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JANUARY - MARCH 2005 

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Contents 

News 

AIMS News 

President’s message; 

AIMS / ASICS Awards; 

Distance Running announcement; 

New members; 

Executives’ contact details; 5 

IAAF News 

President’s message; 

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, New Delhi; 

Diary; 

Executives’ contact details; 40 

Regulars 

Results 

Worldwide race reports and pictures 7 

Calendar of events 

Official listings for AIMS events 44 

Beyond the marathon 

The ultra-distance running scene 72 

World leading times 

The latest top times for men and women at 10km, 

Half Marathon, and Marathon 76 

Race contact details 

AIMS member races with full contact details 80 

Features 

Beach life 

Meia Maratona de Rio de Janeiro 50 

The spirit of Christmas Pass 

African University Int’l Peace Marathon 54 

Peaks of spirit, valleys of soul 

ASICS Melbourne Marathon 56 

Beauty and the beast 

Mount Desert Island Marathon 58 

On the grapevine 

Lausanne Marathon 62 

Out of thin air 

Great Ethiopian Run 10.2km 66 

Where are we now? 

By Alan Brookes 70 

January - March 2005 

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President 

Hiroaki Chosa, 

Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation 

(International Section), 

1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, 


Tel: 81 3 5452 1500 

Fax: 81 3 5452 1795 

Honorary Vice President 

Leonard F. Luchner 

Vice-Presidents 

Domingo Amaison, 

Representative South and Central 

America, Buenos Aires Half Marathon 

Allan Steinfeld, (Race Management), 

New York Marathon 

Secretary 

Hugh Jones 

115 Southwark Street, 

London SE1 0JF, U.K. 

Tel: 44 20 7902 0192 

Fax: 44 20 7620 4208 

Email: Aimssec@aol.com 

Treasurer 

Al Boka, 

Las Vegas Marathon 

Board of Directors 

Wim Verhoorn (Marketing), 

Representative W. Europe 

Enschede Marathon Twente 

Carlos Moya (Marketing), 

Lisbon Half Marathon 

Horst Milde, 

Berlin Marathon 

Gordon Rogers (Technical) 

Representative N. America and English 

speaking Caribbean, PO Box 2931, 

Vancouver BC V6H 1E1, Canada 

Tel: 1 604 733 6224 

Fax: 1 604 733 6221 

Email: gordonrogers@telus.net 

Nick Bitel, (Legal) 

London Marathon 

Guy Morse, 

Boston Marathon 

Jim Moberly, 

Honolulu Marathon 

Peter McLean, 

(Press & Public Relations) 

15 Kirklee Terrace, 

Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland 

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College of Health Sciences, 

Georgia State University, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30303, USA 

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Email: drdave@gsu.edu. 

Ahmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa, 

Mount Meru Marathon, Tanzania 

Francisco Borao, (Membership 

Development) Representative 

Mediterannean, Valencia Marathon 

Dave Cundy, Representative S. Pacific, 

Gold Coast Marathon 

AIMS AFFILIATE 

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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, 

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Fax: 61 2 4342 7648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

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Europe & Africa 

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English speaking Europe & Africa 

John Disley, 

Hampton House, Upper Sunbury Road, 

Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 2DW, England 

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President’s Message - HIROAKI CHOSA 

I wish the year 2005 will be good for AIMS, for AIMS members, 

and above all for the hundreds of thousands of runners who 

take part in AIMS events all year long and throughout the 

world. 

Last year, in very hot temperatures, the Olympic Marathons were 

conducted sucessfully, showing that marathon running can take place 

even under very difficult conditions. 

AIMS now has close to 200 member races, with about threequarters 

of these member events being marathons. They are spread 

throughout every corner of the globe, including some - like the North 

Pole Marathon, or the Sahara Marathon - where extremely difficult 

conditions prevail. It would seem that the popularity of running 

knows no bounds. 

Over the last year AIMS has gained members from many places 

where mass running events had previously not existed. The physical 

conditions may have been less hostile than in Athens, but the 

economic or cultural conditions had not previously favoured the 

emergence of mass running events. Now, both in Africa and Asia 

there are growing numbers of increasingly high-profile events which 

help to spread the word around the world. The word is that running is 

for everyone. 

Also over the past year, IAAF has accepted and promoted the idea 

of world records for road running events, subject to some restrictive 

criteria. This also helps in the promotion of road running as a global 

sport. 

Strengthened by these trends, road running is entering a new era. 

Together, let's run into it. 

New AIMS Members 

■ THE FIVE TOWERS MARATHON 

(DEN) takes place on 3 April 2005 

■ THE TORAY CUP SHANGHAI 

INTERNATIONAL MARATHON (CHN) 

has just held its ninth edition last 

November (see Results section). The race 

has grown to nearly 1000 runners with 

191 of them coming from 36 countries 

■ THE ATLANTA MARATHON & HALF 

(USA) has been run over the last 42 

years in the city which hosted the 1996 

Olympics. Only 10 foreign runners were 

among the 640-strong entry for the 

marathon (representing 5 countries), but 

several thousand runners contested the 

associated half marathon. The 43rd 

running is scheduled for 24 November 

2005. 

■ THE MARATONA SANT ANTONIO 

(ITA) is run in the North Italian city of 

Padua at the end of April. Over the last 

five years it has built up to 3000 

runners, with 241 foreign runners coming 

from 25 countries. 

■ THE WALT DISNEY WORLD 

MARATHON (USA) celebrates its 10th 

anniversary (11th edition) on 9 January. 

The race runs between and through the 

major amusement parks of the Walt 

Disney World site. 

■ THE MYRTLE BEACH MARATHON 

(USA) has, over the last seven years, 

been conducted largely as a local event, 

with only 50 of the race’s 1700 entrants 

coming from three countries outside the 

USA. There is great potential for this 

Atlantic seabord settlement in South 

Carolina to attract an international 

following. Held in mid-February, it is 

accessible through international airports 

in Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte (NC). 

New Associate Members 

■ THE LAHORE MARATHON (PAK) will 

be held for the first time on 30 January, 

with a 10km race and 5km fun run, all 

starting and finishing in the National 

Sports complex on the south side of the 

city. The Marathon route passes through 

the centre of this historic Punjabi city. 

■ THE ING BRUSSELS MARATHON 

(BEL) brings international marathon 

running back on to the streets of the 

Belgian capital on 9 October, after an 

absence of several years. 

■ THE CARLOS LOPES GOLD 

MARATHON MEMORIAL (POR) 

celebrates the achievements of 

Portugal’s foremost distance runner. 

This new race takes place for the first 

time on 17 April. 

■ THE CYPRUS APHRODITE HALF 

MARATHON (CYP) has built up a strong 

international following over its 10-year 

life, with two-thirds of the 600-strong 

field coming from 16 overseas countries. 

The next race takes place on 27 

November. 

■ THE RWANDA PEACE MARATHON 

(RWA) takes place on 15 May. The race 

aims to publicly demonstrate that the 

Rwandan genocide has now been 

consigned to history, as the nation 

rebuilds. 

Paul Tergat with his Citizen World 

Fastest Time Award presented by 

AIMS Director Carlos Moya 

From left, Allan Steinfeld Race Director 

ING New York City Marathon, Paula 

Radcliffe AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of 

the year, Rich Bourne President ASICS 

America Corporation, Masao Hijikata 

General Manager ASICS Corporation 

AIMS/ASICS Awards 

Paul Tergat and Paula Radcliffe 

collected the AIMS/ASICS Golden 

Shoe Awards as athletes of the year 

for their performances during 2003. 

One of these performances was Paul 

Tergat’s World Record marathon of 

2:04:55 in Berlin, for which he also 

received the AIMS/CITIZEN World’s 

Fastest Time award. 

DISTANCE RUNNING 

From this edition Distance Running 

will be printed quarterly, with four 

editions published annually in 

January, April, July and October. 

This edition of Distance 

Running is dated January- 

March 2005. It covers races 

that took place in the last 

third of 2004, from the end of 

August 2004 until mid- 

December 2004. The next 

edition will be dated April-June 

2005, and will cover races that 

take place between December 

2004 and March 2005 

Subsequent editions of 

Distance Running will be 

published July and October, 

covering the periods April-June 

and July-September. The period 

October-December 2005 will be 

covered in the edition published a 

year from now, in January 2006. 

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DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005 

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29 AUGUST 2004: 

HOKKAIDO MARATHON, 

JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Laban KAGIKA KEN 2:12:20 

2 Keitai KITAGAWA JPN 2:14:48 

3 Masayuki SATOUCHI JPN 2:14:55 

4 Akihiro OSHIKIRI JPN 2:15:09 

5 Frederick CHERONO KEN 2:15:20 

6 Hiroyuki FUJII JPN 2:15:40 

7 Yuki MORISHITA JPN 2:16:00 

8 Tetsuo NISHIMURA JPN 2:16:33 

9 Shinji KAWASHIMA JPN 2:17:18 

10 Degene GUTA ETH 2:17:20 

WOMEN: 

1 Masako CHIBA JPN 2:26:50 

2 Mai TANOUE JPN 2:29:43 

3 Elzbieta JAROSZ POL 2:35:38 

4 Hiromi NAKAYAMA JPN 2:35:46 

5 Aki NEGORO JPN 2:37:51 

6 Masayo KOBAYASHI JPN 2:39:06 

7 Tomoko KAI JPN 2:40:52 

8 Jyunko KUMAGAI JPN 2:40:56 

9 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:43:56 

10 Yoriko ODA JPN 2:44:45 

29 AUGUST 2004: 

MARATHON DES DEUX 

RIVES, CANADA 

Bravo Quebec...bonne course! writes Alan Brookes. 

Both the place and the race have something 

special, creating atmosphere and excitement. 

Cape Diamond’s cliffs, beside the great St 

Lawrence River, tower above the runners a 

kilometre from the finish. 

It was here that Samuel de Champlain founded 

Canada in 1608. On the Plains of Abraham, 

perched on the top of the cliffs, the British 

General Wolfe defeated French General Montcalm 

in 1759 in the battle for the continent. 

Quebec 

The great Canadian experiment then began: a 

marriage of English-speaking protestants and 

French-speaking catholics, different cultures as 

well as languages and faiths, creating and 

sustaining one nation together. That's Quebec Ciy 

- the pivotal point of it all; the fulcrum of Canada. 

Anyone who thinks there was a winner and a loser 

in 1759 is in serious trouble as a Canadian citizen. 

This year, on this site, there were almost 4,000 

winners from 27 countries, and no losers who ran 

the marathon, New Balance Demi-Marathon, and 

the 10km & 5km events. 

Race Director Denis Therrien and his 2,000 

benevols put on a great show to retain their hardearned 

reputation for staging Canada's best 

technically-organized race. 

Unfortunately the weather was a little special, too. 

Temperatures of 13°C were ideal for running, but 

a strong East wind hit both half and full 

marathoners as they came over the bridge and 

onto the north, Quebec City "rive". Occasional 

showers added to the discomfort. The tough 

conditions produced tactical races. 

Gitah Macharia just out-kicked Ottawa's Joseph 

Nsengiyumva, 68:31 to 68:32, to win the half 

marathon. A group of 4 had run together until 

15km, when Macharia and Nsengiyumva broke 

away. After that, it was a see-saw battle. 

Nsengiyumva led into the finishing straight, 

before Macharia came back to take it by a stride. 

In the women's race Emily Le May led from start 

to finish to win by more than 5 minutes. 

In the marathon, Kenyan Moses Cheserek took off 

into the punishing wind at 32km to put nearly 7 

minutes between him and second-place Richard 

Tessier. On the women's side, Louise Voghel, 

winner in 2000, came home to win in 3:02:53 

MEN: 

1 Moses CHESEREK KEN 2:28:35 

2 Richard TESSIER CAN 2:35:11 

3 Michael MUSILI CAN 2:40:36 

4 Carlos NUTELET CAN 2:42:59 

5 Guy CARDINAL CAN 2:48:29 

6 Christian OESCH CAN 2:48:48 

7 Partrice PORTER CAN 2:49:33 

8 Camilien BOUDREAU CAN 2:54:24 

9 Pierre AUPAIX CAN 2:55:55 

10 Sylvain ST-GELAIS CAN 2:57:05 

WOMEN: 

1 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:02:51 

2 Caroline POITRAS CAN 3:04:12 

3 Kathleen BELL CAN 3:09:54 

4 Lynda DESMEULES CAN 3:16:55 

5 Suzanne MUNGER CAN 3:28:41 

6 Odette FORTIN CAN 3:32:10 

7 Kate HERZBERG CAN 3:33:59 

8 Paulette CHARLERY CAN 3:34:35 

9 Caroline SAMSON CAN 3:34:49 

10 Linda TALBOT CAN 3:35:44 

5 SEPTEMBER 2004: 

RIO DE JANEIRO HALF 

MARATHON, BRAZIL 

See separate feature, p.50 

Pila 

MEN: 

1 Piotr DRWAL POL 1:03:49 

2 Adam DOBRZYNSKI POL 1:03:56 

3 Radoslaw DUDYCZ POL 1:04:01 

4 Vladzimir TSIAMCHYK BLR 1:04:45 

5 Jan ZAKRZEWSKI POL 1:05:07 

6 Marek DRZALA POL 1:05:17 

7 Artur OSMAN POL 1:05:33 

8 Dariusz KRUCZKOWSKI POL 1:05:44 

9 Rafal WOJCIK POL 1:05:51 

10 Arkadiusz SOWA POL 1:05:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Malgorzata SOBANSKA POL 1:13:27 

2 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 1:13:41 

3 Elzbieta JAROSZ POL 1:14:35 

4 Katarzyna DZIWOSZ POL 1:16:21 

5 Arleta MELOCH POL 1:17:31 

6 Malgorzata JAMROZ POL 1:18:41 

7 Lucyna LIGAJ POL 1:18:51 

8 Valentina DELION MDA 1:19:18 

9 Renata ANTROPIK POL 1:20:03 

10 Agnieszka GOLAK POL 1:21:57 


VII NOVOSIBIRSK HALF 

MARATHON, RUSSIA 

The race incorporated the Russian 

Championships for men, women and juniors, and 

an Ekiden event. The AIMS-certified course along 

Novosibirsk Street and Red Avenue, was 3.5km 

long, requiring runners to complete six laps. 

Fine weather (15-20C 67% humidity and light 

wind) afforded good conditions for the 833 

runners (651 men and 182 women). Of these, 240 

came from 54 other cities and towns of Russia, 

Kazakhstan and Kirghizia. 


PILA INT’L HALF MARATHON, 

POLAND 

The race incorporated the Polish Half Marathon 

Championship. There were 799 finishers coming 

from a total of nine countries, making this the 

largest half marathon in Poland. The weather was 

warm(25°C) 


Novosibirsk 

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To show the race better, the women were started 

seven minutes earlier than the men. Both winners 

finished far in front of their rivals, although the 

first three women gave international class 

performances. The Russian Champions for 2004 

were Evgeny Rybakov (1:03:33) and Victoria 

Klymina. The ceremonial celebration of their 

victories attracted thousands of onlookers, 

followed by a Parade of Olympians, a concert by 

Vyacheslav Butusov, and a firework display. 

MEN: 

1 Evgeny RIBAKOV RUS 1:03:33 

2 Andrey BRIZGALOV RUS 1:03:52 

3 Michael HOBOTOV RUS 1:04:05 

4 Alexander VASILIEV RUS 1:05:46 

5 Marat ABUBAKIROV RUS 1:06:11 

6 Sergey DAVIDOV RUS 1:06:46 

7 Sergey FEDOTOV RUS 1:06:47 

8 Oleg BOLOHVETS RUS 1:07:29 

9 Ildar BAIBURIN RUS 1:08:17 

10 Oleg KNYAGIN RUS 1:08.26 

WOMEN: 

1 Victoria KLYMINA RUS 1:09:54 


3 Alina IVANOVA RUS 1:11:30 

4 Irina SAFAROVA RUS 1:13:50 

5 Elena BURYKINA RUS 1:15:04 

6 Lilia YAGIAK RUS 1:15:26 

7 Tatiana VILISOVA RUS 1:15:42 

8 Aleftina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 1:16:11 

9 Elena RAZDRIGINA RUS 1:17:02 

10 Maria PILYAVINA RUS 1:17:29 


JUNGFRAU MARATHON, 

SWITZERLAND 

MEN: 

1 Tesfaye ETICHA ETH 2:59:30 

2 Blaha JAN CZE 3:01:52 

3 Fekadu BEKELE ETH 3:01:54 

4 Feyisa MENGESHA ETH 3:06:06 

5 Serguej KALEDINE FRA 3:06:45 

6 Gerd FRICK ITA 3:09:03 

7 Billy BURNS GBR 3:10:55 

8 Marco KAMINSKI SUI 3:12:34 

9 Disassa DABESSA ETH 3:13:44 

10 Bruno HEUBERGER SUI 3:14:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Emebet ABOSA ETH 3:23:11 

2 Svetlana NETCHAEVA RUS 3:28:55 

3 Elena KALEDINA FRA 3:30:54 

4 Carolina REIBER SUI 3:34:13 

5 Tsige WORKU ETH 3:40:20 

6 Claudia RIEM SUI 3:46:44 

7 Evelyne MURA FRA 3:46:51 

8 Nathalie ETZENSPERGER SUI 3:47:16 

9 Rita BORN SUI 3:47:56 

10 Maja PLISKA SUI 3:52:03 

Bristol 

Jungfrau 


FLORA SYDNEY MARATHON, 

AUSTRALIA 

MEN: 

1 Oswald REVELIAN TAN 2:21:13 

2 Daniel GREEN AUS 2:23:06 

3 Sergey NOCHEVNY AUS 2:24:52 

WOMEN: 

1 Rina HILL AUS 2:39:46 

2 Zhenying HAN CHN 2:48:59 

3 Miaomiao YI CHN 2:52:26 


MOSCOW INT’L PEACE 

MARATHON, RUSSIA 

MEN: 

1 Andrey TOPTUN UKR 2:21:24 

2 Andrey IVANOV RUS 2:24:18 

3 Anatoliy ARCHAKHOV RUS 2:24:25 

4 Lenar HUZNUTDINOV RUS 2:24:29 

5 Viktor ROGOVOY UKR 2:24:46 

6 Aleksandr BEDAVIN RUS 2:24:55 

7 Evgeniy ZARAKOVSKIY RUS 2:25:31 

8 Dmitriy RASKITYA RUS 2:25:55 

9 Aleksey VASILIEV RUS 2:31:04 

10 Andrey TCHERNISHOV RUS 2:33:13 

WOMEN: 

1 Svetiana BAYGULOVA RUS 2:40:50 

2 Janna MALKOVA RUS 2:41:58 

3 Rimma PUSHKINA RUS 2:45:54 

4 Gulnara ULAMANOVA RUS 2:46:39 

5 Nina KOLIASEVA RUS 2:47:27 

6 Tatyana PEREPELKINA RUS 2:49:28 

7 Oksana HOHLOVA RUS 2:55:34 

8 Tatyana TASLENKO RUS 2:58:31 

9 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 2:59:55 

10 Irina RISINA RUS 3:04:14 


BRISTOL HALF MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Simon Tonui fell a single second short of his 

personal best time in winning the 16th edition of 

this race, after leaving all opposition behind in 

the final 5km. A record 12,000 people entered and 

8,600 finished the race. In the women’s race 

Miryam Wangari defended her title in a time 1:20 

slower than last year, but no less than four of the 

other top-10 finishers set new personal bests. 

MEN: 

1 Simon TONUI KEN 1:04:18 

2 Sammy MALAKWEN KEN 1:05:15 

3 Kassa TADESSE GBR 1:05:27 

4 Steve HEPPLES GBR 1:05:29 

5 Richard GARDINER GBR 1:05:34 

6 Neil WILKINSON GBR 1:05:34 

7 A JONES GBR 1:05:49 

8 J MCFARLANE GBR 105:52 

9 Ben NOAD GBR 1:06:26 

10 G RAVEN GBR 1:06:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Miryam WANGARI KEN 1:13:40 

2 Amy STILES GBR 1:14:42 

3 Maddy HORTON GBR 1:14:50 

4 Catherine ROTICH KEN 1:15:00 

5 Alison OUTRAM GBR 1:15:50 

6 Michaela MCCALLUM GBR 1:16:34 

7 Gill KEDDIE GBR 1:16:57 

8 Jo KELSEY GBR 1:17:09 

9 Lucy HASELL GBR 1:17:21 

10 Annabel GRANGER GBR 1:17:50 


MEDIO MARATON DE 

MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA 

MEN: 

1 Marilson Dos SANTOS BRA 1:03:58 

2 Jacinto LOPEZ COL 1:04:24 

3 Edgar SANCHEZ COL 1:04:30 

4 Diego COLORADO COL 1:04:48 

5 Juan BERRIO COL 1:05:46 

6 Luis OCHOA COL 1:06:02 

7 Hugo JIMENEZ COL 1:06:28 

8 Silvester MOLEKO 1:07:04 

9 Wilberto MORELOS COL 1:07:08 

10 Julio Cesar PULIDO COL 1:07:59 

WOMEN: 

1 Iglandini GONZALEZ COL 1:17:16 

2 Berta SANCHEZ COL 1:17:35 

3 Galina ALEXANDROVA RUS 1:17:37 

4 Sonia CALIZAYA COL 1:19:05 

5 Ruby RIATIBA COL 1:20:54 

6 Claudia TANGARIFE COL 1:22:51 

7 Rosalba GARCIA COL 1:24:04 

8 Cecilia ROJAS COL 1:25:29 

9 Ana Joaquina Rondon MACIAS 1:26:01 

10 Maria Soreni ALVAREZ COL 1:26:41 

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12 SEPT 2004: 

BUENOS AIRES CITY HALF 

MARATHON, ARGENTINA 

Several thousand runners gathered near the Plaza 

de Mayo for the start of the half marathon and 

5km fun runs on a grey, overcast morning. The 

route ran around the back of the Casa Rosada 

Government House, and then on broad streets 

bordering the port area. The final 5km of the race 

included an out-and-back section on the 

imposing 120m-wide Avenida 9 de Julio before 

returning to the Plaza de Mayo. 

MEN: 

1 Hernan CORTINEZ ARG 1:05:09 

2 Diego FERNANDEZ CRISTIAN ARG 1:05:31 

3 Ulises SANGUINETTI ARG 1:05:40 

4 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:05:59 

5 Oscar AMAYA ARG 1:06:40 

6 Leonardo DA SILVA BRA 1:07:24 

7 Santiago FIGUEROA ARG 1:07:47 

8 Carlos SISTE ARG 1:08:08 

9 Juan PEREYRA ARG 1:08:20 

10 Leonardo ARISTEI ARG 1:08:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Elizabete CRUZ BRA 1:19:17 

2 Lorena LAZARO ARG 1:21:12 

3 Ana GARCES BRA 1:22:33 

4 Rosanna LUISETTI ARG 1:23:36 

5 Alfonsina BISSONI BRA 1:24:09 

6 Romina PUENTE ARG 1:24:32 

7 Adriana PADOVESE BRA 1:24:44 

8 Fabiola PESCARMONA BRA 1:25:24 

9 Marcia VENERANDI ARG 1:25:25 

10 Cecilia URTUBEY ARG 1:27:44 


WACHAU MARATHON, 

AUSTRIA 

MEN 

1 Julius Randich KEN 2:23:11 

2 Kidus Gebremeskel-Abay ETH 2:24:19 

3 Christian Kremslehner AUT 2:31:43 

4 Herbert Köberl AUT 2:38:47 

5 Christian Thalhammer AUT 2:39:14 

6 Thomas Srb AUT 2:39:27 

7 Martin Köhler AUT 2:41:28 

8 Martin Wahl GER 2:42:25 

9 Efim Motpan MOL 2:42:49 

10 Robert Glaser AUT 2:44:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Ingrid Eichberger AUT 2:54:16 

2 Carina Weber Leutner AUT 3:01:25 

3 Veronika Kienbichl AUT 3:01:55 

4 Veronika Hauke AUT 3:09:59 

5 Christine Seigner GER 3:15:52 

6 Andrea Kraft Hollunder AUT 3:22:10 

7 Karin Schnabl AUT 3:23:03 

8 Regina Strasser AUT 3:23:22 

9 Ines Kondor AUT 3:23:46 

10 Elfriede Stoick AUT 3:26:57 


TURIN HALF MARATHON, 

ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Daniel RONO KEN 1:03:19 

2 Geoffrey TERER KEN 1:03:27 

3 William TODOO KEN 1:03:49 

4 Barnabas KOECH KEN 1:04:09 

5 Omar ALNOOR JUMAH 1:04:14 

6 Adil ANNANI 1:05:21 

7 Ali ABUBAKAR 1:05:45 

8 Fabio RINALDI ITA 1:05:56 

9 Nicola CIAVARELLA ITA 1:08:14 

10 Mario PRANDI ITA 1:08:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Anne JELAGAT KEN 1:13:02 

2 Florence BARSOSIO KEN 1:13:46 

3 Lucilla ANDREUCCI ITA 1:14:19 

4 Svetlana DEMIDENKO RUS 1:14:52 

5 Valeria STRANEO ITA 1:18:46 

6 Elena NAVONE ITA 1:24:05 

7 Maria GRAZIA NAVACCHIA ITA 1:25:25 

8 Grazia FASOLO ITA 1:25:57 

9 Luigina DEFINIS ITA 1:27:11 

10 Josephine KILLEEN GBR 1:28:02 


TALLINN HALF MARATHON, 

ESTONIA 

MEN: 

1 Vjatseslav KOSELEV EST 1:07:29 

2 Ivo ZIGADLO LAT 1:08:47 

3 Urmas POLDRE EST 1:11:51 

4 Aleksei SAVELJEV EST 1:13:51 

5 Henry ULJAS EST 1:14:11 

6 Andrus LEIN EST 1:15:18 

7 Tiit REMMELG EST 1:15:19 

8 Erlend AALDE EST 1:15:33 

9 Marko TOMENTSUK EST 1:15:38 

10 Kaupo SABRE EST 1:15:52 

WOMEN: 

1 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 1:12:56 

2 Natalja BULJUKINA EST 1:25:39 

3 Olga ANDREJEVA EST 1:26:18 

4 Sigrid VALDRE EST 1:26:34 

5 Kaja VALS EST 1:32:11 

6 Ulle KUMMER-LEMON EST 1:32:34 

7 Taima KANGUR EST 1:34:20 

8 Maris JAAMA EST 1:34:31 

9 Jaanika KALER EST 1:38:51 

10 Natalgia ALEKSEEJEVA EST 1:39:27 


AFRICA UNIVERSITY INT’L 

PEACE MARATHON, 

ZIMBABWE 



43rd DEXIA BIL ROUTE DU 

VIN HALF MARATHON, 

LUXEMBOURG 

This was a race of records. In a very closely 

contested men’s race, Moses Kigen set a new 

course record, just three seconds ahead of 

Barnabas Kenduiywo. 

In the women’s race, Helena Javornik from 

Slovenia also set a new course record, finishing in 

1.09.22, 13 seconds ahead of Luminita Zaituc. 

Alain Kieffer and Pascale Schmoetten won the 

national championships that were incorporated 

within the race. 

There was another record set, of 1572 finishers 

coming from more than 30 countries, making this 

the largest road race in Luxembourg. 

MEN: 

1 Moses KIGEN KEN 1:01:38 

2 Barnabas KENDUIYWO KEN 1:01:41 

3 Sammy KIPRUTO KEN 1:02:11 

4 Lahoucine MRIKIK MAR 1:02:13 

5 Geoffrey KIPNGENO KEN 1:02:19 

6 David PLIMO KEN 1:03:46 

7 Elijah SANG KEN 1:03:50 

8 Mariko KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:03:57 

9 Rik CEULEMANS BEL 1:04:09 

10 Jaroslaw CICHOCKI POL 1:04:18 

Toronto Waterfront 

WOMEN: 

1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 1:09:22 

2 Luminita ZAITUC GER 1:09:35 

3 Rebby KOECH KEN 1:13:52 

4 Beate SZYJKA POL 1:15:11 

5 Elzbieta JAROSZ SLO 1:15:59 

6 Lilliane CHELIMO KEN 1:19:55 

7 Tanja SCHMIDT GER 1:23:38 

8 Pascale SCHMOETTEN LUX 1:23:46 

9 Anette CHRISTENSEN DEN 1:25:50 

10 Danielle LENTZ LUX 1:26:58 


SCOTIABANK TORONTO 

WATERFRONT MARATHON, 

CANADA 

Two new world records were set this year to match 

Ed Whitlock’s over-70 and Fauja Singh’s over-90 

marks established last year. At the front, a 

relatively unknown local, 21-year old Danny 

Kassap came from behind to win in 2:14:50 for a 

true Cinderella story. 

A refugee from the Congo struggling hard to make 

ends meet with part-time jobs in Toronto while 

learning English, Kassap surprised an 

experienced international field. Favourite for the 

women’s race, Lioudmila Kortchaguina, faded 

badly over the last 7km but hung on to win in 

2:36:32. She is another “new Canadian”, having 

immigrated to Toronto from Ykaterinburg, Russia, 

three years ago. 

A record 9,000 runners from 25 countries and 38 

US states - up a whopping 54% from 2003 - took 

part on a sunny, clear morning with temperatures 

from 12-18°C. More than $300,000 was raised for 

45 different charities. The sun shone and the 

bands played along the course. Michal Kapral, a 

local 2:30 marathoner, set a new Guinness Record 

for “running a marathon while pushing a pram”. 

He pushed his 20-month-old daughter Annika 

across the finish line in 2:49:38. But the day again 

belonged to Whitlock and Singh. 

If Whitlock impressed the world last year when he 

became the first septuagenarian to break 3-hours 

(2:59:10), this year he astounded us with a 2:54:49. 

There was no agonized look of exhaustion this 

time. He looked strong and comfortable all the 


11

way. Now 73, the form book dictated that he 

should have run 2 or 3 minutes slower. Instead he 

ran perfectly even splits, passing the half in 

1:27:31, smiling and looking strong to the end as 

he came down the finishing straight in his blue 

and yellow Ranelagh club vest. 

Berlin 

Last year, Whitlock had clearly felt the pressure. 

He had been injured off and on. He had tried and 

failed at 70, running 3:00:24. His injuries had not 

afforded him adequate training time, and he 

admitted: “I’m running out of time”. This year, he 

had trained consistently and injury-free, he had 

broken the magical barrier already, and all the 

pressure was gone. 

Whitlock wrote home to his club: "Showed the 

Ranelagh colours this year! The picture was taken 

750m from the finish, about the time I had the last 

of 3 or 4 leg cramps, but felt a lot better than last 

year. I am naturally overjoyed". 

Not to disappoint, Fauja Singh was up next to run 

the half marathon, in what he has said was his 

final full or half marathon until he reaches 98. He 

will then qualify to take a run at being the oldest 

person ever to complete a marathon. This then, 

was “Fauja’s Farewell Tour”. 

Could he surpass his own half-marathon agegroup 

record of 2:33 set in Glasgow this summer? 

The large crowd, that included a sizeable 

contingent of Toronto’s South Asian community, 

was on its feet as the adidas poster-boy made it 

home in 2:30:02. 

He then helped members of his Canadian charity, 

the Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation, 

serve free samosas, chapatties, and other Indian 

delicacies to all 9,000 fellow runners, 

underscoring his commitment to charity and 

community. He also shared his secret recipe for 

his favourite ginger curry. 

It was a “day for the ages”, where “Impossible was 

Nothing”, where Cinderella stories and many 

marathon dreams came true. Book early for next 

year, 25th September 2005. 

MEN: 

1 Danny KASSAP CGO 2:14:51 

2 Joseph KAHUGU KEN 2:17:02 

3 Joseph NDERITU KEN 2:19:16 

4 Paul GAITHA KEN 2:21:47 

5 Michael BOOOTH CAN 2:23:40 

6 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:30:02 

7 Mauritus VAN DER VEEN CAN 2:35:06 

8 Ryan DAY CAN 2:35:58 

9 Andrew MILL CAN 2:36:43 

10 Nicolas VALLEE CAN 2:39:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA RUS 2:36:32 

2 Tania JONES CAN 2:48:07 

3 Liz MAGUIRE CAN 2:59:42 

4 Angie FERRARO CAN 3:02:37 

5 Kim HOUSE CAN 3:03:20 

6 Rebecca RICHARDS CAN 3:08:30 

7 Marianne PERZ CAN 311:02 

8 Nadiya SYTARCHUK CAN 3:12:59 

9 Martha LEBLANC CAN 3:16:33 

10 Jessica MULLEN CAN 3:17:19 

HALF MARATHON: 

MEN: 

1 Giitah MACHARIA KEN 1:05:41 

2 Abraham KOSGER KEN 1:05:42 

3 Bagdad RECHIM ALG 1:05:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Carly GRAYTOCK CAN 1:19:37 

2 Stephanie SUMMERS CAN 1:22:33 

3 Nicole MACINNIS CAN 1:23:41 


RTP HALF MARATHON OF 

PORTUGAL 

MEN: 

1 William KIPLAGAT KEN 1:01:38 

2 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 1:01:48 

3 Rogers ROP KEN 1:02:03 

4 John KORIR KEN 1:02:42 

5 Charles KAMATHI KEN 1:02:53 

6 Paul BIWOTT KEN 1:03:03 

7 John GWAKO KEN 1:04:01 

8 Stanley SALIL KEN 1:04:38 

9 Paul KOSGEI KEN 1:04:40 

10 Hermano FERREIRA POR 1:04:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Margaret OKAYO KEN 1:09:53 

2 Jane EKIMAT KEN 1:10:32 

3 Salina KOSGEI KEN 1:10:34 

4 Merima DENBOBA ETH 1:11:57 

5 Caroline CHEPTANUI KEN 1:12:18 

6 Derebe ALEMU ETH 1:12:48 

7 Leah MALOT KEN 1:12:52 

8 Monica ROSA POR 1:13:27 

9 Magdeline CHEMJOR KEN 1:14:37 

10 Susan KURUI KEN 1:15:51 


REAL BERLIN MARATHON, 

GERMANY 

Yoko Shibui became the fifth woman in history to 

break the 2:20 barrier in the marathon. The 25-year 

old Japanese broke the famous Berlin course 

record of her countrywoman Naoko Takahashi, who 

had become the first woman ever to go sub 2:20 in 

Berlin in 2001 (2:19:46), which was also the 

Japanese record. Shibui missed Sun Yingjie’s Asian 

record by just two seconds. In third, home 

favourite Sonja Oberem finished in a fast 2:26:53 

but then declared that this was her last marathon. 

