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Download a readable PDF versionof Distance Running at:www.inpositionmedia.co.uk/publishing/d_run.htmlFront cover:Runners at the Istanbul EurasiaMarathon, Turkey on 5 November 2006PRODUCTIONPublisher: Frank J. BaillieEditor: Hugh JonesResults Editor: Evelyn IganganProduction & Advertising: Gary FriarDesign & Production: Ben Palombo/Steve GraySubscriptions: Kenny McArthurSubscription and advertising address:Distance Running, 426 Drumoyne Road,Glasgow G51 4DA, Scotland, United Kingdom.Tel: 44 141 810 9000Email: distancerunning@inpositionmedia.co.ukEditorial Email: aimssec@aol.comDistance Running 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, JapanSEGASAMMY Holdings Inc.Yasuji MarukoSport FellowshipShiodome Sumitomo Bldg 21F,1-9-2, Higashi-shimbashi,Minato-ku,Tokyo, 105-0021, JapanTel: 81 3 6215 9023Fax: 81 3 6215 9814SUPPORTING SPONSORSMarathon-Photos.comP.O.Box 60, HamiltonNew ZealandTel: +64 7 838 2968Fax: +64 7 839 65801000km PromotionsP.O. Box 964, Bedfordview,2008 South AfricaTel: +27 11 616 6100Fax: +27 11 616 8000Email: km1000@mweb.co.za2534NewsAIMS NewsPresident’s message; New members;Executives’ contact details;AIMS Children’s Series 2006 7IAAF NewsPresident’s message;1st IAAF World Road Running Championships;Diary; Executives’ contact details; 9WMRA NewsKing of the hill; WMRA Grand Prix 2006;East meets west; Executives’ contact details; 31IAU NewsDiary; Executives’ contact details;IAU World Trail Challenge Trial Event;100km World Challenge 36RegularsCalendar of eventsOfficial listings for AIMS events 42ResultsWorldwide race reports and pictures 45World leading timesThe latest top times for men and womenat 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 69Race contact detailsAIMS member races with full contact details 74FeaturesThe battle of Chesapeake BayUnder Armor Baltimore Marathon, USA 15Crossing continents28th Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, Turkey 22You are what you runThe UWI SPEC International Half Marathon,Trinidad and Tobago 25Book review – 26.2 Marathon StoriesKenneth Lloyd is entertained bya tour around the marathon world 32OpinionRunning away from war 34Giving thanksThe Atlanta Marathon & Half Marathon, USA 38Distance Running January – March 2007455

EXECUTIVESPresidentHiroaki 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-PresidentCarlos Moya (Marketing) Lisbon Half MarathonSecretaryHugh Jones19 Kelly Street,London NW1 8PG, U.K.Email: Aimssec@aol.comTel: 44 20 7209 3193TreasurerAl Boka,Las Vegas MarathonBoard of DirectorsHorst Milde,Berlin MarathonGordon Rogers (Technical) Representative N.America and English speaking Caribbean,Vancouver Marathon, PO Box 2931, VancouverBC V6H 1E1, CanadaTel: 1 604 733 6224Fax: 1 604 733 6221Email: gordonrogers@telus.netAhmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa,Mount Meru Marathon, TanzaniaFrancisco Borao, (Membership Development)Representative Mediterannean, ValenciaMarathonDave 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)Geogia State Univercity,Urban Life Center, 140 Decator street,Room 1240, Dept Respitory Therphy, Atlanta,Georgia, 30303 USAFax: 1 404 651 1531Email: drdave@gsu.eduJim Moberly,Honolulu MarathonAIMS AFFILIATEInternational Marathon Medical DirectorsAssociation (IMMDA)PresidentMartha Miltenyi,Budapest MarathonSecretary / TreasurerLewis Maraham MD24 West 57th Street,6th floor, New York, NY 10019Tel: 1 212 765 5763Email: nysportsmd@aol.comMEASURERSInternational Measurement AdministratorsAsia & 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 & AfricaCurrently vacantAmericasBernie Conway,67 Southwood Crescent,London, Ontario N6J 1S8, CanadaTel/Fax: 1 519 641 6889Email: measurer@rogers.comPresident’s Message - HIROAKI CHOSAAt the 16th World Congress of AIMS, to be held in Xiamen (CHN) atthe end of March we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of AIMS'foundation. AIMS was launched in 1982 with only 28 races but now,thanks to the efforts of each member, we are pleased to have over 235members in more than 80 countries.Ageing is becoming a big issue in many countries. Governmentsthroughout the world are concentrating more and more onpreventative measures to counter the effects of ageing rather than justproviding medical treatment for illness. As part of this trend, runninghas come to be regarded as the most important aerobic exercise,which yields consistent health improvements.Apart from the increased recognition of the health benefits of runningthere has also been a huge increase in recreational running andrunning tourism associated with it. Many people want to use runningas a means of seeing more of the world, and they enjoy runningabroad in different countries. For such reasons the number of runnerscontinues to multiply.We will not forget our core values and the spirit in which AIMS waslaunched 25 years ago, but at the same time AIMS will become morepro-active in providing what runners and events require. As part ofthe leading role that AIMS will pursue, we will maintain even closerrelationships with IAAF. To achieve such goals within next 25 years itis vital for AIMS to have your kind understanding and cooperation.We wish greater success to each and every member race and lookforward to seeing you soon at the 16th World Congress of AIMS.New AIMS Members■ The Angkor-Wat Half Marathon has beenheld for the last 10 years, usually on the firstSunday in December. Best performances havecome from Zhang Donglin (CHN, 1:05:19) andWang Xiujie (CHN, 1:12:27)■ The San Francisco Marathon and HalfMarathon attract 15,000 runners split evenlybetween men and women, with 570 of themcoming from 48 other countries. Records standto Andrew Cock (USA, 2:26:46) and Julia Stamps(USA, 2:54:55)■ Held for the last 15 years, the ZagrebMarathon attracts 200 runners (140 men. 60women) representing 17 countries, and hascourse records standing to Emanuele Zenucchi(ITA) at 2:20:36 and Marijana Lukic (SCG) at2:46:29■ The Melbourne Marathon has been held for29 years and was a longtime member of AIMS.The event owner relinquished the race after the28th edition and the International ManagementGroup picked up the rights to organise theevent this year, in which over 3000 men and2000 women participated. The men's courserecord is now historical, held by Bill Rogers at2:11:08, while Susan Hobson (AUS) holds thefemale record at 2:33:27■ Almost 2000 runners are attracted to theNuevo Leon 21km, now five years old. Besttimes to date stand to Josphat Ngetich at1:02:20 and Grace Momanyi at 1:11:57.■ Six hundred men and 100 women,representing 10 countries, participate in the PisaMarathon, which has been held for the last 8years. The men's course record is held byPhilemon Kipkering at 2:15:29 and the women'sby Galina Zhuleyeva at 2:41:49AIMS Children's Series 2006Following the first event in theseries, held in conjunction with theSahara Marathon in February, twomore were held late on in the year.The second venue was Kathmandu,in association with the SamsungKathmandu 5km Peace Run on 22October and the third in AddisAbaba on 25 November, the daybefore the Great Ethiopian Run.In Kathmandu 1500 runners ran inthree age groups, each divided intoboys' and girls' categories andidentified by a letter code to pickthem out at the finish line. Theseletters were placed on the front ofthe T-shirt but most participants,unfamiliar with organised races,fixed their race numbers on theirbacks.They set off first from in front ofthe City Hall building atBasantapur, with the WorldHeritage Site of Durbar Square,packed with temples and stupas, inthe background.and formed one long snaking trailalong New Road, around RatnaPark and then eastward out toBaneshwor, to finish the 5km courseat the gates of the gigantic BirendraInternational Convention Centre.The first few of them had seriousexpressions, but soon the groundsof the convention centre filled upwith smiling runners, proudlysporting their medals andclutching their certificates as theytucked into their breakfast packs.In Addis Ababa the children'scourse was 1200m in length,comprising a lap of Meskel Squareand an out and back section up atesting slope. The size of the fieldswere limited in this inauguralevent to a total of 3000 runnerssplit into boys and girls and twoage categories. In the under 8sevents some serious racing went onup front, but the tiny kids trailingin their wake ran the whole way.As parents dashed from one sideof the square to the other to catchthe action the kids concentratedDistance Running January – March 20077

their efforts admirably; comingback into the Square for the longcurving run-in to the finish theyshowed easy form and completeawareness of what was required.In the under 11s girls' race thefirst three finishers all ranbarefoot.After the finish line eachparticipant was awarded a drinkand a bottle, biscuits and a medal,as race official ticked their T-shirts as a receipt. Gradually theSquare filled up with kids baskingin the sunshine, laughing andchatting with friends and sportingthe spoils of their participation.An award ceremony was held atwhich the top three in eachcategory received plaques from atrio of distinguished personages.Carolina Kluft, Sonia O'Sullivan,and race patron Haile Gebrselassie.The next edition of DistanceRunning will be published in April,covering races held from January -March. The advertising andeditorial deadlines will be inMarch.8 Distance Running January – March 2007

President’s Message - LAMINE DIACKIt gives me great pleasure to write this foreword to the latest edition ofDistance Running, especially because I believe that we are close to a newera in terms of the IAAF's relationship not only with our friends in AIMS,but with the world of road running in general.As you will read in the IAAF news section, we have now agreed to set upa special IAAF Road Running Commission, and to make the current IAAFRoad Running and Cross Country Committee, representative only of crosscountry. The advantage of a commission, within the IAAF family, is thatits members are specifically appointed by IAAF Council, rather thanelected by representatives of IAAF federations in Congress which is thecase with a Committee. This means that it will be easier to have a groupof true road running experts - consisting of race representatives, AIMS andIAAF, who are solely responsible for advising the IAAF Council on roadrunning matters.We are also willing to appoint a staff member to look after road runningmatters as a matter of daily routine which is not the case at the moment.This indicates that the IAAF committment to the world of road running issomething that is evolving, and in which we are ready and happy to workwith our partners, like AIMS, in the best interests of this vibrant andexciting branch of our sport.I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all season's greetings,and I am confident that 2007 will be a landmark year for the IAAF androad running.Lamine Diack, IAAF PresidentEXECUTIVESHeadquarters17 rue Princesse Florestine,MC 98000, MonacoTel: 377 93 10 88 88Fax: 377 93 15 95 15Email: headquarters@iaaf.orgIAAF PresidentLamine Diack (SEN)IAAF CouncilArne Ljungqvist (SWE),Senior Vice PresidentDapeng Lou (CHN),Vice PresidentAmadeo I.D. Francis (PUR),Vice PresidentHelmut Digel (GER),Vice PresidentJean Poczobut (FRA),Honorary TreasurerPierre WeissGeneral SecretaryMembersDahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)Bill Bailey (AUS),Oceania RepresentativeSergey Bubka (UKR)Leonard Chuene (RSA),Africa RepresentativeSebastian Coe (GBR)Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA),South America RepresentativeRobert Hersh (USA)Abby Hoffman (CAN)Alberto Juantorena (CUB)Suresh Kalmadi (IND),Asia RepresentativeIlkka Kanerva (FIN)Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN)Minos Kyriakou (GRE)Teddy McCook (JAM),North and Central Americaand Caribbean RepresentativeCésar Moreno Bravo (MEX)José Maria Odriozola (ESP)Jung-Ki Park (KOR)Jamel Simohamed (ALG)Taizo Watanabe (JPN)Hansjörg Wirz (SUI),Europe RepresentativeIAAF Cross Country CommitteeLamine Diack (SEN)Pierre WeissMary WittenbergNew York Road Runners,9 East 89th Street, New York, NY, 10128Tel: 1 212 423 2249Fax: 1 212 360 7324Email: marathonmailer@nyrr.orgOtto KlappertPlatanenallee 7,59425 Unna, GermanyFax: 49 2303 21233Email: o.klappert@gmx.deDavid BedfordLondon Marathon115 Southwark Street,London SE1 0JF, UKTel: 44 20 7902 0200Fax: 44 20 7620 4208Carlos CardosoAvenida Gama Pinto, No. 2,1699 Lisbon, PortugalFax: 351 1 795 4288Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.ptHiroaki ChosaC/o Japan Association ofAthletics Federations1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-8050, JapanFax: 81 3 3481 2449New IAAF RoadRunning CommissionAt the IAAF Council meeting on 13November 2006 it was agreed thata specific Road RunningCommission should be created,consisting initially of the membersof the existing "road runningworking group" that had been setup earlier in the year. The membersof this group are:Lamine Diack (IAAF); RobertoGesta De Melo (IAAF); OttoKlappert (IAAF Road and CCCommittee); David Bedford (IAAFRoad and CC Committee); CarlosCardoso (IAAF Road and CCMeasurement AdministrationCommittee); Mary Wittenberg(World Marathon Majors); HiroakiChosa (AIMS); Pierre Weiss (IAAF)The membership of this newcommission will be reviewed at thenext Council meeting in Mombasaon 27 March 2007.It was also agreed that the currentIAAF Cross Country and RoadRunning Committee would changeits name at the next Congress inOsaka, and be known only as theIAAF Cross Country Committee.The appointment of Hugh Jones to the post of International MeasurementAdmistrator covering territories in "English-speaking Europe and Africa" hasbeen confirmed. He replaces John Disley who resigned from his post inDecember 2005.New cross & road officialsTwo newly-appointed International Cross and Road Officials, Dave Cundy(AUS) and Rodolfo Eichler (BRA) were in action at the World Road RunningChampionships in Debrecen, Hungary and functioned effectively to extendthe capacity of the IAAF Technical Delegate to liase with all levels of thelocal organisationComing World ChampionshipsFive member federations have submitted their candidature for hosting the2011 and/or 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics:2011: Daegu (KOR); Brisbane, Goteborg, Moscow2013: Barcelona, Brisbane Goteborg, MoscowThe venues for both championships will be determined at the IAAF Councilmeeting in Mombasa on 27 March.200724 March:IAAF WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSEdinburgh, Great Britain24 August – 2 September:IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICSOsaka, Japan14 October:IAAF WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPSUdine, Italy2008March:IAAF WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSEdinburgh, Great BritainDistance Running January – March 20079

Out of the woods1st IAAF World Road Running Championships, Debrecen, Hungary. 8 October 2006Kiplagat keeps clearConstantina Tomescu led thewomen through 15km in what mayyet appear as a new world recordfor the distance, before LornahKiplagat bested her over the finallap to surpass Paula Radcliffe’smark set en route to victory in the2001 IAAF World Half MarathonChampionships.Tomescu started in Debrecen as shehad in Edmonton – by goingstraight to the front. Sheimmediately took four runnersclear: Kiplagat, Kayoko Fukushi -the holder of the 15km record,Edith Masai - three-time WorldCross champion, and Rita Jeptoo -this year’s Boston Marathon winner.The inaugural event in this rechristenedseries — whichcontinued from where the WorldHalf Marathon Championships leftoff a year ago in Edmonton (CAN)— showcased three brilliantperformances which resulted in anew world record over 20km.A lot was down to the race circuit:a completely flat ‘butterfly’ lap overwell-surfaced roads throughDebrecen’s Great Forest. The treeswere silent onlookers - there wereprecious few spectators aroundother than at the start and finisharea – but the woods providedshelter from the wind and offeredcool shadow to runners rightthrough into the early afternoon.The circuit did not feature the townas an architectural backdrop. Thesingle significant man-made sighton the race route was the neoL-R: KIPLAGAT, TOMESCU, JEPTOO, MASAI, ARISSI, FUKUSHIclassical façade of DebrecenUniversity, and the race started andfinished literally on its doorstep.Variously disparaged for notattracting the biggest names, or notbeing staged in the biggest cities, oreven daring to contain the word“half” in its title, the World HalfMarathon Championshipstransmuted into the World RoadRunning Championships bytrimming 1097.5m from its length.The now novel distance offered anopportunity, and this was singlemindedlyseized upon by the raceorganisers in their forwardplanning, as it was on race day bythe athletes themselves. LornahKiplagat’s new world record wasthe main dividend, but those othershining performances also indicatedthat the gamble had paid off.Such was the pace that Fukushi fellback before 4km, but Tomescu wasnot solely responsible. Kiplagat,born Kenyan but naturalised Dutchthrough marriage, led through 5kmin 15:34, a nose ahead of Tomescu,while the two Kenyans were tuckedin behind. Jeptoo marginally fellback at the drinks station before6km, but made up the ground –and it was Masai who trailed off inthe following kilometre.It looked like a head-to-head, andso it proved. Jeptoo hung on until11km, but that was before Kiplagatmade her first move at 12km. Shewent 15m clear but it wasindecisive, and Tomescu doggedlypegged her back. They had passed10km an astonishing 49 seconds upon the world record schedule, andit was no wonder that no one hadenergy to spare.Kiplagat then revised her ideas,allowing Tomescu to lead through15km in 47:10, but she put inanother effort one lap later, at17km. This time, after a kilometre,she had opened up a gap of 30m.But Tomescu never gave up. Shepursued Kiplagat around the GreatForest ring road over the last 2kmand Kiplagat herself was clearlyaware of the threat still posed.Tomescu had slightly reducedKiplagat’s lead even before theDutchwoman entered the finishingstraight, and slowed to take in theplaudits. The winning margin wasonly 10m, but Kiplagat finished fiveseconds inside the previous worldrecord.After the race, perhaps with thebenefit of hindsight, she said: “Iwas really glad that we ran 20kmhere instead of the half marathon. Iknew even before the race that Icould break the record.”Behind the grand duel Rita Jeptoostayed in third, while a well-judgedrace by Dire Tune Arissi took herpast Edith Masai into fourth.Although Eunice Jepkorir droppedfrom ninth to 14th over the last lapshe closed in the Kenyan team for aconvincing win. Local heroineAniko Kalovics came in 11th, in anew Hungarian record.Tadesse takes chargeLORNAH KIPLAGATThe third outstanding performanceof the day came from ZersenayTadesse, who was on schedule tobeat Haile Gebrselassie’s recorduntil the last few kilometres.Tadesse kicked in from 12km andgradually dropped all opposition,running the last lap solo andquickly building up a huge lead. Hesecured Eritrea’s first individualglobal title, and led his nationalteam to second place.A huge pack of 25 runners wentthrough the first 5km on worldrecord schedule. Robert Kipchumbaled, with the entire Kenyan team inclose support. One lap later thingshad become a lot clearer. A worldrecord was still possible, but thecontenders were far fewer. Tadessehad already taken charge, leadingKipchumba through in 27:55. Acouple of others, Wilson Kiptrotichand last year’s runner-up MubarakHussein Shami, were still hanging on.Distance Running January – March 200711

ZERSENAY TADESSEBut Tadesse was already on his way.By 12km he had drawn Kipchumbaalmost 100 clear of the others, andhe gradually edged away from hisonly remaining challenger. Goinginto the final lap he led Kipchumbaby 50m, and went ever furtheraway from him.Two kilometres later he was over100m clear, but his pace was stillgradually slowing, and the prospectof matching Kiplagat’s earlier worldrecord with one of his own slippedaway. He finished 200m clear, butadrift of a new record by a fewseconds.As in the women’s race, Kenya tookthe team title but Tadesse led hisunheralded compatriots to silvermedal positions, ahead of theirmore traditionally dominantneighbours, Ethiopia. Ryan Hall(USA), in 11th place with 57:54,established a new North Americanrecord for the distance.The 2nd IAAF World Road RunningChampionships will be held overthe half marathon distance inUdine (ITA) on 14 October 2007RESULTWOMEN:1 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 1:03:212 Constantina TOMESCU ROM 1:03:233 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:03:474 Dire Tuna ARISSI ETH 1:05:165 Edith MASAI KEN 1:05:216 Kayoko FUKUSHI JPN 1:05:327 Yurika NAKAMURA JPN 1:05:368 Natalija BERKUT BLR 1:05:429 Souad AIT SALEM ALG 1:06:1110 Teyba ERKESSO ETH 1:06:15TEAMS:1 KEN 3:15:552 ETH 3:18:503 JPN 3:19:00MEN:1 Zersenay TADESSE ERI 56:012 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 56:413 Wilson KEBENEI KEN 57:154 Wilson BUSIENI UGA 57:215 Wilfred TARAGON KEN 57:226 Deriba EJIGU ETH 57:277 Tadesse TOLA ETH 57:278 Mubarek Hussein SHAMI QAT 57:339 Dieudonne DISI RWA 57:4210 Yonas KIFLE ERI 57:49TEAMS:1 KEN 2:51:182 ERI 2:53:193 ETH 2:54:1712 Distance Running January – March 2007

Under Armor Baltimore Marathon, USAThe battle of Chesapeake BayOCTOBER142006By Sergey Porada and YelenaKurdyumovaBaltimore is the twelfth largest cityin the United States and is known as“Charm City” for its quality of life.One of the oldest cities in thecountry, it was founded in 1729 byLord Baltimore, the first ProprietaryGovernor of the Province ofMaryland. The city grew swiftly as afood trading port due to its locationon the upper Chesapeake Bay. It stillranks fifth among US ports, and itsfamous Inner Harbor, iconic landmarkof the city, provides 16km of themarathon course. In its six-yearhistory the Under Armour BaltimoreRunning Festival has been steadilygrowing. This year participationsurpassed 11000 among all events,and its prize purse of $100,000 isamong the ten largest in the country.There are five airports within 100miles of the city, Amtrak train linksand a dense freeway network,which makes it easy for runners toget here, not only from the NorthAmerican continent, but from allaround the world. The organizersconduct a regular runners’ surveyand have continuously improvedevery aspect of the Festival. Over2500 runners participated in thesurvey this year, and two weekslater race director Lee Corrigancame up with his analysis forfurther improvements to the 2007edition on the marathon website.This year two route changes hadmade the course flatter and faster;the Outback SteakhouseCelebration Village hosted all dayevent coverage; and a great varietyof food and drinks were offered atthe finish line and along the course.The first 500 runners to pick uptheir marathon packets were treatedto a free pair of Under Armorrunning socks.A cool sunny morning (3C) greetedalmost 3000 marathoners and 530four-person relay teams from 24countries and 49 US states. Thestart line was within walkingdistance of the Inner Harbor nearOriole Park at Cadmen Yards, afamous baseball stadium.Over the first 4km runnerscontended with a 66m climb, whichwarmed everybody up and broughtthem to Druid Lake within a largescenic park. From here the relievingdescent started back to InnerHarbor past Federal Hill Park.From 11km the course runs flat forthe next 14.5 km, along thethriving and vibrant coastline ofInner Harbor, from the restaurantsand bars of Greektown and LittleItaly to the cultural mecca ofMount Vernon neighborhood,renowned for its museums.Baltimore Maritime Museum at23km is notable for its three-shipexhibit of the lightship Chesapeake,the World War II submarine USSTorsk, and the USS Taney - the onlyship still afloat after the bombing atPearl Harbor.Over the first 16km the defendingchampion, Ukrainian MykolaAntonenko, and David Cheruiyotfrom Kenya led by turns. A pack of13 runners behind them did notaccept their challenge, and after16km the leaders slowed down andallowed the baker’s dozen to jointhem. All together, they ran the lapof honor around Fort McHenry, ahistorical landmark constructed in1803 to defend Baltimore Harbor.At that time the British and Frenchwere trying to intervene in the city’sprospering foreign trade and limitAmerica’s growing trading role onthe high seas.During the war of 1812 the Britishdeclared Baltimore “a nest ofpirates,” and attacked it from landand sea. Thanks to the heroism ofthe defenders of Fort McHenry andNorth Point, Baltimore repulsed theattack. It inspired Washingtonlawyer Francis Scott Key, whowitnessed the bombardment from anearby truce ship, to write thepoem “The Defense of FortMcHenry” which would berenamed “The Star SpangledBanner” and become America’snational anthem. The Battle ofBaltimore was commemorated bythe Battle Monument, whichappears on the city’s seal.Almost 5000 half marathon runnerswere assembling at their start linenear the 21km point to greet themarathon pack, who passed by at2:20 pace. From 25km in charmingPaterson Park, through CliftonPark, and up to the 32km pointpast scenic Lake Montebelo,runners battled with the 70melevation and the rolling hills whichfollowed it. The lead pack thinneddown to eight runners. The finaldescent to the finish begins fromhere and the pace livened up toaround 5:30 miles (3:25/km). YirefuBirhanu from Ethiopia, anaccomplished half-marathonerrunning his first marathon, brokeaway at 37km. The 20-year oldwent on to wrap up the title, whileAntonenko passed Wilson Komen4km from the finish line and closeddown to lag Birefu by 29 seconds.Traumas had kept Rima Dubovikfrom running marathons for almosttwo years. The 42-year oldUkrainian did not appear on thestart list until the eve of the race.Dubovik started slowly, fallingbehind the leader, Peru’s MariaPortilla, by more than a minute atthe halfway point. She thengradually pulled back the deficit,passing her compatriot IlonaBaranova at 28km and sightingPortilla only 100m ahead. After35km Dubovik took full control ofthe race to win from Portilla by 39seconds in a new course record.Three more women broke theDistance Running January – March 200715

previous record of 2:40. Thebenefits of the course changes werealso evidenced by another eventrecord, as seven men broke 2:20.Spectators lined the course severaldeep at viewing points. They sawan impressive performance from35-year-old Russian, LyubovDenisova, who won the HalfMarathon by 4.5 minutes and wasonly one second outside the 1:15:12record set last year by UkrainianNatalya Berkut. In the men’s HalfMarathon Valentin Orare fromKenya broke away from EthiopianWorku Beyi to win, beating thecourse record by one second.All events finished at RavenStadium, and participants and fansstreamed into the OutbackSteakhouse Celebration Village toenjoy Gatorade, food, games andlive music played by a succession ofbands as the back markers came in.After the battle had been won,whether for prize money or forpersonal achievement, runners andsupporters alike could enjoy severalhours of entertainment from asuccession of bands and freeadmission into museums andexhibitions on Inner Harbor underthe “Free fall Baltimore” program.RESULTMEN:1 Yirefu BIRHANU ETH 2:16:262 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:16:553 Wilson KOMEN KEN 2:17:054 Jynocel BASWETI KEN 2:17:265 Joseph MUTINDA KEN 2:17:596 David CHERUIYOT KEN 2:18:267 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:19:078 John CHEPOCHOK KEN 2:20:039 Demese TEFERA ETH 2:20:0610 Christopher RAABE USA 2:20:56WOMEN:1 Rima DUBOVIK UKR 2:35:442 Maria PORTILLA PER 2:36:233 Ilona BARVANOVA RUS 2:36:254 Jennifer CHESINON KEN 2:38:535 Margaret KARIE KEN 2:41:106 Tatiana TITOVA RUS 2:42:227 Maria BYCHKOVA RUS 2:44:428 Phebe KO USA 2:49:229 Christine RAMSEY USA 3:00:2610 Tatiana MASLOVA RUS 3:04:08HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Valentine ORARE KEN 1:03:442 Worku BEYI ETH 1:03:493 Nelson KIPLAGAT KEN 1:04:07WOMEN:1 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 1:15:132 Kathleen JOBES USA 1:17:353 Shannon SAUNDERS USA 1:19:46RACE CONTACT DETAILSUNDER ARMOUR BALTIMORE MARATHON, OCTOBERLee Corrigan, 201 W. Baltimore Street, 306 Baltimore, MD 21201Tel: 1 410 605 9381 Fax: 1 410 605 9389Email: lee@corrigansports.com Inet:www.thebaltimoremarathon.comFull race contact listings start on page 74Distance Running January – March 200717

