR 

2:25:44 Marisa Barros POR 2 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:25:50 Asnakech Mengistu ETH 1 Milano 11 APR 

2:26:05 Bekele 4 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:26:10 Tomo Morimoto JPN 3 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:26:11 Erkesso 1 *Boston 19 APR 

2:26:11 Tatyana Aryasova RUS 1 Dublin 24 OCT 

2:26:14 Tatyana Pushkareva RUS 2 *Boston 19 APR 

2:26:16 Mara Yamauchi GBR 10 London 25 APR 

2:26:20 Teyber Naser BRN 2 *Los Angeles 21MAR 

2:26:20 Desiree Davila USA 4 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:26:21 Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 4 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:26:22 Magdalena Lewy-Boulet USA 2 Rotterdam 11 APR 

2:26:23 Kibet 6 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:26:24 Tetyana Filonyuk UKR 4 Roma 21 MAR 

2:26:27 Ozaki 3 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:26:35 Xiaolin Zhu CHN 2 Guangzhou 27 NOV 

2:26:40 Dado 5 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:26:40 Irina Mikitenko GER 5 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:26:52 Andersson 5 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:26:58 Kilel 3 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:26:02 Priscah Jeptoo KEN 1 Torino 14 NOV 

2:27:04 Eyerusalem Kuma ETH 2 Amsterdam 17 OCT 


2:27:06 Kum-Ok Kim PRK 3 Guangzhou 27 NOV 

2:27:08 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 6 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:27:11 Lidia Simon ROM 4 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:27:11 Yuri Kano JPN 1 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:27:16 Hellen Mugo KEN 1 *Carpi 10 OCT 

2:27:19 Kayoko Obata JPN 5 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:27:20 Sylvia Skvortsova RUS 3 *Los Angeles 21MAR 

2:27:24 Bizunesh Deba ETH 1 St. Paul 03 OCT 

2:27:27 Ashu Kasim ETH 1 Istanbul 17 OCT 

2:27:29 Tafa 6 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:27:34 Ryoko Kisaki JPN 6 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:27:34 Kum-Ok Kim PRK 1 Pyongyang 11 APR 

2:27:36 Ivanova 1 Praha 09 MAY 

2:27:44 Robe Guta ETH 3 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:27:44 Yulia Ruban UKR 7 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:27:45 Yoshimebet Tadesse ETH 7 Dubai 22 JAN 

2:27:51 Woynishet Girma ETH 4 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:27:51 Kateryna Stetsenko UKR 2 Dublin 24 OCT 

2:27:56 Alemitu Abera ETH 2 Istanbul 17 OCT 

2:28:01 Yelena Sokolova RUS 8 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:28:02 Elza Kireyeva RUS 3 Dublin 24 OCT 

2:28:03 Diana Lobacevske LTU 2 *Carpi 10 OCT 

2:28:06 Albina Mayorova RUS 7 Toronto 26 SEP 

2:28:08 Makda Harun ETH 1 Venezia 24 OCT 

2:28:13 Derartu Tulu ETH 2 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:28:17 Wang Xueqin CHN 4 Seoul 21 MAR 

2:28:19 Mohammed 1 Ottawa 30 MAY 

2:28:20 Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat KEN 1 New York 07 NOV 

2:28:22 Anne Cheptanui Bererwe KEN 2 Milano 11 APR 

2:28:22 Fate Tola ETH 2 Torino 14 NOV 

2:28:29 Chika Horie JPN 7 Osaka 31 JAN 

2:28:29 Olena Burkovska UKR 5 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:28:29 Deska 6 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:28:35 Hiromi Ominami JPN 3 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:28:35 Salina Jebet Kosgei KEN 3 *Boston 19 APR 



Race contact details 

Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aimsworldrunning.org 

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ALGERIA 

Sahara Marathon 

FEB 

James E. B. Carney 

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

T: 703 969 0049 

F: 503 905 9526 

E: saharamarathon@aol.com 

www.saharamarathon.org 


ANTARCTICA 

Antarctica Marathon & Half FEB/MAR 

Thom Gilligan 

C-5 Shipway Place, Boston, MA 02129 

T: 1 617 242 7845 

F: 1 617 242 7686 

E: info@marathontours.com 

www.marathontours.com 


Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k NOV 

Richard Donovan 

Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas, 

Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland 

T: 353 91 44 3408 

F: 353 91 44 3408 

E: rd@npmarathon.com 

www.icemarathon.com 


AUSTRALIA 

*Australian Outback Marathon JUL 

Michael Walton 

PO Box 583, Terrigal, NSW 2260 

T: 61 2 4385 2455 

F: 61 2 4385 2476 

E: michael.walton@travellingfit.com 

www.australianoutbackmarathon.com 


Blackmores Sydney Running 

Fesitival (incl.) Sydney Marathon SEP 

Wayne Larden 

Locked Bag 1596, Strawberry Hills, 

NSW 2010 

T: 61 2 9282 0402 

F: 61 2 9282 0499 

E: info@sydneyrunningfestival.org 

www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au 

Canberra Marathon 

APR 

Dave Cundy 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, NSW 2257 

T: 61 2 4342 7611 

F: 61 2 4342 7648 

E: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

www.canberramarathon.com.au 

Gold Coast Airport Marathon 

JUL 

Cameron Hart 

PO Box 4920, Gold Coast Mail Centre, 

QLD, 9726 

T: 61 07 5668 9888 

F: 61 07 5668 9899 

E: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

St George Melbourne 

Marathon Festival 

OCT 

Greg Hooton 

c/o level 3, 480 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 

Victoria 3004 

T: 61 3 9864 1138 

F: 61 3 9864 1190 

E: enquiries@melbournemarathon.com.au 

www.melbournemarathon.com.au 

Westlink M7 Cities Marathon 

JUL 

Mark Gibson (Blacktown City Council) 

PO Box 63, Blacktown, NSW, 2148 

T: 61 2 9839 6075 

F: 61 2 9839 6389 

E: mark.gibson@blacktown.nsw.gov.au 

www.wm7citiesmarathon.com.au 

AUSTRIA 

Int’l WACHAUmarathon 

SEP 

Mag. Michael Buchleitner 

Babenbergerstrasse 22, 

A-2345 Brunn am Gebirge 

T: 43 2236 379095 0 

F: 43 2236 379095 5 

E: office@wachaumarathon.com 

www.wachaumarathon.com 

Sparkasse 3 Country 

Marathon & Half 

OCT 

Guenther Ernst 

Sparkassenplatz 1, 6900 Bregenz 

T: 43 66 4100 8278 

E: info@sparkasse-marathon.at 

www.sparkasse-marathon.com 

Vienna City Marathon 

APR 

Wolfgang Konrad 

Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH, 

Gußhausstraße 21/19, 1040 Wien 

T: 43 1 606 95 10 

F: 43 1 606 95 10 40 

E: office@vienna-marathon.com 

www.vienna-marathon.com 

BAHAMAS 

*Bahamas Marathon 

JAN 

Frank Rahming 

c/o Marathon Bahamas, P.O. Box N-3180, 

Nassau, Bahamas 

T: 1 242 394 0012 / 502 6538 

F: 1 242 394 3101 / 0019 

E: info@marathonbahamas.com 

www.marathonbahamas.com 

BARBADOS 

Run Barbados Marathon 

DEC 

Winston Carter 

Barbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road, 

St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 Bridgetown 

T: 246 427 2623 

F: 246 426 4080 

E: sportsbarbados@usa.net 

www.runbarbados.org 

BELGIUM 

DVV Antwerp Marathon 

APR 

Greg Broekmans 

Schoebroekstraat, 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen, 

Belgium 

T: 32 11 45 99 99 

F: 32 11 45 99 10 

E: greg.broekmans@golazo.com 

www.dvvantwerpmarathon.be 

Brussels Marathon & Half 

OCT 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen, 

Belgium 

T: 32 11 45 99 99 

F: 32 11 45 99 10 

E: greg.broekmans@golazo.com 

www.brusselsmarathon.be 

BOSNIA 

Vidovdan 10km Road Race 

JUN 

Borislav Djurdjevic 

Brace Ribnikar 17, 76100 Brcko, 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

