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Page 13
The Australian Outback Marathon is a
fully “packaged” marathon experience. This
means that participants don’t just enter the
race but get to choose from a selection of
fully hosted Outback holidays which range
from a basic trip of three days and two
nights up to 7 days and 6 nights writes
Jenny Buchanan.
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AIMS News 5
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Regulars
Calendar of events
Official listings for AIMS events 50
Results
Worldwide race reports and pictures 53
World leading times
The latest top times for men and women
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AIMS News
New AIMS Members
■ Hyderabad Heritage Marathon (IND)
has been held for the last two years and
attracts around 1000 runners with 25
foreign participants coming from five
countries.
■ The Meia Maratona Sport Zone
(POR) has been held in Portugal’s second
city of Porto for the last 5 years. Over 1600
runners take part with 60 of them coming
from 13 other countries. Course records
are held by Haile Gebrselassie (1:00:04)
and Pamela Chepchumba (1:10:24)
■ Rovaniemi Marathon (FIN) in Finnish
Lapland and located right on the Arctic
Circle has been held for the last 16 years,
attracting 500 men and 300 women with
60 of them coming from nine other
countries. Course records are held by Petri
Saavaiaienen (2:35:05) and Jaana Liias
(3:21:29)
New Associate Members
■ Navi Mumbai Barefoot Half
Marathon (IND), held for the first time on
12 December last year and attracting 300
entrants, recognizes unusual categories
within its field: those running barefoot;
those wearing “minimal” footwear, and
those in running shoes. There is also a
6km Dream Run held alongside.
■ The Las Terrenas 10km (DOM) takes
place in the Dominican Republic. It has so
far been held twice and receives entries
from 100 men and 100 women, among
which 40 foreign participants come from
five countries. Juan Almonte (32:55) and
Jordiana Diaz (40:37) hold the course
records.
For a full list of race
contacts, see page 86
The next edition of Distance Running will
be published in January 2012, covering
races held from October to December
2011. The advertising and editorial
deadlines will be on 9 December.
World record
Patrick Makau set a new
world record of 2:03:38 in the
38th BMW Berlin Marathon
on 25 September.
It was Berlin Marathon’s seventh
world record in 13 years. The man
who set the previous two records, in
2007 and 2008, Haile Gebreselassie,
dropped back with breathing
problems at 27km as Makau
recorded a particularly fast 28th
kilometre, and then dropped out at
Two marathons will be held to mark
the 20th anniversary of the Jungfrau
Marathon in 2012, and twice the
usual number of entries will be
available. The World Long Distance
Mountain Running Challenge will
also take place in conjunction.
Jungfrau is the biggest Swiss
marathon and the world’s biggest
mountain marathon. Entries have
been snapped up very quickly in
recent years and many runners lose
out. But thanks to next year's
anniversary, and the "double" event,
8,000 starting places will be on offer.
The marathons will be held on
Saturday 8 September and Sunday 9
around 35km. One of the
pacemakers, Stephen Chemlany,
came through to finish second, over
four minutes behind Makau.
Florence Kiplagat won the women's
race in 2:19:44, the second sub-2:20
time this year after Mary Keitany’s
2:19:19 in London. World record
holder Paula Radcliffe came third in
2:23:46, behind local heroine Irina
Mikitenko (2:22:18) one year after
giving birth to her second child.
Women’s world road records
At the 2011 IAAF World
Championships in Athletics held
in Daegu, South Korea, IAAF
Congress changed the rule for
recognizing women’s world records
in road races. From 1 January
IAAF will only recognize times
achieved in women-only
competitions; performances
achieved in mixed races will be
referred to only as a “world best”.
This decision means that Paula
Radcliffe’s 2003 marathon mark of
2:15:25 will no longer be the world
record but a world best, and that
her 2005 time of 2:17:42 will the
world record.
The boards of both AIMS and World
Marathon Majors (WMM) believe
that the Congress decision does not
meet the requirements of road
running as a sport. Both AIMS and
WMM will acknowledge two world
records for women’s road running
events: those achieved in mixed
competition and those recorded in
women-only races.
[Note: Performances considered for
records, rankings and qualifying
purposes must be achieved in
accordance with IAAF Competition
Rules. These include rules on course
measurement, decrease in elevation
between the start and finish,
maximum distance between the start
and finish lines. An application for a
world record will only be considered
if the athlete concerned undertook
doping control at the event.]
Jungfrau scales new peaks
Introduction
News story.
September. Entries for the 20th
Jungfrau Marathon opened on 9
September 2011.
Jungfrau hosts the Long Distance
Mountain Running Challenge for the
second time (previously in 2007). The
anniversary will be rounded off by a
special fringe programme, for which
the Jungfrau Marathon is teaming up
with the Swiss Touring Theatre “Das
Zelt”. Highlights will include the
World Championship opening
ceremony, award ceremonies, and
shows by DJ Ötzi on Saturday and
Sunday, as well as two special
performances of the William Tell
Open-Air Theatre.
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AIMS News
AIMS Marathon Museum of Running
A significant new addition to the
collection of the AIMS Marathon
Museum of Running - filling 34
running metres of shelving and
weighing almost a ton - arrived in
Berlin from Atlanta, Georgia.
The Honorary AIMS Statistician Dr
David Martin has been donating items
to the Museum with every visit since
2008. Now he has given the major part
of his athletics/marathon library which
forms the “David E. Martin Collection”.
This recent donation amounted to
approximately 800 books, 60% bound
magazines and 40% yearbooks on
running, international athletics, and
numerous publications about running.
Since the beginning of June it has been
exhibited in the “Gerhard Schlegel
Room”
Gerd Steins, responsible for receiving
and curating the consignment in Berlin
commented: “It is not only historians
and museum people who know how
hard it is to separate yourself from the
things you have collected in your life.
AIMS Marathon Museum of Running
expresses a heartfelt thank you to
David Martin for his generous
donation.”
From 15 August to 23 December this
year the AIMS Marathon-Museum of
Running, Sportmuseum Berlin is
running a photographic exhibition in
the “Haus das Deutschen Sports” In
Berlin’s Olympiapark, open 10.00-14.00
Monday to Friday with free admission.
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
thousands of photos were taken at
hundreds of athletic competitions.
Sports photographers were at a
transformative stage, increasingly
moving away from large-format
cameras to the small-format cameras
(Leica and Contax). But at a political
level foreign photojournalists were
excluded by the decision to accredit
only those belonging to the Imperial
Commission of Photojournalists within
the Imperial Association of the German
Photojournalists at the rowing
regatta in Berlin-Grünau
Media. Accredited photojournalists
were also divided into an athletic
group, for the sporting events, and a
current events group, for events outside
the actual athletic competitions. Special
identifying armbands and the clothing
they wore were also prescribed (and
provided).
114 photojournalists are listed by
name and accreditation number but the
official report names 125
photographers, of whom 69 were
responsible for the athletic events and
56 for current events. To complicate
things even more, all of the
photojournalists received entrance
tickets from the photo press office with
a specific time and location where they
were permitted to work. This rigid
system led to major disappointments.
Paul Wolff in his book “What I saw at
the 1936 Olympic Games” wrote:
“To want something and not be allowed
to do it! We stood there like horses with
their heads pulled back with curb bits.
When the starting shots were fired
down on the track, I was standing up in
the stands at my lonely post in the
middle of the crowd, who let me know
that I was not “transparent”. They did
not like seeing me much there at all. I
crouched down into the smallest space.
My colleague watched with clenched
teeth 100m away as the finish line tape
was torn. We were faced with inner
A cameraman for the Olympiafilm
production uses an umbrella to
protect himself from the sun
Marathon
champion Kee
Chung Sohn
of Korea
battles between duty and self-interest
and antagonism between reason and
angry negation.”
These working conditions were a strict
consequence of the exploitive
utilization of these Olympic Games,
which Angermeyer described in his
1935 Hymn to Berlin: “these Games
provided us with an invaluable means
of propaganda.”
This culminated in a photo
adulteration, in which Adolf Hitler’s
building enthusiasm was exaggerated.
With the photo caption We’re ready to
build! The classic photograph of a
powerful head of state was staged: a
Führer photo that was sent around the
world and which even today is often
reprinted in publications without
comment or critique. Photos are often
selected according to look or cost and
come from the pool of photos that are
available from the photo trading card
albums, commemorative books, and
special magazine editions from 1936.
Rarely is much effort or money invested
in searching the archives and museums
for other unpublished materials, with
the result that the current presentation
of the 1936 Games is still filled with
the photo aesthetics and selection that
stemmed from Nazi times.
In order to break through these barriers,
the Berlin Sports Museum and the
Forum for Sport History is presenting
this selection of 100 photos from the
thousands they hold of the 1936 Berlin
Games.
■ A German/English brochure has been created to accompany the
exhibition, which includes all of the photographs on exhibit. The brochure is
available for 5 Euros onsite, or can be ordered from:
Sportmuseum Berlin- Olympiapark Berlin, Hanns-Braun-Straße, 14053 Berlin.
Email: Sportmuseum.Berlin@t-online.de Telephone: 030-305 83 00
www.Sportmuseum-Berlin.de
Information and photos are available at:
http://www.germanroadraces.de/24-1-24615-75year-anniversary-of-theolympic-games-in.html
Big demand
for Big Sur
Big Sur International Marathon
sold out in 29 days, the fastest ever
for the 26-year old race, with only a
limited number of premium race
registrations for specific programs
being made available at a later
date. Other events held during the
marathon weekend, including the
marathon relay, 21, 10.6 and 9-
Milers, and the 5K, remain open for
registration. The previous record of
seven weeks for a Big Sur Marathon
sellout was in 2002 following a
designation of the Big Sur race as
"The Best Marathon in North
America" in the annual Ultimate
Guide to Marathons.
Comrades -
since 1975
Comrades Marathon Association
used the occasion of Women’s Day
to pay tribute to the many women
who have run the event and
contributed to its spirit of
camaraderie and grace. Nearly a
quarter of Comrades' entrants are
women: this year 4,381 out of
19,591.
Until 1975, the world’s biggest
ultra-marathon did not feature a
single official woman runner. Only
men were permitted to participate
until the Golden Jubilee 50th
running of the race when the
Comrades Marathon was opened up
to people of all races and both
sexes. Since then, year on year, the
ultra-marathon has attracted a
growing number of women athletes.
CMA Chairman Peter Proctor said
‘Women add a very special facet to
the Ultimate Human Race. We are
extremely proud of the
achievements of women in this
international sporting fixture as well
as the glitz and glamour they
bestow upon the race.”
The race defines
the place
On 7 August one of the youngest
members of AIMS held their second
edition - the Asuncion
International Marathon, held in
the capital city of Paraguay.
This year Paraguay celebrated its
bicentennial; 200 years since it
became an independent state. It is
a quixotic and exotic place, and the
home to innumerable heroes who
have battled to defend their
national identity. Marathon runners
now fight the same fight, as the
Marathon is doing so much to
define the place.
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IAAF News
World Championships in Athletics, Daegu, Korea
Daegu, Korea’s fourth largest city with
a population of 2.5 million, hosted the
championships in its impressive
67,000 capacity stadium but the
events that bracketed the week - the
women’s and men’s Marathons - were
held on a 15km road circuit in the city
Women’s
Marathon
27 August 2011
Edna Kiplagat, the fastest
woman in the field, bided her
time through the first of two
15km laps around the centre of
Daegu writes Len Johnson. She
lurked at the back of a pack
which still numbered 19 at
30km, keeping a watchful eye
out for any moves. There were
none. Only entering the third lap,
shortened to 12.195km
did Kiplagat and her Kenyan
teammates Priscah Jeptoo and
Sharon Cherop move to the
front. And stayed there, bringing
Kenya the first Marathon medal
sweep in World Championships,
or Olympic history.
Coming into a water station near
37km, Kiplagat and Cherop
exchanged positions as they took
their drinks. Cherop clipped Kiplagat’s
heels as they came away from the
table and the favourite hit the
road. A horrified Cherop quickly
helped Kiplagat to her feet and she
resumed running as powerfully as
before. There may be grazes and
abrasions, but a gold medal salves
all. Even with that drama Kiplagat
ran the fastest 5km of the race
(16:11) between 35-40km. She kept
going at the same pace to the finish,
recording the most emphatic negative
split (1:11:57 second half to 1:16:46
first half).
and never entered the stadium.
Climatic conditions were good for
stadium athletics but testing for
endurance runners with temperatures
higher than conducive to fast running.
The women marathon runners, starting
off the programme, ran cautiously in a
For Kenya it was a complete turn
around compared to the previous
women’s World Championships
Marathon in Berlin two years ago,
when no-one finished in the top
10. Kiplagat came into the race with
the fastest time, and third fastest in
the world for the year, her 2:20:46 in
London. And she won like the fastest
runner in the race should, her tumble
notwithstanding. For Ethiopia it was
the opposite story, failing to add to a
World Championships women’s
Marathon tally of Aselefech Mergia's
bronze in Berlin. Mergia was never a
factor in the race, but her teammate
Aberu Kebede stuck bravely to the
Kenyan trio when the break was
made. She paid for her courage,
finishing 12th. Bezunesh Bekele was
best finisher for Ethiopia in fourth
place.
China took the silver medal in the
World Cup team event, behind Kenya,
with Ethiopia edging Japan out of
third by 38 seconds. It is the first
time Japan has not been in the top
three since the World Cup was
incorporated with the World
Championships marathons in Athens
in 1997.
Kiplagat became only the second
Kenyan woman after Catherine
Ndereba to win the World Marathon
title adds David Monti. She joined the
pack until well into the race when
Edna Kiplagat stepped into a higher
gear. In the men’s race Abel Kirui
threw caution to the wind (of which
there was precious little) with a
bravado run which carried him to a
commanding victory.
training group of her husband-to-be
Gilbert Koech in 2002. When she ran
2:25:38 in the 2010 Los Angeles
Marathon and won $145,000 he
gave up his own ambitions to focus
solely on coaching his wife. “My
husband has been helping me a lot,”
said Kiplagat. “And also my children.
The most important thing is to get
support from the family.”
Kiplagat won the 2010 New York
Marathon by using patience and
running a very fast final 3km. “I try to
run all of my races the second half
faster.” Koech says his wife is very
coachable. “She listens advice and
she implements,” he explained. “She
improves.”
EXECUTIVES
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Email: headquarters@iaaf.org
IAAF Council Members
IAAF President:
Lamine Diack (SEN)
Senior Vice President:
Robert Hersh (USA)
Vice Presidents:
Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)
Sergey Bubka (UKR)
Sebastian Coe (GBR)
Honorary Treasurer:
Valentin V. Balakhnichev (RUS)
Area Representatives:
Geoff Gardner (NFI)
Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA)
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (CMR)
Suresh Kalmadi, M.P. (IND)
Neville McCook (JAM)
Hansjörg Wirz (SUI)
Council Members:
Ahmed Al Kamali (UAE)
Bernard Amsalem (FRA)
Sylvia Barlag (NED)
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)
Helmut Digel (GER)
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)
Frank Fredericks (NAM)
Abby Hoffman (CAN)
Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB)
Isaiah Kiplagat (KEN)
José Maria Odriozola (ESP)
Jung-Ki Park (KOR)
Anna Riccardi (ITA)
Irena Szewinska (POL)
Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN)
General Secretary
Essar Gabriel (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
3-12 August 2012
Games of the XXX Olympiad, London (GBR)
6 October 2012
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships,
Kavarna, (BUL)
24 March 2013
IAAF World Cross Country Championships,
Bydgoszcz (POL)
10-18 August 2013
IAAF World Championships in Athletics,
Moscow (RUS)
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IAAF News
Men’s
Marathon
4 September 2011
Results
WOMEN:
1 Edna KIPLAGAT KEN 2:28:43
2 Priscah JEPTOO KEN 2:29:00
3 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:29:14
4 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 2:29:21
5 Yukiko AKABA JPN 2:29:35
6 Xiaolin ZHU CHN 2:29:58
7 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 2:30:13
8 Jiali WANG CHN 2:30:25
9 Marisa BARROS JPN 2:30:29
10 Remi NAKAZATO JPN 2:30:52
With a runaway victory Abel Kirui became
the third athlete to retain a World
Championship Marathon title writes David
Martin. Kirui made his presence first felt by
leading through halfway in 1:05:07, before
surging on to win by the biggest ever margin
(2:28).
Kirui had only been selected for the Kenyan team
after others withdrew, but stamped his authority on
the race by making a decisive break around 27km,
He ran the 5km from 25-30km in a record 14:17
split to lead Eliud Kiptanui and Feyisa Lilesa by 11
seconds. He then went on to run the next 5km in
14:40, increasing his lead by over a minute to
1:14, now over fellow Kenyan Vincent Kipruto.
Kipruto never threatened and was continuously
looking behind although not appearing distressed.
With victory assured Kirui slowed slightly for a final
5km split of 15:15, passing 40km in 2:00:38 as
behind him Kipruto edged clear of Lilese.
Morocco's Abderrahime Bouramdane had been
dropped when the pace increased at 25km but
came back through to take fourth place. The
highest non-African placing was Hiroyuki Horibati's
seventh, although his team mate Yuki Kawauchi
had led the huge lead pack through 5km in
15:58. Nicholas Kiprono then took up the lead as
30 runners passed through 10km in 31:21 and he
was still in the front rank when Kirui made his
decisive move.
Lilesa became the youngest ever medallist but
Ethiopia failed to finish a team. Pre-race favourite
Gebre Gebremariam dropped out after 12km as did
the highly rated Chala Dechase and Bazu Worku.
Kenya took the team race ahead of Japan and
Morocco.
Since his record-setting IAAF World Championships
Marathon victory in Berlin two years earlier Abel
Kirui had run fast in commercial marathons but
further victories eluded him adds David Monti.
His agent Valentin Trouw suspected that Kirui, an
exceedingly outgoing and friendly man, had lost his
training focus and suggested that he moved to the
Iten/Eldoret area to train under the renowned
Italian Marathon coach, Renato Canova. Kirui
rented a house in Iten and settled into a routine.
Canova changed Kirui’s training to such effect that
Kirui felt it brought him his victory in Daegu and a
possible place at the 2012 London Olympics. He
acknowledges that his selection is not assured
because “there is a load of competitors… [In
Daegu] I was the defending (world) champion and
I was fighting to be in the Olympics next year."
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 Kenya
2 China
3 Ethiopia
MEN:
1 Abel KIRUI KEN 2:07:38
2 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 2:10:06
3 Feyisa LILESA ETH 2:10:32
4 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE MAR 2:10:55
5 David Barmasai TUMO KEN 2:11:39
6 Eliud KIPTANUI KEN 2:11:50
7 Hiroyuki HORIBATI JPN 2:11:52
8 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 2:11:57
9 Stephen KIPROTICH UGA 2:12:57
10 Kentaro NAKAMOTO JPN 2:13:10
Pierre Weiss to retire
Two pillars of IAAF
administration are relinquishing
their posts this year: IAAF
Honorary Treasurer Jean
Poczobut stood down from the
elections to Council in Daegu
and IAAF General Secretary
Pierre Weiss, an appointee, is
retiring at the end of this year.
As assistant to the General
Secretary from 1985-87,
General Director from 1991-
2006, and the General Secretary
since 2006 Pierre Weiss has
been the dynamo of the
organisation. IAAF President
Lamine Diack said: “I would also
like to acknowledge [his] many
years of service, [over which he]
has made an extraordinary
contribution to our organisation,
sacrificing his time, his leisure,
home life and health to do so.
In devoting the majority of his
life to athletics he showed such
exemplary dedication,
commitment, energy and allaround
capability that it will be
impossible to [fill] his shoes.”
The new IAAF General Secretary
will be Essar Gabriel, former
Director General of the
Organising Committee for the
Paris World Championships, and
an outside appointment.
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 Kenya
2 Japan
3 Morocco
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Australian Outback Marathon
A package
to remember
JULY
30
2011
by Jenny Buchanan
The Australian Outback Marathon is a fully “packaged” marathon experience. This means that
participants don’t just enter the race but get to choose from a selection of fully hosted Outback
holidays which range from a basic trip of three days and two nights up to 7 days and 6 nights.
I chose the longest package so as to allow me to
fully appreciate all that the Australian Outback
Marathon has to offer. The trip is centred around
Uluru (Ayers Rock) and was packed with
memorable events and visits. The marathon was my
first visit to Central Australia and I couldn’t have
asked for a better initiation.
Every day we were treated to a new experience as
the tours that were included were spectacular. We
watched the sun come up over Uluru - something
everyone should experience at least once; we did
Kings Canyon
the 11km walk at the base of Uluru; we visited the
cultural centre to meet the local indigenous people;
and we trekked through Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and
Kings Canyon. All were experiences not to be
missed. Kings Canyon is similar (although much
smaller) to the Grand Canyon; it is a small oasis
teaming with life in the middle of the desert, with
walks, waterholes and abundant plant life.
All of which contributed to a huge appetite, which
was more than satisfied by the gourmet buffet
meals that were included. These ranged from an
outdoor “welcome” dinner on our first night –
giving the opportunity to meet with some of our
fellow runners as well as the event management
team, to a smorgasbord-style dinner that allowed us
the chance to sample some of the foods that
Australia is famous for – barramundi, crocodile,
kangaroo and emu amongst others. There were also
plenty of “regular” foods on offer, such as salads,
roast meats and a great variety of desserts. A pasta
party offered all the runners the chance to mingle
and carbo-load the evening before the Marathon.
We arrived early, the Tuesday before the race.
Guided training runs, or even just relaxing by the
pool, gave us a chance to familiarize ourselves with
the resort, the other people and the management
team, who were now no longer just names on the
end of an email.
It was my second marathon in July and my third of
the year, but the only thing it had in common with
the other two was the distance of 42.195km. In
contrast to pounding the pavement with 5000
other runners through the hustle and bustle of city
streets and suburbs the quiet, serene remoteness of
the Australian Outback was another world. There is
a certain intimacy you get in the smaller
marathons, which is missing in the larger ones. The
Australian Outback Marathon definitely had it.
We were up early for the race start on Saturday
morning and runners were transported to the start
line via a fleet of specially chartered coaches. We
were treated to the delicate sounds of a didgeridoo
as our welcoming music. Nowhere else in the world
would you hear the words “three, two, one” and
then, rather than a starting pistol, have the
didgeridoo blast out the “Go”.
The Marathon itself is run on private red earth bush
tracks that are a feature throughout Central
Australia. The tracks are made of packed earth and
were specially “graded” for the race meaning that
they were slightly soft. A few small sand-dunes
were strategically included which, whilst
challenging to climb, offered some spectacular
views of Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the
Olgas).
Continued on page 15
Kata Tjuta
(The Olgas)
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Australian Outback Marathon
Continued from page 13
There was plenty of support out on
the well-marked course, with drink
and aid stations every 3km. It was an
unusually warm day for the time of
year (it is normally around 20C but
climbed to 26C) so the water and
sports drinks were very welcome, as
were the cheers and support of the
volunteers and medical personnel at
each of the stations.
The area has been inhabited by the
traditional owners, Anangu people,
for 40,000 years. The surroundings
brought everyone together, enjoying
the serenity of one of Australia’s most
sacred places.
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Australian Outback Marathon
Feature writer Jenny
Buchanan crossing
the finish line
Continued from page 15
After finishing in a respectable 3:30 (only two
minutes slower than my city marathon three weeks
earlier) the applause and congratulations of fellow
runners contributed to a friendly, supportive
atmosphere. Although we had only met days earlier
many of them I now claimed as friends. And did I
mention the magnificent backdrop of Uluru at the
finishing line?