Crossing continents28th Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, Turkey52006NOVEMBERPic: Ali Suat KaradagBy Sergey Poradaand Yelena KurdyumovaThe Istanbul Eurasia Marathonhas a unique intercontinentalcourse, crossing the BosphorusBridge from Asia into Europe andpassing ancient historical sitesfrom several world cultures.Istanbul today is a hugemulticultural metropolis with apopulation of 14 million. It hasbeen known through the ages asByzantium, Constantinople andStambul. Each name is associatedwith different epochs, cultures andlanguages. Due to itsadvantageous strategic location onboth sides of Bosphorus Strait,connecting the Mediterranean andthe Black Sea, it served in turn asthe capital to Roman, Byzantineand Ottoman Empires.It is the only city in the worldbuilt on two continents, with ahistory dating back to 667 BCwhen Greek colonists called itByzantium after their king Byzas.Constantine the Great, in his turn,called the city Constantinopleafter himself. As the centre ofGreek Orthodox Christianity,Constantinople was embellishedwith many magnificent churches,including Hagia Sophia (DivineWisdom), once the world’s largestcathedral dating back to the sixthcentury. It is now a museum, andthe marathon course runs past thismagnificent sight.At 09.00 sharp, 4200 participantsfrom 54 countries set off in theMarathon - incorporating theEuropean Police Championships -and an accosiated 15km race overthe Bosphorus Bridge on the wayfrom Asia to Europe. A strongelite field of 104 internationalathletes promised good results in atough competition for the$572,000 prize purse.Pic: Ali Suat KaradagPic: Ali Suat Karadag22 Distance Running January – March 2007

Pic: Ali Suat KaradagRESULTMEN:1 Mindaugas PUKSTAS LIT 2:12:522 Andrei NAUMOV UKR 2:12:593 Sergei LUKIN RUS 2:13:084 Faustin Baha SULLE TAN 2:13:255 John KIOKO KEN 2:14:096 Hillary KIPKERING KEN 2:14:177 Iaroslav MUSINSCHI MDA 2:15:068 Elias CHEBET KEN 2:15:479 Joseph YEGO KEN 2:16:3010 John MALUNI KEN 2:16:35WOMEN:1 Madina BIKTAGIROVA RUS 2:28:212 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:29:223 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:30:074 Mehtap DOGAN TUR 2:31:135 Alina GHERASIM ROM 2:32:136 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 2:32:407 Mihaela BOTEZAN ROM 2:37:018 Tatyana ZHIRKOVA RUS 2:39:259 Nancy KIPRON KEN 2:40:1310 Valentina POLTAVSKA UKR 2:40:4215 KM RACEMEN:1 Abraham ROTICH KEN 43:592 Tewodros SHIFERAW ETH 44:003 Yuriy HYCHUN UKR 44:35WOMEN:1 Binnaz USLU TUR 50:282 Julia GROMOVA RUS 50:513 Rima DUBOVIK UKR 51:14Before crossing the Golden Hornrunners pass by the 17th centuryEgyptian Spice BazarreHalf an hour later a large FunRun followed, with runnersoffered a stunning view from theBridge, of the sunlit city. It wasgood running weather with 7C atthe start and a calm, sunnymorning following two days ofnon-stop rain and a snowfall theafternoon before. It was asmiraculous an escape as that inany Oriental fairy tale. Freshtransparent air rendered even thenotched fortifications of the 15thcentury Rumeli Fortress visible, onthe European side of Bosphorus. Itlies directly across from theAnadolu Fortress, and was built tocontrol shipping movements.By 5km Tanzania’s Faustin BahaSulle and Moroccan MytaharEchchadi headed the race withKenyan pacemaker Simon Tonui.Two big chasing packs graduallyfell behind by some 600m and800m respectively. Runners soonpassed through Taksim Square inthe historic downtown with itsstatue of Kemal Ataturk, firstPresident of the Turkish Republic.From there a 2.5km descent goespast the 62m-high Galata Tower,formerly known as the “Tower ofChrist” - a remnant of the cityfortifications built in 1348.Runners then cross Ataturk Bridgeover the Golden Horn. With theSea of Marmara, the Golden Hornforms a peninsula with a deepnatural harbor, and it was here thatthe ancient Greeks founded the city.The two leaders, still with the twopacks behind them, climbedtowards the Valence Aqueduct, alegacy of the late Roman and EarlyByzantine era which for centuriesserved to distribute water in thecity. By 15km the course becomesabsolutely flat and runs throughthe parks alongside the Sea ofMarmara to the turn around pointshortly before 25km.By the half marathon point nothinghad changed and a two-manfinishing duel seemed to be likely.But soon afterwards, at 22.5km,Sulle broke Echchadi and graduallybuilt up a big lead. He led by somuch that from 35km he did notnotice that his rivals had not givenup. Lithuania’s Mindaugas Pukstas,Ukrainian Andriy Naumov andRussia’s Sergey Lukin hadnarrowed the gap to a mere 15m.At 40km they passed Sulle in thatorder, leaving him in fourthposition. All four of them brokeTaye Moges’ 1997 course record of2:13:37.While the prize winners werealready celebrating victory in theInonu Stadium, the mass runnerswere passing the enchanting palacesand mosques of the historicpeninsula. The course led them pastthe old city walls to the magnificent17th century Sultanahmet Mosque,better known as the Blue Mosque,for the 20,000 blue glazed tiles thatcover its exterior. Its architectMehmet Aga attempted toconstruct a dome bigger thanHagia Sophia’s but could notsucceed.Runners next encounter the 15thCentury Topkapi Palace whichserved for more than 400 years asthe imperial residence of the 24Ottoman Sultans. In 1853 theimperial court transferred to theluxurious Dolmabache Palace,situated across the road from themarathon’s finish area. Its baroque,rococo style makes it look like aminiature Palace of Versailles.Just before crossing the GalataBridge over the Golden Horn,runners pass by Yeni Mosque andthe 17th century Egyptian SpiceBazaar. On the other side of thebridge lies one more unique site:the Tunnel, or Old Istanbul Metroconstructed 132 years ago byFrench engineer Eugene-HenriGavand and still operating today.The women’s race was as dramaticas the men’s. By the 5km a largepack had reduced to a dozenrunners, including Turkey’s MehtapDogan, Russia’s Lilia Yadzhak,Natalya Volgina and defendingchampion and course record holderRACE CONTACT DETAILSMadina Biktagirova. The Turkishrunner led the pack, testing herRussian rivals who did not want tolet her go. By 25km she tired andallowed Natalya Volgina, last year’srunner-up, to take the lead for thenext 10km. It was clear that thecourse record would fall, but it washard to believe that it would bebeaten by six runners. Biktagirovaseemed in no hurry, and fell behindVolgina by 100m at 35km. Herpace judgement paid off as shegradually pulled up to Volgina inthe next 5km. After 40km sheheaded the race, almost sprintingup the hill towards the finish line, aminute ahead of the rest, to beather own course record.The strong elite field in themarathon were chased byparticipants in European PoliceChampionships. Andriy Naumovadded the title of European PoliceChampion to his second overallplace in the marathon. Moldova’sYaroslav Musinschi finished secondin 2:15:02, and Russia’s NikolayKerimov third (2:18:33). Thewomen’s winner, ValentinaPoltavska, finished 10th overall.ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON, NOVEMBERAyhan Bolukbasi, IBB Spor as gen mudurlugu, kadugalar cad. KucukciftlikLunaparski Karsisi, DolmabahceTel: 90 212 234 4200 Fax: 90 212 241 2686Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.orgFull race contact listings start on page 74Distance Running January – March 200723

You are what you runThe UWI SPEC International Half Marathon, Trinidad and Tobago42006NOVEMBERBy Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw“What do you do?” or “what areyou?” are simple questions butoften seem indiscreet, or even rude.But I am interested to hear the firstthing that a person says. I say thatI’m a lecturer in French Literature atthe University of the West Indies.“That’s nice” is the usual response,followed by a polite smile and aquick end to the conversation.French Literature does not attract amass following.But if you say “I’m a runner” (evenan ordinary runner) it would besure to generate a discussion. For along time I didn’t think I hadearned that right. I came to thesport late in life although I did havethe occasional jog along the CharlesRiver and through the back roadsof Brookline as a student in Boston.But I thought that to call yourself arunner you had to conquer somemajor race. The title had to beearned, I felt, just like a degree.The 5K races I ran in were a start,and I did quite a few of those untilI began to run with “real runners”in half- marathons and marathons.The UWI Half-Marathon was oneof the races that earned me theright to be called a runner. It is aspecial race for me because I teachat the institution, I know membersof the committee who organize therace and I know how much efforthas gone into this three-year-oldevent. From the moment it wasannounced that the University, forthe first time in its history, wouldbe hosting a half marathon I knew Ihad to take part.The first race, in November 2004,started at 07.00. The sun wasalready up and those of us runningthe race were hot from beginning toend, almost boiling over by the timewe completed the course. The slowtimes testified to the temperature,but even though we suffered in thehot sun we could still appreciatehow well the race was organizedand how much attention was paidto ensure that we were given atraffic-free route.That may seem strange to thosewho run marathons in othercountries but here in Trinidad andTobago runners must oftennegotiate both the competition andthe cars. Being on the run andassured of your safety fromoncoming vehicles is not somethingwe take for granted. While enjoyingthe fruits and the banquet of localspecialities provided for us at thefinish some of us suggested thatthat the race should in fact startearlier. The organisers listened, andthe next year we set off at 06.00.I was there, ready to take partagain. The earlier start meant thatwe needed to get to SPEC, thenewly built University sports centre,at 05.00. There is always a greatfeeling before the start of a race,particularly when it is still dark.Around race time the sun rises at05.45 and I enjoy the short-livedfreedom the cover of darknessbrings before all is revealed at thestarting line.Trinidad and Tobago is not a bigplace and the more you run themore you begin to recognize thefaces of other runners. The moreyou race the more you begin toremember the times of the toprunners. You begin to recognize theones you will not see again until thefinish line and those you hope tostay with or even outrun. Theanonymity that one may feel inother countries is not part of ourisland running experience. Becausethe running community is small ourdifferences are always wonderfullyapparent: age, class, race ethnicgroup, religious affiliation, politicalaffiliation, nationality - we are allthere on the line. We are all readyto test ourselves and be tested bythe course, the conditions and ourfellow competitors.This year the half marathon coursetested nearly 600 of us. This is bigfor a race in Trinidad and Tobago,on par with our long-establishedlocal marathon. The UWI halfmarathonhas reached out and nowattracts international runners, likethe 2005 winners John MuriethiMuriuki from Kenya and theRussian Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova. Top regional runnerslike Pamenos Ballantyne and CurtisCox also participate; and studentsare beginning to come in fromother university campuses in theWest Indies. But the most runnerscome from Trinidad and Tobago.I recognize many of the faces that Isee doing laps around the Queen’sPark Savannah on a Saturday orSunday morning. These runnersstart to talk to you simply becausethey have seen you run in the rain,before sunrise, or after a hard dayat work. Names are not importantand the question “what do youdo?” seldom comes up becausewhat we all do is run. A friendlyteasing takes place as we stretch,drink a cold Gatorade or coldcoconut water cut there and thenby a coconut vendor. Some of mybest Saturday mornings havestarted this way with a long run;some banter and a quiet sense ofcommunity that comes fromDistance Running January – March 200725

RESULTMEN:1 Ernest KIMELI USA 1:05:072 Zepherinus JOSEPH STL 1:07:453 Pamenos BALLANTYNE STV 1:07:474 Richard JONES TRI 1:09:445 Ronnie HOLASSIE TRI 1:10:076 Curtis COX TRI 1:11:457 Errol WILLIAMS TRI 1:12:298 Elvis TURNER TRI 1:16:019 Brian MAYNARD TRI 1:16:4510 Clarence TOBIAS TRI 1:16:54WOMEN:1 Jemima SUMGONG USA 1:12:082 Firaya SULTANOVA UKR 1:20:213 Shermin LASALDO TRI 1:30:354 Tonya NERO TRI 1:32:565 Ruth METIVIER TRI 1:33:356 Solange GRIFFITH TRI 1:35:497 Alika MORGAN TRI 1:36:348 Kerticha JOHN TRI 1:38:269 Leisl PUCKERIN TRI 1:40:3810 Paulette LUCESS TRI 1:40:55running with friends and people Iwould never have met if I was not arunner. We make this connectionsimply through running.This island is our home, and ourrunning course. Trinidad andTobago in trying to keep up withthe more advanced countries,sometimes goes too fast and paysthe consequences for a poor start.As a nation we are in that race toprogress but unless you run at yourown pace you are apt to fall backand weaken in the end. There is nopossibility of a negative spilt; nopossibility of reclaiming what youput out in the beginning. The islanditself is beautiful but the trafficjams, the billboards, and the newhigh-rise buildings are constantreminders of our race to progress.I never thought I’d be able toprogress to race 21km. There is animmense feeling of satisfaction thatcomes from setting and reachinggoals, from making progress bybuilding on what you did before.One of my running buddies saysthat running a race is a humblingexperience. Humility, perhaps evenmore than pride, enables us toprogress. Progress can be measuredthrough small, simple acts ofrespect - like earlier starting times,RACE CONTACT DETAILSor traffic free zones, and showingordinary runners like me that somereflection before the race starts isno bad thing.UWI-SPEC HALF MARATHON, NOVEMBERDr Iva Gloudon, Sport & Physical Ed. Centre,University of the West Indies, St Augustine, TrinidadTel/Fax: 868 645 9239 Email: info@spec.uwi.ttInet: www.sta.uwi.edu/specFull race contact listings start on page 74Distance Running January – March 200727

King of the hillPhoto: Winfried StinnBy Steve LandellsJonathan Wyatt is the undisputedKing of the Mountains. As a sub-28minute 10,000m runner on the track,an accomplished cross countryathlete and an Olympic marathonerthe 33-year-old New Zealander is agifted all-round athlete, but he feelsmost at home attacking gruelling andpunishing climbs into the sky. He hasbeen World Mountain RunningChampion five times. With a light,wiry frame he has the ideal build forascents - to the point where he hasproved almost untouchable in thediscipline of uphill mountainrunning.Wyatt’s track experiences weredispiriting. A 5000m semi-finalist atthe 1996 Olympics he failed to finishat the following year’s WorldChampionships in Athens, afterfalling sick. In 1997 a friendEXECUTIVESPresidentDanny Hughes (GBR)E-Mail: dannyhughes@ukonline.co.ukSecretaryBruno Gozzelino (ITA)E-Mail: bgozzel@libero.itTreasurerNancy Hobbs (USA)E-Mail: trlrunner@aol.comDirector of CompetitionRaimondo Balicco (ITA)E-Mail: balicco.rai@tin.itDirector of OrganisationWolfgang Münzel (GER)E-Mail: Petra-Muenzel@t-online.deDirector of DevelopmentTomo Sarf (SLO)E-Mail: tomo.sarf@helios.siDirector of MarketingAdrian Woods (GBR)E-Mail: adrian.woods@virgin.netsuggested he try a local mountainrace - and less than a year later hewon the first of his five World titlesin the French Indian Ocean island ofLa Reunion.“I’ve always been stronger as a crosscountry runner than on the track,”he said. “I was always put on thehilly leg in road relays and I am a bitof a natural on the hills. I came overto Europe in 1998 and I reallyenjoyed the lifestyle, living andtraining in the mountains. It is a niceclose-knit community with a realfamily atmosphere.”World ANNA titles PICHRTOVA followed in 2000, 2002and 2004 and since then he hasdominated the uphill global scene.He has previously avoided thedaredevil descents of the up- anddownhill events to avoid injury andlengthen his career. But in 2005 heentered the uphill/downhill WorldChampionships held in his home cityof Wellington and did not disappointhis supporters.Wyatt trains an average of 150km aweek and rarely returns to his nativeland. He lives with AntonellaConfortola (who took Olympicbronze in the 2006 cross countryskiing event) at 1000m altitude nearthe town of Bolzano in the ItalianDolomites.While his girlfriend reached a newpeak this year, Wyatt lost his WorldMountain Running title inunfortunate circumstances. Two daysbefore the event in Bursa (TUR) hewas attacked by two dogs,hospitalised, and given five injectionsand anti-rabies tablets.Wyatt remained remarkablyphilosophical: “You can’t controleverything. The dogs were protectingJONATHAN WYATTtheir area and both got me on thebackside and on to the groundbefore help came”. He admitted itwas not “ideal preparation” fordefending his World title but thetough-as-teak Kiwi did not pull outand bravely finished second behindColombia’s Rolando Ortiz.Wyatt can remain on top of the hillfor some years to come in mountainrunning. Despite the dominance ofEast African runners on the track,road and country, they are nowherein mountain running (but see reportof Obudu Ranch Mountain Race).Wyatt has an interesting theory as towhy.“With their long flowing style I don’tthink Kenyans, for example, are asnaturally suited to running the hillsas they are to flat ground,” heasserted. “The mountains require ashorter stride. Their managers alsotell them to run road races ratherthan the mountains. But any topquality runner will run well on themountains.”Wyatt himself plans to scale downhis mountain running next year toconcentrate on the marathon, with aview to running the BeijingOlympics. He will run a springmarathon next year (either Hamburgor Zurich) in an effort to gainOlympic qualification for NewZealand.“I would like to improve onAthens,” said Wyatt (where hefinished 21st). “A top 20 place is theminimum aim. My dream would bea top ten finish.”A longer version of this article firstappeared on the IAAF website on 16November 2006WMRA Grand Prix 2006Photo: Tomo SarfThis year’s WMRA Grand Prixconsisted of six of the topmountain races in Europe– all ofwhich were granted IAAF permits.There were two races in Austria,the Grossglockner andSchlickeralm; two in Slovenia, theGrintovec and Smarna Gora;Saillion-Ovrannaz (Switzerland)and the Rock of Gibraltar.Jonathan Wyatt and AnnaPichrtova, both of whom ran theAthens Olympic marathon, weredominant. Each of them won fiveout of the six events. With just thebest four results to count, theircompeting in the sixth race wasacademic.Wyatt’s only realistic rival wasEuropean champion MarcoGaiardo who was second in eachRESULTMEN:1 Jonathan WYATT NZL 430pts2 Marco GAIARDO ITA 370pts3 Martin COX GBR 334ptsWOMEN:1 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 430pts2 Mateja KOSOVELJ SLO 387pts3 Iva MILESOVA CZE 360ptsof their clashes and winner of therace when Wyatt was absent.Martin Cox finished inconsistently high positions to takethird place overall.Pichrtova won each of her races bylarge margins, but the contest forthe minor positions maintainedinterest in the overall results untilthe final event. By finishing secondin the final ‘Rock of Gibraltar’race Mateja Kosovelj, still a junior,forced herself into second overallposition just in front of the muchimproved Iva Milesova.With increasing numbers ofrepresentative races, nationalchampionships, and selectionraces, the 2007 Grand Prix serieshas been reduced to four raceseries with best three results tocount.Distance Running January – March 200731

East meets westObudu Ranch Mountain Race, Nigeria. 25 November 2006Kenya's Francis Kibiwott, runningin his first mountain race, andEthiopian Kedir Rehima producedcommanding victories at the richestmountain race in the world.In good conditions, competitorschased $50,000 for first place overan 11.5 km course that ascended800m up Obudu Mountain. Men’sand women’s races started with a15-minutes apart. Both racesdeveloped into a fierce competitionbetween the inexperienced (formountain running) African athletes,and the traditional mountainspecialists of the "western"(Europe, USA and New Zealand).After 7km, World mountainrunning champion Rolando Ortizof Colombia and five timeschampion, Jonathan Wyatt of NewZealand, led alongsideTesfayohonnes Mesfin of Eritrea,Kenyans Francis Kibiwott and JohnKorir, and Ethiopians Lemi andSolomon Molla.The unforgiving climb convincedmost of them to conserve theirenergies for a high placing ratherthan stake all on the $50,000 firstprize. With 3km to go, Ortiz andKibiwott were away and Ortizeventually gave way to Kibiwottwho went on to claim the spoils -and a course record by fully fiveminutes.The women’s race was also wenteast as Kedir Rehima of Ethiopiabroke away from the Hungarianall-rounder Simona Staicu with2km to go to win the $50,000 firstprize, also in a new course record.A car crash prevented race favouriteand European mountain runningchampion Anna Pichrtova fromparticipating. Both her and IsabellaZatorska were hospitalised, whileMelissa Moon (who ran andfinished in the prize moneypositions) and race observer DannyHughes escaped the accidentuninjured.The Governor of Cross River State,His Excellency Donald Duke,promised a bigger and better eventnext year.MEN AT 5KM POINT:LEADING IN YELLOW VEST,FRANCIS KIBIWOT (KEN) 1ST;ROLANDO ORTIZ (COL) REDVEST 33 - 2ND; MESFINTESFAYOHONNES (ERI) BLUEVEST ON RHS - 3RD. 19 -JOHN KORIR (KEN) WAS 6TH.RESULTMEN:1 Francis KIBIWOTT KEN 42:262 Rolando ORTIZ COL 43:083 Tesfayohonnes MESFIN ERI 43:244 Soloman BUSHENDICH KEN 43:325 Jonathan WYATT NZL 43:416 John KORIR KEN 43:50WOMEN:1 Kedir REHIMA ETH 53:262 Simone STAICU HUN 54:243 Anitah EVERSTEN NOR 54:464 Andrea MAYR AUT 54:46Ode to the marathonKenneth Lloyd is entertained by a tour around the marathon worldSwitzer and Robinson’s account ofthe marathon phenomenon is aninteresting mixture of history,photography and entertainingtrivia. Written as 26.2 MarathonStories (i.e in 27 chapters) the bookcovers many diverse aspects of themarathon in personal, social andcultural contexts. It is an engagingnon-academic work. The subjectmatter is not treated in depth,which would in any case demandmany volumes. 26.2 is instead ahighly readable, all-encompassingode to the “Marathon”.It appeals to the widest possiblereadership; the hundreds ofthousands of men and women whorun or aspire to run marathons.The book answers many practicalquestions for those outside thefield, such as the mystery of theofficial distance or theChampionChip timing system.It explores some of theeccentricities involved in Marathonrunning, like the sentimental valueof race t-shirts or the pecking ordersurrounding personal best times(“PBs”).The authors’ main intention is toinspire people. They do so byincluding their readers within theelite but not exclusive club. This isevident in chapters like“Motivations” – which is devotedentirely to inspirational quotes.Visually the book is excellent. Itfeatures many photos from AIMSmember races around the world.There are also images documentingthe ancient games and photos fromthe beginnings of the organisedevent in the 19th century, includingextracts from Alf Shrubs’ famoustraining manual Running andCross-Country Running.The coffee table style of the bookmeans it can be picked up and readfrom virtually any page. Along the26.2 chapter course the sections Ifound particularly interesting werethose on cheating, the early daysand the heroes of the marathon.Switzer and Robinson succinctlyprofile the characters involved inmarathon running at the turn ofthe century, and capture theromantic appeal of distancerunning in its infancy. In this bookthere is bound to be something ofinterest to everyone. Equally, therewill be other parts of lesser interest,although the style consistentlyengages.Switzer and Robinson celebrate theevolution of the event from thelegend of Pheidippides to theadvent of the international race.The book’s broad demographicprecludes in-depth treatment of thesubject material. It will not appealto the athletics historians, butinstead offers a fascinatingintroduction to the marathonmovement that will provoke anyreader’s curiosity and inspire themto further enquiry. It is a well puttogethertitle that sets the personalachievement of the averagemarathoner into a global andhistorical context.Katherine Switzer & Roger Robinson(2006) 26.2 Marathon StoriesRunner’s World, The Madison Press Ltd.ISBN 159486330X Hardback, 256pages32 Distance Running January – March 2007

Running away from warThe Beirut Marathon provides Lebanon with an opportunity for moving on, argues Norrie WilliamsonTies generated on the field of play,through the shared experience ofparticipating in an event, extendabove and beyond differences inculture, religion and politics. Thebonds of friendship that emergefrequently over-shadow politicalarguments and resolve differencesin direct emotional terms, whereconcern for others becomesparamount.So it is with running. People run forhealth, for enjoyment and for socialreasons. As such it may be just ameans of relaxation from thechallenges of work - but there is afar greater potential.The 34 days of war in Lebanonearlier this year changed people’sperspectives. The networks thatrace organisations take for granted- simply as a means to get the jobdone on race day – suddenlyassumed huge significance as apotential healing power.In July the world was gripped bythe renewed images of devastationin Lebanon and Israel. Terrorismwas answered with indiscriminateforce, jacking up death tolls fromdozens on one side to hundreds onthe other. Lebanon and its citizenrygot blasted: in boxing terms thereferee should have stopped thefight. Diplomats procrastinatedwhile Beirut burned and thespiralling impact on innocent liveswas overlooked. On the ground,non-government organisations,including the Beirut MarathonAssociation, (BMA) hastily regroupedto deal with the realities ofa wounded nation.BMA’s example shone through thedevastation. It was a naturalextension of the original purpose.BMA President May El-Khalilfounded the race in 2003 to helprebuild national unity and pridefollowing the 17 years of civil warthat had ceased in 1992.The Beirut Marathon was born in2003. There were only a fewhundred habitual runners in theentire country, but in that first year5000 people participated in 5km,10km and full marathon races.From that promising start El-Khaliland her team guided the race toencompass 17,000 starters in 2005,from all walks of life, religions,cultures, ages and abilities.This achievement gave rise to feederevents: in North Lebanon, theTripoli 10km, and in SouthLebanon, the Tyre Half Marathon.These events attracted 20,000 and15,000 respectively. They werevehicles for displaying the pride ofbeing Lebanese. Everyone wantedto be in on it. Beirut had grownback into its role of a melding pointof cultures where tolerance was away of life.On 12 July all that changed. Themarathon was planning for 20,000runners on race weekend, butretaliatory strikes and blockadesthen hit southern Lebanon andBeirut. All was in disarray. Themarathon route became puncturedwith craters and multi-storey blockswere razed to the ground. All thiswas in retribution for the terroristactivity of a few, hiding themselvesbehind a civilian shield.The search for safety scattered themarathon staff across thecountryside. Many took to themountains simply because theylived in an area deemed to bealigned to a particular segment ofsociety. So too with the rest of thepopulation: soon 20% of theLebanese population were forcedfrom their homes. The term‘displaced’ became a euphemismthat concealed the trauma ofhelpless families who had lost alltheir belongings in the rubble thatused to be home – because it laywithin a designated target zone.After 14 days 800,000 people hadnowhere to go and Lebanonteetered on the brink of ahumanitarian disaster.Amidst the anxiety and anguish theBMA redirected their focus. Theyquickly appreciated that theresources they had garnered as asporting organisation offered hugepotential. These resources werehuman connections. The marathonnetwork and database embracedschools, clubs and communities –the building blocks of a homegrownrelief agency.As families crowded into schoolsthe need to provide children withsome form of diversion from thereality of war was pressing.Tapping into their contact base theBMA co-ordinated transport,catering and sports venues toprovide daily excursions anddistractions for the children. “Therewas no conscious decision: it was asimple an obvious way forward forus” said Mark Dickinson, racedirector of the Beirut Marathon.“The marathon started as a nationbuildingproject, and this wassimply an extension of the sameconcept”.Simple exercise - a game ofbasketball or soccer - followed bythe opportunity to shower and ameal, created an acceptablenormality for the children. It alsogave distraught parents invaluablerelief. They had a chance toassimilate thoughts and determinenew direction for a life that hadbeen upended.The beauty of the project was itssimplicity, but its impact wascomplex. It gave physiological,psychological and trauma relief tothousands. The BMA staff dailydeployed to “safe” regions topursue these ends. “It would havebeen easy for staff to opt out, buteveryone could see the benefit and Iam proud of how the staff took tothe challenge. I am proud of whatwe achieved” said Dickenson. “Itwould have been criminal to havewasted these resources, with somany compatriots in need”.Word spread. Working in tandemwith other NGOs and reliefagencies, donations of toys andsports goods accumulated and weredistributed from the BMA offices. Aproject like this cannot ever belabelled successful. Such projectsshould never be required. We canonly measure the effort, and how itimpacted on over 100,000 people in250 schools: figures that say asmuch about the devastation as theydo of the effort of the BMA.The war stopped as abruptly as itbegan, as tardy, stage-manageddiplomacy kicked in. With aresilience built from a heritage ofconflict, the Lebanese returnedhome and started the process ofreconstruction. Would that includethe Marathon? For Dickinson therewas no question, and within a weekit was resolved: 26 November wasstill race day.The race’s main charitablebeneficiaries will be the victims ofcluster bombs. “These bombs haveclaimed 14 lives and injured 91others since the war stopped on 14August” said May El-Khalil.A few sponsorships becamefinancially impossible, but theemotional support and energygenerated more than compensatedfor this. Working to catch up forthe loss of six weeks preparationtime, and changing the marketingorientation, took an intense effortbut by 5 September the marathonwas ready to meet the challenge.The 2006 event was to be rununder the banner ‘For the love ofLebanon’.A week before the race was due tobe held Pierre Gemayal, aprominent Government Minister,was assassinated. The Marathonwas postponed as a mark ofrespect. But it will return. The racehas found its role as a necessaryplayer in securing the future ofLebanon within a world context.THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED INTHIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THEAUTHOR AND DO NOTNECCESSARILY REPRESENT THEVIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF34 Distance Running January – March 2007