T: 387 49 217 771 

F: 387 49 217 771 

E: mpc1@teol.net 

www.vidovdanskatrka.org 

BOTSWANA 

*Gaborone City Marathon 

APR 

Thola Magang 

PGM Foundation, P.O. Box 132, Gaborone, 

Botswana 

T: 267 395 3711 

F: 267 350 0232 

E: tmagang@phakalane.co.bw 

www.gaboronecitymarathon.com 

BRAZIL 

10k Rio Pan-American Race 

NOV 

Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race 

DEC 

Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon 

AUG 

São Paulo Marathon 

JUN 

São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon 

FEB 

São Silvestre Int’l Road Race 

DEC 

Thadeus Kassabian 

Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor, 

Barueri - SP, CEP 06454-070 

T: 55 11 4208 7633 

F: 55 11 4208 7286 

E: tgk@yescom.com.br 

www.10krio.com.br 

www.yescom.com.br 

City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon JUL 

Joao Traven 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102, 

Leblon 22450-080 

T: 55 21 222 33 073 

F: 55 21 222 32 773 

E: traven@dh.com.br 

www.maratonadorio.com.br 

Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km JAN 

Joao Traven 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 BL C-Apt 102, 

Leblon, Rio - RJ 

T: 55 21 2223 2773 

F: 55 21 2223 3073 

E: spiridon@spiridon.com.br 

www.corridadesaosebastiao.com.br 

10km Corpore São Paulo Classic NOV 

São Paulo Int’l 

Half Marathon Corpore 

APR 

Octavio Jose Aronis 

Rua Bento De Andrade, 436, 

Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP 

T: 55 11 3884 4188 

F: 55 11 3885 0213 

E: corpore@corpore.org.br 

www.corpore.org.br 

CAMBODIA 

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon DEC 

Muy Lath 

# 44 Ceoc, st. 410 Sangkat Toul Tompoung 

I, Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh 

T: 855 16 628 788 

F: 855 23 221 802 

E: coop@angkormarathon.org 

www.angkormarathon.org 

CANADA 

BMO Okanagan Marathon 

OCT 

Tom Keogh 

9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3 

T: 1 780 504 0005 

F: 1 888 240 2469 

E: info@okanaganmarathon.ca 

www.okanaganmarathon.ca 

BMO Vancouver Marathon 

MAY 

Tom Keogh 

PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8 

T: 1 780 504 0005 

F: 1 888 240 2469 

E: tom.keogh@21one.ca 

www.bmovanmarathon.ca 

Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon MAY 

Jay Glassman 

450 Walmer Road, Suite 412, Toronto, 

ON, M5P 2X8 

T: 1 416 972 1062 

F: 1 416 972 1238 

E: info@torontomarathon.com 

www.torontomarathon.com 

Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon OCT 

Rob Reid 

P.O. Box 675, 185-911 Yates Street, 

Victoria, British Columbia, V8V 4Y9 

T: 1 250 658 4520 

F: 1 250 658 4280 

E: info@runvictoriamarathon.com 

www.runvictoriamarathon.com 

Intact Insurance Canadian Derby 

Edmonton Marathon 

AUG 

Tom Keogh 

9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3 

T: 1 780 504 0005 

F: 1 888 240 2469 

E: info@edmontonmarathon.ca 

www.edmontonmarathon.ca 

Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon 

OCT 

Jim R. Ralston 

5300 Willmott Street, 

Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 2A7 

T: 1 905 356 9460 

F: 1 905 356 7156 

E: racedirector@niagarafallsmarathon.com, 

michele@niagarafallsmarathon.com 

www.niagarafallsmarathon.com 

*Northwest Passage 

Marathon & 55km 

AUG 

Richard Weber 

363 Pritchard Road, Alcove, 

Québec J0X 1A0 

T: 1 819 459 1794 

E: mail@CanadianArcticHolidays.ca 

www.canadianarcticholidays.ca/ 

northwest_passage_marathon.html 


Ottawa Marathon 

MAY 

Jim Robinson 

PO Box 426, Stn A, Ottawa, Ontario 

T: 1 613 234 2221 

F: 1 613 234 5880 

E: info@runottawa.ca 

www.runottawa.ca 

Scotiabank Calgary 


MAY 

Helen Kolodziejzyk 

PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary, 

Alberta T2P 2H9 

T: 1 403 264 2996 

F: 1 403 251 9070 

E: info@calgarymarathon.com 

www.calgarymarathon.com 

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon & Half-Marathon & 5k OCT 

Alan Brookes 

260 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON, M5A 4J6 

T: 1 416 944 2765 x510 

F: 1 416 944 8527 

E: sabrina@canadarunningseries.com 

www.TorontoWaterfrontMarathon.com 

Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half-Marathon & 5k 

JUN 

Clifton Cunningham 

176-1917 W 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, 

V6J 1M7 

T: 1 778 786 3116 

F: 1 778 786 3117 

E: svhm@canadarunningseries.com 

www.vancouverhalf.com 

SSQ Quebec City Marathon 

AUG 

Denis Therrien 

1173 boulevard Charest Ouest bureau 290, 

Quebec, QC G1N 2C9 

T: 1 418 694 4442 

F: 1 418 694 4441 

E: info@marathonquebec.com 

www.quebecmarathon.com 

Vancouver Sun Run 10km 

APR 

Jamie Pitblado 

1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3 

T: 1 604 605 2316 

F: 1 604 605 2342 

E: jpitblado@png.canwest.com 

www.sunrun.com 

CAYMAN ISLANDS 

Cayman Islands Marathon 

DEC 

Rhonda Kelly 

PO BOX 2712 GT, Grand Cayman 

T: 1 345 946 8822 

F: 1 345 946 8811 

E: rhonda@kellyholding.com 

www.caymanislandsmarathon.com 

CHILE 

mds – Maratón de Santiago 

APR 

Fernando Jamarne 

El Regidor 66, 10th Floor, Las Condes, 

Santiago 

T: 562 787 6012 

F: 562 787 6076 

E: fjamarne@alessandri.cl 

www.maratondesantiago.com, 

www.fedachi.cl 

CHINA 

Beijing Int’l Marathon 

OCT 

Wang Dawei 

Chinese Athletic Association, 

2 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing 

T: 86 10 8718 3441 

F: 86 10 6714 0801 

E: chn@athletics.com 

www.beijing-marathon.com 

Dalian Int’l Marathon 

APR 

Sun Xinsheng 

KDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, 

Xigang District, Dalian 

T: 86 411 8368 2293 

F: 86 411 8368 2693 

E: kouzhengjie@sina.com 

www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007 

The Great Wall Marathon 

MAY 

Dave Cundy 

Head Office, Room A-2-1201, Fenghua 

Square, No.6 Guanganmennei Street, 

Beijing, 100053, PRC 

T: 86 10 635 52521 / 685 12395 

F: 86 10 635 53573 

E: grace.li@great-wall-marathon.com.cn, 

kent.wang@great-wall-marathon.com.cn 

www.great-wall-marathon.com 


Toray Cup Shanghai Int’l Marathon DEC 

Zhenwei Bu 

Room 602 & 603, Dongya Building, 

1500 Zhongshan Er Rd(S), Shanghi 200030 

T: 86 21 6428 5971 

F: 86 21 6481 1020 

E: shmarathon@126.com 

www.shmarathon.com 

Xiamen Int’l Marathon 

JAN 

Yu Zhenjie 

No. 2 Tiyu Road, Xiamen 

T: 86 592 511 4853 

F: 82 592 512 1241 

E: xmmarathon@126.com 

www.xmim.org 


*Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon 

FEB 

Sunny Chen 

Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street, 

Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan 

T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 

E: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw, 

queenie@sportsnet.org.tw 

www.sportsnet.org.tw 

Kinmen Marathon 

JAN 

Woon Kong Lee, Queenie Juang 

PO Box 47-110 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 

T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 

E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw, 



Taroko Gorge Marathon 

NOV 

Woon Kong Lee 

PO Box 47-110 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C 

T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 

E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw 


Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon JAN 



T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 




Fubon Taipei Marathon 

DEC 



T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 




*Yangmingshan Summer Marathon AUG 

Sunny Chen 

Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street, 

Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan 

T: 886 2 2585 5659 

F: 886 2 2599 6716 

E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw 


COLOMBIA 

Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá JUL 

Martha Santos 

Calle 93B No.15 - 34 Oficina 207-208, 

Bogota 

T: 57 1 257 3107 

F: 57 1 257 3107 

E: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.com 

www.correcaminoscolombia.com 

Media Maratón Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin 

SEP 

Gustavo Orozco Posada 

Calle 49B, nro 63-21, Piso 3, Edificio 

Camacol, Medellin 

T: 574 230 4872 

F: 574 230 1123 

E: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co 

www.maratonmedellin.com 

COSTA RICA 

10k Costa Rica 

SEP 

Costa Rica Int’l Marathon & Half MAR 

Guillermo Saenz 

200 Metros Norte Edificio Ina, Paseo Colon, 

San Jose, Costa Rica 

T: 506 22 22 0804 / 506 22 32 7411 / 

506 83 54 6000 

F: 506 22 32 4543 

E: marathoncostarica@gmail.com 

www.marathoncostarica.com 

CROATIA 

Zagreb Marathon & Half 

OCT 

Franjo Kordic 

UlicaGrada Vukovara 284, 10000 Zagreb 

T: 385 1 6398 586 

F: 385 1 6398 564 

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

www.z-as.hr 

Varazdinski Polumarathon 

SEP 

Krunoslav Borovec 

TK Marathon 95 - Varazdin, Gornji Kucan, 

Varazdinska 73, 42000 Varazdin 

T: 385 42 641 705 

F: 385 42 400 402 

E: krunoslav@gmail.com 

www.marathon95.hr 





CUBA 

Marabana Marathon & Half 

NOV 

Carlos Gattorno Correa 

Ciudad Deportiva, 

Apartado 5130 La Habana 

T: 53 7 641 0911 / 57 7 641 0953 

F: 53 7 204 1914 

E: marabana@inder.cu 

www.inder.cu/beta/competitions/marabana 

CYPRUS 

Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon NOV 

P.O. Box 28167, 2091 Strovolos, Nicosia 

T: 357 224 2 0559 

F: 357 224 2 0559 

E: runclub@cytanet.com.cy 

www.runclub.com.cy 

Limassol Marathon G.S.O. 

FEB 

Georgios Karagiannis 

Omonias 38, 3507, Limassol, Cyprus 

T: 30 694 856 0186 

F: 357 255 7 1664 

E: karas137@yahoo.com 

www.limassolmarathon.com 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Hervis Prague Half Marathon 

APR 

Carlo Capalbo 

Záhořanského 3, 120 00 Prague 2 

T: 420 224 919 209 

F: 420 224 923 355 

E: marathon@pim.cz 

www.praguemarathon.com 

Pardubice Wine Half Marathon APR 

Oldrich Bujnoch 

Topolská 739, 537 05 Chrudim 

T: 420 602 490 127 

F: 420 466 798 712 

E: recepce@hotelbujnoch.cz 

www.winehalfmaraton.cz 

Volkswagen Olomouc Half Marathon JUN 

Jan Dopita 


T: 420 224 919 209 

F: 420 224 923 355 

E: dopita@pim.cz 

www.olomouchalfmarathon.com 

Tesco Prague Grand Prix - 

Metro Men’s Race 10km 

SEP 

Vaclav Skrivanek 


T: 420 224 919 209 

F: 420 224 923 355 

E: skrivanek@pim.cz 


Volkswagen Prague Marathon MAY 

Carlo Capalbo 


T: 420 224 919 209 

F: 420 224 923 355 

E: info@praguemarathon.com 


DENMARK 

Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon MAY 

Niels Jorgen Holdt 

Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11, 

DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen 

T: 45 35 26 69 00 

E: vibjerg@sparta.dk 

www.copenhagenmarathon.dk 

H.C. Andersen Marathon 

SEP 

Torben Simonsen 

Gråbrødre Plads 3, 1 DK - 5000 Odense C 

T: 45 3059 2444 

E: ts@hcamarathon.dk 

www.hcamarathon.dk 

Powerade København Halvmaraton AUG 

Niels Jorgen Holdt / Dorte Vibjerg 

Sparta Løbskontor, Gunnar Nu Hansens 

Plads 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen 

T: 45 35 26 69 00 

E: vibjerg@sparta.dk 

www.copenhagenhalfmarathon.dk 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 