Following his early-season win in Rotterdam in a 

world-leading 2:06:14, Felix Limo took the Berlin 

title in a time 30 seconds slower. Only towards the 

very last kilometre did he dispose of Joseph Riri’s 

challenge. Riri sensationally improved from 2:16:12 

to 2:06:49. Joshua Chelanga completed another 

clean sweep for Kenya. 

It was the sixth successive win for Kenya in Berlin 

and the fourth time that Kenyans took the top 

three places in the men’s race. For the Japanese 

women it was the fifth Berlin triumph in a row. 

Despite some very bad weather forecasts there was 

only slight rain in the beginning of the race and no 

strong winds. It was 9°C at the start. 

MEN: 

1 Felix LIMO KEN 2:06:44 

2 Joseph RIRI KEN 2:06:49 

3 Josua CHELANGA KEN 2:07:05 

4 Wilson ONSARE KEN 2:08:53 

5 Luis JESUS POR 2:09:08 

6 Shinichi WATANABE JPN 2:09:32 

7 Luis NOVO POR 2:09:41 

8 Gashaw MELESE ETH 2:09:47 

9 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:11:26 

10 Ernest KIPYEGO KEN 2:11:52 

WOMEN: 

1 Yoko SHIBUI JPN 2:19:41 

2 Hiromi OMINAMI JPN 2:23:26 

3 Sonja OBEREM GER 2:26:53 

4 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:27:19 

5 Leila AMAN ETH 2:27:54 

6 Tiziane ALAGIA ITA 2:32:20 

7 Edyta LEWANDOWSKA POL 2:34:18 

8 Romy SPITZMULLER GER 2:34:44 

9 Manuela ZIPSE GER 2:37:18 

10 Anna RAHM SWE 2:37:32 

2 OCTOBER 2004: 

KUST MARATHON, 

BELGIUM 

MEN: 

1 Elijah YATOR KEN 2:12:52 

2 Henry KAPKIAI KEN 2:13:38 

3 Robert KIPYEGO KEN 2:14:12 

4 Eric GEROME BEL 2:14:37 

5 Gino VAN GEYTE BEL 2:15:53 

6 Oleg OTMAKHOV 2:22:21 

7 Ronny LIGNEEL BEL 2:22:49 

8 Filip VANHAECKE BEL 2:23:24 

9 Thomas KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:25:58 

10 Hilary KORIR KEN 2:27:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Margarate KARIE KEN 2:30:35 

2 Nathalie LOUBELLE BEL 2:45:02 

3 Bekele ALEMITU ETH 2:46:35 

4 Marijke GUILLEMYN BEL 2:55:01 

5 Ange DAMMEN BEL 3:01:53 

6 Laurence COUQUELET BEL 3:02:42 

7 Magda VAN MOL BEL 3:03:47 

8 Veerle DHAESE BEL 3:07:21 

9 Inez JACQUEMART BEL 3:09:47 

10 Anick VANDECASTEELE BEL 3:11:05 


2-3 OCTOBER 2004: 

CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL OF 

RUNNING, SOUTH AFRICA 

Founded in 1997, the Capetown Festival of 

Running now attracts nearly 3000 runners to its 

four main events and Charity 10km walk. 

These include 100-mile, 100km, half marathon 

and 10x10km relay. All are held over a scenic 10km 

circuit right beside the Atlantic coast. 

There are four refreshment stations, a medical 

facility and a soup kitchen located on the lap, and 

competitors get split times for each lap. 

100 MILES: 

MEN: 

1 Johannes GAWAXAMAB NAM 15:38:26 

2 Milton NKONYANE RSA 18:21:36 

3 Pieter HANEKOM RSA 18:29:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Martha PRETORIUS RSA 18:09:36 

2 Frieda MUIR RSA 24:28:50 

3 Nikki CAMPBELL RSA 25:21:36 

100km 

MEN: 

1 Moses NGQOLA RSA 8:02:35 

2 Johannes GAWAXAMAB NAM 8:05:46 

3 Doctor TSHISEKO RSA 8:23:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Stynie PRINS RSA 9:10:21 

2 Martha PRETORIUS RSA 9:35:40 

3 Arina GILLIERS RSA 11:29:39 


MEN: 

1 Neo MOLEMA RSA 1:03:53 

2 Gilbert MUTANDIRO RSA 1:05:08 

3 Thembelani ZOLA RSA 1:07:05 

4 John MBOKO RSA 1:07:20 

5 Patrick KETELO RSA 1:07:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Nomvuyesi SETI RSA 1:22:47 

2 Francis ROMAN RSA 1:24:14 

3 Esme KOOPMAN RSA 1:25:09 

4 Norma NONKOMYANA RSA 1:25:52 

5 Sheryl DELANGE RSA 1:28:12 


19th PLUS BUDAPEST INT’L 

MARATHON, HUNGARY 

In the biggest leisure event in Hungary nearly 

14,000 people ran and almost 150,000 people 

went to see the various sport and music programs 

or to cheer for the runners. Jackton Odhiambo 

breasted the tape first in the marathon, before the 

winner of the Hungarian championship, Roland 

Ádok from Veszprém. Simona Staicu set a new 

record in the women’s race. 

The Marathon incorporated relay and Ekiden 

events. Every third runner was from abroad, but 

for the top Hungarian runners the goal was to win 

the Hungarian Championship. 

The lead group held together only for 4km, after 

which Odhiambo went ahead and continually 

increased his advantage. Ferenc Sági led the rest 

of the field until the 37km, after which Ádok, only 

20 years old, took over and went on to win the 

Hungarian Championship. 

In the women’s race Simona Staicu had only one 

opponent: the clock. Simona, who took part in 

Olympic Games six weeks before, beat Ida Kovacs’ 

2002 course record. Mariann Poth, running her 

second marathon, came through to overtake Petra 

Teveli in the last kilometre for second place. 

Among the rest of the field were 400 runners who 

completed a marathon for the first time, and 

enjoyed great support for the entire length of the 

course. 

Several thousand runners took part in the Plus 

Fun Run and Minimarathon or Family Run (800m) 

and in a walk organized for international walking 

day. 

MEN: 

1 Jackton ODHIAMBO KEN 2:24:17 

2 Roland ADOK HUN 2:26:34 

3 Márton HIRT HUN 2:26:44 

4 János ZABARI HUN 2:28:19 

5 Ferenc SAGI HUN 2:29:59 

6 Zsolt ZSODER HUN 2:30:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Simona STAICU HUN 2:38:17 

2 Mariann POTH HUN 2:50:34 

3 Petra TEVELI HUN 2:51:53 

4 Gabriella BENKO HUN 3:00:27 

5 Krisztina KOVACS HUN 3:02:47 

6 Ágnes CZIBOK HUN 3:07:26 


PORTLAND 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Chris CHARLES USA 2:25:33 

2 Brandon REIFF USA 2:29:53 

3 Sassa TSUTOMU JPN 2:30:22 

4 Destry JOHNSON USA 2:30:49 

5 Brett WINEGAR USA 2:30:59 

6 Andrew WARTENBURG USA 2:31:10 

7 Jose GARCIA USA 2:33:05 

8 John GRANHOLM USA 2:34:07 

9 Nate KAISER USA 2:35:11 

10 Patrick DILL USA 2:36:19 

WOMEN: 

1 Liane SULLIVAN RAE USA 2:49:48 

2 Azusa NOJIRI JPN 2:50:04 

3 Sabrina MONRO USA 2:50:58 

4 Kristin DUYN USA 2:52:23 

5 Lauren MATTHEWS USA 2:55:52 

6 Rebecca HENRY USA 2:58:32 

7 Tanaka HIKARU JPN 2:59:20 

8 Sarah HALLAS USA 3:00:31 

9 Sally BERGESEN USA 3:02:12 

10 Cheryl TRONSON USA 3:03:50 


KOSICE PEACE MARATHON, 

SLOVAKIA 

Kosice Marathon’s 80th anniversary attracted 

more than 2200 runners in all categories, coming 

from 28 countries. The host Marathon Club issued 

a book presenting the history of this oldest 

marathon in Europe. 

The race started in ideal windless weather. The 

course was the same as that used for the 1997 

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. A 

leading group of eight runners hit the halfway 

mark in 1:06:02, but then reduced to three 

Kenyans - Kipbor, Kipruto and Yabei, 

accompanied by the Pole, Adam Dobrzynski, who 

had finished second in 2002 and third in 2003. At 

25km, the Kenyans decided to pull away, speeding 

up to 2:59–3:02/km pace, and gained a 40-second 

lead. Dobrzynski did not give up, and at 35km 

passed the group of Kenyans to take the lead. He 

won the race in a new course record, cheered by 

thousands of spectators. Dobrzynski later 

commented on the good crowd support. 

Rika Tabashi, a 22-year old Japanese, came to 

Europe for the first time. In 2004 she finished 11th 

in Boston and in autumn she won in Kosice, the 

two oldest marathons in the world. Improving her 

personal best by more than five minutes she 

became the second Japanese winner of the Kosice 

Peace Marathon, after Takeshi Soh, who won in 

1976 (2:18:42). Second finisher - Sue Harrison also 

improved her personal best (London, 2:38:20), 

placing highest among the 4-member British 

team in Kosice. 

Mikulá Dzurinda, Prime Minister of the Slovak 

Republic, could not miss the anniversary 

marathon. Following his runs in New York and 

London he finished his 14th Kosice Peace 

Marathon in 3:28:13. 

Kosice also included an in-line half marathon a 

wheelchair marathon and almost 1000 mostly 

young people in a 4.2km fun run. 

Kosice 


Budapest 

15

Loch Ness 

MEN: 


2 Maritim KIPRUTO KEN 2:15:44 

3 Dmytro OSADCHYI UKR 2:15:50 

4 Clement KIPBOR KEN 2:17:07 

5 John MCFARLANE GBR 2:19:47 

6 Marcin FEHLAU POL 2:22:24 

7 Igor ZHAVORONOK BLR 2:23:21 

8 Jaroslaw KOSTRZEWSKI POL 2:26:07 

9 Peter TICHY SVK 2:27:53 

10 Martin HOLEEKO SVK 2:28:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Rika TABASHI JPN 2:33:52 

2 Sue HARRISON GBR 2:37:00 

3 Ida KOVACS HUN 2:40:42 

4 Olga NEVKAPSA UKR 2:42:43 

5 Claudia COLITA ROM 2:44:23 

6 Michaela MC CALLUM GBR 2:47:24 

7 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 2:50:15 

8 Erika BILLA SVK 3:08:18 

9 Alzbeta TISZOVA SVK 3:17:39 

10 Zlatka SEMANOVA SVK 3:29:49 

3 OCTOBER 2004: BAXTER’S 

LOCH NESS MARATHON, 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Of 1,570 entries from 29 different countries, 950 

runners lined up at the start line and all but 9 of 

these finished. The race starts on the spectacular 

south side of Loch Ness and descends through 

Highland glens and forest, to run alongside the 

famous Loch itself for most of the route. A crowd 

of thousands supported the runners along the 

final four miles through the city of Inverness, 

where massed pipes & drums and a Highland 

feast awaited runners and supporters at the finish. 

Scottish ultra-distance runner Simon Pride won 

this second Loch Ness Marathon Ruaridh 

Campbell took third place for the second time. 

Edinburgh’s Jan Roxburgh just ducked under three 

hours to take the women’s title. 

The inaugural River Ness 10km, which follows a 

fast, flat route through the Highland capital of 

Inverness, attracted 1000 runners. Both winners, 

Eric Kiplagat in 30:22 and Kathy Matwa in 34:58, 

were Kenyans. 

MEN: 

1 Simon PRIDE GBR 2:27:59 

2 Johan SAND SWE 2:36:06 

3 Ruairidh CAMPBELL GBR 2:38:55 

4 Steven MILLER GBR 2:45:40 

5 Andrew FARQUHARSON GBR 2:46:40 

6 Alan BURNS GBR 2:48:31 

7 Abdelouahab FERGUEN ALG 2:49:42 

8 David MCLHINNEY GBR 2:52:44 

9 Norman MCLENNAN GBR 2:52:47 

10 Edward FLETCHER GBR 2:54:10 

WOMEN: 

1 Jan ROXBURGH GBR 2:59:58 

2 Erica CHRISTIE GBR 3:06:56 

3 Jacqui THOMSON GBR 3:07:57 

4 Alison MCKAY GBR 3:10:30 

5 Mary JOHNSON GBR 3:16:01 

6 Fionn NAIRN GBR 3:23:16 

7 Catherine MACRITCHE GBR 3:26:59 

8 Sally ROLLAND GBR 3:27:04 

9 Feleena TAYLOR GBR 3:27:07 

10 Marion PARCHMENT GBR 3:27:08 


LAKE TAHOE MARATHON, 

USA 

MEN: 

1 John WERU KEN 2:37:06 

2 Juan SANCHEZ USA 2:57:08 

3 Eric SISLEY USA 3:04:58 

4 Adrian BAETTIG SUI 3:08:31 

5 Sean MEISSNER USA 3:11:23 

6 Mark MURRAY USA 3:14:03 

7 Joe NIEZGODA USA 3:14:13 

8 Rolf MARZI USA 3:17:33 

9 Christopher WARREN USA 3:17:56 

10 Jon ROCKWOOD USA 3:19:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Sonya DROTTAR USA 3:23:04 

2 Diana VANRY USA 3:33:42 

3 Becky BURDICK USA 3:33:50 

4 Elizabeth LYLES USA 3:36:13 

5 Nuvit FOSTER USA 3:36:29 

6 Julie FINGAR USA 3:37:06 

7 Nancy ROBERTS USA 3:41:09 

8 Heidi NEWELL USA 3:42:28 

9 Laura BLEAKLEY USA 3:46:22 

10 Deborah HAMBERLIN USA 3:47:50 


ROYAL VICTORIA 

MARATHON, CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Bruce DEACON CAN 2:21:07 

2 Lawrence MERRIFIELD JR. USA 2:32:53 

3 Todd HOWARD CAN 2:35:08 

4 Hugh TRENCHARD CAN 2:39:35 

5 Trevor JORDAN CAN 2:40:59 

6 Rod WOODBECK CAN 2:41:23 

7 John MOE CAN 2:44:28 

8 Dick BEARDSLEY USA 2:44:30 

9 Brian NEMETHY CAN 2:44:38 

10 Daniel BARTOSZ USA 2:44:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Hallie JANSSEN USA 2:49:36 

2 Joan MCGRATH CAN 2:55:08 

3 Nancy BAXENDALE CAN 2:59:51 

4 Wendy MONTGOMERY CAN 3:04:52 

5 Meaghan MCCOLLUM CAN 3:15:51 

6 Jennifer YOGI USA 3:17:00 

7 Annette SUNDIN CAN 3:17:30 

8 Penny PLAMONDON CAN 3:18:38 

9 Kim WARD CAN 3:20:07 

10 Katty O’NEIL CAN 3:20:20 


ASICS MELBOURNE 

MARATHON, AUSTRALIA 



POZNAN MARATHON, 

POLAND 

MEN: 

1 Mykhail IVERUK UKR 2:17:55 

2 Uladzimir TSIAMCHYK BLR 2:18:22 

3 Leszek TSIAMCHYK POL 2:18:37 

4 Richard ROTICH KEN 2:18:41 

5 Aliaksei HAURYCHENKA BLR 2:19:11 

6 Andriej KRAWTSOV RUS 2:21:02 

7 Jerzy ZAWIERUCHA POL 2:21:35 

8 Andrzej KRZYSCIN POL 2:22:21 

9 Marcin PANFIL POL 2:23:17 

10 Tomasz LAZAREWICZ POL 2:24:11 

WOMEN: 

1 Arleta MELOCH POL 2:41:19 

2 Ewa DEDERKO POL 2:47:09 

3 Katarzyna DZIWOSZ POL 2:49:15 

4 Agnieszka GOLAK POL 2:49:28 

5 Agnieszka GORTEL POL 2:52:30 

6 Iliana JOPEK POL 2:57:24 

7 Karolina RAKIEC POL 3:00:53 

8 Elena TSUKHLO BLR 3:03:00 

9 Anita BIELINSKA POL 3:03:04 

10 Lenina OLENEVA UKR 3:05:30 

Poznan 


Novi Sad 


BUENOS AIRES MARATHON, 

ARGENTINA 

MEN: 

1 Oscar CORTINEZ ARG 2:21:22 

2 Marcos LOPES BRA 2:22:10 

3 Jose LUNA ARG 2:22:46 

4 Daniel SIMBROM ARG 2:23:08 

5 Fabio HEREDIA ARG 2:33:22 

6 Hector LEONHARDT ARG 2:34:43 

7 Juan PEREYRA ARG 2:35:12 

8 Leonardo ARISTEI ARG 2:35:45 

9 Crisian MALGIOGLIO ARG 2:36:14 

10 Toribio GUTIERREZ ARG 2:36:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Veronica PAEZ ARG 2:55:04 

2 Clara SERINO ARG 2:55:50 

3 Lorena LAZARO ARG 3:01:50 

4 Rossana LUISETTI ARG 3:03:37 

5 Mariley ALVES DA SILVA BRA 3:06:04 

6 Aida AGUILAR PAR 3:08:30 

7 Ivanir SANTOS BRA 3:12:44 

8 Lorena OLIVEIRA ARG 3:12:45 

9 Veronica ORTEGA ARG 3:17:07 

10 Gertrudis CARVAJAL VEN 3:17:12 


XII NOVI SAD NIS 

MARATHON, YUGOSLAVIA 

More runners have been coming to Novi Sad since 

the repair of the war-damaged bridges. Over 350 

runners came from five countries and two 

continents. 

In a sign of repaired relations, most foreign 

runners were from Croatia (Hrvatska). The weather 

did not co-operate, as it rained throughout the 

race, but the temperature was mild (17°C) and 

some runners achieved personal best times. The 

most interesting part of the marathon was the 

relay event. 

MEN: 

1 Krzysztof BARTKIEWICZ POL 2:29:59 

2 Zdravko MISOVIC SCG 2:31:38 

3 Goran JESIC SCG 2:42:50 

4 Veljko POPOVIC SCG 2:44:46 

5 Danilo SPASOJEVIC SCG 2:46:26 

6 Zoran JANKOVIC SCG 2:51:57 

7 Ferenc SZEKERES HUN 2:54:07 

8 Istvan VINDICZ HUN 2:58:22 

9 Laza RADISIC SCG 3:04:17 

10 Dejan GASIC SCG 3:05:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Andrea SZABO HUN 2:54:05 

2 Stojanka SOKOL SCG 3:27:09 

3 Ksenija BODLOVIC SCG 3:38:03 

4 Sanja STOJKOV SCG 3:43:30 

5 Gabriela MAZAK SCG 3:52:34 

6 Zorica ANTIC SCG 4:13:38 

7 Bernandeta NALEZNIAK POL 4:19:35 

8 Ines STOJKOVIC CRO 4:39:19 

9 Romana SVALJEK TOTH CRO 4:51:56 

10 Ivanka BUBAN CRO 4:53:19 


ISTANBUL EURASIA 

MARATHON, TURKEY 

MEN: 

1 David KIPTANUI KEN 2:18:19 

2 Konstantin PERMITIN RUS 2:18:25 

3 Yuriy HYCHUN UKR 2:18:35 

4 Abed BOUALEM ALG 2:19:11 

5 John Mutai KIPYATOR KEN 2:20:18 

6 Julius MARITIM KEN 2:20:39 

7 Belay WOLASHE ETH 2:21:42 

8 Ahmet YAVUZ TUR 2:24:50 

9 Frans CHAUKE RSA 2:25:54 

10 Simon MPHULANYANE RSA 2:27:28 

WOMEN: 


2 Zhanna MALKOVA RUS 2:39:36 

3 Olga GLOK RUS 2:42:45 

4 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:47:57 

5 Svetlana SHEPELEVA-TKACH MDA 2:56:52 

6 Hasibe ONAT TUR 3:01:01 

7 Tatiana TESLENKO RUS 3:14:23 

8 Bakiye DURAN TUR 3:29:32 

9 Lutfiye KAYA TUR 3:31:04 

10 Cora MAAS-DEWAAL NED 3:56:05 

Chicago 


BEIRUT INT’L MARATHON, 

LEBANON 

In the second edition of the race, incorporating 

5km and 10km events, 12,000 people came from 

66 countries to take part. 

MEN: 

1 Eshetu BEKELE ETH 2:17:31 

2 David KIPLAGAT KEN 2:17:59 

3 Fikadu DEGEFU ETH 2:19:15 

4 Abraham ASSEFA ETH 2:20:57 

5 Philemeon KEMEI KIMAIYO KEN 2:21:37 

6 Elijah MUGO KEN 2:21:55 

7 Albert CHEMARIAN KEN 2:22:00 

8 Paul RUGUT KEN 2:24:07 

9 Ali AWAD LEB 2:29:04 

10 Benson LIMO KEN 2:29:55 

WOMEN: 

1 Anastasia NDEREBA KEN 2:36:46 

2 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:37:29 

3 Naomi WANGUI KEN 2:39:08 

4 Tatyana MIRONOVA RUS 2:39:22 

5 Gladys LUKHWARENI RSA 2:40:18 

6 Elena MAZOVKA BLR 2:41:05 

7 Svetiana BAIGULOVA RUS 2:44:19 

8 Monica SAMILA TAN 2:46:40 

9 Keneli CHALA ETH 2:56:19 

10 Norra NYABITCHA KEN 2:59:26 


LASALLE BANKS CHICAGO 

MARATHON, USA 

This was Rutto’s third straight marathon win, in 

times which average 2:06:08 writes Jim Ferstle. 

Constantina Tomescu rounded off a busy season 

with an impressive win after being sick for most of 

race week. 

Rutto might have gone faster, had it not been for 

hasty pacemaking early on (2:02 pace), and windy 

conditions in the latter part of the race. They 

passed halfway in 1:02:24 but were already 

slowing, and Rutto had to run alone from 30km. 

Former world record holder and four-time Chicago 

winner Khalid Khannouchi stayed off the early 

pace but had to work hard trying to catch the lead 

group after halfway. He never quite managed it. 

Tomescu had run the Olympic Marathon two 

months earlier and finished third in the World 

Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi only 

the previous weekend. 

In travelling to Chicago she had come down with 

a severe cold, only venturing out for a short run on 

the Friday. 

Despite this, she maintained her usual frontrunning 

style from early on in the race. This time, 

despite slowing and showing signs of anxiety, no 

one came past her. 

Although visibly drained, she finished with her 

first major win in a time within 10 seconds of her 

personal best. 

MEN: 

1 Evans RUTTO KEN 2:06:16 

2 Daniel NJENGA KEN 2:07:44 

3 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:07:50 

4 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:08:27 

5 Khalid KHANNOUCHI USA 2:08:44 

6 Marilson DOS SANTIOS BRA 2:08:48 

7 Stephen KIOGORA KEN 2:09:21 

8 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 2:13:08 

9 Ben MAIYO KEN 2:13:17 

10 Paul KOECH KEN 2:13:20 


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WOMEN: 

1 Constantina TOMESCU ROM 2:23:45 

2 Nuta OLARU ROM 2:24:33 

3 Svetlana ZAKHAROVA RUS 2:25:01 

4 Joyce CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:26:21 

5 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:28:22 

6 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 2:28:28 

7 Marla RUNYAN USA 2:28:33 

8 Derartu TULU ETH 2:30:21 

9 Blake RUSSELL USA 2:32:04 

10 Jenny SPANGLER USA 2:33:36 


EINDHOVEN MARATHON, 

NETHERLANDS 

Willy Cheruiyot won this race for the fourth time, 

in its 21st edition, and missed his own 2003 course 

record by just 15 seconds writes Wim Van Hemert. 

For a while it looked like a new record was 

possible as 12 men ran the first 10km in 30:14 and 

halfway in 1:04:05, although five of these were 

pacemakers. They slowed on the second lap, and 

Tom Van Hooste managed to catch the lead group 

just after 25km. By 30km (1:32:10) the first three 

were clear, but only 2km later it looked like 

Cheruiyot was having problems. He regained 

contact and it was Philip Singoei who dropped 

back first, at 37km. From 39km Cheruiyot went on 

alone, while Koech slipped back behind Singoei. 

Annelieke van der Sluijs ran the first half of the 

race with Fatiha Baouf, but then had to battle the 

winds alone on the second lap. It was Baouf’s 

debut marathon while third-placed Sandra ter 

Horst improved her best time by two minutes. 

MEN: 

1 Willy CHERUIYOT KEN 2:09:20 

2 Philip SINGOEI KEN 2:10:07 

3 Barnabas KOECH KEN 2:10:19 

4 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:12 

5 Vincent KIPSOS KEN 2:13:52 

6 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:14:03 

7 Tom VAN HOOSTE NED 2:14:08 

8 Abdelkadir LAMACHI MAR 2:14:55 

9 My Tahar CHADLI MAR 2:15:47 

10 Boubker EL AFOUI MAR 2:15:58 

WOMEN: 

1 Annelieke VAN DER SLUIS NED 2:37:33 

2 Fatiha BAOUF BEL 2:39:41 

3 Sandra TER HORST NED 2:46:11 


HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 

MARATHON, DENMARK 

A total of 2,125 runners from 24 nations signed up 

for the 5th H.C. Andersen Marathon in the famous 

author’s town of birth. There is also a skaters’ race, 

a Minimarathon and the 5km, called H.C. Andersen 

Løbet. The autumn weather was beautiful and 

sunny (12ºC, 40% humidity), although slightly 

windy and there were some good performances on 

the fastest course in Scandinavia. Next year the 

race will be a part of the great celebration of the 

200th anniversary of H.C. Andersen´s birth. 

MEN: 

1 Daniel KIPRUGUT TOO KEN 2:13:57 

2 Julias SUGUT KEN 2:15:16 

3 Alexey SOKOLOV RUS 2:15:59 

4 Alexej RYBALCHENKO UKR 2:17:04 

5 Alexey KHOKHLOV RUS 2:17:20 

6 Torben Juul NIELSEN DEN 2:18:53 

7 Jaroslaw CICHOCKI POL 2:19:38 

8 Jeppe FARSOTH DEN 2:22:34 

9 David MOLLER DEN 2:24:10 

10 Valerik VLAS MDA 2:24:41 

Toronto 

WOMEN: 

1 Gitte KARLSHOJ DEN 2:45:46 

2 Martina SALOMONSSON SWE 2:46:27 

3 Joanna GRONT POL 2:47:23 

4 Birgitte JORGENSEN DEN 2:50:06 

5 Ludmila GURKINA RUS 2:50:09 

6 Lene DUUS DEN 2:52:14 

7 Vibeke HANSEN DEN 2:59:19 

8 Anne Marie SIMONSEN DEN 3:05:39 

9 Lene BIRK DEN 3:07:00 

10 Stine REX DEN 3:08:49 


HALF MARATHON OF BAHIA, 

BRAZIL 

MEN: 

1 Giomar PEREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:07:55 

2 Willian GOMES AMORIM BRA 1:07:57 

3 Josueeldo F. NASCIMENTO BRA 1:08:01 

4 Marco Antonio PEREIRA BRA 1:08:14 

5 Manoel De Jesus TEIXEIRA BRA 1:08:18 

6 Benjamin PSERET BRA 1:08:37 

7 Ubiratan JOSE DOS SANTOS BRA 1:08:55 

8 Jose Gutemberg PEREIRA BRA 1:08:58 

9 Claudio RODRIGUES BESSA BRA 1:10:08 

10 Jose CICERO ELOY BRA 1:10:09 

WOMEN: 

1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:18:53 

2 Maria Zeferina R. BALDAIA BRA 1:19:12 

3 Rose JEPCHUMBA BRA 1:20:31 

4 Mariezete M. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:21:14 

5 Viviany ANDERSON BRA 1:22:16 

6 Marluce Q. FERREIRA BORGE BRA 1:23:41 

7 Rosangela FIGUEIREDO SILVA BRA 1:25:12 

8 Deborah MENGICH BRA 1:25:22 

9 Maria S. PEREIRA SILVA BRA 1:25:28 

10 Edivania MARIA VALERIO BRA 1:26:15 


PALERMO D’INVERNO 

SUPERMARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Mario ARDEMAGNI ITA 3:04:33 

2 Dominic CROFT GBR 3:11:08 

3 Jochen KUMPEL GER 3:14:22 

4 Lorenzo TRINCHERI ITA 3:18:28 

5 Pio MALFATTI ITA 3:23:48 

6 Thomas MIKSCH GER 3:34:23 

7 Roberto FRATARCANGELI ITA 3:34:59 

8 Martin REA IRL 3:35:44 

9 Mario PIROTTA ITA 3:39:00 

10 Muhl VOLKMAR GER 3:39:12 

Hans Christian Andersen Marathon 

TEAMS: 

1 ITA 6:22:59 

2 GER 6:48:43 

WOMEN: 

1 Danielle SANDERSON GBR 3:29:24 

2 Roslyn ALEXANDER GBR 3:35:55 

3 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 3:37:23 

4 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 3:46:59 

5 Simone STOPPLER GER 3:49:01 

6 Birgit SCHONHERR-HOSCHERGER 3:51:23 

7 Lisa KNIGHTS GBR 3:52:40 

8 Carmen HILDEBRAND GER 3:53:16 

9 Siri TERJESEN USA 3:58:00 

10 Simona VICARO ITA 4:11:53 

TEAMS: 

1 GBR 7:05:17 

2 ITA 7:24:40 


MEN: 

1 Eliud TANUI KEN 1:07:58 

2 Abdelkrim BOUMALIK MAR 1:09:26 

3 Marchane ABDELKEBIR MAR 1:11:33 

WOMEN: 

1 Maura TUMMINELLI ITA 1:27:29 

2 Germana FERRERI ITA 1:30:27 

3 Luisa BALSAMO ITA 1:31:42 


MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 

MARATHON, USA 



CHINA MOTOR MARATHON, 

TAIWAN 

The race is the largest marathon in Taiwan. There 

were about 50,000 particiapants in all races, of 

whom 1,350 ran in the marathon. The half 

marathon had 3,600 runners, the 10km 3850, and 

35,000 people ran in the 5km fun run. It was a 

sunny day and quite hot (28˚C). 

MEN: 

1 Azat PAKIPOV RUS 2:23:39 

2 Octavio Dos S. PINHEIRO BRA 2:24:11 

3 Zi Jian SHENG TPE 2:25:55 

4 Joel Kasairo SANKALE KEN 2:29:09 

5 Zhao Xin PENG TPE 2:40:30 

6 Jia Xiang WU TPE 2:44:46 

7 Mchkirate EL MUSTAFA MAR 2:46:07 

8 Yong Fa WU TPE 2:47:57 

9 Tsung Min LIN TPE 2:48:56 

10 Yao Chen LIN TPE 2:52:53 


WOMEN: 

1 Ziu Ying HU CHN 2:39:34 

2 Fabiola WILLIAM TAN 2:41:52 

3 Dione D’Agostini CHILEMI BRA 2:51:53 

4 Li Ling WU TPE 3:19:09 

5 Shu Rong CHIOU TPE 3:26:44 

6 Li Jen LIU TPE 3:33:28 

7 Min Hua TSAI TPE 3:36:13 

8 Yuan Xiang GONG TPE 3:38:23 

9 Yi Mei TSAI TPE 3:48:34 

10 Zhu Li ZHENG TPE 3:48:42 


TORONTO MARATHON, 

CANADA 

MEN: 

1 Procopio FRANCO MEX 2:16:43 

2 Danny KASSAP CGO 2:17:48 

3 Bernard ONSARE KEN 2:18:48 

4 Penuel OSORO KEN 2:19:10 

5 Asier CUEVAS ESP 2:20:15 

6 Joseph NSENGIYUMVA RWA 2:20:33 

7 Bruce RAYMER CAN 2:24:24 

8 Joseph KAMAU KEN 2:25:51 

9 Kim GILLARD AUS 2:27:02 

10 Anthony GITAU KEN 2:27:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Olga KOVPOTINA UKR 2:31:48 

2 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA RUS 2:36:03 

3 Aurica BUIA ROM 2:46:10 

4 Lucia SUBANO KEN 2:50:16 

5 Angela BATSFORD CAN 2:50:36 

6 Kate MACNAMARA CAN 2:52:52 

7 Seanna ROBINSON CAN 2:56:25 

8 Stephanie SUMMERS CAN 2:57:13 

9 Aileen HANNIGAN CAN 2:57:26 

10 May ALLISON CAN 2:59:34 


MEN: 

1 Olano Esparza IBON CAN 1:12:02 

2 Predrag MLADENOVIC CAN 1:12:27 

3 Paul LEDUC CAN 1:13:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Sarah NAGY CAN 1:21:18 

2 Leslie GOLD CAN 1:23:55 

3 Melanie BOULTBEE CAN 1:26:51 


ITALIAN MARATHON 

MEMORIAL ENZO FERRARI 

The 16th Ferrari Italian Marathon started out from 

Maranello on a beautiful sunny day. The Kenyan 

Haron Kiplimo Toroitich won the race in a time 

which surpassed the old course record, held by 

Fabian Roncero (2:09:43) since 1996. Toroitich led 

the race from the very beginning leading a group 

including Kenyans Maiyo and Kiptarus, the 

Ethiopian Bekele and the Italian Pertile. Pertile 

finished third in the second best time of his 

career, while Maiyo had originally signed up only 

for pacemaking duties but pushed Toroitich hard 

until the final kilometres 

Anne Jelagat Kibor had no rivals in the women’s 

race. She stretched away from Meseret Kotu and 

Tatyana Hladyr after 15km, for her fourth career win 

MEN: 

1 Haron Kiplimo TOROITICH KEN 2:09:09 

2 Richard Kiprono MAIYO KEN 2:09:47 

3 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 2:10:22 

4 Johnstone K. CHANGWONY KEN 2:10:59 

5 Samson KOSGEI KEN 2:11:43 

6 Benjamin KIPTARUS KEN 2:11:59 

7 Nelson LEBO KEN 2:13:17 

8 Kenneth Kiprono KIPRONO KEN 2:16:14 

9 Medeksa Derba BEDADE ETH 2:18:21 

10 Fekadu BEKELE ETH 2:20:46 

WOMEN: 

1 Anne Jelagat KIBOR KEN 2:30:54 

2 Tatiana HLADYR UKR 2:32:24 

3 Meseret KOTU ETH 2:41:21 

4 Laura RICCI ITA 2:48:37 

5 Ilaria AICARDI ITA 2:57:47 

6 Chiara PACCHIEGA ITA 2:57:57 

7 Valentina GUALANDI ITA 3:12:31 

8 Maria Luisa COSTETTI ITA 3:18:16 

9 Annalisa SANTI ITA 3:22:40 

10 Carla FAGGIN ITA 3:23:32 


BEIJING MARATHON, 

CHINA 

Sun Yingjie scored her third successive win in 

Beijing, only two weeks after she had become 

World Half Marathon champion writes Mirko Javala. 