The Celebration Dinner held on the Sunday evening
was a final highlight. It was held outdoors in the
desert, with Uluru to the east and Kata Tjuta to the
west. As the sun set behind Kata Tjuta, the palette
of changing colours and the silhouette of the
desert oaks was then replaced by a multitude of
stars in a clear bright sky. We were treated to a
delicious meal, fine wines, a slideshow of the
previous day’s exertions and the comradeship of
the other runners. Many had come from countries
around the world to share in the natural beauty
that surrounded us.
Just before the
Celebration Dinner
The Australian Outback Marathon allowed us to
share part of our great country along with others
from the global running community. It is a truly
unique experience that will be long remembered.
Result
MEN:
1 Brian WATSON AUS 3:15:29
2 Timothy LEWIS USA 3:19:13
3 David BRYAN USA 3:21:52
4 Paul CORKIN AUS 3:27:21
5 Thomas WHALEN USA 3:28:31
6 Alan BUCHANAN AUS 3:34:23
7 Steve MORARTY AUS 3:35:57
8 Robert KELLETT AUS 3:40:05
9 Brad CROFTS AUS 3:42:05
10 Peter SCHMIDT AUS 3:47:45
WOMEN:
1 Suzanne MCKEEN AUS 3:20:50
2 Carmel KAHLEFELDT AUS 3:29:48
3 Jenny BUCHANAN AUS 3:30:16
4 Rochelle YOUNGSON AUS 3:36:10
5 Shaye HUNTER RUS 3:37:21
6 Anne STEVENSON AUS 3:42:28
7 Tiza GARLAND USA 3:57:17
8 Rachel KEENIESIDE AUS 3:59:18
9 Stephanie TEOH AUS 4:00:28
10 Wendy STIBBE AUS 4:06:06
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Tim ROWE AUS 1:11:03
2 Andrew BURDON AUS 1:33:45
3 Greg MACKENZIE AUS 1:35:56
WOMEN:
1 Asher REYNOLDS AUS 1:35:21
2 Andina FARAGHER AUS 1:36:58
3 Katy THOMAS AUS 1:39:37
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Victoria Falls Marathon, Zimbabwe
AUGUST
28
2011
Through the
thundering
by Debhie Addison,
photographs by Linda Willemse
and Debbie Addison
mist
The Victoria Falls Marathon has one of the most spectacular backdrops to
any race – the majestic Falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia which
so impressed Victorian explorer David Livingstone that he described
“scenes so lovely that they must have been gazed at by angels in their
flight”, and then promptly re-named the Falls after his Queen.
As the Zambezi River discharges over the Falls a
plume of moisture rises high into the air,
descending over a broad area to form a lush
microclimate, and a huge refreshing “mist” station
for runners. The original name of the Falls, Mosi-oa-
Tunya, means “the smoke that thunders”.
The town of Victoria Falls grew up to service tourist
interest in the Falls, but over the last 10 years
much of that has shifted over the border to
Livingstone in Zambia. The race itself, launched six
years ago when Zimbabwe was in financial turmoil
(the tumbling currency did not help at all), has run
counter to the trend. At first international and
tourist runners were wary of coming but today, with
over 700 runners participating in one or other of
the three distances, it is poised to become one of
the premier races of Africa. The scenery and the
opportunity to see wildlife are big draws.
The town offers a good selection of hotels for
visitors on any budget, and there are varied
activities and places to see including whitewater
rafting, canoeing, bungi jumping and ‘gorge
swings’ from Victoria Falls Bridge, 100m above
river level. Those wanting less strenuous options
can enjoy high tea at the Victoria Falls Hotel, an
helicopter ride or flight over the Falls, and perhaps
an elephant-back safari or an encounter with lions.
The many national parks in the region (Hwange,
Chobe, Zambezi National Park) all offer multi-day
safaris with fantastic game viewing available.
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Victoria Falls Marathon, Zimbabwe
Continued from page 19
The race benefits from many local sponsors and
involves the community as much as possible. The
race supports the disabled people of Zimbabwe
(over a 100 wheelchairs were donated this year),
and the Victoria Falls Anti-poaching – wildlife
conservation initiative.
Race weekend coincided with a sudden spike in the
temperature. All that time spent training on the
road, but did we have what it took to deal with the
heat? We wandered down to registration at The
Kingdom Hotel and were immediately enveloped in
a positively buzzing pre-race atmosphere. We met
serious, lean athletes, honed to performance, club
runners with carefree banter yet very clear
intentions, nervous first timers, and tourists who’d
just decided they’d give it a bash while they were
in town. Race numbers in hand, we left to carbo
load.
Next morning we were up early, performing our
individual pre race rituals, trying to quell flip
flopping tummies and shaky lace tying hands. As
soon as we arrived at the start, outside the row of
banks and post office of Victoria Falls, the music
and jostling bodies swept us into the fever of the
race.
The full marathon start was at 06.30, and the
atmosphere was electric. The gun sounded, and
runners surged forward. The wheelchair athletes
lined up next, to wait for the gun to go off a few
minutes later. It was a humbling experience to see
these amazing people, despite their disabilities,
push their bodies to the limits. All our moans and
groans are silenced, it would be frivolous to whine
about a blister when watching someone heave a
rickety wheelchair up a hill. The half marathon
runners started next, at 07.00, and it was a relief
just to get running after waiting for so long, trying
to stay warm and focussed, between regular dashes
to the toilet.
The run across the Victoria Falls Bridge is utterly
stunning. The soft early morning light dances
across the spray, making the Falls ethereally
beautiful. Quite a few runners simply stopped to
absorb such a sight, and take pictures. Fortunately
we get to run over the bridge twice. The scenery
just gets better, as the run loops around Zambezi
Drive, which is very close to the river edge, above
the Falls. Rushing rapids, lush riverine forest and if
you take the time to observe, fantastically varied
bird life; for three kilometres, it’s hard to beat.
There are times when you could feel vulnerable,
running in the bush but regular National Park
scouts, armed and patrolling, set your mind at rest.
A few gentle rolling hills take you towards the
Zambezi National Park, where a short loop through
the park is an added treat. It was at this point that
the marathon elite overtook us at breathtaking
speed. Looking graceful, effortless and barely
sweating, they slipped past us before we knew
what was happening. Humbled and a little
depressed, we soldiered on up the not insignificant
hills to the entrance of the Victoria Falls Safari
Lodge.
An utter delight awaited us: dancers, drums,
cheering and festive supporters, right at the
moment when morale is low. It could not have
happened at a better time. It gave us strength to
continue and picked up everyone’s flagging spirits.
By this time, the temperature was steadily climbing,
and the regular water points were a godsend.
Every point had its own character, sponsored by
various companies, and it was a great experience to
have enthusiastic folk every few kilometres,
encouraging us all onward. Almost too soon we
reached Victoria Falls Primary School, and after a
lap around the field, the finish was suddenly upon
us. The marathon sponsors have their hospitality
tents dotted around the field, making for a very
social ending for a thoroughly enjoyable race.
We’ll be back next year (although we may do some
training in a sauna first) for a unique, well
organised race with so many extra experiences –
the wildlife, the scenery and the welcoming people.
Result
MEN:
1 Michael NGASEKE ZIM 2:24:31
2 Kudakwashe KANDUNA ZIM 2:25:06
3 Chasara MASIYATSUA ZIM 2:27:44
4 Oliver KANDIERO ZIM 2:29:56
5 Jephias MUNONI ZIM 2:30:58
6 John DAYARIRA ZIM 2:31:38
7 Paul MHIZHA ZIM 2:32:07
8 Geturi BAYO TAN 2:32:19
9 Sampson TENAI KEN 2:32:23
10 Tawanda TOKISI ZIM 2:42:04
WOMEN:
1 Lizih CHOKORE ZIM 2:51:16
2 Olivia CHITANE ZIM 2:53:30
3 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 2:58:44
4 Chiyedza CHOKORE ZIM 3:10:01
5 Jill OLIPHANT RSA 3:21:00
6 Cathrine NYAKWISHIRA ZIM 3:21:56
7 Susanna VERMAAK RSA 3:28:27
8 Sandra DU BRUYN RSA 3:41:29
9 Janet ADAM RSA 3:52:59
10 Maggie HENTON USA 3:57:00
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Kelvin PANGISO ZIM 1:07:11
2 Nkosiyazi SIBANDA ZIM 1:07:38
3 Gilbert MUTANDIRO ZIM 1:08:04
WOMEN:
1 Constance NYASANGO ZIM 1:24:20
2 Alicen MANAKE ZIM 1:30:28
3 Patience MUROWE ZIM 1:31:58
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DN Stockholm Half Marathon, Sweden
SEPTEMBER
17
2011
Spellbound
in Stockholm
by Lorenzo Nesi, photographs by Martin Ekequist
The start of the race, in the
background is the Royal Palace, with
the Parliament Building on the right
A glorious Saturday in mid-September, and
the sun welcomes you to the heart of
Stockholm. It’s just a few minutes before the
start of the race and I am spellbound by the
beauty of the Swedish capital.
I turn around and have a last glimpse of the
baroque Royal Palace just behind me. Could it be
King Carl XVI Gustaf hiding behind the curtains of
one of the hundreds of windows? His daughter the
Princess married the owner of a gym last summer;
shouldn’t he be here handing out free tickets to his
establishment?
Runners on Regeringsgatan bridge after
12 kilometers with the Rosenbad – the
administrative office for the Swedish
government – in the background
After 12 kilometers the
course runs through the
Parliament Building
My fantasies dissolve in the mild late summer
afternoon. We are almost 11,000 runners and one
cavalier, King Gustavus Adolphus riding a marble
horse in the square that is named after him. Almost
40 years after the submission of the original plans
to erect the first statue of a Swedish monarch, the
King finally mounted the horse. And 215 years
later he hasn’t jumped off yet.
I plan to move a little faster, a couple of hours and
21km through the islands, around the
Riddarfjärden Bay. The sound of Blondie’s “Heart of
Glass” fills the square, not exactly what is played at
the Opera, on our right side, and I hope that my
own cardiac power will prove stronger than that.
Bang! Here we go; slowly up Brunkebergsåsen, an
esker that once reached over much of Stockholm’s
central parts. After less than 2km the scene
becomes surreal as we turn into the Klaratunnel
underpass, normally the scene of rush-hour snarlups,
all the cars have vanished. Soon the sky is
back and we head into Vasagatan, once a narrow
and filthy alley with derelict houses and
boathouses, but now a busy street full of
commuters and tourists converging on the Central
Station. I wonder who gives the more frantic
impression, the 11,000 of us running by or the
travellers rushing to catch their trains?
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Continued from page 23
Quite a few of the capital’s million-plus inhabitants
enjoy the unexpected late summer day. It seems
like every block has at least one café where
Stockholmers sip a caffe latte and bask in the sun,
forgetting all about the long, dark winter ahead of
them.
The finish line on Norrbro bridge – the Royal Opera
House can be seen in the background, centre
After half an hour the first of many bridges awaits
us: the Orphanage Bridge to the King’s Island. It
seems like every place in Stockholm is connected to
the Royal Family but who were the abandoned
children that gave the crossing its name? I have
already forgotten these unanswered questions by
the time we are running along the waterfront. This
incredible city always bounces back to its rivers,
lakes, canals, bays – all part of the immense
archipelago that embraces the Swedish capital.
There are fishermen next to the City Hall, kayaks,
sailing boats and even a swimmer who refuses to
admit which month it is. The water is so pure that a
local politician once drunk a glass of it in front of
bewildered foreign guests.
Ice cream eaters alternate between admiring the
runners and feeding the swans with their leftover
cones. We leave the King’s Island (“Kungsholmen”)
down the little slope and up the Brick Hill
(“Tegelbacken”) right into the heart of Swedish
political power. We run right through the courtyard
of the House of Parliament before taking our first
steps in the Old Town.
Now we are back at the Royal Palace, one of
Europe's largest, and still functioning as an official
residence. However it could be difficult to know in
which of the 609 rooms the monarch is working. I
try to remember the window I looked at before the
start.
After a quick refreshment - there is no time to
divert into the narrow medieval streets of the Old
Town - we reach Slussen, the lock that controls the
flow between the Lake of Mälaren and the Baltic
Sea.
We have covered two thirds of the distance as we
turn towards the bohemian island, of Södermalm.
Maybe the cool guys are still sleepy after a late
Friday night, I can’t spot too many of them along
Crowd favourite Isabellah Andersson
who won in 1:11.07 – a new Swedish
record – just three weeks after finishing
7th in the marathon race at the world
championships in South Korea
the quays. But as we approach Bergsund, or
Knivsöder as the locals love to call this edgy end of
the town, it’s obvious that the beat is going down.
It could be just a hazy notion, but I’m sure that we
are slowing down as the course goes slightly but
unmercifully uphill. Bite the bullet!
What goes up has to come down, and a sharp
descent brings us back towards Slussen. The fastest
runners can observe the slower moving fellows who
have almost half of the race still to enjoy, as they
cross in opposite directions here on Skeppsbron,
Stockholm’s oldest quay. It was developed during
the first half of the 17th Century by King Gustavus
Adolphus (our cavalier from the beginning of the
story) when he ordered the defensive wall that
surrounded Stockholm to be torn down.
The last turn around the Royal Palace brings us
back to where we started. The sun still shines, the
king hasn’t dismounted his horse, and Blondie no
longer blasts out of the speakers.
My heart is not of glass, but it has softened during
its journey through the lovely city of Stockholm. A
half marathon it may be - but a whole experience.
Result
MEN:
1 Adil BONAFIF SWE 1:04:41
2 Haben IDRIS SWE 1:06:34
3 Daniel WOLDU SWE 1:07:27
4 Matthew BARNES GBR 1:07:32
5 Janne HOLMEN FIN 1:07:34
6 Emil LERDAHL SWE 1:07:39
7 Johan LARSSON SWE 1:07:44
8 Erik PETERSSON SWE 1:08:12
9 Andreas AHWALL SWE 1:08:16
10 Kristian ALGERS SWE 1:08:27
WOMEN:
1 Isabellah ANDERSSON SWE 1:11:07
2 Jenny JANSSON SWE 1:17:04
3 Annah RAHM SWE 1:17:30
4 Inga KAZLAUSKAITE SWE 1:17:40
5 Gabriella SAMUELSSON SWE 1:18:24
6 Josephine AMBJORNSSON SWE 1:18:26
7 Charlotte KARLSSON SWE 1:18:44
8 Kajsa BERG SWE 1:18:56
9 Anna Von SCHENK SWE 1:19:22
10 Johanna ERIKSSON SWE 1:22:11
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Opinion
Fromblood
diamonds
Staging a marathon in Liberia is something
that Peter Harrington was told would never
work. He tells us what happened next…
“It’s too disorganised here” said my fiend. “How
can you have a marathon when there aren’t even
any traffic lights?” Others had equally rational
views about why it was a bad idea: ‘Liberia is too
chaotic for the level of
organisation needed’; ‘West Africa
only produces sprinters’; ‘Liberians
hate running and love football’; ‘It
is too rainy, too humid’; ‘There are
not enough sponsors, too many
cars’, and so on. There was only
one problem with these
arguments; they were all wrong.
If people have heard of Liberia,
most likely it’s for the child
soldiers, conflict diamonds and
one of Africa’s most shocking and
brutal civil wars. For much of that
war, this small, tropical nation
draped along Africa’s western
corner was ruled by the
continent’s most notorious warlord
president, Charles Taylor -
currently on trial at The Hague for
war crimes committed in neighbouring Sierra
Leone.
When the war ended in 2003 almost all physical
and human infrastructure was in ruin. There were
traffic lights once, but they had all been broken,
shot, blown up or looted. All the country’s
institutions – including the sporting ones – were
destroyed and hundreds of thousands had fled the
country along with most of Liberia’s talent. On top
of that, Monrovia is Africa’s wettest capital.
Not promising for a marathon, but in spite of the
devastation wrought by 14 years of war a different
story has been developing in Liberia. In eight years
of peace Liberia has elected Africa’s first female
head of state (President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, of whom more
later); rid itself of national debt;
risen off the bottom of the poverty
and human development
rankings; and grown steadily every
year. This is a country now on the
move.
I had been in Liberia – working for
a charity called the Africa
Governance Initiative – for only a
month before the idea for a
marathon took hold of me. It
came from a sense of what it
could do for Liberia, and because
Liberia is ready for it. The public
benefits that a marathon
generates anywhere stood to
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Opinion
If the stories coming out of Liberia could change from child soldiers to child athletes,
from blood diamonds to gold medals, then this was worth every inch of effort.
Nothing says ambition, perseverance, resilience and achievement like a marathon
Continued from page 27
count for so much more in Liberia. Aside from
health and exercise, athletics in Liberia barely
registers a pulse. Liberia sent 11 athletes to the
Beijing Olympics, but has never qualified a distance
runner. A successful race could promote running,
inspire youngsters and bring in resources.
Marathons also stoke business, and over a longer
time can drive tourism – much needed visitors for
Liberia’s pristine rainforest and immaculate
beaches.
Above all I know that over time, hosting a credible
international event would change the way people
think about Liberia, both abroad and at home. If
the stories coming out of Liberia could change from
child soldiers to child athletes, from blood
diamonds to gold medals, then this was worth
every inch of effort. Nothing says ambition,
perseverance, resilience and achievement like a
marathon. These are qualities Liberia has in spades,
and it’s time the world knew.
The idea had force. And so to the challenge of
taking the idea to fruition, and to the practical
challenges everyone had been so quick to point
Race winner Gebre Beraki
receiving his trophy from
President Sirleaf
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out. I had run in a few marathons and
shorter races, but had never organised
one before. I needed advice from
people who had. I started my
homework, and the best resource was
AIMS: full of helpful advice.
Early on I worked out that there are
three things you have to get right:
first, find a group of capable and
willing co-conspirators (neither they
nor I would be paid); second, get the
right authorisation and permissions
from the powers-that-be (and there are
a lot of them in Liberia); third, raise
the money. Looking back, if you can do these three
things then no matter how hard the environment
the rest comes down to disciplined organisation. I
made that last bit sound easy – it isn’t, but it is
more or less within your control as a race director.
By early 2011 a team had coalesced around the
project, and I approached the most important
stakeholders, who could make or break us: the
Athletics Federation, the Ministry of Sports and City
Hall. In Liberia you have to go in at the top - unless
the person in charge agrees, nothing will happen. I
Women's marathon
winner - 18 year old
Liberian Lucy Massaquoi
The Mayor of Monrovia after running the entire 10K
had good contacts in the government, but we were
blessed from the start (and to the finish) by the
enthusiastic support of the Sports Minister and the
Mayor. Along with this great official support, the
biggest stroke of luck was finding a title sponsor
who believed the marathon was possible. Unless
BHP Billiton had bought in, and stayed with the
project, it would never have got off the ground.
A marathon in Liberia posed steep challenges.
There was a decrepit and widely corrupt official
system where everyone along the chain demands
what the Liberians call ‘cool water’ for doing their
job. We faced a private sector that was still young
and not accustomed to the ‘sponsorship paradigm’
– ie you give us money and we give you value. We
faced a culture inimical to planning – people can’t
compute an event until it is a couple of weeks
away - impossible for realising a marathon. We
faced disorganised partners who also had no
resources. The Liberian National Police have about
10 cars and 15 traffic cones… for the whole
country.
For any aspiring race directors in a similar
environment I have three words for you:
relationships, relationships, relationships. If you
think about things in terms of relationships you will
nurture your Federation; you will cultivate
relationships with the authorities, Mayor, Minister,
police; you will remember to make your sponsors
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Opinion
Continued from page 28
get value from the event; and you will remember to
make sure your runners have a good experience.
All these challenges needed careful management
(and sometimes money). But hardest of all was that
almost no one knew what a marathon is. Only
those who had lived abroad or happened to see it
on TV grasped the potential. Many of the officials
whose support we needed harboured the sort of
doubts I’ve already mentioned. More than anything
else, this project was a battle to lodge a new
concept in people’s minds, then deliver something
that would convince them. As founder, my biggest
criterion for success was that this event will
continue from year to year. Anything less is a
failure.
In Liberia 97% of people listen to the radio, so we
took to the airwaves to sow seeds and mobilise
people. We set registration at a little over $1, and
recruited local celebrities, footballers and musicians
to spread the word. A DJ made radio spots,
including one in Liberian Creole where an old man
is scolded by his wife for training too hard. We
poured resources and energy into publicity, and
one of my only regrets about the project is that we
didn’t do more.
Our target was 1000 runners. By the eve of the
race we had 1500 registered, and a combined
1000 showed for the marathon and 10km race.
Seeing the runners set off a little after 06.00 on 28
August 2011 was a very special moment. Another
special moment was when, without warning,
President Sirleaf arrived with her entourage to run
in the 10km race. She stopped after 3km (returning
to the stadium later to hand out prizes) but it was
an incredible boost for our event.
You can look around a country like Liberia and see
problems or look around and see potential. The
Liberia Marathon is about the potential. We have
serious ambitions for the race (which is why
we got the course IAAF/AIMS certified
from year one), and believe there is
potential in West Africa. This can be
a leading regional event, but at its
heart it is also a symbol for Liberia's recovery. The
message of a marathon is that patient, determined,
steady effort leads to triumph. In a place where
many people’s lives were about day-to-day survival,
that's an idea worth running for.
The opinions expressed in this article are
those of the author and do not neccessarily
represent the views of AIMS or IAAF
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Obituaries
Johnny
Kelley
Pat Butcher writes: Another great
marathoner came to the end of the
longest road on 21 August 2011.
Boston Marathon winner, and eighttime
US champion, John ‘Kelley the
Younger’ (to distinguish him from
John A Kelley, who had previously
twice won the Boston Marathon)
died at the age of 80 from
complications linked to a melanoma.
I never met either Kelley, but the
documentary on Alain Mimoun whose
premiere I attended in Paris 18 months
ago, includes a tribute from Kelley the
Younger, who had featured early in the
race which earned Mimoun his Olympic
gold, the 1956 Melbourne Olympic
Marathon.
The director of the documentary,
Benjamin Rassat showed me a letter that
John J had written to Mimoun. It is a
beautiful tribute, as befits a man who
claimed that he discovered great
literature at the same time as running,
and dedicated himself to both.
Remembering Alain Mimoun
in Melbourne
When I think of Alain Mimoun, I
invariably think of Emil Zatopek. The two
men’s lives were already intertwined in
world athletic legend [before] the
Melbourne Olympic Marathon [on]
December 1, [1956].
For three young Americans also entered in
that event, the opportunity of sharing
their company was like having won
engraved passes to spend two hours
among the gods. The oldest of our trio,
Nick Costes, was twenty-nine, already an
army veteran who had spent most of his
tour in Europe, where he had actually
seen the great ones compete. Dean
Thackwray and I were five years or so
younger than Nick. Together, we formed
the strongest United States marathon
contingent in several Olympiads. And for
the first time in living memory, we had
been rated an outsider’s chance to break
into the medals.
Yet, as we began our month’s approach to
the big race, plugging through ten or
more miles a day around the Melbourne
Olympic Village track, the task cut out for
us loomed as formidable as would that of
tackling Mount Olympus itself.
Our friend Nick had insisted on our
sticking to the track, monotonous as such
workouts tended to be. “Where else could
we mingle with the gods?” Nick asked. To
know Nick was to realize that his question
was both rhetorical and literal. For there,
circling that 400-meter oval each day,
were the very immortals he had worshiped
during his military tour. Nick had even
made up a hymn of praise to Emil and
Alain. (As I now try to bring it up, there
was reference to a great Soviet runner,
Anoufriev, in it, too.)
Dean and I were as impressed as Nick,
but reserved our commitment to such
earthly miracles. How would the likes of
those deities deign to associate with us?
we asked. “I’ll show you,” Nick said. The
next day he called us over to shake hands
with a pair of affable gods. Emil Zatopek
and his supreme challenger Alain Mimoun
thereafter joined us for those daily
circlings of that oval populated with the
“creme de la creme” of the world’s
amateur athletes. Prancing in their
company, Nick, Dean and I gained
immediate entry to our sport’s executive
suite.
