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APRIL - JUNE 2006Race results100km delSaharaIAAF WorldCross CountryChampionshipsOFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND ROAD RACES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETIC FEDERATIONSwww.iaaf.org www.aims-association.org


APRIL - JUNE 2006OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND ROAD RACES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETIC FEDERATIONS<strong>Download</strong> a readablePDF version of<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> at:www.inpositionmedia.co.uk/publishing/d_run.htmlRace results100km delSaharawww.iaaf.orgIAAF WorldCross CountryChampionshipswww.aims-association.orgPRODUCTIONFront cover:Runners at the Standard CharteredHong Kong Marathon on 12 February 2006Publisher: Frank J. BaillieEditor: Hugh JonesResults Editor: Evelyn IganganProduction & Advertising: Gary FriarDesign & Production: Ben Palombo/Steve GraySubscriptions: Kenny McArthurSubscription and advertising address:<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong>, 426 Drumoyne Road,Glasgow G51 4DA, Scotland, United Kingdom.Tel: 44 141 810 9000Email: distancerunning@inpositionmedia.co.ukEditorial Email: aimssec@aol.com<strong>Distance</strong> <strong>Running</strong> is an official publication of AIMS and IAAF.It is produced four times a year, in January, April, July and Octoberwith over 400,000 copies distributed at races worldwide.For personal subscription and advertising enquiries, please writeto Glasgow office. All material is copyright and may not bereproduced without permission.Printed in UK.PRESENTING SPONSORChampionChip B.V.Havenweg 15,6541 AD Nijmegen,The NetherlandsTel: +31 24 3791244Fax: +31 24 3791245PLATINUM SPONSORAsics CorporationMr. Yutaka Sasai,Manager Promotions Div.,7-1-1 MinatojimaNakamachi, Chuoku,Kobe 650 JapanTel: 81-78-303-6883Fax: 81-78-303-2247GOLD SPONSORSCitizen Watch Co. Ltd.Mr. Jiro Tsuda,6-1-12, Tanashi-Cho,Nishi-Tokyo-Shi,Tokyo 188-8511, JapanTel: 0424 66 1232Fax: 0424 66 1220Konica Minolta1-6-1 Marunouchi,Chioda-ku,Tokyo 100-0005, JapanRohm Co. Ltd.Junichi Sagane21 Saiin Mizosaki-ChoUkyo-Ku, Kyoto, JapanSammy CorporationFumio Deguchi,Public Relations Department,2-23-2 Higashi Ikebukuro,Toshima-ku,Tokyo 170 8436, JapanTel: 81 3 5950 3785Fax: 81 3 5950 3772SUPPORTING SPONSORSMarathon-Photos.comP.O.Box 60, HamiltonNew ZealandTel: +64 7 838 2968Fax: +64 7 839 6580Contents925NewsAIMS NewsNew members; Executives’ contact details;World Athlete of the Year; Children’s Races 7IAAF NewsIAAFWorld Cross Country Championship;Diary; Executives’ contact details;Obituary 9IAU NewsIAU 24hrs World Challenge;Diary;Executives’ contact details;Ultradistance results 33RegularsCalendar of eventsOfficial listings for AIMS events 40ResultsWorldwide race reports and pictures 42World leading timesThe latest top times for men and womenat 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 67Race contact detailsAIMS member races with full contact details 70FeaturesIn ancient footstepsTiberias Marathon, Israel. 5 January 2006 15A perfect storm100km del Sahara stage race, Tunisia.10-13 March 2006 19Destined to runING Thailand Temple Run, 19 March 2006 25Chasing women in the City of AngelsLos Angeles Marathon, USA. 19 March 2006 28OpinionBroken records or broken rules? 63OpinionStopping the clock 651000km PromotionsP.O. Box 964, Bedfordview,2008 South AfricaTel: +27 11 616 6100Fax: +27 11 616 800042Email: km1000@mweb.co.zaDISTANCE RUNNING April – June 20065


PresidentHiroaki Chosa,Japan Association ofAthletics Federations,1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-8050, JapanTel: 81 3 5452 1500Fax: 81 3 5452 1795Honorary Vice PresidentLeonard F. LuchnerVice-PresidentsAllan Steinfeld, (Race Management),New York MarathonCarlos Moya (Marketing) Lisbon HalfMarathonSecretaryHugh Jones19 Kelly Street,London NW1 8PG, U.K.Email: Aimssec@aol.com(no tel/fax available)TreasurerAl Boka,Las Vegas MarathonBoard of DirectorsHorst Milde,Berlin MarathonGordon Rogers (Technical)Representative N. America and Englishspeaking Caribbean, VancouverMarathon, PO Box 2931, Vancouver BCV6H 1E1, CanadaTel: 1 604 733 6224Fax: 1 604 733 6221Email: gordonrogers@telus.netAhmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa,Mount Meru Marathon, TanzaniaFrancisco Borao, (MembershipDevelopment) RepresentativeMediterannean, Valencia MarathonDave Cundy, (Oceania Representative),Gold Coast MarathonConsultantsPeter McLean,(Press & Public Relations)15 Kirklee Terrace,Glasgow G12 0JA, ScotlandT/F: 44 141 357 2516Email: petermclean@pmpr2000.fsnet.co.ukWim Verhoorn(AIMS Marketing)WVMC.bv, PO Box 473150 AA Hoek van Holland, NederlandEmail: VERH5082@planet.nlDr David Martin, (Statistics)Georgia State University,24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Kell Hall,Room C1, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USAFax: 1 404 651 1531Email: drdave@gsu.edu.Jim Moberly,Honolulu MarathonAIMS AFFILIATEInternational Marathon MedicalDirectors Association (IMMDA)PresidentMartha Miltenyi,Budapest MarathonSecretary / TreasurerLewis Maraham MD24 West 57th Street,6th floor, New York, NY 10019Tel: 1 212 765 5763Email: nysportsmd@aol.comMEASURERSInternational MeasurementAdministratorsAsia & OceaniaDave Cundy,P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,NSW 2257, AustraliaTel: 61 2 4342 7611Fax: 61 2 4342 7648Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.auFrench & Spanish speakingEurope & AfricaJean François Delasalle,Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25,80800 Corbie, FranceTel: 33 3 2248 5190Fax: 33 3 2248 5191Email: jf.delasalle@tiscali.frEnglish speaking Europe & AfricaPosition vacant.AmericasBernie Conway,67 Southwood Crescent,London, Ontario N6J 1S8, CanadaTel/Fax: 1 519 641 6889Email: measurer@rogers.comAIMS/ASICS WORLDATHLETE OF THEYEAR AWARDJaouad Gharib was presentedwith a “Golden Shoe”in Lisbonon 24 March 2006 in recognitionof his achievements during2005. In Helsinki last summerhe defended the title of WorldMarathon Champion that hefirst won in Paris in 2003. Earlierin 2005 he had recorded a timeof 2:07:49 in finishing second inthe London Marathon.Gharib received his award fromAIMS Vice-President Carlos Moya atBenfica Stadium, prior to hisparticipation in the EDP Lisbon HalfMarathon on 26 March.AIMS President Hiroaki Chosa said‘To win two world championshiptitles for the marathon is a specialachievement. Jaouad Gharib’sconsistency of performances in toplevel road racing is to be admired.’Jaouad Gharib commented, “It is anhonour to receive an award whereso many people from all over theworld that are closely involved inroad racing have chosen me.”AIMS CHILDREN’SRACESThe first of three AIMS-memberChildren’s races took place inconjunction with the SaharaMarathon on 28 February (seeResults section)The Kathmandu Marathon (22October) and the Great EthiopianRun 10km (26 November) will followwith their events later in the year.AIMS will be supplying T-shirts andmedals to the children whoparticipate in the racesNew AIMS Members■ KUALA LUMPUR MARATHON (MAS)has rejoined AIMS after a short absence.The race took place on 5 March andattracted more than 1000 men and 500women from a total of 25 countries.■ THE RUSKA MARATON (FIN) has beenheld for the past 22 years and attracts1000 men and 300 women, including 54runners from six countries. Course recordsstand at 2:24:18 and 2:52:14.■ THE DEAD SEA HALF MARATHON (ISR)has been held for the last 23 years andattracts 1000 male and 450 female runnersfrom nine countries. Course records standat 1:03:56 to Gilbert Koech and 1:11:21 toLornah Kiplagat.■ CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON (CAY)has been held for three years and attracts afield of 140 men and 110 women. The nextrace will be held on 3 December.New Associate Members■ THE EDINBURGH FORTHSIDE HALFMARATHON (GBR) held its inaugural eventon 26 March (see Results section),attracting 3500 runners. Start and finishare at the Ocean Terminal in Leith where theRoyal Yacht Britannia is moored, and thecourse runs along the south side of theFirth of Forth.■ THE STANDARD CHARTERED STANLEYMARATHON (FKL) is the most southerlycertified marathon in the world, and tookplace for the second time on 19 March (seeResults section).■ THE IAU 24HOUR WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP (TPE) was held on 25-26February (see IAU pages). This is the firsttime that race into which the Championshiphas been incorporated has affiliated toAIMS, and as such it becomes the longestAIMS member race.■ FREIHOFER’S 5KM RUN FOR WOMEN(USA) has been run in upstate New York for27 years and currently attracts about3500 women. The next race takes place on3 JuneThe next edition of <strong>Distance</strong><strong>Running</strong> will be published in June,covering the period July-September.The advertising and editorialdeadlines will fall on the secondweek of June.DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 20067


Gelete Burika Bati #73 of Ethiopia leads the pack on her way towinning the Women's Short RaceHe lost little time, but such is thepace of the 4km event that itdropped him to a 12th-placefinish.Australia’s Craig Mottram ledthrough the halfway mark in 5:26,but the leaders still formed onehuge scrum. Isaac Songoklaunched his challenge alongsidecolleagues Benjamin Limo andAugustine Choge. Bekele tuckedin behind them, and never lookedlike he would be shaken loose.Approaching the hilly switchbackwith about 600m to run, Bekelemoved smoothly ahead. Songokchased hard but never looked likehe would be able to close the gap.The fast-finishing Moroccan AdilKaouch came through to take thebronze medal.20067 OCTOBERIAAF World Road<strong>Running</strong>ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary200724 MARCHIAAF World Cross-CountryChampionshipsMombasa, Kenya24 AUG-2 SEPTIAAF WorldChampionships inAthleticsOsaka, Japan7 OCTOBERIAAF World Road<strong>Running</strong>ChampionshipsUdine, ItalyKenyan tactics did not depriveBekele of his win but they saw offthe rest of the Ethiopianopposition. All four Kenyanscorers finished within the firsteight for an easy team victory.Women’s longcourseLornah Kiplagat, standing alonein the Netherlands’ start gate,took charge of the race after theopening few minutes. PascalinaBomba of Tanzania led out, butthereafter Kiplagat seized hold ofthe race with utmost convictionand determination until theclosing stages - when TiruneshDibaba swept past her in thefinishing straight.All credit goes to Kiplagat formaking the race. Against dauntingodds she tried to win it the hardway, by running the legs off theyoung champion who packs sucha powerful finish.After five minutes of runningKiplagat headed a group of 11runners, including six Ethiopians,three Kenyans, and Australia’s2004 champion Benita Johnson.After another couple of minutesKiplagat had reduced the group toeight, and was stringing them outinto single file. Four minutes later,there were only six, who passedthrough 4km in 12:28, 10 secondsahead of the field.The third lap got rid of MestawetTufa, so that five passed through6km in 18:58. Only a minute laterthe medal winners drew clear,with Kiplagat taking a small butnoticeable lead over Dibaba andMeselech Melkamu graduallydropping behind these two.Dibaba never looked troubled,although at one point she hadKenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia leadsthe pack in the Men's Long Raceconceded three seconds. Kiplagatlooked most determined goinginto the final kilometre, althoughshe could not resist repeatedlyglancing back at her pursuer.Dibaba closed the gap on theswitchback, and came off italongside the longtime leader.She kicked for home as if Springwas in her legs, and ended upwith a highly flattering five-secondmargin of victory, as Kiplagatfinally conceded the win.Junior men’s raceThe wind had got up to near galeforceby the second day’s races,and it showed in the Junior men’srace. The field expanded andcompressed like a concertinadepending on whether runnerswere going into the wind or had itat their backs, but it held togetherthrough the first two laps, coveredin 5:54 and 6:12 respectively.The Kenyan team, who had wonthis race on the previous sevenoccasions, then upped the pacewith a 5:55 third lap. Only 11runners could maintain thetempo, and they dwindled to eightby half way around the final lap,with two of them beginning tolose touch.Leonard Komon and JosephEbuya made most of the frontrunning, but Komon momentarilylost his place as Mangata Ndiwaedged forward. At this pointKenenisa Bekele’s youngerbrother, Tariku tried to break theKenyan grip on the race. Hespurted into the lead up the finalhill, but he had moved too soon.Ebuya chased him hardest, butKomon and Ndiwa measured theirfinish more expertly and camethrough strongly in the finishstraight. “We knew you can’t kickRESULTJunior Women’s Race (6km)INDIVIDUAL1 Pauline KORIKWIANG KEN 19:272 Veronica WANJIRU KEN 19:273 Mercy KOSGEI KEN 19:454 Emmy CHEPKIRUI KEN 19:525 Zemedkun GEBRE ETH 19:56TEAMS:1 Kenya 10 pts2 Ethiopia 29 pts3 Japan 58 pts4 Eritrea 83 pts5 Great Britain 116 ptsMen’s Short Race (4km)INDIVIDUAL1 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH 10:542 Isaac SONGOK KEN 10:553 Adil KAOUCH MAR 10:574 Benjamin LIMO KEN 11:005 Mohamed Ali ABOOSH ETH 11:01TEAMS:1 Kenya 21 pts2 Ethiopia 48 pts3 Morocco 53 pts4 Qatar 66 pts5 United States 80 ptsWomen’s Long Race (8km)INDIVIDUAL1 Tirunesh DIBABA ETH 25:212 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 25:263 Meselech MELKAMU ETH 25:384 Benita JOHNSON AUS 25:435 Ayalew YIMER ETH 25:47TEAMS:1 Ethiopia 16 pts2 Kenya 39 pts3 Japan 80 pts4 Australia 87 pts5 United States 91 ptsJunior Men’s Race (8km)INDIVIDUAL1 Mangata NDIWA KEN 23:532 Leonard KOMON KEN 23:543 Tariku BEKELE ETH 23:564 Joseph EBUYA KEN 23:595 Ibrahim GASHU ETH 24:04TEAMS:1 Kenya 16 pts2 Ethiopia 24 pts3 Eritrea 45 pts4 Uganda 87 pts5 Bahrain 88 ptsWomen’s Short Race (4km)INDIVIDUAL1 Gelete BURIKA ETH 12:512 PriscahJEPLETING KEN 12:533 Meselech MELKAMU ETH 12:544 Benita JOHNSON AUS 12:555 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 12:55TEAMS:1 Ethiopia 25 pts2 Kenya 26 pts3 Australia 69 pts4 Morocco 73 pts5 United States 99 ptsMen’s Long Race (12km)INDIVIDUAL1 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH 35:402 Sileshi SIHINE ETH 35:433 Martin MATHATHI KEN 35:444 Zersenay TADESSE ERI 35:475 Mike KIGEN KEN 35:54TEAMS:1 Kenya 24 pts2 Eritrea 28 pts3 Ethiopia 42 pts4 Morocco 62 pts5 Uganda 102 ptsDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200611


for 200m into a wind like this” saidNdiwa. “We were patient”. Bekeleadmitted his mistake. “If I hadwaited, I would have been betterable to challenge at the end” hesaid.Women’s shortcourseTirunesh Dibaba dropped out of therace after 2km, looking as if she wastroubled by a stitch, and left the wayclear for last year’s junior winner,Gelete Burka, to take her first seniortitle. Dibaba had never quite got tothe front, but Burka always lookedcontrolled, with a powerful, rocksteadyrunning action.Just as Dibaba was dropping outbehind them, Priscah Jepleteng, andthen Burka, took charge of the race.The group of 17 that was left afterone lap quickly depleted. The two ofthem were going clear after 7:30 ofrunning with only MeselechMelkamu, who had finished third inthe long-course race the previousday, able to maintain contact.Jepleteng had started the move, butwith a little over a kilometre to goBurka took over and quicklyestablished a lead of about 20m.Jepleteng, who had been pushingthe pace on throughout the race,did not concede. She fought back toalmost level terms over the finalswitchback, but had no answer tothe strength of Burka’s head-downfinish into the wind.Men’s long courseKenenisa Bekele made it 10 out of10. In this race he completed anunbeaten run of five titles each overlong and short courses in five years,and immediately declared hisintention not to compete in thesechampionships in Mombasa nextyear.Bekele immediately settled into therace behind the foremost Kenyan,who first happened to be MikeKigen. He took no notice whenRwanda’s Dieudonne Didi escapedoff the front in the secondkilometre, although that led to afast first lap of 5:47. From 3km theMexican Teodoro Vega took over atthe front, but the pace dropped witha 6:11 lap.A large group remained togetherthrough the third lap (6:07) untilBekele made his first move. After 22minutes of running he made hisfirst, forceful, appearance at thefront. Racing through the fourth lapin 5:51 there were only six still leftin contention, although the pacethen eased up slightly, allowingMartin Mathathi to rejoin Bekele,and his team mate Sileshi Sihine,Eritreans Zersenay Tadesse andYonas Kifle, and Kenyans MikeKigen and Hosea Macharinyang.Mathathi, a Japanese-based Kenyan,managed to preserve his strengththroughout the race with a finesense of pace (the 5:51 lap wasfollowed by one of 6:02) thatallowed him to cope with the effectsof the debilitating wind.Going into the final lap Bekeleinjected an effort up the main hill,that dropped Kifle, Kigen andMacharinyang. For the finalkilometre the leading quartet werelapping runners as the endgameapproached. A definitive Bekelemove – acceleration into the finalswitchback took him clear of Sihine,while Mathathi finally overcameTadesse’s forceful challenge for thebronze medal.Tadesse’s consolation was to leadthe Eritrean team to sliver medals,ahead of their more renownedEthiopian neighbours.Pauline Chemning Korikwiang #153 of Kenya crossesthe line to win the Women's Junior RaceIstvan Gyulai:1943–2006The IAAF regrets to report the death ofIstvan Gyulai, who had been GeneralSecretary since 1991, and who passedaway in the early hours of 12 March, atthe age of 62.“It is with deep regret that I haveto announce the death of a friendand valued colleague” said IAAFPresident Lamine Diack.“Istvan devoted his entire life toour sport. As a young man he wasan international athlete in the400m and then became head ofsport for Hungarian TV, combiningthat career with importantpositions in Hungarian andinternational sport. He was amember of the IAAF Council from1984 until 2001, and wasappointed IAAF General Secretaryin 1991, working tirelessly andwith great imagination for thecause of world athletics. Hiscolleagues on the Council and inour member federations, as wellas all members of IAAF staff, willsadly miss his friendly manner, hisintelligence and his energy. I alsoObituarybelieve that Istvan was extremelycourageous in the face of a cruelillness, continuing to work as hardas ever, without complaint, untilthe end. I would like to send ourdeepest condolences to his wifeKrisztina, his sons Miklos andMarton and his daughters Katalinand Julia.”A memorial service was held on 15March at St Charles Church,Avenue St Charles, Monaco atwhich the life and career of IstvanGyulai was honoured by the familyand the IAAF.Istvan Gyulai, athlete, athleticscommentator and athleticsadministrator, was born on 21March 1943, and died on 12 March2006.12 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


In ancient footstepsTiberias Marathon, Israel. 5 January 2006By Prof. Uri GoldbourtThe Tiberias marathon began lifeon the last day of 1977 as the "Seaof Galilee Marathon". Before thatthere was no framework formarathon running in Israel. Thefew races which had beenorganized had been of ahaphazard nature. Coach Ilya Bar-Zeev and few collaboratorslaunched that first internationalevent. It drew 99 participants, andwas won by the German WernerDorrenbacher.The first Israeli home in that racewas a converted middle distancerunner, Yair Karni. He ran out ofmuscle glycogen in the finalstages but later developed from a2:29 to a 2:17:34 runner. He brokemultiple national records over a16-year period, earned a spot inthe Israeli team entered in theWorld Championships in 1983,and built a name for himself insports nutrition and coaching.For several years, while sponsorschanged, the Israeli AthleticsAssociation (IAA) and the localcouncil of the Valley of Jordanshared the organization. TheMunicipality of Tiberias thenmoved in and together with theIAA, established a race with apermanent starting point on theoutskirts of Tiberias. The race was,and remains, the world’s lowestmarathon with the route lyingabout 200m below sea level.The ancient biblical towns ofHammat and Rakkath providedthe foundation of Tiberias andtheir ruins provide its presentenvironment. Named after theRoman emperor Tiberius, it wasbuilt in the first century AD. Thedestruction of the second templein Jerusalem by the Romans in 70AD led to a search for a spiritualcentre further to the north.Tiberias then began to play anincreased role.The Great Court (Sanhedrin) metthere and renowned scholars andRabbis completed important workon Talmud. This process wouldlead, over the years, to therecognition of Tiberias as one ofthe four holy cities in the land ofIsrael. The area around Tiberiascontains several spots knownfrom the time of Jesus and histribulations, and several cited asof religious significance in thedevelopment Christianity can befound within 20-25 minutes of thetown, notoriously Tabha andCapernaum.By the sixth century the area hadlong embraced Christianity, but in636 Tiberias and the Galilee wereconquered by the Arabs, whonamed the town capital of theGalilee. After a period of thrivingcommerce and arts, an earthquakein the year 748 ruined the town. Itwas only rebuilt at the time of thecrusades, but Salah-a-ddin'svictory in 1187 restored Tiberias toIslamic rule which lasted right upuntil the end of the First WorldWar. The League of Nations thenestablished the British mandateof Palestine.The city lay in half-ruin forcenturies. It became a part ofindependent Israel in 1948,absorbing thousands of migrantfamilies. The majority of itscurrent population of 45,000 isengaged in tourist or relatedindustry, deriving from its locationon the coast of the Sea of Galilee.It lies close to places holy for bothChristianity and Judaism and tothe famous spas (the hot springsof Tiberias and Hammat Gadder).Tiberias is geographicallypositioned as a stepping stone tothe heights of the Galilee and theGolan.Hotels and restaurants came andwent in Tiberias, but the past twodecades have seen a significantincrease in tourist services andopportunities from which themarathon has benefitted.The route of the Tiberiasmarathon takes in the Southerncoast of the Sea of Galilee. InEuropean or American terms itappears as a small lake. The racestarts at the City's MoriyaSheraton Hotel, and encircles thelake to approach the Kibbutz Ein-Gev. The turning point is a fewhundred metres before thecompletion of half the distance.The weather is not entirelypredictable: in early January aneasterly wind occasionallyhampers runners over a stretch tothe east of the lake. Most yearsprovide near-ideal conditions forrunning with temperaturesbetween 12-18C.After several years during whichthe number of participantsremained the same, the racebegan to grow. This year's 30thedition, with some 750 starters,marked a new record ofparticipation. The main growthstemmed from a significantincrease in recreational runners.As in previous years, the battle forvictory was focused on runnersfrom the two African strongholdsof long distance running, EthiopiaDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200615


ResultMEN:1 John ROTICH KEN 2:15:432 Habtamu BEKELE ETH 2:16:233 Reuben TOROITICH KEN 2:16:374 Ayale SATENG ISR 2:16:595 Opnesmus MUTISYA KEN 2:18:346 Philemon BOIT KEN 2:18:577 Asaf BIMRO ISR 2:19:188 Geoffrey TERER KEN 2:22:109 Isiah KOSGEI KEN 2:23:3810 Destao SEWONACH ISR 2:23:40WOMEN:1 Nili ABRAMSKI ISR 2:54:492 Orna BELOW ISR 2:56:473 Seraw MENICHEL ETH 3:02:434 Loris MENDELOVICH ISR 3:07:525 Maya KARMI ISR 3:11:286 Ronit YUDASHKIN ISR 3:20:197 Mirit MISRACHI ISR 3:24:238 Sintya ITZCHAKI ISR 3:24:289 Galya AMDOR ISR 3:26:5310 Lila FRENKEL ISR 3:32:31who ran 2:12:45 in 2003 and TheCzech Maria Starowska, who wonboth the 13th and 15th editions ofthe race and in the latter (1992)ran 2:34:17.and Kenya. This year a closebattle developed during the firsthalf of the race. The first 10kmwas passed in 31:24. Windyconditions developed around theturn which slowed the leadinggroup of nine runners to 1:08:22 athalfway. Then at around 30km theKenyan John Rotich began toopen up a gap that graduallywidened. He finished in 2:15:43,the ninth fastest time ever postedin this Marathon.Habtamu Bekele from Ethiopia,winner of the two previouseditions, was denied his hat-trick.This feat has been achieved byLindsay Robertson (GBR) in the8th, 9th and 11th editions, andAhmed Hussein (ETH) who wonthe 14th, 17th and 18th ones.Bekele followed Rotich in aheadof Kenya's Reuben Torotich andIsrael's 2004 Olympicrepresentative Haile Satayin.Satayin was himself an immigrantfrom Ethiopia and at a reportedage of 50, ran 2:16:59.The absence of female eliterunners this year, facilitated aneasy victory by Israel's otherOlympic runner Nili Abramski. The36-year old won her seventhvictory in what was for her a slowtime. She first won a decade agoand has taken six wins in the lastseven editions. The course recordsbelong to Taye Moges of KenyaFor the last 12 years a 12km racehas been added, attracting manyrunners. With the prospects of amore peaceful atmosphere in themid-east and increasedinternational involvement thisunique sporting event, theMarathon of Tiberias, is eyeing thenear future with hope.The next Tiberias Marathon willbe held on 4 January, 2007.DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200617


A perfect storm100km del Sahara stage race, Tunisia. 10-13 March 2006By Fulvio Massini (transl.Silvia Stagni)Our story begins at gate C24 ofRome’s Fiumicino InternationalAirport, a couple of days beforethe race was due to start. This waswhere the cast assembled inpreparation for the eighth editionof this adventure race organisedby the Italian travel companiesTerramia and Zitoway Travel. Thejourney took them from acosmopolitan European capital ofseveral million people out intothe wide expanses of the SaharaDesert where apart from eachother there was rarely any otherhuman presence within a day’sjourney.Like the race, the journey to ithappened in stages. After a shortflight from Rome, and maybe aslightly longer one from otherjumping-off points within Europe,all 120 participants arrived on theTunisian holiday island of Djerba.The 100 km del Saharais much more than just arunning competition.Adriano Zito, who conceived andpromoted this event together withTerramia, was waiting to greetthem. The group transferred to theHomere Hotel for an overnightstay, and began get to know eachother. It is a mainly Italianventure, but there is alwaysinternational participation. Thisyear six Californians came, alongwith six Uruguayans, five Brits,two Germans and lonerepresentatives of Ireland,Switzerland and Spain.On the second day the groupboarded buses bound for thePhotos: ©Mauro CottoneDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200619