Punta Cana Half Marathon & 10k MAR 

Carlo Graciano 

Guayacan Nr. 4, Punta Cana, 

La 23000, Dominican Republic 

T: 1 809 481 2787 

F: 1 809 959 0226 

E: info@puntacanamarathon.com 

www.puntacanamarathon.com 

ECUADOR 

Guayaquil Marathon 

OCT 

Diego Maruri 

DM3, Centro de Convenciones Simón 

Bolivar, Ofc.9-B, Guayaquil, Ecuador 

T: 593 4 228 1063 

F: 593 4 228 1060 

E: diegomaruri@dm3.com 

www.dm3.com 

La Ruta de las Iglesias 

AUG 

Samia Solah, Nina Solah 

Juan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito 

T: 593 2244 8855 

F: 593 2 244 8857 

E: samia@tventas.net, nsolah@tventas.net 

www.rutadelasiglesias.com 

Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo 

NOV 

Marialuz Arellano 

Av. de los Shyris N34-108 y 

Republica del Salvador 

T: 593 9 9803237 

F: 593 9 26003310 

E: marialuzarellano@sportime.com.ec 

www.quito21k.com 

Carrera Quito 

Ultimas Noticias 15K 

JUN 

Pablo Gonzalez Peña 

Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito 

T: 593 2 2670 999 

F: 593 2 2670 214 (ext.2340) 

E: pgonzalez@elcomercio.com 

www.ultimasnoticias.ec/homeUN.asp 

Maraton De Quito 

JUL 

Hipatia Puente T 

Gonzalez Suarez 869, Edificio Casabella, 

Apt. 9W 

T: 593 2 2552414 

E: maraton.uio@zerolimites.org 

www.maratondequito.com 

EGYPT 

Egyptian Marathon 

JAN 

Pharaonic 100km 

NOV 

Gasser Riad 

Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St. 

(Area No.1), Nasr City, Cairo 

T: 202 2260 69 30 

F: 202 2260 69 32 

E: info@egyptianmarathon.net 

www.egyptianmarathon.com 

*Egyptian Red Sea Marathon & Half MAR 

St Catherine Int’l Marathon & Half DEC 

Tarek Moshref 

Salah Salem St. 1 – Ard El Gamiea, Cairo 

T: 202 2531 5781 / 202 2531 7581 

F: 202 2532 2094 

E: info@prontotours.com.eg 

www.redseamarathon.prontotours.com.eg 

www.catherinemarathon.com 

Sharm El Sheikh Half Marathon NOV 

Francesco Nazzaro 

start Line club, Corso di Francia, 213, 

00191 Rome, Italy 

T: 39 06 639 0135 

F: 39 06 3991 8460 

E: info@sharmarathon.com 

www.sharmelsheikhhalfmarathon.com 

*El Gouna Int’l Marathon 

DEC 

Dr. Ahmed M. El Ashker 

Uferweg 1, 6022 Grosswangen, Switzerland 

T: 41 41 980 45 88 

F: 41 41 980 40 70 

E: info@elgouna-marathon.com 

www.elgouna-marathon.com 

ESTONIA 

SEB Tallinn Marathon 

SEP 

Mati Lilliallik 

Spordiurituste Korraldamise Klubi, 

Parnu Street 142a 11317 Tallinn 

T: 372 654 8462 

F: 372 654 8401 

E: info@tallinnmarathon.ee 

www.tallinnmarathon.ee 

ETHIOPIA 

Great Ethiopian Run 10km 

NOV 

Ermias Ayele 

Bole Road, Alem Bld #2 Room 302, 

P.O. Box 26905 Code 1000, Addis Ababa 

T: 251 11 663 36 46 

F: 251 11 662 78 76 

E: ermias@ethiopianrun.org 

www.ethiopianrun.org 

FALKLAND ISLANDS 

Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon MAR 

Barbara Keenleyside 

Standard Chartered Bank, 

Ross Road, Stanley 

T: 500 22220 

F: 500 22219 

E: bank.info@sc.com 

www.standardchartered.com/fk/marathon 

FAROE ISLANDS 

Torshavn Marathon 

SEP 

Robert Vilhelmsen 

Box 3004, 110 Torshavn 

T: 298 230240 

E: info@torshavnmarathon.com 

www.torshavnmarathon.com 

FINLAND 

Helsinki City Marathon 

AUG 

Pertti Raunio 

Finnish Athletics Federation, Radiokatu 20, 

00240 Helsinki 

T: 358 9 3481 2405 

F: 358 9 3481 2367 

E: maraton@sul.fi 

www.helsinkicitymarathon.com 

Paavo Nurmi Marathon 

JUL 

Jari Salonen 

Turun Urheiluliitto Urheilupuisto, Paavo 

Nurmen Stadion, 20810 Turku, Finland 

T: 358 2 431 0810 

F: 358 2 431 0812 

E: info@paavonurmisports.com 

www.paavonurmisports.com 

Ruska Marathon 

SEP 

Pekka Erikkson 

Valtatie 15, 99100 Kittila 

T: 358 400 808 784 

F: 358 16 642 259 

E: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fi 

www.ruskamaraton.com 

Santa Claus Marathon 

JUN 

Mr. Rauno Riekkinen 

Kivirinne 16, 96910 Rovaniemi 

T: 358 403 44 7775 

F: 358 403 44 7771 

E: info@santaclausmarathon.com 

www.santaclausmarathon.com 

Terwamarathon 

MAY 

Asko Vääräniemi 

Keluveneenväylä 22, 90650 OULU 

T: 358 405 06 8803 

E: asko.vaaraniemi@elisanet.fi 

www.terwamaraton.fi/english 

FRANCE 

Marathon des Alpes 

Maritimes Nice-Cannes 

NOV 

Matthieu Etancelin 

Azur Sport Organisation, 

16 bvd Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice 

T: 33 4 93 26 19 12 

F: 33 4 93 26 19 34 

E: communication@azur-sport.org 

www.marathon06.com 

Serge Vigot La Rochelle 

Int’l Marathon 

NOV 

Mauny Nicolas 

B.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01 

T: 33 5 46 44 42 19 

F: 33 5 46 45 09 04 

E: info@marathondelarochelle.com 

www.marathondelarochelle.com 

Semi Marathon Int’l de Nice 

APR 

Matthieu Etancelin 

Azur Sport Organisation, 

16 bd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice 

T: 33 4 93 26 19 88 

F: 33 4 93 26 19 34 

E: communication@azur-sport.org 

www.nicesemimarathon.com 

Paris Marathon 

APR 

Joël Laine 

Amaury Sport Organisation, Immeuble 

Panorama B, 253 quai de la Bataille de 

Stalingrad, 92137 Issy les Moulineaux 

Cedex 

T: 33 1 41 33 15 68 

F: 33 1 41 33 14 74 

E: infos@parismarathon.com 

www.parismarathon.com 

Semi Marathon de Paris 

MAR 

Joel Laine 

ASO, Immeuble Panorama - 253, rue de la 

Bataille de Stalingrad - 92137 Issy les 

Moulineaux Cedex 

T: 33 1 41 33 14 77 

F: 33 1 41 33 14 29 

E: infos@parismarathon.com 

www.semideparis.com 

St Denis Half Marathon 

OCT 

Thierry Vernay / Antonio Agostinho 

34 rue la Boulangerie, 93200, St Denis 

T: 33 1 48 20 56 81 / 33 06 81 63 53 82 

F: 33 1 49 22 01 74 

E: info@wanago.com 

www.saint-denis-marathon.com 

GERMANY 

Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon APR 

Mark Milde 

Hanns Braun Straße, Adlerplatz, 

14053 Berlin 

T: 49 30 301 288 10 

F: 49 30 301 288 20 

E: info@berlin-marathon.com 

www.scc-events.com 

BMW Berlin Marathon 

SEP 

Mark Milde 

Hanns Braun Straße, Adlerplatz, 

14053 Berlin 

T: 49 30 301 288 10 

F: 49 30 301 288 20 

E: info@berlin-marathon.com 

www.scc-events.com 

BIG 25 Berlin 

MAY 

Gerhard Janetzky 

Berlin laeuft! GmbH, Olympischer Platz 5, 

14053 Berlin 

T: 49 30 243 199 77 

F: 49 30 243 199 99 

E: info@berlin-laeuft.de 

www.berlin-runs.com 

BMW Frankfurt Marathon 

OCT 

Jo Schindler 

Sonnemannstr 5, 60314 Frankfurt 

T: 49 69 370 0468 0 

F: 49 69 370 0468 11 

E: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com 

www.frankfurt-marathon.com 

Cologne Marathon & Half 

presented by Sparkasse KölnBonn OCT 

Markus Frisch 

Peter-Günther-Weg, Radstadion/Sportpark 

Mungersdorf, 50933 Cologne (Köln) 

