Distance Running, issue 83 (2015)

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Florence Kiplagat and Dennis Kimetto, world record breakers both, were awarded at the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Gala held in Athens, Greece

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AIMS News AIMS Gala Awards, Athens, Greece, November 2014

And the winners are…

Green Award

Dennis Kimetto and Florence Kiplagat were acclaimed as the best male and female Marathon runners in 2014.

The Gala was presented by the Patron of AIMS, OPAP S.A., the leading gaming operator in Greece.

■ The BMW Frankfurt Marathon received the AIMS Green Award for 2014 in recognition of the event’s pioneering approach to environmental protection.

Frankfurt develop new projects every year in six ‘spheres of action’ where continuous improvement of environmental protection is targeted.

Also shortlisted for the award were the Volkswagen Prague Marathon in the Czech Republic and the Maratón Querétaro in Mexico.

Both had set world records earlier in the year. Dennis Kimetto won the BMW Berlin Marathon on 28 September in a new world record of 2:02:57, the first person to break the 2:03 barrier. That achievement immediately ignited fevered discussion of when the two-hour barrier would be broken. He had previously, at the start of the period under consideration, won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on 5 October 2013 in a time of 2:03:45.

Florence Kiplagat had also set a new World Record — in the eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona on 16 February. She recorded a time of 1:05:12, improving on Mary Keitany’s previous record by an impressive margin of 38 seconds.

Florence went on two months later to finish second in the Virgin Money London Marathon in a time of 2:20:24, which placed her third on the list of leading times for 2014.

Jo Schindler, Race Director of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon commented: “The AIMS Green Award is an effective way to promote and share best environmental practice of distance running races around the world. And there is no better place from which to send the message than here in Athens, the birthplace of the Marathon”.

AIMS President Paco Borao said: “It is wonderful that 370 AIMS member races from over 100 countries have recognised the great achievements of these athletes in the spiritual home of the Marathon Movement, which lies here in Athens. The athletes recognised tonight are an inspiration to people all around the world in promoting the marathon and the distance running movement. It is our duty and pleasure to recognise such fine athletes.”

Social Award ■ The AIMS Social Award for 2014 was presented to the Tokyo Marathon for its outstanding work in raising money for chosen charitable causes.

Lifetime Achievement Award The AIMS Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to George Hirsch in recognition of his role in the development of the Marathon Movement in North America, which later spread to all other continents.

George was worldwide publisher of Runner’s World magazine and, in collaboration with Race Director Fred

Lebow, helped to realise the groundbreaking five-borough New York City Marathon to celebrate the American Bicentenary in 1976. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the New York Road Runners, the organisers of the TCS New York City Marathon.

George Hirsch said “I have watched with great pride as the Marathon

Movement has grown and developed since the 1970s. I would like to extend my thanks to AIMS for choosing to recognise me in this way. To receive the award here in Athens feels special: I have received this accolade in the shadow of those who laid the historical foundations for the event 2500 years ago. It is a very humbling experience.”

Tadaaki Hayano, Race Director of the Toyko Marathon said: “Tokyo Marathon is honoured by AIMS’ recognition through the AIMS Social Award. We are very proud of our TSUNAGU (“Unite”) programme which we operate under the slogan ‘The Day We Unite’ – that day being our race day. It provides a way to recognise not only the 36000 runners who take part in the Tokyo Marathon but also the 10000 volunteers and 1.6 million people who cheer the runners on. We continue year on year to break our records for the money raised for our chosen charities.”

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AIMS News New AIMS members ■ The Maraton Int’l de Tijuana (MEX) has been held for four years and attracts about 650 runners to the city lying just south of the US border. Course records are held by Simon Kariuki (KEN) at 2:14:04 and

by Mary Akor (USA) at 2:37:57 ■ The Chia Laguna Half Marathon (ITA) has been held twice, attracting 1000 men and 400 women to the island of Sardinia for the title race and associated 10km.

Course records stand to Daniele Meucci, with 1:07:45 and Valeria Straneo with 1:13:50.

■ Held over the eccentric distance of 16.945km, the Grande Prémio Fim da Europa (POR) is all about the course.

Clinging to the coastline of the westernmost extremity of continental Europe, 2000 runners enjoy the spectacular woodland scenery of the Cabo da Roca. Held on the last Sunday in January.

■ Held for six years on the last Saturday of the year the El Corte Inglés São Silvestre de Lisboa (POR) attracts 5000 men and 1700 women, among whom are 250 foreign runners from 20 countries, for an early evening run on the streets of Lisbon. Records stand at 29:25 and 32:19 to Rui Silva and Sara Moreira

■ Held three times, the Ladakh Marathon and Half (IND) instantly established itself as an ‘apex’ event: the race is run at 3350m altitude among the Himalayan peaks of Indian Tibet. 1800 runners participated in the title race last September, including 60 from 12 foreign countries. Apart from the Marathon, Half and 10km there is also a 71km ultra on offer for such hardy souls who can cope with climbing the 5500m Khardungla Pass (in darkness) – the highest motorable road in the world.

■ The eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona (Barcelona Half Marathon, ESP) leapt into the headlines in February 2014 with the world record of 1:05:12 that Florence Kiplagat ran there. Eliud Kipchoge holds the men’s record with 1:00:04.

14,000 runners are expected for the 26th edition on 15 February.

■ The Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon (USA) has been held on the third Sunday of the year for the last 43 years, and established itself as a main event in the USA Marathon calendar, drawing 17000 runners split evenly between men and women and with 400 of them coming from 30 other countries.

Course records stand at 2:06:51 and 2:23:14 to Ethiopians Bazu Worku and Alemitu Abera ■ Held three times, the Satara Hill Half Marathon (IND) sees over 1500 runners participate. Course records are 1:08:19 and

1:22:06 by Ethiopians Tamrat Shifera and Shiferaw Rahel. The next race will be held on 6 September

New Associate members ■ The Al Amerat Challenge Race (OMA) is run for 4.5km up a mountain pass on the outskirts of the Omani capital Muscat.

Runners go just beyond the summit to a Uturn and then descend, making this a very technically demanding course where times are secondary to performance. Five hundred ran the first editon, including 100 foreign runners from 23 countries. To be next held on 14 February ■ The Tata Steel Kolkata 25km (IND) was first held on 28 December 2014, a sister event to the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.

■ Held once, the Scottish Half Marathon (GBR) is a sister race to the Edinburgh Marathon, next to be held on 19 September 2015. Course records were established at 1:11:22 and 1:26:13 in the inaugural edition. About 2500 ran the first race, split evenly between men and women. The next edition will be run on 15 February ■ The Penang Bridge Half Marathon (MAS) a sister event to the Penang Bridge Marathon, will be held for the first time on 14 June.

Major Greek sponsorship On 10 December AIMS President Paco Borao and the President of the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) Mr. Kostas Panagopoulos announced that SEGAS will be the major sponsor of AIMS for the next six years.

This agreement reinforces the location of the AIMS Headquarters on Spyros Louis Avenue in Athens for the next six years.

Mr. Panagopoulos said “the cooperation of SEGAS with AIMS started eight years ago. The first result was a new symbol, that of the ‘marathon flame’, and a new institution, the annual AIMS Symposium, which brings together marathon organisers from all over the world every year in Athens. The Headquarters of AIMS has been established here and in recent years the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Awards Gala. All these activities promote the international image of Athens Marathon the Authentic and

they promote Greece and its history and culture as the birthplace of the Marathon. When the company that was previously AIMS Patron could not continue this relationship, we decided to take over this role. SEGAS will be the major sponsor of AIMS until 2021.”

Paco Borao said “on behalf of AIMS I would like to thank OPAP S.A for its

three years of sponsorship which allowed AIMS to initiate its presence in Athens, and SEGAS for their support in allowing this to continue.

I extend my thanks to the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Tourism, the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens OACA, and the Athens Marathon, the Authentic for their contribution to the success of this AIMS-SEGAS agreement. As the birthplace of the Marathon and location of the inaugural Olympic Games, it is easy to understand why AIMS, dedicated to “fostering and promoting marathons and distance races throughout the world” could not have a more appropriate location for its headquarters than Athens.

AIMS will make all efforts to project the image of Greece, its history, the magnificence of its monuments and culture, and the recognition of resilient sporting values like peace, health, and solidarity.”

Marathon Symposium The 8th edition of the AIMS Marathon Symposium, held on 8 November, built upon the theme ‘Adding value to your race’ with four separate contributions to the theme.

Carlo Capalbo, of the Prague Marathon described how, by building a portfolio of events and developing a “Running Mall” in Prague as a physical focus for runners, running had become a year-round social activity in the Czech capital.

Andrea Eby, of the Vancouver Marathon, gave a review of how social media can inspire people with enthusiasm for the marathon. She emphasised that this requires constant attention and responsiveness in a “two-way conversation”, without which any value added can quickly drain away.

Jean Gracia, of the European Athletics Association, explained the thinking behind the “Star” scheme which attempts to evaluate the quality of a road race by using a checklist of 54 criteria, many of them relating to safety. He emphasised that in many cases the rules of running are rules of the road rather than rules of athletics, and road race organisers have established great expertise in this area.

Former race director of the BAA Boston Marathon, Tim Kilduff then spoke on adding value through a TV production. He said that it sometimes becomes a contest of the race vs the coverage, but the key to successful co-operation is understanding the needs of the other party. Otherwise “at moments of stress relationships just get blown away.”

Children’s Series The three races in the AIMS Children’s Series for 2015 are scheduled for: April – Zimbabwe (final event) August – South Africa (second event) August – Paraguay (final event)

The next edition of Distance Running will be published in April 2015, covering races held from January to March 2015.

The advertising and editorial deadlines will be on 9 March.

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ontinuing the strong pace set in recent years AIMS membership in 2014 jumped to almost 400. This is higher than ever before and reflects the growing number of people taking up running as a sport all over the world. Two world records were broken: Florence Kiplagat ran 1:05:12 in the half marathon back in February and Dennis Kimetto followed up with the first ever sub-2:03 Marathon time, running 2:02:57 in Berlin on 29 September.

But not everything was good news this year, and we acknowledge the concern about doping. AIMS remains strongly committed to working with all interested parties in the fight against the use of prohibited substances and to keeping our sport free of such unfair and dangerous practices.

The AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award Gala was held in Athens on 8 November with the theme “Women and Running”. Dennis Kimetto and Florence Kiplagat received their awards as the best man and woman, BMW Frankfurt Marathon the Green Award, Tokyo Marathon the Social Award, George Hirsch the Lifetime Achievement Award, and this time five women from the ranks of the mass runners were singled out for their contribution in expanding the reach of the marathon family.

AIMS closed 2014 by reaching agreement with the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) which becomes the new Patron Sponsor of AIMS for the period 2015–2020, ensuring the continuity of the AIMS Headquarters in Athens. On behalf of AIMS I express our deepest gratitude for such generous consideration. Together we will promote Greece in general, Athens Marathon — the Authentic, and the joint AIMS-SEGAS projects including the AIMS Marathon Symposium and the Marathon Flame.

We do all this through sharing the principles of the marathon movement: effort, will, friendship, and solidarity.

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Each year IAAF awards a “label” to road races who apply for them, based upon their observance of certain criteria.

For full details see: http://www.iaaf.org

January 2015

3 Jan Xiamen International Marathon (CHN)

23 Jan Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon (UAE) February 2015 22 Feb Tokyo Marathon (JPN) March 2015

1 Mar 1 Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 21 Mar 22 Mar 22 Mar 28 Mar

2 Jan Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon (JPN) 25 Jan Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon (HKG) 25 Jan Osaka Women’s Marathon (JPN)

18 Jan Chevron Houston Marathon (USA)

1 Feb Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon (JPN)

22 Feb Maraton Ciudad de Sevilla (ESP) 22 Mar New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon (TPE)

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon (JPN) RomaOstia Half Marathon (ITA) World’s Best 10K (PUR) Nagoya Women’s Marathon (JPN) Seoul International Marathon (KOR) Maratona di Roma (ITA) EDP Half Marathon of Lisboa (POR) Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon (CZE)

April 2015

12 Apr Marathon Rotterdam (NED) 12 Apr Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris (FRA) 12 Apr Vienna City Marathon (AUT) 19 Apr Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon (CHN) 20 Apr B.A.A. Boston Marathon (USA) 26 Apr Virgin Money London Marathon (GBR)

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Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT) Sergey Bubka (UKR) Sebastian Coe (GBR)

Ahmed Al Kamali (UAE) Bernard Amsalem (FRA) Sylvia Barlag (NED) Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH) Helmut Digel (GER) Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) Frank Fredericks (NAM) Abby Hoffman (CAN) Alberto Juantorena Danger (CUB) Isaiah Kiplagat (KEN) José Maria Odriozola (ESP) Jung-Ki Park (KOR) Anna Riccardi (ITA) Irena Szewinska (POL) Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN)

Essar Gabriel (FRA)

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Area Representatives: Zhaocai Du (CHN) Geoff Gardner (NFI) Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA) Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (CMR) Victor Lopez (PUR) Hansjörg Wirz (SUI)

Deputy General Secretary and Communications Director Nick Davies (GBR)

IAAF Road Running Commission David Bedford (GBR) Paco Borao (ESP) Hugh Jones (GBR) James Evans (RSA) Katsuyuki Tanaka (JPN) Pierre Weiss (FRA) Bernard Amsalem (FRA) Mary Wittenberg (USA) Carlos Cardoso (POR)

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fter last year’s inaugural event the Bournemouth Marathon Festival has established itself on the UK running calendar — and the 2014 event was bigger and better. The full weekend of events attracted around 10,500 runners with thousands more lining the course to support Saturday’s Speed of Light 5km, Supersonic 10km and junior races, as well as Sunday’s half marathon, which follows the same course as the pinnacle event, the marathon.

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Runners go past the historic Savoy Hotel, opened in 1912, and onto Western Overhill Drive, which involves a slight ascent before they come back down onto the promenade for some more beautiful beach running.

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From King’s Park runners make their way down Seabourne Road then along Broadway towards the Southbourne Coast Road. Runners return along the coast road and make their way onto Undercliff Drive, taking in some magnificent views and filling their lungs with the refreshing sea air. They run past Boscombe Pier, built in 1889, which has recently undergone a £2.4 million restoration project. It was declared “Britain’s coolest pier” by Wayne Hemingway MBE in 2009. In 2010 Boscombe Pier was voted “Pier of the Year” by the National Piers Society.

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Result MEN: 1

Andrew LESUDA

KEN 2:21:44

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Ebisa MERGA

ETH 2:25:30

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Anthony CLARK

GBR 2:40:50

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Gavin ALLEN

GBR 2:41:38

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Edward REES

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Connor JOHNSTON

GBR 2:42:37

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Michael ROBINSON

GBR 2:45:27

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Allastair PICKBURN

GBR 2:47:44

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Matt GALLAGHER

GBR 2:48:57

10 Jez BRAGG

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UKR 2:30:58

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Joan KIGEN

KEN 2:33:13

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Juliet CHAMPION

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Gill BLAND

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Joyce SHAMEDJE

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Hellen WALLINGTON

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Rachel JONES

GBR 3:19:25

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Rebecca BRYANT

GBR 3:19:47

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Lauren PRICE

GBR 3:19:52

10 Lydia BROWNING

GBR 3:21:41

Marathon debutant Andrew Lesuuda beat last year’s winner Ebisa Merga of Ethiopia into second place by nearly four minutes. Leading British runner Andrew Clark of the local Poole Runners club, followed in third, 15 minutes behind.

Lesuuda, who has paced several marathons but never raced the full distance, said: "I am very happy. This is my first marathon and my biggest success so far. I would love to come back and defend next year."

Kateryna Stetsenko was the first female to cross the line, keeping the title in Ukrainian hands for the second successive year, following compatriot Olha Kotovska’s victory last year. Stetsenko’s time was just under a minute slower than last year’s winning time.

Afterwards, Stetsenko said: “It is my best time in two years. The race was good – very flat, with very nice support from people and good weather.”

The Bournemouth Marathon Festival had large contingents of charity runners who unfailingly bring enthusiasm, colour and excitement to the festival. An estimated $750,000 was raised for good causes by runners taking part in the Bournemouth Marathon Festival. Among the charity runners were Joe Elliot, Chris Spencer and David Withers who completed the ‘grand slam’ of 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon races.

Others took part in the Bournemouth Marathon Festival as part of their ongoing endurance challenges including Steve Gill who completed his 24th half marathon in as many weeks as part of his project to finish 52 half marathons in 52 weeks in a record combined time.

And the incomparable Steve Edwards completed his 652nd marathon of the 1000 he targets as a lifetime total.

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Jacek CIELUSZECKI

POL 1:09:29

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Steve WAY

GBR 1:09:43

3

Peter BAKSH

GBR 1:11:22

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Helen DYKE

GBR 1:25:26

2

Charlie BARNARD

GBR 1:26:00

3

Cerri-Anne SANTOS

GBR 1:26:49

Bournemouth Marathon Festival ■ The race will be run again on 4 October 2015.

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Bank of America Chicago Marathon, USA Every October runners from across the USA and around the world travel to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. In 2014 40,802 of them trod their way for 26.2 miles through 29 diverse Chicago neighborhoods towards the same final destination in Grant Park.

Along the way 12,000 volunteers and hundreds of thousands of spectators offered their support and applause as runners accomplished something magnificent by fighting their way to the finish line on Columbus Drive. he Bank of America Chicago Marathon represents more than a historic footrace. It showcases a community of runners energized and fueled by a reason to run. From the debut marathoner and charity runner to the race veteran and elite athlete participants testify to what the marathon is all about: discovering who you are, raising funds for a charitable cause, keeping a streak alive and stoking the competitive fire within.

Race day animates thousands of stories from the front, middle and back of the pack. Each story endures long after the Marathon journey is complete and each story highlights the human potential and capacity to not only survive, but also thrive.

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Throughout its 37-year history, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has staged four world records, two American records and countless personal bests. From its roots as a local race to its current status as a world-class global event it has remained true to the vision of its original organizers: the Chicago Marathon is “the people’s race anyone can come and enjoy.” More than 660,000 participants have crossed the finish line since 1977. Every finisher etches his or her name in history, and every finisher – from the elite athlete to the six-hour runner – is victorious.

In its latest edition the Bank of America Chicago Marathon had a record number of finishers and saw unparalleled support along the course from spectators and volunteers, but the race was not always a global sensation. The idea to bring a

Bank of America Chicago Marathon ■ The 38th annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon will take place Sunday 11 October 2015. In advance of the race, a two-day Health & Fitness Expo will be held at McCormick Place Convention Center on Friday 9 October and Saturday 10 October.

■ For event information visit www.chicagomarathon.com

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Result MEN: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Eliud KIPCHOGE Sammy KITWARA Dickson CHUMBA Kenenisa BEKELE Bernard KOECH Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIE Lani RUTO Wesley KORIR Bobby CURTIS Koji KOBAYASHI

KEN 2:04:11 KEN 2:04:28 KEN 2:04:32 KEN 2:05:51 KEN 2:08:30 ERI 2:09:08 KEN 2:10:42 KEN 2:11:09 USA 2:11:20 JPN 2:11:43

WOMEN (unofficial): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rita JEPTOO Mare DIBABA Florence KIPLAGAT Birhane DIBABA Amy HASTINGS Clara SANTUCCI Sarah CROUCH Gelete BURKA Melissa WHITE Lauren JIMISON

KEN 2:24:35 ETH 2:25:37 KEN 2:25:57 ETH 2:27:02 USA 2:27:03 USA 2:32:21 USA 2:32:44 ETH 2:34:17 USA 2:34:19 USA 2:34:38

marathon to Chicago started in 1976 among a small group of local running enthusiasts. On 25 September 1977 this group realized their vision when they hosted 4,200 participants in the first ever Chicago Marathon.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has since evolved from a community event into one of the six ‘World Marathon Majors’ that now welcomes runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. As a result of its national and international draw the marathon helps raise millions of dollars for a variety of charitable causes while also generating $253 million in annual economic impact to its host city, according to a report by the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign’s Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (R.E.A.L.).

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Podgorica Marathon, Montenegro

October

26 2014

From little hills

By Milan Madzgalj

big things grow

Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, is a city of 150,000 citizens making up almost one-third of the national population. The name translates from Serbian as “under the Gorica” where Gorica means “little hill” or hillock, referring to the cypress-covered hill that overlooks the city centre. he city lies 50km from the Adriatic Sea on the lower slopes of the Dalmatian Mountains and offers great opportunities for marathon runners to run in natural surroundings.

Montenegro’s touristic appeal is very much focused on its natural and ecological resources, and these will make a lasting impression on visitors. Even a few days’ stay will impress and also allow you to sample the rich national cuisine.

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With the capital’s efforts to improve recreational and sporting conditions for casual participants and professional sportspeople alike the city is becoming recognised on the sporting map as a reliable organiser of international competitions.

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Podgorica Marathon, Montenegro Result MEN: 1

Sila Kipchirchir TOEK

KEN 2:16:06

2

Joseph Kiprotuich NGENY

KEN 2:17:31

3

Justus Kipchirchir KIPRONO

KEN 2:17:58

4

Robeert Saningo SAWOYO

KEN 2:20:23

5

Artem ALEKSANDROVICH

RUS 2:21:55

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Edwin Kiprono KIPCHUMBA

KEN 2:23:46

7

Milos MILOVANOVIC

SRB 2:35:01

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Kristijan STOSIC

SRB 2:38:18

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Stanley KIPRUTO

KEN 2:38:22

10 Juan Carlos Aspilli CUELLO

ESP 2:40:39

WOMEN:

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Olivera JEVTIC

SRB 2:38:22

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Ana SUBOTIC

SRB 2:41:17

3

Priscah Jemutai BARTENGE

KEN 2:43:46

4

Tunde SAZABO

HUN 2:48:00

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Elena MAREVICH

RUS 3:43:41

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Snezana MILOSEVIC

SRB 3:46:17

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Linnea SEGERSTEDT

SWE 3:52:36

The Podgorica Marathon was first held on 8 October 1994 and has been held annually for the 21 years since, on the last Sunday in October.

Race day offers a choice of the marathon, a half marathon, a 5km Fun Run and a 1km Eco run for the youngest runners. For 20 years the Podgorica Marathon has incorporated the national championship in both Marathon and half marathon for men and women. Podgorica has twice hosted the Balkan Marathon Championships.

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Maria ROGACKA

POL 4:07:27

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Barbara PUCHALA

POL 4:16:49

Mr Milan Madzgalj was one of the founders of the Podgorica Marathon and is also the general secretary of the organisation, bearing the responsibility of ensuring the success and continuity of the event. Technical organisation is done by the Podgorica Marathon Running Club, while the City of Podgorica is the de facto sponsor through the full support it gives to the race.

Similarly, the Danilovgrad Municipality has traditionally extended fulsome support to the half marathon.

from Serbia, have run all 21 editions of the Podgorica Marathon.

The course for both marathon and half marathon provides good running conditions, passing as it does through Podgorica’s natural green environment. Since 1996 the marathon has been included in the calendar of the European Athletics Association, and in 2010 it became a full member of AIMS with international certification of the course.

The Podgorica Marathon awards winners in each five-year age category upwards from age 35. The first three male and female finishers in the Marathon win cash prizes, trophies, medals and certificates. Awards extend to 10th place in the men’s race and eighth place in the women’s. The time limit for Marathon participants is 5 hours and 30 minutes. For the half marathon it is 3 hours.

The Podgorica Marathon has become a trade mark of the city, and of Montenegro itself. It is a sporting, cultural and touristic event which attracts more and more participants and supporters from throughout Montenegro, neighboring countries and the wider world. Over 541 runners from 35 countries took part in the latest edition along with 5000 participants in the eco-race and eco-thon. At the time of the marathon the average temperature is around 23C. Course records stand to Petko Stefanov of Bulgaria, who recorded 2:11:41 and to Serbia’s Olivera Jevtic, who ran 2:31:18. Fastest Montenegrin times have been those of Drago Music at 2:24:18 and Sladana Perunovic at 2:39:07. Drago Boroja and Drago Knezevic, both

European Athletics Association vice President Jean Gracia and Balkan Federation President Dobromir Karamarinov were guests of honour at the 21st edition.

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SRB 4:35:58

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KEN 1:07:09

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Tamas NAGY

HUN 1:07:22

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Srdan SAMARDZIC

BIH 1:10:29

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Stella BARSOSIO

KEN 1:18:17

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Marija VRAJIC

CRO 1:24:28

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Daliborka DAVIDOVICH

MNE 1:30:38

Podgorica Marathon, Montenegro ■ The race will be run again on 25 October 2015.

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Osaka Marathon, Japan

October

26 2014

Thirty thousand runners participating; ten thousand volunteers providing support; and hundreds of thousands of roadside spectators cheering the runners on.

Welcome to the Osaka Marathon, the biggest in Japan.

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espite its relative newness — it will be held for only the fifth time in 2015 — the Osaka Marathon is already an extremely popular event throughout Japan. The 2014 edition also welcomed a large number of overseas participants, especially from other Asian countries. Overall, but excluding Japan, more than 5000 entries came from 51 countries and regions.