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ULTRARUNNERSEXECUTIVESPresidentDirk 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.netDIARY200728/29 JulyIAU 24hr WorldChallengeDrummondville (CAN)8 SeptemberIAU World/Euro100km ChallengeWinshoten (NED)9th December 2006IAU World Trail Challenge Trial EventSunmart 50 Miles Trail Race, TexasIn looking to develop trail running the IAU areinvestigating the possibility of an IAU World TrailChampionship. The organisers of the Sunmart Texas TrailEndurance Runs (Huntsville, TX, USA) offered this eventas such a trial. Three top ultradistance runners, OlegKharitinov, Denis Zhalybin and Giorgio Calcaterra took upthe invitation to compete with the American trail experts ina 50 mile race on a gently rolling course (forest trails anddirt roads) in the Huntsville State Park. The IAU GeneralSecretary went to observe the action and check theorganisation - by taking part in the alternative 50km event.The races are well established, with 2006 being the 17thedition. About 200 run in the 50 mile and up to 600 inthe 50km. This requires a considerable race infrastructurebut the organisation runs extremely smoothly withexcellent hospitality for all.The race starts at 07.00 conveniently near Houston airport.This year it was cold but the weather remained dry for theday and running conditions were good. The two eventsshare the same course for about half of the loop around thelake on leafy and sandy trails. The 50 miler does four lapsof a 12.5 mile loop while the 50km follows an out andback section of 6 miles before two 12.5 mile loops.American Greg Crowther led the two Russians withCalcaterra not far behind. Zhalybin developed an injuryand pulled out after two laps. Crowther eventually pulledRESULTout a lead of 22 minutes from Kharitonov with Calcaterra11 minutes further back.There were no top international in the women's race butAnne Lundblad, one of the top American ultrainternationals, finished in 7th place overall.The 50km event was especially well attended with over 500people finishing.50 MILES - MEN:1 Greg CROWTHER USA 5:37:092 Oleg KHARITONOV RUS 6:00:083 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 6:11:404 Hal KOERNER USA 6:14:295 Carlos REYES USA 6:21:47WOMEN:1 Anne LUNDBLAD USA 6:33:222 Kami SEMICK USA 6:42:193 Tania PACEV USA 7:15:084 Christine CRAWFORD USA 7:29:095 Lisa Ann TRANOR USA 7:56:1150KM - MEN:1 Jim HARRINGTON USA 3:37:09WOMEN:1 Wendy TERRIS USA 3:52:208 October 2006IAU 100km World Challenge,Misari, KoreaYANNICK DJOUADI,KOREA WINNERRESULTMEN:1 Yannick DJOUADI FRA 6:38:412 Denis ZHALYABIN RUS 6:42:183 Oleg KHARITONOV RUS 6:42:184 Christophe BACHELIER FRA 6:48:435 Howard NIPPERT USA 6:53:006 Alexei IZMAILOV RUS 6:53:357 Michael SOMMER GER 6:57:018 Martin LUKES NZL 6:58:119 Hideo NOJO JPN 6:59:4610 Sandor BARCZA FRA 7:01:40TEAMS:RUS 20:18:11; FRA 20:29:04; GER 21:21:09WOMEN:1 Elizabeth HAWKER GBR 7:29:122 Monica CARLIN ITA 7:29:163 Niroko SHO JPN 7:32:044 Paola SANNA ITA 7:42:125 Laurence FRICOTTEAUX FRA 7:45:206 Anne RIDDLE-LUNDBLAD USA 7:47:387 Emi IWASAKI JPN 7:48:258 Magali MAGGIOLINI FRA 7:49:449 Heather FOUNDLING-HAWKER GBR 7:50:5410 Elke HEIBL GER 7:52:49TEAMS:ITA 23:24:30; JPN 23:28:37; FRA 23:37:10Preliminary Ranking 2006100K World Best PerformancesRESULTRANK NAME COUNTRY PERF. DATE LOCATION1 Jose Maria GONZALES ESP 6:23:44 17 JUN TORHOUT2 Dimitrj BULA BLR 6:33:56 17 JUN TORHOUT3 Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:38:22 17 JUN TORHOUT4 Yannick DJOUADI FRA 6:38:27 17 JUN TORHOUT5 Denis ZHALYBIN RUS 6:42:18 10 AUG MISARI6 Oleg KHARITONOV RUS 6:42:18 10 AUG MISARI7 Miguel Angel JIMENEZ ESP 6:42:58 17 JUN TORHOUT8 Jorge Aubeso MARTINEZ ESP 6:43:29 30 SEP BEZANA9 Alexej IZMAILOV RUS 6:44:10 17 JUN TORHOUT10 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 6:45:25 27 MAY FAENZA36 Distance Running January – March 2007

Giving thanksThe Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon, USANOVEMBER232006subsequently argued it might healthe nation’s raw wounds. Its themewas to recall the friendship shownby the Wampanoag Indians to theEnglish pilgrims in 1621, when theIndians shared their food with thebeleaguered little outpost atPlymouth Rock in Massachusetts,whose supplies were running low.Though the original menu wasdifferent - venison, duck, shellfish -the intent was the same: gatheringtogether in friendship over acelebratory meal.The organizers were proven right inmoving the date. Thanksgivingmorning is the perfect time for theAtlanta Marathon, and itsaccompanying Half Marathon(which began in 1984). The fieldhas grown steadily, especially in theHalf Marathon, which thisNovember attracted over 7600runners. The Atlanta Marathonitself usually has around 800,including a number of foreignnationals, attracted to this veryAmerican race on this veryAmerican holiday.The first half ofthe course passesby Auburn Avenue,the birthplace ofMartin Luther King Jr.which is also organized by theAtlanta Track Club, and takes placeon Independence Day, July 4th. ThePeachtree course finishes atPiedmont Park, around the 35kmpoint in the Marathon. The final7km of the Marathon takes runnersback through thriving Midtown,resplendent with chic restaurantsand boutiques and towering post-Modern office buildings, past theMargaret Mitchell House (writer of“Gone With The Wind”), thegloriously restored Fox Theater,and the major hotel district ofDowntown Atlanta. In the finalkilometer, runners pass by the 1996Olympic torch, and go under thefive golden Olympic rings.By Julia EmmonsThe Atlanta Marathon, begun in1963, is the oldest marathon in theAmerican South. During its firsttwenty years, it was held inDecember on several differentcourses, the most infamous being adouble loop course up one of thetougher hills in this very hilly city.Little wonder the field remainedsmall. In 1980, the Atlanta TrackClub decided to move theMarathon to Thanksgivingmorning, when traffic in this cardominatedcity is light, and runnerscould enjoy a long, hard run beforean afternoon of over-indulgentcalorie consumption...Thanksgiving is the most joyous ofAmerican holidays. Celebrated onthe fourth Thursday of November,its central theme is the comingtogether of family and friends toshare an elaborate meal whichtraditionally features a stuffedturkey, mashed potatoes, cranberrysauce, several vegetable dishes madefrom recipes handed down throughgenerations, and pumpkin pie fordessert. Thanksgiving is seen as thebeginning of the holiday season thatculminates in yet another elaboratemeal: Christmas DinnerThe first Thanksgiving holidayoccurred in 1863, at the height ofthe American Civil War. AbrahamLincoln’s proclamation of thenational holiday was the result of17 years of lobbying by SaraJosepha Hale, a magazine editorwho believed such a holiday mightavert civil war, and thenPicture: Norm DrewsForeign runners are also drawn tothe Atlanta Marathon and HalfMarathon because the present coursewas developed by the Atlanta TrackClub for the 1996 Olympicmarathons. This loop course wasfirst used in 1992, and it showcasesmany of Atlanta’s landmarks. Itstarts and finishes at Turner Field,the baseball stadium which evolvedout of the 1996 Olympic Stadium.The first half of the course passes byAuburn Avenue, the birthplace ofMartin Luther King Jr., and rollsupwards on Piedmont Avenuethrough trendy Midtown toPeachtree Road in the middle ofBuckhead, Atlanta’s chief financialand shopping district (at about 16km). The course turns right onPeachtree and goes out pastOglethorpe University and lavishlyelegant residential neighborhoods.The turn around point is inChamblee, a pleasantly laid-backneighborhood on the fringe ofBuckhead, best known for its modestantique stores. Remaining onPeachtree, Atlanta’s wide and elegantsignature thoroughfare, the courseheads back through the center ofAtlanta towards Turner Field.The second half of the course picksup the route of the Peachtree RoadRace, the 55,000-runner 10kmOn a bright, cool perfect day forrunning, the 2006 AtlantaMarathon and Half Marathon onceagain enjoyed the internationalflavor that has embellished the eventsince it became closely associatedwith the Olympics. The winner ofthe 45th running of the Marathonwas Maurits Van Der Veen of theNetherlands, a professor at theUniversity of Georgia in nearbyAthens, GA., while the winner ofthe Masters category was GabrielHelmlinger, a Frenchman who livesin Cambridge, Massachusetts.British-born Michael Green ofAtlanta won the Half Marathon,while Canadian Brandi Pozniakwon the women’s race. In the pastfive years, event winners haveincluded a Swiss, a Mexican, andtwo more runners born in the UK.The first Thanksgiving holidayoccurred in 1863, at the heightof the American Civil WarThough the internationallyrenowned Peachtree Road Race, theworld’s largest 10km, is mostresponsible for making Atlanta afamous running town it is theAtlanta Marathon and HalfMarathon which most closelycaptures its heart. Runners comefrom most of the 50 U.S. states aswell as a dozen foreign countries.Offering no prize money, the eventattracts citizen athletes eager toshare the holiday, and to givethanks for the ability to run38 Distance Running January – March 2007

RESULTMEN:1 Maurits VAN DER VEEN NED 2:33:582 Scott P LOWE 2:38:103 Benjamin T CORONA 2:40:144 Mark COUGHLIN 2:44:355 Ken CSIPO 2:46:076 Timothy NIJAKOWSKI 2:53:307 Modesto ZEFERINO 2:55:388 Andy MEYER 2:56:189 Chuck JONES 2:57:2310 Jonathan OBST 2:57:25together in celebration of fitness. Ina time of both national andinternational discord, it is anadditional pleasure to run together,be it for 21km or for 42, allpointing in the same direction withthe same common goal: to do one’sbest and finish well. This joyousatmosphere is also evident amongthe 1200 seasoned volunteers whoshare their holiday morning ascourse monitors, water stationcrews, and finish area personnel.Just in case one might forget whatholiday it is, the pack of runnersalways includes a runner or twodressed as pilgrims.RACE CONTACT DETAILSThe 2007 Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon will be held on Thursday, November 22.Applications will be available on-line starting in June at www.atlantatrackclub.org.Because of the holiday, and the need to free the volunteers to enjoy their festive meals,there is a five hour time limit for the Marathon.Full race contact listings start on page 74Picture: Norm DrewsWOMEN:1 Bethany HALL USA 3:20:092 Jessica MORRIS USA 3:22:043 Abby MATSON USA 3:22:184 Lauren GILES USA 3:26:465 Connie NELSON 3:27:086 Nancy ROLLINS USA 3:28:417 Brittney JETT USA 3:30:008 Wendy DONNAN 3:31:219 Sally J BROOKING 3:31:4810 Susan MOSS 3:35:37HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Michael GREEN USA 1:06:292 Belay TEKA-KOSSA 1:06:493 Jared NYAMBOKI 1:08:22WOMEN1 Brandi POZNIAK CAN 1:19:542 Donna GARCIA 1:21:563 Kate E BRUN 1:25:25Distance Running January – March 200739

JanuaryDATE RACE PAGE1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 824 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 787 Mizuno Hong KongHalf Marathon Championships HKG H 7612 Standard CharteredDubai Marathon UAE M 8214 3rd International Lahore Marathon PAK M 8021 Standard CharteredMumbai Marathon IND M 7621 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 8221 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG MH 7628 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 7820 Medio Maraton Los Cabos MEX H 80FebruaryDATE RACE PAGE4 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 824 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 784 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 784 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /10k Road Race JPN R 7811 Seville City Marathon ESP M 8016 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 7617 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 7818 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 618 Tokyo Marathon JPN M 7825 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 8025 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 8025 Giuseppe VerdiCountry Marathon ITA M 7826 Sahara Marathon ALG M 74Course not measurable to AIMS standards27 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 74Course not measurable to AIMS standardsMarchDATE RACE PAGE4 Standard CharteredHong Kong Marathon HKG M 764 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 784 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 804 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 84 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 824-11 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 30Course not measurable to AIMS standards4 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 8211 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 7811 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 7818 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon MAS M 7818 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 7618 ING Thailand Temple Run CANCELLED THA M/H 5018 Vigarano Marathon ITA M 7818 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 1318 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 1018 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 1219 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 7824 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 2024 IAAF World Cross-CountryChampionships, Mombasa KEN C 925 Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 8031 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 74Marathon of Barcelona - Catalunya ESP M 82AprilDATE RACE PAGE1 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 121 Zurich Marathon SUI M 141 Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 761 Chunju Marathon KOR M 787 North Pole Marathon NPO M 80Course not measurable to AIMS standards7 Old Mutual Two OceansMarathon, presented by Nike RSA U 148 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 1415 Canberra Marathon AUS M 1715 Paris Marathon FRA M 7615 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 8015 Olympic CommemorativeNagano Marathon JPN M 7815 Carlos Lopes GoldMarathon Memorial POR M 8015 Turin Marathon ITA M 1815 Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA H 5815 Vancouver Sun Run CAN R 7416 111th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 8222 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 8022 Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 8022 Enschede Marathon NED M 8022 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 1922 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 2129 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 8229 Conergy Marathon Hamburg GER M 1629 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 7429 Oklahoma CityMemorial Marathon USA M 8229 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 14MayDATE RACE PAGE6 Cracovia Marathon POL M 246 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 286 BMO Bank of MontrealVancouver Marathon CAN M 746 Geneve Marathon SUI M 216 Run Berlin - 25km von Berlin GER R 766 Maraton Martin Fiz ESP M 8212 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 2013 Times of India Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 7613 Kigali Peace Marathon RWA M 8013 Karstadt Marathon GER M 2413 Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 2013 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 2013 Pisa Marathon ITA M 7819 Three Hearts Marathon & Half SLO M/H 2119 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 74Course not measurable to AIMS standards20 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 2427 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 2627 Media Marathon de Valencia ESP H 8227 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 76JuneDATE RACE PAGE2 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA R 822 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 823 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 743 Quito Ultimas 15k ECU R 769 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 5310 Hawaiian Half Marathon USA H 8216 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 8017 Phuket Marathon THA M 5017 Dalian International Marathon CHN M 7422 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 7624 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 7424 Lake Saroma 100km JPN U 7824 Scotiabank VancouverHalf Marathon CAN H 2424 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 8028 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 7430 Tallinn Marathon EST M 5730 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon USA M 8230 Santa Claus Marathon FIN M 7630 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 7630-7 Jul 100 miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 46Course not measurable to AIMS standardsJulyDATE RACE PAGE1 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 171 British 10k, London GBR R 577 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 828 HSBC Calgary Marathon CAN M 74MHRAbbreviations UsedChampionChip 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.org42 Distance Running· www.aims-association.org · www.iaaf.org · www.aims-association.org · www.iaaf.org ·

www.aims-association.orgwww.iaaf.org8 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 2721 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 7628 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 82Course not measurable to AIMS standards28 Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M/H 8229 San Francisco Marathon USA M/H 57AugustDATE RACE PAGE4 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 805 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 805 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 7412 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 7412 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 7418 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 5818 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 7624-1 Sept IAAF World Championshipsin Athletics, Osaka JPN 925 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 7626 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 8226 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 4926 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 78SeptemberDATE RACE PAGE2 22nd Nike BudapestInt’l Half Marathon HUN H 632 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 742 Fresh ‘n’ Lo Great Scottish Run GBR H 767/8 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 58Course not measurable to AIMS standards8 Ruska Marathon FIN M 768 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 768 Vilnius Marathon LIT M 788 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 809 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 769 Media Maraton Int’lCiudad de Medellin COL H 749 26th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 809 Int’l Ghazi Run 10km TUR R 829 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 769 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 749 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 8016 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 8223 Flora Warsaw Marathon POL M 8023 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 7823 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 6223 Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 7629 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 8229 Coastal Marathon BEL M 7430 22nd Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 6230 Scotiabank Toronto WaterfrontMarathon and Half CAN M/H 7430 46th Dexia Bil Route du VinHalf Marathon LUX H 7830 Berlin Marathon GER M 6130 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 80Blackmores Sydney RunningFesitival/Sydney Marathon AUS M 74OctoberDATE RACE PAGE7 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 767 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 667 Royal Victoria Marathon 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Niagara FallsviewCasino Int'l Marathon CAN M 6728 Venice Marathon ITA M 7328 Lucerne Marathon SUI M 8228 Aland Marathon FIN M/H 76Timisoara Marathon ROM M 80Kathmandu Marathon NEP M/H 80Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M/H 74Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 80Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara MEX M 80Big Sur Half Marathonon Monterey Bay USA H 82Standard CharteredNairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 78Mediterranean Marathon ESP M 82Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 74Milano City Marathon ITA M 78NovemberDATE RACE PAGE4 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 824 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 764 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 7811 Guarda Trentino Half Marathon ITA H 7816 7th Pharaonic 100km EGY U 7618 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 7818 Medio Maraton Quito -Mitad del Mundo ECU H 7618 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 7418 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 7822 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 8223-25 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 7825 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon THA M 5025 XXIV Firenze Marathon ITA M 7825 Univ of Washington Medical CentreSeattle Marathon USA M/H 8225 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 7825 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 7425 Maraton de San Sebastian ESP M 8025 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 7425 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 39Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 78MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 80Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 74Monaco Int’l Marathon postponed until March 2008DecemberDATE RACE PAGE1 Reggae Marathon JAM M 782 61st Fukuoka Int’l OpenMarathon Championship JPN M 782 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 782 21k Nuevo Leon MEX H 802 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 812 Ankor-Wat Int’l Half Marathon CMB H 742 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 742 Standard CharteredSingapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 802 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 802 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 742 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 748 Costa Rica Marathon CRC M 749 Powerade Monterrey Marathon MEX M 809 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 829 Honolulu Marathon USA M 8212 Antarctica Ice Marathon ACA M/U 7416 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 8231 St Catherine Marathon EGY M/H 76January 2008DATE RACE PAGE1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 824 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 7813 4th International Lahore Marathon PAK M 8020 Standard CharteredMumbai Marathon IND M 7620 Medio Maraton Los Cabos MEX H 8027 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 8227 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 78Mizuno Hong KongHalf Marathon Championships HKG H 76Standard CharteredDubai Marathon UAE M 82Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 82China Coast Marathon and Half HKG MH 76FebruaryDATE RACE PAGEPacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 823 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPN H 783 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km /10k Road Race JPN R 783 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 7815 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 7617 Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPN M 7824 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 8025 Sahara Marathon ALG M 74Course not measurable to AIMS standardsDead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 78Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 6World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 80Giuseppe VerdiCountry Marathon ITA M 78Seville City Marathon ESP M 80MarchDATE RACE PAGE2 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 802 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 82Standard CharteredHong Kong Marathon HKG M 762 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 785 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 74Course not measurable to AIMS standards9 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 749 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 789 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 7816 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon MAS M 7823 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 827 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 78Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 30Course not measurable to AIMS standardsStandard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 76ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 50Vigarano Marathon ITA M 78City of Rome Marathon ITA M 13EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 10Los Angeles Marathon USA M 82Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 20IAAF World Cross-CountryChampionships, Edinburgh GBR C 9Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 80Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 76Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 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30 SEPTEMBER 2006:LAKE TAHOE MARATHON, USAIn the three-day triple marathon, which more than circumnavigates the Lake and of which the finalinstalment is the Lake Tahoe Marathon, Johan Oosterhuizen put in a Guiness World-record breakingperformance to run highly consistently and clock up a total time of little more than 8 hours. Thomas Reisswas not so far behind, but the women’s race was closer, with Deborah Hamberlin winning by a margin of 12minutes from Van Pham.MARATHON:MEN:1 Tony TORRES USA 2.42.372 Johan OOSTERHUIZEN NED 2.44.033 John WERU KEN 2.49.584 Paul PAZDAN USA 2.58.215 Peter RAUCH USA 2.58.58HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Duane PENNER 1:28:342 Marc SAMSON 1:29:313 Chuck MACDONALD 1:30:1530 SEPTEMBER 2006:KUST MARATHON, BELGIUMThe race direction is only determined a few daysbefore the race, so that runners are almost assured ofthe wind at their backs. The front runners in both racesflew away from the rest, with VirginieVanroogenbroeck finishing 12 minutes clear. A tightbattle in the men’s race between Rik Ceulemans andGino Van Geyte, which resulted in a 100m win forCeulemans, also took place a distant nine minutesbefore third place was claimed.MEN:1 Rik CEULEMANS 2:14:152 Gino VAN GEYTE 2:14:503 Vincent TERNET 2:23:354 Koen VAN RIE 2:25:415 Frederick COLPAERT 2:27:38WOMEN:1 Virginie VANROOGENBROECK 2:46:362 Nadia CLAUS 2:58:023 Sofie CLAUS 3:02:484 Ange DAMMEN 3:04:385 Francoise THEATE 3:05:42HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Tom VAN DREISSCHE 1:11:412 Dirk VERLEYEN 1:12:533 Alain POTIAUX 1:13:23WOMEN:1 Veerle D’HAESSE 1:23:422 Sabine DERUYTTER 1:28:383 Ruth VIANE 1:30:061 OCTOBER 2006:KOSICE PEACE MARATHON,SLOVAKIAAn unheralded 22-year-old Kenyan, Edwin Kipchom,was the surprise winner of the 83rd edition of Europe’soldest marathon writes Alfons Juck. Kipchom achievedWOMEN:1 Lisa BUTLER USA 3.25.012 Shana BROWN USA 3.28.213 Nadia RUIZ USA 3.44.434 Shelley MOSS USA 3.47.025 Kathie SCHAUS USA 3.47.03TRIPLE MARATHON:MEN:1 Johan OOSTERHUIZEN NED 2:43:46 2:43:31 2:44:03 =8:11:082 Thomas REISS USA 2:56:23 2:47:56 2:59:02 =8:43:193 Eric JENSEN USA 3:46:48 3:36:59 3:32:40 =10:56:26WOMEN:1 Deborah HAMBERLIN USA 3:45:35 3:38:32 3:53:33 =11:17:392 Van PHAM USA 3:52:01 3:46:27 3:51:13 =11:29:403 Jean WATSON USA 3:59:56 3:57:54 4:06:49 =11:51:05WOMEN:1 Karen AEBERLI 1:40:072 Angie PENNER 1:40:243 Amy CZESNOWSKI 1:44:33a new personal best, the fourth fastest time recordedat the event. It was his first win in three marathons,after finishing 12th in Beijing and 3rd in Thessaloniki.From 19km he ran sub-three minute kilometres andnobody stayed with him. From then on it was a raceagainst the clock. He was over a minute up on courserecord pace at 25km 1:17:17 and at 30km, which hereached in 1:32:55, he remained 36 seconds up. Beingalone took its toll and at 40km (2:05:34) he had justtwo seconds in hand. He still finished a clear winnerand promised: “I will come back next year to defendmy title. But give me some rabbits for the second halfand I think I can break 2:10.” It was the fifth Kenyan winin the event’s history and with nine runners below 2:20,it was most since 1997 when the current flat citycourse was adopted.Belorussian Natalya Kulesh (formerly Kravets) wasalready well ahead at halfway and finished with newpersonal best, a significant improvement from herprevious best of 2:39:20. It was also the fifth bestfemale time ever at the event. “The course is great andmaybe with some pacemakers we would be able to runeven faster,” she explained.Despite forecasts of hot weather cloud coverhelped runners in the second half and it never wentabove 19°C. In all, 2935 runners in different races andcategories from 36 countries participated: theMarathon had 674 runners with 662 in the HalfMarathon.MEN:1 Edwin KIPCHOM KEN 2:12:532 Vladzimir TSIAMCHYK BLR 2:14:453 David MAIYO KEN 2:15:154 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:16:285 David CHERUI KEN 2:17:40WOMEN:1 Natalia KULESH BLR 2:36:472 Holly MAY GBR 2:41:483 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:44:084 Elena SHUBAREVA RUS 2:54:015 Ana BALOSAKOVA CZE 3:13:46HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Miroslav VANKO SVK 1:08:30WOMEN:1 Katarina BERESOVA SVK 1:19:241 OCTOBER 2006:TWIN CITIES MARATHON, USAA group of five held together past 20 miles but JasonLehmkule and Fasil Bizuneh then dropped back. Astrong finish from Chris Lundstrom brought him pastthem and into fourth, while a close stuggle was goingon for the podium places. In the women’s race MaryAkor let Marla Runyan away early. She gradually builtup a lead of just less than two minutes, but after 20miles this was gradually reducing - but not nearly fastfor Runyan’s victory to be challenged.MEN:1 Mbarek HUSSEIN KEN 2:13:522 Simon SAWE KEN 2:14:093 Ryan SHAY USA 2:14:584 Chris LUNDSTROM USA 2:17:345 Fasil BIZUNEH ETH 2:18:14WOMEN:1 Marla RUNYAN USA 2:32:172 Mary AKOR USA 2:33:503 Zoila GOMEZ USA 2:35:264 Michelle LILIENTHAL USA 2:35:515 Tulena JOHNSON LANE USA 2:36:151 OCTOBER 2006:PORTLAND MARATHON, USAMedeksa Derba led with eventual winner Mike Heidt inthe early stages, but Heidt soon went off on his ownfor an isolated win. Times reported are net, whichaccounts for the seemingly anonymous sixth placing inthe women’s race.MEN:1 Mike HEIDT USA 2:21:542 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:28:023 Jim RUCKER USA 2:28:554 Medeksa DERBA ETH 2:29:465 James GERRITSON USA 2:30:30WOMEN:1 Danuta ERICKSON USA 2:53:182 Laurie PORTER USA 2:58:183 Emilie MILLER USA 3:00:314 Maren ELLIOTT USA 3:01:545 Nickie RAFIE USA 3:02:051 OCTOBER 2006:LOCH NESS MARATHON,GREAT BRITAINIt was the closest race in the event’s five-year historyas Zachary Kihara led local hero Simon Pride home by amere eight seconds. Hellen Cherono scored acontrolled win in the women’s race, but the River Ness10km was a tale of two extremes. Patrick Makau outleanedcountryman Simon Kasimili to win in a newcourse record, the first (and second) time the half-hourhad been broken while Cathy Mutwa blasted away theBritish opposition to win the women’s race by four anda half minutes.The main race included the Scottish MarathonChampionships and attracted over 2000 runners.Nearly 2500 ran the 10km while another 1000 peopleparticipated in the 5km fun run.MEN:1 Zachary KIHARA KEN 2:22:172 Simon PRIDE GBR 2:22:253 Jamie REID GBR 2:24:044 Stephen WYLIE GBR 2:30:095 Christopher WILSON GBR 2:33:36Distance Running January – March 200745