T: 49 221 33 77 73 11 

F: 49 221 58 94 233 

E: info@koeln-marathon.de 

www.koeln-marathon.de 

iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg 

MAY 

Guenter Herrmann 

Domweg 12, 97084, Wuerzburg 

T: 49 931 65616 

F: 49 936 65619 

E: g.herrmann@wuerzburg-marathon.de 

www.wuerzburg-marathon.de 

Haspa Marathon Hamburg 

MAY 

Wolfram Goetz 

Act Agency GmbH, Himmelstraße 9, 

22299 Hamburg 

T: 49 40 4146 4171 

F: 49 40 4146 4113 

E: goetz@act-agency.com 

www.marathon-hamburg.de 

METRO GROUP 

Marathon Düsseldorf 

MAY 

Jan Winschermann 

Faunastrasse 3, D-40239 Düsseldorf 

T: 49 211 610190-0 

F: 49 211 610190-20 

E: info@metrogroup-marathon.de 

www.metrogroup-marathon.de 

Munich Marathon 

OCT 

Gernot Weigl 

Boschetsrieder Straße 69, 81379 München 

T: 49 89 170 95570 

F: 49 89 170 95572 

E: g.weigl@muenchenmarathon.de 

www.muenchenmarathon.de 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon 

& Festival of Running 

OCT 

Malcolm Sutherland 

PO Box 26, 

Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ 

T: 44 844 875 1411 

F: 44 845 838 2764 

E: info@lochnessmarathon.com 

www.lochnessmarathon.com 

Bristol Half Marathon 

SEP 

c/o FRsystems, PO Box 512, Cheadle, 

Stoke on Trent ST10 4RJ 

T: 44 178 239 6113 

F: 44 117 922 3744 

E: bristol@frsystems.co.uk 

www.bristolhalfmarathon.com 

Edinburgh Marathon Festival 

MAY 

Neil Kilgour 

GSi Events, North Berwick Business Centre, 

Melbourne Place, North Berwick EH39 4JS 

T: 44 1620 890 444 

F: 44 1620 890 787 

E: info@gsi-events.com 

www.edinburgh-marathon.com 

Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run SEP 

Gavin Lightwood 

c/o FR Systems, Unit 30, Blythe Business 

Base, Cresswell, Stoke on Trent, ST11 9RD 

T: 44 845 270 0166 

E: glasgow@frsystems.co.uk 

www.runglasgow.org 

GREECE 

Athens Classic Marathon 

NOV 

Evangelos Papapostolou 

137, Syngrou Avenue, 17121 Nea Smirni, 

Athens 

T: 30 210 931 5886 / 0 210 933 1113 

F: 30 210 933 1152 

E: info@athensclassicmarathon.gr 

www.athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great APR 

George Konstantopoulos 

Agioy Dimitrioy 192, 54638 Thessaloniki 

T: 30 69 4426 9962 

F: 30 23 1072 5076 

E: info@atgm.gr 

www.atgm.gr 

HONG KONG, CHINA 

China Coast Marathon & Half 

JAN 

Catherine Leonard 

AVOHK, P.O. Box 28893, 

Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai 

T: 852 9038 5460 

E: avohkccm@yahoo.com 

www.avohk.org 

Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half-Marathon Championships JAN 

Alan Wong Kim Lun 

Rm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

T: 852 2504 8215 

F: 852 2577 5392 

E: inquiry@hkaaa.com 

www.hkaaa.com 


Hong Kong Marathon 

FEB 

William Ko 

Rm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

T: 852 2367 6648 

F: 852 2367 6166 

E: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com 

www.hkmarathon.com 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth 

UNICEF Charity 

Half Marathon & 10km 

NOV 

Kenneth Lau 

3/F, 60 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, 

Hong Kong 

T: 852 2833 6139 / 852 2836 2921 

F: 852 2834 0996 

E: klau@unicef.org.hk 

www.run.unicef.org.hk 

HUNGARY 

Budapest Int’l Half Marathon 

SEP 

Árpád Kocsis 

1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156 

T: 36 1 273 0939 

F: 36 1 273 0936 

E: budapest.run@futanet.hu 

www.budapestmarathon.com 

Spar Budapest Int’l Marathon 

OCT 

Árpád Kocsis 

1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156 

T: 36 1 273 0939 

F: 36 1 273 0936 

E: budapest.run@futanet.hu 

www.budapestmarathon.com 

ICELAND 

Reykjavík Marathon Íslandsbanka AUG 

Svava Oddný Ásgeirsdóttir 

Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavík, Iceland 

T: 354 535 3700 

F: 354 568 7566 

E: marathon@marathon.is 

www.marathon.is 





INDIA 

World 10k Bangalore 

MAY 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International, 14, St. James Court, 

Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20 

T: 91 22 2202 02 84 

F: 91 22 2202 5112 

E: vivek@procam.in 

www.procamintl.com 


Mumbai Marathon 

JAN 

Hugh Jones 



T: 91 22 2202 02 84 

F: 91 22 2202 5112 




Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 

OCT 

Hugh Jones 



T: 91 22 2202 0284 

F: 91 22 2202 5112 



*Vadodara Half Marathon 

JAN 

Amit Bhatnagar 

c/o Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd, 5/9 

BIDC, Gorwa, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390002 

T: 91 982 5006811 

F: 91 265 2284006 

E: abhatnagar@diclabs.com 

www.vadodaramarathon.com 

IRELAND 

Cork City Marathon 

JUN 

Jim O’Donovan 

Cork City Hall, Cork 

T: 353 21 4924105 

F: 353 21 4924074 

E: jim_odonovan@corkcity.ie 

www.corkcitymarathon.ie 

*Galway City Marathon 

AUG 


Galway City Marathon, No. 2 Atlanta House, 

Dominick Street, Galway, Ireland 

T: 353 91 566077 

E: info@galwaycitymarathon.com 

www.galwaycitymarathon.com 

Lifestyle Sports - 

adidas Dublin Marathon 

OCT 

Jim Aughney 

Donore Harriers Sports, Complex, 

Chapelizod, Dublin 20 

T: 353 1 623 2250 

F: 353 1 626 3757 

E: office@dublinmarathon.ie 

www.dublinmarathon.ie 

*Portumna Marathon, 

Ultra & 100km 

JUN 

Sebastien Locteau 

49 The Glade, Athenry, Co. Galway 

T: 353 857 350 850 

E: info@sebfitness.com 

www.sebfitness.com 

ISRAEL 

Tiberias Marathon 

JAN 

Jack Cohen, 

Israeli Athletic Association, 10 Shitrit St, 

Tel Aviv, 89482 

T: 972 3 648 6256 

F: 972 3 648 6255 

E: iaa@zahav.net.il 

www.tiberias-marathon.co.il 

Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k MAR 

Simon Avraham 

Sport Department, 10 Safra Square, 

Jerusalem 91007 

T: 972 2 629 8047 

F: 972 2 629 7452 / 972 2 629 7411 

E: hmarathon@jerusalem.muni.il 

www.jerusalem-marathon.com 

*Tel Aviv Marathon 

APR 

Ofer Shytrit “Kapaim” 

1 Hahagana St. Givatayin, Israel 53449 

T: 972 3 571 1575 

F: 972 3 571 1574 

E: kapaim@kapaim.co.il 

www.tlvmarathon.co.il 

ITALY 

Ferraramarathon 

MAR 

Nicola Stella 

ASD Vigaranomaratona via Municipo 1 

4409 Vigarano Mainarda (FE) 

T: 39 0532 43 196 

F: 39 0532 73 9126 

E: post@vigaranomarathon.it 

www.ferraramarathon.it 

Firenze Marathon 

NOV 

Giancarlo Romiti 

Organizzazione Firenze Marathon 

Viale Manfredo Fanti, 2 Firenze 50137 

T: 39 055 5522 957 

F: 39 055 5536 823 

E: direzione@firenzemarathon.it 

www.firenzemarathon.it 

Giuseppe Verdi Country Marathon FEB 

Giancarlo Chittolini 

Via Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore, 

Terme, Parma 

T: 390 524 589 500 

F: 390 524 575 055 

E: info@verdimarathon.it 

www.verdimarathon.it 

Garda Trentino Half Marathon 

NOV 

Poli Sandro 

Via Vittorio Veneto 20/A, 38062 Arco (TN) 

T: Mobile 339 6467887 / 

Office 0464 583268 

F: 390 464 5209 00 

E: event@trentinoevents.it 

www.trentinoevents.it 

Maratona d’Italia 

memorial Enzo Ferrari 

OCT 

Cristiana Barbolini 

Via Lago Maggiore, 13, 41012 Carpi (MO) 

T: 39 059 650297 

F: 39 059 651330 

E: info@maratonaditalia.it 

www.maratonaditalia.it 

Lago Maggiore Half Marathon 

MAR 

Paolo Ottone 

Sport PRO-MOTION A.S.D. (Organiser), 

Via Marconi, 3 - 28831 Baveno (VB) 

T: 39 0323 919861 / 39 0323 1975854 

F: 39 0323 922761 

E: p.ottone@pro-motion.it 

www.lmhm.it 

Maratona d’Europa 

MAY 

Enrico Benedetti 

Via San Nicolo 7, 34121 Trieste (TS) 

T: 39 040 410 399 

F: 39 040 418 634 

E: info@bavisela.it 

www.bavisela.it 

Maratona di Roma 

MAR 

Enrico Castrucci 

Viale Battista Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Rome 

T: 39 06 40 65 064 

F: 39 06 40 65 063 

E: info@maratonadiroma.it 

www.maratonadiroma.it 

PisaMarathon 

DEC 

Andrea Maggini 

P.O. Box 79 - PPTT Pisa Centro, 

56125 Pisa 

T: 39 050 888000 

F: 39 050 503119 

E: maggini@pisamarathon.it 

www.pisamarathon.it 

Maratona S. Antonio 

APR 

Silvana Santi 

Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova 

T: 39 049 822 7114 

F: 39 049 822 7164 

E: info@maratonasantantonio.com 

www.maratonasantantonio.com 

Milano City Marathon 

APR 

Andrea Trabuio 

Rcs Sport, via San Marco 21, 20121 Milano 

T: 39 02 6282 7562 

F: 39 02 6282 8186 

E: info@milanocitymarathon.it 

www.milanocitymarathon.it 

Nightmarathon 

MAY 

Roberto Stagnetti 

Via dello Squero N°50 I 30172 Venezia 

Mestre 

T: 390 41 268 5006 

F: 390 41 961 951 

E: info@nightmarathon.it 

www.nightmarathon.it 

Treviso Marathon 

MAR 

Fernanda Rasera 

Via Martiri delle Foibe18/b, 31015 

Conegliano (Tv) 

T: 39 043 841 3255 

F: 39 043 841 3475 

E: segreteria@trevisomarathon.com 

www.trevisomarathon.com 

Turin Marathon 

NOV 

Turin Half Marathon 

SEP 

Luigi Chiabrera 

Cascina Marchesa, C.so Regina Margherita 

371, 10151 Torino 

T: 39 011 455 9959 

F: 39 011 407 6054 

E: info@turinmarathon.it 

www.turinmarathon.it 

Maratonina Citta Di Udine 

SEP 

Paolo Bordon 

Viale Trieste 141, 33100 Udine 

T: 390 432 501612 

F: 390 432 299674 

E: info@maratoninadiudine.it 

www.maratoninadiudine.it 

Venice Marathon 

OCT 

Enrico Jacomini 

A.S.D. Venicemarathon Club, Via Linghindal 

5/5, 30172 Mestre Venice 

T: 39 041 532 1871 

F: 39 041 532 1879 

E: info@venicemarathon.it 

www.venicemarathon.it 

JAMAICA 

Reggae Marathon 

DEC 

Alfred Francis 

87-89 Tower Street, Kingston 

T: 1 876 922 8677 

F: 1 876 922 0155 

E: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com 

www.reggaemarathon.com 

JAPAN 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon FEB 

Mr Megumi Furuichi 

Mainichi-Shinbun, Beppu-Oita Mainichi 

Marathon Office, 13-1, Konya-machi, 

Kokurakita-ku, Kita Kyushu-city (802-8651), 

Fukuoka 

T: 81 93 511 1119 

F: 81 93 541 8239 

E: furuichi-m@mainichi.co.jp 

Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon 

Championship 

DEC 

Hiroaki Chosa 

Japan Association of Athletics Federations, 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 