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The marathon starts from right in front of Osaka’s most well-known landmark: its Castle. From an area that embodies the city’s history — including Naniwa-no-miya, the remains of an ancient capital city — the course enters Midosuji Boulevard, lined with Ginkgo trees. From there on to bustling

Dotonbori Street, where reflections of large advertising billboards ripple on the surface of the canal. The course passes through other well-known places of interest such as Nakanoshima, with its dazzling modern architecture, and Tsutenkaku, with Osaka’s symbolic tower. The finish lies in front of the INTEX Osaka building in the southern part of the city. The course is flat and the time limit is seven hours (but 2:20 for wheelchair competitors), so it is no surprise that the Osaka Marathon has a very high finisher rate, with some 95% of runners completing the course.

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■ For event information visit www.osakamarathon.com/index_en.html

Continued from page 25 On Marathon Day the city bubbles with a festive mood as a hundred cheerleading, dancing, and drumming teams perform along the roadside.

What further boosts the mood is the impassioned humor-laced roadside encouragement of friendly, busy-body Osaka-ites. Brandishing signs, dressed up in creatively festive costumes, and calling out to runners as they pass by, the spectators enjoy the marathon even more than the runners. The Osaka Marathon is renowned for spectators engaging with the runners, and drawing a reflexive smile from them even as they become increasingly weary.

Another Osaka Marathon institution is the MaidoAID food service at the 32.5km mark. Here a selection of Japanese foods, including takoyaki — a favorite local dish in a city famed for its delicious cuisine — sushi rolls, and pickles, that have been lovingly prepared by local residents is set out to the delight of runners. A warm exchange with the people of Osaka, who love to entertain others, is a compulsory component of running the Osaka Marathon, and contributes to the joy participants get from doing so.

The Osaka Marathon EXPO is the largest of its kind in Japan. In addition to the check-in for runners, there are booths where the latest sporting goods from various manufacturers can be tried out

and/or bought, as well a variety of events, including informative pre-marathon lectures and an auction conducted by charity ambassadors. The Umaimon Ichiba food court offers a tasting of delicious foods from throughout Japan, making this an event that can be enjoyed not only by runners but also people with absolutely no interest in runners or running: no wonder the EXPO venue overflows with more than 100,000 visitors every year.

Working as one of the 10,000 volunteers supporting the marathon is another popular draw: places are filled almost immediately after applications open. Volunteers might register runners, or provide first aid, water, and food to runners, among various other roles. Many runners have expressed their appreciation for the encouragement provided by the volunteers’ exhortation to “Keep it up!” at the water station, or “Congratulations!” or “Good run!” as they hand over medals at the finish with a smile after runners cross the finish line.

“Running will always benefit someone”: the Osaka Marathon is also a charity marathon. A program has been created to enable not only runners but also spectators, volunteers, and any other people involved with the marathon to easily participate in charity fundraising with the aim of making the Osaka Marathon the world’s largest event in terms of people’s charity participation. There are seven

charity themes: to support your hopes in life; to assist your dreams; to support families; to conserve the environment; to provide clean water; for the sake of a bright future for children; and to preserve our beautiful city. All runners participating in the Osaka Marathon select a charity theme when they enter, and on the day of the marathon, they wear number cards and goods in the charity’s theme colors as they run.

Beginning with the 3rd Osaka Marathon (Osaka Marathon 2013), a special category has been established for participating runners who collect more than 70,000 yen in donations. Other fundraising efforts include the sale of charity Tshirts produced in collaboration with young artists.

For this latest Osaka Marathon “Number Cards with Nicknames” were offered, allowing spectators to cheer runners by their chosen name. The introduction of this new program led to energetic exchanges of “high fives”, assisted by the distribution of gloves printed with “Go!” on them.

Through these efforts, charity participation has increased year on year, with more than 100 million yen in donations collected during the 2014 Osaka Marathon.

Osaka is the second-largest city in Japan after Tokyo, and offers not only a very popular mass marathon (and an elite women’s marathon in January) but also delicious cuisine, shopping, amusements parks, and various other forms of entertainment for visitors to enjoy. A welldeveloped subway system makes it possible to travel anywhere in the city very conveniently.

Come to Osaka to experience both the marathon and the cheering.

Result MEN: 1

Jackson LIMO

KEN 2:11:43

2

Yusei NAKAO

JPN 2:14:02

3

Sho MATSUMOTO

JPN 2:14:54

4

Yasuyuki NAKAMURA

JPN 2:15:46

5

Yasushi YAMAMOTO

JPN 2:17:01

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Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR

MGL 2:17:21

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Elijah SANG

KEN 2:18:22

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Shingo IGARASHI

JPN 2:18:38

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Maryna DAMANTSEVICH

BLR 2:33:04

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Hisae YOSHIMATSU

JPN 2:39:33

3

Haruka YAMAGUCHI

JPN 2:45:34

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Kumi OGURA

JPN 2:46:17

5

Mitsuko HIROSE

JPN 2:46:33

6

Eiko UENO

JPN 2:48:06

7

Ayako KOMA

JPN 2:51:12

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Maiko TANI

JPN 2:53:48

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Penang Bridge International Marathon, Malaysia

November

16 2014

Sixty thousand runners thronged the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge — the second one to be built from the mainland to Penang Island — for the rare opportunity to run on the longest bridge in South East Asia.

A spectacular display

Six-hour pacer running with fellow runners on Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah BridgePhoto: Yew KH

n the process they became part of the “Largest Marathon in Malaysia”, as accredited by the Malaysia Book of Records for fourth consecutive time since 2011.

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It is a unique event: the only run in the world held entirely on a bridge. It is also the only time of the year when the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge is entirely closed off to traffic.

ASICS became the title sponsor for the first time in 2014 after being the official apparel sponsor for the previous two years. As a popular brand, ASICS is one of the major attractions to lure runners by providing quality running vests to everyone who took part in the event.

Such is the popularity of the run that it attracted 30,000 ‘early bird’ participants as soon as registration opened on 1 March — eight and a half months before race day.

100 lucky draw prizes were given away to winners including hotel stays, flight tickets and a cruise to Phuket and Krabi.

As a way to maintain runners’ enthuisasm after they enter the race organisers offered running clinics and a medical

forum in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

These workshops helped runners to plan for the run. Subjects that were discussed and demonstrated included different types of running, planning training modules, appropriate attire and dietary planning.

By the time registration closed in September runners from 71 countries had entered. More than 60% of registered runners were from outside of the state of Penang, including from other parts of Malaysia, neighbouring countries, and from all over the world.

First off on race day were the 9000 runners in the full Marathon, at 01.30. The flag off was performed by the Chief Minister of Penang, The Right Honorable Mr Lim Guan Eng, as runners got underway with a spectacular display of fireworks.

The 18,000 Half Marathon runners followed at 03.00 and 28,000 10km runners at 06.00. Last to start were participants in the Designer Village 7km Fun Run. In between race starts, runners were entertained by a concert and fashion show by Titan called “My Time Is Now”.

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Alex MELLY

KEN 2:19:50

2

Hosea

KEN 2:21:25

3

Joseph MUTINDA

KEN 2:21:29

4

Nelson Kirwa ROTICH

KEN 2:22:22

5

Joseph KARIUKI

KEN 2:23:12

6

Bernard MUTHONI

KEN 2:23:29

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Joackim Kemboi KIPTOO

KEN 2:25:35

8

Robert Kiplagat KOSGEI

KEN 2:26:32

9

Peter Kipleting KETER

KEN 2:27:20

10 Cyprian Kiagor MWOBI

KEN 2:23:30

WOMEN: 1

Margaret NJUGUNA

KEN 2:58:42

2

Frida Jepkite LODEPA

KEN 3:04:12

3

Jane ROTICH

KEN 3:05:21

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Viola Jepchirchir KIMELI

KEN 3:08:26

5

Cecilia Warutumo WANGUI

KEN 3:10:48

6

Susan Jemutai CHEPKWONY

KEN 3:15:08

7

Caroline KIGEN

KEN 3:19:51

8

Debbie CHINN

USA 2:25:47

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Purity SEREM

KEN 2:36:10

10 Sun Nee NG

MAS 3:38:13

Half marathon MEN: 1

James MAREGU

KEN 1:06:29

2

Eliud KERING

KEN 1:07:49

3

Alex KIBARUS

KEN 1:08:10

WOMEN: 1

Jacklisne NZIVO

KEN 1:19:50

2

Noor Amelia MUSA

MAS 1:25:15

3

Susan KHOO

MAS 1:33:56

Fast moving runners on Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge-

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Elite runners on the bridge

Kuala Lumpur and Penang entertained the crowd throughout the night and early morning.

The prize giving ceremony was presided over by the Governor of Penang, T.Y.T Tun Dato’ Seri (Dr.) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas, The Chief Minister of Penang, Penang State Ministers and various Government representatives. Proceedings ended with a lucky draw after which 62-year old foundry worker, Mr Ong Poh Soon, who had participated in the 10km Run, drove away in a brand new Honda City.

Over 500 police personnel took care of the security of the runners and maintained a smooth flow of traffic. Medical officers from Penang Hospital and volunteers from the Red Crescent and the St John’s Ambulance Brigade were stationed along the entire route to ensure that any runners in distress received prompt medical assistance. A total of 15 water stations were set up along the bridge, serving water, isotonic drinks, bananas and bread for the runners. Prayer rooms (Surau) were also available for Muslim runners.

Most runners from outside Penang had planned to spend a few more days in the area to enjoy the

beauty of the island’s capital city George Town — a UNESCO Heritage site, along with its vibrant culture and world famous cuisine.

From awe-inspiring architecture, non-stop shopping, and mouth-watering cuisine, Penang is an authentic taste of the real Asia, where laid-back charm is woven into a tapestry of culture, heritage and natural beauty.

The UK newspaper The Guardian named Penang one of the “Top 10 Must-Visit Destinations in 2014”. This accolade was followed by Lonely Planet naming Penang as the “World’s No 1 Destination for Food”.

The Penang State Government has always strongly promoted sporting events as an integral part of their push for a “Safer, Cleaner, Greener and Healthier Penang”.

The Marathon is part of a larger goal to make Penang, through culture and sport, a holistic international and intelligent city.

See you at the Penang Bridge Half Marathon on 14 June 2015 and the next Penang Bridge International Marathon on 22 November 2015.

Penang Bridge International Marathon ■ The race will be run again on 22 November 2015.

■ For event information visit www.penangmarathon.gov.my

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Kobe Marathon, Japan

November

23 2014

Thanks and friendship

“Thanks and friendship, 20 years after the earthquake” was the theme of the 2014 Kobe Marathon, and it literally shone through from the start. A sea of yellow-gloved runners in the full marathon provided the backcloth for the Mayor, in a striking red cap and jacket, to fire the starting gun at 9:00 sharp.

Taken together they represented a sunflower: the symbol of the city’s regeneration. ou wouldn’t think that just 20 years ago, on 17 January 1995, Kobe was devastated by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Standing at the Marathon start line in the shadow of the modern City Hall skyscraper, with a gentle breeze and the sun shining, there was no visible trace of the charred and destroyed buildings or the suffering caused by the earthquake. But it cannot have been far from the hearts and minds of the thousands of supporters, volunteers, and runners at the race who experienced the tragedy that fateful year. This year’s marathon was to thank all those from Japan and overseas who supported and contributed so much to the rebuilding efforts. It was to build links of friendship and extend omotenashi (a truly Japanese concept which is often translated as “hospitality”) to visitors to Kobe. And it was to show the world the beautiful city which has risen from the ashes.

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Haron Kimutai MALEL

KEN 2:13:45

2

Yuya TAKAYANAGI

JPN 2:19:59

3

Yoshinori SUGIMOTO

JPN 2:20:43

4

Kensuke TAKAHASHI

JPN 2:24:01

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Syota JIGE

JPN 2:24:27

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Keito HONAMI

JPN 2:25:27

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Masahiro FUJITA

JPN 2:25:44

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Yoshiteru TANO

JPN 2:26:56

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Masanori KAMIYA

JPN 2:28:26

10 Yoshiyuki ASAMI

JPN 2:28:51

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Continued from page 35 The race takes the runners west through the city, in more or less a straight line, until two 90-degree turns take them past the iconic Tetsujin 28 monument in Shin-Nagata, an area that was particularly hard-hit by the 1995 earthquake. The finish line for the 1,783 quarter marathon runners comes just as the full marathon course starts to hug the coastline, and this year an impressive 97.9% of the quarter-course participants reached their destination. But the day is far from over for the full marathon runners, who can see the course stretch out in front of them and enjoy the serene beauty of Kobe’s scenery. The water lies to the left and mountains to the right as they continue west towards the impressive Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

When it comes into sight, they know the turnaround point is getting closer. The world’s longest suspension bridge is just before the 18km point, and runners get close to it before taking a U-turn to head back east along the coast towards their final destination on Port Island.

The Kobe Marathon started in 2011, but Kobe has had a long history of long-distance races. The city

Kobe Marathon ■ For event information visit

boasts the longest relationship with marathons of any in Japan, being the starting point for the KobeOsaka Marathon Race held in March 1909, the first long-distance race in the country to bear the “Marathon” name. At that time such events were reserved for serious athletes but, as Japan has entered the running boom in recent years, marathons have become more accessible to young and old alike. The Kobe Marathon is no exception.

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With a generous time limit of 7 hours keen runners from teenagers to octogenarians took part in 2014 and the percentage finishing was 97.8%, the highest in the race’s history. A staggering 86,516 people applied for just 18,000 full and 2,000 quarter-marathon places — runners were already winners just by getting to the start line. But don’t let this discourage you from applying: entries from overseas are accepted automatically, not subject to the lottery after which Japanese applicants wait several impatient weeks before learning if they have been accepted or not.

As the reach of marathons has expanded, so has the support. The 4th Kobe Marathon brought 610,000 people out to cheer the runners on, 40% of the city’s 1.5 million inhabitants. From the very start to the very end the course is lined with supporters clapping, cheering, and shouting “FIGHTO!”; not to stir up trouble but to keep the runners going, as in Japanese the word means “Do your best!”.

The support and feeling of community sets Kobe’s race of Thanks and Friendship apart, and it is clear that the whole city is spurring on every participant.

Trains blasting their horns, posters of support by local schoolchildren pasted along the route, and even fishing boats with well-wishing flags hoisted high to lift the spirits of runners looking out to the sea. Runners are treated to wadaiko (Japanese drum) performances, cheerleading, Chinese dragons, brass bands and elementary school students dancing on trampolines along the way; all doing a fine job of distracting them from the aches and pains inevitable when running a marathon.

www.kobe-marathon.net The generally flat course has one particularly steep point — the ascent of the Kobe Ohashi Bridge which peaks at 37km into the race. At the top, you

are rewarded with a view of the finish line less than 1km away. But this is as the crow flies; as tantalisingly close as it comes, the path snakes off course and demands that runners keep going those extra few kilometres to make it up to a marathon. To compensate, there is a special facility in place: a boat which sprays a fine mist of cooling water over participants.

The finish line finally comes back into view and this time it’s for real; the streets buzz with excitement, as runners’ bodies and minds surely do, with the prospect of crossing the line. The first man to do so was the Kenyan Haron Malel, setting a new course record of 2:13:45 and smashing his own personal best by four minutes. The 20-year-old Hiromi Saito came in as first woman with 2:38:24, just two seconds in front of second-placed 19-yearold Riona Ishimoto.

The 2014 Kobe Marathon was an event of excitement, an event of passion, but also one of remembrance. A true event of thanks and friendship.

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Race previews Novi Sad Half Marathon, Serbia 29 March 2015

ovi Sad is Serbia’s second city after Belgrade, with a population of around 500,000. It lies just 70km north-west of Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport, along the E75 Budapest–Belgrade Highway (it is 300km south of Budapest). The city is the University centre of the Vojvodina region in the northern part of Serbia, and plays host to two major races: the Novi Sad Marathon (held in October), and the Novi Sad Half Marathon (29 March 2015). Both races attract more than 1000 runners and start and finish in the same city centre location, in front of the City Hall.

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The Half Marathon course is completely flat and goes through the old part of the city past the Orthodox Church and then along the banks of the river Danube. Runners pass the historic Pertovaradin Fortress (dating from 1692) and go through the University centre and some of the newer parts of town.

Novi Sad is well known for the quality of its wine and very tasty food. Accommodation in small, pretty hotels is very affordable and bargain restaurants abound. For sightseeing it is worth exploring Fruska Gora, on the other side of the Danube, a wonderful hill well known as a natural beauty spot and for its famous vineyards and very old monasteries.

Those runners who decide to run the Novi Sad Half Marathon will be able to enjoy the hospitality of the people and to take part in an interesting race. The city is peaceful and calm, with a relaxed way of life – an ideal place to come for a holiday.

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Race previews Marathon Rotterdam, The Netherlands 12 April 2015 arathon Rotterdam is well known for the fast times recorded on its flat course, its professional organization and the enthusiastic supporters who line the route. Some of the world's top athletes will be at the start line on the bustling Coolsingel, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with ten thousand other runners who will also triumph, each in their own unique way.

of entries, all coming in a rush. Don’t hesitate: come to experience the magical atmosphere of finishing on the Coolsingel. Use your time while in Rotterdam to explore this surprising city, with its new architecture, festivals, shopping and rich variety of art and culture.

The marathon weekend is a wonderful blend of sport and festivity. No other marathon in The Netherlands can match the ambiance of Rotterdam. For this 35th edition there has been an unprecedented avalanche

• The New York Times article “52 Places to go in 2014” ranked Rotterdam 10th and noted the first-class architecture of the second city of The Netherlands.

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• Rotterdam ranked eighth in the annual Rough Guide Travel Hotlist for 2014 alongside Rio de Janeiro, Sarajevo, Portland and Liverpool as one of the guide’s top picks for the year.

• In November 2014 Rotterdam was crowned ‘best city in Europe’ at the Urbanism Awards. www.marathonrotterdam.org

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he Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has been organising a half marathon since 1987. The Golden Horn Half Marathon was held from 1987 to 1993 and successfully returned to the streets of Istanbul in 2010 after a 17year absence. Vodafone became title sponsor for the 9th edition and the race has now grown to accommodate 6000 runners from 38 different countries.

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The start is at Balat, by the old Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn (Or-ahayim Balat Hospital) and runners head off in the direction of Eyup. They then pass along Ayvansaray Street, past Aya Dimitri

Church, through Balat and Sair Nedim Parks, Kadir Has University and Eminonu, along Kennedy Street, through Sarayburnu and Yenikapi Square. From here the runners return back to finish where they started through Feshane and past Eyup Anatolia High School to eventually reach the finish at Eyup Municipality.

Registration is open to participants of 16 years of age or older on race day. There is also a 10km race held at the same time.

For further information and registration see: istanbulyarimaratonu.org

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RUNNING INTO HISTORY

40 years of R-bies Inc.

BIG IN JAPAN Everyone knows that the Japanese nation has a love affair with the marathon. But that emotional connection, perhaps unique to Japan, still needs to be nurtured. Read on below for an insight into how this happens. n Japan running was as an industry long before it was elsewhere. Including the USA where the ‘running boom’ launched. Fred Lebow freely admitted that he was stumbling in the dark when he took the New York City Marathon out of Central Park and onto the streets of the five boroughs, but he somehow emerged on the bright side of those roads.

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Yet in Japan, literally the “Land of the Rising Sun”, marathon running was such a neat psychological fit that any agency which could bring it all together would be taking a great step forward for the sport worldwide. R-bies Inc. is an operation that encompasses publishing, entry and timing services, race organization and more. They have stood at the forefront of an industry with a one-of-a-kind reach — from the amateur fun runner all the way to the Olympic medalist — and celebrated their 40th anniversary with a party at the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Tokyo’s fashionable Shibuya district on 1 December.

At the elite level Japan’s men, and particularly the women, have won a string of Olympic and World Championships medals stretching back for decades. Apart from Kenya and Ethiopia Japan is the only other country to have had ten men running sub-2:10 for the marathon in one year.

Domestically elite racing is a massively popular spectator sport, with live TV broadcasts of races televised nationwide almost every weekend from fall to spring and the Hakone Ekiden, a two-day university men’s road relay race starting and finishing in downtown Tokyo every 2 and 3 January, drawing TV audiences in the tens of millions. Japan’s small elite marathons likewise pull in large TV audiences as well as serving as aspirational lifetime goals for driven and talented amateur runners.

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guests including 300 everyday runners invited from among RUNNERS subscribers and RUNNET users. More than 30 journalists attended a press conference on the 40 years of history shared by R-bies Inc. and the Japanese running world.

Special guest Carlo Capalbo of the Czech Republic’s Prague International Marathon spoke on current trends in the global running scene as well as the keynote presentation in the Sports Event Session. Tokyo Marathon race director Tad Hayano, Takao Takamura of the Lake Yamanaka Road Race and Nikkei Newspaper sports writer Seiichi Yoshida took part in a panel discussion on the impact and contribution of running events to local communities and internationalisation.

Continued from page 47 At the amateur level running has always been big in Japan, but the launch of the Tokyo Marathon in 2007 set off a revolution that has seen an explosion in participation, particularly among women. With a field of over 30,000 Tokyo’s entry lottery easily pulls in more than ten times that number of hopeful applicants, a success that has inspired new large-scale marathons across the country in Osaka (see feature on p.25), Kobe (see feature on p. 35), Kyoto, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Yokohama. And there will be many more to come.

No other country has a running culture as vibrant and expansive at all levels of the sport.

For the last 40 years R-bies Inc. has played an active role in the growth and development of the Japanese running industry. Its flagship monthly RUNNERS magazine, now Japan’s market leader by a distance, began publication in 1976. It targeted the amateur market but uniquely catered to both the six-hour plus fun runners who flocked to the Honolulu Marathon every year and to the upper echelons of the amateur ranks. Founder and editor-in-chief Yukiko Shimojo ran the first Tokyo International Women’s Marathon in 1979, and the magazine has long featured a “My Training” series of interviews with amateur men who succeeded in breaking 2:30 for the marathon. Every year it also publishes rankings of the top 100 men’s and women’s marathon times by single-year age categories in a popular supplement to the magazine. It is a point of pride for amateur runners all over the country who strive year upon year to make those lists.

Along with the success of Runners, R-bies Inc.’s RUNNET online race guide and entry and results service has grown to become Japan’s market leader with 1.7 million registered users and 25 million page views monthly. In addition to calendars and regional guides to help users find races RUNNET’s innovative features include a Race

Along with the launch of R-bies’ new RUN FOR THE FUTURE logo and corporate identity, the party featured an R-bies Expo that showed off the latest services for client races. Twenty celebrities and Olympians posed for pictures to introduce the new RUNPHOTO 2.0 service that automatically uploads runners’ race photos to their Facebook pages. Other innovations on show included the Ouen Navi service that allows users to track runners in real time, the Dore Hashiru app that helps users to find races, and the Yuzureru cancellation service to facilitate transferring entries to other runners.

Report section that allows users to rate their experiences at races on details from aid stations to scenery to crowd support. Scores are compiled and the highest-ranked events are given special distinction as the top 100 most popular races in the country, helping them to attract more entrants in future years.

In tandem with RUNNET the R-bies subsidiary RECS race timing service has grown to become one of the world’s biggest, handling more than 2 million finishers a year. The massive growth of the amateur running market in Japan since 2007 and extensive experience of providing services for client races has made it possible for R-bies Inc. to get involved in organizing races of its own such as a popular 30km event geared towards people training to run the Tokyo Marathon.

The AIMS booth at the R-bies Expo was another popular attraction. Already claiming 20 member races within Japan, AIMS’ Japanese-language pamphlets detailed the benefits of membership and drew great interest from officials from races across the country.

Former AIMS President Hiroaki Chosa congratulated R-bies on their contribution to the expansion and development of the Japanese running market and expressed his hopes for continued success. Within the next 10 years Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics and more and more Japanese marathons will provide exciting new destinations for international marathon tourists.

The Japanese running industry is set for further growth, and R-bies Inc. has assumed a commanding position to enable and support that growth.

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IAU News RESULTS 21 NOVEMBER 2014:

EXECUTIVES

IAU 100km World Championships

President: Dirk Strumane (BEL) Vice President & Director of Competitions: Liesbeth Jansen (NED) General Secretary: Hilary Walker (GBR) Director of Communications: Nadeem Khan (CAN) Director of Protocol (coopted): Paco Rico (ESP)

Doha, Qatar The IAU 100km World Championships came to the Middle East for the first time.

The venue was the Aspire zone in Doha, a part of the city devoted entirely to sport. The course was a 5km circuit within the facility.

Two hundred runners represented a record 38 countries for these championships. A Masters 100km Championships and an inaugural Championship for the Gulf Countries were run concurrently.