Czechoslovakian Emil was said to speak
five languages. On those wonder-filled
days, he confined himself to English and
French. Algerian Alain spoke French.
Communication among us never posed a
problem. Our heroes laughed and smiled
constantly. Titanic though their
competitions may have been, they
cavorted like the thirty-five-year-old kids
they were on that practice track.
At Helsinki, Finland in 1952, Emil had
done the impossible by winning the 5,000
meter and 10,000 meter track events and
then adding the marathon to his
collection of gold. But now, at Melbourne,
nobody would expect anything
approaching that of a man only six weeks
past a surgical operation. And Alain at
his ripe athletic age, could hardly be
counted on to prevail over a rising
generation.
The old heroes had clearly seen their best
days. Their great-hearted Aussie hosts
would gladly have cast gold medals in
their honor. Cornered, the pair just smiled
in answer to reporters’ queries. Perhaps
they knew a secret or two.
Marathon day dawned cloudless and still.
Summer had suddenly come to Melbourne.
A playful Emil Zatopek raised his eyes
skyward from the stadium track’s starting
line and said, “Today we die.” Poised
beside him, a set-jawed Alain Mimoun
had at last shed his frolicker’s role.
Two hours and twenty-five minutes later,
the man who had put in so many miles
chasing his historically famous rival, over
so many years, finally clutched his
Olympic Marathon laurel wreath. Once
again, the mustachioed smile returned as
Alain Mimoun trotted through his victory
lap to rapturous applause.
It was an ovation only equaled by that
accorded to fifth(in fact, sixth)-place
finisher Emil Zatopek several minutes
later.
Our American trio didn’t fare so well. But
that’s another story. The big story for me,
then and thereafter, was our unforgettable
welcome into the lives of giants in the
month of November 1956.
John Walsh
Barry Whitmore reports the sad
news of John Walsh’s sudden
death while out running on the
morning of Saturday 17
September, at the age of 56.
John, originally from Scotland,
was a well-known coach and
married to Malta's queen of
distance running and current
record holder, Carol, nee Galea.
Malta Challenge Marathon and
the AIMS family offer their
condolences to Carol Walsh.
Mel Batty
Mel Batty, English national crosscountry
champion in 1964 and
1965, died at Southend Hospital
(GBR) on 24 August 2011, where
he never recovered from a coma
suffered after having fallen. He
was narrowly beaten for the
1964 International Cross Country
title (precursor to the World
Cross Country Championships) in
a desperate finish with Jean
Fayolle (FRA) in Ostend.
On 11 April 1964 Batty circled the
440 yards track at Hurlingham Park,
London, 40 times to set a world
record of 47:26.8 for 10 miles and
win the AAA Championship for the
distance. Ron Hill lowered this record
to 47:02.2 in 1968 and the 10 miles
track championship was dropped
from the AAA programme after 1969.
Batty’s best time for 6 miles on the
track was 27:56.6 – worth around
28:52 for 10,000m. He was also a
prodigious road racer, who set course
records in many races in the south of
England, always representing his club,
Thurrock Harriers.
As a coach, Batty’s greatest success
was with Eamonn Martin, the last
British man to win the London
Marathon (in 1993). Martin set a UK
record of 27:23.06 for 10,000m in
1988 at Oslo and won the
Commonwealth 10,000m title in
1990 at Auckland, New Zealand,
outsprinting some good Kenyan
athletes to do so.
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IAU News
25th IAU 100km
World Championships
Winschoten, Netherlands, 10 September 2011
Winschoten is a small town
about three hours from
Amsterdam that hosts many
races in conjunction with the
IAU World and European
Championships. The
Championships had a record
entry of 285 athletes from 34
countries and were run on a
10km loop course in warm
conditions (mid 20s C)
2008 World champion Giorgio
Calcaterra took the title after running
stride for stride with Fanie Matshipa
(RSA) until 40km. He then made a
decisive move and went on alone. His
winning time is one of several sub-
6:30 performances during his career.
Michael Wardian ran a more
conservative race compared to his
bronze medal finish last year. He
came from behind in the second half,
Garmins allowed
IAU has permitted the use of
Garmins/GPS monitors as long as
these are not used to
communicate (in accordance with
the IAAF policy review).
finishing fast and strong to take
silver. The race also doubled as the
European Championship and behind
Calcaterra Pieter Vermeesch (BEL)
took silver and two-time World and
European Champion, Jonas Buud
(SWE) took the bronze, finishing
seventh overall 6:52:19
In the women’s race, Marina
Bychkova (RUS) won the women’s
World Championship with a time of
7:27:19. She was followed by the
bronze medallist from the 50km
World Trophy Final Joanna Zakrzewski
(GBR) in 7:41:06. Lindsay Anne van
Aswegen (RSA) took the bronze
medal in her first international IAU
event in 7:42:05. Bychkova ran a
steady pace for the first 50km and
seemed to get stronger as the race
went on. She passed last year’s World
champion Ellie Greenwood (GBR) at
halfway and went on to win in
impressive style. Joanna Zakrzewski
ran conservatively and worked her
way through the field as the race
progressed to finish second overall,
while Lindsay Anne Van Aswegen did
not feature in the top five until
reaching 80km, but then worked her
way through on the last loop to third
place. Bychkova and Zakrzewski won
European gold and silver respectively.
Irina Vishnevskaya, fourth overall,
won the bronze.
Result
MEN:
1 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 6:27:32
2 Michael WARDIAN USA 6:42:49
3 Andrew HENSHAW USA 6:44:35
4 Pieter VERMEESCH BEL 6:47:01
5 Shinji NAKADAI JPN 6:48:32
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 USA 20:17:47
2 Japan 21:05:00
3 France 21:36:19
4 Russia 21:57:55
5 Germany 22:31:59
WOMEN:
1 Marina BYCHKOVA USA 7:27:19
2 Joanna ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 7:41:06
3 Lindsay Anne
VAN ASWEGEN RSA 7:42:05
4 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 7:45:27
5 Meghan ARBOGAST USA 7:51:10
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 Russia 23:19:40
2 USA 23:56:20
3 Japan 24:35:13
4 South Africa 24:40:15
5 Great Britain 24:42:56
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
22 April 2012
100 km World Championship, 100km European
Championship, & 100km WMA World
Championship, Seregno/Brianza (ITA)
8-9 September 2012
24H World Championship, & 24H European
Championship, Katowice (POL)
20 October 2012
50km World Trophy Final,
Vallecrosia-Bordighera (ITA)
2013
24H World Championship, & 24H
European Championship, Steenbergen (NED)
IAU medical
conference
on nutrition
On 9 September, In association
with the 25th World and
European Championships held in
Winschoten (NED), IAU hosted a
conference on “Nutrition and its
role in Ultrarunning”. Speakers
with medical backgrounds and an
interest in ultrarunning addressed
the following topics:.
i) Effects of nutrition and
exercise on protein metabolism
extending into the realm of
ultrarunning.
(Peter Res)
ii) The Female Athlete Triad:
Amenorrhea, Disordered
Eating and Stress
Fractures/Osteoporosis.
(Dr Anne Heaslett)
iii) Food contamination and the
effects on humans.
(Dr Arthur Brule)
iv) The science of supplement,
from amino acids to zinc:
performance enhancers or
wishful thinking?
(Dr Lion Caldwell).
Results
3 JULY 2011:
DAUGAVPILS 50km, LATVIA
MEN:
1 Grazis VITAUTAS LTU 3:12:59
2 Salienieks AIGARS LAT 3:18:34
3 Totilas VIDAS LTU 3:21:37
4 Selivanovs MIHAILS LAT 3:34:57
5 Veiss ANDRIS LAT 3:36:18
WOMEN:
1 Kaminskiene MODESTA LTU 3:52:32
2 Rene Mitchell MISHELLE LAT 3:54:25
3 Buksniene SADA LTU 4:06:18
4 Kavaliauskiene AUSRA LTU 4:39:00
5 Bistrova INITA LAT 4:47:24
9 JULY 2011:
IAU WORLD TRAIL
CHAMPIONSHIPS,
CONNEMARA, IRELAND
France took team and individual titles
in both men’s and women’s races. Race
day conditions were near ideal, with
sunny breaks and cooler temperatures
in the morning followed by warmer
temperatures in the afternoon.
Continued on page 41
“It was a good race for me because I won. My ankles swelled up for the
last 14km but I carried on for the team.
I will take a break, [to rest] my ankles. I also have three daughters and
I want to be with them. The French Championships are coming up but
if it is not possible for my ankle then I will not do the race.
I thought I could win from the start, apart from the ankle problem.. I
know Cecilia, and we were running back and fore throughout the race. I
really wanted to win. I think I need to get more speed.”
Maud Gobert (FRA), IAU World Trail Championships
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The world championships event had
121 runners registered from 20
countries, a record turnout. For the first
time IAU and the LOC, also offered a
team event that mirrors IAU’s team
competitions in the 24 Hour and
100km events.
In the absence of defending
champion, Thomas Lorblanchet, Erik
Clavery ensured that the individual
men’s title remained with France. He
won the 70km race, followed in by
Jason Loutitt (CAN). Loutitt had a fiveminute
lead going into the 8km
switchback at 40km but Clavery made
up the distance and did not relinquish
the lead. Loutitt dropped down as far
as fourth place but rallied in the last
5km to finish in the silver medal spot.
Patrick Bringer ran a very strong race,
working through the competition for
the first two-thirds of the race to claim
the bronze medal.
Among the women returning
champion Cecilia Mora was quite
relaxed and held strong form until
25km, after which Maud Gobert used
her technical trail skills to pass Mora
20 AUGUST 2011:
IAU 50km WORLD
TROPHY FINAL, ASSEN,
THE NETHERLANDS
Both winners set new course records in
Assen, a small town about 2.5 hours to
the north-east of Amsterdam. The race
was held over 10 laps of a flat and fast
5km loop. There was also an open race
that was run concurrently with the
World Trophy Final.
“There was stiff competition
in the IAU 50km Trophy
race. You can go hard at the
start and see if you can hold
on or you can take it steady
and see what the
competition is like. I decided
to stay with Sue [Harrison],
who is my main rival. I knew
she was holding back but I
held on to the pace and
stuck with it.
It was nice [to be] in the
lead and everything feeling
okay. I was waiting to feel
tired but It didn’t hit me
until the last two laps. By
that time I was in such a
high to finish that I rode it
to the end. I am really
pleased to be back racing at
such a competitive level. I
knocked 17 minutes off my
best time… I hope to run the
Commonwealth
Championships in North
Wales in September.”
Emma Gooderham (GBR),
IAU 50km World
Trophy Final
and drive on to the finish. Lucy
Colquhoun came back from a two year
international racing hiatus to take third
place with a very strong second half.
This race also included a team
competition in which France, taking
three of the top seven places, easily
won gold with a combined time of
20:24:50. Italy took silver with
20:56:36 and Norway bronze with
21:39:02.
In the women’s race France took three
of the top six places, and easily won
team gold in a combined time of
24:00:02. Italy took silver in 24:21:35
and Canada bronze with 27:01:08.
MEN:
1 Erik CLAVERTY FRA 6:39:07
2 Jason LOUTITT CAN 6:40:32
3 Patrick BRINGER FRA 6:47:50
4 Thorbjorn Thorsen LUDVIGSEN NOR 6:49:55
5 Silvano FEDEL ITA 6:51:18
WOMEN:
1 Maud GOBERT FRA 7:41:31
2 Cecilia MORA ITA 7:50:02
3 Lucy COLQUHOUN GBR 7:57:20
4 Aurelia TRUEL FRA 8:04:22
5 Cinzia BERTASA ITA 8:14:0
Temperatures were in the mid--teens
at the start and warmed up as the day
went on. Rookie IAU runner Eliot
Kiplagat Biwott (KEN) took the top
honours in a new course record. Early
race leaders John Wachira (KEN), Seun
Moleshioa (RSA) and Eliza Mogoboya
(RSA) started with a blistering pace and
lasting up to 35km. Then Biwott,
having run a conservative pace, started
to move up the field. The early leaders
began to fade away and Vermeesch
followed by Iwayama moved into
strategic spots to make the podium.
In the women’s race, Emma
Gooderham (GBR) added another
medal to her silver from the 100km
Commonwealth Championship,
followed by last year’s winner Susan
Harrison. Gooderham chased Harrison
for the first quarter of the race but on
the fourth lap passed the defending
champion and then held on to her lead
to set an outstanding course record.
“At 40km it was difficult for me. We were three Frenchmen more than
six minutes behind behind Jason (Loutitt, early race leader). I wanted
to go faster, and at 48km I caught him and went past.
I live in flat countryside in Brittany. I do strength training for climbing
and long runs but it is difficult because we are not professional. Trail
running in France is big. I am happy because I compare [this
Connemara race] with last year in Serre Chevalier and this time there
were many more more nations represented. There are many nations
around the world, at a good level: Canada, Norway, Italy… I always
start with the idea to win., but it was really a surprise for me.”
Erik Clavery (FRA), IAU World Trail Championships
Zakrzewski ran a very steady race in
only her second ultra run and finished
strong behind Harrison.
There were 17 selection races held for
athletes to qualify for the World Trophy
Final. The criteria for selection was sub-
3:20 (men) and sub-3:50 (women). The
winners of the series races were
automatically selected and following
the preliminary selections the next
fastest finishers were invited until all
available places were filled. Some
runners were invited on the basis of
their marathon times.
MEN:
1 Eliot Kiplagat BIWOTT KEN 2:54:53
2 Pieter VERMEESCH BEL 2:57:23
3 Kaito IWAYAMA JPN 2:59:12
4 John WACHIRA KEN 3:02:33
5 Eliza MOGOBOYA RSA 3:03:55
WOMEN:
1 Emma GOODERHAM GBR 3:17:30
2 Susan HARRISON GBR 3:25:05
3 Joanna ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 3:26:37
4 Yuka EZAKI JPN 3:28:06
5 Shanna Ailes ISTNI USA 3:33:58
“I planned to win. I had a few problems but I was hoping for something
good here. I train for long distance and I thought I would be well
prepared for this race. It’s my first time in the Netherlands and it is very
good here; the weather is also good. I ran here with the guys from
South Africa and we compete together in races there. Loskop Marathon
is something we ran together. I hope to do my next Marathon in
Europe. I am hoping for 2:10. My personal best is 2:16.”
Eliot Kiplagat Biwott (KEN), IAU 50km World Trophy Final
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Running into history - Frankfurt Marathon
The BMW Frankfurt Marathon, celebrating
its 30th edition on 30 October, has made an
amazing comeback over the last few years.
storming
through
by Jorg Wenig
Just a short while ago Germany’s oldest city
marathon had slipped down the national pecking
order behind Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. But
today it is breathing down Berlin’s neck in terms of
international importance. Few other races anywhere
have turned themselves around so effectively as
Frankfurt has done in the past eight years.
This year’s race in Germany’s financial capital will
likely become another record breaking event. In
terms of elite performances Frankfurt is now among
the fastest marathons in the world. It has
comfortably attained the requirements for IAAF
Gold Label status since 2009. The world class times
are one thing, but it is equally important that the
mass event continues to grow. This year a record
14,000 entries are expected.
The story of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon began
back in 1981, when Germany’s first three major
city races took place. Two of them were in May: The
25km in Berlin and the Frankfurt Marathon. In
September the Berlin Marathon staged its first city
edition after having held the first seven races
effectively hidden away from public gaze on the
traffic-free roads of the Grunewald forest.
The start of the first Frankfurt Marathon in 1981
In Frankfurt there was no predecessor that had
been staged in a park or a wood: the very first
marathon blazed its trail through the city. It was a
great challenge for the organisers, but they had the
support of a major German chemical company:
Hoechst is based in Frankfurt and a district of the
city is even named after the company. Hoechst also
has its own sports club (OSC Hoechst) and in the
years leading up to the first Frankfurt Marathon
there were around 130 runners competing for the
club nationally and internationally. At some point
they decided that they should stage a race
themselves, and agreed that it had to be one for
both elite runners and fun runners.
An organisation was
founded with the help
of Hoechst. The
company became the
title sponsor, providing
not only a large cash
budget but also staff
and materials.
Wolfram Bleul became
the first race director.
On 17 May 1981 the
legendary Czech
Olympic hero Emil
Zatopek started the
first marathon next to
Charlotte Teske in 1983
the Hoechst factory.
The race had 3,169
entries and 2,588 finishers. It also
generated a political scandal because
two South African elite runners had
been invited to the race although at
that time Apartheid South Africa was
banned from international sport. The
German athletics federation
intervened but the organisers still
allowed them to run
“unofficially”, without
race numbers. Despite
the controversy the
story after the race was
the successful launch of
the Hoechst Frankfurt
Marathon as Germany’s
first mass city
marathon. Around
150,000 spectators had
turned up to cheer on
the runners. Sweden’s
Kjell-Erik Stahl won in a
time of 2:13:20.
In 1982 entries were up to
5,529 and the winning times
also improved in the following
years. Germany’s Charlotte Teske produced the
first sub 2:30 performance of 2:28:32 in
1983, setting a national record. In the men’s
race in 1984 Ethiopia’s world-class runner
Dereje Nedi clocked 2:11:18. It was a German
all-comers’ record improving Frank Shorter’s
winning time of 2:12:19 in the 1972 Munich
Olympics.
In 1986 Hoechst withdrew support, and the
Marathon that year was cancelled - that is why
the 30th edition is this year. The undoubted
success of the young Frankfurt Marathon led
to a new organisation being formed, with the
Dereje Nedi in 1984
Herbert
Steffny
in 1985
city government being much more involved
for many years to come. The sixth edition
of the Frankfurt Marathon was held in
1987 on a new course. The race had a
succession of national winners in the
1990s – among them Katrin Dörre-Heinig,
Luminita Zaituc and Herbert Steffny – but
compared to the marathons in Berlin or
Hamburg it could no longer keep pace.
While Berlin produced sensational results
and even world records during these years
in Frankfurt they were still waiting for the
first sub 2:10 time. After a great start in
the early 1980s by the turn of the
millennium Frankfurt had fallen behind.
With the City of Frankfurt in
charge the political decision to
appoint a new organiser
became the basis on which to
things to turn around. Jo
Schindler had successfully
developed a marathon in his
home town of Regensburg
(Bavaria) and was eager for
the challenge of transforming
the Frankfurt Marathon into a
world-class event. This was
something that looked highly
unlikely back in 2002, at the
time of his appointment, but
the new race director used
local knowledge and also
brought in expertise from
elsewhere. Petra Wassiluk, for
example, the former German
elite distance runner, is one of
Jo Schindler’s closest partners
in the organising team.
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Continued from page 43
“After the 2002 race we
analysed everything before
starting to change things. It
was our goal to position the
Frankfurt Marathon as a firstclass
elite race and at the same
time as a marathon that offers
outstanding service for fun
runners,” explains Schindler.
One of the first major changes
was the repositioning of the
finish. Since 2003 Frankfurt’s
finish line has been indoors, in
the “Festhalle’. “We had to
offer something really
emotional, because the marathon is an emotional
event,” says Schindler, who also significantly
improved the contents of the goody bags. For this
30th anniversary edition every runner will receive
an Asics backpack. Aspects like the pasta party and
hot water showers in the finish area were all
comprehensively revamped. In a rigorous redesign
Schindler also jettisoned the inline skating event:
“we wanted to give centre stage to the marathon
runners” he said. The changes and investments
paid off. “We have reached entry figures of
which we could only have dreamt when we took
over in 2002,” says Schindler.
For the 2003 race Schindler brought in a new
elite athlete coordinator, Christoph Kopp, who
had originally developed the Berlin Marathon
into a world-class race and had already helped
Schindler in Regensburg. He had
immediate success as the 2:10 barrier
was finally broken in Frankfurt with
Kenya’s Boaz Kimaiyo clocking
2:09:28. Since that race there has not
been any male winner who has run
slower than 2:10. Year by year Frankfurt’s course
record became faster and faster. Times improved so
strongly that today a 2:08 finishing time would be
regarded as a great disappointment. The course has
been improved and made faster times more
attainable, but the main change is that the race is
now attractive for the best runners in the world.
In the past four years the men’s course record has
been broken in each race. It has improved from
2:08:29 (2005) to 2:04:57. In 2007 Wilfred Kigen
ran 2:07:58; a year later Robert K. Cheruiyot
clocked 2:07:21; then Gilbert Kirwa finished in
2:06:14 and in 2010 Wilson Kipsang returned an
amazing 2:04:57. It was then the tenth fastest
marathon time ever run. The average of the ten
fastest men’s times now is 2:06:53.5 and this
currently puts Frankfurt in ninth place in the list of
the fastest marathons in the world. In 2010 the
women’s course record was also smashed as
Caroline Kilel (Kenya) took the race with 2:23:25. A
record number of 12,475 runners from 76 nations
had entered the event.
With the BMW Frankfurt Marathon storming
through so fast into the top rank of world
marathons, one might ask: what is next? Can it
get any better at this year’s jubilee race? The
organisers obviously think so, because they will
offer a world record bonus for the first time in
the history of their event.