She claimed that she intended to run Beijing only 

as “training“. In the absence of 10,000m Olympic 

champion Xing Huina, she had an easy victory. Sun 

started cautiously, and stuck with the leading 

group until well after halfway, but then broke away 

decisively. Zhou Chunxiou, who had run with the 

lead group in Athens but then faded to 33rd, 

finished more than four minutes behind her. Third 

place went to the top athlete in today’s version of 

“Ma’s army“, Dai Yanyan. Xing Huina had not 

started because the public appearances and 

interviews in the three weeks following her 

Olympic 10000m win had left no time for training. 

James Moiben won the men’s race, his second 

victory of the year in China after the Xiamen 

Marathon in March. In doing so he improved his 

three-year old personal best by two seconds. 

More than 6000 people ran in the marathon, and 

another 21,000 people took part in the three other 

associated events: half marathon, 10km and 5km. 

MEN: 

1 James MOIBEN KEN 2:10:42 

2 Christopher ISEGWE TAN 2:10:56 

3 Ri Kyong CHOL PRK 2:15:24 

4 Jonathan CHERONO KEN 2:15:30 

5 Ke GONG CHN 2:15:48 

6 Jinbo ZHANG CHN 2:16:23 

7 Zemin WANG CHN 2:16:31 

8 Seiji KUSHIBE JPN 2:17:00 

9 Yonghua WANG CHN 2:17:06 

10 Yinshuai WU CHN 2:17:11 


Italy 

WOMEN: 

1 Yingjie SUN CHN 2:24:11 

2 Chunxiu ZHOU CHN 2:28:42 

3 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:29:58 

4 Guang ZENG CHN 2:33:19 

5 Yunman MA CHN 2:33:29 

6 Ling WANG CHN 2:34:31 

7 Xiaohuan LIN CHN 2:34:46 

8 Song Suk O PRK 2:36:14 

9 Yuan Yuan JANG CHN 2:36:26 

10 Kum Hwa RYANG PRK 2:36:39 


ING AMSTERDAM 

MARATHON, NETHERLANDS 

Last year he was only a pacemaker, but this time he 

won the race in a new course record writes Wim van 

Hemert. Robert Cheboror had been second in the 

Boston Marathon, but went one better in 

Amsterdam when he dropped Rodgers Rop after 

36km. Last year’s winner William Kipsang came 

through to take second, well behind him. Helena 

Javornik set a personal best to win the women’s 

race. 

The race started in the Olympic stadium, coming 

back through the stadium after 7km before heading 

out onto a loop course for 35km. Early pace was 

erratic, but after 15km the pacemakers settled 

down into a headwind along a section beside the 

River Amstel, which was also part of the 1928 

Amsterdam 

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Olympic course. At halfway there was a leading 

group of nine, but Kipsang and the two pacemakers 

dropped back. At 35km Rop still looked 

competitive but a kilometre later he weakened, and 

faded to ninth. 

The 38-year old Javornik ran together with Emily 

Kimuria until 34km, but Javornik then forged ahead 

to win by over two minutes. She later claimed to be 

disappointed with her new personal best, saying 

that she had hoped to run close to 2:25. 

MEN: 

1 Robert CHEBOROR KEN 2:06:23 

2 William KIPSANG KEN 2:08:41 

3 El Hassan LAHSSINI FRA 2:10:10 

4 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:12:05 

5 Hugo Van Den BROEK NED 2:12:08 

6 Khalid BOUMLILI MAR 2:12:32 

7 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:12:44 

8 Teferi BACHA ETH 2:13:07 

9 Rodgers ROP KEN 2:13:58 

10 Benjamin KIMUTAI KEN 2:14:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:27:33 

2 Emily KIMURIA KEN 2:29:46 

3 Tigiste ABIDI ETH 2:33:26 

4 Kristijna LOONEN NED 2:37:01 

5 Jane ROTICH KEN 2:37:14 

6 Alena SAMOKHVALOVA RUS 2:38:43 

7 Millicent BOADI GHA 2:48:27 

8 Agnes HIJMAN NED 2:49:29 

9 Sanna LAMPI FIN 2:57:17 

10 Carla OPHORST NED 2:58:01 


VENICE MARATHON, 

ITALY 

Raymond Kipkoech narrowly beat a resurgent 

Danilo Goffi to the finish line in an exciting neck 

and neck battle which reached its climax in the 

final 2km writes Diego Sampaolo. There was another 

Kenyan victory over a local favourite in the 

women’s race, as Jane Ekimat led Giovanna 

Volpato home by a margin of over 500m. 

At first Goffi had struggled to keep up with a group 

of four Kenyans, but their pace slowed after 10km. 

He regained contact by 15km, along with course 

record holder David Makori and Isaac Kiprono, so 

that there was a lead group of seven. 

Two of the leaders were pacemakers, and dropped 

out at 25km and 30km, while still on sub-2:09 

pace. Kipkoech and Goffi then pulled away, and 

were battling side by side over the famous Ponte 

della Liberta which links Mestre to Venice. 

At 40km, Kipkoech made his move, but it was not 

decisive. In the most challenging section of the 

course, over the characteristic 13 bridges of this 

unique city, Goffi hung on and produced a final 

kick. Kipkoech responded promptly to win by a 

single second. 

For Goffi it was a major success, after a long 

period of injury, to run within 30 seconds of his 

personal best. Kipkoech also, has not yet regained 

his form of two years ago, when he won the Berlin 

Marathon in 2:06:47, although he had wins in 

Paris and Vienna earlier in the year. 

Volpato and Ekimat led the women’s race early on, 

with Ardese Measso, passing 10km in 36:15. 

Volpato was dropped by the other two after 

halfway (passed in 1:16:04), but caught Measso 

again. 

By 30km Ekimat led by a minute, and went on to 

win this second marathon of her career, after a 

2:36:41 performance in Turin six months before. 

Niagara 

MEN: 

1 Raymond KIPROECH KEN 2:09:54 

2 Danilo GOFFI ITA 2:09:55 

3 Laban KIPNGETICH KEN 2:11:38 

4 Kemboi Samuel CHEMWENO KEN 2:11:50 

5 Siya David CHERUI KEN 2:14:20 

6 Solomon ROTICH KEN 2:14:21 

7 Omiti David MAKORI KEN 2:15:02 

8 Habtamu BEKELE ETH 2:15:42 

9 David KOSGEI KEN 2:16:31 

10 Mostafa ERREBBAH ITA 2:16:35 

WOMEN: 

1 Auro Jane EKIMAT KEN 2:32:08 

2 Giovanna VOLPATO ITA 2:33:57 

3 Sisay MEASSO ETH 2:36:51 

4 Silvia SOMMAGGIO ITA 2:39:33 

5 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:41:24 

6 Francesca ZANUSSO ITA 2:43:16 

7 Michela MINCIARELLI ITA 3:05:59 

8 Simonetta LAZZAROTTO ITA 3:05:59 

9 Valentina BONANNI ITA 3:08:27 

10 Sabrina CASTELLO ITA 3:08:47 


LAUSANNE MARATHON, 

SWITZERLAND 


Photo: Bob Eby 


CHOSUNILBO CHUNCHON 

INT’L MARATHON, KOREA 

The race is held along the shores of the beautiful 

Lake Eui-am, surrounded by mountains covered 

with trees in autumnal foliage. 

The start and finish points are at the Chunchon 

Sports Complex, and of the 24,202 registrations 

17,892 runners finished in mild (12ºC) conditions, 

making this race one of the top 10 marathons in 

the world in terms of numbers. 

The race was the 58th marathon commemoration 

of the victory of Ki-Jung Son in the 1936 Berlin 

Olympic Marathon (2:29:19). Elijah Mutai 

retained his title from 2003. 

MEN: 

1 Elijah MUTAI KEN 2:14:31 

2 Woon-San JUNG KOR 2:14:38 

3 In-Mo JE KOR 2:15:11 

4 Jin-Su LIM KOR 2:17:11 

5 Young-Chun KIM KOR 2:17:29 

6 Simon SAWE KEN 2:18:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Jung-Hee OH KOR 2:35:59 

2 Kyong-Hee LIM KOR 2:39:39 

3 Kong-Ju LEE KOR 3:07:20 


STANDARD CHARTERED 

NAIROBI MARATHON, KENYA 

A top international marathon has finally come to 

Kenya, with the Standard Chartered event, run for 

the second time, but it was no surprise to see 

domestic runners dominate. 

In the men’s race there was an opportunity for 

relative unknowns to shine, on a chilly morning in 

the Kenyan capital. 

Winner Benjamin Kemboi had only previously run 

internationally at the World Military 

Championships last year, where he finished 

fourth. 

The women’s race was won by another new name, 

mother-of-four (ranging from 4-12 years old), 

Chimokil Chilapong. 

She overcame the challenge of more seasoned 

international runners like Joyce Chepchumba and 

Beatrice Omwanza, although both had run fast 

marathons within the previous few weeks in 

Chicago and Berlin. 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin KEMBOI KEN 2:11:50 

2 Festus KIOKO KEN 2:14:08 

3 Peter NDEGWA KEN 2:14:35 

4 Cleophas ROP KEN 2:15:08 

5 Wesley KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:15 

WOMEN: 

1 Chimokil CHILAPONG KEN 2:39:09 

2 Joyce CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:39:27 

3 Delilah ASIAGO KEN 2:45:16 

4 Jane KARIUKI KEN 2:46:20 

5 Beatrice OMWANZA KEN 2:49:42 


MEN: 

1 Evans KIPROP KEN 1:04:21 

WOMEN: 

1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 1:16:24 

10km: 

MEN: 

1 Thomas LORIONGASIWA KEN 30:38 

WOMEN: 

1 Isabella OCHICHI KEN 35:48 


CASINO NIAGARA INT’L 

MARATHON, CANADA 

Apart from the marathon three other events were 

held on the Sunday morning: Half Marathon, 5km 

and the Schools Marathon Challenge. 

It was overcast, 12ºC, and there was a slight tail 

wind for the runners at the 10:00 starts. 

The weather was a key factor in the marathon, 

helping Nicole Stevenson to break the old course 

record by 1:20 for a finishing time of 2:37:08 and a 

$10,000 bonus. 

In the Half Marathon Steve Boyd beat the old 

Canadian masters’ record by 1:10 to post a 

finishing time of 1:05:42. 

MEN: 

1 Moses CHESEREK KEN 2:22:22 

2 Anthony GITAU KEN 2:22:59 

3 Stephane GAMACHE CAN 2:26:27 

4 Charles BEDLEY CAN 2:26:59 

5 Shingirai BADZA ZIM 2:29:47 

6 Janusz SARNICKI POL 2:33:39 

7 Norman TINKHAM CAN 2:35:35 

8 Woojin PARK USA 2:36:18 

9 Dennis COLBURN CAN 2:36:55 

10 Stuart GALLOWAY CAN 2:38:23 


WOMEN: 

1 Nicole STEVENSON CAN 2:37:08 

2 Tania JONES CAN 2:41:28 

3 Sarah PLAXTON USA 2:51:06 

4 Louise VOGHEL CAN 2:59:04 

5 Sharon STUBLER USA 3:05:34 

6 Tosha SARACHMAN CAN 3:15:16 

7 Annie BUNTING CAN 3:17:38 

8 Cornelia JONGENOTTER NED 3:18:33 

9 Emmanuella NIEUWENHOF CAN 3:20:46 

10 Patricia ALBERT USA 3:21:55 

Marine Corps 


LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON, 

SLOVENIA 

MEN: 

1 Joachim NSIMIRIMANA BUR 2:13:31 

2 Andrey NAUMOV UKR 2:15:22 

3 Joseph RUTTO KEN 2:17:52 

4 Petrus SITHOLE RSA 2:20:13 

5 Lorenzo MERLI ITA 2:22:25 

6 Emanuelle ZENUCCHI ITA 2:24:48 

7 Sipho NCUBE ZIM 2:34:44 

8 Toni VENCELJ SLO 2:35:20 

9 Miro VOGRIE SLO 2:41:19 

10 Enoch SKOSANA RSA 2:43:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Jelena RAZDROGINA RUS 2:46:30 

2 Marjana LUKIC SCG 2:47:34 

3 Ida SURBEK SLO 2:49:18 

4 Alevtina NAUMOVA RUS 2:51:40 

5 Olga LOGINOVA RUS 2:53:19 

6 Dinah KIPKOECH KEN 2:54:57 

7 Marija TROSIC CRO 3:11:14 

8 Marinka LAPANJA SLO 3:17:02 

9 Simona ZABJEK SLO 3:18:04 

10 Tanja OBERDANK SLO 3:32:18 


ADIDAS DUBLIN MARATHON, 

IRELAND 

MEN: 

1 Lezan KIMUTAI KEN 2:13:08 

2 Tseko MPOLOKENG RSA 2:14:45 

3 Julius KIMTAI KEN 2:15:22 

4 Nluleki Nobanda RSA 2:15:59 

5 Zacharia MPOLOKENG RSA 2:16:25 

6 Joseph KANDA KEN 2:17:19 

7 Jackson KIPNGETUNY KEN 2:18:06 

8 Thomas ABYU ETH 2:18:53 

9 Benedict AKO TAN 2:18:56 

10 Isaac KIMUGE KEN 2:22:18 

WOMEN: 

1 Yelena BURYKINA RUS 2:32:53 


3 Tatiana TITOVA RUS 2:36:04 

4 Nadia ZOLOTAREVA RUS 2:43:15 

5 Valerie VAUGHAN IRL 2:52:10 

6 Helena CROSSMAN IRL 2:53:28 

7 Annabelle STEARNS GBR 2:56:16 

8 Anne-Marie CASEY GBR 2:56:42 

9 Ingemarie NILSSON IRL 2:56:48 

10 Patricia MURPHY IRL 2:56:54 


MARINE CORPS MARATHON, 

USA 

Warm temperatures made for slower times but a 

great tactical race with a thrilling finish writes Alan 

Brookes. A record 22,666 runners entered this 29th 

edition, with 16,987 starting and 16,379 finishing 

[1000 more than in 2003]. 

Carl Rundell, a 36-year old from Michigan went 

out gunning for a 2:20, despite the conditions, 

and by 15km at the Lincoln Memorial he was 90 

Dublin 

seconds clear of a group of five. Shortly after, 

Mexican Jose Miranda broke away and gave chase. 

The real excitement began after 24km when a 

good threesome of Terry Shea, Texan Air Force 

Major Chris Juarez and eventual winner Retta 

Feyissa (an Ethiopian now living in New York City) 

began to work together to pull in Rundell and 

Miranda. 

At 39km all five were together, but Feyissa and 

Shea gradually pulled away as the group passed 

the Pentagon. Over the last kilometre Feyissa got 

away to win by 100m. 

Miranda came back on Rundell, and in the end, 

little over a minute separated the top five. On the 

women's side, Mary Kate Bailey, a 29-year-old 

marine from Arlington had things all her own way, 

winning by almost three minutes. 

The Marine Corps Marathon is not an elite race 

and there is no prize money. Instead there are 

2,000 hand-picked Marines organising the event 

with military precision. They hug each finisher and 

place a medal around their necks. 

This is the self-titled "People's Marathon". It is 

about the 38% of participants who are running a 

marathon for the first time. They appreciate the 

marvellous organization, and perhaps feel less 

intimidated in the absence of superstars. 

It is about the charities, with teams of up to 1,000 

running for their causes. MCM is about the 

camaraderie of the Marines and the marathon 

experience, about pride and determination. 

There are American flags everywhere, and 

historical sites crowd the route: the White House, 

Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Washington 

Monument, the Pentagon, and the Iwo Jima 

Monument at the finish line. 

MCM is about the celebration of America and the 

pain of America [and the pain of the marathon]. 

Amidst the joy and achievement of ordinary folk 

on a wonderful, sunny, record-breaking day, 

Race Director Rick Nealis had to replace 500 of his 

race crew this year, as that many of his regulars 

had been deployed. 

The Race Committee worked to get amputee and 

burn veterans out on the course to spectate, and 

others ran in memory of fallen friends or relatives. 

It is mostly Americans who run "America's 

Marathon". This year only 835 runners were from 

outside the USA and 523 of these were from 

Canada. A scant 312 came from true "overseas" 

countries. 

This could change next year when MCM goes for 

30,000 entries in its 30th Anniversary. They will 

abandon their normal lottery, in favour of a firstcome, 

first-served process, with online 

registration opening on 6 April 2005. 

If you go, just remember to hug your Marine back 

when you finish; Arlington Cemetery is averaging 

25 burials a day. 

MEN: 

1 Retta FEYISSA ETH 2:25:35 

2 Terrence SHEA USA 2:25:57 

3 Chris JUAREZ USA 2:26:03 

4 Jose MIRANDA MEX 2:26:26 

5 Carl RUNDELL USA 2:26:48 

6 Benjamin PALAFOX USA 2:30:36 

7 Paul RADES USA 2:31:18 

8 Mark CROASDALE GBR 2:32:54 

9 Chris FARLEY USA 2:33:50 

10 Mark GOODRIDGE GBR 2:34:31 

WOMEN: 

1 Mary-Kate BAILEY USA 2:48:31 

2 Kim FAGEN USA 2:51:17 

3 Suzanne CLEMMER USA 2:59:11 

4 Eleanor S.-GARBRECHT USA 3:05:47 

5 Jill METZGER USA 3:06:26 

6 Sage STEFIUK USA 3:06:36 

7 Kirsten WARD USA 3:07:25 

8 Amanda RASMUSSEN USA 3:08:37 

9 Corinne BUCKWALTER USA 3:08:46 

10 Kelly JASKE USA 3:08:56 


27

New York 


CLASSIQUE INT’L 

MARSEILLE-CASSIS, FRANCE 

MEN: 

1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 1:02:14 

2 Solomon BUSHENDICH KEN 1:02:17 

3 James THEURY 1:02:23 

4 James KWAMBAI KEN 1:02:36 

5 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:03:00 

6 Simon MUNYUTU KEN 1:03:38 

7 Elijah NYABUTI KEN 1:04:51 

8 Sammy TUM KEN 1:05:01 

9 Andrew LIMO KEN 1:05:08 

10 El-Hassan EL-HAMADI 1:05:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Marina IVANOVA RUS 1:12:10 

2 Gloria MARCONI ITA 1:14:03 

3 Sally JEMUTAI KEN 1:14:43 

4 Rakia MARAOUI FRA 1:15:19 

5 Fatna MARAOUI 1:15:58 

6 Carmen OLIVERAS ESP 1:16:08 

7 Benedicte ROBIN FRA 1:19:07 

8 Caroline DESPREZ FRA 1:19:09 

9 Marie-Pierre HOFFMANN FRA 1:20:41 

10 Dany DAVESNE FRA 1:23:08 


EUROCITY MARATHON, 

FRANKFURT 

Boaz Kimaiyo of Kenya retained his title in a new 

course record, 19 seconds faster than that he set last 

year, writes Pat Butcher. 

At halfway, reached in 64:29, Kenyans filled the first 

17 places (including several pacemakers), but when 

Kimaiyo and Kibet drew away at 30km, Dmitri 

Baranovski and Sergey Lukin began to make inroads. 

They finished sixth and tenth respectively, but that 

still left eight Kenyans in the top ten. Kimaiyo broke 

away from Kibet at 33km, and ran out of the bright 

sunshine into the fanfare and fireworks of the red 

carpet finish inside Frankfurt’s FestHalle. 

The popular favourite, Ondoro Osoro, had a bad fall 

just before 20km and hobbled home with a bloodied 

hip and arm, in ninth place. 

The women´s race was a double header for the 

Russian ultramarathon twins, Olesya and Elena 

Nurgalieva. Olesya finished one second ahead of 

Elena, but both improved their best time by nearly 

10 minutes. 

Elena has won both the Comrades and the Two- 

Oceans ultra races in South Africa in the last year, 

with Olesya second. Elena said, “It was Olesya’s turn 

to win today, and she was stronger anyway”. 

MEN: 

1 Boaz KIMAIYO KEN 2.09.09 

2 Luke KIBET KEN 2.11.27 

3 Ben ROTICH KEN 2.11.44 

4 John RONO KEN 2.12.59 

5 Fred MOGAKA KEN 2.14.28 

6 Dmitri BARANOVSKI UKR 2.15.01 

7 Eric KIPTOON KEN 2.15.03 

8 Francis KIPROP KEN 2.15.11 

9 Ondoro OSORO KEN 2.15.57 

10 Sergey LUKIN RUS 2.16.23 

WOMEN: 

1 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 2.29.48 

2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 2.29.49 

3 Yulia VINOKUROVA RUS 2.32.27 

4 Gladys ASIBA KEN 2.35.14 

5 Maija ORAVMAKI FIN 2.39.35 

6 Maija HELLER GER 2.54.58 

7 Marianne BRULISAUER GER 2.55.59 

8 Birgit BARTELS SUI 2.57.26 

9 Christina BREDER GER 2.58.25 

10 Kaisa SALMINEN FIN 2.58.37 

7 NOVEMBER 2004: 

ING NEW YORK CITY 

MARATHON, USA 

In what has become a regular arrangement since 

2002, the elite women’s race started 35 minutes 

before the elite men and the mass field, to better 

showcase the event. 

It was a race that more than justified the 

exposure, turning into a more competitive tussle 

than that endured by the men. 

The pacemaker Leah Malot set a steady early pace 

within course record schedule, leading a group of 

10. Passing 10km in 33:20 Paula Radcliffe was 

keeping wide of Malot’s pacemaking, as seems to 

be her custom. 

By 15km the group was down to eight and 

they kept together through halfway in 1:10:51. 

Tegla Lorupe was among them, and running 

within a minute of her recent best half 

marathon times. Radcliffe pulled a group of four 

clear from here. Radcliffe, Lornah Kiplagat, 

Lorupe and Susan Chepkemei were together 

at 25km over the Queensborough Bridge, 

leading last year’s winner and course recordholder 

Margaret Okayo by 15 seconds. 

On the long stretch up First Avenue Kiplagat led, 

and Loroupe dropped back. Chepkemei appeared 

to be least comfortable of the remaining three, 

but past the 20 mile (32km) point it was Kiplagat 

who yielded. The lead pair were still within course 

record pace but although they battled each other 

all the way, they were both slowing. 

As they came through Central Park the 

commentator observed: “Every surge looks like it’s 

meant to be the last, but every one is answered. 

Neither Radcliffe or Chepkemei has yet mustered 

the effort to break away.” They were still 

exchanging the lead into the final mile, but from 

the last turn on the course at Columbus Circle 

Radcliffe finally won the crucial advantage, and 

came home four seconds clear. 

The men’s race featured a much bigger lead pack 

in the early stages. Benoit Ziercziewski became 

entangled at a water station and fell to the 

ground. His recovery was just too instantaneous, 

as he came to the front and injected temporary 

pace which thinned the group out to 14 as they 

passed halfway in 1:04:15. 

He dropped out shortly afterwards. Over the 

Queensborough Bridge a lead group of three 

formed. Enos Ketter, Timothy Cherigat and 

Hendrick Ramaala were well ahead of the chasing 

group as they ran up First Avenue. Christopher 

Cheboiboch and Mebrahtom Keflezighi led the 

chase, and Keflezighi continued it as he saw 

Ketter start to drop back. 

Into Central Park he caught the lead pair, but 

Ramaala made his push soon afterwards, and 

went away to a relatively untroubled win. 

Cherigat tried to chase but Keflezighi rationed his 

effort more carefully, which brought him past 

Cherigat for second place. 

MEN: 

1 Hendrik RAMAALA RSA 2:09:28 

2 Meb KEFLEZIGHI USA 2:09:53 

3 Timothy CHERIGAT KEN 2:10:00 

4 Patrick TAMBWE COD 2:10:11 

5 Benson CHERONO KEN 2:11:23 

6 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:12:34 

7 John KAGWE KEN 2:12:35 

8 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:14:04 

9 Ryan SHAY USA 2:14:08 

10 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:14:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Paula RADCLIFFE GBR 2:23:10 

2 Susan CHEPKEMEI KEN 2:23:14 

3 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2:25:18 

4 Margaret OKAYO KEN 2:26:31 

5 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:26:51 

6 Luminita ZAITUC GER 2:28:15 

7 Lornah KIPLAGAT KEN 2:28:21 

8 Larisa ZOUSKO RUS 2:29:32 

9 Madai PEREZ MEX 2:29:57 

10 Kerryn MCCANN AUS 2:32:06 


ATHENS CLASSIC 

MARATHON, GREECE 

MEN: 

1 Frederick CHERONO KEN 2:15:30 

2 Ruto BARNABAS KEN 2:17:12 

3 Christopher KOSGEI KEN 2:17:21 

4 Michael KAPKIAI KEN 2:17:26 

5 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:17:34 

6 John NGENO KEN 2:17:42 

7 David MAYO KEN 2:18:58 

8 Patrick CHUMBA KEN 2:19:26 

9 Daniel KIRWA TOO KEN 2:20:20 

10 Elijah YATOR KEN 2:20:50 


Seoul 

WOMEN: 

1 Zinach ALEMU ETH 2:41:12 

2 Areba HIRUET ETH 2:41:19 

3 Svetlana PONOMARENKO RUS 2:41:45 

4 Derbe HUNDE ETH 2:42:00 

5 Georgia AMPATZIDOU GRE 2:45:27 

6 Janna MALKOVA RUS 2:45:56 

7 Magdalini GAZEA GRE 2:46:30 

8 Greta VARCHI ITA 2:46:37 

9 Magda KARIMALI GRE 2:48:15 

10 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 2:50:18 


JOONGANG SEOUL 

MARATHON, KOREA 

It was chilly (6ºC) but perfect weather for Pavel 

Loskotuv, defending his 2003 JoongAng Seoul 

Marathon title. During the first half he was only 

European of the 19 invited athletes from six 

counties who tried to stick with the leading group. 

Others included Mbarek Hussein, winner of the 

2002 race and another favoured athlete, William 

Kiplagat. 

It was not until 39km that the Estonian overtook a 

pacemaker who kept a comfortable distance 

ahead of the rest of the field all the way from 

30km. Ruke Metto had never finished a marathon 

before but, seeing that nobody was capable of 

following him closely after 30km, made his bid for 

victory. 

Then Loskutov came by, the first of four who 

passed Metto before the finish line inside the 

Olympic stadium where the Seoul Olympic Games 

had been held in 1988. Loskutov’s time fell short 

of the 2:09:15 course record that he had set the 

previous year. 

MEN ONLY: 

1 Pavel LOSKUTOV EST 2:09:34 

2 Andrew SAMBU TAN 2:09:52 

3 Mbarek HUSSEIN KEN 2:09:55 

4 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2:10:44 

5 Luke METTO KEN 2:10:57 

6 Ki-Yong KIM KOR 2:11:32 

7 William KIPLAGAT KEN 2:12:04 

8 Girma TOLA ETH 2:14:20 

9 Masami SOETA JPN 2:14:34 

10 Kang HAN CHN 2:15:12 

13 NOV 2005: 

TORAY CUP SHANGHAI INT’L 

MARATHON, CHINA 

About 15,000 runners participated in all events, 

the most entries since 1996. There were nearly 

1000 finishers in the marathon, and 191 of these 

were foreign runners, coming from 36 countries. 

In the women’s race Yanan Wei beat 107 others 

and surpassed the winning time of the previous 

year. About 3,000 athletes ran the half marathon. 

Weather was quite good for the runners: light 

drizzle, 14-17ºC and very little wind. 

MEN: 

1 Mbithi Benson MITSYA KEN 2:17:55 

2 Qiang WANG CHN 2:18:29 


4 Shaofeng NING CHN 2:20:21 

5 Peng ZHAO CHN 2:20:46 

6 Liqiang TANG CHN 2:21:39 

7 Linlu LI CHN 2:25:35 

8 Tsuchiya KATSUMI JPN 2:26:35 

9 Dapeng GAO CHN 2:28:04 

10 Zhenhua ZHANG CHN 2:30:32 

WOMEN: 

1 Yanan WEI CHN 2:30:37 

2 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:31:41 

3 Linan WANG CHN 2:36:55 

4 Xiaoming WANG CHN 2:37:00 

5 Yuxi WANG CHN 2:40:33 

6 Yanli GAO CHN 2:40:46 

7 Chengcheng CUI CHN 2:43:27 

8 Cui LU CHN 2:44:07 

9 Meiyu SHEN CHN 2:44:55 

10 Xiaohuan LIU CHN 2:45:03 


MARABANA MARATHON & 

HALF, CUBA 

The 17th edition of this now classical 

international race, the foremost marathon in the 

Caribbean, welcomed 2,300 runners - including 

394 of them coming from 59 different countries. 

Emperatriz Wilson's marathon victory was her 

fifth, making her the most prolific winner of this 

competition. The “Maracuba” race series is held a 

day before Marabana, in as many as 3000 cities, 

towns and villages spread across Cuba. 

Radio ensures a common start time and the total 

participation reported was 1,343,261 - probably 

the most massive running event in the world. 

MEN: 

1 Hiram TRUTIE CUB 2:27:40 

2 Emilio PINO CUB 2:35:37 

3 Wilmer FONSECA CUB 2:36:19 

4 Isbel MILIAN CUB 2:36:40 

5 Angel LAUDINOT CUB 2:38:13 

6 Rolando ACOSTA CUB 2:43:28 

7 Omar QUIALA CUB 2:44:48 

8 Jorge MORA CUB 2:45:06 

9 Lorenzo MARZO CUB 2:45:54 

10 Younier FOUMAT CUB 2:46:45 

Cuba 

WOMEN: 

1 Emperatriz WILSON CUB 2:52:59 

2 Yuleima ALVAREZ CUB 2:57:15 

3 Zenaida ALONSO CUB 3:06:38 

4 Margarete DIEPOLD AUT 4:01:35 

5 Kirsten NIELSEN DEN 4:12:23 


MEN: 

1 Norbert GUTIERREZ CUB 1:06:11 

2 Mauris CASTILLO CUB 1:06:40 

3 Luis CADET CUB 1:06:47 

WOMEN: 

1 Yailen GARCIA CUB 1:19:31 

2 Yudelkis MARTINEZ CUB 1:19:50 

3 Yudileisis CASTILLO CUB 1:20:05 


MARATHON DE MONACO 

MEN: 

1 Andrey CHERNYCHOV RUS 2:22:12 

2 Konstantin PERMITIN RUS 2:22:41 

3 Abderrahim BENREDOUANE MAR 2:26:12 

4 Sergey KALEDINE RUS 2:30:56 

5 Philp KIPTOO KEN 2:36:20 

6 Stanley KIBET KEN 2:37:50 

7 Jack PEYRARD FRA 2:39:45 

8 Georges DE ARAUJO FRA 2:40:00 

9 Andre SICOT FRA 2:40:03 

10 Stefano PAOLI ITA 2:40:53 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria FEDOSEEVA RUS 2:41:17 

2 Petrea HRISTEA ROM 2:42:18 

3 Lylia YADZHAK RUS 2:43:03 

4 Elena DERIABANA RUS 2:43:04 

5 Krystyna KUTA POL 2:43:45 

6 Angelique AVERKOVA UKR 2:44:47 

7 Muriel BRIONNE FRA 2:50:46 

8 Simone KUSTER FRA 2:51:57 

9 Magali MAGGIOLINI FRA 2:55:11 

10 Fabrice DEPLAIGNE FRA 2:57:09 


CORPORE 10km, 

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL 

The race incorporated wave starts for the first 

time, giving more space and comfort to the 11,000 

runners. 

It was a new, faster, course, incorporating some of 

the main thoroughfares of Sao Paulo, including 

two tunnel sections. 

A drumming band positioned in the tunnel 

created tremendous sound, which seemed to 

motivate some of the runners. 

The Kenyan opposition in the men’s race proved 

too strong for the home runners. Lawrence 

Kiprotich and Mathew Cheboi left the opposition 

behind at 8km. 

In the women’s race Maria Baldaia started fast 

and then kept on the shoulder of the Kenyans 

Peninah Limakori and Teresia Kipchumba. She 

pulled away in the final kilometre for a deserved 

win. 

MEN: 

1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 28:52 

2 Mathew CHEBOI KEN 29:05 

3 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 29:47 

4 Leonardo GUEDES BRA 29:54 

5 Luis DA SILVA BRA 30:00 

6 Jocemar SOARES BRA 30:07 

7 Alex DE MENDONCA BRA 30:14 

8 William GOMES BRA 30:14 

9 Jose DE SOUSA BRA 30:15 

10 Orlando DE LIMA BRA 30:16 


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WOMEN: 

1 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 34:22 

2 Peninah LIMAKORI KEN 34:33 

3 Teresia KIPCHUMBA KEN 34:33 

4 Ednalva DA SILVA BRA 34:47 

5 Maria GUIMARAES BRA 35:25 

6 Elizabeth DE SOUSA BRA 36:02 

7 Maria Lucia MORAES BRA 36:08 

8 Adriana DE SOUSA BRA 36:25 

9 Janet Gomes BARBOSA BRA 36:29 

10 Laudina DA SILVA BRA 36:39 

20 NOV 2004: 

AFN/MTN LAGOS INT’L HALF 

MARATHON, NIGERIA 

There were 33, 289 runners registered for this third 

edition, alongside elite runners from all corners of 

Africa, including the two previous winners writes 

Ulf Saletti. 

Conditions were hot (30ºC) and humid in the 

centre of Lagos despite the 08.00 start on the 

Outer Marina Highway. After a loop around 

Victoria Island on the southern side of Lagos and 

passing the famous Bay Beach area, a group of 

five emerged. 

This included previous winners Paul Kosgei and 

Elijah Nyabuti, together with Wilson Kiprotich 

and John Korir, all Kenyans, and Alene Emere of 

Ethiopia. Kosgei dropped out with an injury at 

13km. John Korir surged with 2km to go, gaining a 

slight lead which he kept until the finish in the 

National Stadium. 