T: 81 3 3481 2300 

F: 81 3 3481 2449 

E: jaaf@rikuren.or.jp 

www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon 

Hokkaido Marathon 

AUG 

Seiji Teramachi 

The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat, The 

Hokkaido Shimubun Press, Nishi-3, Odori, 

Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8711 

T: 81 11 232 0840 

F: 81 11 210 5734 

E: t-seig@hokkaido-np.co.jp 

www.hokkaido-marathon.com 

Kagawa Marugame 

Int’l Half Marathon 

FEB 

Tetsuji Araj 

Marugame Shimin Gymnastics, 924-1, 

Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-pref 

763 0053 

T: 81 877 24 6274 

F: 81 877 24 7966 

E: marugame-half@aroma.ocn.ne.jp 

www.km-half.com 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon MAR 

Izumi Matsumoto 

The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 

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

T: 81 6 6346 8249 

F: 81 6 6346 8372 

E: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp 

www.lakebiwa-marathon.com 

Lake Kawaguchi Marathon 

NOV 

Nikkan Sports Press 

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

502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, 

Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004 

T: 81 3 5733 2451 

F: 81 3 5733 2452 

E: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp 

www.sports-info.co.jp 

Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon JUN 

Jiro Hashimoto 

2-4-12 Jingumae, Sibuya-ku, Tokyo 150- 

0001 

T: 81 3 5771 7907 

F: 81 3 3405 8496 

E: saroma@runners.co.jp 

www.runnet.co.jp 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon MAR 

Kosuke Sakakibara 

1-6-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 

T: 81 52 290 0013 

F: 81 52 221 0739 

E: sakkbr.k@chunichi.co.jp 

www.chunichi.co.jp/niwm 

*Nara Marathon 

DEC 

Syougo Arai 

4-1-1 Houren Sahoyama, Nara City, 

Nara Prefecture 

T: 81 742 23 7870 

F: 81 742 23 7877 

E: naramarason@ion.ocn.ne.jp 

www.nara-marathon.jp 

Olympic Commemorative 

Nagano Marathon 

APR 

Takehumi Oonishi 

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

T: 81 26 252 7687 

F: 81 26 234 6381 

E: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp 

www.naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Ohme-Hochi 

30km Road Race (&10km) 

FEB 

Daijiro Asahara 

Publicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan, 

Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485 

T: 81 3 5479 1294 

F: 81 3 5479 1155 

E: event@hochi.co.jp 

www.ohme-marathon.jp 

Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon 

JAN 

Mitsumasa Matsumoto 

KTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku, 

Osaka 530-8408 

T: 81 6 6314 8277 

F: 81 6 6314 8549 

E: mm-matsumoto@ktv.co.jp 

Tokyo Marathon 

FEB 

Tad Hayano 

2-8-1- Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, 

Tokyo 163 8001 

T: 81 3 3 5320 6894 

F: 81 3 3 5388 1739 

E: hayano@tokyo42195.org 

www.tokyo42195.com 

Yokohama Women’s Marathon FEB 

Keisuke Sawaki 

Jinnan 1-1-1,Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 

T: 81 3 3481 2300 

F: 81 3 3481 2449 

www.yokohamawomensmarathon.com 

JORDAN 

Dead Sea Ultramarathon 

APR 

Ghazi Farouk 

5 Hussain El Jesser Street, Shemesani, 

Amman 

T: 962 6 567 7660 

F: 962 6 566 0296 

E: registration@deadseamarathon.com 

www.deadseamarathon.com 

*Amman Int’l Marathon 

OCT 

Samir Farkouh 

c/o The Society for Care of Neurological 

Patients, P.O. Box 940222, Amman 11194 

T: 962 6 566 2999 

F: 962 6 566 0038 

E: info@amman-marathon.com 

www.amman-marathon.com 

KENYA 

Sotokoto Safari Half Marathon MAY 

Douglas Wakihuri 

PO Box 27767-00506, Nairobi, Kenya 

T: 254 20 252 6978 / 9 

F: 254 20 252 6977 

E: info@sotokotomarathon.co.ke 

www.sotokotosafarimarathon.co.ke 

Standard Chartered Nairobi 

Marathon and Half 

OCT 

John Velzian 

PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi 

T: 254 2086 0186 

E: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke 

www.nairobimarathon.com 


KOREA 

Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon 


OCT 

The Chosunilbo Daily, Eunji Lee 

61, 1-ga, Taepyeongno, Jung-gu, Seoul, 

South Korea 

T: 82 2 724 6314 

F: 82 2 724 6309 

E: marathon@chosun.com 

www.marathon.chosun.com 

*Daegu Int’l Marathon 

APR 

Suk-Joon Chang 

Gosungdong 3-ga bu8k-gu, 

Daegu 702-073 

T: 82 53 358 3261~2 

F: 82 53 354 0491 

E: daegu@sports.or.kr 

www.marathon.daegusports.or.kr 

Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju 


OCT 

Wha-Kyung Choi 

139 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-715 

T: 82 2 2020 0311 

F: 82 2 2020 1639 

E: marathon@donga.com 

www.marathon.donga.com/gyeongju.html 

Incheon Int’l Half Marathon 

MAR 

Jaeyoung Kwak 

#222, Jungbongno, 4-ga, Hong-dong, 

Jung-gu, Incheon 

T: 82 32 452 0197 

F: 82 32 763 8828 

E: tingi@naver.com 

www.incheonmarathon.co.kr 

Seoul Int’l Marathon 

MAR 

Joong San Ahn, 

7th Floor, Dong - A Ilbo, 139 Sejongno, 

Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-715 

T: 82 2 2020 0708 

F: 82 2 2020 1639 

E: marathon@donga.com 

www.seoul-marathon.com 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon 

NOV 

JoongAng Culture Media 

7 Soonhwa-dong, Chung-ku Seoul, 

100-759 Korea 

T: 82 2 751 9685 

F: 82 2 751 9625 

E: marathon@joongang.co.kr 

marathon.joins.com 

LATVIA 

Nordea Riga Marathon & Half 

MAY 

Aigars Nords 

Brivibas 40-24, Riga LV-1050 

T: 371 6750 4931 

F: 371 6750 5286 

E: marathon@necom.lv 

nordearigamarathon.lv 

LEBANON 

Blom Beirut Marathon 

NOV 

May El Khalil 

4th floor, Makateb Building, Mar Takla, 

Hazmieh, Baabda 

T: 961 5 959 262 

F: 961 5 959 263 

E: president@beirutmarathon.org 

www.beirutmarathon.org 

LITHUANIA 

Vilniaus Marathon 

SEP 

Evaldas Martinka 

Odminiu str. 8, Vilnius, Lithuania 

T: 370 650 28225 

F: 370 5 2339971 

E: info@vilniausmaratonas.lt 

www.vilniausmaratonas.lt 

LUXEMBOURG 

Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon 

SEP 

Georges Klepper 

Fédération Luxembourgeoise D’Athletisme, 

3, route d’Arlon; L-8009 Strassen 

T: 352 48 06 70 

F: 352 48 05 72 

E: routeduvin@fla.lu 

www.fla.lu 

MACAU, CHINA 

Macau Galaxy Entertainment 


DEC 

José Tavares 

Macau Sport Development Board, 

Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n, 

Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar, 

Bloco 1, 4 andar, Macau 

T: 853 2858 0762 

F: 853 2834 3708 

E: sport@macau.ctm.net 

www.macaumarathon.com 





MACEDONIA (FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF) 

Skopje Marathon 

MAY 

Kire Sinadinovski 

J.H. Dzinot 12a, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 

T: 389 70 246935 / 389 2 3228624 

F: 389 2 3228624 

E: kire@skopskimaraton.com.mk 

www.skopjemarathon.com 

MALTA 

Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon NOV 

Barry M. Whitmore 

P.O. Box 5, New Mill Street, Mellieha, 

MLH 1000 Malta 

T: 356 79 33 90 46 

E: bmw@marathonchallengemalta.com 

www.marathonchallengemalta.com 

MALAYSIA 

Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon 

NOV 

Law Heng Kiang 

Penang State Tourism Development and 

Culture Komtar 534d Floor, 10503 Penang 

T: 601 2498 8630 

F: 604 2618 744 

E: info@penangmarathon.gov.my 

www.penangmarathon.gov.my 

Standard Chartered KL Marathon JUN 

Rainer Biemans 

Golazo Sdn Bhd, Suite 1005, 10th Floor, 

Wisma Hamzah-Kwong Hing No.1, Leboh 

Ampang, 50100 Kuala Lumpur 

T: 603 4021 2672 

F: 603 4021 2671 

E: help@kl-marathon.com 

www.kl-marathon.com 

MAURITIUS 

*Marathon de l’Ile Maurice 

JUN 

Jean Marie Grall 

C/O Incentive Partners Ltd, Queen Mary 

Avenue – Floreal – Ile Maurice 

T: 230 697 79 41 

F: 230 697 21 60 

E: inscription@ilemauricemarathon.com 

www.ilemauricemarathon.com 

MEXICO 

Gran Maraton Pacifico 

DEC 

Alejandro Irarragorri Gutiérrez 

Javier Barros Sierra 555, 3 Piso Zedec Ed 

Plaza Santa Fe, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, 

Distrito Federal, CP 01210 

T: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208) 