More information and online entry is available
at: www.bmw-frankfurt-marathon.com
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Calendar of events
2011
October
DATE RACE PAGE
2 RAHAL 10k Int’l Marrakech R MAR
2 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon
& Festival of Running M GBR
2 Brussels Marathon & Half M,H BEL
2 Cologne Marathon & Half
presented by Sparkasse KölnBonn M,H GER
2 Colombo Marathon M SRI
2 Guayaquil Marathon M ECU
2 Kosice Peace Marathon M SVK
2 Spar Budapest Int’l Marathon M HUN
2 Sparkasse 3 Country Marathon & Half M,H AUT
9 Bank of Melbourne Marathon Festival M AUS
9 BMO Okanagan Marathon M CAN
9 Bucharest Int’l Marathon & Half M,H ROU
9 Eindhoven Marathon M NED
9 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon M CAN
9 Hyderabad Heritage Marathon M,H IND
9 Maratona do Algarve M POR
9 Maratona d’Italia
memorial Enzo Ferrari M,H,R ITA
9 Maratón Int’l de la
Ciudad de Buenos Aires M ARG
9 Munich Marathon M,H,R GER
9 Novi Sad Marathon M SRB
9 Portland Marathon M USA
9 Timisoara Marathon M,H,R ROU
9 Zagreb Marathon & Half M,H CRO
16 Amsterdam Marathon M NED
16 Beijing Int’l Marathon M,H CHN
16 Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon M KOR
16 Intercontinental Istanbul
Eurasia Marathon M TUR
16 Lago Maggiore Marathon M ITA
16 Poznan Marathon M POL
16 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
& Half Marathon & 5k
M,H,R CAN
16 St Denis Half Marathon H FRA
23 Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Int’l Marathon M KOR
23 Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca M MAR
23 Ljubljana Marathon M SLO
23 Medio Maraton de Valencia H ESP
23 Mediterranean Marathon M ESP
23 Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon M CAN
23 Venice Marathon M ITA
28 Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon M JOR
30 adidas Auckland Marathon M NZL
30 BMW Frankfurt Marathon M GER
30 Lausanne Marathon M SUI
30 Lucerne Marathon M SUI
30 Marine Corps Marathon M USA
30 Osaka Marathon M JPN
30 Podgorica Marathon M MNE
30 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon H TRI
31 National Lottery Dublin Marathon M IRL
Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon and Half M,H KEN
November
DATE RACE PAGE
4 Sharm El Sheikh Half Marathon H EGY
5 Taroko Gorge Marathon M,H TPE
6 Bass Pro Shops Conservation Marathon M USA
6 EDP Porto Marathon M POR
6 Hangzhou Int’l Marathon M CHN
6 JoongAng Seoul Marathon M KOR
6 Maraton De Zaragoza M ESP
6 Navi Mumbai Barefoot Half Marathon H IND
13 10k Rio Pan-American Race R BRA
13 Athens Classic Marathon M GRE
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13 Garda Trentino Half Marathon H ITA
13 Turin Marathon M ITA
19 Medio Maraton Turistico Riviera Nayarit M MEX
20 Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay H USA
20 Marabana Marathon & Half M,H CUB
20 Marathon des Alpes
Maritimes Nice-Cannes M FRA
20 Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon M MAS
20 Philadelphia Marathon M USA
20 Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo H ECU
20 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon M,H,R THA
20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon M JPN
25 Pharaonic 100km U EGY
25-27 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon M MLT
27 21km Nuevo Leon H MEX
27 Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon M,H USA
27 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon H IND
27 Blom Beirut Marathon M LIB
27 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon H CYP
27 Firenze Marathon M ITA
27 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Great Ethiopian Run R ETH
27 Hyderabad 10k Run R IND
27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon M JPN
27 Maratón Divina Pastora Valencia M ESP
27 Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián M ESP
27 Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon M,H FRA
27 UNICEF Charity Run
Half Marathon & 10km H,R HKG
30 Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k M,U ATA
Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune H MAR
December
DATE RACE PAGE
2 Aqaba Marathon (Red Sea) M JOR
3 Reggae Marathon M JAM
3-4 Gran Maraton Pacifico M MEX
4 65th Fukuoka Int’l Open
Marathon Championship M JPN
4 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon H CAM
4 Cayman Islands Marathon M CAY
4 Costa Rica Marathon & Half M,H CRC
4 Lisbon Int’l Marathon M POR
4 Macau Galaxy Entertainment
Int’l Marathon M,H MAC
4 Nara Marathon M JPN
4 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race R BRA
4 Panama City Int’l Marathon M PAN
4 Poona Int’l Marathon M IND
4 Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon & Half M,H USA
4 Run Barbados Marathon M,H BAR
4 St Croix Int’l Marathon M ISV
4 Standard Chartered
Marathon Singapore M,H,R SIN
4 Toray Cup Shanghai Int’l Marathon M CHN
11 Maraton Powerade Monterrey M MEX
18 Fubon Taipei Marathon M TPE
18 Pisa Marathon M,H ITA
31 São Silvestre de Luanda 10k R ANG
31 São Silvestre Int’l Road Race R BRA
31 St Catherine Int’l Marathon & Half M,H EGY
El Gouna Int’l Marathon M,H EGY
2012
January
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Neujahrsmarathon Zurich M SUI
2 Mizuno Hong Kong
Half-Marathon Championships H HKG
7 Xiamen Int’l Marathon M CHN
12 Tiberias Marathon M ISR
15 Marathon Bahamas, Half & Relay M,H BAH
15 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon M IND
16 China Coast Marathon & Half M,H HKG
16 Kinmen Marathon M,H TPE
20 Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km R BRA
22 Maui Ocean Front Marathon & Half M,H USA
22 Mitja Marato Int’l Santa Pola M ESP
22 Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon M TPE
27 Egyptian Marathon M,H EGY
27 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon M UAE
29 Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon M THA
29 Marathon Int’l de Marrakech M,H MAR
29 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon M JPN
Maraton Int’l de Culiacan M MEX
February
DATE RACE PAGE
5 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon M JPN
5 CAF Caracas Marathon M VEN
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5 Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon H JPN
5 Standard Chartered
Hong Kong Marathon M HKG
5 Vadodara Half Marathon H IND
17 RAK Half Marathon H UAE
19 Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race (& 10km) R JPN
19 Seville City Marathon M ESP
26 Giuseppe Verdi Country
Marathon & Half M,H ITA
26 Kilimanjaro Marathon M TAN
26 Marizburg Marathon & Half M,H RSA
26 Seychelles Eco-Healing Marathon M SEY
26 Tokyo Marathon M JPN
26 World’s Best 10k Road Race R PUR
27 Sahara Marathon M ALG
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon M TPE
March
DATE RACE PAGE
4 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon M JPN
4 Las Terrenas 10k R DOM
4 São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon H BRA
4 Semi Marathon de Paris H FRA
4-10 Sahara 100k Challenge Race U TUN
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
4 Treviso Marathon M ITA
9 Antarctica Marathon & Half M,H ATA
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
11 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon H ITA
11 Nagoya Women’s Marathon M JPN
11 Sihanoukville International
Half Marathon H CAM
16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k M,H,R ISR
18 Limassol Marathon GSO M CYP
18 Maratona di Roma M ITA
18 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon M FLK
25 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon H POR
25 Novi Sad Half Marathon H SRB
25 Marato de Barcelona M ESP
30 Tel Aviv Marathon M ISR
31 Hervis Prague Half Marathon H CZE
Maraton LaLa Int’l M MEX
Seoul Int’l Marathon M KOR
Incheon Int’l Half Marathon H KOR
Egyptian Red Sea Marathon & Half M,H EGY
Goyang Int’l Women’s Half Marathon H KOR
April
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Bratislava City Marathon M,H SVK
1 Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great M GRE
1 Medio Maraton de Madrid H ESP
1 mds – Maratón de Santiago M CHI
1 Poznan Half Marathon H POL
1 Punta Cana Half Marathon & 10k H,R DOM
1 Semi-Marathon Int’l de Rabat H MAR
1 Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon H GER
6 Dead Sea Ultramarathon U JOR
7 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon U RSA
7 North Pole Marathon M NPO
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
8 Daegu Int’l Marathon M KOR
8 São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon Corpore H BRA
14 Pardubice Wine Half Marathon H CZE
15 ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam M NED
15 Golden Horn Half Marathon H TUR
15 Milano City Marathon M ITA
15 Olympic Commemorative
Nagano Marathon M JPN
15 Paris Marathon M FRA
15 Vancouver Sun Run 10km R CAN
15 Vienna City Marathon M AUT
16 BAA Boston Marathon M USA
21 Belgrade Marathon M,H SRB
22 Cracovia Marathon M POL
22 DVV Antwerp Marathon M BEL
22 Enschede Marathon M NED
22 Gaborone City Marathon M BOT
22 Maratona S. Antonio M ITA
22 Semi Marathon Int’l de Nice H FRA
22 Zurich Marathon M SUI
22 Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon M ESP
29 Big Sur Int’l Marathon M,H USA
29 Haspa Marathon Hamburg M GER
29 METRO GROUP Marathon Düsseldorf M GER
Dalian Int’l Marathon M CHN
May
DATE RACE PAGE
3 Silesia Marathon M POL
6 BIG 25 Berlin R GER

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6 BMO Vancouver Marathon M CAN
6 Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon M CAN
6 Maratona d’Europa M,H ITA
6 Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz M ESP
6 Skopje Marathon M MKD
12 GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon H SWE
12 Bozcaada Half Marathon & 10k M TUR
13 Panama Int’l Half Marathon H PAN
13 Volkswagen Prague Marathon M CZE
19 The Great Wall Marathon M CHN
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
19 Three Hearts Marathon M SLO
20 Douro Valley Half Marathon H POR
20 iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg M GER
20 Lima 42k M PER
20 Moscow Marathon Luzhniki M RUS
20 Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon M DEN
20 Nordea Riga Marathon & Half M,H LAT
26 Terwamarathon M FIN
27 Edinburgh Marathon Festival M GBR
27 Int’l Cayirova Run 10km R TUR
27 Kigali Peace Marathon M RWA
27 Ottawa Marathon M CAN
27 Scotiabank Calgary Marathon M CAN
27 World 10k Bangalore R IND
June
DATE RACE PAGE
2 ASICS Stockholm Marathon M SWE
2 Freihofer’s Run for Women 5k R USA
3 Carrera Quito Ultimas Noticias 15K R ECU
3 Comrades Marathon U RSA
3 Zelenograd Half Marathon H RUS
6 Cork City Marathon M IRL
10 Laguna Phuket Int’l Marathon M THA
16 Portumna Marathon, Ultra & 100km M,U IRL
16 Santa Claus Marathon M FIN
17 São Paulo Marathon M BRA
23 Vidovdan 10km Road Race R BIH
23 Volkswagen Olomouc Half Marathon M CZE
24 Scotiabank Vancouver
Half-Marathon & 5k H CAN
24 Standard Chartered KL Marathon M MAS
24 Tangamanga Int’l Marathon M MEX
30 Midnight Sun Marathon & Half M,H NOR
30 Paavo Nurmi Marathon M FIN
30 Rovaniemi Marathon R,H,M FIN
Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon U JPN
July
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Gold Coast Airport Marathon M AUS
1 Int’l “White Nights” Marathon M RUS
1 Northwest Passage Marathon & 55km M,U CAN
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
8 City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon M BRA
8 Correcaminos Half Marathon & 10km H CRC
9 Zermatt Marathon M SUI
15 Marathon de l’Ile Maurice M MRI
28 Australian Outback Marathon M AUS
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
28 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos U SUI
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
29 San Francisco Marathon M,H USA
29 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon M AUS
31 Sotokoto Safari Half Marathon M KEN
Maraton de Quito M ECU
Yangmingshan Cross-country Race R TPE
Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá H COL
August
DATE RACE PAGE
3-12 Games of the XXX Olympiad, London GBR
12 Siberian Int’l Marathon M RUS
18 Helsinki City Marathon M FIN
18 Reykjavík Marathon Íslandsbanka M,H ISL
19 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon H BRA
25 La Ruta de las Iglesias M ECU
26 Hokkaido Marathon M JPN
26 Longford Marathon M IRL
26 Maraton Int’l de Asuncion M PAR
26 SSQ Quebec City Marathon M CAN
26 Victoria Falls Marathon M ZIM
Intact Insurance Canadian Derby
Edmonton Marathon M CAN
Galway City Marathon M IRL
Maraton Int’l de la Ciudad de Mexico M MEX
September
DATE RACE PAGE
2 Kaua’i Marathon and Half M,H USA
2 Medio Maraton Atlas de Guadalajara H MEX
2 Torshavn Marathon M FRO
7-9 Jungfrau Marathon M SUI
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
8 Mattoni Prague Grand Prix - Metro 10k Race
& adidas Women’s 5k R CZE
9 Media Maratón Int’l Ciudad de Medellin H COL
9 Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon M RUS
9 Nike Budapest Int’l Half Marathon H HUN
9 Powerade Copenhagen Half Marathon M DEN
9 SEB Tallinn Marathon, Half & 10k M,H,R EST
9 Wroclaw Marathon M POL
15 DN Stockholm Half Marathon H SWE
16 Meia Maratona Sport Zone H POR
16 Volkswagen Usti Half Marathon H,R CZE
23 CamSur Marathon M,H,R PHI
23 Cape Town Marathon M RSA
23 Dam tot Damloop R NED
23 Turin Half Marathon H ITA
23 Varazdinski Polumarathon H CRO
23 H.C. Andersen Marathon M DEN
30 10k Costa Rica R CRC
30 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon
& Festival of Running M GBR
30 BMW Berlin Marathon M GER
30 Bristol Half Marathon H GBR
30 Dexia Route du Vin Half Marathon H LUX
30 Lake Tahoe Marathon & Half M,H USA
30 Maratonina Citta di Udine H ITA
30 RTP Rock ‘n’ Roll
Half Marathon Vodafone H POR
Marathon of the Running Festival
of the Economic Forum M POL
Fjord Norway Half Marathon H NOR
Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run H GBR
Pila Int’l Half Marathon H POL
Ruska Marathon M FIN
Vilniaus Marathon 2012 M,H LTU
Int’l WACHAUmarathon M AUT
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival (incl.)
Sydney Marathon M AUS
ABN AMRO Singelloop Utrecht 10km R NED
Novosibirsk Half Marathon H RUS
October
DATE RACE PAGE
6 IAAF World Half Marathon
Championships - Kavarna H BUL
7 Brussels Marathon & Half M,H BEL
7 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon M CAN
7 Intercontinental Istanbul
Eurasia Marathon M TUR
7 Kosice Peace Marathon M SVK
7 Portland Marathon M USA
7 Spar Budapest Int’l Marathon M HUN
7 Sparkasse 3 Country Marathon & Half M,H AUT
7 Zagreb Marathon & Half M,H CRO
14 Bucharest Int’l Marathon & Half M,H ROU
14 Eindhoven Marathon M NED
14 Hyderabad Heritage Marathon M,H IND
14 Maratona d’Italia
memorial Enzo Ferrari M,H,R ITA
14 Munich Marathon M,H,R GER
14 Novi Sad Marathon M SRB
14 Poznan Marathon M POL
14 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
& Half Marathon & 5k
M,H,R CAN
21 Amsterdam Marathon M NED
21 Lago Maggiore Marathon M ITA
21 Medio Maraton de Valencia H ESP
21 Mediterranean Marathon M ESP
21 Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon M CAN
28 adidas Auckland Marathon M,H,R NZL
28 BMW Frankfurt Marathon M GER
28 Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca M MAR
28 Lausanne Marathon M SUI
28 Lucerne Marathon M SUI
28 Venice Marathon M ITA
28 Marine Corps Marathon M USA
28 EDP Porto Marathon M POR
28 Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon and Half M,H KEN
29 National Lottery Dublin Marathon M IRL
Cologne Marathon & Half
presented by Sparkasse KölnBonn M,H GER
Colombo Marathon M SRI
Guayaquil Marathon M ECU
RAHAL 10k Int’l Marrakech R MAR
Bank of Melbourne Marathon Festival M AUS
BMO Okanagan Marathon M CAN
Maratona do Algarve M POR
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Maratón Int’l de la
Ciudad de Buenos Aires M ARG
Timisoara Marathon
M,H,R ROU
Beijing Int’l Marathon M,H CHN
Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon M KOR
St Denis Half Marathon H FRA
Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Int’l Marathon M KOR
Ljubljana Marathon M SLO
Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon M JOR
Osaka Marathon M JPN
Podgorica Marathon M MNE
UWI-SPEC Half Marathon H TRI
November
DATE RACE PAGE
4 Bass Pro Shops Conservation Marathon M USA
11 Athens Classic Marathon M GRE
11 Blom Beirut Marathon M LIB
11 Hangzhou Int’l Marathon M CHN
18 Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay H USA
18 Marabana Marathon & Half M,H CUB
18 Philadelphia Marathon M USA
18 Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo H ECU
18 Turin Marathon M ITA
23-25 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon M MLT
25 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon H CYP
25 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Great Ethiopian Run R ETH
25 Hyderabad 10k Run R IND
25 Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon M,H FRA
Sharm El Sheikh Half Marathon H EGY
Taroko Gorge Marathon M,H TPE
JoongAng Seoul Marathon M KOR
Maraton De Zaragoza M ESP
10k Rio Pan-American Race R BRA
Garda Trentino Half Marathon H ITA
Medio Maraton Turistico Riviera Nayarit M MEX
Maratón Divina Pastora Valencia M ESP
Marathon des Alpes
Maritimes Nice-Cannes M FRA
Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon M MAS
Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon M,H,R THA
Yokohama Women’s Marathon M JPN
Pharaonic 100km U EGY
Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon M,H USA
Airtel Delhi Half Marathon H IND
Firenze Marathon M ITA
Lake Kawaguchi Marathon M JPN
Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián M ESP
Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k M,U ATA
Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune H MAR
21km Nuevo Leon H MEX
UNICEF Charity Run
Half Marathon & 10km H,R HKG
December
DATE RACE PAGE
1 Reggae Marathon M JAM
2 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon H CAM
2 Costa Rica Marathon & Half M,H CRC
2 Gran Maraton Pacifico M MEX
2 Navi Mumbai Barefoot Half Marathon H IND
2 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race R BRA
2 Poona Int’l Marathon M IND
2 Quantum Nicosia Marathon M CYP
2 Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon & Half M,H USA
2 Run Barbados Marathon M,H BAR
2 St Croix Int’l Marathon M ISV
31 São Silvestre de Luanda 10k R ANG
31 São Silvestre Int’l Road Race R BRA
Aqaba Marathon (Red Sea) M JOR
Fukuoka Int’l Open
Marathon Championship M JPN
Cayman Islands Marathon M CAY
Lisbon Int’l Marathon M POR
Macau Galaxy Entertainment
Int’l Marathon M,H MAC
Nara Marathon M JPN
Panama City Int’l Marathon M PAN
Standard Chartered
Marathon Singapore M,H,R SIN
Toray Cup Shanghai Int’l Marathon M CHN
Maraton Powerade Monterrey M MEX
Fubon Taipei Marathon M TPE
Pisa Marathon M,H ITA
St Catherine Int’l Marathon & Half M,H EGY
El Gouna Int’l Marathon M,H EGY
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Results
Results
JULY – SEPTEMBER 2011
26 JUNE 2011:
LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
MEN:
1 Kiyokatsu HASEGAWA JPN 6:31:06
2 Hideo NOJO JPN 6:36:29
3 Eric WAINAINA KEN 6:38:40
4 Yoshikazu HARA JPN 6:41:17
5 Masakazu TAKAHASHI JPN 6:56:49
WOMEN:
1 Naomi OCHIAI JPN 7:54:08
2 Shiho KATAYAMA JPN 7:54:20
3 Yuko ITO JPN 7:59:15
4 Wakako OYAGI JPN 8:02:15
5 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 8:02:25
3 JULY 2011:
AIRPORT GOLD COAST MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
50km
MEN:
1 Kaito IWAYAMA JPN 2:57:29
WOMEN:
1 Yuko EZAKI JPN 3:38:47
02 JULY 2011:
PAAVO NURMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN:
1 Janne KLASILA FIN 2:49:54
2 Kari SALOMAA FIN 2:58:00
3 Patric MASAR SUI 2:59:42
4 Miika ALHONEN FIN 3:11:19
5 Markus KARLSSON FIN 3:13:31
WOMEN:
1 Elina JUNNILA FIN 3:31:35
2 Hanna MALSTROM SWE 3:46:42
3 Elisa JAATINEN FIN 3:57:36
4 Kaisa OJANSIVU FIN 3:59:19
5 Tiina ALHONEN FIN 4:04:22
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Tomi HALME FIN 1:19:32
WOMEN:
1 Isabel Duran GALLETERO ESP 1:29:43
3 JULY 2011:
AIRPORT GOLD COAST MARATHON,
AUSTRALIA
The men’s course record was broken after 22 years in
a race which drew a record 24,726 runners (over
5000 in the Marathon and 9000 in the Half).
Nicholas Manza lowered Brad Camp’s 1989 mark by
10 seconds. Winners took $10,000 each but Manza
missed the $25,000 sub-2:10 bonus, although he was
presented with a consolation course record bonus of
another $10,000.
From halfway Matebor and Manza audaciously
broke away from the pacemakers to lead a group of
eight runners. At 36km Manza made his winning
move, to forge a 50m lead in the next kilometre. Lee
Troop, hampered by hamstring trouble, failed to post
a London 2012 Olympic qualifying time and came
sixth in 2:15:45. Tesema, who was determined to
break 2:30, had to run solo for most of the race. Far
behind her Roxie Fraser improved her personal best by
3 JULY 2011:
AIRPORT GOLD COAST MARATHON, AUSTRALIA
over a minute after climbing from fifth place at
halfway.
The race action was played out in front of an Africa
Region delegation on the Gold Coast to inspect the
city’s suitability to host the 2018 Commonwealth
Games. The delegation comprised 14 National
Olympic Council presidents, two secretaries general
and two Olympic Committee board members.
Race director Cameron Hart commented: “With the
Commonwealth Games delegation from Africa here to
assess the event, we feel we’ve done all we possibly
can to give the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid a
boost.”
MEN:
1 Nicholas MANZA KEN 2:10:01
2 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:10:13
3 Japhet KIPKORIR KEN 2:10:50
4 Taiga ITO JPN 2:13:16
5 Noriaki TAKAHASHI JPN 2:14:13
WOMEN:
1 Goitetom TESEMA ETH 2:30:08
2 Roxie FRASER AUS 2:41:17
3 Chihiro TANAKA JPN 2:43:02
4 Michelle MACADAM AUS 2:44:44
5 Kirsten MALLOY AUS 2:46:32
ASICS HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Jeffrey HUNT AUS 1:04:04
WOMEN:
1 Lara TAMSETT AUS 1:12:19
09 JULY 2011:
ZERMATT MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN:
1 Patrick WEISER SUI 3:09:41
2 Jen-Christophe DUPONT FRA 3:10:04
3 Tim SHORT GBR 3:15:53
4 Martin COX SUI 3:17:48
5 Saul PADUA COL 3:18:34
WOMEN:
1 Daniela Gassman BAHR SUI 3:32:13
2 Jasmin NUNIGE SUI 3:36:25
3 Lizzy HAWKER GBR 3:57:08
4 Tanja AMIET SUI 4:02:02
5 Luzia SCHMID SUI 4:06:31
10 JULY 2011:
MARATON DE QUITO, ECUADOR
MEN:
1 Florencio Machacuay ARREDON ECU 2:28:33
2 Hugo Jimenez CHITAN ECU 3:29:30
3 Franklin Aduviri MANZANE ECU 2:30:52
WOMEN:
1 Olga Tabla GOMEZ ECU 3:01:25
2 Nancy OSORIO ECU 3:05:32
3 Maritza RODRIGUEZ ECU 3:32:08
10 JULY 2011:
MEDIA MARATON INT’L CORRECAMINOS,
COSTA RICA
MEN:
1 Marvin Martinez CASTRO CRC 1:09:58
2 Pedro Jimenez ARRIETA CRC 1:11:43
3 Eugenio Fernandez RODRIGUEZ CRC 1:12:22
4 Cristian Arguello JIMENEZ CRC 1:13:38
5 Kenneth Rocha GUTIERREZ CRC 1:14:18
WOMEN:
1 Cristina Marin GONZALEZ CRC 1:27:20
2 Rosibel Aguilar CORRALES CRC 1:27:42
3 Karina Fernandez MADRIGAL CRC 1:29:24
4 Adriana Bermudez MURILLO CRC 1:30:06
5 Carlorina Duran FERNANDEZ CRC 1:31:37
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Results
09 JULY 2011:
ZERMATT MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
10km
MEN:
1 Yasser Reyes SANCHEZ CRC 32:12
WOMEN:
1 Norma RODRIGUEZ CRC 37:44
17 JULY 2011:
MARATONA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
MEN:
1 Patrick Tambwe NGOIE FRA 2:18:17
2 Erick Kiprono KIMAIYO KEN 2:18:27
3 Rachid HAMNOUMI FRA 2:18:43
4 Marcos Alexandre ELIAS BRA 2:19:55
5 Paul KOSGEI KEN 2:20:43
WOMEN:
1 Kim Ok KUM PRK 2:35:22
2 Yanan WEI CHN 2:36:19
3 Thabita KIBET KEN 2:36:52
4 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 2:37:15
5 Winifrida KWAMBOKA KEN 2:39:49
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Damiao A DA SOUZA BRA 1:04:41
WOMEN:
1 Elizabeth Rumukol CHEPKEMEI KEN 1:14:17
24 JULY 2011:
YANGMINGSHAN CROSS COUNTRY
[No results available]
30 JULY 2011:
AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK MARATHON
See separate feature, p13
30 JULY 2011:
SWISSALPINE MARATHON DAVOS, 78km
Jonas Buud won his fifth consecutive Swissalpine
while Lizzy Hawker followed up her 2006 and 2007
wins writes Anita Fuchs. Buud’s latest win was his
slowest over the extremely tough 78km course from
Davos to the Keschhütte (2632m) and on to the
Sertigpass (2739m) and before returning to the
start. He displayed more battle scars than ever, with
bloody abrasions on both knees, arms and hands. First
he fell on the descent from the Keschhütte in his
pursuit of Huw Lobb, who had been the first over,
leading by 87 seconds. After passing Lobb he fell
while running down the Sertigpass. As previously
Budd created his victory on the 5.4km section
30 JULY 2011:
AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK MARATHON
between the two highest points of the world’s biggest
mountain ultra-marathon, gaining more than 4.5
minutes on Lobb. Over the remaining 20km the 37-
year-old from Mora gradually extended his lead to win
by 17:37. Bruno Heuberger, who lives in St
Margarethenin Thurgau and came fourth as the best
Swiss runner on Saturday was in a podium position up
to 3km from the finish but then ceded to Japan’s
Kaburaki Kaburagi.