Although everyone was affected, the earlier finishers wereless badly hit by the rising storm than those finishinglater in practically zero visibility.settlement of Chinini, on the edgeof the desert and within a WorldHeritage site. Here a technicalbriefing familiarised runners withthe demands of the desertenvironment and the prospect ofracing over long distances in oftendifficult conditions. The race routegenerally heads southward alongdesert tracks which get moresandy as they approach the dunesof the Great Eastern Erg. In thisperiod of waiting the tension wasmounting; you could see it I everyface and hear it in every word.On the third day of the trip, 10March, the first stage, of 24kmlength, started at 10.30. A groupof 10 runners climbed up thesteep track past the mosque andstayed together almost to the end.Only 11 minutes separated thefirst 10 finishers.A sandstorm blew in overnight butsubsided in time for the secondstage at 09.30 on 11 March. It ranfor 19km over ever moredemanding terrain consisting ofsandy tracks. A group of eightstayed together until the final2km, when three of them pulledaway. Alessandro Lambruschinifinished first in 1:23:26.Effort is tempered by theknowledge of the looming thirdstage, which was to take place onthe same day at 20.00. Before thenthe group spent a trying afternoonfighting a sandstorm in whichsome of the tents blew away. Thenight stage, 10km long, enabledrunners to experience thebrilliance of the moon and stars inthe Saharan night sky. To enhancethat experience, pairs of runnerswere set off at minute intervals.The longest stage – of fullmarathon length – took place on12 March. The group divided intothree for staggered starts at 08.30,09.30 and 10.30. Each groupprogressed across the dunes ofthe Great Eastern Erg to the oasisof Ksar Ghilane, but it was veryhard going. The stage started intoa strong headwind that whippedthe sand up into runners’ faces.Although everyone was affectedthe earlier finishers were lessbadly hit by the rising storm thanthose finishing later in practicallyzero visibility. Despite the toughconditions all participantssucceed in crossing the finish line.Lambruschini again went away inthe final few kilometres to win thisstage.The final stage was on 13 March,and half of the 24km route wasover sandy dunes. Many runnersopted to tackle it barefoot.Lambruschini maintained his leadto win the overall race for thesecond year. Last year’s femalewinner, Patrizia Guarnieri, wasbeaten by a series of strongperformances from the CroatMirjana Kmacic.The finish line in the oasis of KsarGhilane was the scene of joyoushugs and congratulations as eachrunner completed. It was a blazeof happiness. In this hardest raceof all those yet held everyone wasa winner, no matter if theypreferred walking to running.Our 120 slightly nervous soulswho embarked on this adventurehad become 120 heroes, and firmfriends as well. Testifying to thebinding friendships formed on thetrip, Fiumicino InternationalAirport on the return journeybecame the scene of hugs andkisses, and not a few tears ofregret at how soon it was all over.The 100km del Sahara is muchmore than a running competition,as you can discover for yourself inMarch 2007.ResultMEN:1 Alessandro LAMBRUSCHINI ITA 9:00:462 Adel CHAYEB TUN 9:05:513 Fabrizio FERRARESE ITA 9:26:324 Tommaso VIOLANO ITA 9:32:535 Alessandro FIORINI ITA 9:42:546 Alessandro PLAINO ITA 9:49:597 Andrea BERNABUCCI ITA 9:55:308 Gianni MOGGIA ITA 10:03:439 Toufik KAHLOUI TUN 10:23:5110 Mario CIMATTI ITA 10:39:10WOMEN:1 Mirjana KMACIC CRO 11:24:302 Patrizia GUARNIERI ITA 11:43:053 Alessandra BERNARDINI ITA 12:09:294 Chiara TIEGHI ITA 12:39:095 Laura CORTI ITA 13:00:026 Sharon KOVAR USA 13:18:387 Claudia GERLING GER 13:52:568 Silvana LATTANZIO ITA 15:09:009 Ma Luisa MALVESTITI ITA 16:12:5710 Ida LENART CAN 17:12:59The arrival inKsar Ghilane Oasis iswelcomed by hugsand applause.It’s a blaze of gladness.Everyone’s a winner, eventhose who preferred towalk insteadof running.DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200621


Destined to runDestined to runING Thailand Temple Run, 19 March 2006By Roman FloesserDestination marathons are thecoming thing. Over the last fewyears they have surged inpopularity, and the phenomenonis unlikely to let up. Combiningrunning with a holiday means thatfast times and personal bests aresome way down the list of whattourist runners look for in a race.That’s good news for an event likethe ING Temple Run. Fast timesare not part of the package, butthe run has a lot more to offerthan that.Started by the general mangers ofa hotel and a tour company in2002, the run was alwaysenvisioned as a destinationmarathon. Less than 400 runners,including 34 from 12 foreigncountries, participated in the firstedition. The ING Thailand TempleRun has grown since then toaccommodate more than 3000runners including 645 foreignrunners from 45 countries.The location of the race is itselfappealing. Samut Songkram isThailand’s smallest provincesituated some 85km south east ofBangkok. It is known for itscoconut, banana and lycheeplantations as well as its floatingmarkets. Millions of fireflies glowat night along the Mae KlongRiver. Combined with thecountless temples scatteredthroughout the countryside allthis makes the setting of the INGThailand Temple Run one of themost beautiful race locations onthe marathon calendar.Living up to its name, the eventstarts and finishes at WatPumrinkudeethong, a temple thatis home to fifteen Buddhistmonks. The monks not only playhost to the race but the abbot ofDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200625


ResultTo the sound of agong, runners aresent on an out andback course leadingthrough typical Thaivillages, through fruitplantations, ricepaddies and pastmore than twentytemples.MEN:1 Boonchoo CHUNDECHA THA 2:40:082 Jirisak SUTTHICHAT THA 2:40:083 Umnuai THONGMIT THA 2:40:084 Solchai CHOOSAKHUL THA 2:40:135 Khordae SENMOOD THA 2:42:236 Anusak PHITSAWONG THA 2:42:477 Meechai CHOOCHEEP THA 2:43:038 Suphit CHANTHARAT THA 2:44:059 Chadaruk CHAIYAKHAMCHORN THA 2:44:3310 Jiratthikarn BOONMA THA 2:47:45WOMEN:1 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 3:15:202 Khetmanee SENAPHAN THA 3:16:323 Saiphin PATJUN THA 3:23:314 Khan KHOOSUWAN THA 3:24:205 Praphan KHAMBURI THA 3:27:146 Thanaporn PIEMSAKHUL THA 3:36:187 Ashley CLARK USA 3:39:168 Pratheep THONGCHAI THA 3:39:449 Dhutsanee SAEHENG THA 3:48:5910 Unchalee WONGPANIJ THA 3:53:13HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Boontheung SRISONG THA 1:13:142 Umnai SRICHARD THA 1:13:353 Somyhod KIJUDOM THA 1:14:19WOMEN:1 Diane FUSEALDO AUS 1:27:072 Phatcharee CHAITHONGSRI THA 1:28:423 Sonthiya CHAIWAWE THA 1:29:52Australians, Americans, Danes,Germans Japanese andSingaporeans around the tableand the atmosphere is relaxed.In the evening runners are treatedto a five star pasta dinner. Theofficial race hotel puts on a greatItalian buffet and the executivechef himself prepares the pastafor the hungry athletes. Themedical director provides somelast minute tips on how to copewith the heat before everyoneheads back to their rooms for ashort night’s sleep. At 03.00 theshuttle buses leave for the onehourride to the race site.Breakfast is served on the bus andmany runners try to catch somemore sleep.neck and neck. The finish linejudge declared Boonchoo thewinner after the official timingrecorded all three runners withthe same time.The female category was less hardfought with Thai star SunisaSailomyen winning her first raceback after childbirth. She finishedjust a minute ahead of KhetmaneeSenaphan.In the half marathon raceBoontueng Srisan again proved tohard to beat, winning his fifthconsecutive ING Thailand TempleRun. In the women’s race DianeFusealdo from Australia becamethe first ever foreign runner to winat the event.the temple also blesses runners inthe traditional Thai openingceremony before the race getsunder way.To the sound of a gong, runnersare sent on an out and backcourse leading through typicalThai villages, through fruitplantations, rice paddies and pastmore than twenty temples. Thaimusic bands and supportivelocals cheer the runners along thecourse and even the numerousdogs give a supportive bark.Water stations are plentiful on thecourse and provide welcomerefreshment for runners astemperatures soar from a mild22C at the marathon start at 05.30to a scorching 35C by 10.00. Thereare sponges, local fruits, stickyrice and plenty of water andelectrolytes served by the alwayssmiling volunteers.Foreign runners get a chance tosee the course on a race siteinspection the day before theevent. The tour also gives runnersa chance to experience some ofthe sights of the province whichmay escape them during theirfleeting visit during the race. Avisit to the famous floatingmarkets is obligatory.Lunch is served at a local homestay on the river banks wherethere is a choice of the famousTom Yum Koong soup, deliciousThai curries, local river fish andthe traditional fried rice. The easyThai hospitality gives runners achance to get to know each otherand catch up on the globalrunning scene. There are Brits,Coping best with the lack of sleepwas local runner BoonchooChandecha. The reigningSoutheast Asian MarathonChampion had to fight toughresistance from Jirasak Sutthichatand Umnuai Thongmit. All threeof them crossed the finish lineNext year’s race is set for 18March 2007 and promises to beagain an exotic destination on theAIMS race calendar.26 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


Chasing women in the City of AngelsLos Angeles Marathon, USA. 19 March 2006© MarathonFotoBy Sergey Porada andYelena KurdyumovaFor a city that was founded at theend of the 18th century by by araggle-taggle group of 46 men,women and children El Pueblo dela Reina de Los Angeles (TheTown of the Queen of Angels), hassince reached for the stars, andfound them.Marathon runners habitually dosomething similar. They may feelat home here.Everybody loves LA, the “City ofthe Angels”. As the second largestcity in America and a world center,it has a marathon worthy of itsreputation.Lying between the Pacific Oceanand the snow-capped mountainsof the Sierra Nevada, Los Angeleshas one of the best climates inthe world. That’s what drew theglamorous presence of thetelevision movie industries toHollywood, and what continues todraw visitors year-round. It is alsowhat made it an ideal location fora mass-participation marathon.Hollywood has it that dreamscome true. For the Los AngelesMarathon the dream enabled it, inits 21-year history, to become thefourth largest in the USA, and theseventh largest in the world. Therace reflects the spirit of the cityby offering live performances atalmost every mile along thecourse and in challenging eliterunners with a thrilling “battle ofthe sexes”.The Challenge has run for threeyears and in 2006 the stakes wereraised. Banco Popular signed onas its title sponsor. Women aregiven a head start and the firstperson to cross the finish line,male or female, is the overallwinner. To them the spoils: theBanco Popular’s $100,000 bonus,plus a $35,000 for being the firstin his or her division. Thecombined total makes it thelargest guaranteed first placepayout in the US and heightensexcitement for athletes, spectatorsand TV viewers.In the first year, the women set off20:30 ahead of the men. TatyanaPozdnyakova (UKR) kept ahead ofall the men to become overallwinner. Next year the men evenedthe score, with Mark Saina (Kenia)winning when the women’s startwas reduced to 15:50, based onwhat a race official called a“regression analysis.” Women’srace winner Lyubov Denisova(RUS), in perhaps less thanangelic fashion, complained thatthe difference was not enough tomake women viable competitorsfor the bonus [the differencebetween men’s and women’sworld records is 10:30]. Sheargued that the start should bebased on the difference betweenthe men’s and women’s courserecords [in the case of LA, 16:46].The race organizers agreed to herproposal.This year a record 25,256participants from 50 states and100 countries gathered in thedowntown corridor of high rises,where the race starts and finishes.The morning was clear and cool(9C) and promised excellentconditions for record-settingperformances.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa firedthe start gun to set the elite menchasing after the women. Amotley group of runners hurriedlydiscarding plastic ponchos,waving homemade signs andplugging in iPod earphonesfollowed close behind them, butjust at the outset.Accompanied by the boomingsounds of Japanese Taikodrummers, the race set out on aloop course through downtownLos Angeles. More than 20 bandslined the route, along withcheerleading squads, and 12entertainment centers – Chinese,Mexican, Ethiopian, Korean,Ecuadorian, Guatemalan amongthem, - which reflected the ethnicand cultural diversity of both thecity and the runners themselves.Thousands of spectators lined thecourse several deep, offeringrunners non-stop support, foodand drink on their long way to thefinish line near the city’s historicPublic Library. Everyday runnersenjoyed the weather and the oncourseentertainment andspectator support, but among theelite the battle was joined.Denisova, two-time defendingchampion and LA marathonrecord holder led from the startuntil 37km, closely followed byGete Wami of Ethiopia andRussian Lidiya Grigoryeva.Denisova led in an attempt to preemptWami’s fearsome finishingkick, demonstrated more on thetrack than in the marathon. Theeffort told on her. In the finalkilometres Denisova fell back.Grigoryeva in turn tried to breakWami but the diminutiveEthiopian clung on. With only400m remaining Grigoryevasprinted to victory in the race andin the Challenge.Neither Wami nor the male winnerBenson Cherono (KEN) couldreply. Cherono remained with thepack of Kenyans, who took turns28 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


The record number of 25,256 participantsfrom 50 states and 100 countries gatheredin the downtown corridor of high rises,where the race starts and finishessharing the lead, until 34km. Onlyonce he had broken away couldhis mind turn to thoughts ofchasing the women. The battle ofsexes resulted in new courserecords for both Grigoryeva andCherono. Cherono finished only16 seconds adrift, running 3:45short of Paul Tergat’s world record[Grigoryeva was 9:45 short ofPaula Radcliffe’s women’s mark].The business was disposed of atthe head of the race. Beyond that,the Marathon and its associatedevents became a holiday foreverybody. The weekend eventsincluded the 22-mile Acura L.A.Bike Tour at 05.50 and theEmerald Nuts 5km Run/Walk at09.30. In total these attractedmore than 45,000 participants.Thousands of runners completedtheir individual challenge andthen celebrated their achievementwith friends and family at thefinish line.The Family Reunion Area offeredpost-race massage, live music,food and drink. Many regularrunners said they were sure tocome back again because ...it’s theone time a year when the city justall comes together …and that’s avery cool thing.Those who had come to LosAngeles for the first time hadanother marathon ahead of them.They could not miss HollywoodBlvd. There they could comparetheir handprints, and footprints,to legendary stars like MarilynMonroe and John Wayne.They could also take the Walk ofFame (but running is frownedupon) treading on the stars offamous actors and actresses, likeTom Hanks, Denzel Washington,Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Robertsand many more.At the Universal Studios themepark visitors can go “behind thescenes” and learn movie industrysecrets about how special effectsare used to make movies come tolife. Those who take the BacklotTram Tour will experience an 8.3ResultMEN1 Benson CHERONO KEN 2.08.402 Laban KIPKEMBOI KEN 2.10.083 Simon WANGAI KEN 2.10.354 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2.11.475 Habte JIFAR ETH 2.12.396 Robert KIPROTICH CHERUIYOTKEN 2.14.267 Mikhail KHOBOTOV RUS 2.15.058 Nicholas MUREI KEN 2.15.239 John KAGWE KEN 2.15.3210 Odilon ROJAS MEX 2.16.44WOMEN1 Lidiya GRIGORYEVA RUS 2.25.102 Gete WAMI ETH 2.25.263 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2.26.184 Nuta OLARU ROM 2.30.305 Irina SAFAROVA RUS 2.34.456 Tatyana POZDNYAKOVA UKR 2.35.467 Lyudmyla PUSHKINA UKR 2.41.158 Christine LUNDY USA 2.43.149 Supina MAPON USA 2.57.5710 Sarah HALAS USA 2.58.35earthquake, have a close encounterwith the great white shark – Jaws,and swing on the Empire StateBuilding with King Kong.For those who sought moreearthly experience Watts Towersoffered a unique folk-artmasterpiece, a 30m-tall group ofsteel towers, decorated with scrapmetal, bed frames, bottles,ceramic tiles, and thousands ofseashells. One of LA’s famouslocal landmarks, the towers werecreated by a construction workerwho toiled over them in his sparetime for 30 years until theircompletion in 1954… Now thatwas some marathon.DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200631


International Associationof Ultra RunnersExecutivesPresidentDirk Strumane (BEL)Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.beVice PresidentRoelof Veld (NED)Director of DevelopmentJose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP)Director of CompetitionsHarry Arndt (GER)Director of OrganisationsJan Vandendriessche (BEL)Director of Asian AffairsSouhei Kobayashi (JPN)Joint European Group RepresentativesRoger Bonnifait (FRA)Norman Wilson (GBR)General SecretaryHilary Walker (GBR)Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net200616 JuneIAU European 100kmChallengeTorhout (BEL)23/24 SeptIAU European 24hrTrack RaceVerona (ITA)8 OctIAU 100km World ChallengeMisari (KOR)Oct (tbd)IAU 50km Trophy Final200728/29 JulyIAU 24hr WorldChallengeDrummondville (CAN)IAU 100kmWorld/EuroChallenge (tbd)The Executive Council of the IAU decided atthe end of 2005 to introduce the IAU labelfor ultramarathon races to eventuallyrecognise World Best Performances and todefine IAU travel grants for the major IAUcompetitions (World Chs 100km, World Chs24hours, European Chs 100km, EuropeanChs 24hours).To get an IAU label, race organizers have todemonstrate that they have an accuratecourse and that the race isrecognized/permitted by the appropriateNational Federation. The level of competitionin previous events will identify the raceswhich will be awarded the more prestigioussilver and gold labels. Further informationwill be found on the IAU website.A lot of races showed interest in this newregulation, some of them have already beenawarded an IAU label. Others are still in the“waiting-room”.In addition to the races below, allultradistance races which are denotednational championships by federations areautomatically awarded an IAU bronze label.Further applications are expected.25-26 February 2006:IAU 24hrs World Challenge, TaiwanPrevious winners from the last few years lined up alongsidepromising newcomers in Taipei among teams from 20countries. The course was a 1km loop, slightly undulating,around a park by the riverside on the north edge of Taipei.ChampionChip timing kept both athletes and spectators upto date with distances covered but from mid-race rain set infor the duration. It only eased off for the last few hours.The race started steadily, but some of the leading runnersweren’t there to stay. Rudy Afanador (USA), Janos Bogar(HUN) and Mario Pirotta (ITA) lasted at the front for the firstthree hours, covering 38km, before Afanador faded (hedropped out after 7 hours). Pirotta took over the lead fornext 3 hours (73km) but there were changes behind him.Hoblea (FRA) led briefly at 7 hours, but then a previoouswinner, Ryoichi Sekiya (JPN), ominously eased into the leadat 8 hours (95km) and never relinquished it. After 12 hourshe was 6km ahead (145km), and at 18 hrs (188km) secondplaced,Hoblea was 14 km behind. At 20hrs Sekiya (JPN) was17km ahead but the minor medal places were changing allthe time. Bychov (RUS) was lying second (211km) but inthird Mohamed Magroun (FRA) had come through stronglyin the second half and he eventually overhauled the Russian.The women’s winner took longer to emerge. Defendingchampion Lyudmila Kalinina (RUS) took the lead at 3 hours,and at 6 hours (70km) she led Brigitte Bec (FRA) by 3km andSumie Inagaki (JPN) by 4km. Galina Erimina and IrinaReutovitch were close behind.Kalinina was still running very strongly after 12 hours(131km), and was 8th overall. Inagaki was second, still only4km behind. Third was Kimi Noto (JPN), with GalinaEremina (RUS) on the same lap at 125km.By 18 hours Inagaki, the winner in 2004, had overtakenKalinina and led her by a kilometre. Noto was third, 7kmbehind. With the next runners being Galina Eremina andIrina Reutovich, Russia was in the lead in the team race. Themedal positions remained unchanged over the final 6 hours.Inagaki’s time would have put her in eighth position overall.Russia, placing four in the top ten, easily won the team race.IAU label racesCONFIRMED LABELSGoseong KOR 100km Trail 11/02/2006Jeonju KOR 100km Trail 25/03/2006Sicily ITA 100km Road 01/04/2006Jeju Island KOR 200km Trail 01/04/2006Daecheong Lake KOR 100km Trail 15/04/2006Seoul Tower KOR 100km Trail 15/04/2006KUMF Cup KOR 24hr Road 05/05/2006Homigot KOR 100km Trail 13/05/2006Cheonjinam KOR 100km Trail 20/05/2006Apeldoorn NED 24hr Road 26/05/2006Palgongsan KOR 100km Trail 27/05/2006Gwangju KOR 100km Trail 10/06/2006Gold Coast AUS 100Km Road 11/06/2006Bukhangang KOR 100km Trail 24/06/2006Trans KOR South to North end KOR 537km Trail 16/07/2006•Leipzig GER 100km Road 12/08/2006Busan Summer Beach KOR 100km Trail 19/08/2006Sorakcup KOR 100km Trail 02/09/2006Trans KOR KOR 308km Trail 14/09/2006Donggang KOR 100km Trail 30/09/2006KUMF Cup KOR 100km Road 08/10/2006Chungju Lake KOR 100miles Trail 28/10/2006Yuseong KOR 100km Trail 04/11/2006Peace KOR 100km Trail 26/11/2006•KEY:Gold• Silver • Bronze •MEN:1 Ryoichi SEKIYA JPN 272.936km2 Mohamed MAGROUN FRA 248.563km3 Vladimir BYCHKOV RUS 246.098km4 Osvaldo BELTRAMINO ITA 245.698km5 Masayuki OTAKI JPN 244.572km6 Fabien HOBLEA FRA 243.709km7 Kenji OKIYAMA JPN 238.061km8 Enrico BARTOLINI ITA 235.100km9 Kwangbok KIM KOR 233.522km10 Andrei KAZANTSEV RUS 233.415kmTEAMS:1 JPN 708.3592 FRA 654.1003 ITA 651.468WOMEN:1 Sumie INAGAKI JPN 237.144km2 Lyudmila KALININA RUS 231.356km3 Kimie NOTO JPN 229.146km4 Galina EREMINA RUS 223.208km5 Irina REUTOVICH RUS 216.913km6 Karen Marie BROEGGER DEN 213.427km7 Carolynne TASSIE NZL 212.348km8 Shu Jung CHIOU TPE 206.287km9 Janneke CAZEMIER NED 203.625km10 Rimma PALTEVA RUS 202.705kmTEAMS:1 RUS 671.477km2 JPN 654.555km3 FRA 596.172kmTAIPEI OPEN 24hr RACEMEN:1 Motohisa TADOKORO JPN 235.054km2 Hiroyuki NISHIMURA JPN 228.071km3 Ryoichi SATO JPN 205.770kmWOMEN:1 Sharon GAYTER GBR 214.568km2 Yasuko KANEHIRA JPN 208.810km3 Emi KATO JPN 193.324kmProvisional Labels(waiting for clarification of some details)Busan Beach KOR 100km Trail 14/01/2006Rodgau GER 50km Road 28/01/2006Taipei TPE 24H Road 28/02/2006Stein NED 24H or 6H Road 01/04/2006Canberra AUS 50km Road 10/04/2006Rodenbach GER 50Km Road 29/04/2006Rodenbach GER 100km Road 29/04/2006Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras CAN 100km Trail 06/05/2006•Glenrothes SCO 50km Road 14/05/2006Vendee FRA 100km Road 27/05/2006Gold Coast AUS 24hr Road 11/06/2006Gold Coast AUS 48hr Road 11/06/2006Winshoten NED 100km Road 07/09/2006Lupotissima ITA 24hr Road 24/09/2006Romagna ITA 100km Road 25/09/2006Santander ESP 100km Road 30/09/2006Koln GER 12H or 6H Road 15/10/2006Applications are expected soon from:Madrid ESP 100km Road 12/03/2006St.Nazaire FRA 100km Road 18/03/2006BRNO CZE 48-24H ? Indoor 24/03/2006Loutraki GRE 24H Track 07/04/2006East Hull harriers GBR 24H Track 07/05/2006Steenwerck FRA 100km Road 10/05/2006Gistel BEL 50km Road 20/05/2006Torhout BEL 100km Road 16/06/2006Eidsvoll NOR 6H Road 27/08/2006San Remo ITA 50km Road 17/09/2006Deventer NED 100km Track 12/11/2006•DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200633


