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Contents 

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25 

News 

AIMS News 

New members; 

Executives’ contact details; 

Major aims 7 

IAAF News 

A new road trip; 

Diary; 

Executives’ contact details; 9 

IAU News 

IAU European 100km Championship; 

Diary; 

Executives’ contact details; 

Ultradistance results 33 

Regulars 

Calendar of events 

Official listings for AIMS events 40 

Results 

Worldwide race reports and pictures 42 

World leading times 

The latest top times for men and women 

at 10km, Half Marathon, and Marathon 67 

Race contact details 

AIMS member races with full contact details 70 

Features 

On top of the world 

North Pole Marathon, 

Neutral Polar Ocean 8 April 2006 15 

A capital marathon 

Canberra Marathon, Australia. 9 April 2006 21 

Runs and roses 

Vancouver Sun Run 10km, 

Canada. 23 April 2006 25 

Promenade des Coureurs 

15th Semi-Marathon International de Nice, 

France. 23 April 2006 28 

On the run in Mexico 

Tangamanga Marathon, Mexico. 

25 June 2006 30 

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DISTANCE RUNNING July – September 2006 

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President 

Hiroaki Chosa, 

Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations, 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 


Tel: 81 3 5452 1500 

Fax: 81 3 5452 1795 

Honorary Vice President 

Leonard F. Luchner 

Vice-President 

Carlos Moya (Marketing) Lisbon Half 

Marathon 

Secretary 

Hugh Jones 

19 Kelly Street, 

London NW1 8PG, U.K. 

Email: Aimssec@aol.com 

(no tel/fax available) 

Treasurer 

Al Boka, 

Las Vegas Marathon 

Board of Directors 

Horst Milde, 

Berlin Marathon 

Gordon Rogers (Technical) 

Representative N. America and English 

speaking Caribbean, Vancouver 

Marathon, PO Box 2931, Vancouver BC 

V6H 1E1, Canada 

Tel: 1 604 733 6224 

Fax: 1 604 733 6221 

Email: gordonrogers@telus.net 

Ahmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa, 

Mount Meru Marathon, Tanzania 

Francisco Borao, (Membership 

Development) Representative 

Mediterannean, Valencia Marathon 

Dave Cundy, (Oceania Representative), 

Gold Coast Marathon 

Consultants 

Peter McLean, 

(Press & Public Relations) 

15 Kirklee Terrace, 

Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland 

T/F: 44 141 357 2516 

Email: petermclean@ 

pmpr2000.fsnet.co.uk 

Wim Verhoorn 

(AIMS Marketing) 

WVMC.bv, PO Box 47 

3150 AA Hoek van Holland, Nederland 

Email: VERH5082@planet.nl 

Dr David Martin, (Statistics) 

Georgia State University, 

24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Kell Hall, 

Room C1, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA 

Fax: 1 404 651 1531 

Email: drdave@gsu.edu. 

Jim Moberly, 

Honolulu Marathon 

AIMS AFFILIATE 

International Marathon Medical 

Directors Association (IMMDA) 

President 

Martha Miltenyi, 

Budapest Marathon 

Secretary / Treasurer 

Lewis Maraham MD 

24 West 57th Street, 

6th floor, New York, NY 10019 

Tel: 1 212 765 5763 

Email: nysportsmd@aol.com 

MEASURERS 

International Measurement 

Administrators 

Asia & Oceania 

Dave Cundy, 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, 

NSW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 4342 7611 

Fax: 61 2 4342 7648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

French & Spanish speaking 

Europe & Africa 

Jean François Delasalle, 

Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25, 

80800 Corbie, France 

Tel: 33 3 2248 5190 

Fax: 33 3 2248 5191 

Email: jf.delasalle@tiscali.fr 

English speaking Europe & Africa 

Currently vacant 

Americas 

Bernie Conway, 

67 Southwood Crescent, 

London, Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada 

Tel/Fax: 1 519 641 6889 

Email: measurer@rogers.com 

Major aims 

The formation of a new marathon 

“Super League” was announced in 

January, consisting of a circuit of the 

Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago 

and New York Marathons. The 

public focus of this joint “World 

Marathon Majors” series is the 

award of $500,000 each to the best 

male and best female performers in 

their races, judged over a two-year 

period. Performances in World 

Championship and Olympic Games’ 

Marathons may also be taken into 

consideration. 

London Chicago and New York have 

resigned membership of AIMS as a 

result, although Boston and Berlin 

have not done so. Big-budget races 

that would otherwise compete 

against each other for the world’s 

top runners see advantages in 

managing this process more cooperatively. 

Less clear is why some 

of these feel it necessary to distance 

themselves from co-operative 

arrangements with smaller, noncompeting 

races which form the 

membership of AIMS. 

There is great competition for the 

title “the best marathon in the 

world”, but there is no agreed 

formula by which to form such a 

judgement. Big races emphasise 

their size. Rich races emphasise 

their wealth. Apart from a few top 

runners, to whom the spoils fall, any 

ordinary marathon runner knows 

that the best marathon in the world 

is the one they like best. It is an 

entirely subjective judgement based 

upon the experience the particular 

race offers. Within AIMS there are 

230 members, each of which offers a 

different experience (for glimpses of 

such, just flick through this 

magazine) and each of which is 

striving to improve its service and 

standing. It is very unfortunate that 

a few of the market leaders in the 

sport are signalling disinterest in 

the full range of qualities and 

events that distance running has to 

offer, and that the running world in 

future will be unable to speak with 

one voice. 

New AIMS Members 

■ Maraton Internacional de Guadalajara 

(MEX) 

has been held for 22 years, with best 

performances from Eliseo Garcia (2:16:18) 

Guadalupe Loma (2:38:52). Currently 

2000 men and 440 women participate, 

coming from 4 countries 

■ Zermatt Marathon (SUI) is an alpine 

event with breathtaking views of the 

Matterhorn almost throughout. It has been 

held for the last four years. Best times 

recorded have been 3:04:19 (men) and 

3:45:24 (women). The race attracts 241 

runners from 18 countries. 

New Associate Members 

■ Quito Ultimas 15km (ECU) joined just 

before the latest race held on 4 June (see 

results section). 

■ La Ruta de las Igelsias (ECU) was held for 

the first time on 15 October 2005, this race 

had 1763 runners departing from the 

Basilico de Quito at 19.00, in along a torchlit 

route that passed by 10 churches during the 

first 4km. The race finishes in the north of 

the city at the Parque La Carolina. Winners 

were locals Franklin Tenorio (30:37 and 

Rosa Chacha (35:35) 

The next edition of Distance Running will 

be published in October, covering races 

held from July-September. The advertising 

and editorial deadlines will be on 

9 September. 


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Email: headquarters@iaaf.org 

IAAF President 

Lamine Diack (SEN) 

IAAF Council 

Arne Ljungqvist (SWE), 

Senior Vice President 

Dapeng Lou (CHN), 

Vice President 

Amadeo I.D. Francis (PUR), 


Helmut Digel (GER), 


Jean Poczobut (FRA), 

Honorary Treasurer 

István Gyulai (HUN), 

General Secretary, Monaco Office 

Members 

Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) 

Bill Bailey (AUS), 

Oceania Representative 

Sergey Bubka (UKR) 

Leonard Chuene (RSA), 

Africa Representative 

Sebastian Coe (GBR) 

Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 

Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA), 

South America Representative 

Robert Hersh (USA) 

Abby Hoffman (CAN) 

Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 

Suresh Kalmadi (IND), 

Asia Representative 

Ilkka Kanerva (FIN) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN) 

Minos Kyriakou (GRE) 

Teddy McCook (JAM), 

North and Central America 

and Caribbean Representative 

César Moreno Bravo (MEX) 

José Maria Odriozola (ESP) 

Jung-Ki Park (KOR) 

Jamel Simohamed (ALG) 

Taizo Watanabe (JPN) 

Hansjörg Wirz (SUI), 

Europe Representative 

IAAF CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD 

RUNNING COMMITTEE 

Chairman 

Otto Klappert 

Platanenallee 7, 

59425 Unna, Germany 

Fax: 49 2303 21233 

Email: o.klappert@gmx.de 

Members 

David Bedford 

London Marathon 

115 Southwark Street, 

London SE1 0JF, UK 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0200 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Carlos Cardoso 

Avenida Gama Pinto, No. 2, 

1699 Lisbon, Portugal 

Fax: 351 1 795 4288 

Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.pt 

Hiroaki Chosa 

C/o Japan Association of 

Athletics Federations 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 


Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Ingrid Kristiansen 

Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund, 

Karl Johannsgt. 2, 

O-154 Oslo, 1 Norway 

Fax: 47 2 233 6638 

Luis Miguel Landa 

C/Pintura 27, 28224 Pozuelo 

de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain 

Fax: 34 91 547 6113 

Email: lumilanda@hotmail.com 

David S. Okeyo 

C/o Athletics Kenya, 

PO Box 46722-00100 

Nairobi GPO, Kenya 

Email: athleticskenya@gt.co.ke 

Marcus Oviedo 

C/o Federación Venezolana de Atletismo 

Fax: 58 21 2471 6332 

Email: marcos.oviedo@cantv.net 

Rabi Rajkarnikar 

C/o Nepal Athletics Association, 

PO Box 9365, Kamal Pokhari, 

Kathmandu, Nepal 

Fax: 977 1 418 653 

Email: Nepal-athletics@ 

mail.com.np 

Alan Stevens 

95 Tirohanga Road, Melling, 

Lower Hutt, New Zealand 

Fax: 64 4 568 9609 

Email: alanstevens@ 

petonetravel.co.nz 

Mohammed Sulaiman Taib 

C/o Qatar Association of 

Athletics Federations, 

PO Box 8139, Doha, Qatar 

Email: taiyb68@hotmail.com 

Anne Timmons 

PO Box 8081, Missoula, 

MT 59807, USA 

Fax: 1 406 542 3222 

Email: aetimmons@aol.com 

Salih Munir Yaras 

Yokusçesme Sok No. 42, 

34096 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey 

Fax: 90 212 587 5258 

Email: atlet@superonline.com 

2006 

7 October: 

IAAF WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Debrecen, Hungary 

2007 

24 March: 

IAAF WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Mombasa, Kenya 

24 August – 2 September: 

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS 

Osaka, Japan 

14 October: 

IAAF WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Udine, Italy 

A new road trip 

Pat Butcher considers the future 

role of IAAF in road running 

The Olympic Games and the IAAF 

World Championships still 

periodically focus massive interest 

on athletics, but road running, and 

particularly marathon running, is 

burgeoning continuously. The funrunning 

boom of the 1970s took the 

New York City Marathon out of 

Central Park to become city-wide for 

the American Bicentennial of 1976. 

By the end of the decade the 

example was spreading across the 

world. Every major city wanted a 

marathon. 

In Britain, after the first London 

race in 1981, the number of 

marathons suddenly leapt from half 

a dozen to over 100 a year. The 

fashion declined through the 1980s, 

and only the really successful races 

survived. Those that did became 

institutions, and attracted masses 

of runners from all over the world. 

Over the last half dozen years a 

second running boom has seen 

quiet but massive growth almost 

everywhere. In Germany it was 

particularly marked. The real,-Berlin 

Marathon grew from 20,000 entries 

to almost 40,000. Other cities like 

Hamburg experienced parallel 

growth and still more founded new 

marathons to service demand. 

All over the world city 

administrations, local sports 

federations and sports clubs, or 

smart individual promoters have 

recognised the symptoms of a 

commercial boom attached to the 

‘health’ market and tourist 

opportunities offered by a big-city 

marathon. The second running 

boom has combined elite 

performance, fun-running and 

marathon tourism. 

The public and media have seen 

extraordinary records, like Paul 

Tergat’s 2.04.55 and Paula Radcliffe’s 

2.15.25. There have been exciting 

finishes like when Tergat out-leaned 

Hendrick Ramaala to win the ING 

New York City Marathon last 

November. A month earlier a 

misjudgement by Mbarek Hassan 

Shami allowed Tanzania’s Fabiano 

Joseph to clinch the IAAF World 

Half-Marathon title right on the 

line. 

Otto Klappert, the chair of the IAAF 

Cross Country and Road Running 

Committee admits that the 

international federation came late 

to the party. “We definitely didn’t 

pay sufficient attention. Road 

running came into an existing world 

of track and field, and we thought it 

was just a fashion. Now we’re trying 

to do more, because road running is 

number one in terms of participants 

at the moment”. 

Sponsors have not been slow to 

notice. Big banks like ING and 

Standard Chartered have poured 

money into their own marathon 

series. Sponsor interest has ensured 

that prize and appearance money 


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for the elite now outstrips that for 

all but the best track athletes. Big 

wins can be worth $100,000. 

Five of the world’s biggest 

marathons - Boston, London, Berlin, 

Chicago and New York (in their 

calendar order) – have formed 

themselves into an ad-hoc 

organisation, called the World 

Marathon Majors. Over a two-year 

period, athletes running in these 

events can amass points to win 

$500,000 each for the overall men’s 

and women’s winners. 

Klappert sees this latest 

development as an opportunity for 

IAAF. “Co-operation is the key, and I 

believe it is possible. It’s one of our 

tasks to promote the sport. In turn, 

people have to respect that the IAAF 

is the body that sets the 

regulations. The IAAF can add 

prestige to even the biggest races”. 

Mary Wittenberg, race director of 

the ING New York City Marathon 

points out their group’s appeal. “We 

have a combined entry of 300,000 

participants, and that’s very 

attractive to sponsors”. Despite 

huge numbers of participants not 

many of these newcomers join an 

athletics club, the traditional route 

towards achieving higher levels of 

performance. Wittenberg agrees. 

She sees local race organisation as 

the equivalent of a club system, 

extending the New York Road 

Runners’ reach beyond Central Park, 

around the Metropolitan area. “We 

believe in the club system, in club 

races. The idea of club running 

really helps our sport. We need to 

get our star runners to stay out 

there, meeting the masses, signing 

autographs, inspiring everyone 

else”. 

Dave Bedford, race director of the 

Flora London Marathon, sees it a 

little differently: “The world has 

changed, the club system isn’t as 

strong. What you do get is hundreds 

and thousands of people talking 

online, swapping experiences, 

getting advice. A virtual club, if you 

like”. 

East African runners’ increasing 

domination of long distance is seen 

as one reason for an alarming 

decline in elite running in other 

countries. Even stars like Tergat and 

Haile Gebrselassie recognise there 

is a problem, “The world has lost 

interest in long distance races, 

because they are regarded as 

competition between Ethiopian and 

Kenyan athletes” said Tergat. 

Bedford’s answer is to exercise more 

control. “We need the right kind of 

balance. Where the invitation races 

have an advantage over the 

championships is we don’t have to 

be an African Championship. We 

can limit their involvement, in order 

to nurture our own runners”. 

Wittenberg says, “We need to 

personalise the winners. Paul Tergat 

came to the New York stock 

exchange, and he impressed 

everybody. And Jelena Prokupcuka 

(of Latvia, who won the New York 

women’s race), she’s so cute, we 

paid for her to have English lessons. 

There are many more great athletes 

than promotional spots in our 

marathons. Someone who comes 

across well is highly sought after”. 

But the USA is also one of the few 

countries to have set up a system 

(of elite training camps) to attempt 

to counter African dominance. Two 

Olympic medals in the marathon 

suggests it could be working. 

Wittenberg says that New York 

wants to contribute to that, even if 

they were late starters in the charity 

stakes. “We never used to have a 

charity programme, but last year, we 

raised a million dollars for a public 

schools programme that introduces 

youngsters to running”. 

IAAF road running competitions 

have suffered several false starts. 

The World Cup marathon, World 

Ekiden Championships, and World 

Half-Marathon Championships were 

all abandoned. To replace them the 

World Road Running 

Championships will be held for the 

first time in Hungary on 8 October. 

Klappert says, “We chose a different 

name, because we want to integrate 

the championships into existing 

events but we need to sort out the 

problems of conflicting sponsors, 

etc”. 

The partnership between the World 

Marathon Majors and the IAAF, says 

Klappert, “is the beginning of 

structuring the sport better. This is 

the first tier, but we need a second 

tier, then a third. And we also need 

promotion and relegation, otherwise 

the idea won’t stay alive.” 

Pat Butcher is athletics 

correspondent for the Financial Times 

and author of The Perfect Distance: 

Ovett & Coe - The Record Breaking 

Rivalry (Phoenix Sport) 

A longer version of this article first 

appeared in the IAAF Magazine, 

issue 1, 2006 


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On top of the world 

North Pole Marathon, Neutral Polar Ocean. 8 April 2006 

On 7 April an Antonov-74 

Russian cargo plane landed 

on a makeshift ice runway at 

89 degrees north, high in the 

Arctic Ocean only 40 miles 

from the North Pole. Here, at 

the temporary Russian base 

‘Borneo’ was where the 2006 

North Pole Marathon took 

place. 

The North Pole Marathon is the 

most northerly marathon and it is 

the only marathon run ‘on’ water. 

There is no land at the North Pole 

and beneath the 2-4m thick 

drifting ice floes lies 4000m of 

ocean. 

Every year Camp Borneo is 

established for the month of April 

- but only when the ice is compact 

enough for the Antonov planes to 

land. It is a collection of heated 

tents with two Mi-8 helicopters at 

hand, and is the operational base 

for all North Pole expeditions and 

search and rescue efforts. 

Explorers attempting to reach the 

North Pole by foot must do so by 

the end of April before the camp 

shuts down. 

After its 30 passengers 

disembarked, the Antonov 

returned to Svalbard (NOR), 2.5 

hours away, to pick up the 

remaining members of the North 

Pole Marathon expedition. 

Svalbard, the largest island of a 

Norwegian archipelago otherwise 

known as Spitsbergen, lies 

between 74N and 81N latitudes 

and is the departure point for 

almost all North Pole groups. 

Within six hours the plane was 

back at Camp Borneo with the rest 

of the group. They were greeted by 

the 24-hour daylight that lasts 

from 21 March to 21 September - 

and unusually mild temperatures 

of –10C. 

Between these arrivals a course 

was flagged that avoided ‘leads’, 

or breaks in the ice. The presence 

of leads close to camp and 

exceptionally difficult terrain of 

ice hillocks and patches of deep 

powdery snow, dictated that the 

race lap be no longer than 2.64km. 

The changeable weather 

conditions also made a short lap 

advisable because of the 

possibility of poor visibility or 

Almost all of the field decided to use 

snowshoes given the soft and uneven 

underfoot conditions 

even whiteout conditions. 

Competitors had to cover the 

GPS-measured lap 16 times. 

Among the capacity 54-person 

field was pre-race favourite 

Michael Collins of Ireland, who 

had won the Sahara Half 

Marathon on 28 February, six 

weeks before. Alison Hamlett was 

the favourite for the women’s race 

but here, above all places, it is the 

participation that counts most. 

Everyone has set out to achieve 

something different: to raise 

money for charity; to stand at 90N 

(exact North Pole or ‘true north’); 

to experience an element of 

danger; and of course to run a 

marathon. For many, it was their 

first marathon. 

Ten runners had waited almost 

two years to compete. The 2005 

North Pole marathon had been 

cancelled due to an 

unprecedented dispute between 

French and Russian logistics 

operators that resulted in the 

cancellation of almost all 2005 

North Pole trips. Polar Running 

Adventures, the operators of the 

North Pole Marathon, offered to 

bring disappointed 2005 entrants 

the following year at no extra cost 

or refund their money: ten 

brought forward their registrations 

to 2006. 

On 8 April at 12.00 Moscow time, 

the race started in good visibility, 

mild temperatures of –10C and 

virtually no wind. 

Keeping the body dry and fending 

off the wind are the priorities in 

cold weather races, which requires 

multiple lightweight layers rather 

than one or two thick ones. 

Everyone wore a thermal, fleece 

and windproof outer on their 

upper body while one thermal and 

windproof were worn on their 

legs. The peripherals, which are 

the most susceptible to frostbite 

in dipping temperatures, required 

special attention. Most wore two 

pairs of socks beneath a neoprene 

layer to cover the toes and keep 

the feet warm. Hands were cased 

in a pair of thin gloves covered by 

a pair of over mittens with a 

balaclava, facemask, hat, neck 

gator and goggles on the head 

and over the face. Almost all of 

the field decided to use 

snowshoes given the soft and 

uneven underfoot conditions. 

From the start pre-race favourite 

Collins and Carsten Kolle forced 

the pace, crunching through the 

hushed indomitable surroundings 

and matching each other stride for 

stride over the initial 10km. A 

polar bear was spotted but turned 

out to be a fellow competitor 


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donning a costume on one of the 

laps. 

Without visible landmarks like 

buildings the 2.64km circuit 

seemed much longer, but the 

biggest problem was the soft and 

loose snow that covered the 

course. It was like sand on a 

beach, energy-sapping to run on, 

and impossible to maintain a 

rhythm over. On the positive side, 

the mild temperatures allowed 

balaclavas, facemasks and goggles 

to be discarded. 

Despite the polar bear scare, 

Collins was relentless in his 

efforts and went on to win 

“comfortably” in deteriorating 

visibility and temperatures that 

temporarily dipped to –23C. 

Marcel Kasumovich judged his 

race well to overhaul Kolle for 

second place. Brent Weigner 

(USA), finished sixth man in his 

third North Pole Marathon. 

Alison Hamlett set a new women’s 

record for the event, finishing 

ahead of 2006 Antarctic Ice 

Marathon winner, Wendy 

MacKinnon. Her time was good 

enough for sixth place overall. 

Both winners received highly 

coveted Kobold expedition 

watches for their efforts. 

All 54 participants completed the 

race. Some joined the ‘Marathon 

Grand Slam Club’ by running a 

marathon on all seven continents 

and at the North Pole; others 

successfully completed their first 

marathon in the most unique 

location possible. Approximately 

EUR 500,000 was also raised for 

various charities through 

MEN: 

1 Michael COLLINS IRL 4:28:35 

2 Marcel KASUMOVICH CAN 5:00:26 

3 Carsten KOLLE GER 5:06:54 

4= Philippe MOREAU FRA 5:51:50 

4= Herve TAQUET FRA 5:51:50 

6 Brent WEIGNER USA 6:13:15 

7 Henri-Alain D’ANDRIA FRA 6:18:26 

8 Mark TOINTON GBR 6:18:47 

9 Johnny DONELLY IRL 6:40:30 

10 Hal SALVESON GBR 6:41:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Alison HAMLETT GBR 5:52:56 

2 Wendy MCKINNON GBR 6:36:28 

3 Caitriona STRAIN IRL 7:41:47 

4 Kate CHARLES GBR 7:45:06 

5= Colleen ANTROBUS NZL 9:03:02 

5= Jane GOWING GBR 9:03:02 

7 Kenwynne BARBER GBR 10:31:50 

8 Kimi PUNTILLO USA 10:41:35 

9 Evelyn HARRAN GBR 11:12:58 

10 Terri STRAITON CAN 11:39:40 

Despite the polar bear 

scare, Collins went on 

to win “comfortably” 

in temperatures that 

dipped to –23C. 

competitors’ heroic efforts in 

completing the event. 

Finishing the race wasn’t the only 

highlight. The following day all 

competitors travelled the 

remaining short distance to 

exactly 90N by Mi-8 chopper to 

complete their trip of a lifetime. 

Within 48 hours of leaving Norway 

for the Pole to run the marathon, 

the competitors safely returned to 

Svalbard and made their 

connecting flights home. 

Next year will be International 

Polar Year. To register for the 2007 

North Pole Marathon, see 

www.npmarathon.com. Places are 

strictly limited according to 

aircraft capacity. 

Result 


17

A capital marathon 

Canberra Marathon, Australia. 9 April 2006 

By Alison Kay 

Canberra is Australia’s capital 

city and home to its 

Parliament. Lying between 

Sydney and Melbourne, it was 

chosen as the site of the 

federal capital in 1908 and 

planned in 1912 by master 

designer Walter Burley Griffin. 

Now in its 30th year, the 

Canberra Marathon has been 

equally carefully planned and 

well-organised. 

Griffin was a Chicago architect 

who won an international design 

competition with his plan which 

combined nature and urban living. 

Even today, 53% of the Australian 

Capital Territory in which 

Canberra was situated remains as 

nature reserve. It makes the 

Canberra Marathon one of the 

most scenic races in Australia. 

Traffic-free roads are bounded by 

parkland and offer panoramic 

views of Lake Burley Griffin and 

many of Australia’s national 

buildings. 

Current race director Dave Cundy 

took on the role in the fifth year, 

1980, after running the event in 

1977-79. Canberra is Australia’s 

oldest city marathon, and after 26 

years in the job Cundy must be 

one of the longest-serving 

marathon race directors anywhere 

in the world. 

Canberra is one of only two 

Australian city marathons that 

hasn’t gone down the path of 

short options. A 10km and 5km 

fun run are held as separate 

marathon eve events. On 

Marathon day, youngsters can run 

the final 2.195km of a full 

marathon distance that they have 

completed in shorter legs over the 

previous few weeks. These three 

events together attracted 850 

runners. 

Other than that, the focus is on 

the thousand-odd full marathon 

runners and the really keen 

athletes who choose the 50km 

ultra distance option. 

For the past 13 years finishers 

have been offered the possibility 

of continuing for another 7.805km 

to complete a 50km ultra 

marathon. This year the race 

incorporated the inaugural 

Australian 50km Road 

Championships and a record 78 

runners went ‘beyond the 

marathon’. New Zealander Mark 

Hutchinson, now living in 

Queensland, and Siri Terjesen 

(USA), also a Queensland 

resident, took the honours, 

running 3:09:05 and 3:35:19 

respectively. 

The marathon starts and finishes 

at Telopea Park. Conditions were 

cool, calm and sunny (0-16C, 59% 

humidity). First up is a 10km 

circuit of Canberra’s 

“Parliamentary triangle” followed 

by a double out-and-back route 

on the road along the shores of 

Lake Burley Griffin. Runners on a 

five-hour plus schedule are 

guided onto a scenic cycle path 

that follows the lake shore more 

closely and avoids lengthy road 

closures. 

Given that more than 80% of the 

marathon field comes from out of 

town, it is appropriate that the 

route provides a tourist’s guide to 

the capital’s major buildings and 

attractions. Within minutes of the 

marathon start runners pass by 

several sights. The National 

Gallery is Australia’s premier art 

institution housing more than 

100,000 works of art. Next comes 

the High Court of Australia, a 

concrete-and-glass structure on 

the lakeshore, opened in 1980 

after a national architectural 

competition. Inside are three 

courtrooms and an impressive 

public hall decorated with murals 

depicting the development of the 

Australian nation and its 

Constitution. 

The course passes by Questacon, 

the National Science and 

Technology Centre, that offers 

visitors a variety of interactive 

exhibits that makes learning a byproduct 

of fun - like a 6m free fall 

or a virtual roller coaster ride. 

Then runners pass by the National 

Library, with its 220km of shelving. 

From this point runners move up 

and around new Parliament 

House, acclaimed for its 

impressive architecture, 

landscaped gardens and 

collection of contemporary 

Australian art. The 81m flag mast 

soaring above the building is a 

Canberra icon. 

All this and not yet past 10km, but 

at that point, runners pass around 

Old Parliament House, now a 

heritage building that was home 

to the Federal Parliament from 

1927-1988. It’s affectionately 

known as “the House where 

Australia grew up”. 

Now the marathon crosses the 

Kings Avenue Bridge over Lake 

Burley Griffin and turns left to 

follow the lakeshore. Runners 

head past the National Carillon 

on Aspen Island. This was a gift 

from the British Government to 

the people of Australia to 

celebrate the 50th anniversary of 

the National Capital in 1970. 

While most carillons have a 

minimum of 23 bells, this one is 

large. It has 55 bronze bells, each 

weighing somewhere between 7kg 

and 6 tonnes. It is often used to 

celebrate national days and 

special occasions. 

Further along Parkes Way, and in a 

straight line of sight from both the 

new and old Parliament buildings 

is the outstanding Australian War 

Memorial, a museum and 

exhibition centre commemorating 

the sacrifice of Australians in war 

and peacekeeping duties. It 

includes the Hall of Memory, 

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 

Pool of Reflection and Roll of 

Honour listing the names of more 

than 102,000 service people who 

have died in war. 


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Further along the lake is the 

Captain Cook Memorial Jet (a 

water fountain), one of Canberra’s 

most eye-catching attractions, 

built in 1970 to mark the 

bicentenary of Captain Cook’s 

discovery of Australia’s east coast. 

When operating at full capacity, 

the jet reaches a maximum height 

of 147m and has about 6 tonnes 

of water in the air at any one 

moment. 

From here runners simply focus 

on the distance still to go, under 

the Commonwealth Avenue 

Bridge, through the underpass at 

Acton, past the Australian 

National University, under the 

shadow of Black Mountain almost 

as far as the Glenloch 

Interchange. Here they turn to 

come back the same way. 

This time they cross the lake on 

the Commonwealth Avenue 

Bridge and retrace their steps past 

the National Library, Questacon, 

High Court and National Gallery, 

to complete the first of the outand-back 

laps. 

If runners didn’t catch all the 

sights first time around, then they 

can refresh their memory during 

the second lap around the shores 

of Lake Burley Griffin, before they 

turn off towards the finish at 

Telopea Park. 

Even then it will not have been 

enough. The Marathon is the 

means whereby visitors can 

orientate themselves and whet 

their appetites for what Canberra 

has to offer as a purpose-built 

capital city modelled along similar 

lines to Washington DC or 

Brasilia. Some slower-paced 

sightseeing in the following days 

is definitely worthwhile. 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Barry KEEM AUS 2:24:10 

2 Magnus MICHELSSON AUS 2:25:02 

3 James BARKER AUS 2:27:07 

4 Jeremey HORNE AUS 2:29:29 

5 Matthew THOMAS AUS 2:32:53 

6 Ben STUTTERD AUS 2:33:23 

7 Jonathan BLAKE AUS 2:38:17 

8 Rod DRAPER AUS 2:39:02 

9 Damien JACKEL AUS 2:39:59 

10 Ian JONES AUS 2:40:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Shireen CRUMPTON NZL 2:42:55 

2 Emma MURRAY AUS 2:45:42 

3 Verity TOLHURST AUS 2:58:20 

4 Siri TERJESEN USA 2:58:35 

5 Kirra RANKIN AUS 2:58:48 

6 Suzanne KELLY AUS 3:02:28 

7 Julie MCNAMARA AUS 3:05:20 

8 Erin HARGRAVE AUS 3:05:43 

9 Fleur FLANERY AUS 3:07:15 

10 Jacqui PARRISH AUS 3:08:36 


23

Runs and roses 

Vancouver Sun Run 10km, Canada. 23 April 2006 

By Sergey Porada and 

Yelena Kurdyumova 

A much anticipated barrier 

was broken in the 22nd 

Vancouver Sun Run: in all, 

50746 runners registered for 

this largest 10km run in 

Canada – although 2049 

parents and children among 

them had signed up for 2.5km 

mini Sun Run. 

A cool sunny morning, with a 

temperature of 9C at the start, 

was excellent for further record 

setting. Vancouver’s climate is the 

mildest in Canada with warm 

winters and cool summers. The 

city is surrounded by water on 

three sides and overlooked by 

mountains that rise to more than 

1500m, - a favorite destination for 

rock climbers in summer and 

downhill skiers in winter. 

People have found it a hospitable 

environment for millennia: 

archeologists claim the area was 

settled by coastal Indians in 500 

B.C. British naval captain George 

Vancouver explored the coast in 

1792. The city was first founded as 

a sawmill settlement called 

Granville in the 1870s, but in 1886 

it was re-named after Captain 

Vancouver. Since then it has 

become Canada’s third city and in 

2005 it was rated as boasting the 

best quality of life in the world by 

the Economic Intelligence Unit. 

