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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