WOMEN:1 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:46:542 Krystina KUTA POL 2:47:303 Jennifer MACLEAN GBR 2:58:594 Julia BARLTROP GBR 3:02:325 Rowena FOK GBR 3:07:14River Ness 10km Run:MEN:1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 29:452 Simon KASIMILI KEN 29:453 Martin WILLIAMS GBR 30:48WOMEN:1 Cathy MUTWA KEN 33:452 Christine MILNE GBR 38:173 Dhavala SCOTT GBR 38:501 OCTOBER 2006:GUAYAQUIL MARATHON,ECUADORMEN:1 Juan Carlos CARDONA 2:23:182 Byron SAQUIPAY 2:27:223 Dimaj QINGALUISA 2:29:464 Andres JUCA 2:30:355 Cesar DEJA 2:31:42WOMEN:1 Sandra RUALES 2:45:582 Inglandini GONZALES 2:55:563 Maria CHASIPANTA 3:07:454 Miriam BARBARON 3:15:595 Narciza NARVAEZ 3:19:22HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Saul PELAEZ 1:23:252 Walter PINEDA 1:24:083 Luis PENAFIEL 1:24:09WOMEN:1 Rita MEONO 1:29:272 Isabel VELEZ 1:48:033 Liliana RESTREPO 1:51:418 OCTOBER 2006:EINDHOVEN MARATHON,NETHERLANDSPhillip Singoei wone the race in a new course record,surpassing the previous mark by 28 seconds. He passedthrough halfway in 1:03:40 and 25km in 1:15:10. At 30kmhe was still accompanied by Samson Barmao and LukeKibet, and they were on 2:07 schedule. Singoei provedstrongest, but his pace faltered towards the end as hecramped and slowed, but still won by more than 400m.Conditions were ideal (16C) and enjoyed by many. Overthe three events - there was also a half marathon and aCity Run - 13,500 people took part.MEN:1 Phillip SINGOEI KEN 2:08:182 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:09:283 Luke KIBET KEN 2:10:064 Yousuf SONGOKA KEN 2:11:375 John KIRUI KEN 2:11:49WOMEN:1 Agnes HIJMAN NED 2:54:362 Armande PETIT BEL 3:00:053 Helmie RAMAKERS NED 3:02:068 OCTOBER 2006:NOVI SAD NIS MARATHONAfter Belgrade, Novi Sad is the second largest city inSerbia and it is the capital of Vojvodina AutnomousProvince. The 14th edition of the race started andfinished in the famous city square in front of the townhall. The course runs mostly along the Danube, besidenewly constructed or reconstructed bridges. It passesthe University district and past the beautiful oldpalace of the Assembly and Government of Vojvodina.Along the left bank of the river it passes the famousPetrovaradin Fortress.The Marathon included a relay race and in all therewere 390 participants. There were also 2500 pupilsfrom primary and secondary schools, and more than150 pre-school children who took part in the “Race ofJoy”, together with their teachers and parents.Moldovan Jaroslav Musindki won in new courserecord of 2:13:39, which was also an Olympic qualifyingtime. Sight-impaired runner Cumak Nikolai, also fromMoldova, qualified for the Beijing Paralympic Gameswith his time of 2:57:09.Novi Sad and its Marathon have been confirmed asa place where world results can be achieved and as aresult the organisers expect even larger numbers ofparticipants next year. Perhaps some more of them willgo on to enjoy the great happiness of participation inthe Olympic Games.MEN:1 Jarolsov MUSHINSKI MDA 2:13:392 Roman PRODIUS MDA 2:20:573 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 2:23:394 Kasprik JALEK POL 2:38:015 Zoran MARKOVIC SRB 2:38:25WOMEN:1 Svetlana SEPELJEVA RUS 2:58:142 Ksenija BODLOVIC SRB 3:11:523 Lidija MIKLOS SRB 3:12:004 Bojana TRALJIC SRB 3:27:475 Stojanka SOKOL SRB 3:36:008 OCTOBER 2006:MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALYMEN:1 Benson CHERONO KEN 2:07:572 Benson BARUS KEN 2:08:333 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:09:264 Frank CALDEIRA BRA 2:14:055 Mezgebu ASSEFA ETH 2:15:16WOMEN:1 Askale MAGARSA ETH 2:27:562 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 2:28:513 Anne KOSGEI KEN 2:32:544 Fridah LODPA KEN 2:42:455 Leila BOUGIBA ITA 2:54:318 OCTOBER 2006:ROYAL VICTORIA MARATHON,CANADARainy conditions and considerable pre-race pressure tobreak a 25 year old record did not get in the way ofSteve Osaduik’s single-minded resolve to run himselfinto Victoria’s record books at Sunday’s 27th AnnualRoyal Victoria Marathon.He was elated with his best-ever marathon time -by a full seven minutes – which also shattered a courserecord that has stood since 1981 and had previouslyeven proved beyond the reach of Olympicmarathoners Jon Brown and Bruce Deacon.“This has been the race I’ve been gearing up for allyear. I wanted the record. I felt great and received a lotof support out there,” said the 27-year-old about his12-minute margin of victory.MEN:1 Steve OSADUIK CAN 2:16:492 Shawn MILLER USA 2:28:513 Adam CAMPBELL CAN 2:29:114 Jason LOUTITT CAN 2:30:205 Graeme WILSON CAN 2:33:09WOMEN:1 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:47:052 Erin PERKIN USA 3:06:483 Catherine IRONS CAN 3:07:334 Katherine MOORE CAN 3:07:515 Kate BRADSHAW USA 3:11:248 OCTOBER 2006:ZAGREB MARATHON, CROATIAMEN:1 Sergei ALEKSANDROV RUS 2:20:182 Duro KODZO BSH 2:20:403 Roman KEZJAR SLO 2:20:574 Emanuele ZENUCCI ITA 2:23:105 Gergely REZESSY HUN 2:25:49WOMEN:1 Marijana LUKIC SCG 2:59:292 Antonia ORLIC CRO 2:59:323 Marija TROSIC VRAJIC CRO 3:06:524 Katalin FARKAS HUN 3:15:575 Ana DOMAZET-LOSO CRO 3:25:008 OCTOBER 2006:MEIA MARATONA DA BAHIA,BRAZILMEN:1 Ubiraton DOS SANTOS BRA 1:07:132 Matthew CHEBOI KEN 1:08:183 Manoel TEXEIRA BRA 1:08:414 Willian GOMES BRA 1:09:115 Elijah YATOR KEN 1:09:29WOMEN:1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:19:132 Marizete DOS SANTOS BRA 1:20:193 Marcia NARLOCH BRA 1:21:044 Edielza DOS SANTOS BRA 1:22:215 Reneide DOS SANTOS BRA 1:22:338 OCTOBER 2006:II MEDITERRANEAN MARATHON,SPAINA cool cloudy and windless morning greeted 430entrants in the 2nd edition of the “Marató delMediterrani” on a flat course linking Gavà andCastelldefels, two cities located 15km from Barcelona.The start and finish were located at the Olympic Canal,the same venue used for the canoeing events in the1992 Olympic Games.Benito Ojeda and Victor Gonzalo, two of the bestmarathoners in Catalonia, led the race from the startand they passed the halfway point in 1:11, well ahead ofthe rest of the field. Ojeda, Spanish marathonchampion in 2000 and 2001, broke away in the last5km to win.In the women’s race Marina Cadeval from Mexico(visiting her relatives in Barcelona) won by one minuteand half despite still being well behind Emi Vaquero at39km.MEN1 Benito OJEDA ESP 2:25:402 Victor GONZALO ESP 2:28:033 Viçens SELLARÉS ESP 2:35:004 Emilio FERRER ESP 2:36:105 Albert MOLINER ESP 2:38:33WOMEN1 Marina CADAVAL MEX 3:24:462 Emi VAQUERO ESP 3:26:213 Gudbjorg BJORNSDOTTIR ISL 3:30:564 Audur ADALSTEINSDÓTTIR ISL 3:36:105 Maria-Rosa MORENO ESP 3:38:5614 OCTOBER 2006:UNDER ARMOUR BALTIMOREMARATHON, USASee feature on page 15Distance Running January – March 200747

15 OCTOBER 2006:HUTCH DELHI HALF MARATHON,INDIAFrancis Kibiwott and Lineth Chepkirui ran strong racesfrom the front to leave their opposition behind overthe second half of the race. While Kibiwott went on tobreak the course record by 18 seconds, Chepkorir fellagonisingly short of the mark set by Irina Timofeyevain last year’s race. Timofeyeva herself came in fourth.The race set off at 07.30 before temperaturesstarted to climb much above the 23C daily minimum,but by the time of the finish it was considerably hotter.In the men’s race there was a group of 12 together inthe first few kilometres but along the ring roadbetween 5-8km they gradually stretched out. Kibiwotthad taken a small but clear lead over CuthbertNyasngo at 9km but for the next two kilometres couldnot extend it. His relentless pace began to tell in the12th kilometre and by 15km, as he turned onto thecity’s grand thoroughfare of Rajpath, he was in splendidisolation against the backdrop of the GovernmentSecretariat buildings, Nyasngo now in a distant secondplace. Kibiwott maintained his drive around India Gateand through to the finish line to capture a new courserecord.Chepkorir held back behind the lead pack for theearly stages of the race, but when she took the paceon after 10km no one could stay with her. The nextfour runners who came in behind her had competed inthe IAAF World Road Running Championship inHungary the previous weekend,and had not the energyto match the 18-year old’s pace.MEN1 Francis KIBIWOTT KEN 1:01:362 Cuthbert NYASANGO ZIM 1:02:303 John KORIR KEN 1:03:164 Philip RUGUT KEN 1:03:335 Tariku JIFAR ETH 1:03:38WOMEN1 Lineth CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:10:402 Teyba ERKESSO ETH 1:11:223 Dire TUNE ETH 1:11:354 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 1:12:115 Nataliya BERKUT UKR 1:12:2515 OCTOBER 2006:31ST ING AMSTERDAM MARATHON,NETHERLANDSSolomon Bushendich won in his marathon debut,beating his fellow countryman Bernard Barmasai athrilling duel with just 2 seconds separating them.Third placed Getuli Bayo from Tanzania was a long wayback. Pre-race favourites Fabiano Joseph (10th in2:13:24) and Patrick Ivuti (11th in 2:14:23) did notperform up to expectations. Koen Raymaekers finished16th as first Dutchman in a new personal record(2:15:50), an improvement of almost eight minutes.Kenyan athlete Rose Cheruiyot confirmed herfavourite’s status by winning convincingly while HelenaLoshanyang surprised with her second place improvingher personal best time by nearly six minutes.In total 22,500 runners participated in the INGAmsterdam Marathon, an increas of 2,500 on therecord set in 2005.MEN:1 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 2:08:522 Bernard BARMASAI KEN 2:08:543 Getuli BAYO TAN 2:10:474 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:11:175 Vanderlei LIMA BRA 2:11:36WOMEN1 Rose CHERUIYOT KEN 2:28:262 Helena LOSHANYANG KEN 2:28:513 Leila AMAN ETH 2:29:324 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:29:5615 OCTOBER 2006:POZNAN MARATHON, POLANDThe race is the largest marathon in Poland, with 2286runners finishing. They came from a total of 20countries, but there were only 144 women participants.MEN:1 Jan BIALK POL 2:16:212 Mark YARTICH KEN 2:17:173 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 2:17:254 Marcin FEHLAU POL 2:18:045 Mathew KOSGEI KEN 2:18:16WOMEN:1 Angelika AWERKOVA UKR 2:37:072 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:39:223 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:39:344 Ewa BRYCH-PAJAK POL 2:39:395 Wioletta URYGA POL 2:42:2015 OCTOBER 2006:PALERMO SUPERMARATHON,MARATHON & HALF, ITALYLorena Di Vito and Carlo Filiberto were clear winnersin Sunday’s (15) Palermo Supermarathon run over 50kmthrough the city centre and parks of the Sicilian capitalwrites Sean Wallace-Jones. Very few elite runnersparticipated, as race director Nando Sorbello hadconcentrated his efforts on doing the maximumpossible for the general field rather than consecrating alarge budget to bring in a field of top runners.Italian 24-hour champion Di Vito was in a classapart, being herself second overall finisher. She hadfinished third in the IAU 50km Tropy held inassociation with this race last year.MEN:1 Carlo FILIBERTO ITA 3:25:372 Vincenzo TAORMINA ITA 3:48:193 Salvatore GIORDANO ITA 3:53:15WOMEN:1 Lorena DI VITO ITA 3:45:29MARATHON:MEN:1 Benedetto PATTI ITA 2:57:312 Alfonso SILVA POR 3:00:253 Bernardo DE GREGORIO ITA 3:06:03WOMEN:1 Nicola CARTER GBR 3:42:582 Giovanna OCCHIPINTI ITA 3:45:573 Renée BROUWERS NED 3:47:58HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Giovanni SOFFRIETO ITA 1:11:542 Fabio RUGGERI ITA 1:13:413 Angelo FALLETTA ITA 1:13:45WOMEN:1 Patrizia GIOVALE ITA 1:28:152 Carla GRIMAUDO ITA 1:32:093 Monica BALDI ITA 1:33:44POZNAN15 OCTOBER 2006:MARATONA D’ITALIA, ITALYAniko Kalovics won the first marathon of her careerand smashed the national record one week afterfinishing eleventh in the IAAF World Road RunningChampionships in Debrecen, also in a national record(20km: 66:20) writes Diego Sampaolo. Kenyan DavidKemboi Kiyeng dramatically beat his compatriot DavidOmiti Makori, prevailing by just one second after avery close battle to the finish-line in Piazza Martiri inCarpi.Kalovics set a fierce pace from the beginning of therace aided by her fiancé and coach Zsolt Zsoder, aformer triathlete, for the first half of the race. Kalovicshad previously won the Stramilano and the Udine HalfMarathons this year and won a “gun-to-tape race” inwhich she ran at a sub-2:27 pace for most of thecompetition. She was only 3 seconds ahead of RosariaConsole at 10km (34:48 to 34:51), but upped this to 20seconds at 15km (52:07) and to 39 seconds at halfway(1:13:15). She then maintained a steady pace which puther 1:29 ahead of Console at 40km (2:19:16 to 2:20:45).It was the second best time ever recorded in Carpiafter Maria Guida’s course record (2:25:57) set in 1999. “Idid not feel tired after Debrecen” said Kaolovics. “Myfuture is the marathon. I will run a second marathonnext spring in Italy.”Console ran the third best time of her career: Sheset her PB in Paris in 2003 where she ran 2:27:48. “I amfully satisfied because I prepared for this marathon in ashort period of time after falling in Gothenburg,” saidConsole.The men’s race started fast with a big group of 11Kenyans and one Ethiopian, passing 10km in 30:13 onthe a slightly downhill section of the course out fromMaranello. Former European 10,000m and junior CrossCountry champion Vasyl Matvichuk of Ukraine wasdropped by 42 seconds as pacemaker Jackson Kirwawent through 15km in 45:20. Favourites David Kiyengand David Makori ran in the front reaching halfway in1:04:13, while Matvichuk was 32 seconds behind theKenyans. Kirwa finished pacing at 25km, reached in1:31:50. At this point eight men remained in contentionfor the victory.Kiyeng pushed ahead at 35km and built a gap of 21seconds by 40km. Victory seemed to be his but with2km to go Makori dramatically closed the gap on thefading Kiyeng who continued to turn around to seeMakori catching him. Kyieng somehow found thestrength to save the win in the final metres, andimproved his previous best time of 2:11:42. “I wasworried when I saw him getting closer,” admittedKiyeng.MEN:1 David Kemboi KIYENG KEN 2:10:072 David Omiti MAKORI KEN 2:10:083 Hillary KORIR KEN 2:10:164 Henry SEREM KEN 2:10:595 Vasyl MATVICHUK UKR 2:13:07WOMEN:1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 2:26:432 Rosalba CONSOLE ITA 2:28:503 Vincenza SICARI ITA 2:37:004 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:41:025 Susan KIPROTICH KEN 2:41:2715 OCTOBER 2006:ANA BEIJING MARATHON, CHINAWith celebratory lion dancers setting the tone for theday, the race set off from Tiananmen Square undercool, cloudy skies writes Mary-Nicole Nazzaro. Thetemperature was 16C with 77% humidity – slightlymuggier than ideal but very comfortable for the manyspectators who crowded the road around the Square.James Kwambai won the men’s race by 10 seconds fromcountryman David Kipkorir.48 Distance Running January – March 2007

The women’s race was as usual dominated byChinese runners, with seven of the top ten from thePeople’s Republic. Winner Sun Weiwei hopped with joyafter crossing the finish line - again just 10 secondsahead of second-placed Pamela Chepchumba. It was aclosely fought and evenly matched competition, as allof the women in the top ten finished within two and ahalf minutes.The course goes through the western section of thecity after departing from Tiananmen, then heads northand finally ends up at the National Olympic SportsCenter in north-central Beijing, the future home ofNational Stadium (the “bird’s nest”), which will be thevenue for the opening and closing ceremonies and thetrack and field competition for the 2008 OlympicGames.This was the twenty-sixth annual running of theBeijing Marathon. In addition to its status as one ofAsia’s premier marathons, this year’s race incorporatedthe 10th Asian Championships (held once every twoyears). Kim Kum-Ok, Zhang Shujing, and O Kyong-Sunplaced 1-2-3 in the Asian Championships competitionon the women’s side, and Kenichi Kita of Japan won themen’s competition.MEN:1 James KWAMBAI KEN 2:10:362 David KIPKORUIR KEN 2:10:463 Takehisa OKINO JPN 2:12:244 Kenei KIPROTICH KEN 2:12:445 Teruto OZAKI JPN 2:13:28WOMEN:1 Weiwei SUN CHN 2:34:412 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:34:513 Rong CHEN CHN 2:34:574 Yanyan GAI CHN 2:35:035 Kum-Ok KIM KOR 2:35:1615 OCTOBER 2006:PLUS BUDAPEST MARATHON,HUNGARYThe race was held two weeks later than originallyscheduled, after the city and police authoritiesrequested a postponement because of attentionfocussed upon demonstrations at the nationalParliament, which lies on the course. The late changeof date meant that the many foreign runners whousually participate were unable to make a return triptwo weeks later than that they originally booked, andthe race was more of a domestic affair than in recentyears.Nevertheless Tamas Toth faced a tough challengefrom Tanzanian Oswald Revelian, who passed throughhalfway 77 seconds clear (almost 400m). Runningalongside Jackton Odhiambo in the early stages Totheventually went ahead and overtook Revelian forvictory. Judit Foldingne Nagy won comfortably - somerecompense for having her longstanding nationalrecord taken from her on the same day, as AnikoKalovics won the Italian MarathonMEN:1 Tamas TOTH HUN 2:25:032 Oswald REVELIAN TAN 2:25:243 Jacton ODHIAMBO KEN 2:26:364 Roland ADOK HUN 2:29:465 Zoltan PULSKY HUN 2:35:41WOMEN:1 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 2:59:492 Eva VARGA HUN 3:06:043 Reka KOVACS HUN 3:19:354 Fatima KOVACS HUN 3:22:005 Tunde CSABANE TOTH HUN 3:22:2615 OCTOBER 2006:TIMISOARA MARATHON,ROMANIAMEN:1 Cristian PRASENEAC ROM 2:41:192 Francisc SAROSI ROM 2:44:003 Cristian TURCU ROM 2:45:124 Ioan-Pavel MOISA ROM 2:57:225 Falco LEHMANN GER 3:10:37WOMEN:1 Ana HECICO ROM 3:09:282 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 3:29:363 Silvia BANDA ROM 4:03:41HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Latis IONUT ROM 1:09:492 Raymond GULYAS ROM 1:10:563 Constantin MINERAN ROM 1:12:02WOMEN:1 Alina CLODEANU ROM 1:20:522 Alina OLARU ROM 1:29:253 Anneke GESELSCHAP NED 1:36:4815 OCTOBER 2006:TORONTO MARATHON AND HALF,CANADAMEN:1 Anthony SKUCE CAN 2:34:112 Joseph NDERITU KEN 2:34:333 Matthew LEDUC CAN 2:35:544 Paul LEDUC CAN 2:37:265 Per EKEGERD DEN 2:39:14WOMEN:1 Nicole STEPHENSON CAN 2:47:102 Angie FERRARO CAN 2:58:163 Angela BATSFORD CAN 2:58:384 Catherhine WASSENAAR USA 3:01:435 Jill GAMBLE CAN 3:10:00BUDAPESTHALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Predrag MLADENOVIC CAN 1:09:282 Travis TIMPSON CAN 1:10:133 Jason MATTHEWS CAN 1:11:33WOMEN:1 Rebecca STALLWOOD CAN 1:19:552 Sharlene COBAIN CAN 1:23:123 Seanna RISHOR CAN 1:25:5315 OCTOBER 2006:MOUNT DESERT ISLANDMARATHON, USARace week began with an announcement from ESPNnaming the event as “Most Scenic in North America.”and continued with a record number of registrations.Race day dawned with still winds, crisp clear air,magnificent scenery and the fall foliage at its best.Over 400 volunteers and hundreds of spectatorscreated a fun and festive atmosphere. The race wasstarted on Main Street in Bar Harbor by our honoraryrace starter, Kim Lopdrup - the president of racesponsors Red Lobster.The lead group featured two-time champion DavidHerr, Andy Beardsley, a top finisher of every edition ofthe race and a tight pack of others who patientlywatched the race unfold from just behind. Herr wasalone at the finish with church bells pealing his arrivaland crowds cheering him home on Main Street inSouthwest Harbor, thereby notching a very convincingthird victory in his five attempts.In the women’s race Debra Moreau looked completelyrelaxed as she broke the finishing tape aftersuccessfully out-running a record women’s fieldincluding two-time champion Lara Judson from Mt.Desert itself.There will be an even better event on Sunday 14October 2007. Our goal remains to produce thepremiere destination marathon in North America.Distance Running January – March 200751

MEN:1 David HERR USA 2:35:162 Andrew BEARDSLEY USA 2:40:413 Eric RUDOLF USA 2:47:254 Erik MCCARTHY USA 2:49:385 Brian WATERS USA 2:51:27WOMEN:1 Debra MOREAU USA 3:16:242 Lara JUDSON USA 3:23:213 Sharon MITCHELL USA 3:23:514 Amanda DREYER USA 3:26:395 Stacy STROUSE USA 3:30:4415 OCTOBER 2006:EDP PORTO MARATHON,PORTUGALLawrence Saina ran away for a solo win in the thirdedition of the race, breaking the course record by threeminutes and setting a new Portuguese all-comersrecord . He was the first runner to test the new PortoMarathon circuit. It will be the definitive one: flat,extremely fast, and combining seaside and riverside toshow runners the best of our beautiful city.From the start a group of five Kenyans led 6000runners through the streets, keeping pace with the halfmarathon runners. In the women’s race AurelianaEdmundo, from the offshore Portuguese territory ofthe Azores, had an easy win. She also led from the startto finish, breaking her personal best and ducking underthe three-hour barrier.MEN:1 Lawrence SAINA KEN 2:09:522 Joseph NGURAN KEN 2:11:583 Kipkorir CHAMGWONY KEN 2:15:054 Edep COLLINS KEN 2:15:355 Julius SEUREI KEN 2:16:11WOMEN:1 Aureliana EDMUNDO POR 2:57:352 Natalia PINTO POR 3:00:543 Ana GOMES POR 3:02:174 Susana SIMOES POR 3:13:485 Conceicao GRARE POR 3:24:55PORTOHALF MARATHONMEN:1 Paulo GOMES POR 1:04:392 Delfim CONCEICAO POR 1:07:203 Joaquim ROCHA POR 1:13:37WOMEN:1 Helena SAMPIAO POR 1:16:512 Fatima SILVA POR 1:20:353 Helena FERREIRA POR 1:38:2422 OCTOBER 2006:LAUSANNE MARATHON,SWITZERLANDLast year’s winner and regular participant Tesfay Eiticharan several minutes slower this year, and concededvictory to Sammy Rotich. Last year’s third placer,Weyessa Urguessa, was also pushed down one place tofourth, despite running within one second of the timehe recorded last year.MEN:1 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:14:392 Tesfaye ETICHA ETH 2:15:283 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:16:344 Weyessa URGUESSA ETH 2:17:325 Fikade AMMA ETH 2:19:25WOMEN:1 Meseret KOTU ETH 2:39:432 Muliye LEMA ETH 2:44:233 Lydia KURGAT KEN 2:48:044 Joanna GRONT POL 2:48:585 Fabiola OPPLIGER SUI 2:51:11HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Alexis GAX-FABRY SUI 1:11:272 Pierre PERRITAZ SUI 1:11:373 Benoit BERGAENZELE FRA 1:11:43WOMEN:1 Adeline ROCHE FRA 1:20:242 Juliette BALAGE FRA 1:21:253 Estelle OBERSON SUI 1:22:1122 OCTOBER 2006:21ST VENICE MARATHON, ITALYJonathan Kipkorir Kosgei set a new personal best aftera dramatic battle in the heart of Venice against ItalianAlberico Di Cecco, writes Diego Sampaolo. Di Ceccocame back after a difficult season with a confidenceboostingperformance over a new but challengingcourse from Villa Pisani in Stra to Riva dei Sette Martiriin Venice. Lenah Cheruyiot won the women’s race bydefeating former World record holder Tegla Loroupe.Paul Kimugul and Wilfred Taragon set the earlypace for the lead group of nine - six Kenyans and threeItalians - reaching 15km in 45:55. Running 64:49 throughthe halfway mark, Taragon was the first pacemaker todrop out at 25km (1:16:50).After running for 4km in the centre of Mestre(25Km) runners crossed San Giuliano’s Park, achallenging section of the course inside a vast greenarea between Mestre and Venice. Kimugul set the paceuntil 30km (1:32:20), when it came down to two Italiansand three Kenyans. The race reached its climax overthe 5km Ponte della Libertà (Bridge of Freedom).Di Cecco went to the front pushing the pace in the37th kilometre. Kosgei launched his first attack 2kmlater, but Di Cecco responded. The Italian ran onKosgei’s heels in the most difficult section of the racemarked by the famous 14 bridges. Kosgei pulled awayfrom Di Cecco by a few metres but the race was farfrom over. In a dramatic finish over the final kilometre,Kosgei held off Di Cecco by three seconds.Tegla Loroupe, twice World Marathon recordholder and three-time World champion in the Half-Marathon and Lenah Cheruyiot along with 2005 ItalianMarathon champion Ivana Iozzia battled for victory inthe women’s race. They passed halfway in 1:16:16. Theturning point of the race was just before 30km in SanGiuliano Park when Cheruyiot and Loroupe upped thepace, pulling clear of Iozzia by six seconds at 30km(1:48:54).Cheruyiot attacked at 35km, building up a solidmargin over Loroupe which proved to be decisive. Shelowered her PB by nearly two minutes. Loroupe, whowas sidelined by frequent injury problems, took a clearsecond place in an encouraging 2:35:50.MEN:1 Jonathan Kipkorir KOSGEI KEN 2:10:182 Alberico DI CECCO ITA 2:10:213 Paul LOKIRA KEN 2:11:004 Migidio BOURIFA ITA 2:11:095 William Todoo ROTICH KEN 2:11:31WOMEN:1 Lenah CHERUIYOT KEN 2:33:442 Tegla LORUPE KEN 2:35:503 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:36:134 Renata PARADOWSKA POL 2:38:245 Justina BAK POL 2:41:5022 OCTOBER 2006:NIAGARA FALLSVIEWINTERNATIONAL MARATHON,CANADAMEN:1 Simon NJOROGE-KARIUKI KEN 2:18:132 Joseph NDERITU KEN 2:27:043 Steven BOHAN CAN 2:29:514 Bob WEINER USA 2:30:525 Janusz SARNICKI POL 2:30:59WOMEN:1 Elena ROZHKO UKR 2:43:362 Kate MCNAMARA CAN 2:48:023 Lori KINGSLEY USA 2:55:074 Nathalie GOYER CAN 2:57:525 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:00:1452 Distance Running January – March 2007

HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Joseph GNEERI KEN 1:04:062 Danny KASSAP CAN 1:04:363 Henry GITHUKA KEN 1:05:33WOMEN:1 Paula WILTSE CAN 1:17:442 Beth WIGHTMAN CAN 1:18:003 Isabelle LEDROIT CAN 1:19:1429 OCTOBER 2006:MESSE FRANKFURT MARATHON,GERMANYWilfred Kigen of Kenya successfully defended hisMesse Frankfurt Marathon title in the German bankingcapital writes Pat Butcher. A warm day (20C) withstrong winds left him 37 seconds adrift of his courserecord from last year. He won by just one second in2005 but this year was almost a minute and half aheadof his rivals.Nine of the top 10 finishers come from Eldoret, thetown first made famous as Kip Keino’s home when hebroke through to win the 1968 Olympic 1500m title inMexico City. He is now revered as the godfather ofKenyan distance running.Kigen did the old man proud. He was always in theleading group, right behind the pacemakers, signallinghis intent to repeat last year’s win. He covered all thepotential breaks, including one at 34km by first-timerFrancis Bowen. That was the signal for Kigen who tookoff little more than a kilometre later.Svetlana Ponomarenko was a surprise winner of thewomen’s race, becoming the third Russian insuccession, after Olesya Nurgalieva and AlektinaBiktimorova, to win the title. Ponomarenko was aminute behind the leaders, Ethiopians Robe Tola andKutre Dulecha, at halfway, but explained: “I started tocatch them from 26km, and at 34km, I still felt verygood, so I went ahead”. Despite a pit-stop at 38km,which cost her around 40 seconds, the 36-year oldfrom the south Urals was so far ahead that she stillscored an easy win.MEN:1 Wilfred KIGEn KEN 2:09:062 Moses ARUSI KEN 2:10:303 Francis BOWEN KEN 2:10:494 Peter KIPROTICH KEN 2:10:575 Peter CHEBET KEN 2:11:45WOMEN1 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:30:052 Kirsten MELKEVIK OTTERBU NOR 2:31:303 Hafida IZEM MAR 2:31:304 Claudia DREHER GER 2:32:225 Gulnara VIGOVSKAYA RUS 2:32:5129 OCTOBER 2006:STANDARD CHARTERED NAIROBIMARATHON, KENYAHosea Kiprop Rotich, won his first ever marathon,beating his closest rival by three minutes writes OmuloOmoth. Irene Jerotich ran the fastest time ever onKenyan soil to win the women’s race, beating theexisting record by over three minutes. 19-year oldChinese Xin Zhang ran strongly for second place.Rotich, 25 years old, started training as a marathonrunner three years ago. He had no problems with the1600m altitude that makes running in Nairobi tough foreven the world’s strongest runners. “I can go anotherkilometre. This has opened the world for me and thereis no stopping me,” he said.On a warm morning under a clear sky, themarathon runners sped away from the start-line at07.45 along the Mombasa Road towards the airport.The race was run on a new route following complaintsby church goers after last year’s race. More than 15,000runners and joggers, up from 12,000 last year,combined to form a carnival mood in the roads westof Nairobi’s Central Business District. The consistentgrowth in the popularity of the Nairobi Marathon sinceits inception in 2003 was mirrored by the thousands ofspectators that lined the new route, and is strongtestament to the passion and popularity of longdistance running in Kenya.The Nairobi Marathon is the first leg of the annual“Greatest Race on Earth” series of marathons (Nairobi,Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong). Teams from 33countries are competing for a share of a prize pool ofUS $1.5 million.MEN:1 Hosea Kiprop ROTICH KEN 2:10:212 Kipchoge KIPLAGAT KEN 2:13:063 Alex MALINGA UGA 2:13:094 Paul LIMO KEN 2:13:475 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:14:58WOMEN:1 Irene JEROTICH KEN 2:32:392 Xiu ZHANG CHN 2:37:263 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:39:074 Lornah MUTHONI KEN 2:39:245 Juliana WAMBUA KEN 2:42:00HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Philemon GETEA KEN 1:00:252 Moses KORORIA KEN 1:01:523 David RUTO KEN 1:01:54WOMEN:1 Beatrice RUTO KEN 1:10:522 Anne CHEPTANUI KEN 1:12:363 Agnes CHEROP KEN 1:12:5429 OCTOBER 2006:LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON,SLOVENIAMEN:1 Joachim NSHIMIRIMANA BDI 2:14:142 Benjamin KIPTAURUS KEN 2:14:293 Awad Aman AMAJID QAT 2:15:084 Olesander SITKOVSKIY UKR 2:15:455 Nickson KIPTOLO KEN 2:17:06WOMEN:1 Inga JUODESHKIENE LIT 3:01:5229 OCTOBER 2006:MARINE CORPS MARATHON, USAMexico’s Ruben Garcia became only the second man tohave back-to-back victories at the Marine CorpsMarathon, ahead of a record field of 30,370 entries,write Alan Brookes. The women’s section of the“People’s Marathon” was won by American recreationalrunner, Laura Thompson of Boise, Idaho.Conditions were almost ideal for running, withclear blue skies, sunshine, light breezes, and a chilly 4Cat the start by Arlington National Cemetery. Thelargest-ever MCM field was drawn from all 50 states,and 54 different countries. In all, some 20,858 endedup crossing the finish line, moving Marine Corps from5th into 4th place amongst America’s largestNAIROBIFRANKFURT54 Distance Running January – March 2007

marathons, just ahead of Los Angeles. It was asignificant increase from the 18,843 finishers inWashington last October.The race got off to a strong start with a couple ofMexicans, and a trio of Africans running for one of theevent sponsors hitting 5 miles in 24:04 and gunning forthe 20-year old course record of 2:14:01. Kenyan JaredNyamboki stayed ahead of the record pace through15km, almost a minute clear. Belay Kassa, an Ethiopianbased in Fayetteville, Georgia, was a distant second,with fellow-countryman Tamrat Ayalew in third, andGarcia, running a sensible, even pace in fourth , threeminutes back.The order and spacing remained the same throughhalf-way. [Nyamboki 67:39, Garcia 70:10]. Gradually theAfricans began to fade, and at 32km Nyamboki’s leadwas down to 77 seconds, with Garcia now in secondand closing. Around 35km the Mexican struckdecisively, passing the sagging Kenyan who stepped offthe course near the entertainment in Crystal City,around 36km. Garcia maintained good form andunfaltering pace to claim his repeat victory. Last year’ssecond-place finisher, Carl Rundell of Birmingham,Michigan, crossed the line a very distant second againthis year after the two Ethiopians faded badly [to2:27:32 and 2:30:11].As the temperature rose to a pleasant 15C and thewinds picked up, the masses poured in, exemplifyingthe Marine Corps experience. Crowds of runners werethickest around the five-hour mark - the averagefinishing time in Washington. The People’s Marathonprovided the perfect day for sight-seeing at a leisurelypace, and the numerous and friendly spectators stayeduntil well after seven hours to cheer home the 11,044first-time marathoners and the large number of femalerunners [11,901] amongst the record field. The bandsplayed in the post-run party area on Meade Street, andthere was much celebration after the final objectivewas reached, the steep rise to the famous Iwo JimaMonument at the finish line.MEN:1 Ruben GARCIA USA 2:21:172 Carl RUNDELL USA 2:24:223 Jose MIRANDA USA 2:26:214 Andreas CARLBORG SWE 2:26:375 Belay KASSA ETH 2:27:28WOMEN:1 Laura THOMPSON USA 3:00:102 Brenda SCHRANK USA 3:02:283 Suzanne HIMES USA 3:02:524 Samantha KIRBY USA 3:04:465 Becky BACKSTROM USA 3:06:1529 OCTOBER 2006:GUADALAJARA MARATHON,MEXICOMEN:1 Philip KIBITOK KEN 2:15:182 Christopher TOROITICH KEN 2:15:343 Samuel CHEPNO KEN 2:16:184 Jesus TORRES MEX 2:17:155 Peter AYENI KEN 2:17:27WOMEN:1 Susan MUTHONI KEN 2:40:022 Judith HERNANDEZ MEX 2:40:043 Paula JUAREZ MEX 2:41:364 Lucilia DAMASO MEX 2:42:125 Liliana FERNANDEZ MEX 2:42:3629 OCTOBER 2006:BIG SUR HALF MARATHON ONMONTERREY BAY, USAMEN:1 Ian DOBSON 1:02:322 Fernando CABADA 1:02:453 Macdonald ONDARA 1:03:124 Richard KIMELI 1:04:225 Sergio REYES 1:04:23WOMEN:1 Jennifer RHINES 1:12:172 Kate O’NEILL 1:16:323 Heather GIBSON 1:16:564 Brooke WELLS 1:17:555 Elissa RIEDY 1:18:3229 OCTOBER 2006:ALAND MARATHON,FINLANDMEN:1 Janne HOLMEN FIN 2:28:582 Lennart SODERLUND SWE 2:38:113 Veli- Matti KARHULAHTI FIN 2:47:004 Emil SODERLUND SWE 2:53:545 Garry MACLNNES GBR 2:54:30WOMEN:1 Lotta FRENANDER SWE 3:26:282 Sara CARLSSON SWE 3:36:323 Anne MARTTILA FIN 3:50:014 Irina KUHA FIN 3:50:245 Tuija KATAJA FIN 3:50:48HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Peter KUJANPAA SWE 1:17:322 Toomas UNT 1:20:483 Robert SODERMAN 1:21:59WOMEN:1 Sanna KULLBERG 1:23:182 Carita SODERGARD FIN 1:30:343 Mia LUNDH 1:33:0629 OCTOBER 2006:BUENOS AIRES MARATHON,ARGENTINAMEN:1 Jesus Santos GEOVANE BRA 2:18:272 Oscar CORTINEZ ARG 2:20:213 Hugo Paucar RAMOS PER 2:23:144 Paulino CANCHANYA 2:25:235 Daniel SIMBRON 2:26:12WOMEN:1 Sandra TORRES 2:49:042 Valerie RODRIGUEZ 2:49:293 Estelia MARTINEZ 2:51:404 Carina Allay CHIAFFITELLI 2:55:245 Rosana LUISETTI 2:57:4829 OCTOBER 2006:CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHONMARATHON, KOREAMEN1 Elijah MUTAI KEN 2:13:462 Gabriel Jose GARCIA GUA 2:13:533 Yun-shan ZHENG CHN 2:16:474 Myong-Kee LEE KOR 2:17:345 Alfredo AREVALO GUA 2:18:23WOMEN1 Sun-Suk YUN KOR 2:36:042 Sun-Young LEE KOR 2:36:273 Eun-Hee CHAE KOR 2:41:324 Kyong-Mi CHUNG KOR 3:01:265 Kyong-Suk YOO KOR 3:02:2330 OCTOBER 2006:adidas DUBLIN MARATHON,IRELANDAleksey Sokolov won the 27th edition of the race in anew course record of 2:11:30 - a minute and a halffaster than that posted by Lezan Kimutai in 2004writes Maire Scully.Sokolov led from the off, setting a very fast pace,running on a 2:10 schedule for a large part of thecourse. He was already a minute up at 10km, and twoand-halfminutes up at halfway. A group of six runnersheld together behind him, and the gap closed up alittle in the final stages, although Sokolov remainedmore than 400m clear at the finish. Alina Ivanova tooka similarly early lead. She was 100m up on LarisaZyusko at 10km and a minute ahead of Hailey Haining.These two were together at halfway, more than twominutes behind Ivanova. Haining held the gap for thesecond half of the race and went ahead of Zyusko totake second place.Two new Irish National Champions were crowned,with Cian McLoughlin the first Irishman home, in 10thplace overall. Defending Women’s Champion PaulineCurley was just pipped over the final few steps by JillShannon from Belfast, who was running her debutmarathon.The organisers regret to confirm that there was afatality during the course of the race.MEN:1 Aleksey SOKOLOV RUS 2:11:392 Oleksandr KUZIN UKR 2:13:113 Edwin KOMEN KEN 2:13:264 Dmytro OSADCHY UKR 2:14:225 Matt SMITH GBR 2:14:41WOMEN1 Alina IVANOVA RUS 2:29:492 Hayley HAINING GBR 2:31:513 Larisa ZYUSKO RUS 2:33:094 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 2:33:365 Julia VINOKOUROVA RUS 2:33:435 NOVEMBER 2006:JOONGANG SEOUL MARATHON,KOREA29-year-old Kenyan Jason Mbote scored his first bigmarathon win writes Mirko Jalava. Mbote bettered hispersonal best from Frankfurt last year by 27 seconds,and beat William Kiplagat’s course record set last yearby 24 seconds. It was only the second time that Mbotehad dipped under 2:10.He beat several more established runners: Paul Kirui,who had set a personal best of 2:06:44 in Rotterdamearlier this year, finished second. The next two finisherswere also better-known Kenyans, and both set seasonalbests. Former Boston winner and Korean nationalrecord holder Lee Bong-Ju took fifth, while two-timeLondon winner Abdelkader El Mouaziz was a long wayadrift in sixth place.The women’s race was a domestic affair, won by KimHye-Kyong in a personal best of 2:40:36.MEN:1 Jason MBOTE KEN 2:08:132 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:09:053 Philip MANYIM KEN 2:09:354 Wilson ONSARE KEN 2:09:475 Bong-Ju LEE KOR 2:10:49WOMEN:1 Hye-Kyong KIM KOR 2:40:362 Mi-Ok PARK KOR 2:45:153 Mi-Eun KIM KOR 2:52:445 NOVEMBER 2006:ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON,GREECEThe 24th edition was run under a sunny sky but incool temperatures writes Michalis Nikitaridis. Evenso, the extremely tough course suppressed thewinning times.The victors received not only the traditionalcrowns of wild olive but also a prize of 6000 euroseach, awarded by the President of the HellenicRepublic, Karolos Papoulias.Distance Running January – March 200755

Henry Tarus showed patience as well as strengthto win the men’s race. Paul Lomol Lopio and BenChebet, who led the race to 39km, were eventuallyout manoeuvred by Tarus. Tarus made the decisivesurge on the final downhill section of the course asthe longtime leaders tired. He made up a deficit ofabout 300m and crossed the line at thePanathanaikos Stadium with 100m to spare. Ethiopia’sHabtamu Bekele came through late to take thirdplace while Chebet, who had led for so long, fadedto a tired 9th.Ioannis Kanellopoulos, finished seventh overall tosecure the Greek national title in his marathon debut.The 25-year-old first became known in 2003 when hewon the European U23 10,000m title in Bydgoszcz,Poland. Another debutant, the former oarsmanDimitrios Theorikakos, was eighth overall and secondfinisher in the national championships.The women’s race was decided with less than100m to go as three runners entered the stadiumtogether. Japan’s Chikako Ogushi found the strengthto fend off her two Ethiopian challengers, HatishLetay and Zinash Alemu. It was Ogushi’s fourthmarathon race, and her second this year, as she hadfinished sixth in Nagano last April in 2:40:00.The Greek runner Eleni Donta took the nationaltitle, finishing fifth overall, and put an end to GeorgiaAmbatzidou’s dominance. Ambatzidou hadmonopolised the national title from 2001 to 2005,with each of her five victories accomplished in theAthens Classic Marathon.MEN:1 Henry TARUS KEN 2:17:452 Paul Lomol LOPIO KEN 2:18:073 Habtamu BEKELE ETH 2:20:044 Marc SAINA KEN 2:20:185 Fujimoto DAIKUSE JPN 2:20:41WOMEN:1 Chikako OGUSHI JPN 2:40:452 Letay HADISH ETH 2:40:533 Zinash ALEMU ETH 2:42:024 Salomie Jetnet KASSA ETH 2:42:595 Eleni DONTA GRE 2:44:435 NOVEMBER 2006:ISTANBUL EURASIA MARATHON,TURKEYSee feature on page 225 NOVEMBER 2006:UWI-SPEC HALF MARATHON,TRINIDAD & TOBAGOSee feature on page 2510 NOVEMBER 2006:PHARAONIC 100KM, EGYPTINDIVIDUAL:1 Mahmoud DEHAISE EGY 8:19:46TEAMS:1 H.O CLUB ALEXANDRIA EGY 6:45:162 ALEXANDRIA RUNNERS EGY 6:45:183 COMBINED TEAM 1 7:37:454 COMBINED TEAM 2 7:37:455 ANGLO-FRENCH TEAM 7:59:256 ANGLO-AMERICAN TEAM 8:02:5512 NOVEMBER 2006:GARDA TRENTINO HALFMARATHON, ITALYMEN:1 Kudama SHENTAMA ETH 1:04:082 Peter KIPLAGAT KEN 1:04:583 Sergei ZACHEPA RUS 1:05:084 Guiliano BATTOCLETTI ITA 1:05:165 Rachid JARMOUNI ITA 1:06:04WOMEN:1 Elisa DESCO ITA 1:14:582 Edi TURCO ITA 1:15:403 Vittoria SALVINI ITA 1:16:274 Paola FEDEZI ITA 1:17:245 Laura RICCI ITA 1:20:0212 NOVEMBER 2006:MARATHON DE MONACOMEN:1 Wilfred CHESEREK KEN 2:17:212 Andrei BRYZGALOV RUS 2:17:503 Jacob KITUR KEN 2:18:554 Simon RIPIS KEN 2:20:185 Wepoghe Pius MNANGAT KEN 2:20:19WOMEN:1 Lena GAVELIN SWE 2:39:292 Olena SAMKO UKR 2:41:273 Krystina KUTA POL 2:45:394 Elena KOYEVNIKOVA RUS 2:47:135 Maria FEDOSSEEVA RUS 2:49:2810km race:MEN:1 Zouhair OUERDI MAR 30:542 Diego FILLIPI ITA 31:313 Mustapha TANTAN FRA 31:49WOMEN:1 Alison BARNES GBR 37:032 Yolanda CEPLAK SLO 37:363 Magali NERENHAUSEN FRA 39:5319 NOVEMBER 2006:TOKYO WOMEN’S INTERNATIONALMARATHON, JAPANReiko Tosa ran away from 2000 Olympic championNaoko Takahashi just after 31km writes Ken Nakamura.It was Tosa’s third marathon victory. She had also wonthe 2004 Nagoya Women’s marathon, which qualifiedher for the 2004 Olympic marathon in which shefinished fifth. She had also been a close runner-up toLidia Simon in the 2001 World Championships inEdmonton.Conditions were less than favourable. Drizzlebecame steady rain by mid-race and the last half wasalso marred by a headwind. Because Tosa did not break2:26 she has no automatic qualification for the 2007World Championships team, and has to await resultsfrom the Osaka Ladies and Nagoya Women’sMarathons.Takahashi finished a disappointing third. It was herfirst loss against another Japanese, her slowest time,and her lowest finishing place in a marathon since her2:31:32 debut at the 1997 Osaka Ladies Marathon.The race started fast, with Tosa sometimes leadingthe pack ahead of the pacemakers Alevtina Ivanovaand Olga Romanova. The first 5km, mostly downhill,was covered in a fast 16:29, only five seconds behindthe record pace of 1999. The lead pack quicklydwindled to eight runners – Tosa, Takahashi, ZivileBalciunate (runner up last year), Olivera Jevtic(European silver medallist), Jen Rhines and Asha Gigi,plus the two pacemakers.Akemi Ozaki, running her second marathon, caughtup with the lead pack but Rhines, Jevtic and Balciunaitestarted to fall off the pace soon afterwards. Ozaki alsostarted to fall behind, and ran most of the racebetween the lead and the chase packs.After 20km, Gigi, who ran the Berlin marathon inSeptember, was off the pace. At halfway Tosa andTakahashi were led through by Ivanova in 1:10:53. Therain was now steady and hopes of fast times furtherdiminished as runners faced a headwind. Ivanovadropped out at 27km and the pace slowed further. At30km Tosa and Takahashi were a minute ahead ofOzaki. “I did not surge at 31km,” Tosa said after therace. Takahashi just fell away, as the splits confirm (3:29,3:32 between 30-32km).After 32km the gap quickly grew. Tosa covered the30-35km section 42 seconds faster than Takahashi, andthe race was over. From 35km, the runners mustcontend with the hill, and Takahashi was losing 20seconds with each kilometre as Ozaki closed down,passing her with 3km to go.In an interesting aside, Tosa commented:“Tomorrow is my husband’s birthday. I think I gave hima good birthday present.” She is the first marriedfemale runner in Japan to win a major marathon.1 Reiko TOSA JPN 2:26:152 Akemi OZAKI JPN 2:28:513 Naoko TAKAHASHI JPN 2:31:224 Olivera JEVTIC SRB 2:33:115 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LIT 2:33:186 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:34:317 Jen RHINES USA 2:35:378 Atsede BAYSA ETH 2:37:489 Maki KONO JPN 2:39:4810 Yumiko MINATO JPN 2:40:3619 NOVEMBER 2006:PALERMO INT’L MARATHON, ITALYMEN1 Leonard KIPYEGO KEN 2:13:342 Reuben MUTUMWO KEN 2:15:353 Geoffry RONO KEN 2:16:024 John ROTICH KEN 2:19:135 Ben CHESEREK KEN 2:19:32WOMEN1 Rosa ALFIERI ITA 3:10:352 Diana DRAGHICI ITA 3:26:463 Maurizia GIACOMOZZI ITA 3:36:314 Irene SOLMI ITA 3:40:005 Morena SCARAMELLI ITA 3:40:0019 NOVEMBER 2006:MEDIA MARATHON QUITO - MITADDEL MUNDO, ECUADORMEN:1 Efrem AVILES ECU 1:04:572 Franklin TENORIO ECU 1:05:013 Herbieto LINARES ECU 1:06:48WOMEN:1 Judith LANDI ECU 1:16:392 Martha TENORIO ECU 1:17:393 Lorena ROSERO ECU 1:18:4419 NOVEMBER 2006:MARABANA MARATHON ANDHALF, CUBAIn total 3180 runners participated, with 745 foreignrunners coming from 76 countries. A relay event wasincorporated within the half marathon race, in which45 teams took part.At 10.00 the previous day the nationwide“Maracuba” series of 4820 races over the distance of4219.5m took place in which 2,356,021 peopleparticipated, including 19,550 handicappedparticipants.MEN:1 Henry Jaen ORTIZ CUB 2:29:232 Isbel Milian ACOSTA CUB 2:36:353 Yunier Fouman SANTIESTEBAN CUB 2:40:36WOMEN:1 Aracelis Lamout LUIS CUB 3:15:122 Zenaida Alonso DIAMET CUB 3:23:533 Daniela NUSSECK SUI 3:24:5656 Distance Running January – March 2007

HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Norber GUTIERREZ CUB 1:06:412 Livan LUQUE REYES CUB 1:06:573 Richar PEREZ COBAS CUB 1:07:25WOMEN:1 Mariela GONZALEZ TORRES CUB 1:18:082 Yudileivis Castillo TUMBAREL CUB 1:18:423 Dalin Belmonte TORRES CUB 1:20:1723 NOVEMBER 2006:ATLANTA MARATHON ANDHALF MARATHON, USASee feature on page 3824-26 NOVEMBER 2006:MALTA INT’L CHALLENGEMARATHON, MALTAThe Christmas lights might have been switched onearlier during the week, but it was a 27-year oldRussian Konstantin Kochkin who really lit up Valletta’sRepublic Street writes Paul Grech.He covered the total ‘Challenge’ distance of42.2km, run in three consecutive daily stages of 11.2km.6km and 25km in a cumulative time of 2:24:, almost 10minutes ahead of his opposition. “It isn’t good enoughto beat Dale Rixon’s record of 2:15.49 way back in 1992,”said race director Barry Whitmore, “but it is the fastestrun we’ve seen in a long time.”“It is an excellent race and the scenery is verybeautiful” said Kochkin. “The hills make it quite tough,particularly the final one that leads to the finish. So itis truly a challenge - but a nice challenge.”Four-time winner David Mansbridge, who finished thirdon the day (1:34:58) and second overall was visiblydisappointed. “Perhaps age is catching up with me,” hesaid.An athlete with whom age doesn’t seem to becatching up is Carol Walsh who, as expected, was thefirst woman in at the City Gate gantry at the end ofthe 25km and confirmed her overall victory. Walsh’sinclusion was a surprise - she last took part in this race13 years ago but she didn’t regret her choice.“I really enjoyed myself. At first I was a little bitapprehensive because you have to watch yourselfwhen you’re running three races in consecutive days. Iused my experience and held back a little in the firsttwo races,” she said. Doreen Vella’s second place - bothin the final race and overall - was a surprise asshe started the day in third. “It gave me something toaim for” she said. Carmen Hili, winner of the past foureditions, finished third with a slow third stage. “I didn’tfeel good today although I don’t really know why”, shesaid.MEN:1 Konstantin KOCHKIN RUS 2:24:412 David MANSBRIDGE GBR 2:34:293 Terentiev STANISLAV RUS 2:35:094 Drew LANG MLT 2:36:235 Johann GALEA MLT 2:37:00WOMEN:1 Carol WALSH MLT 2:50:272 Doreen VELLA MLT 3:01:103 Carmen HILI MLT 3:04:064 Paola VIGNANI ITA 3:20:245 Marica MICALLEF MLT 3:21:2525 NOVEMBER 2006:TORAY CUP SHANGHAIMARATHON, CHINANo results obtainable26 NOVEMBER 2006:TOYOTA GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN10KM, ETHIOPIAWith race favourite Ibrahim Jeylan not starting it wasEthiopian 20km champion Deriba Merga whopreserved the home nation’s 100% record in the sixthrunning of Africa’s largest 10km writes Elshadai Negash.In the women’s race little-known runner BelayneshFekadu took a surprise victory over defendingchampion Genet Getaneh as both winners smashed thecourse record. Young Lyneth Chepkurui equalledKenya’s best-ever placing in this race as the 18-year oldled for the final 2km but was unable to match Fekadu’sfinish.A leading group of eight distanced themselvesfrom the rest of the field with four Kenyans also vyingfor a chance to upset the form book. At 5km Tola tookthe initiative and his pace dropped two runners fromthe pack. Three more were left behind soon afterwardsso that Tola led Merga and Eshetu Wondimu. Tola andMerga dropped Wondimu with 2km to go and Mergapulled clear with 500m to go. Henry Sugut, in ninth,was the fastest non-Ethiopian.Belaynesh Fekadu shocked defending championGenet Getaneh and race favourite Bezunesh Bekeleto take an upset victory in the women’s contest.Fekadu had finished 14th last year and started off byrunning behind a large leading group of nine runners.Only over the last 2km, when the pack dwindled tofive runners, did she take command over theproceedings, moving behind leader Chepkurui with akilometre to go and sprinting past the Kenyan with500m to go.MEN:1 Deriba MERGA ETH 28:192 Tadesse TOLA ETH 28:223 Eshetu WONDIMU ETH 28:354 Tilahun REGASSA ETH 28:355 Kidane GEMECHU ETH 28:40WOMEN:1 Belaynesh FEKADU ETH 33:032 Lineth CHEPKURUI KEN 33:083 Genet GETANEH ETH 33:144 Aheza KIROS ETH 33:255 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 33:2726 NOVEMBER 2006:XXIII FIRENZE MARATHON, ITALYA record 6.971 runners, representing 54 countriesstarted from the piazzale Michelangelo. Kutto wasenlisted to act as “hare” until 25km, but afterperforming this task was in good enough shape to goon to win.Pacemaker James Kutto seized his chance to winthe 23th edition and smashed the course record in theprocess writes Diego Sampaolo. Vincenza Sicari scoreda home victory in her first serious attempt over thedistance.The men’s race started fast, with the first 10kmpassed in 30:07. Pre-race favourite Hicham Chatt, whoran an outstanding 2:07:59 last April in London, lostground on the leading group and was forced to dropout after 15km. Six men formed the lead group whichincluded Kenyan pacemaker Benjamin Kiptoo,Caliandro (who had the task to pace his teammateIngargiola until halfway), Kutto, Ingargiola and JoelSaitoti. Kiptoo went through halfway in 63:53, 40seconds faster than the time previously agreed.Ingargiola and Kutto pulled away from the rest ofthe field after 25km (75:48). Running a 27th kilometreof 2:58, Kutto dropped Ingargiola by 10 seconds. At30km the Kenyan upped the pace to increase his leadover the Italian to 24 seconds. He had started the raceas a pacemaker, but now decided to continue to thefinish. He kept a sub-3 minutes/km pace, clocking1:45:54 at 35km (inside 2:08 pace).Ingargiola and little-known Kenyan Joel Saitoti,who were dropped by 1:40 at 35km, engaged in a neckand neck battle for second place. Over the challengingfinal kilometres of the course inside the centre of theTuscan city Saitoti faded and Kimeli Kenei camethrough to take third place - but Kutto’s victory wasnever in doubt.Vincenza Sicari was left out on her own at 30kmwhen local favourite Gloria Marconi dropped out.Sicari and Marconi had battled together in the firsthalf, passing 10km in 34:56. At halfway Sicari surged todrop Marconi by six seconds. Marconi dropped outafter 30km when Sicari, who ran her first seriousmarathon after completing a test in Carpi last Octoberin 2:37:00, was running at a 2:29 pace. Three kilometreslater she slowed dramatically with liver problems butdefended her lead to the end after building up a solidgap over Monica Carlin and Sigrid Valdre in the firstpart of the race.MEN:1 James KUTTO KEN 2:08:412 Francesco INGARGIOLA ITA 2:12:183 Kenedy K KEMEI KEN 2:13:364 Joel SAITOTI KEN 2:14:005 Philip BIWOTT KEN 2:14:29WOMEN:1 Vincenza SICARI ITA 2:34:522 Monica CARLIN ITA 2:46:313 Sigrid VALDRE EST 2:49:194 Valentina DELION MDA 2:50:255 Giulia BELLINI ITA 2:51:1326 NOVEMBER 2006:UW MEDICAL CENTER SEATTLEMARATHON AND HALF, USAMEN:1 Uli STEIDL 2:27:512 Andy MARTIN 2:29:083 Nick MERRILL 2:37:494 John BURKE 2:43:505 Craig MCMILLAN 2:45:08WOMEN:1 Trisha STEDL 3:01:362 Christine REHWALD 3:05:153 Ann ARMSTRONG 3:05:394 Annie THIESSEN 3:12:035 Marisa RUHTER 3:12:06HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Andy RAKESTRAW 1:12:572 John RIAK 1:13:263 James OCONNOR 1:13:40WOMEN:1 Rhea RICHTER 1:24:502 Jamie GIBBS 1:26:013 Marti REIMER-REISS 1:26:1526 NOVEMBER 2006:10KM CORPORE SAO PAULOCLASSIC, BRAZILMEN:1 Mathew CHEBOI KEN 29:382 Kosgei K KIPLINO KEN 29:443 Franck CALDEIRA DE ALMEIDA BRA 29:504 Paulo R ALMEIDA PAULO BRA 29:555 Cosmers K KEMBOI KEN 30:03WOMEN:1 Ednalva Lauriano DA SILVA BRA 34:412 Fabiana Cristine DA SILVA BRA 35:163 Maria Zeferina R BALDAIA BRA 36:264 Rosangela FIGUEREDO BRA 36:545 Maria L DOS SANTOS NASCIMENTO BRA 36:54Distance Running January – March 200759