Little wonder that Vancouver won 

the right to host 2010 Winter 

Olympic Games. 

An hour before the main race, 

designed to showcase top 

distance runners, the 2.5km mini 

Sun Run began. Under blue skies 

and brilliant sunshine, a motley 

crowd of parents, children, and 

those who like it shorter cheerfully 

took off from the start line, which 

coincided with the finish line of 

the 10km, near BC Place Stadium. 

Mascots and performers 

entertained the kids at the start 

and in the Kids Zone inside the 

Stadium, which is the venue for 

several Winter Olympic events. 

While the last participants of the 

mini Sun Run were finishing to 

live entertainment and 

refreshments in BC Place 

Stadium, elite athletes and fun 

runners alike were preparing to 

start the 10km at Georgia and 

Burrard Streets. At 09.00 the 

starting gun sent a few dozen 

international elites chasing after 

the awards and titles, leaving 

space for the huge field of runners 

behind them, who set off at short 

intervals, in a wave start. 

Thousands ran for schools and 

corporate teams, others brought 

the whole family onto the course. 

Some showed off their fancy dress 

costumes while others fought for 

awards in age groups and team 

divisions. British Columbia 

Premier Gordon Campbell and 

several other government officials 

joined the race. Bands livened up 

the proceedings and mascots 

cheered on the competitors 

together with thousands of 

spectators. 

Gilbert Okari, one of the top 10km 

road racers in the world, and 

Meshack Sang took the lead soon 

after the start. Joel Bourgeois, 

who ran the 3000m steeplechase 

for Canada in the Atlanta and 

Sydney Olympics, kept them 

company for a little while after the 

Kenyans broke away. 

The course soon enters Stanley 

Park, an amazing wildlife 

sanctuary only minutes away from 

downtown. A miniature train takes 

passengers on an eight-minute 

trip through the forest, typical of 

the Pacific Northwest. Nearby 

there is a Children’s Farmyard, 


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Result 

MEN: 

1 Gilbert OKARI KEN 28:25 

2 Meshack SANG KEN 29:23 

3 Joel BOURGEOIS CAN 29:46 

4 Jeremiah ZIAK CAN 29:55 

5 Anthony GITAU KEN 30:04 

6 Scott SIMPSON CAN 30:07 

7 Jeremy DEERE CAN 30:26 

8 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 30:28 

9 Dave JACKSON CAN 30:31 

10 David WAMBUI KEN 30:41 

WOMEN: 

1 Isabella OCHICHI KEN 30:55 

2 Tatyana HLADYR UKR 32:11 

3 Aster DEMISSIE ETH 33:02 

4 Lisa HARVEY CAN 34:10 

5 Caroline MURRAY CAN 34:19 

6 Cari KUZYK CAN 35:18 

7 Lucy SMITH CAN 35:26 

8 Cheryl MURPHY CAN 35:27 

9 Kristina RODY CAN 35:46 

10 Nancy TINARI CAN 35:53 

Vancouver Aquarium, a rose 

garden which holds 275 sorts of 

roses, and a monument to the 

Scottish poet Robert Burns. 

Vancouver has some of the most 

beautiful parks in the world, close 

to the heart of the city. The 10km 

course goes through the best of 

them and winds up close to the 

“Garden of Ease.” Clearly this was 

not named with runners in mind, 

but it is the only full-sized 

classical Chinese garden outside 

of China. It is maintained using 

Ming Dynasty techniques, where 

each plant, rock and piece of 

architecture has its symbolic 

meaning and mood, compressing 

the serenity of mountains, 

streams and valleys into an urban 

retreat. 

Joel Bourgeois was left to savour 

the surroundings in solitude, as 

the two Kenyans left him behind 

in Stanley Park. “Nobody else 

went with me, so I wound up in 

sort of no-man’s land for the rest 

of the race” he said. Sang tried to 

keep with Okari for a while, but 

had to let him go when they 

turned into Beach Avenue at 3km. 

Running past a long strip of sandy 

beach known as the English Bay, 

one of the most popular hangouts 

in Vancouver ever since the 

1890s, Okari continued building 

up his lead. Still unchallenged he 

crossed Burrard Bridge and 

entered Vanier Park, the city’s 

favourite place for flying kites and 

home to the Vancouver Maritime 

Museum, the Pacific Space Centre, 

the Gordon Southam Observatory, 

and the Vancouver Museum. 

Having covered two-thirds of race 

solo, Okari secured his third 

major road race win in a month, 

with a speedy 28:25. Okari’s 

victory continued the tradition of 

Kenyan wins in the men’s Sun 

Run: 11 out of the last 13. Despite 

his large winning margin Okari got 

an unpleasant surprise at the 

finish line when the starter 

disqualified him for stepping over 

the start line before the gun had 

been fired. He appealed to the 

Race Committee who accepted his 

account: “The starter began his 

countdown and people behind me 

began to push forward.” 

Isabella Ochichi, the 2004 

Olympic silver medalist at 5000m, 

dominated the women’s race from 

the gun. Slender, 1.60m high and 

42kg in weight, she works as a 

police officer back home at 

Nairobi airport. She increased her 

lead throughout the race to finish 

400m ahead. “I went away at the 

beginning because I wanted to 

run a good time. I tried to go with 

the men, but I could not stay with 

them and I was just running on 

my own” she said. 

She finished with a new course 

record of 30:55. Tatyana Hladyr 

came in second, only a month 

after winning the Rome Marathon. 

Aster Demissie, who won this 

event in 2003 and is now resident 

in Edmonton, was almost another 

300m back in third. Ochichi 

enjoyed her first race in Canada. 

“It was nice to run in the sun, and 

you call it sunny, but compared to 

where I train back home, it’s cold.” 

She commented that Vancouver is 

a beautiful city and suggested 

“…maybe I could be invited back 

again.” 


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Promenade des Coureurs 

15th Semi-Marathon International de Nice, France. 23 April 2006 

Along the front to the 

Mediterranean Sea in Nice runs 

a wide palm-lined boulevard: 

the famous Promenade des 

Anglais. It is so named because 

it was built by the English 

community as a walking route 

way back in 1822. Even then 

there was more to the 

international character of Nice 

than the wealthy English 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Emmanuel MUTAI KEN 1:01:24 

2 Tariku JUFAR KEN 1:02:36 

3 Benson BARUS KEN 1:02:38 

4 James THEURY FRA 1:02:40 

5 Stanley LELEITO KEN 1:03:07 

6 Abdellah FAFIL MAR 1:03:20 

7 David KINROSS KEN 1:03:36 

8 Joseph MAREGU KEN 1:03:40 

9 Wilfred TARRAGON KEN 1:04:11 

10 Simon MUNYUTU KEN 1:04:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Sylvia KIBET KEN 1:11:51 

2 Joan AYABEI KEN 1:12 :19 

3 Christelle DAUNAY FRA 1:12:48 

4 Martha KOMU KEN 1:15:09 

5 Nathalie GUICHOUX FRA 1:22:30 

6 Ingrid LOPERGELO FRA 1:22:47 

7 Mariana WEBER FRA 1:24:25 

8 Beatrice FANGET FRA 1:25:40 

9 Sandrine SAHUC FRA 1:26:44 

10 Marilena BORBA ESP 1:27:15 

nobility. The high-born came 

from all of the leading European 

powers of the time. Throughout 

the 19th century the rest of 

Europe discovered Nice as 

convenient winter quarters 

where a mild climate and 

refined manners provided an 

ideal setting for the good life. 

Times have changed. Nice still has 

its exclusive aspects – the fabulous 

art deco façade of the hotel and 

casino on the Promenade des 

Anglais testifies to this – but there 

is a strong undercurrent of popular 

appeal. Instead of promenading 

expatriate princes the Promenade 

des Anglais is today lined with 

tourists walking, skating and 

cycling, and even renting 

« Segaways » - personal gyroscopic 

chariots - to parade up and down 

this choice sea frontage. 

At no time is this more noticeable 

than during the running of the 

Semi-Marathon International de 

Nice. This year almost 8,000 

runners and 35,000 spectators took 

part in the events, which lasted 

over an extended weekend, from 

Friday afternoon to Sunday. 

Nowadays Nice attracts people 

from far further afield than just 

Europe: 44 nations from all the 

parts of the world were represented 

among contestants in the race, so 

that foreign runners made up 30% 

of the field. 

They lined up in a huge mass on 

the Promenade des Anglais, with 

the Baie des Anges to one side, 

making a spectacular sight. The 

Semi Marathon de Nice is one of 

the most beautiful events to be 

seen on the French Riviera. 

This was the culmination of an 

engaging itinerary that each 

participant had already 

experienced. This year race 

weekend had been organised as 

one big party. The running village 

was situated in the heart of the 

city. At close range all around them 

visitors could see fine monuments, 

the famous Massena place and the 

old part of the city. They also could 

ride the scenic train to save their 

legs – and to get about town in a 

fun way. There were numerous oncourse 

entertainments and 

activities organised for everyone, 

young or old: treasure hunt, music 

bands, a pasta party, massage 

stands, souvenir shops, a poster 

contest and so on. 

The day before the race a friendly 

breakfast run was staged at which 

runners could get technical and 

nutritional advice and generally 

make themselves ready for the big 

day. 

On race day live music and 

confetti enlivened the route and 

the start area, cheering the 

runners during their race. Three 

races were available to satisfy the 

tastes of all: a 3km event, 

supporting the fight against Breast 

Cancer at 09.00, then a 10km race 

and the half-marathon at 09.30. 

Many participated in the 3km run 

for personal reasons, and Breast 

Cancer advisors provided support 

in both the race and the bigger 

fight, as well as laying on race 

entertainment, beauty advice, 

makeovers and a souvenir kiosk. 

The race donated 1.50 euro per 

entry to the association in order to 

help people affected by this 

cancer. 

The runners basked in the sun 

before the race took off from the 

Promenade des Anglais. Some of 

them had victory in their mind, 

others only the desire to be part of 

this great sporting event. 

Enthusiastic onlookers urged on 

the leading men, where an exciting 

contest developed for the topthree 

podium places. The leading 

Frenchman, James Theury, gave a 

creditable performance in fourth 

place. 

In the women’s race the Kenyan 

women led the home favourite 

Christelle Daunay, who 

nevertheless took a worthy third 

place. There were many fast 

performances and massive 

participation of both spectators 

and runners in the three different 

events. 

Several particular challenges were 

also organised within the races: the 

Corporate Challenge in partnership 

with the international newspaper 

‘Metro’, the Club Challenge and the 

Notaries Challenge. 

The course was flat and made 

conditions favourable for personal 

best times. Each runner could also 

benefit from the wonderful 

panorama, looking out past palm 

trees under a sunny sky towards 

the Mediterranean Sea. The route 

was marked every kilometre and 

numerous aid stations were 

located along the course and in the 

finish area. All participants 

received an official T-shirt (pink for 

the ladies, sand-coloured for the 

men) and a goody-bag. All finishers 

in the Half Marathon also received 

a finisher’s medal. 

The ‘Metro’ published a special 

edition for the race, and each 

runner got a copy of this in the 

goody-bag. As a novelty for this 

edition each runner got their time 

sent to them by SMS thanks to the 

race partner Credit Agricole. The 

finish line officially closed three 

hours after the start of the race. 

Next year’s races are set for 22 

April 2007 and promise to be 

bigger and better than ever. Come 

and join the promenade des 

coureurs. 

28 DISTANCE RUNNING July – September 2006

On the run in Mexico 

Tangamanga Marathon, Mexico. 25 June 2006 

A letter from 

a Mexican runner: 

Today’s the day. I’m going to run 

the Tangamanga Marathon, my 

first ever. Last night my nerves 

woke me up and I looked out over 

the big colonial square. The 

university buildings were bathed 

in the glow of street lights. It was 

a beautiful sight, and I wanted to 

see more of this city of San Luis 

Potosi. 

As I pin my number on, I think of 

my training but it is too late for 

second thoughts. I arrive in the 

square at 06.00 to see everyone 

warming up. Conditions are good 

– 19C. My family are waiting for 

me, and I want to brave the race 

so that they can see me come 

through the finish. We gather at 

the start in front of the 350-year 

old Government Palacio. 

I start at 06.50, 10 minutes in front 

of the main group. We are in 

wheelchairs, blind or partially 

sighted, or, like me, on “muletas”: 

crutches. My leg is shaking, I am 

so excited. I am determined to 

finish and see my children’s faces. 

A huge group from Monterrey, 

450km to the north, lets out a 

great cheer as the start gun is 

fired. We begin to run, as the 

sound of the motorbike security 

escort mingles with our claps and 

shouts. My heart races as I think 

of my family, but I see only the 

cobblestones of the road, as I take 

care of my own steps. The next 

street has big square flagstones, 

which are more comfortable for 

me. 

We reach a park, and the lead 

runners pass us. Nine Kenyans are 

accompanied by two Mexicans, 

but all of them look so strong and 

fast as they chase the lead car 

bearing the clock and emblazoned 

with logos. The grass in the Park 

looks so inviting that I want to lie 

down, but no – I am running! 

Then we reach the main street, 

with people cheering from every 

corner “Vamos, vamos, tu puedes”. 

I know that I can, but at this 

moment it is helpful that they 

remind me. We come to the first 

hill, and I have to concentrate, 

looking down at the road. As I 

realise I have got to the top a 

child hands me half an orange. It 

is a delicious reward. 

enveloped us, coming from a local 

restaurant. It smelled so good, 

but I can’t think about that. 

Maybe I will go back there later. 

With all these sights, sounds and 

smells to distract me, I was 

surprised to find myself at 23km. 

Here I was, more than half way 

through my first marathon but so 

far mostly enjoying a scenic tour 

of San Luis Potosi. 

We come to an enormous park, 

Tangamanga Park number two. I 

have never been here, but it is 

immediately my favourite. The 

trees are tall, thick, and 

everywhere around us. The air is 

fresh, I feel alone and free – as if I 

were ruler of the earth. Black and 

white ducks swim on the lake, 

with the entire scene surrounded 

by palms. 

But we are running a race. I am 

reminded of this by the aid 

station. I take a small sealed 

plastic bag containing just the 

amount of water I need, as we 

approach another hill. 

We approach a big colonial 

building, maybe a high-class hotel 

– but it is the House of Culture. 

We passed Morales Park where 

people were running - they should 

be with us - and canoeing on the 

lake. But families got up to cheer 

the runners on, offering 

encouragement and soothing 

words. Then an aroma of cooking 

From here we see the city spread 

out in front of us, but we leave the 

park after about 3km. Soon 

afterwards we pass by the 300- 

year old baroque Basilica of 

Guadalupe, with its many carved 

angels. The pain in my leg is 

normal, but at the 30km point I 

feel my back. 

After passing the train station, 

another grand edifice, we run past 

the Alameda garden with its 

fountains and flowers. A another 

impressive sight awaits us at 

38km – the old Federal Building, 

surrounded by flower beds and 

flanked on one side by the Teatro 

de la Paz. As the race nears the 

end, even these impressive sights 

can no longer distract me from my 

own condition. 


Result 

MEN: 

1 Carlos Cordero GOMEZ MEX 2:19:51 

2 Leonard NGIGI KEN 2:20:02 

3 Peter AYIENI KEN 2:20:28 

4 Moses SAINA KEN 2:20:47 

5 Francisco Bautista CUAMATZI MEX 2:21:41 

6 Bob OHYAWCHA KEN 2:22:05 

7 Ignacio MENDIOLA MEX 2:23:05 

8 Armando TORRES MEX 2:26:20 

9 Hugo MENDEZ MEX 2:27:38 

10 Jose ESPIRIO MEX 2:28:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Ma. Elena JIMENEZ MEX 2:38:12 

2 Lucy NJERI KEN 2:40:38 

3 Judith HERNANDEZ MEX 2:41:23 

4 Liliana FERNANDEZ MEX 2:47:15 

5 Karina MOCTEZUMA MEX 2:58:37 

I notice that my leg is hurting 

more, and also my armpits. The 

crutches are working well, they are 

supporting my body, but I am 

slowing down. I stop to drink at 

every aid station, but I don’t ask 

for the doctors. There is also 

medical support along the course 

from ambulances and motorbikes. 

I am tired and thirsty, but I picture 

my family in my mind, and that 

makes me stronger. Then I hear 

the sound of people cheering and 

clapping – I am nearly there. We 

come into a big square, which 

seems to have something of 

everything: ancient buildings, a 

church, a band playing classical 

music...and the finish line. 

It is so close. My dream is coming 

true. I finish with 6:25 and people 

are clapping me. My eyes are so 

wide open that I can’t see anyone. 

I just gaze past the finish line 

cameras, looking for my family. I 

pass the line. I have done it! My 

daughter surprises me, waiting for 

me with the race organiser, to 

hand me my medal. They look 

proud, and I am happy. I have 

won. I know that I can do 

whatever I want to do, if I do it 

with heart. Even if our bodies are 

not complete, our souls are. 

That’s what really matters. 

With proud greetings, 

A Mexican runner 


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International Association 

of Ultra Runners 

Executives 

President 

Dirk Strumane (BEL) 

Email: dirkstrumane@pandora.be 


Roelof Veld (NED) 

Director of Development 

Jose Antonio Soto Rojas (ESP) 

Director of Competitions 

Harry Arndt (GER) 

Director of Organisations 

Jan Vandendriessche (BEL) 

Director of Asian Affairs 

Souhei Kobayashi (JPN) 

Joint European Group Representatives 

Roger Bonnifait (FRA) 

Norman Wilson (GBR) 

General Secretary 

Hilary Walker (GBR) 

Email: Hilary.walker@virgin.net 

DIARY 

2006 

23/24 Sept 

IAU European 24hr 

Track Race 

Verona (ITA) 

8 Oct 

IAU 100km World Challenge 

Misari (KOR) 

Oct (tbd) 

IAU 50km Trophy Final 

2007 

28/29 July 

IAU 24hr World 

Challenge 

Drummondville (CAN) 

IAU 100km 

World/Euro 

Challenge (tbd) 

16 June 2006: 

IAU European 100km Championship, Torhout (BEL) 

The Night of Flanders, now in its 27th edition, was 

based on a march to the Flemish Coast at Middlekerk, 

near Ostende and back. The IAU have previously held 

their Championship as part of this race but in recent 

years the Championship course has consisted of an 

initial 10km loop around the town followed by three 

28km loops around the surrounding villages and a 

fanfare finish in front of the Town Hall. 

The start is a grand affair. Along with the 100km march, 

there is a marathon run/walk and a 10km run/walk 

around the town. Thousands of participants keenly 

awaited the 20.00 start and the whole population 

cheered runners on over the the first 10km, with street 

parties and barbecues on the pavements. Similar 

celebrations were staged, in the middle of the night, on 

the streets of the towns and villages along the route, 

much welcomed by the runners. 

At the start the sky was clear and the temperature in the 

low 20s. Jose-Maria Gonzales soon established a 

definite lead. He passed 30.7km in 1:53:40 with Mario 

Ardemagni, Fermin Martinez and Miguel-Angel Jimenez 

following two minutes later. Less than a minute behind 

them was a chasing group containing many of the race 

favourites. 

Monica Casiraghi, twice World and European 100km 

champion, had taken an early lead in the women’s race. 

Svetlana Savoskina chased her, followed by a group of 

five runners including the French team of three. 

Ardemagni retired from the race at 52km due to 

stomach problems. The Russian pair of Vishnyagov and 

Izmaylov had overtaken Firmin and Martinez but were 

six minutes in arrears.Night descended and the 

temperature dropped. Gonzales remained untroubled, 

increasing his lead to nine minutes. As others faded, 

Pascal Fetizon and Yannick Djouadi moved into joint 

second while Dmitry Bula moved into fourth. 

Changes in the women’s race were more dramatic. 

Casiraghi, and then Savoskina, dropped out soon after 

65km leaving the French trio at the head of the race. 

Then Birgit Schonherr-Holscher began her charge. 

Gonzales made a triumphant entry into Torhout town 

square, and set a new Spanish record and possible 

World Masters record. Dmitry Bula came through for 

second after a 20km sprint. Djouadi out-kicked Fetizon 

to take the bronze medal. 

Schonherr-Hoschler came through to win the women's 

race while the French team's co-operative effort in the 

early stages ensured their success in the team race. 

For the rest of the night, and into the following day, 

both runners and walkers continued to make their way 

from the fields of Flanders into the welcoming main 

square of Torhout, to complete another memorable 

Night of Flanders. 

MEN: 

1 Jose Maria GONZALES ESP 6:23:44 

2 Dzimitry BULA BLR 6:33:56 

3 Yannick DJOUADI FRA 6:38:19 

4 Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:38:22 

5 Miguel Angel JIMENEZ ESP 6:42:58 

6 Alexey IZMAYLOV RUS 6:44:10 

7 Igor TYZHKOROB RUS 6:46:09 

8 Fermin MARTINEZ ESP 6:53:42 

9 Janos ZABARI HUN 6:54:13 

10 Sandor BARCZA FRA 6:55:17 

TEAMS: 

1 ESP 20:00:24 

2 FRA 20:11:58 

3 RUS 20:33:59 

WOMEN: 

1 Birgit SCHONHERR-HOLSCHER GER 7:58:44 

2 Laurence FRICOTTEAU FRA 7:59:22 

3 Christine LELAN FRA 8:01:54 

4 Magali REYHONENQ FRA 8:13:21 

5 Giovanna CAVALI ITA 8:18:40 

6 Marion BRAUN GER 8:26:04 

7 Carmen HILDEBRAND GER 8:32:12 

8 Barbara AUSTERMANN GER 8:48:58 

9 Simone STPPLER GER 8:49:52 

10 Alexandra ANOKHINA RUS 8:56:17 

TEAMS: 

1 FRA 24:14:37 

2 GER 24:57:00 

3 ITA 27:32:07 

AUSTRALIA 

15 April 2006: 

Canberra 50km 

MEN: 

1 Mark HUTCHINSON NZL 3:09:05 

2 Jonathan BLAKE AUS 3:11:47 

3 Tim COCHRANE AUS 3:14:35 

4 Trevor JACOBS AUS 3:20:45 

5 Tom GLEESON AUS 3:21:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Siri TERJESEN USA 3:35:19 

2 Suzanne KELLY AUS 3:41:38 

3 Natalie WALLACE AUS 4:12:08 

[See also race feature, pp.] 

BELGIUM 

20 May 2006: 

50km of Flanders 

MEN: 

1 Dzmitry BULA BLR 2:59:43 

2 Ivan HOSTENS BEL 3:19:18 

3 Renaat MOYSON BEL 3:26:31 

4 Walter BOUWEN BEL 3:37:16 

5 Vladzim BUDNIK BLR 3:39:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Dora VANDEWAETERE BEL 4:07:07 

2 Inge PETTERSSON BEL 4:33:46 

3 Anke MOREEL BEL 4:40:03 

FRANCE 

8 April 2006: 

24 heures de St Fons 

MEN: 

1 Didier DAVID FRA 242.644km 

2 Fred GENTA FRA 214.671km 

3 Yves CHOMONT FRA 203.296km 

WOMEN: 

1 Christine BODET FRA 183.425km 

22 April 2006: 

French 100km Championships 

100km de Belves 

MEN: 

1 Jean-Jacques MOROS 6:51:50 

2 Cristophe BUQUET 7:07:53 

3 H BORDUS 7:19:06 

4 Vincent DELEBARRE 7:25:46 

5 Benoit LAVAL 7:32:09 

6 Bruno BLANCHARD 7:34:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Karine HERRY 8:45:06 

2 Sylvie FOURDRINIER 8:48:50 

3 Virginie THEVENOT 9:12:21 

13 May 2006: 

Surgeres 48hrs 

OVERALL: 

1 Wolfgang SCHWERK GER 392.067km 

2 Sumie INAGAKI (F) JPN 382.416km 

3 Galina EREMINA (F) RUS 363.717km 

4 Michaela DIMITRIADU (F) CZE 352.257km 

5 Jean-Pierre RENAUD FRA 344.415km 

6 Claude HARDEL FRA 339.590km 

7 Irina REUTOVICH (F) RUS 337.780km 

8 Jesper OLSEN DEN 332.653km 

9 Masae KAMURA (F) JPN 331.145km 

10 Mette PILGAARD (F) DEN 327,225km 

11 J-Gilles BOUSSIQUET FRA 323.304km 

25 May 2006: 

100km de Steenwerk 

MEN: 

1 Jean-Luc DEBAVELAERE FRA 7:57:14 

2 Jérôme BENTEUR FRA 8:27:21 

3 Dominique SIKORA FRA 8:29:56 


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27 May 2006: 

100km de Vendee 

MEN: 

1 Jacques HINET FRA 7:22:46 

2 Jean-Francois BANCK FRA 7:24:55 

3 Vincent RIVOIRE FRA 7:51:21 

4 Paul AILLERY FRA 7:54:28 

5 Paolo VENTURINI ITA 8:04:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Lucy CARR FRA 8:40:34 

2 Beatrice LANDEL FRA 8:44:39 

3 FrancoiseCHOLLET FRA 9:28:59 

9 June 2006: 

24 de Sene 

MEN: 

1 Dominique PROVOST 245.511km 

2 Albert VALLEE 227.491km 

3 Pascal PELARDY 220.293km 

4 Gerorges LE-ROCH 218.865km 

5 Yves JEHANNO 209.227km 

WOMEN: 

1 Chantal PAIN 184.298km 

2 Huguette JOUAULT 161.494km 

3 Pascale MAHE 158.595km 

GERMANY 

29 April 2006: 

Hanau Rodenbach 50km & 100km 

50km 

MEN: 

1 Marian-Jan OLEJNIK GER 3:29:36 

2 Jurgen SCHOCH GER 3:36:02 

3 Seigfried ECK GER 3:39:40 

4 Gunter MARGRAFGER 3:39:42 

5 Steffen BREIDEBAND GER 3:45:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Nicole KRESSE GER 3:42:45 

2 Ute KRAWIETZ GER 4:29:33 

3 Marion GUDERLEY GER 4:38:27 

100km 

MEN: 

1 Michael SOMMER GER 6:57:19 

2 Jorg HOOß GER 7:08:37 

3 Thomas KÖNIG GER 7:09:12 

4 Sven KERSTEN GER 7:32:39 

5 Thomas MIKSCH GER 7:35:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Birgit SCHÖNHERR-HOEL GER 7:48:33 

2 Marion BRAUN GER 8:13:22 


15 May 2006: 

Isar Run 

MEN: 

1 Rene STROSNY GER 26:41:42 

2 Thomas MIRZ GER 29:06:16 

3 Jürgen SCHOCH GER 29:11:13 

4 Michael IRRGANG GER 30:12:27 

5 Hans-Theo HUHNHOLT GER 30:19:11 

WOMEN: 


2 Ute WOLLENBERG GER 37:06:19 

3 Angela NGANKAM GER 42:11:13 

GREECE 

1 April 2006: 

6 & 12 hours of Loutraki 

6 hours 

MEN: 

1 Konstantinos STAMOS GRE 73.165km 

2 Konstantinos ZIARAS GRE 71.375km 

3 George PANOS GRE 67.496km 

4 Michalis VENETOULIS GRE 60.669km 

5 Vangelis BATZOGLOU GRE 60.080km 

WOMEN: 

1 Edit BERCES HUN 58.707km 

12 Hours 

1 Andreas DRAGATIS GRE 110.477km 

2 Drosos VENETOULIS GRE 102.831km 

3 Christos FOTOPOULOS GRE 95.987km 

1 April 2006: 

7 days of Loutraki 

MEN: 

1 Vlastimil DVORACEK CZE 751.996km 

2 Seppo LEINONEN FIN 731.024km 

3 Constantin BAXEVANIS GRE 710.052km 

3= Gilles PALLARUELO FRA 710.052km 

WOMEN: 

1 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 701.813km 

8 April 2006: 

24 hours of Loutraki 

MEN: 

1 Valmir NUNES BRA 212.042km 

2 Eusabio BOCHONS SUI 205.301km 

3 PeeterVENNIKAS EST 201.546km 

4 Per GunnarALFHEIM NOR 189.255km 

5 KarachristosSTATHIS GRE 187.453km 

WOMEN: 

1 Claudia ILLETSCHKO AUT 170.286km 

2 Katerina MITROFANOVA UKR 126.801km 

3 PilleVENNIKAS EST 125.153km 

GREAT BRITAIN 

2 April 2006: 

UKA 100km Championships 

Gloucester 

Incorporating the Anglo-Celtic Plate, this race 

attracted 41 competitors to a 2-mile circuit at RAF 

Innsworth where they braved blustery conditions. 

In the team event the English were favourites, and 

at the halfway point the first four men and two 

women were English. Paul Harwood led through in 

3:23:44. For the women Heather Foundling-Hawker 

started fast but Elizabeth Hawker followed her, 

and passed through 50km only 25 seconds behind 

the leader’s 3:42:16. She then overtook the tiring 

Foundling-Hawker and extended her lead to the 

end. Harwood led to the penultimate lap, but a 

fast-finishing Matt Lynas, who had been 70 

seconds behind at 50km, overtook him to win the 

title. 

MEN 

1 Matthew LYNAS 7:17:40 

2 Paul HARWOOD 7:19:14 

3 Dominic CROFT 7:37:36 

4 Colin GELL 7:56:18 

5 John PARES 8:05:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Elizabeth HAWKER 8:06:20 

2 Heather FOUNDLING-HAWKER 8:43:30 

3 Debbie COX 9:29: 

8 April 2006: 

6 & 12 hours of Crawley 

The races inaugurated the new K2 Leisure Centre 

in Crawley, very close to Gatwick Airport. 24 

runners set off at 07.00 in steady rain. Soon 

afterwards the sun came out and the weather 

remained dry but windy for the duration of the 

race. During the event the fire alarm sounded in 

the Leisure Centre which was evacuated but 

runners were allowed to continue the race. 

6 hours 

MEN: 

1 Kevin BEATTIE GBR 75.255km 

2 Garth PETERSON GBR 73.325km 

3 Andy ECCLES GBR 71.040km 

WOMEN: 

1 Elaine ODDIE GBR 41.930km 

12 hours 

MEN: 

1 Walter HILL GBR 124.000km 

2 Matthew HOBSON GBR 114.887km 

3 Kevin MARSHALL GBR 103.470km 

4 Malcolm KNIGHT GBR 102.885km 

5 Martin ILOTT GBR 98.802km 

WOMEN: 

1 Selina DA SILVA GBR 86.090km 

HUNGARY 

29 April 2006 

6 hours of Veszprem 

MEN: 

1 Zoltan OSSO HUN 78.400km 

2 Levente KALOTAI HUN 75.994km 

3 Akos BLAHO HUN 71.400km 

WOMEN: 

1 Reka KOVACS HUN 71.150km 

20 May 2006: 

Bekescsaba-Arad-Bekescsaba 

TWO-STAGE RACE: FINAL STANDINGS (196.9KM) 

1 Janos BOGAR HUN 16:55:51 

2 Mihaly MOLNAR HUN 19:01:13 

3 Zoltan NYSZITOR HUN 19:36:28 

STAGE 1: BÉKÉSCSABA – ARAD (103.8KM) 

1 Attila VOZAR HUN 7:51:11 



STAGE 2: ARAD – BÉKÉSCSABA (93.1KM) 


2 Zoltan NYSZITOR HUN 9:23:53 


ITALY 

8 April 2006: 

24 hours of Bergamo 

MEN: 

1 Mario PIROTTA ITA 223.122km 

2 Pablo BARNES ITA 207.122km 

3 Giorgio GARELLO ITA 202.122km 

WOMEN: 

1 Nunzia PATRUNO ITA 191.521km 

2 Monika MOLING ITA 174.728km 

3 Carmela DI DOMENICO ITA 168.340km 

25 April 2006: 

50km di Romagna 

MEN: 

1 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 2:59:49 

2 Benazzouz SLIMANI ITA 3:01:42 

3 Marco D’INNOCENTI ITA 3:05:21 

4 Lorenzo TRINCHERI ITA 3:05:21 

5 Janos ZABARI HUN 3:11:41 

6 Mario FATTORE ITA 3:12:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Monica CARLIN ITA 3:38:12 

2 Daniela DA FORNO ITA 3:57:41 

3 Luisa COSTETTI ITA 4:09:12 

KOREA 

7 April 2006: 

Mount Halla 148km 

OVERALL: 

1 Seungchan PARK KOR 22:39:53 

2 Jahyun KWON KOR 22:58:51 

3 Kwangbok KIM KOR 22:58:51 

4 Seongha JEON KOR 22:58:51 

5 Dongseob KANG KOR 24:45:15 

6 Changbong LEE KOR 24:45:15 

7 April 2006: 

Jeju Island 200km 

MEN: 

1 Daeyoung MOON KOR 25:43:00 

2 Kazuo SHIMIZU JPN 27:30:50 

3 Soonho KIM KOR 27:58:30 

4 Hezip KIM KOR 28:56:58 

5 Minho KO KOR 29:23:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Keiko TAMAOKI JPN 31:29:00 

2 Jumsoon KWAK KOR 31:43:52 

3 Takako SUZUKI JPN 32:07:14 

4 SoonheuiIM KOR 32:44:31 

5 Ran CHOI KOR 32:46:00 

JAPAN 

25 June 2006 

Lake Saroma 

IAU 100km World Cup 

See main results section. 