He improved the previous course record, set by 

Kosgei in 2002, by 40 seconds. The top three had 

finished in the top eight at the recent IAAF World 

Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi. 

Telecom giant MTN had also sponsored four 

regional half marathons, with the winners lining 

up on the elite start in Lagos. William Eku was 

challenged by Danjuma Gyang and Danjuma 

Monday, both from Plateau State, but Eku 

prevailed in 9th place overall and as the top 

Nigerian finisher he won a Kia car. 

The women’s race was also contested by some 

household names of African running. Immediately 

after her emphatic win Jennifer Chesinon said: 

“please invite me back next year, it was a very nice 

race.” Proceedings concluded with a concert 

outside the Stadium for all participants. 

MEN: 

1 John KORIR KEN 1:03:05 

2 Wilson KIPROTICH KEN 1:03:13 

3 Alene EMERE ETH 1:03:18 

4 Elijah NYABUTI KEN 1:03:48 

5 Robert KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:05:45 

6 Abdella MEFTAH MAR 1:06:22 

7 Youssef SONGOKA KEN 1:09:06 

8 Dan Kabirou MALLAM NIG 1:09:43 

9 Wilson EKU NGR 1:10.08 

10 Danjuma GYANG NGR 1:10.33 

WOMEN: 

1 Jennifer CHESINON KEN 1:16.34 

2 Leila AMAN ETH 1:20.44 

3 Elana MEYER RSA 1:24.40 

4 Janet DUNG NGR 1:34.45 

5 Mercy EDWARD NGR 1:34.50 

6 Helen AZUBUIKE NGR 1:35.37 


TOKYO WOMEN’S 

MARATHON, JAPAN 

Bruna Genovese overtook race leader Elfenesh 

Alemu only a mile from the finish, after lagging by 

Sao Paulo 

250m at 35km writes Ken Nakamura. Relatively warm 

weather (17ºC and sunny) may have inhibited 

early pace, as no contender followed pacemakers 

Albina Ivanova and Restituta Joseph through the 

first 5km. 

By 10km (33:52) a group of five, comprising 

Alemu, Masako Chiba, Gete Wami, Yingjie Sun 

and Aki Fujikawa, had joined the pacers. 

Genovese stayed behind in the second group: “so 

that I could run my own rhythm”. 

Fujikawa dropped back before Joseph had paced 

the remaining four through halfway (1:11:46) with 

the chasing group 55 seconds behind. Next to go 

were Sun at 27km and Wami at 30km, while Chiba 

tried to keep the pace on track for a 2:26 finish. 

The second group were now moving through. 

Genovese passed those already dropped and after 

35km began to close on the lead pair, as their pace 

faltered. By 40km she was poised to strike. Kiyoko 

Shimihara had been trailing Genovese, and came 

past both Chiba and Alemu as they entered the 

stadium. 

Lagos 

Photo: Hiroto Yoshioka 

1 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:26:34 

2 Kiyoko SHIMIHARA JPN 2:26:43 

3 Elfenesh ALEMU ETH 2:26:58 

4 Masako CHIBA JPN 2:27:02 

5 Zivile BALCIUNAITE LIT 2:27:28 


7 Alice CHELANGAT KEN 2:31:14 

8 Gete WAMI ETH 2:32:07 

9 Yumiko OKAMOTO JPN 2:32:21 

10 Shiho TAKAI JPN 2:34:03 


PALERMO INTERNATIONAL 

MARATHON, ITALY 

MEN: 

1 Jomo KORORIA KEN 2:12:22 

2 Hosea KIMUTAI KEN 2:13:06 

3 Linus NGETICH KEN 2:13:56 

4 Michael CHEMCHIR KEN 2:15:02 

5 Phillip MOLEFE KEN 2:17:53 

6 Roberto BARBI ITA 2:21:06 

7 Riccardo BAGGIA ITA 2:24:50 

8 Maurizio MEDRI ITA 2:24:55 

9 Walter ENDRIZZI ITA 2:25:31 

10 Vincenzo QUAGLIANA ITA 2:29:09 

WOMEN: 

1 Caroline CHEPTONUI KEN 2:31:15 

2 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:38:21 

3 Vanessa DI LIBERTO ITA 3:10:54 

4 Merja KAIKKONEN FIN 3:15:53 

5 Luisa BALSAMO ITA 3:23:02 

6 Jacqueline MAZOYER FRA 4:01:18 

7 Angela BUONASERA ITA 4:02:23 

8 Niina TAMMI FIN 4:05:21 

9 Giuliana AMARU ITA 4:06:35 

10 Maria Pia ALBANESE ITA 4:16:14 


4TH 100 KM PHARAONIC 

RACE, EGYPT 

RESULTS 

1 Mahmoud A. DEHAISE EGY 08:52:03 

2 Mark SCHROEDER GER 10:20:20 

3 Detlev ACKERMANN GER 10:33:56 

4 Caroll KERNER FRA 10:53:56 

(First Woman) 

5 Diethard STEINBRECHER GER 11:18:13 

6 Hassan ATALAH EGY 11:26:38 

7 Klaus BECKER GER 11:29:10 

8 Beja EILON FRA 12:13:31 

9 Daniel HEAD USA 12:39:29 

10 Robert PEACHEY GBR 12:40:35 


TEAMS: 

1 Alexandria Runners 5:40:13 

2 Horse Owners Club 5:40:14 

(16 teams finished) 


GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN 

ETHIOPIA 



THAI HEALTH BANGKOK 

MARATHON 

This year’s 17th edition attracted more than 

20,000 athletes from 36 countries. Approximately 

2,000 ran the full marathon, 7,000 the 10km and 

15,000 completed the 5km Walk and Fun Run. The 

marathon and wheelchair race started at 03.30 in 

front of the Royal Grand Palace with temperatures 

rising from 21-23°C. The 18th edition of the event 

will be held on 27 November 2005. 

MEN 

1 John Cheboi SETAUNEI KEN 2.22.53 

2 Boonchoe JANDECHA THA 2.25.20 

3 Gideon KOECH KEN 2.25.35 

4 William KOECH KEN 2.26.05 

5 Jirasak SUTHICHART THA 2.26.27 

6 Anusak PISAWONG THA 2.31.45 

7 Amnaj SRICHART THA 2.32.37 

8 Vadimir EPANOV RUS 2.33.04 

9 Tamrat G. DEBALKE ETH 2.33.32 

10 Jiratikal BOONMA THA 2.35.45 

WOMEN 

1 Lilian CHELIMO KEN 2.57.48 

2 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 2.59.49 

3 Saiphone PIAWONG THA 3.01.20 

4 Sontiya SAIWAEW THA 3.02.45 

5 Indresh DHIRAJ IND 3.04.10 

6 Pacharee CHAITHONGSRI THA 3.05.57 

7 Ketmanee SENAPAN THA 3.07.05 

8 Saipin PATJUNE THA 3.09.56 

9 Apasara PRASARTHINPIMAI THA 3.10.36 

10 Ashley CLARK USA 3.15.36 


LAKE KAWAGUCHI, 

JAPAN 

MEN: 

1 Katsumi ASADA JPN 2:26:18 

2 Yasunori YAMAMOTO JPN 2:27:57 

3 Teruyoshi IWASAKI JPN 2:29:20 

4 Akihiro KANDA JPN 2:32:36 

5 Yuusuke HATTORI JPN 2:33:42 

6 Naoki HIRASAWA JPN 2:34:59 

7 Masashi TAKEDA JPN 2:36:45 

8 Keiichi MOTOSA JPN 2:37:33 

9 Takafumi KODERA JPN 2:38:01 

10 Yasuto KIMURA JPN 2:38:50 

WOMEN: 

1 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:40:41 

2 Bianca MAYER 2:58:00 

3 Hifumi FUKUYASU JPN 3:00:02 

4 Sumie MATSUMOTO JPN 3:02:43 

5 Kiyoko SIRAKAWA JPN 3:14:34 

6 Itsumi INABA JPN 3:18:15 

7 Minami HASEGAWA JPN 3:24:27 

8 Toshiko KAWAIDA JPN 3:29:13 

9 Megumi TAKAHASHI JPN 3:29:33 

10 Mayumi IWATA JPN 3:31:18 


MARATHON DE LA 

ROCHELLE, FRANCE 

A lead group of three runners were clear at 10km 

(31:25) but Duncan Kibet pulled up to them soon 

afterwards and the quartet stuck together through 

half marathon (1:06:28) and 25km. 

By 30km Yator Kiprotich had fallen back by 10m, 

as Stephen Reremoi started to go clear. He was 

chased by Kibet, who was 100m down by 35km, 

but Kibet paid for this effort as both Kiprotich and 

Aliaksein Haurychenka came past him in the later 

stages. 

Jennifer Lotoiwo and Helena Loshanyang blazed a 

trail in the women’s race which no one elected to 

follow. 

They were 75 seconds ahead at 5km, over two 

minutes at 10km and two and a half at halfway, 

over a group of four. By 30km the gap was down to 

56 seconds, as eventual winner Halina 

Karnatsevich broke away from the chasing group. 

At 35km she had taken a winning lead, while 

Lotoiwo and Loshanyang faded and were passed 

by three other women in the final kilometres, 

finishing 6.5 minutes down on Karnatsevich. 

MEN: 

1 Stephen RERIMOI KEN 2:16:08 

2 Mikola ROUDIK 2:18:49 

3 Yator KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:52 

4 Aliaksei HAURYCHENKA RUS 2:19:03 

5 Duncan KIBET KEN 2:19:52 

6 Victor ROGOVOY RUS 2:20:57 

7 Pascal FETIZON FRA 2:21:25 

8 John NGENY KEN 2:23:03 

9 Aliaksandr LABUCHENKA RUS 2:24:18 

10 Mustapha BERRI 2:24:34 

WOMEN: 

1 Halina KARNATSEVICH RUS 2:39:24 

2 Tatiana MIRONOVA RUS 2:43:02 

3 Yulia VINOKOUROVA RUS 2:44:25 

4 Volha YUDZIANKOVA RUS 2:44:58 

5 Jennifer LOTOIWO KEN 2:45:52 

6 Helena LOSHANYANG KEN 2:45:56 

7 Gouinara TAZETDINOVA RUS 2:46:07 

8 Svetlana NETCHAEVA RUS 2:47:29 

9 Ludmila SMIRNOVA RUS 2:47:51 

10 Murielle BRIONNE FRA 2:49:50 


FIRENZE MARATHON, 

ITALY 

Florence Barsosio, whose budding talent was first 

seen with a victory in Turin in 2000, gave birth to 

her first child last year and returned to flower in 

her namesake city with another sub-2:30 victory. 

She had already set a course record in Madrid in 

late April (2:34:10), and improved on that with 

second place on a tough course in Dublin 

(2:33:58) but her victory in Florence was 

something of a homecoming. 

She had no real contest, and ran away in the early 

downhill stages. She kept consistent pace (1:14:40 

at halfway) without any pressure to do so. “I tried 

to set a good pace, and I was able to keep it to the 

end” she said. “Next year, I am sure that I will 

come back to run like I used to run before my 

pregnancy.” (pb 2:27:00 in NYC 2000) 

In the men’s race it was closer writes Alberto Zorzi. 

Benjamin Kiprotich overcame a significant move 

by Mark Saina at 39km by keeping with his pace 

and upping his effort only in the last kilometre. 

Poor Saina had previously found himself almost 

dropped before halfway (1:04:34), troubled by a 

loose shoelace. 

He re-tied it and managed to regain contact a 

couple of kilometres later. Then Richard Maiyo, 

winner of the Ferrari Marathon (where he was 

nominally a pacemaker) dropped out at 26km. The 

pacemaker finished his work at 30km with only 

three still in contention. 

Saina’s move dropped Kipkorir, who had won in 

Lausanne five weeks previously, but third place 

still won him a personal best time by over a 

minute. Back in Kenya, Saina and Kiprotich train 

together in Kaptagat along with Milan 2003 

winner John Birgen. 

MEN: 

1 Benjamin KIPROTICH KEN 2:11:33 

2 Mark SAINA KEN 2:11:43 

3 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:12:34 

4 Philemon KIPKERING KEN 2:14:38 

5 Tesfaye ETICHA KEN 2:17:01 

6 Giovanni RUGGIERO ITA 2:17:25 

7 Aloys NIZIGAMA KEN 2:18:49 

8 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 2:20:55 

9 Emanuele ZENUCCHI ITA 2:21:11 

10 John MCFARLANE GBR 2:21:45 

WOMEN: 


2 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:34:40 

3 Dana JANECKOVA SVK 2:47:42 

4 Lidija RAJCIC CRO 2:48:57 

5 Fiona OAKES GBR 2:50:14 

6 Timea ZSIGA HUN 2:52:36 

7 Domenica WOJNOWSKI POL 2:54:47 

8 Monika HIRT GER 2:55:00 

9 Gabriela BENKO HUN 2:55:09 

10 Maria Paola COLZI ITA 2:57:58 


CITROEN MILANO CITY 

MARATHON, ITALY 

Daniel Kiplagat Cheribo set a new course record 

in the fifth edition of the race, improving John 

Nada Saya’s time of 2001 by 19 seconds writes Diego 

Sampaolo. Pacemakers took the lead group through 

halfway in 1:04:24, but Cheribo took the initiative 

from 30km, running 5:53 for the next 2km. 

Benjamin Kipchumba trailed by little, and 

Raymond Kipkoech and Enock Mitei were still in 

contention, but Cheribo pulled away after 35km. 

In the final 3km Kipchumba tried to close. Although 

Cheribo’s lead proved unassailable, Kipchumba 

won a new personal best time, improving his 

Nairobi (at 2000m altitude) win of five weeks 

previously by 2.5 minutes. Cheribo himself 

improved from his 2:10:57 timing for third place in 

Turin earlier in the year by a similar margin. 

Rita Jeptoo, crowning her year of international 

emergence, won the women’s race with ease. Her 

2:35 win in Stockholm in June, and a strategic half 

marathon win in Rio de Janeiro in early 

September had cued her up nicely for the contest, 


35

if there was to be such. There was none, but she 

posted a new best time of 2:28:11. 

She had followed home favourite Gloria Marconi 

through halfway in 1:13:27, and thanked the 

Italian for her involuntary pacemaking duties. 

Marconi herself was on a personal mission after a 

car accident earlier this year. 

“I felt pains in my leg. I really struggled in the last 

5km, and thought that I might not be able to 

finish” she said. “I had wanted to improve my 

personal best time of 2:29:35 that I set in Rome 

last year, but I am happy with this comeback.” 

MEN: 

1 Daniel CHERIBO KEN 2:08:38 

2 Benjamin KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:09:23 

3 Enock MITEI KEN 2:10:52 

4 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:11:30 

5 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:12:08 

6 Rachid AMOUR MAR 2:15:48 

7 Ibrahim MIEI KEN 2:16:16 

8 Vito SARDELLA ITA 2:17:32 

9 Gian Luca PASETTO ITA 2:22:12 

10 Vincenzo TRENTADUE ITA 2:23:34 

WOMEN: 


2 Gloria MARCNI ITA 2:31:53 

3 Debora TONIOLO ITA 2:34:24 

4 Griseldes GONZALEZ ESP 2:34:28 

5 Irina SONGERLAINEN RUS 2:38:09 

6 Rosita GELPI ITA 2:38:39 

7 Karin SCHON SWE 2:40:11 

8 Catherine BERTONE ITA 2:42:24 

9 Lauredana SANTONI ITA 2:51:48 

10 Mery Ellen HERMAN ITA 2:55:06 


HARRIS DIRECT SEATTLE 

MARATHON, USA 

MEN: 

1 Uli STEIDL GER 2:29:36 

2 Gregory CROWTHER 2:32:53 

3 David JACKSON 2:35:11 

4 Jeffrey BIGHAM 2:39:45 

5 Jesse STEVICK 2:40:13 

6 Broderick GANN 2:43:46 

7 Michael GORDON 2:44:25 

8 Jim ELWELL 2:44:55 

9 Matthew SIMMS 2:44:55 

10 Paul KROCHAK 2:48:06 

WOMEN: 

1 Kami SEMICK 2:53:11 

2 Joan MCGRATH 2:54:12 

3 Sarah WILLIAMS 2:59:38 

4 Trisha ROSENBERG 3:01:11 

5 Melanie BOS 3:05:59 

6 Kristin VEAL 3:06:50 

7 Becky HOFLAND 3:06:51 

8 Heather GRIFFITH 3:08:20 

9 Michelle CHILLE 3:08:38 

10 Lori BURATTO 3:11:45 

4 DECEMBER 2004: 

REGGAE MARATHON AND 

HALF, JAMAICA 

MEN: 

1 Randy CADDELL 2:24:18 

2 Pamenos BALLANTYNE 2:28:05 

3 Tanto CAMPELL 2:36:21 

4 Phillip EDWARDS 2:41:09 

5 Andrew GUTZMORE 2:42:06 

6 Runar GILBERG 2:46:00 

7 Colin GRAHAM 2:51:54 

8 Maxwell SMITH 2:55:00 

9 Doug LUDMANN 3:06:23 

10 Owen GREAVES 3:07:54 

WOMEN: 

1 Arieta MARTIN 3:14:05 

2 Kathy WALDRON 3:19:25 

3 Mimmi ANDERSSON 3:32:36 

4 Shannon HARTY 3:38:23 

5 Hilda BAKER 3:46:35 

6 Sonia GAYLE 4:06:35 

7 Melinda ADAM 4:08:15 

8 Melanie HAUCK 4:08:16 

9 Jennifer TUTTLE 4:08:17 

10 Susan PRESTON 4:08:49 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Jeremy BORLING 1:11:30 

2 Robert WATSON 1:12:18 

3 Larnar EDWARDS 1:12:49 

WOMEN: 

1 Tarnica THOMAS 1:29:45 

2 Tanja DEGEN 1:30:29 

3 Mary FRIELINGSDORF 1:38:06 


PAMPULHA LAGOON INT’L 

ROAD RACE, BRAZIL 

This sixth edition of the race attracted over 12,000 

runners onto the streets of Belo Horizonte for a 

lap of the lagoon under clear blue skies and a 

temperature of 31C. 

After two 5th positions, in 2002 and 2003, Lucélia 

Peres won the women’s race. The young (23-year 

old) local runner overcame the foreign 

competition, in the shape of the Kenyan pair, 

Peninah Limokori and Terezia Kipchumba, by a 

large margin. The men’s race was a Kenyan onetwo, 

with only the third place being picked up by 

a home runner, Clodoaldo da Silva. 

Peres was something of a surprise: “I was not 

expecting more than just a good result, but I 

managed to keep a fast rhythm and win” she said. 

“That was beyond my expectations”. She left the 

rest behind after only 5km, keeping a good 

distance between her and the Kenyans. Even after 

slowing towards the end she still won by a great 

margin. 

Despite the high temperatures, the men’s winner 

Lawrence Kiprotich said he had no difficulties. “I 

really enjoyed this race. The course is fast and I 

could pace myself right.” Having won other two 

races in Brazil, Kiprotich is the favorite for the Sao 

Silvestre race on New Year’s Eve in Sao Paulo.. 

Clodoaldo da Silva dedicated his third position to 

his late father. “He always encouraged me, and I 

thought of him all the time. Even feeling tired and 

hot, I managed to keep going, as I didn’t stop 

thinking of him”, he said. Still recovering from an 

injured right foot, which had kept him out of 

competitions for 6 months, he considered his 

result excellent. 

Pampulha 

Photo: Sergio Shibuya 

Franck Caldeira, who had won the previous year’s 

race, followed the Kenyan leaders for a while, but 

then had to ease back. “I was not fully 

concentrated, so I preferred to get a place in the 

podium, rather than risk not finishing.” 

MEN: 

1 Lawrence KIPROTICH KEN 53:53 

2 Solomon NAIBEI KEN 53:57 

3 Clodoaldo da SILVA BRA 54:14 

4 Franck CALDEIRA BRA 54:31 

5 Mathew CHEBOI KEN 54:49 

6 Fernando SANTOS BRA 55:04 

7 Valdenor dos SANTOS BRA 55:20 

8 William Gomes AMORIM BRA 55:38 

9 Leonardo Vieira GUEDES BRA 55:49 

10 João Ferreira de LIMA BRA 55:54 

WOMEN - 

1 Lucélia PERES BRA 1:03:14 

2 Peninah LIMOKORI KEN 1:04:24 

3 Terezia KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:04:32 

4 Marily dos SANTOS BRA 1:04:40 

5 Adriana da SILVA BRA 1:05:14 

6 Maria do Carmo ARRUDA BRA 1:06:03 

7 Ednalva LAUREANO BRA 1:06:22 

8 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 1:06:40 

9 Rosangela RAIMUNDO BRA 1:06:57 

10 Rosa Jussara BARBOSA BRA 1:07:18 


RUN BARBADOS 

MARATHON 

The Run Barbados festival went back to its 

previous format of Saturday afternoon 10km 

followed by an early Sunday morning start for the 

marathon. 

The previous marathon route was also reinstated, 

along the south and west coasts of this 

Easternmost Caribbean island. 

The revised scheduling allowed for runners to 

double in the 10km and the half marathon, set off 

30 minutes after the marathon and run 

substantially over the second half of the 

marathon route. 

Many of the top runners did this, and the top 

three female finishers were the same in both races 

Teresa Wanjiku consistently came out on top over 

Gabonaise Josiane Aboungono, a landed 

immigrant in Canada, and Canadian Nikki Knapp 

– both of whom had to adjust to dramatically 

different ambient temperatures. 

Among the men Joseph Kamau conceded to 

Ronald Mogaka over 10km but managed to 

reverse the positions in the Half. 

In the flagship marathon event Victor Ledger 

scored his second victory, following his 1995 win, 

and Kim Goff secured her 11th victory. Since 1993 

she has only been bettered once in this race. 

MEN: 

1 Victor LEDGER STL 2:34:10 

2 Moses CHESHIRE KEN 2:41:03 

3 Andrew GREENIDGE BAR 2:44:17 

WOMEN: 

1 Kim GOFF USA 3:31:24 

2 Vreni VERHOEVEN GBR 3:42:29 

3 Sara MCLOUGHLIN GBR 3:43:27 

HALF MARATHON 

MEN: 


2 Ronald MOGAKA KEN 1:09:17 

3 Sean WADE NZL 1:10:22 

WOMEN: 

1 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 1:24:56 

2 Josiane ABOUNGONO GAB 1:27:41 

3 Nikki KNAPP CAN 1:31:04 


10km: 

MEN: 

1 Ronald MOGAKA KEN 30:16 

2 Joseph KAMAU KEN 30:29 

3 David NDJUNGA KEN 31:36 

WOMEN: 

1 Teresa WANJIKU KEN 38:05 

2 Josiane ABOUNGONO GAB 38:28 

3 Nikki KNAPP CAN 38:35 


MACAU GALAXY RESORT 

MARATHON & HALF 

On what turned out to be a sunny day (15°C) 

runners geared up at the Estrada da Baia da 

Nossa Senhora da Esperanca for the 07.00 race 

start. A total of 1,573 athletes completed the race 

within the five-hour limit. There was a total of 

1,862 registrations. 

After hours of exciting contention, Adam 

Dobrzynski from Poland crossed the finish line 

first, in 2:16:30, to claim both first prize and the 

special sub-2:17 bonus of US$3,000. In the 

women’s race two Chinese athletes, Tai In In and 

Pu Zhen, both won the sub-2:40 bonus of 

US$1,500. 

MEN: 


2 Wilson CHEPKWONY KEN 2:17:34 

3 Kasirai SITA ZIM 2:19:14 

4 Ri Gyong CHOL PRK 2:19:45 

5 Qian WONG CHN 2:22:08 

6 Jeremiah MIANO MBOGO KEN 2:24:30 

7 Xue Xiao FENG CHN 2:25:14 

8 Pak SONG CHOL PRK 2:25:35 

9 Song DO YOUNG KOR 2:27:00 


WOMEN: 

1 In In TAI CHN 2:37:27 

2 Zhen PU CHN 2:39:46 

3 Hyon Ok JANG PRK 2:40:57 

4 Miao Miao YI CHN 2:44:51 

5 Theresa DU TOIT RSA 2:45:30 

6 Yuen Fan LEONG HKG 3:10:37 

7 Grace BALINTONG ESTONILO HKG 3:16:06 

8 Siu Ping WONG HKG 3:19:02 

9 Catherine LEONARD HKG 3:20:22 

10 Yuk Kei LAI HKG 3:21:33 


MEN: 

1 Yan Chi NG HKG 1:13:00 

2 Hok Yan LAI HKG 1:16:24 

3 Chiwai KWOK MAC 1:16:30 

WOMEN: 

1 Hui Mei GAO CHN 1:27:15 

2 Ying Suet LEUNG HKG 1:29:34 

3 Hui Fang OU CHN 1:31:28 


58th FUKUOKA INT’L 

MARATHON, JAPAN 

Tsuyoshi Ogata surged away from compatriot 

Satoshi Osaki and Kenya’s Sammy Korir at 35km 

writes Ken Nakamaura. Korir, second fastest ever 

marathon runer with 2:04:56 last year, could only 

manage third place. 

Windy conditions slowed runners in the first 7km 

and last 10km of the race. “The headwind was 

tough after 31km” said Ogata “but I have not won 

a marathon before”. His previous race was sixth in 

Fukuoka 2003, when he failed to win an Olympic 

place. This performance earned him a place in the 

2005 Helsinki World Championships. 

After cautious early running into the wind, the 

Dallas 

second 10km split picked up. Pacemakers 

dropped out at halfway and by 25km (1:16:24) the 

lead pack had reduced to seven runners. These 

gradually dropped off during this fastest section 

of the course. 

After the turnaround point at 31.6km the 

remaining three were running into the wind, but 

Ogata waited to 35km to make his effort. Korir was 

able to stay with him for a while, but after being 

dropped was also reeled in by Osaki. While others 

were slowed by the headwind Ogata kept pushing 

on at close to 3mins/km pace. 

MEN: 

1 Tsuyoshi OGATA JPN 2:09:10 

2 Satoshi OSAKI JPN 2:10:56 

3 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:11:45 

4 Gert THYS RSA 2:14:27 

5 Tadakatsu MUKAE JPN 2:15:27 

6 Mohamed OUAADI FRA 2:15:33 

7 Hailu NEGUSSIE ETH 2:16:12 

8 Kurao UMEKI JPN 2:16:17 

9 Yukiyasu NAGAO JPN 2:16:30 

10 Tatsuya HOSHI JPN 2:16:43 


STANDARD CHARTERED 

SINGAPORE INT’L 

MARATHON 

MEN: 

1 Philip TANUI KEN 2:17:02 

2 Hombo DESDERY TAN 2:17:15 

3 Victor MANGUSHO KEN 2:17:27 

4 John KELAI KEN 2:17:49 

5 Josphat KIPCHOGE KEN 2:17:57 

6 Ernest KIPROTICH KEN 2:18:28 

7 Indrajith COORAY IND 2:18:28 

8 Wilson KIPNGETICH KEN 2:18:29 

9 Joshua BII KEN 2:18:52 

10 Getuli BAYO TAN 2:19:14 

WOMEN: 

1 Hellen CHERONO KEN 2:39:37 

2 Rose KERUBO KEN 2:40:23 

3 Margaret ATODOYANG KEN 2:42:05 


5 Yanan WEI CHN 2:45:23 

6 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:48:04 

7 Pa PA MYA 2:49:07 

8 Gitte KARLSHOJ DEN 2:49:51 

9 Mallika CHANDRAKANTHI IND 2:51:52 

10 Ilona BARANOVSKA RUS 2:53:54 


DALLAS WHITE ROCK 

MARATHON, USA 

In this 34th running of the race Elly Rono 

outpaced all others in the second half of the race. 

The lead group of nine runners went through 

halfway in 67:24 and while Rono and secondplaced 

Nephat Kinyanjui speeded up and thirdplaced 

Simon Sawe ran only slightly slower, 

everyone else faded. 

In the women’s race a group of three led through 

halfway in 1:19:09, followed at minute intervals by 

Viola Simona of Italy and Marina Bychkova of 

Russia. The lead three stayed ahead, with Lisa 

Galvan striding away from Maria Portilla and 

Alvetina Biktimirova to take top honors. Bychkova 

came past Simona late on in the race to take 

fourth place. 

MEN: 

1 Elly RONO KEN 2:14:01 

2 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:14:35 

3 Simon SAWE KEN 2:15:25 

4 Pavel ANDREYEV RUS 2:17:26 


6 Francis KIRWA KEN 2:22:04 

7 Paul NGENY KEN 2:23:50 

8 Oleksandr KUZIN UKR 2:24:39 

9 Wilson KOMEN KEN 2:26:59 

10 Lameck AGUTA KEN 2:34:07 

WOMEN: 

1 Lisa GALVAN USA 2:38:24 

2 Maria PORTILLA USA 2:39:50 

3 Alvetina BIKTIMIROVA RUS 2:42:11 

4 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 2:44:29 

5 Viola SIMONA ITA 2:44:40 

6 MacHelle COCHRANE USA 2:58:22 

7 Julie HARDING USA 3:00:38 

8 Melisa CHRISTIAN USA 3:02:54 

9 Yukio NISHIDE JPN 3:07:20 

10 Leah MARBACH USA 3:07:38 


MEN: 

1 Gilbert TUHABONYE 1:11:13 

2 Dave RAY 1:15:11 

3 Brian BARIOLA 1:15:27 

WOMEN: 

1 Carly GAY 1:16:51 

2 Fride VULLUM 1:18:12 

3 Esme FANTOZZI 1:18:09 


HONOLULU MARATHON, 

USA 

Best-ever race conditions – 18C and 78% humidity 

– allowed Honolulu regulars Jimmy Muindi and 

Lyubov Morgunova to break the course records. 

Muindi, winning the title for the fourth time, ran 

31 seconds under the men’s record, while threetime 

winner Morgunova broke her own record by a 

minute. Muindi had gone through halfway in a 

group, in 66 minutes, but managed to run his 

second half of the race faster than his first half. Eri 

Hayakawa was close enough to Morgunova that 

she also broke the old course record. 

MEN: 

1 Jimmy MUINDI KEN 2:11:12 

2 David MUTUA KEN 2:12:52 

3 Mbarak HUSSEIN KEN 2:14:00 

4 Boniface USISUVU KEN 2:14:20 

5 Mathew SIGEI KEN 2:14:48 

6 Eric KIMAIYO KEN 2:18:28 

7 Junichi WATANABE JPN 2:27:33 

8 Gudisa SHENTEMA ETH 2:27:15 

9 Jason LOUTITT CAN 2:27:28 

10 Naoki HIRASAWA JPN 2:30:03 

WOMEN: 

1 Lyubov MORGUNOVA RUS 2:27:33 

2 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:28:11 

3 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:32:44 

4 Alevtina IVANOVA RUS 2:35:48 

5 Tatyana PETROVA RUS 2:36:34 

6 Mina OGAWA JPN 2:38:34 

7 Junko SUZUKI JPN 2:50:40 

8 Sayuri KUSUTANI JPN 2:53:48 

9 Jeannie WOKASCH USA 2:55:01 

10 Mari TANIGAWA JPN 2:56:18 


39

President’s Message - LAMINE DIACK 

It was a real pleasure for me to visit Ethiopia recently on the 

occasion of the Great Ethiopia Run. Although I enjoyed very much 

my experience earlier this year at the Flora London Marathon, where 

around 40,000 people took to the streets despite some horrible 

weather, it was perhaps more surprising to see that 20,000 people 

were ready to run in Addis Ababa. They came from everywhere, and it 

was marvellous to see that - despite the high altitude and a very hilly 

terrain - most seemed determined to finsh the race as well. 

Being in Ethiopia, I was able to spend time with that marvellous 

ambassador to athletics Haile Gebrselassie, and appreciate just how much he 

has given our sport, not only as a unique competitor, but now as someone 

who is engaged in bringing running events to his own country. 

The Great Ethiopia Run is going from strength to strength, but I am also 

delighted that the Ethiopian capital will also soon have a completely new 

synthetic track at the national stadium. Part of the finance for this major work 

has come from great runners like Haile, and it is about time that such gifted 

athletes had a training and competition venue worthy of their status. 

Still in Africa, I would also like to congratulate another legendary athlete, 

Tegla Loroupe, who also recently organised a road race - the second edition 

of the Tegla Loroupe Run for Peace - and from all accounts it was an 

outstanding event. There is nothing that gives me greater satisfaction than to 

see athletes grasping the occasion to make a difference to other people's 

lives. 

Lamine Diack 

IAAF President 

Headquarters 

17 rue Princesse Florestine, 

MC 98000, Monaco 

Tel: 377 93 10 88 88 

Fax: 377 93 15 95 15 

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 


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 


After the 

deluge 

IAAF World Half Marathon 

Championships, New Delhi, India. 

3 October 2004 

The World Half Marathon 

Championships ventured into 

Asia for the first time, and met 

with a whirlwind reception. 

The night before the race a 

dramatic lightning storm and 

torrential downpour damped 

down both the official 

celebrations and the air 

temperature and pollution. 

Next morning, with race 

furniture hurriedly restored into 

position, athletes confronted a 

seasonally mild 25°C, although 

humidity had risen to 80%. 

The races started and finished 

in the Jaharwarlal Nehru Stadium. 

Runners did a lap of the track to 

start with, before completing a 

5km out-and-back route which 

extended northward to a point 

just beyond the monumental 

India Gate. 

After retracing this route to the 

stadium runners completed 

another lap around the stadium 

track, mid-race. They then headed 

out for a second tour of the road 

circuit before returning to the 

stadium for a final lap of the track. 

Kirui’s 

confident canter 

Paul Kirui fulfilled his own 

supremely confident expectations 

of himself by piling on the pace 

after the turning point on the 

second lap, to finish 100m clear of 

his nearest challenger. 

The race had started 

ambitiously, with a 60-second lap. 

Yonas Kifle of Eritrea emerged 

once out on the roads to head the 

field by a margin of seven seconds 

at 5km, which he passed in 14:48. 

Behind him, as they took the turn 

for the first time, a group of 25 

runners were within about 20m of 

road length. 

Low cloud had not prevented 

TV helicopters from getting 

airborne, although security 

precautions surrounding a visit 

from the Indian Prime Minister 

had nearly achieved this. Some of 

the athletes may have regretted 

that it hadn’t, as the down 

draught from the helicopters’ 

rotor blades was clearly causing 

problems for some of them. It 

also had the unwelcome effect of 


sending the lightweight course 

marking cones skittering all over 

the road junctions. 