In the women’s race Lizzy Hawker set the pace from
the beginning and was more than 3.5 minutes ahead
by halfway, ultimately extending her winning margin
to 11:29. Kajsa Berg, a compatriot of Jonas Buud, was
already 20:28 behind in third place. Based in Scuol,
35-year-old Hawker has fought many exciting battles
for a podium position with Davos’s Jasmin Nunige, to
whom she dedicated her win. Nunige could not
contest the longer distance for health reasons. They
are now even on wins, with Hawker holding the
course record of 6:30:12 from 2006. Nunige won in
2005, 2008 and 2010, and this year fired the
starting gun before winning the Half Marathon event
later in the day. Overall, 5382 runners from 62
nations participated in the eight categories.
MEN:
1 Jonas BUUD SWE 6:11:02
2 Huw LOBB GBR 6:28:40
3 Kaburaki KABURAGI JPN 6:41:12
4 Bruno HEUBERGER SUI 6:41:46
5 Mattias DIPPACHER GER 6:55:00
WOMEN:
1 Lizzy HAWKER GBR 7:16:17
2 Maja MENEGHIN-PLISKA SUI 7:27:47
3 Kajsa BERG SWE 7:36:46
4 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 7:36:50
5 Denise ZIMMERMANN SUI 7:51:59
42km
MEN:
1 Trond IDLAND NOR 3:21:52
WOMEN:
1 Melissa DAWES USA 3:56:50
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Results
31 JULY 2011:
MEDIA MARATON INT’L DE BOGOTA,
COLOMBIA
MEN:
1 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 1:02:20
2 Deribe MERGA ETH 1:02:49
3 Wilson CHEBET KEN 1:04:57
4 Diego COLORADO COL 1:05:11
5 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 1:05:26
WOMEN:
1 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:13:34
2 Mare DIBABA ERH 1:13:54
3 Emily CHEBET KEN 1:15:41
4 Shewarge ALENE ETH 1:16:26
5 Gladys TEJADA PER 1:16:33
31 JULY 2011:
SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:27:06
2 Alex VARNER USA 2:35:00
3 Robert KILLIAN USA 2:35:24
4 Andrew COOK USA 2:37:40
5 Chris KNORZER USA 2:40:54
WOMEN:
1 Emily FIELD USA 2:50:24
2 Emily BELLI USA 2:51:11
3 Devon CROSBY-HELMS USA 2:53:55
4 Elizabeth LYLES USA 2:58:42
5 Whitney TAWNEY USA 3:02:22
1st HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 B GEITHMAN USA 1:12:30
WOMEN:
1 Lauren TIPPETS USA 1:27:27
2nd HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Keith BECHTOL USA 1:05:19
WOMEN:
1 Caroline KIRUI KEN 1:15:15
31 JULY 2011:
WESTLINK M7 CITIES MARATHON,
AUSTRALIA
MEN:
1 Alexander MATTHEWS AUS 2:32:34
2 Raymond WAREHAM AUS 2:40:05
3 Ian GALLAGHER AUS 2:48:25
4 John BINFIELD AUS 2:53:56
5 Brad PAMP AUS 2:54:03
WOMEN:
1 Magda KARIMALI-POULOS AUS 2:49:11
2 Sarah BURGESS AUS 2:54:56
3 Verity BREEN AUS 2:55:26
4 Johanna PARSONS AUS 2:56:02
5 Leanne RUDLOFF AUS 3:06:36
06 AUGUST 2011:
SIBERIAN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON,
RUSSIA
MEN:
1 Keiyo KIPLIMO KEN 2:14:25
2 Oleg MARUSIN RUS 2:14:35
3 Joseph Ngolepus PKERKER KEN 2:25:41
4 Igor TYUPIN RUS 2:32:40
5 Ivan KRASNOPEROV RUS 2:35:11
WOMEN:
1 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:37:22
2 Olga MALEVICH BLR 2:37:45
3 Dehininet Demsew JARA ETH 2:39:20
4 Larisa ANDROSOVA RUS 2:48:14
5 Tatiana BELKINA RUS 2:50:28
10km
MEN:
1 Egor NIKOLAEV RUS 29:46
WOMEN:
1 Marina KISELEVA RUS 35:03
07 AUGUST 2011:
ASUNCION INT’L MARATHON, PARAGUAY
MEN:
1 Anderson Chirchir KIPRONO KEN 2:17:35
2 Christopher KIPYEGO KEN 2:23:47
3 Stanley Kimutai TIYOT KEN 2:25:06
4 Alemayehu NEGASH ETH 2:26:02
5 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:27:16
WOMEN:
1 Chemtai RIONOTUKEI KEN 2:53:10
2 Carmen Martinez AGUILERA PAR 2:55:11
3 Gabriela ALMADA ARG 3:04:54
4 Leone Justino DA SILVA BRA 3:06:16
5 Gisele Lisboa OLIVEIRA BRA 3:09:50
07 AUGUST 2011:
ASUNCION INT’L MARATHON, PARAGUAY
Continued on page 60
06 AUGUST 2011:
SIBERIAN INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, RUSSIA
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Results
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HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Nicholas Kimeli KETER KEN 1:07:07
WOMEN:
1 Dorcas Jepchirchir KIPTARUS KEN 1:16:46
20 AUGUST 2011:
HELSINKI CITY MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN:
1 Pius ONDORO KEN 2:23:24
2 Elicky MASE KEN 2:24:08
3 Edwin KIBOWEN KEN 2:27:28
4 David BRICKHILL-JONES GBR 2:32:45
5 Jaakko KERO FIN 2:34:22
WOMEN:
1 Leena PUOTINIEMI FIN 2:38:05
2 Aleytsehay Mesfin DEMSE ETH 2:46:05
3 Flora KANDIE KEN 2:46:06
4 Irina PANKOVSKAYA RUS 2:55:41
5 Evelina RANDELIN FIN 2:55:43
20 AUGUST 2011:
REYKJAVIK MARATHON ISLANDSBANKI,
ICELAND
MEN:
1 Arnar PETURSSON ISL 2:44:18
2 Lasloe BODEN GBR 2:45:57
3 Sergio MINDER CHI 2:46:30
4 Carl Bladh JOHANSSON ISL 2:49:13
5 Pierre BOULAY 2:50:06
WOMEN:
1 Veronika S BJARNARDOTTIR ISL 3:02:42
2 Thurídur GUDMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 3:06:55
3 Brit EYRICH GER 3:08:14
4 Margret ELIASDOTTIR ISL 3:12:35
5 Saeborg Snaedal LOGADOTTIR ISL 3:15:07
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Kári Steinn KARLSSON ISL 1:05:35
WOMEN:
1 Rannveig ODDSDOTTIR ISL 1:24:05
07 AUGUST 2011:
ASUNCION INT’L MARATHON, PARAGUAY
21 AUGUST 2011:
POWERADE KOBENHAVN HALVMARATON,
DENMARK
MEN:
1 Jakob Hannibal KLAUSEN DEN 1:08:17
2 Steen WALTHER DEN 1:09:17
3 Ulrik HEITMANN DEN 1:12:15
4 Ulrik Dam NIELSEN DEN 1:12:55
5 Thomas SANDVALL FIN 1:13:21
21 AUGUST 2011:
RIO DE JANEIRO HALF MARATHON,
BRAZIL
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Results
WOMEN:
1 Maria Sig MOELLER DEN 1:15:56
2 Anne-Mette AAGAARD DEN 1:16:21
3 Lene HJELMSO DEN 1:17:38
4 Anne-Sofia PADE HANSEN DEN 1:19:39
5 Liselotte Perch LIND DEN 1:24:23
21 AUGUST 2011:
RIO DE JANEIRO HALF MARATHON, BRAZIL
MEN:
1 Mark KORIR KEN 1:01:33
2 James KWAMBAI KEN 1:01:36
3 Damiao Ancelmo DA SILVA BRA 1:02:25
4 Paulo Roberto ALMEIDA BRA 1:02:30
5 Marco JOSEPH 1:02:45
WOMEN:
1 Eunice Jepkirui KIRWA KEN 1:10:29
2 Nadia EJJAFINI 1:11:08
3 Nonata Cruz DA SILVA BRA 1:11:50
4 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:12:06
5 Anastazia Mhomi GHAAMA KEN 1:13:00
21 AUGUST 2011:
RIO DE JANEIRO HALF MARATHON, BRAZIL
21 AUGUST 2011:
INTACT INSURANCE CANADIAN DERBY
EDMONTON MARATHON, CANADA
MEN:
1 Jacob MENGICH KEN 2:23:33
2 Ryan DAY CAN 2:35:09
3 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:39:55
4 David CORBETT CAN 2:42:24
5 Chris STONE CAN 2:44:14
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Results
27 AUGUST 2011:
RUTA DE LAS IGLESIAS 10km, ECUADOR
21 AUGUST 2011:
INTACT INSURANCE CANADIAN DERBY EDMONTON
MARATHON, CANADA
WOMEN:
1 Ellie GREENWOOD GBR 2:47:17
2 Kathryn WAALE CAN 3:05:52
3 Kim LERBEKMO CAN 3:11:40
4 Claudette AUGERT CAN 3:16:38
5 Joylin NODWELL CAN 3:16:54
27 AUGUST 2011:
RUTA DE LAS IGLESIAS 10km, ECUADOR
“The Path of the Churches” is a nocturnal 10km race
involving the entire city of Quito. Locals and tourists
gather to run or to join the fun as spectators in this
race that is also a celebration of culture and athletics.
6000 runners registered for the seventh edition.
At the start line the Special Olympics choir sung the
Quito anthem, starting a theme which is maintained
throughout the entire race. The sky is lit up with
fireworks and stars as the runners take off. Along the
way bands play typical Ecuadorian music and along
the route there are 10 beautiful colonial churches,
mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries, which stand
out against the starlit Andes sky.
There are all types of runners from the elite to
families and those in fancy dress. At the finish line the
celebrations continue as once again the fireworks fill
the sky and people reuniting with their families and
friends are everywhere to be seen. The night is vibrant
with an experience no one should miss and no one
will forget.
MEN:
1 Constantino Leon LOPEZ 30:55
2 Pedro Manuel RAMOS 31:55
3 Miguel Angel ALMACHI 32:04
4 Paulo Roberto BUENANO 32:08
5 Segundo Oswaldo JAMI 32:10
21 AUGUST 2011:
INTACT INSURANCE CANADIAN DERBY EDMONTON
MARATHON, CANADA
WOMEN:
1 Rosalba CHACHA 36:30
2 Alicia Gabriela CAMACHO 37:26
3 Jeanneth Narciza TOAPANTA 37:28
4 Evelyn Alexandra GODOY 37:46
5 Edith Jeanine SUNTAXI 37:52
28 AUGUST 2011:
HOKKAIDO MARATHON, JAPAN
Harun Njoroge moved into top gear at 39km to claim
the men’s title. In the women’s race Tomoko Morimoto
overtook front-running Kaori Yoshida with just over
2km to go.
MEN:
1 Harun Njoroge MBUGA KEN 2:14:10
2 Seiji KOBAYASHI JPN 2:14:22
3 Chiharu TAKADA JPN 2:14:39
4 Kensuke TAKAHASHI JPN 2:16:29
5 Akira YAMAMOTO JPN 2:16:49
WOMEN:
1 Tomoko MORIMOTO JPN 2:33:45
2 Kiyoko Goto HARA JPN 2:34:26
3 Yoko SHIBUIJPN JPN 2:35:10
4 Kaori YOSHIDA JPN 2:35:49
5 Emi IKEDA JPN 2:36:35
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Results
28 AUGUST 2011:
VICTORIA FALLS MARATHON, ZIMBABWE
See separate feature, p19
28 AUGUST 2011:
LONGFORD MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN:
28 AUGUST 2011:
VICTORIA FALLS MARATHON, ZIMBABWE
1 Sergiu CIOBANU ROM 2:29:21
2 Vasily NEUMERZHITSKY RUS 2:45:31
3 Ryszard KOBAJLO POL 2:52:59
4 Martin FRANCIS IRL 2:58:10
5 Peter MOONEY IRL 2:58:36
WOMEN:
1 Pauline CURLEY IRL 2:50:03
2 Helena CROSSMAN IRL 3:00:12
3 Mary HANLEY IRL 3:11:47
4 Mary JENNINGS IRL 3:22:27
5 Anne WOLFE IRL 3:33:39
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Lorcan CRONIN IRL 1:09:59
WOMEN:
1 Breege CONOLLY IRL 1:21:57
28 AUGUST 2011:
SSQ QUEBEC CITY MARATHON, CANADA
[Full Marathon cancelled due to Hurricane Irene]
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Rejean CHIASSON CAN 1:11:07
WOMEN:
1 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:20:10
28 AUGUST 2011:
MARATON DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO
MEN:
1 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 2:14:24
2 Hillary CHIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:15:39
3 Philip Kigitok METTO KEN 2:18:33
4 Eric MONYENYE KEN 2:18:51
5 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:19:28
WOMEN:
1 Rose JEBET KEN 2:39:08
2 Karina PEREZ MEX 2:39:17
3 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 2:41:30
4 Angelica SANCHEZ MEX 2:45:18
5 Jessica RODRIGUEZ MEX 2:45:21
3 SEPTEMBER 2011:
FJORD NORWAY HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Ambesse TOLOSA ETH 1:07:36
2 Mirza NALIC NOR 1:13:32
3 Olaide OGUNRONBI NGR 1:13:59
4 Alemayehu SITOTAW NOR 1:14:42
5 Bjarte EIKANGER NOR 1:16:04
WOMEN:
1 Christina HOLTH NOR 1:19:09
2 Tone Ilstad HJALMARSEN NOR 1:19:09
3 Arbe Berhe HAILEMARIAM NOR 1:22:40
4 Audhild HESTAD NOR 1:25:00
5 Stine SANDEN NOR 1:31:08
3 SEPTEMBER 2011:
RUSKAMARATHON, FINLAND
MEN:
1 Petri HUHTALA FIN 2:49:42
2 Tero JUNKKARI FIN 2:51:41
3 Hannu MANNINEN FIN 2:53:38
4 Jussi HERTTUALA FIN 2:56:06
5 Jarmo RAATEROVA FIN 2:59:32
WOMEN:
1 Fiona OAKES GBR 2:58:12
2 Johanna DAVIDILA 3:16:50
3 Pauliina AULA-KYRO FIN 3:19:35
4 Ritva PESONEN FIN 3:22:19
5 Erja KIVINIEMI FIN 3:24:46
4 SEPTEMBER 2011:
PILA INT’L HALF MARATHON, POLAND
MEN:
1 Martin MUKULE KEN 1:02:25
2 Marcin CHABOWSKI POL 1:02:26
3 Henryk SZOST POL 1:04:09
4 Michal KACZMAREK POL 1:04:18
5 Artur KOZLOWSKI POL 1:05:01
WOMEN:
1 Agnieszka GORTEL POL 1:14:43
2 Natallia TSYTSORINA BLR 1:16:11
3 Volha KRAUTSOVA BLR 1:16:24
4 Akane MUTAZAKI JPN 1:16:43
5 Katarzyna DURAK POL 1:17:00
4 SEPTEMBER 2011:
NIKE BUDAPEST INT’L HALF MARATHON,
HUNGARY
MEN:
1 Tamas KOVACS HUN 1:06:04
2 Zsolt KOSZAR HUN 1:06:34
3 Tamas TOTH HUN 1:08:12
4 Laszlo TOTH HUN 1:08:51
5 Gabor JOZSA HUN 1:09:19
WOMEN:
1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 1:15:04
2 Beata RAKONCZAI HUN 1:17:09
3 Ida KOVACS HUN 1:19:00
4 Simona STAICU HUN 1:20:20
5 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 1:20:33
4 SEPTEMBER 2011:
TORSHAVN MARATHON, FAROE ISLANDS
MEN:
1 Hallur HOLM FAR 3:05:10
2 Eirikur HANSEN FAR 3:10:16
3 Petur LAMHAUGE FAR 3:19:43
4 Maciej RAKOWSKI POL 3:24:15
5 Johan HAVN FAR 3:26:40
WOMEN:
1 Rigmor N ARGE 3:31:15
2 Katarzyna OLES POL 3:42:30
3 Sunneva OLSEN 4:00:39
4 Torvor Ostero VANG FAR 4:07:24
5 Magdalena MOSTOWSKA POL 4:14:58
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Marnar DJURHUUS 1:21:55
WOMEN:
1 Andrea CORONA ITA 1:24:02
4 SEPTEMBER 2011:
GREAT SCOTTISH RUN, GREAT BRITAIN
MEN:
1 Joseph BIRECH KEN 1:01:26
2 Bernard Kipkemoi ROTICH KEN 1:01:28
3 Rashed Essa ISMAEL QAT 1:02:10
4 Jason MBOTE KEN 1:02:44
5 Kazuhiro MAEDA JPN 1:03:45
WOMEN:
1 Flomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:09:26
2 Hilda KIBET NED 1:09:36
3 Mayumi FUJITA JPN 1:11:51
4 Yuko WATANABE JPN 1:14:06
5 Dinknesh TEFERA ETH 1:14:27
04 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MEDIO MARATON ATLAS DE
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
MEN:
1 Jaime APOLONIO MEX 1:04:18
2 Robert LETTING KEN 1:04:59
3 Joseph NGETICH KEN 1:05:16
4 Teodoro Vega MORALES MEX 1:05:17
5 Hillary KIMAIYO KEN 1:05:21
WOMEN:
1 Madai PEREZ MEX 1:14:53
2 Maria Dulce RODRIGUEZ MEX 1:16:26
3 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 1:17:12
4 Margarita HERNANDEZ MEX 1:17:44
5 Risper BIYAKI KEN 1:18:04
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Results
4 SEPTEMBER 2011:
KAUA’I MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Tyler MCCANDLESS USA 2:23:22
2 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:26:20
3 David TUWEI KEN 2:32:24
4 Richard KANDIE KEN 2:34:43
5 Robert KILLIAN USA 2:35:41
WOMEN:
1 Rumi OTANI JPN 3:10:07
2 Becki Lynne LASSLEY USA 3:25:19
3 Penny MCPHAIL USA 3:29:45
4 Mary CASTELANELLI USA 3:36:25
5 Amy Wieser WILSON USA 3:43:49
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Clark DAVIS USA 1:20:01
WOMEN:
1 Emily SHERTZER USA 1:20:13
10 SEPTEMBER 2011:
JUNGFRAU MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
Markus Hohenwarter put up a commanding
performance on the flatter first section as well as on
the steeper parts and scored a start-to-finish victory.
British runner Huw Lobb took second place with
Robert Krupicka from the Czech Republic making a
strong finish to come in third. Aline Camboulives from
France was the first-placed woman in front of two
Swiss.
4206 runners lined up at 09.00 in Interlaken for the
start signal from European Marathon Champion Viktor
Röthlin. The route led from Interlaken up to Kleine
Scheidegg, a height gain of1800m. Some 30,000
spectators followed the race in Interlaken and along
the route, enjoying wonderful weather.
Measured by the number of participants, the
Jungfrau Marathon is the world’s biggest mountain
marathon. Next year, two marathons will be held to
mark the 20th anniversary of the event and so twice
the number of starting places will be available. The
double event will take place on 8-9 September 2012.
The World Championship Long-Distance Mountain
Running event will also be held within the event.
MEN:
1 Markus HOENWARTER AUT 3:01:52
2 Huw LOBB GBR 3:02:30
3 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 3:02:44
4 Hosea TUEI KEN 3:04:04
5 Paul Maticha MICHIEKA KEN 3:07:20
WOMEN:
1 Aline CAMBOULIVES FRA 3:29:56
2 Daniela GASSMAN BARR SUI 3:34:49
3 Jasmin NUNIGE SUI 3:35:51
4 Corinne ZELLER SUI 3:47:18
5 Angela HALDEMAN-RIEDO SUI 3:47:48
10 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MATTONI PRAGUE GRAND PRIX
A minute’s silence was held before each of the races
led by the Czech footballer Pavel Nedved, in tribute to
the three national ice hockey players who died in a
plane crash earlier in the week. Despite such a sad
start, the race was a huge success.
Philemon Limo was quickly into the lead alongside
three others, with two groups of four hard on their
heels. By 3km Limo had broken away with Henry
Chirchir and Adugna Tekele. He won in 27:34,
smashing the course record by nearly thirty seconds.
The adidas Women’s Race 5km, started an hour and
a half earlier at 19.00, was much more
straightforward. Race favourite Priscah Ngetich was
never challenged for the lead. By 4km she
was clear of the field and looked as if she might break
the 2002 course record, but in the end she was just
two seconds outside.