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NETHERLANDS 

1 April 2006: 

24 hours of Stein 

MEN: 

1 Wolfgang SCHWERK GER 248.431km 

2 Geert STYNEN BEL 239.392km 

3 Math ROBERTS NED 224.534km 

WOMEN: 

1 Monique MUHLEN LUX 206.053km 

2 April 2006: 

6 hours of Stein 

MEN: 

1 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 86.238km 

2 Ivan HOSTENS 84.501km 

3 RobertWIMMER GER 80.550km 

WOMEN: 

1 Marion BRAUN GER 71.370km 

2 Petra KNOPS GER 68.630km 

3 Ulrike STEEGER GER 68.521km 

RUSSIA 

16 April 2006: 

Russian National championships 

100km & 50km of Puchino 

100km 

MEN: 

1 Aleksei IZMAILOV RUS 6:53:08 

2 Vasilij SPIRIDONOV RUS 6:57:37 

3 Denis ZHALYBIN RUS 6:57:56 

4 Vladimir NETREBA RUS 7:13:56 

5 Aleksandr ZAPRETILIN RUS 7:14:13 

WOMEN: 

1 Aleksandra ANOHINA RUS 8:25:14 

2 Galina EREMINA RUS 8:45:19 

3 Elena SIMUTINA RUS 9:17:12 

50km 

MEN: 

1 Aleksandr VISHNYAGOV RUS 2:54:57 

2 Andrey NIKISHOV RUS 2:59:22 

3 Vladimir BURZAK RUS 3:01:58 

4 Igor TYAZHKOROB RUS 3:03:57 

5 Oleg KHARITONOVM RUS 3:03:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 3:24:00 

2 Svetlana SAVOSKINA RUS 3:42:01 

3 Nadejda KARASEVA RUS 3:55:02 

SOUTH AFRICA 

8 April 2006: 

56km Longtom 

MEN: 

1 S MUDIMU 3:37:10 

2 S DLAMINI 3:38:42 

3 L NATO 3:43:01 

4 S MAKAMU 3:49:08 

5 G SMITH 4:00:00 

WOMEN: 

1 A MORAA 4:42:49 

2 M KIPLAGAT 4:43:05 

3 ISCHEEPERS 4:53:26 

SOUTH AFRICA 

15 April 2006 

Two Oceans Marathon 

56km 

See main results section. 

SWITZERLAND 

6 May 2006: 

12 & 24 hours of Basle 

24 hours 

MEN: 

1 Christian FATTON SUI 242.292km 

2 Ralf STEISSLIGER GER 227.238km 

3 Angel DE LA MATA-GARCIA ESP 216.221km 

4 Hans Jurgen SCLOTTER GER 212.469km 

5 Martin WAGEN SUI 211.244km 

WOMEN: 

1 Rosario MUNOZ ESP 205.965km 

2 Anke DRESCHER GER 202.201km 

3 Elke STREICHER GER 192.033km 

12 HOURS 

1 Wolfgang KAPFAUT 113.36km 

2 Andrea MARCATO ITA 107.94km 

3 BeatKNECHTLE SUI 104.66km 

4 Thomas FISCHER SUI 104.09km 

5 Walti SCHAFER SUI 103.45km 

WOMEN: 

1 Petra SCHINK GER 101.15km 

2 IrmgardGILCH GER 99.08km 

3 Carmen RIQUELME-BLANCO ESP 89.43km 


37

Official listings for AIMS events 

July 

DATE RACE PAGE 

1 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 72 

1-8 100miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 76 

2 British 10k, London GBR R 72 

2 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 70 

8 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 78 

8 Tallinn Marathon EST M 72 

9 HSBC Calgary Marathon CANM 70 

9 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 78 

29 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 78 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 

30 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 70 

August 


5 Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 72 

5 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 76 

5 Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M 78 

5 Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TANM 78 

6 Panama City Int'l Marathon PANM 76 

13 ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 70 

13 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 70 

19 Helsinki City Marathon FINM 72 

19 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 72 

27 Hokkaido Marathon JPNM 74 

27 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 70 

27 Quebec City Marathon CANM 6 

27 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 70 

September 


3 Great Scottish Run GBR H 72 

3 21st Nike Budapest 

Int’l Half Marathon HUNH 72 

3 Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 78 

8/9 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 


9 Ruska Marathon FINM 72 

9 Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 72 

9 Vilnius Marathon LIT M 74 

9 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 72 

10 26th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 76 

10 Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin COL H 70 

10 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 76 

10 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 11 

10 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 70 

17 Lipton Bangalore Marathon IND M 72 

17 Flora Warsaw Marathon POL M 76 

17 Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 78 

17 H C Andersen Marathon DENM 11 

17 Int’l Ghazi Run 10km TUR R 78 

17 Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 72 

17 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival/ 

Sydney Marathon AUS M 70 

23/24real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 8 

24 45th Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon LUX H 74 

24 Maratonina Citta Di Udine ITA H 74 

24 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half CANM/H 70 

24 Turin Marathon ITA M 10 

24 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 12 

24 Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 72 

30 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 78 

30 Coastal Marathon BEL M 70 

October 


1 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 20 

1 Twin Cities Marathon USA M 78 

1 21st Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUNM 68,69 

1 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 20 

1 Portland Marathon USA M 23 

1 Guayaquil Marathon ECU M 72 

7 15th IAAF World Road Race 

Championships, 20km, Debrecen HUNR 9 

8 Mediterranean Marathon ESP M 18 

8 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 76 

8 4th Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 19 

8 Novi Sad Marathon SER M 78 

8 Royal Victoria Marathon CANM 70 

8 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 70 

8 Milano City Marathon ITA M 18 

14 Under Armour Baltimore Marathon USA M 78 

15 Beijing Int'l Marathon CHNM/H 13 

15 Porto Marathon POR M 76 

15 Palermo D’Inverno Half Marathon 

and Super Marathon ITA H/U 74 

15 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 19 

15 ING Amsterdam Marathon NED M 19 

15 Mount Desert Island Marathon USA M 78 

15 Poznan Marathon POL M 31 

15 Toronto Marathon and Half CANH 70 

15 Timisoara Marathon ROM M 18 

15 Hutch Delhi Half Marathon IND H 22 

22 Kathmandu Marathon NEP M/H 76 

22 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 78 

22 Niagara Fallsview 

Casino Int'l Marathon CANM 14 

22 Venice Marathon ITA M 32 

22 Ljubljanski Marathon SLO M 76 

29 Aland Marathon FINM/H 72 

29 Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara MEX M 74 

29 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 78 

29 Big Sur Half Marathon 

on Monterey Bay USA H 78 

29 Messe Frankfurt Marathon GER M 13 

29 Standard Chartered 

Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 74 

30 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 32 

Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 74 

November 


5 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon TRI H 78 

5 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 48 

5 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 48 

9 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 78 

10 Pharaonic 100km EGY U 48 

12 Monaco Int’l Marathon MONM 52 

18 MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 76 

19 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 44 

19 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 32 

19 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPNM 74 

23 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 78 

25 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHNM 70 

24-26 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon MLT M 74 

26 Thai Health Bangkok Marathon THA M 69 

26 XXIII Firenze Marathon ITA M 44 

26 Univ of Washington Medical Centre 

Seattle Marathon USA M/H 44 

26 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPNM 47 

26 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 72 

26 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 70 

26 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 72 

26 Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 74 

26 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 44 

December 


2 Reggae Marathon JAM M 74 

3 60th Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship JPNM 74 

3 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 74 

3 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 55 

3 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M/H 70 


Singapore Int'l Marathon SINM 76 

3 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 76 

3 Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M 70 

10 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 78 

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H 

R 

Abbreviations Used 

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IAAF Event 

ChampionChip timing 

Marathon 

Half Marathon 

Road Race 

MR Mountain Run 

U Ultradistance 

C Cross Country 

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00 Each race has a page number (at the right hand 

side of each column). Please use these as an 

index for race details. 

IMPORTANT: 

At the time of publication, the above dates were 

believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly 

with race organisers prior to booking arrangements. 

RACE DIRECTORS: 

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10 Honolulu Marathon USA M 78 

17 ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TPE M 78 

31 St Catherine’s Marathon EGY M/H 72 

31 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 70 

January 2007 


1 St. Croix International Marathon ISV M 78 

4 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 56 

7 Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 72 

7 Disney Marathon USA M 78 


Dubai Marathon UAE M 78 

14 Maui Surfn’Sand Half Marathon USA H 78 


Lahore Marathon PAK M 76 


Mumbai Marathon IND M 59 

21 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 78 

21 China Coast Marathon and Half HKG MH 72 

28 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPNM 74 

February 


4 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 78 

4 Kagawa Maragume Half Marathon JPNH 74 

4 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPNM 74 

11 Seville City Marathon ESP M 76 

16 Egyptian Marathon EGY M 72 

17 Dead Sea Half Marathon ISR H 72 

18 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 64 

18 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 78 

18 Ohme-Hochi Marathon 30km / 

10k Road Race JPNR 74 

18 Tokyo City Int’l Marathon JPNM 60 

25 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 76 

25 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 76 

26 Sahara Marathon ALG M 


27 Antarctica Marathon ANT M 70 


Giuseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon ITA M 74 

March 


TBCStandard Chartered 

Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 72 

4 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPNM 48 

4 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 74 

4 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon MAS M 74 

4 Marato de Barcelona ESP M 68 

4 Kilimanjaro Marathon TANM 78 

4-11 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUNU 


11 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPNH 74 

11 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 74 

11 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 74 

17 Fortis City-Pier-City Run NED H 76 

18 Standard Chartered Stanley Marathon FLK M 72 

18 ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 69 

18 Vigarano Marathon ITA M 74 

19 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 78 

18 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 66 

18 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 76 

24 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 70 

24 IAAF World Cross-Country 

Championships, Mombasa KEN C 9 

25 Novi Sad Half Marathon SER H 78 

25 Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon GBR H 72 

29 Jerusalem Half Marathon ISR H 72 

31 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHNM 70 

Marathon of Barcelona - Catalunya ESP M 76 

April 


1 Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin GER H 8 

1 Zurich Marathon SUI M 78 

7 North Pole Marathon NPO M 76 


7 Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 75 

15 Canberra Marathon AUS M 75 

15 Paris Marathon FRA M 72 

15 iWelt Marathon Wuerzberg GER M 72 

15 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon NED M 76 

15 Nagano Olympic 

Commemorative Marathon JPNM 74 

16 111th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 78 

Carlos Lopes Gold 

Marathon Memorial POR M 76 

22 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 72 

22 Vancouver Sun Run CANR 70 

22 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 76 

29 Big Sur International Marathon USA M/H 78 

29 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 73 

29 Conergy Marathon Hamburg GER M 72 

29 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 70 

Oklahoma City 

Memorial Marathon USA M 78 

Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 78 

Turin Half Marathon ITA H 74 

Sao Paulo Half Marathon Corpore BRA H 70 

Belgrade Marathon SCG M/H 78 

Enschede Marathon NED M 76 

Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 74 

Chunju Marathon KOR M 74 

May 


6 Maratona d’Europa ITA M/H 74 

6 BMO Bank of Montreal 

Vancouver Marathon CANM 70 

6 Run Berlin - 25km von Berlin GER R 72 

12 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 76 

13 Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon IND M 72 

13 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 76 

13 Karstadt Marathon GER M 72 

13 Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 70 

19 Three Hearts Marathon & Half SLO M/H 76 

19 The Great Wall Marathon CHNM 70 


20 Copenhagen Marathon DENM 75 

27 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 70 

27 Media Marathon de Valencia ESP H 76 

Cracovia Marathon POL M 76 

Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 70 

June 


2 Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women USA R 78 

2 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 78 

3 Quito Ultimas 15k ECU R 72 

9 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 11 

10 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 72 

10 Hawaiian Half Marathon USA H 78 

17 Phuket Marathon THA M 69 

17 Dalian International Marathon CHNM 70 

17 Mont St. Michel Marathon FRA M 72 

Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 76 

22 Lake Myvatn Marathon ISL M 72 

24 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 70 

24 Lake Saroma 100km JPNU 74 

24 Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon CANH 70 

24 Tangamanga Int'l Marathon MEX M 74 

28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 70 

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July 


1 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 75 

1 British 10k, London GBR R 72 

7 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 72 

7 Zermatt Marathon SUI M 78 

100miles of the Namib Desert NAM U 76 


7 Tallinn Marathon EST M 72 

8 HSBC Calgary Marathon CANM 70 

8 Virginia Mason Marathon at Seafair USA M 78 

8 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 70 

28 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 78 


August 


5 Panama City Int'l Marathon PANM 76 

12 The Sun-Herald City to Surf 14k AUS R 70 

18 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M/H 72 

26 Quebec City Marathon CANM 6 

Nuuk Marathon GLD M/H 72 

Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 76 

Africa Univ Int’l Peace Marathon ZIM M 78 

Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TANM 78 

ING Edmonton Marathon CAN M 70 

Helsinki City Marathon FINM 72 

Hokkaido Marathon JPNM 74 

Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 70 

September 


2 22nd Nike Budapest 

Int’l Half Marathon HUNH 68 

2 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 70 

7/8 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 78 


8 Ruska Marathon FINM 72 

8 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU M 72 

9 Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin COL H 70 

9 26th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 76 

16 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DENM 11 

23 Flora Warsaw Marathon POL M 76 

23 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 12 

29 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 78 

29 Coastal Marathon BEL M 70 

30 22nd Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUNM 69 

30 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half CANM/H 70 

30 45th Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon LUX H 74 

Victoria Falls Marathon & Half ZIM M 78 

Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 72 

Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS H 76 

Vilnius Marathon LIT M 74 

Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 11 

Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 70 

Maui Marathon & Half USA M/H 78 

Int’l Ghazi Run 10km TUR R 78 

Reebok Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 72 

real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 8 

Turin Marathon ITA M 10 

Baltic Marathon & Half EST M/H 72 

Great Scottish Run GBR H 72 

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1 APRIL 2006: HERVIS 

PRAGUE HALF MARATHON, 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Caroline Kwambai beat Catherine Kirui’s old 

course record by 30 seconds, with Hellen Kimutai 

pushing her all the way to the finish. Simone 

Staicu, in third, confirmed her racing comeback 

after having given birth six months previously. 

Wet weather had been predicted and a rising river 

could have altered the course, but the race began 

under a cloudless blue sky at a near perfect 12C. 

At one point it seemed that the men were also on 

record pace, but in the end the wind thwarted 

them. 

For the first time the race included a 4-person 

corporate. Roughly 100 teams, representing 

about 50 companies and institutions, took part. 

The Ceská po?ta team won with a time of 1:16:58. 

Many runners commented on the challenging 

course but they also noted the enthusiastic 

support of the crowds all along the route. 

MEN: 

1 Stephen KIBIWOTT KEN 1:01:15 

2 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:01:38 

3 Justus KIPRONO KEN 1:05:08 

4 Helder ORNELAS POR 1:06:21 

5 Pavel FASCHINGBAUER CZE 1:06:35 

6 Jan KREISINGER CZE 1:06:48 

7 Robert STEFKO CZE 1:06:59 

8 Pavel NOVAK CZE 1:07:38 

9 David GERYCH CZE 1:08:22 

10 Carlos DE BRITO NOR 1:09:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 1:10:08 

2 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 1:10:11 

3 Simona STAICU HUN 1:13:24 

4 Susan KIRUI KEN 1:16:16 

5 Jana KLIMESOVA CZE 1:17:00 

6 Iva MILESOVA CZE 1:21:11 

7 Karin SCON SWE 1:21:24 

8 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:22:15 

9 Zsofia KOVACS HUN 1:23:31 

10 Veronika BRYCHCINOVA CZE 1:24:23 

2 APRIL 2006: VATTENFALL 

BERLIN HALF MARATHON, 

GERMANY 

Paul Kosgei broke the course record by 44 

seconds and fell only 12 seconds short of Haile 

Gebrselassie’s performance in Tempe (USA) on 15 

January, which is awaiting ratification as a world 

record for the distance. 

In the women’s race the first two broke the course 

record, with three-time World short-course cross 

country champion Edith Masai finishing 100m ahead 

of Deen Kastor. The old course record stood to Joyce 

Chepchumba, at 1:08:22. Masai’s time is the fastest 

of the year, and both women set personal bests. 

Conditions were good - 15C and no hint of the 

forecasted showers - for the record entry of 20,419 

runners that gathered at the start on the Unter 

den Linden. 

Albert Kirui paced the field through 5km in 14:17 

and 9km in 25:29, but hung on to eventually place 

a creditable sixth. Evans Cheruiyot led through 

10km in 28:19 and 15km in 42:12 - a schedule well 

inside Fabian Roncero’s 2001 course record of 

59:52. Kosgei was mainly content to shadow 

Cheruiyot. He made two brief efforts but waited 

until 18km to launch his definitive attack. He went 

away to win by 130m, while Cheruiyot chased him 

home to improve his personal best by 45 seconds. 

Masai and Kastor started with identical personal 

bests, of 1:07:53, although Kastor’s marathon time 

is six minutes faster than Masai’s. After 45 

minutes on the clock and several changes in the 

lead Masai determined to move. “I pushed ahead 

and kept pushing, and found I was going away” 

she said. 

MEN: 

1 Paul KOSGEI KEN 59:07 

2 Evans CHERUIYOT KEN 59:29 

3 Wilfred TARAGON KEN 1:00:46 

4 Benson BARUS KEN 1:00:59 

5 Joseph NGOLEPUS KEN 1:01:14 

6 Abel KIRUI KEN 1:01:15 

7 Ernest KIMELI KEN 1:01:57 

8 Edwin YANO KEN 1:01:59 

9 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:37 

10 Ernest KIPYEGO KEN 1:02:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Edith MASAI KEN 1:07:16 

2 Deena KASTOR USA 1:07:29 

3 Mary PTIKANY KEN 1:09:43 

4 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 1:11:35 

5 Melanie KRAUS GER 1:13:58 

6 Nirmala BHARTI NEP 1:18:46 

7 Jenny JOHANNESSON SWE 1:19:15 

8 Paula UTRAINEN FIN 1:23:15 

9 Mareika WOELKY GER 1:25:37 

10 Karsta PARSIEGLA GER 1:26:57 

2 APRIL 2006: 

MARATHON INTERNACIONAL 

MARTIN FIZ, SPAIN, 

MEN: 

1 James MIBEI KEN 2:16:33 

2 Toni BERNARDO ESP 2:16:34 

3 Javier CARRETERA ESP 2:19:39 

4 Oscar GARCIA ESP 2:22:02 

5 Rachid NAJID ESP 2:24:41 

6 Jose CABRERAS ESP 2:25:51 

7 Joseba MORGIALDAI ESP 2:25:53 

8 Juan SANCHEZ ESP 2:26:21 

9 Jordi AUBESO ESP 2:27:16 

10 Jose BERGUA ESP 2:28:18 

WOMEN: 

1 Rosa MORALES ESP 2:49:30 

2 Nuria MARTINEZ ESP 2:52:05 

3 Luna MUNOZ ESP 2:53:09 

4 Josane MATEOS ESP 2:53:40 

5 Amaia ALDANONIO ESP 3:00:40 

6 Ana HERNANDO ESP 3:02:49 

7 Loli CABALLERO ESP 3:08:56 

8 Ana DIEZ ESP 3:12:52 

9 Sonia DELGADO ESP 3:17:57 

10 Ana VELEZ ESP 3:32:53 

Tarsus 


2 APRIL 2006: 

CHUNJU MARATHON, 

KOREA 

MEN: 

1 Yi-Yong KIM KOR 2:15:01 

2 Myoung-Kee LEE KOR 2:17:30 

3 Jin-Soo LIM KOR 2:18:08 

4 Kun-Hyun KIM KOR 2:18:21 

5 Jong-Su CHANG KOR 2:19:53 

WOMEN: 

1 Eun-Jung KIM KOR 2:35:28 

2 Jung-Yeon HAN KOR 2:42:50 

3 Mi-Ok PARK KOR 2:46:06 

4 Mi-Eun KIM KOR 2:48:11 

5 Hyung-Sun JUNG KOR 2:49:07 

2 APRIL 2006: 

3RD TARSUS INT’L HALF 

MARATHON, TURKEY 

The half marathon is staged in a city that is 7000 

years old. The organisers are the Berdan Textile 

Co. which employs 1100 people in Tarsus, in cooperation 

with the municipal authorities. 

The weather was good for running, and new 

records were set in both men’s and women’s 

races. In all, 608 men and 65 women ran, 

including 46 foreign runners from 11 countries. 

MEN: 

1 Patrick MUSYOKI KEN 1:02:42 

2 Simon KASIMILI KEN 1:03:36 

3 Gadissa BEYENE ETH 1:03:39 

4 Iaroslav MUCHINSKI MDA 1:04:01 

5 Tabor Mengistu NEBSI ETH 1:04:34 

6 Abdil CEYLAN TUR 1:04:52 

7 Selahattin SELCUK TUR 1:04:59 

8 Wellay Amare WELDEGIYORGIS ETH 1:05:25 

9 Ahmet YAVUZ TUR 1:05:27 

10 Tewodoros CHERU ETH 1:05:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Letay HADISH ETH 1:12:03 

2 Cathy MUTWA KEN 1:12:21 

3 Juliya GROMOVA RUS 1:14:51 

4 Rima DUBOVIK UKR 1:16:42 

5 Lale OZTURK TUR 1:17:22 

6 Svetlana TKACH MDA 1:19:46 

7 Damla YENIGELEN TUR 1:19:58 

8 Bahar DOGAN TUR 1:20:16 

9 Yesim Yeter GULAL TUR 1:20:20 

10 Birgul OZCAN TUR 1:20:25 

2 APRIL 2006: 

JERUSALEM HALF 

MARATHON, ISRAEL 

MEN: 

1 Teddessa DARAGAN 1:09:30 

2 Svanach DESSTAO 1:09:43 

3 Ran ALTERMAN 1:11:32 

4 Eli BAYKADI 1:13:12 

5 Hervee ATLY 1:14:20 

6 Elmiiyahoo PALORO 1:15:14 

7 Marc MEYER 1:19:57 

8 Itsik LEVY 1:20:34 

9 Menahem MONTILYO 1:21:35 

10 Chaim ZARGARI 1:22:13 

WOMEN: 

1 Nilly AVRAMSKY 1:22:02 

2 Svetlana BEHMEND 1:22:37 

3 Orna BLAU 1:26:54 

4 Rona ZAMIR 1:41:52 

5 Miriam GOLDSHTIEN 1:42:18 

6 Ornit MORGENSTERN 1:42:18 

7 Katherine FAIR 1:48:07 

8 Tzofnat NEEMAN 1:51:31 

9 Maya YIRMIYAHOO 1:55:31 

10 Neomi BEN-YITSHAK 1:59:38 

8 APRIL 2006: NORTH POLE 

MARATHON, NEUTRAL 

POLAR OCEAN 

See separate feature, p.15 

North Pole 

9 APRIL 2006: PARIS 

MARATHON, FRANCE 

On a bright cool morning ideal for running no less 

than nine of the first eleven men set personal 

bests (three of these were debut marks) along 

with two of the top three women. Behind them, a 

record 36,500 runners enjoyed the celebratory 

atmosphere of this 30th anniversary race, and 

1500 of them finished in under three hours. 

From the downhill start from the Arc de Triomphe 

a large group sped through the centre of Paris, 

passing 5km in 14:53. After a tour of the Bois de 

Vincennes at the eastern end of the course the 

pace had dropped at halfway (1:04:07). All the way 

along the Seine Embankment, from 25-33km the 

group dwindled in number. After passing through 

35km at the Parc des Princes rugby ground in 

1:46:27, Gashaw Malese made his move on a 

slight uphill. Through the final kilometres in the 

Bois de Boulogne he built up a convincing lead, 

and entered the Avenue Foch 250m finishing 

straight with only the clock as an adversary. He 

strove to duck under 2:08, to no avail. 

In the women’s race Mihaela Botezan made the 

early running, passing 10km in 34:26 and halfway 

in 1:13:00 - to lead by a minute. She got to 30km 

in 1:44:25, but was now being chased hard by the 

Russian pair of Irina Timofeyeva and Natalya 

Volgina. They passed her at 35km and Pamela 

Chepchumba also overtook her before the finish 

line. Although Volgina improved her personal 

best by almost 10 minutes, it was Timofeyeva who 

finished stronger, pulling away to a 10-second 

winning margin. 

MEN: 

1 Gashaw MALESE ETH 2:08:03 

2 Kiprotich KENEI KEN 2:08:51 

3 Bernard BARMASAI KEN 2:08:52 

4 Luis JESUS POR 2:08:55 

5 David LANGAT KEN 2:08:58 

6 Youssef GALMIN MAR 2:09:11 

7 Philip SINGOEI KEN 2:10:11 

8 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:10:40 

9 Philip KIRUI KEN 2:10:45 

10 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:10:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:27:22 

2 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:27:32 

3 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:29:48 

4 Mihaela BOTEZAN ROM 2:30:27 

5 Alina GHERASIM ROM 2:31:16 

6 Zaia DAHMANI FRA 2:31:34 

7 Asha GIGI ETH 2:32:35 

8 Fatima YVELAIN FRA 2:35:45 

9 Carmen OLIVERAS FRA 2:37:01 

10 Elena FETIZON FRA 2:41:16 

9 APRIL 2006: 

FORTIS MARATHON 

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

Sammy Korir, second fastest ever marathon 

runner, at last approached the form he showed in 

2003 by surging to a convincing win in a worldleading 

time for 2006. Behind him two others 

went sub-2:07 and a 10 ran sub-2:11, doing much 

to re-establish Rotterdam’s credentials as one of 

the world’s fastest courses. 

Careful pacing took a group of 21 runners through 

15km in 45:01. By halfway the same pace (1:03:22) 

had thinned the group down to nine. Pacemaking 

finished at 25km but 30km was reached in 1:30:00 

at which point Korir started to push. He reduced 

the group to four as Charles Kibiwott, Paul Kirui 

and Dejene Birhanu tailed him. Birhanu dropped 

off as Korir edged the pace up, passing 40km in 

1:59:55. At that point he started to get away: 

Kibiwott chased him, but tired and was overtaken 

by Kirui for second place. 

Four women went through halfway in 1:13:25, but 

then Viktoria Klimina fell back to leave Mindaye 

Gishu, Helena Javornik and the former world 

record holder Tegla Loroupe. Loroupe dropped 

back at 30km, and Gishu went ahead of Javornik 

after they had passed through 35km together in 

2:02:48. 

MEN: 

1 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:06:38 

2 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:06:44 

3 Charles KIBIWOTT KEN 2:06:52 

4 Dejene BIRHANU KEN 2:08:46 

5 Jackson KOECH KEN 2:09:15 

6 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:09:26 

7 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:09:41 

8 Thomas KIPLITAN KEN 2:10:05 

9 Mesefin ADIMASU ETH 2:10:45 

10 Kamiel MAASE NED 2:10:45 

WOMEN: 

1 Mindaye GISHU ETH 2:28:30 

2 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:29:37 

3 Isabel EIZMENDI ESP 2:31:53 

4 Susanne RITTER GER 2:32:34 

5 Tegla LOROUPE KEN 2:33:24 

6 Viktoria KLIMINA RUS 2:34:23 

7 Grazyna SYREK POL 2:34:38 

8 Maria ABEL ESP 2:35:30 

9 Anne-Mette AGAARD DEN 2:37:03 

10 Kristyna LOONEN NED 2:43:14 

9 APRIL 2006: 

ZURICH MARATHON, 

SWITZERLAND 

The heavy rain and cold could not stop Tesfaye 

Eticha, based in Switzerland, winning for the 

second time. He won the inaugural edition in 

2003. 

Eticha led through halfway, accompanied by two 

pacemakers, in 1:05:50. But Alphonse Yatich, a 

young Kenyan making his marathon debut, caught 

him at 28km and went ahead at 32km, while 

Eticha was having stomach problems. By 35km 

Yatich had built a lead of almost 200m, but Eticha 

recovered and managed to catch the tiring 23-year 

old in the final kilometre. 

In the women’s race Danish favourite Annemette 


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Jensen took an early lead and passed halfway in 

1:17, but then began to slow. She later 

complained of cramp. Helena Tikhonova caught 

sight of Jensen at 35km and by 37km had drawn 

level. She pushed on ahead to win by nearly 400m. 

In the absence of the top two Swiss women, 

Claudia Oberlin and Vera Notz-Umberg, 26-year 

old Maja Neuenschwander, from Berne and 

running only her second marathon, was the first 

Swiss to finish. 

There were 7000 starters in this fourth edition. 

