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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