A dozen runners were still 

together on entering the stadium, 

after passing through 10km in 

29:55. Another six were starting to 

trail off behind, although there 

had been no obvious attempt to 

force the pace at the front. Kirui 

was biding his time. 

Although he later dismissed the 

credentials of Fabiano Joseph, last 

year’s silver medallist, he 

admitted to being wary of the 

challenge from Abdullah Ahmed 

Hassan of Qatar - formerly Albert 

Chepkurui, of Kenya. 

As they approached India Gate 

for the second time, Kirui made 

his break. He gradually put 

distance between himself and his 

closest challengers, although 

Fabiano Joseph later claimed that 

he had entertained hopes of 

closing him down until they had 

passed 16km. To any observer that 

never looked likely, as Korir had 

the roads to himself. 

Out on his own, there were few 

spectators to keep him company 

either. This part of New Delhi, 

although telegenically tree-lined, 

is sparsely built up with wellguarded 

diplomatic and 

ministerial compounds. Those 

spectators who travelled to watch 

the race headed for the stadium 

itself, rather than the roads on 

which it was run. 

They were there to watch Kirui 

enter the stadium with arms aloft 

to acknowledge the crowd’s 

acclaim. He cruised around the 

final lap 100m ahead of Joseph, 

who held on ahead of Hassan and 

Kirui’s team-mate, John Cheruiyot 

Korir. Two Ethiopians followed 

closely, to make the Kenyan team 

victory narrower than it appeared 

at any time during the race. 


41

Headline 

14pt pointsize 

Cheromei’s 

challenging 

charge 

While Kenya took neither 

individual title nor team placing 

in the women’s competition, it 

was Lydia Cheromei’s brave effort 

which galvanised the race. She 

seized control by injecting fierce 

pace after the 5km point (16:24). 

Sun Yingjie was the only one to 

follow her, and she eventually 

proved the stronger. 

Up until that point things had 

jogged along in a familiar style. 

The perennial front-runner in 

championship road races, 

Constantina Tomescu, had led 

early on, but had never created a 

gap. Ethiopia’s Teyba Erkesso also 

showed strongly at the front in the 

early stages, but she gradually fell 

away after the break had been 

made. 

Cheromei’s move took the 

entire field by surprise. Sun 

Yingjie’s response was measured – 

but she did not allow Cheromei to 

escape. Tomescu also rallied her 

efforts and trailed the leading pair 

ahead of everyone else. 

Cheromei’s action appeared 

striving, in contrast to Sun’s now 

familiar shuffling, low arm 

carriage. Before the pair reached 

10km it seemed like Cheromei 

would falter. Sun indeed went 

ahead, reaching 10km in 32:09, six 

seconds up on 

Cheromei, with Tomescu following 

at a similar interval. 

Cheromei was not done yet. 

She reined Sun back in. Sun made 

another break and Cheromei 

again responded. It was only at 

the third time of asking, past the 

17km point, that Sun found no 

response was forthcoming. 

Behind them, Tomescu 

had been getting 

closer, and she 

immediately 

mounted a 

challenge to 

Cheromei as she 

fell back from the 

lead. She passed 

her and at one 

point was within 

20m of Sun, but 

Cheromei never gave up. 

Sun herself pulled away to a 

clear win, improving her clearly 

out-of-date five-year old personal 

best by 1:42 in these far-fromideal 

conditions. Cheromei fought 

back again, this time with 

Tomescu as adversary. She passed 

her and resolutely hung on to her 

silver medal placing. 

These first three were a long 

way clear. Sonia O’Sullivan, taking 

part in her second half marathon 

in a week, followed in fourth. After 

Teyba Erkesso’s demise – she 

slipped back to 15th - the first 

Ethiopian came in sixth, but they 

managed to displace the 

Romanians from the top team 

position. 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Paul KIRUI KEN 1:02:15 

2 Fabiano JOSEPH TAN 1:02:31 

3 Addullah Ahmed HASSAN QAT 1:02:36 

4 John Cheruiyot KORIR KEN 1:02:38 

5 Solomon TSIGE ETH 1:02:42 

6 Alene AMIRE ETH 1:02:52 

7 Wilson BUSIENI UGA 1:02:55 

8 Wilson Kiprotich KEBENEI KEN 1:03:02 

9 Berhanu ADDANE ETH 1:03:03 

10 Abebe DINKESA ETH 1:04:06 

TEAMS: 

1 KEN 3:07:55 

2 ETH 3:08:37 

3 UGA 3:13:48 

WOMEN: 


2 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:09:00 

3 Constantina TOMESCU ROM 1:09:07 

4 Sonia O’SULLIVAN IRL 1:10:33 

5 Yuki SAITO JPN 1:11:05 

6 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 1:11:07 


8 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 1:11:23 

9 Alina IVANOVA RUS 1:12:17 

10 Mihaela BOTEZAN ROM 1:12:36 

TEAMS: 

1 ETH 3:36:00 

2 ROM 3:36:08 

3 RUS 3:38:21 

2005 

19/20 MARCH: 

IAAF World Cross Country 

Championships, 

St Etienne/St Galmier, 

France 

5-14 AUGUST: 

IAAF World Championships 

in Athletics 

Helsinki, Finland 

1 OCTOBER: 

IAAF World Half Marathon 

Championships 

Edmonton, Canada 


43

Official listings for AIMS events 

January 2005 

DATE RACE PAGE 

6 San Fernando 10km URU R 88 

6 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82 

7-9 Disney Marathon USA M 88 

7 Standard Chartered 

Dubai Marathon UAE M 88 

16 Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon USA H 88 


Mumbai Marathon IND M 82 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth - See Page 6 

23 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 88 

23 Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 82 

30 China Coast Marathon HKG M 82 

30 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 88 

30 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 84 


Lahore Marathon PAK M 86 

February 


6 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84 

6 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 88 

13 Tokyo-New York 

Friendship Marathon JPN M 84 

17-19 XV AIMS World CONGRESS, 

Valencia 

ESP5 

18 12th Egyptian Marathon EGY M 82 

18 Kathmandu Marathon NEP M 86 

19 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 88 

20 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 86 

20 Ohme Marathon 30km / 

10k Road Race JPN R 84 

25 Abu Dhabi Half Marathon UAE H 88 

26 Antarctica Marathon ANT H 80 

Course not measurable to AIMS standards 

27 Giuseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon ITA M 84 

27 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 88 

27 Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 86 

27 Seville City Marathon ESP M 86 


Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 82 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth - See Page 6 

27 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 86 

28 Sahara Marathon ALG M 80 


Tokyo Int’l Marathon JPN M 84 

March 


3 Five Towers Marathon DEN M 82 

6 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84 

6 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 88 

6 Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 10 

9-16 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 14 


13 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 84 

13 EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 13 

13 Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 84 

13 Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84 

13 Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 9 

19 City-Pier-City Int’l 

Half-Marathon Den Haag NED H 86 

19 ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 10 

19-20 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 

St Galmier / St Etienne FRA C 40 

20 Grazer-Murpromenaden 

Half Marathon AUT M/H 80 

20 Marathon of Barcelona ESP M 86 

20 Vigarano Marathon ITA M 84 

26 Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 10 

26 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 80 

27 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 88 

April 

Marathon de Marseille FRA M 82 

Kuala Lumpur Marathon MAL M 84 


2 Hervis Prague Half Marathon CZE H 17 

3 Bewag Half Marathon Berlin GER H 21 

3 Portugal Marathon POR M 18 

3 Zurich Marathon SUI M 88 

10 Canberra Marathon AUS M 22 

10 Fortis Marathon, Rotterdam NED M 86 

10 Paris Marathon FRA M 82 

10 Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon TUR H 88 

10 Wels Halfmarathon AUT H 80 

13 North Pole Marathon NPO M 86 


17 Carlos Lopes Gold 

Marathon Memorial POR M 86 

17 Flora London Marathon GBR M 82 

17 Karstadt Ruhr Marathon GER M 82 

17 Linz Int’l Marathon AUT M 22 

17 Nagano Olympic 

Commemorative Marathon JPN M 84 

17 Turin Marathon ITA M 25 

18 109th BAA Boston Marathon USA M 88 

23 Salt Lake City Marathon USA M 29 

24 20th Olympus 

Marathon Hamburg GER M 30 

24 Big Sur Int’l Marathon USA M 88 

24 Maraton Popular de Madrid ESP M 33 

24 Maratona Sant Antonio ITA M 84 

24 Nice Int’l Half Marathon FRA H 30 

24 Oklahoma City 

Memorial Marathon USA M 88 

24 Sao Paulo Marathon BRA M 80 

24 Sardinia Marathon ITA M 26 

24 Wroclaw Marathon POL M 86 

Maraton Int’l Martin Fiz, 

Vitoria-Gasteiz ESP M 86 

May 


1 adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon CAN M 80 

8 Enschede Marathon NED M 86 

8 Maratona d’Europa ITA M 84 

8 Nike Run Berlin 25km GER R 82 

15 Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 82 

15 Rwanda Peace Marathon RWA M 86 

21 Göteborg Half Marathon SWE H 30 

21 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M 80 


21 Three Hearts Marathon SLO M 86 

22 Course Feminine de 

Casablanca 10km MAR R 86 

22 Medio Maraton Internacional 

de Coban GUA M 82 

22 Prague Int’l Marathon CZE M 82 

22 Vienna City Marathon AUT M 80 

29 ING Ottawa Marathon CAN M 34 

30 Mad City Marathon USA M 88 

June 


4 Stockholm Marathon SWE M 37 

12 Edinburgh Marathon GBR M 38 

18 Midnight Sun Marathon and Half NOR M/H 30 

26 City of Rio de Janiero Marathon BRA M 80 

26 Lake Saroma 100km, 

IAU World Ultra Marathon Cup JPN U 84 

26 Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon CAN H 42 

28 Vidovdan 10km Road Race BSH R 42 

July 


3 Gold Coast Airport Marathon AUS M 22 

3 Paavo Nurmi Marathon FIN M 60 

3 Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon JPN H 84 

10 British 10k, London GBR R 52 

10 Burnco Calgary Marathon CAN M 80 

30 Media Maratón Int'l de Bogotá COL M 80 

30 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos SUI U 88 


31 San Francisco Marathon USA M 88 

August 


4 Great Scottish Run GBR H 82 

5 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 42 

5-14 IAAF World Championships in 

Athletics, Helsinki FIN M 40 

6 Siberian Int'l Marathon RUS M 60 

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7 Mount Meru Int’l Marathon TAN M 88 

7 Panama City Int'l Marathon PAN M 86 

14 The Sun-Herald City to Surf AUS R 80 

20 Reykjavik Marathon ISL M 64 

21 ING Edmonton Centennial Marathon CAN M 80 

27 The Great Tibetan Marathon IND M 82 


28 ING Brussels Marathon and Half BEL M/H 61 

28 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M 84 

28 Quebec City Marathon CAN M 55 

28 Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon BRA H 61 

September 


4 20th Nike Budapest 

Int’l Half Marathon HUN H 60 

4 Flora Sydney Marathon AUS M 80 

10 Jungfrau Marathon SUI M 88 


10 Marathon du Medoc FRA H 82 

10 Novosibirsk Half Marathon RUS M 68 

11 25th Moscow Int'l Peace Marathon RUS M 86 

11 Buenos Aires City Half Marathon ARG H 64 

11 Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin COL H 80 

11 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL R 86 

18 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 84 

18 Wachau Marathon AUT M 80 

24 Africa University Marathon ZIM M 88 

25 44th Dexia Bil Route du Vin 

Half Marathon LUX H 84 

25 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon DEN M 65 

25 real,- Berlin Marathon GER M 21 

25 RTP Half Marathon of Portugal POR H 86 

25 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half CAN M/H 57 

25 Tallinn Half Marathon EST H 82 

October 


1 IAAF World Half Marathon 

Championships, Edmonton CAN H 40 

1 Coastal Marathon BEL M 68 

1-2 Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon GBR M 74 

1-2 Cape Town Festival of Running RSA U 86 

2 20th Plus Budapest Int’l Marathon HUN M 60 

2 Bristol Half Marathon GBR H 82 

2 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon TUR M 88 

2 Kosice Peace Marathon SVK M 68 

8 Lake Tahoe Marathon USA M 88 

9 ASICS Melbourne Marathon AUS M 22 

9 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG M 80 

9 Eindhoven Marathon NED M 86 

9 LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon USA M 88 

9 Novi Sad Marathon YUG M 88 

9 Portland Marathon USA M 74 

9 Poznan Marathon POL M 78 

9 Royal Victoria Marathon CAN M 80 

16 Ferrari Italian Marathon ITA M 78 

16 ING Amsterdam Marathon NED M 86 

16 Mount Desert Island Marathon USA M 88 

16 Toronto Marathon and Half CAN H 80 

23 Jeunju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon KOR M 84 

23 Lausanne Marathon SUI M 79 

23 Niagara Fallsview 

Casino Int'l Marathon CAN M 69 

23 Venice Marathon ITA M 79 


Nairobi Marathon and Half KEN M/H 84 

30 Classique Int’l Marseille Cassis FRA R 82 

30 Eurocity Marathon Messe Frankfurt GER M 79 

30 Marine Corps Marathon USA M 87 

31 adidas Dublin Marathon IRL M 82 

Beijing Int'l Marathon CHN M 80 

China Motor Int’l Marathon TPE M 88 

Chosunilbo Chunchon Int’l Marathon KOR M 84 

Half Marathon of Bahia BRA H 80 

Palermo D’Inverno Half Marathon 

and Super Marathon ITA H/M 84 

November 


6 Athens Classic Marathon GRE M 82 

6 ING New York City Marathon USA M 75 

6 JoongAng Seoul Marathon KOR M 84 

12 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon CHN M 80 

13 Beirut Int'l Marathon LEB M 84 

13 Marabana Half and Full Marathon CUB M/H 80 

13 Monaco Int’l Marathon MON M 81 

18 Pharaonic 100km EGY U 82 

19 MTN Lagos Int’l Half Marathon NGR H 86 

20 Palermo Int’l Marathon ITA M 84 

20 Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84 

24 Atlanta Marathon and Half USA M/H 88 

25-27 15th Gatorade Malta Int’l 

Challenge Marathon MLT M 84 

27 10km Corpore São Paulo Classic BRA R 80 

27 Thai Health Bangkok Marathon THA M 88 

27 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon CYP H 80 

27 Firenze Marathon ITA M 87 

27 Harris Direct Seattle Marathon USA M/H 88 

27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon JPN M 84 

27 Marathon of La Rochelle FRA M/H 82 

27 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 10km ETH R 82 

December 


3 Reggae Marathon and Half JAM M/H 84 

4 59th Fukuoka Int’l Open 

Marathon Championship JPN M 84 

4 Citroen Milano City Marathon ITA M 84 

4 Gran Marathon Pacifico MEX M/H 84 

4 Lisbon Int’l Marathon POR M 86 

4 Macau Int’l Marathon and Half MAC M/H 83 

4 Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race BRA R 80 

4 Run Barbados Marathon BAR M 80 


Singapore Int'l Marathon SIN M 86 

11 Dallas White Rock Marathon USA M 88 

11 Honolulu Marathon USA M 88 

31 Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race BRA R 80 

31 St Catherine’s Marathon EGY M/H 82 

ING Taipei Int’l Marathon TAI M 88 

Abbreviations Used 

AIMS Event 

IAAF Event 

ChampionChip timing 

M Marathon 

MR Mountain Run 

H Half Marathon U Ultradistance 

R Road Race 

C Cross Country 

** For race date please contact race direct. 

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: 

To correct current contact information and race dates please 

send details to: update@aims-association.org 

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January 2006 


5 Tiberias Marathon ISR M 82 

6 San Fernando 10km URU R 88 

8 Disney Marathon USA M 88 

15 Maui Surf n’ Sand Half Marathon USA H 88 


Mumbai Marathon IND M 82 

22 Khon Kaen Marathon THA M 88 

29 Las Vegas Marathon and Half USA M/H 88 

29 Osaka Int’l Ladies’ Marathon JPN M 84 

China Coast Marathon HKG M 82 

Mizuno Hong Kong 

Half Marathon Championships HKG H 82 

Standard Chartered 

Dubai Marathon UAE M 88 


Lahore Marathon PAK M 86 

February 


6 Pacific Shoreline Marathon USA M 88 

17 13th Egyptian Marathon EGY M 82 

19 Marathon Popular de Valencia ESP M 86 

25 Myrtle Beach Marathon USA M 88 

26 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 88 

26 Seville City Marathon ESP M 86 

26 World's Best 10km Road Race PUR R 86 

27 Sahara Marathon ALG M 80 


Abu Dhabi Half Marathon UAE H 88 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84 

Giuseppe Verdi 

Country Marathon ITA M 84 

Kathmandu Marathon NEP M 86 

Ohme Marathon 30km / 

10k Road Race JPN R 84 

Philippines Marathon - Pasig River PHL M 86 


Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 82 

Tokyo Int’l Marathon JPN M 84 

Tokyo-New York 

Friendship Marathon JPN M 84 

March 


5 Los Angeles Marathon USA M 88 

8-15 Sahara 100k Challenge Race TUN U 14 


26 City of Rome Marathon ITA M 84 

26 Grazer-Murpromenaden 

Half Marathon AUT M/H 80 

26 Novi Sad Half Marathon YUG H 88 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon POR H 13 

Kyoto City Half Marathon JPN H 84 

City-Pier-City Int’l 

Half-Marathon Den Haag NED H 86 

ING Thailand Temple Run THA M/H 10 

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 84 

Marathon de Marseille FRA M 82 

Marathon of Barcelona ESP M 86 

Maraton LaLa Internacional MEX M 10 

Nagoya Int’l Women’s Marathon JPN M 84 

Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike RSA U 10 

Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M 9 

Vigarano Marathon ITA M 84 

Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 80 


45

Beach life 

Meia Maratona de Rio de Janeiro. 5 September 2004. 

Contrary to every foreigner’s 

exotic image of Rio de Janeiro, 

race day dawned grey, cool 

and cloudy. Then 10 minutes 

before the women’s start the 

clouds were split wide open 

by brilliant sunshine. Course 

records and fast times were 

pushed off the agenda, but 

the race backdrop of Rio’s 

glorious coastline and 

forested hills was framed to 

greatest advantage. 

Brazil is one of the few places 

that habitually features elite 

women’s races in front of the elite 

men and mass field. The women’s 

race, for TV, for spectators and for 

the women themselves, is much 

more clear-cut. Every runner can 

see their competitors and there is 

no chance to ‘hide’ among the 

mass of male runners. 

Up front the women may have 

been keeping a wary eye on each 

other, but further back runners 

cannot fail to be struck by the 

scenery. 

The race starts in the outlying 

centre of Sao Conrado, to the 

north west of the city. Runners 

lined up along the road just above 

the broad, windswept beach. Early 

on Sunday morning there was 

little life about except for the 

crowd of runners massing on the 

esplanade. 

Before the first kilometre ends 

the course begins to rise, in order 

to navigate its way around the 

rocky promontory that separates 

Sao Conrado from the betterknown 

beach neighbourhoods 

closer to the centre. 

The highest point of the course 

comes after only two kilometres, 

as the road wriggles around the 

headland. The deep blue of the 

South Atlantic Ocean, dotted with 

a few small islets, lies to the right 

and a steep cliff face is on the left. 

After four kilometres the road 

descends towards the esplanade 

at Leblon, the first of Rio’s sweep 

of grand beaches. 

Here the lie of the land is very 

different. The beach at Sao 

Conrado, a convenient backdrop 

for the start of the race, had little 

other life evident. 

But from Leblon onwards there 

seemed to be little life that was 

not beach-centred. The settlement 

consists of blocks of high-rises 

that have been fitted around the 

beach. The race comes between 

the two, and it appeared as if this 

was how the locals saw it. 

As the lead runners thundered 

along the wide road backing on to 

the beach, with a flotilla of 

vehicles alongside them, freelance 

runners, skaters, cyclists and 

ordinary pedestrians clogged the 

road. Somehow, with sirens 

blaring and lights flashing, the 

lead vehicles cut a path through 

the throng, and the runners 

followed. 

In Leblon the crowds were 

more dedicated to doing their 

own thing. A few kilometres 

further along the same sweep, 

once over the waterway that 

connects to an inland lagoon, 

Ipanema beach begins, and 

further along comes Copacabana. 

It is not just the names that 

change, but also the character. 

These beach names are well 

known for a reason; they mean 

something. The Sunday crowds 

flocked to the beaches, just as 

they had in Leblon, but the 

Copacabana crowds stopped to 

watch the race. 

They didn’t just watch; they 

became as involved as any 

dedicated spectator would have 

been. Maybe they had arrived 

alongside the runners by chance, 

but they offered them vociferous 

support - as if it was their only 

reason for being there. 

While the women were still 

bunched together at the west end 

of Copacabana beach the 14,000- 

strong mass field set off in pursuit 

from Sao Conrado. Two-time 

winners John Gwako and Philip 

Rugut had returned to contest the 

half marathon. 

After the first kilometre Rugut 

took up the pace. On reaching 

Leblon, Gwako, always previously 

near Rugut’s shoulder, started to 

push. As they raced through 

Ipanema and Copacabana he 

regularly opened up small gaps on 

Rugut and Robert Cheruiyot. 

It was a compelling spectacle 

for the roadside supporters. They 

were not supporting anyone in 

particular, but they clearly 

supported the race itself. 

They cheered every move and 

counter-move made by the lead 

players. In one of these Cheruiyot 

lost contact and thereafter tracked 

the lead pair from 30m behind 

them. 

The course is dead flat along 

the beaches, but the east end of 

Copacabana beach is blocked by a 

huge granite massif. Just before 

reaching it runners turn left, 

cutting through a tunnel to 

Botafogo. 

The bay here is of a different 

character. There is a walkway and 

adjacent parkland, but no beach, 

and therefore fewer people 

around. 

Sweeping around the bay in the 

shadow of the Sugar Loaf 

Mountain, Gwako got away. This 

was around the 14km point, but 

runners pass by the finish line still 

with 5km to run, out to the 

turning point and back. 

The out and back section is on 

a broad highway cutting through 

the parkland that backs onto 

Flamengo beach. On Sundays the 

highway is closed, whether there 

is a race on or not, to better 


Result 

MEN: 

1 John GWAKO KEN 1:02:11 

2 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 1:02:52 

3 Philip RUGUT KEN 1:03:15 

4 Frank CALDEIRA ALMEIDA BRA 1:03:40 

5 Paulo ALVES DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:07 

6 Valdenor P. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:54 

7 Claudir RODRIGUES BRA 1:05:01 

8 Willian SALGADO GOMES BRA 1:05:11 

9 Jose TELES DE SOUZA BRA 1:05:18 

10 Ubiratan J. DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:36 

WOMEN: 


2 Rose JUPCHUMBA KEN 1:14:28 

3 Adriana APARECIDA DA SILVA BRA 1:14:32 

4 Deborah MENGICH KEN 1:14:53 

5 Ednalva LAUREANO SILVA BRA 1:15:19 

6 Anne JELAGAT KIBOR KEN 1:15:43 

7 Maria do C. A. GUIMARAES BRA 1:16:28 

8 Selma CANDIDO DOS REIS BRA 1:16:41 

9 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:16:54 

10 Rosa BARBOSA BRA 1:16:56 

facilitate use of the beach. The 

entire area becomes one big 

playground, and the runners are 

part of it, enjoying huge crowd 

support. 

In the women’s race the top 

three stayed together nearly all 

the way to the finish. Amid the 

crowds gathered on all sides Rita 

Jeptoo eased ahead of Rose 

Jupchumba and Adriana 

Aparecida da Silva in the final few 

hundred metres. Deborah 

Mengich followed 100m behind. 

It was now up to 28C, on this 

winter’s day in Rio, but Gwako 

kept the pace fast to finish only 23 

seconds short of his own course 

record. Cheruiyot came back to 

pass Rugut at 18.5km, just past 

the turn. 

For hours afterwards, the flow 

continued. After the elite came 

the mass, and after the mass 

came the stragglers. The busy 

activity of the well-organised 

finish area gradually subsided. 

Apart from the clearing-up 

operation, action on the road 

ebbed. Life, including many weary 

but fulfilled runners, migrated 

back towards the beach. 



51

The spirit of Christmas Pass 

African University Int’l Peace Marathon, Mutare, Zimbabwe. 25 September 2004. 

By Norrie Williamson 

The sun rose from behind the 

Christmas Pass in the 

mountains skirting the 

Zimbabwean city of Mutare. 

In the centre of town runners 

congregated in Meikle Park. 

Zimbabwe’s first mass 

participation international 

marathon starts from the palmlined 

boulevard, in a project 

initiated by Augustine Dzathor of 

the African University. 

Now in its third year, the 

Marathon personifies the culture 

and mission of this Pan African 

institution, which was established 

in 1992 and offers an MBA in 

Peace leadership and Governance. 

Peace in Africa and the world is a 

vision yet to be achieved, but it is 

one to which everyone can aspire. 

With distances from 500m for 

“kids and grandparents’’ through 

to the challenge of the full 

marathon, there is something for 

everyone. Each event is focused 

around the challenge of the 

Christmas Pass; a 3.5km climb 

from the city over the protective 

mountain range to the University 

campus, which nestles in the 

Valley of Dreams. 

The half marathon spends little 

time in the city, heading straight 

for the twisting, spectacular climb. 

The 10km wheelchair race 

capitalises on the steep downhill 

from just below the crest, to 

plummet down towards the 

campus. Only the out and back 

5km, for the young and novice 

runners and walkers, fails to feel 

the impact of the 1350m high pass 

- but even that reaches the lower 

slopes. 

Mutare is the country’s fourth 

largest city located only 12km 

from the Mozambique border, and 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Christopher KALUNDA ZIM 2:26:17 

2 Felix MHURWA ZIM 2:26:36 

3 Hatiwande NYAMANDE ZIM 2:26:42 

4 Moses NJODZI ZIM 2:26:48 

5 Nicholas MUGOMERI ZIM 2:30:37 

6 Sarimfina MUTOWA ZIM 2:32:11 

7 Lazarus MANGWENGWE ZIM 2:33:10 

8 Stephen SANGAZA ZIM 2:34:25 

9 Alan MAGWERE ZIM 2:34:38 

10 Abel CHIMUKOKO ZIM 2:36:12 

WOMEN: 

1 Chiedza CHOKORE ZIM 2:58:34 

2 Tawapo BHIRI ZIM 2:59:38 

3 Rabiya FILINA ZIM 3:15:32 

4 Simiso MAYELANE ZIM 3:53:03 

5 Sarah MAKAZA ZIM 4:08:00 

21.1km 

MEN 

1 Kasirai SITA ZIM 1:08:10 

2 Collen MAKAZA ZIM 1:08:22 

3 Tsungai MWENENGENI ZIM 1:09:22 

WOMEN 

1 Lizzy CHOKORE ZIM 1:23:53 

2 Sikulile SIBANDA ZIM 1:30:42 

3 Hazvinei CHIGWAGWA ZIM 1:55:02 

a comfortable 3-hour drive from 

Harare International airport. 

Media coverage of economically 

challenged Zimbabwe does 

nothing to prepare international 

visitors for the spirited, vibrant 

welcome that greets them. The 

easy pace of daily life and the 

warmth and friendliness of local 

people stand in stark contrast to 

the world’s received images. 

The marathon prize list at first 

sounds overwhelming. Half a 

million Zimbabwean dollars for 

the first male and female to top of 

the pass. Age category winners 

carry away 100,000 dollars – but 

that is sufficient only for a 

month’s food. The overall winner 

gets US$2000. With the US Dollar 

being exchanged for around 6500 

Zimbabwean, the rest of the prize 

list rapidly diminishes. 

Not so the enthusiasm and 

performances of the athletes, who 

hurtled down Herbert Chipeto 

Street at a pace of under three 

minutes per kilometre. As the sun 

rose umbrellas were unfurled 

along the expansive palm lined 

boulevard, which stretches out to 

the city’s suburbs. 

The first 10km brings a steep, 

then a gradual downhill. With the 

early adrenalin surge runners 

started at a wildly unrealistic pace 

for the challenge they faced. After 

5km the hustle and bustle of early 

morning city life changed to a 

more leisurely rural weekend 

pace. The outlook changed along 

with the pace. Deep purple 

flowers of the Jacaranda tree 

contrasted sharply with lush green 

spring growth and the multishaded 

brown pallet of African 

farmland. 

A crisp undercurrent of early 

spring soon melted away under 

bright sunlight as runners 

approached the half-way point. 

Spaza shops mixed with the multicoloured 

blocks that typify the 

ethnic individuality of African 

residences as the field returned to 

the city centre. Knots of playful 

children enthused and motivated 

the runners with chants, whistles 

and waves. 

Runners left the main street for 

the tree-lined shade of the upper 

residential area, in preparation for 

the Christmas Pass. This dual 

carriageway twists and climbs in 

ever-increasing panoramic views 

of the city and surroundings. 

There is little respite in this 

energy-sapping climb of 350m in 

3.5km. 

Aloes, cycads, bright 

bougainvilleas and stunning red 

poker flowers lined the roadside 

as runners left the floral “welcome 

to Mutare” sign behind. They 

ascended towards the crown of 

Christmas Pass in search of the 

titles of King and Queen of the 

pass. 

Below, the purple jacarandas 

intermingled with multi-storey 

buildings of commerce in the 

basin of landscape stretching 

between the mountains. The 

splendour of Mutare was laid out 

for all to see. 

The top climbers were 

dramatically challenged by the 

5km of jarring downhill running 

which followed. Different 

attributes are required, and a 

change of leadership in the freefall 

drop towards the finish was 

practically assured. Zimbabwe’s 

Olympic marathoner, Abel 

Chimukoko, captured the crown 

before conceding to mine worker 

Christopher Kalunda, an 

experienced 10km athlete making 

his marathon debut. 

An amazing array of stone 

carvings and detailed, brightly 

painted wooden scale replicas of 

farm vehicles lined the roads as 

runners descended towards the 

valley floor. Off the main highway, 

the road rolled out on a gradual 

downward slope into the distance, 

through a natural ‘gate’ made 

between two smaller hills. The 

gradual downhill kept the runners 

moving towards the finish. At the 

entrance to the campus runners 

crossed the Bridge of Dreams, 

which signalled the final 700m of 

their challenge and the start of a 

rapturous welcome. 

In spite of the low altitude 

conditions (1000m), the heat of 

the Southern African spring day, 

and the demanding pull up the 

pass, times were impressive. 

Kalunda led the marathon field 

home in 2:26:17, taking the top 

four finishers under 2:27. The top 

four half marathoners broke 70 

minutes, led by Kasirai Sita in 

68:10. Little of this talent has ever 

had the opportunity to run 

outside the local community. 

Visitors depart with lasting 

memories, above all the sharp 

contrast between international 

news broadcasts and the everyday 

reality of a warm, welcoming 

people sharing in the message of 

peace. There is clearly hope that 

each runner crossing the campus 

bridge will bring that dream of 

peace closer to reality. 


Peaks of spirit, valleys of soul 

ASICS Melbourne Marathon, Australia. 10 October 2004 

By Don Nicholson* 

It was one of those cloudless 

spring mornings that seemed 

perfect for running fast. The 

air was cool and the brilliant 

blue sky reflected in the calm 

of the bay. Beautiful seaside 

vistas regularly open up along 

the famous bayside course, 

whether or not competitors 

care to take a peek 

As the field began to stretch 

out in those first few minutes you 

got the feeling that it could be, 

yes, a perfect day. One of those 

days where you sense that there’s 

the potential for “runners high”. A 

day where you feel so good that 

you keep going faster and further, 

never tiring, just feeling better. 

In those early minutes of the 

ASICS Melbourne Marathon the 

spirit of the race was shining. You 

could smell the spirit of 

competition, of possibility. We all 

felt it. It was a day for realising 

dreams. 

When we speak here about 

spirit, we use the word like a crazy 

old Beat poet. Like Jack Kerourac, 

we’re On the Road! Eccentric 

psychologist James Hillman sees 

spirit not as a thing, but as an 

emotion or a place. 

Hillman reckons spirit lives in 

the peaks, the “highs”, and is 

ablaze with light. Spirit is fast 

and quickens what it touches. It 

Result 

MEN: 

1 Magnus MICHELSSON AUS 2:26:51 

2 John MEAGHER AUS 2:29:12 

3 Saeki TSUTOMU JPN 2:29:12 

4 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:29:26 

5 Justin WILSON AUS 2:32:19 

6 Michael MCINTYRE AUS 2:37:18 

7 Grant MORGAN AUS 2:39:09 

8 David GALEA AUS 2:40:33 

9 Blair MORRIS AUS 2:43:42 

10 Geoff MOULDAY AUS 2:43:56 

WOMEN: 

1 Billinda SCHIPP AUS 2:54:01 

2 Lee-Ann TURNER AUS 2:54:29 

3 Hifumi FUKUYASU JPN 2:54:37 

4 Karyn BOLLEN AUS 2:58:11 

5 Heather CARSON AUS 3:01:31 

6 Alison BOWMAKER AUS 3:05:10 

7 Sandra PROSENICA AUS 3:06:39 

8 Dianne AITKEN AUS 3:10:13 

9 Kristen WYATT AUS 3:12:34 

10 Sandy ALLAN AUS 3:12:38 

WHEELCHAIR: 

BRETT MCARTHUR AUS 2:04:35 

Half Marathon 

MEN: 

1 Martin FEDMOWSKI AUS 1:08:16 

2 Masashi WADA JPN 1:08:25 

3 Tod INGRAM AUS 1:09:40 

WOMEN: 

1 Yuka AIKAWA JPN 1:16:57 

2 Nadelle LEGG AUS 1:18:47 

3 Loretta MCGRATH AUS 1:22:03 

10.9km MARAFUN 

MEN: 

1 Marcus TIERNEY 34:37 

WOMEN: 

1 Karen THORP 39:27 

excites us! It makes our pulses 

race! It inspires prose with 

exclamation marks! It is an arrow 

– straight and knife-sharp. 

It urges us to climb the 

mountain, to feel the coolness of 

altitude, to leave behind our 

fellow travellers and journey 

upward, to commit heroic deeds, 

or die trying. 

Rod De Highden (twice 

Australian Olympic Marathon 

representative) and Magnus 

Michelsson (who had run the 

World Half Marathon in New Delhi 

only a week before) took the lead 

in the first few kilometres. 