MEN: 

1 Tesfaye ETICHA ETH 2:12:39 

2 Alphonse YATOCH KEN 2:12:54 

3 Lucian HOMBO TAN 2:18:13 

4 John ROTICH KEN 2:18:44 

5 Alexei KHOKLOV RUS 2:18:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Helena TIKHONOVA RUS 2:39:52 

2 Annemette JENSEN DEN 2:41:17 

3 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER SUI 2:44:23 

9 APRIL 2006: 

CANBERRA MARATHON, 

AUSTRALIA 


9 APRIL 2006: 

SAO PAULO HALF 

MARATHON CORPORE, 

BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Geovane DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:42 

2 Francisco DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:52 

3 Antonio DA SILVA BRA 1:06:03 

4 Alan Wendel SILVA BRA 1:06:15 

5 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:06:26 

6 Alex de MENDONCA BRA 1:07:20 

7 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 1:07:42 

8 Claudio DA CRUZ BRA 1:08:41 

9 Elson GRACILOI BRA 1:08:39 

10 Andre FERREIRA BRA 1:09:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Sirlene DE PINHO BRA 1:15:19 

2 Viviany DE OLIVEIRA BRA 1:17:59 

3 Marily dos SANTOS BRA 1:18:21 

4 Rosa Jussara BARBOSA BRA 1:18:40 

5 Conceição De CARVALHO BRA 1:21:16 

6 Rosangela FIGUEREDO BRA 1:22:47 

7 Reginaldo FAGUNDES BRA 1:25:34 

8 Elizabete CRUZ BRA 1:25:36 

9 Ilaine WANDSCHEER BRA 1:26:40 

10 Lindinalva DA SILVA BRA 1:27:24 

Canberra 

15 APRIL 2006: 

TWO OCEANS MARATHON, 

SOUTH AFRICA 

MEN: 

1 Moses NJODZI ZIM 3:06:50 

2 Honest MUTSAKANI ZIM 3:08:14 

3 Sipho NGOMANE RSA 3:10:07 

4 Themba LAMANE RSA 3:10:48 

5 Mzwanele MAPHEKULA RSA 3:11:09 

6 Henry MOYO MAW 3:12:09 

7 Zamile GEBASHE RSA 3:12:48 

8 Brian ZONDI RSA 3:13:40 

9 Kasirai SITA ZIM 3:14:19 

10 Isaac MALATJIE RSA 3:14:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Tatyana ZHIKOVA RUS 3:36:19 

2 Yelena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:36:29 

3 Simone STAICU HUN 3:37:15 

4 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 3:44:53 

5 Farwa MENTOOR RSA 3:47:17 

6 Louisa LEBALLO RSA 3:47:26 

7 Mamokete LECHELA LES 3:50:07 

8 Yolanda MACLEAN RSA 3:50:10 

9 Rakela AKUKOTHELA NAM 3:57:18 

10 Ursula FRANS RSA 3:58:25 

HALF MARATHON: 

MEN: 

1 Cutbert NYASANGA ZIM 1:02:54 

2 Zolani NTONGANA RSA 1:03:03 

3 Wirimayi JUWAWO ZIM 1:03:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Helaria JOHANNES NAM 1:13:35 

2 Poppy MLAMBO RSA 1:15:20 

3 Ronel THOMAS RSA 1:15:26 

16 APRIL 2006: CARLOS 

LOPES GOLD MARATHON 

MEMORIAL, PORTUGAL 

Basweti Momanyi patiently held back from a 

leading foursome in the early stages and trailed 

by over 100m at 10km. He was 30 seconds behind 

three leaders at half way (1:04:45 to 1:05:15)and 

remained 12 seconds behind at 30km. He was still 

in fourth place at 35km but then moved through 

to lead by 12 seconds at 40km and inexorably 

extended his advantage through to the finish line. 

The women’s race had only nine finishers. 

MEN: 

1 Basweti MOMANYI KEN 2:12:00 

2 Paul KORIR KEN 2:12:58 

3 Jacob MENGICH KEN 2:13:16 

4 Samson KOSGEI KEN 2:13:57 

5 John BIRGEN KEN 2:14:47 

6 Nelson CRUZ POR 2:17:39 

7 Stephen RUGUT KEN 2:26:35 

8 Joao TALHAS POR 2:31:55 

9 Amilcar DUARTE POR 2:33:35 

10 Paulo RAMOS POR 2:39:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Rosa SILVA POR 3:32:36 

2 Ana Coito ANDRE POR 3:52:47 

3 Analice SILVA POR 3:57:44 

4 Monika EDSTRAND SWE 4:00:43 

5 Celia AZENHA POR 4:04:59 

16 APRIL 2006: NAGANO 

OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE 

MARATHON, JAPAN 

One champion won again, the other was 

vanquished writes Ken Nakamura. Albina Ivanova 

defended her title while James Macharia 

conceded to his compatriot Nephat Kinyanjui. 

In the men’s race Gidey Amaha broke away after 

only 2km. He passed 3km in 9:40 and 5km in 15:35 

- not unduly fast, but he headed the 17-strong 

chasing pack by 200m and continued to go away. 

At 10km (30:41) he was nearly 400m clear as the 

pack consolidated behind him. 

He was still 150m clear at 20km (1:02:03) but after 

25km he slowed - taking 16:10 to go from there to 

30km. As his effort faded, three runners started 

their chase. Kinyanjui, Russia’s Georgiy Andreyev 

and defending champion Isaac Macharia caught 

Amaha at 31km and left him trailing by 34km. At 

35km Macharia was slowed by a stitch, and 

dropped back. Kinyanjui and Andreyev entered 

the stadium together, but the Kenyan had the 

strength to claim victory over the final lap. 

Masako Chiba led the women’s race in the early 

stages (10km: 36:01) at a modest pace and was 

then found wanting (she dropped out at 22km) as 

Silvia Skvortsova took up the running. Skvortsova 

led a group of six through 20km on an even 

schedule (1:12:08) but then broke clear with the 

defending champion Albina Ivanova. Ivanova 

went ahead at 30km for an untroubled win, 

although behind her marathon debutante Nina 

Rillstone (NZL) came through to finish under 

2:30, and hard on Skvortsova’s heels. 

MEN: 

1 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:11:18 

2 Georgiy ANDREYEV RUS 2:11:19 

3 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:12:44 

4 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:13:28 

5 Gidey AMAHA ETH 2:15:19 

6 Juremieh MIANO KEN 2:15:34 

7 Gemechu WOYECHU ETH 2:15:44 

8 Daisuke FUJIMOTO JPN 2:16:30 

9 Hideki MIYAMA JPN 2:17:27 

10 Toshiaki TEZUKA JPN 2:18:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:28:52 

2 Silvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:29:28 

3 Nina RILLSTONE NZL 2:29:46 

4 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:36:56 

5 Atseda BAYSA ETH 2:39:31 

6 Chikako OGUSHI JPN 2:40:00 

7 Risa MIZUTANI JPN 2:43:24 

8 Kaori TAKAI JPN 2:44:40 

9 Magda KARIMALI GRE 2:49:03 

10 Chiemi OANA JPN 2:49:39 

17 APRIL 2006: 110TH BAA 

BOSTON MARATHON, USA 

Robert Cheruiyot broke the course record by a 

single second (beating Cosmas Ndeti’s windassisted 

1994 mark). In the women’s race Rita 

Jeptoo made something of a competitive 

breakthrough. The weather was “ideal for 

running”, and the NW wind probably did more to 

assist than obstruct. 


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There were 22517 entrants from 94 countries and 

all 50 states (8849 women), making it the second 

largest ever field assembled in Boston (after the 

1996 centenary race). 

The elite women departed 29 minutes before the 

men, and Reiko Tosa made the early running, 

passing 5km in 17:05, 10km in 34:07 and halfway 

in 1:12:18. With four-time winner Catherine 

Ndereba not defending her title, the race was 

open. Tosa gradually shook off others until by 

30km she had only three others for company: prerace 

favourite Jelena Prokopcuka, Bruna Genovese 

and Rita Jeptoo. 

Genovese tried her luck next but to no effect. 

Prokopcuka took up the pace but Jeptoo tracked 

her closely, and Tosa fell in tow as they passed 

35km in 2:00:13. Jeptoo had finished as fast as 

anyone in the World Championships in Helsinki 

last summer, and here she did the same. She 

stretched out with 5km to go and quickly gained 

nine seconds. Prokopcuka fought back, but never 

got closer than a six-second deficit, with 1500m to 

run. Jeptoo sprinted to victory in the eighth fastest 

time ever run by a woman in Boston. 

In the men’s race inveterate front runner John 

Yuda led out (5km: 15:22; 10km: 30:04; 15km: 

44:51) and thinned the group to 10 members. 

Then Ben Maiyo stretched them out. He 

eventually went clear with Merga and US hope 

Meb Keflezighi, passing 20km in 59:33 and 

halfway in 1:02:43. There they were 12 seconds up 

on a chasing trio of Timothy Cherigut, Robert 

Cheruiyot and Korir. Alan Culpepper, Wilson 

Onsare and William Kiplagat followed 30 seconds 

further behind. 

Maiyo went through 25km in 1:14:21, straining to 

go clear as he approached the Newton Hills, but 

obviously concerned with those behind him. 

Advisedly. By 30km (1:30:30) Robert Cheruiyot, 

the 2003 winner, was hard upon his heels. 

Keflezhigi was 11 seconds adrift. 

Cresting Heartbreak Hill at 33km, Cheruiyot 

started to move away to a comfortable win, while 

Maiyo took an isolated second and Keflezighi an 

assured third. Brian Sell’s even pace took him past 

Alan Culpepper in the late stages and two more 

Americans made it into the top-10, for the best 

overall home showing in Boston since the 

infamous Beardsley-Salazar duel of 1982. 

This was unquestionably a fruit of the Hanson’s 

Brooks project in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Kevin 

and Keith Hanson own a couple of running stores 

there, and have poured their savings and profits, 

as well as their passion, into an elite training 

camp which has helped to change the face of 

American men’s marathoning. 

MEN: 

1 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:07:14 

2 Ben MAIYO KEN 2:08:21 

3 Mebrahtom KEFLEZHIGI USA 2:09:56 

4 Brian SELL USA 2:10:55 

5 Alan CULPEPPER USA 2:11:02 

6 Kenjiro JITSUI JPN 2:11:32 

7 Peter GILMORE USA 2:11:45 

8 William KIPLAGAT KEN 2:13:26 

9 Wilson ONSARE KEN 2:13:47 

10 Clint VERRAN USA 2:14:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:23:38 

2 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:23:48 

3 Rieka TOSA JPN 2:24:11 

4 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:25:28 

5 Kiyoko SHIMIHARA JPN 2:26:52 

6 Alvetina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:26:58 

7 Olivera JEVTIC SCG 2:29:38 

8 Madina BIKTAGIROVA BLR 2:30:06 

9 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 2:30:16 

10 Zvile BALCIUNAITE LIT 2:32:16 

22 APRIL 2006: 19TH 

BELGRADE BANCA INTESA 

MARATHON, SERBIA & 

MONTENEGRO 

Japhet Kosgei put three years of indifferent 

performances behind him, and did exactly as he 

promised the day before, winning in a new course 

record writes Pat Butcher. The 38-year old 

predicted both victory and the record, taking over 

a minute off the previous best mark, 2:12:10. 

Kosgei had played the previous day’s press 

conference like a stand-up comedian, telling the 

audience that his loss of form after three sub-2.08 

performances and victories in Rotterdam ‘99, Toko 

‘00 and Lake Biwa ‘03 was due to getting married, 

then adding after laughter, “and starting a 

business”. “People said I was too old but I was 

concentrating too much on my printing business. 

Now I’m concentrating on running again, business 

can wait ‘til I retire. My body feels the same as six, 

seven years ago, when I was running 2:07. Now I 

want to keep on running, and break the world 

record for a 40-year old”. 

That is 2:08:46, by Andres Espinosa of Mexico, set 

in Berlin ‘03. And the way Kosgei frisked away 

from his rivals in Belgrade suggests that he may 

well achieve it. In cloudy weather, and 

temperatures rising from 10-15C throughout the 

race, Kosgei stayed with a group of eight until 

35km, before easing away to victory. 

“We always say that the start of the race is 35km. I 

wanted to know who would follow me, and no one 

did. Everything worked perfectly”. In fact, Festus 

Kikumu tried to follow, but as he said afterwards, 

“I was not surprised that it was Kosgei who went 

away. After I talked to him yesterday, I knew he 

would win, and I knew I would be second”. 

It was the experience of almost 20 marathons 

which won the women’s race for Halina 

Karnatsevitch. At halfway, the Belorussian was 80 

seconds down on relative newcomer, Chemokil 

Chilapong of Kenya. But Chilapong, having her 

first race outside Kenya, was too optimistic and 

was caught at 30km 

Former track and field superstar, Carl Lewis fired 

the starting signal, and presented the awards 

afterwards, including the Fred Lebow Trophy for 

both winners. 

MEN 

1 Japhet KOSGEI KEN 2.10.54 

2 Festus KIKUMU KEN 2.11.30 

3 Reuben MUTUMWO KEN 2.12.31 

4 John MALUNI KEN 2.13.17 

5 Samuel NGANGA KEN 2.13.27 

6 Eric YATOR KEN 2.13.33 

WOMEN 

1 Halina KARNATSEVITCH BLS2.34.35 

2 Chemokil CHILAPONG KEN 2.36.10 

3 Adenech BEYENE ETH 2.41.12 

4 Dee NAZZARO USA 2.41.35 

5 Marjana LUKIC SCG 2.42.46 

6 Lisa VIKLUND SWE 2.48.44 

23 APRIL 2006: WROCLAW 

MARATHON, POLAND 

MEN: 

1 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:18:17 

2 Marek POSZEPCZY?SKI SWE 2:19:37 

3 Aleksandr NIKOLAYUK BLR 2:21:17 

4 Dmitry BARANOWSKI BLR 2:22:37 

5 Jerzy CHMARZY?SKI POL 2:28:14 

6 Taras SALO UKR 2:32:00 

7 Slawomir PIECZUROWSKI POL 2:36:01 

8 Tomasz SOBCZYK POL 2:38:44 

9 Tomasz SOMMER POL 2:40:49 

10 Marian CZERSKI POL 2:41:02 

WOMEN: 

1 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 2:53:54 

2 Ewa CHA?UPNICZAK POL 3:10:36 

3 Marta MIKO?AJCZYK POL 3:14:11 

4 Mariola M?YNARSKA POL 3:32:52 

5 Deborah THORNTON RSA 3:34:02 

6 Agnieszka SPYCHA?A POL 3:37:31 

7 Joanna POBIEDZI?SKA POL 3:38:40 

8 Ewa RYBKA POL 3:58:20 

9 Karolina WILCZY?SKA POL 3:59:17 

10 Brigitte HELTERHOFF GER 4:00:32 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Victor STARODUBTSEV UKR 1:08:41 

2 Tomasz BRACHMAN POL 1:09:58 

3 Sebastian DYMEK POL 1:11:24 

23 APRIL 2006: MARATONA 

SANT ANTONIO, ITALY 

There were 3325 finishers. 

MEN: 

1 Pertile RUGGERO ITA 2:11:18 

2 Henry SEREM KEN 2:12:37 

3 Giacomo LEONE ITA 2:13:00 

4 Ahmed NASEF2:14:51 

5 Francesco BENNICI ITA 2:16:19 

6 Abdelhadi EL HACHIMI MAR 2:17:32 

7 Pavel NOVAK 2:17:49 

8 Reinhard HARRASSER 2:18:02 

9 Paolo BATTELLI ITA 2:19:38 

10 Claudio CAVALLI ITA 2:27:45 

WOMEN: 

1 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:36:16 

2 Romina SEDONI ITA 2:40:19 

3 Guiseppina MENNA ITA 2:43:45 

4 Renata ANTROPIK 2:46:18 

5 Ma Grazia PIRAS ITA 2:58:12 

6 Daniela SCUTTI ITA 3:03:47 

7 Anna Ma VENTURELLI ITA 3:04:28 

8 Monica TAMBURINI ITA 3:11:42 

9 Roberta UGOLINI ITA 3:12:07 

10 Alessandra PREZZI ITA 3:16:21 

23 APRIL 2006: NICE 

INTERNATIONAL HALF 

MARATON, FRANCE 


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6 Jose MARTINEZ ESP 2:11:06 

7 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:11:09 

8 Dereje TESFAYE ETH 2:11:10 

9 Sammy KIPRUTO KEN 2:12:22 

10 Mikhail IVERUK UKR 2:12:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Roba TOLA ETH 2:24:35 

2 Rose CHERUIYOT KEN 2:27:09 

3 Irina PERMITINA RUS 2:27:35 

4 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:28:42 

5 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:28:55 

6 Fernanda RIBEIRO POR 2:29:48 

7 Edith MASAI KEN 2:30:01 

8 Zinaida SEMENOVA RUS 2:31:27 

9 Ulrike MAISCH GER 2:31:56 

10 Maria PUYEO ESP 2:33:30 

23 APRIL 2006: 

VANCOUVER SUN RUN, 

CANADA 

(See separate feature, p.25) 

23 APRIL 2006: 

ING BANK ENSCHEDE 

MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:12:05 

2 John KELAI KEN 2:12:05 

3 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:12:21 

4 Tekesete NEKATIBEBE ETH 2:13:05 

5 Noah KIPLAGAT KEN 2:13:16 

6 Debele TEKELEMEDIHEN ETH 2:13:59 

7 Belissa KELIL ETH 2:17:06 

8 Lambros ZANAGAS GRE 2:20:03 

9 Moses KIPTUM KEN 2:22:03 

10 Peter LOMURA KEN 2:24:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Petra VAN TONGEN NED 3:19:13 

2 Ellen WOPEREIS NED 3:28:15 

3 Lieskiner BROUWER NED 3:28:40 

4 Aly HENDRIKSON NED 3:30:20 

5 Alnuth MAASS GER 3:34:26 

6 Gerry VISSER NED 3:35:23 

23 APRIL 2006: 

CONERGY MARATHON 

HAMBURG 

Julio Rey racked up his fourth victory in this race 

by beating his own course record and personal 

best by 35 seconds writes Jorg Wenig. The 

women’s race was the best yet, with 20-year old 

Robe Tola equalling Katrin Dorre-Henig’s course 

record. 

Rey finally broke away from Robert Cheborbor 

only 2km from the finish, quickly establishing a 

commanding lead despite finishing with stomach 

problems, 

Tola won by a much bigger margin. Edith Masai 

had led out in the first half, but despite her fast 

half marathon run in Berlin three weeks before, 

she was unable to stretch this over the full 

distance. 

There were 16,375 starters of which 13,250 were 

men and 3,175 women. 

MEN: 

1 Julio REY ESP 2:06:52 

2 Robert CHEBORBOR KEN 2:07:37 

3 James ROTICH KEN 2:09:25 

4 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:10:00 

5 Fred KIPROP KEN 2:11:04 

30 APRIL 2006: 

MARATON POPULAR DE 

MADRID, SPAIN 

A bright but cool morning greeted 13,000 entrants 

in the 29th edition of this race in the Spanish 

capital. Major reconstruction in the city has 

enforced significant course changes but the start 

took off as usual from the Biblioteca Nacional. 

From here runners faced a slow climb throughout 

the first 5km north towards the twin leaning 

towers in the distance at the Plaza de la 

Castellana. The modest but noticeable altitude 

also tests the pace of both leaders and fun 

runners. A group of 15 men got away early, with 

Alberto Juzdado pacing. They kept together also 

on the downhill section from 6km to 15km and 

even the long switchback climb from there to 

halfway failed to thin the group out very much. In 

the women´s race the early pace was shared by the 

top six runners, but it took only until 15km for 

them to separate themselves. 

Banuelia Katesigwa (formerly Mrashani) of 

Tanzania forced the pace slightly on the testing 

section of the course before halfway, and passed 

through there in 1:16:20, 20 seconds up on 

previous winner Florence Barsosio, who in turn 

led Beatrice Omwanza by another 48 seconds. 

Although Katesigwa looked tired towards the end 

of the long loop through the western side of the 

city, she did not slow her pace much, reaching the 

finish in the Parque de Retiro 80 seconds ahead of 

Barsosio. 

The men´s lead group was still holding together 

through 26km (1:21:20) but by 30km Silas Sang 

had started to pull ahead, taking both James 

Moiben and former Berlin winner Joseph 

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all to themselves, as the minor placings changed 

dramatically behind them over the final kilometres. 

It was Ngolepus, tracking the other two, who 

launched his attack towards 40km. For a while he 

led Sang by an indecisive few seconds, but entering 

Retiro Park he strode out to a convincing victory 

and a new event record. Both Sang and Moiben 

also broke the old mark of 2:12:24. 

MEN: 

1 Joseph NGOLEPUS KEN 2:11:30 

2 Silas SANG KEN 2:11:44 

3 James MOIBEN KEN 2:12:19 

4 Shadrack KIPLAGAT KEN 2:13:35 

5 Matthew SIGUEI KEN 2:13:44 

6 Ethanat GELANA ETH 2:13:48 

7 Lawrence SAINA KEN 2:13:55 

8 David MAKORI KEN 2:15:01 

9 Michael NGASEKE ZIM 2:16:11 

10 Moses NABEI KEN 2:20:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Banuelia KATESIGWA TAN 2:34:54 

2 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 2:36:13 

3 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:37:26 

4 Larisa MALIKOVA RUS 2:39:08 

5 Valentina POLTAVSKA UKR 2:51:15 

30 APRIL 2006: 

OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL 

MARATHON, USA 

To mark the 11th anniversary of the Oklahoma 

City bombing over 1700 people ran in the 

marathon and nearly 2600 in the half; twice as 

many men as women over the full distance, but 

women were in the majority in the half. 

Jerry Faulkner strode away to win by a big margin. 

Only Russell Sears kept him company to the 10km 

point. He later paid for his early efforts, slipping 

back to fifth place. 

MEN: 

1 Jerry FAULKNER USA 2:36:03 

2 Billy GRONA USA 2:46:55 

3 Peter RAUCH USA 2:48:43 

4 Michael KULLING USA 2:49:39 

5 Russell SEARS USA 2:51:06 

6 Adam COHEN USA 2:52:24 

7 Kacey MILLER USA 2:55:00 

8 Carlos SAULE USA 2:55:34 

9 Walter DICKSON USA 2:56:21 

10 Michael MARTIN USA 2:56:26 

WOMEN: 

1 Sara PIZZOCHERO USA 3:02:07 

2 Machelle COCHRAN USA 3:04:14 

3 Amy REGNIER USA 3:04:33 

4 Teresa FROESE USA 3:04:33 

5 Tracey EVANS USA 3:06:50 

6 Lachelle CROTTEAU USA 3:09:18 

7 Kristie BRAUNSTON USA 3:19:03 

8 Debbie POLSON USA 3:21:22 

9 Aileen MURPHY-SWIFT USA 3:22:06 

10 Deana KNIGHT USA 3:23:17 


MEN: 

1 Bernard MANRAKIZA 1:11:19 

2 Gilbert TUHABONYE 1:11:19 

3 Nathan CHAMER USA 1:16:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Jennifer JOHNSON USA 1:27:12 

2 Maureen SWEENEY USA 1:27:59 

3 Rachel INGRAM USA 1:28:40 

30 APRIL 2006: 

BIG SUR INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, USA 

Just short of three thousand runners participated 

in the 21st presentation of this scenic classic “on 

the edge of the western world”: 1824 men and 

1123 women. 

MEN: 

1 Charles NYAKUNDI KEN 2:21:43 

2 Benson OSORO KEN 2:23:13 

3 Christopher ZIEMAN USA 2:26:30 

4 Ibrahim LIMO KEN 2:35:16 

5 Jesus CAMPOS USA 2:39:28 

6 Thomas SHEPHERD USA 2:42:05 

7 Efrem HAILE ETH 2:43:46 

8 Eric ALBRECHT USA 2:44:43 

9 Vitas EZERSKIS USA 2:46:08 

10 Andrew MCCLELLAND USA 2:46:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Mary COORDT USA 2:59:20 

2 Tammy SLUSSER USA 3:01:12 

3 Christine KENNEDY IRL 3:05:13 

4 Rosalva BONILLA USA 3:10:36 

5 Judy HAVLICEK USA 3:14:37 

6 Sara KASTNER USA 3:15:57 

7 Amanda VIELBAUM USA 3:16:13 

8 Jennifer HOWELLL USA 3:18:21 

9 Kathy KOBRINE USA 3:19:00 

10 Tracey JAQUIER USA 3:19:19 

6 MAY 2006: 

CRACOVIA MARATHON, 

POLAND 

1024 runners finished within the 5:40 time limit 

MEN: 

1 Mathew KOSGEI KEN 2:17:16 

2 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 2:17:33 

3 Andrey GORDEYEV BLR 2:18:16 

4 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 2:18:51 

5 Vitaly MYELISAYEV UKR 2:20:59 

6 Samson NAPEYOK KEN 2:21:22 

7 Przemyslaw ROJEWSKI POL 2:24:57 

8 Viktors SLESARENOKS LAT 2:26:17 

9 Konstantin ZHELEZOV UKR 2:28:39 

10 Damian ZAWIERUCHA POL 2:29:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Elena MAZOVKA BLR 2:43:53 

2 Volha YUDENKOVA BLR 2:44:02 

3 Wioletta URYGA POL 2:49:24 

4 Ewa BRYCH-PAJAK POL 2:50:24 

5 Janina MALSKA POL 2:57:49 

6 Katarzyna DZIWOSZ POL 3:03:21 

7 Justyna WILSON POL 3:06:11 

8 Mirela ZIECINA POL 3:12:46 

9 Marta MIKOLAJCZYK POL 3:17:57 

10 Elzbieta CHLAP POL 3:20:35 

7 MAY 2006: BMO 

VANCOUVER MARATHON, 

CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Kassahun KABISO ETH 2:18:29 

2 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:18:33 

3 Greg CROWTHER USA 2:23:25 

4 Konrad KNUTSEN USA 2:23:37 

5 Graham WILSON CAN 2:28:45 

6 Doug THUNEN USA 2:37:32 

7 Ryan CAIN CAN 2:38:07 

8 Craig MCMILLAN CAN 2:42:07 

9 David MATTE CAN 2:44:17 

10 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:46:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 2:37:06 

2 Mary AKOR USA 2:45:33 

3 Rima DUBOVIK SLO 2:46:31 

4 Suzanne EVANS CAN 2:50:30 

5 Judith LEROY CAN 2:51:55 

6 Trisha STEIDL USA 2:58:07 

7 Lisa POLIZZI CAN 2:58:38 

8 Sheila MULLINS CAN 3:00:18 

9 Karen WARRENDORFCAN 3:02:36 

10 Sandra FOWERAKER CAN 3:04:17 


MEN: 

1 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:08:37 

2 Miguel Angel MENDOZA MEX 1:11:32 

3 Jonas HOLMBERG 1:12:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Sally BERGESEN USA 1:22:41 

2 Barbara BRYCH CAN 1:23:29 

3 Gill WALKER CAN 1:25:35 

Vancouver 

7 MAY 2006: 7TH 

MARATONA D’EUROPA, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Ben CHEBET KEN 2:16:22 

2 Maurizio LEONE ITA 2:17:51 

3 Migidio BOURIFA ITA 2:18:56 

4 William SEREM KEN 2:25:55 

5 Shadrack MENGICH KEN 2:27:10 

6 Franco PLESNIKAR ITA 2:31:35 

7 Stephen RERIMOI KEN 2:37:22 

8 Giorgio BUTINAR ITA 2:42:48 

9 Stefano DAMETTO ITA 2:44:03 

10 Antonio DI LUCA ITA 2:45:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria COCCHETTI ITA 2:42:17 

2 Natalia BRUNIKO ITA 2:59:15 

3 Annalise MIACCI ITA 3:06:52 

4 Daniela DA FORNO ITA 3:08:18 

5 Monica ZENAROLLA ITA 3:22:12 

11th MARATONINA DEI DUE CASTELLI 

MEN: 

1 Lorenzo DELLA PIETRO ITA 1:10:53 

2 David DARIS ITA 1:11:21 

3 Marco MORETTON ITA 1:12:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Cristina SCOMPARIN ITA 1:23:57 

2 Laura CASTELLANI ITA 1:26:46 

3 Anna BIANCUZZI ITA 1:27:33 


7 MAY 2006: 

RUNBERLIN 25KM, 

GERMANY 

The Kenyan win streak remained unbroken in the 

26th edition of Run Berlin through the efforts of 

21-year old Patrick Musyoki, who finished in the 

second fastest time of the year. He almost missed 

out on victory, because he took the wrong turn 

just inside the Olympic Stadium. But he corrected 

himself immediately and ran the last 400m very 

strongly. In the women’s race Peninah Arusei 

improved her personal best by more than three 

minutes. A total of 10,495 participated, with 6,186 

of them in the 25km race, 2,966 in the 10km Nike 

Challenge fun run. There were also 724 inline 

skaters and 30 teams in the 5x5km relay. In the 

kids race 366 ran and 103 children participated in 

the junior skating race. 

Right from the start a leading group of nine men 

ran their own race. “After 10km the pacemakers 

were too slow. So I pushed the pace a bit. At 23km 

I knew I had a chance to win, so I increased the 

pace,” said Musyoki. He ran the last kilometre in 

2:43. The pre-race favourite Elijah Sang let the 

lead pair get away 3km from the end. It is the fifth 

time in a row that Kenyans have swept the top 

three men’s places. 

Peninah Arusei’s win made it six in a row for 

Kenyan women. The first 10km were fast (34:22), 

and slightly downhill. Arusei led the field from the 

beginning and after 9km she ran the rest of the 

race alone. 

MEN: 

1 Patrick MUSYOKI KEN 1:14:08 

2 Francis BOWEN KEN 1:14:12 

3 Elijah SANG KEN 1:14:33 

4 Ben KIMWOLE KEN 1:15:51 

5 Emmanuel BIWOTT KEN 1:19:02 

6 Edwin YANO KEN 1:19:03 

7 Hugo Van Den BROEK NED 1:21:28 

8 Lennart SPONER GER 1:25:41 

9 Ulrich FLUHME SUI 1:30:38 

10 Karlheinz WILD GER 1:31:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 1:26:25 

2 Asale TAFA ETH 1:28:13 

3 Kristina LOONEN NED 1:30:42 

4 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 1:36:18 

5 Olga GONCHARENKO UKR 1:38:53 

6 Ingalill KAMMERLING GER 1:43:04 

7 Iris TIEDEKEN GER 1:44:27 

8 Karsta PARSIEGLA GER 1:44:45 

9 Melissa LYNE 1:45:29 

10 Mieke WOELKY GER 1:46:38 

7 MAY 2006: 

VIENNA CITY MARATHON, 

AUSTRIA 

Good running conditions (fine, no wind, 12C) led 

to some fast times in this 23rd edition of the race. 

Lahoucine Mrikik set a new men’s course record 

and Japan’s Tomo Morimoto ran the second 

fastest women’s time ever recorded in Vienna 

(behind Maura Viceconte’s 2:23:47 mark from 

2000) 

This year’s motto “Run Vienna, enjoy Mozart” drew 

in 23,961 participants in all the various events. 

Classical music was played along the marathon 

course through the city. 

The men’s race was fast from the beginning: 5km 

passed in 15:05 and 10km in 30:16. In the middle 

of the race it slowed slightly, and eight runners 

passed the half way mark in 64:22 Samson 

Kandie’s 2004 course record of 2:08:35 then 

seemed to be slipping away when 30km was 

reached in 1:31:48. Just before then Mrikik and 

Peter Chebet went ahead and at around 38km the 

Moroccan again stepped up the pace. He clocked 

2:55 minutes for the next kilometre and took a 

decisive lead. “Today everything was perfect: my 

form and the weather conditions”, said the 34- 

year old winner - who had entered the race with a 

personal best of 2:13:31. 

Tomo Morimoto ran the 12th fastest time of the 

year with in her first race outside of Japan. Chieko 

Yamasaki and Mary Ptikany had passed 10km 

together with Morimoto in 34:24 but before 

reaching 20km Morimoto, who had run a 2:27:16 

marathon debut this year in Osaka, broke away 

from the others. At half way (1:12:31) she was 

already 25 seconds clear of Yamasaki. Fourth 

placed Susanne Pumper broke the Austrian record 

MEN: 

1 Lahoucine MRIKIK MAR 2:08:20 

2 Peter CHEBET KEN 2:08:56 

3 Dmytrov BARANOVSKY UKR 2:10:56 

4 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:12:49 

5 Oleg BOLOKHOVETS RUS 2:12:53 

6 Elijah YATOR KEN 2:14:01 

7 Richard MUTAI KEN 2:14:17 

8 Joseph TALAM KEN 2:14:30 

9 William TODOO KEN 2:14:44 

10 Roman WEGER AUT 2:16:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Tomo MORIMOTO JPN 2:24:33 

2 Chieko YAMASAKI JPN 2:29:09 

3 Mary PTIKANY KEN 2:31:29 

4 Susanne PUMPER AUT 2:32:21 

5 Rosita GELPI-ROTA ITA 2:37:48 

6 Titziana ALAGIA ITA 2:41:19 

7 Magdalini GAZEA GRE 2:42:14 

8 Olga GLOK RUS 2:44:52 

9 Eva TROST GER 2:44:58 

10 Ingrid EICHBERGER AUT 2:47:26 

after the first 5km. After the incident at 9.2km Salil 

and Kipchirchir increased the pace broke away 

from the Mouaziz brothers. 