Vasily Larkin shared the early lead with Nojo Hideo. The chasing group contained most of the pre-race favourites: Steve Way (GBR), Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) and Jonas Buud (SWE), along with a dozen other runners, including Max King of the USA. Temperatures were in the mid to low 20s but it was a brave move for Larkin to lead so early, and he was slowly pegged back. King took the lead at around 60km and Buud chased from the back, coming on strongly in the third quarter of the race to eventually get up into second place

Director of Statistics (coopted): Jürgen Schoch (GER)

MEN: 1 Max KING 2 Jonas BUUD 3 Jose Antonio REQUENAS 4 Hideo NOJO 5 Yoshiki TAKADA 6 Zach BITTER 7 Vasily LARKIN 8 Alberico DI CECCO 9 Zach MILLER 10 Fritjof FAGERLUND

USA SWE ESP JPN JPN USA RUS ITA USA SWE

6:27:43 6:32:04 6:37:01 6:39:21 6:46:47 6:48:53 6:50:38 6:51:14 6:51:30 6:55:31

Defending champion Amy Sproston was next to hit the front but in turn lost the lead to the 100km specialist Vrajic. Britain’s Ellie Greenwood took command over the chasing group and by 55km had placed herself firmly in the lead, which she held all the way to the end. Both others to make the podium ran through the field with a strong second half.

WOMEN: 1 Ellie GREENWOOD 2 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI 3 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI 4 Jo MEEK 5 Irina ANTROPOVA 6 Shiho KATAYAMA 7 Veronika JURISIC 8 Meghan ARBOGAST 9 Mai FUJISAWA 10 Pam SMITH

GBR JPN GBR GBR RUS JPN CRO USA JPN USA

7:40:48 7:38:23 7:42:02 7:43:37 7:44:26 7:49:41 7:51:08 7:52:12 7:54:28 7:59:11

13 men beat seven hours and 10 women went under eight hours – both were records which showed the strength of the field Aspire will host the IAU 50km World Championships from 2015-2017 on the same course. Next year the 100km World Championships will take place in Winschoten (NED)..

NEWS IN BRIEF

IAU Career Awards From 2014 IAU have initiated annual Career Awards to recognise individuals who have shown long dedication to the cause of ultrarunning. The awards for 2014 were made to: Bruce Fordyce (RSA), nine-times winner of the Comrades Marathon, he also won the London-Brighton race three years in a row. Fordyce is additionally an author and columnist on ultrarunning, and CEO of the South African Sports Trust. He has continued to participate in ultra events to fund charitable causes, including sports development projects in South Africa.

Aki Inoue (JPN) has been the guiding presence behind the success of Japanese ultrarunning

Director of Organizations: Jan Vandendriessche (BEL)

Rita Nordsveen (NOR) led in the early stages of the women’s race.

She was familiar with the course through having run it three weeks back at the 50km World Trophy Final. The chase group behind her included all the pre-race favourites and the Croatian trio of Marija Vrajic, Nikolina Sustic and Veronika Jurisic.

for over a decade. Japanese successes at world championships in both 100km and the 24 hour events, for both men's and women's teams, has been testimony to his tremendous hard work.

Per Lind (NOR) is a cornerstone of Norwegian and international ultrarunning. Athlete, coach, team manager and editor Per is a master of many fields. He organized the 24-hour race in Hønefoss in 1986 and 1987 which were the first ultra races in Norway. He created the Norwegian Association of Ultrarunning, and headed it from 2005–2013. His lifetime of hard work in building the sport was recognised in 2013 with an Honorary Award from the Norwegian Association of Ultrarunning – and now in 2014 by IAU.

Africa & Oceania Representative: James Evans (RSA) Americas Representative: Lin Gentling (USA) Asia Representative: Bokjin Park (KOR) Europe Representative: Paco Rico (ESP) For more information contact: Nadeem Khan nadeem.khan@iau-ultramarathon.org

www.iau-ultramarathon.org Follow IAU on Twitter: @iaunews

DIARY DATES 11–12 April 2015 24 Hour World & European Championship, Turin, Italy

May 30–31 May 2015 Trail World Championships, Annecy, France

31 OCTOBER 2014:

IAU World 50km Trophy final Doha, Qatar Four years after his first win in Galway (IRL), Zimbabwe’s Collen Makaza regained the IAU 50km title, while Emily Harrison (USA) fulfilled expectations in the women’s race writes Jon Mulkeen.

Conditions were even hotter than expected as temperatures rose to 30°C, so times were slower than in previous years. Great Britain’s Phil Anthony ran with Makaza for the first 35km, but over the next 5km Makaza opened up a one-minute gap. Anthony regained some ground in closing stages, but Makaza kept ahead to win by 45 seconds Harm Sengers of the Netherlands ran a negative split to take third.

Having posted a time of 3:15:01 earlier this year, Harrison was the big favourite in the women’s race and she didn’t disappoint. Briton Joanna Zakrzewski led after 10km but Harrison bided her time before

overhauling her and opening up a winning margin of 53 seconds.

MEN: 1 Collen MAKAZA 2 Phil ANTHONY 3 Harm SENGERS 4 Paul MARTELETTI 5 Gary OHANLON 6 Michael WARDIAN 7 Raivis ZAKIS 8 Wouter DECOCK 9 Tomoya SUGIMOTO 10 Thomas KLINGENBURG

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3:00:41 3:01:26 3:05:01 3:11:05 3:14:35 3:18:11 3:20:12 3:22:02 3:24:55 3:29:42

WOMEN: 1 Emily HARRISON USA 2 Joanna ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 3 Catrin JONES CAN 4 Rita NORDSVEEN NOR 5 Neza MRAVLJE SLO 6 Pamela VEITH GER 7 Valeria SESTO GBR 8 Svetlana TKACH MDA 9 Irina ANTRAPOVA RUS 10 Beverley ANDERSON CAN

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Commencing at the harbour front, an awesome 42,195 kilometres through a vibrant and edgy city await you. A genuine city marathon, the Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon course takes you on a tour past numerous highlights and attractions. Join in for Copenhagen to experience a classic marathon in an innovative city!

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WMRA News

Results

EXECUTIVES President: Bruno Gozzelino (ITA) Secretary: Adrian Woods (GBR)

4 OCTOBER 2014:

Treasurer: Nancy Hobbs (USA) At-Large Director: Galia Puhaleva (BUL)

35th Šmarna Gora race

Director of Marketing: Erhan Basoglu (TUR)

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Director of Organisation: Wolfgang Munzel (GER)

Director of Competition: Andrjrej Puchacz (POL) Director of Development: Tomo Šarf (SLO) Member of Honour: Pierre Weiss (FRA)

Runners from eleven countries contested this last stage of the WMRA World Cup. Petro Mamu and Andrea Mayr were practically sure of topping the final standings and they reinforced their superiority by winning this final race. Nobody dared to follow Mamu’s pace and he ran alone all the way to the finish. Andrea Mayr, the current European and World Champion, had already won the Smarna gora race three times and on this occasion she also broke the course record by 42 seconds. Local Mateja Kosovelj, 2013 Grand Prix winner and previous course record holder, finished second and Alice Gaggi, 2013 world champion and another former Smarna gora race winner, finished third.

MEN: 1 Petro MAMU 2 David SCHNEIDER 3 Alex BALDACCINI 4 Emanuele MANZI 5 Mitja KOSOVELJ WOMEN: 1 Andrea MAYR 2 Mateja KOSOVELJ 3 Alice GAGGI 4 Sarah TUNSTALL 5 Antonella CONFORTOLA

ERI SUI ITA ITA SLO

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Final World Cup standings MEN: 1 Petro MAMU 2 David SCHNEIDER 3 Alex BALDACCINI WOMEN: 1 Andrea MAYR 2 Mateja KOSOVELJ 3 Timea MERENY

ERI SUI ITA AUT SLO HUN

✽ The WMRA Council meeting in January will discuss the format of the 17th WMRA World Cup 2015. The number of races could be increased as several traditional and very wellknown competitions may seek to become stages of the WMRA World Cup. The points system will likely be amended to take these changes into account.

Member of Honour: Raimondo Balicco (ITA)

www.wmra.info

26 OCTOBER 2014:

57th Trofeo Vanoni mountain race Morbegno, Italy

Andrea Mayr

Arnaud Bonin, Cedric Fleureton and Julien Rancon won a second French victory in the men’s race, a feat otherwise achieved only by the host nation, Italy. The day started with regional races for children and young runners, followed by the women’s race at 11.00. 2013 World Champion Alice Gaggi won for the second time, falling short of the course record by only seven seconds. During the uphill section the Czech Pavla Schorna led followed by the Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj with Gaggi content to hold third position in front of her compatriot Samantha Galassi and a group of Irish and British runners. Gaggi chose her moment and overtook on the downhill.

WOMEN: 1 Alice GAGGI 2 Petra SCHORNA 3 Sarah MCCORMACK 4 Charlotte MORGAN 5 Mateja KOSOVELJ

ITA CZE IRL GBR SLO

21:48 21:59 22:38 23:16 23:20

The 57th Trofeo Vanoni Relay event was held in the afternoon with more than 135 teams. Alex Baldaccini led his team in after the first leg with the day’s fastest stage of 29:27, while Cedric Fleureton held third place for the French.

On the second stage the French Team moved into the lead and stretched their margin of victory to 69 seconds on the third leg. Behind them the twins Martin and Bernard Dematteis overtook all the other teams to haul their club, Podistica Valle Varaita, into second place.

Atletica Valli Bergamasche, finishing a further 53 seconds back, took third ahead of a Slovenian team formed of the same runners who won the Trofeo Vanoni last year.

403 men and 64 women took part in the two senior races.

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10th Obudu Ranch Mountain Race Cross River State, Nigeria and 2010, was second in in 2013 and third in

African Mountain Running Championship results

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(official team entrants only):

Second-placed Negera Dinkessa won in 2012

Kassahun retained her title for her third event win (she also won in 2011) ahead of this year’s World junior champion Stella Chesang.

CALENDAR 27 June

Smolyan, BUL

4 July

MEN: 1 Philip KIPLIMO 2 Isaac KIPROP 3 Petro MAMU 4 Geoffrey KUSURO 5 Frezghi TSEGAY

UGA KEN ERI UGA ERI

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WOMEN: 1 Stella CHESANG 2 Rachel Zena CHEBET 3 Peres JEPCHIRCHIR 4 Pam DEBORAH 5 Joscah Moraa OBARE

UGA UGA KEN NGR KEN

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2 Negera Abebe DINKESSA

ETH

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3 Philip KIPLIMO

UGA

1:03:19

1 Genet Yalew KASSAHUN

ETH

1:01:20

2 Stella CHESANG

UGA

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3 Ababel YESSHANEH

ETH

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4 Rachel Zena CHEBET

UGA

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1 Uganda 2 Kenya 3 Nigeria

WOMEN:

14th European Mountain Running Championships Porto Moniz, POR

15 Aug

7 pts 16 pts 22 pts 33 pts

7th Balkan Mountain Running Championships Bustine, ROU

12 Sep

(African Champion) TEAMS: 1 Uganda 2 Eritrea 3 Kenya 4 Nigeria

12th WMRA Long Distance Mountain Running Championships Zermatt, SUI

4 July

MEN: 1 Hillary Kipkorir KEMBOI

10th WMRA World Youth Cup

15th WMRA/WMA Masters World Mountain Running Championships Betws-y-Coed, GBR

19 Sep

31st World Mountain Running Championships Betws-y-Coed, GBR

Gold 4 — —

Silver 2 1 —

Bronze — 2 1

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1 SUI M,H,R Int’l Marathon 3 Xiamen CHN M Ice Half Marathon 7 Siberian RUS H Winner Marathon 9 Tiberias ISR M Marathon 11 Cebu PHI M,H,R Marathon 16 Egyptian EGY M,H Bahamas, Half & 18 Marathon Relay Neujahrsmarathon Zürich

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104 100

ITA H

15 JPN M 100 30km Road Race & 15 Ohme-Hochi 10km Kyoto Marathon

100

JPN R

100 100

24

ESP H

Photo: Vactah Sailer

98

Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon

18

CZE H

di San Valentino 15 Maratona Kaen Int’l Marathon ITA M,H 100 25 Khon THA M 106 Medio Maratón Int’l Guadalajara 22 MEX H Int’l de Marrakech 102 25 Marathon MAR M,H 102 Maritzburg City Marathon 22 Women’s Marathon RSA M,H,R 104 25 Osaka JPN M 100 Zurich Maratón de Sevilla 22 ESP M February 2015 14 Seychelles Eco-Friendly 22 Marathon 1 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M predicted date

11

Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon

Berlin Half Marathon 29 Vattenfall GER H 98 ČSOB Bratislava Marathon 29 SVK M,H 106 Int’l Half Marathon 29 Incheon KOR H 102 Limassol Marathon GSO 29 CYP M,H,R 96 ASICS Medio Maratón Villa de 29 Madrid

98

Chartered Mumbai 18 Standard Marathon

102

CHN

Marathon 18 Kinmen TPE M,H,R 12 Ocean Front Marathon & 18 Maui Half

IND M

96

TPE M,H,R

10

Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon USA M,H 108

USA M,H

32

FLK M

8

China Coast Marathon 18 Gammon & Half HKG M,H

20

SEY M planned date

Marathon 22 Tokyo See race feature on page 47 JPN M

Marathon 23 Sahara ALG M Aviv Marathon 27 Tel ISR M

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

106

95 100

Runatolia Marathon 106 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon JPN M 100 Kilimanjaro Marathon TAN M 106 Maratón Int’l Lala MEX M 102 TUR M,H,R

Treviso Marathon 1.1 ITA M

100

tbc Semi-Marathon Int’l de Rabat

104

April 2015

World’s Best 10k Road Race PUR R

Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon 96

TPE M

Nagoya Women’s Marathon 100

JPN M

3 4

Semi Marathon de Paris FRA H planned date

Dead Sea Ultramarathon 102

JOR U

Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon 26

RSA U

98

Sihanoukville Int’l Half Marathon 18

CAM H,R

104

MAR H

5

Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great 98

GRE M

5 9

Daegu Int’l Marathon

10km Int’l de Taroudant KOR M 102 8 ASTA MAR R 104 North Pole Marathon Women’s Marathon NPO M 104 8 261 ESP M,R 106 11–12Australian Running Festival Marathon & Half AUS M,H,R 95 9 Antarctica ATA M,H 95 Kharkiv Int’l Marathon 11 UKR M,H,R Marathon, Half & 10k 108 13 Jerusalem ISR M,H,R 16 Guam Int’l Marathon 12 ’n’ Roll DC Marathon & 1/2 GUM M,H,R 98 14 Rock presented by CareFirst Milano Marathon BlueCross BlueShield 12 ITA M 100 USA M,H,R 18 Zurich Marato de Barcelona 15 ESP M 106 Maratón de San José 15 ASICS CRC M,H,R 96 Key M Marathon H Half Marathon Seoul Int’l Marathon 15 KOR M 102 R Road Race U Ultradistance planned date

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

planned date

100

March 2015

1 1 1 1

1 1 8 8 8 8

19–228th Lake Balaton Supermarathon HUN U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Gaborone Marathon 22 Diacore BOT M,H,R Lisbon Half Marathon 22 EDP POR H

98 95 22

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Electric Paris 12 Schneider Marathon

Warsaw Marathon 26 ORLEN POL M,R

FRA M

98

12 POL H

104

Rotterdam 12 Marathon See preview on page 44 104

NED M

de Santiago 12 Maratón CHI M

30

Paulo Int’l Half Marathon 12 São Corpore 95

BRA H

12 AUT M,H,R

Vienna City Marathon 95

SuisseGas Belgrade Marathon SRB M 32

18–19 30th Telekom Vivicittá Spring Half Marathon 28

HUN H,R

International Half 18 Dushanbe Marathon 106

TJK H

18

Pardubice Wine Half Marathon CZE H 32

Marathon 19 Enschede NED M Hannover Marathon 19 HAJ GER M,H,R

104 38+39

19 POL M

Cracovia Marathon 36

Maggiore Half Marathon 19 Lake ITA H 36 Maraton Dbam o Zdrowie 19 Łódź POL M,R 104 Marathon 19 Nagano JPN M

100

S. Antonio 19 Maratona ITA M

19

36

The Vancouver Sun Run 10K Presented By BlueShore Financial CAN R

95

19 SUI M

34

20 USA M

108

Zurich Marathon B.A.A. Boston Marathon

Bergen City Marathon 25 Fjordkraft NOR M,H,R 104

25–2 100 km del Sahara 40

TUN U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Marathon 26 Almaty KAZ M,H,R

102

Antwerp Marathon 26 DVV BEL M

95

Sur Int’l Marathon 26 Big USA M,H

108

Caracas 26 CAF-Marathon VEN M

108

42+43

Marathon Hamburg 26 Haspa GER M

26

102 tbc OCP 10km Int’l de Khouribga MAR R 102 KOR M,R

May 2015

1

Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville de Béjaia ALG H 95 Borneo Int’l Marathon MAS M,H,R 102 Chia Laguna Half Marathon ITA H,R planned date 100 Maratona d’Europa ITA M,H 100 Harmony Genève Marathon for Unicef SUI M,H,R 48 Volkswagen Prague Marathon CZE M 18 Salzburg Marathon AUT M,H,R 95 GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon CAN M 95 BMO Vancouver Marathon CAN M 45 Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon GBR M 48 Milton Keynes Marathon GBR M 98 BIG 25 Berlin GER R 98 Wizz Air Skopje Marathon MKD M 48 The Great Wall Marathon CHN M Course not measurable to AIMS standards 96 Three Hearts Marathon SLO M,H,R 48 TCS World 10K Bangalore IND R predicted date 98 Bucharest Half Marathon ROU H,R 50 Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon JPN H 100 Leiden Marathon NED M,H,R 104 Maratón movistar Lima42k PER M 104 Lattelecom Riga Marathon LAT M,H 102 20th Coca Cola Body Awakening Women’s Running Gala HUN R 28 iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg GER M 50 GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon SWE H 50 Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon CZE H 18 Moonlight Half Marathon ITA H 54 23–24 Ottawa Marathon and 10K CAN M,R 55 Media Maratón Int’l Ciudad de Asunción PAR H 104 Jacob’s Creek Barossa Marathon AUS M,H,R 95 Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon DEN M 52 Kigali International Peace Marathon RWA M,H 106 Turin Half Marathon ITA H 100 ASICS Stockholm Marathon SWE M 58 Austrian Women’s Run AUT R 54

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4

4 10 10 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 23 23 23 24

GROUP Marathon 26 METRO Düsseldorf GER M

tbc Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l

Marathon

Poznań Half Marathon

18

104

98

Vodafone İstanbul Half Marathon See preview on page 45 TUR H

106

’n’ Roll Madrid Maratón & 26 Rock 1/2 ESP M,H

Int’l de Nice 26 Semi-Marathon FRA H

46 45

24 24 24 24 30 31

Calgary Marathon 31 Scotiabank CAN M 95 Comrades Marathon 31 RSA U 104 Edinburgh Marathon Festival 31 GBR M 98 Paris St Germain en Laye – 31 La Course 54

FRA R planned date

Penh Half Marathon 31 Phnom CAM H,R

95

tbc Dalian Int’l Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

planned date

96

CHN M

tbc Volgograd Marathon RUS M

de l’Ile Maurice 19 Marathon MRI M,H,R 102 Australian Outback Marathon 25 AUS M 95 25 Swissalpine SUI U 106 Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá 26 COL H 96 Rio de Janeiro City Marathon 26 BRA M 95 Tijuana Marathon 26 MEX M 102 Westlink M7 Blacktown Running 26 Festival 95

AUS M

106

June 2015

tbc 39th National MILO Marathon

1 6

tbc Maratón de Quito

Cork City Marathon Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon CZE H,R 18

10K Int’l de Casablanca 7 RAHAL MAR R 102 Laguna Phuket Int’l Marathon 7 THA M 106 Últimas Noticias 15k 7 Quito ECU R 96 Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race 12 MDV R 102 Int’l Marathon 13 Lanzhou CHN M,H,R 63 Portumna Forest Marathon 13 IRL M,H,U 100 City Trophy 10 km 13 Telesia ITA R 100 Tórshavn Marathon 13 FRO M 60 Bridge Half Marathon 14 Penang MAS H 66 Lisbon Eco Marathon 20 POR M,R 68 Sun Marathon & Half 20 Midnight NOR M,H 54+62 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon 20 CZE H 18+62 Suzuki Midnight Sun Run 23 ISL H,R 62 Paavo Nurmi Marathon 27 FIN M 98 Rovaniemi Marathon 27 FIN M,H,R 98 Vidovdan 10km Road Race 27 BIH R 95 Int’l Ergo White Nights 28 Marathon predicted date

RUS M

28

106

Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon JPN U predicted date

28 MEX M Vancouver 28 Scotiabank Half-Marathon & 5k

100

Tangamanga Int’l Marathon 102 71

CAN H

28

Econet Victoria Falls Marathon ZIM M 108

tbc Medio Maratón Día del Padre MEX H

102

tbc Gatorade Panama Int’l Half

Marathon PAN H

104

July 2015

4 5

Zermatt Marathon SUI M

71

Correcaminos Half Marathon & 10km CRC H

96

5 AUS M 71 Cross Country 12 Yangmingshan Half Marathon Gold Coast Airport Marathon

TPE H

96

96

ECU M

100

IRL M

104

PHI M,H,R

August 2015

2 2

Brisbane Marathon Festival

95 McDonald’s Townsville Running Festival AUS M,H,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards 95 The Angkor Empire Marathon CAM M,H,R 95 Maratón Int’l de Asunción PAR M,H,R 104 Helsinki City Marathon FIN M 72 Hvar Half Marathon CRO H 96 22–30 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing CHN 11 Íslandsbanka Reykjavík Marathon ISL M,H 72 Adelaide Running Festival AUS M,H,R 95 Edmonton Marathon CAN M 95 La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU R 96 Da Nang Int’l Marathon VIE M,H,R 108 Hokkaido Marathon JPN M predicted date 100 Longford Marathon IRL M 100 Mandela Day Marathon RSA M,H,R 104 Maratón de la Ciudad de México MEX M 102 SSQ Quebec City Marathon CAN M 75 7 Sunshine Coast Marathon AUS M,H,R 77 tbc BII MAYBANK Bali Marathon INA M,H,R 100 AUS M,H,R

9 9 15 22 22 23 23 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

September 2015

5

Knarvikmila – The Great Fjord Run NOR H 104 Birell Prague Grand Prix CZE R 18 Luanda Half Marathon ANG H,R 95 Volksbank-Münster-Marathon GER M 72 Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H 104 Satara Hill Half Marathon IND H,R 98 Medio Maratón Atlas Colomos MEX H 102 11–13 Running Festival of the Economic Forum POL M 104

5 6 6 6 6 7

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THE MARATHON: The 37th ASICS Stockholm Marathon will be staged on 30 May 2015.

Start at 12:00. This will be an event to remember! Entries are limited to 21,500 runners.

Exclusive medal and T-shirt to all finishers.

Free carboloading Party the day.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Average temperature 18 degrees centigrade.

THE COURSE: Scenic course through downtown Stockholm. Finish in the 1912 Olympic Stadium.

THE RUNNERS: With 8,000 international runners from more than 80 countries the marathon is a multicultural festival.

THE CITY: Welcome to Stockholm and one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved medieval city centres, the Swedish capital is superbly positioned, with stunning and extremely varied scenery in every direction. Stockholm offers a wealth of museums, theatres, sights, attractions and events. In the beginning of June, the nights never get really dark.

TOURIST INFORMATION: Stockholm Visitors Board. Phone: +46-850 828 508.