26 NOVEMBER 2006:MARATON DE SAN SEBASTIAN,SPAINMEN:1 William SEREM KEN 2:16:202 Abraham CHELANGA KEN 2:18:323 Abraham AIYABEI KEN 2:21:424 Vitor Gonzalo GUIRAO ESP 2:26:175 Fernando Ramirez PEREZ ESP 2:27:56WOMEN:1 Angela DAWSON HOWE GBR 2:49:362 Amaia Arana ALDANONDO ESP 2:52:323 Josune Tercero MATEOS ESP 2:54:204 Leire Elosegi INSAUSTI ESP 2:54:3726 NOVEMBER 2006:MARATHON OF LA ROCHELLE,FRANCEAlmost 8000 runners enjoyed almost perfectconditions for the 16th edition and were helped ontheir way by 1100 volunteers. Race favourites HailuAbebe, Peter Biwott and Elijah Nyabuti passed throughhalfway in 1:05:35. At 35km Biwott escaped from Abebeand stayed ahead to the finish line. In the women’s raceElizabeth Chemweno won the race for the secondsuccessive year.MEN:1 Peter BIWOTT KEN 2:14:012 Hailu ABEBE ETH 2:15:403 Elijah NYABUTI KEN 2:16:314 Alfred MASRI KEN 2:19:215 John NGENY KEN 2:19:48WOMEN:1 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:37:582 Leopoldina SILVEIRA FRA 2:42:393 Maria FEDOSEEVA RUS 2:46:524 Lidia VASILIEVSKAIA RUS 2:47:125 Murielle BRIONNE FRA 2:49:59LA ROCHELLE26 NOVEMBER 2006:CYPRUS APHRODITE HALFMARATHON, CYPRUSThe Half Marathon is run in Paphos, the legendarybirthplace of Goddess Aphrodite. Runners came fromall over the world and enjoyed the fine weather of 230C and a cloudless sky. Many jumped into the PaphosSea after the race. Zsolt Benedek's time was goodconsidering the warm weather conditions. He had aclose tussle with a number of Greek runners butmanaged to keep them at bay and eventually won withsomething to spare.MEN1 BENEDEK ZSOLT HUN 1:07:222 ZACHOS THEODOROS GRE 1:07:363 ZARAGKAS LAMBROS GRE 1:07:584 KANELLOPOULOS IOANNIS GRE 1:08:095 TATSIS MARIOS GRE 1:08:35WOMEN1 RUEDA OPPLIGER FABIOLA SUI 1:21:352 GRATSANI PARASKEVI GRE 1:24:223 WEBB DEBORAH GBR 1:29:134 HRISTOVA EMILIA BUL 1:34:505 CARMICHAEL SUE GBR 1:38:1026 NOVEMBER 2006:STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOKMARATHONAt 02.00 on Sanamchai Road in front of the RoyalGrand Palace the first group of marathon runners setoff into the darkness and 23C temperatures. Thesewere runners who would spend more than five hoursrunning (the limited time is seven hours). Everyonelooked happy and enjoyed the race. A further 2,000runners, aiming to go faster than five hours, started at03.30. The elite competitors from Kenya, Ethiopia,Europe, and America ran together at the front. From30km John Cheboi, the 2004 and 2005 champion and23-year old Berhanu Tesfaye were out by themselves. Itwas Tesfaye who finally won the prize ans the women’swinner was Violetta Uryga.The entire event attracted around 42,000participants. Of these, there are about 3,500 marathonrunners, 14,000 runners in 10.550km “quarter marathon”and 25,000 participants from more than 30 countriesin the 5km Walk & Fun Run. Uniquely, almost allrunners wore yellow T-shirts to celebrate the 60thanniversary of His Majesty’s the King’s accession to thethrone, and this edition was known as the “YellowMarathon”. Please note in your diary that the 20thedition will be held on 25 November 25.MEN:1 Tesfaye BERHANU ETH 2:28:022 John S CHEBOI KEN 2:28:113 Peter Kiprono RABURA KEN 2:28:224 Stephen LANGAT KEN 2:30:255 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:30:59WOMEN:1 Violetta URYGA POL 2:56:502 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 2:58:513 Pachree CHAITHONGSRI THA 3:01:214 Ketmanee SENAPHAN THA 3:03:435 Apasara PRASARTHINPIMAI THA 3:14:5626 NOVEMBER 2006:LAKE KAWAGUCHI NIKKAN SPORTSMARATHON, JAPANNo results obtainable.26 NOVEMBER 2006:STANDARD CHARTERED BANGKOKMARATHON, THAILANDAt 02.00 on Sanamchai Road in front of the RoyalGrand Palace the first group of marathon runners setoff into the darkness and 23°C temperatures. Thesewere runners who would spend more than five hoursrunning (the limited time is seven hours). Everyonelooked happy and enjoyed the race. A further 2,000runners, aiming to go faster than five hours, started at03.30. The elite competitors from Kenya, Ethiopia,Europe, and America ran together at the front. From30km John Cheboi, the 2004 and 2005 champion and23-year old Berhanu Tesfaye were out by themselves. Itwas Tesfaye who finally won the prize and the women’swinner was Violetta Uryga.The entire event attracted around 42,000participants. Of these, there are about 3,500 marathonrunners, 14,000 runners in 10.550km “quarter marathon”and 25,000 participants from more than 30 countriesin the 5km Walk & Fun Run. Uniquely, almost allrunners wore yellow T-shirts to celebrate the 60thanniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to thethrone, and this edition was known as the “YellowMarathon”.MEN:1 Tesfaye BERHANU ETH 2:28:022 John S CHEBOI KEN 2:28:113 Peter Kiprono RABURA KEN 2:28:224 Stephen LANGAT KEN 2:30:255 Gilbert KIPTOO KEN 2:30:59WOMEN:1 Violetta URYGA POL 2:56:502 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 2:58:513 Pachree CHAITHONGSRI THA 3:01:214 Ketmanee SENAPHAN THA 3:03:435 Apasara PRASARTHINPIMAI THA 3:14:562 DECEMBER 2006:MTN LAGOS INT’L HALFMARATHON, NIGERIAKenyan Solomon Busendich won the 5th editiondespite coming across heavy traffic on the supposedlyclosed race route writes Loiusette Thobi. The raceattracted 48,489 registered starters, and this year wasdedicated to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS.60 Distance Running January – March 2007

Millicent Doadi of Ghana retains Lagos title(Louisette Thobi )Busendich was a long way off Joseph FabianoNaasi’s course record of 62:21, but given the conditionswhich the runners faced on the course the times werelittle more than a guide to their efforts.“After 14km, we met a big traffic jammed route thatmade us lose hope,” said the winner. “At that moment Iasked myself if we had missed the way. We were losingconcentration but the most important thing was tofinish the race.”Six runners quickly formed the front group, led byJohn Cheruyot Korir who won this race in 2004, andwas second last year. Francis Kibiwott, recent winner ofthe Obudu Ranch International Mountain race, uppedthe pace a third of the way through. RwandanDieudonné Disi, Korir and Busendich were the onlyones to respond. This quartet ran up to the AhmaduBello Way where Korir virtually gave up.At 13km the two remaining Kenyans accelerated toleave Disi behind. When it came down to the finalsprint, Kibiwott was found wanting, “…I was tired, he isstronger than me”, while Busendich “decided to runbehind him so that I could win the sprinting stage.”The women’s race was at the last minute honouredby the return of the race winner Millicent Doadi ofGhana, who retained her title by beating the muchmore internationally experienced 2004 winner, JenniferChesinon.MEN:1 Solomon BUSENDICH KEN 1:03:182 Francis KIBIWOTT KEN 1:03:193 Dieudonne DISI RWA 1:06:174 John Cheruyiot KORIR KEN 1:06:515 Martin SULLE TAN 1:08:14WOMEN:1 Millicent DOADI GHA 1:16:502 Jennifer CHESINON KEN 1:17:423 Maria KABANG NGR 1:28:522 DECEMBER 2006:REGGAE MARATHON, JAMAICAPrize money was up for grabs in the absence of fourtimewinner Pamenos Ballantyne and with no activerecruitment of elite athletes writes Diane Ellis. AndrewGutzmore, who has competed in every ReggaeMarathon since 2001, finally had his day to shine andwon in 2:45.In the women’s race, Euleen Josiah-Tanner, 32, ofAtlanta, Georgia ran to win and captured the RitaMarley trophy in 3:14:03. Guyanese-born Euleen set apace that kept her nearest competitors in her wakefrom start to finish.In the half-Marathon, Jamaica’s Wainard Talbertagain proved that he is tough to beat on his home soil.Talbert surged over the last mile to close the gap onSouth African Tobias Philander to make for anotherexciting finish. The experienced Philander observed“the course was nice. It is good for people who want torun a fast time.” Third-placer Gregory McKenzie helpedto pace Talbert through the first 10 miles of the race.Returning female champion TamicaThomas successfully defended her crown. A 20 yearoldstudent of GC Foster College, Thomas wasfollowed by Rosemarie Alridge of Bellefield HighSchool and Keniesha Jones also of GC FosterCollege to complete a Jamaican school-girl sweep.MEN:1 Andrew GUTZMORE 2:45:002 Colin GRAHAM 3:05:073 Ralf KLEIN 3:06:064 Maxwell SMITH 3:11:055 Andrew ROUTH 3:24:56WOMEN:1 Euleen JOSIAH-TANNER 3:14:032 Terri REJIMBAL 3:27:593 Carla ARNOLD 3:30:274 Alexa GEMMA 3:33:185 Shanna TRENDLEY 3:39:19HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Wainard TALBERT 1:10:312 Tobias PHILANDER 1:10:503 Gregory MCKENZIE 1:11:19WOMEN:1 Tamica THOMAS 1:28:202 Rosemarie ALRIDGE 1:30:063 Keniesha JONES 1:32:273 DECEMBER 2006:60TH FUKUOKA INT’L OPENMARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP,JAPANJaouad Gharib, Haile Gebrselassie, and DmytroBaranovsky running in Fukuoka (Takefumi Tsutsui -SHOT)Haile Gebrselassie surged away from double WorldChampion Jaouad Gharib and defending championDmytro Baranovsky at 39km writes Ken Nakamura.Distance Running January – March 200763

Gebrselassie’s winning time was one second shortof the course record, 2:06:51, set by Atsushi Fujita in2000.Defending champion Baranovsky, who passed Gharibon the final approach to the finish on the track of theHeiwadai stadium, hugely improved his personal bestand national record of 2:08:29.Toshihiko Seko, a four-time winner (in 1978, 1979,1980 and 1983) acted as starter. Samson Ramadahni,Isaac Macharia and Fabiano Joseph were askedto pace to the turnaround at 31.6km at 3 minutes/kmbut in unseasonably cold weather and strong winds,the race started slowly. A huge pack passed 5km in15:44 but the pace quickened immediately after thatpoint, and from then on was steady around 3minutes/km.A pack of nearly 20 runners passed 10km in 30:56,15km in 45:57, and 20km in 1:00:59. Haile Gebrselassie,Paul Biwott, Dmytro Baranovsky and Atsushi Fujitawere running just behind the pace setters.After halfway was passed in 1:04:18 the pace pickedup some more with the following 5km split dippingunder 15 minutes. Nine leaders passed 30km in 1:30:47but the real racing started soon after the turn-aroundpoint. The pace setters dropped out and ToshinariSuwa and Paul Biwott fell behind, so that by 34km itwas down to a trio.Gebrselassie ran the 39th kilometre in 2:56 andGharib and Baranovsky were left behind, as hecontinued to push the pace with 2:54 and 2:51kilometres. He covered the second half in 1:02:34, 1:44faster than his first half.Wataru Okutani finished fourth in under2:09:30 which gave him automatic selection for theWorld Championships Marathon in Osaka.MEN1 Haile GEBRESELASSIE ETH 2:06:522 Dmytro BARANOVSKY UKR 2:07:153 Jaouad GHARIB MAR 2:07:194 Wataru OKUTANI JPN 2:08:495 Toshinari SUWA JPN 2:08:526 Tsuyoshi OGATA JPN 2:10:487 Jon BROWN GBR 2:11:468 Atsushi FUJITA JPN 2:11:509 Fernando CABADA USA 2:12:2710 Tomoyuki SATO JPN 2:12:293 DECEMBER 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDSINGAPORE INT’L MARATHON,SINGAPORESalina Kosgei of Kenya was the star of the show,elegantly delivering the expected win and breaking thecourse record by almost three minutes writes PatButcher. Her time was exceptional in the conditions,25C heat and close to 100% humidity right from the06.00 start.There was another course record in the men’s race– for the third year in succession – and the first repeatwinner in the history of the event, when Amos Matuiof Kenya again beat Ashebir Demissu of Ethiopia in thefinal stages.Whereas Matui and Demissu made it a race right tothe final kilometre, Kosgei’s was virtually a solo run tovictory. She stayed with the lead group, including lastyear’s winner, Irina Timofeyeva of Russia, over the first7km, before making a break.“I was feeling quite easy, and I realised the weatherconditions were good for here, so I decided to take thelead. But I still made sure I drank lots of water,” saidKosgei at the finish, while all around her athletes wereprostrate from heat exhaustion. Yet it was relativelycool and overcast by Singaporean standards, comparedto last year, for example, when temperatures reachedclose to 30C in bright sunshine. That will make herperformance a difficult one to match. She finishedsecond in Berlin three months ago, in a personal bestof 2.23.22. Timofeyeva suffered from foot problems inthe final stage, and limped across the line.Nevertheless, she was faster than her winning timelast year.The men’s race was virtually a carbon copy of lastyear, except that Demissu never went clear, as he didwith 10km to run in 2005. Matui caught him in the last200 metres then. But the Kenyan decided to makeabsolutely sure this year, and took off at 41km. Demissuwas philosophical about his successive second placehere. “He beat me last year, he beat me this year,” hesaid shrugging, as if to say, ‘what can I say?’. “It was stilla fantastic race, easier than last year, but still hot”. Thefirst three all three beat Matui’s course record of 2.15.57from last year.The second wave of popular marathoning hascertainly made its mark in south-east Asia. Overallentries for the full and half marathon, and 10km were30% up this year, with over 30,000 runners.MEN:1 Amos MUTAI KEN 2:15:012 Ashebier DEMISSU ETH 2:15:083 Abel KIRUI KEN 2:15:224 Eric YETOR ETH 2:16:335 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:18:22WOMEN:1 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2:31:552 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:34:353 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:38:374 Rose NYANGACHA KEN 2:39:425 Kotu GEMEDA ETH 2:43:40HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Henry WANYOIKE KEN 1:20:082 Joseph KIBUNJA KEN 1:20:083 Mok YING REN SIN 1:21:13WOMEN:1 Trudy FAWCETT GBR 1:29:192 Chan KIT YEE HKG 1:32:353 Victoria HILL GBR 1:35:073 DECEMBER 2006:LISBON INT’L MARATHON,PORTUGALWith some rain and a lot of wind the 21st edition ofthe Lisbon Marathon brought wins for the twoPortuguese favourites writes Antonio ManuelFernandes. Luís Jesus took the lead with thepacemakers and went through the half marathon in1:05:04. But the strong wind, and a lack of preparednesstook their toll. “I was not prepared to run so fast forthe first half. My legs were not as good as I thought,”said the winner who took eleven minutes longer tocover the second half. “This was the hardest marathonof my career,”Fátima Silva, achieved her fifth win in thismarathon ten minutes ahead of Dorota Ustianowska.“After dropping out in the last EuropeanChampionship, I was not able to know my shape, so Icame here without expectations. I’m glad to win here,after I got the lead at 15km.”685 runners finished in the marathon and 1252runners in the half-marathon.MEN:1 Luis JESUS POR 2:21:082 Sebastian PANGA TAN 2:22:023 Manuel FERRAZ POR 2:22:214 Andrey BRIZGALOV RUS 2:24:405 Rui BELO POR 2:28:17WOMEN:1 Fatima SILVA POR 2:40:002 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 2:50:543 M Natalia PINHO POR 3:08:334 M Aureliana EDMUNDO POR 3:09:435 Fatima KOVACS HUN 3:09:503 DECEMBER 2006:RUN BARBADOS MARATHONNeighbouring St Lucia took most of the plaudits in the24th Run Barbados series, with evergreen Victor Ledgerbesting his Caribbean competition and a Kenyanchallenger to slip under 2.5 hours. Pamenos Ballantyne,from St Vincent, had opted for Barbados over Jamaica’sReggae Marathon this year but could not quite livewith Ledger’s pace, as the St Lucian went ahead overthe last third of the race up the scenic west coast ofBarbados.Some way in front of him his compatriotZepherinus Joseph had scored a commanding win inthe Half Marathon as he led a group of five away earlyin the race. At 11km he was feeling so much on top ofthings that he took the trouble to right an upturnedkilometre marking sign before piling on the pressurethat dropped all challengers. He had finished third inthe previous day’s 10km race around the streets of theisland capital, Bridgetown, while the winner of thatrace, Henry Gituka managed a distant sixth in the halfmarathon.Britain’s Liz Yelling performed a similar double byfinishing as runner up in the 10km to Tatyana Chakluhand then winning the Half marathon with relative ease.The women’s marathon turned into a solo run forGabonese-born Josiane Aboungono, now a Canadiancitizen, as she left regular contestants Sarah Williamsand Kim Goff trailing.MEN:1 Victor LEDGER STL 2:29:492 Pamenos BALLANTYNE STV 2:33:323 Charles NYAKUNDI KEN 2:43:104 Stephen MARINUS STL 2:43:575 Ken MACALPINE CAN 2:54:07WOMEN:1 Josiane ABOUNGONO CAN 3:05:362 Sarah WILLIAMS GBR 3:19:333 Kim GOFF USA 3:44:374 Marylin RENWICK GRN 4:11:435 Janet WATSON GBR 4:14:37HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Zepherinus JOSEPH STL 1:08:152 Richard KIMELI KEN 1:09:213 Sean WADE USA 1:09:36WOMEN:1 Liz YELLING GBR 1:17:362 Joyce CHEMATUI KEN 1:19:543 Amanda MAXILLIEN BAR 1:48:4410km (2 DECEMBER)MEN:1 Henry GITHUKA KEN 30:282 Richard KEMELI KEN 30:593 Zepherinus JOSEPH STL 31:03WOMEN:1 Tatyana CHAKLUH RUS 34:102 Liz YELLING GBR 34:183 Emily CHEBET KEN 34:183 DECEMBER 2006:CAYMAN ISLANDS MARATHON,CAYMAN ISLANDSMEN:1 Mark HYDES CAY 3:09:262 Michael RIDSDALE CAY 3:18:013 Dane RAUSCHENBERG USA 3:24:354 Paul MCGEOUGH CAY 3:24:365 Rupert NELL CAY 3:28:23WOMEN:1 Julie STACKHOUSE USA 3:06:172 Julia ARMSTRONG GBR 3:19:533 Beth SCHREADER CAY 3:31:234 Andrea KOVACH USA 3:48:385 Joclyn LOYD CAY 3:50:1164 Distance Running January – March 2007

3 DECEMBER 2006:MACAU INT’L MARATHON ANDHALF, MACAUA total of 3077 runners registered and 2549 of themcompleted the three events within the establishedtime limits: 449 runners completed the marathonwithin 5 hours; 1253 runners the half marathon withintwo and half hours; and 847 the mini marathon ofaround 5km within 1:15At 06.00 all participants were geared up in theMacau Stadium, expectantly awaiting the start at07.00. After a long and exciting competition, PeterKemboi from Kenya was first across the finish linefollowed by the defending champion – Philip Bandawefrom Zimbabwe.MEN:1 Peter KEMBOI KEN 2:18:562 Philip BANDAWE ZIM 2:19:173 Mbogo J MIANO KEN 2:19:514 Mykhail IVERUK UKR 2:19:595 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:20:20WOMEN:1 Suk UN YYO PRK 2:38:272 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:39:093 Svetlana NEKHOROSH UKR 2:41:464 Sun CHOL KIM KOR 2:43:325 Shawuti NUERGULI CHN 2:45:36HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Kwok WAI CHAN HKG 1:16:022 Yau TIN WONG HKG 1:16:433 Lee WWAI CHENG HKG 1:17:28WOMEN:1 Xia FENG YANG CHN 1:17:572 Giovanna MANDY USA 1:20:253 Suet YING LEUNG HKG 1:26:133 DECEMBER 2006:21K NUEVO LEON, MEXICOGenoveva Jelagat, from Kenya, won the women’s race ina new course record writes Ruben Romero. Jelagat wonthe 5km National Championship of Mexico held inMazatlán the previous day with a new record of 15:41,after which she flew to Monterrey to win the 21K.The half marathon started and finished at theParque Fundidora in Monterrey. Rain, and atemperature of 11C, did not impede Jelegat asshe finished more than two minutes ahead. “I am veryhappy, thanks to God that I won with a new record,and alsoI could win yesterday, I had a good weekend”.David Galván led during the first 20kmbut eventually yielded to Isaac Kimayo, who won bythree seconds, in a race that had a total of 1,518runners, including 28 runners from five foreigncountriesMEN:1 Isaac KIMAYO KEN 1:03:002 David GALVAN MEX 1:03:033 Joseph KOECH KEN 1:03:594 Kibet CHEROP KEN 1:06:015 Charles KANDIE KEN 1:06:02WOMEN:1 Genoveva JELEGAT KEN 1:11:302 Judith RAMIREZ MEX 1:13:543 Lucy MUHAMI KEN 1:15:034 Margaret TOROITICH KEN 1:15:195 Nora Leticia ROCHA MEX 1:20:293 DECEMBER 2006:GRAN MARATON PACIFICO,MEXICOMEN:1 George OKWORO KEN 2:17:272 Peter OMAE KEN 2:18:173 Jorge Rivera HERNANDEZ MEX 2:19:204 Ruben Garcia GOMEZ MEX 2:19:515 Ignacio Carretero MENDIOLA MEX 2:21:07WOMEN:1 Ma.Guadalupe Santana MARIN MEX 2:43:522 Ariana Quino SALAZAR MEX 2:56:253 Penninah NYABOKE KEN 2:57:244 Lorena Ciro CORTES MEX 2:57:345 Beatriz Rangel TELLEZ MEX 2:58:22HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Mateo CERON MEX 1:03:152 Luis BARRIOS MEX 1:03:153 Sergio PEDRAZA MEX 1:06:50WOMEN:1 Susana Diaz ESCOBAR MEX 1:16:182 Marisol Romero ROSALES MEX 1:16:503 Paula Apolonia JUAREZ MEX 1:17:213DECEMBER 2006:PAMPULHA LAGOON ROAD RACE,BRAZILFranck Caldeira, winner of the Sao Paulo Marathon andRio Half Marathon earlier in the year and who had wonthis race in 2003, beat a pair of young Kenyans to winagain writes Rodolfo Eichler. The race is run throughscenic parkland surrounding the Pampulha Lagoon andis 17.8km in length. It has become more and moreattractive because in its eight editions it has influencedthe urban recovery of the lake area and its paths andtrails, which are broadcast each year to more than 30countries.The artificial lagoon was formed in the 1940s whenbuildings were erected in the surrounding area,designed by the renowned Brazilian architect OscarNiemeyer - still alive today at the age of 99. The littlechurch of Sao Francisco is the most famous of these.The race was fast with favorable weather (56%humidity and 18C at the start) attracting more than11000 runners. The elite field included Brazilianrunners, invited by the GloboTV Organizers, someKenyans and a few of South America’s top runners.Lucelia Peres won the women’s race for the thirdconsecutive time. Both winners are from the state ofMinas Gerais, in the centre of Brazil, where the racetakes place.MEN:1 Franck Caldeira DE ALAMEIDA BRA 53:522 Kenneth Kiplimo KOSGEI KEN 54:023 Cosmas Kibet KEMBOI KEN 54:314 Jose do Nascimento SOUZA BRA 54:345 Ubiratan Jose DOS SANTOS BRA 54:48WOMEN:1 Lucelia de Oliveira PERES BRA 1:02:142 Marcia NARLOCH BRA 1:04:003 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:404 Marizete Moreira DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:005 Edielza Alves DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:439 DECEMBER 2006:POWERADE MONTERREYMARATHON, MEXICOMaría Elena Valencia won the Marathon PoweradeMonterrey with a personal best of 2h 30' 53'', the thirdbest time for a Mexican in 2006 writes Ruben Romero.Valencia suffered dehydration and vomiting during therace but managed to cross he finish line four minutesbefore the second place. She bettered the 2:33:14 withwhich she wonthe Lala Marathon last March.The female elite runners started 17' 52'' before thatthe elite men. This is the difference between the besttimes registered in México –male and female- andthere was a special bonus of 100,000 pesos for thefirst person to cross the finish line.During the first half of the race the men reducedthe handicap quite rapidly, but Valencia sped up at thehalf marathon mark and arrived at the finish line 1:42before the male winner Christopher Kipyego.Both winners ran negative splits. Valencia recorded1:17:15 and 1:13:38, and Kipyego 1:08:40 and 1:06:03.The first five women and the first seven men brokethe Monterrey marathon records.MEN:1 MARIA ELENA VALENCIA MEX 02:30:532 MUHAMI LUCY KEN 02:35:033 ANGELICA SANCHEZ MEX 02:35:254 KARINA PEREZ DELGADO MEX 02:36:115 LILIANA MERLO FERNANDEZ MEX 02:37:58WOMEN:1 CHRISTOPHER KIPYEGO KEN 02:14:432 CHRISTOPHER TOROITICH KEN 02:14:503 JESUS PRIMO CAPULA MEX 02:16:134 EDILBERTO MENDEZ MEX. 02:16:175 GEORGE OKWORO KEN 02:16:4710 DECEMBER 2006:LAS VEGAS MARATHON AND HALF,USAAny event that features lasers, Santa Claus, a bunch ofjogging Elvises, and milk and cookies gets a big fat sealof approval from us says the staff reporter of the LasVegas Review. And so we wholeheartedly endorse theNew Las Vegas Marathon, which not only boasts a fieldof 12,000 competitors tearing it up through the city,but also features other family-friendly attractions suchas the Gospel Choir Alley and the Xbox Lounge. Forthose not yet family: you can get married during therace at the Run Through Chapel.MEN:1 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:16:232 Noah TALAM USA 2:17:573 Mark ROBERTS GBR 2:37:42PAMPULHADistance Running January – March 200765