Over the second large bridge (15km) the experienced 

Abdelkader El Mouaziz took over the lead and went 

steadily ahead for a 36-second winning margin. His 

younger brother Abdelhadid passed the Kenyan pair 

as they faded badly after 15km. 

The women’s race was completely controlled by 

Helena Javornik, the experienced Slovenian 

runner. She broke away from last year’s winner, 

Susan Kirui, at the halfway mark and won by more 

than a minute (72.34). Behind her Anna Rahm 

finished strongly to pass Kirui on her way to a new 

personal best. The Swedish marathon record 

holder, Lena Gavelin, made an encouraging 

comeback in this race. 

MEN: 

1 Abdelkadir EL MOUAZZIZ MAR 1:02:34 

2 Abdelhadid EL MOUAZZIZ MAR 1:02:50 

3 Abdelkebir LAMACHI MAR 1:03:44 

4 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:03:47 

5 Pavel LOSKUTOV EST 1:03:54 

6 Augustus MBUSYA KEN 1:04:27 

7 Patrick KIPLIMO KEN 1:04:57 

8 Japhet KIPKORIR KEN 1:05:24 

9 Lars JOHANNESSON SWE 1:06:09 

10 Ali OUADHI FRA 1:06:22 

WOMEN: 


2 Anna RAHM SWE 1:13:42 

3 Susan KIRUI KEN 1:13:56 

4 Lena GAVELIN SWE 1:14:26 

5 Lisa BLOME SWE 1:16:03 

6 Anna VON SCHENCK SWE 1:16:08 

7 Jane ROTICH KEN 1:16:59 

8 Anja LINDBERG SWE 1:17:57 

9 Jenny JOHANNESSON SWE 1:19:06 

10 Jennie AKERBERG SWE 1:20:33 

14 MAY 2006: 

PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, CZECH 

REPUBLIC 

Marathon Weekend began on the Saturday with 

the 8km City Run attracting 3,800 runners and the 

4km Family Run 5,300 participants. Two in-line 

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13 MAY 2006: 

GOTEBORG HALF MARATHON, 

SWEDEN 

Seven of the top eight finishers (all except Pavel 

Loskutov) were misled by officials at 9.4km and 

ran about 100m short of the full distance. Despite 

a complaint by Loskutov, the results were allowed 

to stand, but the times recorded should not be 

included in any official statistics for the half 

marathon. 

It was fast from the very beginning. A group of 

Kenyans were closely trailed by three Moroccans. 

Loskutov followed at a distance of about 50m 


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events (15km and 5km) were also run on Saturday, 

with 1,022 skaters taking part. 

The runners and skaters took off to the beat of the 

monstrous Marathon Music Festival, featuring 

several very enthusiastic Brazilian style drum bands, 

dancers, jugglers and acrobats and an epic 11-hour 

main stage performance, featuring top Czech bands. 

Next day the Marathon began in near-perfect 

conditions with cool temperatures, as 4082 

runners from more than 70 nations were set on 

their way by Czech President Vaclav Klaus. 

Hassan Mbarak Shami went through halfway in a 

group of six (1:04:28), but by 33km he was almost 

500m ahead of David Kiyeng and Joseph Ngeny. 

Kiyeng stuck to the pursuit and by the finish line 

he had significantly reduced Shami’s lead, but it 

was too late. Stephen Matebo kept away from the 

early pace and came through, while John Rotich 

was in an isolated fourth place at 33km but faded 

in the later stages. 

The first three in the women’s race passed 

through halfway in 1:13:44, and only began to 

break up at around 32km as Alina Ivanova pushed 

ahead to a clear win. 

MEN: 

1 Hassan Mbarak SHAMI QAT 2:11:11 

2 David KIYENG KEN 2:11:42 

3 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:13:57 

4 Stephen MATEBO KEN 2:16:37 

5 Pavel FASCHINGBAUER CZE 2:17:13 

6 Joachim NSHIRIMANA POR 2:18:04 

7 Abraham YILMA ETH 2:18:11 

8 Pavel NOVAK CZE 2:18:21 

9 John ROTICH KEN 2:21:47 

10 Silvio TRIVELLONI ITA 2:22:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Alina IVANOVA RUS 2:29:20 

2 Caroline KWAMBAI KEN 2:31:08 

3 Caroline CHEPTONUI KEN 2:31:10 

4 Liliya YADZHAK RUS 2:33:16 

5 Fatima CABRAL POR 2:37:38 

6 Hadish LETAY ETH 2:38:11 

7 Leila AMAN ETH 2:45:29 

8 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 2:51:50 

9 Radka CHURANOVA CZE 3:01:03 

10 Vanessa MULHOLLAND GBR 3:01:13 

14 MAY 2006: IWELT 

WUERZBURG MARATHON, 

GERMANY 

It was the closest race ever. Two Kenyans chased 

the pace car to the finish line, both of them 

sprinting but neither faster than the other. They 

crossed the line together, only 20 seconds outside 

the course record. 

In the women’s race the record holder Olga 

Nevkapsa at first ran with the pacemaker Kim 

Bauermeiser, aiming for 2:33. After halfway she 

found the heat troubling and slowed, to 

eventually fall a minute short of her own record. 

The best performance of the day came from Alem 

Ashebir. The young Ethiopian, with a personal 

best of 1:12:50, easily beat the old record and was 

ten minutes ahead of her competition. 

It was a great sight to see as 5,350 participants 

came through the start. A fantastic atmosphere 

was generated by around 30,000 spectators. The 

race incorporated the Bavarian Championships. 

MEN: 

1 Samson LOYWAPET KEN 2:16:01 

2 Eliud KURGAT KEN 2:16:01 

3 Sascha BURKHARDT GER 2:26:24 

4 Christian STICKER GER 2:28:24 

5 Frank HONOLD GER 2:32:36 

6 Marco DIEHL GER 2:33:01 

7 Anton GROSCHL GER 2:34:38 

8 Ulf SENGENBERGER GER 2:36:44 

9 Markus KOHLER GER 2:37:00 

10 Bernhard SCHLESAG GER 2:37:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Olga NEVKAPSA UKR 2:39:57 

2 Monika HIRT GER 2:52:12 

3 Esther HEINOLD GER 2:54:21 

4 Frederike BACK GER 2:58:32 

5 Julika FIDJELAND GER 3:04:16 

6 Sabine DOLLINGER GER 3:10:25 

7 Anna ZANZIGER GER 3:13:02 

8 Andrea EDELMAN GER 3:13:35 

9 Barbara KELLER GER 3:14:06 

10 Silke BITTEL GER 3:14:31 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Josphat CHEMJOR KEN 1:07:07 

2 Rainer MERTHAN GER 1:13:43 

3 Ulli PFULMANN GER 1:13:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Alem ASHEBIR ETH 1:15:21 

2 Claudia HILLE GER 1:26:01 

3 Sarka ANGENEND GER 1:26:36 

14 MAY 2006: 

KIGALI PEACE MARATHON, 

RWANDA 

Kenyan athletes dominated the men’s marathon 

filling nine out of the top ten places and with 

Benjamin Bitok beating last year’s inaugural 

course record by 6:20. On this hilly course, at 

1650m altitude and at 20-23C, it was an 

impressive performance. 

In the Half Marathon Disi Dieudonne made up for 

missing last year’s race by outsprinting Tanzania’s 

John Rogart in the finishing straight. A lead group 

of 11 runners stayed together on the two-lap 

course until the last 5km, when Dieudonne and 

Rogart got away. Entering the national stadium 

Amohoro, thousands of spectators were stood up 

to fanatically cheer their local hero on. He 

sprinted strongly in the last 250m to secure 

victory and beat the old course record by 1:41. 

In the 5km “Run2School” event 388 boys and 343 

girls, all 11 years of age, came from 50 different 

primary schools to take part. For most of them it 

was first time in their life wearing a transponder 

chip and race number. Just collecting these items 

on the day before the race was already an exciting 

moment for them all. The race was started at 07.55 

by the Minister of Health who himself ran 5km. At 

the finish each young pupil was given a backpack, 

a t-shirt and and a voucher for buying school 

material. It was a very successful first project, and 

certainly not the last through which the Peace 

Marathon organisers will try to encourage the 

interest of young Rwandais people in running. 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin BITOK KEN 2:22:03 

2 Daniel ROTICH KEN 2:22:57 

3 Jonah Kipsang CHEPKOI KEN 2:23:06 

4 Dan TUKWASIBWE UGA 2:23:18 

5 Musa KANDA KEN 2:24:08 

6 Edward KIPKORIR KEN 2:24:20 

7 Joseph Ruto KOMEN KEN 2:25:43 

8 David KUINO KEN 2:27:04 

9 Jonathan KIPRONO KEN 2:27:55 

10 Joseph NYOKWOYO KEN 2:28:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Tabita KIBET KEN 2:57:27 

2 Emily CHEPTUIYA KEN 3:02:21 

3 Ceophresine SUMAWE TAN 3:13:05 

4 Sarah MAYO UGA 3:15:34 

5 Grace Jeptoo MALOT KEN 3:19:21 

6 Jane JESANG KEN 3:19:55 

7 Ge NYIRAHABIMANA RWA 3:22:06 

8 Josephine Kiprop JERUTO KEN 3:23:15 

9 Mediatrice NYIRARANGWA RWA 3:23:42 

10 Simone KAYSER LUX 3:42:25 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Dieudonne DISI RWA 1:05:51 

2 John ROGART TAN 1:05:52 

3 Anderson CHIRCHIR KEN 1:05:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Farida MAKULA TAN 1:19:52 

2 Philis NYASABOKA KEN 1:20:08 

3 Hillary DUSABIMANA RWA 1:20:37 

20 MAY 2006: 

THREE HEARTS MARATHON, 

SLOVENIA 

The Kenyan pair of David Biwott and Evans 

Nyangwara led out, but before halfway was 

reached Biwott went ahead. Slower-starting 

Eduard Tukhbatullin came through to take the 

runner-up spot as Nyangwara tired over the final 

10km. 

Women’s winner Ida Kovacs also held back in the 

early stages as Tatyana Perelpekina led. Kovacs 

took over from half way and built up a four-minute 

winning margin. In the half marathon Helena 

Javornik raced away to win by over 15 minutes. 

MEN: 

1 David BIWOTT KEN 2:15:26 

2 Eduard TAKHBATULLIN RUS 2:19:34 

3 Evans NYANGWARA KEN 2:21:20 

4 Roman KEJZAR SLO 2:21:36 

5 Toni VENCELJ SLO 2:35:02 

6 Sreco GJEREK SLO 2:40:55 

7 Stanislaw ILAR SLO 2:41:45 

8 Andrej MESNER SLO 2:43:53 

9 Milan ZUPANC SLO 2:43:59 

10 Matej KREBS SLO 2:46:25 

WOMEN: 

1 Ida KOVACS HUN 2:45:50 

2 Tatyana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:49:40 

3 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:51:47 

4 Marijana LUKIC SCG 2:52:42 

5 Jadranka LESKOV?EK SLO 3:22:47 

6 Darja KRANJC SLO 3:24:31 

7 Aleksandra FORTIN SLO 3:25:43 

8 Marja LOC SLO 3:43:42 

9 Maja LJA SLO 3:52:53 

10 Sara SOUIDI SLO 3:54:35 


MEN: 

1 Zsolt BENEDEK HUN 1:07:46 

2 Tone KOSMAC SLO 1:07:49 

3 Damjan SLANIK SLO 1:32:09 

WOMEN: 


2 Spela NOVAK SLO 1:30:38 

3 Bernarda IVANCIC SLO 1:32:09 


20 MAY 2006: 

GREAT WALL MARATHON, 

CHINA 

MEN: 

1 David ARDERN GBR 3:38:07 

2 Brendan BANOVIC USA 3:55:50 

3 Michael LONGE USA 3:56:47 

4 Andrew BASS 3:57:24 

5 Michael KUMMER USA 4:08:03 

6 Murray GRAHAM NZL 4:08:07 

7 Nicholas MILES RSA 4:10:24 

8 Nicholas KENSINGTON NZL 4:10:53 

9 Mark TAYLOR GBR 4:11:35 

10 Mikkel LARSEN SIN 4:15:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Margaret STEWART NZL 4:16:58 

2 Sarah COOK 4:27:53 

3 Shelly MEULLER USA 4:30:39 

4 Lisa Iorio BRIGNALL ITA 4:36:22 

5 Alyn PARK USA 4:37:11 

6 Linda WHITFIELD CAN 4:39:37 

7 Rolinde HOORNTJE NED 4:42:46 

8 Helen MURPHY NZL 4:46:27 

9 Anne Margo REINTSEMA NED 4:46:47 

10 Gillian BREWER USA 4:53:57 


MEN: 

1 Chris OWENS GBR 1:40:35 

2 Thomas FLANAGAN 1:43:35 

3 Dean LANE AUS 1:46:29 

WOMEN: 

1 Alexis LAMB USA 2:09:53 

2 Christiane SCHON NZL 2:10:13 

3 Eva Maria THOMEE SWE 2:15:25 

21 MAY 2006: 

COPENHAGEN MARATHON, 

DENMARK 

It was a close race for the first two places, 

although both Torben Nielsen and Thomas 

Sondergaard had lagged early leader Josphat 

Mutai by 91 seconds at halfway. In the women’s 

race there was a similarly ambitious start from 

Martina Schwanke who led Nina Madsen and 

eventual winner Kathrine Tilma by 100m as she 

passed through halfway in 1:23:26, only to fade to 

sixth. 

MEN: 

1 Torben Juul NIELSEN DEN 2:24:08 

2 Thomas SONDERGAARD DEN 2:24:22 

3 Josphat Kiprotich MUTAI KEN 2:27:47 

4 Yannick DJOUADI FRA 2:31:36 

5 Philip LARSEN DEN 2:33:16 

6 Lukasz TYMKOW 2:34:17 

7 Kan Knobelauch HANSEN 2:34:42 

8 Claus BENTSEN DEN 2:35:00 

9 Bruno HANSEN DEN 2:35:45 

10 Ian DRUCE GBR 2:36:08 

WOMEN: 

1 Kathrine TILMA DEN 2:49:23 

2 Karina Berrar-MAGNUSSEN DEN 2:50:55 

3 Anne-Sofie Pade HANSEN DEN 2:51:53 

4 Marianne CHRISTENSEN DEN 2:53:29 

5 Anne-Mari KOSKINEN 2:55:01 

6 Martina SCHWANKE 3:00:28 

7 Nina MADSEN DEN 3:03:06 

8 Marianne RHODE 3:04:30 

9 Merete BLICKFELDT DEN 3:04:59 

10 Sara BISHOPP 3:06:43 

28 MAY 2006: 

ING OTTAWA MARATHON, 

CANADA 

A 22-year old record was shattered in the women’s 

marathon by Canadian Lioudmilla Kortchaguina 

who finished with a new course record and 

personal best, a long way ahead of her 

opposition.In the men’s category, Morrocan 

Abderrahime Bouramdane was declared the 

winner, ahead of his fellow countryman Zaid 

Laaroussi. 

There was also a new record in participation as 

29,364 runners took part the nine races on the 

schedule, with 4216 in the marathon and 8274 in 

the half marathon. There were also 10km and 5km 

events in each of which around 7000 participated 

MEN: 

1 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE MAR 2:12:18 

2 Zaid LAAROUSSI MAR 2:12:59 

3 Brad POORE GBR 2:24:28 

4 Elly RONO KEN 2:26:20 

5 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:27:58 

6 Jason LOUTITT CAN 2:29:37 

7 Richard CARTIER CAN 2:31:48 

8 Mark CUCUZZELLA USA 2:32:05 

9 Michel LAVOIE CAN 2:32:06 

10 Louis-Phillipe GARNIER CAN 2:32:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 2:29:43 

2 Moges ZEBENAYE ETH 2:36:15 

3 Helena KIPROP KEN 2:37:42 

4 Tania JONES CAN 2:42:57 

5 Magdalene MAKUNZI KEN 2:49:54 

6 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:50:55 

7 Paula WELTSE KEN 2:51:06 

8 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 2:56:51 

9 Myriam GRENON CAN 2:58:22 

10 Susan PIERSON USA 2:58:41 


MEN: 

1 Mouhssin MOUBSIT MAR 1:05:49 

2 Nabil BENKRAMA ALG 1:06:40 

3 Khaireddine HAMSI ALG 1:09:01 

WOMEN: 

1 Meryem KHALI MAR 1:17:24 

2 Bouchra SHALI MAR 1:17:43 

3 Marie DANAIS CAN 1:25:29 

3 JUNE 2006: 

STOCKHOLM MARATHON, 

SWEDEN 

MEN: 

1 Phillip BANDAWE ZIM 2:17:01 

2 Michael NGASEKE ZIM 2:20:05 

3 Kent CLAESSON SWE 2:22:23 

4 Lenar KHUSNUTDINOV RUS 2:22:36 

5 Said REGRAGUI SWE 2:25:01 

6 Patrik GUSTAFSON SWE 2:25:26 

7 Mike MARIATHASAN GER 2:25:33 

8 Erik OHLUND SWE 2:26:14 

9 Alfred SHEMWETA SWE 2:27:48 

10 Aigars FADEEVS LAT 2:28:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Anna RAHM SWE 2:36:37 

2 Eva Maria GRADWOHL AUT 2:42:48 

3 Tina Maria RAMOS ESP 2:44:03 

4 Lisa BLOMME SWE 2:44:56 

5 Tafa Woynishet GRIM ETH 2:46:50 

6 Brit-Helen SIMMENE NOR 2:47:03 

7 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:47:20 

8 Helena OLOFSSON SWE 2:48:40 

9 Marlene PERSSON SWE 2:53:43 

10 Karin SCHON SWE 2:54:37 

3 JUNE 2006: 

SALT LAKE CITY MARATHON, 

USA 

MEN: 

1 Joseph NGURAN KEN 2:16:42 

2 Phillip TAURUS KEN 2:17:59 

3 Demissu ASHEBIR ETH 2:18:25 

4 Hobie CALL USA 2:24:07 

5 Jonathan NDAMBUKI KEN 2:25:08 

6 Daniel CHERUIYOT USA 2:25:50 

7 Teren JAMESON USA 2:29:02 

8 Nicholas McCOMBS USA 2:30:33 

9 Abebe YIMER USA 2:35:23 

10 Eric ALBRECHT USA 2:43:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Ilona BARANOVA UKR 2:38:06 

2 Werknesh TOLA ETH 2:42:01 

3 Delillah ASIAGO KEN 2:45:52 

4 Carol CABANILLAS USA 2:57:27 

5 Jordan VAUGHN USA 3:08:47 

6 Tara LEWIS USA 3:19:58 

7 Mandy HOSFORD USA 3:19:59 

8 Michelle CHILLE USA 3:20:59 

9 Danielle WINEGAR USA 3:25:11 

10 Jevonne McDONALD USA 3:28:01 


MEN: 

1 Dennis SIMONAITIS USA 1:10:41 

2 Neal GASSMANN USA 1:11:04 

3 Mike KIRK USA 1:13:39 

WOMEN: 

1 Emily JAMESON USA 1:19:24 

2 Michelle SIMONAITIS USA 1:24:00 

3 Kate CRAPO USA 1:25:12 

3 JUNE 2006: 

FREIHOFERS 5KM RUN FOR 

WOMEN, USA 

Before the gun fired for the start of this morning’s 

28th running of the Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K 

in downtown Albany, NY, the consensus was that 

this was Lornah Kiplagat’s race to lose. The 32- 

year-old Kenyan-born Dutchwoman had proved 

dominant in almost every race she had run this 

year. At the tape, however, it was Australia’s 

Benita Johnson who prevailed, her win coming as 

the culmination of one of the most thrilling 

competitions in the history of the race. 

This was the finest Freihofer’s field ever 

assembled. Hopes of an improvement of Asmae 

Leghzaoui’s 2005 course record (15:18) were 

dashed, however, by torrential rains that battered 

New York’s Capital District throughout the night 

and that continued unabated until after the race 

had been completed. 

It may have dampened conditions on the starting 

line, but the rain could do nothing to quench the 

competitive fire that was evident from the 

moment the field of 3144 got women underway. 

Characteristically, Kiplagat charged immediately 

to the forefront, opening a stride lead within the 

first 400m and 10m within the first 800m 

Benita Johnson tracked her. At one mile (1600m), 

passed in 4:58 it was purely a two-woman race. 

The chasing pack - including Amy Rudolph 

(Providence, RI), Dorota Guca (POL), Lineth 

Chepkirui (KEN), Sally Barsosio (KEN) and course 

record holder Legzhaoui (MAR) - were 20m back 

and fading. 

But then Natalya Berkut from Ukraine charged 

through the second mile, closing the gap entirely 


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on the leaders (10:06), so that the two-woman 

race was suddenly three. 

With 1200m remaining, approaching the exit from 

Washington Park, Kiplagat, surprisingly, began to 

fall adrift. At once she lost 10m on Johnson and 

Berkut and, as the leaders turned on to Madison 

Avenue and the long stretch towards the finish 

line, once again this was a two-woman race. 

It was only with 200m remaining that the ultimate 

outcome was decided. “I knew she was faster than 

me,” Berkut conceded. Johnson decided the result 

with a panache that enlivened the rain-soaked 

crowd assembled near the finish. Johnson’s 

winning time of 15:27 gave her a two second 

margin over Berkut. Kiplagat placed an isolated 

third in 15:47. 

In the masters race, for women aged 40 and over, 

Freihofer’s legend, Carmen Troncoso (USA) 

prevailed yet again, defending the title she won in 

2005. Troncoso’s time of 17:11 placed her 19th 

overall in this, her 15th Albany appearance. In 

total, it was her fifth victory in the masters 

competition. 

WOMEN (ONLY): 

1 Benita JOHNSON AUS 15:27 

2 Natalya BERKUT UKR 15:29 

3 Lornah KIPLAGAT NED 15:47 

4 Lineth CHEPKIRUI KEN 15:50 

5 Amy RUDOLFUSA 15:50 

6 Dorota GRUCA POL 15:52 

7 Jemima JELAGAT KEN 16:03 

8 Maria Khristina MAZILU ROM 16:06 

9 Eunice CHEPKIRUI KEN 16:09 

10 Nicole AISH USA 16:12 

MASTERS: 

1 Carmen TRONCOSO USA 17:11 

2 Marisa HANSON USA 17:38 

3 Ramila BURANGULOVA RUS 17:47 

4 Joan SAMUELSON USA 18:16 

5 Charlotte RIZZO USA 18:37 

4 JUNE 2006: 

MEDIO MARATON DE 

VALENCIA, SPAIN 

The first edition of the race at the half marathon 

distance (for the previous 15 years it had been run 

over 20km) took place in brilliant sunshine on a 

course through the centre of Valencia. Starting at 

09.00 the air was fresh (20C) but although it only 

rose to 23C by the finish the direct sun was strong. 

A group of three men went off fast, but by 10km 

Johnstone Chebei had dropped back by 150m to 

leave Edwin Kibet and Yerefu Birhanu to fight it 

out at the front. They passed through in 29:17, and 

it was Kibet who proved stronger, pressing on to 

command a big winning margin by the time he 

had returned to the stadium finish line. 

Joan Ayabei won even more convincingly, quickly 

building up a lead over Kebebush Haile and 

passing through 10km in 33:25, already 66 

seconds ahead. Haile faded slightly but managed 

to hold off the sustained challenge of Georgina 

Rono, who persistently tried to close the early gap 

but was half the length of the finishing straight 

behind at the end. 

MEN: 

1 Edwin KIBET KEN 1:02:48 

2 Yerefu BIRHANU ETH 1:03:39 

3 Johnstone CHEBEI KEN 1:03:58 

4 Abraham CHELANGA KEN 1:05:01 

5 Laalami CHERKAOUI MAR 1:06:04 

6 Abdelilah ELMANAIA MAR 1:06:45 

7 Henrik SANDSTAD DEN 1:06:47 

8 Charles KOMEN KEN 1:07:26 

9 Jalali ABDERRAHIM MAR 1:08:27 

10 Hassane AHOUCHAR MAR 1:08:28 

WOMEN: 

1 Joan AIYABEI KEN 1:12:48 

2 Kebebush HAILE ETH 1:15:04 

3 Georgina RONO KEN 1:15:13 

4 Marta DE CASTRO ESP 1:17:31 

5 Ma Antonia JARENO ESP 1:32:25 

6 Vincenta TORRENT ESP 1:34:50 

7 Sonia BARTH CHI 1:37:54 

8 Eva Ma. MASCARELL ESP 1:38:26 

9 Cristina BLAY MORETO ESP 1:39:34 

10 Mercedes LOPEZ ESP 1:39:58 

4 JUNE 2006: 

SAO PAULO MARATHON, 

BRAZIL 

The XIIth edition took place with almost 11,000 

runners competing. The winners of both the male 

and female races were, as in previous years, 

Kenyans. Margareth Karie, the 2004 winner, was 

first home once again. Élson Gracioli was the first 

Brazilian home, in third place while in the 

women’s race, Marizete Rezende took second 

place. The course, considered tough by many of 

the runners, was eased by pleasant temperatures 

of 18oC at the start of the race and 22oC at the 

finish. 

MEN: 

1 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:15:15 

2 Charles KORIR KEN 2:17:22 

3 Élson GRACIOLI BRA 2:18:28 

4 Adriano BASTOS BRA 2:19:44 

5 Benjamin KIPTARUS KEN 2:20:06 

6 Pablo DA SILVA BRA 2:20:49 

7 Elenilson DA SILVA BRA 2:21:49 

8 Salty Willian GOMES BRA 2:22:53 

9 Adriano Strong LEMOS BRA 2:24:19 

10 Orlando RASP BRA 2:25:24 

WOMEN: 

1 Margaret KARIE KEN 2:39:24 

2 Marizete REZENDE BRA 2:41:28 

3 Marizete DOS SANTOS BRA 2:42:50 

4 Elizabeth DE SOUZA BRA 2:46:55 

5 Maria Sandra SILVA BRA 2:50:07 

6 Ilaine WANDSCHEER BRA 2:50:46 

7 Sueli VIEIRA BRA 2:55:19 

8 Helena Maria DE JESUS BRA 2:57:05 

9 Conceição OAK BRA 2:58:59 

10 Maria Lúcia VIEIRA BRA 3:01:10 

4 JUNE 2006: 

QUITO ULTIMAS 15KM, 

ECUADOR 

High up in the Andes and only a few kilometres 

south of the equator, 5600 runners took part in the 

46th edition of this point-to-point race. Departing 

from the headquarters of newspaper sponsor El 

Commercio runners finished in the Atahualpa 

Stadium where a big festival took place 

MEN: 

1 Franklin TENORIO ECU 46:40 

2 Silvio GUERRA ECU 46:56 

3 Alirio CARRASCO LEMOS ECU 47:08 

4 Lazarus NYAKERAKA KEN 47:13 

5 Vladimir GUERRA ECU 47:20 

6 Richard ARIAS ECU 48:39 

7 Edgar SANCHEZ ROCHE ECU 48:45 

8 Cesar WILSON GUALOTUÑA ECU 48:50 

9 Julian BERRIO COL 48:52 

10 Hugo JIMENEZ TACHIN ECU 48:58 

WOMEN: 

1 Martha TENORIO ECU 55:01 

2 Julia RIVERA LOPEZ ECU 55:48 

3 Alicia CEVALLOS CAMACHO ECU 56:07 

4 Diana LANDI ANDRADE ECU 56:54 

5 Yolanda CABALLERO PEREZ ECU 57:49 

6 Sandra RUALES MOSQUERA ECU 58:01 

7 Yolanda QUIMBITA MARTINEZECU 58:32 

8 Wilma GUERRA ECU 59:00 

9 Fanny VILCANCUNDO ZUÑIGAECU 59:02 

10 Angelica SANCHEZ IBARRA ECU 59:15 

11 JUNE 2006: 

EDINBURGH MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

The fourth Edinburgh Marathon was sent 

underway from the Sir Walter Scott Memorial on 

the city’s famous Princes Street. Ron Hill, “Mr 

Marathon” himself, was the honorary starter. As 

former European and Comonwealth Champion 

(1969/70) he still retains the Scottish all-comers 

record with his time of 2:09:28, set in the 1970 

Commonwealth Games hosted by Edinburgh. 

The race wound its way through the streets of 

Edinburgh’s city centre before heading west to a 

turnaround point at Cramond, just short of the 

famous Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth. From 

there it was a straight run westward to Portobello, 

after which runners were faced with a tough climb 

over the final 4km of the course. They ascended, 

through suburban estates, towards the scenic 

finish in Holyrood Park. 

Kenya got a clean sweep in the men’s event, but 

the leading women’s invitee, Monica Kibet, failed 

to finish. She left the road open for local runners 

to ascend the podium. 

Joseph Mbithi made his British debut a winning 

occasion, despite the unusually high 

temperatures. Mbithi pulled clear of his Kenyan 

team mates after 27km. He had previously won 

the Eurasia Istanbul Marathon in October last 

year, and commented: “I really enjoyed the 

cheering along the sea front (in the final 10km). 

The course was very good, although there is a 

climb in the final few kilometres and I was a little 

afraid of it, so I pulled away on my own before 

then. Now I know the course I hope I can come 

back next year and do better.” 

In the women’s race, after Kibet’s retirement, Scot 

Angela Howe took the top spot in a new personal 

best, in her seventh marathon. The 35 year-old is 

the curator at the British Golf Museum in St 

Andrews. Third-placed Michelle Tham comes from 

Portobello - the very same place that had earlier 

cheered Mbithi over his final kilometres. 

A total of 8500 runners participated, including 850 

teams of five runners in the relay event. In the 

individual race 4200 runners started. In total over 

50 countries were represented. 

Despite the heat, casualties were low. Medical 

assistance was delivered to 72 runners and five 

runners were taken to hospital. 

The first ever wheelchair race was won by British 

Champion Kenny Herriot in 1:48:36. Herriot lives 

in Aberdeen but is originally from Edinburgh. 

In the team relay Aberdeen University ran a close 

second. The ‘Sikhs in the City’ team, with a 

combined age of 400 and led by the world’s oldest 

marathon runner, adidas poster-boy Fauja Singh 

(95), completed the course in 4:43:33. The 

youngest of their five runners was 75 years old. 


MEN: 

1 Joseph MBITHI KEN 2:15:46 

2 John KIOKA KEN 2:16:28 

3 Jonathon KIPSAINA KEN 2:17:01 

4 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:17:40 

5 Augustus KAVUTU KEN 2:20:01 

6 Joseph MUTISO KEN 2:23:22 

7 Gary CROSSAN IRL 2:29:39 

8 William WALKIEWICZ 2:34:45 

9 Fergus MCLEAN 2:34:49 

10 Chris WILSON 2:36:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Angela HOWE GBR 2:51:41 

2 Sharon DAWE GBR 3:08:36 

3 Michelle THAM GBR 3:11:27 

4 Esme MCLELLAND GBR 3:12:33 

5 Fionnuala DOHERTY 3:12:39 

6 Anna PHILLIPS 3:14:52 

7 Tracey GREAVES 3:15:06 

8 Shona MCINTOSH 3:16:31 

9 Helen FINCH 3:17:09 

10 Carole FORTUNE 3:18:41 

11 JUNE 2006: 

6TH HAWAIIAN HALF 

MARATHON, USA 

The race was one of the events of the 27th Pan 

Pacific Festival held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Runners 

set off at 05.00 from Kapiolani Park and swept 

through Wakiki in the pre-dawn dark. They went 

further, around the Diamond Head promontory, 

before doubling back towards town to finish on 

the east side of Wakiki Beach. A total of 780 

runners finished. 