There was spirit, competitive 

spirit certainly, and the urge to 

leave the rest of the field far 

behind. Those of us not in the 

lead group also inhaled the spirit, 

wanting to feel light and airy so 

that the kilometres would just 

float by. Wanting to be sharp, 

unflinching and honed for action. 

We wanted to feel refreshed, cool 

and comfortable, ready to climb 

the mountain. 

All distance runners secretly 

wonder whether the heavens will 

smile on us and grant a day where 

we run and feel no pain. Like a 

punter with his wager on a highodds 

bet, we nervously yearn for 

just one of those special days. 

Where you feel so good that you 

keep going faster and further, 

never tiring, just feeling better. 

An hour or so into the 

marathon spirit had waned. Rod 

De Highden, having made the 

pace, then pulled out. His job was 

done, but he looked 

uncomfortably warm. Michelson 

then took up the running with 

Saeki Tsutomu of Japan, and the 

real work began. They turned off 

the highway at Mordialloc and 

begin the tough part of the course 

all the way through to Brighton. 

Now we entered soul’s territory. 

Soul lives in warm, languid 

places. In soul territory we have 

descended from the mountain 

into the valley; we’re no longer on 

a high. Like Icarus, ascending and 

coming to grief from the warmth 

of sun’s rays, so the October sun 

began to melt the wings of those 

that had flown too high, that had 

gone out too fast. 

Soul floods us with warmth of 

all varieties. For instance, we may 

feel a new regard for the many 

volunteers. We realise, as the 

going gets tougher, that their 

encouragement and support is 

crucial for us to continue. 

Soul territory emphasises 

connectedness. Although we still 

want to do our best, we start to 

appreciate the shelter and 

support of the pack. We may even 

encourage others around us – it’s 

a long way to go and a hard task 

to do it alone. We look out for 

family members, hoping for a 

cheer. 

Little by little soul envelops us 

in the urge to slow, to move like 

lazy, tropical lizards. Maybe even 

to lie down. In soul territory we 

encounter the ordinary. At around 

32km we understand our 

limitations. 

Dream goals are revised or 

abandoned. Many now just hope 

to finish. The long, straight, 

ordinary flatness of Brighton’s 

Golden Mile is perhaps the 

toughest section of the course. 

Michelson was feeling the heat 

and slowed. Saeki Tsutomu 

looked comfortable up to this 

point but now dropped away, his 

dreams of victory gone. 

It is here we sometimes mourn 

and curse. Sometimes we don’t 

want to acknowledge our 

limitations. We question and 

complain. “Why have the race in 

October? Why did I have to wait 

for drinks? Why don’t they make it 

an easier course? Why? Because 

it’s the soul of Melbourne and its 

marathon. The fluky weather, the 

wind off the Bay, the October 

humidity, and the journey from 

Frankston all give the Melbourne 

Marathon its character and forms 

its soul spaces. 

Like a welcome cool change for 

those that make it through to 

Elwood, there is a hint of relief. 

The sniff of spirit can again just be 

distinguished from the lattés and 

the sweetness of electrolyte 

replacement products. 

We speak about teams getting a 

sniff of victory, of winning glory; 

this is the essence that pervades 

the air as competitors pass the St 

Kilda Marina and head towards 

the Esplanade. Michelson had 

the aura of a winner, even though 

he was now clocking each 

kilometre a minute slower than at 

the start. 

Spirit grows stronger the closer 

one gets to the finish. There is a 

sense that a mighty achievement 

is possible - no matter the 

disappointment after the 

humbling brush with soul. 

The competitive spirit rises 

back up. In the final few metres of 

the race Saeki Tsutomu and John 

Meagher (Half Marathon winner at 

the World Masters Games in 2002) 

stage a fight to the death for 

second place, like the last two 

samurai left in the battle. 

To finish the marathon is a 

spiritual experience. Many of us 

surprise ourselves with tenacity 

and willpower we never thought 

possible. 

There is also a feeling of how 

easily we could have relinquished 

ourselves to soul - to defeat or 

disappointment. The marathon 

helps us lose our dogmatic 

certainties, our jaunty selfconfidence. 

Paradoxically it leaves us 

knowing ourselves better for 

having experienced the peaks of 

spirit and the valleys of soul. 

*Five-time ASICS Melbourne 

Marathon competitor who this 

year pleaded middle age 

menopause and saw it all from 

the sanctity of the lead car. 


Beauty and the beast 

Mount Desert Island Marathon, USA. 17 October 2004. 

By Craig Crosby 

When marathon legend Dick 

Beardsley traveled to the 

north-eastern corner of the 

USA, to run the Mount Desert 

Island Marathon, he found out 

what more than a thousand 

other runners have discovered 

in the marathon’s three-year 

life. 

It’s a beast of a course, but it’s 

run in one of the most beautiful 

areas imaginable. “It’s absolutely 

gorgeous, but it’s definitely a 

tough course,” said Beardsley. “It’s 

just a first-class event.” 

This was just the sort of 

response race architect and 

director Gary Allen had in mind 

when he first dreamt of a 

marathon on his home island. He 

was bored by the trend towards 

flat, featureless marathons 

designed to boost runners’ times. 

He saw the marathon as a test of 

mettle, and wanted to create a 

race that would return to the 

roots of running. 

Allen knew that if he took care 

of the organization, nature would 

take care of the rest. Located 

about three-quarters of the way 

up the coast of the state of Maine, 

Mount Desert Island’s rocky coast 

and mountain vistas have 

attracted visitors from around the 

world for generations. Home to 

Acadia National Park, the island 

brims with opportunities for the 

outdoor enthusiast, from hiking 

and biking to sea kayaking. There 

are also ample opportunities to 

shop in the hundreds of local 

island retailers. 

The island’s stark beauty 

attracts three million visitors each 

year and the marathon provides a 

unique way of appreciating it. 

Winding through three towns and 

half a dozen villages on quiet rural 

roads, runners enjoy spectacular 

views. Somes Sound, the only 

fjord on the Atlantic Coast, and 

Northeast Harbor, with its 

magnificent shingle-style 

cottages, are just two of the 

highlights. 

The race is held at a time when 

the New England fall foliage is at 

its brightest, and when runners 

can count on nearly ideal 

temperatures (typically between 

10-15ºC) and brilliant sunshine. 

With all this, it is no wonder that 

Eco Marathon voted the course 

the most scenic in the United 

States. 

But nature held a few surprises 

this year. Race day dawned to a 

window rattling, nerve wracking 

and very violent thunderstorm. 

The race hotel was hit by lightning 

which showed the proximity of the 

storm. The sound of sharply 

cracking thunder and streaking 

lightning kept the field at bay 

until the last possible minute. 

The start line remained empty 

as runners huddled in doorways 

and sought shelter where they 

could find it, but 10 minutes 

before the 08.00 start the skies 

cleared and the race was on. 

The starting gun was fired by 

Gary Allen, sporting a black 

bowler hat and a vintage tuxedo 

tail coat with "Mount Desert 

Island Marathon" embroidered on 

the back in hot pink lettering. The 

race was as spectacular as his 

attire. Runners first encountered 

the Tarn, a small glacial pond, and 

the picturesque valley passing 

close by Dorr Mountain. The hills 

were alive with vibrant reds, 

oranges and yellows of the peak 

fall foliage season. 

At 10km runners turn onto 

Cooksey Drive, passing summer 

cottages first built by prominent 

Americans such as Edsel Ford and 


Result 

MEN: 

1 Judson CAKE USA 2:33:01 

2 David HERR USA 2:36:55 

3 Simon ISAACS USA 2:44:23 

4 Paul YOUNG USA 2:51:58 

5 Dick BEARDSLEY USA 2:53:37 

6 Tom ST GERMAIN USA 2:54:29 

7 Brock GIBBS CAN 2:58:37 

8 Bob SHOLL USA 3:00:11 

9 Chris LYFORD USA 3:01:13 

10 Steve BREMNER USA 3:03:23 

WOMEN: 

1 Christine GANZ USA 3:10:02 

2 Rebecca HARMAN USA 3:12:19 

3 Lara JUDSON USA 3:18:51 

4 Jennifer BRITZ USA 3:28:44 

5 Shelly GLUCK USA 3:33:57 

6 Thaisa WAY USA 3:34:40 

7 Colleen RYAN USA 3:36:48 

8 Lorrie TILY USA 3:38:24 

9 Julie BRADSTREET USA 3:39:39 

10 Michelle LEINFELDER USA 3:40:10 

runners say they were hoping for a 

race that offered a beautiful 

course and none have been 

disappointed. “It was a nice 

course,” agreed David Herr, from 

the neighboring state of Vermont, 

and winner of the first two races. 

“That’s really what I look for in a 

race.” 

Word has spread quickly, and 

registration has grown in each of 

the past two years. The race draws 

a mixture of runners from across 

the nation and the globe. First 

timers come looking to cut their 

teeth and qualify for Boston. 

Veteran distance runners come in 

search of a new challenge. Next 

year’s race, to be held on 16 

October, already looks like it will 

reach its 1000-runner limit. 

the Rockefeller families, to reach 

the calm waters of Seal Harbor. 

The marathon route provides 

ocean vistas, quiet woodlands, 

steep granite cliffs, quaint village 

centers, pristine lakes and Somes 

Sound. 

Over the first two editions 

volunteer numbers have almost 

equaled the runners and they 

were again out in their hundreds. 

Along Main Street in the village of 

Northeast Harbor, welcome 

banners stretched over the 

marathon route. Runners reach 

Somes Fjord at 14-17 miles. With 

cliffs on the right, deep blue water 

on the left and a winding road 

ahead, runners are inspired by the 

beauty of their surroundings. Then 

comes another beast of a hill, at 

mile 19. This is "Granite Hill" 

named for the famous quarries 

which produced Maine granite for 

cathedrals and cobblestone 

streets still seen in New York and 

Boston. 

At Mile 20 runners reach 

Somesville, the first permanent 

settlement on Mount Desert 

Island, founded in 1761. The 

signature white clapboard homes 

and churches, along with the 

white wooden curved bridge over 

the tranquil village mill pond 

makes runners feel as if they are 

part of a postcard. Then come 

soothing views of Echo Lake and 

the Western Mountains casting 

their shadows on the waters in the 

late morning light, before runners 

toil towards the highest point of 

the course at mile 24. 

The race captures the essence 

of the small-town communities 

that dot Mount Desert Island. 

With less than 20,000 year-round 

residents in four towns, the island 

is home to a vibrant running 

community that knows how to 

treat guests, and especially guest 

runners. Aid stations are ample, 

but runners marvel at the number 

of offers for water and support 

they receive as they pass homes 

and spectators along the route. 

Runners finish on Main Street in 

Southwest Harbor, a traditional 

fishing community of 

approximately 2,000. The street is 

shut down to traffic, allowing the 

hundreds of fans who gather there 

the chance to urge runners over 

the final yards. 

“The course was hard as hell,” 

said Simon Isaacs, a college 

runner but first time marathoner. 

“At 24 miles my legs felt like 

concrete.” Almost without fail, 



59

On the grapevine 

Lausanne Marathon, Switzerland. 24 October 2005. 

Considering that Lausanne is 

the modern Olympic capital 

and the Olympic marathon is 

a world event, the Lausanne 

Marathon is a remarkably well 

kept secret. 

The place itself surprises. Home 

to 115,000 people, anyone would 

expect the city of Lausanne to 

nestle along the shore of the 

beautiful Lac Leman, which 

arches 100km through western 

Switzerland between Geneva and 

Montreux. 

Early settlers did cling to the 

shoreline but as the Roman 

Empire came under attack they 

moved inland to a more 

defensible site. Although the new 

site lay only 2km from the 

lakeshore this became the centre 

of Lausanne, and it lies far above 

the Lake. 

The city centre is deeply 

dissected by the landscape, so 

that, on turning a corner, a visitor 

can suddenly be up on a viaduct 

high up above other city streets. 

The marathon avoids such 

testing topography. Although it is 

named after the city, it could 

equally appropriately take its title 

from the Lavaux wine region just 

to the east. The course heads out 

through the vineyards to a 

turnaround point at La Tour de 

Peilz, before returning to finish on 

the doorstep of the Olympic 

Museum. It clings to the lakeshore 

for nearly all of the way, and by 

doing so minimises the gradients. 

But the Lake does more than 

make the race easier. It also 

makes it one of the most scenic 

that can be run anywhere. There 

are different aspects to how it 

does this: the steeply-sloping 

vineyards that pitch down towards 

the lakeshore; the view of the 

Evian massif looming from across 

the lake, on the French side; and 

the surface mist from the lake, 

emitting a glow which infuses the 

entire landscape. 

With such impressionistic 

surroundings it is easy to forget 

those other requirements of a 

race: that it be well organised, or 

where, if the balmy conditions 

don’t favour fast times, then they 

at least make the experience one 

to remember. Lausanne has all of 

this. 

There is a relaxed approach to 

the start at Place de Milan. People 

are still strolling through the 

brilliant early-morning sunshine 

towards the start only 25 minutes 

before the race begins. 

There is still time for the 

choreographed warm-up before 

moving to the start line for the 

short wait before the gun sounds. 

Just around the corner expectant 

onlookers crane their necks to 

see, as the wave of runners 

approaches. This is as close as the 

race gets to the centre of town, a 

short way up the slope from the 

lakeside. 

After a kilometre the course 

crests the hill behind the Olympic 

Museum and drops down through 

autumnal woodland to the main 

Route du Lac. From here, 2km 

into the course, it is out and back 

on the same road, allowing 

runners to get the view in both 

directions. 

It is not just a marathon. There 

is a full programme of events. It 

would be neglectful if only 

marathon runners were able to 

take advantage of such a 

magnificent public stage. As the 


unners go out, and it takes them 

a full 13 minutes to pass the 2km 

music station, the wheelchairs 

and roller bladers come back. 

They started over an hour 

earlier, from near the turnaround 

point of the marathon course at 

La Tour de Peilz, and beelined 

west along the lakeshore. 

With the runners gone, a 

Sunday morning silence descends, 

emphasised by the lack of traffic. 

All to be heard is the occasional, 

gentle whirring of bike wheels 

before the whistling breath of the 

first walker. 

With his atypical race-walking 

gait, he is out on his own, and it 

takes another couple of minutes 

before anyone else comes by. 

They are mostly determined 

plodders, many of them holding 

ski sticks and leaning forward. 

Then come the upright strollers, 

some of them pushing small 

children in buggies. 

The next wave to wash past 

contains the half-marathon 

runners (a distance of 10,549m). 

They venture to a turning point 

just beyond the first of the scenic 

lakeside settlements to the east, 

the village of Lutry, just as the 

walkers do. That’s where the 

vineyards begin. The marathon 

runners have already come by 

here, running along the road that 

holds to the contours between the 

lake and the vineyards. 

They have gone through the 

next village of Cully, and at the 

15km point they passed through 

the tiny village of St Saphorin, 

clinging to the hillside, which 

provides the name of the most 

well-known wine label of 

Switzerland. 

The race leaders were now 

approaching Vevey, a small town 

in which the Nestlé Corporation is 

headquartered. There were still 

three of them together as they ran 

around the central market square, 

with a merry-go-round in the 

middle of it, and along the scenic 

Quai Perdonnet beside the lake. 

They passed the halfway point 

at the Rive Reine, a Nestlé 

sanatorium, with 1:06:30 elapsed 

on the clock. Only 500m later they 

turned around and retraced their 

steps, with an increasing stream 

of runners coming towards them. 

Back through Vevey, the course 

rejoins the Route du Lac after 

diverting under a viaduct and up 

one of the steeper gradients of the 

marathon course. 

The three leaders were still 

together, as the sun’s strength 

grew and the stone embankments 

reflected its heat. Conditions were 

not as favourable as in 2003, when 

Tesfaye Eticha set the course 

record of 2:10:05 in winning his 

sixth victory in this race. 

Fighting against adversity is 

what produces winners, and it was 

David Kipkorir who threw down 

the challenge at 33km. He quickly 

got away from Jonathan Kipsaina 

and Weyessa Urguessa, and went 

on for an untroubled win. 

After returning through wine 

country, the course reaches the 

outskirts of Lausanne and turns 

off down to the Lakeshore, along 

Quai D’Ouchy. For the final 600m 

runners are racing alongside 

rowing eights, sailing boats and 

the cross-Lake ferries. The natural 

scenery, even when it is as 

impressive as here, ceases to 

matter at the finish. 

The manmade marathon 

landscape of road barriers and 

advertising hoardings takes over 

in the final few metres. The crowd 

used the advertising boards to 

beat out their acclaim as each 

finisher came through, to cross 

the finish line right outside the 

entrance to the Olympic Museum. 

It didn’t quite have the resonating 

roar of the Olympic Stadium, but 

the world will eventually get the 

message on the grapevine: the 

Lausanne Marathon is a race of 

rare vintage, one not to be 

missed. 

Result 

MEN: 

1 David KIPKORIR KEN 2:13:38 

2 Weyessa URGUESSA ETH 2:16:07 

3 Jonathan KIPSAINA KEN 2:16:17 

4 Philip CHERUIYOT KEN 2:21:34 

5 Samson Lila MULI KEN 2:23:11 

6 Disassa DABESSA ETH 2:23:30 

7 Jean-Luc GUYON FRA 2:34:40 

8 Gioacchino SCIARROTTA ITA 2:35:20 

9 Michel BOUCHARDY FRA 2:36:09 

10 Didier CARLOZ FRA 2:39:16 

WOMEN: 

1 Tsege WORKU ETH 2:37:26 

2 Marshet GEMA ETH 2:42:15 

3 Laurence DUQUENOY FRA 2:46:44 

4 Ursula JEITZINER-SPIELMAN SUI 2:50:14 

5 Beatice EGGAR SUI 2:52:30 

6 Etaferahu CHERKOS ETH 2:56:38 

7 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER SUI 2:57:10 

8 Hiromi NAKADA SUI 3:05:03 

9 Martha GRABER SUI 3:10:22 

10 Valerie METCALF GBR 3:12:01 


63

Out of thin air 

Great Ethiopian Run 10.2km, Addis Ababa. 28 November 2004 

Where does running talent 

come from? It comes 

overwhelmingly from East 

Africa, out of the thin air of 

upland Kenya and Ethiopia. 

Kenya got in first, and 

established something of a 

hegemony, but it is the 

Ethiopian star which is now in 

the ascendant. 

For decades after East Africa 

emerged as the hotbed of running 

talent, and well after such time as 

both Kenyans and Ethiopians had 

established themselves 

internationally (from Abebe Bikila 

and Kip Keino onwards), there 

was no local showcase for their 

abilities. Running was an export 

industry, and runners went 

overseas to perform. It has only 

been since 2001 that Ethiopia 

itself has had a stage on which to 

display prodigious home-grown 

talent. 

That was when the Great 

Ethiopian Run started up, 

immediately attracting 10,000 

entries. This year’s fourth edition 

of the race had 20,000 official 

entrants, but many thousands 

more jumped in among them after 

the start. All official entrants 

receive a T-shirt as their proof of 

entry, and the 100m-wide road 

cutting through the start area in 

Meskel Square quickly becomes 

filled with the year’s chosen 

colour. 

Meskel Square is the perfect 

setting for spectacle. The huge 

expanse of tarmac provides 

passage for the runners, but there 

is also a vast expanse of gently 

arcing terraces on the south side, 

forming an amphitheatre 

overlooking the start area. The 

raking of the terraces defines a 

series of paths which runners use 

to warm up. On other days they 

provide a training venue in 

themselves as runners work their 

way to and fro to the top of the 

stepped area. 

To the north side is a building 

constructed as a tribune. This 

acted as a reviewing stand for 

state dignitaries during the huge 

military parades held by the 

Mengistu regime during the 1970s 

and 1980s. For the purposes of 

the race it is an ideal starter’s 

podium. 

A red-jacketed marching band 

paraded around the square and 

drew up alongside the tribune as 

the first event got underway. 

Thirty crank-handled tricycles 

trundled to the far side of the 

square and back. Participants 

were mainly landmine victims. 

After years of separatist war 

Ethiopia is one of the most 

heavily mined countries in the 

world. 

As the regulation blue trikes 

came over the finish line, another 

set of vehicles converged in the 

square – shaded diplomatic cars 

bearing Prime Minister Meles 

Zenawi to the tribune. He took his 

place between IAAF President 

Lamine Diack and Ethiopia’s 

greatest ever distance runner. 

Haile Gebrselassie has been 

instrumental in the success of the 

race, and won the very first 

edition. 

The activity around the startline 

was making the mass runners 

restless. As the police cordon 

parted to allow them to approach 

the start, they ran pell-mell 

towards it. Elite runners filed out 

from the side in controlled panic, 

desperate to be away before the 

human wave washed over them. 

Within seconds there had been a 

false start involving thousands, as 

officials screamed into the public 

address system, urging restraint. 

Miraculously, the wave halted. 

Police then began the equally 

difficult task of getting runners 

back to the start line as the Prime 

Minister spoke ceremonial words. 

Haile Gebrselassie added his 

exhortation for runners to regroup 

behind the gantry, and they 

almost managed to do so by the 

time that the official start was 

signalled. 

This time there was no 

stopping, as 20,000 runners 


Result 

MEN: 

1 Abebe DINKESSA ETH 29:57 

2 Zenbaba YEGEZU ETH 30:01 

3 Maeregu ZEWDE ETH 30:04 

4 Gebo BURKA ETH 30:09 

5 Lishan YIGEZU ETH 30:13 

6 Alene EMERE ETH 30:20 

7 Solomon TSIGE ETH 30:23 

8 Solomon MOLLA ETH 30:24 

9 Roba GEBRE ETH 30:26 

10 Abate ATAFETEGNE ETH 30:27 

WOMEN: 

1 Genet GETANEH ETH 34:18 

2 Teyiba ERKESSO ETH 34:30 

3 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 34:33 

4 Teke GELANEH ETH 34:36 

5 Amani GODANA ETH 34:47 

6 Adanech ZEKIROS ETH 34:48 

7 Emebet BETA ETH 34:49 

8 Aheza KIROS ETH 34:56 

9 Meron NEGASSA ETH 35:05 

10 Asnaketch MENGISTU ETH 35:14 

cleared the line in little over four 

minutes. The first kilometre of 

roadway, tapering out of sight up 

the hill, became a river of red T- 

shirts. The course is a lap of 3.4km 

followed by a lap of 6.8km. Race 

leaders, climbing up behind the 

Palace grounds after 2km, then 

sweep down the hill back into 

Meskel Square after less than 10 

minutes. A long line of runners 

were strung out without anyone 

having broken away and with the 

pace too quick for very much 

bunching to occur. Leading 

runners lapped back markers 

momentarily, before diverting 

onto the larger lap after 4.3km. 

At the western end of the 

course, just past 5km, runners 

turn sharply back on themselves. 

After another 

kilometre the 

leaders are 

again running 

alongside 

slower runners still on their first 

lap. 

The fast-moving favourites are 

on one side of the grassy road 

divider and the slower runners on 

the other, cheering out their 

encouragement. At 7km the front 

runners are again climbing the hill 

behind the Palace. In the thin air 

of Addis Ababa, 2600m above sea 

level, a hill like this is a severe 

test of condition, and Abebe 

Dinkassa threw down his 

challenge. 

Dinkassa had run a 12km stage 

in an Ekiden relay in Japan only 

five days previously, but he rose 

above any fatigue to almost sprint 

away from the others. He gained 

30m before anyone could react. As 

he crested the hill and passed the 

UN Headquarters in Africa at 8km, 

he had a lead of 50m. He later 

complained of a knee injury 

which forced him to slow down 

over the last two kilometres 

The course then flows gently 

downhill, turning onto Haile 

Gebrselassie Avenue just before 

9km. The finishing straight starts 

here, over a kilometre distant 

from the line, and rises slightly 

before reaching Meskel Square. 

Dinkessa stormed into the Square 

hotly pursued by the almost 

unknown Zenbaba Yegezu. This 

race provides good opportunities 

for ambitious newcomers, as yet 

unencumbered by the fatigue of 

intercontinental travel, to 

challenge the established stars. 

Genet Getaneh had also been 

in Japan for an Ekiden, but back in 

January 2004. She was 

on the fringes of the 

Ethiopian team, 

but overcame more 

internationally known names to 

record “the greatest achievement 

of my career”. One of those 

names, Teyba Erkesso, who 

finished second in the 2004 World 

Cross-Country, admitted “this is 

the most difficult race I have ever 

been in”. The thin air of Addis 

Ababa is a fertile breeding ground 

for new running talent, and the 

Great Ethiopian Run provides 

means by which it can emerge. 

Eyerusalem Kuma, third in the 

women’s race and a seasoned 

campaigner in World Cross- 

Country and Athletics 

Championships commented “I 

prefer road running, and it is very 

nice and educational to have a 

race like this in our country”. 

It is also educational for the 

foreign runners who participate, 

and for the world as a whole. 

News from Ethiopia is 

usually of strife, but the 

struggle for athletic 

supremacy on the 

streets of Addis 

Ababa is an 

altogether different 

story. 

Photos: Mark Shearman 



67

Where are we now? 

Alan Brookes, on the road in North America and Europe, tries to assess the state 

Across Canada and into the 

USA, in London and in 

Prague, I chat to runners and 

race directors. I write 

occasional race reports for 

Distance Running, but in the 

bigger picture these raise 

more questions than they 

answer. 

What follows is not a definitive 

survey of marathon running, but a 

view from mid-pack, from a race 

director of a small marathon [like 

many AIMS members], on the 

road, searching for answers. 

The phoenix must rise 

“For marathons today, it’s a constant 

challenge to be innovative. You have 

to be a phoenix, and re-birth, reinvent 

yourself every year. That’s 

the hardest part”. 

Nick Bitel, Chief Executive, 


Throughout the spring there 

seemed to be some apprehension 

as well as precipitation in the air. 

It poured down in London and 

rained just as much in Prague. 

The venerable Boston Marathon 

slipped a little, from 17,030 

finishers in 2003 to 16,743 this 

year. In July, USA Track & Field 

Road Running Information Centre 

summarized: 

“For the first time since USA Track & 

Field began tracking event size 

(1987), total finishers in U.S. road 

races declined from 2002 to 2003. It 

was a modest decline of only 1% but 

it does ring warning bells for race 

organizers of certain types of events.” 

http://www.runningusa.org/ 

statistics/trends.html 

While the bells tolled loudest for 

shorter distance races, the 

numbers presented show that 

marathon finishers in US events 

grew by a meager 2% [to 400,000], 

and half-marathon finishers by 

just 4%, 2002 to 2003. 

Marathonguide.com was only a 

little more upbeat: 

In 2003, there was a 3.4% increase in 

the number of marathon finishers 

from 2002, with a total of nearly 

334,000 people completing a 

marathon in the USA - up from 

approximately 323,000 in 2002. 

Male finishers increased by 2.3%, 

female finishers by 4.8%, narrowing 

the gender gap to 60:40. In total, 

270 marathons took place in the 

USA in 2003. 

http://www.marathonguide.com/features/ 

articles/2003recapoverview.cfm 

AIMS membership reflects a 

similar picture of continued 

growth - with surges in 2000 and 

2004. Today, AIMS has nearly 200 

members [Table 1] - although this 

is the number of marathons who 

have joined, and not the number 

of marathon runners they 

represent. We could speculate 

that, as the competition for 

marathon participants heats up, 

more events want to join AIMS 

and advertise more, to attract a 

slow-growing pool of marathoners 

in an increasingly congested 

marketplace.See Table 1. 

Conversations in 2004 echoed 

these trends from 2003 statistics 

suggesting that perhaps the 

marathon boom is over, and the 

sport has either plateaued or is in 

decline. 

Yet I found evidence to the 

contrary too. A week before 

Prague I was at the inaugural 

Mississauga Marathon—which 

attracted 1209 finishers in a 

nondescript western suburb of 

Toronto. Prague was followed one 

week later by the Ottawa 

Marathon. Pumped with new ING 

sponsorship money, they got a 

2:11 winner, the fastest time in 

Canada in a decade, and 3585 

finishers – up 39% in one year. 

Then came a glorious autumn. 

My fledgling Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon leapt 113%, from 795 to 

1690 finishers. The whole event 

including marathon, half and 5km, 

went from 5866 to 9007 (up 54%). 

The sun shone and the bands 

played. The Marine Corps 

Marathon had a similarly fine day, 

filled with sunshine, joy and a 

record number of finishers: 16379 

vs. 15973 last year. Race director 

Table 1. AIMS membership 

[# of marathons per year] 

YEAR AIMS MEMBERS 

1997 116 

1998 123 

1999 130 

2000 136 

2001 158 

2002 164 

2003 171 

2004 195 estimated 

Table 2. Finishers in Major US Marathons. 

Event 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 

ING New York 36513 34729 31834 23664 29375 

Chicago 33033 32362 31106 28771 27889 

Honolulu ? 22139 26477 19236 22652 

Los Angeles 17306 17097 18737 16071 17192 

Boston 16743 17030 14573 13406 15688 

Rock’n Roll San Diego 16369 16798 16136 15083 15918 

Marine Corps 16379 15973 14058 14341 17048 

Disney 9371 9422 7950 8020 7660 

Twin Cities 7304 7085 6641 6360 5907 

Grandma’s, Duluth 6750 6868 6836 6699 6074 

Rick Nealis spoke confidently of 

abandoning the “lottery” system 

of entries for 2005, in favour of a 

first-come, first-served online 

entry process that will start on 6 

April. This, says Nealis, will give 

them 30,000 runners for their 30th 

anniversary next October. 

Next stop… New York City. 

What a day! The glitz and 

glamour were everywhere – at 

parties, receptions, fireworks 

displays. It was another glorious, 

sunny race day with “New York, 

New York” belting out over the 

record 36,513 crowd on the 

Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. 

Teeming throngs of New Yorkers 

lined the route and brilliant 

autumn colours draped Central 

Park. “The world’s greatest 

marathon” was back. The phoenix 

had risen: 2001, just after 9/11, 

saw only 23,664 finishers. 

This autumn, then, consensus 

seemed uniform amongst the big 

players. 

“Marathons are still growing. 

Marathoning is very healthy now,” 

said Guy Morse, Executive 

director for Boston, when I caught 

up to him in Washington,DC. 

Rick Nealis concurred: 

“Definitely healthy.” 

Nick Bitel, of the Flora London 

Marathon, was even more 

ebullient: “We are still in a growth 

period—especially the bigger races. 

London will have to turn down a record 

80,000 applications for our 2005 race, 

after accepting 45,000. The marathon 

has become the greatest inspiration and 

a symbol of our era. Every runner is a 

hero. The challenge is how to constantly 

enliven the offering, the experience….” 

The phoenix had risen, but I 

was still confused. 

Does size matter? 

Maybe Nick was right: the big 

guys are all getting bigger, and 

dominate the scene. As Guy 

Morse put it: 

“runners are getting very 

sophisticated and expect more 

and more… The marathon is no 

longer just about the t-shirt; it’s 

about a quality ‘experience’.” 

With a $10 million budget the 

largest races can create so much 

more of a “happening”. Yet the 

competition is also fiercest at the 

top, as New York, London, 

Chicago, Berlin and Boston 

compete in a “Champions League” 

to be “the world’s greatest race”. 

To do so, they bid for a handful of 

superstars who might deliver 

world records. The phoenix has to 

rise every year. 

While NYC has rebounded from 

2001 (up 54%), Chicago has 

nudged forward each year, from 

28771 to 33033 in 2004 [See Table 

2]. London and Berlin have the 

current women’s and men’s world 

records. So what is Carey 

Pinkowski going to do in Chicago 

for 2005? See Table 2. 

It is indeed tough at the top. 

Honolulu were one of the “big 

three” American races in 2000, 

with 22652 finishers, only 5000 

behind second-place Chicago. 

Three years later they were 

holding at 22139 - but this was 

now 10,000 finishers shy of 

Chicago. Arguably, Honolulu has 

slipped into the second tier. It 

hasn’t been any easier for Los 

Angeles, who have had five years 

of running on the spot. Perhaps it 

is no surprise then that the LA 

Marathon has been sold to the 

Devine Racing Group of Chicago 

for US$15 million. 

CEO Chris Devine was quoted 

as suggesting that with 

major Devine intervention 

[cash], LA 

could grow 

to 40,000 

participants, 


of the marathon running market. 

OPINION 

Table 3. Finishers in selected USA mid-size, smaller marathons: 

Event 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 

Baltimore 2352 2070 2203 4829 ? 

Portland 6172 7016 7091 7555 7751 

Harris Direct Seattle 2209 1984 2227 1669 1899 

Dallas ? 3452 3375 3442 3146 

Houston 5384 5735 4412 4059 4699 

Austin 5238 5315 5393 4624 4074 

Detroit 3514 2785 2305 2457 2157 

Cincinnati 4348 3752 3886 4256 3821 

Las Vegas 2709 2534 2340 2502 2716 

Miami Tropical 1781 1455 [new] 

and a place in the Champion’s 

League. Can Devine cash do for 

LA what ING cash has done for 

New York or Ottawa? 

Table 3 shows finisher 

numbers in a range of medium or 

smaller US marathons, and Table 

4 for Canada, to complete the 

picture in North America. 

The numbers show more than 

just “size matters”. They show: 

1. The importance of new marathons on 

the scene 

2. The importance of innovation and 

“re-birthing” for existing events 

3. The frenetic jockeying for position in 

the marathon boom 

New marathons are bursting out 

all over, like 10Ks in the first 

running boom of the 1980s. 

USA T&F compared “% change 

in same events”, to get their 2% 

growth figure. But as 

marathonguide.com reported, 

“There were nearly 20 inaugural 

marathons in 2003… The Miami 

Tropical Marathon (1,455 finishers 

in the marathon), broke the bar of 

1,000 finishers in its inaugural race. 

Next on the size list of new 

marathons were the Akron 

Marathon (855 finishers) and the 

Little Rock Marathon (842 

finishers).” 

http://www.marathonguide.com/features/ 

articles/2003recapoverview.cfm 

This trend appears to have 

continued or gained pace in 2004. 

The Elite Racing empire, with 

flagship San Diego Rock’n Roll 

Marathon stalled at 16369 

finishers in 2004, introduced 

Rock’n Roll Arizona with 9482 

finishers the first time out. 

Nike weighed in with their 26.2 

in San Francisco, with a coat 

check at mile 1, pedicure, foot 

massage and fresh socks at mile 

18, and chocolates on a platter 

from valets at 

mile 25. 