International Associationof Ultra RunnersIAU 24hrs World Challenge, TaiwanAUSTRALIA11 December 2005:Kuwara to Pt Danger 50kmMEN:1 James TURNER AUS 3:39:072 Adrian PEARCE AUS 3:54:263 Robert WARE AUS 4:01:01WOMEN:1 Siri TERJESEN USA 3:54:26BELGIUM18 February 2006:6 hours of ZolderMEN:1 Lucien TAELMAN BEL 79.295km2 René STROSNY BEL 77.575km3 Math ROBERTS NED 77.234km4 Walter BOUWEN BEL 76.822km5 Wolfgang SCHWERK GER 76.688km6 Geert STYNEN BEL 75.356kmWOMEN:1 Petra KNOPS NED 68.138 m2 Karin VAN ECK NED 64.558 m3 Jutta JOHRING GER 61.738kmBRAZIL11 December 2005:Caetano do Sul 24h raceMaria Venancio won the race outright, finishing aheadof all the men and an astonishing 37km ahead of hernearest female rival.WOMEN:1 Maria VENANCIO BRA 213.181kmMEN:1 Alvaro MEDEIRO BRA 209.603km2 Paulo da FONSECA BRA 201.158km3 Agnaldo OLIVEIRA BRA 194.608kmCROATIA26 March 2006:Zagreb-Csazama 61.3kmMEN:1 János ZABARI HUN 3:55:042 Alexander BOLTACHEV RUS 4:07:303 Zoltán OSSO HUN 4:15:05WOMEN:1 Marija TROSIC CRO 4:42:422 Eva KORAN HUN 5:07:423 Edit BERCES HUN 5:33:53FINLAND14 January 2006:12hour Indoor race, LohjaMEN:1 Janne KANKAANSYNA FIN 132.708km2 Peeter VENNIKAS EST 130.167km3 Jari TOMPPO FIN 128.866kmWOMEN:1 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 126.908km2 Masae KAMURA JPN 121.108km3 Maria TAHKAVUORI FIN 114.636kmFRANCE5 February 2006: 6 hours of ChamberyMEN:1 Dominique PROVOST 79.200km2 Fabien HOBLEA 75.600km3 Nicolas MONTIGAUD 75.600km4 Jean LEVERT 75.600km5 Stéphane HAACK 72.000km6 Amar CHAMI 70.200km5 March 2006: 50km de LalindeMEN:1 Patrick HEYER 3:56:372 Hervé LETENEUR 4:08:373 Gilles DELMARES 4:10:234 Jean-François NARDOU 4:14:245 Didier PARCELLIER 4:14:246 Dominique DENECHEAU 4:16:517 Yves LACOSTE 4:16:518 Pascal CAQUET 4:18:319 Christophe GONTHIER 4:19:0710 Frédéric TALBOURET 4:19:15WOMEN:1 Caroline MEAL 4:41:122 Cécile POUGNAND 4:43:513 Annie KEMPF4:45:504 Agnès SOULIGNAC 4:49:335 Kathulène DAHY 4:55:105 March 2006: Trail du VolcanMEN:1 J-François FAURE FRA 5:10:402 Michel VERHAEGHE FRA 5:12:113 Maurice MONDON FRA 5:19:004 Guillaume MILLET FRA 5:21:275 Fabrice GRELLIER FRA 5:31:42ULTRA NATIONALSThe IAU is planning to make aninventory of all ultramarathonnational championships, world-wide.To do so we appeal for as muchinformation as possible fromultrarunners, organisers and fromnational atheltic federations. We areprimarily looking for 100km and24H (road, track, indoor)championships, but also 50km, 6H,12H, 48H, ... (road, track, indoor). Wewould also be interested in any suchchampionships held on trail.Besides the distance we seek thesurface (road, track, indoor, trail),the name of the race, the date andthe place. We also need contactdetails (e-mail, website, tel. no. fax,contact person and postal address)If you know any NationalChampionship in your countryplease send this information tojan.vandendriessche@veki.beInformation received will be postedas soon as possible on our website:www.iau.org.twWOMEN:1 Sophie SATRIN FRA 6:22:572 Alexandra ROUSSET FRA 6:30:013 Velérie FEMENIAS FRA 6:46:5512 March 2006: 6hrs of La GorgueMEN:1 Pascal VAURY FRA 75.710km2 J-Philippe BOURDAUDHUI FRA 74.882km3 Jérome BENTEUR FRA 74.130km4 Christophe LEDOUX FRA 71.595km5 Yves DELABY FRA 71.206kmWOMEN:1 Carole THELLIER FRA 59.263km2 Marie-Line REGNIER FRA 57.811km3 Elisabeth COLLIGNON FRA 57.606km18 March 2006:100km de St NazaireMEN:1 Jean-Jacques MOROS FRA 7:07:572 Albert VALLEE FRA 7:42:073 Emmanuel CONRAUX FRA 7:44:064 Diego DI TOMA FRA 7:45:365 Christian FATTON FRA 7:49:166 Thierry PERRET FRA 7:54:12WOMEN:1 Lucy CARR FRA 8:44:132 Anne-Cécile FONTAINE FRA 9:39:443 Anke DRESCHER GER 9:54:26GERMANY28 January 2006:Rodgau/Frankfurt 50kmMEN:1 Jan-Albert LATINK NED 3:27:232 Roland KREFTER GER 3:30:483 Sebastian KRAFT GER 3:34:434 Michael SCHULZ GER 3:36:245 Gerald BAUDEK GER 3:38:12WOMEN:1 Angelika HOFFMAN GER 4:00:122 Carmen HILDEBRAND GER 4:04:233 lona SCHLEGEL GER 4:09:474 Erika CHAARI GER 4:14:405 Elke STREICHER GER 4:17:50LIBYA25 February 2006:Libyan Challenge Master TrekMEN:1 Raymond ZAHAB 32:39:532 Neil KAPOOR 33:52:323 Katell CORN 43:22:14WOMEN1 Mimi ANDERSON 43:22:142 Anke MOLKENTHIN 43:22:143 Marisa MARCHINI 43:22:14NETHERLANDS5 March 2006: 6hrs of SteenbergenMEN:1 Lucien TAELMAN BEL 81.907km2 Jesper OLSEN DEN 77.662km3 Math ROBEERTS NED 75.672km4 Kjetil HAVSTEIN DEN 75.659km5 Wim DOUW NED 73.850kmWOMEN:1 Petra KNOPP GER 67.913km2 Margot TESTERS NED 64.148km3 Marion MEESTERS NED 63.272kmSPAIN18 March 2006:100km & 50km of MadridMEN:1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 6:44:282 Jose Maria MUÑOZ ESP 6:46:503 Ricard BERRAR ESP 7:14:274 Javier VELASCO ESP 7:49:425 Alejandro LOPEZ ESP 7:59:1750kmMEN:1 Juan ROMAN ESP 3:18:582 Yacoubi EL MAHDI MAR 3:23:393 Claudio MANSILLA ESP 3:26:51WOMEN:1 Rosario OLIVARES ESP 4:18:51DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200635


International Associationof Ultra RunnersSWEDEN11 March 2006: 6 hours of SkovdeMEN:1 Stefan HULT SWE 77.455km2 Mathias BRAMSTANG SWE 76.488km3 Andreas SVENSSON SWE 75.259km4 Atle BERNTSEN NOR 74.893km5 Kim RASMUSSEN DEN 73.563km6 Ola NORDAHL SWE 73.097kmWOMEN:1 Tina KARLSSON SWE 62.955km2 Torill Fonn HARTIKAINEN NOR 61.136km3 Åsa HALLSTORP SWE 59.363kmRUSSIA11 March 2006: 6 hours indoors & 100kmindoor Championships, Moscow6 hours:MEN:1 Alexandr VISHNYAGOV RUS 88.957km2 Igor TYAZHKOROB RUS 88.301km3 Vladimir NETREBA RUS 82.303km4 Denis SHALAGINOV RUS 81.119km5 Vladimir POPOV RUS 79.234km6 Vitalii SIMUTIN RUS 77.086kmWOMEN:1 Nadejda KARASEVA RUS 72.803km2 Galina EREMINA RUS 70.466km3 Valentina NERUBENKO RUS 70.114km100kmMEN:1 Alexsandr VISHNYAGOV RUS 6:47:552 Igor TYAZHKOROB RUS 6:51:183 Vladimir NETREBA RUS 7:33:014 Vladimir POPOV RUS 7:56:395 Vitralii SIMUTIN RUS 7:59:156 Oleg YAKOVLEV RUS 8:17:16WOMEN:1 Nadejda KARASEVA RUS 8:30:432 Valentina NERUBENKO RUS 9:09:573 Elena SIMUTINA RUS 9:33:54USA29 December 2005:Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance 50kmMEN:1 Ulrich STEIDL USA 3:07:472 Jason SAITTA USA 3:18:263 Jim HARRINGTON USA 3:29:004 Jose Angel LARA USA 3:44:025 Gerardo MORA USA 3:48:306 Mike WASSON USA 3:48:467 William HENDERSON USA 3:49:478 Kent MUHLBAUER USA 3:54:399 Gary BRIMMER USA 3:55:5810 Francisco GARZA USA 3:59:31WOMEN:1 Wendy TERRIS USA 3:51:462 Donna PALISCA USA 4:00:563 Sarah WHEELER USA 4:11:594 Cyndy HETRICK USA 4:21:335 Ashley GOLLIHER USA 4:24:356 Anna Sumrall HELM USA 4:29:184 February 2006: Rocky Raccoon100 miles & 50 miles100 milesMEN:1 Jorge PACHECO USA 13:16:562 Andy JONES-WILKINS USA 14:56:553 Guillermo MEDINA USA 15:54:504 David BURSLER USA 15:57:255 Ryan LOEHDING USA 16:32:50WOMEN:1 Connie GARDNER USA 17:04:002 Susan JOHNSTON USA 17:18:103 Julie FINGAR USA 18:03:2050 MilesMEN:1 Larry HALL USA 7.38.062 Falvey MALARCHER USA 7.55.503 Brad QUINN USA 7.57.22WOMEN:1 Michele JENSEN USA 8.10.2026 February 2006:Houston Ultra Event Weekend48 hoursWOMEN:1 Debra RICHMEIR USA 255.290kmMEN:1 David LULJAK USA 235.914km2 Michael MELTON USA 226.209km24 hoursMEN:1 Mike STABLER USA 174.501km12 hoursMEN:1 Blair ZIMMERMAN USA 106.651km100kmMEN:1 Greg CROWTHER USA 6:59:402 Mark HENDERSON USA 8:09:09WOMEN:1 Amanda MCINTOSH USA 8:36:096 hoursWOMEN:1 Joan MESSICK USA 67.866kmOfficial publication ofthe Association of InternationalMarathons and Road Racesand the International Associationof Athletic FederationsPlease send me the AIMS/IAAF catalogue DISTANCE RUNNINGfor four issues as they are published, (1 year’s subscription).I enclose my credit card details for UK £25 Sterling / US $40Name: __________________________________________________________Address:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Town: __________________________________________________________Country: ________________________________________________________Postcode: _______________________________________________________Telephone: _______________________________________________________________Please return this form and payment to:426 Drumoyne Road Glasgow G51 4DA Scotland United KingdomTel: 44 (0) 141 810 9000 Fax: 44 (0) 141 810 9009ISDN: 44 (0) 141 880 9773 Email:distancerunning@inpositionmedia.co.ukName of Cardholder: _____________________________________________Type of Card:____________________________________________________(Sorry, American Express is not taken)Number: ____/____/____/____ Expiry Date: _____________________Signature _______________________________________________________I would like my subscription to start with:❏ July - September 2006 ❏ October - December 2006❏ January - March 2007 (Please tick box)PLEASE PHOTOCOPYAND USE THIS AS ASUBSCRIPTION FORMFOR OFFICE USESubscription paid: Yes / NoDate paid: _______________DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200637


Official listings for AIMS eventsAprilDATE RACE PAGE1/2 IAAF World Cross-CountryChampionships, Fukuoka JPN C 91 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 702 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 302 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 782 Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz ESP M 762 Chunju Marathon KOR M 743 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 728 North Pole Marathon NPO M 76Course not measurable to AIMS standards9 Canberra Marathon AUS M 699 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 769 Paris Marathon FRA M 729 Turin Half Marathon Cancelled ITA H 74NOTE Turin Marathon: NOW 24 SEP 069 Zurich Marathon SUI M 789 Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA M 7015 Old Mutual Two OceansMarathon, presented by Nike RSA U 616 Carlos Lopes GoldMarathon Memorial POR M 7616 Nagano OlympicCommemorative Marathon JPN M 7417 110th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 7822 Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 7823 Conergy Marathon Hamburg GER M 7223 Enschede Marathon NED M 7623 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 623 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 7223 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 7023 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 630 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 7830 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 7630 Oklahoma CityMemorial Marathon USA M 78MayDATE RACE PAGE6 Cracovia Marathon POL M 767 Vancouver Int’l Marathon CAN M 707 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 747 Run Berlin - 25km von Berlin GER R 727 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 707 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 7013 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 7614 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 7214 Ruhr Marathon GER M 7214 Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 7214 Prague Int’l Marathon CZE M 1014 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 7620 The Great Wall Marathon CHN MCourse not measurable to AIMS standards 7021 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 620 Three Hearts Marathon SLO M 7628 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 8JuneDATE RACE PAGE3 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 133 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA 783 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 784 Media Marathon de Valencia ESP H 1411 Hawaiian Half Marathon USA H 7811 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 1417 Mont St. Michel Marathon FRA M 7217 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 7618 Dalian International Marathon CHN M 7018 Phuket Marathon THA M 1023 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 7225 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 1425 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 7425 Scotiabank VancouverHalf Marathon CAN H 1425 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 7428 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 70JulyDATE RACE PAGE1 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 721-8 100miles of the Namib Desert NAM UCourse not measurable to AIMS standards 162 British 10k, London GBR R 722 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 179 HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 709 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 7829 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 78Course not measurable to AIMS standards30 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 70AugustDATE RACE PAGE5 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 725 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 765 Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M 785 Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TAN M 786 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 7613 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 7013 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 7019 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 2019 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 7227 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 7427 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 7027 Quebec City Marathon CAN M 1827 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 70SeptemberDATE RACE PAGE3 Great Scottish Run GBR H 723 21st Nike BudapestInt’l Half Marathon HUN H 723 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 788/9 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 76Course not measurable to AIMS standards9 Ruska Marathon FIN M 729 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 729 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 769 Vilnius Marathon LIT M 7410 26th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 2210 Media Maraton Int’lCiudad de Medellin COL H 7010 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 2210 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 1717 Arkadia Warsaw Marathon POL M 7617 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 2217 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 2317 Int’l Ghazi Run 10km TUR R 7817 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 7223 Hyderabad Midnight Marathon IND M/H 7224 45th Dexia Bil Route du VinHalf Marathon LUX H 7424 real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 3024 Maratonina Citta Di Udine ITA H 7424 Scotiabank Toronto WaterfrontMarathon and Half CAN M/H 2224 Turin Marathon ITA M 2924 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 2424 Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 7230 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 7830 Coastal Marathon BEL M 70OctoberDATE RACE PAGE1 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 561 Twin Cities Marathon USA M 781 21st Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 60+611 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 511 Portland Marathon USA M 561 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 727 15th IAAF World Road RaceChampionships, 20km, Debrecen HUN R 98 Marathon del Mediterraneo ESP M 768 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 768 4th Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 378 Novi Sad Marathon YUG M 78MHRAbbreviations UsedAIMS EventIAAF EventChampionChip timingMarathonHalf MarathonRoad RaceMR Mountain RunU UltradistanceC Cross Country** For race date please contact race direct.00 Each race has a page number (at the right handside of each column). Please use these as anindex for race details.IMPORTANT:At the time of publication, the above dates werebelieved correct, however, runners should confirm directlywith race organisers prior to booking arrangements.RACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact information and race datesplease send details to: update@aims-association.org40 DISTANCE RUNNING· www.aims-association.org · www.iaaf.org · www.aims-association.org · www.iaaf.or


www.aims-association.orgwww.iaaf.org8 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 708 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 708 Milano City Marathon ITA M 609 Taiwan Boulevard Int’l Marathon TPE M 7814 Under Armour Baltimore Marathon USA M 7815 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M/H 7015 Porto Marathon POR M 7615 Palermo D’Inverno Half Marathonand Super Marathon ITA H/U 7415 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 5215 ING Amsterdam Marathon NED M 5515 Mount Desert Island Marathon USA M 7815 Poznan Marathon POL M 5115 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 6215 Timisoara Marathon ROM M 7615 Delhi International Half Marathon IND H 7222 Kathmandu Marathon NEP M/H 7422 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 7622 Niagara FallsviewCasino Int'l Marathon CAN M 4722 Venice Marathon ITA M 5222 Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 7629 Aland Marathon FIN M/H 7229 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 6229 Big Sur Half Marathonon Monterey Bay USA H 7829 Messe Frankfurt Marathon GER M 6230 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 72Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 74Standard CharteredNairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 74NovemberDATE RACE PAGE5 ING New York City Marathon USA M 665 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 785 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 725 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 785 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 7410 Pharaonic 100km EGY U 7212 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 6418 MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 7619 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUBM/H 7019 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 7419 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 7423 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 7825 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 6824-26 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 6826 XXIII Firenze Marathon ITA M 6826 Seattle Marathon & Half USA M/H 7826 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 7426 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 6826 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 7026 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 7226 Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 6926 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 7027 Thai Health Bangkok Marathon THA M 10DecemberDATE RACE PAGE3 60th Fukuoka Int’l OpenMarathon Championship JPN M 743 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 743 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 713 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 703 Standard CharteredSingapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 763 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 763 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 7010 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 7810 Honolulu Marathon USA M 7810 Dallas White Rock Marathon USA M 7817 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 7831 St Catherine’s Marathon EGY M/H 7231 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 70January 2007DATE RACE PAGE1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 784 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 757 Disney Marathon USA M 7812 Standard CharteredDubai Marathon UAE M 7814 Maui Surfn’Sand Half Marathon USA H 7814 Standard CharteredLahore Marathon PAK M 7621 Standard CharteredMumbai Marathon IND M 7321 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 7821 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG MH 7228 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 74Mizuno Hong KongHalf Marathon Championships HKG H 72FebruaryDATE RACE PAGE4 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 784 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 744 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 7416 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 7217 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 7218 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 7618 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 7818 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /10k Road Race JPN R 7418 Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 7425 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 7625 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 7625 Seville City Marathon ESP M 7626 Sahara Marathon ALG M 70Course not measurable to AIMS standards27 Antarctica Marathon M 70Course not measurable to AIMS standardsStandard CharteredHong Kong Marathon HKG M 72Giuseppe VerdiCountry Marathon ITA M 72Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 78MarchDATE RACE PAGE4 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 744 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 744 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon MAS M 744 Marathon of Barcelona - Catalunya ESP M 7611 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 7411 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 7411 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 7411-18 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 78Course not measurable to AIMS standards18 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 7218 ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 1018 Vigarano Marathon ITA M 7419 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 7818 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 7724 IAAF World Cross-CountryChampionships, Mombasa KEN C 924 City-Pier-City Half Marathon NED H 7625 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 7825 Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 7229 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 7231 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 70Marato de Barcelona ESP M 76EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 76g · www.aims-association.org · www.iaaf.org · www.aims-association.org ·AprilDATE RACE PAGE1 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 307 North Pole Marathon NPO M 76Course not measurable to AIMS standards7 Old Mutual Two OceansMarathon, presented by Nike RSA U 615 Canberra Marathon AUS M 6915 Paris Marathon FRA M 7215 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 7616 111th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 7822 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 7222 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 7022 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 629 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 7829 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 7629 Conergy Marathon Hamburg GER M 72Oklahoma CityMemorial Marathon USA M 78Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 70Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 78Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz ESP M 76Turin Half Marathon ITA H 74Zurich Marathon SUI M 78Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA M 70Carlos Lopes GoldMarathon Memorial POR M 76Nagano OlympicCommemorative Marathon JPN M 74Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 76Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 78Enschede Marathon NED M 76Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 6MayDATE RACE PAGE6 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 746 BMO Bank of MontrealVancouver Marathon CAN M 7012 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 7613 Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 7213 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 7620 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 627 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 827 Media Marathon de Valencia ESP H 14Cracovia Marathon POL M 76Run Berlin - 25km von Berlin GER R 72Vienna City Marathon AUT M 70Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 70Ruhr Marathon GER M 72Prague Int’l Marathon CZE M 10The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 70Course not measurable to AIMS standardsThree Hearts Marathon SLO M 76JuneDATE RACE PAGE2 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA 789 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 1310 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 1410 Hawaiian Half Marathon USA H 7817 Phuket Marathon THA M 1017 Dalian International Marathon CHN M 709 Mont St. Michel Marathon FRA M 72Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 7622 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 7224 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 1424 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 7424 Scotiabank VancouverHalf Marathon CAN H 1424 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 7428 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 70Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 78April – June 2006 41


18 DECEMBER 2005:ING TAIPEI INT’L MARATHON,TAIWANMEN:1 Luke KIBET KEN 2:11:542 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:13:393 Barnabas KOECH KEN 2:16:154 Onesmus MUTUSYA KEN 2:17:005 Tsutomu SAEKI JPN 2:22:296 Kasirai SITA ZIM 2:25:137 Zi-Jian ZHENG TPE 2:29:178 Yi-Cai ZENG TPE 2:32:139 Jia-Xiang WU TPE 2:35:2710 Jian-Xing CHIU TPE 2:35:36WOMEN:1 Jane EKIMAT KEN 2:33:392 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:35:083 Xiu-Ying HU CHN 2:38:284 Fabiola JOHN TAN 2:40:275 Madina BIKTAGIROVA RUS 2:42:436 Wan-Ling WU TPE 2:46:537 Shu-Hua CHEN TPE 2:58:518 Xiao-Yu LEE TPE 2:59:349 Yu-Fang XU TPE 3:01:2510 Shu-Rong CHIU TPE 3:11:3231 DECEMBER 2005:ST CATHERINE’S MARATHON& HALF, EGYPTThe race takes place right by the St CatherineMonastery at the foot of Mount Sinai over a twolapcourse which takes runners through the villageand past outlying Bedouin houses. Of the 16marathon participants 15 finished. Another 100people also ran in the Half Marathon, 10km and 5km races.Water and banana supply stations were in placeevery 2.5 km, with the whole course carefullycontrolled by 15 competition marshals with fullpolice co-operation. Two ambulances werepermanently moving along the course.All participants received T-shirts, medals, apapyrus and the race certificate.MEN:1 Mohamed EL-MORSY EGY 3:16:442 Ahmed MOSTAFA EGY 3:16:513 Hussein AHMED EGY 3:37:304 Osama AHMED EGY 3:56:385 Samy KHATER EGY 3:57:186 Hassan IBRAHIM EGY 4:12:447 Dieter STEMME GER 4:16:528 Dieter SKINBRECHER GER 4:19:439 Klaus BERMAN GER 4:48:1810 Leo SENTIS GER 4:57:35WOMEN:1 Renate WARNSTEDT GER 3:49:302 Helga STEMME GER 4:53:211 JANUARY 2006: ST CROIXINT’L MARATHON, US VIRGINISLANDSSoon after the pre-dawn start at Plaza Extra on theQueen Mary Highway Calvin Dallas burst awayfrom the group. After 8km last year’s winner, SteveBurkholder, and Lloyd Henry started to closedown on Dallas. Burkholder eventually caughthim at 11km as the pair ran back through townand towards the turnaround point at Hamm’sBluff. They ran together for the next 20km butDallas pulled away as they approached Hamm’sBluff for the second time, around 32km. In thewomen’s race defending champion Teresa Harperled all the way. As the race finished bemusedtourists disembarking a cruise ship enquired if therace was an annual event.MEN:1 Calvin DALLAS ISV 3:05:092 Steve BURKHOLDER ISV 3:10:293 Mike KLEIN ISV 3:17:504 Jean PIERRE ISV 3:31:045 Lloyd HENRY ISV 3:40:476 Ernest MITCHELL ISV 3:44:34WOMEN:1 Teresa HARPER ISV 3:57:445 JANUARY 2006: TIBERIASMARATHON, ISRAELSee feature on page 158 JANUARY 2006: DISNEYMARATHON, USAMEN:1 Adriano BASTOS BRA 2:19:432 Tim KELLER USA 2:31:343 Nick RICCO USA 2:32:344 Matthew DOBSON USA 2:33:385 Genildo FERNANDS BRA 2:34:536 Michael HEITZENRATER USA 2:41:167 Jim CLEMENS USA 2:41:268 Eric VANDERVORT USA 2:41:359 John REBACK USA 2:42:4210 Michael MOLLOD USA 2:42:52WOMEN:1 Paige HIGGINS USA 2:51:382 Amy SHERTZER USA 2:59:143 Maryanne PROTZ USA 3:00:404 Deborah TILLMAN USA 3:04:065 Lynn LEONARD USA 3:04:236 Laura DRAKE USA 3:07:037 Lou Hohnka OSWALD USA 3:12:558 Eileen TURENNE USA 3:14:039 Amy GRAB USA 3:14:1310 Heather RYNDAK USA 3:14:25MumbaiHALF MARATHON (7 JAN 2006):MEN:1 Josh EBERLEY USA 1:08:122 Josh MOEN USA 1:08:123 Jeff GAUDETTE USA 1:08:21WOMEN:1 Melissa WHITE USA 1:18:332 Dorothy MCMAHAN USA 1:19:013 Cassie HINTZ USA 1:19:208 JANUARY 2006: MIZUNOHONG KONG HALFMARATHONCHAMPIONSHIPSA new national record was set by 21-year-old ChanKa Ho with the time of 1:12:02. The championshiphas been held annually for 13 years, and nowattracts more than 2,000 runners. There were fourguest runners from Japan and Malaysia in thisyear’s event. “Gold Jerseys”, awarded to men whofinished the race under 1:25:00 and women whobettered 1:40:00 for 3 consecutive years, went to38 people. In addition, 100 medallions wereawarded to the top 100 finishers of the race inorder to celebrate the 100-year anniversary ofMizuno.MEN:1 Ka Ho CHAN HKG 1:12:022 Mark WILLIAMS GBR 1:12:513 Wang Kuen WONG HKG 1:13:014 Neil TAIT GBR 1:13:405 Ka Man GI HKG 1:13:556 Kirk SABEAN CAN 1:14:077 Wai Kwok CHAN HKG 1:14:348 Natsuki OKADA JPN 1:15:019 Hok Yan LAI HKG 1:15:0710 Chiu Lin LEUNG HKG 1:15:38WOMEN:1 So Liang TO HKG 1:23:282 Yuen Fan LEUNG HKG 1:24:463 Gillian CASTKA GBR 1:27:034 Terumi NIWA JPN 1:28:065 Christine BAILEY 1:28:216 Kit Yee CHAN HKG 1:28:267 Sui Ping FAN HKG 1:31:028 Ka Man WONG HKG 1:33:009 Shuk Han CHEUNG HKG 1:34:4510 Wai Ling CHU HKG 1:35:0842 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