Web site: www.visitstockholm.com REGISTRATION ON-LINE: www.StockholmMarathon.se MARATHON OFFICE: info@marathon.se Web site: www.StockholmMarathon.se

w w w. S t o c k h o l m M a ra t h o n . s e

WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL OF SCANDINAVIA SATURDAY 30 MAY 2015 STOCKHOLM ULTRA SATURDAY 8 AUGUST The third edition of Stockholm Ultra Marathon will take place 8 August. The event has three distances, 50km, 75km and 100km. The course runs through Gärdet and the Royal Park of Djurgården in central Stockholm.

www.StockholmUltra.se

Race dates

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Continued from page 57 Marathon 12 Jungfrau SUI M 106 Stockholm Half Marathon 12 SWE H 82 Ústí nad Labem Half 12 Mattoni Marathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

18

CZE H,R

Wizz Air Budapest Half 13 30th Marathon 28

HUN H

Half Marathon 13 Copenhagen DEN H 81 Marathon 13 Ladakh IND M,H,R,U 98 Maratón de las Flores Medellín 13 COL M,H,R 96 Tallinn Marathon, Half 13 SEB & 10k 79 Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon LTU M,H 102 18th Int’l WACHAUmarathon AUT M 95 33rd Wroclaw Maraton POL M 104 Danske Bank Oslo Marathon NOR M,H,R 104 Scottish Half Marathon GBR H 98 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon RSA M 82 Dam tot Damloop NED R 104 The Maui Marathon USA M,H,R 108 Moscow Marathon RUS M,R 106 Carrera de la Mujer Colombia 10km COL R 82 Siberian Int’l Marathon RUS M 106 Oporto Half Marathon POR H 87 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival (incl. Sydney Marathon) AUS M 95 Maratonina Citta di Udine ITA H 100 BMW Berlin Marathon GER M 98 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running GBR M 84 ING Route du Vin Half Marathon LUX H 102 37th PZU Warsaw Marathon POL M,R 104 tbc 1/2 Maratón RPP PER H 104 EST M,H,R

13 13 13 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 27 27 27 27

October 2015 95

Tartu City Marathon 88 3 Country Sparkasse Marathon AUT M,H 95 H.C. Andersen Marathon DEN M 84 Bila Tserkva Marathon UKR M 108 Bournemouth Marathon Festival EST M,H,R

See race feature on page 15 GBR M,H,R

4 4

98

Belfius Brussels Marathon & Half Marathon BEL M,H

95

Gatorade Caracas Rock 10K VEN R

108

Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon GBR H

Colombo Marathon SRI M

Guayaquil Marathon ECU M predicted date

96

Standard Chartered KL Marathon MAS M

4 4 4 4 4 5 9

106

Košice Peace Marathon SVK M

91

RAHAL 10km Int’l Marrakech MAR R

102

Portland Marathon USA M

88

98

25 See race feature on page 21

Podgorica Marathon

tbc Bucharest Marathon

9–11 Lake Tahoe Triple Marathons & Trifecta Half Marathons 108 28

10–11 BMO Okanagan Marathon

10

11 ARG M of America Chicago 11 Bank Marathon

95

MAR M,H,R

Marathon 11 Munich GER M,H,R Sad Marathon 11 Novi SRB M Marathon 11 Poznan POL M Fitness Victoria 11 GoodLife Marathon CAN M

88

tbc Maratón Int’l de Guadalajara

95

tbc Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l

Marathon tbc Hyderabad Int’l 15K

108 104

106 104 95

96

95

18 BEL H,R 99 Toronto Waterfront 18 Scotiabank Marathon & Half Marathon & 5k 97

Maratón Valencia 18 Medio Trinidad Alfonso 106

25 MEX M,H 102 Frankfurt Marathon 25 BMW GER M 101 Lausanne Marathon 25 SUI M 99 Marathon 25 Ljubljana SLO M 106 Marine Corps Marathon 25 USA M 99 Chartered Nairobi 25 Standard Marathon and Half Maratón Aguascalientes

102

MEX M

28–6 100km of the Namib Desert NAM U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

29 IND H Marathon 29 Firenze ITA M Fuji Marathon 29 Mount JPN M Donostia – 29 Maratón San Sebastián

98

Vigot La Rochelle Int’l 29 Serge Marathon

106

tbc Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Int’l

tbc UWI-SPEC Half Marathon

1 1 1 1 1 7

Hangzhou Int’l Marathon

NZL M,H,R

8 8 8

See race feature on page 35 JPN M

103

96 98

IND M predicted date

Taroko Gorge Marathon 96

TPE M,H predicted date

96

Laayoune 102

MAR H

tbc JoongAng Seoul Marathon

102

KOR M

tbc Shanghai Int’l Marathon

96

CHN M

tbc UNICEF Charity Run Half

Marathon & 10km 98

tbc Yokohama Women’s Marathon

100

JPN M

Athens Marathon The Authentic GRE M predicted date 98

December 2015

BDL Beirut Marathon

4 5 6 6

102

Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay 108

French Riviera Marathon NiceCannes FRA M 98

8 8

Porto Marathon EDP 105

Ravenna City of Art Int’l Marathon 103

ITA M,H

Trentino Half Marathon 8 Garda ITA H 100 Volcano Marathon 11 CHI M,H 96 Standard Chartered Bangkok 15 Marathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

THA M,H,R predicted date

106

15 CUB M,H ’n’ Roll Las Vegas 15 Rock Marathon & Half

108

31

Marabana Marathon & Half predicted date

USA M,H

15 ITA M

6 6 6

96

108

TUR M

6

20 20 26

37th Vodafone İstanbul Marathon

100

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de

HKG H,R

Yi Lan Chiang Wei Shui Memorial Freeway Marathon

8

15

102

KOR M

Pune Int’l Marathon

POR M

100

tbc Kobe Marathon

CHN M

LIB M

108

Marathon

Bass Pro Shops Conservation Marathon USA M 108

TPE M,H

98

98

FRA M,H

November 2015 ASB Auckland Marathon

104

106

ESP M

La Voie Royale

102

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon

tbc St Denis Half Marathon –

USA H

104

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

predicted date

94

Melbourne Marathon 18 Medibank Festival

KEN M,H predicted date

98

tbc Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo

Marathon Vodafone RTP

ESP H

102

KOR M

TRI H

11 CRO M,H 96 Amsterdam Marathon 18 TCS NED M 104 Lake Maggiore Marathon 18 ITA M,H,R 100 Rock’n’Roll Lisbon 18 EDP Marathon & Rock’n’Roll Half

CAN M,H,R

102

MEX M

FRA H

Zagreb Marathon & Half

POR M,H

102

ECU H

Lage Landen Marathon 11 De Eindhoven NED M

102

Philadelphia Marathon 22 Gore-Tex USA M 108 Eilat Full Desert Marathon 27 ISR M,H,R 100

28–29 Gran Maraton Pacifico

Casablanca

Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon

See race feature on page 19 USA M

104

ROU M,H

tbc Grand Marathon Int’l de

IND R

Int’l Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon GRE H,R

96

CHN M,H

10–11 30th Spar Budapest Marathon CAN M

102

104

Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon JOR M 102

HUN M

107

Ice Marathon & 100k 19 Antarctic ATA M,U 95 Pharaonic 100km 20 EGY U 96 Maraton Turistico Riviera 21 Medio Nayarit

– Lucerne 25 SwissCityMarathon MEX H,R 102 SUI M 103 Great Ethiopian Run 10km Venice Marathon 22 25 ITA M ETH R 96 99 21km Nuevo Leon SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon 22 MEX H 26 IRL M 102 100 Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon Erbil Marathon 22 31 IRQ M,H,R See race feature on page 31 100 tbc Beijing Marathon

Incheon Songdo Int’l Marathon KOR M,H,R 102

USA M,H

Valencia Trinidad 15 Maratón Alfonso ESP M

100

JPN M

102

Silesia Marathon POL M

95

MAS M

Queretaro Maraton MEX M,H,R

Falls Int’l Marathon 25 Niagara CAN M,H,R Marathon 25 Osaka See race feature on page 25

MNE M

102

Linker Oevert 1/2 Marathon

BRA U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

4

RheinEnergieMarathon Cologne GER M,H 88

AUS M

1–10 Jungle Marathon

3 4 4 4 4

4 4 4 4

Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon 102 Reggae Marathon, Half & 10K JAM M,H,R 100 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CAM H,R 95 Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M predicted date 95 Macau Galaxy Entertainment Int’l Marathon MAC M,H 109 Maratón Cabberty Málaga ESP M 106 10K San José – Costa Rica CRC R 96 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore SIN M,H,R 106 Tata Steel Kolkata 25k IND R 98 Taipei Marathon TPE M,H,R 96 El Corte Inglés São Silvestre de Lisboa POR R 104 São Silvestre de Luanda 10km ANG R predicted date 95 JOR H,R

Turin Marathon 100

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13th 12th annual Tórshavn Tórshavn Marathon Marathon Saturday, June 2015 Saturday, june13th 7th 2014 - Full marathon - Half marathon - Health run

(42,2 km distance) (21,1 km distance) (5 km or 10 km distance)

MORE INFO AT: WWW.TORSHAVNMARATHON.COM

Visit Tórshavn www.visittorshavn.fo

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Munich Marathon Germany tbc Gammon China Coast Marathon

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& Half HKG M,H

tbc Discoveries Half Marathon POR H

104

MAR R

102

tbc Disa Gran Canaria Maratón

Championship

tbc

Race 104 tbc

tbc Mizuno Hong Kong Half-

Marathon Championships 98

HKG H

tbc

tbc Maratón Powerade Monterrey MEX M

102

tbc

100

tbc

96

tbc

tbc Nara Marathon JPN M

tbc Quantum Nicosia Marathon CYP M

tbc Panama Int’l Marathon PAN M

104

tbc San José Costa Rica Half & CRC M,H

96

tbc Sfax Int’l Olive Trees Marathon TUN M,H

100

January 2016

ITA H

100

tbc Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race &

10km 100

JPN R

tbc Mostra d’Oltremare Half

100 12

UAE H

104 100

95

ALG M Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Zurich Maratón de Sevilla

14

ESP M

tbc Seychelles Eco-Friendly

Marathon 106

tbc Taipei Standard Chartered

Charity Marathon 13

TPE M,H,R

tbc Tokyo Marathon

Prémio Fim da Europa 31 Grande POR R 104 Marathon Int’l de Marrakech 31 MAR M,H 102 tbc Marathon Bahamas, Half &

95

tbc Cebu Marathon PHI M,H,R

104

106 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 100 Cape Peninsula Marathon RSA M,H 104 Medio Maratón Int’l Guadalajara MEX H 102 Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon JPN H 100 ESP H

tbc tbc tbc

Relay BAH M,H

Barcelona

tbc

98

18 Maratón de San José 20 ASICS CRC M,H,R World Half Marathon 26 IAAF Championships, Cardiff

96

24

ESP H JPN M

100

tbc Novi Sad Half Marathon See preview on page 41 SRB H

106 98

tbc Sportisimo Prague Half

18

tbc Semi-Marathon Int’l de Rabat MAR H

104

tbc Rock ’n’ Roll DC Marathon & 1/2

presented by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield 18

USA M,H,R

tbc Seoul Int’l Marathon KOR M

11

tbc Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon

98

GER H

100

102

tbc Sihanoukville Int’l Half

Marathon 18

CAM H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Stanley

Marathon 32

FLK M

tbc ASTA 10km Int’l de Taroudant MAR R

104

tbc Tokushima Marathon JPN M

100

tbc Treviso Marathon 1.1 ITA M

tbc Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon

100

tbc New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Int’l

Marathon

tbc ČSOB Bratislava Marathon

106

TPE M,H,R

96

tbc 261 Women’s Marathon

tbc Diacore Gaborone Marathon

95

BOT M,H,R

tbc Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon KOR H

Madrid

CZE H

17–20 9th Lake Balaton Supermarathon

SVK M,H

22

tbc ASICS Medio Maratón Villa de

Marathon

March 2016

JPN M

96

tbc EDP Lisbon Half Marathon

FRA H

100

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

98

102

tbc Limassol Marathon GSO

tbc Semi Marathon de Paris

di San Valentino 1 SUI M,H,R 21 Maratona 106 Mutual Two Oceans ITA M,H 100 26 Old Marathon Chevron Houston Marathon and Tel Aviv Marathon RSA U 26 17 Aramco Houston Half Marathon 26 ISR M 100 tbc Runatolia Marathon USA M,H 108 City Marathon TUR M,H,R 106 28 Maritzburg RSA M,H,R 104 Ocean Front Marathon 17 Maui tbc Antarctica Marathon & Half & Half Best 10k Road Race ATA M,H 95 28 World’s USA M,H 108 PUR R 104 tbc Zurich Marato de Barcelona Standard Chartered Mumbai tbc edreams Mitja Marató de 17 Marathon ESP M 106 IND M

106

tbc Nagoya Women’s Marathon

GBR

Neujahrsmarathon Zürich

TAN M

POR H

tbc Sahara Marathon

See race feature on page 47 JPN M

96

TPE M

CYP M,H,R

tbc RAK Half Marathon

SEY M

102

tbc Kilimanjaro Marathon

MEX M

Marathon ITA H

KOR H

tbc Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon

tbc Maratón Int’l Lala

Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k ISR M,H,R 16

108 Amerat Challenge Race 13 Al OMA R & Romeo Half 14 Giulietta Marathon

tbc Kyoto Marathon

HUN U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

February 2016

tbc Vadodara Marathon IND H

tbc

106

tbc St Croix Int’l Marathon ISV M

tbc tbc

Marathon

106 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon HKG M 98 Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon THA M 106 Kinmen Marathon TPE M,H,R 12 Osaka Women’s Marathon JPN M 100 Mitja Marato Int’l Santa Pola ESP H 106 Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km BRA R 95 Siberian Ice Half Marathon RUS H Course not measurable to AIMS standards 106 Tiberias Winner Marathon ISR M 10 Xiamen Int’l Marathon CHN M 8 ESP M,H

100

tbc Milo Marathon Manila Finals PHI M,H,R

96

tbc Incheon Int’l Half Marathon

100

JPN M

102

tbc Egyptian Marathon EGY M,H

tbc Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon JPN M

tbc Maratón Int’l de Culiacán MEX M

tbc Tafilalet 10km d’Errachidia

tbc Kitakyushu Marathon JPN M

98

102

ESP M,R

106

tbc Tripoli Int’l 10km LBA R

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World leading times These lists give the current standings in the world of road racing, and are believed accurate at 19 December 2014. They have been drawn from the website of the Association of Road Racing Statisticians www.arrs.net and focus primarily on the Marathon and Half Marathon, as these constitute 75% and 18% of the AIMS membership respectively.

Marathon Present world record: Dennis Kimetto (KEN); 2:02:57; Berlin; 29 SEP 2014

Men Time

Athlete

Nation Rank Venue

2:02:57 Dennis Kimetto KEN 2:03:13 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 2:04:11 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2:04:28 Sammy Kitwara KEN 2:04:29 Wilson Kipsang KEN 2:04:32 Tsegaye Mekonnen ETH 2:04:32 Dickson Chumba KEN 2:04:55 Stanley Biwott KEN 2:05:00 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2:05:03 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2:05:13 Markos Geneti ETH 2:05:41 Getu Feleke ETH 2:05:42 Dickson Chumba KEN 2:05:49 Girmay Birhanu ETH 2:05:51 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2:05:56 Abera Kuma ETH 2:05:57 Tadese Tola W/geberel ETH 2:06:08 Bernard Koech KEN 2:06:17 Tamirat Tola ETH 2:06:17 Yacob Yarso ETH 2:06:21 Tilahun Regassa ETH 2:06:22 Bernard Kipyego KEN 2:06:24 Stephen Chemlany KEN 2:06:30 Sammy Kitwara KEN 2:06:30 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 2:06:31 Ayele Abshero ETH 2:06:39 Geoffrey Kwamworor KEN 2:06:43 Shumi Dechase ETH 2:06:44 Gilbert Kirwa KEN 2:06:47 Jonathan Maiyo KEN 2:06:49 Limenih Getachew ETH 2:06:49 Mark Kiptoo KEN 2:06:51 Yemane Tsegay AdhaneETH 2:06:54 Adhane ETH 2:06:55 Tadese Tola ETH 2:06:58 Michael Kipyego KEN 2:06:59 Mike Kigen KEN 2:07:00 Eric Ndiema KEN 2:07:02 Tariku Jufar ETH 2:07:05 Peter Kimeli Some KEN 2:07:06 Ghebretsadik Abraha ETH 2:07:07 Philemon Rono KEN 2:07:08 Abraham Cherkos KEN 2:07:08 Gilbert Yegon KEN 2:07:10 Belay Asefa ETH 2:07:10 Tebalu Zawude ETH 2:07:11 Alfers Lagat KEN 2:07:11 Nickson Kurgat KEN 2:07:12 Azmeraw Bekele ETH 2:07:13 Shumi Duchase ETH

1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 5 2 3 5 3 4 4 3 1 5 6

Date

Berlin 29 SEP Berlin 29 SEP Chicago 12 OCT Chicago 12 OCT London 13 APR Dubai 24 JAN Chicago 12 OCT London 13 APR Rotterdam 13 APR Paris 06 APR Dubai 24 JAN Vienna 13 APR Tokyo 23 FEB Dubai 24 JAN Chicago 12 OCT Berlin 29 SEP Tokyo 23 FEB Rotterdam 13 APR Dubai 24 JAN Seoul 16 MAR Eindhoven 12 OCT Amstrerdam 19 OCT Seoul 16 MAR Tokyo 23 FEB London 13 APR London 13 APR Berlin 29 SEP Hamburg 04 MAY Seoul 16 MAR Eindhoven 12 OCT Paris 06 APR Frankfurt 26 OCT Daegu 06 APR Ottawa 25 MAY Warsaw 13 APR Tokyo 23 FEB Frankfurt 26 OCT Hamburg 04 MAY Seoul 16 MAR Tokyo 23 FEB Daegu 06 APR Hamburg 04 MAY Seoul 16 MAR Frankfurt 26 OCT Hamburg 04 MAY Frankfurt 26 OCT Eindhoven 12 OCT Chuncheon 26 OCT Dubai 24 JAN Dubai 24 JAN

Time

Athlete

Nation Rank Venue

2:07:15 Silas Chebott KEN 2:07:16 Deribe Robi ETH 2:07:18 Kurgat KEN 2:07:18 Lucas Rotich KEN 2:07:28 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 2:07:28 John Mwangangi KEN 2:07:29 Ronald Korir KEN 2:07:38 James Kwambai KEN 2:07:32 Bazu Worku ETH 2:07:35 Frankline Chepkwony KEN 2:07:37 Geoffrey Kipsang KEN 2:07:38 Markos Geneti ETH 2:07:40 Deressa Chimsa ETH 2:07:43 Elijah Kemboi KEN 2:07:43 Feyisa Bekele ETH 2:07:46 Abrha Milaw ETH 2:07:46 Evans Chebet KEN 2:07:52 Thomas Rono KEN 2:07:53 Jacob Kendagor KEN 2:07:53 Joel Kimurer Kemboi KEN 2:07:54 Getachew Terfa ETH 2:07:54 Essa Ismail Rashed QAT 2:07:58 Bernard Kipyego KEN 2:08:01 Luka Kanda KEN 2:08:02 Deriba Robi ETH 2:08:03 Laban Mutai KEN 2:08:04 Robi ETH 2:08:04 Laban Korir KEN 2:08:05 Sammy Korir KEN 2:08:05 Felix Kiprotich KEN 2:08:06 Mariko Kiplagat KEN 2:08:06 Tsegaye Mekonnen ETH 2:08:06 John Mwangangi KEN 2:08:07 Gilbert Yegon KEN 2:08:07 Patrick Terer KEN 2:08:09 Kohei Matsumura JPN 2:08:09 Levy Matebo KEN 2:08:15 Laban Kipngetich Korir KEN 2:08:17 Evans Chebet KEN 2:08:17 Dereje Tesfaye ETH 2:08:18 Mulugetu Wami ETH 2:08:18 Abera Kassw ETH 2:08:18 Geoffrey Mutai KEN 2:08:18 Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru KEN 2:08:19 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 2:08:20 Tebalu Heyi ETH 2:08:21 Mo Farah GBR 2:08:21 Samuel Ndungu Wanjiku KEN 2:08:22 Patrick Makau KEN 2:08:25 Ishhimael Bushendich KEN

1 5 3 2 5 3 6 6 1 6 6 1 7 4 1 7 2 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 5 6 1 1 8 2 1 2 3 2 8 6 7 7 2 8 1 1 1

Gyeongju Frankfurt Daegu Amsterdam Berlin Amsterdam Frankfurt Seoul Houston Berlin Tokyo Hengshui Tokyo Daegu Seoul Dubai Seoul Seoul Daegu Gyeongju Houston Amsterdam Rotterdam Paris Rotterdam Linz Marrakech Hamburg Eindhoven Rennes Xiamen London Hamburg Dusseldorf Prague Tokyo Warsaw Toronto Prague Gyeongju Ottawa Dubai London Frankfurt London Marrakech London Lisboa Fukuoka Ljubljana

Present world record (mixed race): Paula Radcliffe (GBR); 2:15:25; London; 13 APR 2003 Present world record (womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-only race) Paula Radcliffe (GBR); 2:17:42; London; 17 APR 2005

Women Date

19 OCT 26 OCT 06 APR 19 OCT 29 SEP 19 OCT 26 OCT 16 MAR 19 JAN 29 SEP 23 FEB 20 SEP 23 FEB 06 APR 09 NOV 24 JAN 09 NOV 09 NOV 06 APR 19 OCT 19 JAN 19 OCT 13 APR 06 APR 13 APR 06 APR 26 JAN 04 MAY 12 OCT 26 OCT 02 JAN 13 APR 04 MAY 27 APR 11 MAY 23 FEB 13 APR 19 OCT 11 MAY 19 OCT 25 MAY 24 JAN 13 APR 26 OCT 13 APR 26 JAN 13 APR 05 OCT 07 DEC 26 OCT

Time

Athlete

2:20:18 2:20:21 2:20:24 2:20:27 2:20:35 2:21:14 2:21:36 2:21:42 2:21:52 2:22:21 2:22:23 2:22:30 2:22:44 2:23:02 2:23:15 2:23:21 2:23:34 2:23:43 2:23:44 2:24:07 2:24:16 2:24:25 2:24:30 2:24:35 2:24:35 2:24:37 2:24:43 2:24:59 2:25:01 2:25:02 2:25:07 2:25:10 2:25:14 2:25:14 2:25:22 2:25:23 2:25:23 2:25:26 2:25:27 2:25:30 2:25:31 2:25:37 2:25:37 2:25:41 2:25:50 2:25:52 2:25:53 2:25:57 2:25:59 2:26:00

Tirfi Tsegaye ETH Edna Kiplagat KEN Florence Kiplagat KEN Feyse Tadese ETH Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Shalane Flanagan USA Mare Dibaba ETH Feyse Tadese ETH Tigist Tufa ETH Aberu Kebede ETH Tirfe Beyene Tsegay ETH Birhane Dibaba Adugna ETH Filomena Cheych KEN Tadelech Bekele ETH Mulu Seboka ETH Aberu Kebede ETH Firehiwot Dado ETH Mariya Konovalova RUS Sharon Cherop KEN Jelena Prokopcuka LAT Lucy Kabuu Wangui KEN Jessica Augusto POR Tigist Tufa ETH Caroline Rotich KEN Rita Jeptoo KEN Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko UKR Aliaksandra Duliba BLR Ashete Bekele ETH Mulu Seboka ETH Abebech Afework ETH Mary Keitany KEN Jemima Jelagat Sumgong KEN Christelle Daunay FRA Emily Chemutai Ngetich KEN Caroline Kilel KEN Meselech Melkamu ETH Seboka ETH Ryoko Kizaki JPN Valeria Straneo ITA Gamera-Shmyrko UKR Eri Hayakawa JPN Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa BRN Mare Dibaba ETH Augusto POR Ryoko Kizaki JPN Abebech Afework ETH Firehiwot Dado ETH Florence Kiplagat KEN Meskerem Assefa ETH Yukiko Akaba JPN

Nation Rank Venue

Time

Athlete

1 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 5 1 1 2 1 3 6 1 4 1 1 2 3 1 5 1 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 2 7 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 2

Berlin London London Berlin London Berlin Xiamen London Shanghai Frankfurt Tokyo Tokyo Paris Berlin Toronto London Prague Nagoya Frankfurt Nagoya Tokyo London Ottawa Tokyo Chicago Osaka Toronto Frankfurt Dubai Berlin New York New York Zurich Frankfurt Shanghai Dubai Daegu Nagoya Zurich London Nagoya Incheon Chicago Zurich Incheon Houston Dubai Chicago Houston Osaka

29 SEP 13 APR 13 APR 29 SEP 13 APR 29 SEP 02 JAN 13 APR 02 NOV 26 NOV 23 FEB 23 FEB 06 APR 29 SEP 19 OCT 13 APR 11 MAY 09 MAR 26 OCT 09 MAR 23 FEB 13 APR 25 MAY 23 FEB 12 OCT 26 JAN 19 OCT 26 OCT 24 JAN 29 SEP 02 NOV 02 NOV 16 AUG 26 OCT 02 NOV 24 JAN 06 APR 09 MAR 16 AUG 13 APR 09 MAR 02 OCT 12 OCT 16 AUG 02 OCT 19 JAN 24 JAN 12 OCT 19 JAN 26 JAN

Date

2:26:00 2:26:03 2:26:03 2:26:05 2:26:15 2:26:20 2:26:21 2:26:22 2:26:25 2:26:31 2:26:36 2:26:42 2:26:44 2:26:45 2:26:46 2:26:46 2:26:47 2:26:47 2:26:48 2:26:57 2:26:58 2:26:59 2:27:02 2:27:03 2:27:05 2:27:05 2:27:10 2:27:10 2:27:14 2:27:16 2:27:21 2:27:29 2:27:36 2:27:37 2:27:29 2:27:31 2:27:32 2:27:44 2:27:45 2:27:47 2:27:50 2:27:51 2:27:54 2:27:57 2:27:57 2:27:58 2:28:00 2:28:03 2:28:04 2:28:04