Result: 2,372 finishers in the first 

running. 

The newly-formed Devine 

Racing group from Chicago, 

thwarted in their attempts to buy 

Elite Racing, launched a new 

marathon in Salt Lake City that 

attracted 2622 finishers. 

In Canada, apart from 

Mississauga, there were new 

marathons in Prince Edward 

County, Prince Edward Island, and 

Halifax. 

Being new, fresh and exciting 

counts, but you’ve also got to 

sustain the momentum. 

Miami Tropical did, growing 

from 1455 to 1781 in their 

sophomore year [2004]. But Akron 

slid back from 855 to 714. 

“Montreal International 

Marathon”, who debuted with 

much fanfare last year, went from 

801 finishers in 2003 to 803 this 

September. 

In tables 3 & 4 we can see the 

importance of hard work, 

advertising, strong branding and 

innovation. This yielded gains in 

Detroit, Baltimore, Ottawa, and 

Toronto Waterfront, and retained 

market share in Austin, Houston, 

Cincinnati, LA, Vegas, and 

Vancouver. 

At the other end of the scale, 

there are the interesting cases of 

Portland, Victoria, Quebec City 

and Niagara - four fine, wellestablished 

marathons with 

excellent organization. Apparently 

that’s no longer enough. Even 

with their outstanding Race 

Director’s Workshop and 

leadership in organization for the 

average runner in their “People’s 

Marathon”, Portland’s image has 

remained largely unchanged to 

those same runners. 

Niagara, 

Quebec City 

and perhaps 

Victoria, seem 

to be 

challenged by their location— 

magnificent scenery, but they are 

secondary centres with small 

hinterlands, and few direct flights, 

in an increasingly congested 

marketplace. 

There was considerable 

consternation in Quebec City last 

year, when the much larger city of 

Montreal re-introduced their 

marathon, after almost a decade’s 

hiatus. Yet Montreal did not take 

Quebec’s 259 runners they lost 

this year—Montreal grew by just 

two finishers. Rather, Marathon 

des Deux Rives seems to have 

been pecked at, by the many new 

and innovative marathons in 

Canada and the border States. 

With a solid foundation of firstrate 

organization, and innovation 

and new marketing, they’ll bounce 

back. 

There is still a boom, and huge 

excitement in marathoning, but 

there are signs everywhere of 

market saturation. Activity is 

frenetic and competition is fierce 

for a bigger slice of the slowly 

growing marathon pie. The pie is 

growing at 2% - 3% a year, or 

around 10,000 in total. But Rock’n 

Roll Arizona took 10,000. Rick 

Nealis says he’s gunning for 

30,000 in 2005 [up 7,500 from 

2004]. Chris Devine is looking for 

40,000 in LA. NYC and Chicago 

take an extra thousand or two 

every year. Guy Morse feels 

compelled to take more to 

maintain Boston’s stature. It goes 

on down the line to Miami 

Tropical, Toronto Waterfront, 

Ottawa and Halifax. So where are 

all these folks coming from? 

There are only three ways to 

grow: 

– create new marathoners from couch 

potatoes or half-marathoners 

– attract more local/regional runners, 

taking them from your local 

competition 

Table 4: Selected Canadian 

Marathons [finishers]. 

Event 2004 2003 

Vancouver 4399 4342 

Ottawa 3585 2576 

Victoria 2229 2693 

Toronto 1957 1899 

Toronto 

Waterfront 1690 795 

Mississauga 1209 [new] 

Marathon des 

Deux Rives, 

Quebec City 1052 1311 

Niagara 873 1071 

Montreal 803 801 

Bluenose, 

Halifax 501 [new] 

Prince Edward 

County 320 [new] 

Prince Edward 

Island 236 [new] 

– get marathoners to travel more [join 

AIMS and convince international 

marathoners to travel to your event 

rather than someone else’s]. 

Canadian marathons recognize 

this foreign factor [see Table 5.]. 

There are currently 10 AIMS 

members from Canada versus 19 

from the US, a country 10 times 

bigger. Canadian marathons 

cannot grow without international 

runners. 

Prague has led the way with 

this for years, with more than 50% 

of its participants from outside 

the tiny Czech Republic. Should 

American marathons (excepting 

New York) work harder at this? 

Will Marine Corps, with only 3.7% 

of their field from outside USA 

Table 5. AIMS members 

from North America 

[# of marathons]. 

YEAR USA CANADA 

2004 19 10 

2003 17 10 

2002 16 9 

2001 17 8 

2000 15 5 

1999 14 5 

1998 13 4 

1997 12 3 

(and two-thirds of those were 

Canadians), need to go after more 

foreigners to get 30,000 for their 

30th Anniversary next year? See 

Table 5. 

Marathons that are innovative, 

whether big or small, are 

succeeding. Those who are 

working hard to offer an exciting, 

distinctive and fresh experience, 

those who are aggressively 

advertising and promoting, are 

phoenix-like, rising again each 

year. Those who aren’t are hitting 

the wall, and are in for a struggle. 

And AIMS membership? It is 

one of life’s last great bargains for 

marathon race directors like me - 

it will continue to rise. 


THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF AIMS OR IAAF 

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Beyond the marathon 

Malcolm Campbell reviews the ultradistance running scene 

World Champions Mario Ardemagni (ITA) 

and Tatiana Zhyrkova (RUS) 

IAU 100km World Cup 

and Congress 

The Dutch town of Winschoten has been 

the scene of many historical IAU 

competitions, none more so than the 

IAU 100km World Cup on 11 September 

2004. The IAU Congress took place the 

day before the race and, with Malcolm 

Campbell not standing for re-election as 

President after 20 years in the position, 

there was much interest in his successor. 

The new elected President was Dirk 

Strumane (BEL) and we wish him every 

success for the future. 

The 100km World Cup had attracted some 

outstanding entries and all eyes were on the 

Italian teams which had won both team races 

and both individual races last year in Taiwan. 

The defending Champions were Mario 

Fattore, who had also won the World Cup in 

2002, and Monica Casiraghi. In the men’s race 

it was another Mario - Mario Ardemagni - 

who led the field to the 50km point in 3:07:45. 

He must have found the 10km “canal-flat” 

course to his liking as he gradually increased 

his lead to win with 6:18:24 - the best time of 

the year, a national record and a World Age- 

Best Performance (M40). 

In the women’s race Tatiana Zhyrkova 

(RUS) also won the race from the front. She 

led at 50km in 3:32:09, just a few seconds 

ahead of Casiraghi. Gradually Zhyrkova’s 

increased her lead and it seemed that the 

defending champion would have to settle for 

silver, but during the last 10km Marina 

Bychkova (RUS) came past Casiraghi. 

Zhrykova’s winning time of 7:10:32 was the 

best in 2004. 

Italy secured gold in the men’s team race 

and the Russian team won the women’s race. 

With three to score, 16 men’s teams and 12 

women’s teams finished. The event was held 

under IAAF patronage and the IAAF flag next 

moves on to Japan where the 100km World 

Cup 2005 will take place at Lake Saroma, 

Hokkaido on 26 June. 

Please note the new address 

of the IAU Bureau is: 

International Association of 

Ultrarunners (IAU), 

Kruiskalsijdestraat 32, 

B-8900 Ieper (Ypres), Belgium 

President: dirk.strumane2@pandora.be 

General Secretary: 

hilary.walker@virgin.net 

The IAU 24-Hour European Challenge 

was first staged in 1992 and following 

the success of this and subsequent 

events it was decided to open the 

event up to competitors from outside 

Europe. In 2003 at Uden, Netherlands 

the IAU World 24-Hour Challenge was 

held in conjunction with the European 

24-Hour Challenge. In 2004 these 

combined events were staged at Brno 

in the Czech Republic. 

Scoring three to a team, 16 men’s teams 

and 10 women’s team finished and a record 

number of 61 runners passed the 200km 

point. Individual winners of the World 

Challenge were Ryiochi Sekiya (JPN) and 

Sumie Ingaki (JPN). The individual 

European Champions were Lubomir Hrno 

(SVK) and Galina Eremina (RUS) 

Gregory Murzin (RUS) 

wins for the sixth time 

The first Cantabria International 

100km race took place on 13 

September 1980. Although the venue 

has changed from time to time the 

event has been located at Santa Cruz 

de Bezana for many years. The race 

director has always been Soto Rojas- 

IAU Director of Development. The 25th 

edition took place on 2 October 2004. 

Gregory Murzin (RUS), winner for the last 

five years, was race favourite and he set off 

in determined fashion. He finished the first 

10km lap in 37:21, and reached halfway well 

clear, in 3:06:00. There was a point when a 

world best performance seemed possible 

but somewhere between 70-90km his pace 

dropped slightly and he left himself too 

much to do in the closing stages. His 

winning time of 6:23:08 places him high on 

the 2004 ranking list. The women’s race was 

dominated by Marina Myshlyanova who 

finished in 7:57:56, well clear of any 

challengers. 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

23-24 October 2004: 

IAU 24 Hours European & 

World Challenge, Brno 

MEN: 

KM 

1 Ryochi SEKIYA JPN 269.095 

2 Lubomir HRMO SVK 259.064 

3 Mohammed MAGROUN FRA 257.881 

4 Vladimir BYCHKOV RUS 248.595 

5 Emmanual CONRAUX FRA 247.205 

6 Kaname SAKURAI JPN 241.449 

7 Claude HARDEL FRA 240.638 

8 Lars CHRISTOFFERSON DEN 239.136 

9 Dominique PROVOST FRA 236.354 

10 Andrei KAZANTSEV RUS 235.160 

TEAMS: (3 TO SCORE) 

1 FRA 

2 JPN 

3 RUS 

4 USA 

5 SVK 


WOMEN: 

KM 

1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 237.154 

2 Galina EREMINA RUS 235.012 

3 Stephanie EHRET USA 225.573 

4 Edit BERCES HUN 217.664 

5 Sachiko OKANDA JPN 215.824 

6 Irina REUTOVICH RUS 214.632 

7 Pam REED USA 213.276 

8 Irina KOVAL RUS 211.913 

9 Nina MYTROFANOVA UKR 209.186 

10 Veronique JEHANNO FRA 207.068 

TEAMS (3 TO SCORE) 

1 RUS 

2 JPN 

3 USA 

4 FRA 

5 ITA 


FRANCE 

25 September 2004: 

100km de Millau 

MEN: 

1 Christophe BUQUET 7:31:57 

2 Christophe MORGO 7:34:20 

3 Eric PLANTIN 7:47:46 

28 Anny FLORIS 9:15:27 

1st woman 

68 Katell CORNE 9:49:18 

2nd woman 

82 Laetita BERGASSE 9:56:55 

3rd woman 

16-17 October 2004: 

24 Heures de Saint Doulchard 

MEN: 

KM 

1 Christian MAINIX 217.532 

2 Olivier ARA 206.893 

3 Robert BERTIN 198.459 

WOMEN: 

1 Christine BODET 193.883 

2 Noell CHARLON 176.133 

3 Nicole GOLFIER 144.642 

GERMANY 

23 October 2004: 

Schwabische 50km, Gmund 

MEN: 

1 Jurgen WIESER 3:23:47 

2 Helmut DEHAUT 3:26:03 

3 Bernard WEIS 3:38:04 

WOMEN: 

1 Mira KAIZI 4:15:02 

2 Andrea CAIMBACH 4:16:16 

3 Jutta KOLENC 4:17:33 

7 November 2004: 

Bottrop 50km 

MEN: 

1 Serhiy OKSENYUK UKR 3:16:33 

2 Jorg FRIESE 3:18:53 

3 Olaf KRACHT 3:35:16 


WOMEN: 

1 Birgit SCHONHERR-HOLSCHER 3:44:26 

2 Petra PFLITSCH 4:27:00 

3 Martina GORZ 4:28:34 

GREAT BRITAIN 


London to Brighton, 89kms 

MEN: 

1 Brian HENNESSEY 6:13:59 

2 Ian BAILEY 6:18:43 

3 Mark GOODRIDGE 6:38:51 

WOMEN: 

1 Vicky SKELTON 7:20:43 

2 Michelle STEWART 7:58:11 

3 Deidre FINN 8:25:05 

The inaugural IAU 50km Open 

Challenge took place in Palermo, Italy 

on 17 October 2004 and was hosted by 

the Palermo SuperMarathon. On a 

gently undulating four-lap course over 

100 runners took part. Mario 

Ardegmagni (ITA) continued his winning 

ways in a convincing manner and 

Danielle Sanderson (GBR), pictured left, 

produced a great run to take gold in the 

women’s race with a world age best 

performance (F40) [see main results 

section, p.]. 

New IAU President 

Dirk Strumane 

GREECE 

24-25 September 2004: 

Spartathlon, Athens-Sparta 246km 

1 Jens LUKAS GER 25:49:56 

2 Markus THALMANN AUT 26:20:02 

3 Martin JURI AUT 27:19:15 

12 Kimie NOTO JPN 29:57:40 

1st woman 

16 Hiroko OKIYAMA JPN 31:01:17 

2nd woman 

23 Anke DRESCHER GER 32:55:26 

3rd woman 

HUNGARY 

19-23 September 2004: 

15th Vienna-Budapest 

5-day stage race, 352km 

MEN: 

1 Attila VOZAR HUN 27:27;44 

2 Thomasz CHAWAWKO POL 27:42:14 

3 Janos BOGAR HUN 28:05:06 

4 Anatoly KRUGLIKOV RUS 30:32:30 

5 Stephan GUNZELMANN GER 32:43:48 

WOMEN: 

1 Maria BAK GER 31:44:36 

2 Anke DRESCHER GER 33:21:24 

3 Agnes CZIBOK HUN 34:21:09 

4 Ludmila KALININA RUS 35:25:14 

5 Svetlana SAVOSKINA RUS 35:25:14 

ITALY 

25-26 September 2004: National 

24-Hour Track Championships 

San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona 

MEN: 

KM 

1 Massimo PETRUZZELLI 203.702 

2 Tiziano MARCHESI 198.740 

3 Giorgio GARELLO 191.529 

WOMEN: 

1 Nunzia PATRUNO 190.148 

2 Carmela DI DOMENICO 179.503 

3 Reginella PERON 165.813 


Palermo Supermarathon, 

IAU 50km Open Challenge 

See main Results section - Page 20 

KOREA 

26-29 September 2004: Trans Korea 

Stage Race (West to East), 311km 

MEN: 

1 Gyung Seork SEO 42:41 

2 Ja Hyun KWON 48:35 

3 Kwang Ho KIM 48:35 

12 Sook Hoe HUR 55:30 

1st woman 

53 Hyun Sook HWANG 64:23 

2nd woman 

73 Soon Hui UM 65:20 

3rd woman 

NETHERLANDS 

11 September 2004: IAU 100km 

World Cup, Winschoten 

MEN: 

1 Mario ARDEGMANI ITA 6:18:24 

2 Jaraslaw JANICKI POL 6:26:21 

3 Oleg KHARITOV RUS 6:32:56 

4 Pascal FETIZON FRA 6:36:20 

5 Piotr SEKOWSKI POL 6:37:20 

6 Oleksandr HOLOVNYTSKI UKR 6:37:32 

7 Stefano SARTORI ITA 6:45:25 

8 Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI JPN 6:46:16 

9 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:52:22 

10 Marc PAPANIKITAS BEL 6.53.59 

TEAMS: 

1 ITA 

2 JPN 

3 BEL 

4 AUS 

5 SVK 


WOMEN: 

1 Tatiana ZHYRKOVA RUS 7.10.32 

2 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 7.26.37 

3 Monica CASIRAGHI ITA 7.29.20 

4 Akiko SEKIYA JPN 7.44.15 

5 Kazuhu IZUTSU JPN 7.49.53 

6 Paola SANNA ITA 7.58.52 

7 Giovanna CAVALLI ITA 8.00.22 

8 Birgit S. HOELSCHER GER 8.00.42 

9 Yoko YAMAZAWA JPN 8.03.37 

10 Christine DENIS-BILLET FRA 8.16.16 

TEAMS 

1 RUS 

2 ITA 

3 JPN 

4 GER 

5 USA 


NORWAY 

30 October 2004: Troll Races 

100kms & 63km, Bergen 

100km: 

1 Runar GILBERG 7:22:50 

2 Gjermund SORSTAD 8:27:32 

3 Willy HAMRIE 8:34:58 

Anne Marie HEIENBERG 9:17:18 

1st woman 

63km: 

1 Helge HAFSAS 4:03:56 

2 Per Olaf BOYUM 4:31:15 

3 Ludvik TENEBEKK 5:06:32 

Edna LEIKVOLL 6:04:26 

1st woman 

SPAIN 

2 October 2004: 25th International 

100km of Cantabria, Santa Cruz de 

Bezana 

MEN 

1 Gregory MURZIN RUS 6:23:08 

2 Jorge AUBESO ESP 6:51:18 

3 Ildar AKHMETSHIN RUS 6:54:03 

WOMEN 

1 Marina MYSHLYANOVA RUS 7:57:56 

2 Laudeline FRANCO ESP 9:17:11 

3 Ann Maria FERRADAS ESP 10:03:19 

UNITED STATES 


National 100 Mile Championships, 

Sylvania, Ohio 

1 Bob SWEENY 13:05:28 

2 Steve PETERSON 14:11:26 

3 John GEESLER 14:55:44 

4 Connie GARDNER 15:48:04 

1st woman 

7 Rebecca JOHNSON 16:19:13 

2nd woman 

9 Janet RUNYAN 17:28:59 

3rd woman 


Edmund Fitgerald 100km, Duluth 

MEN 

1 Patrick RUSSELL 7:32:26 

2 Jim RAMACIER 8:30:38 

3 Brett EVANS 9:21:01 

WOMEN 

1 Sue KAINULAINEN 9:08:01 

2 Sue OLSEN 10:19:51 

3 Heather KICK 13:15:41 

6-7 November 2004: 

National 24 Hour Championships, 

San Diego 

MEN 

KM 

1 Steve PETERSON 231.502 

2 Danny RIPKA 220.232 

3 John GEESLER 218.042 

WOMEN: 

1 Rebecca JOHNSON 209.477 

2 Brenda KLEIN 199.382 

3 Janet RUNYAN 185.778 

DIARY 

26 June 2005: 

IAU 100km World Challenge, 

Lake Saroma (JPN) 

16/17 June 2005: 

IAU 24 Hours European 

Challenge & World 24 

Hours Challenge, 

Worschach (AUT) 


IAU European 100km 

Championships, 

Winschoten (NED) 

For information on all IAU events, 

contact Malcolm Campbell: 

Fax: +44 1476578 822; 

Email: iaumc@yahoo.co.uk 


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World leading times 

Latest standings at 10km, half marathon and marathon 

By David E. Martin, AIMS Statistician 

Half Marathon 

Men 

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: 

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

Time Athlete Nation Rank Venue Date 

60:11 Robert K. Cheruiyot KEN 1 Rotterdam 12 SEP 

60:22 Paul Kirui KEN 1 Ostia 29 FEB 

60:22 Robert Kipchumba KEN 1 Milano 03 APR 

60:22 James Kwambai KEN 1 Udine 26 SEP 

60:28 Benson Cherono KEN 2 Udine 26 SEP 

Women 

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 – 30.5 m drop) course: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 65:40, 21 SEP 2003 


67:47 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

68:40 Sun Yingjie CHN 1 New Delhi 03 OCT 

68:45 Hiromi Ominami JPN 1 Sapporo 04 JUL 

68:52 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

69:00 Lydia Cheromei KEN 2 New Delhi 03 OCT 

60:29 Martin Sulle TAN 2 Milano 03 APR 

60:29 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 3 Milano 03 APR 

60:32 Enock Mitei KEN 4 Milano 03 APR 

60:40 Kirui 1 Berlin 04 APR 

60:42 Solomon Busendich KEN 2 Berlin 04 APR 

60:47 John Korir KEN 5 Milano 03 APR 

60:56 Yusuf Songoka KEN 1 Azpeitia 28 MAR 

61:01 Duncan Kibet KEN 1 Lille 06 SEP 

61:03 Fabiano Joseph TAN 6 Milano 03 APR 

61:06 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 2 Azpeitia 28 MAR 

61:14 Fred Mogaka KEN 1 Paris 07 MAR 

61:18 Julius Kibet KEN 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

61:19 El Arbi Khattabi MAR 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

61:20 Songoka 3 Udine 26 SEP 

61:21 Elijah Nyabuti KEN 2 Paris 07 MAR 

61:21 Khalid Khannouchi USA 3 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

61:22 Silas Kirui KEN 2 Lille 06 SEP 

61:23 Christopher Cheboibok KEN 3 Berlin 04 APR 

61:26@ Richard Maiyo KEN 1 Eldoret 25 JAN 

61:26 Daniel Rono KEN 4 Berlin 04 APR 

61:27 Julius Rotich KEN 1 Nice 25 APR 

61:28 James Mwangi KEN 1 Sapporo 04 JUL 

61:29 Ayad Lamdassam MAR 3 Azpeitia 28 MAR 

61:29 Hillary Korir KEN 3 Lille 06 SEP 

OTHER PERFORMANCES (Aided downhill) 

59:37 Dejene Berhanu ETH 1 South Shields 26 SEP 

59:49 Rodgers Rop KEN 1 Lisboa 28 MAR 

59:51 Martin Lel KEN 2 Lisboa 28 MAR 

59:54 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 3 Lisboa 28 MAR 

59:56 Jaouad Gharib MAR 4 Lisboa 28 MAR 

69:07 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 New Delhi 03 OCT 

69:13 Cheromei 1 Rotterdam 12 SEP 

69:38 Nuta Olaru ROM 1 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

69:43 Yuki Saito JPN 2 Sapporo 04 JUL 

69:47 Lucy Wangui KEN 1 Yamaguchi 14 MAR 

69:49 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 Berlin 04 APR 

69:51 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 Lisboa 26 SEP 

69:54 Miki Oyama JPN 3 Sapporo 04 JUL 

69:54 Viktoriya Klimina RUS 1 Novosibirsk 11 SEP 

70:00 Machi Tanaka JPN 1 Inuyama 29 FEB 

70:02 Leah Malot KEN 2 Philadelphia 19 SEP 

70:05 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 Uster 18 SEP 

70:07 Hellen Cherono KEN 1 Udine 26 SEP 

70:11 Alina Ivanova RUS 1 Setubal 02 MAY 

70:11 Chepchumba 2 Uster 18 SEP 

70:13 Miki Ohira JPN 1 Matsue 21 MAR 

70:15 Keiko Isogai JPN 3 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:15 Lena Cheruiyot KEN 1 Lille 06 SEP 

70:20 Kayoko Obata JPN 4 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

70:20 Isogai 2 Yamaguchi 14 MAR 

70:24 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 5 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

OTHER PERFORMANCES (Aided downhill) 

67:55 Benita Johnson AUS 1 South Shields 26 SEP 

68:11 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 Lisboa 28 MAR 

68:27 Edith Masai KEN 2 South Shields 26 SEP 

68:32 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 South Shields 26 SEP 

68:35 Derartu Tulu ETH 4 South Shields 26 SEP 

68:48 Berhane Adere ETH 5 South Shields 26 SEP 

68:55 Sonia O’Sullivan IRL 6 South Shields 26 SEP 

69:22 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 7 South Shields 26 SEP 

59:58 Paul Kosgei KEN 5 Lisboa 28 MAR 

60:00 Lukas Kibet KEN 6 Lisboa 28 MAR 

60:19 Sammy Korir KEN 7 Lisboa 28 MAR 

60:28 Charles Kamathi KEN 8 Lisboa 28 MAR 

60:31 Richard Yatich KEN 9 Lisboa 28 MAR 

Men 

World Record: 

Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 27:02, Doha, 11 DEC 2002 


27:35 Gilbert Okari KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

27:37 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 1 Praha 19 SEP 

27:39 Thomas Kiplitan KEN 2 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

27:41 Samuel Rongo Olengura KEN 1 Zevenaar 29 AUG 

27:42 Stanley Kipkoskei Salil KEN 2 Praha 19 SEP 

69:22 Helena Javornik SLO 1 Remich 26 SEP 

69:35 Leah Malot KEN 2 Lisboa 28 MAR 

69:35 Luminita Zaituc GER 2 Remich 26 SEP 

69:36 Merima Denboba ETH 3 Lisboa 28 MAR 

69:53 Sylvia Mosqueda USA 1 Austin 25 JAN 

@ = altitude > 1,000 m # = Lisboa 69 m drop (3.3 m/km); Austin = 114 m drop (5.4 m/km); South Shields 30.5 m drop 

10km Road 

Women 

World Record: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 30:21, San Juan, 23 Feb 2003 

Women’s-only loop course: 

Azmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29, 

New York, 08 JUN 2002 


30:41 Lornah Kiplagat NED 1 San Juan 29 FEB 

30:45 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 San Juan 29 FEB 

30:59 Kiplagat 1 Tilburg 05 SEP 

31:23 Lydia Cheromei KEN 1 Port Elizabeth 25 AUG 

31:36 Susan Chepkemei KEN 1 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

World’s fastest woman 

of the year, Yoko Shibui 

27:47 John Korir KEN 1 San Juan 29 FEB 

27:48 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 2 San Juan 29 FEB 

27:48 Robert Kip. Cheruiyot KEN 3 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

27:53 Kiprotich 4 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

27:54 Craig Mottram AUS 1 Manchester 23 MAY 

31:38 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 1 Wuerzburg 25 APR 

31:44 Deena Kastor USA 1 New York 12 JUN 

31:47 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Miyazaki 06 JAN 

31:51 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Casablanca 22 MAY 

31:51 Masako Chiba JPN 2 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

27:55 Andrew Limo KEN 1 Port Elizabeth 25 AUG 

27:57 Kip. Cheruiyot 1 Punte del Este 06 JAN 

27:59 Benson Cherono KEN 2 Punte del Este 06 JAN 

OTHER PERFORMANCES (82 meters drop) 

27:48 Rueben Chebii KEN 1 Toronto 02 MAY 31:55 Susan Chepkemei KEN 1 Atlanta 04 JUL 

# = substantial drop, e.g., Salt Lake City drops 157 m (15.7 m/km); Pittsburgh drops 122 m drop (12.2 m/km); 

@ = altitude > 1,000 m, e.g., Salt Lake City starts at 1457 m, finishes at 1,300 m 

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31:56 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 3 Cape Elizabeth 01 AUG 

32:00 Constantina Tomescu ROM 3 San Juan 29 FEB 

32:00 Cheromei 1 Appingedam 26 JUN 

OTHER PERFORMANCES (> 1 m/km drop) 

DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005

These lists provide a glimpse into the 

world of global road-racing activity. 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 

World’s fastest man 

of the year, Felix Limo 

Marathon 

Men 

World Record: 

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


2:06:14 Felix Limo KEN 1 Rotterdam 04 APR 

2:06:16 Evans Rutto KEN 1 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:06:18 Rutto 1 London 18 APR 

2:06:23 Robert Cheboror KEN 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:06:44 Limo 1 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:06:48 Sammy Korir KEN 2 London 18 APR 

2:06:49 Joseph Riri KEN 2 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:07:02 Jaouad Gharib MAR 3 London 18 APR 

2:07:05 Joshua Chelanga KEN 3 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:07:06 Gert Thys RSA 1 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:07:42 Jose Rios ESP 1 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:07:43 William Kipsang KEN 2 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:07:44 Daniel Njenga KEN 2 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:07:50 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 3 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:10 Mbarak Hussein KEN 3 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:08:11 Tefere Wodajo ETH 4 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:08:15 Lee Bong-Ju KOR 5 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:08:18 Tadayuki Ojima JPN 2 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:08:27 Mwangangi Muindi KEN 4 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:33 Wilson Onsare JPN 3 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:08:35 Samson Kandie KEN 1 Wien 16 MAY 

2:08:36 Atsushi Sato JPN 4 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:08:37 Stefano Baldini ITA 4 London 18 APR 

2:08:38 Frederick Cherono KEN 1 Torino 18 APR 

2:08:38 Daniel Cheribo KEN 1 Milano 28 NOV 

2:08:41 Kipsang 2 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:08:43 Njenga 1 Tokyo 08 FEB 

2:08:44 Khalid Khannouchi USA 5 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:46 Satoshi Osaki JPN 2 Tokyo 08 FEB 

2:08:48 Marilson dos Santos BRA 6 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:08:53 Onsare 4 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:08:54 Ji Young-Jun KOR 6 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:08:55 Patrick Tambwe COD 1 Mont St. Michel 20 JUN 

2:08:56 Kazutoshi Takatsuka JPN 5 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:08:56 Ambesse Tolosa ETH 1 Paris 04 APR 

2:09:07 Michael Rotich KEN 2 Rotterdam 04 APR 

2:09:07 Tesfaye Tolla ETH 5 London 18 APR 

2:09:08 Luis Jesus POR 5 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:09:09 Haron Toroitich KEN 1 Carpi 17 OCT 

2:09:10 Boaz Kimaiyo Kibet KEN 1 Frankfurt 31 OCT 

2:09:10 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 1 Fukuoka 05 DEC 

2:09:20 Willy Cheruiyot KEN 1 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:09:21 Stephen Kiogora KEN 7 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:09:23 Benjamin Kipchumba KEN 2 Milano 28 NOV 

2:09:25 Yuko Matsumiya JPN 6 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:09:27 Benedict Kimondiu KEN 3 Tokyo 08 FEB 

2:09:28 Yukinobu Nakazaki JPN 4 Tokyo 08 FEB 

2:09:28 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1 New York 07 NOV 

2:09:29 Alberico di Cecco ITA 2 Torino 18 APR 

2:09:32 Shinichi Watanabe JPN 6 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:09:34 Pavel Loskutov EST 1 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:09:35 Benoit Zwierzchiewski FRA 6 London 18 APR 

2:09:39 Vanderlei de Lima BRA 1 Hamburg 18 APR 

2:09:41 Luis Novo POR 7 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:09:42 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 7 London 18 APR 

2:09:43 Tomoyuki Sato JPN 5 Tokyo 08 FEB 

2:09:47 Gashaw Melesse ETH 8 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:09:47 Richard Kiprono Maiyo KEN 2 Carpi 17 OCT 

2:09:52 Andrew Sambu KEN 2 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:09:53 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA 2 New York 07 NOV 

2:09:54 Raymond Kipkoech KEN 1 Venezia 24 OCT 

2:09:55 Watanabe 7 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:09:55 Danilo Goffi ITA 2 Venezia 24 OCT 

2:09:55 Mbarak Hussein KEN 3 Seoul 07 NOV 

2:09:56 Viktor Roethlin SUI 1 Zurich 04 APR 

2:09:58 Lee Troop AUS 8 London 18 APR 

2:10:00 Timothy Cherigat KEN 3 New York 07 NOV 

2:10:07 Muneyuki Ojima JPN 8 Otsu 07 MAR 

2:10:07 Philip Singoei KEN 2 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:10:08 Kipkoech 2 Paris 04 APR 

2:10:08 Phaustin Baha TAN 1 Essen 25 APR 

2:10:10 El Hassan Lahssini FRA 3 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:10:11 Tambwe 4 New York 07 NOV 

2:10:12 Ruggero Pertile ITA 1 Roma 28 MAR 

2:10:13 John Yuda TAN 9 London 18 APR 

Women 

World Record: 

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

Women-only-race: 

Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:18:56, London, 14 APR 2002 


2:19:41 Yoko Shibui JPN 1 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:22:35 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 London 18 APR 

2:23:10 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New York 07 NOV 

2:23:14 Susan Chepkemei KEN 2 New York 07 NOV 

2:23:26 Hiromi Ominami JPN 2 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:23:28 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Xiamen 27 MAR 

2:23:45 Constantina Tomescu ROM 1 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:23:57 Reiko Tosa JPN 1 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:24:11 Sun Yingjie CHN 1 Beijing 17 OCT 

2:24:32 Salina Kosgei KEN 1 Paris 04 APR 

2:24:33 Nuta Olaru ROM 2 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:24:47 Megumi Tanaka JPN 2 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:25:01 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 3 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:25:18 Lyubov Denisova RUS 3 New York 07 NOV 

2:25:29 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 1 Osaka 25 JAN 

2:26:02 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2 London 18 APR 

2:26:05 Asha Gigi ETH 2 Paris 04 APR 

2:26:10 Zhor El Kamch MAR 1 Rotterdam 04 APR 

2:26:17 Lee Eun-Kyung KOR 1 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:26:20 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Athina 22 AUG 

2:26:21 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 4 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:26:22 Worknesh Tola ETH 2 Seoul 14 MAR 

2:26:31 Okayo 4 New York 07 NOV 

2:26:32 Ndereba 2 Athina 22 AUG 

2:26:34 Bruna Genovese ITA 1 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:26:43 Kiyoko Shimahara JPN 2 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:26:50 Masako Chiba JPN 2 Sapporo 28 AUG 

2:26:51 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 5 New York 07 NOV 

2:26:52 Tomescu 3 London 18 APR 

2:26:53 Sonja Oberem GER 3 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:26:53 Irina Permitina RUS 1 St. Paul 03 OCT 

2:26:58 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 3 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:27:02 Chiba 4 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:27:06 Aki Fujikawa JPN 3 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:27:08 Madai Perez MEX 2 Rotterdam 04 APR 

2:27:19 Beatrice Omwanza KEN 4 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:27:20 Deena Kastor USA 3 Athina 22 AUG 

2:27:25 Albina Ivanova RUS 4 London 18 APR 

2:27:28 Silviya Skvortsova RUS 2 St. Paul 03 OCT 

2:27:28 Zivile Balciunaite LTU 5 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:27:33 Helena Javornik SLO 1 Amsterdam 17 OCT 

2:27:34 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 1 Honolulu 12 DEC 

2:27:38 Chiba 2 Osaka 25 JAN 

2:27:40 H. Ominami 3 Osaka 25 JAN 

2:27:49 Ornella Ferrara ITA 1 Roma 28 MAR 

2:27:54 Leila Aman ETH 5 Berlin 26 SEP 

2:27:58 Miki Oyama JPN 4 Nagoya 14 MAR 

2:28:01 Chepchumba 5 London 18 APR 

2:28:05 Fatuma Roba ETH 1 Nagano 11 APR 

2:28:10 Zakharova 6 London 18 APR 

2:28:11 Rita Jeptoo KEN 1 Milano 28 NOV 

2:28:11 Eri Hayakawa JPN 2 Honolulu 12 DEC 

2:28:15 Alemu 4 Athina 22 AUG 

2:28:15 Luminita Zaituc GER 6 New York 07 NOV 

2:28:17 Li Helan CHN 2 Xiamen 27 MAR 

2:28:21 Lornah Kiplagat NED 7 New York 07 NOV 

2:28:22 Alb. Ivanova RUS 5 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:28:25 Colleen De Reuck USA 1 St. Louis 03 APR 

