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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