15 JANUARY 2006: 2NDMAUI SURF ‘N’ SAND HALFMARATHON, USAStarting in Kapalua under light rain and 21C, therace went through Old Lahaina Town to a beachfinish in clear and warm conditions. Chris Charles,from Seattle, ran alone to post a new courserecord of 1:09:06. The inaugural record, set byMaui local Matthew Holton at 1:15:38, was runinto a strong Kona head wind.Coming all the way from the Eastern seaboard ofthe US, Heidi Westerling nailed the second courserecord of the day, improving over 10 minutes fromthe 1:28.29 set last year by Canada’s GillianKornell.MEN:1 Michael IRWIN USA 1:18:252 Douglas JOHNSTONE USA 1:20:073 George BEIRNE USA 1:20:504 Eric ZWYGART USA 1:21:115 Joe HENWOOD USA 1:22:466 Rob FILAROSKI USA 1:23:117 Tom SPILLAR USA 1:23:238 Ken CHERRY USA 1:23:369 Charlie MAYRS CAN 1:24:1210 Trey ALTICK USA 1:24:44WOMEN:1 Kim BRUCE USA 1:20:542 Reitha WEEKS USA 1:23:153 Val JENSEN USA 1:23:184 Marcy RHODY USA 1:23:225 Patricia CHANDLER USA 1:26:526 Jessica HULL USA 1:26:547 Donna JORDAN USA 1:27:038 Kathryn HADLEY USA 1:27:379 Christina CAVAZOS USA 1:27:4810 Kelly YEH USA 1:28:0615 JANUARY 2006: CHINACOAST MARATHON, HONGKONGThe race is organized by Athletic Veterans of HongKong and takes place far away from the urbanHong Kongjungle that is to most people Hong Kong. It is theterritory’s oldest marathon. The course is tough: ascenic, hilly out and back affair alongside HighIsland Reservoir in Sai Kung Country Park.Conditions this year were unseasonably warm forthe marathon runners. As sun came out finishingtemperatures rose over 20C. The race is veryrunner-friendly with plenty of aid stations alongthe route. The local veterans club organizersaward age group prizes up to 65+ for men and 50+for women. The winners in both the men’s andwomen’s races were last year’s champions GunnarRethfeldt and Jo Jo Fan.MEN:1 Gunnar RETHFELDT HKG 2:38:222 Alvin Kwong Yiu CHAN HKG 2:57:373 Wai Lee WONG HKG 2:59:134 Ping Chuen WONG HKG 2:59:425 Luen Pai WONG HKG 3:01:266 Ming Fai LAI HKG 3:02:507 Chun Fai YIP HKG 3:07:298 Chung Fat SIU HKG 3:11:589 Hing Wah HO HKG 3:12:1810 Raymond Yiu Chung LI HKG 3:13:01WOMEN:1 Sui Ping FAN HKG 3:24:412 Chun Hing CHAN HKG 3:34:043 Peggy Pui-Shan CHAN HKG 3:37:174 Lucina Shuk-Lin LO HKG 3:45:395 Vera Hei-Ping CHAN HKG 3:47:076 May Suk-Man SZETO HKG 3:47:557 Kathy Li LO HKG 3:50:028 Mei-Lun YEUNG HKG 3:55:579 Chloe Lo VINE HKG 3:56:4010 Lyn Carolyn POEY HKG 3:59:01HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Adrian KING HKG 1:17:222 Hoi To HO HKG 1:17:453 Wai Shing MO HKG 1:18:13WOMEN:1 Claire MURRAY HKG 1:34:282 Angelina Fung-Sin KONG HKG 1:39:013 Sze-Lam CHEUNG HKG 1:42:3615 JANUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDMUMBAI MARATHON, INDIADaniel Rono and Mulu Seboka shattered thecourse records and the 2006 race far surpassedprevious numbers in terms of participation. Itgenerated an atmosphere of magical excitement,the crescendo of which rocked the entire city ofMumbai.The live worldwide coverage sent a strongmessage to the world's marathon runners that thewell-planned course is conducive to fast timings.Rono paced himself judiciously to surprise astrong field and obliterate countryman JuliusSugut's previous record of 2: 13.20. Mulu Sebokatook the women's honours for the second yearrunning, leading from the start to knock nearlytwo minutes off the 2: 35:05 she clocked theprevious year.Indian athletes made a clean sweep in the halfmarathon, in both men's and women's racescategory.At the half-way stage Rono was way behind thepack of elite runners, led by countryman SimonKasimili, who set a scorching pace. After Kasimilidropped out Ethiopia's Desse Dembelachsnatched the lead briefly, but Rono appliedpressure 7kms from the finish line to eventuallywear down two other Kenyans, Kipkorir Mandagoand Stanley Leleito.Mulu's run took even world record holder PaulTergat by surprise, who felt she had "made herbreak a bit too early," but the ever smiling Mulunever faltered as she made it a one-horse racefrom start to finish.Around 28,000 runners participated in the fiveevents. Apart from the Marathon and the HalfMarathon, there was a 7km Dream Run, a SeniorCitizens' Run (5 km) and a wheelchair event (3.5km).DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200643


MEN:1 Daniel RONO KEN 2:12:032 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:183 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:12:474 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:13:585 Gashaw MALESE ETH 2:14:196 Meshack KOSGEI KEN 2:14:447 M NGASENKE ZIM 2:16:108 Alex MALINGA UGA 2:16:229 Willy CHERUIYOT KEN 2:16:2410 Cleophas ROP KEN 2:17:32WOMEN:1 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:33:152 Inga ARBITOVA RUS 2:33:553 Leila AMAN ETH 2:36:174 Zebenay MOGES ETH 2:39:395 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:41:236 Hanna MITEI KEN 2:43:057 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:43:058 Marashet JIMMA ETH 2:44:239 Adnech BEYENE ETH 2:45:0610 Xin ZHANG CHN 2:45:26Half MarathonMEN:1 Ram Bhadur Subba IND 1:07:262 Mukesh Kumar Patel IND 1:07:583 Jagannath Lakde IND 1:07:58WOMEN:1 Sarabjit Kaur IND 1:21:482 Dipika Biswas IND 1:23:503 Savita Devi IND 1:24:2522 JANUARY 2006: KHONKAEN INT’L MARATHON,THAILANDMEN:1 Boonchu CHANDECHA THA 2:23:212 Jirasak SUTTICHART THA 2:23:233 Anusak PIDVONA THA 2:26:114 Michael MUKOMA KEN 2:29:495 Gordae SENMOOD THA 2:30:586 Panom MAPENG THA 2:31:587 Supid JANTARAT THA 2:33:238 Sonchai CHUSAKUL THA 2:33:379 Wuttipat BOONJANG THA 2:34:2010 Meechai CHUCHEEP THA 2:35:45WOMEN:1 Violetta URYGA POL 2:51:572 Saifon PIAWONG THA 2:57:323 Kedmanee SENAPAN THA 2:57:554 Devamanie SOTHIE MAS 3:02:565 Rpasara PRASATHINPIMAI THA 3:03:356 Saipin PATJUN THA 3:06:297 Kan KUSAWAN THA 3:06:298 Papan KAMBURI THA 3:12:079 Tanapon PIAMSAKUL THA 3:16:5810 Dudsadee SAEHENG THA 3:27:08HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Boontueng SRISANG THA 1:09:542 Amnat SICHAD THA 1:10:453 Amnuay TONGMIT THA 1:10:45WOMEN:1 TRIYANINGSI INA 1:16:462 Patcharee CHAITONGSI THA 1:23:343 Sontiya SAIVAEW THA 1:23:3429 JANUARY 2006: OSAKALADIES’ INT’L MARATHON,JAPANCatherine Ndereba stuck to her usual cautiouspacing to good effect as she picked off the earlyleaders and came home to a comfortable victory.Lidia Grigoryeva and Natalia Berkut paced thelead group of four Japanese out of the stadium,while Ndereba held back. She passed 5km 100mdown on this group and 50m ahead of anothergroup of seven. Both the pacemakers andNdereba continued as they had started, and thegap between them grew to 47 seconds at 10kmand 67 seconds at 15km. By 20km the leaders weredown to Kayoko Obata and Kiyomi Ogawa, plusthe two pacemeakers.Ndereba lost little ground after 15km and from25km, as the pacemakers dropped out, she rapidlyclawed it back. <strong>Running</strong> a very consistent pace shehalved the gap to Obata between 25-30km. It tookher only another 3km to pass the tiring leader, andat 35km she was 100m clear. Her lead extended toover a minute at 40km, when Obata rallied. KiyokoShimahara came through the field: from 8th at25km she was in 4th at 35km and finished in thirdplace. Catherine Ndereba’s younger sisterfinished eighth, while three-time winner LidiaSimon was ninth. Masami Sakata and TomoMorimoto, neither of whom were invited runners,posted outstanding debut times in fourth andfifth positions.WOMEN:1 Catherine NDEREBA KEN 2:25:052 Kayoko OBATA JPN 2:25:523 Kiyoko SHIMAHARA JPN 2:26:474 Masami SAKATA JPN 2:27:135 Tomo MORIMOTO JPN 2:27:466 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:29:177 Mika OKUNAGA JPN 2:29:568 Anastasia NDEREBA KEN 2:32:479 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:33:5310 Asami OBI JPN 2:34:22Osaka29 JANUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDLAHORE MARATHON,PAKISTANHalefom Tsegaye and Jane Nyambura won thesecond Lahore Marathon in record times writes IanLadbrooke. Nyambura, as Jane Kariuki, had won thefirst edition but improved to a personal best timein this race, breaking away after only 5km. She wascaught by Meseret Kotu and Teringo Getachewatat 15km and all three ran together for the next19km. At 34km Nyambura put in her decisivemove.Tsegaye broke away with 6km to go for animpressive win. After passing halfway in 1:06:02the weather took its toll, as the temperature rosesfrom 20C at the start to 27C at finish.In the supporting 10km event there was aspectacular all-Ethiopian sprint finish with thetop 3 men separated by just one second. AsmaeLeghazoui won the women’s race in a sharp 31:49,while last year’s winner Cathy Mutwa improved by70 seconds over last year and set a new personalbest.There were approximately 20,000 participants inall three races (including a 5km fun run), numberswhich were handled extremely well by police andrace marshals.MEN:1 Halefom TSEGAYE ETH 2:16:012 Gashaw SIBHAT ETH 2:19:553 Semeretu ALEMYEHU ETH 2:21:02WOMEN:1 Jane NYAMBURA KEN 2:34:572 Meseret KOTU ETH 2:37:313 Teringo GETECHEWAT ETH 2:40:5910kmMEN:1 Kadir BURKA ETH 28:532 Birhanu ADANE ETH 28:543 Tewodros SHIFERAW ETH 28:54WOMEN:1 Asmae LEGZAHOUI MAR 31:492 Cathy MUTWA KEN 32:503 Ashu KASIM ETH 33:245 FEBRUARY 2006:PACIFIC SHORELINEMARATHON, USAIn all, over 750 finished the Marathon and nearly5,500 the Half Marathon.MEN:1 Hector LOPEZ USA 2:32:292 Jose ORTIZ USA 2:33:013 Robert LEONARDO USA 2:47:234 Brett LAWRIE USA 2:47:235 Gary LEON USA 2:50:406 Joseph PENDLETON USA 2:50:557 Josh BAKER USA 2:52:358 Jack PREUS USA 2:54:329 Brian BERGT USA 2:54:5710 Toru SAWAI USA 2:55:00WOMEN:1 Nadia NOORZAI USA 2:57:222 Julie DUKES USA 3:24:043 Maureen PENIUK CAN 3:28:264 Reyana EWING USA 3:29:455 Lauren KEARNY USA 3:32:466 Jennifer STOCK USA 3:32:58DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200645


7 Juliet MORGAN USA 3:34:308 Monica FOX USA 3:36:179 Andreas GUSTAFSSON USA 3:36:3810 Nicole LEGACKI USA 3:36:49HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Sergio REYES USA 1:06:372 Justin PATANANAN USA 1:06:513 Fidele BAREGENESABE USA 1:06:53WOMEN:1 Sylvia MOSQUEDA USA 1:15:082 Magdalena BOULET USA 1:16:473 Heather GIBSON USA 1:18:595 FEBRUARY 2006:BEPPU-OITA MAINICHIMARATHON, JAPANTen years after setting a course record of 2:08:30,Gert Thys scored his second victory in this 55thedition of the race writes Ken Nakamura. A leadgroup of 15 formed at 5km and held together pasthalfway. At 25km the group began to thin out, andwhen Benson Cherono upped the pace at 29kmonly five runners were left - and Cherono himselfdropped out just after 30km. Thys broke away onhis own in the 33rd kilometre with a 2:59 split, andran from 30-35km in 15:07 to lead by over aminute.MEN (ONLY):1 Gert THYS RSA 2:09:452 Tomoyuki SATO JPN 2:11:463 Benjamin KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:13:114 Yohei SATO JPN 2:13:185 Mohammed OUAADI FRA 2:13:236 Takehisa OKINO JPN 2:14:527 Kentaro ITO JPN 2:15:428 Noriyuki MIZUGUCHI JPN 2:16:059 Kodai FUKUNADA JPN 2:16:4810 Ombeche MOKAMBA KEN 2:17:375 FEBRUARY 2006:KAGAWA-MARAGUME HALFMARATHON, JAPANIn her half marathon debut Kayoko Fukushi set anew Asian record of 1:07:26, finishing 90m aheadof Olympic Marathon Champion Mizuko Noguchiwrites Ken Nakamura. Fukushi led all the way in this60th edition of the race, passing 15km faster thanElana Meyer’s world best time. Her marks at both20km (1:03:41) and Half Marathon were the fastestever recorded by an Asian runner on anunassisted course [Masako Chiba’s times of1:03:14 and 1:06:43, set in Tokyo in 1997, were runon a course with an overall elevation loss of 33m].MEN1 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 1:02:132 Samuel MUTURI KEN 1:02:143 Kensuke TAKEZAWA JPN 1:02:264 Kazuo IETANI JPN 1:02:265 Kosuke NAKAHIGASHI JPN 1:02:276 Tomoya SHIMIZU JPN 1:02:287 Hiromichi UEKI JPN 1:02:418 Kenji NOGUCHI JPN 1:02:499 Masayoshi YAMAOKA JPN 1:03:0610 Du-Hang LEE KOR 1:03:19WOMEN:1 Kayoko FUKUSHI JPN 1:07:262 Mizuko NOGUCHI JPN 1:07:433 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 1:09:244 Harumi HIROYAMA JPN 1:10:595 Mika HIKICHI JPN 1:11:036 Ikuko NAGAO JPN 1:11:597 Mary WANGARI KEN 1:11:598 Akemi OZAKI JPN 1:12:059 Yuko SATO JPN 1:12:0810 Masayo KOBAYASHI JPN 1:12:19Tokyo12 FEBRUARY 2006:TOKYO INTERNATIONALMARATHON, JAPANIn windy conditions Ambesse Tolossa made adecisive surge at 36km to win the race, just twoseconds short of his personal best writes KenNakamura.Before the race home favourite Toshinari Takaokadoubted that 2:09 would be fast enough to win,and so it proved. The first half of the race, with theprevailing wind, was run at 3 minutes/km pace. Apack of 20 at 5km reduced only slightly to 16 at15km (45:04). After the turnaround point the paceslackened into the headwind, but two pacemakerscontinued to lead until 30km (1:31:00). After thatthere remained a group of only four runners.Takaoka moved first, just before 36km, but notdecisively. Irifune was dropped, but Tolossacounter attacked just 600m later and by 40km ledby over 100m. Sammy Korir, second fastestmarathoner ever, had moved into third placeafurther 26 seconds behind. It stayed in that orderto the finish line, but the gaps between theleaders grew larger.MEN (ONLY):1 Ambesse TOLOSSA ETH 2:08:582 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:09:313 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:10:074 Satoshi IRIFUNE JPN 2:10:475 Yi-Yong KIM KOR 2:11:286 Toshiya KATAYAMA JPN 2:14:367 Seiji KOBAYASHI JPN 2:16:528 Manabu ITAYAMA JPN 2:17:019 Akinori SHIBUTANI JPN 2:17:3612 FEBRUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDHONG KONG MARATHONThe Honourable Donald Tsang, Chief Executive ofHong Kong, flagged the runners off on the famedNathan Road in Kowloon. The steep inclines inthe marathon’s course make it a world classchallenge for running enthusiasts from all overthe world. In total, 40,000 people took part in thethree events that make up the Hong KongMarathon. It is the biggest sporting event in thecity, up from 30,000 last year.MEN:1 Simon BOR KEN 2:14:182 Stephen NDUNGU KEN 2:15:233 Taye MOGES ETH 2:17:484 Eric CHEPKWONY KEN 2:17:555 Noah BOR KEN 2:18:176 Meshack KOSGEI KEN 2:18:417 Emmanuel KOSGEI KEN 2:18:538 Daniel KIPRUGUT KEN 2:19:589 Noah TALAM KEN 2:20:1610 Wilson CHEPKWONY KEN 2:20:23WOMEN:1 Dire TUNE ETH 2:35:152 Measo ARSEDE ETH 2:41:043 Nina KOLYASEVA RUS 2:42:174 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:43:425 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:46:316 Malin EWERLOFSWE 2:47:167 Lucia SUBANO KEN 2:53:578 Karen HASLETT GBR 2:54:059 K G S CHANDRANI SRI 2:58:1610 Olena FADEYEVA UKR 3:11:00HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Ka Ho CHAN HKG 1:13:452 Ka Man GI HKG 1:14:113 Ryuichi KAMOTA JPN 1:14:23WOMEN:1 Tegla LOROUPE KEN 1:22:312 So Liang TOH HKG 1:25:043 Brigitte NIEDERBERGER SUI 1:27:2017 FEBRUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDDUBAI MARATHON, UAEWhat was once a phenomenon – a pacemakerwinning a marathon – is turning into a habit writesPat Butcher. Since the first major upset, in LosAngeles over a decade ago, it has happenedregularly. Joseph Ngeny did the trick in Dubai.Ngeny was only in the race because it had beenpostponed from 6 January, following the death of46 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


the ruler, Sheikh Makhtoum. He was due to paceto 30km, but approaching 27km, he called toorganisers “I can finish?”. So reassured he shotaway from the pack and was heading for a courserecord time, although the rising heat andhumidity prevented that possibility.The six weeks postponement meant that theweather was much hotter than usual, withtemperatures rising towards 30C. Ngeny’s efforttailed off considerably in the final kilometres.He still had over a minute to spare on EthiopianGiday Amha, who improved one place from lastyear. Elias Kemboi finished fastest of all, takingout five rivals in the last 5km.Last year Delilah Asiago had been on her way tovictory when she succombed to stomach painsand vomiting in the final 800m and was passed byEthiopian Diribe Hunde. She made no mistakethis time. After a slowish first half, with six womenstill in contention, Asiago forced the pacethroughout the second half, leaving one of thefavourites, Shitaye Gemechu behind at 29km, andwon easily. A course misdirection in the finalstages allowed Kenza Wahbi to overtake cofavourite,Luminita Talpos of Romania.MEN:1 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:13:022 Giday AMHA ETH 2:14:253 Elias KEMBOI KEN 2:15:014 Darwit TRFE ETH 2.15:075 Julius KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:15:346 Ahmed JABER QAT 2:16:367 Henry CHERONO KEN 2:16:508 Wilson KIPRONO KEN 2:16:549 Fased AWERSON ERI 2:17:3410 David KIRUI KEN 2.19.55WOMEN:1 Delilah ASIAGO KEN 2.43.092 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2.45.343 Kenza WAHBI MAR 2.48.4717 FEBRUARY 2006:EGYPTIAN MARATHONMEN:1 Hassan MARZOK EGY 2:35:472 Mohamed EL-HOSEANEE EGY 2:39:533 Mohamed EL-SEWAITEE JOR 2:40:27WOMEN:1 Suzette VERMAAK RSA 3:10:062 Zohra MERABET ALG 4:03:503 Lubna MAHMOUD EGY 4:03:5018 FEBRUARY 2006:MYRTLE BEACH MARATHON,USAMEN:1 David KAWA USA 2:32:482 Howard NIPPERT USA 2:36:123 Joerg SCHMIDT USA 2:36:434 Jeff JACOBS USA 2:37:045 Paul DEATON USA 2:38:496 Christian PRIMAS GBR 2:41:217 Brian KISTNER USA 2:44:148 Stephen SYKES USA 2:46:189 Ronnie DELZER USA 2:48:1010 Roger SCOTT USA 2:48:14WOMEN:1 Luanne COULTER USA 2:55:512 Hope HALL USA 3:07:103 Megan WEIS USA 3:08:024 Amanda CHARLTON USA 3:08:325 Anne-Wyman CIPOLLA USA 3:09:516 Mary TOOHILL USA 3:10:497 Jennifer CURTIN USA 3:16:268 Sharon MARKS USA 3:18:329 Julie BLEDSOE USA 3:18:4110 SuAnne HALL USA 3:20:11Valencia19 FEBRUARY 2006:XXVI MARATHON POPULARDE VALENCIA, SPAINThe main player in the race was the wind. All theconditions were set for a new course record, witha large contingent of elite runners from Kenya,Ethiopia and Morocco, but the wind intervenedfrom the very start. The record of 2:13:02 provedunassailable under these conditions. Even so,this made for an interesting contest as a dozenrunners stuck together up to 30km, after whichTesfaye Dirba struck out alone for victory. Behindhim the group broke up and each trailed inindividually as best they could.The women’s race was not strong, but it turnedinto a suprprisingly close contest as Teresa Graciafinished 100m ahead of Briton Lucy Townsend.The race attracted over 3000 entries of whomnearly 2500 finished, cheered on their way by whatseemed like the entire population of the city.MEN:1 Tesfaye DIRBA ETH 2:14:232 Mouhcine AKHOUDAOUI MAR 2:15:273 Elias CHEBET KEN 2:15:424 Paul GAITHO KEN 2:16:195 Jonathan KIBET KEN 2:16:316 Zerihum AMBAYE ETH 2:18:177 Elias Kimeh CHELANGA KEN 2:18:268 Lenar KHUSNUTDINOV RUS 2:19:169 David CHEPKWONI KEN 2:20:2510 Jackson KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:21:22WOMEN:1 Teresa GRACIA ESP 2:57:022 Lucy TOWNSEND GBR 2:57:253 Julia WYDRA GER 3:06:444 Ma. Esther BALAGUER ESP 3:07:065 Rosa GUILLAMON ESP 3:10:176 Vicenta FERRER ESP 3:16:377 Eva AGEA ESP 3:17:238 Ma. Jose MIGUEL ESP 3:17:379 Ma. Carmen VALLEZ ESP 3:17:4810 Ma. Antonia SERRANO ESP 3:21:5219 FEBRUARY 2006:OHME-HOCHI 30KM ROADRACE, JAPANLUXOR RUN 22.3kmMEN:1 Fuaad ABO-BAKR QAT 1:10:552 Yousuf KADER QAT 1:10:583 Ahmed MAWAD EGY 1:14:41WOMEN:1 Margit HADZIHASKIC GER 1:43:272 Gillian COWELL GBR 1:43:503 Jutta LUX GER 1:46:16RAMSES RUN 11.3kmMEN:1 Mokhlad EL-ETABEE KSA 36:302 Aman AWAD QAT 36:453 Gomah OMAR QAT 36:48WOMEN:1 Abeer EL-GHOOL JOR 1:00:552 Bettina KEUHNAPFEL GER 1:13:173 Claire WILLIAMS GBR 1:14:30MEN:1 Takashi OTA JPN 1:30:482 Kenjiro JITSUI JPN 1:31:443 Takayuki OTA JPN 1:32:094 Peter GILMORE USA 1:32:565 Jin-peng BAI CHN 1:33:346 Hiroshi YAMADA JPN 1:33:597 Nobuhiro GOTO JPN 1:34:298 Takuma SASAYA JPN 1:34:539 Shingo IGARASHI JPN 1:35:0010 Satoshi HARADA JPN 1:35:06WOMEN:1 Miao-Miao YI CHN 1:45:222 Chika HORIE JPN 1:46:063 Eri OKUBO JPN 1:46:334 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 1:47:155 Shin-ei KAN CHN 1:51:236 Risa MIZUTANI JPN 1:55:147 Chizuru KAKEZUKA JPN 1:56:158 Izumi OKA JPN 1:57:569 Makiko IWAMURA JPN 1:58:0210 Aimi ISHIDA JPN 1:58:10DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200649