Sara Moreira Gelete Burka Janet Rono Tomomi Tanaka Jelenas Prokopcuka Meseret Hailu Yebrgual Melese Biruktayit Eshetu Kayoko Fukushi Karolina Jarzynska Meseret Legese Betelhem Moges Anna Hahner Cheych Sairi Maeda Ana Felix Georgina Rono Visiline Jepkesho Ines Melchor Tomomi Tanaka Tiki Gelana Philes Ongori Berhane Dibaba Amy Hastings Amane Gobena Hye-Gyong Kim Caroline Kilel Rael Kiyara Helah Kiprop Rebecca Kangogo Reia Iwade Dinknesh Mekash Fantu Eticha Makda Harun Helah Kiprop Fantu Eticha Caroline Rotich Goitetom Haftu Ashu Kasim Sechale Delasa Abebech Afework Agnes Kiprop Sultan Haydar Misato Horie Winnie Jepkorir Hye-Song Kim Julia Mumbi Meseret Legese Ashete Bekere Agnes Kiprop

Nation Rank Venue

POR 3 ETH 3 KEN 5 JPN 5 LAT 4 ETH 4 ETH 2 ETH 4 JPN 6 POL 3 ETH 2 ETH 5 GER 6 KEN 1 JPN 4 POR 8 KEN 1 KEN 1 PER 8 JPN 1 ETH 9 KEN 2 ETH 4 USA 5 ETH 6 PRK 1 KEN 2 KEN 3 KENN 5 KEN 1 JPN 3 ETH 2 ETH 7 ETH 5 KEN 1 ETH 2 KEN 4 ETH 8 ETH 2 ETH 9 ETH 1 KEN 6 ETH 10 JPN 7 KEN 3 PRK 2 KEN 1 ETH 2 ETH 3 KEN 2

New York Houston Tokyo Nagoya New York Dubai Paris Houston Berlin Osaka Xiamen Dubai Berlin Glasgow Osaka London Hamburg Lisboa Berlin Yokohama London Yokohama Chicago Chicago Dubai Pyongyang Glasgow Toronto Frankfurt Hengshui Yokohama Hamburg Dubai Houston Seoul Prague Yokohama Dubai Seoul Dubai Rotterdam Nagoya Dubai Nagoya Hamburg Pyongyang Koln Daegu Prague Ottawa

Date

1 2 3 4 5 6

Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston

21 APR 21 APR 21 APR 21 APR 21 APR 21 APR

2:22:02 2:23:00 2:23:22 2:23:54 2:24:21 2:27:37

Shalane Flanagan Sharon Cherop Philes Ongori Desiree Linden Belaynesh Oljira Amane Gobena

USA 7 KEN 8 KEN 9 USA 10 ETH 11 ETH 1

Boston 21 APR Boston 21 APR Boston 21 APR Boston 21 APR Boston 21 APR Los Angeles 09 MAR

02 NOV 19 JAN 23 FEB 09 MAR 02 NOV 24 JAN 06 APR 19 JAN 29 SEP 26 JAN 02 JAN 24 JAN 29 SEP 27 JUL 26 JAN 13 APR 04 MAY 05 OCT 29 SEP 16 NOV 13 APR 16 NOV 12 OCT 12 OCT 24 JAN 13 APR 27 JUL 19 OCT 26 OCT 20 SEP 16 NOV 04 MAY 24 JAN 19 JAN 16 MAR 11 MAY 16 NOV 24 JAN 16 MAR 24 JAN 13 APR 09 MAR 24 JAN 09 MAR 04 MAY 13 APR 14 SEP 06 APR 11 MAY 25 MAY

Other performances

Photo: SCC Events/Photorun

2:18:57 2:19:59 2:20:35 2:20:41 2:21:28 2:21:29

Rita Jeptoo Bizunesh Deba Mare Dibaba Jemima Jelegat Meselech Melkamu Aleksandra Duliba

KEN ETH ETH KEN ETH BLR

Boston: drop 3.2m/km, separation 90%

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Distance Running | 2015 Edition 1

World leading times Half Marathon Men Time

Athlete

58:48 59:01 59:06 59:07 59:08 59:1 59:12 59:14 59:14 59:18 59:21 59:21 59:21 59:21 59:22 59:23 59:28 59:36 59:38 59:39 59:43 59:45 59:46 59:47 59:49 59:50 59:51 59:54 59:54 59:55 59:58 59:58 59:59

Abraham Cheroben KEN Kenneth Kiplimo KEN Guye Adola ETH Geoffrey Kwamroror KEN Kwamroror KEN Mosinet Geremew ETH Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut KEN Leonard Komon KEN Cheroben KEN Stanley Kipleting KEN Samuel Tsegay ERI Adola ETH Stephen Kosgei Kibet KEN Cheroben KEN Peter Kirui KEN Bedan Karoki Muchiri KEN Jonathan Kiplimo KEN Lelisa Desisa ETH Zersenay Tadese ERI Nguse Amsolom ERI Kenneth Kipkemoi KEN Wilson Kiprop KEN Bernard Koech KEN Bernard Kipyego KEN Micah Kogo KEN Mathew Kisorio KEN Feyisa Lelisa ETH Paul Lonyangata KEN Mosinet Geremew ETH Titus Mbeishi KEN Bedan Karoki Muchiri KEN Alex Oloitiptip KEN Edwin Kipsang Rotich KEN

Nation Rank Venue

Date

Time

Athlete

1 2 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 5 2 3 6 7 1 1 8 1 4 2 9 3 4 5 6 3 7 8 2 4 1 1 2

Valencia 19 OCT Valencia 19 OCT New Delhi 23 NOV New Delhi 23 NOV Copenhagen29 MAR New Delhi 23 NOV New Delhi 23 NOV Berlin 30 MAR Berlin 30 MAR New Delhi 23 NOV Copenhagen29 MAR Copenhagen29 MAR New Delhi 23 NOV New Delhi 23 NOV Prague 05 APR Philadelphia 21 SEP New Delhi 23 NOV Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Copenhagen 29 MAR Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB New Delhi 23 NOV Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Valencia 19 OCT Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Prague 05 APR Valencia 19 OCT Lisboa 16 MAR Azpeitia 22 MAR Azpeitia 22 MAR

59:59 59:59 1:00:00 1:00:01 1:00:02 1:00:08 1:00:08 1:00:09 1:01:10 1:00:11 1:00:11 1:00:11 1:01:13 1:00:13 1:01:15 1:00:16 1:00:17 1:00:17 1:00:17 1:00:17 1:00:17 1:00:17 1:00:20 1:00:22 1:00:24 1:00:24 1:00:25 1:00:26 1:00:29 1:00:29 1:00:32 1:00:32 1:00:35

Daniel Wanjiru KEN 3 Cyprian Kotut Kimurgor KEN 2 Nguse Amsolom ERI 5 Wilson Kiprop KEN 6 Bedan Karoki KEN 1 Mule Wasihun Lakew ETH 1 Amsolom ERI 1 Kipsang KEN 1 Ghirmay Ghebreselassie ETH 7 Martin Mathathi KEN 1 Nicholas Kipkemboi KEN 4 Richard Mengich KEN 1 Samsom Gebreyohannes ERI 8 Edwin Kibet Koech KEN 1 Adugna Tekele ETH 9 Geoffrey Ronoh KEN 2 Silas Kipruto KEN 2 Richard Mengich KEN 3 Sylas Kimutai KEN 4 Edwin Rotich KEN 2 Geoffrey Rono KEN 1 Kinde Atanaw ETH 10 Goitom Kifle ERI 3 Silas Chebogel KEN 3 Henry Kiplagat KEN 5 Sammy Kitwara KEN 1 Wilson Kipsang KEN 2 John Mwangangi KEN 1 Kenneth Kipkemoi KEN 10 Feyera Gemeda ETH 4 Jacob Kendagor KEN 2 John Loitang KEN 5 Stephen Kibet KEN 2

Nation Rank Venue

Prague 05 APR Philadelphia 21 SEP Copenhagen 29 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Gifu Seirya 18 MAY Paris 02 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Ceske Budejovice07 JUN Copenhagen 29 MAR Marugame 02 FEB Prague 05 APR Breda 05 OCT Copenhagen 29 MAR Sarnen 07 SEP Copenhagen 29 MAR Breda 05 OCT Lisboa 16 MAR Berlin 30 MAR Berlin 30 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Olomouc 21 JUN New Delhi 23 NOV Azpeitia 22 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Prague 05 APR Luanda 07 SEP Olomouc 21 JUN Den Haag 09 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Den Haag 09 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Luanda 07 SEP

Date

1 2 1 3 1

Ostia Ostia Klagenfurt Ostia Klagenfurt

1:00:00 1:00:00 1:00:05 1:00:12 1:00:24

Mohamed Farah GBR Mike Kigen Kipruto KEN Simon Cheprot KEN Solomon Deksisa ETH Robert Kwemoi Chemosin KEN

South Shields 07 SEP South Shields 07 SEP Ostia 02 MAR San Diego 01 JUN Ostia 02 MAR

Other performances:

59:25 59:39 59:45 59:41 59:45

Aziz Lahbabi Hunegnaw Mesfin Geoffrey Ronoh Titua Kwemoi Masai Geoffrey Rono Cheruiyot

Present world record (mixed race): Florence Kiplagat (KEN); 1:05:12; Barcelona; 16 FEB 2014 Present world record (women’s-only race) Lornah Kiplagat (NED); 1:06:25; Udine; 14 OCT 2007

Women

Present world record: Zersenay Tadese (ERI); 58:23; Lisboa; 21 MAR 2010

Time

Athlete

1:05:12 1:06:19 1:07:02 1:07:29 1:07:44 1:07:52 1:07:57 1:08:01 1:08:13 1:08:16 1:08:20 1:08:24 1:08:26 1:08:13 1:08:31 1:08:31 1:08:31 1:08:32 1:08:36 1:08:36 1:08:37 1:08:40 1:08:41 1:08:42 1:08:46 1:08:46 1:08:48 1:08:48 1:08:49 1:08:51 1:08:53 1:08:53 1:08:55

Florence Kiplagat KEN Joyce Chepkirui KEN Priscah Jeptoo KEN Gladys Cherono KEN Mary Wacera Ngugi KEN Sally Kipyego Kaptich KEN Edna Kiplagat KEN Emily Chebet KEN Filomena Cheyech KEN Cherono KEN Mamitu Daska ETH Cynthia Cherotich Limo KEN Emily Chebet KEN Flomena Cheych KEN Guteni Shone ETH Sally Kipyego KEN Eunice Kirwa KEN Jemima Sumgong KEN Helah Kiprop KEN Wude Ayalew ETH Lucy Kabuu KEN Rose Chelimo KEN Aberu Kebede ETH Mercy Jerotich Kibatus KEN Worknesh Degefa ETH Netsanet Gudeta ETH Jemima Jelegat KEN Christelle Daunay FRA Rita Jeptoo KEN Filomena Chepchirchir KEN E Kiplagat KEN Caroline Kilel KEN Valeria Straneo ITA

Nation Rank Venue

Time

Athlete

1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 4 1 1 5 1 6 2 7 5 3 1 2 8

Barcelona 16 FEB Prague 05 APR Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Copenhagen 29 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Glasgow 05 OCT Valencia 19 OCT Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Yangzhou 20 APR Boston 12 OCT Boston 12 OCT Prague 05 APR Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB New York 16 MAR Luanda 07 SEP Luanda 07 SEP Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Luanda 07 SEP Copenhagen 29 MAR Breda 05 OCT Philadelphia 21 SEP Copenhagen 29 MAR Lisboa 16 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Lisboa 16 MAR Copenhagen 29 MAR Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Lisboa 16 MAR Olomouc 21 JUN Glasgow 05 OCT Copenhagen29 MAR

Date

1:08:56 1:08:59 1:08:59 1:09:02 1:09:04 1:09:04 1:09:06 1:09:07 1:09:10 1:09:12 1:09:15 1:09:17 1:09:19 1:09:20 1:09:22 1:09:22 1:09:22 1:09:23 1:09:23 1:09:23 1:09:23 1:09:24 1:09:27 1:09:28 1:09:29 1:09:30 1:09:30 1:09:31 1:09:35 1:09:36 1:09:37 1:09:38 1:09:40

Mare Dibaba ETH 6 Eunice Kirwa KEN 4 Bizunesh Deba ETH 2 Margaret Wangari KEN 2 Molly Huddle USA 3 Tsehay Desalegn ETH 9 Polline Njeru KEN 1 Worknesh Degefa ETH 2 Meskerem Assefa ETH 3 Peris Chepchirchir KEN 1 Genet Yalew ETH 10 Daunay FRA 1 Feyse Tadese ETH 7 Josephine Chepkoech KEN 5 Aberu Kebede ETH 8 Worknesh Cebele ETH 4 Caroline Rotich KEN 2 Yebrgual Melese Arage ETH 1 Wude Ayalew ETH 3 Betelhem Moges ETH 2 Molly Huddle USA 3 Tomomi Tanaka JPN 1 Betsy Saina KEN 4 Gulume Tollesa ETH 4 Rael Kiyara KEN 1 Waganesh Mekasha ETH 5 Beatrice Mutai KEN 3 Georgina Rono KEN 2 Goreti Chepkoech KEN 1 Lisa Stublic CRO 4 Deena Kastor USA 3 Sarah Chepchirchir KEN 3 Cynthia Jerotich Limo KEN 1

Nation Rank Venue

Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Lisboa 16 MAR New York 16 MAR Valencia 19 OCT New York 16 MAR Copenhagen29 MAR Warsaw 30 MAR Yangzhou 20 APR Yangzhou 20 APR Montbéliard 28 SEP Copenhagen29 MAR Karlovy Vary 24 MAY Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Lisboa 16 MAR Ras Al Khaimah14 FEB Luanda 07 SEP Philadelphia 21 SEP Paris 02 MAR Prague 05 APR Olomouc 21 JUN Boston 12 OCT Yamaguchi 16 FEB Boston 12 OCT Yangzhou 20 APR Lille 06 SEP Yangzhou 20 APR Valencia 19 OCT Paris 02 MAR Usti nad Labem 14 SEP New York 16 MAR Philadelphia 21 SEP Paris 02 MAR Madrid 06 APR

Date

1 2 3 1

South Shields07 SEP South Shields07 SEP South Shields07 SEP Ostia 02 MAR

1:08:51 1:08:53 1:08:53 1:09:10

Sharon Cherop Netsanet Kebede Shure Demise Caroline Cheptonui

Ostia 02 MAR Ostia 02 MAR Ostia 02 MAR South Shields07 SEP

Other performances

MAR ETH KEN KEN KEN

02 MAR 02 MAR 24 AUG 02 MAR 24 AUG

1 2 4 1 5

1:05:39 1:08:13 1:08:45 1:08:48

Mary Keitany Gemma Steel Tiki Gelana Caroline Chepkwony

KEN GBR ETH KEN

KEN ETH ETH KEN

2 3 4 4

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, left to right: Lucy Kabuu, Belaynesh Oljira, Gladys Cherono (world champion), Beatrice Mutai (obscured), Florence Kiplagat (world record holder), Worknesh Degefa

10km Men Time

Athlete

27:25 27:28 27:32 27:35 27:38 27:39 27:39 27:41 27:31 27:44 27:48 27:49

Stephen Sambu Geoffrey Ronoh Mutai Geoffrey Mutai Nicholas Bor Wilson Kiprono Too Stephen Sambu Daniel Salel Simon Cheprot Geoffrey Kwamroror Richard Mengich Kinde Atanaw

Present world record: Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN); 26:44; Utrecht; 26 SEP 2010 Nation Rank Venue

Date

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN ETH

1 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 5 1

Boston Prague Prague Boston Prague Laredo New York Boston Prague Bangalore Prague Berlin

22 JUN 06 SEP 06 SEP 22 JUN 06 SEP 22 MAR 10 MAY 22 JUN 06 SEP 18 MAY 06 SEP 12 OCT

KEN KEN KEN USA KEN KEN

1 1 2 3 4 2

Cape Elizabeth02 AUG New Orleans 19 APR Cape Elizabeth02 AUG Cape Elizabeth02 AUG Cape Elizabeth02 AUG New Orleans 19 APR

Other performances

27:37 27:44 27:44 27:51 27:57 28:07

Bitan Karoki Muchiri Leonard Komen Stephen Kibet Benjamin True Patrick Makau Isaiah Kiplagat Koech

Time

Athlete

27:56 27:58 28:01 28:02 28:04 28:04 28:07 28:07 28:07 28:08 28:09 28:09

Kenneth Kipkemoi KEN Julius Kogo KEN Wilson Kiprop KEN Cleophas Ngetich KEN El Hassan El Abbassi MAR Reuben Kiplagat Maiyo KEN Aziz Lahbabi MAR David Kogei KEN Edwin Kiprop Kiptoo KEN Arne Gabius GER Mutai KEN Loenard Korir KEN

Nation Rank Venue

5 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 4

Prague Mobile Ottawa Mobile Taroudant Berlin Taroudant Ottawa Den Haag Berlin Ottawa Boston

Women Date

06 SEP 22 MAR 24 MAY 22 MAR 09 MAR 12 OCT 09 MAR 24 MAY 25 MAY 12 OCT 24 MAY 22 JUN

Time

Athlete

30:46 31:02 31:02 31:04 31:05 31:05 31:06 31:09 31:19 31:16 31:17

Betsy Saina Joyce Chepkirui Emily Chebet Mamitu Daska Coretti Jepkoech Chebet Margaret Wangari Tirunesh Dibaba Saina Margaret Muriuki Chepkirui

Uncertain measurement:

Other performances

28:12 Alphonce Felix Simbu TAN 1 Dar es Salaam 02 FEB 28:24 Eliya Daudi Sidame TAN 2 Dar es Salaam 02 FEB

31:27 31:27 31:43 31:47 31:52

Gemma Steel Shalane Flanagan Gesabwa Ayalew Hiwot Yimer Diana Nkuri

Present world record: Paula Radcliffe (GBR); 30:21; San Juan; 23 FEB 2003 Nation Rank Venue

Date

KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN KEN KEN

1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1

Tilburg Berlin Berlin Boston Prague Tilburg Berlin Manchester Boston Wurzburg New York

07 SEP 12 OCT 12 OCT 22 JUN 06 SEP 07 SEP 12 OCT 18 MAY 22 JUN 13 APR 10 MAY

GBR USA KEN ETH BDI

1 2 1 2 3

Cape Elizabeth 02 AUG Cape Elizabeth 02 AUG New Orleans 19 APR New Orleans 19 APR Cape Elizabeth 02 AUG

Time

Athlete

31:22 31:34 31:37 31:39 31:41 31:41 31:48 31:48 31:49 31:50 31:51

Mary Keitany KEN 1 Muriuki KEN 3 Molly Huddle USA 1 Jordan Hasay USA 1 Daska ETH 2 Caroline Rotich KEN 2 Lucy Kabuu KEN 1 Risper Gesebwa KEN 3 Daska ETH 1 Azemra Gebru ETH 4 Angela Tanui Jemesunde KEN 1

Nation Rank Venue

Ottawa Tilburg New York Boston New York Boston Bangalore Boston New York Boston Langeux

Date

24 MAY 07 SEP 14 JUN 13 OCT 10 MAY 13 OCT 18 MAY 13 OCT 14 JUN 13 OCT 14 JUN

Uncertain measurement:

31:54 Peris Chepkirui

KEN 1 Eldoret

Distance Running | 2015 Edition 1

02 FEB

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Results 2 October – 14 December 2014 2 October 2014 Jungle Marathon

5 October 2014 Bucharest Int’l Marathon

Brazil

Romania

275km, 6 Stages

Marathon Men

Men

1 Grego WIDDY

FRA46:02:00

1 Boaz Kipkorir KIPYEGO

2 Regis BOTER

BRA 49:57:00

2 Amos Tirop MATUI

KEN 2:14:41

3 Takuya WAKAOKA

JPN 58:14:00

3 Stanley Kipkoech KIRUI

KEN 2:20:45

4 Sergey IONOV

RUS 58:52:00

4 Richard Kemboi CHEPKWONY

KEN 2:21:12

ESP 67:00:00

5 Victor BUSHENDICH

KEN 2:27:52

5 Jose Miguel CAO

Women

Women

1 Josie BENSON

1 Paula Claudia TODORAN

GBR61:07:00

2 Amy GASSON

GBR 63:33:00

3 Michelle ROTHWELL

GBR 71:09:00

4 Erin HAMMER

USA 79:11:00

5 Atsuko MIYAZAKI

JPN103:31:00

Men

BRA35:09:00

5 October 2014 3 Country Sparkasse Marathon

Women

1 Carla CARVALHO

BRA32:27:00

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4 October 2014 Tartu City Marathon Estonia Marathon

Austria

Men

EST 2:32:52

2 Mario MUSTASAAR

EST 2:34:31

3 Rait RATASEPP

EST 2:36:53

4 Jonathan ROSENBRIER

GBR 2:40:43

5 Sander JURS

EST 2:40:54

1 2 3 4 5

KEN KEN KEN GER GER

2:11:42 2:12:31 2:21:32 2:39:25 2:41:02

EST 3:09:27

2 Margit MALTER

EST 3:13:53

3 Maris TAMM

EST 3:16:53

4 Marion TIBAR

EST 3:24:19

5 Iina LUMIAHO

FIN 3:27:47

AUT GER GER GER AUT

Next date: 4 October 2015

5 October 2014 Brussels Marathon & Half

5 October 2014 Bila Tserkva Marathon

Belgium Marathon Men

1 Florent CAELEN

BEL 2:16:30

2 Paul KIPROP

KEN 2:21:20

3 Michael BRANDENBOURG

Men

1 Kaur KIVISTIK

EST 1:09:55 Women

1 Lily LUIK

EST 1:18:54

www.tartumaraton.ee Next date: 3 October 2015

5 October 2014 Incheon Songdo Int’l Marathon

1 2 3 4 5

4 Jelle BERTELS

BEL 2:27:22

Marathon

5 Mehdi DOUIB

2:28:50

Roman ROMANRNKO Uriy RUSUK Sergiy UKRAINETS Roman GAVRILUK Petro SHUKALOVIY Olena BLOSHCHUK-POPOVA Katerina KARMANENKO Vita POTERUK Olga DONCHENKO Lyubov SICH

UKR UKR UKR UKR UKR

2:40:07 2:40:20 2:41:37 2:55:29 3:16:09

ROU 3:00:31

5 October 2014 Gatorade Caracas Rock 10K Venezuela

30:10

CUB

31:06

3 Pedro MORA

VEN

31:22

4 Walter SUAREZ

VEN

31:37

5 Eudi PIAMO

VEN

31:38

1 Yolanda PINEDA

VEN

36:13

2 Zuleima AMAYA

VEN

36:55

3 Mirena GONCALVES

VEN

37:28

4 Yeisy ALVAREZ

VEN

37:42

5 Karla URBINA

VEN

37:53

Women

www.hipereventos.com Next date: 4 October 2015

5 October 2014 Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon Great Britain

2 Anne ASHWORTH

RSA 2:57:55

3 Kristin HUSBY

NOR 2:59:56

1 Boniface KONGIN

KEN 1:02:02

4 Stephanie CAPPELLE

BEL 3:09:40

2 Loitarakwai LENGURISI

KEN 1:03:06

5 Tatiana SVIRIDOVA

RUS 2:17:06

Half marathon Men

3 No. 79

1:04:57

4 Yared HAGOS

ETH 1:05:34

5 Ieuan THOMAS

Half marathon

GBR 1:05:39 Women

Men

Women

1 Alex TONDEUR

www.bc-marathon.org.ua Next date: 4 October 2015

VEN

2 Norberth GUTIERREZ

BEL 2:56:27

UKR 1:06:22 UKR 1:24:07

1 Marvin BLANCO

Women

1 Lander Van DROOGENBROECK BEL 1:08:35

Women

1 Natalja BATRAK

ROU 2:55:44

5 Ana Maria PETREA

1 Louise DELDICQUE

Men

1 Igor OLEFIRENKO

www.songdorun.com Next date: 5 October 2015

2:14:50 2:18:01 2:19:07 2:26:43 2:26:49

Half marathon

Korea [Results unobtainable]

UKR UKR UKR UKR UKR

Women

1 2 3 4 5

2:21:33

Ukraine Men

Half marathon

4 Nicoleta PETRESCU

Men

www.run-bmf.com

2:50:38 2:53:37 3:02:51 3:04:43 3:05:12

www.sparkasse-marathon.com Next date: 4 October 2015

Women

1 Annika VAHER

Sandra URACH Sandra HADERLEIN Sonja BRANDL Elvira FLURSCHUTZ Andrea FEUERSTEIN-RAUCH

ROU 2:55:11

See race feature on page 15

Women

1 Tonu LILLELAID

5 October 2014 Bournemouth Marathon Festival

Men

Francis MAINA Richard KIPRONO Edwin KIPKORIR Nico JAHREIS Andreas BRUNNERT

KEN 2:47:23

3 Adela BALTOI

10km

Marathon 1 2 3 4 5

ROU 2:41:24

2 Caroline KIPRUTO

www.bucharest-marathon.com Next date: tbc

Cardiff Marathon Great Britain

131km, 4 Stages 1 Geovanne RENTO

KEN 2:13:37

BEL 1:21:58

www.belfiusbrusselsmarathon.be Next date: 4 October 2015

1 Joan CHELIMO

KEN 1:12:26

2 Perendis LEKAPANA

KEN 1:12:26

3 Emma STEPTO

GBR 1:12:29

4 Gladys YATOR

KEN 1:12:38

5 Rebecca ROBINSON

GBR 1:12:40

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5 October 2014 Colombo Marathon Sri Lanka Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Geoffrey BIRGEN Antony MUGO Joseph MBITHI Kalum Sampath GUNAWASEKARA Daniel Kipkorir KIPLIMO

1 2 3 4 5

Winifridah KWAMBOKA Niluka Geethani RAJASEKARA Margaret NJUGUNA B G L A BOGAHAWATHTHA Ruwina DEEPANI

KEN KEN KEN SRL KEN

2:18:33 2:22:12 2:25:01 2:25:30 2:29:57

KEN SRL KEN SRL SRL

2:46:53 2:47:55 2:52:33 2:58:05 2:58:46

Women

Half marathon Men

1 A M Ajith BANDARA

SRL 1:10:48

Women

1 H A T C HEMAMALI

SRL 1:22:07

www.srilankamarathon.org Next date: 4 October 2015

5 October 2014 Guayaquil Marathon Ecuador Marathon

Katarina Beresova helped to pace the women’s race and in doing so won the half-marathon in new personal best (second fastest ever Slovakian). A trio of African runners followed her through in 1:13:40 but the favorite, Lydia Rutto, pushed ahead of the Ethiopian duo Lemelem Hachem and Halima Beriso after 35km to win comfortably, 26 seconds outside her personal best. She had missed her flight in Nairobi and arrived a day late but said that it did not influence her result.