2:28:28 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 6 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:28:32 Ham Bong-Sil PRK 3 Xiamen 27 MAR 

2:28:32 Sun 7 London 18 APR 

2:28:33 Marla Runyan USA 7 Chicago 10 OCT 

2:28:36 Margarita Tapia MEX 1 Houston 18 JAN 

2:28:42 Zhou 2 Beijing 17 OCT 

2:28:44 Tosa 5 Athina 22 AUG 

2:28:48 Alina Ivanova RUS 8 London 18 APR 

2:28:49 Dorota Gruca POL 1 Mazatlan 28 NOV 

2:28:57 Emily Kimuria KEN 1 Hamburg 18 APR 

2:28:58 Alice Chelangat KEN 2 Hamburg 18 APR 

2:29:03 Genovese 2 Roma 28 MAR 

2:29:04 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Dalian 29 OCT 

2:29:11 Florence Barsosio KEN 1 Firenze 28 NOV 

2:29:19 Corinne Raux FRA 3 Paris 04 APR 

2:29:22 Rosaria Console ITA 1 Wien 16 MAY 

2:29:24 Sun 6 Tokyo 21 NOV 

2:10:16 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 1 Leipzig 25 APR 

2:10:19 Koech 3 Eindhoven 10 OCT 

2:10:22 James Rotich KEN 1 Koeln 12 SEP 

2:10:22 Pertile 3 Carpi 17 OCT 

2:10:26 Henry Kosgei Cherono KEN 2 Koeln 12 SEP 

2:29:27 Wang Yu CHN 4 Xiamen 27 MAR 

OTHER PERFORMANCES 

2:24:27 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Boston 19 APR 

2:24:43 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 2 Boston 19 APR 

2:27:34 Olivera Jevtic SCG 3 Boston 19 APR 

# = Austin 137 m drop (3.2 m/km); Nagano = 219.5 m drop (5.2 m/km); Boston 139 m drop (3.3 m/km); 

Ngodwana = 485 m drop (1430m to 945 m = 11.5 m/km) 

DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005 77



* - AIMS Associate Member 


To correct current contact information 

and race dates please send details to: 

update@aims-association.org 

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 

Buenos Aires City 

Half Marathon 

September 

Domingo Amaison 

Echeverria 1677-Dto L, (1428) Buenos Aires 

Tel: 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 

Email: info@maratondebuenosaires.com 

Inet: www.maratondebuenosaires.com 

Australia 

ASICS Melbourne Marathon October 

Joe Murphy 

P.O. Box 148, Brunswick, 3056 Victoria 

Tel: 61 3 9381 4666 

Fax: 61 3 9381 4777 

Email: joe@eventwizard.com.au 

Inet: www.melbournemarathon.com.au 

Flora Sydney Marathon September 

Graeme Hannon 

Level 1, 18-20 York Street, Sydney 2000 

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 

July 

Canberra Marathon 

April 

Dave Cundy 

P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach, NSW 2257 

Tel: 61 2 434 27611 

Fax: 61 2 434 27648 

Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au 

Inet: www.canberramarathon.com.au 

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: jbarker@fairfax.mail.com.au 

Inet: www.sunherald.com.au/city2surf 

Austria 

Grazer Murpromenaden 

Half Marathon 

March 

Alois E. Fortmüller 

A 8020 Graz, Lagergasse 97/2/6 

Tel/Fax: 43 316 71 79 44 

Email: office@graz-halbmarathon.org 

Inet: www.graz-halbmarathon.org 

Linz Int’l Marathon 

Ewald Tröbinger 

Roseggerstrasse 41, A-4020 Linz 

Tel: 43 732 60 34 12 

Fax: 43 732 60 62 12 

Email: linzmarathon@liva.co.at 

Inet: www.linz-marathon.at 

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 

Wachau Marathon 

Helmut Paul 

P.O. Box 15, A-3500 Krems 

Tel: 43 2732 82853 

Fax: 43 2732 84618 22 

Email: gutermann@wvnet.at 

Inet: www.wachaumarathon.at 

*Wels Halfmarathon 

Otto Geitz 

Heidlweg 91, A-4600 Wels 

Tel/Fax: 43 7242 25 828 

Email: office@wels-halbmarathon.at 

Inet: www.wels-halbmarathon.at 

Barbados 

April 

May 

September 

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 

Phillippe Housiaux 

Avenue du Col Vert 5, 1170 Brussels 

Tel: 32 2426 6466 

Fax: 32 2426 5378 

Email: phillippe@dialogue_agency.be 

Inet: www.ingrunningtour.be 

Coastal Marathon 

October 

Christophe Impens 

Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 Paal-Beringen 

Tel: 32 11 45 99 78 

Fax: 32 11 45 99 10 

Email: info@ingrunningtour.be 

Inet: www.ingrunningtour.be 

Bosnia 

Vidovdan 10km Road Race 

Borislav Djurdjevic 

Brace Ribnikar 17, 

76100 Brcko 

Tel: 387 49217 771 

Fax: 387 49217 771 

Email: mpc1@teol.net 

Inet: www.vidovdanskatrka.org 

Brazil 

June 

*City of Rio de Janeiro Marathon June 

Joao Traven 

Rua Felix Pacheco 150 Bldg C Apt. 102, 

Leblon 22450-080 

Tel: 55 21 222 33 073 

Fax: 55 21 222 32 773 

Email: traven@dh.com.br 

Inet: www.maratonadorio.com.br 

*Half Marathon of Bahia 

October 

BIS Sports, Rua Dr. Jose Peroba 349, 

15°ander, sala1507, Ed. Empresarial Coast 

Azul, Coast Azul, Salvador, Bahia, CEP 

41760-320 

Tel: 55 71 341 1666 

Fax: 55 71 341 2204 

Email: meiadabahia@bis.tur.br 

Inet: www.meiamaratonadabahia.com.br 

10km Corpore 

São Paulo Classic 

November 

Octãvio Aronis 

Rua Bento De Andrade, 436, 

Cep 04503-001 - Sao Paulo - SP 

Tel: 55 11 3884 4188 

Fax: 55 11 3885 0213 

Email: octavio@corpore.org.br 

Inet: www.corpore.org.br 

São Paulo Marathon 

April 

Pampulha Lagoon Int’l Race December 

*Rio De Janeiro Half Marathon August 

Thadeus Kassabian 

Avenida Magalhaes de Castor, 956 Butanta, 

Sao Paulo, CEP 05502-001 

Tel/Fax: 55 11 3031 7033 

Email: thadeus@yescom.com.br 

Inet: www.voltadapampulha.com.br 

www.maratonadesaopaulo.com.br 

www.yescom.com.br 

Sao Silvestre 15km Road Race December 

Julio Deodora 

Rua Jacarapinima, 416, 

CEP 02415-010, Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP 

Tel: 55 11 3170 5917 

Fax: 55 11 3266 8574 

Email: jdeodoro@gazetaesportiva.com.br 

Canada 

adidas Vancouver Int’l Marathon May 

Derek Hodge 

P.O. Box 3213, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8 

Tel: 1 604 872 2928 

Fax: 1 604 872 2903 

Email: info@vanmarathon.bc.ca 

Inet: www.adidasvanmarathon.ca 

Calgary Marathon 

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 Centennial Marathon August 

John Stanton 

8537-109th Street (Running Room), 

Edmonton, AB T6G 1E4 

Tel: 1 780 433 6062 

Fax: 1 780 439 8465 

Email: jstanton@runningroom.com 

Inet: www.runningroom.com 

ING Ottawa Marathon 

Jim Robinson 

P.O. Box 426, Station A, Ottawa, 

ON K1N 8V5 

Tel: 1 613 234 2221 

Fax: 1 613 234 5880 

Email: info@ncm.ca 

Inet: www.ingottawamarathon.com 

May 

Niagara Fallsview Casino 

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 

Quebec City Marathon 

August 

Denis Therrien 

1173 boul. Charest Ouest bureau 290, 

Quebec, G1N 2C9 

Tel: 1 418 694 4442 

Fax: 1 418 694 4441 

Email: denis.therrien@marathonquebec.com 

Inet: www.marathonquebec.com 

Royal Victoria Marathon 

October 

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 

Email: info@royalvictoriamarathon.com 

Inet: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com 

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 

Marathon and Half 

September 

Scotiabank Vancouver 

Half Marathon 

June 

Alan Brookes 

33 Bloor Street East, Suite 807, 

Toronto, ON M4W 3T4 

Tel: 1 416 944 2765 (ext.503) 

Fax: 1 416 944 8527 

Email: info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

svhm@canadarunningseries.com 

Inet: torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 

canadarunningseries.com/svhm 

Toronto Marathon and Half 

Jay W. 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 

China 

October 

Beijing Int’l Marathon 

October 

Wang Dawei 

5 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing 

Tel: 86 10 6710 3085 

Fax: 86 10 6714 0801 

Email: chinaaa@vip.sina.com 

Inet: www.chinaaa.net 

The Great Wall Marathon 

May 

Michael Anderson 

Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 51 50 6039 

Fax: 45 36 98 0021 

Email: michael.anderson@get2net.dk 

Inet: www.great-wall-marathon.com 


Toray Cup Shanghi 


November 

Xian Gong 

Room 603, Huating Holiday Inn Hotel, No 

469, Zhonghua Xin Rd, Shanghi 

Tel: 86 21 6629 6088 

Fax: 86 21 6629 6088 

Email: tennisyang@sohu.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 

Bogota Int’l Half Maraton 

Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá 

Martha Santos 

Calle 93B #15 - 34 Oficina 306 

Tel: 57 1 531 1860 

Fax: 57 1 531 0212 

Email: correcam@elsitio.net.co 

Inet: www.correcaminoscolombia.com 

March 

July 

Media Maraton Int’l 

Ciudad de Medellin 

September 

Juan Jose Piedrahita Velasquez 

Calle 49B, 63-21, Piso 3, Medellin 

Tel: 54 230 1123 

54 230 8000 

Fax: 54 260 1231 

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 

Hervis Prague Half Marathon 

Paulo Ottone 

Zahoranského 3, Prague 2 120 00 

Tel: 420 224 91 92 09 

Fax: 420 224 92 33 55 

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 38 69 03 

Email: sparta@sparta.dk 

Inet: www.sparta.dk 

May 

April 

May 

Five Towers Marathon 

March 

Jes Clausen 

11, Gisselorevej, DK-4400, Kalundborg 

Tel: 45 595 12634 

Email: jesclausen@ka-net.dk 

Inet: www.5-taarns-marathon.dk 

H. C. Andersen Marathon September 

Torben Simonsen 

Stadionvej 50, DK-5200 Odense V. 

Tel: 45 6312 7312 

Fax: 45 6590 7425 

Email: torben.simonsen@dif-fyn.dk 

Inet: www.hcamarathon.dk 

Egypt 

Egyptian Marathon 

February 

*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 

Tallinn Half Marathon 

September 

Uno Lipp 

Ounapuu pst 197, Maardu 74117 

Tel/Fax: 372 6457 611 

Email: rahvajooks@datanet.ee 

Inet: www.halfmarathon.ee 

Ethiopia 

Toyota Great Ethiopian 

Run 10km 

November 

Richard Nerurkar 

Tel: 251 1 633 646 

Email: greatrun@telecom.net.et 

village.ethiopia@telecom.net.et 

Inet: www.ethiopiarun.org 

Finland 

Helsinki City Marathon 

Pertti Raunio 

Finnish Athletics, Radiokatu 20, 

FI-00240 Helsinki 

Tel: 358 9 3481 2405 

Fax: 358 9 3481 2367 

Email: sul.harraste@sul.fi 

Inet: www.helsinkicitymarathon.com 

August 

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 

France 

July 

Classique Internationale 

Marseille Cassis 

October 

Claude Ravel 

1 Boulevard de la Pugette, 13009 Marseille 

Tel: 33 4 91 75 24 24 

Fax: 33 4 91 75 78 62 

Email: estelle.roumanille@libertysurf.fr 

Inet: www.marseille-cassis.com 

*Marathon de Marseille 

30 Rue Briffaut, 13005 Marseille 

Tel: 33 4 91 4845 17 

Fax: 33 4 91 4837 91 

Email: info@marseillemarathon.com 

Inet: www.marseillemarathon.com 

March 

Marathon du Medoc 

September 

Hubert Rocher 

AMCM Maison du Vin, 33250 Pauillac 

Tel: 33 5 56 59 01 91 

Fax: 33 5 56 59 62 38 

Email: info@marathondumedoc.com 

Inet: www.marathondumedoc.com 

Marathon of La Rochelle November 

Serge Vigot 

B.P. 97, 17904 La Rochelle, Cedex 1 

Tel: 33 5 46 44 42 19 

Fax: 33 5 46 45 09 04 

Email: info@marathondelarochelle.com 

Inet: www.marathondelarochelle.com 

Nice Int’l Half Marathon 

April 

Reynald Debreyne 

Azure 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 Marathon 

Joël Laine 

Aso, 2 rue Rouget 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 

April 

real,- Berlin Marathon 

September 

Bewag Half Marathon Berlin 

April 

Mark Milde 

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 

Eurocity Marathon 

Messe Frankfurt 

Jo Schindler 

Sonnemannstrasse 3, 

60314 Frankfurt am Main 

Tel: 49 69 370 0468 22 

Fax: 49 69 370 0468 11 

Email: js@frankfurt-marathon.com 

Inet: www.frankfurt-marathon.com 

Karstadt Ruhr Marathon 

Otto Hurler 

Haedenkampstr. 20, 45143 Essen 

Tel: 49 201 727 3852 

Fax: 49 201 727 3816 

Email: otto.hurler@runnerspoint.de 

Inet: www.karstadt-ruhrmarathon.de 

October 

April 

Olympus Marathon Hamburg 

April 

Wolfram Goetz 

Winterhuder Weg 86, D22085 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 October 

Malcolm Sutherland 

8 East London Street, Edinburgh EH7 4RH 

Tel: 44 0870 127 8000 

Email: info@lochnessmarathon.com 

Inet: www.lochnessmarathon.com 

Bristol Half Marathon 

September 

F. R. Systems 

Unit 30, Blythe Park Business Base, 

Cresswell Lane, Blythe Bridge, 

Staffs ST11 9RD 

Tel: 0178 238 8891 

Fax: 0178 239 5325 

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 Marathon 

June 

Ian Ladbrooke 

North Berwick Business Centre, Melbourne 

Place, North Berwick EH39 4JS, Scotland 

Tel: 44 1620 890 444 

Fax: 44 1620 890 787 

Email: ian@edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Inet: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

Flora London Marathon 

David Bedford 

P.O. Box 1234, London SE1 8RZ 

Tel: 44 207 902 0200 

Fax: 44 207 620 4208 

Inet: www.london-marathon.co.uk 

April 

Great Scottish Run 

August 

Frank Clement 

Glasgow City Council, 20 Trongate, 

Glasgow G1 5ES, Scotland 

Tel: 44 141 248 9909 

Fax: 44 141 287 0994 

Email: kirsten-tuttle@cls.glasgow.gov.uk 

Inet: www.run.glasgow.gov.uk 

Greece 

Athens Classic Marathon November 

Constantinos Gatzias 

137, Syngrou Avenue, N Smyrni 17121, Athens 

Tel: 30 10 935 6904 

Fax: 30 10 935 5690 

Email: info@athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Inet: www.athensclassicmarathon.gr 

Guatemala 

*Medio Maraton 

Internacional de Coban 

May 

Juan de Dios Reyes 

Via 5, 3-65 Zona 4 Edificio El Angel, 

Suite 24, Guatemala 

Tel: 502 331 9579 

Fax: 502 360 1215 

Email: sports@sportsandmarketing.net 

Inet: www.sportsandmarketing.net 

Hong Kong 

China Coast Marathon 

January 

John Brewer 

P.O. Box 28893, 

Gloucester Road Post Office, Wanchai 

Tel: 852 2732 6222 (Phil Booth) 

Fax: 852 2813 1417 

Email: fastrunner@netvigator.com 

Inet: www.chinacoastmarathon.com 

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 


Hong Kong Marathon 

February 

William Ko 

Rm 2015, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path, 

So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 

Tel: 852 2577 0800 

Fax: 852 2367 6166 

Email: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com 

Inet: www.hkmarathon.com 

Part of The Greatest Race on Earth 

Hungary 

Nike Budapest Int’l 

Half Marathon 

September 

Budapest Marathon 

October 

Arpad Kocsis 

Budapest Sport Office, 

1146 Budapest, Dózsa György ut 1-3 

Tel: 36 1 273 0939 

Fax: 36 1 273 0936 

Email: budapest.run@axelero.hu 

Inet: www.budapestmarathon.com 

Iceland 

Reykjavik Marathon and Half 

Friman Ari Ferdinandsson 

Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavik 

Tel: 354 535 3700 

Email: marathon@marathon.is 

Inet: www.marathon.is 

India 

August 


Mumbai Marathon 

January 

Hugh Jones 

Procam International 

14, St. James Court, Marine Drive, 

Mumbai - 400 020 

Tel: 91 22 2202 02 84 

Fax: 91 22 2202 51 12 

Email: scmm@procamintl.com 

Inet: www.mumbaimarathon/indiatimes.com 


The Great Tibetan Marathon August 

Michael Anderson 

Kultoruet 11, 1175 Copenhagen 

Tel: 45 51 50 6039 

Fax: 45 36 98 0021 

Email: michael.anderson@get2net.dk 

Inet: www.great-tibetan-marathon.com 


Ireland 

adidas Dublin Marathon 

Jim Aughney 

PO Box 1287, Dublin 2 

Tel: 353 1 623 2250 

Fax: 353 1 626 3757 

Email: bhaa@eircom.net 

Inet: www.dublincitymarathon.ie 

Israel 

October 

Tiberias Marathon 

January 

Jack Cohen 

10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv 

Tel: 972 3 648 6256 

Fax: 972 3 648 6255 

Email: iaa@zahav.net.il 

Inet: www.iaa.co.il/E/TiberiasMarathon/ 

Italy 

Firenze Marathon 

November 

Giancarlo Romiti 

Organizzazione Firenze Marathon, 

Casella Postale 597, 50100 Firenze 

Tel: 39 055 5522 957 

Fax: 39 055 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 

Ivano Barbolini 

PO Box 330 - 41012 Carpi (MO) 

Tel: 39 059 65 02 97 

Fax: 39 059 65 13 30 

Email: info@italianmarathon.it 

Inet: www.italianmarathon.it 

October 

Maratona d’Europa 

May 

Enrico Benedetti 

Via Lazzaretto Vecchio 18, 34123 Trieste 

Tel: 39 040 322 0224 

Fax: 39 040 322 0726 

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 

Leonardo Sorbello 

Via Resuttana Colli, 414, 90146 Palermo 

Tel: 39 09 152 4980 

Fax: 39 09 167 17215 

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 / 625 0365 

Email: info@palermomaratona.it 

Inet: www.palermomaratona.it 

San Antonio Marathon 

Santi Silvana 

Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova 

Tel: 39 049 822 7114 

Fax: 39 049 822 7164 

Email: info@maratonasant-antonio.com 

Inet: www.maratonasant-antonio.com 

Sardinia Marathon 

Antonio Baldisserotto 

Tel: 39 0532 909010 

Fax: 39 0532 977245 

Email: ab@terramia.com 

April 

April 

Citroen Milano City Marathon November 

Massimo Magnani 

Corso Garibaldi 86, 20121 Milano 

Tel: 39 02 6282 8755 

Fax: 39 02 6282 8752 

Email: massimagnani@libero.it 

Inet: www.milanocitymarathon.it 

Turin Marathon 

April 

Turin Half Marathon 

September 

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 

Venice Marathon 

October 

Enrico Jacomini 

Via Torino 133, 30172 Mestre, Venice 

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 and Half December 

Alfred Francis 

87-89 Tower Street, Kingston 

Tel: 1 876 967 1072 

Fax: 1 876 922 0155 

Email: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com 

Inet: www.reggaemarathon.com 

Japan 

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February 

Seiji Imai 

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: imai@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 5452 1500 

Fax: 81 3 5452 1795 

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 

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 

Osamu Ishii 

Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 

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

Tel: 81 6 6346 8371 

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., 

IF Kagurazaka Masumoto Bldg., 113, 

Yarai-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805 

Tel: 81 3 5227 3717 

Fax: 81 3 5227 3759 

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 

Satoru Yokoyama 

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

Tel: 81 26 252 7687 

Fax: 81 26 234 6381 

Email: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Inet: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp 

Ohme Marathon 

30km/10k Road Race 

February 

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 January 

Motonobu Shimamoto 

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 

Sapporo Int’l Half Marathon 

July 

Hisanori Odagiri 

4-4-1 Sapporo Int’l Marathon Secretariat, 

Yomiuri Shimbun, Chuo, Sapporo 060-8656 

Tel: 81 11 242 3117 

Fax: 81 11 242 3153 

Tokyo 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: spopro@yominet.ne.jp 

Tokyo Int’l Women’s Marathon November 

Tsuyoshi Iizuka 

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/ 

Tokyo / New York 

Friendship Marathon 

February 

Yoshinori Sakai (Athletes’ Liaison) 

C/o Japan AAF, 1-1-1 Jinnan, 

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 

Tel: 81 3 3481 2300 

Fax: 81 3 3481 2449 

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 


Sur Kun 

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: marathon.chosun.com 

October 

Seoul Int’l Marathon 

March 

Youn Churl Lim, 

139 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-ku, Seoul 110-715 

Tel: 82 2 2020 0736 

Fax: 82 2 2020 1639 

Email: marathon@donga.com 

Inet: http://marathon.donga.com 

Jeonju-Gunsan Int’l Marathon April 

Kim, Sun-Gil 

Sports & Juvenile Division, 

Jeollabuk-do Provincial Government, #1, 4-ga, 

Jungang-dong, Sansan-gu, Jeonju 560-761 

Tel: 82 63 280 2534 

82 63 280 2536 

Fax: 82 63 280 2539 

Email: cleank@hanmir.com 

Inet: www.jgmara.or.kr 

JoongAng Seoul Marathon November 

Yang Seung-Ryoung 

7 Soonhwa-dong, 

Choong-gu Seoul, Korea 100-759 

Tel: 82 2 751 9627 

Fax: 82 2 751 9640 

Email: jeffkim@joongang.co.kr 

Inet: http://marathon.joins.com 

Lebanon 

*Beirut Int’l Marathon 

Sara Nasr 

P.O. Box 113-5753, Beirut 

Tel: 961 5 959 262 

Fax: 961 5 959 263 

Email: info@beirutmarathon.org 

Inet: www.beirutmarathon.org 

Luxembourg 

November 

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 Int’l Marathon 

and Half 

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 

Malaysia 

Kuala Lumpur Marathon 

S Vegiyathuman 

Federal Territory Amateur Athletic 

Federation, 2nd Floor, Wisma OCM, 

P.O. Box 12546, Jalan Hang Jebat, 

50150 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel: 603 2715 2843 

Fax: 603 2715 2678 

Email: sportftaaa@hotmail 

Malta 

Gatorade Malta Int’l 

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: mcm@shadow.net.mt 

Inet: www.maltachallengemarathon.com 

Mexico 

Gran Maraton Pacifico 

November 

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 LaLa Internacional March 

Héctor Guerrero Herrera 

Calle Martires de Rio Blanco s/n 

(esquina con Lerdo de Tejada), 

Col. Centro, CP27000 Torreon, Coahuila 

Tel: 871 729 2453 

871 713 9646 

Fax: 871 729 2409 

Email: cdelagarza@grupolala.com 

Inet: www.maratonlala.org 









Monaco 

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@monaco-marathon.com 

Inet: www.monaco-marathon.com 

Morocco 

Course Feminine 

de Casablanca 10km 

May 

Mounhr Bennis 

Boite Postale 16071-20100, Casablanca 

Tel: 212 22 948 261 

Fax: 212 22 948 358 

Email: amsd@iam.net.ma 

Inet: www.amsd.ma 

Nepal 

Kathmandu Marathon 

February 

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 

City-Pier-City Int’l 

Half-Marathon Den Haag 

Wim Verhoorn 

P.O. Box 104, 2678 ZJ De Lier 

Tel: 31 174 540 607 

Fax: 31 174 510 129 

Email: wim@fasttravel.nl 

Inet: www.cpcloop.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 

March 

October 

May 

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 

ING Amsterdam Marathon October 

Robert Elfrink 

Amsterdam Marathon Foundation, 

P.O. Box 75588, 1070 AN, Amsterdam 

Tel: 31 35 656 12 96 

Fax: 31 35 656 99 88 

Email: robert.elfrink@wanadoo.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 

Panama City Int’l Marathon August 

Dr. Juan Carlos Paniza 

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

Tel: 507 236 8332 

Fax: 507 236 8334 

Email: jcpaniza@hotmail.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 

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 

Stowarzyszenie Biegow Ulicznych, 

ul. Kossaka 23, 64-920 Pila 

Tel: 48 67 351 04 78 

Fax: 48 67 212 59 75 

Email: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Inet: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl 

Wroclaw Marathon 

April 

Marek Danielak 

Mosir ‘Poludnie’ WE Wroclawiv 

Ul. Lubinska 53, PL 53-623 Wroclaw, 

Tel: 48 71 354 81 75 

Fax: 48 71 354 81 69 

Email: biuro@mw.com.pl 

Inet: www.mw.com.pl 

Portugal 

Carlos Lopes Gold 

Marathon Memorial 

April 

Mario Silva 

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

Lisbon 

Tel: 351 969 636680 

Fax: 351 919 383077 

Email: geral@carloslopes.d2d.pt 

Inet: www.carloslopes.d2d.pt 

EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon March 

RTP Half Marathon 

of Portugal 

September 

Carlos Moya 

Bairro Francisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João 

Freitas Branco, 10, 2760-073 Caxias 

Tel: 351 21 441 3182 

Fax: 351 21 441 3073 

Email: maratona@mcp.jazznet.pt 

Inet: 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@clix.pt 

Portugal Marathon 

April 

Luis Sousa 

Joao Lagos Sports - Gestao de Eventos, S.A., 

Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto, 42, 1400 Lisboa 

Tel: 351 21 303 4900 

Fax: 351 21 303 4930 

Email: info@portugalmarathon.com 

Inet: www.portugalmarathon.com 

Puerto Rico 

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.wb10k.com 

Republic of 

South Africa 

Cape Town Festival of Running October 

Kanu Sukha 

28 Smuts Road, Lansdowne 7780 

Tel: 27 21 696 3058 

Fax: 27 21 696 3059 

Email: ctfestivalofrunning@eject.co.za 

Inet: http://web.eject.co.za/ctfestivalofrunning 

Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon, presented by Nike March 

Chet Sainsbury 

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

Tel: 27 21 671 9407 

Fax: 27 21 671 8724 

Email: raceadmin@TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Inet: www.TwoOceansMarathon.org.za 

Russia 

Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon September 

Boris Fadeev 

18 Milyutinsky Pereulok, Moscow 101000 

Tel: 7 095 924 0824 

Fax: 7 095 924 0824 

7 095 924 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: http://sim.omsknet.ru 

Rwanda 

August 

Rwanda 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 

Singapore 


Singapore Marathon 

December 

David Sim 

Singapore Sports Council, 15 Stadium Road, 

National Stadium, Singapore 

Tel: 65 6345 7111 

Fax: 65 6345 6043 

Email: info@singaporemarathon.com 

Inet: www.singaporemarathon.com 


Slovakia 

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 

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.radenski.si 

Spain 

Marathon of Barcelona 

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 

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 

April 

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 

Guillermo Jimenez Ramos 

cl. Linneo, 10 A, 28005 Madrid 

Tel: 34 902 210 578 

Fax: 34 91 364 03 13 

Email: mapoma@arrakis.es 

Inet: www.maratonmadrid.org 

April 

Marathon Popular de Valencia February 

Roberto Ferrandis 

Arz Fabian Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia 

Tel: 34 96 346 0707 

Fax: 34 96 346 3625 

Email: maraton@correcaminos.org 

Inet: www.correcaminos.org 









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: info@marathon.se 

Inet: www.marathon.se 

Switzerland 

Jungfrau Marathon 

September 

Richard Umberg 

Jungfraustr. 38, Postfach 356 

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 7270 Davos Platz 

Tel/Fax: 41 81 413 3226 

Email: swissalpine@bluewin.ch 

Inet: www.swissalpine.ch 


*Zurich Marathon 

Bruno Lafranchi 

Spindelstr. 2, 8041 Zurich 

Tel: 411 480 25 57 

Fax: 411 480 25 56 

Email: info@zurichmarathon.com 

Inet: www.zurichmarathon.com 

Taiwan 

April 

China Motor Int’l Marathon October 

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 

February 

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 

Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon 

January 

Songkram Kraisonthi 

20 Inthamara 38, Suthisarn Road, 

Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 

Fax: 66 22 77 2567 

Email: info@amazingfield.org 

Inet: www.bkkmarathon.org (Bangkok) 

www.kkmarathon.com (Khon Kaen) 

ING Thailand Temple Run 

March 

Raimund Wellenhofer 

5th Floor, CCT Building, 

109 Surawong Road, 10500 Bangkok 

Tel: 662 237 6910, 237 3223 

Fax: 662 237 236 0114, 237 2321 

Email: raceinfo@thailandmarathon.org 

Inet: www.thailand-temple-run.com 

Tunisia 

Sahara 100k Challenge Race 

Adriano Zito 

Via delle Costellazioni, 118, 

41100 Modena, Italy 

Tel: 39 059 35913 

Fax: 39 059 359813 

Email: info@zitoway.com 

Inet: www.100kmdelsahara.com 

Turkey 

Istanbul Eurasia Marathon 

Ryza Erdal 

Ulus Ishany, A Blok, Kat 10, 

No 1004, Ulus - Ankara 

Tel: 90 312 310 7652 

Fax: 90 312 310 7706 

Email: atletizmtr@yahoo.com 

Inet: www.taf.org.tr 

Tarsus Int’l Half Marathon 

Hayri Ozsut 

Adana Asfalti Uzeri 7km PK33, 

33401 Tarsus 

Tel: 90 324 616 3333 

Fax: 90 324 616 3310 

Email: info@tarsusmarathon.com 

Inet: www.tarsusmarathon.com 

United Arab 

Emirates 

March 

October 

April 

*Abu Dhabi Half Marathon February 

Rene Croisier 

c/o 5 KMC, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi 

Tel: 97 150 617 1558 

Fax: 97 12 610 4095 

Email: croisier@hotmail.com 

Inet: www.abudhabimarathon.com 


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 

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 

Boston Athletic Association 

One Ash Street, ‘The Starting Line’, 

Hopkinton, MA 01748-1897 

Tel: 1 508 435 6905 

Fax: 1 508 435 6590 

Email: mile27registration@baa.org 

Inet: www.baa.org 

April 

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 

Dallas White Rock Marathon December 

Chuck Dannis 

1328 Linden Lane, Garland, Texas 75040 

Tel: 1 214 673 5329 

Email: chuck@runtherock.com 

Inet: www.RunTheRock.com 

Harris Direct 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 

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 

ING New York City Marathon November 

Allan Steinfeld 

New York Road Runners, 9 East 89th Street, 

New York, NY 10128 

Tel: 1 212 423 2249 

Fax: 1 212 360 7324 

Email: marathonmailer@nyrrc.org 

Inet: www.ingnycmarathon.org 

Lake Tahoe Marathon 

*Maui Surf n’ Sand 

Les Wright 

2261 Cold Creek Trail, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 

Tel: 1 530 544 7095 

Fax: 1 208 248 7025 (efax) 

530 452 2844 

Email: leswright@sbcglobal.net 

Inet: www.laketahoemarathon.com 

www.mauisurfsandhalf.com 

October 

January 

Las Vegas Marathon 

and Half Marathon 

January 

Al Boka 

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

Tel: 1 702 240 2722 

Fax: 1 702 876 3870 

Email: lasvegasmarathon@aol.com 

Inet: www.lvmarathon.com 

LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon 

Carey A. Pinkowski 

11 East Adams, Lower Level 2, 

Chicago, IL 60604 

Tel: 1 312 904 9800 

Fax: 1 312 904 9820 

Email: marathon.office@abnamro.com 

Inet: www.chicagomarathon.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 

Mad City Marathon 

Kristi Kent-Bracken 

204 Moravian Valley Road, 

Waunakee, WI 153597 

Tel: 1 608 850 4900 

Fax: 1 608 850 4929 

Email: globalcelebrations@tds.net 

Inet: www.madcitymarathon.com 

October 

March 

May 

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: marathon@nt.quantico.usmc.mil 

Inet: www.marinemarathon.com 

Mount Desert Island Marathon October 

Gary Allen 

Box 1032, Northeast Harbor, Main 04662 

Tel: 1 207 276 5900 

Fax: 1 207 276 4211 

Email: mdimarathon@aol.com 

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 

Pacific Shoreline Marathon 

Herb Massinger 

39300 Redonda Mesa Blvd, 

Murrieta, CA 92562 

Tel: 1 714 264 0311 

Fax: 1 949 581 0105 

Email: psminfo@sbcglobal.net 

Inet: www.marathonrun.com 

April 

February 

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 

San Francisco Marathon 

July 

Miranda Lindl 

P.O. Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94110 

Tel: 1 415 291 9990 

Fax: 1 415 276 4179 

Email: miranda_lindl@westendmanagement.com 

Inet: www.chroniclemarathon.com 

Salt Lake City Marathon 

April 

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 

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 

Uruguay 

*San Fernando 10km Road Race January 

Julio Deodoro, Nuble Guadalupe 

Rua Jacarapinima, 416, CEP 02415-010, 

Jd. Picolo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 

Tel: 55 11 3170 5917 

Fax: 55 11 3266 8574 

Email: jdeodoro@bol.com.br 

Inet: www.corridasanfernando.maldonado.gub.uy 

Yugoslavia 

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 

Zimbabwe 

Africa University Marathon September 

Augustine Yao Dzathor 

Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare 

Tel: 363 20 61611 

Fax: 363 20 61785 

Email: dzathoray@africau.ac.zw 

Inet: www.africau.ed

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