TAIWAN25-26 FEBRUARY 2006:IAU 24HRS WORLDCHALLENGETaiwanSee IAU, page 00.26 FEBRUARY 2006:PHILIPPINE MARATHON FORTHE PASIG RIVERGripping drama characterized this secondmarathon edition in Metro Manila. In the midst ofthe country’s political turmoil, the marathonnevertheless started and ended without a hitch.The top two men are in-house athletes of thePhilippine Army, who, at that time, were under redalert following a Presidential Proclamationplacing the entire country under a “State ofNational Emergency.”On the women’s side, youth triumphed overexperience when Jhoan Banayag, of the Universityof the East Athletics Team, won over a veteranfield which included last year’s winner MariaEstela Mamac-Diaz.This was the first time, including the first fouryears when the road race was known as the PasigRiver Heritage Marathon, that an internationalcalibrerunner was among the 903 starters. RobertNjoroge Wambugu flew in barely four hoursbefore the gun with little more than a pair oftraining shoes. Fellow competitor Cesar Bollecerof Direct Link <strong>Running</strong> Club, showing the visitorthe unique Filipino brand of hospitality,exchanged running shoes with him on the startline, but the drama did not end there.Njoroge, benefitting from his extensiveinternational exposure, immediately took thelead. But after two of the course’s nine bridges, jetlag, lack of sleep and the warm weather began totell on his legs, allowing the locals to catch upand pull away. Dropping to a 10th-place finish,Wambugu vowed to be back to redeem himself innext year’s edition.The marathon is an advocacy project of the Clean& Green Foundation Incorporated on behalf of thePhilippine Government’s Pasig RiverRehabilitation Commission. It seeks to harnessthe people’s participation in the long-runningPasig River rehabilitation program.The Pasig River is the Philippines’ most historicaland important inland waterway, which runs fromeast to west dividing Metropolitical Manila intonorth and south areas. The country’s history in thelast 400 years is closely intertwined with the river,spanning Spanish, British, American andJapanese colonial occupations, revolutions, worldwars, and local uprisings. Located along its banksare the Filipino’s most historical districts,buildings and sites.MEN:1 Cresciano SABAL PHI 2:26:132 Bernardo DESAMITO PHI 2:30:293 Memerto CORPUZ PHI 2:32:244 Regelio de Leon SARMIENTO PHI 2:35:285 Rodolfo TACADINO PHI 2:36:026 Allan BALLESTER 2:37:007 Jujet DE ASIS PHI 2:37:248 Michael CANILLO PHI 2:38:119 Wilson MANINGKIL PHI 2:39:2610 Robert WAMBUGU KEN 2:40:00WOMEN:1 Jhoan BANAYANG PHI 3:02:372 Flordeliza CARREON-CACHERO PHI 3:09:133 Ailene TOLENTINO PHI 3:09:284 Ma. Estela MAMAC DIAZ PHI 3:09:425 Liza DELFIN PHI 3:24:226 Merlita ARIAS PHI 3:34:177 Mila PAJE PHI 3:37:048 Marychiel MINAS PHI 3:41:189 Joanne MANANGAT PHI 3:43:5810 Genevieve DELA PENA PHI 3:44:3926 FEBRUARY 2006: VERDIMARATHON,ITALYMEN:1 Francesco BENNICI ITA 2:14:542 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 2:22:023 Marco ORSI ITA 2:22:044 Marco D’INNOCENTI ITA 2:23:465 Mario ARDEMAGNI ITA 2:27:486 Glauco NEDROTTI ITA 2:30:277 Pasquale CASTALDO ITA 2:31:298 Andrea MARESCA ITA 2:34:009 Valerio BONINCI ITA 2:39:2110 Alessandro RETTINI ITA 2:40:03WOMEN:1 Natalia BRUNIKO ITA 2:49:572 Antonella BENATTI ITA 2:56:033 Annamaria CASO ITA 3:01:224 Alessandra PREZZI ITA 3:02:085 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 3:02:176 Aurora PASQUINO ITA 3:08:337 Elena SIMSIG ITA 3:09:218 Lara MUSTAT ITA 3:11:069 Ma Luisa COSTETTI ITA 3:16:3610 Paola RAMPONI ITA 3:17:2826 FEBRUARY 2006:MARATON DE LA CUIDAD DESEVILLA, SPAINThere were a record 2934 entries in this XXIIedition, of which 2444 started and 2416 finished.The streets were full of people wanting toencourage them. Foreign participation wasstrong: 287 runners from 34 different countries,including 44 from Britain, 39 from Portugal, 29from Italy and France, 21 from Sweden and 18from Germany.In the men’s race a group of four stayed togetheruntil past halfway before breaking up. Among thewomen it was a very much more clear-cut raceafter Maria Abel dropped out just past the halfwaypoint, leaving Tina Maria Ramos to take acomfortable winMEN:1 Christoph KIPKOECH KEN 2:19:122 Leonard KIPYEGO KEN 2:20:473 Fikadu BEKELE ETH 2:21:424 Alexander BOLKHOVITIN RUS 2:23:325 Juan GARCIA ESP 2:26:496 Francisco RAMIREZ ESP 2:28:387 Moumou EL HADI MAR 2:31:098 Ricard BERRAR ESP 2:31:149 Javier CASTANO ESP 2:32:4610 Jaume GARCIA ESP 2:35:23WOMEN:1 Tina Maria RAMOS ESP 2:40:202 Michaela MCCULLUM GBR 2:42:443 Katalin FARKAS HUN 2:44:514 Oxana KHOKHOLOVA RUS 2:48:185 Rosa Ma ESCOBAR ESP 3:15:526 Blanca HINOJOSA ESP 3:18:437 Dolores JIMENEZ ESP 3:18:588 Araceli FERNANDEZ ESP 3:19:319 Stefanie WALTER-SPIRGI GER 3:21:4110 Natividad ZAPLANA ESP 3:26:3526 FEBRUARY 2006:4TH KILIMANJAROMARATHON, TANZANIAThis fourth edition of the race attracted largenumbers of entrants from around the world andthe region. The marathon had 297 runners, thehalf 475, and the fun run 715 - a total of 1487.Conditions were near-perfect, although it got hotlater in the day. Kilimanjaro was in view for mostof the morning, covered with fresh snow. Localchildren and adults alike got into the swing ofthings - clapping both the fast and slower runners,often jogging along beside runners, chatting andoffering encouragement.There were 99 women in the half marathon andfuly 119 runners were over 40. Joram Mollel, a 70-year old Tanzanian came in at 2:13.Many top Tanzanians used the race as a trainingrun for the Commonweath Games Marathon inMarch. But on the social running side, a lot ofpeople came in in the last hour, who had beenhaving fun on the route, running with the kids,stopping to chat and take pictures of Kilimanjaro,and even having a beer. Many of these socialrunners remained in Tanzania, on safari, climbingKilimanjaro or relaxing on Zanzibar - good fortourism.At the finish acrobats, traditional dancers and aband entertained the crowd..MEN:1 Daniel ROTICH KEN 2:18:322 Musa KANDA KEN 2:19:183 John TUBEI KEN 2:19:204 Oswald KAHURUZI TAN 2:20:315 Jonathan CHERONO TAN 2:21:026 Samuel LIMO KEN 2:21:267 Alex SANKA TAN 2:22:228 Robert KOMEN KEN 2:22:259 Joseph RUTTO KEN 2:22:4410 Paulo SUMAYE TAN 2:23:27WOMEN:1 Margreth KIPLAGAT KEN 2:58:372 Farida GUSS TAN 2:59:263 Emily CHEPTUIYA KEN 3:00:374 Seoflesina SUMAWE TAN 3:06:445 Naomi MWIHAKI KEN 3:19:106 Thea MUSHY TAN 3:35:397 Magdalena DIBWA TAN 3:41:188 Aisha CHULLO TAN 3:47:329 Vanda AMOS RSA 3:54:5310 Chris WALTER TAN 4:01:3050 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Martin SULLE TAN 1:04:032 Jackson MARWA TAN 1:04:443 Peter SULLE TAN 1:05:42WOMEN:1 Neema AKDNAY TAN 1:16:452 Shaury RUHAMA TAN 1:17:473 Sara RAMADHANI TAN 1:19:1026 FEBRUARY 2006:WORLD’S BEST10KM,PUERTO RICOA record number of 13618 runners participated,coming from 10 countries and 30 provinces andstates.MEN:1 Wilson KIPROTICH KEN 27:442 Gilbert OKARI KEN 28:043 Samuel WANJIRU KEN 28:094 William CHEBON KEN 28:155 Patrick IVUTI KEN 28:386 Linus MAITO KEN 28:397 Reuben CHEBILL KEN 28:408 John KORIR KEN 28:449 Samuel RONGO KEN 28:4910 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 28:56WOMEN:1 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 30:502 Susan CHEPKEMEI KEN 32:083 Zhor EL KAMCH MAR 32:194 Birhan ADERE ETH 32:555 Tatyana PETROVA RUS 33:016 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 33:037 Hilda KIBET KEN 33:078 Natalya BERKUT UKR 33:339 Adriana PIRTEA ROM 33:4910 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 34:328 FEBRUARY 2006:SAHARA MARATHON,ALGERIAThis race was probably the best one yet, thanks tothe weather, to the large participation and to thevery good cooperation of the Saharawi writesMattia Durli. The race was held on the usualcourse, from L’Ayounne to Smara refugee camps,although it had been planned to run it within theborders of Western Sahara, at Tifariti. This ideawas abandoned less than a month before the race,and although it was difficult to communicate thechange of plan, no one complained.It is still hoped that a future marathon will be heldin Tifariti, but only when the Saharawi themselvesmove there for the UN referendum. This wouldgive the Sahara Marathon in Tifariti a realmeaning.Race day gave perfect weather - sunny with a littlebit of wind. There were no problems with waterand no medical problems. All together 250 tookpart and came from many countries. Apart fromlocal Sahrawis, most were from Spain and Italy.There were 80 in the marathon, and many girlstook part in the 5km.Two-time world marathon champion Abel Antonran in the half marathon and spoke about theSaharawi camps at the press conference.The Children’s race was something awesome.Almost 1000 kids took part in the 800m race,running along Baker Road to finish at the SmaraClub. They were divided by age groups andaccording to schools. Each kid ran with the AIMST-shirt and received the medal at the end, plussome small prizes like candies, drawing tools,colours, small toys etc etc. They then entered theSmara Club where they received water andoranges. At the end we made a small show withclowns and music for all of them.All this took place against the background ofsevere flooding only two weeks before the race.The situation is bad but morale is high; there wereno deaths and only two injuried. As yet there areno epidemics. Most of the houses have beendestroyed by the rains but for the Saharawi themost important things are the tents, and they arestill in good condition.The race raised 12000 Euros for the projectedsports centre. Construction was stopped becauseof the flood but it should be finished soon(pictures will be posted on the website). Morethan 1000 Euros of medicines were brought to theDhakla hospital by the Sahara Marathon. A lot ofsporting materials (balls, shoes, etc etc) camefrom donations, and more of this material will besent in the next truck caravan to go to the camps.MEN:1 Ramon SAINZ ESP 3:06:082 Inaki ARANA ESP 3:01:173 Claudio BOTTONI ITA 3:13:434 Joan PEREZ ESP 3:18:425 Mostafa MOHAMMED SAH 3:21:036 Ivars EGLITIS LAT 3:24:587 Villiam LANDI ITA 3:33:098 Rafael MARTINEZ ESP 3:33:509 Abdulah BUTALHA SAH 3:34:5010 Dadah LKINTI SAH 3:39:43WOMEN:1 Emanuela BERARDI ITA 4:17:402 Linda HEWING GBR 4:35:363 Lucia CALERO ESP 4:47:164 Sabrina CAMPALDINI ITA 4:54:015 Lia TOSCAN ITA 5:54:22HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Michael COLLINS IRL 1:25:332 Juan IBANEZ ESP 1:27:333 Raul FUENTES ESP 1:27:404 Abel ANTON ESP 1:33:11WOMEN:1 Rosario MONTERO ESP 2:02:172 Mireia SIMON ESP 2:22:063 Araceli JUANOLO ESP 2:31:344 Isabel SANCHEZ ESP 2:31:345 MARCH 2006:AMBANK KUALA LUMPURINT’L MARATHON, MALAYSIAThe race started at 05.00 to make use of slightlycooler pre-dawn conditions.MEN:1 Samuel TARUS KEN 2:21:012 John CHEBOI KEN 2:22:203 Joseph NSUBUGA UGA 2:23:174 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:23:395 Sammy KOSGEI KEN 2:26:296 R BANDARA SRI 2:27:437 Vladimir KOTOV BLR 2:31:508 Alex ONCHARI KEN 2:32:149 Daniel SHUNGEA KEN 2:32:2510 Zai Xiang LI CHN 2:36:08WOMEN:1 Xian MUSHUI CHN 2:53:322 Cheng Cheng CUI CHN 2:53:583 Xing Xue WANG CHN 2:57:144 W CHANDRAKANTHI SRI 3:00:185 Shui Dan WANG CHN 3:06:256 Hayley HOLLEY BVI 3:12:097 M A CHANDRAWATHIE SRI 3:12:408 S DEVAMANI MAS 3:15:159 Rebecca MCCLINTOCK USA 3:16:5310 Saipin PAIJUN THA 3:18:20HALF MARATHONMEN:1 S VIKRAM MAS 1:10:432 R MUNIANDY MAS 1:11:233 Venugopal RAJENDRAN MAS 1:15:21WOMEN:1 So Liang TOH SNG 1:28:222 Vally MICHAEL 1:33:103 Norilda ISMAEL MAS 1:34:095 MARCH 2006: LAKE BIWAMAINICHI MARATHON,JAPANConditions were good: Sunny, 12C with humidityof 52% and wind speed 1.3m/sMEN (ONLY):1 Jose RIOS ESP 2:09:152 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 2:10:203 Osaki SATOSHI JPN 2:10:494 Leonid SHVETSOV RUS 2:10:595 Pablo OLMEDO MEX 2:11:596 Muneyuki OJIMA JPN 2:12:287 Masaya SHIMIZU JPN 2:12:318 Koichiro FUKUOKA JPN 2:14:009 Masakazu MATSURA JPN 2:14:4710 Hayato KONO JPN 2:15:115 MARCH 2006: LALAMARATHON, MEXICOIt was dark and 15C at the 07.00 start in thenorthern Mexican desert city of Torreon writes AlanBrookes. Procopia Franco, with a courageous run inwarm conditions, made all the running from 2kmonwards. By the finish it was 22C and climbingunder a hot sun. Torreon is also 1000m above sealevel.By halfway (65:35) the lead pack was down to nine.As relentlessly as the sun, Franco bore down, andby 34km he had shaken everyone except eventualwinner, Jackson Kipngok. Kipngok tucked inbehind all the way until the last 200m, when hetook the race in a decisive move in the finishingstretch. Spectators of this “Fiesta de la Laguna”,urged Franco on throughout the race, withfrequent chants of “Me-hi-co, Me-hi-co!” as hebattled the Kenyans.A relatively unknown new Mexican talent, 22-yearold Maria Elena Valencia, took the women’s titlemore easily, with 2:33:14 in only her secondattempt at the marathon distance.MEN:1 Jackson KIPNGOK KEN 2:14:162 Procopia FRANCO MEX 2:14:243 Lenard NGIGI KEN 2:15:334 Christopher TOROTICH KEN 2:15:525 Rito REGULES MEX 2:16:286 Alejandro CUAHTEPITZI MEX 2:17:017 Primo CAPULA MEX 2:17:108 J Jesus HERNANDEZ MEX 2:17:169 Julio PEREZ MEX 2:17:2710 Gualberto VARGAS MEX 2:17:35DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200653


WOMEN:1 Ma Elena VALENCIA MEX 2:33:142 Neria ASIBA KEN 2:36:283 Ericka GUEVARA MEX 2:38:274 Lucy MUHAMY KEN 2:39:245 Judith RAMIREZ MEX 2:40:086 Liliana MERLO MEX 2:41:577 Irene VAZQUEZ MEX 2:43:288 Adriana SANCHEZ MEX 2:43:529 Ma Guadalupe SANTANA MEX 2:47:2710 Emma MALDONALDO MEX 2:51:2310-13 MARCH 2006:100km DEL SAHARA,TUNISIASee seperate feature, page 19Sahara12 MARCH 2006:NAGOYA INTERNATIONALWOMEN’S MARATHON, JAPANHarumi Hiroyama overtook Yoko Shibui with onlya kilometre to go, after lagging nearly a minutebehind her at 30km.Shibui had gone into the lead from the start andin the early stages she led a nine-strong chasinggroup by up to 10 seconds. By 10km she had beencaught but very soon afterwards she struck out onher own again, passing halfway in 1:10:24, nearlytwo minutes up on Naoko Takahashi’s courseLaLarecord pace. It was too much, too soon, as Shibuistarted to slow after 25km. By 30km she waslosing ground to her pursuers.“At 35km I could see her” said Hiroyama, who by40km had closed to within 100m of the tiring raceleader. Hiroyama’s wining time fell short of herpersonal best time by 30 seconds.WOMEN (ONLY):1 Harumi HIROYAMA JPN 2:23:262 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:23:583 Chika HORIE JPN 2:28:014 Alina TECUTA ROM 2:29:305 Yuko MACHIDA JPN 2:29:486 Yasuko HASHIMOTO JPN 2:29:537 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:29:598 Ayumi HAYASHI JPN 2:30:239 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:30:4110 Mika HIKICHI JPN 2:31:0312 MARCH 2006:13TH KYOTO CITYHALF MARATHONAround 7000 runners started in drizzling rain on acold morning.MEN:1 Takayuki OTA JPN 1:02:502 Takuya YAMAWAKI JPN 1:02:523 Akihiko THUMIRAI JPN 1:02:534 Rioji MATUSITA JPN 1:02:585 Hirotaka TANAKA JPN 1:02:596 Samuel NGANGA JPN 1:03:037 Athushi IKAWA JPN 1:03:038 Tomoya SHIMIZU JPN 1:03:169 Satoru SASAKI JPN 1:03:2110 Ryo OHASHI JPN 1:03:22WOMEN:1 Mai ITO JPN 1:11:112 Ryoko KIZAKI JPN 1:12:463 Noriko HIGUCHI JPN 1:13:144 Kasumi OYAGI JPN 1:13:255 Chizuru IDETA JPN 1:13:336 Ayumi SAKAIDA JPN 1:13:507 Sizuka MARUMO JPN 1:13:538 Akane YATAKI JPN 1:14:149 Yukina SAIJYO JPN 1:14:2910 Seika IWAMURA JPN 1:15:0512 MARCH 2006: SEOULMARATHON, KOREAZhou Chunxia, who turned 28 only four days earlier,celebrated by becoming the seventh woman tobreak the sub-2.20 barrier, first broached by hercountrywoman Naoko Takahshi in 2001. She hadfinished only fifth in last summer’s worldchampionships marathon in Helsinki, but in thisrace she set the time to beat for 2006 and finishedmore than 3km clear of her nearest competitor.Zhou’s previous best was 2:21:11, set in the 2005Beijing Marathon. The following day she won silverin the National Games 10,000m in a time of31:08.03.Gert Thys won the men’s race for the third time infour years. Last year he had slipped to secondplace.MEN:1 Gert THYS RSA 2:10:402 Jason MBOTE KEN 2:11:403 Araya HAREGOT KEN 2:11:564 Young-Joon JI KOR 2:12:085 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:12:206 Wilson KIGEN KEN 2:12:287 Mbarak HUSSEIN KEN 2:12:538 William KIPSANG KEN 2:13:30WOMEN:1 Chunxiou ZHOU CHN 2:19:512 Kyung-Hee LIM KOR 2:34:083 Kyung-Hee CHOI KOR 2:36:104 Eun-Hee CHAE KOR 2:40:475 Chieko YAMASAKI JPN 2:41:406 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:42:057 Sakato UETANI JPN 2:44:248 Ok-Yuon SUH KOR 2:46:4119 MARCH 2006:LOS ANGELES MARATHON,USASee seperate feature, pageLos Angeles54 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


19 MARCH 2006:THAILAND TEMPLE RUNSee seperate feature, pageThailand19 MARCH 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDSTANLEY MARATHON,FALKLAND ISLANDSThe world’s most southerly certified marathonenjoyed benign conditions for its second edition:dry, 11C and a wind speed of only 4.8m/s.Hugh Marsden led from the start to win for thesecond year running. He built a lead of threeminutes at the halfway point and eventuallyimproved his previous winning time by threeminutes. Third-placed Elfo Lazo came fromUruguay to compete, and improved by 24minutes on his 10th place of the inaugural year.The women’s race was dominated by KatherineBadham-Thornhill who placed fifth overall andimproved the course record by six minutes. CarolPeck, one of only two locally-born runners, camein second and in the overall ranking only oneplace behind the first Falkland Islands-bornrunner, Richard Short.Last year’s team relay winners, the FalklandIslands Football Team returned to defend theircrown. Although their time was slower than theprevious year it was just enough to beat off theCragiehall Old Boys, a British army team that hadtravelled down from Scotland especially for therace.The race sponsors and organisers, StandardChartered Bank, entered the only all-women’steam (KASH) which finished 10th in 4:12.29.The Governor, His Excellency Mr Howard Pearceofficiated the start and also presented thetrophies and prize money at the end. HisExcellency took special note of the race nowbeing the world’s most southerly certifiedmarathon.British Forces Television filmed parts of the raceand the presentations.Next year’s race is scheduled for Sunday 18March.MEN:1 Hugh MARSDEN GBR 3:04:162 David ADAM GBR 3:10:353 Elfo LAZO URU 3:20:554 Michael OWEN GBR 3:27:385 Andrew TIMEWELL GBR 3:32:486 Douglas LOGAN GBR 3:44:347 Martin ARUNDEL GBR 3:52:248 Paul NASH GBR 3:52:579 Alex HOMES GBR 3:55:3210 Chris POTTS GBR 3:58:41WOMEN:1 Katherine BADHAM-THORNHILL GBR 3:28:322 Carol PECK FKL 4:19:423 Alison LIDDLE GBR 4:49:30TEAM RELAY (4 RUNNERS):1 Falklands Football Team FKL 3:14:352 Craigiehall Old Boys GBR 3:15:163 Tiggers GBR 3:18:2719 MARCH 2006:VIGARANO MARATHON,ITALYThe 28th edition passed off with great success.Good organisation and dedicated volunteers werehelped in their tasks by the beautiful sunnyweather that lasted from beginning to end ofmarathon day.The spring sun provided the background toalmost 1000 runners in the Marathon, thecompetitive 11,400km race, and the BambiniRace, all held along a flat and fast route besidethe walls of Ferrara's historic medieval centre andits surrounding countryside.MEN:1 Benson MUTISYA KEN 2:12:582 Philemon KIPKERING KEN 2:15:023 Joshua ROP KEN 2:23:494 Ivan TASSONI ITA 2:26:575 Mario ARDEMAGNE ITA 2:32:206 Corado REGGIANI ITA 2:38:017 Bernhard SANTNER AUT 2:38:108 Housni KEBAILI 2:38:379 Claudio BALBONI ITA 2:39:1610 Graziano GIORDANENGO ITA 2:39:24WOMEN:1 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:43:522 Antonella BENATTI ITA 2:56:143 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 3:01:384 Stefania CHERASCO ITA 3:10:00DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200657


5 Elena SIMSIG ITA 3:11:596 Tiziana SCORZATO ITA 3:13:507 Maria Luisa COSTETTI ITA 3:15:298 Nathalie CHARLES FRA 3:16:329 Audrey AMARA USA 3:16:4510 Antonija ORLIC CRO 3:19:32Roma11.4km raceMEN:1 Zoltan KADLOT HUN 36:56WOMEN:1 Margherita GARGIONI ITA 42:4825 MARCH 2006:CITY-PIER-CITY HALFMARATHON, NETHERLANDSMEN:1 Moses KIGEN KEN 1:01:182 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 1:01:213 Kimwole KIMATTAI KEN 1:01:344 Patrick IVUTI KEN 1:01:505 William CHEBOR KEN 1:01:536 Stephan JUTTE 1:01:557 James MWANGI KEN 1:02:168 Sammy CHUMBA KEN 1:02:459 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:4710 David MUTAI KEN 1:03:36WOMEN:1 Simone STAICU HUN 1:12:492 Selina BORST NED 1:13:313 Lisa WIKLUND SWE 1:16:5225 MARCH 2006: XIAMENINTERNATIONAL MARATHON,CHINAWorld leading perfomer Zhou Chunxiou, who hadrun 2:19:51 in the Seoul Marathon only two weeksearlier, dropped out of the women's competition.In the men's race there was an impressive runfrom the 21-year old Deng Hai-Yang.MEN:1 Steven Kamar KEN 2:10:462 Jonathan Kosgei KEN 2:10:493 Hai-yang DENG CHN 2:10:504 Yusef SONGOKA KEN 2:11:145 Henry KAPKIAI KEN 2:11:336 Titus MUNJI KEN 2:12:187 Zhu-hong LI CHN 2:14:418 Wei SU CHN 2:14:489 Yun-shan ZHENG CHN 2:15:0310 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:15:08WOMEN:1 Wei-wei SUN CHN 2:26:322 Xiao-lin ZHU CHN 2:28:273 Man JIN CHN 2:29:514 Yuan-yuan JIANG CHN 2:30:135 Shu-jing ZHANG CHN 2:30:356 Ya-nan WEI CHN 2:31:437 Si XU CHN 2:35:358 Li-nan WANG CHN 2:35:459 Shawutu NUERGULI CHN 2:36:0410 Shui-xian MU CHN 2:37:5626 MARCH 2006:MARATONA DELLA CITTA DIROMA, ITALYThe Rome City Marathon confirmed its place asItaly’s fastest after both winners smashed theirlifetime bests on a warm and sunny day writes DiegoSampoalo.Kipkorir kicked ahead to win from 35km and set aworld-leading time. His previous best, fromJanuary’s Mumbai Marathon, was nearly fourminutes slower. Behind him Daniele Caimmireturned to form while third-placed LabanKipngetich set another personal best by a hugemargin.So it went in the women’s race, as well, as TatyanaHladyr improved by four minutes and the topthree all finished inside the previous courserecord.The early men’s pace was fast (10km: 30:05) and athalfway was still just on record schedule (1:03:58)with a group of nine still together. As thetemperature rose runners dropped off, to leaveonly three at 35km and Kipkorir sensed hischance: “I did not expect to win but I realised noone could keep my pace” he said.Hladyr was the pacesetter in the women’s race,front running through halfway in 1:13:26. LarissaZousko, Zekiros Adanesh, Yanyan Dai and JenniferRhines were still in contention, but by 25km(1:26:54) only three remained. From 35km itbecame a duel between Zousko and Hladyr, butHladyr moved away from 40km to wincomfortably.MEN:1 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:08:382 Daniele CAIMMI ITA 2:09:303 Laban KIPNGETICH KEN 2:10:004 Thomas CHEMITEI KEN 2:10:055 Oleksandr KUZIN UKR 2:10:096 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:11:427 Andrew LIMO KEN 2:11:488 Abdelhak EL GORCH BRN 2:11:499 Abebe HAILEMARIAM ETH 2:14:2810 Wesley NGETICH KEN 2:14:36WOMEN:1 Tatyana HLADYR UKR 2:25:442 Larissa ZOUSKO RUS 2:26:263 Zekiros ADENECH ETH 2:27:384 Jennifer RHINES USA 2:29:325 Svetlana NEKHIOROSH UKR 2:35:496 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:36:527 Jimma MARASHET ETH 2:37:0826 MARCH 2006:EDP MEIA MARATONA DELISBOA, PORTUGAL“She is running very strong” said SusanChepkemei of Salina Kosgei just two days before.So it proved, as after Chepkemei, a three-timewinner of this race had led for most of the way,Kosgei had the edge over the final kilometre. Itwas a specific weakness on Chepkemei´s partthat proved decisive, as with 800m to run shepulled over to the side with stomach pains. Shequickly recovered and strove hard to close downon Kosgei. Coming towards the final 100mstraight she seemed to be in with a fightingchance, but she had to slow again, and wasvomiting as Kosgei crossed the finish line eightseconds ahead of her.Another pre-race favourite, Paul Tergat, alsofound the finishing strength of his rivals toomuch to handle. Robert Cheruiyot had led formost of the race, occassionally accompanied bySamuel Wanjiru, as Tergat and Martin Lel kepttucked in behind. Wanjiru made moves at 19kmand at 20km, but his sprint came too early. Lelhad conserved his energy for the decisivemoment, as he took a small but clear lead beforethe final turning point of the course, only 300mfrom the finish line.Both leading groups had established themselvesearly. Rose Cheruyot had made the early runningand kept Chepkemei and Kosgei company untilafter 10km, when Chepkemei took over. Behindthem, Fernanda Ribeiro put in a very steady andpowerful performance to nearly catch Cheruyoton the line.58 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006