METRO 10km MEN’S RACE:
1 Philemon LIMO KEN 27:34
2 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 28:34
3 Adugna TEKELE ETH 28:56
4 Gadengoi LOITARENG KEN 28:58
5 Abraham TADESSE ETH 29:25
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Results
adidas WOMEN’S 5km:
1 Priscah NGETICH KEN 15:32
2 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 15:51
3 Tabitha Gichia WAMBUI KEN 15:56
4 Yelena ZADOROZHNAYA RUS 16:14
5 Lucy Wambui MURIGI KEN 16:19
10 SEPTEMBER 2011:
NOVOSIBIRSK HALF MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN:
1 Andrey RYBAKOV RUS 1:03:08
2 Sergey NECHPAY RUS 1:05:56
3 Victor UGAROV RUS 1:06:12
4 Dmitriy SEMENOV RUS 1:06:30
5 Vasiliy MINAEV RUS 1:07:15
WOMEN:
1 Mariya KONOVALOVA RUS 1:10:30
2 Elena NAROVITSYNA RUS 1:13:35
3 Mariya KISELEVA RUS 1:14:51
4 Svetlana BOSIKOVA RUS 1:16:08
5 Svetlana PODOSENOVA RUS 1:17:11
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MEDIO MARATON DE MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
VILNIUS MARATHON, LITHUANIA
MEN:
1 Dzmitriy HRYHORYEU BLR 2:34:40
2 Saulius VALALIS LTU 2:35:09
3 Tomas VENCKUNAS LTU 2:37:34
4 Gediminas GRINIUS LTU 2:42:30
5 Vidas TOTILAS LTU 2:43:54
WOMEN:
1 Modesta KAMINSKIENE LTU 3:07:28
2 Sada BUKSNIENE LTU 3:18:11
3 Renate SILIUK LTU 3:20:51
4 Ieva LOBACIUTE LTU 3:45:40
5 Ruta GAIZUTAYTE LTU 3:49:22
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Darius SADECKAS LTU 1:09:35
WOMEN:
1 Gaitute KELIOTIENE LTU 1:31:26
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
SEB TALLINN MARATHON, ESTONIA
MEN:
1 Julius MURIUKI KEN 2:12:56
2 Isaak KOSGEI KEN 2:12:56
3 Hassane AHOUCHAR MAR 2:13:17
4 Pharis KIMANI KEN 2:14:39
5 Mesfin Admasu ABEBE ETH 2:19:40
WOMEN:
1 Almaz Alemu BALCHA ETH 2:34:14
2 Irene CHEPKIRUI KEN 2:34:41
3 Leila LUIK EST 2:52:05
4 Yulia KAZHOVA RUS 2:55:11
5 Evelin KARNER EST 2:59:19
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Valerius ZOLNEROVICS LAT 1:07:07
WOMEN:
1 Inna POLUSKINA LAT 1:17:27
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MARATHON OF THE RUNNING FESTIVAL OF
THE ECONOMIC FORUM, POLAND
MEN:
1 Grzegorz CZYZ POL 2:43:33
2 Piotr POBLOCKI POL 2:49:52
3 Dmytro IVANYSH POL 2:52:21
4 Miroslaw BUGAJ POL 2:53:30
5 Krzysztof POKRZYWINSKI POL 2:58:43
WOMEN:
1 Danuta PISKOROWSKA POL 3:03:56
2 Barbara GRUCA POL 3:22:57
3 Nataliia MALAI UKR 3:24:54
4 Agnieszka MALINOWSKA-SYPEK POL 3:33:13
5 Monika SMUTER POL 3:43:06
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
HASCO-LEK WROCLAW MARATHON,
POLAND
MEN:
1 Vincent KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:20:20
2 Anatoli ORZHEKHOVSKIY UKR 2:22:18
3 Boniface WAMBUA KEN 2:22:26
4 Mike CHERUIYOT KEN 2:22:53
5 Przemyslaw ROJEWSKI POL 2:31:44
WOMEN:
1 Emily CHEPKORIR KEN 2:44:53
2 Halina KARNATSEVICH BLR 2:57:08
3 Agnieszka KUZYK POL 3:02:06
4 Dorota PRZYBYSZ POL 3:06:23
5 Antonina RYCHTER POL 3:09:13
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
BRISTOL HALF MARATHON, GREAT BRITAIN
MEN:
1 Edwin KIYEGO KEN 1:03:20
2 Allan NDIWA KEN 1:05:04
3 Anurahha COORAY GBR 1:06:15
4 James CONNOR GBR 1:06:17
5 Tomas ABYU GBR 1:06:36
WOMEN:
1 Gemma STEEL GBR 1:13:32
2 Fidelis CHEBET KEN 1:16:53
3 Lucy MCALLISTER GBR 1:16:58
4 Emma STEPTO GBR 1:17:32
5 Catherine ANSELL GBR 1:17:41
11 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MEDIO MARATON DE MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
MEN:
1 Julius Kipyego KETER KEN 1:03:21
2 Diego COLORADO COL 1:04:05
3 Alirio CARRASCO COL 1:05:28
4 Javier Alexander GUARIN COL 1:05:40
5 Solonei ROCHA BRA 1:06:13
WOMEN:
1 Erika Abril SUAREZ COL 1:14:41
2 Shewarge Alena AMARE ETH 1:15:06
3 Sandra RUALES ECU 1:19:48
4 Michele Cristina DOS CHAGOS BRA 1:20:35
5 Ana Joaquina Rondon MESIAS COL 1:21:08
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Results
WOMEN:
1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 1:21:32
2 Matea MATOSEVIC CRO 1:22:49
3 Haimanot BEKELE WONDIMU ETH 1:25:07
4 Valentina BELOVIC CRO 1:26:40
5 Danijela CERNIK CRO 1:32:24
17 SEPTEMBER 2011:
DN STOCKHOLM
HALF MARATHON, SWEDEN
17 SEPTEMBER 2011:
DN STOCKHOLM
HALF MARATHON,
SWEDEN
See separate feature, p23
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
BLACKMORE’S SYDNEY
RUNNING FESTIVAL,
AUSTRALIA
MEN:
1 Kemboi KIPLIMO KEN 2:17:39
2 Oswald REVELIAN TAN 2:25:51
3 Michael AISH AUS 2:26:40
4 Takaki MORI JPN 2:28:00
5 Julius MARITIM KEN 2:30:19
WOMEN:
1 Letay HADISH ETH 2:43:22
2 Margaret MJUGUNA KEN 2:45:16
3 Gabrielle OROURKE NZL 2:53:17
4 Mitsuko HIROSE JPN 2:54:57
5 Jenny WICKHAM AUS 2:57:24
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Lee TROOP AUS 1:07:15
WOMEN:
1 Belinda MARTIN AUS 1:17:18
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
VARAZDIN HALF MARATHON, CROATIA
MEN:
1 Miratu Yared ADMASU ETH 1:04:54
2 Zoran ZILIC CRO 1:11:50
3 Istvan ORI HUN 1:12:32
4 Drazen DINJAR CRO 1:12:50
5 Matija GRABOVECKI CRO 1:13:33
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
WACHAU MARATHON, AUSTRIA
MEN:
1 Wolfgang WALLNER AUT 2:36:20
2 Gabor MUHARI HUN 2:39:45
3 Markus REICH AUT 2:45:22
4 Thomas SCHEICHEL AUT 2:50:29
5 Martin REISINGER AUT 2:51:30
WOMEN:
1 Meta STEINBACK-OLSSON SWE 3:12:11
2 Christine WENZL AUT 3:16:02
3 Simone FURNKRANZ AUT 3:25:31
4 Gabi KENKENBERG GER 3:25:59
5 Daniela STUPPHANN AUT 3:29:16
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Geoffrey KANYANJUA KEN 1:01:18
WOMEN:
1 Alice MOGIRE KEN 1:12:28
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
USTI HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
This new race in the Czech Republic debuted with
some very fast times. Several athletes who have
appeared in other races promoted by the Prague
International Marathon supported the event, including
Prague Half winner Philemon Limo. From the gun he
went to the front alongside Henry Chirchir and
Adugna Tekele. In the sixth kilometre Limo and
Tekele put 50m between the two of them and
Chirchir, and within another two kilometres Limo had
set sail for home. At one point in the race he was on
target to crack one hour, but running on his own in
the rain he did slow slightly finishing just under 61
minutes and nearly three minutes ahead.
In the women’s race a group of four ran together
close to the second group of men until nearly halfway
through the race. Soon after 10km Agnes Kiprop
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
BLACKMORE’S SYDNEY
RUNNING FESTIVAL,
AUSTRALIA
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Results
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
USTI HALF MARATHON,
CZECH REPUBLIC
broke away from Tadelech Bekele and Justina Heslop,
and they stayed in this order to the finish.
MEN:
1 Philemon LIMO KEN 1:00:58
2 Adugna TEKELE ETH 1:03:35
3 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 1:04:42
4 Igor GELETIY UKR 1:04:55
5 Sammy Kiprono KIRUI KEN 1:07:14
WOMEN:
1 Agnes KIPROP KEN 1:09:12
2 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:11:58
3 Justina HESLOP GBR 1:13:13
4 Lucia KIMANI BIH 1:14:21
5 Petra KAMINCOVA CZE 1:22:19
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
HC ANDERSEN MARATHON, DENMARK
MEN:
1 Julius ROTICH KEN 2:17:13
2 Julius Kiprono MUTAI KEN 2:17:42
3 Peter Kipyator BIWOTT KEN 2:18:46
4 Mikkel KLEIS DEN 2:19:12
5 Jonah Kibiwott KEMBOI KEN 2:19:15
WOMEN:
1 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 2:35:41
2 Jennifer BLIZZARD GBR 2:45:10
3 Samantha AMEND GBR 2:46:55
4 Luise SONDER DEN 2:51:08
5 Susanne SVENDSEN DEN 2:51:46
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
DAM TOT DAMLOOP 16.1km, NETHERLANDS
Leonard Patrick Komon broke the course record and
was just four seconds short of the world best time.
Komon led from the beginning. At first Samuel Tsegay
from Eritrea and the Kenyan John Mwangangi were
able to follow him, but after 20 minutes they had to
let him go. After 10km Komon was 15 seconds under
the schedule of the world best time for 10 miles, but
after 40 minutes Tsegay got back to him. Komon had
enough energy left to get away again and ran on to
claim the victory and course record (previously 44:45
to Paul Koech in 1997). Komon afterwards said that it
was the heavy rainfall during the last 1.5km that
prevented him from improving Haile Gebrselassie’s
world best time. As a track athlete Priscah Jepleting
was a suprising winner in the women’s race
MEN:
1 Leonard KOMON KEN 44:27
2 Samuel TSEGAY ERI 44:38
3 John MWANGANGI KEN 45:13
4 Kennedy KIMUTAI KEN 45:15
5 Henri KIPLAGAT KEN 46:19
WOMEN:
1 Priscah JEPLETING KEN 51:57
2 Dinah CHEPKEMOI KEN 52:46
3 Abebech AFEWORK ETH 52:48
4 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 53:01
5 Tabitha WAMBUI KEN 53:38
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MEIA MARATONA SPORT ZONE, PORTUGAL
Zersenay Tadese returned to Portugal, where he had
set the two fastest half marathon times ever run, but
this time he was not in Lisbon but in the second city
of Porto. He won the race with ease, to equal the
third fastest time of the year (the fastest being his
58:30 from the Lisbon Half Marathon in March).
MEN:
1 Zersenay TADESE ERI 59:30
2 Philip Kimnutai SANGA KEN 1:01:09
3 Stanley Biwott KIPLETING KEN 1:01:10
4 Amanuel MESSEL ERI 1:01:10
5 Joel KIMURER KEN 1:01:23
WOMEN:
1 Doris CHANGEYWO KEN 1:10:36
2 Dulce FELIX POR 1:10:46
3 Josephine KIMUYU KEN 1:11:55
4 Hellen Mugo WANJIKU KEN 1:13:26
5 Jane MUIA KEN 1:13:57
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MOSCOW PEACE MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN:
1 Aleksander MATVEYCHUK UKR 2:17:27
2 Andrey TOPTUN UKR 2:17:42
3 Dmitriy SHILKIN RUS 2:18:52
4 Andrey NAUMOV UKR 2:21:27
5 Igor SCHERBINA RUS 2:23:58
18 SEPTEMBER 2011:
DAM TOT DAMLOOP 16.1KM, NETHERLANDS
WOMEN:
1 Tatyana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:47:48
2 Marfa PAKHMOVA RUS 2:49:53
3 Vera ILYINA RUS 2:57:54
4 Saori HASHIMOTO JPN 2:58:19
5 Marina KIRILOVA RUS 3:00:27
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
CAMSUR MARATHON, PHILIPPINES
MEN:
1 Nathan NABEI KEN 2:25:14
2 James TALLANI KEN 2:29:17
3 Hailemariam KAHSAY ETH 2:30:17
WOMEN:
1 Rose Jepkemboi CHESIRE KEN 2:50:26
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
CAPE TOWN MARATHON, SOUTH AFRICA
In ideal conditions, the leaders of the 1800-strong
field went through 11km in 34:30 halfway in 1:06:10.
Amos Maiyo, who has been a pacemaker in the Berlin,
Amsterdam and Rotterdam marathons, was clear by
32km, and opened a gap of almost 2 minutes by the
time he hit the line, setting a new personal best to
take home the R25000 purse. Regular Cape Town
Marathon runner Raphael Segodi recorded the fastest
second half of the day as he came through from four
minutes down at halfway.
MEN:
1 Amos MAIYO KEN 2:14:55
2 Raphael SEGODI RSA 2:16:47
3 Anthony GODONGWANA RSA 2:17:01
4 Gilbert MUTANDIRO ZIM 2:17:17
WOMEN:
1 Chiyedza CHOKORE ZIM 2:46:31
2 Margaret MAHOHOMA ZIM 2:47:01
3 Bulelwa MTSHAGI RSA 2:48:44
4 Miya LAWRIE RSA 2:51:31
10km
MEN:
1 Stephen MOKOKA RSA 28:45
WOMEN:
1 Irvette VAN BLERK RSA 33:20
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
MARATONINA DI UDINE, ITALY
MEN:
1 Stephen KIBET KEN 1:00:20
2 William CHEBOR KEN 1:01:10
3 Charles KIMELI KEN 1:01:45
4 Albert MATEBOR KEN 1:01:46
5 Lema Birbirsa TOLA ETH 1:01:56
WOMEN:
1 Pauline NJERI KEN 1:10:44
2 Joyce Jemutai KIPLIMO KEN 1:12:34
3 Fridah Domongole CHEPKEMOI KEN 1:13:45
4 Ana DIAS POR 1:15:43
5 Martina FACCIANI ITA 1:16:43
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
TURIN HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN:
1 Atalay YIRSAW ETH 1:03:49
2 Ivano POZZEBON ITA 1:07:52
3 Abdelhadi LAAOUINA ITA 1:09:12
4 Salvatore CALDERONE ITA 1:10:18
5 Alessandro GIANNONE ITA 1:10:36
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Results
WOMEN:
1 Yisak MELAK ETH 1:12:41
2 Claudia SOLARO ITA 1:25:44
3 Cristina BENEDETTO ITA 1:27:48
4 Rosanna MATTE ITA 1:28:57
5 Stefania ALBANESE ITA 1:30:38
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
HALF MARATHON OF PORTUGAL VODAFONE
MEN:
1 Silas SANG KEN 1:01:12
2 Lucas ROTICH KEN 1:01:37
3 Benson OLENAKERY KEN 1:02:19
4 Sammy KIGEN KEN 1:02:30
5 Dickson MARWA TAN 1:03:10
WOMEN:
1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:07:53
2 Helena KIPROP KEN 1:08:57
3 Caroline KILEL KEN 1:10:30
4 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:10:33
5 Desire DAVILA USA 1:11:27
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
DEXIA BIL ROUTE DU VIN HALF MARATHON,
LUXEMBOURG
MEN:
1 Leonard LANGAT KEN 1:01:07
2 Joseph KIPTUM KEN 1:01:08
3 Hassan ELABBASSI MAR 1:01:13
4 Pius Maiyo KIROP KEN 1:01:16
5 Michael MUTAI KEN 1:01:41
WOMEN:
1 Abebech AFEWORK ETH 1:10:30
2 Edinah KWAMBAI KEN 1:12:10
3 Meseret Hailu DEBELE ETH 1:15:53
4 Gladys KIPROTICH KEN 1:16:31
5 Ayato Haso ZEINEBA ETH 1:16:43
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
ABN AMRO SINGELLOOP UTRECHT 10KM,
NETHERLANDS
MEN
1 Philip LANGAT KEN 27:28
2 Timothy KIPTOO KEN 27:44
3 Nicholas KEMBOI KEN 27:56
4 Kennedy KIMUTAI KEN 27:57
5 Aschalew Neguse MEKETA ETH 28:44
WOMEN:
1 Winnie JEPKEMBOI KEN 31:31
2 Rakiya EL MOUKIM MAR 32:12
3 Elziba CHERONO KEN 32:12
4 Jane MUIA KEN 33:37
5 Yelena ZADOROSHNAYA RUS 33:51
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
BMW BERLIN MARATHON, GERMANY
The 38th BMW Berlin Marathon lived up to all
expectations, with Patrick Makau (KEN) setting the
seventh world record in 13 years in the event writes
Pat Butcher. Makau first broke Haile Gebreselassie,
then took the Ethiopian legend’s world record with
2:03:38. One of the pacemakers, Stephen Chemlani,
hung on to finish second.
Gebrselassie, who stopped in discomfort when
Makau surged away, recommenced and briefly
reclaimed second place, but eventually dropped out
after 35km.
There was another Kenyan success in the women’s
race. Florence Kiplagat, the 2010 world half marathon
champion who had dropped out of her only previous
marathon in New York last autumn, was never
headed. World record holder Paul Radcliffe, returning
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from childbirth and a barren two years competitively,
stayed with Kiplagat for 12km before gradually
dropping away. Kiplagat won by almost as big a
margin as Makau, in 2:19:44. Radliffe was passed by
the steady starting local hero Irina Mikitenko at
33km, and the German went on to take second place.
MEN:
1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 2:03:38
2 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:07:55
3 Edwin KIMAIYO KEN 2:09:50
4 Felix LIMO KEN 2:10:38
5 Scott OVERALL GBR 2:10:55
Patrick Makau on his way to setting a
new world record (Just behind him, on the
bicycle, is race director Mark Milde)
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
BMW BERLIN MARATHON, GERMANY
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
HALF MARATHON OF PORTUGAL VODAFONE
WOMEN:
1 Florence KIPLAGAT KEN 2:19:44
2 Irina MIKITENKO GER 2:22:18
3 Paula RADCLIFFE GBR 2:23:46
4 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 2:24:25
5 Tatyana PETROVA RUS 2:25:01
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
10km SAN JOSE COSTA RICA
MEN:
1 Fernando CABADA CRC 30:58
2 Jose Francisco CHAVEZ CRC 31:48
3 Roy VARGAS CRC 32:20
4 Marvin MARTINEZ CRC 32:58
5 Pedto JIMENEZ CRC 33:53
WOMEN:
1 Norma RODRIGUEZ CRC 38:25
2 Sheyla ARAYA CRC 40:02
3 Rosario VARGAS CRC 41:05
4 Georani CORONADO CRC 41:05
5 Candy SALAZAR CRC 41:18
25 SEPTEMBER 2011:
LAKE TAHOE MARATHON, USA
MEN:
1 Jesus LOPEZ USA 2:56:48
2 Blue BENADUM USA 2:58:54
3 Barry SMITH USA 3:03:20
4 Sean MEISSNER USA 3:03:21
5 Charlie JOHNSTON USA 3:05:40
WOMEN:
1 Elizabeth LYMES USA 3:10:16
2 Liz DOWNING USA 3:44:41
3 Letitia DUSICH USA 3:46:31
4 Martina SAILER USA 3:56:27
5 Vickie LAU USA 3:56:52
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Yusuke INOUE JPN 1:27:10
WOMEN:
1 Tawnie MCDONALD USA 1:36:18

WMRA News
28th WMRA Congress
Durres, Albania, 10 September 2011
30 countries sent delgates to the Congress with Otto Klappert (Germany) present as IAAF
Delegate. Bashir Hussain (GBR) was appointed as secretary and several significant decisions
were taken, including an update of the Constitution and the World Mountain Running
Championships rules, and fixing the most important races in the 2012 and 2013 calendar.
6th Int’l Youth MR Challenge
Gorenja Vas, Slovenia, 25 June 2011
WMRA President Bruno Gozzelino opened
proceedings in the presence of Janez
Aljancic, Vice-President of the Slovenian
Athletics Federation and Milan Cadej, the
Mayor of Gorenja vas. A record 13 countries
competed, with a total of 75 athletes - 39
boys and 36 girls - on a very runnable mainly
grass course. Five countries took the medals,
Poland topping the table ahead of Russia,
and Slovenia.
In the boys’ race Nekagenet Crippa broke away at
the start but he had gone too hard and fell back to
fourth. Polish runner Rafal Matuszczak was the first
to pass the Italian and he held on from a strong
chasing group to take victory. In the girl’s race the
2010 winner Ffion Price took an early lead of
around 40m but the Slovenes and Turkish runner
Remuye Temel pulled her back over the second half
of the first lap.
Ireland has applied to host the next edition in
2012, in the ancient monastic village of
Glendalough in County Wicklow. The event title will
become the International Youth Mountain Running
Cup.
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
27 November 2011:
3rd ACC MR Championships, Obudu Ranch, Nigeria
www.wmra.info
Boy’s race winner
Rafal Matuszczak
Result
BOYS’ RACE:
1 Rafal MATUSZCZAK POL 15:01
2 Konstantin GALIULLIN RUS 15:04
3 Marcin ZYCHSKI POL 15:09
4 Nekagenet CRIPPA ITA 15:17
5 Rdion RESHETNIKOV RUS 15:21
BOYS’ TEAMS
1 Poland 16 points
2 Russia 23 points
3 Italy 24 points
[11 countries finished teams]
GIRLS’ RACE:
1 Lea EINFALT SLO 14:06
2 Ekaterina IVONINA RUS 14:18
3 Katja STANONIK SLO 14:27
4 Remuye TEMEL TUR 14:36
5 Ffion PRICE GBR 14:58
GIRLS’ TEAMS
1 Russia 20 points
2 Slovenia 30 points
3 Turkey 31 points
[10 countries finished teams]
Girl’s race winner
Lea Einfalt
Results
17 JULY 2011:
NACAC MOUNTAIN
RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS,
AIJIJC, MEXICO
MEN:
1 Joe GRAY USA 1:16:44
2 Ranulfo SANCHEZ MEX 1:19:06
3 James GOSSELIN CAN 1:21:20
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 Canada 13 points
2 Mexico 14 points
3 USA 26 points
WOMEN:
1 Maria DALZOT USA 1:47:04
2 Christian LUNDY USA 1:48:05
3 Amber MORAN USA 1:51:29
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 USA 6 points
2 Mexico 17 points
Continued on page 81
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WMRA News
Continued from page 79
24 JULY 2011:
3rd WMRA GRAND PRIX RACE
13th Int’l Grintovic MR Race, Kamink, Slovenia
The uphill mountain challenge was in such
difficult conditions that for safety reasons the
course was altered to protect runners from the
severe weather on this exhausting course. David
Schneider and Lucija Krkoc lead the Grand Prix
with 200 points from the three races so far: the
series is decided by the best four races of six.
MEN:
1 Ahmed ARSLAN TUR 42:50
2 David SCHNEIDER SUI 44:26
3 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 46:08
4 Simon ALIC SLO 46:32
4 Orlando EDWARDS GBR 47:08
WOMEN:
1 Lucija KRKOC SLO 55:21
2 Denisa DRAGOMIR ROM 57:06
3 Lauren JESKA GBR 58:38
4 Veronika JURISIC CRO 1:01:26
5 Marion KAPUCINSKY AUT 1:02:56
31 JULY 2011:
4th WMRA GRAND PRIX RACE
3rd HARIKIRI MR RACE,
MAYRHOFEN, AUSTRIA
After nearly two weeks of rain in the eastern Alps
the sun appeared to be the first winner on the
day. As for the previous editions there was a
perfect summer-picnic-feeling in Mayrhofen with
runners from more than 20 nations coming
together to run up Mount Penken.
The silver medallist from last year Azarya
Weldemariam won after a hard fight with the
recently-crowned five-time European Mountain
Running Champion Ahmet Arslan.
In the women’s race we had the revenge of the
European Champion as Antonella Confortola kept
in front of Lucija Krkoc.
The 5th Grand Prix event is in Tirane, Albania on
11 September, to be held as a part of the 27th
World MR Championships.
MEN:
1 Azarya WEIDEMARIAM ERI 50:00
2 Ahmet ARSLAN TUR 50:23
3 Geoffey NDUNGU KEN 51:20
4 Isaac KOSGEI KEN 51:45
5 Jonathan WYAT NZL 52:25
WOMEN:
1 Antonella CONFORTOLA ITA 1:02:50
2 Lucija KRKOC SLO 1:03:32
3 Lisa REISINGER GER 1:03:58
4 Brandy ERHOLTZ USA 1:05:02
5 Susanne MAIR AUT 1:05:34
7 AUGUST 2011:
6TH CONSUDATLE MOUNTAIN
RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011,
CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
The South American championships were held in
the Parque Nacional Warairarepano. among four
nations: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela.
MEN’S 12km RACE
1 Pedro RAMOS ECU 1:00:04
2 Jhon Jairo VARGAS COL 1:00:49
3 Pedro José PUENTES VEN 1:01:17
WOMEN’S 8km RACE:
1 Jaimes MILEYDIS VEN 52:09
2 Yaritza SAAVEDRA VEN 53:52
3 Rosa MENDEZ VEN 57:24
27th World Mountain
Running Championships
Tirana, Albania, 11 September 2011
A welcome from the Albanian President and
Minister of Sport was backed up with five
hours of live television covering the opening
ceremony of the first ever world sporting
event to be hosted in Albania.