4 Abebe YIMER ETH 2:41:255 Jonathan ROSSING USA 2:42:06WOMEN:1 Jemma JELAGAT KEN 2:17:302 Angela BESTWICK USA 2:56:163 Pauline MCLEAN CAN 2:59:204 Christa ORLOWSKI GER 3:01:055 Stephanie TIERNEY USA 3:03:53HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Josh SPIKER USA 1:10:112 Nicholas GRAMSKY USA 1:10:173 Matt BARRESI USA 1:13:13WOMEN:1 Maria Magdalena SANDOVAL USA 1:23:202 Carla OPHORST NDL 1:26:073 Judy DORPINGHAUS USA 1:37:4210 DECEMBER 2006:HONOLULU MARATHON, USALyubov Denisova of Russia wins the HonoluluMarathon in 2:27:19 course record (Errol Anderson)Lyubov Denisova overwhelmed a strong women'sfield to run the fastest-ever marathon by a woman inthis event's 34-year history writes David Monti.Denisova, 35, beat compatriot Lyubov Morgunova's2004 record by 14 seconds. Ambesse Tolossa's win n themen's race brought Jimmy Muindi's win streak to anend.Denisova prepared carefully for the heat, humidityand hills which make the Honolulu Marathon sochallenging. Conditions were favourable for a fasttime; it was relatively cool and the winds had dieddown. Denisova ran on her own through 5km (17:29)and 10km (34:21), but was eventually joined by herstrongest challenger, Alevtina Biktimirova, also ofRussia. They ran together through halfway in 1:13:32,modestly under the course record pace, but soonBiktimirova could no longer keep pace. Running thesecond half of the out-and-back course only slightlyslower than the first, Denisova came home more thantwo minutes clear of Biktimirova. Eri Hayakawa, the2003 Honolulu champion, came from behind to finishthird and defending champion Olesya Nurgalieva wasfourth.In addition to the $40,000 first prize Denisova wona $10,000 record bonus and $17,000 for running sub-2:28:00. Her $67,000 payday was the largest ever wonby a woman at the Honolulu Marathon.Denisova had applied too late for the elite field inHonolulu but entered Honolulu on her own. Racedirector Jon Cross gladly accommodated her in theelite field when he found out she was planning to run,and made sure she had an elite number and a goodstarting position.No athlete is more experienced at the HonoluluMarathon than five-time winner, Jimmy Muindi. Hehad won the last three editions of the race and has thefastest personal best time (2:07:49), but all was notwell. A sore throat and cough were the warning signsbut muindi conserved his energy by drafting theleaders through the first 10km in 30:17. AmbesseTolossa, Muindi's biggest challenger, was among them."Up and down like Ethiopia," Tolossa later said of theHonolulu course which was definitely to his liking.After the aggressive start, the pace slackened. Fivecontenders, including Muindi, Tolossa, Ethiopians ArayaHaregot and Tekeste Kebede, and two-time Olympicmedallist Eric Wainaina of Kenya, reached the half-waypoint in 1:06:19, but they were still slowing; from 20-25km took 16:42. The race finally got going at 30km andKebede and Haregot fell back. Wainaina was the nextto falter and at 35km (1:51:04) it was just Muindi andTolossa. According to Muindi, the Ethiopian wasrunning aggressively, bumping the taller Kenyan andsometimes clipping his heels. Words were exchanged.Beginning the climb up Diamond Head Avenueafter 35km, Tolossa managed to get a step ahead. After2km and a 34m climb he had a lead. Tolossa won.Went on to finish nearly a minute up on Muindi.The race had 28,635 entrants of which 17,905 camefrom Japan. Runners continued to finish into theevening despite the 05.00 start because the race has anopen finish line, part of the "Aloha Spirit" which makesthis marathon unique.MEN:1 Ambesse TOLOSSA ETH 2:13:422 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:14:393 Eric WAIAINA KEN 2:16:084 Araya HAREGOT ETH 2:16:595 Eric NZOIKI KEN 2:17:10WOMEN:1 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2:27:192 Alevtina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:29:423 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:32:314 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 2:36:025 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:39:4466 Distance Running January – March 2007

LATEST 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 were believed accurateat 5 December 2006. They focus primarily on the half-marathon and marathon, as these representthe primary event membership within AIMS. The lists are updated periodically based uponavailability of results. Amendments, corrections, and additions are always welcome; there is no suchthing as a “perfect” or “complete” list, as accumulation of new information continually provides newperspective. Please send relevant results to Drdave@gsu.eduMarathonMenPresent world record:Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003HAILE GEBRSELASSIE - BERLINTime Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date2:05:56 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Berlin 24 SEP2:06:38 Samuel Korir KEN 1 Rotterdam 09 APR2:06:39 Felix Limo KEN 1 London 23 APR2:06:41 Martin Lel KEN 2 London 23 APR2:06:44 Paul Kiprop Kirui KEN 2 Rotterdam 09 APR2:08:49 Wataru Okutani JPN 4 Fukuoka 03 DEC2:08:51 Kiprotich Kenei KEN 2 Paris 09 APR2:08:52 Bernard Barmasai KEN 3 Paris 09 APR2:08:52 Solomon Bushendich KEN 1 Amsterdam 15 OCT2:08:52 Toshinari Suwa JPN 5 Fukuoka 03 DEC2:09:58 Marilson dos Santos BRA 1 New York 05 NOV2:10:00 Laban Kipngetich KEN 3 Roma 26 MAR2:10:00 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 4 Hamburg 23 APR2:10:05 Thomas Chemitei KEN 4 Roma 26 MAR2:10:05 Thomas Kiplitany KEN 8 Rotterdam 09 APR2:06:52 Charles Kibiwott KEN 3 Rotterdam 09 APR2:06:52 Julio Rey ESP 1 Hamburg 23 APR2:06:52 Gebrselassie 1 Fukuoka 03 DEC2:06:55 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 3 London 23 APR2:07:04 Khalid Khannouchi USA 4 London 23 APR2:07:15 Dmytro Baranovskiy UKR 2 Fukuoka 03 DEC2:07:19 Jaouad Gharib MAR 3 Fukuoka 03 DEC2:07:22 Stefano Baldini ITA 5 London 23 APR2:07:34 Rodgers Rop KEN 6 London 23 APR2:07:35 Robt. Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN 1 Chicago 22 OCT2:07:37 Robert Cheboror KEN 2 Hamburg 23 APR2:07:40 Daniel Njenga KEN 2 Chicago 22 OCT2:07:51 Jimmy Muindi KEN 3 Chicago 22 OCT2:07:58 Benson Cherono KEN 1 Milano 08 OCT2:07:59 Hicham Chatt MAR 7 London 23 APR2:08:03 Asfaw Gashaw Melesse ETH 1 Paris 09 APR2:08:13 Jason Mbote KEN 1 Seoul 05 NOV2:08:18 Philip Singoei KEN 1 Eindhoven 08 OCT2:08:20 Lahoussine Mrikik MAR 1 Wien 07 MAY2:08:33 Benson Barus KEN 2 Milano 08 OCT2:08:38 David Mandago Kipkorir KEN 1 Roma 26 MAR2:08:40 Benson Cherono KEN 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:08:41 James Kutto KEN 1 Firenze 26 NOV2:08:45 Gharib 8 London 23 APR2:08:46 Dejene Birhanu ETH 4 Rotterdam 09 APR2:08:54 Barmasai 2 Amsterdam 15 OCT2:08:55 Luis Jesus POR 4 Paris 09 APR2:08:56 Peter Chebet KEN 2 Wien 07 MAY2:08:56 Abdihakim Abdirahman USA 4 Chicago 22 OCT2:08:58 Ambesse Tolossa ETH 1 Tokyo 12 FEB2:08:58 David Lagat KEN 5 Paris 09 APR2:09:05 Gebrselassie 9 London 23 APR2:09:05 Kirui 2 Seoul 05 NOV2:09:06 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 1 Frankfurt 29 OCT2:09:11 Rachid Ghanmouni MAR 6 Paris 09 APR2:09:15 Jose Rios ESP 1 Otsu 05 MAR2:09:15 Jackson Koech KEN 5 Rotterdam 09 APR2:09:25 James Rotich KEN 3 Hamburg 23 APR2:09:25 Cheboror 5 Chicago 22 OCT2:09:26 Salim Kipsang KEN 6 Rotterdam 09 APR2:09:27 Joseph Ngeny Kiprotich KEN 3 Milano 08 OCT2:09:28 Samson Barmao KEN 2 Eindhoven 08 OCT2:09:30 Daniele Caimmi ITA 2 Roma 26 MAR2:09:31 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 2 Tokyo 12 FEB2:09:35 Evans Rutto KEN 10 London 23 APR2:09:35 Philip Manyim KEN 3 Seoul 05 NOV2:09:41 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 7 Rotterdam 09 APR2:09:45 Gert Thys RSA 1 Oita 05 FEB2:09:47 Wilson Kipkemboi Kigen KEN 4 Seoul 05 NOV2:09:52 Lawrence Saina KEN 1 Porto 15 OCT2:10:06 Luke Kibet KEN 3 Eindhoven 08 OCT2:10:06 Stephen Kiogora KEN 2 New York 05 NOV2:10:07 Korir 3 Tokyo 12 FEB2:10:08 Laban Kipkemboi KEN 2 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:10:08 Tolossa 1 San Diego 04 JUN2:10:08 David Kemboi KEN 1 Carpi 14 OCT2:10:09 Oleksandr Kuzin UKR 5 Roma 26 MAR2:10:09 David Makori KEN 2 Carpi 14 OCT2:10:10 Stephen Kibiwott KEN 1 Torino 24 SEP2:10:10 Paul Tergat KEN 3 New York 05 NOV2:10:11 Philip Singoei KEN 7 Paris 09 APR2:10:15 Daniel Rono KEN 1 Toronto 24 SEP2:10:17 Hillary Korir KEN 3 Carpi 14 OCT2:10:18 Jonathan Kosgei KEN 1 Venezia 22 OCT2:10:20 Takayuki Matsumiya JPN 2 Otsu 05 MAR2:10:20 James Kwambai KEN 1 Brescia 30 APR2:10:21 Alberico di Cecco ITA 2 Venezia 22 OCT2:10:24 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 11 London 23 APR2:10:30 Moses Arusei KEN 2 Frankfurt 29 OCT2:10:34 Daniel Yego KEN 4 New York 05 NOV2:10:35 Simon Wangai KEN 3 Los Angeles 19 MAROTHER PERFORMANCES2:07:14 Robt. Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN 1 Boston (146 m) 16 APR2:08:21 Benjamin Maiyo KEN 2 Boston 16 APR2:09:56 Mebrahtom KeflezighiUSA 3 Boston 16 APRPresent world record (mixed race):Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003WomenPresent world record (women’s-only race):Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 20052:19:36 Deena Kastor USA 1 London 23 APR2:19:51 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Seoul 12 MAR2:20:42 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Chicago 22 OCT2:20:47 Galina Bogomolova RUS 2 Chicago 22 OCT2:21:29 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2 London 23 APR2:21:34 Getenesh Wami ETH 1 Berlin 24 SEP2:21:46 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 London 23 APR2:21:52 Adere 4 London 23 APR2:21:58 Bogomolova RUS 5 London 23 APR2:22:36 Benita Johnson AUS 3 Chicago 22 OCT2:22:59 Madai Perez MEX 4 Chicago 22 OCT2:23:22 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Berlin 24 SEP2:23:26 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 1 Nagoya 12 MAR2:23:58 Yoko Shibui JPN 2 Nagoya 12 MAR2:24:25 Constantina Tomescu ROM 5 Chicago 22 OCT2:24:33 Tomo Morimoto JPN 1 Wien 07 MAY2:24:35 Robe Tola ETH 1 Hamburg 23 APR2:25:05 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Osaka 29 JAN2:25:05 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 1 New York 05 NOV2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:25:13 Mara Yamauchi GBR 6 London 23 APR2:25:26 Gete Wami ETH 2 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:25:37 Nuta Olaru ROM 6 Chicago 22 OCT2:25:44 Tetyana Hladyr UKR 1 Roma 26 MAR2:25:52 Kayoko Obata JPN 2 Osaka 29 JAN2:26:04 Hiromi Ominami JPN 7 Chicago 22 OCT2:26:05 Hladyr 2 New York 05 NOV2:26:15 Reiko Tosa JPN 1 Tokyo 19 NOV2:26:18 Lyubov Denisova RUS 3 Los Angeles 19 MAR2:26:26 Larisa Zyusko RUS 2 Roma 26 MAR2:26:32 Sun Weiwei CHN 1 Xiamen 25 MAR2:26:47 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 3 Osaka 29 JAN2:26:58 Ndereba 3 New York 05 NOV2:26:59 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei KEN 4 New York 05 NOV2:27:08 Petrova 8 Chicago 22 OCT2:27:09 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 2 Hamburg 23 APR2:27:13 Masami Sakata JPN 4 Osaka 29 JAN2:27:21 Grigoryeva 5 New York 05 NOV2:27:22 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 1 Paris 09 APR2:27:22 Jo Bun-Jui PRK 1 Pyongyang 09 APR2:27:32 Natalya Volguina RUS 2 Paris 09 APR2:27:34 Jong Yong-Ok PRK 2 Pyongyang 09 APR2:27:35 Irina Permitina RUS 3 Hamburg 23 APR2:27:38 Zekiros Adanech ETH 3 Roma 26 MAR2:27:46 Morimoto 5 Osaka 29 JAN2:27:51 Tomescu 7 London 23 APR2:27:54 Kastor 6 New York 05 NOV2:27:57 Magarsa Assale Tafa ETH 1 Milano 08 OCT2:28:01 Chika Horie JPN 3 Nagoya 12 MAR2:28:21 Alice Chelangat KEN 1 San Diego 04 JUN2:28:21 Biktamirova 1 Istanbul 05 NOV2:28:22 Souad Ait Salem ALG 1 Thessaloniki 16 APR2:28:26 Cheruiyot 1 Amsterdam 15 OCT2:28:27 Zhu Xiaolin CHN 2 Xiamen 25 MAR2:28:30 Minedaye Gisha ETH 1 Rotterdam 09 APR2:28:30 Luminita Zaituc GER 1 Koeln 08 OCT2:28:39 Kathy Butler GBR 9 Chicago 22 OCT2:28:40 Salina Jebet Kosgei KEN 8 London 23 APR2:28:42 Emily Chepar Kimuria KEN 4 Hamburg 23 APR2:28:44 Hellen Kimutai KEN 2 San Diego 04 JUN2:28:51 Kimutai 2 Milano 08 OCT2:28:51 Hellena Kiprop KEN 2 Amsterdam 15 OCT2:28:51 Akemi Ozaki JPN 2 Tokyo 19 NOV2:28:52 Albina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 16 APR2:28:54 Dulce Maria Rodriguez MEX 10 Chicago 22 OCT2:28:55 Elizabeth Chemweno KEN 5 Hamburg 23 APR2:29:09 Chieko Yamazaki JPN 2 Wien 07 MAY2:29:15 Jin Man CHN 3 Xiamen 25 MAR2:29:16 Margaret Okayo KEN 9 London 23 APR2:29:17 Dorota Gruca POL 6 Osaka 29 JAN2:29:20 Alina Ivanova RUS 1 Praha 14 MAY2:29:22 Liliya Yadzhak RUS 2 Istanbul 05 NOV2:29:25 Kim Gum-Ok PRK 3 Pyongyang 09 APR2:29:28 Silviya Skvortsova RUS 2 Nagano 16 APR2:29:30 Alina Gherasim ROM 4 Nagoya 12 MAR2:29:32 Jennifer Rhines USA 4 Roma 26 MAR2:29:32 Leila Aman ETH 3 Amsterdam 15 OCT2:29:37 Helena Javornik SLO 2 Rotterdam 09 APR2:29:39 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 3 San Diego 04 JUN2:29:42 Lioudmila Kortchaguina CAN 1 Ottawa 28 MAYOTHER PERFORMANCES2:23:38 Rita Jeptoo Siteniei KEN 1 Boston (146m drop) 17 APR2:23:48 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Boston 17 APR2:24:11 Reiko Tosa JPN 3 Boston 17 APR2:25:28 Bruna Genovese ITA 4 Boston 17 APR2:26:44 Aniko Kalovics HUN 1 Carpi (100m drop) 15 OCT2:26:52 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 5 Boston 17 APR2:26:58 Alevtina BiktimirovaRUS 6 Boston 17 APR2:28:31 Deborah Toniolo ITA 1 Treviso (96m drop) 12 MAR2:28:49 Rosaria Console ITA 2 Carpi (100m drop) 15 OCTDistance Running January – March 200769

LATEST STANDINGS AT 10KM, HALF MARATHON AND MARATHON10kmRoadMenWorld Record:Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date27:29 Peter Kamais KEN 1 Barcelona 09 APR27:36 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Manchester 21 MAY27:41 Fabiano Joseph Naasi TAN 2 Manchester 21 MAY27:44 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 1 San Juan 26 FEB27:46 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAYL-R: KIPLAGAT, TOMESCU, JEPTOO, MASAI, ARISSI, FUKUSHIMenPresent World Record:Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 58:55, Tempe, 15 JAN 2006Point-to-point aided (downhill – 69 m) course record:Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:06, Lisboa, 26 MAR 200059:07 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 1 Berlin 02 APR59:16 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Rotterdam 10 SEP59:28 Robert Kipchumba KEN 2 Rotterdam 10 SEP59:29 Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot KEN 2 Berlin 02 APR60:08 Gebrselassie 1 Granollers 05 FEB60:14 Solomon Busendich KEN 3 Rotterdam 10 SEP60:17 Benson Barus KEN 4 Rotterdam 10 SEP60:18 Cheruiyot 1 Udine 24 SEP60:18 Paul Kirui KEN 2 Udine 24 SEP60:29 Francis Kibiwott KEN 1 Remich 24 SEP60:33 William Todoo KEN 3 Udine 24 SEP60:43 Luke Kibet KEN 5 Rotterdam 10 SEP60:45 Deriba Mergia ETH 1 Paris 05 MAR60:46 Wilfred Taragon KEN 3 Berlin 02 APR60:47 Jonathan Kosgei KEN 4 Udine 24 SEP60:49 Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul KEN 1 Milano 02 APR60:49 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 6 Rotterdam 10 SEP60:50 Francis Kiprop KEN 2 Granollers 05 FEB60:50 Kimugul 2 Paris 05 MAR60:50 Silas Sang KEN 1 Malaga 02 APRHalf MarathonWomenPresent 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 Date Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date67:16 Edith Masai KEN 1 Berlin 02 APR67:26 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Marugame 05 FEB67:34 Deena Kastor USA 2 Berlin 02 APR67:43 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 2 Marugame 05 FEB68:14 Noguchi 1 Sapporo 09 JUL68:41 Everline Kimwei KEN 1 Kobe 19 NOV68:49 Noguchi 1 Yamaguchi 12 MAR69:03 Noguchi 1 Shanghai 26 NOV69:17 Silviya Skvortsova RUS 1 San Jose 08 OCT69:19 Hiromi Ominami JPN 2 Sapporo 09 JUL69:24 Mara Yamauchi GBR 3 Marugame 05 FEB69:32 Edna Kiplagat KEN 2 San Jose 08 OCT69:43 Mary Ptikany KEN 3 Berlin 02 APR69:43 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 New York 27 AUG69:43 Benita Johnson AUS 2 New York 27 AUG69:54 Irene Kwambai Kipchumba KEN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR69:56 Rita Sitienei Jeptoo KEN 1 Paris 05 MAR69:57 Mika Okunaga JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:00 Philes Ongori KEN 3 Sapporo 09 JUL70:01 Carolyne Kiptoo KEN 1 Marrakech 29 JAN27:48 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 2 Barcelona 09 APR27:48 Tom Nyariki KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 05 AUG27:49 Gilbert Okari KEN 1 New Orleans 15 APR27:51 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 2 Marseille 01 MAY27:53 Samuel Kipketer KEN 2 New Orleans 15 APR27:54 Boaz Cheboiywo KEN 3 New Orleans 15 APR27:54 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Onati 17 JUNOTHER PERFORMANCES27:25 Martin Lel KEN 1 Atlanta (34m drop) 04 JUL27:49 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 2 Atlanta(34m drop) 04 JULWomenWorld 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 Date30:50 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 26 FEB30:54 Isabella Ochichi KEN 1 New Orleans 09 APR30:57 Elvan Abeyelegesse TUR 1 Istanbul 14 MAY31:07 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Manchester 21 MAY31:13 Getenesh Wami ETH 2 Manchester 21 MAY31:14 Natalya Berkut UKR 3 Manchester 21 MAY31:17 Benita Johnson AUS 4 Manchester 21 MAY31:26 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Cape Elizabeth 05 AUG31:27 L. Kiplagat 1 New York 10 JUN31:28 Johnson 2 New Orleans 09 APR31:30 Wude Ayalew Yimer ETH 1 Wuerzburg 30 APR31:33 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 5 Manchester 21 MAYOTHER PERFORMANCES31:13 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 1 Atlanta (34m drop) 04 JUL31:15 Jemima Jelagat KEN 2 Atlanta (34m drop) 04 JUL60:57 Barus 4 Berlin 02 APR60:58 Martin Hhaway Sulle TAN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR60:59 Duncan Kibet KEN 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR60:59 George Morara KEN 3 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR61:03 Moses Kibor KEN 4 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR61:05 Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei KEN 1Philadelphia 17 SEP61:07 Charles Ngolepus KEN 1 Wien 02 APR61:07 Abdihakim Abdirahman USA 2 Philadelphia 17 SEP61:10 Sulle 2 Milano 02 APR61:10 Taragon 7 Rotterdam 10 SEP61:14 Stefano Baldini ITA 3 Milano 02 APR61:14 Joseph Ngolepus KEN 5 Berlin 02 APR61:15 Stephen Kibiwott KEN 1 Praha 01 APR61:15 Abel Kirui KEN 6 Berlin 02 APR61:16 Cyrus Gichobi Njui KEN 1 Sapporo 09 JUL61:17 Moses Kipkosgei Kigen KEN 1 Den Haag 25 MAR61:17 Charles Kamathi KEN 5 Udine 24 SEP61:20 Joseph Maregu KEN 1 Lille 02 SEP61:21 Busendich 2 Den Haag 25 MAR61:21 MacDonald Ondara KEN 5 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR61:21 Girma Assefa ETH 2 Sapporo 09 JUL61:21 Abdellah Falil MAR 2 Lille 02 SEP61:21 Philemon Gitia Baaru KEN 1 Nairobi 29 OCTOTHER PERFORMANCES59:30 Martin Lel KEN 1 Lisboa* 26 MAR59:35 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 2 Lisboa* 26 MAR59:37 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 Lisboa* 26 MAR59:42 Paul Tergat KEN 4 Lisboa* 26 MAR60:12 William Rotich KEN 1 Ostia 05 MAR60:14 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Ostia 05 MAR70:03 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 JAN70:05 Magdalene Makunzi KEN 3 San Jose 08 OCT70:06 Yoko Yagi JPN 5 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:07 Mayumi Yoshida JPN 3 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:08 Caroline Kwambai KEN 1 Praha 01 APR70:09 Lineth Chepkurui KEN 1 Philadelphia 17 SEP70:09 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 Koeln 08 OCT70:10 Tomoko Ishii JPN 4 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:11 Madoka Ogi JPN 6 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:11 Hellen Kimaiyo Kimutai KEN 2 Praha 01 APR70:12 E. Kiplagat 2 Philadelphia 17 SEP70:16 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 7 Miyazaki 06 JAN70:20 Ikuko Nagao JPN 5 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:20 Julia Mombi JPN 4 Sapporo 09 JUL70:25 Getenesh Wami ETH 1 Granollers 05 FEB70:26 Souad Ait Salem ALG 2 Marrakech 29 JAN70:28 Yuki Saito JPN 6 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:30 Aniko Kalovics HUN 1 Udine 24 SEP70:35 Michiko Ogawa JPN 7 Yamaguchi 12 MAR70:35 Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 2 Koeln 08 OCT70:35 Nuta Olaru ROM 4 San Jose 08 OCTOTHER PERFORMANCES67:51 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Lisboa* 26 MAR68:00 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 Lisboa* 26 MAR69:34 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 3 Lisboa* 26 MAR69:37 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 4 Lisboa* 26 MAR70:02 Kang Soon Duk MAR KOR 1 Austin 29 JAN* = Lisbon 69m drop (3.3 m/km)ZERSENAY TADESSEDistance Running January – March 200771

www.aims-association.org* = AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details toupdate@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 standards*Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k DecemberRichard Donovan1 Forster Place CentreGalway, IrelandTel. 353 91-566077Email: rd@npmarathon.comInet: www.icemarathon.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standards.ArgentinaXVIII 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.AustraliaBlackmores Sydney RunningFesitival/Sydney Marathon SeptemberWayne LardenPont3 Pty Ltd, Level 2, 5 Queen St,Chippendale NSW 2008Tel: 61 2 9311 8461Fax: 61 2 9311 8401Email: info@sydneymarathon.orgInet: www.sydneymarathon.orgGold Coast Airport MarathonJulyCameron HartP.O. Box 2547, Southport BC,Queensland, 4215Tel: 61 7 5564 8733Fax: 61 7 5564 9733Email: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.auInet: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.auCanberra MarathonAprilDave CundyP.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,NSW 2257, AustraliaTel: 61 2 434 27611Fax: 61 2 434 27648Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.auInet: www.canberramarathon.com.auThe Sun-Herald City to SurfAugustJenny 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/city2surfSamsung Melbourne Marathon OctoberDallas O'Brienc/o level 3, 480 St Kilda Road, Melbourne,Victoria AUSTRALIA 3004Tel: +61 3 9864 1138;Fax: +61 3 9864 1190Email: dobrien@imgworld.comInet: www.melbournemarathon.com.auAustriaVienna 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.comAprilBarbadosRun Barbardos Marathon DecemberWinston CarterBarbardos 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 HalfOctoberChristophe 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 1407,Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, BrazilTel: 55 71 3272 1340Fax: 55 71 3341 0047Email: sports@bissports.com.brmeiaadabahia@bissports.com.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 MarathonJunePampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon SeptemberThadeus 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.brCambodiaAngkor-Wat Int’l Half Marathon DecemberOddom YemNational Olympic Stadium, PO Box 101,Phnom PenhTel: 855 1293 0177Fax: 855 2335 3536Email: cam@mf.iaaf.orgInet: www.angkorwatmarathon.orgCanadaBMO Bank of MontrealVancouver MarathonMayJanet 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 Half JulyJacqui SandersonPO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary,Alberta T2P 2H9Tel: 1 403 264 2996Fax: 1 403 251 9070Email: info@calgarymarathon.comInet: www.calgarymarathon.comING Edmonton MarathonAugustTom Keough8537-109th Street (Running Room),Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4Tel: 1 780 433 6062Fax: 1 780 439 8465Email: tom@keycare.caInet: www.runningroom.comING Ottawa MarathonMayJim RobinsonC/O Ottawa City Hall, 110 Launer Ave, WOttawa, ON, K1P 1S1Tel: 1 613 234 2221Fax: 1 613 234 5880Email: info@ncm.caInet: www.runottawa.caNiagara Fallsview CasinoResort Int’l MarathonOctoberJim R. Ralston5300 Willmott Street,Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 2A7Tel: 1 905 356 9460Fax: 1 905 356 7156Email: 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 HalfSeptemberAlan 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/svhmScotiabank VancouverHalf MarathonJuneClifton CunninghamRCP International, 176-1917 W 4th AveVancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1M7Tel: 778 786 3116Fax: 778 786 3117Email: clifton@canadarunningseries.comInet: canadarunningseries.com/svhmToronto Marathon and Half OctoberJay Glassman450 Walmer Road, Suite 412,Toronto, ON, M5P 2X8Tel: 1 416 972 1062Fax: 1 416 972 1238Email: torontomarathon@rogers.comInet: www.torontomarathon.comVancouver 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 MarathonOctoberWang DaweiChinese Athletic Association, 4 TiyuguanRoad, 100763 Beijing,Tel: 86 10 8718 3440Fax: 86 10 6714 2515Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.comInet: www.beijing-marathon.comDallian Int'l MarathonJuneSun XinshengKDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, XigangDistrict, DalianTel: 86 411 8368 2293Fax: 86 411 8368 2693Email: kouzhengjie@sina.comInet: www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007The Great Wall MarathonMayDave CundyGreat Wall Marathon - Head OfficeGround Floor, Unit 4, No. 36Fuchengmenwai Street, Xicheng District,Beijing 100037, ChinaTel: 86 10 6858 9496 / 6851 2395Fax: 86 10 6858 9497Email: gwm_booking@263.net.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 MarathonMarchYu ZhenjieNo. 2 Tiyu Road, XiamenTel: 86 592 509 4800Fax: 82 592 512 1241Email: alice.chen@126.comInet: www.xmim.orgColombiaBogota Int’l Half MaratonMedia Maratón Int’l de Bogotá AugustMartha 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, Edificio CamacolMedellinTel: 574 230 4872Fax: 574 230 1123Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.coInet: www.maratonmedellin.comCosta RicaCosta Rica Int'l Marathon DecemberGuillermo SaenzP.O.Box 70230, 1000 San JoseCosta RicaTel. 506 222 0804Fax. 506 232 4543Email: maraintercostarica@hotmail.comInet: www.ticomania.comCroatiaZagreb Marathon & Half Marathon OctoberFranjo Kordic - race directorDragutina Rakovca 1010000 ZagrebCROATIATel: 385 1 2314 228Fax: 385 1 2314 122Email: zagrebacki.atletski.savez@zg.t-com.hrInet: www.z-as.hrCubaMarabana 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 NovemberCyprus health runners clubP.O.Box 28167, 2091 Strovolos, NicosiaTel: 357 994 10730Fax: 357 224 20559Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cyInet: www.runclub.com.cy74 Distance Running January – March 2007