The men´s lead group reduced to four when FelixLimo dropped off the back at the same time asthe pacemaker dropped out, at seven kilometres.From then on the pattern was set, and only minorexchanges took place within the quartet beforethe final showdown.In the accompanying 7km fun run both thePresident and the Prime Minister of Portugaltook part, along with 22,000 others. The HalfMarathon attracted 5.500 entries. Only threedays before the race the 25 de Abril Bridge, onwhich the first 4km of the course is run, wasclosed to traffic as high winds posed a securityrisk. A Plan B was contemplated, but race daydawned sunny and clear with almost no wind. Inthe closing stages of the race the wind did pickup slightly, against the runners.MEN:1 Martin LEL KEN 59:302 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 59:353 Samuel WANJIRU KEN 59:374 Paul TERGAT KEN 59:425 Felix LIMO KEN 1:01:126 Luis JESUS POR 1:01:297 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 1:01:308 Rodgers ROP KEN 1:02:249 Jaouad GHARIB MAR 1:02:4210 Paulo GOMES POR 1:03:13WOMEN:1 Salina KOSGEI KEN 1:07:522 Susan CHEPKEMEI KEN 1:08:003 Rose CHERUYOT KEN 1:09:344 Fernanda RIBEIRO POR 1:09:375 Alina IVANOVA RUS 1:11:076 Vanessa FERNANDES POR 1:12:287 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LIT 1:13:188 Emily KIMURIA KEN 1:15:049 Fatima SILVA POR 1:16:3210 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 1:17:0826 MARCH 2006:EDINBURGH FORTHSIDEHALF MARATHON, GREATBRITAINThere were over 3500 finishers in this first editionof the race coming from 15 countries, out of anentry of 4100.Starting and finishing at the Ocean Terminal inLeith, where the Royal Yacht Britannia is moored,the course lies mainly along the banks of the Firthof Forth. It was a windy day, and runners’performances suffered accordingly, perhaps by asmuch as 90 seconds.MEN:1 Tewodrs ShifeRAW ETH 1:03:392 Simon TONUI KEN 1:04:163 John MURITHI KEN 1:06:264 Iaroslav MUSCHINSKI MDA 1:07:435 Jethro LENNOX GBR 1:11:01WOMEN:1 Olivera JEVTIC SCG 1:02:522 Ogla KIMAIYO KEN 1:05:033 Alem BEZABIH ETH 1:16:124 Sue HARRISON GBR 1:17:575 Emma ROBERT GBR 1:18:5126 MARCH 2005:FIVE TOWERS MARATHON,DENMARKMEN:1 Ole KARLSEN 2:54:522 Kjell TITELSTAD 3:07:463 Kjetil HAVSTEIN 3:08:254 Stefan SEEMAN 3:11:125 Kim RASMUSSEN 3:11:576 Hendrik JORGENSEN 3:17:597 Claus AOLEV 3:19:058 Michael HEIN 3:19:109 Rene HANSEN 3:22:1310 Anders POULSEN 3:23:46WOMEN:1 Helene ANDERSEN 3:29:012 Birgitte NIELSEN 3:34:373 Karen BROGGER 3:38:554 Britta KARLSON 3:40:585 Christina EGDO 3:53:35HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Jan HANSEN 1:18:322 Martin AUGUSTINUSSEN 1:20:183 Tomas HVIID 1:23:45BarcelonaDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200659


WOMEN:1 Maja VEJ 1:36:562 Anne-Marie PEDERSEN 1:38:273 Ninna HENNEBERG 1:45:0226 MARCH 2006:NOVI SAD NIS HALFMARATHON, SERBIA &MONTENEGRORunners came from nine countries to participatein this 13th edition of the race. A total of 300runners entered this year and around 250 crossedthe finish line.Although four previous winners were runningtradition has it that past winners and and pre-racefavorites do not win here. Last-year winner wasthird while a young Moldavian, Roman Prodius,won this time. An 11-strong group led until 8kmbut by 15km only four of them were left, andProdius then went clear.The temperature at the start was 20 C, butbecause only two days before it had been 0C, itwasn’t the best conditions for racing. Even so, anexciting race brought thousands out onto thestreets to watch.MEN:1 RomanPRODIUS MDA 1:07:422 Boris SUHODOLJSKI MDA 1:08:193 Mirko PETROVIC SCG 1:08:374 Serglu LUNGU MDA 1:10:065 DejanBOGICEVIC SCG 1:10:156 Danijel VUKAJLOVIC SCG 1:10:257 Igor CLMBALAR MDA 1:10:538 Zdravko MISOVIC SCG 1:11:019 Nicola STAMENIC SCG 1:11:0210 Valerij VAS MDA 1:11:15WOMEN:1 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 1:17:032 Maijana LUKIC SCG 1:17:483 Lilija TOZLOVANI MDA 1:29:324 Sladana PEJOVIC SCG 1:29:365 Ksenija BODLOVIC SCG 1:33:266 Matali PALIC MDA 1:38:057 Tana MALARO MDA 1:39:418 Bojana TRALJIC SCG 1:41:039 Vanja NASTRAN SLO 1:42:2710 Vilma BRESAN SLO 1:43:2926 MARCH 2006:MARATO DE BARCELONA,SPAINThis year’s new edition of the race crossed theentire city, passing all its most importantmonuments: the Sagrada Familia, Cathedral,Barça´s Stadium, the Ramblas and more recentmodernistic buildings. Spain’s former WorldMarathon Champion Martin Fiz felt that thecourse was very fast. Kenyan men and Ethiopianwomen dominated.On a sunny day with some wind coming off thesea, over 4200 finished the marathon and 1800 aparallel 10km race. A hundred thousandspectators lined the route through all the differentdistricts of the city and there was live tv coverage.MEN:1 Joseph NGURAM KEN 2:12:362 Benjamin PSERET KEN 2:13:463 Kipkorir J. CHAMGWONY KEN 2:13:584 Kiptanui H. KIMUTAI KEN 2:14:185 Benjamin YARANGURA KEN 2:17:156 William KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:18:327 Kiprop KORIR KEN 2:21:268 Victor GONZALO ESP 2:25:319 Marco CEPEDA ESP 2:27:2910 Stephane RUIZ FRA 2:28:36WOMEN:1 Kabelush HAILE ETH 2:41:232 Gurmu LEMMA ETH 2:42:303 Nigatu CHERKOS ETH 2:52:344 Anna MORENO ESP 2:59:515 Christine LAVIGNE FRA 3:00:306 Eva KARLSSON SWE 3:01:367 Elisabet BOSCH ESP 3:03:388 Emi VAQUERO ESP 3:06:249 Sarah MALIR GBR 3:11:0910 Carmen BALLESTEROS ESP 3:11:10DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200661


OPINIONBroken records or broken rules?At the Alphen (NED) 20km, HaileGebreselasie ran 1:11:37 for 25km, well under the previousfastest reported time of 1:12:45set by Paul Kosgei (KEN) at theBerlin 25km on 9 May 2004. Buthow can a runner set a record for25km in a 20km race?Events at Alphen (NED) 20km on 12 Marchraised some big questions for Andy MilroyIt was done by starting a special25km "race" prior to the start ofthe usual 20km race. A smallgroup of pacemakers plusGebreselasie covered theadditional 5km over a two-lapcourse before joining the 20kmcourse.A narrow passageway allowedGebreselasie to pass by the massof runners awaiting the start ofthe 20km race. As he passed thestart line for the 20km race, thatrace was started. The practicaleffect of this piece of stagemanagement was that at the 5kmmark in the 25km “race”,Gebreselasie acquired a new setof pacemakers.Setting up a shorter race to startat just the same time as theleading runners of a longer racepass by means that there are twoseparate races with different startsand start times going on at thesame time and on the samecourse.No sport should sanction that.The two events inevitably interferewith each other and significantlyaffect each other's results. IAAFrules clearly prohibit runners fromreceiving pacing or assistancefrom a runner or runners notparticipating in the same race. Yetthis is the situation that waspurposefully engineered by theorganisers of the Alphen 20/25km.Gebreselasie was paced. There isno question of that. In this case,there were two sets ofpacemakers. The first set wasentered in the same competitionas Gebreselasie and started at thesame time. The second set ofpacemakers was NOT entered intothe same competition asGebreselasie and did NOT start atthe same time. Gebreselasie wasunquestionably paced by runnersNOT entered in the samecompetition as him.Some might argue that this is aminor point, insufficient toinvalidate the mark as a record. Iwould argue that it is a veryimportant issue and it also sets avery dangerous precedent.This strategy, if accepted, could beextended to an attempt on theworld marathon record. As thelead pack in the marathon passedthe half marathon point, a halfmarathon “race” using the last halfof the marathon course could bestarted, thereby providing freshpacemakers for the second half ofa marathon.Setting up bogus “races” like thisentirely changes the basis uponwhich pacemakers operate. Apacemaker is normally entered inthe race and starts at the start. Heor she is also a potentialcompetitor, regardless of anyproclamation that his or her roleis limited simply to pacemaking.Such pacemakers have gone on towin the competition that theywere supposed to merely pace.The most recent instance of thisoccurred only a month before, inthe Standard Chartered DubaiMarathon.Under this new arrangement apacemaker cannot win the race,since they did not start at thestart line for the competition. Inthe Alphen example SalimKipsang (KEN), who won the20km race, was NOT a competitorin the 25km since he did not startat the start line of the 25km raceand did not run the full 25kmcourse. Yet he clearly pacedGebreselasie for part of the 25kmrace. How far he paced him isirrelevant. Any illegal assistanceinvalidates a potential recordperformance.Unlike a normal pacemaker,runners in the shorter race, beingSetting up bogus “races” like thisentirely changes the basis uponwhich pacemakers operate.in a different race, would be ableto aid the lead runner/s in thelonger race without being eligibleto beat him/them. The leadingrunners in the longer race get allthe advantages of a pacemakerwithout the possibility of beingbeaten by them.In an extreme case, a runner couldset a new world record withoutever hitting the front at any point.After first drafting behind theoriginal pacemakers, the runnercould then draft behind theleaders of the shorter race,content in the knowledge thateven if they cross the commonfinish line first they cannot beathim/her.Approval of the Alphen 25km markas a world record would set a verydamaging precedent. Imagine thesame sort of thing happening onthe track. A 5000m race starts inwhich a world record attempt is tobe made. After five laps of thatrace a separate 3000m race starts,just as the lead runners in the5000m pass by. The leaders in the5000m race would then be free todraft behind the 3000m runnerswho could tow them to a new5000m world record. If the 3000mrunners were not strong enoughto last the pace, then the samething could be set up with 1500mremaining. Such farcicalproceedings would be greetedwith immediate uproar.The concept of bona fidecompetition applies just as muchto road races as it does to trackraces. The only conclusionpossible is that the Alphen 25kmrace violates the rule on bona fidecompetition and marks from this"race" cannot not be recognized aslegitimate for world recordpurposes.The views expressed in thisarticle are those of theauthor and do notneccessarily represent theviews of AIMS or IAAFDISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200663


OPINIONStopping the clockPete Riegel argues that the time for allowing world roadrecords to be timed electronically has not yet comeBig-city mega-races are really twoseparate events. The elite fieldprovides the competitive sportsstory while the rest of the fieldgenerates publicity as acelebration of fitness camaraderieand charitable fundraising.Every race wants to set records, toshow that it is truly a major event.Because so much prestige andmoney are associated with arecord every effort is made toassure credibility through reliablemeasurement and timingprocedures.For mass runners timingstandards may be more relaxed.They want to see their finish timein the printed results, and areusually aware of roughly what itis. Typical finish line photos showrunners punching their watches asthey cross the line, although theyaccept a small difference in theofficially recorded time. Asidefrom individual runners’ desires tosee their own finish times there islittle interest in anything but whostopped the clock first.Timing winners has never beenmuch of a problem, but it is notpossible to hand-time everyfinisher to the same level ofaccuracy as the winner. When racefields grew to many thousands theold pull-tag and chute systemsbecame cumbersome andelectronic or “chip” timingsystems came into existence.ChampionChip is the most widelyused electronic system, althoughthere are others which employsimilar methods. They havebecome very effective inproducing fast and accurateresults. Timing road records isvery different, having evolved frommethods used on the track.At present, on the road and onthe track, the leading times aretaken when the runner’s torsobreaks the vertical plane of thefinish line. Three vetted timersindependently stop their watches.They compare the times, whichusually agree closely. If one ismarkedly different it is discardedas erroneous. Either way, thegreatest time is taken as officialand rounded up to the nearestwhole second.A fundamental difference betweenthe old and new systems is theprecise location of the timingpoints. In conventional timing theleading edge of the torso and thefinish line are clearly-definedpoints. In electronic timing thetorso is substituted by anelectronic chip carried by theEvery effort is made to assurecredibility through reliable measurementand timing procedures.runner and usually fastened toone shoe. The system is set up tocapture the time that the runner’schip-equipped foot crosses thefinish timing mat. The timingimpulse will occur somewhere onthe surface of the mat, close tobut not exactly coincident withthe finish line.Major races have been usingelectronic timing for over adecade, while the leading timeshave been captured separately byteams of human timers. Thesehand timings have been used asthe official times when recordshave been set. I have never seen acomparison between the two setsof times. This valuableinformation may have beenpreserved, but I am not aware thatit has been published.In the early days of electronictiming malfunctions sometimesoccurred. Indeed, in a field ofmany thousands it is almostcertain that a few times will bemissed, just as for hand timing.Perfection eludes us, but reasonsfor electronic mix-ups include:1 The runner forgets to wear their chip2 The chip is lost along the route3 The chip is worn on the vest instead ofthe shoe4 Roommates get their chips mixed up5 A runner cannot compete, and givesthe chip to another runner6 The chip impulse is missed by thereceiving system. This does not happenoften, but it does happen7 Cheaters bring many inventiveapproaches too numerous to mention8 The timing system itself suffers apartial or complete breakdown.Finish times should spring fromthe computer system to the publicas fast as runners cross the line.This can happen further down thefield but rarely for the topfinishers. There is always a shortdelay while human timing systemoperators scrutinize the leadingtimes to be sure that they makesense. Occasionally backup timesare inserted in place of missingelectronic times. The substitutionis done by the timing systemoperators unobserved by thepublic. The results become officialas published, and as far as mostare concerned, the electronicwizardry did its job.Given reasonable chances thatthings could go wrong, it wouldbe negligent to rely only onelectronic timing. The potentialfor embarrassment demandsreliable backup. Some systemshave built-in electronic backupwhich supposedly compensatesfor errors, but the most commonform, certainly for the leadfinishers, is human timers.Human timing as a backup hasobvious advantages. Most peoplefind no difficulty in understandinga human punching a watch. Whenthe processing flows through acomputer, with results sometimesadjusted by the timing supervisorthe outcome appears as if byblack magic.Anybody can understand threehumans punching their watches.The winner cannot bemisidentified. He or she is seenby all. And the time that results isthe one that meets the presentrecord standard. Given the hugebudgets of most big races it doesnot seem unreasonable to askthem to provide three people todo this relatively uncomplicatedjob of stopping the clock.Timing technology is changing,and for the better. When it can bedemonstrated that electronictimes are as accurate and reliableas three stopped watches perhapsthey can be used for records. Thattime has not yet come.The views expressed in thisarticle are those of theauthor and do notneccessarily represent theviews of AIMS or IAAFA fundamental difference betweenthe old and new systems is the precise locationof the timing points.DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200665


World leading timesLatest standings at 10km, half marathon and marathonBy David E. Martin, AIMS StatisticianThese lists provide a glimpse into the world of global road-racing activity and werebelieved accurate at 31 March 2006. They focus primarily on the half-marathon andmarathon, as these represent the primary event membership within AIMS. The listsare updated periodically based upon availability of results. Amendments, corrections,and additions are always welcome; there is no such thing as a “perfect” or “complete”list, as accumulation of new information continually provides new perspective. Pleasesend relevant results to Drdave@gsu.eduMenPresent world record:Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date2:08:38 David Kipkorir KEN 1 Rome 26 MAR2:08:40 Benson Cherono KEN 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:08:58 Ambesse Tolossa ETH 1 Tokyo 12 FEB2:09:15 Jose Rios ESP 1 Otsu 05 MAR2:09:30 Daniele Caimmi ITA 2 Rome 26 MAR2:09:31 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 2 Tokyo 12 FEB2:09:45 Gert Thys RSA 1 Oita 05 FEB2:10:00 Laban Kipngetich KEN 3 Rome 26 MAR2:10:05 Thomas Chemitei KEN 4 Rome 26 MAR2:10:07 Samuel Korir KEN 3 Tokyo 12 FEB2:10:08 Laban Kipkemboi KEN 2 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:10:09 Oleksandr Kuzin UKR 5 Rome 26 MAR2:10:20 Takayuki Matsumiya JPN 2 Otsu 05 MAR2:10:35 Simon Wangai KEN 3 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:10:40 Thys 1 Seoul 12 MAR2:10:46 Steven Kamar KEN 1 Xiamen 25 March2:10:47 Satoshi Irifune JPN 4 Tokyo 12 FEB2:10:49 Jonathan Kosgei KEN 2 Xiamen 25 March2:10:49 Satoshi Osaki JPN 3 Otsu 05 MAR2:10:50 Hai-yang Deng CHN 3 Xiamen 25 March2:10:59 Leonid Shvetsov RUS 4 Otsu 05 MAR2:11:05 Yuichi Washio JPN 1 Nobeoka 19 FEB2:11:14 Kenichi Kita JPN 2 Nobeoka 19 FEB2:11:14 Yusuf Songoka KEN 4 Xiamen 25 MAR2:11:28 Kim Yi-Yong KOR 5 Tokyo 12 FEB2:11:29 Samson Ramadhani TAN 1 Melbourne 19 MAR2:11:33 Henry Kapkiai KEN 5 Xiamen 25 MAR2:11:40 Jason Mbote KEN 2 Seoul 12 MAR2:11:42 Solomon Rotich KEN 6 Rome 26 MAR2:11:46 Tomoyuki Sato JPN 2 Oita 05 FEB2:11:47 Thomas Omwenga KEN 4 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:11:48 Andrew Limo KEN 7 Rome 26 MAR2:11:49 Abdelhak El Gorch BRN 8 Rome 26 MAR2:11:56 Araya Haregot ETH 3 Seoul 12 MAR2:11:59 Pablo Olmedo MEX 5 Otsu 05 MAROTHER PERFORMANCES2:10:34 Rachid Kisri MAR 1 Treviso 12 MAR2:11:08 Abdelkebir Lamachi MAR 2 Treviso 12 MAR2:11:13 David Chepkwony KEN 3 Treviso 12 MAR2:11:17 Denis Curzi ITA 4 Treviso 12 MARMenWorld Record:Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002WomenPresent world record (mixed race):Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003Present world record (women’s-only race):Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 2005Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue DateWomenWorld Record:Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003Women’s-only race: Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29,New York, 08 JUN 2002Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date27:44 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 1 San Juan 26 FEB28:04 Gilbert Okari KEN 2 San Juan 26 FEB28:09 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 San Juan 26 FEB28:15 Wm. Chebon Chebor KEN 4 San Juan 26 FEB28:36 Daniel Kiprop Limo KEN 1 Roma 26 FEB28:38 Patrick Ivuti KEN 5 San Juan 26 FEB28:39 Linus Maiyo KEN 6 San Juan 26 FEBOTHER PERFORMANCES28:08 Robert Kip. CheruiyotKEN 1 Maldonado 06 JAN28:13 Marilson dos Santos BRA 2 Maldonado 06 JANMarathon10km Road2:19:51 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Seoul 12 MAR2:23:26 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 1 Nagoya 12 MAR2:23:58 Yoko Shibui JPN 2 Nagoya 12 MAR2:25:05 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Osaka 29 JAN2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:25:26 Gete Wami ETH 2 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:25:44 Tatyana Hladyr UKR 1 Rome 26 MAR2:25:52 Kayoko Obata JPN 2 Osaka 29 JAN2:26:18 Lyubov Denisova RUS 3 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:26:26 Larissa Zousko RUS 2 Rome 26 MAR2:26:32 Wei-wei Sun CHN 1 Xiamen 25 March2:26:47 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 3 Osaka 29 JAN2:27:13 Masami Sakata JPN 4 Osaka 29 JAN2:27:46 Tomo Morimoto JPN 5 Osaka 29 JAN2:28:01 Chika Horie JPN 3 Nagoya 12 MAR2:28:27 Xiao-lin Zhu CHN 2 Xiamen 25 March2:29:17 Dorota Gruca POL 6 Osaka 29 JAN2:29:30 Alina Gherasim ROM 4 Nagoya 12 MAR2:29:32 Jennifer Rhines USA 4 Rome 26 MAR2:29:48 Yuko Machida JPN 5 Nagoya 12 MAR2:29:51 Man Jin CHN 3 Xiamen 25 March2:29:53 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 6 Nagoya 12 MAR2:29:56 Mika Okunaga JPN 7 Osaka 29 JAN2:29:59 Ayumi Hayashi JPN 7 Nagoya 12 MAR2:30:13 Yuan-yuan Jiang CHN 4 Xiamen 25 MAR2:30:23 Hiromi Ominami JPN 8 Nagoya 12 MAR2:30:30 Nuta Olaru ROM 4 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:30:35 Shu-jing Zhang CHN 5 Xiamen 25 MAR2:30:41 Mulu Seboka ETH 9 Nagoya 12 MAR2:30:54 Kerryn McCann AUS 1 Melbourne 19 MAR2:30:56 Hellen Cherono KEN 2 Melbourne 19 MAR2:31:03 Mika Hikichi JPN 10 Nagoya 12 MAR2:31:43 Y a-nan Wei CHN 6 Xiamen 25 MAR2:31:44 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 1 Tempe 15 JAN2:31:46 Assale Tafa ETH 2 Tempe 15 JAN2:32:19 Liz Yelling GBR 3 Melbourne 19 MAROTHER PERFORMANCES2:28:31 Deborah Toniolo ITA 1 Treviso 12 MAR2:28:59 Giovanna Volpato ITA 2 Treviso 12 MAR2:30:48 Soumiya Labani MAR 3 Treviso 12 MAR30:50 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 26 FEB31:49 Asmae Leghzaoui MAR 1 Lahore 29 JAN31:51 Kiplagat 1 Schoorl 12 FEB32:08 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 San Juan 26 FEB32:11 Hilda Kibet KEN 2 Schoorl 12 FEB32:13 Fatiha Baouf BEL 3 Schoorl 12 FEB32:19 Zhor El Kamch MAR 3 San Juan 26 FEB32:41 Johanna Lehtinen FIN 1 Roma 26 FEB32:48 Susanne Ritter GER 4 Schoorl 12 FEB32:55 Berhane Adere ETH 4 San Juan 26 FEBHalf MarathonMenPresent World Record:Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:17, Milano, 04 APR 1998[splits: 13:42/27:52/42:02/56:37]Point-to-point aided (downhill – 69 m) course record:Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:06, Lisboa, 26 MAR 2000Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date58:55 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Tempe (WR pending)15 JAN60:08 Gebrselassie 1 Granollers 05 FEB60:45 Deriba Mergia ETH 1 Paris 05 MAR60:50 Francis Kiprop KEN 2 Granollers 05 FEB60:50 Paul Pimaiyo Kimugul KEN 2 Paris 05 MAR61:18 Moses Kigen KEN 1 Den Haag 25 MAR61:21 Solomon Bushendich KEN 1 Den Haag 25 MAR61:27 Aissa Dghoughi MAR 3 Paris 05 MAR61:34 Kimwole Kimattai KEN 3 Den Haag 25 MAR61:35 Joshua Chelanga KEN 4 Paris 05 MAR61:39 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 1 Eldoret 05 FEB61:39 Eliap Kurgat KEN 5 Paris 05 MAR61:43 Mourad Maaroufit MAR 1 Marrakech 29 JANOTHER PERFORMANCES59:30 Martin Lel KEN 1 Lisbon* 26 MAR59:35 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 2 Lisbon* 26 MAR59:37 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 Lisbon* 26 MAR59:42 Paul Tergat KEN 4 Lisbon* 26 MAR60:12 William Rotich KEN 1 Ostia 05 MAR60:14 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Ostia 05 MARWomenPresent World Record:Elana Meyer (RSA) 66:44, Tokyo, 15 JAN 1999[splits 16:02/31:38/47:31/63:23]Point-to-Point aided (downhill 30.5m) World Best:Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 65:40,21 SEPT 2003, South ShieldsTime Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date67:26 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Marugame 05 FEB67:43 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 2 Marugame 05 FEB68:49 Noguchi 1 Yamaguchi 12 MAR69:24 Mara Yamauchi GBR 3 Marugame 05 FEB69:57 Mika Okunaga JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:01 Carolyne Kiptoo KEN 1 Marrakech 29 JAN70:03 Jane Wanjiku KEN 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:03 Yurika Nakamura JPN 2 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:04 Ruth Wanjiru KEN 3 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:04 Yoko Miyauchi JPN 4 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:06 Yoko Yagi JPN 5 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:07 Mayumi Yoshida JPN 3 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:10 Tomoko Ishii JPN 4 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:11 Madoka Ogi JPN 6 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:16 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 7 Miyazaki 06 JANOTHER COURSES:67:51 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Lisbon* 26 MAR68:00 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 Lisbon* 26 MAR69:34 Rose Cheruyot KEN 3 Lisbon* 26 MAR69:37 Fenanda Ribeiro POR 4 Lisbon* 26 MAR* = Lisbon 69m drop (3.3 m/km)DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 200667