The athletes’ village in the beach resort of Durres
offered cool accommodation from the oppressive
heat that many struggled with on race day. Albania
has the highest average altitude in Europe - so is a
perfect fitting for the sport of mountain running.
Many struggled in the hot and humid conditions on
a varied and technically demanding course.
The men’s race (13.1km) included 750m of
ascent/descent). Four of the Ugandan team set a
fierce early pace, but five-time European champion
Ahmet Arslan (TUR) and Max King (USA) were
never far behind. The Italian team packed well,
starting steadily but then moving up the field as
the Ugandans started to slow in the midday heat.
Heat exhaustion got the better of the prominent
leader Ayeko as he ground to a halt less than
1000m from the finish. Max King finished fastest
to win from Arslan.
In the women’s race, over 8.8km with 500m
ascent/descent, USA took top honours with Kasie
Enman winning by more than a minute. After
trying to make the American team for the past five
years all of Kasie’s dreams came true on this
poignant date of 9/11. She became a first-time
mother in 2010 and her family were on hand to
cheer her to victory.
Junior Men:
(8.8km, 500m ascent/descent)
The Turkish team attempted to dominate with a
furious start, and had four runners in the top six
after the first climb. Columbian Saul Padua
Rodriguez bided his time on the first lap but
started to force the pace after two laps. Only the
dusty descent allowed Turkey’s Adem Karagoz to
pull away for a comfortable victory. Turkey did
dominate the team category with an impressive 12
points to Poland’s 22 with Italy taking the bronze
medals with 32 points.
Junior Women
4.5km, 250m ascent/descent
Slovenian Lea Einfalt impressed as she took the
world title and led her team-mates to bronze team
medals. Turkey took second and fourth places to
secure the team gold.
Junior men’s
podium
Result
Senior
women’s
podium
MEN:
1 Max KING USA 52:06
2 Ahmet ARSLAN TUR 52:41
3 Martin DEMATTEIS ITA 52:57
4 Bernard DEMATTEIS ITA 54:16
5 Marco DI GASPERI ITA 54:33
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 Italy 26 points
2 Turkey 65 points
3 France 77 points
WOMEN:
1 Kasie ENMAN USA 40:39
2 Elena RUKHLYADA RUS 41:47
3 Marie-Laure DUMERQUES FRA 42:23
4 Pavia SCHORNA CZE 42:43
5 Lizzie ADAMS GBR 42:55
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 Italy 24 points
2 Czech Republic 30 points
3 Great Britain 31 points
JUNIOR MEN:
1 Adem KARAGOZ TUR 37:01
2 Saul A PADUA RODRIGUEZ COL 37:40
3 Murat ORAK TUR 38:05
JUNIOR MEN’s TEAMS:
1 Turkey 12 points
2 Poland 22 points
3 Italy 32 points
JUNIOR WOMEN
1 Lea EINFALT SLO 20:23
2 Yilmaz CESMINAZ TUR 20:36
3 Denisa Ionela DRAGOMIR ROM 20:44
JUNIOR WOMEN’S TEAMS
1 Turkey 6 points
2 Romania 11 points
3 Slovenia 14 points
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World leading times
Joyce Chepkirui
10km Road, Women
Present world best (mixed competition):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 30:21.
San Juan, 23 FEB 2003
Present world record (women-only race):
Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR): 30:29.
New York, 08 JUN 2002
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
30:38 Joyce Chepkirui KEN 1 Tilburg 04 SEP
30:43 Chepkirui KEN 1 Appingedam 25 JUN
31:18 Emily Muge Chebet KEN 2 Tilburg 04 SEP
31:26 Doris Changeywo KEN 1 Wurzburg 17 APR
31:27 Esther Chemutai Ndiema KEN 2 Wurzburg 17APR
31:31 Winnie Jepkemboi KEN 1 Utrecht 25 SEP
31:40 Linet Masai KEN 1 New York 11 JUN
31:44 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 1 Ottawa 28 MAY
31:45 Helen Clitheroe GBR 1 Manchester 15 MAY
31:50 Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 1 San Juan 27 FEB
31:51 Arissi ETH 2 San Juan 27 FEB
31:54 Atsede Habtamu ETH 3 San Juan 27 FEB
Other performances:
31:23 Workenesh Kidane ETH 1 Atlanta 04 JUL
31:36 Ayalew Yimer Wude ETH 1 New Orleans 23 APR
10km Road, Men
Present world record:
Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN); 26:44;
Utrecht; 26 SEP 2010
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
27:15 Micah Kogo KEN 1 Brunssum 03 APR
27:19 Geoffrey Mutai KEN 1 Boston 26 JUN
27:26 Mike Kigen KEN 2 Brunssum 03 APR
27:28 Philip Langat KEN 1 Utrecht 25 SEP
27:32 Titus Mbishei KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY
27:33 Leonard Patrick Komon KEN 1 Wurzburg 17 APR
27:34 Philemon Kimeli Limo KEN 1 Prague 10 SEP
27:35 Sammy Kitwara KEN 1 San Juan 27 FEB
27:35 Limo KEN 2 Marseille 01 MAY
27:35 Komon KEN 1 New York 14 MAY
27:44 Tomothy Kiptoo KEN 2 Utrecht 25 SEP
27:45 Dejene Gebremeskel ETH 2 San Juan 27 FEB
27:46 Atsedu Tsegaye ETH 1 Langueux 25 JUN
27:49 Langat KEN 1 Oelde 10 JUN
27:54 Langat KEN 1 Groesbeek 05 JUN
Latest standings at Marathon,
Half Marathon & 10km
These lists give the current standings in the world of road racing, and are
believed accurate at 30 September 2011. They have been drawn from the
website of the Association of Road Racing Statisticians www.arrs.net and
focus primarily on the Marathon and Half Marathon, as these constitute 75%
and 18% of the AIMS membership respectively.
Half Marathon, Women
Present world best (mixed competition):
Mary Keitany (KEN): 1:05:50. Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB 2011
Present world record (women-only race):
Lornah Kiplagat (NED): 1:05:25. Udine 14 OCT 2007
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
1:05:50 Mary Keitany Chepkosgei KEN 1 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:07:11 Kimberley Smith NZL 1 Philadelphia 18 SEP
1:07:26 Workenesh Kidane ETH 2 Philadelphia 18 SEP
1:07:33 Lydia Cheromei KEN 1 Prague 02 APR
1:07:55 Keitany KEN 1 Lisbon 25 SEP
1:08:07 Sarah Chepchirchir KEN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 03 APR
1:08:21 Valentine Kipketer Kibet KEN 1 Lille 03 SEP
1:08:22 Filomena Chepchirchir KEN 1 Zwolle 18 JUN
1:08:28 Peninah Arusei KEN 1 Paris 06 MAR
1:08:28 Aberu Kebede Shewaye ETH 1 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:08:32 Fyles Ongori Moraa KEN 2 Paris 06 MAR
1:08:33 Ana Dulce Felix POR 2 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:08:41 Grace Momanyi KEN 3 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:08:44 Feyissa Tadese Boru ETH 1 Rabat 03 APR
1:08:49 Doris Changeywo KEN 2 Rabat 03 APR
1:08:49 Chepchirchir KEN 3 Rabat 03 APR
1:08:52 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 2 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:08:55 Pauline Njeri KEN 4 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:08:57 Mare Dibaba ETH 3 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:08:57 Helena Kiprop KEN 2 Lisbon 25 SEP
1:09:00 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Marugame 06 FEB
1:09:02 Fatuma Sado Dergo ETH 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 03 APR
1:09:04 Rose Cherotich Kosgei KEN 4 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:09:04 Joyce Chepkirui KEN 1 Goteborg 21 MAY
1:09:06 Chepchirchir KEN 1 Den Haag 13 MAR
1:09:08 Ines Chenonge KEN 5 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:09:08 Georgina Rono KEN 4 Rabat 03 APR
1:09:10 Aheza Kiros Abeye ETH 3 Paris 06 MAR
1:09:11 Agnes Kiprop KEN 5 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:09:12 Kiprop KEN 1 Usti 18 SEP
1:09:17 Belainesh Zemedken Gebre ETH 2 Prague 02 APR
1:09:33 Kosgei KEN 3 Prague 02 APR
1:09:29 Chepchirchir KEN 1 Glasgow 04 SEP
1:09:35 Hilda Kibet NED 6 RasAl Khaimah 18 FEB
1:09:36 Kibet NED 2 Glasgow 04 SEP
1:09:41 Dibaba ETH 1 Yangzhou 24 APR
1:09:45 Rose Chelimo KEN 1 Lille 03 SEP
1:09:50 Helena Kirop Loshanyang KEN 6 Lisbon 20 MAR
Other performances:
1:07:06 Lucy Kabuu Wangui KEN 1 South Shields 18 SEP
1:07:36 Smith NZL 1 New Orleans 13 FEB
1:08:02 Florence Chebet Kiplagat KEN 1 Klagenfurt 21 AUG
1:08:52 Caroline Rotich Cheptanui KEN 1 New York 20 MAR
1:09:00 Edna Kiplagat KEN 2 New York 20 MAR
1:09:03 Kara Goucher USA 3 New York 20 MAR
1:09:06 Anna Incerti ITA 1 Ostia 27 FEB
1:09:10 Jessica Augusto POR 2 Ostia 27 FEB
1:09:26 Alene Shewarge Amara ETH 4 New York 20 MAR
1:09:27 Augusto POR 2 South Shields 18 SEP
1:09:33 Kidane ETH 5 New York 20 MAR
1:09:34 Jo Pavey GBR 6 New York 20 MAR
* Other performances - Half marathon: Ostia: separation 82%; New York: drop 35m
- 10km: New Orleans: separation 51%
Half Marathon, Men
Present world record:
Zersenay Tadese (ERI); 58:23.
Lisboa; 21 MAR 2010
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
58:30 Zersenay Tadese ERI 1 Lisbon 20 MAR
58:46 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio KEN 1 Philadelphia 18 SEP
58:48 Sammy Kitwara Kirop KEN 2 Philadelphia 18 SEP
59:25 Deribe Merga ETH 1 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
59:30 Philemon Kimeli Limo KEN 1 Prague 02 APR
59:37 Lelisa Desisa ETH 1 Den Haag 13 MAR
59:39 Azmiraw Bekele Molalign ETH 2 Den Haag 13 MAR
59:40 Peter Kirui Cheruiyot KEN 3 Den Haag 13 MAR
59:42 Ayele Abshiro ETH 4 Den Haag 13 MAR
59:42 Dino Sefir Kemal ETH 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 03 APR
59:43 Tujuba Beyu Mergesa ETH 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 03 APR
59:44 Lucas Kimeli Rotich KEN 5 Den Haag 13 MAR
59:45 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 2 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
59:52 Leonard Langat KEN 3 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:00:00 Deribe Deme Hailegiorgis ETH 1 Verbiana 06 MAR
1:00:01 James Kwambai KEN 6 Den Haag 13 MAR
1:00:02 Geoffrey Kipsang KEN 1 Lille 03 SEP
1:00:03 Shume Gerbada Eticha ETH 2 Verbiana 06 MAR
1:00:03 Kisorio KEN 1 Milan 27 MAR
1:00:04 Pius Maiyo Kiprop KEN 3 Verbiana 06 MAR
1:00:06 Levi Matebo Omari KEN 1 Nice 17 APR
1:00:09 Kipyego KEN 2 Lille 03 SEP
1:00:10 John Kiprotich Chemisto KEN 4 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:00:18 Haile Gebreselasie ETH 1 Vienna 18 APR
1:00:20 Eric Ndiema KEN 2 Milan 27 MAR
1:00:20 Stephen Kibet KEN 1 Udine 25 SEP
1:00:23 Stanley Kipleting Biwott KEN 1 Azkoitia 26 MAR
1:00:23 Stephen Kibiwott Kipkoech KEN 3 Lille 03 SEP
1:00:25 Hailegiorgis ETH 3 Milan 27 MAR
1:00:26 Kitwara KEN 7 Den Haag 13 MAR
1:00:29 Mark Kiptoo Kosgei KEN 2 Azkoitia 26 MAR
1:00:30 John Mwangangi KEN 2 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:00:32 Molalign ETH 1 Alicante 23 JAN
1:00:35 Molalign ETH 2 Prague 02 APR
1:00:38 Silas Sang KEN 3 Lisbon 20 MAR
1:00:38 Kipsang KEN 1 Berlin 02 APR
1:00:40 Kiptoo KEN 2 Alicante 23 JAN
1:00:40 Titus Masai KEN 5 Ras Al Khaimah 18 FEB
1:00:40 Peter Chesang Kurui KEN 4 Milan 27 MAR
1:00:40 Masai KEN 3 Prague 02 APR
Other performances:
58:56 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 1 South Shields 18 SEP
59:27 Jonathan Maiyo Kiplimo KEN 2 South Shields 18 SEP
59:52 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 3 South Shields 18 SEP
59:58 Mergesa ETH 1 Ostia 27 FEB
1:00:03 Micah Kogo KEN 4 South Shields 18 SEP
1:00:05 Joel Kimurer Kemboi KEN 2 Ostia 27 FEB
1:00:07 Abraham Chebii KEN 3 Ostia 27 FEB
1:00:23 Mo Farah GBR 1 New York 20 MAR
1:00:25 Gebre Gebremariam Egziabher ETH 2 New York 20 MAR
1:00:30 Galen Rupp USA 3 New York 20 MAR
1:00:36 Tesfaye Girma Bekele ETH 4 New York 20 MAR
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World leading times
Marathon, Men
Present world record:
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH); 2:03:59; Berlin; 28 SEP 2008
Pending world record:
Patrick Makau (KEN); 2:03:38; Berlin, 25 SEP 2011
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:03:38 Patrick Makau KEN 1 Berlin 25 SEP
2:04:40 Emanuel Mutai KEN 1 London 17 APR
2:05:27 Wilson Chebet KEN 1 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:05:33 Vincent Kipruto KEN 2 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:05:45 Martin Lel KEN 2 London 17 APR
2:05:45 Makau KEN 3 London 17 APR
2:06:13 Wilson Kipsang KEN 1 Otsu 06 MAR
2:06:31 Benjamin Kiptoo KEN 1 Paris 10 APR
2:06:34 Marilson Gomes BRA 4 London 17 APR
2:07:04 Bekana Daba ETH 1 Houston 30 JAN
2:07:07 Benson Barus KEN 1 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:16 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 2 Paris 10 APR
2:07:18 David Barmasai Tumo KEN 1 Dubai 21 JAN
2:07:20 Stephen Kiprotich UGA 1 Enschede 17 APR
2:07:31 Levi Matebo KEN 1 Barcelona 06 MAR
2:07:33 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 3 Paris 10 APR
2:07:35 Hailu Mekonnen Legesse ETH 1 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:07:36 Kenneth Mburu Mungara KEN 2 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:38 Abel Kirui KEN 1 Daegu 04 SEP
2:07:41 Alfred Kering KEN 4 Paris 10 APR
2:07:43 Girma Assefa Reta ETH 5 Paris 10 APR
2:07:47 Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei KEN 3 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:48 Tsegay Kebede ETH 5 London 17 APR
2:07:55 Stephen Chemlany KEN 2 Berlin 25 SEP
2:08:02 Stephen Chebogut KEN 6 Paris 10 APR
2:08:07 Robert Kipchumba Kipkorir KEN 1 Xiamen 02 JAN
2:08:08 Yusef Songoka KEN 1 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:17 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Dubai 21 JAN
2:08:17 Paul Biwott KEN 2 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:08:17 Sammy Kibet Kipoorir KEN 1 Warsaw 25 SEP
Marathon, Women
Present world best (mixed competition):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:15:25 London, 13 APR 2003
Present world record (women-only race):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:17:42 London, 17 APR 2005
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:08:17 Hillary Kimaiyo KEN 1 Torreon 06 MAR
2:08:18 Abdellah Falil MAR 2 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:22 Henry Sugut KEN 7 Paris 10 APR
2:08:26 Jaouad Gharib MAR 6 London 17 APR
2:08:29 John Kiprotich KEN 1 Vienna 17 APR
2:08:37 Yuki Kawauchi JPN 3 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:08:41 Patrick Ivuti KEN 2 Vienna 17 APR
2:08:42 Abderrahim Bouramdhane MAR 7 London 17 APR
2:08:45 Dickson Kiptolo Chumba KEN 1 Rome 20 MAR
2:08:47 Chala Dechase ETH 3 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:08:53 Leonard Mucheru KEN 3 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:54 Wondimu ETH 3 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:03 Yoshinori Oda JPN 4 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:09:08 Chimsa Edae ETH 4 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:08 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 4 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:09:10 Cyrus Njubi Gichobi KEN 5 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:09:11 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 1 Seoul 20 MAR
2:09:13 Deribe Merga ETH 2 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:16 Albert Matebor KEN 1 Verona 20 FEB
2:09:20 Haile Gemeda Haja ETH 4 Daegu 10 APR
2:09:21 Siraj Gena Amda ETH 2 Rome 20 MAR
2:09:22 Evans Kiplagat KEN 3 Vienna 17 APR
2:09:25 Hiroyuki Horibata JPN 3 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:25 Felix Keny KEN 5 Daegu 10 APR
2:09:25 Lusapho April RSA 1 Hannover 08 MAY
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:09:27 Steven Kibet KEN 5 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:28 Jin-Hyeong Jeong KOR 2 Seoul 20 MAR
2:09:31 Kentaro Nakamoto JPN 4 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:35 Dmitriy Safronov RUS 8 London 17 APR
2:09:35 Peter Chesang Kurui KEN 2 Hannover 08 MAY
2:09:36 Alemayehu Shumye ETH 5 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:09:37 Nixon Kipkoech KEN 1 Linz 10 APR
2:09:42 Abdullah Dawit ETH 3 Rome 20 MAR
2:09:42 Rachid Kishri MAR 4 Prague 08 MAY
2:09:43 Isaac Macharia KEN 4 Vienna 17 APR
Other performances:
2:03:02 Geoffrey Mutai KEN 1 Boston 18 APR
2:03:06 Moses Mosop KEN 2 Boston 18 APR
2:04:53 Gebre Gebremariam Egziabher ETH 3 Boston 18 APR
2:04:58 Ryan Hall USA 4 Boston 18 APR
2:06:13 Abraham Cherkos Feleke ETH 5 Boston 18 APR
2:06:35 Markos Geneti ETH 1 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:06:43 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot KEN 6 Boston 18 APR
2:07:10 Philip Kimutai Sanga KEN 7 Boston 18 APR
2:07:39 Deresse Chimsa ETH 8 Boston 18 APR
2:08:03 Daba ETH 9 Boston 18 APR
2:08:44 Kipkorir KEN 10 Boston 18 APR
2:09:02 Tadesse Arede Toleda ETH 1 Padova 17 APR
2:09:26 Nicholas Manza Kamacha KEN 2 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:09:26 Benjamin Kipruto Chebet KEN 2 Pafova 17 APR
Patrick Makau,
Berlin, 25 SEP 2011
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:19:19 Mary Keitany KEN 1 London 17 APR
2:19:44 Florence Kiplagat KEN 1 Berlin 25 SEP
2:20:15 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 2 London 17 APR
2:20:46 Edna Kiplagat KEN 3 London 17 APR
2:22:18 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 25 SEP
2:22:34 Lydia Cheromei KEN 1 Prague 08 MAY
2:22:45 Aselefech Mergia ETH 1 Dubai 21 JAN
2:22:55 Priscilla Cheptoo KEN 1 Paris 10 APR
2:23:01 Cheromei KEN 2 Dubai 21 JAN
2:23:41 Isabella Andersson SWE 3 Dubai 21 JAN
2:23:42 Bizunesh Bekele ETH 4 London 17 APR
2:23:46 Paula Radcliffe GBR 3 Berlin 25 SEP
2:23:50 Atseda Baysa ETH 5 London 17 APR
2:23:56 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 1 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:24:09 Yukiko Akaba JPN 6 London 17 APR
2:24:13 Firehiwot Dado ETH 1 Rome 20 MAR
2:24:20 Fyles Ongori Moraa KEN 1 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:24:24 Mikitenko GER 7 London 17 APR
2:24:25 Atsede Habtamu ETH 4 Berlin 25 SEP
2:24:26 Habtamu ETH 4 Dubai 21 JAN
2:24:27 Hilda Kibet NED 2 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:24:29 Remi Nakazato JPN 2 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:24:33 Jessica Augusto POR 8 London 17 APR
2:24:34 Aberu Kebede ETH 9 London 17 APR
2:24:43 Agnes Kiprop KEN 2 Paris 10 APR
2:25:01 Tatiana Petrova RUS 5 Berlin 25 SEP
2:25:04 Elisa Marisa Barros POR 3 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:25:08 Baysa ETH 5 Dubai 21 JAN
2:25:18 Mariya Konovalova RUS 10 London 17 APR
2:25:24 Askale Tafa Magarsa ETH 11 London 17 APR
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:25:29 Azusa Nojiri JPN 12 London 17 APR
2:35:31 Anna Incerti ITA 6 Berlin 25 SEP
2:25:40 Yoshiko Fujinaga JPN 13 London 17 APR
2:25:52 Habtamu ETH 1 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:04 Yeshi Esayias Tesemma ETH 2 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:10 Rosaria Console ITA 7 Berlin 25 SEP
2:26:12 Jia-li Wang CHN 1 Dalian 30 APR
2:26:21 Goitetom Haftu Tesema ETH 2 Rome 20 MAR
2:26:21 Gelete Fate Tola ETH 1 Vienna 17 APR
2:26:28 Xiao-lin Zhu CHN 14 London 17 APR
2:26:29 Akaba JPN 1 Osaka 30 JAN
2:26:30 Ana Dulce Felix POR 2 Vienna 17 APR
2:26:31 Inga Abitova RUS 15 London 17 APR
2:26:33 Mamitu Daska ETH 1 Houston 30 JAN
2:26:33 Alemitu Abera ETH 3 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:33 Valeria Straneo ITA 8 Berlin 25 SEP
2:26:41 Ji-e Wei CHN 1 Zhengzhou 27 MAR
2:26:49 Rong Chen CHN 2 Dalian 30 APR
2:26:51 Robe Tola Guta ETH 1 Seoul 20 MAR
2:26:53 Diana Chepkemoi KEN 6 Dubai 21 JAN
2:26:54 Noriko Matsuoka JPN 16 London 17 APR
2:26:55 Mai Ito JPN 2 Osaka 30 JAN
2:26:56 Koren Yal ETH 1 Mumbai 16 JAN
2:26:56 Lishan Dula BRN 3 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:26:57 Merima Mohammed ETH 2 Mumbai 16 Jan
2:26:57 Yal ETH 3 Paris 10 APR
2:26:58 Kaoru Nagao JPN 4 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:27:00 Alessandra Aguilar ESP 4 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:27:02 Eyerusalem Kuma ETH 4 Paris 10 APR
2:27:02 Madai Perez MEX 17 London 17 APR
2:27:07 Margarita Plaksina RUS 5 Paris 10 APR
2:27:13 Genet Getaneh ETH 7 Dubai 21 JAN
2:27:13 Ya-nan Wei CHN 2 Seoul 20 MAR
2:27:15 Kidane ETH 8 Dubai 21 JAN
2:27:16 Karolina Jarzynska POL 5 Yokohama 20 FEB
Other performances
2:22:36 Caroline Cheptonui Kilel KEN 1 Boston 18 APR
2:22:38 Desiree Davila USA 2 Boston 18 APR
2:22:42 Sharon Cherop Chemutai KEN 3 Boston 18 APR
2:23:31 Bizunesh Deba ETH 1 San Diego 05 JUN
2:24:46 Caroline Rotich KEN 4 Boston 18 APR
2:24:52 Kara Goucher USA 5 Boston 18 APR
2:25:08 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 6 Boston 18 APR
2:26:15 Workenesh Kidane ETH 7 Boston 18 APR
2:26:17 Yolanda Caballero COL 8 Boston 18 APR
2:26:34 Deba ETH 1 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:26:34 Alice Timbilili KEN 9 Boston 18 APR
2:27:00 Yuliya Ruban UKR 10 Boston 18 APR
2:27:01 Helena Kirop KEN 2 San Diego 05 JUN
2:27:03 Amy Hastings USA 2 Los Angeles 20 MAR
* Other performances - Marathon: Boston: separation 91%, drop 135m; San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll: drop 86m (2m/km) Los Angeles: separation 60%, drop 122m (2.9m/km)
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Race contact details
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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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
ANGOLA
São Silvestre de Luanda 10k
DEC
Carlos Rosa de Souza
Complexo Cidadela Desportiva, Senado da
Camara, BP 2541, Luanda
T: 244 923 395804
F: 244 222 339377
E: crabreluz@gmail.com
www.saosilvestreluanda.com
ANTARCTICA
Antarctica Marathon & Half
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.antarcticamarathon.com
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
ARGENTINA
Maratón Int’l de la
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
OCT
Carlos Saez
Medrano 1260 CP (C1179aax), Ciudad
Autónoma de Buenos Aires
T: 5411 4867 3400
E: info@maratondebuenosaires.com
www.maratondebuenosaires.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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Blackmores Sydney Running
Festival (incl.) Sydney Marathon SEP
Wayne Larden
Locked Bag 1596, Strawberry Hills,
NSW 2010
T: 61 2 9282 0400
F: 61 2 9282 0499
E: info@sydneyrunningfestival.org
www.sydneyrunningfestival.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
Bank of 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
Marathon Bahamas, Half & Relay JAN
Veronica Duncanson
P.O. Box N3180, 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
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
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
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
T: 267 395 3711
F: 267 350 0232
E: tmagang@phakalane.co.bw
www.gaboronecitymarathon.com
BRAZIL
10k Rio Pan-American Race
NOV
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
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@spiridon.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
Pampulha Lagoon Int’l 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.yescom.com.br
Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon
AUG
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.yescom.com.br
São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon
MAR
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.yescom.com.br
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
São Paulo Marathon
JUN
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.yescom.com.br
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.yescom.com.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
*Sihanoukville International
Half Marathon
MAR
Mr. Sem Phalla
#79CE0, St. 155 corner st.