Slovak marathon titles went to Boris Csiba 2:29:03 (11th overall) and title defender Ingrid Petnuchova 2:51:15 (4th overall, her 6th title).

Over all races and categories there was a record entry of 10 000 runners from 45 countries.

Attending this 90th anniversary celebration of the oldest marathon in Europe were special guests Hansjorge Wirz, European Athletics Association President and AIMS President Paco Borao.

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Dimas QUINGALUISA Franklin CAIZA Patricio RECALDE Miguel VILLA Andres JUCA

1 2 3 4 5

Carmen MOLINA Nube PENALOZA Marcia CHILIQUINGA Maria Elena MOROCHO Narcisa PENALOZA

ECU ECU ECU ECU ECU

2:31:43 2:38:12 2:38:48 2:39:21 2:39:45

ECU ECU ECU ECU ECU

3:12:04 3:42:54 3:46:02 3:55:18 3:59:45

Women

Half marathon

1 2 3 4 5

1 Angel TUALOMBO

Gilbert CHEPKWONY Dominic KIMWETICH Afewerk WOLDETENSAE Johnstone MAIYO Patrick KORIR Lydia RUTTO Lemelem YACHEM Halima BERISO Ingrid PETNUCHOVA Adriana VITKOVA

KEN KEN ETH KEN KEN

2:08:26 2:10:24 2:11:39 2:12:43 2:13:20

KEN ETH ETH SVK SVK

2:28:48 2:31:17 2:38:51 2:51:15 2:58:00

Men

SVK 1:07:45

ECU 1:28:17

www.dm3.com Next date: 4 October 2015

1 Katerina BERESOVA

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Makoto OZAWA Matthew DUFFY Alexander ROCKHILL Jacob GOERTZ Paul ROTTICH

JPN USA USA USA USA

2:23:57 2:28:16 2:31:40 2:32:31 2:33:10

1 2 3 4 5

Susan SMITH Johannah LUDINGTON Taylor NOWLIN Michelle HURN Jen EDWARDS

USA USA USA USA USA

2:53:30 2:58:32 2:59:00 3:00:11 3:02:54

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Stephen Mburi NJOROGE Hillary KIMAIYO Mesfin Hailu LEMMA Richard CHELIMO Jose PUGA

1 2 3 4 5

Genoveva JELEGAT Misha Ruiz FERNANDEZ Irene Vasquez LOPEZ Silvia Mota LOPEZ Sonia Laguna LOPEZ

1 George Onwonga OKWORO 1 Claudia Juarez LEON

HUN 1:54:10

2:18:24 2:18:46 2:19:19 2:26:14 2:26:18

KEN MEX MEX MEX MEX

2:47:58 2:52:25 2:57:52 3:02:54 3:04:09

1 Krisztina KARAS

HUN 2:17:10

www.budapestmarathon.com Next date: 10 October 2015

11 October 2014 BMO Okanagan Marathon Canada Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Ryan PRACHNAU Jason BRITTON Ryan TURNER Dustin TURNER Adrian SIMKINS

1 2 3 4 5

Danielle BOURGEOIS Allison BLACKMORE Heather KUZYK Melanie BOS Claudette AUGER

CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN

2:39:36 2:55:44 2:56:39 2:56:39 2:56:54

CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN

3:02:47 3:05:38 3:08:39 3:12:19 3:15:47

Women

Half marathon Men

1 Jeff SYMONDS

CAN 1:13:09

1 Jillian BRADY

CAN 1:28:55

www.okanaganmarathon.ca Next date: 10 October 2015

KEN 1:08:09

12 October 2014 Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon

MEX 1:21:08

www.queretaromaraton.com Next date: 4 October 2015

Argentina

5 October 2014 Silesia Marathon

KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN

2:08:21 2:10:33 2:12:17 2:15:08 2:18:25

1 2 3 4 5

Rafael CZARNECKI Szymon KNOBLOCH Pawel NAWROT Pawel KASZYCA Grzegorz KOZLOWSKI

KEN KEN ETH ETH ETH

2:26:47 2:28:35 2:29:43 2:39:00 2:43:40

1 2 3 4 5

Patricja WLODARCZYK Jitka HUDAKOVA Grazyna POPIEL Agata GORAJ Magdalena MARDZYNSKA

Marathon Men

POL POL POL POL POL

2:35:58 2:38:12 2:38:54 2:39:40 2:43:32

POL SVK POL POL POL

2:57:58 3:14:01 3:26:10 3:27:26 3:31:22

Women

Women

Half marathon

Half marathon

Men

Men

1 Bartosz KARON

POL 1:10:40

1 2 3 4 5

Mariano MASTROMARINO Leslie ENCINA Christopher GUAJARDO Peter MUASYA Juliua KARINGA

1 2 3 4 5

Lucy KARIMI Zeytuna MUDE Rosa Liliana GODOY Valeria SESTO Maria OVEJERO

ARG CHI CHI KEN KEN

2:15:28 2:18:43 2:18:44 2:19:08 2:20:04

KEN ETH ARG ARG ARG

2:38:53 2:39:18 2:44:04 2:50:38 2:51:36

Women

www.maratondebuenosaires.org Next date: 11 October 2015

12 October 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Women

Women

1 Purity RIONORIPO

Men

1 Andras SZEKERES

Poland

KEN 1:01:06

2:51:08 3:05:11 3:07:06 3:10:38 3:11:32

Women

Men

1 Stephen KOSGEI

HUN HUN HUN GBR HUN

30km

Men

Marathon

Visiline JEPKESHO Agnes KIPROP Azalech MASRESHA Aberu MERKURIA Elfenesh MELAKU

Simona JUHASZ-STAICU Zsuzsa LALUSKA Timea LADANYI Maria ZUBIZARETTA Tunde MACHER

2:27:14 2:27:25 2:32:04 2:32:56 2:33:22

Women

Men

1 2 3 4 5

KEN KEN ETH KEN MEX

Women

Marathon Samuel NDUNGU Robert KWAMBAI Lawrence KIMAIYO Dereje DEBELE Phillip SANGA

1 2 3 4 5

HUN HUN HUN HUN HUN

Women

www.portlandmarathon.org Next date: 4 October 2015

Portugal

1 2 3 4 5

Tamas Janos NAGY Tamas KOVACS Gergo DELI Roland ADOK Tamas BOGOS

Women

Half marathon

5 October 2014 EDP Rock’n’Roll Lisbon Marathon & Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Vodafone RTP

1 2 3 4 5

Women

United States of America

SVK 1:13:26

www.kosicemarathon.com Next date: 4 October 2015

Slovakia

Helped by by pacemakers Matthew Kimutai and Albert Matebor, and by the good weather (11.5C, no wind, cloudy), the leaders passed halfway in 1:04:20. While other sub-2:10 runners faded, only Brighton 2013 winner Dominic Kangor hung on to finish second, two minutes behind Chepkwony. “In 2010 we were three runners together until the end. It was tougher today as I was alone after 30km and felt cold” said Chepkony. Defending champion Patrick Korir finished fifth.

5 October 2014 Portland Marathon

Women

5 October 2014 Košice Peace Marathon The 90th anniversary edition was celebrated with the second fastest winning time in the history of the event. 2010 winner Gilbert Chepkwony started his solo run for home after 30km and missed his personal best only by 10 seconds.

Men

Mexico

1 Jozef URBAN

Women

Marathon

Men

ECU 1:09:55

1 Angela BRITO

Hungary

5 October 2014 Queretaro Maraton

Half marathon

Men

Photo: Dawid Markysz

Marathon

Women

1 2 3 4 5

11 October 2014 29th Spar Budapest Marathon

Silesia Marathon Poland

KEN 1:11:02

www.rocknrollLisbon.com Next date: 18 October 2015

1 Katarzyna GOLBA

POL 1:28:20

www.silesiamarathon.pl Next date: 4 October 2015

See race feature on page 19 www.chicagomarathon.com Next date: 11 October 2015 Distance Running | 2015 Edition 1

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12 October 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven

12 October 2014 Munich Marathon

12 October 2014 Poznan Marathon

Germany

Poland

Netherlands Marathon Marathon

Men

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Tilahun REGASSA Jonathan MAIYO Alfers LAGAT Sammy Kigen KORIR Richard SIGEI

ETH KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:06:21 2:06:47 2:07:11 2:08:04 2:12:36

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Iwona LEANDOWSKA Olha KALENAROWA-OCHAL Monica STEFANOWICZ Kim DILLEN Gina SLABY

POL POL POL NED USA

2:28:33 2:32:06 2:32:25 2:36:35 2:43:57

1 2 3 4 5

Tobias SCHREINDL Dominik FABIANOWSKI Ybekal Daniel BERYYE Holger FREUNDENBERGER Niels BUBEL

1 2 3 4 5

Steffi VOLKE Monika HEISS Sandra KLEIN Tinka UPHOFF Silke OPTEKAMP

Half marathon

Men

Men

NED 1:10:35

1 Gianluca BORGHESE

SUI 1:23:41

1 Teresa MONTRONE

ITA 1:08:29 ITA 1:19:03

www.muenchenmarathon.de Next date: 11 October 2015

12 October 2014 Standard Chartered KL Marathon

12 October 2014 Novi Sad Marathon

Men

Kennedy Kiproo LILAN Geoffrey BIRGEN Luka Kipkemoi CHELIMO Enock Kipchirchir MITEI Charles Wachira MAINA

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:17:47 2:17:48 2:18:45 2:19:17 2:21:19

1 2 3 4 5

Denis KORABLEV Ivan MISKELJIN Alen OBRADOVIC Zoran MARKOVIC Stefan ZDRAVKOVIC

Hellen MUGO Alemetshay Demes MESFIN Ruth Chemisto MATEBO Shewarge Alene AMARGE Hirut GANGUL

KEN ETH KEN ETH ETH

2:43:22 2:43:59 2:44:32 2:45:05 2:45:19

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Olivera CIRKOVIC Dragana SPEHAR Alessia EPIS Jamanta SAFRANJ Zuzana STOLNICA

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Daniel KIPKOECH Thomas OMWENGA Oliver UTTING Ed MCCARTHY Graeme WILSON

1 2 3 4 5

Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA Eva VAIL Catrin JONES Suzanne EVANS Amy SCHNEEBERG

SRB SRB ITA SRB SVK

3:24:45 3:38:01 3:45:11 3:45:28 3:47:36

CAN USA CAN CAN CAN

2:41:39 2:45:54 2:46:51 2:59:53 3:01:17

Men

1 Willy KIMOSOP

CAN 1:06:00 Women

1 Anne-Marie MADDEN

CAN 1:16:35

www.runvictoriamarathon.com Next date: 11 October 2015

12 October 2014 Zagreb Marathon & Half Croatia

1 Kiprotich KIRUI

KEN 2:13:28

2 Emil DOBROWOLSKI

POL 2:15:40

3 Salomon KIPSANG

KEN 2:16:20

4 Pawel OCHAL

POL 2:18:33

5 Boniface WAMBUA

KEN 2:18:58 Women

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Luke KIBET Elisha MELI Moses Kipruto KIBIRE James EMURIA Justus Kipchirchir KIPRONO

1 2 3 4 5

Olivera JEVTIC Gladys Jepkorir KIPROTICH Viola Shelangat KIMETTO Stellah Jepngetich BARSOSIO Hellen Jemaiyo MIMUTAI

2 Agnieszka MIERZEJEWSKA

POL 2:39:06

3 Arleta MELOCH

POL 2:45:43

4 Angelika MACH

POL 2:48:30

5 Tatiana KOZUBOWA

POL 2:53:17

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:14:11 2:14:15 2:17:24 2:20:42 2:21:21

SRB KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:38:26 2:41:29 2:43:28 2:46:35 2:47:36

Women

KEN 2:31:55

www.marathon.poznan.pl

Half marathon

Next date: 11 October 2015

Men

KEN 1:03:10

Women

1 Lisa Christina NEMEC

KEN 1:20:01

CRO 1:12:45

www.kl-marathon.com Next date: 4 October 2015

www.zagreb-marathon.com Next date: 11 October 2015

12 October 2014 Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival

18 October 2014 Int’l Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon

Australia

Greece

Marathon

Half marathon Men

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Dominic Pius ONDORO Tewelde Estefanos HIDRU Abere BELAY Edwin KORIR Samuel WOLDEAMANUEL

1 2 3 4 5

Nikki CHAPPLE Sinead DIVER Julia DEGAN Aarthi VENKATESAN Tracie KAYE

KEN 2:11:30 2:11:47 ETH 2:12:34 KEN 2:13:53 ETH 2:14:01

1 2 3 4 5

Michalis PARMAKIS Konstantinos POULIOS Antonis PAPADIMITRIOU Giannis PAPADOPOULIS Iason IOANNIDIS

AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS

1 2 3 4 5

Magda GAZEA Sofia RIGA Vasiliki KARAGEORGAKI Koi SONTOU Despoina ZAPOUNIDOU

2:31:05 2:34:15 2:43:52 2:47:02 2:49:40

GRE GRE GRE GRE GRE

1:16:15 1:18:02 1:24:00 1:26:57 1:27:05

GRE

15:00

GRE

18:42

Men

Men

AUS 1:06:42 Women

1 Casey WOOD

1:07:56 1:08:50 1:10:35 1:10:48 1:12:15

5km

Half marathon 1 Stephan DINEEN

GRE GRE GRE GRE GRE

Women

Women

AUS 1:13:29

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2:20:04 2:27:09 2:29:02 2:29:29 2:30:33

Half marathon

1 David Kiprono METTO

KEN 1:06:48

KEN KEN CAN CAN CAN

Women

Marathon

1 Irene CHEPKIRUI

Women

1 Jackline Musyawa NZIVO

2:39:34 2:41:13 2:49:26 2:49:32 2:51:48

www.marathon.org.rs Next date: 11 October 2015

Half marathon 1 Peter Kepleting KETER

RUS SRB SRB SRB SRB

Women

Women

Marathon

Men

Marathon

Men

Canada

The 15th edition attracted a record number of 6500 runners in the marathon, of whom 6326 finished.

Women’s winner Irene Chepkirui Makori set a new event record on a first-timer friendly and interesting new course which included the INEA Stadium — one of the Euro 2012 football venues. 1500 children took part in accompanying races and 20,000 people visited the Poznan Sports Fair Expo. A Volvo V40 Cross Country car went to the winner of the marathon lottery and one runner won a weekend stay at the Stockholm Sheraton — sponsored by the Poznan Sheraton.

Serbia

Marathon

1 2 3 4 5

2:44:37 2:48:12 2:49:05 2:50:32 2:52:31

www.marathoneindhoven.nl Next date: 11 October 2015

Malaysia

1 2 3 4 5

GER GER GER GER GER

Women

Women

1 Stintje REULEN-LANGEL

2:21:47 2:23:16 2:24:04 2:24:17 2:25:14

Women

Half marathon 1 Roel WIJMENGA

GER POL ETH GER GER

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1 Konstantinos NAKOPOULOS Women

1 Margarita NTINA

www.thesshalfmarathon.gr Next date: 10 October 2015

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19 October 2014 Hyderabad Int’l 15K

19 October 2014 TCS Amsterdam Marathon Netherlands

India

Marathon

[Race not held]

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Bernard KIPYEGO Lucas ROTICH John MWANGANGI Essa RASHED Elijah KEMBOI

1 2 3 4 5

Betelhem MOGES Ogla KIMAIYO Diane Nukuri JOHNSON Megertu IFA Guteni SHONE

KEN KEN KEN QAT KEN

2:06:22 2:07:18 2:07:28 2:07:54 2:09:21

ETH KEN BDI ETH ETH

2:28:35 2:29:15 2:29:35 2:32:31 2:36:57

www.procamrunning.in Next date: tbc

19 October 2014 Lake Maggiore Marathon

Women

Italy It was unseasonably warm but that did not stop 2,331 participants completing the various race distances (42km — 33km — 21km and 21km+21km Relay) along the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont Region.

Half marathon Men

1 Tom ALDRED

GBR 1:07:21 Women

1 Gulzhanat ZHANATBEK

KAZ 1:19:18

www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl Next date: 18 October 2015

The Marathon and 33km start and finish in Verbania Pallanza while the 21km starts in Verbania Pallanza and finishes in Stresa.

19 October 2014 Beijing Marathon China

Transportation for all participants is provided free of charge using panoramic ferryboats very much appreciated by everyone.

Ethiopia’s Girmay Birhanu and Fatuma Sado were winners of the 34th edition writes Mirko Jalava.

Birhanu, fastest in the field and race favourite, became the third successive Ethiopian man to win the race. By contrast, Sado was the first overseas women’s winner since Great Britain’s Debbie Noy back in 1991.

Starting from Tiananmen Square there were seven runners in the men’s lead pack after 10km and two fewer by 15km as Kenya’s Samwel Maswai led with a 44:55 split. Ethiopian trio Birhanu, Abebe Degefa and Debebe Tolossa along with Kenya’s Eliud Kiplagat Barngetuny were running just a stride behind Maswai. Maswai weakened but was replaced by Solomon Bushendich and the fiveman group reached reached 30km in 1:31:39. After 35km (1:47:53) Birhanu and Degefa broke free and quickly opened up a big gap. They remained together until the last 500m when Birhanu kicked clear.

Fatuma Sado grabbed her fourth in 10 marathons. In third, 21-yearold Gong Lihua won the Chinese title in personal best with the world junior best holder (2:22:38 in 2008) Zhang Yingying rather short of that form in fourth.

The race has won unwelcome notoriety as many of the estimated 30,000 participants — although none of the elite field — were running with face masks to combat a blanket of smog which had descended. The marathon’s organizing committee said late on Saturday that postponing the event would be difficult because of all the

The absence of African elite athletes made for a more unpredictable race, eventually won by an Austrian, Christian Robion, who was enthusiastic about the landscape said he would come back again – but on holiday.

Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival Australia planning that had gone into it, and asked competitors to understand, which generally seemed to be the case. The environmental conditions deteriorated on Sunday morning sufficiently for Beijing’s environmental centre to issue a warning suggesting children and the elderly stay indoors.

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4

Girmay BIRHANU Abebe DEGEFA Debebe TOLOSSA Eliud Kiplagat BARGETUNY

ETH ETH ETH KEN

2:10:42 2:10:54 2:11:07 2:11:07

Women

1 2 3 4

Fatuma SADO Meseret KITATA Liha GONG Yingying ZHANG

ETH ETH CHN CHN

2:30:03 2:31:08 2:32:23 2:37:09

www.beijing-marathon.com/en Next date: tbc

19 October 2014 Maratón Int’l de Guadalajara Mexico 3500 runners (1000 women and 2500 men) took to the streets and avenues of the metropolitan area in

the XXX edition supported by people cheering along the entire route.

The 33km distance started and finished in Verbania Pallanza for the first time, using the same gantry as the Marathon.

Marathon

Marathon

Men

Men

1 Christian ROBIN

AUT 2:28:00

1 Hilary Kipchirchir KIMAIYO

KEN 2:20:52

2 Pietro COLNAGHI

ITA 2:37:06

2 Christoper KIPYEGO

KEN 2:23:36

3 Gabriele BLARDONE

ITA 2:41:13

3 Pedro Espinoza PEREZ

MEX 2:24:24

4 Luca RIVA

ITA 2:42:05

4 Juan Carlos CARERA

MEX 2:24:53

5 Mauro MICHELIN

5 Carlos Cordero GOMEZ

MEX 2:25:59

ITA 2:50:29 Women

1 Simona GIULIANI

ITA 3:05:57

MEX 2:42:17

2 Sara Aimee LEPEE

ITA 3:14:38

2 Dorcas Jeruti KANGOGO

KEN 2:47:43

3 Monica PILLA

ITA 3:15:43

3 Liliana Cruz VALDEZ

MEX 2:48:45

4 Mieke DEIWEL

GER 3:20:02

4 Paula Apolonia JUAREZ

MEX 2:49:29

5 Daniela TORTORA

ITA 3:20:52

5 Philles Nyansiaboka MORITI

KEN 3:01:25

Women

1 Dulce Maria RODRIGUEZ

33km

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1 Ennio FRASSETTI

ITA 1:58:28 Women

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1 Claudia GELSOMINO

ITA 2:13:32

Half marathon Men

1 Ivan BRESSANELLI

ITA 1:14:04

Women

1 Rosalba VASSALLI-ROSSI

ITA 1:24:03

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Poznan Marathon Poland Photo: Marek Zakrzewski

19 October 2014 Rhythm & Run Half Marathon Belgium Half marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Mohamed BEIROUR Ramdan NOUSSI Koen MARIS Mark JORISSEN Eric CALUWAERTS

1 2 3 4 5

Liene GEYSEN Martha PIACENZA Rosita WESTERLINCK Sanne BROEDER Lindsay VANMALDEREN

BEL BEL BEL BEL BEL

1:12:12 1:12:13 1:16:17 1:16:49 1:19:06

BEL BEL BEL BEL BEL

1:35:52 1:42:12 1:42:52 1:46:34 1:47:36

BEL

36:43

BEL

42:08

Women

Then, with only 4km to go, Laban Korir and Tariku Jufar came into view and flew past the leaders. Korir later said that a pain in his calf had slowed him, but in the final kilometre he ran away from Jufar to claim the win: “After 30km I felt something tender in my legs so I decided to set my own pace and that was okay but I was looking back and saw Jufar was behind me.

I was worried because I knew he had won some races and I thought he might beat me.”

10km Men

1 Stijn SABBE Women

1 Nina LAUWAERT

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best: “I am 34 and still running my best time, and enjoying it. Feels good,” he said afterwards.

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Laban KORIR Tariku JUFAR Shami ABDULAHI Patrick TERAR Vitaliy SHAFAR

1 2 3 4 5

Mulu SEBOKA Aliaksandra DULIBA Rael KIYARA Amane GOBENA Melkam GIZAW

2:08:15 2:08:36 2:08:41 2:08:58 2:09:53

ETH UKR KEN ETH ETH

2:23:15 2:24:43 2:27:10 2:28:29 2:30:11

Women

Half marathon Men

1 Raul MACHACUAY

PER 1:04:19

Women

1 Cithya PANCAR

Canadian women’s record holder Lanni Marchant went out very hard aiming to beat the record she set a year ago (2:28:00) but at 27km her calf cramped in the cold conditions.

She went on to finish a creditable seventh. The other leading Canadian marathoner, two time Olympian Eric Gillis was on Canadian record pace through the first 25km but also succumbed to the cold, although like Seboka he set a new personal

KEN ETH MAR KEN UKR

PER 1:14:27

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19 October 2014 Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Spain Abraham Cheroben ran a world leading time and set a Spanish allcomers record, leading three others under the hour.

He is the ninth successive Kenyan winner of the race, which has acquired a deserved reputation for fast times thanks to its flat course through the historic city centre and port area. Runner-up Kenneth Kipkemoi also set a personal best.

Cheroben and Kipkemoi move up to equal fifth and 13th on the world all-time list. Asked about the possibility of tackling a marathon sometime soon, Cheroben said: “My only goal in the near future is to break the half marathon world best.”

The leading group went through 5km in 13:57 and the pace even speeded up slightly in the second 5km so that an all-Kenyan quartet of Cheroben, Kipkemoi, Matthew Kisorio, and Titus Mbishei passed 10km in 27:40. Kisorio pushed the pace in the middle stages but Cheroben always looked comfortable and just before 15km he started to pull away, extending his advantage all the way to the line.

A new record of 26,700 runners participated in all events, 5260 of them in the marathon coming from all Canadian provinces, 42 US states and 50 other countries. An innovative You Tube broadcast was livestreamed all over the world with commentary by Eurosports’ Tim Hutchings.