Race contact detailswww.aims-association.org* - AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details to:update@aims-association.orgAlgeriaSahara MarathonFebruaryJames E. B. CarneyP.O. Box 455, Marshall, VA 20116, USATel: 703 969 0049Fax: 503 905 9526Email: saharamarathon@aol.comInet: saharamarathon.orgCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsAntarcticaAntarctica MarathonFebruaryThom GilliganMarathon Tours, 261 Main St,Boston MA 02129Tel: 1 617 242 7845Fax: 1 617 242 7686Email: marathon@shore.netInet: www.marathontour.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsArgentinaXVIII Half MarathonBuenos Aires CitySeptemberDomingo AmaisonMcal. Antonio Sucre 1050 PB4 - Edif.1-Belgrano C - 1428 - Beunos Aires ArgentinaTel: 54 11 4788 6656 / 54 11 4782 8678Fax: 54 11 4784 8354Email: amaison@amaisonproducciones.com.arInet: www.amaisonproducciones.com.arBuenos Aires MarathonOctoberJorge UsleJulian Olvarez 1221, Buenos Aires, Zip 1414Tel/Fax: 54 11 4779 0615Personal Email: uslan@ciudad.com.arMarathon Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com.AustraliaASICS Melbourne Marathon OctoberJoe MurphyP.O. Box 148, Brunswick, 3056 VictoriaTel: 61 3 9381 4666Fax: 61 3 9381 4777Email: joe@eventwizard.com.auInet: www.melbournemarathon.com.auBlackmores Sydney <strong>Running</strong>Fesitival/Sydney Marathon SeptemberWayne LardenPont3 Pty Ltd, Level 2, 5 Queen St,Chippendale NSW 2008Tel: 61 2 9310 8100Fax: 61 2 9310 8139Email: info@sydneymarathon.orgInet: www.sydneymarathon.orgGold Coast Airport MarathonCameron HartP.O. Box 2547, Southport BC,Queensland, 4215Tel: 61 7 5564 8733Fax: 61 7 5564 9733Email: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.auInet: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.auCanberra MarathonDave CundyP.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,NSW 2257, AustraliaTel: 61 2 434 27611Fax: 61 2 434 27648Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.auInet: www.canberramarathon.com.auJulyAprilThe Sun-Herald City to Surf AugustJenny BarkerC/- John Fairfax Publications,201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000Tel: 61 2 9282 2747Fax: 61 2 9282 3703Email: city2surf@mail.fairfax.com.auInet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surfAustriaVienna City MarathonWolfgang KonradEnterprise Sport Promotion GmbH,P.O. Box 145, 1100 Wien/ViennaTel: 43 1 606 9510Fax: 43 1 606 9540Email: office@vienna-marathon.comInet: www.vienna-marathon.comMayBarbadosRun Barbardos Marathon DecemberSteve EdwardsBarbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road,St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 BridgetownTel: 246 427 2623Fax: 246 426 4080Email: stevee@barbados.orgInet: www.runbarbados.orgBelgiumING BrusselsMarathon and HalfAugustChristophe ImpensSchoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-BeringenTel: 32 11 45 99 24Fax: 32 11 45 99 10Email: cimpens@cis.beInet: www.ingbrusselsmarathon.beCoastal MarathonSeptemberChristophe ImpensSchoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-BeringenTel: 32 11 45 99 76Fax: 32 11 45 99 10Email: info@cis.beInet: www.kustmarathon.beBosniaVidovdan 10km Road RaceBorislav DjurdjevicBrace Ribnikar 17,76100 BrckoTel: 387 49217 771Fax: 387 49217 771Email: mpc1@teol.netInet: www.vidovdanskatrka.orgBrazilJune*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon JuneJoao TravenRua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102,Leblon 22450-080Tel: 55 21 222 33 073Fax: 55 21 222 32 773Email: traven@dh.com.brInet: www.maratonadorio.com.br*Half Marathon of BahiaOctoberThusnelda FrickRua Dr. Jose Peroba, 349 - Sala 1502,Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, CEP 41760-320Tel: 55 71 3372 1340Fax: 55 71 3341 0047Email: meiadabahia@bis.tur.brInet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br10km CorporeSão Paulo ClassicNovember*São Paulo Half Marathon Corpore AprilJose Octavio AronisRua Bento De Andrade, 436,Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SPTel: 55 11 3884 4188Fax: 55 11 3885 0213Email: corpore@corpore.org.brInet: www.corpore.org.brSão Paulo MarathonMayPampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon AugustThadeus KassabianAlameda Amazonas, 938 first floor CEP06454-070 Barueri - SP - BrazilTel/Fax: 55 11 3031 7033Email: thadeus@yescom.com.brInet: www.voltadapampulha.com.brwww.maratonadesaopaulo.com.brwww.yescom.com.brCanadaBMO Bank of Montreal VancouverMarathonMayJanet AndersonPO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8Tel: 1 604 872 2928Fax: 1 604 872 2903Email: info@vanmarathon.bc.caInet: www.bmovanmarathon.caHSBC Calgary Marathon and HalfJacqui SandersonPO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary,Alberta T2P 2H9Tel: 1 403 264 2996Fax: 1 403 251 9070Email: info@calgarymarathon.comInet: www.calgarymarathon.comJulyING Edmonton MarathonAugustAlan Whyte8537-109th Street (<strong>Running</strong> Room),Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4Tel: 1 780 433 6062Fax: 1 780 439 8465Email: awhyte@runningroom.comInet: www.runningroom.comING Ottawa MarathonMayJim RobinsonP.O. Box 426, Station A, Ottawa,ON K1N 8V5Tel: 1 613 234 2221Fax: 1 613 234 5880Email: info@ncm.caInet: www.runottawa.caNiagara Fallsview CasinoResort Int’l MarathonOctoberJim R. Ralston5515 Stanley Avenue,Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 3X4Tel: 1 905 356 9460Fax: 1 905 356 5567Email: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.comInet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.comQuebec City MarathonAugustDenis Therrien1173 boulevard Charest Ouest bureau 290,Quebec, G1N 2C9Tel: 1 418 694 4442Fax: 1 418 694 4441Email: isabelle.paquet@marathonquebec.comInet: www.runquebeccity.comRoyal Victoria MarathonOctoberRob ReidP.O. Box 675, 185 - 911 Yates Street,Victoria, British Colombia, V8V 4Y9Tel: 11 250 658 4520Fax: 11 250 658 4526Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.comInet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.comScotiabank Toronto WaterfrontMarathon and HalfSeptemberScotiabank VancouverHalf MarathonJuneAlan Brookes33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807,Toronto, ON M4W 3T4Tel: 1 416 944 2765 (ext.503)Fax: 1 416 944 8527Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.comsvhm@canadarunningseries.comInet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.comcanadarunningseries.com/svhmToronto Marathon and HalfJay Glassman450 Walmer Road, Suite 412,Toronto, ON, M5P 2X8Tel: 1 416 972 1062Fax: 1 416 972 1238Email: torontomarathon@rogers.comInet: www.torontomarathon.comOctoberVancouver Sun Run 10kmAprilJamie Pitblado1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3Tel: 1 604 605 2316Fax: 1 604 605 2342Email: jpitblado@png.canwest.comInet: www.sunrun.comCayman IslandsCayman Islands Marathon DecemberRhonda KellyPO BOX 2712 GT, Grand Caymen,CAYMEN ISLANDSTel: 1 345 946 8822Fax: 1 345 946 8811Email: rhonda@kellyholding.comInet: www.caymanislandsmarathon.comChinaBeijing Int’l Marathon and Half OctoberWang Dawei5 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing,Chinese Athletic AssociationTel: 86 10 8718 3441 / 86 10 8525 1888Fax: 86 10 6714 0801 / 86 10 8525 1769Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.commarathon.beijing@octagon.comInet: www.beijing-marathon.comDallian Int'l MarathonJuneSun XinshengKDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road,Xigang District, DalianTel: 86 411 8368 2293Fax: 86 411 8368 2693Email: kouzhengjie@sina.comInet: www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007The Great Wall MarathonMayMichael AndersenKultoruet 11, 1175 CopenhagenTel: 45 51 50 6039Fax: 45 36 98 0021Email: michael.andersen@great-wall-marathon.cnInet: www.great-wall-marathon.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsToray Cup ShanghiInt’l MarathonNovemberXian GongRoom 603, Huating Holiday Inn Hotel, No469, Zhonghua Xin Rd, ShanghiTel: 86 21 6629 8808Fax: 86 21 6629 6088Email: shmarathon@shmarathon.comInet: www.shmarathon.comXiamen Int’l MarathonYu ZhenjieNo. 2 Tiyu Road, XiamenTel: 86 592 509 4800Fax: 82 592 512 1241Email: alice.chen@126.comInet: www.xmim.orgColombiaMarchBogota Int’l Half MaratonMedia Maratón Int’l de Bogotá JulyMartha SantosCalle 93B No.15 - 34 Oficina 207-208,BogotaTel/Fax 57 1 257 3107Email: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.comInet: www.correcaminoscolombia.comMedia Maraton Int’lCiudad de MedellinSeptemberGustavo Orozco PosadaCalle 49B, nro 63-21, Piso 3, EdificioCamacol MedellinTel: (574) 230 4872Fax: (574) 230 1123Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.coInet: www.maratonmedellin.comCubaMarabana Marathon and Half NovemberCarlos R. Gattorno CorreaCiudad Deportiva, Apartado 5130 La HabanaTel: 53 7 545 022 / 410 953Fax: 53 7 204 1914Email: marabana@inder.co.cuCyprusCyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon NovemberChjristos Evripidou13 Souliou Street, 2091 Strovolos, NicosiaTel: 357 994 10730Fax: 357 224 20559Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cyInet: www.runclub.com.cyCzech RepublicPrague Int’l MarathonHervis Prague Half MarathonPaulo OttoneZahoranského 3, Prague 2- 120 00Tel: 420 224 91 92 09Fax: 420 224 92 33 55Email: marathon@pim.czInet: www.praguemarathon.comDenmarkCopenhagen MarathonNiels Jorgen HoldtGunner Nu Hansens Plads 11,DK 2100 KBH, CopenhagenTel: 45 35 26 69 00Fax: 45 35 38 69 03Email: info@copenhagenmarathon.dkInet: www.copenhagenmarathon.dkMayAprilMayFive Towers MarathonMarchJes Clausen11, Gisselorevej, DK-4400, KalundborgTel: 45 595 12634Email: jesclausen@ka-net.dkInet: www.5-taarns-marathon.dkH. C. Andersen Marathon SeptemberTorben SimonsenStadionvej 50, DK-5200 Odense V.Tel: 45 66 12 33 55Fax: 4565 90 74 25Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dkInet: www.hcamarathon.dk70 DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 2006


Race contact detailswww.aims-association.org* - AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details to:update@aims-association.orgEcuadorGuayaquil MarathonOctoberDiego MaruriAv Las Aguas 640, Edf. MCG, ofc. Guayaquil,EcuadorTel: 593 4 288 5008Fax: 593 4 288 4746Email: diegomaruri@dm3.comInet: www.dm3.comEgypt14th Egyptian MarathonFebruary*6th Pharaonic 100kmNovemberGasser RiadEvent Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St,(Area No.1), Nasr City, CairoTel: 202 260 69302012 21 488 39Fax: 202 260 6932Email: info@egyptianmarathon.netInet: www.egyptianmarathon.net*St Catherine’s Marathon DecemberTarek MoshrefMisr Sinai Tours, P.O. Box 119,Abbassia, CairoTel: 202 274 4900Fax: 202 671 3130Email: info@misrsinaitours.comInet: www.misrsinaitours.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsEstoniaBaltic MarathonTallinn Half MarathonUno LippHerivalja Tee, 24 Tallin 11911Tel/Fax: 372 5017 434Email: rahvajooks@datanet.eeInet: www.halfmarathon.eeEthiopiaSeptemberToyota Great EthiopianRun 10kmNovemberRichard NerurkarTel: 251 11 663 36 46Fax: 251 11 662 78 76Email: greatrun@ethionet.etvillage.ethiopia@telecom.net.etInet: www.ethiopiarun.orgFalkland IslandsStandard Chartered BankStanley MarathonNick HuttonStandard Chartered Bank,P.O. Box 597, Ross Road, StanleyTel: +500 22220Fax: +500 22219Email: standardchartered@horizon.co.fkInet: www.standardcharter.comFinlandMarchAland MarathonOctoberJohn HolmbergMartellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn,AalandTel: 358 1 819 605Fax: 358 1 813 170Email: marathon@aland.netInet: www.marathon.aland.fiHelsinki City MarathonAugustPertti RaunioFinnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20,00240 Helsinki, FinlandTel: 358 9 3481 2405Fax: 358 9 3481 2367Email: perttiraunio@sul.fiInet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.comPaavo Nurmi MarathonJari SalonenLinnankatu 36, FIN-20100, TurkuTel: 358 2 274 5010Fax: 358 2 274 5001Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.comInet: www.paavonurmisports.comJulyRuska MarathonSeptemberPekka ErikksonValtatie 15, 99100 Kittila, FinlandTel: 358 400-808 784Fax: 358 16-642259Email: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fiInet: www.ruskamaraton.comFranceMarathon of La Rochelle NovemberAlain ComteB.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04Email: info@marathondelarochelle.comInet: www.marathondelarochelle.comMarathon du Mont St. Michel JuneDenis Craveia16 rue de General LeClerc,35260 Cancale, FRANCETel: 33 2 99 89 54 54Fax: 33 2 88 89 53 33Email: info@montsaintmichel-marathon.comInet: www.montsaintmichel-marathon.comNice Int’l Half MarathonAprilReynald DebreyneAzur Sport Organisation,16 bvd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 NiceTel: 33 4 93 26 19 12Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34Email: mail@azur-sport.orgInet: www.nicesemimarathon.comParis Int'l MarathonAprilJoël LaineAso-Athletisne, 2 rue Rouset de Lisle,92130 Issy les MoulineauxTel: 33 1 41 33 15 68Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74Email: bleutellier@aso.frInet: www.parismarathon.comGermany26th Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin April33rd real,- Berlin Marathon SeptemberMark MildeSCC-<strong>Running</strong> Events, Glockenturmstrasse23, D-14055, BerlinTel: 49 30 301 288 10Fax: 49 30 301 288 20Email: info@berlin-marathon.comInet: www.berlin-marathon.comMesse Frankfurt MarathonJo SchindlerSonnemannstrasse 3,60314 Frankfurt, GermanyTel: 49 69 370 0468 0Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11Email: mail@frankfurt-marathon.comInet: www.frankfurt-marathon.comiWelt Marathon WuerzburgMichael LittmannAn der Stadtmarter, 2,97228 RottendorfTel: 49 9302 9904 17Fax: 49 9302 9807 82Email: littmann@wuerzburg-marathon.deInet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.deRuhr MarathonBernd GroeneTel: 49 201 727 3852Fax: 49 201 727 3816Email: groene@idko.comInet: www.twinmarathon.deOctoberMayMayConergy Marathon HamburgAprilWolfram GoetzWinterhuder Weg 869, 22085 HamburgTel: 49 40 8888 0352Fax: 49 40 8888 0362Email: info@marathon-hamburg.deInet: www.marathon-hamburg.deNike Run Berlin 25kmGlockenturm str 1, D 14053 BerlinTel: 49 30 305 17 71Fax: 49 30 30 09 9610Email: info@runberlin.deInet: www.runberlin.deGreat BritainMayBaxter’s Loch Ness Marathon &Festival of runningOctoberMalcolm SutherlandCaledonian Concepts PO Box 26,Muir of Ord IV6 7WZTel: 44 870 127 8000Fax: 44 845 838 2764Email: info@lochnessmarathon.comInet: www.lochnessmarathon.comReebok Bristol Half Marathon SeptemberGeorgette Van HoofP.O. Box 512, Cheadle,Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJTel: 44 1782 396113Email: bristol@frsystems.co.ukInet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathonBritish 10K London RunJulyMichael O’ReillyUnion Jack Sports Ltd, 18b Charles Street,London W1J 5DUTel: 44 207 667 6894Fax: 44 207 667 6895Email: mor10k@yahoo.co.ukInet: www.thebritish10klondon.co.ukEdinburgh Forthside Half Marathon MarchIan Ladbrooke22 Hamilton Crescent, Gullane, EH31 2HR,Great BritainTel: 44 1620 843 593Email: iladbrooke@aol.comInet: www.edinburgh-forthside-half-marathon.co.ukEdinburgh MarathonJuneGeoff SimsEdinburgh Marathon Ltd, North BerwickBusiness Centre, Melbourne Place,North Berwick EH39 4JSTel: 44 1620 890 444Fax: 44 1620 890 787Email: info@edinburgh-marathon.co.ukInet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.ukGreat Scottish RunSeptemberFrank ClementGlasgow City Council, 20 Trongate,Glasgow G1 5ES, ScotlandTel: 44 141 248 9909Fax: 44 141 287 0994Email: amanda.brown@cls.glasgow.gov.ukInet: www.run.glasgow.gov.ukGreenlandNuuk MarathonClaus NielsenPO BOX 84, DK-3900 NuukTel: 299 558 854Fax: 299 323 278Email: claus@team.glInet: www.nuuk-marathon.glGreeceAugustAthens Classic Marathon NovemberEvangelos Papapostolou137, Syngrou Avenue, 171 21 N Smirni, AthensTel/Fax: 30 210 935 6904Email: mail@athensclassicmarathon.grInet: www.athensclassicmarathon.grHong KongChina Coast MarathonJanuaryCatherine LeonardAVOHK, P.O. Box 28893,Gloucester Road Post Office, WanchaiTel: 852 9038 5460Email: avohkccm@yahoo.comInet: www.avohk.orgMizuno Hong Kong HalfMarathon Championships JanuaryAlan Wong Kim LunRm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path,So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong KongTel: 852 2504 8215Fax: 852 2577 5392Email: hkaaa@hksdb.org.hkInet: www.hkaaa.comStandard CharteredHong Kong MarathonFebruaryWilliam KoRm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path,So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong KongTel: 852 2504 8215Fax: 852 2577 5392Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.comInet: www.hkmarathon.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthHungaryNike Budapest Int’lHalf MarathonSeptember21st Plus Budapest Marathon OctoberBSI Futo Kft1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156Tel: 36 1 273 0939Fax: 36 1 273 0936Email: budapest.run@t-online.huInet: www.budapestmarathon.comIcelandLake Myvatn MarathonYngvi R KristjanssonSel Hotel Myvatn,Skutustadir, 660 Myvatn, IcelandTel: 354 464 4164Fax: 354 464 4364Email: marathon@myvatn.isInet: www.myvatn.isJuneReykjavik Marathon and HalfFriman Ari FerdinandssonEngjavegur 6, 113 ReykjavikTel: 354 535 3700Fax: 354 568 7566Email: marathon@marathon.isInet: www.reykjavikmarathon.comIndiaAugustStandard CharteredMumbai MarathonJanuaryHugh JonesProcam International14, St. James Court, Marine Drive,Mumbai - 400 020Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 Ext:114Fax: 91 22 2202 5112Email: scmm@procamintl.comInet: www.standardcharteredmumbaimarathon.indiatimes.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthDelhi Int'l Half MarathonOctoberHugh JonesProcam International14, St. James Court, Marine Drive,Mumbai - 400 020Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 Ext:114Fax: 91 22 2202 5112Email: hdhm@procamintl.comInet: www.hutchdelhihalfmarathon.indiatimes.comThe Great Tibetan Marathon SeptemberMichael AndersenKultoruet 11, 1175 CopenhagenTel: 45 51 50 6039Fax: 45 36 98 0021Email: michael.andersen@great-tibetan-marathon.inInet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsHyderabad Midnight Marathon SeptemberLipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon MayIan Ladbrokec/o Crossover Consulting, 11 Wood Street,Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 026, IndiaTel: +91 80 51126004Fax: +91 80 57712004Email: info@coindia.comInet: www.bangaloreinternationalmarathon.comIrelandadidas Dublin MarathonOctoberJim AughneyDonore Harriers Sports, Complex,Chapelizod, Dublin 20Tel: 353 1 623 2250Fax: 353 1 626 3757Email: bhaa@eircom.netInet: www.adidasdublinmarathon.ieIsraelDead Sea Half Marathon FebruaryYaacov Akrish, Tamar Regional Council,Dead Sea Post 86910, Dead Sea, IsraelTel: 972 866 88822Fax: 972 866 88922Email: akrish@ma-tamar.co.ilInet: www.shvoong.co.il/deadsea-halfmarathonTiberias MarathonJanuaryJack Cohen10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv, 89482, IsraelTel: 972 3 644 1649Fax: 972 3 648 6255Email: office@tiberias-marathones.ilInet: www.tiberias-marathon.co.ilJerusalem Half MarathonMarchSimon AvrahamSports Authority. 10 Safra Square,Jerusalem 91007Tel: 972 2 629 6542Fax: 972 2 629 7411Email: pngmiri@jerusalem.muni.ilInet: www.hmarathon.jerusalem.muni.ilItalyFirenze MarathonNovemberGiancarlo RomitiCasella Postale 597, 50100 FirenzeTel: 39 (0) 55 5522 957Fax: 39 (0) 55 5536 823Email: staff@firenzemarathon.itInet: www.firenzemarathon.itGuiseppe VerdiCountry MarathonFebruaryGian Carlo ChittoliniVia Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore,Terme, ParmaTel: 390 524 572 083Fax: 390 524 575 055Email: info@verdimarathon.itInet: www.verdimarathon.it72 DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 2006


Race contact detailswww.aims-association.org* - AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details to:update@aims-association.orgFerrari Italian MarathonIvano BarboliniPO Box 330 - 41012 Carpi (MO)Tel: 39 059 65 02 97Fax: 39 059 65 13 30Email: info@italianmarathon.itInet: www.italianmarathon.itOctoberMaratona d’EuropaMayEnrico BenedettiVia Udine, 35 c/o Associatione la Bavisela,34135 TriesteTel: 39 040 410 339Fax: 39 040 418 634Email: info@bavisela.itInet: www.bavisela.itThe City of Rome MarathonMarchEnrico CastrucciViale Batista Bardanzellu 65, 00155 RomeTel: 39 06 40 65 064Fax: 39 06 40 65 063Email: info@maratonadiroma.itInet: www.maratonadiroma.it*Palermo D’Inverno HalfMarathon and Super Marathon OctoberProf. Antonio SelvaggioVia Resuttana Colli, 414, Palermo90146 PalermoTel: 39 091 524980Fax: 39 091 524980Email: sorbello@palermosupermarathon.comInet: www.palermosupermarathon.comPalermo Int’l MarathonNovemberSalvatore GebbiaC/o Maratona della Citta di Palermo,Via Napoli, 84, 90133 PalermoTel: 39 09 132 0731Fax: 39 09 132 0731 / 625 0365Email: info@palermomaratona.itInet: www.palermomaratona.itSant Antonio MarathonSilvana SantiVia E. P. Masini 2, 35131 PadovaTel: 39 049 822 7114Fax: 39 049 822 7164Email: info@maratonasantantonio.comInet: www.maratonasantantonio.comSardinia MarathonAntonio BaldisserottoTel: 39 0532 909010Fax: 39 0532 977245Email: ab@terramia.comMilano City MarathonMatteo PastoreVia Solferino, 28, 20121 MilanoTel: 39 02 6282 8788Fax: 39 02 6282 8752 / 3Email: milanocitymarathon@rcs.itInet: www.milanocitymarathon.itAprilAprilOctoberTurin MarathonSeptemberTurin Half MarathonAprilPietro ChiabreraC.SO Regina Magherita 497, 10151 TurinTel: 39 011 455 9959Fax: 39 011 407 6054Email: info@turinmarathon.itInet: www.turinmarathon.it*Maratonina Citta Di Udine SeptemberEnnio Della MeaVia C. Percoto 17/C, 33100 UdineTel/Fax 390 324 501 612Email: info@maratoninadiudine.itInet: www.maratoninadiudine.itVenice MarathonOctoberEnrico JacominiVenice Marathon Club, Via Torino 133,30172 Mestre-Venezia, ItalyTel: 39 041 532 1871Fax: 39 041 532 1879Email: info@venicemarathon.itInet: www.venicemarathon.itVigarano MarathonMarchFederica StellaVia Municipio 1 - 44049 Vigarano,Mainarda, FerraraTel: 39 0532 43 196Fax: 39 0532 73 9126Email: post@vigaranomarathon.itInet: www.vigaranomarathon.itJapanBeppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon FebruaryMinoru KubotaSports Dept, RKB Mainichi Radio-TVBroadcasting Company, 2-3-8 MomochihamaSawara-Ku, Fukuoka, 814-8585Tel: 092 852 6611Fax: 092 852 6658Email: m-kubota@rkb.ne.jpFukuoka Int’l OpenMarathon Championship DecemberHiroaki ChosaJapan Association of Athletics Federations1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050Tel: 81 3 3481 2300Fax: 81 3 3481 2449Email: jaaf@rikuren.or.jpInet: www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/Hokkaido MarathonAugustYoshitaka AbeThe Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat,The Hokkaido Shimubun Press,Nishi-3, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo,Hokkaido, 060-8711Tel: 81 11 232 0840Fax: 81 11 210 5734Email: marathon@hokkaido-np.co.jpInet: www.hokkaido-marathon.comKagawa MarugameHalf MarathonFebruaryTetsuji ArajMarugame Shimin Gymnastics,924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi,Kagawa-pref 763 0053Tel: 81 0877 24 6251Fax: 81 0877 24 7966Email: mr-taikyo@ninus.ocn.ne.jpInet: www.km-half.comKyoto City Half MarathonYoshiharu Naya32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo,Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864Tel: 81 75 315 1235Fax: 81 75 315 1236Email: isono@runners.co.jpMarchLake Biwa Mainichi Marathon MarchYukihiro FujiokaThe Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office,3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251Tel: 81 6 6346 8249Fax: 81 6 6346 8372Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jpLake Kawaguchi Marathon NovemberNikkan Sports Pressc/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd.,IF Kagurazaka Masumoto Bldg., 113,Yarai-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805Tel: 81 3 5227 3717Fax: 81 3 5227 3759Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jpInet: www.sports-info.co.jpLake Saroma100km Ultra MarathonJiro HashimotoRunners Inc., 1-31-9 Haramachi,Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8532Tel: 81 3 3714 1733Fax: 81 3 3714 5455Email: saroma@runners.co.jpInet: www.runnet.co.jpJuneNagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon MarchKosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi TanakaThe Chunichi Shimbun (Press),Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon Office, 6-1,1-Chome, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya,460-8511Tel: 81 52 221 0737Fax: 81 52 221 0739Email: niwm@chunichi.co.jpInet: www.chunichi.co.jp/niwm/Nagano OlympicCommemorative MarathonAprilSatoru Yokoyama1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801Tel: 81 26 252 7687Fax: 81 26 234 6381Email: info@naganomarathon.gr.jpInet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jpOhme-Hochi Marathon30km/10k Road RaceFebruaryKazuo Komatsuzaki, Toshio Takeuchi,Katsuhiko Kubota, c/o Hochi ShimbunPublicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan,Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485Tel: 81 3 5479 1294Fax: 81 3 5479 1298Email: event@hochi.co.jpInet: www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/home.htmOsaka Int’l Ladies’ MarathonMotonobu ShimamotoKTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku,Osaka 530-8408Tel: 81 6 6314 8277Fax: 81 6 6314 8549Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jpJanuaryTokyo City Int’l Marathon FebruaryKazuyuki ShiraishiC/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports PlanningEnterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi,Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325Tel: 81 3 5159 5834Fax: 81 3 5159 5876Email: kazu1029@yomiuri.comTokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon NovemberTakao Ishizawac/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji,Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011Tel: 81 3 3545 0355Fax: 81 3 3248 6636Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.comInet: http://www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon/Tokyo / New YorkFriendship MarathonFebruaryTetsuo Kawaguchi (Athletes’ Liaison) FujiTelevision Network Inc.2-4-8 Daiba, Minato-ku,Tokyo 137-8088, JapanTel: 81 3 5500 8578Fax: 81 3 5500 8774Email: tetsuo.kawaguchi@fujitv.co.jpKenyaStandard CharteredNairobi Marathon and Half OctoberJohn VelzianPO Box 328, Sarit Centre, NairobiTel: 254 2086 0186Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.keInet: www.nairobimarathon.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthKoreaChosunilbo ChunchonInt’l MarathonIn Bae Seung61, 1-ka, Taepyong-no,Jung-ku, 100 - 756 SeoulTel: 82 2 724 6333Fax: 82 2 724 6309Email: marathon@chosun.comInet: www.marathon.chosun.comChunju MarathonDae Won LeeKorea Athletics Federation10 Chamshill-Dong, Songpa-Gu,Seoul, Korea 138-220Tel: 82 2 412 5065/6Fax: 82 2 414 7771Email: jhclover@hanmail.netInet: www.jgmara.or.krOctoberAprilSeoul Int’l MarathonMarchJoong San Ahn,7th Floor, Dong - A Ilbo, 139 Sejongno,Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-715Tel: 82 2 2020 0708Fax: 82 2 2020 1639Email: marathon@donga.comInet: www.seoul-marathon.comJoongAng Seoul Marathon NovemberYang Seung-Ryong7 Soonhwa-dong,Chung-ku Seoul, 100-759 KoreaTel: 82 2 751 9627Fax: 82 2 751 9640Email: marathon@joongang.co.krInet: http://marathon.joins.comLebanon*Beirut Int’l MarathonNovemberNadine MoawadBMA, P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut, LebanonTel: 961 5 959 262Fax: 961 5 959 263Email: info@beirutmarathon.orgInet: www.beirutmarathon.orgLithuaniaVilniaus MarathonRokas BabraviciusV. Kudirkos 6, VilniausTel: 370 5 210 6450Fax: 370 5 210 6451Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.ltInet: www.marathon.ltLuxembourgSeptemberDexia Bil Route du VinHalf MarathonSeptemberGeorges KlepperFederation Luxembourgeoise d-Athletisme,P.O. Box 503, L-2015Tel: 352 48 06 70Fax: 352 48 05 72Email: fla@fla.luInet: www.fla.luMacauMacau Galaxy Entertainments Group Int’lMarathon, Half and Mini DecemberJosé TavaresMacau Sport Development Board,Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n,Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar,Bloco 1, 4 andar, MacauTel: 853 580 762Fax: 853 343 708Email: sport@macau.ctm.netInet: www.sport.gov.moMaltaInt’l MaltaChallenge MarathonNovemberBarry M. WhitmoreP.O. Box 91, Sliema, SLM 01, MaltaTel: 356 21 34 43 78Fax: 356 25 40 10 31Email: info@maltamarathonchallenge.comInet: www.maltamarathonchallenge.comMalaysiaKuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MarchS. VegiyathunamFederal Territory Amateur Athletic Assoc.,2nd floor, Wisma OCM, P.O. Box 12546, JalanHang Jebat, 50150 Kula Lumpur, MALAYSIATel: 60 3 27152843Fax: 60 3 27152678Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.comInet: www.klmarathon.gov.myMexicoGran Maraton PacificoDecemberFrancisco MijaresCampos Eliseos, 400-12, Mexico D.F. ColLomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000Tel: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208)Fax: 525 552 801 716Email: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mxInet: www.maraton.orgMaraton LaLa Internacional MarchHéctor Guerrero HerreraCalle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada),Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, CoahuilaTel: 52 871 729 2453Fax: 52 871 729 2436Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.comInet: www.maratonlala.orgTangamanga Int'l MarathonJaime Morales ReyesVista Hermosa 720, Colonia JardinSan Luis Potosi, CP78270Tel: 52 4448 154444Fax: 52 4448 158921Email: morreyes@prodigy.net.mxInet: www.maratontangamanga.comMonacoJuneMonaco Int’l MarathonNovemberJean-Pierre SchoëbelStade Louis II, 7 Avenue Des Castelans,98000, MonacoTel: 377 92 05 43 05Fax: 377 92 05 68 08Email: info@monacomarathon.comInet: www.monacomarathon.orgNamibia100 miles of the Namib Desert JulyAdriano ZitoVia delle Costellazioni, No.118, 41100, ModenaTel: +390 593 59813Fax: +39 292 0013Email: info@zitoway.comInet: www.100milesofnamibdesert.comNepalKathmandu MarathonRoy K. Kline Jnr.Scheer Memorial Hospital,P.O. Box 88, KathmanduTel: 977 11 663 065Fax: 977 11 66 171Email: ygray@kathmandumarathon.orgInet: www.kathmandumarathon.orgOctober74 DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 2006