F: 525 552 801 716 

E: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx 

www.maraton.org 

Maraton Int’l de la 

Ciudad de Mexico 

AUG 

Lic. Rodolfo Martinez Figueroa 

Instituto del Deporte del Distrito Federal, 

Calzada, Del Hueso n° 400 esquina Rancho 

el Arenal, Colonia Girasoles cp. 04920 

Delegacion Coyoacan 

T: 52 55 5679 4278 

E: rodolfomartinez01@hotmail.com 

www.maraton.df.gob.mx 

Maraton Int’l de Culiacan 

JAN 

Juan Antonio Lopez Garibaldi 

Constitución 175 pte., Colonia Almada 

C.P. 80200, Culiacán, Sinaloa 

T: 52 667 712 4710 

F: 42 667 713 9116 

E: boletinaa@hotmail.com 

www.maratonculiacan.org.mx 

Maraton LaLa Int’l 

MAR 

Héctor Guerrero Herrera 

Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n (esquina 

con Lerdo de Tejada), Col. Centro, 

CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila 

T: 52 871 729 2453 

F: 52 871 729 2436 

E: marballo@grupolala.com, 

kilometro42@prodigy.net.mx 

www.maratonlala.org 

Maraton Powerade Monterrey 

DEC 

Gerardo Cervantes Padilla 

Rio Pilon 2124, Fraccionamiento Bernardo 

Reyes, Monterrey (NL), CP 64280 

T: 52 81 8373 9254 

F: 52 81 8373 2026 

E: gcervantes@ssnl.gob.mx 

www.maratonmonterrey.com 

Medio Maraton Atlas de Guadalajara SEP 

Javier Peña de la Mora 

Paseo Atlas Colomos, 2000, Col. Lomas del 

Bosque, C.P. 45110, Zapopan, Jalisco 

T: 52 333 648 0120 Ext. 1145 

F: 52 333 648 0120 Ext. 1145 

E: direccion@mediomaratonatlas.com 

www.mediomaratonatlas.com 

21km Nuevo Leon 

NOV 

Luciano Ramirez Gallardo 

Francisco Murguia 4200, Col Guadalupe 

Victoria, Guadalupe NL 

T: 52 818 161 6725 

F: 52 811 505 1799 

E: atletismo_nl@axtel.net 

Tangamanga Int’l Marathon 

JUN 

Jaime Eduardo Morales Reyes 

Avenida Mariano Jimenez, 1450 

Fraccionamiento del Real C.P 78280 San 

Luis Potosi, S.L.P. 

T: 52 44 48 15 4444 

F: 52 44 48 15 8921 

E: maratontangamanga@gmail.com 

www.maratontangamanga.com 

*Medio Maraton Turistico 

Riviera Nayarit 

NOV 

Javier Peña de la Mora 

Nelson # 48 Vallarta Poniente Guadalajara, 

Jal., c.p. 44690 

T: 52 333 616 6428 

F: 52 333 616 6428 

E: deportres@mediomaratonnuevovallarta.com 

www.mediomaratonnuevovallarta.com 

MONACO 

Monaco Run 

MAR 

Jean-Pierre Schoëbel 

Stade Louis II, 7 Avenue Des Castelans, 

98000, Monaco 

T: 377 92 05 43 05 

F: 377 92 05 68 08 

E: info@monacomarathon.com 

www.monacomarathon.org 

MONTENEGRO 

Podgorica Marathon 

OCT 

Milan Madžgalj 

st. 19 December No. 21, 81000 Podgorica, 

Montenegro 

T: 382 67 612 057 

F: 382 20 206 690 

E: maraton@t-com.me 

www.maraton.co.me 

MOROCCO 

Marathon Int’l de Marrakech 

JAN 

Mohamed Knidiri 

Boîte Postale 682, Marrakech 

T: 212 661 241 402 

E: marathonmarrakech@yahoo.fr 

www.marathon-marrakech.com 

Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca OCT 

Said Ibrahimi 

Boite Postale Nº, Casablanca 

T: 212 6 53 64 00 46 / 

212 6 60 11 65 88 

F: 212 5 22 20 54 05 

E: info@casablanca-marathon.com 

www.casablanca-marathon.com 

Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune NOV 

Mohamed Derhim 

24 Av. de la Marine, Hay El Hebain 

Laayoune 

T: 212 661 387 946 

F: 212 528 893 022 

E: mohamedderhim@atlassahara.ma 

www.semi-marathon-laayoune.ma 

Semi Marathon Int’l de Rabat 

APR 

Bennis Badr 

Fhs Athletisme, Avenue Misr, Tamejjajt, 

Rabat 

T: 212 674 031 433 / 212 661 494 990 

F: 212 537 733 709 

E: contact@rabatmarathon.com 

www.rabatmarathon.com 

NETHERLANDS 

Dam tot Damloop 

SEP 

Jan Willem Mijderwijk 

P.O. Box 5029, 1802 Alkmaar 

T: 31 725 338 136 

F: 31 725 339 398 

E: j.mijderwijk@lechampion.nl 

www.damloop.nl 

ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam APR 

Mario J Kadiks 

P.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam 

F: 31 10 432 5050 

E: info@marathonrotterdam.nl 

www.marathonrotterdam.nl 

ABN AMRO Singelloop Utrecht 10km SEP 

Wim Verhoorn 

Wetering 1, 3451 BN Vleuten 

T: 31 30 677 4850 

F: 31 30 666 3241 

E: info@fortissingellooputrecht.nl 

www.fortissingellooputrecht.nl 

Eindhoven Marathon 

OCT 

Cor Vriend 

Postbus 196, 5600 AD Eindhoven 

T: 31 40 238 8911 

E: corvriend@marathoneindhoven.nl 

www.marathoneindhoven.nl 

Enschede Marathon 

APR 

Michel van Sluijs 

Postbus 555, 7500 AN Enschede 

T: 31 53 430 5486 

F: 31 53 434 4768 

E: info@enschedemarathon.nl 

www.enschedemarathon.nl 

Amsterdam Marathon 

OCT 

Cees Pronk 

p/a Le Champion, PO Box 5029, 1802 TA 

Alkmaar, The Netherlands 

T: 31 72 533 8136 

F: 31 72 533 9398 

E: info@amsterdammarathon.nl 

www.amsterdammarathon.nl 

NORTH POLE 

North Pole Marathon 

APR 


Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas, 

Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland 

T: 353 91 443 408 

F: 353 91 443 408 

E: rd@npmarathon.com 

www.npmarathon.com 


NORWAY 

Midnight Sun Marathon & Half JUN 

Nils I. Haetta 

P.O. Box 821, N-9258, Tromsø 

T: 47 776 73363 

F: 47 776 73364 

E: post@msm.no 

www.msm.no 

Fjord Norway Half Marathon 

SEP 

Helge Brekke 

Boks 177, 5903 Isdalstø, Norway 

T: 47 971 45 628 

F: 47 56375053 

E: Info@knarvikmila.no 

www.knarvikmila.no 

PARAGUAY 

*Maraton Int’l de Asuncion 

AUG 

Myrta Doldan Roman 

Pai Perez, 1293, Asuncion, Paraguay 

T: 595 21 213 613 

F: 595 21 213 613 

E: myrta.doldan@gmail.com 

www.paraguaymarathonclub.org 

PANAMA 

Panama City Int’l Marathon 

DEC 

Armando Lopez 

San Francisco Avenida 3B-SUR, entre calle 

68 y 67 Casa # 1, Panama 

T: 507 6030 0843 

F: 507 226 6277 

E: alopezo@gmail.com 

www.corredoresdelistmo.com 

Panama Int’l Half Marathon 

MAY 

Elmer Ortiz Nuñez 

Plaza Real San Francisco 3d, Panama 

T: 507 264 1038 / 507 6672 8855 

F: 507 204 6146 

E: panamahalfmarathon@gmail.com, 

info@panamahalfmarathon.com 

www.panamahalfmarathon.com 

PERU 

Lima 42k 

MAY 

Andreas Müller 

Calle Los Paujiles 285, of C, Surquillo, 

Lima, Peru 

T: 51 1 421 6282 

F: 51 1 421 6282 

E: a.muller@zmpromociones.org 

www.lima42k.com 

PHILIPPINES 

CamSur Marathon 

SEP 

Rio de la Cruz 

46 D Macapagal St, Vista Valley 

Subdivision, Marikina City, Philippines 

T: 63 918 985 9211 

F: 632 647 4251 

E: mail.runrio@gmail.com, 

princess.galura@gmail.com 

www.camsurmarathon.com 

POLAND 

Cracovia Marathon 

APR 

Krzysztof Kowal 

Zarzad Infrastruktury Sportowej w Krakowie 

ul. Walerego Slawka 1030-633 Krakow 

T: 48 12 616 63 00 

F: 48 12 616 63 01 

E: biuro@cracoviamaraton.pl 

www.cracoviamaraton.pl 

Poznan Marathon 

OCT 

Janusz Rajewski 

POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 

Poznan 

T: 48 61 835 79 17 

F: 48 61 835 79 20 

E: info@marathon.poznan.pl 

www.marathon.poznan.pl 

Poznan Half Marathon 

APR 

Janusz Rajewski 

POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 

Poznan 

T: 48 61 835 79 17 

F: 48 61 835 79 20 

E: info@halfmarathon.poznan.pl 

www.halfmarathon.poznan.pl 

Pila Int’l Half Marathon 

SEP 

Henryk Paskal 

Stowarzyszenie Biegow Ulicznych, Al. 