MEN: 

1 Tetsuo SHIBAYAMA JPN 1:14:08 

2 Jonathan LYAU USA 1:19:58 

3 Dario HERRERA USA 1:20:23 

4 Ash DUSTOW USA 1:20:45 

5 David CARLSSON USA 1:21:03 

6 Brian SCHUMEYER USA 1:21:38 

7 Ryan HATFIELD USA 1:24:36 

8 Andrew TAYLOR USA 1:25:22 

9 Justin GLASS USA 1:25:58 

10 David ROTHENBURGER USA 1:26:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Rachel ROSS USA 1:25:27 

2 Jerilyn FLORIMONTE USA 1:36:17 

3 Heather KNOX USA 1:38:18 

4 Melanie STAPFER USA 1:38:46 

5 Kylee OBATA USA 1:39:49 

6 Cory WALKER USA 1:40:14 

7 Carole Ann HIGA USA 1:41:12 

8 Sandra DAVIS USA 1:41:34 

9 Kahealani ZIETZ USA 1:43:22 

10 Nicole KREUZMAN USA 1:43:26 

17 JUNE 2006: MIDNIGHT 

SUN MARATHON, NORWAY 

Starting at 20.30, 260 marathon runners 

completed half of the course on the mainland 

before coming back over the bridge to Tromso 

island, through town, and out for the second half 

- also completed by 270 half marathon runners. 

Later-finishing runners came over the line after 

midnight, but the sun was still out. 

MEN: 

1 Jens-Kristian BERG NOR 2:43:12 

2 Almgren TOR SWE 2:43:36 

3 Charles CHRISTIANSEN NOR 2:48:12 

4 Joern BORGES GER 2:50:21 

5 Jens GORAN NOR 2:57:43 

6 Erik BJORNSTAD NOR 2:58:03 

7= John PEDERSEN NOR 2:58:16 

7= Sverre AKSLAND NOR 2:58:16 

9 Luciano CANAPINI ITA 3:00:46 

10 Pal SIMONSEN NOR 3:01:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Cinta GREES NED 3:18:20 

2 Nil BOZKURT-THIELSCHER GER 3:19:49 

3 Wendy FJELLSTAD NOR 3:22:04 

4 Sirosavi OUTI FIN 3:25:22 

5 Murray MIEMA RSA 3:32:17 

6 Brigitte GERBER SUI 3:33:18 

7 Hidemi KAWAKAMI JPN 3:34:24 

8 Kara MITTENZWEY USA 3:43:23 

9 Janet TUCKER GBR 3:48:08 

10 Setala SANNA FIN 3:49:45 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Kristian JARNUNG NOR 1:10:47 

2 Lasse ESTMO FIN 1:13:50 

3 Falco GUALTIERO ITA 1:15:57 

WOMEN: 

1 Sanna-Maija POHJANVESI FIN 1:26:16 

2 Trude WIK 1:27:12 

3 Laren GARDINER AUS 1:28:31 

10km: 

MEN: 

1 Tom-Andre KALLAGER NOR 32:32 

2 Daniel STRAND NOR 33:29 

3 Johnny Ivar RYVOLL NOR 34:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Hilde PEDERSEN NOR 39:26 

2 Manuela KRAMER GER 39:29 

3 Monika LARSEN NOR 39:42 

17 JUNE 2006: MARATHON 

DE MONT SAINT MICHEL, 

FRANCE 

James Theuri, newly naturalised as a French 

citizen, beat his former compatriot James Kemboi 

while Marta Komu improved the women’s course 

record by a bare 9 seconds, in her first attempt at 

the distance. 

The change in the start time was a great success. 

After the runners departed from Cancale at 17.00, 

the temperature fell from 29C to a bearable 23C at 

the finish. 

It was Theury’s first marathon win. After a fast 

start, the pace faltered after 10km so that the 

Foreign Legion runner could not meet his sub- 

2:10 target time. Patrick Twambé, two-time winner 

and course record holder at 2:08:55, paced well to 

30km but Theuri complained that, once left on his 

own, the wind was too strong. 

Marta Komu is a determined young woman. Sister 

of three-times Paris-Versailles winner Francis 

Komu, the 23-year old only decided to move up to 

the marathon distance after her win at the Nice 

Half Marathon on 23 April. Married to thirdplaced 

Simon Munuytu, Komu herself was 11th 

overall. 

MEN: 

1 James THEURY FRA 2:14:51 

2 David KEMBOI KEN 2:16:36 

3 Simon MUNUYTU FRA 2:25:35 

4 Bedad Medeksa DERBA ETH 2:27:03 

5 Stéphane CHOPIN FRA 2:27:45 

6 Hamid BELHAJ FRA 2:30:16 

7 Willaim CHERESET KEN 2:31:18 

8 Regassa Dejene NIGUSSE ETH 2:32:26 

9 Mustapha BERRI FRA 2:33:07 

10 Laurent BOULET FRA 2:36:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Marta KOMU KEN 2:37:37 

2 Elisabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:46:10 

3 Svetlana PRETOT FRA 2:50:27 

4 Béatrice CEVENO FRA 2:53:09 

5 Caroline DESPRES FRA 2:57:57 

6 Nathalie MARIN FRA 3:01:40 

7 Solange ROUE FRA 3:06:52 

8 Nathalie STILHART FRA 3:03:35 

9 Patricia LEROY FRA 3:12:29 

10 Martine ROBINE FRA 3:14:33 

Mt Saint Michel 

18 JUNE 2006: PHUKET 

INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, 

THAILAND 

The first edition of the Phuket International 

Marathon Festival exceeded all expectations, and 

attracted thousands of participants to the 

marathon and supporting races. 

Promoted under the slogan: “Run Paradise!” the 

Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km Fun Run and 1km 

Kids Run allowed 500 foreign participants from 

more than 30 countries join local runners and 

discover the beautiful landscapes and famous 

beaches of the island. The event also boasted 

several celebrities: Japanese TV personality and 

former Olympic runner Akemi Masuda, Korean pop 

star Lee Hee Jin from the girl band Baby Vox and 

world-famous scientist Alan Coleman, who was 

instrumental in the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. 

It was more than just a marathon. It was about 

experiencing Phuket and its magnificent 

surroundings, showing the world that Phuket is 

back. Race director Raimund Wellenhofer said: 

“We are particularly pleased with the turnout of 

international runners and media. They came from 

the US, Europe, Australia, Japan and elsewhere. 

The strong interest of the international 

community in this event shows great potential for 

the next edition on 17 July 2007.” 

MEN: 

1 Shih-Chieh KO TPE 3:00:56 

2 Chi Ming CHAN CHN 3:12:09 

3 Lok-Wai TSE HKG 3:14:20 

4 Kampan SAMBOONYUANG THA 3:18:07 

5 Priwan IMKHAW THA 3:20:33 

6 Tanimoto MATSUZO JPN 3:26:25 

7 Jarae JEARANAI THA 3:31:54 

8 Sudjai INTANAI THA 3:33:27 

9 Sammy Kam-Yiu TO CHN 3:33:58 

10 Raymond GREENLAW USA 3:35:39 


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WOMEN: 

1 Heather GREGG USA 3:58:24 

2 Nampet PORNTARAGCHAROENTHA 4:09:56 

3 Yi-Mei TSAI TPE 4:11:14 

4 Cheryl NISHIMURA USA 4:12:54 

5 Elizabeth HAMPTON USA 4:18:08 

6 Rachel TOOR USA 4:21:07 

7 Clare WATSONA USA 4:23:35 

8 Pui Fun YIM SIN 4:26:06 

9 Chan Chun FUNG HKG 4:26:53 

10 Stephanie WHITE NZL 4:35:27 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Boonchu JANDACHA THA 1:18:04 

2 Niwat OI-TIP THA 1:21:30 

3 Sitthipong CHERGLAI THA 1:22:00 

WOMEN: 

1 Gillian CASTKA GBR 1:34:40 

2 Georgia BAMBA AUS 1:41:59 

3 Lynne SPIERS GBR 1:47:22 

24 JUNE 2006: 

6H SAN SEBASTIAN DE LOS 

REYES, SPAIN 

1 Jaroslaw JANICKI POL 91.270km 

2 Alexei BELOSLOUDTSAV RUS 89.486km 

3 Jorge AUBESO ESP 89.097km 

4 Ference BIRI HUN 88.551km 

5 Ricard BERRER ESP 85.248km 

18 JUNE 2006: 

DALIAN MARATHON, 

CHINA 

The 20th edition of the race took place in good 

conditions (30-55% humidity, 0.9m/s wind), 

although the temperature climbed from a fresh 

20°C at the start to a warm 28°C for the slower 

finishers. Over two thousand runners competed 

(1693 men, 625 women) including 130 foreign 

runners from 30 countries. 

Phuket 

WOMEN: 

1 Xiaolin ZHU CHN 2:45:57 

2 Qian SU CHN 2:46:18 

3 qianyezhenzI JPN 2:46:55 

4 Yuan Yuan JIANG CHN 2:51:31 

5 Si PU CHN 2:54:13 

23 JUNE 2006: 

LAKE MYVATN MARATHON, 

ICELAND 

MEN: 

1 Stefán Vi∂ar SIGTRYGGSSON ISL 3:02:32 

2 Roman MIRONCZUK POL 3:22:29 

3 Willibrord SCHUURMAN NED 3:24:43 

4 Sigur∂ur INGVARSSON ISL 3:24:55 

5 Daníel GUDMUNDSSON ISL 3:26:18 

6 Magnús GUDMUNDSSON ISL 3:26:43 

7 Magnús JOHANNSSON ISL 3:35:21 

8 Gísli ÁSGEIRSSON ISL 3:36:10 

9 Ómar TORFASON ISL 3:36:43 

10 Starri HEIDMARSSON ISL 3:38:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Sally SHREEVES USA 3:42:26 

2 Gu∂björg Margrét BJORNSDOTTIR ISL 3:43:44 

3 Herdís KLAUSEN ISL 4:07:03 

4 María Dögg TRYGGVADOTTIR ISL 4:09:34 

5 Ragnhei∂ur VALDIMARSDOTTIR ISL 4:13:00 

6 Margrét JOHANNESDOTTIR ISL 4:14:09 

HALF MARATHON (24 JUNE 2006) 

MEN: 

1 Jósep MAGNUSSON ISL 1:25:53 

2 Jóhann GYLFASSON ISL 1:12:50 

3 Haraldur HARALDSSON ISL 1:27:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Gu∂rún Kristín SAEMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 1:42:11 

2 Edda GUDSTEINSSDOTTIR ISL 1:44:47 

3 Ingibjörg M VALGEIRSDOTTIR ISL 1:51:49 

25 JUNE 2006: 

CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 

MARATHON, BRAZIL 

The point to point course is one of the most 

scenic, along the shoreline of Rio de Janeiro. The 

start and finish are 34.5km apart, more than the 

50% of the race distance allowed by IAAF for 

championship qualification - so top Brazilian 

runners looking for qualifying times stay away. 

This makes it a real opportunity for beginners and 

veterans who can compete for outright victory. 

Mass runners can choose between marathon, half 

marathon and a 6km Run for Peace. Altogether 

there were 1203 women and 3588 men. 

In the women’s race, the beginner Odineide Felix 

led to the 36th kilometre when 2003 winner Leone 

Justino caught her, passing through Copacabana. 

The elite women’s fuield of only seven runners set 

off 25 minutes before the men and the mass race 

started. The lead men passed through half way in 

1:09:57 

MEN: 

1 Jose Pereira FERREIRA BRA 2:21:16 

2 Jose Gutemberg FERREIRA BRA 2:21:59 

3 Weber Dias FERREIRA BRA 2:22:57 

4 Lielzio Santana DE JESUS BRA 2:23:10 

5 Linderberg Gomes NUNES BRA 2:23:13 

6 Marcos DO SANTOS BRA 2:25:54 

7 Jose Ricardo DA SILVA BRA 2:28:06 

8 Ismael PEREIRA BRA 2:28:44 

9 Jose Pedro MENDES BRA 2:29:53 

10 Flavio Alves DA SILVA BRA 2:31:07 


WOMEN: 

1 Leone JUSTINO BRA 2:49:58 

2 Odineide FELIX BRA 2:56:08 

3 Andrezza de OLIVEIRA BRA 2:57:28 

4 Andrea Soneggati MELO BRA 3:10:21 

5 Ivani Gomes DOS SANTOS BRA 3:17:21 

6 Vanessa PROTASIO BRA 3:27:52 

7 Teresinha DE FATIMA BRA 3:41:01 

25 JUNE 2006: 

SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER 

HALF MARATHON, CANADA 

Bright sunny skies, no wind and pleasant 14C 

temperatures greeted the record field of 4000 

runners in the 2006 Scotiabank Vancouver Half 

Marathon. Another 500 runners participated in 

the accompanying 5km in Stanley Park. 

Participants were drawn from nine different 

countries and 18 American states. 

The Half Marathon took off at 07.00 from the 

University of British Columbia. At the gun, the 

lead pack of six took off including Giitah Macharia 

of St. Catharines, Danny Kassap of Toronto, 

Joseph Nsengyiumva of Ottawa, Nourrdinne 

Betchim of Montreal and local favourites Jim 

Finlayson of Victoria and Steve Osaduik. 

After a kilometre, the four easteners split away to 

form a lead pack that would run comfortably 

together to 7km, at which point Betchim was 

dropped. The three ran strongly through the 

rolling mid-section of the course, but no one 

made a move until, heading down a short steep 

hill onto Beach Road at 18.5km, Macharia and 

Kassap surged and dropped Nsengyiumva. 

Macharia made his decisive move at 20km, 

careening downhill to the seawall he continued 

his kick along the final stretch to win comfortably 

by almost 50m. 

In the women’s race, the West swept the podium. 

Calgary’s Lisa Harvey dominated from the start to 

finish, with local favourite Leah Pells of 

Coquitlam finishing a strong second. 

The Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon was the 

fourth race in the 2006 Canada Running Series 

and raised more than $100,000 for the VGH/UBC 

Hospital Foundation. 

25 JUNE 2006: 

LAKE SAROMA 100KM, 

JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI JPN 6:49:15 

2 Yasunori YAMAMOTO JPN 6:57:40 

3 Hideo NOJYO JPN 6:59:15 

4 Jyunichi NOMURA JPN 7:07:15 

5 Toshiyuki MIYAJI JPN 7:07:36 

6 Mitsuru SHINOHARA JPN 7:13:08 

7 Hajime MATSUBARA JPN 7:22:10 

8 Masahiro YOSHIDA JPN 7:24:14 

9 Toru SHIMA JPN 7:35:05 

10 Tetsuro TAMATANI JPN 7:37:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Hiroko SYOU JPN 7:40:30 

2 Emi IWASAKI JPN 7:54:33 

3 Akiko SEKIYA JPN 8:06:57 

4 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8:08:39 

5 Masako KUSAKAYA JPN 8:17:57 

6 Tazu ISHIKAWA JPN 8:29:52 

7 Kazuko KOUNO JPN 8:34:03 

8 Kazuko KONDO JPN 8:42:05 

9 Hiroko KITAMURA JPN 8:53:32 

10 Ayumi KITAGAWA JPN 8:56:40 

50km 

MEN: 

1 Fumio YAMANIE JPN 3:18:38 

2 Toshikazu ASAMI JPN 3:20:55 

3 Masahisa KUWABARA JPN 3:48:03 

WOMEN: 

1 Miho MIYAMOTO JPN 4:17:40 

2 Sachiko KANAYA JPN 4:24:06 

3 Hideko ONA JPN 4:31:10 

Lake Saroma 

Vidovdan 

MEN: 

1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 30:33 

2 Mirko PETROVIC SCG 30:44 

3 Dariusz KRUCZKOVSKI POL 30:47 

4 Tamas TOTH HUN 30:58 

5 Goran STOJILJKOVIC SCG 31:26 

6 Pavel OCHAL POL 31:35 

7 Djuro KODO BSH 31:44 

8 Milovan TROMBULOVIC SCG 31:56 

9 Sreten NINKOVIC SCG 32:17 

10 32:27 

WOMEN: 

1 Olivera JEVTIC SCG 32:34 

2 Marijana LUKIC SCG 35:32 

3 Simona STAICU HUN 35:34 

4 Lucia KIMAN KEN 35:38 

5 Dorota USTIANOWSKA POL 35:44 

6 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 36:02 

7 Violetta URYGA POL 37:35 

8 Snezana KOSTIC SCG 40:20 

(DQ Sandra STOLIC SCG 39:35) 

MEN: 

1 Gitah MACHARIA CAN 1:04:30 

2 Danny KASSAP CAN 1:04:38 

3 Joseph NSENGYIUMVA CAN 1:04:52 

4 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:06:56 

5 Steve OSADUIK CAN 1:07:24 

6 Nourddine BETCHIM CAN 1:07:46 

7 David JACKSON CAN 1:07:47 

8 Jason WARICK CAN 1:09:31 

9 David MARTIN USA 1:09:44 

10 Norman TINKHAM CAN 1:09:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Lisa HARVEY CAN 1:17:58 

2 Leah PELLS CAN 1:18:48 

3 Nancy TINARI CAN 1:22:09 

4 Joan MCGRATH CAN 1:23:18 

5 Stephanie MILLS CAN 1:26:35 

6 Jen MCLEAN CAN 1:27:40 

7 Amy DRURY ESARY USA 1:27:58 

8 Jillian FONG CAN 1:29:39 

9 Natalie BALL CAN 1:29:49 

10 Natalie CLOSS CAN 1:30:49 

18 JUNE 2006: 

TANGMANGA MARATHON, 

MEXICO 

[see separate feature, p.30] 

28 JUNE 2006: 

VIDOVDAN 10KM, BOSNIA & 

HERCEGOVINA 

In sweltering heat the east Bosnian city 

celebrated the 10th edition of the race with a 

series of children's run (attracting several 

thousand participants from all over the region) 

and an international field in the 10km. Ron Hill 

came to Brcko as international running 

ambassador and to compete in the 92nd country 

of his long running career. Another legend, Franjo 

Mihalic, the 1956 Olympic silver medallist and 

1958 Boston Marathon Champion, also attended. 

Vidovdan 


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OPINION 

Keeping it real 

Kenneth Lloyd observes at the 

marathon finish line and sees more 

than the usual signs of distress. 

At the Maraton Popular de 

Madrid there were some 

spectacular jump-ins. 

Moments before the off, a 

dozen air force parachutists 

launched themselves from 

several hundred metres aloft 

and bore down onto the start 

line. They landed 

immaculately, to popular 

acclaim, a few metres in front 

of the 13,000 runners massed 

at the start line in front of the 

Biblioteca Nacional. 

At the finish line there were far 

more than a dozen jump-ins. They 

were not so spectacular, but were 

still designed for public impact. 

Many runners finishing the 

marathon for real seemed to want 

their children to accompany them 

over the last few metres, so the 

kids could be snapped with them 

on the finish line - either by 

official photographers or by their 

own family and friends. Some 

runners finishing the race saw it as 

their right to do so hand in hand 

with their children - and there 

seemed to be no lower age limit. 

The accompanying kids over about 

five years of age stood a good 

chance of getting in before the 

securely-fenced finish straight, 

300m long, and none of the 

security personnel seemed 

inclined to challenge them. But, in 

reality, some of the kids weren’t 

quite up to the challenge. Many 

looked obviously reluctant, bored 

or distressed. Clearly this was not 

the way in which they wished to 

participate in their dad’s (for there 

was a very low proportion of 

women running) moment of 

triumph. The dads gesticulated 

towards the finish: “surely you can 

get there, can’t you?” The dad’s 

moment of triumph could equally 

well become the kid’s moment of 

failure. Real life is more 

complicated than contrived 

souvenir photo opportunities. 

It wasn’t entirely the dad’s fault. 

As they went over to the side of 

the course, often within the area 

restricted to invitees, it was the 

mums who thrust their young 

children and even babies into 

their arms, to share their moment 

of glory a hundred metres or more 

further down the finishing straight. 

A hundred metres, when carrying a 

baby and pulling two other young 

children along, is a very long way. 

Each step is dangerous territory. 

The babes-in-arms did not seem 

very securely locked in arms. How 

could it be otherwise? Runners 

have completed 42.1km through 

exhausting use of their limbs and 

have little energy spare. Suddenly 

they are diverted from singlemindedly 

looking after their own 

forward motion to shepherding a 

troupe of tiny kids over a relatively 

short distance, but a distance for 

which they may not be prepared. 

There are crowds staring at them. 

Many of the children seemed 

reluctant - even stage-struck - as 

reality hit home. But the demands 

of the moment required them to 

press on through the finish. What 

seeds of future recrimination were 

being sowed in those few metres 

of painful, embarrassed progress? 

There other kinds of more 

individualistic jump-ins. These 

seem to be an inevitable addition 

to big city marathons, like plastic 

water bottles in the gutter, though 

thankfully less numerous. 

They didn’t take long to get in on 

the act. In the 1981 New York City 

Marathon an anonymous fruitcake 

ran alongside Briton John Graham, 

as he ambitiously led Alberto 

Salazar past the halfway point. The 

jump-in attempted to stuff a 

“lucky” dollar bill down Graham’s 

vest. And they are ever with us. 

Everyone will remember the defrocked 

priest at the 2004 Olympic 

Marathon in Athens, who took out 

the leader Vanderlei de Lima. 

The highest profile marathons - 

those televised to millions - are 

the most likely targets of this kind 

of jump-in. The London Marathon 

has borne various displays of selfaggrandising 

intrusion over the 

years. Back in 1985 a potential 

assailant of winner Steve Jones 

was taken out by security within 

peripheral view of the finish line 

TV cameras. Subsequently a naked 

“Flora Man”, wearing only a 

sunflower head dress and green 

body paint, successfully jogged 

through the finish. In 2001 

someone tried to rush at the 

women’s winner, Derartu Tulu, out 

of the VIP stand, while making 

those fool-behind-the-newsreporter 

gestures to the cameras. 

All these incidents happened 

despite the best efforts of the 

long-established team of “Bandit 

Catchers” stationed just down the 

course from the finish line, who 

are responsible for stopping 

would-be intruders. Between them 

and the finish line the job is done 

by non-specialist security 

personnel. 

Any passing politico can use the 

attention focussed upon the 

marathon finish line to project 

their cause. In Paris this year a 

student protester joined the race 

in the last 500m with a fake 

number bearing the slogan ‘Non! 

CPE’, which was flavour of that 

particular month in that particular 

place. 

Whether political, idiotic or 

exhibitionist these types of 

intruders have no right to be on 

the course. People who jump in to 

run alongside a friend while 

screaming personal trainer-speak 

at them are losers who should 

shut up - and next time run it 

themselves. Those with political 

aspirations should understand it 

is not the time or the place; easy 

as it is to gatecrash a race, the 

message will be lost in the crowd. 

Those who idiotically jump in to 

obstruct should be tackled 

mercilessly, like those impeding 

Steve Jones and Derartu Tulu were. 

The child-carrying phenomenon 

poses more delicate questions. 

These intrusions come with the 

complicity of runners. Some of 

those babes-in-arms lolled 

dangerously to one side or the 

other, and sometimes swayed in 

both directions. What if one of 

them had keeled over, out of dad’s 

desperate grasp? Falling onto 

concrete from a height of 1.5m is a 

likely death sentence for a baby - 

but who would then get the 

blame? 

It would be the race organisers, of 

course. They would be found 

negligent in not preventing this 

indulgent behaviour by their race 

participants. Yet those race 

organisers who forcibly stop them 

are often faced with belligerence 

from the race finishers. They 

regard it as a right not just to 

finish, but to do so while bearing 

any junior relative along with 

them. 

Looking at it from the legal 

perspective, and assuming the 

worst will happen, would clarify 

confused thinking. Legal costs that 

would arise, and increased 

insurance costs organisers would 

face as a result, means that there 

is little choice but to stop 

everyone other than real marathon 

participants (who have signed the 

waiver on the entry form) from 

getting on to the course. 

Participants, spectators and 

security alike need to know why 

interlopers have to be kept out, 

and marathon running kept real. 


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World leading times 

Latest standings at 10km, half marathon and marathon 

By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician 

These lists provide a glimpse into the world of global road-racing activity and were 

believed accurate at 6 June 2006. They focus primarily on the half-marathon and 

marathon, as these represent the primary event membership within AIMS. The lists 

are updated periodically based upon availability of results. Amendments, corrections, 

and additions are always welcome; there is no such thing as a “perfect” or “complete” 

list, as accumulation of new information continually provides new perspective. Please 

send relevant results to Drdave@gsu.edu 

Men 

Present world record: 

Paul Tergat (KEN), 2:04:55, Berlin, 28 SEP 2003 

Women 

Present world record (mixed race): 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25, London, 13 APR 2003 

Present world record (women’s-only race): 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42, London, 17 APR 2005 

TimeAthlete Nation Rank Venue DateTimeAthlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

2:06:38 Samuel Korir KEN 1 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:06:39 Felix Limo KEN 1 London 23 APR 

2:06:41 Martin Lel KEN 2 London 23 APR 

2:06:44 Paul Kiprop Kirui KEN 2 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:06:52 Charles Kibiwott KEN 3 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:06:52 Julio Rey ESP 1 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:06:55 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 3 London 23 APR 

2:07:04 Khalid Khannouchi USA 4 London 23 APR 

2:07:22 Stefano Baldini ITA 5 London 23 APR 

2:07:34 Rodgers Rop KEN 6 London 23 APR 

2:07:37 Robert Cheboror KEN 2 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:07:59 Hicham Chatt MAR 7 London 23 APR 

2:08:03 Asfaw Gashaw Melesse ETH 1 Paris 09 APR 

2:08:20 Lahoussine Mrikik MAR 1 Wien 07 MAY 

2:08:38 David Mandago Kipkorir KEN 1 Roma 26 MAR 

2:08:40 Benson Cherono KEN 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR 

2:08:45 Jaouad Gharib MAR 8 London 23 APR 

2:08:46 Dejene Birhanu ETH 4 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:08:51 Kiprotich Kenei KEN 2 Paris 09 APR 

2:08:52 Bernard Barmasai KEN 3 Paris 09 APR 

2:08:55 Luis Jesus POR 4 Paris 09 APR 

2:08:56 Peter Chebet KEN 2 Wien 07 MAY 

2:08:58 Ambesse Tolossa ETH 1 Tokyo 12 FEB 

2:08:58 David Lagat KEN 5 Paris 09 APR 

2:09:05 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 9 London 23 APR 

2:09:11 Rachid Ghanmouni MAR 6 Paris 09 APR 

2:09:15 Jose Rios ESP 1 Otsu 05 MAR 

2:09:15 Jackson Koech KEN 5 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:09:25 James Rotich KEN 3 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:09:26 Salim Kipsang KEN 6 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:09:30 Daniele Caimmi ITA 2 Roma 26 MAR 

2:09:31 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 2 Tokyo 12 FEB 

2:09:35 Evans Rutto KEN 10 London 23 APR 

2:09:41 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 7 Rotterdam 09 APR 

2:09:45 Gert Thys RSA 1 Oita 05 FEB 

2:10:00 Laban Kipngetich KEN 3 Roma 26 MAR 

2:10:00 Wilfred Kibet Kigen KEN 4 Hamburg 23 APR 

OTHER PERFORMANCES 

2:07:14 Robt. Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN 1 Boston(146m drop) 16 APR 

2:08:21 Benjamin Maiyo KEN 2 Boston 16 APR 

Marathon 

10km Road 

2:19:36 Deena Kastor USA 1 London 23 APR 

2:19:51 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Seoul 12 MAR 

2:21:29 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2 London 23 APR 

2:21:46 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 London 23 APR 

2:21:52 Berhane Adere ETH 4 London 23 APR 

2:21:58 Galina Bogomolova RUS 5 London 23 APR 

2:23:26 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 1 Nagoya 12 MAR 

2:23:58 Yoko Shibui JPN 2 Nagoya 12 MAR 

2:24:33 Tomo Morimoto JPN 1 Wien 07 MAY 

2:24:35 Robe Tola ETH 1 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:25:05 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Osaka 29 JAN 

2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 1 Los Angeles 19 MAR 

2:25:13 Mara Yamauchi GBR 6 London 23 APR 

2:25:26 Gete Wami ETH 2 Los Angeles 19 MAR 

2:25:44 Tetyana Hladyr UKR 1 Roma 26 MAR 

2:25:52 Kayoko Obata JPN 2 Osaka 29 JAN 

2:26:18 Lyubov Denisova RUS 3 Los Angeles 19 MAR 

2:26:26 Larisa Zyusko RUS 2 Roma 26 MAR 

2:26:32 Sun Weiwei CHN 1 Xiamen 25 MAR 

2:26:47 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 3 Osaka 29 JAN 

2:27:09 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 2 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:27:13 Masami Sakata JPN 4 Osaka 29 JAN 

2:27:19 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 1 Paris 09 APR 

2:27:22 Jo Bun-Jui PRK 1 Pyongyang 09 APR 

2:27:32 Natalya Volguina RUS 2 Paris 09 APR 

2:27:34 Jong Yong-Ok PRK 2 Pyongyang 09 APR 

2:27:35 Irina Permitina RUS 3 Hamburg 23 APR 

2:27:38 Zekiros Adanech ETH 3 Roma 26 MAR 

2:27:46 Morimoto PN 5 Osaka 29 JAN 

2:27:51 Constantina Tomescu ROM 7 London 23 APR 

Half Marathon 

Men 

Present World Record: 

Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:17, Milano, 04 APR 1998 

[splits: 13:42/27:52/42:02/56:37] 

Point-to-point aided (downhill – 69 m) course record: 

Paul Tergat (KEN) 59:06, Lisboa, 26 MAR 2000 

TimeAthlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

58:55 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Tempe 15 JAN 

59:07 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 1 Berlin 02 APR 

59:29 Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot KEN 2 Berlin 02 APR 

60:08 Gebrselassie 1 Granollers 05 FEB 

60:45 Deriba Mergia ETH 1 Paris 05 MAR 

60:46 Wilfred Taragon KEN 3 Berlin 02 APR 

60:49 Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul KEN 1 Milano 02 APR 

60:50 Francis Kiprop KEN 2 Granollers 05 FEB 

60:50 Kimugul 2 Paris 05 MAR 

60:50 Silas Sang KEN 1 Malaga 02 APR 

Women 

Present 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 Shields 

TimeAthlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

Men 

Women 

69:24 Mara Yamauchi GBR 3 Marugame 05 FEB 

World Record: 

World Record: 

69:43 Mary Ptikany KEN 3 Berlin 02 APR 

69:54 Irene Kwambai Kipchumba KEN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR 

Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002 Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003 69:56 Rita Sitienei Jeptoo KEN 1 Paris 05 MAR 

Women’s-only race: Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29, 69:57 Mika Okunaga JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

New York, 08 JUN 2002 

TimeAthleteNation Rank VenueDateTimeAthleteNation Rank VenueDate70:01 Carolyne Kiptoo KEN 1 Marrakech 29 JAN 

27:29 Peter Kamais KEN 1 Barcelona 09 APR 

27:36 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 1 Manchester 21 MAY 

27:41 Fabiano Joseph Naasi TAN 2 Manchester 21 MAY 

27:44 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 1 San Juan 26 FEB 

27:46 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 1 Marseille 01 MAY 

27:48 Paul Malakwen Kosgei KEN 2 Barcelona 09 APR 

27:49 Gilbert Okari KEN 1 New Orleans 15 APR 

27:51 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 2 Marseille 01 MAY 

27:53 Samuel Kipketer KEN 2 New Orleans 15 APR 

27:54 Boaz Cheboiywo KEN 3 New Orleans 15 APR 

2:28:01 Chika Horie JPN 3 Nagoya 12 MAR 

2:28:21 Alice Chelangat KEN 1 San Diego 04 JUN 

2:28:22 Souad Ait Salem ALG 1 Thessaloniki 16 APR 


2:23:38 Rita Sitienei Jeptoo KEN 1 Boston (146m drop)17 APR 

2:23:48 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Boston 17 APR 

2:24:11 Reiko Tosa JPN 3 Boston 17 APR 

2:25:28 Bruna Genovese ITA 4 Boston 17 APR 

2:26:52 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 5 Boston 17 APR 

2:26:58 Alevtina Biktimirova RUS 6 Boston 17 APR 

30:50 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 26 FEB 

30:54 Isabella Ochichi KEN 1 New Orleans 09 APR 

30:55 Ochichi KEN 1 Vancouver 23 APR 

30:57 Elvan Abeyelegesse TUR 1 Istanbul 14 MAY 

31:07 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Manchester 21 MAY 

31:13 Getenesh Wami ETH 2 Manchester 21 MAY 

31:14 Natalya Berkut UKR 3 Manchester 21 MAY 

31:17 Benita Johnson AUS 4 Manchester 21 MAY 

31:28 Johnson 2 New Orleans 09 APR 

31:30 Wude Ayalew Yimer ETH 1 Wuerzburg 30 APR 

Edith Masai 

60:57 Benson Barus KEN 4 Berlin 02 APR 

60:58 Martin Hhaway Sulle TAN 1 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR 

60:59 Duncan Kibet KEN 2 Vitry-sur-Seine 23 APR 


59:30 Martin Lel KEN 1 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

59:35 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 2 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

59:37 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

59:42 Paul Tergat KEN 4 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

60:12 William Rotich KEN 1 Ostia 05 MAR 

60:14 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Ostia 05 MAR 

67:16 Edith Masai KEN 1 Berlin 02 APR 

67:26 Kayoko Fukushi JPN 1 Marugame 05 FEB 

67:34 Deena Kastor USA 2 Berlin 02 APR 

67:43 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 2 Marugame 05 FEB 

68:49 Noguchi 1 Yamaguchi 12 MAR 

70:03 Jane Wanjiku KEN 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:03 Yurika Nakamura JPN 2 Yamaguchi 12 MAR 

70:04 Ruth Wanjiru KEN 3 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:04 Yoko Miyauchi JPN 4 Miyazaki 06 JAN 


67:51 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

68:00 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

69:34 Rose Cheruyot KEN 3 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

69:37 Fenanda Ribeiro POR 4 Lisbon* 26 MAR 

* = Lisbon 69m drop (3.3 m/km) 


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and race dates please send details to: 

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Algeria 

Sahara Marathon 

February 

James E. B. Carney 

P.O. Box 455, Marshall, VA 20116, USA 

Tel: 703 969 0049 

Fax: 503 905 9526 

Email: saharamarathon@aol.com 

Inet: saharamarathon.org 


Antarctica 

Antarctica Marathon 

February 

Thom Gilligan 

Marathon Tours, 261 Main St, 

Boston MA 02129 

Tel: 1 617 242 7845 

Fax: 1 617 242 7686 

Email: marathon@shore.net 

Inet: www.marathontour.com 


Argentina 

XVIII Half Marathon 

Buenos Aires City 

September 

Domingo Amaison 

Mcal. Antonio Sucre 1050 PB4 - Edif.1- 

Belgrano C - 1428 - Beunos Aires Argentina 

Tel: 54 11 4788 6656 / 54 11 4782 8678 

Fax: 54 11 4784 8354 

Email: amaison@amaisonproducciones.com.ar 

Inet: www.amaisonproducciones.com.ar 

Buenos Aires Marathon 

October 

Jorge Usle 

Julian Olvarez 1221, Buenos Aires, Zip 1414 

Tel/Fax: 54 11 4779 0615 

Personal Email: uslan@ciudad.com.ar 

Marathon Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com. 