476 Sangkat Toul Tompoung I,
Khan Chamkar Morn, PNH
T: 885 23 213 525
F: 855 23 216 296
E: direct@cambodia-events.org,
info@cambodia-events.org
www.cambodia-events.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
Andrea Eby
PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8
T: 1 604 872 2928
F: 1 604 872 2903
E: info@bmovanmarathon.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
www.niagarafallsmarathon.com
*Northwest Passage
Marathon & 55km
JUL
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
Marathon & Half
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
711 rue des Rocailles, Quebec City, QC,
Canada G2J 1A9
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
www.aimsworldrunning.org
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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
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
Hangzhou Int’l Marathon
NOV
Michelle Hsia
Rm 701, China Lifetower, Chaoyang
District, Beijing
T: 86 10 8525 1200
F: 86 10 8525 1789
E: hzjinyiqun@126.com
www.hangzhoumarathon.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
CHINESE TAIPEI
*Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon
FEB
Sunny Chen
Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street,
Datong District
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
T: 886 2 2585 5659
F: 886 2 2599 6716
E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw,
queenie@sportsnet.org.tw
www.sportsnet.org.tw
Taroko Gorge Marathon
NOV
Woon Kong Lee
PO Box 47-110 Taipei
T: 886 2 2585 5659
F: 886 2 2599 6716
E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw
www.sportsnet.org.tw
Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon JAN
Woon Kong Lee, Queenie Juang
PO Box 47-110 Taipei
T: 886 2 2585 5659
F: 886 2 2599 6716
E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw,
queenie@sportsnet.org.tw
www.sportsnet.org.tw
Fubon Taipei Marathon
DEC
Woon Kong Lee, Queenie Juang
PO Box 47-110 Taipei
T: 886 2 2585 5659
F: 886 2 2599 6716
E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw,
queenie@sportsnet.org.tw
www.sportsnet.org.tw
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*Yangmingshan Cross-country Race JUL
Sunny Chen
Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street,
Datong District, Taipei
T: 886 2 2585 5659
F: 886 2 2599 6716
E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw
www.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, Oficina 507, Edificio
Camacol, Medellin
T: 574 230 4872
F: 574 230 3688
E: direccion@maratonmedellin.com
www.maratonmedellin.com
COSTA RICA
10k Costa Rica
SEP
Guillermo Saenz
7-0230 - 1000 San José
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
Costa Rica Marathon & Half
DEC
Guillermo Saenz
7-0230 - 1000 San José
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
*Correcaminos
Half Marathon & 10km
JUL
Gustavo Alvarez
Calle 3, Avenida 13, Barrio Amón, Thrifty
Car Rental, San José
T: 506 22 23 5193
F: 506 22 56 3097
E: info@correcaminoscr.com
www.correcaminoscr.com/2011
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 R. Gattorno Correa
Ciudad Deportiva,
Apartado 5130 La Habana
T: 53 7 6410911 / 53 7 6410953
F: 53 7 204 1914
E: marabana@inder.cu
www.inder.cu/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 GSO
MAR
Spyros Spyrou
Omonoias 38, 3052, Limassol
T: 357 25880102
F: 357 25571664
E: info@limassolmarathon.com
www.limassolmarathon.com
Quantum Nicosia Marathon
DEC
Evangelos Papostoulou
Akti Themistokleous 58, Piraeus 185 37,
Greece
T: 30 697 588 8926
F: 30 210 453 2460
E: epapostolou@nicosiamarathon.com
www.nicosiamarathon.com
CZECH REPUBLIC
Hervis Prague Half Marathon
MAR
Carlo Capalbo
Záhořanského 3, Prague 2, 12000
T: 420 224 919 209
F: 420 224 923 355
E: marathon@pim.cz
www.praguemarathon.com
Pardubice Wine Half Marathon APR
Oldřich Bujnoch
Topolská 739, 537 05 Chrudim
T: 420 602 490 127
E: oldrichbujnoch@seznam.cz
www.winehalfmaraton.cz
Volkswagen Olomouc Half Marathon JUN
Jan Dopita
Záhořanského 3, Prague 2, 12000
T: 420 224 919 209
F: 420 224 923 355
E: dopita@pim.cz
www.olomouchalfmarathon.com
Mattoni Prague Grand Prix - Metro
10k Race & adidas Women’s 5k SEP
Václav Skřivánek
Záhořanského 3, Prague 2, 12000
T: 420 224 919 209
F: 420 224 923 355
E: skrivanek@pim.cz
www.praguemarathon.com
*Volkswagen Usti Half Marathon SEP
Carlo Capalbo
Záhořanského 3, Prague 2, 12000
T: 420 224 919 209
F: 420 224 923 355
E: info@ustihalfmarathon.com
www.ustihalfmarathon.com
Volkswagen Prague Marathon MAY
Carlo Capalbo
Záhořanského 3, Prague 2, 12000
T: 420 224 919 209
F: 420 224 923 355
E: info@praguemarathon.com
www.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 Copenhagen
Half Marathon
SEP
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
*Las Terrenas 10k
MAR
Alma Arellano Campos
Calle Principal, Plaza Taína, Las Terrenas,
Samaná 3200
T: 1 809 769 7267
F: 1 809 240 6776
E: info@lasterrenasmarathon.com
www.lasterrenasmarathon.com
Punta Cana Half Marathon & 10k APR
Desde el medio tours,
Punta Cana, La 23000
T: 1 809 472 4422
F: 1 809 616 2762
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 8850
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
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
Tarek Moshref
Pronto Tours, 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
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
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
St Catherine Int’l Marathon & Half DEC
Tarek Moshref
Pronto Tours, 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.catherinemarathon.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, Half & 10k 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
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Great Ethiopian Run
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
JUN
Jari Salonen
Turun Urheiluliitto Urheilupuisto, Paavo
Nurmen Stadion, 20810 Turku
T: 358 2 431 0810
F: 358 2 431 0812
E: info@paavonurmisports.com
www.paavonurmisports.com
Rovaniemi Marathon
JUN
Olli Tiuraniemi
Piisivalkeantie 15, 96100 Rovaniemi
T: 358 400 695418
E: olli.tiuraniemi@ulapland.fi
www.rovaniemimarathon.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
Notaarintie 3 B 27, 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: mail@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
www.aimsworldrunning.org
*Associate member
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
APR
Marathon Hamburg Veranstaltungs GmbH,
Alsterdorfer Straße 262, 22297 Hamburg
T: 49 1805 77 17 60
www.haspa-marathon-hamburg.de
METRO GROUP
Marathon Düsseldorf
APR
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: s.richter@run-about.de
www.muenchenmarathon.de
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GREAT BRITAIN
Baxters Loch Ness Marathon
& Festival of Running
OCT / SEP
Malcolm Sutherland
PO Box 26, Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ
T: 44 844 875 1411
F: 44 1463 897990
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
Kaftanzoglio National Stadium, Extension of
Agiou Dimitriou Street, Zip Code 54638
T: 30 6944 269962
F: 30 2310 200361
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: catherineavohk@gmail.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
T: 852 2504 8215
F: 852 2577 5392
E: inquiry@hkaaa.com
www.hkaaa.com
Standard Chartered
Hong Kong Marathon
FEB
William Ko
Unit 1103, Sunbeam Plaza,
1155 Canton Road, Mongkok
T: 852 2367 6648
F: 852 2367 6166
E: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com
www.hkmarathon.com
UNICEF Charity Run
Half Marathon & 10km
NOV
Kenneth Lau
3/F, 60 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley
T: 852 2833 6139 / 852 2836 2921
F: 852 2834 0996
E: klau@unicef.org.hk
http://run.unicef.org.hk
HUNGARY
Nike 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
T: 354 535 3700
F: 354 568 7566
E: marathon@marathon.is
www.marathon.is
INDIA
Airtel Delhi Half Marathon
NOV
Hugh Jones
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 400 020
T: 91 22 2202 0284
F: 91 22 2202 5112
E: vivek@procam.in
www.procamrunning.in
Hyderabad 10k Run
NOV
Uma Chigurupati
Plot No. 512/M, Road No. 31, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad - 500033
T: 91 40 6676 0000
F: 91 40 2311 5145
E: umachig@gmail.com
www.hyderabad10k.com
Hyderabad Heritage Marathon
OCT
Uma Chigurupati
Plot No. 512/M, Road No. 31, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad - 500033
T: 91 40 6676 0000
F: 91 40 2311 5145
E: umachig@gmail.com
www.hyderabadheritagemarathon.com
*Navi Mumbai Barefoot
Half Marathon
NOV / DEC
Anand Anantharaman
31 / 502, Seawoods Estates, Nerul, Navi
Mumbai – 400 706
T: 91 98198 35921
E: info@barefootrunnersindia.org
www.barefootrunnersindia.org
Poona Int’l Marathon
DEC
Mr. Pralhad M. Savant
Sharayu, Patrakar Nagar, Senapati Bapat
Road, Pune - 411 016, Maharashtra
T: 91 20 2444 8360
F: 91 20 2444 8390
E: Marathonpune@yahoo.com
www.marathonpune.com
Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon
JAN
Hugh Jones
Procam International,
14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 400 020
T: 91 22 2202 0284
F: 91 22 2202 5112
E: vivek@procam.in
www.procamrunning.in
World 10k Bangalore
MAY
Hugh Jones
Procam International, 14, St. James Court,
Marine Drive, Mumbai - 400 020
T: 91 22 2202 0284
F: 91 22 2202 5112
E: vivek@procam.in
www.procamintl.com
*Vadodara Half Marathon
FEB
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@dicabs.com
www.vadodaramarathon.com
IRELAND
Cork City Marathon
JUN
Jim O’Donovan
Cork City Hall, Cork
T: 353 21 492 4105
F: 353 21 492 4074
E: jim_odonovan@corkcity.ie
www.corkcitymarathon.ie
Galway City Marathon
AUG
Richard Donovan
Galway City Marathon, No. 2 Atlanta House,
Dominick Street, Galway
T: 353 91 566077
E: info@galwaycitymarathon.com
www.galwaycitymarathon.com
National Lottery 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
Longford Marathon
Fr Ciaran McGovern
Newtownforbes, Longford, Co Longford
T: 353 43 334 6805
E: info@longfordmarathon.com
www.longfordmarathon.com
*Portumna Marathon,
Ultra & 100km
Sebastien Locteau
49 The Glade, Athenry, Co. Galway
T: 353 857 350 850
E: staff@sebfitness.com
www.sebfitness.com
ISRAEL
Tiberias Marathon
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
Simon Avraham
Sport Department, 10 Safra Square,
Jerusalem 91007
T: 972 2 629 6542
F: 972 2 629 7452 / 972 2 629 7411
E: marathon@jerusalem.muni.il
www.jerusalem-marathon.com
*Tel Aviv Marathon
Ofer Shytrit “Kapaim”
1 Hahagana St. Givatayin, Israel 53449
T: 972 3 571 1575
F: 972 3 571 1574
E: tlvmaraton.international@gmail.com
www.tlvmarathon.co.il
ITALY
Firenze Marathon
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 & Half
Giancarlo Chittolini
Via Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore,
Terme, Parma
T: 39 0524 580211
F: 39 0524 580219
E: pietrospino@virgilio.it
www.verdimarathon.it
Garda Trentino Half Marathon
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
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
Paolo Ottone
Sport PRO-MOTION A.S.D.,
Via Marconi, 3 - 28831 Baveno (VB)
T: 39 0323 919861
F: 39 0323 922761
E: info@pro-motion.it
www.lmhm.it
*Lago Maggiore Marathon
Paolo Ottone
Sport PRO-MOTION A.S.D.,
Via Marconi, 3 - 28831 Baveno (VB)
T: 39 0323 919861
F. 39 0323 922761
E: info@pro-motion.it
www.lagomaggioremarathon.com
Maratona d’Europa
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
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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
Pisa Marathon
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
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 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
Turin Marathon
NOV
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
Piero Rosa Salva
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
www.aimsworldrunning.org
*Associate member
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 Women’s Marathon
MAR
Kosuke Sakakibara
1-6-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya
T: 81 52 201 1560
F: 81 52 201 1561
E: sakkbr.k@chunichi.co.jp
www.marathon-festival.com
*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
Osaka Marathon
OCT
Hiroshi Yokokawa
14-16 nanko-kita1,
suminoe-Ward Osaka City
T: 81 6 6210 9317
F: 81 6 6210 9318
E: ichiroT@osaka-marathon.com
www.osaka-marathon.com/2011/index_en.html
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
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Yokohama Women’s Marathon NOV
Keisuke Sawaki
Jinnan 1-1-1,Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
T: 81 3 3481 2300
F: 81 3 3481 2449
www.yokohamawomensmarathon.com
JORDAN
Aqaba Marathon (Red Sea)
DEC
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
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
*Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon OCT
Lina El Kurd
Amman International Marathon Company,
P.O. Box 941001 Amman 11194
T: 962 6 566 2999
F: 962 6 566 0038
E: l.kurd@amman-marathon.com
www.amman-marathon.com
KENYA
Sotokoto Safari Half Marathon
JUL
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
Int’l Marathon
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
Int’l Marathon
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
*Goyang Int’l Women’s
Half Marathon
MAR
Young Ho-Ryu
2-6 Sunhwa-dong, Jung-gu,
Seoul, 100-732
T: 82 2 2000 6489
F: 82 2 2000 6399
E: rungoyang@joongang.co.kr
www.rungoyang.com
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
Mr. Peter Hier, Mr. Wissam Terro
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 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
Int’l Marathon
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
JUL
Jean Marie Grall
C/O Incentive Partners Ltd, Impasse de la
Foret-Chamouny-Ile Maurice
T: 230 622 2148
F: 230 622 2149
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
Edilberto González Serna
Rio Pilon 2124, Fraccionamiento Bernardo
Reyes, Monterrey (NL), CP 64280
T: 52 81 8863 1744
F: 52 81 8373 2026
E: edilberto.gonzalez@correnl.com
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
MONTENEGRO
Podgorica Marathon
OCT
Milan Madžgalj
st. 19 December No. 21, 81000 Podgorica
T: 382 67 612 057
F: 382 20 206 690
E: maraton@t-com.me
www.maraton.co.me
MOROCCO
*RAHAL 10k Int’l Marrakech
OCT
Rachid Ben Meziane
Avenhil 14, 3274 CT, Heinenoord,
Netherlands
T: 31 626 148 367
F: 31 186 602 470
E: info@2cras.com, info@running.ma
www.running.ma
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 Moulay Skali
Complexe sportif Mohamed V - Porte 10 -
Casablanca, BP 16145 Casablanca
principal
T: 212 522 947 700
F: 212 522 947 705
E: contact@casablanca-marathon.com,
m.skali@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
Badr Bennis
FUS Athletisme, Avenue Misr, Tamejajt,
Rabat
T: 212 6 00 00 30 30
F: 212 5 37 73 37 09
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: info@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.O. Box 5029, 1802 TA, Alkmaar
T: 31 72 5322729
F: 31 72 5339398
E: info@amsterdammarathon.nl
www.amsterdammarathon.nl
NEW ZEALAND
adidas Auckland Marathon
OCT
Richard Lindroos
M129, Private Bag 300987, Albany,
Auckland
T: 64 9415 0617
F: 64 9415 0615
E: racedirector@aucklandmarathon.co.nz
www.aucklandmarathon.co.nz
www.aimsworldrunning.org
*Associate member
NORTH POLE
North Pole Marathon
APR
Richard Donovan
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
Marathon of the Running Festival
of the Economic Forum
SEP
Tomasz Lipiec
ul. Solec 85, 00-382 Warszawa
T: 48 22 583 11 00
F: 48 22 583 11 50
E: t.lipiec@isw.org.pl
www.runningfestival.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
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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
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: info@silesiaproactive.pl
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
Rua José Teixeira de Mello e Castro nº34,
Largo do Troviscal 5000-430 Vila Real
T: 351 916 345 454
F: 351 259 372 339
E: paulo.costa@globalsportdouro.com
www.meiamaratonadouro.com
EDP Lisbon Half Marathon
MAR
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
EDP Porto Marathon
OCT / 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
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: info@wanago.com
www.lisbon-marathon.com
*Maratona do Algarve
OCT
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
Meia Maratona Sport Zone
SEP
Ricardo Cunha Magalhães Lopes
Sonae Maia Business Center, EN13,
km6.78, Lugar do Espido - Via Norte, Maia
T: 351 222 454 402
F: 351 222 454 516
E: inscricoes@meiamaratonasportzone.com
www.meiamaratonasportzone.com
RTP Rock ‘n’ Roll
Half Marathon Vodafone
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.runrocknroll.competitor.com/lisbon
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
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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon
Rowyn James
PO Box 2276, Clareinch, 7740,
Cape Town,
T: 27 21 657 5140
F: 27 21 671 6892
E: info@twooceansmarathon.org.za
www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
Comrades Marathon
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 & Half
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
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 Int’l Marathon & Half
Paolo Ottone
Atena Street 20, Sector 1 - 011832
Bucharest
T: 40 212 337 868
F: 40 212 337 868
E: info@bucharest-marathon.com
www.bucharest-marathon.com
Timisoara Marathon
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
Michael Andreevich Kochetkov / Anton Uyk
191186 Russia, St.-Petersburg,
street Millionnaya, 22
T: 7 812 335 69 04 / 7 812 493 21 20
F: 7 812 335 69 04
E: info@wnmarathon.ru,
whitenights1@mail.ru
www.wnmarathon.ru
Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon
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
Valeriy Shekhanov
24 Luzhnetskaya Embankment, Moscow
119048
T: 7 495 637 02 78
F: 7 499 255 28 51
E: moscow-marathon@mail.ru
www.marafonluzhniki.narod2.ru
Novosibirsk Half Marathon
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
Andrey Sandalkin
644043 Omsk, Pevtzova str, 1
T: 7 3812 242567
F: 7 3812 242567
E: mail@runsim.ru
www.runsim.ru
Zelenograd Half Marathon
Oleg Manzha
2-nd Zvenigorodskaya, 13-36, 123022
Moscow
T: 7 495 363 1090
F: 7 495 783 3105
E: zelinfo@sportima.ru
www.zelrun.ru, www.sportima.ru
APR
JUN
FEB
SEP
OCT
OCT
JUL
SEP
MAY
SEP
AUG
JUN
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 4671208 / Mobile: 248 272233
F: 248 4321448
E: highlevelsports@seychelles.sc
www.seychellesmarathon.com
SINGAPORE
Standard Chartered
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
APR
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 75 53
E: cllorens@rpmracing.es
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
Guillermo Ferrero Centeno
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
Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon APR
Guillermo Jimenez
C/ Galileo No 74 (28015 Madrid)
T: 914479631 / 914479641 / 913540389
F: 913651001
E: vlopez@mapoma.es
www.rocknrollmadrid.com
Mediterranean Marathon
OCT
Josep Mª Antentas, Jaime Grau Hollenstein
Elisabets, 5 Entr.2 0 8001, Barcalona
T: 34 699 000 499
F: 34 933 189 820
E: antenas@gmail.com,
jgrau@zonavipevents.com
www.maratomediterrani.com
Maratón Divina Pastora Valencia NOV
Paco Borao
Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia
T: 34 96 346 0707
F: 34 96 346 3635
E: gerencia@correcaminos.org
www.correcaminos.org
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: gerencia@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: colombomarathon@lsr-srilanka.com,
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
www.aimsworldrunning.org
*Associate member
ASICS Stockholm Marathon
JUNE
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
DN 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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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 44 480 25 57
F: 41 44 480 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
Standard Chartered
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

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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
Course not measurable to AIMS standards
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
*Int’l Cayirova Run 10km
MAY
Mr. Mücahit Sak
Cayirova Gençlik ve Spor Ilçe Müdürlügü.,
Cayirova Kaymakamlik Konagi. Sekerpinar
Mah., Cayirova, Kocaeli
T: 90 262 658 1472
F: 90 262 658 1452
E: mucahitsak@hotmail.com,
cayirovagenclikvespor@hotmail.com
www.cayirovakosusu.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
P.O. Box 34878, Ras Al Khaimah
T: 971 50 347 6474
F: 971 7 244 7627
E: mail@rakmarathon.org
www.rakmarathon.org
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 Int’l Marathon
APR
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
Big Sur Half Marathon
on Monterey Bay
NOV
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
Marathon & Half
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
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
Philadelphia Marathon
Melanie Johnson
P.O. Box 58130, Philadelphia PA19102
T: 215 683 2122
F: 215 683 2051
E: philadelphiamarathon@gmail.com
www.philadelphiamarathon.com
Portland Marathon
Les Smith
200 SW Market, Suite 1900,
Portland, OR 97201
T: 1 503 248 1134
F: 1 503 224 8851
E: info@portlandmarathon.org
www.portlandmarathon.org
San Francisco Marathon
PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107
T: 1 415 814 2823
F: 1 415 276 4179
E: info@runsfm.com
www.runsfm.com
DEC
OCT
NOV
OCT
JUL
www.aimsworldrunning.org
*Associate member
Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon
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
NOV
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
VENEZUELA
*CAF Caracas Marathon
FEB
Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
Av. Luis Roche, Torre CAF, Altamira,
Caracas
T: 58 212 2092414
F: 58 212 2092386
E: iperalta@caf.com
maraton.caf.com
ZIMBABWE
Victoria Falls Marathon & 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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