The men’s field had targeted the course record (Derissa Chimsa’s 2:07:05 from last year) and although they remained committed at halfway the cold temperatures and blustery wind eventually forced a slowdown, but one which included some exciting racing. Pacemakers took the leaders through halfway in 1:03:15 but the pace slowed as they turned uphill along the Bayview extension. When they dropped out at 30km Kenya’s Peter Some surged ahead with Patrick Terer alongside him.

Mulu Seboka of Ethiopia, the 2008 Toronto winner, emerged victorious in the women’s race in a new personal best time. Although she crossed the line with her usual broad smile she collapsed shortly afterwards and was taken to the medical tent. Through the latter part of the race it was her friend and compatriot Amane Gobena, the 2009 winner, who had offered the biggest challenge but she faded in the last 5km to finish fourth. “The weather was a problem and because of that I didn’t make a good time,” said Seboka, “But still it was okay.

For sure if the weather is better I can get a better time.”

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Two-time world cross-country champion Emily Chebet won the women’s race in a course record after going quickly to the front with just Joyce Chepkirui for company.

The pair went through 5km together in 15:37 and 10km in 31:40,10 seconds ahead of the chasing group.

Chebet made her move halfway into the the race and by 15km she had a lead of 26 seconds over Chepkirui and Margaret Muriuki, who had caught the flagging Chepkirui.

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Melkamu in 2012). She reached 35km in 1:56:38, after having been on her own from halfway, but she tired over the final 4km to finish over a minute outside the record. It was her third fastest time and her sixth win (of 13 marathons run).

Chebet, like Cheroben, then turned in an outstanding final 6km to finish more than a minute in front of Muriuki, while Chepkirui slumped to fourth.

More than 10,500 runners finished.

Half marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Abraham CHEROBEN Kenneth Kiprop KIPKEMOI Matthew Kipkoech KISORIO Titus MBISHEI Mamiyo NUGUSE

1 2 3 4 5

Emily CHEBET Margaret MURIUKI Beatrice MUTAI Joyce CHEPKIRUI Alice KIMUTAI

Sharon Cherop was together with Kebede and Melkamu (who dropped out at 30km) when they reached halfway in 1:10:35 but she had no answer when Kebede upped the pace shortly afterwards. Ashetu Bekere trailed by 85 seconds at halfway within a group of four, but came through strongly to slice almost three minutes off her previous bes.

KEN 58:48 KEN 59:01 KEN 59:50 KEN 59:55 ETH 1:01:07

Women

KEN KEN KRN KEN KEN

1:08:01 1:09:02 1:09:30 1:10:37 1:10:38

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24 October 2014 Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon Jordan Jordan’s Olympic marathoner Methqal Abu Draes won the sixth edition held on the four lap City centre course that finishes at the 6000 seater Roman Amphitheatre built in 166AD. Abu Draes sat in the lead group of five in the early stages, but pulled away from countryman Fathi Aldyat with 30km completed. Mohammed Mohammed had been in contention to halfway, but then fell off the pace.

Sarah Kebaso was out on her own for the entire race, but ran a consistent pace to set a new course record time. Sudan’s Hanoyea Hasballa, in second, only moved up to the marathon distance when flight problems delayed the remainder of the elite field.

A half marathon using two laps of the same course was introduced for the first time. Including the mass 10km race over 8500 runners took to the roads to experience the beauty and history of the Jordanian Capital and to raise funds for the run for a cause charity project.

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Methqal Abu DRAES Fatih ALDYAT Mohammed MOHAMMED Ahmad MUHESEN Ahmad ATIEH

JOR JOR JOR JOR EGY

2:26:08 2:38:07 2:47:21 2:51:19 3:15:20

ETH SUD JOR JOR JOR

2:44:41 3:25:26 3:33:37 3:33:51 3:36:06

Maratón Int’l de Guadalajara Mexico

26 October 2014 Maratón Aguascalientes Mexico

26 October 2014 Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca

Marathon

Marathon

Morocco

Men

Men

1 Jackson BISERA

KEN 2:22:58

2 Bejamin Kiplomo METO

KEN 2:27:17

3 Hailemarian Mola NEGASI

ETH 2:30:21

4 Richard CHELIMO

KEN 2:38:02

5 Jose Manuel RIVERA

MEX 2:38:06

Women

1 Hyvon NGETICH

KEN 2:45:17

2 Ruth Chepkoech KIMUTAI

KEN 2:47:17

3 Maclovia ACEVEDO

MEX 3:27:06

4 Maria Ines REYNA

MEX 3:37:05

5 Claudia Patricia RAMOS

MEX 3:48:19

Half marathon Men

1 Cosmas KIPLIMO

KEN 1:09:30 Women

1 Agnes JEPCHUMBA

KEN 1:26:54

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Sarah Erubo KEBASO Hanoyea HASBALLAH Mona DARWAZEH Rema DARWAZEH Razan MOQBEL

1 Sojod ALI

JOR 1:08:54 JOR 1:32:19

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KEN 2:35:22 ETH 2:35:35 ETH 2:36:21

Half marathon Men

1 Jaouad EL JAZOULI

MAR 1:05:49

Women

1 Laila FILA

MAR 1:17:40

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26 October 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon Germany For much of the race Aberu Kebede looked set to break the course record (2:21:01 by Meselech

1 2 3 4 5

Mark KIPTOO Mike KIGEN Gilbert YEGON Tebalu ZAWUDE Deribe ROBA

1 2 3 4 5

Aberu KEBEDE Sharon CHEROP Ashetu BEKERE Emily Chemutai NGETICH Helah KIROP

KEN KEN KEN ETH ETH

2:06:49 2:06:59 2:07:08 2:07:10 2:07:16

ETH KEN ETH KEN KEN

2:22:21 2:23:44 2:24:59 2:25:14 2:27:14

Women

Men Women

Women

1 Sara KIPTOO 2 Chengat SALOM 3 Shewe ALEMAYEHU

Men

Half marathon 1 Rafat QASEM

KEN 2:10:19 ETH 2:11:14 KEN 2:12:40

Marathon

Women

1 2 3 4 5

1 Philemon ROTICH 2 Sahle KAIRGA 3 Justus KIMUTAI

Last year’s Kenya’s Mark Kiptoo was outsprinted in the last few hundred metres, but this time turned the tables on his younger rivals. A lead pack of 14 (excluding the pacemakers) went through halfway in 1:02:32 as requested by the race organisers but there was some very uneven running during the first half of the race, with the first 10km covered in a very quick 29:24 but slowing down after 15km (44:13) which carried over into the second half of the race. Twelve runners reached 30km in 1:29:14 but between 30-35km, several dropped back, including last year’s winner Vincent Kipruto and the highly-rated Ethiopian junior Tsegaye Mekonnen.

Six were still in contention at 35km (1:44:21). By 40km only four remained but Tebalu Zawude lost contact soon after to leave Kigen and Yegon heading the 38-year-old Kiptoo by a few metres. Kiptoo used his track speed (12:54 5000m) to kick past his countrymen as the first six finished within 40 seconds of each other. In ninth Arne Gabius debuted with 2:09:32, the first sub2:10 time by a German since 1990 and the third fastest by a European this year.

Lake Maggiore Marathon Italy Photo: Danilo

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26 October 2014 Podgorica Marathon

Switzerland

See race feature on page 21 www.maraton.co.me Next date: 25 October 2015

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Jacob Kiplagat YATOR Lukas OLDANI Wojciech KOPEC Jens ZIGANKE Kay UWE MULLER

KEN SUI POL GER GER

2:18:39 2:28:06 2:30:49 2:31:06 2:33:15

KEN ETH SUI SUI SUI

2:51:55 2:52:04 2:53:52 2:58:19 3:00:09

26 October 2014 Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo Ecuador

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Naomy CHEBONAI Bistegn TEKUAM Laurence YERLY Nicole LOHRI Carole GENOUD

Half marathon Men

1 Segundo JAMI 2 Byron PIEDRA 3 Leonardo TENEPAGUAY

ECU 1:09:35 ECU 1:09:56 ECU 1:10:11

Women

Half marathon

1 Diana LANDI 2 Maria PASTUNA 3 Alicia CEVALLOS

Men

1 Alex Korir KIMELI

KEN 1:08:05

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1 Loice KIPTOO

KEN 1:19:00

www.lausanne-marathon.com Next date: 25 October 2015

26 October 2014 Ljubljana Marathon Slovenia

ECU 1:18:46 ECU 1:21:52 ECU 1:23:58

26 October 2014 St Denis Half Marathon – La Voie Royale France

BMW Frankfurt Marathon Germany

Half marathon Thousands of spectators basked in sunny but still favourable running weather while cheering more than 20.000 runners in the three different events writes Tomo Sarf. In the process they generated a great sporting atmosphere. For the first time the Marathon runners were doing only one lap, which extended the course to cover all the most scenic parts of the city — with the finish in the old city centre. The men’s winner, Ishmael Bushendich, equalled the course record and proved the new course just as fast as the old one.

With this 19th edition Ljubljana demonstrated that it is fast becoming one of the must-do road races in Europe, and much greater numbers are anticipated for the 20th anniversary event in 2015.

Men

26 October 2014 Marine Corps Marathon United States of America

26 October 2014 Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon

Marathon

Canada

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Samuel KOSGEI Laban SIALO Justin TURNER Michael WARDIAN Graham TRIBBLE

1 2 3 4 5

Meghan CURRAN Lindsay WILKINS Gina SLABY Kara WATERS Erin TAYLOR

Kenya Men

Janet RONO Rehima KEDIR Agnes MUTUNE Caroline CHEPKWONY Bornes CHEPKIRUI

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:08:25 2:08:37 2:09:04 2:10:16 2:10:17

1 2 3 4 5

Peter KOSGEI Elisha BARNO Kirui WELDON Tanui KIPROP Duncan MAIYO

KEN ETH KEN KEN KEN

2:29:16 2:32:29 2:33:34 2:35:00 2:36:02

1 2 3 4 5

Edith IRUNGO Mercy MUREITHI Eunice JEPTOO Irene KIPCHUMBA Janet CHERUIYOT

Women

Half marathon

Men

Men

SLO 1:07:41

1 Barselius KIPYEGO

Women

1 Eleanor DAVIS

Rim YACOUBI Claire THIBAULT Marie-France BARREIRO Fiona CHIAPOLINI Florence CASTAGNET

Men

CAN 2:27:58

2 Filippo LO PICCOLO

ITA 2:29:20

3 Arturs BAREIKIS

USA 2:32:14

4 Eric SOEHNLEIN

USA 2:45:30

5 Andrew PFEIFFER

USA 2:45:51

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:12:24 2:12:28 2:12:44 2:14:10 2:14:31

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:32:02 2:41:22 2:43:05 2:44:16 2:44:33

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1:25:00 1:30:36 1:32:06 1:33:00 1:33:26

10km Men

1 Tura Kumbi BECHERE

Women

1 Stephanie STRITTMATTER

USA 2:58:03

2 Judy CHEN

USA 3:01:19

3 Agathe NICHOLSON

CAN 3:07:06

4 Jenny RAU

USA 3:12:55

5 Angeline WEHBE

1 Natalia PENDIUKHOVA

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3:21:57

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34:50

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29:44

Women

Switzerland

26 October 2014 Osaka Marathon

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Reto DIETIKER Daniel BOLT Jerome CHIQUET Michael EGGENBERGER Philipp ARNOLD

1 2 3 4 5

Franziska INAUEN Simone HEGNER Simone HERTENSTEIN Barbara EGLOFF Rebecca WINZELER

SUI SUI SUI SUI SUI

2:30:20 2:32:54 2:34:47 2:36:52 2:37:18

SUI SUI SUI SUI SUI

2:55:51 3:06:06 3:06:35 3:07:12 3:07:32

Women

Half marathon Men

1 Nicolas COLLAS

KEN 1:03:12

Women

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1:06:51 1:13:31 1:14:40 1:14:49 1:17:18

Women

Marathon 1 Lucas MCANENEY

Euclides DE OLIVEIRA Dominique BRUNEAUX Noe FLORANGE Tony HUBERT Frederic GORGE

Women

Half marathon 1 Rok PUHAR

2:51:47 2:52:20 2:52:32 2:52:33 2:52:54

26 October 2014 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon and Half Marathon

1 2 3 4 5

USA USA USA USA USA

www.marinemarathon.com Next date: 25 October 2015

Men

Ishmail BUSHENDICH Elijah KEITANY Edwin Kibet KOECH Julius CHEPKWONY Augustine RONO

2:22:12 2:23:48 2:25:05 2:25:42 2:25:52

Women

Marathon 1 2 3 4 5

KEN KEN USA USA USA

1 2 3 4 5

KEN 1:14:52

www.nairobimarathon.com Next date: 25 October 2015

Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon Jordan

SUI 1:11:22 Women

1 Fabienne SCHLUMPF

SUI 1:14:53

www.swisscitymarathon.ch Next date: 25 October 2015

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26 October 2014 UWI-SPEC Half Marathon Trinidad & Tobago Half marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Daniel Chavez DA SILVA Rupert GREEN Philip LAGAT Jose Magno DOS SANTOS Kirk BROWN

1 2 3 4 5

Caroline KIPTOO Cruz Nonata DA SILVA Linieta Madeus ROJAS Christelle LAURENT Christina LAURENT

BRA JAM KEN BRA JAM

1:08:18 1:08:51 1:09:53 1:10:26 1:11:17

KEN BRA COL FRA FRA

1:16:53 1:17:59 1:20:32 1:27:01 1:28:23

Women

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26 October 2014 Venice Marathon Italy Ethiopia claimed a winning double at the 29th edition, but the times were slowed by strong winds writes Diego Sampaolo. The women’s winning time was the slowest ever, 17 minutes adrift of the course record.

The men also set off at a very restrained pace. Robert Ndiwa, who was pacing to 25km, passed 10km in 31:17. Ketema Mamo closed him down at 15km, pullling away from the chasing group of three. The race then continued at a modest pace: reaching halfway in 1:05:52 and 25km in 1:18:08. Mamo was alone in the lead after 25km and continued to pull away. The 20-yearold went through 30km in 1:31:50 before crossing the 4km Liberty Bridge, which links Mestre to Venice.

The effort took its toll on Mamo in the last section of the course, which is the hardest part of the race.

Runners cross 14 bridges in the final 3km before passing through the Piazza San Marco and by the Palazzo Ducale to reach the finish in the Riva dei Sette Martiri. Mamo reached 40km in 2:07:01 but, visibly tired, ran the last 2.2km at four-minute pace - although his victory was never threatened. Former Italian national marathon champion Giovanni Gualdi moved through the field in the closing stages to take second.

In the women’s race training partners Gedefa Motu Megersa and Konjit Tilahun broke away from the rest of the field early and led through halfway in 1:21:14. Tilahun went ahead at 25km and ran alone for 17km to win by a huge margin of almost 12 minutes. Megersa struggled in the final stages but held on to second place.

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Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Spain Photo: Extremephoto

Marathon Men

1 Behailu MAMO

ETH 2:16:45

2 Giovanni GUALDI

ITA 2:18:40

3 Weldon Kiprono KORIR

KEN 2:19:34

4 Jean-Baptiste SIMUKEKA

RWA 2:19:39

5 Massimo LEONARDI

ITA 2:27:08

Women

1 Konjit TILAHUN

ETH 2:40:20

2 Megersa GEDEFA

ETH 2:52:19

3 Nikolina SUSTIC

CRO 2:55:52

4 Maurizia CUNICO

ITA 2:57:37

5 Monica CARLIN

ITA 2:59:20

www.venicemarathon.it Next date: 25 October 2015

27 October 2014 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon Ireland For the first time Dublin Marathon attracted a field of over 15,000 runners, including more than 4,000 from outside Ireland. In all 47 countries were represented.

The event featured a Viking theme to mark the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf (now a suburb of Dublin). The Vikings who had founded the city in the 9th century were defeated there and expelled from Ireland in 1014. But the Scandinavian hordes were back for this 35th edition, with many running in Viking battledress. This time the citizens of Dublin gave them a warm welcome.

The course is a single loop, relatively flat, starting and finishing in the city centre. Three waves, 10 minutes apart, ensured a smooth start for all runners.

Phoenix Park, Europe’s largest urban park, is home to wild deer as well as Dublin Zoo. Runners go right through the middle of it between 510km.

In near perfect running conditions Eliud Too (Kenya), a surprise late entrant, won a close men’s race while Esther Wanjiru ensured a Kenyan double by defeating last year’s champion Maria McCambridge by a similarly narrow margin. McCambridge had the consolation of running a personal best at the age of 39.

The Lord Mayor’s Medal was presented to 83 years young John Collins, who ran his 30th consecutive Dublin Marathon this year. Mark Ennis of SSE Airtricity made a presentation to Tony Mangan, who took the last step of his incredible 50,000km run around the world when he crossed the finish line in Dublin. Another Guinness world record was set when 30 members of the Hughes family from Westport, County Mayo, completed the marathon.

In 1980 Dublin hosted the first mass participation marathon in Europe. London followed suit in 1981. The Dublin Marathon was the brainchild of one man, the late Noel Carroll, Irish 800m Olympian and Public Relations Officer of Dublin City Council. From modest beginnings it has grown to become one of Europe’s biggest marathons.

The 36th edition will be on 26 October 2015.

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Eliud TOO Paul Koech KIMUTAI Dmitry SAFRONOV Aleksei SIKOLOV Sergiu CIOBANU

1 2 3 4 5

Esther WANJIRU Maria MCCAMBRIDGE Meseret GODANA Annelie JOHANSSON Gemma RANKIN

KEN KEN RUS RUS MLD

2:14:47 2:14:56 2:15:12 2:20:19 2:21:01

KEN IRL ETH SWE GBR

2:34:15 2:34:19 2:38:54 2:41:09 2:41:53

Women

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1 November 2014 Erbil Marathon Iraq [Race cancelled] www.erbilmarathon.org Next date: 31 October 2015

2 November 2014 ASB Auckland Marathon New Zealand Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Stephen LETT Nick HORSPOOL Josh MAISY Tony PAYNE Stephen OCALLAGHAN

1 2 3 4 5

Lisa HUNTER-GALVAN Kirsten MOLLOY Melissa CRINITI Lizzie WESLEY SMITH Claire WALTON

NZL NZL NZL NZL NZL

2:27:38 2:28:46 2:29:08 2:30:51 2:31:52

NZL NZL NZL NZL NZL

2:47:42 2:58:56 3:04:26 3:04:56 3:06:17

Women

Half marathon Men

1 Hamish CARSON

NZL 1:08:27 Women

1 Camille BUSCOMBE

NZL 1:15:50

www.aucklandmarathon.co.nz Next date: 1 November 2015

13.9.2015

Join In For Copenhagen – Where Half Means All The Way

Copenhagen – A Runners’ Capital

Taking place for the first time 13 September 2015, Denmark’s brand new annual half marathon aims to become the first designated IAAF Road Race Gold Label half marathon throughout the Nordic countries.

By choosing Copenhagen for your Fall ‘15 half marathon destination, you’re in for an experience beyond 21.1 kilometers. Copenhagen boasts not only excellent opportunities for running, but also for sightseeing, exploring and enjoying!

At the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships hosted in Copenhagen, 14 of the top 20 finishers set personal bests. In 2015, a strong elite and thousands of runners will once again be emphasizing the fact that Copenhagen is flat and truly fast.

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A Truly Fast Course

September 12, 2015 THE RACE: The 16th Stockholm Half Marathon will take place on Saturday 12 September 2015. Start at 15.30.

THE COURSE: The Stockholm Half Marathon is run on an inspiring course through central Stockholm. Start and finish in front of the Royal Palace.

THE RUNNERS: In 2014, entries 18 046 runners from 80 countries were accepted. The maximum running time is 2 hours and 45 minutes. 18 000 entries will be accepted in 2015.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Average temperature in mid September is 15 degrees C. RACE OFFICE: Phone: +46 – 854 566 440.

E-mail: info@StockholmHalfMarathon.se Web site: StockholmHalfMarathon.se THE CITY: Welcome to Stockholm, one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best preserved medieval city centres. Tourist Information: Stockholm Visitors Board.

Web site: stockholmtown.com Organisers: Athletic clubs Hässelby SK, Spårvägens FK and Turebergs FK.

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2 November 2014 Bass Pro Shops Conservation Marathon

2 November 2014 Porto Marathon EDP

2 November 2014 Shanghai Int’l Marathon

2 November 2014 Taroko Gorge Marathon

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China

Chinese Taipei

Despite the rain that appeared in the later stages of the race more than 4000 runners finished, smashing the previous participation record in Portugal.

Stephen Mokoka and Tigist Tufa both improved the course records, by 18 seconds and 75 seconds respectively, writes Mirko Javala.

Mokoka became only the second man to defend his title in Shanghai.

The 29-year-old South African powered away from Ethiopia’s Abreham Cherkos and Kenya’s Stephen Chemlany in the final kilometres. Mokoko has run seven career marathons - four of them being in Shanghai. Tigist Tufa became the fifth successive Ethiopian women’s winner. She has lowered her personal best by 19 minutes in just 20 months. From 2:40:45 early in 2013 she improved to 2:29:24 in New York last year before cutting almost eight minutes from her best in 2014.

United States of America Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Richard KESSIO Nathan SICHER Doug ASSENMACHER Aaron TUCKER Scott DUNSMUIR

USA USA USA USA USA

2:40:51 2:48:59 2:52:48 2:55:07 3:01:58

USA USA USA USA USA

3:13:49 3:24:53 3:28:49 3:29:40 3:33:51

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Jenna MUTZ Kelly MCKNIGHT Kristi SHERIDAN Devra GOWER Jessica BEAR

Half marathon

Workneh Fikre Serbessa from Ethiopia was the first non Kenyan to win in Porto, only taking the lead in the final kilometres. The Portuguese race favourite Rui Pedro Silva ran a very steady and controlled race to come back from fifth position at 30km to second at the finish line.

Men

1 Austin JACOBS

USA 1:11:47 Women

1 Kimi REED

USA 1:18:35

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Marta Tigabea Mekonen drew away from her rivals over the second half of the race. Portuguese debutant Luisa Oliveira finished second.

Between the marathon, 16km race and Mini Marathon more than 13,000 runners participated from 51 countries.

Marathon [Results unobtainable]

Men

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1 Workneh Fikre SERBESSA 2 Rui Pedro SILVA

POR 2:13:54

2 November 2014 Hangzhou Int’l Marathon

3 Gaikarira Moses MBUGUA

KEN 2:14:34

4 John Kariuki MACHARIA

KEN 2:17:32

5 Biruk Kebede KEKEBA

ETH 2:23:20

China

ETH 2:13:10

Women

1 Marta Tigabea MELONEN

Marathon Men

1 Kennedy Kwemoi NABEI

KEN 2:12:12

Women

1 Yebrgual MELESE

ETH 2:32:47

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ETH 2:31:54

2 Luisa OLIVEIRA

POR 2:40:33

3 Abigail Jelegat TOROITICH

KEN 2:44:45

4 Rosa MADUREIRA

POR 2:45:00

5 Joana NUNES

POR 2:50:23

www.maratonadoporto.com Next date: 8 November 2015

The marathon, introduced in 1996, has previously been run in early December but it has been moved forward by a month to afford cleaner air, as it becomes more polluted in December.

Marathon

[Results unobtainable] www.sportsnet.org.tw Next date: 1 November 2015

8 November 2014 Yi Lan Chiang Wei Shui Memorial Freeway Marathon Chinese Taipei [Results unobtainable] www.sportsnet.org.tw Next date: 7 November 2015

9 November 2014 Athens Marathon The Authentic Greece Ten years after Stefano Baldini's Olympic victory his course record was finally broken, by the unheralded Kenyan Felix Kandie. In temperatures of well over 20C Kandie sliced 18 seconds from Baldini's mark to improve his personal best by more than five minutes. Kenyans swept both men’s and women’s podiums, although the women’s race was much more closely contested. Naomi Maiyo defeated defending champion Nancy Rotich by around 100m.

Men

1 2 3 4

Stephen MOKOKA Abreham CHERKOS Stephen CHEMLANY Endeshaw NEGESSE

RSA ETH KEN ETH

2:08:43 2:08:47 2:08:56 2:09:47

Women

1 Tigist TUFA 2 Caroline KILEL 3 Misiker MEKONNIN

ETH 2:21:52 KEN 2:25:22 ETH 2:29:03

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A record 13,000 runners entered the Athens Marathon, run on the original course of the 1896 Olympic Games from Marathon to Athens.

Only the first 10km run near the coast are flat: after that, from Nea Makri where thousands of spectators line the course, a tough switchback climb begins. Eight men were in the lead group at halfway, reached in 1:05:52. Just before the course summit at 31.5km the two pacemakers dropped out and Kandie pushed the pace with only Raymond Bett was able to follow.

The Athens winner of 2010 and 2012 managed to close the gap but Kandie continued his relentless pace, covering the 5km section from 30–35km in 14:52. Bett was by then beaten, but Kandie ran the next 5km even faster with 14:49.

He had started with a personal best of 2:16:12.