Australia 

Blackmores Sydney Running 

Fesitival/Sydney Marathon September 

Wayne Larden 

Pont3 Pty Ltd, Level 2, 5 Queen St, 

Chippendale NSW 2008 

Tel: 61 2 9311 8461 

Fax: 61 2 9311 8401 

Email: info@sydneymarathon.org 

Inet: www.sydneymarathon.org 

Gold Coast Airport Marathon 

Cameron Hart 

P.O. Box 2547, Southport BC, 

Queensland, 4215 

Tel: 61 7 5564 8733 

Fax: 61 7 5564 9733 

Email: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

Inet: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au 

Canberra Marathon 

Dave Cundy 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, 

NSW 2257, Australia 

Tel: 61 2 434 27611 

Fax: 61 2 434 27648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

Inet: www.canberramarathon.com.au 

July 

April 

The Sun-Herald City to Surf August 

Jenny Barker 

C/- John Fairfax Publications, 

201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 

Tel: 61 2 9282 2747 

Fax: 61 2 9282 3703 

Email: city2surf@mail.fairfax.com.au 

Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf 

Austria 

Vienna City Marathon 

Wolfgang Konrad 

Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH, 

P.O. Box 145, 1100 Wien/Vienna 

Tel: 43 1 606 9510 

Fax: 43 1 606 9540 

Email: office@vienna-marathon.com 

Inet: www.vienna-marathon.com 

Barbados 

April 

Run Barbardos Marathon December 

Steve Edwards 

Barbardos Tourism Authority, Harbour Road, 

St. Michael, P.O. Box 242 Bridgetown 

Tel: 246 427 2623 

Fax: 246 426 4080 

Email: stevee@barbados.org 

Inet: www.runbarbados.org 

Belgium 

ING Brussels 

Marathon and Half 

August 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen 

Tel: 32 11 45 99 24 

Fax: 32 11 45 99 10 

Email: cimpens@cis.be 

Inet: www.ingbrusselsmarathon.be 

Coastal Marathon 

September 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen 

Tel: 32 11 45 99 76 

Fax: 32 11 45 99 10 

Email: info@cis.be 

Inet: www.kustmarathon.be 

Bosnia 

Quebec City Marathon 

August 

Denis Therrien 

1173 boulevard Charest Ouest bureau 290, 

Vidovdan 10km Road RaceJuneQuebec, G1N 2C9 

Borislav Djurdjevic 

Brace Ribnikar 17, 76100 Brcko 

Tel: 

Fax: 

1 418 694 4442 

1 418 694 4441 

Tel: 387 49217 771 

Email: isabelle.paquet@marathonquebec.com 

Fax: 387 49217 771 

Inet: www.runquebeccity.com 

Email: mpc1@teol.net 

Inet: www.vidovdanskatrka.org 

Royal Victoria Marathon 

October 

Brazil 

*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon June 

Rob Reid 

P.O. Box 675, 185 - 911 Yates Street, 

Victoria, British Colombia, V8V 4Y9 

Tel: 11 250 658 4520 

Fax: 11 250 658 4526 

Joao Traven 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102, 

Leblon 22450-080 

Email: 

Inet: 

info@royalvictoriamarathon.com 

www.royalvictoriamarathon.com 

Tel: 55 21 222 33 073 

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Fax: 55 21 222 32 773 

Marathon and Half 

September 

Email: traven@dh.com.br 

Inet: www.maratonadorio.com.br 

Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon 

June 

*Half Marathon of Bahia 

October 

Alan Brookes 

Thusnelda Frick 

33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807, 

Rua Dr. Jose Peroba, 349 - Sala 1407, 

Costa Azul, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 

Tel: 

Toronto, ON M4W 3T4 

1 416 944 2765 (ext.503) 

Tel: 55 71 3272 1340 

Fax: 1 416 944 8527 

Fax: 55 71 3341 0047 

Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

Email: meiadabahia@bissports.com.br 

svhm@canadarunningseries.com 

Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br 

Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

10km Corpore 

São Paulo Classic 

November 

canadarunningseries.com/svhm 

Toronto Marathon and Half October 

*São Paulo Half Marathon CorporeApril 

Jose Octavio Aronis 

Rua Bento De Andrade, 436, 

Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP 

Tel: 55 11 3884 4188 

Fax: 55 11 3885 0213 

Email: corpore@corpore.org.br 

Inet: www.corpore.org.br 

São Paulo Marathon 

May 

Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December 

*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August 

Thadeus Kassabian 

Alameda Amazonas, 938 first floor CEP 

06454-070 Barueri - SP - Brazil 

Tel/Fax: 55 11 3031 7033 

Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br 

Inet: www.voltadapampulha.com.br 

www.maratonadesaopaulo.com.br 

www.yescom.com.br 

Canada 

BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver 

Marathon 

May 

Janet Anderson 

PO BOX 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8 

Tel: 1 604 872 2928 

Fax: 1 604 872 2903 

Email: info@vanmarathon.bc.ca 

Inet: www.bmovanmarathon.ca 

HSBC Calgary Marathon and Half 

Jacqui Sanderson 

PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary, 

Alberta T2P 2H9 

Tel: 1 403 264 2996 

Fax: 1 403 251 9070 

Email: info@calgarymarathon.com 

Inet: www.calgarymarathon.com 

July 

ING Edmonton Marathon 

August 

Tom Keough 

8537-109th Street (Running Room), 

Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4 

Tel: 1 780 433 6062 

Fax: 1 780 439 8465 

Email: tom@keycare.ca 

Inet: www.runningroom.com 

ING Ottawa Marathon 

May 

Jim Robinson 

C/O Ottawa City Hall, 110 Launer Ave, W 

Ottawa, ON, K1P 1S1 

Tel: 1 613 234 2221 

Fax: 1 613 234 5880 

Email: info@ncm.ca 

Inet: www.runottawa.ca 

Niagara Fallsview Casino 

Resort Int’l Marathon 

October 

Jim R. Ralston 

5515 Stanley Avenue, 

Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 3X4 

Tel: 1 905 356 9460 

Fax: 1 905 356 5567 

Email: Info@niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Inet: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com 

Jay Glassman 

450 Walmer Road, Suite 412, 

Toronto, ON, M5P 2X8 

Tel: 1 416 972 1062 

Fax: 1 416 972 1238 

Email: torontomarathon@rogers.com 

Inet: www.torontomarathon.com 

Vancouver Sun Run 10km 

April 

Jamie Pitblado 

1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3 

Tel: 1 604 605 2316 

Fax: 1 604 605 2342 

Email: jpitblado@png.canwest.com 

Inet: www.sunrun.com 

Cayman Islands 

Cayman Islands Marathon December 

Rhonda Kelly 

PO BOX 2712 GT, Grand Caymen, 

CAYMEN ISLANDS 

Tel: 1 345 946 8822 

Fax: 1 345 946 8811 

Email: rhonda@kellyholding.com 

Inet: www.caymanislandsmarathon.com 

China 

Beijing Int’l Marathon 

October 

Wang Dawei 

Chinese Athletic Association, 4 Tiyuguan 

Road, 100763 Beijing, 

Tel: 86 10 8718 3440 

Fax: 86 10 6714 2515 

Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com 

Inet: www.beijing-marathon.com 

Dallian Int'l Marathon 

June 

Sun Xinsheng 

KDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, 

Xigang District, Dalian 

Tel: 86 411 8368 2293 

Fax: 86 411 8368 2693 

Email: kouzhengjie@sina.com 

Inet: www.tyj.dl.gov.cn/2007 

The Great Wall Marathon 

May 

Michael Andersen 

Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 51 50 6039 

Fax: 45 36 98 0021 

Email: michael.andersen@great-wall-marathon.cn 

Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com 


Toray Cup Shanghi 

Int’l Marathon 

November 

Xian Gong 

Room 603, Huating Holiday Inn Hotel, No 

469, Zhonghua Xin Rd, Shanghi 

Tel: 86 21 6629 8808 

Fax: 86 21 6629 6088 

Email: shmarathon@shmarathon.com 

Inet: www.shmarathon.com 

Xiamen Int’l Marathon 

Yu Zhenjie 

No. 2 Tiyu Road, Xiamen 

Tel: 86 592 509 4800 

Fax: 82 592 512 1241 

Email: alice.chen@126.com 

Inet: www.xmim.org 

Colombia 

March 

Bogota Int’l Half Maraton 

Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá July 

Martha Santos 

Calle 93B No.15 - 34 Oficina 207-208, 

Bogota 

Tel/Fax 57 1 257 3107 

Email: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.com 

Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com 

Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin 

September 

Gustavo Orozco Posada 

Calle 49B, nro 63-21, Piso 3, Edificio 

Camacol Medellin 

Tel: (574) 230 4872 

Fax: (574) 230 1123 

Email: maratonmedellin@epm.net.co 

Inet: www.maratonmedellin.com 

Cuba 

Marabana Marathon and Half November 

Carlos R. Gattorno Correa 

Ciudad Deportiva, Apartado 5130 La Habana 

Tel: 53 7 545 022 / 410 953 

Fax: 53 7 204 1914 

Email: marabana@inder.co.cu 

Cyprus 

Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon November 

Chjristos Evripidou 

13 Souliou Street, 2091 Strovolos, Nicosia 

Tel: 357 994 10730 

Fax: 357 224 20559 

Email: runclub@cytanet.com.cy 

Inet: www.runclub.com.cy 

Czech Republic 

Prague Int’l Marathon 

May 

Hervis Prague Half Marathon March 

Paulo Ottone 

Zahoranského 3, 120 00 Prague 2 

Tel: 420 224 919 209 

Fax: 420 224 923 355 

Email: marathon@pim.cz 

Inet: www.praguemarathon.com 

Denmark 

Copenhagen Marathon 

Niels Jorgen Holdt 

Gunner Nu Hansens Plads 11, 

DK 2100 KBH, Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 35 26 69 00 

Fax: 45 35 26 69 03 

Email: vibjerg@sparta.dk 

Inet: www.copenhagenmarathon.dk 

May 

H. C. Andersen Marathon September 

Torben Simonsen 

Stadionvej 50k, DK-5200 Odense V. 

Tel: 45 3059 2444 

Fax: 45 6590 7425 

Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk 

Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk 









Ecuador 

Guayaquil Marathon 

October 

Diego Maruri 

Av Las Aguas 640, Edf. MCG, ofc. Guayaquil, 

Ecuador 

Tel: 593 4 288 5008 

Fax: 593 4 288 4746 

Email: diegomaruri@dm3.com 

Inet: www.dm3.com 

*La Ruta de las Iglesias September 

Samia Solah 

Juan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito, 

Ecuador 

Tel: 593 2 244 8855 

Fax: 593 2 244 8857 

Email: samia@tventas.net 

Inet: www.rutadlasiglesias.com 

*Quito Ultimas 15k 

June 

Pablo Gonzalez 

Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito, 

Ecuador 

Tel: 593 2267 0999 

Email: pgonzalez@elcomercio.com 

Inet: www.quitoultimas15k.elcomercio.com 

Egypt 

14th Egyptian Marathon 

February 

*6th Pharaonic 100km 

November 

Gasser Riad 

Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St, 

(Area No.1), Nasr City, Cairo 

Tel: 202 260 6930 

2012 21 488 39 

Fax: 202 260 6932 

Email: info@egyptianmarathon.net 

Inet: www.egyptianmarathon.net 

*St Catherine’s Marathon December 

Tarek Moshref 

Misr Sinai Tours, P.O. Box 119, Abbassia, Cairo 

Tel: 202 274 4900 

Fax: 202 671 3130 

Email: info@misrsinaitours.com 

Inet: www.misrsinaitours.com 


Estonia 

Baltic Marathon 

Tallinn Half Marathon 

Uno Lipp 

Herivalja Tee, 24 Tallin 11911 

Tel/Fax: 372 5017 434 

Email: rahvajooks@datanet.ee 

Inet: www.halfmarathon.ee 

September 

Tallinn Marathon 

July 

Rein Raspel 

Tihasheina Tee 3, Maardu 74117, ESTONIA 

Tel/fax: +372 609 6310 

Email: tallinnmarathon@hotmail.com 

Inet: www.tallinnmarathon.ee 

Ethiopia 

Toyota Great Ethiopian 

Run 10km 

November 

Richard Nerurkar 

Tel: 251 11 663 36 46 

Fax: 251 11 662 78 76 

Email: greatrun@ethionet.et 

village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et 

Inet: 

www.ethiopiarun.org 

Falkland Islands 

Standard Chartered Bank 

Stanley Marathon 

March 

Nick Hutton 

Standard Chartered Bank, 

P.O. Box 597, Ross Road, Stanley 

Tel: +500 22220 

Fax: +500 22219 

Email: standardchartered@horizon.co.fk 

Inet: www.standardcharter.com 

Finland 

Aland Marathon 

October 

John Holmberg 

Martellsvagen 7G, SF 22100 Mariehamn, Aaland 

Tel: 358 1 819 605 

Fax: 358 1 813 170 

Email: marathon@aland.net 

Inet: www.marathon.aland.fi 

Helsinki City Marathon 

August 

Pertti Raunio 

Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20, 

00240 Helsinki, Finland 

Tel: 358 9 3481 2405 

Fax: 358 9 3481 2367 

Email: perttiraunio@sul.fi 

Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com 

Paavo Nurmi Marathon 

Jari Salonen 

Linnankatu 36, FIN-20100, Turku 

Tel: 358 2 274 5010 

Fax: 358 2 274 5001 

Email: jari.salonen@paavonurmi.com 

Inet: www.paavonurmisports.com 

July 

Ruska Marathon 

September 

Pekka Erikkson 

Valtatie 15, 99100 Kittila, Finland 

Tel: 358 400 808 784 

Fax: 358 16 642 259 

Email: pekka.eriksson@kittila.fi 

Inet: www.ruskamaraton.com 

France 

Marathon of La Rochelle November 

Alain Comte 

B.P. 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01 

Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19 

Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04 

Email: info@marathondelarochelle.com 

Inet: www.marathondelarochelle.com 

Marathon du Mont St. Michel June 

Denis Craveia 

16 rue de General LeClerc, 

35260 Cancale, FRANCE 

Tel: 33 2 99 89 54 54 

Fax: 33 2 88 89 53 33 

Email: info@montsaintmichel-marathon.com 

Inet: www.montsaintmichel-marathon.com 

Nice Int’l Half Marathon 

April 

Reynald Debreyne 

Azur Sport Organisation, 

16 bvd. Pape Jean XXIII, 06300 Nice 

Tel: 33 4 93 26 19 12 

Fax: 33 4 93 26 19 34 

Email: mail@azur-sport.org 

Inet: www.nicesemimarathon.com 

Paris Int'l Marathon 

April 

Joël Laine 

Aso-Athletisne, 2 rue Rouset de Lisle, 

92130 Issy les Moulineaux 

Tel: 33 1 41 33 15 68 

Fax: 33 1 41 33 14 74 

Email: bleutellier@aso.fr 

Inet: www.parismarathon.com 

Germany 

27th Vattenfall Half Marathon Berlin April 

33rd real,- Berlin Marathon September 

Mark Milde 

SCC-Running Events, 

Glockenturmstrasse 23, D-14055, Berlin 

Tel: 49 30 301 288 10 

Fax: 49 30 301 288 20 

Email: info@berlin-marathon.com 

Inet: www.berlin-marathon.com 

Messe Frankfurt Marathon October 

Jo Schindler 

Sonnemannstr 5, 60314 Frankfurt, Germany 

Tel: 49 69 370 0468 0 

Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11 

Email: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com 

Inet: www.frankfurt-marathon.com 

iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg 

April 

Michael Littmann 

An der Stadtmarter, 2, 97228 Rottendorf 

Tel: 49 9302 9904 17 

Fax: 49 9302 9807 82 

Email: littmann@wuerzburg-marathon.de 

Inet: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de 

Karstadt Marathon 

Bernd Grone 

Haedenkampstr. 20, D-45143 Essen 

Tel: 49 201 727 3852 

Fax: 49 201 727 3816 

Email: groene@idko.com 

Inet: www.karstadt-marathon.de 

May 

Conergy Marathon Hamburg 

April 

Wolfram Goetz 

Winterhuder Weg 869, 22085 Hamburg 

Tel: 49 40 8888 0352 

Fax: 49 40 8888 0362 

Email: info@marathon-hamburg.de 

Inet: www.marathon-hamburg.de 

Nike Run Berlin 25km 

Glockenturm str 1, D 14053 Berlin 

Tel: 49 30 305 17 71 

Fax: 49 30 30 09 9610 

Email: info@runberlin.de 

Inet: www.runberlin.de 

Great Britain 

May 

Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon & 

Festival of running 

October 

Malcolm Sutherland 

Caledonian Concepts PO Box 26, 

Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ 

Tel: 44 870 127 8000 

Fax: 44 845 838 2764 

Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com 

Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com 

Reebok Bristol Half Marathon September 

Jane McCulloch 

P.O. Box 512, Cheadle, 

Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4RJ 

Tel: 44 1782 396113 

Email: bristol@frsystems.co.uk 

Inet: bristol-city.gov.uk/halfmarathon 

British 10K London Run 

July 

Michael O’Reilly 

Union Jack Sports Ltd, 18b Charles Street, 

London W1J 5DU 

Tel: 44 207 667 6894 

Fax: 44 207 667 6895 

Email: mor10k@yahoo.co.uk 

Inet: www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk 

Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon March 

Ian Ladbrooke 

22 Hamilton Crescent, Gullane, EH31 2HR, 

Great Britain 

Tel: 44 1620 843 593 

Email: iladbrooke@aol.com 

Inet: www.edinburgh-forthside-half-marathon.co.uk 

Edinburgh Marathon 

June 

Geoff Sims 

Edinburgh Marathon Ltd, North Berwick 

Business Centre, Melbourne Place, 

North Berwick EH39 4JS 

Tel: 44 1620 890 444 

Fax: 44 1620 890 787 

Email: info@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Great Scottish Run 

September 

Frank Clement 

Glasgow City Council, 20 Trongate, 

Glasgow G1 5ES, Scotland 

Tel: 44 141 248 9909 

Fax: 44 141 287 0994 

Email: amanda.brown@cls.glasgow.gov.uk 

Inet: www.run.glasgow.gov.uk 

Greenland 

Nuuk Marathon 

Claus Nielsen 

PO BOX 84, DK-3900 Nuuk 

Tel: 299 558 854 

Fax: 299 323 278 

Email: claus@team.gl 

Inet: www.nuuk-marathon.gl 

Greece 

August 

Athens Classic Marathon November 

Evangelos Papapostolou 

137, Syngrou Avenue, 171 21 N Smirni, Athens 

Tel: 30 210 935 6904 / 8489 

Fax: 30 210 935 8594 / 6904 

Email: mail@athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Hong Kong 

China Coast Marathon 

January 

Catherine Leonard 

AVOHK, P.O. Box 28893, 

Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai 

Tel: 852 9038 5460 

Email: avohkccm@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.avohk.org 

Mizuno Hong Kong Half 

Marathon Championships January 

Alan Wong Kim Lun 

Rm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

Tel: 852 2504 8215 

Fax: 852 2577 5392 

Email: hkaaa@hksdb.org.hk 

Inet: www.hkaaa.com 

Standard Chartered 

Hong Kong Marathon 

February 

William Ko 

Rm 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

Tel: 852 2504 8215 

Fax: 852 2577 5392 

Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com 

Inet: www.hkmarathon.com 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth 

Hungary 

Nike Budapest Int’l 

Half Marathon 

September 

21st Plus Budapest Marathon October 

BSI Futo Kft, Arpad Kocsis 

1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156 

Tel: 36 1 273 0939 

Fax: 36 1 273 0936 

Email: budapest.run@axelero.hu 

Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com 

Iceland 

Lake Myvatn Marathon 

Yngvi R Kristjansson 

Sel Hotel Myvatn, 

Skutustadir, 660 Myvatn, Iceland 

Tel: 354 464 4164 

Fax: 354 464 4364 

Email: marathon@myvatn.is 

Inet: www.myvatn.is 

Reykjavik Marathon and Half 

Friman Ari Ferdinandsson 

Engjavegur 6, 113 Reykjavik 

Tel: 354 535 3700 

Fax: 354 568 7566 

Email: marathon@marathon.is 

Inet: www.reykjavikmarathon.com 

India 

June 

August 


Mumbai Marathon 

January 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International, 14, St. James Court, 

Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20 

Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 

Email: scmm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.standardcharteredmumbaimarathon.indiatimes.com 


Delhi Int'l Half Marathon 

October 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International, 14, St. James Court, 

Marine Drive, Mumbai - 20 

Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 5112 

Email: hdhm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.hutchdelhihalfmarathon.indiatimes.com 

Great Tibetan Marathon September 

Nazir Rah 

Mountain Adventures PVT Ltd, A51, 11nd 

Floor, Mount Kailash East of Kailash, 

New Dehli 10065 

Tel: 91 11 2622 2202 

Fax: 91 11 2622 2211 

Email: nazir.rah@culturestone.com 

Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com 


Lipton Bangalore Int’l Marathon May 

Ian Ladbroke 

c/o Crossover Consulting, 11 Wood Street, 

Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 026, India 

Tel: +91 80 51126004 

Fax: +91 80 57712004 

Email: info@coindia.com 

Inet: www.bangaloreinternationalmarathon.com 

Ireland 

adidas Dublin Marathon 

October 

Jim Aughney 

Donore Harriers Sports, Complex, 

Chapelizod, Dublin 20 

Tel: 353 1 623 2250 

Fax: 353 1 626 3757 

Email: bhaa@eircom.net 

Inet: www.adidasdublinmarathon.ie 

Israel 

Dead Sea Half Marathon February 

Yaacov Akrish, Tamar Regional Council, 

Dead Sea Post 86910, Dead Sea, Israel 

Tel: 972 866 88822 

Fax: 972 866 88922 

Email: akrish@ma-tamar.co.il 

Inet: www.shvoong.co.il/deadsea-halfmarathon 

Tiberias Marathon 

January 

Jack Cohen 

10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv, 89482, Israel 

Tel: 972 3 644 1649 

Fax: 972 3 648 6255 

Email: office@tiberias-marathones.il 

Inet: www.tiberias-marathon.co.il 

Jerusalem Half Marathon 

March 

Simon Avraham 

Sports Authority. 10 Safra Square, 

Jerusalem 91007 

Tel: 972 2 629 6542 

Fax: 972 2 629 7411 

Email: pngmiri@jerusalem.muni.il 

Inet: www.hmarathon.jerusalem.muni.il 

Italy 

Firenze Marathon 

November 

Giancarlo Romiti 

Casella Postale 597, 50100 Firenze 

Tel: 39 (0) 55 5522 957 

Fax: 39 (0) 55 5536 823 

Email: staff@firenzemarathon.it 

Inet: www.firenzemarathon.it 









Guiseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon 

February 

Gian Carlo Chittolini 

Via Adhemar 2, 43039 Salsomaggiore, 

Terme, Parma 

Tel: 390 524 572 083 

Fax: 390 524 575 055 

Email: info@verdimarathon.it 

Inet: www.verdimarathon.it 

Ferrari Italian Marathon 

October 

Ivano Barbolini 

VIA Lago Maggiore, 13 - 41012 Carpi (MO) 

Tel: 39 059 65 02 97 

Fax: 39 059 65 13 30 

Email: info@italianmarathon.it 

Inet: www.italianmarathon.it 

Maratona d’Europa 

May 

Enrico Benedetti 

Via Udine, 35 c/o Associatione la Bavisela, 

34135 Trieste 

Tel: 39 040 410 339 

Fax: 39 040 418 634 

Email: info@bavisela.it 

Inet: www.bavisela.it 

The City of Rome Marathon 

March 

Enrico Castrucci 

Viale Batista Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Rome 

Tel: 39 06 40 65 064 

Fax: 39 06 40 65 063 

Email: info@maratonadiroma.it 

Inet: www.maratonadiroma.it 

*Palermo D’Inverno Half 

Marathon and Super Marathon October 

Prof. Antonio Selvaggio 

Via Resuttana Colli, 414, Palermo 

90146 Palermo 

Tel: 39 091 524980 

Fax: 39 091 524980 

Email: sorbello@palermosupermarathon.com 

Inet: www.palermosupermarathon.com 

Palermo Int’l Marathon 

November 

Salvatore Gebbia 

C/o Maratona della Citta di Palermo, 

Via Napoli, 84, 90133 Palermo 

Tel: 39 09 132 0731 

Fax: 39 09 132 0731 

Email: info@palermomaratona.it 

Inet: www.palermomaratona.it 

Sant Antonio Marathon 

Silvana Santi 

Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova 

Tel: 39 049 822 7114 

Fax: 39 049 822 7164 

Email: info@maratonasantantonio.com 

Inet: www.maratonasantantonio.com 

Milano City Marathon 

Matteo Pastore 

Via Solferino, 28, 20121 Milano 

Tel: 39 02 6282 8788 

Fax: 39 02 6282 8752 / 3 

Email: milanocitymarathon@rcs.it 

Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it 

April 

October 

Turin Marathon 

September 

Turin Half Marathon 

April 

Pietro Chiabrera 

C.SO Regina Magherita 497, 10151 Turin 

Tel: 39 011 455 9959 

Fax: 39 011 407 6054 

Email: info@turinmarathon.it 

Inet: www.turinmarathon.it 

*Maratonina Citta Di Udine September 

Ennio Della Mea 

Via C. Percoto 17/C, 33100 Udine 

Tel/Fax 390 324 501 612 

Email: info@maratoninadiudine.it 

Inet: www.maratoninadiudine.it 

Venice Marathon 

October 

Enrico Jacomini 

ASD Venice Marathon Club, Via Torino 133, 

30172 Mestre-Venezia, Italy 

Tel: 39 041 532 1871 

Fax: 39 041 532 1879 

Email: info@venicemarathon.it 

Inet: www.venicemarathon.it 

Vigarano Marathon 

March 

Federica Stella 

Via Municipio 1 - 44049 Vigarano, 

Mainarda, Ferrara 

Tel: 39 0532 43 196 

Fax: 39 0532 73 9126 

Email: post@vigaranomarathon.it 

Inet: www.vigaranomarathon.it 

Jamaica 

Reggae Marathon 

December 

Alfred Francis 

87-89 Tower st, Kingston, Jamaica 

Tel: 1 876 922 8677 

Fax: 1 876 922 0155 

Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com 

Inet: www.reggaemarathon.com 

Japan 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February 

Minoru Kubota 

Sports Dept, RKB Mainichi Radio-TV 

Broadcasting Company, 2-3-8 Momochihama 

Sawara-Ku, Fukuoka, 814-8585 

Tel: 092 852 6611 

Fax: 092 852 6658 

Email: m-kubota@rkb.ne.jp 

Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship December 

Hiroaki Chosa 

Japan Association of Athletics Federations 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 

Tel: 81 3 3481 2300 

Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

Email: jaaf@rikuren.or.jp 

Inet: www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/ 

Hokkaido Marathon 

August 

Yoshitaka Abe 

The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat, 

The Hokkaido Shimubun Press, 

Nishi-3, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 

Hokkaido, 060-8711 

Tel: 81 11 232 0840 

Fax: 81 11 210 5734 

Email: marathon@hokkaido-np.co.jp 

Inet: www.hokkaido-marathon.com 

Kagawa Marugame 

Half Marathon 

February 

Tetsuji Araj 

Marugame Shimin Gymnastics, 

924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, 

Kagawa-pref 763 0053 

Tel: 81 0877 24 6251 

Fax: 81 0877 24 7966 

Email: mr-taikyo@ninus.ocn.ne.jp 

Inet: www.km-half.com 

Kyoto City Half Marathon 

Yoshiharu Naya 

32 Nishikyogoku Shinmei-cyo, 

Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto 615-0864 

Tel: 81 75 315 1235 

Fax: 81 75 315 1236 

Email: isono@runners.co.jp 

March 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon March 

Yukihiro Fujioka 

The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 

3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251 

Tel: 81 6 6346 8249 

Fax: 81 6 6346 8372 

Email: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp 

Lake Kawaguchi Marathon November 

Nikkan Sports Press 

c/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd., 

502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, 

Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004 

Tel: 81 3 5733 2451 

Fax: 81 3 5733 2452 

Email: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp 

Inet: www.sports-info.co.jp 

Lake Saroma 

100km Ultra Marathon 

Jiro Hashimoto 

Runners Inc., 1-31-9 Haramachi, 

Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8532 

Tel: 81 3 3714 1733 

Fax: 81 3 3714 5455 

Email: saroma@runners.co.jp 

Inet: www.runnet.co.jp 

June 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon March 

Kosuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Tanaka 

The Chunichi Shimbun (Press), 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon Office, 6-1, 