Race contact detailswww.aims-association.org* - AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details to:update@aims-association.orgNetherlandsFortis Marathon RotterdamAprilMario J KadiksP.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ RotterdamTel: 31 10 291 9230Fax: 31 10 291 9172Email: info@rotterdammarathon.nlInet: www.fortismarathonrotterdam.nlCity-Pier-City Int’lHalf-Marathon Den HaagWim VerhoornP.O. Box 104, 2678 ZJ De LierTel: 31 174 540 607Fax: 31 174 510 129Email: verh5082@planet.nlInet: www.cpcloop.nlEindhoven MarathonCor VriendBiesven 11, 5645 KL, EindhovenTel: 31 40 2115 142Fax: 31 40 2118 727Email: ncvriend@iae.nlInet: www.marathoneindhoven.nlEnschede MarathonJos HermensGlobal Sports Communications,P.O. Box 555, 7500 AN EnschedeTel: 31 24 351 5077Fax: 31 24 351 5088Email: gsc@global-sports-comm.nlInet: www.global-sports-comm.nlMarchOctoberAprilING Amsterdam Marathon OctoberBirgit Schmitz, Cees PronkPostbus 143, 1850 AC, HeilooTel: 31 72 533 813631 20 408 5096Fax: 31 72 533 939831 20 408 5097Email: info@ingamsterdammarathon.nlb.schmitz@ingamsterdammarathon.nlInet: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nlNigeriaMTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NovemberAlh, Abdul-Karim Ohimai Amu5 Akinola Johnson Close, Surulere, LagosTel: 234 803 402 3398Fax: 234 802 303 9652Email: akoi_amu@yahoo.comInet: www.mtnhalfmarathon.comNorth PoleNorth Pole MarathonAprilRichard Donovan1 Forstar Place, City Centre, Galway, IrelandTel: 353 91 566 077Fax: 353 91 566 082Email: rd@npmarathon.comInet: www.npmarathon.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsNorwayMidnight Sun MarathonNils I. HaettaP.O. Box 821, N-9258, TromsøTel: 47 776 73363Fax: 47 776 73364Email: post@msm.noInet: www.msm.noPakistanJune*Standard CharteredLahore MarathonJanuaryIan LadbrookePublicis Pakistan pvt Ltd, 67-c-2 Gulberg 111,Lahore 54660Tel: 92 42 576 5101/2/3Email: Iladbrooke@aol.comInet: www.lahoremarathon.comPanamaPanama City Int’l Marathon AugustDr. Juan Carlos PanizaP.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama CityTel: 507 6674 1618 / 507 223 2588Fax: 507 263 4111Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.comajones@marathonpanama.comarmandolopez@shiptradepanama.comInet: www.marathonpanama.comPhilippinesPhilippines Marathon –Pasig RiverFebruaryImelda P. SarmientoThe Orchidarium/Butterfly Pavillion,Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, ManilaTel: 632 527 6376Fax: 632 527 6379Email: cgfi@itextron.comInet: www.heritagemarathon.comPolandArkadia Warsaw Marathon SeptemberMarek TroninaUl. Grochowska 278/011,03-841 Warsaw,PolandTel: 48 22 813 83 28Fax: 48 22 870 01 45Email: info@maratonwarszawski.comInet: www.warsawmarathon.comCracovia MarathonPiotr SokolowskiOsrodek Sportu i Rekreacji,ul. Eisenberga 231-523 Krakow,PolandTel: 48 12 6161773Fax: 48 12 4127477Email: biuro@cracoviamaraton.plInet: www.cracoviamaraton.plMayPoznan MarathonOctoberJanusz RajewskiPOSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 PoznanTel: 48 61 835 79 17Fax: 48 61 835 79 20Email: info@marathon.poznan.plInet: www.marathon.poznan.plPila Int’l Half Marathon SeptemberHenryk Paskalul. Kossaka 23, 64-920 PilaTel: 48 67 351 0478Fax: 48 67 212 5975Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.plInet: www.pila.halfmarathon.plWroclaw MarathonMarek DanielakStowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw,Oporowska 62, 53-434 WroclawTel: 48 71 364 72 00Fax: 48 71 346 72 10Email: biuro@wroclawmaraton.plInet: www.wroclawmaraton.plPortugalAprilCarlos Lopes GoldMarathon MemorialAprilMario SilvaTravessa da Palmeira, No. 6A, 1200-316LisbonTel: 351 969 636680Email: geral@carloslopes.d2d.ptInet: www.carloslopes.d2d.ptEDP Half Marathon of Lisbon MarchRTP 6th Half Marathonof PortugalSeptemberCarlos Moya3 Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João FreitasBranco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 CaxiasTel: 351 21 441 3182Fax: 351 21 441 3073Email: maratona@mcp.jazznet.ptInet: www.maratonaclubedeportugal.comLisbon Int’l MarathonDecemberAntónio CamposCalçada da Tapada, 67-A, 1349-012 LisboaTel: 351 21 361 6160Fax: 351 21 361 6169Email: treinador@sapo.ptInet: www.Lisbon-marathon.comPorto MarathonOctoberJorge TeixeiraRua de Cedofeita, 455-3 Sala 35,4050-181, PortoTel: 351 91 785 0216Fax: 351 22 208 0403Email: runporto@sapo.ptInet: www.runporto.comPuerto RicoWorld’s Best 10k Road Race FebruaryRafael B. AcostaP.O. Box 2780, Carolina, PR 00984-2780Tel: 787 767 9191 / 767 2000Fax: 787 767 9199 / 763 2000Email: racosta@ptmpr.comInet: www.worldbest10k.comRepublic ofSouth AfricaOld Mutual Two OceansMarathon, presented by NikeAprilChet SainsburyP.O. Box 2276, Clareinch 7740, Cape TownTel: 27 21 671 6054Fax: 27 21 671 8724Email: pro@TwoOceansMarathon.org.zaInet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.zaRomaniaTimisoara MarathonConstantin DumitraNr. 13, 3 August 1919 Street,300092 Timisoara, RomaniaTel: 40 722 801 440Email: dumitra@marathon.roInet: www.marathon.roRussiaOctoberMoscow Int’l Peace Marathon SeptemberBoris Fadeev18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000Tel: 7 495 924 0824Fax: 7 495 924 08247 495 924 0015Email: fond@marafon.msk.ruInet: www.marafon.msk.ruNovosibirsk Alexandr RaevichHalf MarathonSeptemberAlexandr ChepasovSuharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001Tel: 7 3832 25 07 30Fax: 7 3832 25 07 30Email: info@marafon.nsk.ruInet: www.marafon.nsk.ruSiberian Int’l MarathonKonstantin PodbelskiUl. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043Tel: 7 3812 231 526Fax: 7 3812 242 567Email: sim@omsknet.ruInet: www.sim.omsknet.ruRwandaAugustKigali Peace MarathonMayBettina Scholl-SabatiniMinistry of Youth Sports and CultureP.O. Box 1044, KigaliTel: 352 21 21 4804Fax: 352 26 61 5264Email: minicult@rwanda1.combetmar@pt.luInet: www.kigalimarathon.comSingaporeStandard CharteredSingapore MarathonDecemberPaul Chan Chow Tin15 Stadium Road, Room 1 South Entrance,National Stadium, Singapore 397718Tel: 65 6386 2721Fax: 65 6386 7773Email: info@singaporemarathon.comInet: www.singaporemarathon.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthSlovakiaKosice Peace MarathonOctoberDr Stefan DanoMarathon Club Kosice, Pri jazdiarni 1,PO Box F-24, 043 04 KosiceTel: 421 55 622 00 10Fax: 421 55 622 41 58Email: info@kosicemarathon.comInet: www.kosicemarathon.comSloveniaLjubljanski MarathonOctoberGojko ZalokarTown of Ljubijana, Timing Ljubijana,Staniceva 41, 1000 LjubijanaTel: 386 1 234 8002Fax: 386 1 234 8005Email: marathon@slo-timing.comInet: http://marathon.slo-timing.comThree Hearts Marathon and Half MayDrago JugMaraton Treh Src, p.p. 69, SI-9252 RadenciTel: 386 2 566 90 90Fax: 386 2 566 90 92Email: teniskicenter.radenci@siol.netInet: www.radenska.slSpainMarato de BarcelonaMarchJosep Sole, Carlos ParedesGran Via 8-10, 6-7 Floor L’hospitalet deLlobregat 08902, BarcelonaTel: 34 93 431 55 33Fax: 34 93 422 74 04Email: info@maratobarcelona.esInet: www.maratobarcelona.comSeville City MarathonFebruaryManuel NietoInstituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico deSevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 SevillaTel: 34 95459 687034 95459 6847Fax: 34 95459 687134 95459 6845Email: maraton@id.aytosevilla.orgInet: www.marasevi.vianetworks.esMaraton Internacional Martin Fiz,Vitoria-GasteizAprilEduardo Martinez Loberac/o Pinto Ortiz de Urbina No3, oficina 1701008 Vitoria (Alava)Tel: 34 945 214 278Fax: 34 945 214 279Email: info@maratonmartinfiz.comInet: www.maratonmartinfiz.comMarathon Popular de Madrid AprilGuillermo J. Jimenez RamosGeneral Alvarez De Castro No.31, BAJ02Tel: 34 91447 96 31Fax: 34 91447 94 11Email: inscripciones@mapoma.esInet: www.maratonmadrid.orgMarathon del Mediterraneo OctoberJosep Antentas, Jaime GrauElisabets 5, entr.2, 08001 BarcelonaTel: 34 933 426 517Fax: 34 933 189 820Email: josepma@ecodi.netInet: www.barcelonamarathon.comMarathon Popular de Valencia FebruaryMedia Marathon Ciudad de Valencia JuneVincente Morenoc /Arzobisto Fabian Fuero, 14B,46009 ValenciaTel: 34 96 346 0707Fax: 34 96 346 3635Email: maraton@correcaminos.orgInet: www.correcaminos.orgMarathon of Barcelona - Catalunya MarchRafael Salinasc/ Jonqueres, num.16, Flat 15,08003, BarcelonaTel: 34 93 268 01 14Fax: 34 93 268 43 34Email: secretaria@marathoncatalunya.comInet: www.marathoncatalunya.comSwedenGöteborg Half MarathonHans HultmanP.O. Box 12174, S-40242 GöteborgTel: 46 31 772 7880Fax: 46 31 772 7890Email: varvet@gfif.seInet: www.goteborgsvarvet.comMayStockholm MarathonJuneUlf SalettiP.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, StockholmTel: 46 8 54 566 440Fax: 46 8 664 3822Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.seInet: www.stockholmmarathon.seSwitzerlandJungfrau MarathonSeptemberRichard UmbergStrandbadstr. 44PO Box 243CH-3800, InterlakenTel: 41 33 828 37 46Fax: 41 33 823 37 34Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.chInet: www.jungfrau-marathon.chCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsLausanne MarathonOctoberRobert BruchezCase Postale (Box) 31,CH-1162 Saint-Prex, LausanneTel: 41 21 806 3016Fax: 41 21 806 2548Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.comInet: www.lausanne-maraton.com76 DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 2006


Race contact detailswww.aims-association.org* - AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details to:update@aims-association.orgSwiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos JulyAndrea TuffliP.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos PlatzTel: 41 81 401 1490Fax: 41 81 401 1489Email: info@alpine-davos.chInet: www.alpine-davos.chCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsZurich MarathonBruno LafranchiSpindelstr. 2, 8041 ZurichTel: 411 480 25 57Fax: 411 480 25 56Email: info@zurichmarathon.comInet: www.zurichmarathon.comTaiwanAprilINGTaipei Int'l Marathon DecemberSunny Chen104, No.1 Yu Men Street, TaipeiTel: 886 2 2585 5659Fax: 886 2 2599 6716Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.twInet: www.sportsnet.org.twTaiwan Boulevard Int’l MarathonSunny Chen104, No.1 Yu Men Street, TaipeiTel: 886 2 2585 5659Fax: 886 2 2599 6716Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.twInet: www.sportsnet.org.twTanzaniaOctober*Kilimanjaro MarathonFebruaryJohn AddisonWild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House1685, Republic of South AfricaTel: 27 11 702 2035Fax: 27 11 468 1655Email: john@wildfrontiers.comInet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.comMount Meru Int’l MarathonAhmed SharrifP.O. Box 21317, Dar-es-SalaamTel/Fax: 255 22 264 7053Mobile: 255 748 219090Email: ahmedshariff@hotmail.comThailandAugustThai Health Bangkok Marathon NovemberSongkram Kraisonthi20Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn RoadDindaeng, Bangkok 10400Fax: 66 22 77 2567Email: info@amazingfield.orgInet: www.bkkmarathon.orgKhon Kaen Int’l MarathonDr. Theera RittirodKhon Kaen UniversityKhonKaen City 40002Tel: 66 43 202 222Fax: 66 43 202 557Email: theera@kku.ac.thInet: www.kkmarathon.comJanuaryING Thailand Temple RunMarchPhuket International Marathon JuneRaimund WellenhoferChip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,10500 THAILANDTel: 662 236 2921Fax: 662 237 2321Email: raceinfo@thailandmarathon.orginfo@goadventureasia.comInet: www.thailand-temple-run.comwww.phuketmarathon.comTrinidadUWI-SPEC Half Marathon NovemberDr Iva GloudonSport & Physical Ed. Centre,University of the West Indies,St Augustine, TrinidadTel/Fax: 868 645 9239Email: info@spec.uwi.ttInet: www.sta.uwi.edu/specTunisiaSahara 100k Challenge Race MarchAdriano ZitoVia delle Costellazioni, 118,41100 Modena, ItalyTel/Fax: 39 059 359813Email: info@zitoway.comInet: www.100kmdelsahara.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsTurkeyInternational Ghazi 10km Run SeptemberSalih DanaciMuharip Gaziler Derneg, Nobethane Cad.Istasyon Arkasi Sokak, Sirkeci, IstanbulTel: 90 212 511 5314Fax: 90 212 511 2621Email: sahlidanaci@yahoo.comInet: www.gazikosusu.orgIstanbul Eurasia MarathonAyhan BolukbasiUlus Ishany, A Blok, Kat 10,No 1004, Ulus - AnkaraTel: 90 212 234 4200Fax: 90 212 234 2686Email: info@istanbulmarathon.orgInet: www.istanbulmarathon.orgTarsus Int’l Half MarathonHayri OzsutAdana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33,33401 TarsusTel: 90 324 616 4040Fax: 90 324 616 3307Email: info@tarsusmarathon.orgInet: www.tarsusmarathon.orgUnited ArabEmiratesStandard CharteredDubai MarathonPeter ConnertonP.O. Box 57176, DubaiTel: 97 14 367 1062Fax: 97 14 367 2524Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.orgInet: www.dubaimarathon.orgUnited Statesof AmericaNovemberAprilJanuaryAtlanta Marathon & Half NovemberJulia EmmonsAtlanta Track Club3097 E. Shadowlawn AveAtlanta, GA30305Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14Fax: 1 404 364 0708Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.orgInet: www.atlantatrackclub.orgBAA Boston MarathonAprilDave McGillivrayBoston Athletic Association40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116Tel: 1 617 236 1652Fax: 1 617 236 4505Email: mile27registration@baa.orgInet: www.bostonmarathon.orgBig Sur Half Marathonon Monterey BayOctoberBig Sur Int’l MarathonAprilWally KastnerP.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922Tel: 1 831 625 6226Fax: 1 831 625 2119Email: info@bsim.orgInet: www.bsim.orgDallas White Rock Marathon DecemberChuck Dannis1328 Linden Lane, Garland, Texas 75040Tel: 1 214 673 5329Email: chuck@runtherock.comInet: www.RunTheRock.comFreihofer’s 5k Run for Women JuneGeorge P ReganUSATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy,NY 12180, USATel: +1 518 273-5552 ext.205Tel: +1 518 273-0647Email: george@freihofersrun.comInet: www.freihofersrun.comHawaiian Half MarathonRon T Pate876 Curtiss Street #708Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USATel: 1 808 551 4463Email: pater006@hawaii.rr.comInet: www.pan-pacific-festival.comJuneHonolulu MarathonDecemberJon Cross, Jim Moberly3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208,Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USATel: 1 808 734 7200Fax: 1 808 732 7057Email: info@honolulumarathon.orgInet: www.honolulumarathon.orgING New York City Marathon NovemberMary WittenbergNew York Road Runners, 9 East 89th Street,New York, NY, 10128Tel: 1 212 423 2249Fax: 1 212 360 7324Email: marathonmailer@nyrr.orgInet: www.ingnycmarathon.orgLake Tahoe MarathonSeptemberLes Wright2261 Cold Creek Trail,South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150Tel: 1 530 544 70951 504 328 3478Fax: 1 530 452 2844Email: info@mauihalfmarathon.comInet: www.laketahoemarathon.com*Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon JanuaryLes Wright, Janet Anderson2480 S Kihei Road #28, Kihei, HI 96753Tel: 1 808 344 3651Fax: 1 530 452 2844Email: info@mauisurfsandhalf.comInet: www.mauisurfsandhalf.comMaui Marathon & HalfSeptemberBob CarverP.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733Tel: 1 808 871 6441Email: info@mauimarathon.comInet: www.mauimarathon.comLas Vegas Marathonand Half MarathonDecemberAl BokaP.O. Box 81262, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180Tel: 1 702 240 2722Fax: 1 702 876 3870Email: alboka@aol.comInet: www.lvmarathon.comLaSalle Banks Chicago MarathonCarey A. Pinkowski11 East Adams, Lower Level 2,Chicago, IL 60604Tel: 1 312 904 9800Fax: 1 312 904 9820Email: marathon.office@abnamro.comInet: www.chicagomarathon.comLos Angeles MarathonNick Curl11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100,Los Angeles CA90025Tel: 1 310 444 5544Fax: 1 310 473 8105Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.comInet: www.lamarathon.comOctoberMarchMarine Corps MarathonOctoberRick NealisP.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6Fax: 1 703 784 2265Email: marine.marathon@usmc.milInet: www.marinemarathon.comMount Desert Island Marathon OctoberGary AllenBox 1032, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662Tel: 1 207 276 5900Fax: 1 207 276 4211Email: mdimarathon@aol.comInet: www.mdimarathon.orgMyrtle Beach MarathonFebruaryShaun WalshP.O. Box 8780, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578Tel: 1 843 467 2543Fax: 1 843 467 2543Email: MBMarathon@sc.rr.comInet: www.MBMarathon.comOklahoma City Memorial MarathonChet Collier53 NW 42nd Street,Oklahoma City, OK 73118Tel: 1 405 525 4242Fax: 1 405 525 7520Email: info@okcmarathon.comInet: www.okcmarathon.comAprilPacific Shoreline Marathon FebruaryLouise WeinerP.O. Box 2718, Mission Viejo, CA 92690Tel: 1 949 581 0105Fax: 1 949 581 0095Email: info@psmarathon.comInet: www.psmarathon.comPortland MarathonOctoberLes Smith1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900,Portland, Oregon 97205Tel: 1 503 248 1134Fax: 1 503 224 8851Email: info@portlandmarathon.orgInet: www.portlandmarathon.orgSalt Lake City MarathonJuneScott Kerr136 East South Temple Street, Suite 2400,Salt Lake City UT8411Tel: 1 801 412 6060Fax: 1 801 412 6089Email: skerr@devinerace.comInet: www.saltlakecitymarathon.comSeattle Marathon & Half NovemberLouise LongP.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103-1849Tel: 1 206 729 3660Fax: 1 206 729 3662Email: info@seattlemarathon.orgInet: www.seattlemarathon.orgTwin Cities MarathonOctoberVirginia Brophy Achman4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2,Minneapolis, MN55422Tel: 1 763 287 3888Fax: 1 763 287 3889Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.orgInet: www.twincitiesmarathon.orgVirginia Mason Team MedicineMarathon at SeafairJulyMike Ogciore2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121Tel: 206 728 0123 Ext. 101Fax: 206 728 9506Email: mike@seafair.comInet: www.seafairmarathon.comUnder ArmourBaltimore MarathonLee Corrigan201 W. Baltimore Street,#306 Baltimore, MD 21201Tel: 1 410 605 9381Fax: 1 410 605 9389Email: lee@corrigansports.comInet: www.thebaltimoremarathon.comOctoberWalt Disney WorldMarathon & HalfJanuaryJon Hughes1102 N. Mills Ave, Orlando, Fl 32803Tel: 1 407 896 1160Email: jon@emml.comInet: www.disneyworldsports.comUruguay*San Fernando 10km Road Race JanuaryJulio Deodoro, Nuble GuadalupeRua Jacarapinima, 416, CEP 02415-010,Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilTel: 55 11 3170 5917Fax: 55 11 3266 8574Email: jdeodoro@bol.com.brInet: www.corridasanfernando.maldonado.gub.uyVirgin IslandsSt Croix Int'l MarathonJanuaryWallace WilliamsP.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix,US Virgin Islands 00822Tel: 1 340 643 2557Fax: 1 340 773 5327Email: wallacewilliams@msn.comInet: www.virginislandspace.orgYugoslaviaNovi Sad MarathonOctoberNovi Sad Half MarathonMarchMilan DolgaTrgg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad,Serbie and Montenegro (yu)Tel: 381 21 27 214Fax: 381 21 551 711Email: office@marathon.org.yuInet: www.marathon.org.yuBelgrade Delta Sports MarathonBejan NikolicHumska 4, 11000 BelgradeTel: 381 11 369 0709Fax: 381 11 306 5720Email: office@bgdmarathon.comInet: www.bgdmarathon.comZimbabweAprilAfrica University InternationalPeace MarathonAugustChenjerai TanyonganaAfrica University, Box 1320, MutareTel: 263 20 60026/75Fax: 263 20 61785Email: ausport@africau.ac.zwInet: www.africau.edVictoria Falls Marathon & Half SeptemberJohn AddisonPO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685South AfricaTel: +27 11 702 2035Fax: +27 11 468 1655Email: john@wildfrontiers.com78 DISTANCE RUNNING April - June 2006

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