Powstancow Wlkp. 164, 64-920 Pila, 

Poland 

T: 48 67 212 01 11 

F: 48 67 212 5975 

E: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl 

www.pila.halfmarathon.pl 

*Silesia Marathon 

MAY 

Bohdan Witwicki 

ul. Brynowska 51D/5, 40-089 Katowice 

T: 48 693 112 411 

F: 48 693 112 411 

E: silesiamarathon@gmail.com 

www.silesiamarathon.pl 

Wroclaw Marathon 

SEP 

Waldemar Biskup 

Al.I.J. Paderewskiego 35 51-612, Wroclaw 

T: 48 71 733 40 60 

F: 48 71 315 43 18 

E: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl 

www.wroclawmaraton.pl 

PORTUGAL 

Douro Valley Half Marathon 

MAY 

Paulo Jorge Alves da Cruz Costa 

Av. Osnabruck, Bloco F, Loja H, 5000-427 

Vila Real 

T: 351 916 345 454 

F: 351 259 372 339 

E: paulo.costa@globalsportdouro.com 

www.meiamaratonadouro.com 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon 

MAR 

Vodafone Half Marathon of Portugal SEP 

Carlos Moya 

B Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas 

Branco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 Caxias 

T: 351 21 441 3182 

F: 351 21 441 3073 

E: geral@maratonaportugal.com 

www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com 

www.meiamaratonadeportugal.com 

Lisbon Int’l Marathon 

DEC 

António Campos 

Calçada da Tapada, 71A, 1349-012 Lisboa 

T: 351 21 361 6160 

F: 351 21 361 6169 

E: geral@xistarca.pt 

www.lisbon-marathon.com 

*Maratona do Algarve 

OCT 

Manuel António Campos 

Xistarca, Calçada da Tapada, 71A, 1349- 

012 Lisboa 

T: 351 21 361 6160 

F: 351 21 361 6169 

E: antonio.campos@xistarca.pt 

www.algarve-marathon.com 

Porto Marathon 

NOV 

Jorge Teixeira 

Loja do Corredor, Rua Santa Luzia, 808 

4250-415, Porto 

T: 352 91 78 50 216 

F: 351 22 03 04 726 

E: runporto@sapo.pt 

www.maratonadoporto.com 

PUERTO RICO 

World’s Best 10k Road Race 

FEB 

Rafael B. Acosta 

P.O. Box 29227, San Juan, PR 00929- 

0227 

T: 1 787 767 2000 

F: 1 787 763 2000 

E: lynns@ptmpr.com 

www.wb10k.com 

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 

Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon APR 

Rowyn James 

PO Box 2276, Clareinch, 7740, Cape Town, 

T: 27 21 657 5140 

F: 27 21 671 6892 

E: rowyn@twooceansmarathon.org.za 

www.twooceansmarathon.org.za 

Comrades Marathon 

MAY 

Johan Van Staden 

18 Connaught Road Scottsville, 

Pietermaritzburg, 3201 South Africa 

T: 27 (0) 33 897 8650 

F: 27 (0) 33 897 8660 

E: johan@comrades.com 

www.comrades.com 

*Marizburg Marathon and Half FEB 

John Hall 

PO Box 860, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, 

KwaZulu Natal, RSA. 

T: 273 3342 3284 

F: 270 8661 67500 

E: info@pmb42.co.za 

www.pmb42.co.za 

Cape Town Marathon 

SEP 

James Evans 

PO Box 101, Lansdowne, 7779, Western 

Cape, Republic of South Africa 

T: 27 21 689 4009 

F: 27 21 699 0615 

E: jtevans@mweb.co.za, 

sue@wpathletics.co.za 

www.capetownmarathon.org.za 

ROMANIA 

Bucharest City Marathon & Half OCT 

Paolo Ottone 

Atena Street 20, Sector 1 - 011832 

Bucharest 

T: 39 0323 919 861 

F: 39 0323 922 761 

E: info@bucharestcitymarathon.com 

www.bucharestcitymarathon.com 

Timisoara Marathon 

OCT 

Dumitra Constantin 

Atletic Club Maraton, O.P. 1 C.P. 283, 

300024 Timisoara 

T: 40 722 801 440 

E: dumitra@marathon.ro 

www.marathon.ro 

RUSSIA 

Int’l “White Nights” Marathon 

JUN 

Michael Andreevich Kochetkov / Anton Uyk 

191186 Russia, St.-Petersburg, 

street Millionnaya, 22 

T: 7 812 493 21 20 

F: 7 812 493 21 20 

E: start2009@startspb.ru, 

whitenights1@mail.ru 

www.wnmarathon.ru 

Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon 

SEP 

Boris Fadeev 

18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000 

T: 7 495 624 0824 

F: 7 495 624 0824 

E: fond@marafon.msk.ru 

www.marafon.msk.ru 

Moscow Marathon Luzhniki 

MAY 

Valeriy Shekhanov 

Luzhnetskaya Embankment 24, Moscow 

T: 7 495 637 02 78 

F: 7 495 255 28 51 

E: moscow.marathon@gmail.com 

Novosibirsk Half Marathon 

SEP 

Alexandr Chepasov 

Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001 

T: 7 383 204 77 68 

F: 7 383 204 77 22 

E: info@marafon.nsk.ru 

www.marafon.nsk.ru 

Siberian Int’l Marathon 

AUG 

Konstantin Podbelski 

Ul. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043 

T: 7 3812 231 526 

F: 7 3812 242 567 

E: sim@omsknet.ru 

www.sim.omsknet.ru 

Zelenograd Half Marathon 

JUN 

Oleg Manzha 

2-nd Zvenigorodskaya, 13-36, 123022 

Moscow 

T: 7 495 363 1090 

F: 7 495 783 3105 

E: info@sportima.ru, zelinfo@sportima.ru 

www.zelrun.ru, www.sportima.ru 





RWANDA 

Kigali Peace Marathon 

MAY 

Bettina Scholl-Sabatini 

Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, 

P.O. Box 1044, Kigali 

T: 352 621 214 804 

F: 352 26 61 52 64 

E: minicult@rwanda1.com, 

betmar@tango.lu 

www.kigalimarathon.com 

SERBIA 

Belgrade Marathon 

APR 

Dejan Nikolic 

Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade 

T: 381 11 369 0709 

F: 381 11 306 5720 

E: office@bgdmarathon.org 

www.bgdmarathon.org 

Novi Sad Half Marathon 

MAR 

Dimitrije Dolga 

Trg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbie 

T: 381 21 527 214 

F: 381 21 4722120 

E: marathon@sbb.rs 

www.marathon.org.rs 

Novi Sad Marathon 

OCT 

Milan Dolga 

Trg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbie 

T: 381 21 527 214 

F: 381 21 4722120 

E: marathon@sbb.rs 

www.marathon.org.rs 

SEYCHELLES 

Seychelles Eco-Healing Marathon FEB 

Giovanna Rousseau 

National Sports Council, P.O. Box 580, 

Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles 

T: 248 323908 / 722333 

F: 248 321448 

E: highlevelsports@seychelles.sc 

www.seychellesmarathon.com 

SINGAPORE 


Marathon Singapore 

DEC 

David Voth 

Singapore Sports Council, 230 Stadium 

Blvd, Singapore 397799 

T: 65 6500 5221 

F: 65 6346 1842 

E: david_voth@ssc.gov.sg 

www.marathonsingapore.com 

SLOVAKIA 

Bratislava City Marathon 

MAR 

Jozef Pukalovič 

Vajnorská 8/A, 831 04 Bratislava 

T: 421 255 568 172 

F: 421 255 568 173 

E: jozo@becoolagency.sk 

www.bratislavamarathon.com 

Kosice Peace Marathon 

OCT 

Dr. Stefan Dano 

Marathon Club Kosice, Pri Jazdiarni 1, 

PO Box F-24, 043 04 Kosice 

T: 421 55 622 00 10 

F: 421 55 622 41 58 

E: info@kosicemarathon.com 

www.kosicemarathon.com 

SLOVENIA 

Ljubljana Marathon 

OCT 

Gojko Zalokar 

Timing Ljubljana, Staniceva 41, 1000 

Ljubljana 

T: 386 1 234 8000 

F: 386 1 234 8005 

E: info@timingljubljana.si 

www.ljubljanskimaraton.si 

Three Hearts Marathon 

MAY 

Marko Pintaric 

Maraton treh src, p.p. 69, SI – 9252 

Radenci 

T: 386 2 565 1170 / 386 4 182 1223 

F: 386 2 566 91 95 

E: info@maraton-radenci.si 

www.maraton-radenci.si 

SPAIN 

Maraton De Zaragoza 

NOV 

David Constante 

Running Zaragoza, Calle Ricla, No 2, 

55055 Zaragoza 

T: 34 976 22 14 28 

F: 34 976 22 14 28 

E: gestion@zaragozamaraton.com 

www.zaragozamaraton.com 

Marato de Barcelona 

MAR 

RPM Racing / Cristian Llorens 

Gran Via 8-10, 6ª pl., 08902 Hospitalet de 

Llobregat, Barcelona 

T: 34 93 431 55 33 

F: 34 93 422 74 04 

E: info@maratobarcelona.com 

www.maratobarcelona.com 

Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián NOV 

Patxi Larrea Perurena 

Fly Group, Akarregi 12, Parcela 5, 

20120 Hernani, San Sebastian 

T: 34 943474341 

F: 34 943474309 

E: info@maratondonostia.com (sport questions), 

maraton@flygroupnet.com (registrations) 

www.maratondonostia.com 

Medio Maraton de Madrid 

APR 

Calle Villaamil 65, Madrid 28039 

T: 34 91 402 6962 

F: 34 91 401 4573 

E: gferrero1944@yahoo.es 

www.mediomaratonmadrid.es 

Mitja Marato Int’l Santa Pola 

JAN 

Roque M. Alemañ Bonet 

C/ Logroño, 10-BW 21, 03130 Santa Pola, 

Alicante 

T: 34 670 736 040 

F: 34 966 696 049 

E: chiplevante@gmail.com 

www.mitjasantapola.com 

Seville City Marathon 

FEB 

Manuel Nieto González 

Instituto Municipal de Deportes, Estadio 

Olimpico, Puerta E, Planta Baja, 2 a y 3 a , 

Sevilla 41092 

T: 34 955 47 51 33 

F: 34 955 47 51 34 

E: maraton@imd.sevilla.org 

www.imd.sevilla.org/maraton 

Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz, 

Vitoria-Gasteiz 

MAY 

Eduardo Martinez Lobera 

C/ Ricardo Sacristán Nº 30 Bajo, 

01008 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Alava) 

T: 34 945 22 20 13 

F: 34 945 21 42 79 

E: ascentium@ascentium.org 

www.maratonmartinfiz.com 

Madrid Marathon 

APR 

Guillermo Jimenez 

C/ Galileo No 74 (28015 Madrid) 