1-Chome, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 

460-8511 

Tel: 81 52 221 0737 

Fax: 81 52 221 0739 

Email: niwm@chunichi.co.jp 

Inet: www.chunichi.co.jp/niwm/ 

Nagano Olympic 

Commemorative Marathon 

April 

Yasushi Aoki 

1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801 

Tel: 81 26 252 7687 

Fax: 81 26 234 6381 

Email: y-aoki@shinmai.co.jp 

Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Ohme-Hochi Marathon 

30km/10k Road RaceFebruary 

Kazuo Komatsuzaki, Toshio Takeuchi, 

Katsuhiko Kubota, c/o Hochi Shimbun 

Publicity & Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kohnan, 

Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8485 

Tel: 81 3 5479 1294 

Fax: 81 3 5479 1298 

Email: event@hochi.co.jp 

Inet: www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/home.htm 

Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon 

Motonobu Shimamoto 

KTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku, 

Osaka 530-8408 

Tel: 81 6 6314 8277 

Fax: 81 6 6314 8549 

Email: m-shimamoto@ktv.co.jp 

January 

Tokyo City Int’l Marathon February 

Kazuyuki Shiraishi 

C/O Yokiuri Shimbun Tokyo, Sports Planning 

Enterprise Division, 2-9-2 Kyobashi, 

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8325 

Tel: 81 3 5159 5834 

Fax: 81 3 5159 5876 

Email: kazu1029@yomiuri.com 

Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November 

Takao Ishizawa 

c/o The Asahi Shimbun, 5-3-2 Tsukiji, 

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 

Tel: 81 3 3545 0355 

Fax: 81 3 3248 6636 

Email: tokyo-marathon@asahi.com 

Inet: http://www.asahi.com/tokyo-marathon/ 

Kenya 


Nairobi Marathon and Half October 

John Velzian 

PO Box 328, Sarit Centre, Nairobi 

Tel: 254 2086 0186 

Email: johnrdc@africaonline.co.ke 

Inet: www.nairobimarathon.com 


Korea 

Chosunilbo Chunchon 

Int’l Marathon 

October 

In Bae Seung 

61, 1-ka, Taepyong-no, Jung-ku, 100 - 756 Seoul 

Tel: 82 2 724 6333 

Fax: 82 2 724 6309 

Email: marathon@chosun.com 

Inet: www.marathon.chosun.com 

Chunju Marathon 

Dae Won Lee 

Korea Athletics Federation 

10 Chamshill-Dong, Songpa-Gu, 

Seoul, Korea 138-220 

Tel: 82 2 412 5065/6 

Fax: 82 2 414 7771 

Email: jhclover@hanmail.net 

Inet: www.jgmara.or.kr 

April 

Seoul Int’l Marathon 

March 

Joong San Ahn, 

7th Floor, Dong - A Ilbo, 139 Sejongno, 

Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-715 

Tel: 82 2 2020 0708 

Fax: 82 2 2020 1639 

Email: marathon@donga.com 

Inet: www.seoul-marathon.com 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon November 

Yang Seung-Ryong 

7 Soonhwa-dong, 

Chung-ku Seoul, 100-959 Korea 

Tel: 82 2 751 9629 

Fax: 82 2 751 9640 

Email: laputa@joongang.co.kr 

Inet: http://marathon.joins.com 

Lebanon 

*Beirut Int’l Marathon 

November 

Mark Dickinson/Nadine Moawad 

BMA, P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut, Lebanon 

Tel: 961 5 959 262 

Fax: 961 5 959 263 

Email: info@beirutmarathon.org 

Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org 

Lithuania 

Vilniaus Marathon 

Rokas Babravicius 

V. Kudirkos 6, Vilniaus 

Tel: 370 5 210 6450 

Fax: 370 5 210 6451 

Email: vpreklama@vpreklama.lt 

Inet: www.marathon.lt 

Luxembourg 

September 

Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon 

September 

Georges Klepper 

Federation Luxembourgeoise d-Athletisme, 

P.O. Box 503, L-2015 

Tel: 352 48 06 70 

Fax: 352 48 05 72 

Email: fla@fla.lu 

Inet: www.fla.lu 

Macau 

Macau Galaxy Entertainments Group Int’l 

Marathon, Half and Mini December 

José Tavares 

Macau Sport Development Board, 

Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n, 

Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar, 

Bloco 1, 4 andar, Macau 

Tel: 853 580 762 

Fax: 853 343 708 

Email: sport@macau.ctm.net 

Inet: www.sport.gov.mo 

Malta 

Int’l Malta 

Challenge Marathon 

November 

Barry M. Whitmore 

P.O. Box 91, Sliema, SLM 01, Malta 

Tel: 356 21 34 43 78 

Fax: 356 25 40 10 31 

Email: info@maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Inet: www.maltamarathonchallenge.com 

Malaysia 

Kuala Lumpur Int’l Marathon March 

S. Vegiyathunam 

F. T. A. A. A., 2nd floor, Wisma OCM, Jalan 

Hang Jebat, 50150 Kula Lumpur 

Tel: 60 3 27152843 

Fax: 60 3 27152678 

Email: sportftaaa@hotmail.com 

Mexico 

Gran Maraton Pacifico 

December 

Francisco Mijares 

Campos Eliseos, 400-12, Mexico D.F. Col 

Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000 

Tel: 525 552 833 600 (ext 2208) 

Fax: 525 552 801 716 

Email: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx 

Inet: www.maraton.org 

Maraton Int’l de Guadalajara October 

Enrique Gomez Espejel 

100 Nevado de Toluca St, Colonia 

Independencia, Guadalajara, jalisco 44290 

Tel: 52 33 3637 0408 

Fax: 55 33 3651 8271 

Email: leqomez@guadalajara.gob.mx 

Inet: www.maraton.com.mx 

Maraton LaLa Internacional March 

Héctor Guerrero Herrera 

Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n 

(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada), 

Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila 

Tel: 52 871 729 2453 

Fax: 52 871 729 2436 

Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com 

Inet: www.maratonlala.org 

Tangamanga Int'l Marathon 

Jaime Morales Reyes 

Vista Hermosa 720, Colonia Jardin 

San Luis Potosi, CP78270 

Tel: 52 4448 154444 

Fax: 52 4448 158921 

Email: morreyes@prodigy.net.mx 

Inet: www.maratontangamanga.com 

Monaco 

June 

Monaco Int’l Marathon 

November 

Jean-Pierre Schoëbel 

Stade Louis II, 7 Avenue Des Castelans, 

98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 92 05 43 05 

Fax: 377 92 05 68 08 

Email: info@monacomarathon.com 

Inet: www.monacomarathon.org 









Namibia 

Panama 

Puerto Rico 

Slovakia 

100 miles of the Namib Desert July 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, No.118, 41100, Modena 

Tel: +390 593 59813 

Fax: +39 292 0013 

Email: info@zitoway.com 

Inet: www.100milesofnamibdesert.com 

Nepal 

Kathmandu Marathon 

Roy K. Kline Jnr. 

Scheer Memorial Hospital, 

P.O. Box 88, Kathmandu 

Tel: 977 11 663 065 

Fax: 977 11 66 171 

Email: ygray@kathmandumarathon.org 

Inet: www.kathmandumarathon.org 

Netherlands 

October 

Fortis Marathon Rotterdam 

April 

Mario J Kadiks 

P.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam 

Tel: 31 10 291 9230 

Fax: 31 10 291 9172 

Email: info@rotterdammarathon.nl 

Inet: www.fortismarathonrotterdam.nl 

Fortis City-Pier-City Run 

March 

E Brommert 

P.O. Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam 

Tel: 31 10 291 9230 

Fax: 31 10 291 9172 

Email: info@fortiscpcloop.nl 

Inet: www.fortiscpcloop.nl 

Eindhoven Marathon 

Cor Vriend 

Biesven 11, 5645 KL, Eindhoven 

Tel: 31 40 2115 142 

Fax: 31 40 2118 727 

Email: ncvriend@iae.nl 

Inet: www.marathoneindhoven.nl 

Enschede Marathon 

Jos Hermens 

Global Sports Communications, 

P.O. Box 555, 7500 AN Enschede 

Tel: 31 24 351 5077 

Fax: 31 24 351 5088 

Email: gsc@global-sports-comm.nl 

Inet: www.global-sports-comm.nl 

October 

April 

ING Amsterdam Marathon October 

Birgit Schmitz, Cees Pronk 

Postbus 143, 1850 AC, Heiloo 

Tel: 31 72 533 8136 

31 20 408 5096 

Fax: 31 72 533 9398 

31 20 408 5097 

Email: info@ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

b.schmitz@ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

Inet: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl 

Nigeria 

MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon November 

Alh, Abdul-Karim Ohimai Amu 

5 Akinola Johnson Close, Surulere, Lagos 

Tel: 234 803 402 3398 

Fax: 234 802 303 9652 

Email: akoi_amu@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.mtnhalfmarathon.com 

North Pole 

North Pole Marathon 

April 

Richard Donovan 

1 Forstar Place, City Centre, Galway, Ireland 

Tel: 353 91 566 077 

Fax: 353 91 566 082 

Email: rd@npmarathon.com 

Inet: www.npmarathon.com 


Norway 

Midnight Sun Marathon 

Nils I. Haetta 

P.O. Box 821, N-9258, Tromsø 

Tel: 47 776 73363 

Fax: 47 776 73364 

Email: post@msm.no 

Inet: www.msm.no 

Pakistan 

June 

*Standard Chartered 

Lahore Marathon 

January 

Ian Ladbrooke 

Publicis Pakistan pvt Ltd, 67-c-2 Gulberg 111, 

Lahore 54660 

Tel: 92 42 576 5101/2/3 

Email: Iladbrooke@aol.com 

Inet: www.lahoremarathon.com 

Panama City Int’l Marathon August 

Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza 

P.O. Box 6-3170, El Dorado, Panama City 

Tel: 507 6674 1618 / 507 223 2588 

Fax: 507 263 4111 

Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.com 

ajones@marathonpanama.com 

armandolopez@shiptradepanama.com 

Inet: www.marathonpanama.com 

Philippines 

Philippines Marathon – 

Pasig River 

February 

Imelda P. Sarmiento 

The Orchidarium/Butterfly Pavillion, 

Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila 

Tel: 632 527 6376 

Fax: 632 527 6379 

Email: cgfi@itextron.com 

Inet: www.heritagemarathon.com 

Poland 

Flora Warsaw Marathon September 

Marek Tronina 

Ul. Grochowska 278/011, 

03-841 Warsaw, 

Poland 

Tel: 48 22 813 83 28 

Fax: 48 22 870 01 45 

Email: info@maratonwarszawski.com 

Inet: www.warsawmarathon.com 

Cracovia Marathon 

May 

Piotr Sokolowski 

Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, ul. Eisenberga 2 

31-523 Krakow, Poland 

Tel: 48 12 6161773 

Fax: 48 12 4127477 

Email: biuro@cracoviamaraton.pl 

Inet: www.cracoviamaraton.pl 

Poznan Marathon 

October 

Janusz Rajewski 

POSIR, Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznan 

Tel: 48 61 835 79 17 

Fax: 48 61 835 79 20 

Email: info@marathon.poznan.pl 

Inet: www.marathon.poznan.pl 

Pila Int’l Half Marathon September 

Henryk Paskal 

Stowarzysznie Biegow Ulicznych ul. Kossaka 

23, 64-920 Pila 

Tel: 48 67 351 0478 

Fax: 48 67 212 5975 

Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Inet: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Wroclaw Marathon 

Marek Danielak 

Stowarzyszenie Maraton Wroclaw, 

Oporowska 62, 53-434 Wroclaw 

Tel: 48 71 364 72 00 

Fax: 48 71 346 72 10 

Email: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl 

Inet: www.wroclawmaraton.pl 

Portugal 

April 

Carlos Lopes Gold 

Marathon Memorial 

April 

Mario Silva 

Travessa da Palmeira, No. 6A, 1200-316 

Lisbon 

Tel: 351 969 636680 

Email: geral@carloslopes.d2d.pt 

Inet: www.carloslopes.d2d.pt 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March 

RTP 6th Half Marathon 

of Portugal 

September 

Carlos Moya 

3 Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas 

Branco, 10, Laveiras - 2760-073 Caxias 

Tel: 351 21 441 3182 

Fax: 351 21 441 3073 

Email: maratona@mcp.jazznet.pt 

Inet: www.maratonaclubedeportugal.com 

Lisbon Int’l Marathon 

December 

António Campos 

Calçada da Tapada, 67-A, 1349-012 Lisboa 

Tel: 351 21 361 6160 

Fax: 351 21 361 6169 

Email: treinador@sapo.pt 

Inet: www.Lisbon-marathon.com 

Porto Marathon 

October 

Jorge Teixeira 

Rua de Cedofeita, 455-3 Sala 35, 

4050-181, Porto 

Tel: 351 91 785 0216 

Fax: 351 22 208 0403 

Email: runporto@sapo.pt 

Inet: www.runporto.com 

World’s Best 10k Road Race February 

Rafael B. Acosta 

P.O. Box 2780, Carolina, PR 00984-2780 

Tel: 787 767 9191 / 767 2000 

Fax: 787 767 9199 / 763 2000 

Email: racosta@ptmpr.com 

Inet: www.worldbest10k.com 

Republic of 

South Africa 

Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike 

April 

Chet Sainsbury 

P.O. Box 2276, Clareinch 7740, Cape Town 

Tel: 27 21 671 6054 

Fax: 27 21 671 8724 

Email: pro@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Romania 

Timisoara Marathon 

Constantin Dumitra 

Nr. 13, 3 August 1919 Street, 

300092 Timisoara, Romania 

Tel: 40 722 801 440 

Email: dumitra@marathon.ro 

Inet: www.marathon.ro 

Russia 

October 

Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September 

Boris Fadeev 

18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000 

Tel: 7 495 924 0824 

Fax: 7 495 924 0824 

7 495 924 0015 

Email: fond@marafon.msk.ru 

Inet: www.marafon.msk.ru 

Novosibirsk Half Marathon September 

Alexandr Chepasov 

Suharnaya Str. 35, Novosibirsk 630001 

Tel: 7 3832 25 07 30 

Fax: 7 3832 25 07 30 

Email: info@marafon.nsk.ru 

Inet: www.marafon.nsk.ru 

Siberian Int’l Marathon 

Konstantin Podbelski 

Ul. Pevtsova, 1, Omsk 644043 

Tel: 7 3812 231 526 

Fax: 7 3812 242 567 

Email: sim@omsknet.ru 

Inet: www.sim.omsknet.ru 

Rwanda 

August 

Kigali Peace Marathon 

May 

Bettina Scholl-Sabatini 

Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture 

P.O. Box 1044, Kigali 

Tel: 352 21 21 4804 

Fax: 352 26 61 5264 

Email: minicult@rwanda1.com 

betmar@pt.lu 

Inet: www.kigalimarathon.com 

Serbia & Montenegro 

Novi Sad Marathon 

October 

Novi Sad Half Marathon 

March 

Milan Dolga 

Trgg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad, 

Serbie and Montenegro (yu) 

Tel: 381 21 27 214 

Fax: 381 21 551 711 

Email: office@marathon.org.yu 

Inet: www.marathon.org.yu 

Belgrade Delta Sports Marathon 

Bejan Nikolic 

Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade 

Tel: 381 11 369 0709 

Fax: 381 11 306 5720 

Email: office@bgdmarathon.com 

Inet: www.bgdmarathon.com 

Singapore 

April 


Singapore Marathon 

December 

Paul Chan Chow Tin 

15 Stadium Road, Room 1 South Entrance, 

National Stadium, Singapore 397718 

Tel: 65 6386 2721 

Fax: 65 6386 7773 

Email: info@singaporemarathon.com 

Inet: www.singaporemarathon.com 


Kosice Peace Marathon 

October 

Dr Stefan Dano 

Marathon Club Kosice, Pri jazdiarni 1, 

PO Box F-24, 043 04 Kosice 

Tel: 421 55 622 00 10 

Fax: 421 55 622 41 58 

Email: info@kosicemarathon.com 

Inet: www.kosicemarathon.com 

Slovenia 

Ljubljanski Marathon 

October 

Gojko Zalokar 

Town of Ljubijana, Timing Ljubijana, 

Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubijana 

Tel: 386 1 234 8002 

Fax: 386 1 234 8005 

Email: marathon@slo-timing.com 

Inet: http://marathon.slo-timing.com 

Three Hearts Marathon and Half May 

Drago Jug 

Maraton Treh Src, p.p. 69, SI-9252 Radenci 

Tel: 386 2 566 90 90 

Fax: 386 2 566 90 92 

Email: teniskicenter.radenci@siol.net 

Inet: www.radenska.sl 

Spain 

Marato de Barcelona 

March 

Josep Sole 

Gran Via 8-10, 3rd Floor L’hospitalet de 

Llobregat 08902, Barcelona 

Tel: 34 93 431 55 33 

Fax: 34 93 422 10 96 

Email: info@maratobarcelona.com 

Inet: www.maratobarcelona.com 

Seville City Marathon 

February 

Manuel Nieto 

Instituto de Deportes, Estadio Olimpico de 

Sevilla, Puerto E, 2a Planta 41092 Sevilla 

Tel: 34 95459 6870 

34 95459 6847 

Fax: 34 95459 6871 

34 95459 6845 

Email: maraton@id.aytosevilla.org 

Inet: www.marasevi.vianetworks.es 

Maraton Internacional Martin Fiz, 

Vitoria-Gasteiz 

October 

Eduardo Martinez Lobera 

c/o Pinto Ortiz de Urbina No3, oficina 17 

01008 Vitoria (Alava) 

Tel: 34 945 214 278 

Fax: 34 945 214 279 

Email: info@maratonmartinfiz.com 

Inet: www.maratonmartinfiz.com 

Marathon Popular de Madrid April 

Guillermo J. Jimenez Ramos 

General Alvarez De Castro No.31, BAJ02 

Tel: 34 91447 96 31 

Fax: 34 91447 94 11 

Email: inscripciones@mapoma.es 

Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org 

11 Mediterranean Marathon October 

Josep-Maria Antentas 

Regas, 140 5 2, 08203 Sabadell (BCN) 

Tel: 34 93 725 0461 

Fax: 34 93 725 0461 

Email: josepmaecodi@yahoo.es 

Marathon Popular de Valencia February 

Media Marathon Ciudad de Valencia May 

Paco Borao 

Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia 

Tel: 34 96 346 0707 

Fax: 34 96 346 3635 

Email: maraton@correcaminos.org 

Inet: www.correcaminos.org 

Marathon of Barcelona - Catalunya March 

Rafael Salinas 

c/ Jonqueres, num.16, Flat 15, 

08003, Barcelona 

Tel: 34 93 268 01 14 

Fax: 34 93 268 43 34 

Email: secretaria@marathoncatalunya.com 

Inet: www.marathoncatalunya.com 

Sweden 

Göteborg Half Marathon 

Hans Hultman 

P.O. Box 12174, S-40242 Göteborg 

Tel: 46 31 772 7880 

Fax: 46 31 772 7890 

Email: varvet@gfif.se 

Inet: www.goteborgsvarvet.com 

May 

Stockholm Marathon 

June 

Ulf Saletti 

P.O. Box 10023, SE 10055, Stockholm 

Tel: 46 8 54 566 440 

Fax: 46 8 664 3822 

Email: ulf.saletti@marathon.se 

Inet: www.stockholmmarathon.se 









Switzerland 

Jungfrau Marathon 

September 

Richard Umberg 

Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243 

CH-3800, Interlaken 

Tel: 41 33 828 37 46 

Fax: 41 33 823 37 34 

Email: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch 

Inet: www.jungfrau-marathon.ch 


Lausanne Marathon 

October 

Robert Bruchez 

Case Postale (Box) 31, 

CH-1162 Saint-Prex, Lausanne 

Tel: 41 21 806 3016 

Fax: 41 21 806 2548 

Email: robert@bruchez-organisations.com 

Inet: www.lausanne-maraton.com 

Swiss Alpine Post Marathon Davos July 

Andrea Tuffli 

P.O. Box 536, CH - 7270 Davos Platz 

Tel: 41 81 401 1490 

Fax: 41 81 401 1489 

Email: info@alpine-davos.ch 

Inet: www.alpine-davos.ch 


Zermatt Marathon 

Andrea Kummer-Schneider 

Postfach 94, CH-3924, St Niklaus 

Tel: 41 956 2760 

Fax: 41 27 956 2925 

Email: info@zermattmarathon.ch 

Inet: www.zermattmarathon.ch 

Zurich Marathon 

Bruno Lafranchi 

Postfach 8027, 8036 Zurich 

Tel: 41 480 25 57 

Fax: 41 480 25 56 

Email: info@zurichmarathon.ch 

Inet: www.zurichmarathon.ch 

Taiwan 

July 

April 

ING Taipei Int'l Marathon December 

Sunny Chen 

104, No.1 Yu Men Street, Taipei 

Tel: 886 2 2585 5659 

Fax: 886 2 2599 6716 

Email: sunny@sportsnet.org.tw 

Inet: www.sportsnet.org.tw 

Tanzania 

*Kilimanjaro Marathon 

March 

John Addison 

Wild Frontiers, Box 844, Halfway House 

1685, Republic of South Africa 

Tel: 27 11 702 2035 

Fax: 27 11 468 1655 

Email: john@wildfrontiers.com 

Inet: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com 

Mount Meru Int’l Marathon 

Ahmed Sharrif 

P.O. Box 21317, Dar-es-Salaam 

Tel/Fax: 255 22 264 7053 

Mobile: 255 748 219090 

Email: ahmedshariff@hotmail.com 

Thailand 

August 

Thai Health Bangkok Marathon November 

Songkram Kraisonthi 

20Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road 

Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 

Fax: 66 22 77 2567 

Email: info@amazingfield.org 

Inet: www.bkkmarathon.org 

Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon 

January 

Dr. Theera Rittirod 

Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen City 40002 

Tel: 66 43 202 222 

Fax: 66 43 202 557 

Email: theera@kku.ac.th 

Inet: www.kkmarathon.com 

ING Thailand Temple Run 

March 

Phuket International Marathon June 

Raimund Wellenhofer 

Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building 

109 Surawong Road, Bangkok, 

10500 THAILAND 

Tel: 662 236 2921 

Fax: 662 237 2321 

Email: raceinfo@thailandmarathon.org 

info@goadventureasia.com 

Inet: www.thailand-temple-run.com 

www.phuketmarathon.com 

Trinidad 

UWI-SPEC Half Marathon November 

Dr Iva Gloudon 

Sport & Physical Ed. Centre, 

University of the West Indies, 

St Augustine, Trinidad 

Tel/Fax: 868 645 9239 

Email: info@spec.uwi.tt 

Inet: www.sta.uwi.edu/spec 

Tunisia 

Sahara 100k Challenge Race March 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, 118, 

41100 Modena, Italy 

Tel/Fax: 39 059 359813 

Email: info@zitoway.com 

Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com 


Turkey 

International Ghazi 10km Run September 

Salih Danaci 

Muharip Gaziler Derneg, Nobethane Cad. 

Istasyon Arkasi Sokak, Sirkeci, Istanbul 

Tel: 90 212 511 5314 

Fax: 90 212 511 2621 

Email: sahlidanaci@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.gazikosusu.org 

Istanbul Eurasia Marathon November 

Ayhan Bolukbasi 

IBB Spor as gen mudurlugu, kadugalar cad. 

Kucukciftlik Lunaparski Karsisi, Dolmabahce 

Tel: 90 212 234 4200 

Fax: 90 212 241 2686 

Email: info@istanbulmarathon.org 

Inet: www.istanbulmarathon.org 

Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon 

Hayri Ozsut 

Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33, 

33401 Tarsus 

Tel: 90 324 616 4040 

Fax: 90 324 616 3307 

Email: info@tarsusmarathon.org 

Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.org 

United Arab 

Emirates 


Dubai Marathon 

Peter Connerton 

P.O. Box 57176, Dubai 

Tel: 97 14 367 1062 

Fax: 97 14 367 2524 

Email: marathon@dubaimarathon.org 

Inet: www.dubaimarathon.org 

United States 

of America 

April 

January 

Atlanta Marathon & Half November 

Julia Emmons 

Atlanta Track Club 

3097 E. Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta, GA30305 

Tel: 1 404 231 9064 Ext 14 

Fax: 1 404 364 0708 

Email: jemmons@atlantatrackclub.org 

Inet: www.atlantatrackclub.org 

BAA Boston Marathon 

April 

Dave McGillivray 

Boston Athletic Association 

40 Trinity Place, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116 

Tel: 1 617 236 1652 

Fax: 1 617 236 4505 

Email: mile27registration@baa.org 

Inet: www.bostonmarathon.org 

Big Sur Half Marathon 

on Monterey Bay 

October 

Big Sur Int’l Marathon 

April 

Wally Kastner 

P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922 

Tel: 1 831 625 6226 

Fax: 1 831 625 2119 

Email: info@bsim.org 

Inet: www.bsim.org 

Freihofer’s 5k Run for Women June 

George P Regan 

USATF Adirondack, 233 Fourth Street, Troy, 

NY 12180, USA 

Tel: +1 518 273-5552 ext.205 

Tel: +1 518 273-0647 

Email: george@freihofersrun.com 

Inet: www.freihofersrun.com 

Hawaiian Half Marathon 

Ron T Pate 

876 Curtiss Street #708 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA 

Tel: 1 808 551 4463 

Email: pater006@hawaii.rr.com 

Inet: www.pan-pacific-festival.com 

June 

Honolulu Marathon 

December 

Jon Cross, Jim Moberly 

3435 Waialae Avenue, No. 208, 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 USA 

Tel: 1 808 734 7200 

Fax: 1 808 732 7057 

Email: info@honolulumarathon.org 

Inet: www.honolulumarathon.org 

Lake Tahoe Marathon 

September 

Les Wright 

2261 Cold Creek Trail, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 

Tel: 1 530 544 7095 

1 504 328 3478 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

Email: info@mauihalfmarathon.com 

Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com 

*Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon January 

Les Wright, Janet Anderson 

2480 S Kihei Road #28, Kihei, HI 96753 

Tel: 1 808 344 3651 

Fax: 1 530 452 2844 

Email: info@mauisurfsandhalf.com 

Inet: www.mauisurfsandhalf.com 

Maui Marathon & Half 

September 

Bob Carver 

P.O. Box330099, Kahului, HI 96733 

Tel: 1 808 871 6441 

Email: info@mauimarathon.com 

Inet: www.mauimarathon.com 

Las Vegas Marathon 

and Half Marathon 

December 

Al Boka 

P.O. Box 81262, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180 

Tel: 1 702 240 2722 

Fax: 1 702 876 3870 

Email: alboka@aol.com 

Inet: www.lvmarathon.com 

Los Angeles Marathon 

Nick Curl 

11110 W Ohio Avenue, #100, 

Los Angeles CA90025 

Tel: 1 310 444 5544 

Fax: 1 310 473 8105 

Email: raceinfo@lamarathon.com 

Inet: www.lamarathon.com 

March 

Marine Corps Marathon 

October 

Rick Nealis 

P.O. Box 188, Quantico, Virginia 22134 

Tel: 1 703 784 2225 / 6 

Fax: 1 703 784 2265 

Email: marine.marathon@usmc.mil 

Inet: www.marinemarathon.com 

Mount Desert Island Marathon October 

Gary Allen 

P.O. Box117, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662 

Tel: 1 207 276 4226 

Fax: 1 207 276 4211 

Email: information@mdimarathon 

Inet: www.mdimarathon.org 

Myrtle Beach Marathon 

February 

Shaun Walsh 

P.O. Box 8780, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 

Tel: 1 843 467 2543 

Fax: 1 843 467 2543 

Email: MBMarathon@sc.rr.com 

Inet: www.MBMarathon.com 

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon 

Chet Collier 

53 NW 42nd Street, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73118 

Tel: 1 405 525 4242 

Fax: 1 405 525 7520 

Email: info@okcmarathon.com 

Inet: www.okcmarathon.com 

April 

Pacific Shoreline Marathon February 

Louise Weiner 

P.O. Box 2718, Mission Viejo, CA 92690 

Tel: 1 949 581 0105 

Fax: 1 949 581 0095 

Email: info@psmarathon.com 

Inet: www.psmarathon.com 

Portland Marathon 

October 

Les Smith 

1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900, 

Portland, Oregon 97205 

Tel: 1 503 248 1134 

Fax: 1 503 224 8851 

Email: info@portlandmarathon.org 

Inet: www.portlandmarathon.org 

Salt Lake City Marathon 

June 

Scott Kerr 

136 East South Temple Street, Suite 2400, 

Salt Lake City UT8411 

Tel: 1 801 412 6060 

Fax: 1 801 412 6089 

Email: skerr@devinerace.com 

Inet: www.saltlakecitymarathon.com 

University Washington Medical Center 

Seattle Marathon 

November 

Louise Long 

P.O. Box 31849, Seattle, WA 98103 

Tel: 1 206 729 3660 

Fax: 1 206 729 3662 

Email: info@seattlemarathon.org 

Inet: www.seattlemarathon.org 

Twin Cities Marathon 

October 

Virginia Brophy Achman 

4050 Olson Memorial Hwy, Suite 26.2, 

Minneapolis, MN55422 

Tel: 1 763 287 3888 

Fax: 1 763 287 3889 

Email: virginia@twincitiesmarathon.org 

Inet: www.twincitiesmarathon.org 

Virginia Mason Team Medicine 

Marathon at Seafair 

July 

Mike Ogciore 

2200 6th Ave, suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121 

Tel: 206 728 0123 Ext. 101 

Fax: 206 728 9506 

Email: mike@seafair.com 

Inet: www.seafairmarathon.com 

Under Armour 

Baltimore Marathon 

Lee Corrigan 

201 W. Baltimore Street, 

#306 Baltimore, MD 21201 

Tel: 1 410 605 9381 

Fax: 1 410 605 9389 

Email: lee@corrigansports.com 

Inet: www.thebaltimoremarathon.com 

October 

Walt Disney World 

Marathon & Half 

January 

Jon Hughes 

1102 N. Mills Ave, Orlando, Fl 32803 

Tel: 1 407 896 1160 

Email: jon@emml.com 

Inet: www.disneyworldsports.com 

Virgin Islands 

St Croix Int'l Marathon 

January 

Wallace Williams 

P.O. Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, 

US Virgin Islands 00822 

Tel: 1 340 643 2557 

Fax: 1 340 773 5327 

Email: wallacewilliams@msn.com 

Inet: www.virginislandspace.org 

Zimbabwe 

Africa University International 

Peace Marathon 

August 

Chenjerai Tanyongana 

Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare 

Tel: 263 20 60026/75 

Fax: 263 20 61785 

Email: ausport@africau.ac.zw 

Inet: www.africau.ed 

Victoria Falls Marathon & Half September 

John Addison 

PO Box 844, Halfway House, 1685 

South Africa 

Tel: +27 11 702 2035 

Fax: +27 11 468 1655 

Email: john@wildfrontiers.com

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