www.aims-association.org* = AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details toupdate@aims-association.orgCzech RepublicPrague Int’l MarathonHervis Prague Half MarathonPaulo OttoneZahoranského 3, 120 00 Prague 2Tel: 420 224 919 209Fax: 420 224 923 355Email: marathon@pim.czInet: www.praguemarathon.comDenmarkMayMarchCopenhagen MarathonMayNiels Jorgen HoldtGunner Nu Hansens Plads 11,DK 2100 KBH, CopenhagenTel: 45 35 26 69 00Fax: 45 35 26 69 03Email: vibjerg@sparta.dkInet: www.copenhagenmarathon.dkH. C. Andersen Marathon SeptemberTorben SimonsenStadionvej 50k, DK-5200 Odense V.Tel: 45 3059 2444Fax: 45 6590 7425Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dkInet: www.hcamarathon.dkEcuadorGuayaquil MarathonOctoberDiego MaruriAv Las Aguas 640, Edf. MCG, ofc. Guayaquil,EcuadorTel: 593 4 288 5008Fax: 593 4 288 4746Email: diegomaruri@dm3.comInet: www.dm3.com*La Ruta de las IglesiasSeptemberSamia SolahJuan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito,EcuadorTel: 593 2 244 8850Fax: 593 2 244 8857Email: samia@tventas.netInet: www.rutadlasiglesias.com*Medio Maraton QuitoMitad del MundoNovemberMarialuz ArellanoCarlos Tobar 155 y Eloy AlfaroQuito, EcuadorTel. 593 9 980 3237Fax. 593 2 2505203Email: marellano@andinanet.netInet: www.vidactiva.com.ec/mediamaraton*Quito Ultimas 15kJunePablo GonzalezAv. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito,EcuadorTel: 593 2267 0999Email: pgonzalez@elcomercio.comInet: www.quitoultimas15k.elcomercio.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 MarathonSeptemberMr. Urmo RaiendKülmallika 15a, Tallinn, EstoniaTel: +372 6718 548Email: stamina@stamina.eeInet: www.marathon.eeTallinn MarathonJuneRein RaspelTihasheina Tee 3, Maardu 74117, ESTONIATel/fax: 372 609 6310Email: tallinnmarathon@hotmail.comInet: www.tallinnmarathon.eeEthiopiaToyota Great EthiopianRun 10kmRichard NerurkarSeptemberTel: 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, StanleyTel: 500 22220Fax: 500 22219MarchEmail: standardchartered@horizon.co.fkInet: www.standardcharter.com/fk/marathon/FinlandAland MarathonJohn HolmbergOctoberMartellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn,AalandTel: 358 1 819 605Fax: 358 1 813 170Email: marathon@aland.netInet: www.marathon.aland.fiHelsinki City MarathonPertti RaunioAugustFinnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20,00240 Helsinki, FinlandTel: 358 9 3481 2405Fax: 358 9 3481 2367Email: sul.harraste@sul.fiInet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.comPaavo Nurmi MarathonJari SalonenJuneLinnankatu 36, FIN-20100, TurkuTel: 358 2 274 5010Fax: 358 2 274 5001Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.comInet: www.paavonurmisports.comRuska MarathonPekka ErikksonSeptemberValtatie 15, 99100 Kittila, FinlandTel: 358 400 808 784Fax: 358 16 642 259Email: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fiInet: www.ruskamaraton.comSanta Claus MarathonMr. Rauno RiekkinenJuneKivirinne 16, 96910 Rovaniemi, FinlandTel. 358 403 44 7770Fax. 358 403 44 7771Email: info@santaclausmarathon.comInet: www.arcticcirclemarathon.comFranceMarathon of La RochelleMauny NocolasNovemberB.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04Email: info@marathondelarochelle.comInet: www.marathondelarochelle.comNice Int’l Half MarathonReynald DebreyneAprilAzur 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 MarathonJoël LaineAprilAso-Athletisne, 2 rue Rouset de Lisle,92130 Issy les MoulineauxTel: 33 1 41 33 15 68Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74Email: infos @parismarathon.comInet: www.parismarathon.comGermany27th Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin April34th Berlin MarathonSeptemberMark MildeSCC-Running Events,Glockenturmstrasse 23, D-14055, BerlinTel: 49 30 301 288 10Fax: 49 30 301 288 20Email: info@berlin-marathon.comInet: www.berlin-marathon.comDresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon OctoberJo SchindlerSonnemannstr 5, 60314 Frankfurt, GermanyTel: 49 69 370 0468 0Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11Email: mail@frankfurt-marathon.comInet: www.frankfurt-marathon.comiWelt Marathon WuerzburgMayMichael LittmannAn der Stadtmarter, 2, 97228 RottendorfTel: 49 9302 9904 17Fax: 49 9302 9807 82Email: littmann@wuerzburg-marathon.deInet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.deKarstadt MarathonMayVolker EbenerIdko GM6H Co KG, Potodamer Plate 2,53119, BonnTel: 49 228 725 39 80Fax: 49 228 725 39 59Email: ebener@idko.comInet: www.karstadt-marathon.deConergy Marathon HamburgAprilWolfram GoetzWinterhuder Weg 869, 22085 HamburgTel: 49 40 8888 0358Fax: 49 40 8888 0368Email: w.goetz@marathon-hamburg.deInet: www.marathon-hamburg.deNike Run Berlin 25kmMayGlockenturm str 1, D 14053 BerlinTel: 49 30 305 17 71Fax: 49 30 30 09 9610Email: info@runberlin.deInet: www.runberlin.deGreat BritainBaxter’s Loch Ness Marathon &Festival of runningMalcolm 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 MarathonJane McCullochP.O. Box 512, Cheadle,Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJOctoberSeptemberTel: 44 1782 396113Email: bristol@frsystems.co.ukInet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathonBritish 10K London RunMichael 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 MarathonIan Ladbrooke22 Hamilton Crescent, Gullane, EH31 2HR,Great BritainJulyAprilTel: 44 1620 843 593Email: iladbrooke@aol.comInet: www.edinburgh-forthside-half-marathon.co.ukEdinburgh MarathonMayCaroline VeversEdinburgh 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: 30 210 931 5886Tel/Fax: 30 210 933 1113Email: 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 ChampionshipsJanuaryAlan 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 MarathonMarchWilliam KoRm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path,So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong KongTel: 852 2577 5392Fax: 852 2367 6166Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.comInet: www.hkmarathon.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthHungaryNike Budapest Int’lHalf MarathonSeptember22nd Plus Budapest Marathon SeptemberBSI Futo Kft, Arpad Kocsis1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156Tel: 36 1 273 0939Fax: 36 1 273 0936Email: budapest.run@t-online.huInet: www.budapestmarathon.comIcelandLake Myvatn MarathonJuneYngvi R KristjanssonSel Hotel Myvatn,Skutustadir, 660 Myvatn, IcelandTel: 354 464 4164Fax: 354 464 4364Email: marathon@myvatn.isInet: www.myvatn.isReykjavik Marathon and Half AugustFriman Ari FerdinandssonEngjavegur 6, 113 ReykjavikTel: 354 535 3700Fax: 354 568 7566Email: marathon@marathon.isInet: www.reykjavikmarathon.comIndiaStandard CharteredMumbai MarathonJanuaryHugh JonesProcam International, 14, St. James Court,Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84Fax: 91 22 2202 5112Email: scmm@procamintl.comInet: www.standardcharteredmumbaimarathon.indiatimes.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthHutch Delhi Half Marathon OctoberLalit BhanotProcam International, 14, St. James Court,Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84Fax: 91 22 2202 5112Email: hdhm@procamintl.comInet: www.hutchdelhihalfmarathon.indiatimes.comGreat Tibetan MarathonJulyNazir RahMountain Adventures - IndiaKronprinsensgade 6,31114, copenhagen K., DenmarkTel: 45 3332 6606Fax: 45 3332 6607Email: nazir@mountainadventuresindia.comInet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.comCourse not measurable to AIMS standardsThe Times of India Bangalore 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.com76 Distance Running January – March 2007

www.aims-association.org* = AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details toupdate@aims-association.orgIrelandadidas 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 MarathonFebruaryYaacov 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: iaa@zahav.net.ilInet: www.tiberias-marathon.co.ilJerusalem Half MarathonMarchSimon AvrahamSports Authority. 10 Safra Square, Jerusalem91007Tel: 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.it*Garda Trentino Half Marathon NovemberPoli SandroVia Vittorio Veneto 20/A38062 Arco (TN), ItalyTel. 39 0464 583206Fax. 39 0464 519839Email: polisandro@hotmail.comInet: www.trentinoevents.itGuiseppe VerdiCountry MarathonFebruaryGian Carlo ChittoliniVia Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore,Terme, ParmaTel: 390 524 572 083Fax: 390 524 575 055Email: info@verdimarathon.itInet: www.verdimarathon.itFerrari Italian MarathonOctoberIvano BarboliniVIA Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO)Tel: 39 059 65 02 97Fax: 39 059 65 13 30Email: info@italianmarathon.itInet: www.italianmarathon.itMaratona 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 0731Email: info@palermomaratona.itInet: www.palermomaratona.itPisa MarathonMayAndrea MagginiVia di Gello 47/A, 56123 PisaTel: +39 050 556135Fax: +39 050 503119Email: maggini@pisamarathon.itInet: www.pisamarathon.itSant Antonio MarathonAprilSilvana SantiVia E. P. Masini 2, 35131 PadovaTel: 39 049 822 7114Fax: 39 049 822 7164Email: info@maratonasantantonio.comInet: www.maratonasantantonio.comMilano City MarathonOctoberMatteo PastoreVia Solferino, 28, 20121 MilanoTel: 39 02 6282 8788Fax: 39 02 6282 8752 / 3Email: milanocitymarathon@rcs.itInet: www.milanocitymarathon.itTurin MarathonTurin Half MarathonAprilSeptemberPietro 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 OctoberEnnio Della MeaVia C. Percoto 17/C, 33100 UdineTel/Fax 390 324 501 612Email: info@maratoninadiudine.itInet: www.maratoninadiudine.itVenice MarathonOctoberEnrico JacominiASD Venice 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.itJamaicaReggae MarathonDecemberAlfred Francis87-89 Tower st, Kingston, JamaicaTel: 1 876 922 8677Fax: 1 876 922 0155Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.comInet: www.reggaemarathon.comJapanBeppu-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 ChampionshipDecemberHiroaki 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, Kagawapref763 0053Tel: 81 0877 24 6251Fax: 81 0877 24 7966Email: mr-taikyo@ninus.ocn.ne.jpInet: www.km-half.comKyoto City Half MarathonYoshiharu NayaMarch32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo,Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864Tel: 81 75 315 1235Fax: 81 75 315 1236Email: isono@runners.co.jpLake Biwa Mainichi MarathonYukihiro FujiokaMarchThe Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office,3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251Tel: 81 6 6346 8371Fax: 81 6 6346 8372Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jpLake Kawaguchi MarathonNikkan Sports PressNovemberc/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd.,502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, Shimbashi,Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004Tel: 81 3 5733 2451Fax: 81 3 5733 2452Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jpInet: www.sports-info.co.jpLake Saroma100km Ultra MarathonJiro HashimotoJuneRunners 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.jpNagoya Int’l Women’s MarathonKosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi TanakaMarchThe 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/Olympic CommemorativeNagano MarathonYasushi AokiApril1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801Tel: 81 26 252 7687Fax: 81 26 234 6381Email: y-aoki@shinmai.co.jpInet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jpOhme-Hochi Marathon30km/10k Road RaceFebruaryTakuji YamamotoPublicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan,Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485Tel: +81 3 5479 1294Fax: +81 3 5479 1155Email: takuji_y@hochi.jpInet: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jpOsaka Int’l Ladies’ MarathonMotonobu ShimamotoJanuaryKTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku,Osaka 530-8408Tel: 81 6 6314 8277Fax: 81 6 6314 8549Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jpTokyo MarathonFebruaryHideyuki Sasaki,C/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports PlanningEnterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi,Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325Tel: +81 3 5320 6896Fax: +81 3 5388 1739Email: sasaki@tokyo42195.orgInet: www.tokyo42195.comTokyo Int’l Women’s MarathonTakao Ishizawac/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji,Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011Tel: 81 3 5540 7455Fax: 81 3 3248 6636Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.comInet: www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathonKenyaStandard CharteredNairobi Marathon and HalfJohn VelzianPO Box 328, Sarit Centre, NairobiTel: 254 2086 0186Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.keInet: www.nairobimarathon.comPart of The Greatest Race on EarthKoreaChosunilbo ChunchonInt’l MarathonNovemberOctoberOctoberIn 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 MarathonAprilDae 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.krSeoul 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, 100-959 KoreaTel: 82 2 751 9629Fax: 82 2 751 9640Email: laputa@joongang.co.krInet: http://marathon.joins.comLebanon*Beirut Int’l MarathonNovemberMark Dickinson/Nadine MoawadBMA, P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut, LebanonTel: 961 5 959 262Fax: 961 5 959 263Email: info@beirutmarathon.orgInet: www.beirutmarathon.orgLithuaniaVilniaus MarathonSeptemberRokas BabraviciusV. Kudirkos 6, VilniausTel: 370 5 210 6450Fax: 370 5 210 6451Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.ltInet: www.marathon.ltLuxembourgDexia 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 MiniDecemberJosé 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 79 33 90 46Fax: 356 25 40 10 31Email: info@maltamarathonchallenge.comInet: www.maltamarathonchallenge.comMalaysiaKuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon MarchS. VegiyathunamF. T. A. A. A., 2nd floor, Wisma OCM, JalanHang Jebat, 50150 Kula LumpurTel: 60 3 27152843Fax: 60 3 27152678Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.comMexicoGran 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.org78 Distance Running January – March 2007

www.aims-association.org* = AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details toupdate@aims-association.orgMaraton Int’l de GuadalajaraEnrique Gomez EspejelOctober100 Nevado de Toluca St, ColoniaIndependencia, Guadalajara, jalisco 44290Tel: 52 33 3637 0408Fax: 55 33 3651 8271Email: leqomez@guadalajara.gob.mxInet: www.maraton.com.mxMaraton LaLa InternacionalHéctor Guerrero HerreraMarchCalle 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.org*Medio Maraton Los Cabos/Cabo Half MarathonAdrian Soria BejarJanuaryNebraska #62-202 Colonia NapolesMexico DF, CP 03818, MéxicoTel. 52 55 5443 7447Fax. 52 55 5523 5035Email: adrian@maratonloscabos.comInet: www.cabomarathon.com*Maraton Powerade MonterreyGerardo Cervantes PadillaDecemberRio Pilon 2124,Fraccionamiento Bernardo ReyesMonterrey (NL), Mexico, CP 64280Tel. 52 81 8373 9254Fax. 52 81 8373 2026Email: gcervantes@ssnl.gob.mxInet: www.maratonmonterrey.com21km Nuevo LeonLuciano Ramirez GallardoDecemberFrancisco Murguia 4200, Col GuadalupeVictoria, Guadalupe NLTel: +52 818 161 6725Fax: +52 811 505 1799Email: atletismo_nl@axtel.netTangamanga Int'l MarathonJaime Morales ReyesJuneVista Hermosa 720, Colonia JardinSan Luis Potosi, CP78270Tel: 52 4448 154444Fax: 52 4448 158921Email: maratontangamanga@gmail.comInet: www.maratontangamanga.comMonacoMonaco Int’l MarathonJean-Pierre SchoëbelMarchStade 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: 390 292 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.orgNetherlandsOctoberFortis Marathon RotterdamMario J KadiksAprilP.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ RotterdamTel: 31 10 291 9230Fax: 31 10 291 9172Email: info@rotterdammarathon.nlInet: www.fortismarathonrotterdam.nlEindhoven MarathonCor VriendOctoberBiesven 11, 5645 KL, EindhovenTel: 31 40 2115 142Fax: 31 40 2118 727Email: ncvriend@iae.nlInet: www.marathoneindhoven.nlEnschede MarathonJos HermensAprilGlobal 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.nlING Amsterdam MarathonOctoberBirgit 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.noPakistan*Lahore MarathonIan LadbrookePublicis Pakistan68-C/2 Gulberg III, Lahore.Tel: +92-42-5765101/3Fax: +92-42-5753569Email: Iladbrooke@aol.comInet: www.lahoremarathon.comPanamaJuneJanuaryPanama City Int’l MarathonAugustDr. 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.comPolandFlora Warsaw MarathonSeptemberMarek TroninaTel: 48 51 017 5463 (mobile)Email: info@maratonwarszawski.comInet: www.warsawmarathon.comCracovia MarathonMayPiotr SokolowskiOsrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, ul. Eisenberga 231-523 Krakow, PolandTel: 48 12 411 40 88Fax: 48 12 4127477Email: biuro@cracoviamaraton.plInet: www.cracoviamaraton.plPoznan 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 MarathonSeptemberHenryk PaskalStowarzysznie Biegow Ulicznych ul. Kossaka23, 64-920 PilaTel: 48 67 351 0478Fax: 48 67 212 5975Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.plInet: www.pila.halfmarathon.plWroclaw MarathonAprilMarek DanielakStowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw,Oporowska 62, 53-434 WroclawTel: 48 71 364 72 00Fax: 48 71 346 72 10Email: biuro@wroclawmaraton.plInet: www.wroclawmaraton.plPortugalCarlos Lopes GoldMarathon MemorialAprilMario SilvaTravessa da Palmeira, No. 6A, 1200-316 LisbonTel: 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: geral@maratonaclubedeportugal.comInet: 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 NikeChet 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.roRussiaAprilOctoberMoscow 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 Half Marathon SeptemberAlexandr 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 MarathonAugustKonstantin PodbelskiUl. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043Tel: 7 3812 231 526Fax: 7 3812 242 567Email: sim@omsknet.ruInet: www.sim.omsknet.ruRwandaKigali 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.comSerbiaNovi 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 MarathonAprilBejan NikolicHumska 4, 11000 BelgradeTel: 381 11 369 0709Fax: 381 11 306 5720Email: office@bgdmarathon.comInet: www.bgdmarathon.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 SoleGran Via 8-10, 3rd Floor L’hospitalet deLlobregat 08902, BarcelonaTel: 34 93 431 55 33Fax: 34 93 422 10 96Email: info@maratobarcelona.comInet: www.maratobarcelona.comMaraton San SebastianNovemberJesus Lopez JimenezFederacion Atletica Guipuzcoana,Paseo Anoeta, 5,Kirol Etxea, 20014 - Donostia,San Sebastian, SpainTel. 34 943 451 757Fax. 34 943 453 982Email: gaf@kirolak.netInet: www.maratondonostia.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.es80 Distance Running January – March 2007

www.aims-association.org* = AIMS Associate MemberRACE DIRECTORS:To correct current contact informationand race dates please send details toupdate@aims-association.orgMaraton Internacional Martin Fiz,Vitoria-GasteizMayEduardo Martinez LoberaPintor Ortiz de Urbina No3, Of. 1901008 VitoriaTel: 34 945 214 278Fax: 34 945 214 279Email: info@maratonmartinfiz.comInet: www.maratonmartinfiz.comMarathon Popular de MadridAprilGuillermo J. Jimenez RamosCalle Galileo No 74 local VIAJES SANDRA’SC.P: 28015 MadridTel: 34 91447 96 31 / 41Fax: 34 91447 94 11Email: inscripciones@mapoma.esInet: www.maratonmadrid.org11 Mediterranean Marathon OctoberJosep-Maria AntentasRegas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN)Tel: 34 93 725 0461Fax: 34 93 725 0461Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.esMarathon Popular de Valencia FebruaryMedia Marathon Ciudad de Valencia MayPaco BoraoArz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 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.comStockholm MarathonUlf SalettiP.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, StockholmTel: 46 8 545 66 440Fax: 46 8 664 38 22Email: info@stockholmmarathon.seInet: www.stockholmmarathon.seSwitzerlandMayJuneGeneve Marathon & Semi Marathon MayStephane RychenCase Postale 65721211 Geneve 6, SwitzerlandTel: 41 22 787 0753Fax: 41 22 787 0750Email: info@genevemarathon.chInet: www.genevemarathon.chJungfrau MarathonSeptemberRichard UmbergStrandbadstr. 44, PO 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 BruchezAv, de Rhodanie 54, 1007 LausanneTel: 41 21 806 3016Fax: 41 21 806 2548Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.comInet: www.lausanne-marathon.comLucerne MarathonOctoberReto SchornoVerein Lucern Marathon, Maihofstrasse 76,Postfach 6002, LuzernTel: 41 429 59 45Fax: 41 429 59 47Email: reto.schorno@lucernmaratohn.chInet: www.lucernmaratohn.chSwiss 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 standardsZermatt MarathonJulyAndrea Kummer-SchneiderPostfach 94, CH-3924, St NiklausTel: 41 956 2760Fax: 41 27 956 2925Email: info@zermattmarathon.chInet: www.zermattmarathon.chZurich MarathonBruno LafranchiPostfach 8027, 8036 ZurichTel: 41 480 25 57Fax: 41 480 25 56Email: info@zurichmarathon.chInet: www.zurichmarathon.chTaiwanAprilING Taipei 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.twTanzania*Kilimanjaro MarathonMarchJohn AddisonWild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 1685,Republic of South AfricaTel: 27 11 702 2035Fax: 27 11 468 1655Email: john@wildfrontiers.comInet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.comThailandStandard Chartered Bangkok MarathonNovemberSongkram Kraisonthi20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn RoadDindaeng, Bangkok 1040066 22 77 6670 / 276 3605Fax: 66 22 77 2567Email: info@amazingfield.orgInet: www.bkkmarathon.comKhon Kaen Int’l MarathonJanuaryDr. Theera RittirodKhon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002Tel: 66 43 202 222Fax: 66 43 202 557Email: theera@kku.ac.thInet: www.kkmarathon.comPhuket International Marathon JuneRaimund WellenhoferChip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building109 Surawong Road, Bangkok,10500 THAILANDTel: 662 236 2921Fax: 662 237 2321Email: info@goadventureasia.comInet: www.phuketmarathon.comTrinidad & TobagoUWI-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 RaceMarchAdriano 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 MarathonOctoberAyhan BolukbasiIBB Spor as gen mudurlugu, kadugalar cad.Kucukciftlik Lunaparski Karsisi, DolmabahceTel: 90 212 234 4200Fax: 90 212 241 2686Email: info@istanbulmarathon.orgInet: www.istanbulmarathon.orgTarsus Int’l Half MarathonAprilHayri 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 AmericaJanuaryAtlanta Marathon & Half NovemberJulia EmmonsAtlanta Track Club3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, 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 BayBig Sur Int’l MarathonWally KastnerP.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922Tel: 1 831 625 6226Fax: 1 831 625 2119Email: info@bsim.orgInet: www.bsim.orgFreihofer’s 5k Run for WomenOctoberAprilJuneGeorge 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.comHonolulu MarathonJon Cross, Jim Moberly3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208,Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USATel: 1 808 734 7200Fax: 1 808 732 7057Email: info@honolulumarathon.orgInet: www.honolulumarathon.orgLake Tahoe MarathonLes Wright2261 Cold Creek Trail,South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150Tel: 1 530 544 70951 504 328 3478Fax: 1 530 452 2844JuneDecemberSeptemberEmail: info@mauihalfmarathon.comInet: www.laketahoemarathon.comMaui Marathon & HalfSeptemberBob CarverP.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733Tel: 1 808 871 6441Email: info@mauimarathon.comInet: www.mauimarathon.comLas Vegas Marathonand Half MarathonAl BokaP.O. Box 81262, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180Tel: 1 702 240 2722Fax: 1 702 876 3870Email: alboka@aol.comInet: www.lvmarathon.comLos Angeles MarathonNick Curl11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100,Los Angeles CA90025Tel: 1 310 444 5544Fax: 1 310 473 8105Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.comInet: www.lamarathon.comMarine Corps MarathonRick NealisP.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6Fax: 1 703 784 2265DecemberMarchOctoberEmail: marine.marathon@usmc.milInet: www.marinemarathon.comMount Desert Island MarathonGary AllenP.O. Box117, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662Tel: 1 207 276 4226Fax: 1 207 276 4211Email: information@mdimarathonInet: www.mdimarathon.orgOctoberOklahoma City Memorial Marathon AprilChet Collier53 NW 42nd Street,Oklahoma City, OK 73118Tel: 1 405 525 4242Fax: 1 405 525 7520Email: info@okcmarathon.comInet: www.okcmarathon.comPacific 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.orgRock 'n' Roll MarathonJuneTim Murphy/ Tracy Sundlun5452 Oberlin Dr.San Diego, CA 92121, USATel. 1 858 450-6510Fax. 1 858 450-6905Email: tmurphy@rnrmarathon.comInet: www.rnrmarathon.comSalt 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.comSan Francisco MarathonJulyPO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107Tel: 1 415 814 2823Fax: 1 415 276 4179Email: info@runsfm.comInet: www.runsfm.comUniversity Washington Medical CenterSeattle MarathonNovemberLouise LongP.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103Tel: 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: 206 965 8837Fax: 206 728 9506Email: mike@seafair.comInet: www.seafairmarathon.comUnder Armour Baltimore Marathon OctoberLee Corrigan201 W. Baltimore Street,306 Baltimore, MD 21201Tel: 1 410 605 9381Fax: 1 410 605 9389Email: lee@corrigansports.comInet: www.thebaltimoremarathon.comVirgin IslandsSt Croix Int'l MarathonJanuaryWallace WilliamsP.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVirgin Islands 00822Tel: 1 340 643 2557Fax: 1 340 773 5327Email: wallacewilliams@msn.comInet: www.virginislandspace.orgZimbabweAfrica University InternationalPeace MarathonJulyChenjerai TanyonganaAfrica University, Box 1320, MutareTel: 263 20 60026/75Fax: 263 20 61785Email: ausport@africau.ac.zwInet: www.africau.edVictoria Falls Marathon & Half AugustJohn AddisonPO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685South AfricaTel: 27 11 702 2035Fax: 27 11 468 1655Email: john@wildfrontiers.com82 Distance Running January – March 2007