T: 914479631 / 914479641 / 

913540389 

F: 913651001 

E: vlopez@mapoma.es 

www.maratonmadrid.org 

Mediterranean Marathon 

OCT 

Josep-Maria Antentas 

Elisabets, 5 Entr.2 0 8001, Barcalona 

T: 34 699 000 499 

F: 34 933 189 820 

E: antenas@gmail.com 

www.maratomediterrani.com 

Maratón Divina Pastora Valencia NOV 

Medio Maraton de Valencia 

OCT 

Paco Borao 

Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia 

T: 34 96 346 0707 

F: 34 96 346 3635 

E: recepcion@correcaminos.org 

www.correcaminos.org 

SRI LANKA 

Colombo Marathon 

OCT 

Mr P.T. Weerasinghe 

29 B, S.De S. Jayasinghe Mawathe, 

Kalubowila, Dehiwela 

T: 94 11 2824500 

F: 94 11 2826125 

E: lsrhotels@sltnet.lk, lsrtilak@sltnet.lk 

www.lsr-srilanka.com 

SWEDEN 

GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon MAY 

Bo Edsberger 

P.O. Box 12174, S-402 42 Göteborg 

T: 46 31 772 78 80 

F: 46 31 772 78 90 

E: varvet@gfif.se 

www.goteborgsvarvet.com 

ASICS Stockholm Marathon 

MAY 

Ulf Saletti 

P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm 

T: 46 8 545 66 440 

F: 46 8 664 38 22 

E: info@marathon.se 

www.stockholmmarathon.se 

Stockholm Half Marathon 

SEP 

Anders Tallgren 

P.O. Box 10023, 100 55 Stockholm 

T: 46 8 545 66 440 

F: 46 8 664 38 22 

E: anders.tallgren@marathon.se 

www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se 

SWITZERLAND 

Jungfrau Marathon 

SEP 

Richard Umberg 

Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243, CH-3800, 

Interlaken 

T: 41 33 827 62 90 

F: 41 33 827 62 05 

E: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch 

www.jungfrau-marathon.ch 


Lausanne Marathon 

OCT 

Robert Bruchez 

Av, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne 

T: 41 21 806 3016 

F: 41 21 806 2548 

E: info@lausanne-marathon.com 

www.lausanne-marathon.com 

Lucerne Marathon 

OCT 

Reto Schorno 

Lidostrasse 5, CH- 6006 Luzern 

T: 41 41 375 03 30 

F: 41 41 375 03 31 

E: info@lucernemarathon.ch 

www.lucernemarathon.ch 

Neujahrsmarathon Zurich 

JAN 

Roger Kaufmann 

Verein Neujahrsmarathon, CH - 8000 Zürich 

E: info@neujahrsmarathon.ch 

www.neujahrsmarathon.ch 

Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos 

JUL 

Andrea Tuffli 

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

T: 41 81 401 1490 

F: 41 81 401 1489 

E: info@swissalpine.ch 

www.swissalpine.ch 


Zermatt Marathon 

JUL 

Andrea Schneider 

Postfach 52, CH-3924, St. Niklaus 

T: 41 27 946 0033 

F: 41 27 946 1836 

E: andrea@zermattmarathon.ch 

www.zermattmarathon.ch 

Zurich Marathon 

APR 

Bruno Lafranchi 

Spindelstrasse 2 8041 Zurich 

T: 41 480 25 57 

F: 41 480 25 56 

E: marathon@42195km.com 

www.zurichmarathon.ch 

TANZANIA 

Kilimanjaro Marathon 

FEB 

John Addison 

Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 

1685, Republic of South Africa 

T: 27 11 702 2035 

F: 27 11 468 1655 

E: john@wildfrontiers.com 

www.kilimanjaromarathon.com 

THAILAND 


Bangkok Marathon 

NOV 

Songkram Kraisonthi 

20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road, 

Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 

T: 66 22 77 6670 

F: 66 22 77 2567 

E: info@amazingfield.org 

www.bkkmarathon.com 

Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon 

JAN 

Apsit Rujikeatkamjorm 

Khon Kaen University Alumni Association, 

123/101 Moo 16, Tumbol Nai Muang, 

Amphur Muang, Khon Kaen 40002 

T: 66 43 202 750 / 66 43 202 388 

F: 66 43 202 750 / 66 43 202 388 

E: thasor@kku.ac.th, 

info@khonkaenmarathon.com 

www.khonkaenmarathon.com 

Laguna Phuket Int’l Marathon 

JUN 

Raimund Wellenhofer 

Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT 

Building, 109 Surawong Road, Bangkok, 

10500 

T: 662 236 2921 

F: 662 237 2321 

E: info@goadventureasia.com 

www.phuketmarathon.com 

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 

UWI-SPEC Half Marathon 

OCT 

Dr Iva Gloudon 

Sport & Physical Ed. Centre, University of 

the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad 

T: 868 645 9239 

F: 868 645 9239 

E: info@spec.uwi.tt 

www.sta.uwi.edu/spec 

TUNISIA 

Sahara 100k Challenge Race 

MAR 

Adriano Zito 

Via Giardini 464/n, 41100 Modena, Italy 

T: 39 059 359 813 

F: 39 059 867 2069 

E: info@zitoway.com 

www.100kmdelsahara.com 


TURKEY 

*Bozcaada Half Marathon & 10k MAY 

Zaynel Alhan 

Küçüksu Cad. Inkilap Mah. Emir Apr. 

No.151/4 34768 Ümraniye-Istanbul 

T: 90 216 632 51 50 

F: 90 216 632 52 80 

E: info@yaristakvimi.com 

www.yaristakvimi.com 

*Golden Horn Half Marathon 

APR 

Alpaslan Baki Ertekin 

Neslisah Mah. Kaleboyu Cad. No: 111, 

Fatih/Istanbul 

T: 90 212 453 3000 

F: 90 212 621 3848 

E: info@halicyarimaratonu.org 

www.halicyarimaratonu.org 

Intercontinental Istanbul 

Eurasia Marathon 

OCT 

Alpaslan Baki Ertekin 

Neslisah Mah. Kaleboyu Cad. No: 111, 

Fatih/Istanbul 

T: 90 212 453 3000 

F: 90 212 621 3848 

E: info@istanbulmarathon.org 

www.istanbulmarathon.org 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon JAN 

Peter Connerton 

P.O. Box 57176, Dubai 

T: 97 14 367 1062 

F: 97 14 367 2524 

E: marathon@dubaimarathon.org 

www.dubaimarathon.org 

RAK Half Marathon 

FEB 

Nathan Clayton 

PO Box 34878, Ras Al Khaimah 

T: 971 50 347 6474 

F: 971 7 244 7627 

E: mail@rakmarathon.org 

www.rakmarathon.org 

Zayed Int’l Half Marathon 

JAN 

Mohamed Ali Amer Ali 

P.O. Box 12364, Dubai 

T: 971 50 625 66 69 

F: 971 25 588 66 4 

E: Mohamedaaa@hotmail.com 

www.zayedmarathon.com 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BAA Boston Marathon 

APR 

Dave McGillivray 

Boston Athletic Association, 40 Trinity 

Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116 

T: 1 617 236 1652 

F: 1 617 236 4505 

E: info@baa.org 

www.baa.org 

Bass Pro Shops 

Conservation Marathon 

NOV 

Dean Cheatham 

1935 S.Campbell, Springfield, MO 65807 

T: 1 417 891 5216 

F: 1 417 882 0072 

E: dcheatham@basspro.com 

www.basspro.com/fitness 

Big Sur Half Marathon 

on Monterey Bay 

NOV 

Big Sur Int’l Marathon 

MAY 

Wally Kastner 

P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922 

T: 1 831 625 6226 

F: 1 831 625 2119 

E: info@bsim.org 

www.bsim.org 

Freihofer’s Run for Women 5k 

JUN 

George P Regan 

233 Fourth Street, Troy, Ny 12180 

T: 1 518 273-5552 

F: 1 518 273-0647 

E: gregan@freihofersrun.com 

www.freihofersrun.com 

Lake Tahoe Marathon & Half 

SEP 

Les Wright 

PO Box 20,000, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151 

T: 1 530 544 7095 

F: 1 484 346 3651 

E: Leswright@sbcglobal.net 

www.laketahoemarathon.com 

Maui Ocean Front Marathon & Half JAN 

Les Wright 

2480 S. Kihei #28, Kihei, Maui, HI 96753 

T: 1 808 344 3651 

F: 1 484 346 3651 

E: RunMaui@gmail.com 

www.mauioceanfrontmarathon.com 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas 


DEC 

Adam Zocks / Brewer Baker 

9401 Waples Street, STE 150, San Diego, 

CA 92121 

T: 1 858 450 6510 

F: 1 858 450 6905 

E: bbaker@competitorgroup.com 

www.runrocknroll.com 

Marine Corps Marathon 

OCT 

Rick Nealis 

PO Box 188, Quantico, VA 22134 

T: 1 703 432 8022 

F: 1 703 784 2265 

E: marine.marathon@usmc.mil 

www.marinemarathon.com 

New Jersey Marathon 

MAY 

Art Castellano 

PO Box 198, Oceanport, NJ 07757 

T: 1 732 578 1771 

F: 1 732 578 1771 

E: racedirector@njmarathon.org 

www.njmarathon.org 

Philadelphia Marathon 

NOV 

Michael Thompson 

9 King Charles Dr, Londonderry, NH 03053 

T: 1 617 212 2928 

F: 1 215 683 2094 

E: eagleevents@comcast.com 

www.philadelphiamarathon.com 

Portland Marathon 

OCT 

Les Smith 

1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900, 

Portland, Oregon 97205 

T: 1 503 248 1134 

F: 1 503 224 8851 

E: info@portlandmarathon.org 

www.portlandmarathon.org 

San Francisco Marathon 

JUL 

PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107 

T: 1 415 814 2823 

F: 1 415 276 4179 

E: info@runsfm.com 

www.runsfm.com 

Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon NOV 

Louise Long 

Seattle Marathon Association, 

P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103 

T: 1 206 729 3660 

F: 1 206 729 3662 

E: info@seattlemarathon.org 

www.seattlemarathon.org 

Kaua’i Marathon and Half 

SEP 

Bob Craver / Jeff Sacchini 

P.O. BOX 573, Koloa, Kaua’i, 96756 Hawaii 

T: 1 808 283 2078 

E: infothekauaimarathon@yahoo.com 

www.thekauaimarathon.com 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 

St Croix Int'l Marathon 

DEC 

Wallace Williams 

P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, 

U.S. Virgin Islands 00822 

T: 1 340 643 2557 

F: 1 340 692 5305 

E: wallacewilliams@msn.com 

www.virginislandspace.org 

ZIMBABWE 

Victoria Falls Marathon and Half AUG 

John Addison 

Box 844, Halfway House, 1685, South 

Africa 

T: 27 11 7022035 

F: 27 11 4681655 

E: john@wildfrontiers.com 

www.vicfallsmarathon.com

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