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■ 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.
EXECUTIVES
President:
Paco Borao
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Fax: 34 6 346 3635
Email: borao@correcaminos.org
Honorary Vice Presidents:
Leonard F. Luchner, Allan Steinfeld
Vice-Presidents:
Carlos Moya (Lisbon Half Marathon, Financial Control)
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Martha Morales (Tangamanga, Legal)
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Secretary:
Hugh Jones
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Treasurer:
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Members of the Board:
Carlo Capalbo (Prague, Marketing)
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Dave Cundy (Great Wall, Website)
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Guy Morse (Boston)
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Gordon Rogers (Vancouver, Technical)
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Keisuke Sawaki (Tokyo)
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Email: sawaki@rikuren.or.jp
Consultants:
Peter McLean (Press & Public Relations)
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College of Health Sciences, Georgia State
University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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Email: drdavexyz@gmail.com
Distance Running:
Frank Baillie (Publisher)
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Tel: 44 141 956 2051
Email: bailliefrank@aol.com
AIMS AFFILIATES:
International Marathon Medical
Directors Association (IMMDA):
Lewis Maraham M.D. (Chairman)
24 West 57th Street,
6th floor, New York, NY 10019 USA
Tel: 1 212 765 5763
Email: nysportsmd@aol.com
International Measurement Administrators:
Americas:
Bernie Conway
67 Southwood Crescent, London,
Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada
Tel: 1 519 641 6889
Fax: 1 519 633 4887
Email: measurer@rogers.com
English-speaking Europe & Africa:
Hugh Jones
19 Kelly Street, London NW1 8PG, UK
Tel: 44 20 7209 3193
Email: aimssec@aol.com
French & Spanish-speaking Europe & Africa:
Jean Francois Delasalle
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80800 Corbie, France
Tel: 33 3 22 48 51 90
Fax: 33 3 22 48 51 91
Email: jf.delasalle@aliceadsl.fr
Asia & Oceania:
Dave Cundy
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Tel: 61 2 43427611 Fax: 61 2 43427648
Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au
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