After a half marathon split of 1:20:23 three women were still in a group at 35km: Naomi Maiyo, Nancy Rotich and Kidist Fiseha Tedla. The Ethiopian struggled in the final stages and was overtaken

by Linah Chirchir, Rotich took the lead but approaching 40km Maiyo came from behind and overtook her The defending champion had to settle for second.

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9 November 2014 French Riviera Marathon Nice-Cannes

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Felix Kipchirchir KANDIE Raymond Kimutai BETT Josphat KIPTANUI Julius KORIR Amare ENEAYEHU

KEN KEN KEN KEN ETH

2:10:37 2:12:34 2:15:38 2:15:51 2:16:31

KEN KEN KEN ETH JPN

2:41:06 2:41:29 2:42:41 2:43:46 2:44:18

France Marathon Men

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Naomi MAIYO Joan ROTICH Lina CHIRCHIR Kidist FISEHA Yumiko KINOSHITA

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A three-man Ethiopian trio of Girma, Abdela Godana and Legese Adungna went through 20km in 1:01:53. With Morocco’s Mohammed Blal and another Ethiopian Damte Taye just 20m behind the course record of 2:11:14 looked vulnerable. It was still possible at 30km, with Girma and Godana running together and Blal 24 seconds back, but the pace slackened. Godana led Girma, who had been unwell between 32–33km, by 15 seconds at 35km,. But both were concentrating on their own race rather than the clock, and

Hailu SHUMI Barnabus KIPTUM Edwin KEMBOI Marius KIPSEREM Bellor YATOR

1 2 3 4 5

Rose CHEPCHUMBA Emily ROTICH Tigist ABDI Genet TEKA Shewaye WOLDEMESKEL

ETH KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:09:26 2:10:28 2:10:38 2:10:57 2:11:20

KEN KEN ETH ETH ETH

2:33:52 2:35:21 2:37:30 2:41:35 2:47:40

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9 November 2014 BDL Beirut Marathon Ethiopia’s Fikadu Girma and Mulahabt Tsega triumphed in a race started by Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie, writes Phil Minshull. Girma posted the second fastest men’s time ever in Beirut, while Tsega, in her marathon debut, broke the old course record by more than two minutes. Former record holder and two-time winner Seada Kedir came in third.

1 2 3 4 5

Venice Marathon Italy

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Girma recovered from his stomach problem to catch Godana at 38km and then go ahead.

Pre-race women’s favourite Zemzem Ahmed dropped out at about 10km but four women: Tsega, Kenya’s Monica Jepkoech, two-time former winner Kedir and a third Ethiopian Makida Abdela, went through 20km together in 1:11:11. From 25km Tsega and Koech started to go away from the other two, and after 34km Tsega started to drop Koech.

Jepkoech finished 1:35 down but was still inside the old course record and took more than two minutes off her personal best.

Organisers estimated there were approximately 37,500 participants from 94 different countries in the marathon and a variety other races on the day.

9 November 2014 Ravenna City of Art Int’l Marathon

Marathon Men

1 Fikadu GIRMA

ETH 2:12:28

2 Abdela GODANA

ETH 2:13:28

3 Legese Adugna BOGALE

ETH 2:17:31

4 Festus LANGAT

KEN 2:18:55

5 Mohammed BLAL

MAR 2:19:54

Italy Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Mikhail BYKOV Jakub SYMANKIEWICZ Grzegorz CZYZ Daniele PALLADINO Francesco PALLATTELLA

1 2 3 4 5

Nikolina SUSTIC Doris WEISSTEINER Joanna OLCHAWA Veronika JURISIC Silvia MEROLA

RUS POL POL ITA ITA

2:30:55 2:32:18 2:37:59 2:39:07 2:39:13

CRO ITA POL CRO ITA

2:52:25 3:00:45 3:08:01 3:09:45 3:14:34

Women

Women

1 Mulhabt TSEGA

ETH 2:29:17

2 Monica KOECH

KEN 2:30:53

3 Seada KADIR

ETH 2:34:24

4 Makida ABDELA

ETH 2:35:39

Half marathon 5 Makda HUSSEN

ETH 2:41:40

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Men

1 Daniele CAIMMI

ITA 1:09:58 Women

1 Paola DAL MAS

ITA 1:21:02

www.maratonadiravenna.com Next date: 8 November 2015

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9 November 2014 ASICS Maratón de San José Costa Rica [Race postponed] www.gsxg.net Next date: 15 March 2015

9 November 2014 JoongAng Seoul Marathon Korea Marathon Men

1 Feyisa Bekele WOLDEMIKAEL

ETH 2:07:43

2 Evans Kiplagat CHEBET

KEN 2:07:46

3 Thomas Kiplagat RONO

KEN 2:07:52

4 Sergei LEBED

UKR 2:08:32

5 Luka Rotich LOBUWAN

KEN 2:08:48

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9 November 2014 Garda Trentino Half Marathon

ASB Auckland Marathon New Zealand

Italy Half marathon Men

16 November 2014 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon

16 November 2014 36th Vodafone İstanbul Marathon

Thailand

Turkey

1 Hosea Kisorio KIMELI

KEN 1:04:29

2 Jaouad ZAIN

MAR 1:05:06

Marathon

Marathon

3 Daniel Kipkirui NGENO

KEN 1:05:18

Men

Men

4 Josphat Kimutai KOECH

KEN 1:05:43

5 Tibor SAHAJDA

SVK 1:06:26 Women

1 Andrea DIETHERS

GER 1:19:19

2 Karin FREITAG

AUT 1:19:31

3 Anisa Zsofia BADIS

HUN 1:21:28

4 Sara Aimee LEPEE

ITA 1:21:39

5 Francesca MARIN

ITA 1:22:02

1 2 3 4 5

Lukas Wambua MUTETI Paichayon JENCHANG Daniel Kiprotich KOGO Saravut NGAMSRI Piotr SUCHENIA

1 2 3 4 5

Apassara PRASATHINPIMAI April NELSON Uraiwan DONCHADA Clare MULLENGER Parichard SATHIRASAT

11 November 2014 Volcano Marathon

Hafid CHANI Gebo BURKA Michael KIPROP Moses TOO Cosmas KIMUTAI

THA USA THA GBR THA

3:15:01 3:16:56 3:28:14 3:28:56 3:30:58

1 2 3 4 5

Amane GOBBENA Salomie GETNET Olena BURKOVSKA Tatyana PETROVA Elvan ABEYLEGESSE

Men

1 Gary THORNTON

IRL 4:10:13

2 Enzo FERRARI

CHI 4:36:53

3 Christoph ZITZMAN

GER 5:54:14

4 Frank FUESSEL

GER 5:59:58

CHN 1:27:03

www.bkkmarathon.com Next date: 15 November 2015

5 Ian EGAN

IRL 6:06:15 Women

United States of America Half marathon Jacob CHEMTAI Nelson OYUGI Guor MAKER Stephen MUANGE Sean GILDEA

1 Anne-Marie FLAMMERSFIELD GBR 4:37:58 CHI 5:24:40

3 Audrey MCINTOSH

GBR 7:16:29

4 Judy SCRINE

GBR 8:18:32

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2:28:46 2:30:36 2:31:30 2:31:47 2:32:15

Cuba Marathon

www.penangmarathon.gov.my Next date: 22 November 2015

16 November 2014 Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon & Half United States of America Marathon

KEN 1:03:22 KEN 1:03:31 1:05:52 KEN 1:06:32 USA 1:06:33

Men

1 Ben BRUCE

USA 2:27:22

2 Bartosz OLSZEWSKI

POL 2:30:31

3 Justin KOWALKSI

USA 2:36:28

4 Cory LOGSDEN

USA 2:38:45

5 Pablo RIVERO

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Jorge Luis SUAREZ Alexeis MACHADO Yumier FOUMAN Jacinto MILANES Allen REYES

Men

1 2 3 4 5

2:11:53 2:12:23 2:12:39 2:12:59 2:13:27

16 November 2014 Marabana Marathon & Half

KEN 1:16:39 Women

1 Yanxing MA

MAR ETH KEN KEN KEN

www.istanbulmarathon.org Next date: 15 November 2015

Men

1 Jared MOKUA

See race feature on page 31

Women

16 November 2014 Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay

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2 Carla Albonortz LOPEZ

2:33:53 2:47:42 2:49:45 2:51:22 2:51:41

Women

www.trentinoeventi.it Next date: 8 November 2015

KEN THA KEN THA POL

16 November 2014 Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon

CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB

2:28:45 2:34:51 2:34:56 2:36:17 2:41:01

CUB CUB CAN ITA CUB

3:09:30 3:21:47 3:27:06 3:32:21 3:46:51

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Misleidys VARGAS Leticia CEDENO Elita RAHN Marilena DALLANESE Aracelis LAMOTH

USA 2:51:07 Women

1 Cathy CULLEN

USA 2:56:57

2 Nuta OLARU

USA 3:05:57

3 Sara GETTY

USA 3:07:11

4 Michelle LINES

USA 3:15:11

5 Mary FLAWS

USA 3:15:24

Half marathon Men

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Sarah KIPTOO Kara FOSTER Kristen ZAITZ Serkalem ABRHA Jane MURAGE

KEN USA USA ETH KEN

1:13:40 1:14:29 1:14:37 1:14:58 1:15:47

www.bigsurhalfmarathon.org Next date: 8 November 2015

Half marathon

1 Jeffrey EGGLESTON

USA 1:03:24

Men

1 Richer PEREZ

CUB 1:10:02 1 Lindsey SHERF

Women

1 Yailen GARCIA

Women

CUB 1:20:58

www.inder.cu/marabana Next date: 15 November 2015

USA 1:14:15

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Square meant that the race finished almost on top of a hill at the Jan Meda racecourse.

16 November 2014 Turin Marathon Italy

As many as 23 men stayed together well beyond halfway (reached in 14:13) before starting to break up on the first hill in the seventh kilometre. Passing 7km in 20:22, Bekele looked comfortable at the front of the group. 8km was reached in 23:33 as the steepest hill on the course loomed. Bekele opened a 15m lead on Adugna Takele (second last year) and Azmeraw Mengistu. Approaching 9km Mengistu came past Takele and momentarily took the lead on entering Jan Meda for the final 600m off-road section. But Bekele re-took the lead with 400m to go.

Marathon Men

1 Samuel RUTTO 2 Ernest NGENO 3 MASAI

KEN 2:10:00 KEN 2:10:01 KEN 2:11:16 Women

1 Esther NDIEMA 2 Anna INCERTI 3 Debora TONIOLO

KEN 2:28:41 ITA 2:28:58 ITA 2:31:35

www.turinmarathon.it Next date: 15 November 2015

16 November 2014 Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Spain

Athens Marathon The Authentic Marathon Greece

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Jacob KENDAGOR Samuel Kiplimo KOSGEI Francis Kipkorir KIPROOP Hilary KIPCHUMBA Amanuel Mesel TIKUE

1 2 3 4 5

Beata NAIGAMBO Pamela ROTICH Edna KIMAIYO Halima HUSSEN Alem FIKRE

KEN KEN KEN KEN ERI

2:08:39 2:09:08 2:09:20 2:10:30 2:10:54

NAM KEN KEN ETH ERI

2:30:54 2:31:20 2:31:35 2:33:26 2:34:09

Women

Women

JPN KEN JPN KEN JPN ETH RUS UKR

2:26:57 2:26:59 2:27:21 2:27:32 2:28:54 2:29:13 2:29:18 2:29:26

www.yokohamawomensmarathon.com/ en/ Next date: tbc

18 November 2014 Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k Antarctica Marathon Men

BEL GBR HUN POL FRA

4:12:21 4:16:35 4:29:50 4:31:54 4:42:21

FRA AUS RSA GBR POL

5:16:15 6:44:04 6:58:31 7:04:39 7:34:46

Women

Fredrique LAURENT Lynn LA CANNA Genevieve PEARSON Judy SCRINE Agata MIKOLAJCZYK

1 Madhusmita JENA-DAS 2 Sayuri IMANISHI

BRA 9:08:05 EGY 9:13:25 JPN 10:59:01 IND 10:47:40 JPN 10:59:02

Teams:

1 El Almeria Club

EGY 7:47:40

The women’s race developed in a similar manner but at a relatively slow pace and with more runners left in the mix at the end. Kiplagat, who had earlier forecast a 69minute time for herself on account of not yet having recovered from the Chicago Marathon six weeks before, nevertheless had the legs to win with a furious final 400m.

The first eight men broke 59:30, and the first six women finished within six seconds of each other.

Behind them 10,000 others flooded across the finish line.

www.egyptianmarathon.net Next date: 20 November 2015

22 November 2014 Medio Maraton Turistico Riviera Nayarit

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Egypt

33:48

Marathon

Marc DE KEYSER Nicholas HORSFALL Istvan TOTH Mariusz WIRA Regis DEPERY

21 November 2014 Pharaonic 100km

ESP

Japan

1 2 3 4 5

ROU23:49:50

www.icemarathon.com Next date: 19 November 2015

29:13

16 November 2014 Yokohama Women’s Marathon

managed to reverse the result from their earlier encounter in Copenhagen.

Women

1 Adriana ISTRATE

KEN

www.maratonvalencia.com Next date: 15 November 2015

Tomomi TANAKA Philes ONGORI Reia IWADE Caroline ROTICH Azusa NORIJI Tiki GELANA Alina PROKOPYEVA Olena SHURHNO

CHN13:57:46

1 Flavio Fernandes VIEIRA 2 Mahmoud DEHIS 3 Katsuya IMANISHI

Women

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Penbin CHEN

Men

Men

1 Salima CHARKI

Men

Ultramarathon

10km 1 Yusuf Kibet BIWOTT

100km

Mexico [Results unobtainable] www.mediomaratonrivieranayarit.com Next date: 21 November 2015

23 November 2014 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon

Half marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Guye ADOLA Geoffrey KAMROROR Mosinet GEREMEW Cyprian KOTUT Stanley BIWOTT

1 2 3 4 5

Florence KIPLAGAT Gladys CHERONO Worknesh DEGEFA Belaynesh OLJIRA Cynthia LIMO

ETH KEN ETH KEN KEN

59:06 59:07 59:11 59:12 59:18

KEN KEN ETH ETH KEN

1:10:04 1:10:05 1:10:07 1:10:08 1:10:09

Women

India

www.procamrunning.in Next date: 29 November 2015

Guye Adola, whose previous best was a third-place finish at the World Half Marathon this year in 59:20, set a new course record. World record holder Florence Kiplagat won the women’s race with a strong final 400m in what was a slow, tactical race.

23 November 2014 Great Ethiopian Run 10km

A large group of men passed through 10km in 28:06 and continued to run together for much of the race. It was only in the final few kilometres that Adola and World Half Marathon Champion Geoffrey Kamworor forced an advantage over the others. Adola, who has only emerged internationally in the past year,

Ethiopia Azmeraw Bekele made it two wins out of two with his victory, repeating his success of 2010.

Wude Ayalew went one better, becoming the first three-time winner in the event. Her previous victories came in 2008 and 2009. Times were among the slowest in the race’s 14-year history but the current course includes three tough climbs in the second half of the race, held at an altitude of 2600m. As last year, the non-availability of the traditional race venue in Meskel

The first move in the women’s race came just after 6km when defending champion Netsanet Gudeta, Ayalew and Gebeyanesh Ayele started to break clear. Ayele dropped back at 7km leaving Ayalew to fight it out with Gudeta on the final hill from 8km back up to the finish. Ayalew made a decisive move 1500m out and maintained her six-second advantage to the finish. Ayalew’s first win in 2008 was a breakthrough leading on to national team selection for the Beijing Olympics and a bronze medal at 10,000m at the 2009 world championships.

Further back, Olympic triathlon champion Alastair Brownlee (GBR) finished in about 40 minutes.

Behind the elite competition around 35,000 participants took part in the race which had been jointly started by four of Ethiopia’s Olympic champions (Haile Gebrselassie, Derartu Tulu, Kenenisa Bekele and Meseret Defar) together with Kenya’s world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat. Kiplagat was impressed with what she saw: ”I like the way everyone is having fun.

Many are walking, some are jogging, but they are all enjoying it.

We need something like this in Kenya.”

10km Men

1 2 3 4 5

Azmeraw BEKELE Azmeraw MENGISTU Adugna TAKELE Fekadu GIRMA Selfe TURA

1 2 3 4 5

Wude AYALEW Netsanet GUDETA Gebeyanesh AYELE Alemitu HAROYE Dinkinesh MEKASHA

ETH ETH ETH ETH ETH

31:12 30:14 30:18 30:24 30:32

ETH ETH ETH ETH ETH

34:04 34:10 34:18 34:25 34:48

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23 November 2014 Kobe Marathon See race feature on page 35 www.kobe-marathon.net Next date: tbc

23 November 2014 Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune Morocco Half marathon Women

1 Laila FILA 2 Salima CHARKI 3 Hajjar EL HADDIOUI HAJJAR 4 Sanae ACHHBAR SANAE 5 Yulia SMIRNOVA 6 Naima EL AIADI 7 Hamma EL BAJAOUI 8 Hassna RATTOUL 9 Fatim Ezzahra BENTHAMI 10Fouzia ARDA FOUZIA

MAR MAR MAR MAR RUS MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR

1:15:10 1:17:44 1:19:18 1:20:21 1:22:33 1:24:58 1:26:50 1:31:28 1:32:29 2:00:33

www.semi-marathon-laayoune.ma Next date: tbc

23 November 2014 21km Nuevo Leon

23 November 2014 Gore-Tex Philadelphia Marathon

23 November 2014 UNICEF Charity Run Half Marathon & 10km

United States of America

Hong Kong, China

naturalised Leona Petrina won the

Men

1 Thomas KIPROTICH

KEN 1:12:14

2 Adrian LOWTHER

HKG 1:14:09

marathon. By contrast men’s winner

3 Christopher NGAI

HKG 1:14:10

Dan Vassallo has run the race four

4 Yiu Cheong WUN

HKG 1:15:28

times and won the 2010 edition.

5 Nestor WONG

HKG 1:15:59 Women

1 Ellie OKANE

HKG 1:21:23

Wolf was among those cheering on

2 Michelle LOWRY

AUS 1:25:46

the 30,000 runners, which included

3 Jane RICHARDS

1:27:51

his daughter, running the full

4 Julie BEATTY

1:27:57

marathon.

5 Kara LASKOWSKI

1:30:23

Men

USA 2:17:28

2 Birhanu KEMAL

ETH 2:17:52

3 Abiyot ENDALE

ETH 2:18:46

4 Christopher ZABOCKI

USA 2:19:20

5 Phillippe VIAU-DUPUIS

CAN 2:20:42

1 Leonora PETRINA

USA 2:40:00

2 Lauren PHILBROOK

USA 2:42:06

3 Shitaye GEMECHU

ETH 2:42:37

4 Rachel HYLAND

USA 2:44:56

5 Melissa HARDESTY

USA 2:45:23

Half marathon

1 Stefano PASSARELLO

1 Kiprono KURGAT

1 Lai Ming KONG

Women

ETH 1:12:50

www.philadelphiamarathon.com Next date: 22 November 2015

1 2 3 4 5

Risper GESABWA Lilian MARIITA Mayra Sanchez VIDAL Caroline Jebiwot KIPTOO Vianney De La Rosa ROJAS

1:03:06 1:03:06 1:03:41 1:06:43 1:09:16

KEN MEX MEX KEN MEX

1:12:48 1:13:28 1:14:10 1:15:22 1:15:45

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34:24

HKG

39:44

Mexico

28 November 2014 Eilat Full Desert Marathon Israel

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Benjamin Kiplimo METO Stephen NJOROGE Festus Kioko KIKUMO Abraham Vargas QUIJAS Roman Arroyo TREJO

1 2 3 4 5

Karina PEREZ Ruth CHEPKOECH Misha Elena RUIZ Caitlin WARKENTIN SCHINDEL Patricia RETIZ

KEN KEN KEN MEX MEX

2:19:18 2:20:28 2:24:13 2:24:23 2:25:21

MEX KEN MEX CAN MEX

2:40:55 2:44:51 2:46:14 2:46:52 2:55:10

Women

Marathon Men

1 Elan BEKHFOLD

3:07:23

2 Ori SHILON

3:08:57 3:11:18

Half marathon

1 Yael HAZA

3:46:35

2 Keren MARCH

3:53:33

3 Peggy REICHERT

4:04:28

www.desertrun.co.il Next date: 27 November 2015

Men

1 Josphat Kibet NGETICH

KEN 1:07:32

Women

1 Emily PERPETUA

KEN 1:16:16

www.maraton.org Next date: 28 November 2015

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Yuta KOYAMA Masachika KITAZAWA Takuya SAITO Akiyoshi KAMIJYO Masataka UCHINO

1 2 3 4 5

Mayumi UCHIYAMA Naoko TSUCHIYA Yukie NAGATA Akiho MINATO Yuri WATANABE

JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN

2:24:31 2:25:25 2:27:05 2:27:56 2:29:25

JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN

2:51:51 2:55:16 3:02:16 3:05:01 3:06:19

Women

www.fujisan-marathon.com Next date: 29 November 2015

30 November 2014 100km of the Namib Desert

Women

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2:31:28 2:35:04 2:40:02 2:44:31 2:57:36

Japan

Men

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30 November 2014 Mount Fuji Marathon

Half marathon Geoffrey Kenisi BUNDI Emmanuel Mnangat CHAMER Mesfin Hailu LEMMA Sergio Reyes CARRANZA Jose Antonio URIBE

2:09:55 2:10:20 2:15:20 2:15:40 2:16:19

Women

Women

Four thousand runners started from the Esplanade of Heroes in the Plaza Grande, at the heart of Monterrey. It was a cool morning (14C) and the course is at an average elevation of 550m. The race is organized by the Athletics Association of Nuevo León.

1 2 3 4 5

Ehite Bizuayehu GEBIREYES Grace MOMANYI Lucy Wambui MURIGI Karin FREITAG Vasiliki KARAGEORGAKI

KEN KEN KEN MAR KEN

30 November 2014 Gran Maraton Pacifico

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3 Richard GINN KEN 1:03:59

1 Etaferahu TEMESEGN

1 2 3 4 5

Women

Men

Kenyans Geoffrey Kenisi and Emmanuel Chamer and Ethiopian Mesfin Hailu were locked together for almost the entire men’s race.

Kenisi won by a single second, in the second fastest time run in Mexico for 2014. “I had a lot of pressure from the others” he said “that made the pace very good.”

Abel KIPSANG Levy MATEBO William KIBOR Iaalami CHERKAOUI Emmanuel SIKUKU

Men

1 Dan VASSALLO

Mexico

1 2 3 4 5

10km

Marathon

Women

Risper Gesebwa ran the fastest time on Mexican soil this year in the women’s race of this 14th edition, 90 seconds faster than that run in January by Mayra Sanchez in Veracuz. Sanchez took third place.

Men

women’s race in her debut

Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Tom

Italy Marathon

Half marathon

Previously a New Zealander, recently

30 November 2014 Firenze Marathon

Namibia Great Ethiopian Run 10km Ethiopia Photo: Jiro Mochizuki

[Results unobtainable] www.100kmofnamibdesert.com Next date: 28 November 2015

Results

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30 November 2014 Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián Spain

Cambodia

Marathon

Half marathon Men

Men

1 2 3 4 5

Pedro Nimo DEL ORO Hosni WISSEM Eliseo Martin OMENAT Severino Felipe GOMEZ Robertas GERALAVICIUS

ESP 2:15:57 2:17:59 ESP 2:20:10 ESP 2:20:27 LAT 2:20:32

Women

1 2 3 4 5

7 December 2014 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon

Veronica Perez RODRIGUEZ Marta Silvestre SORIANO Maria Elena Moreno MAZO Raquel Gomez MARTIN Ana Casares PONO

ESP ESP ESP ESP ESP

2:34:45 2:39:49 2:40:36 2:40:52 2:48:47

1 2 3 4 5

Ma VIRO Phan SOPEAK Thomas BOOTH Timothy COSULICH Tony SEAKINS

CAM CAM GBR USA GBR

1:16:11 1:21:43 1:22:16 1:24:10 1:24:21

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Vivian TANG Tracy WHITING-TORY Laura KIGHTLINGER Charlotte CUTLER Kate ALLEN

SIN CAN USA GBR GBR

1:28:06 1:33:13 1:34:12 1:35:17 1:35:55

10km Men

Half marathon

1 Kang THEOUN

CAM 37:36 Women

Men

1 Rafael Iglesias BOREGO

ESP 1:06:29

1 Heidi MAKINEN

1 Mavi Garcia CANELLAS

ESP 1:17:57

www.maratondonostia.com Next date: 29 November 2015

30 November 2014 Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon Marathon Men

Afewerk MESFIN John KOMEN Daniel KOMEN Robert LANGAT Oleg GRIGORIEV

ETH KEN KEN KEN UKR

2:12:16 2:14:28 2:14:51 2:15:32 2:17:39

KEN ETH ETH ROU FRA

2:33:10 2:39:31 2:41:09 2:56:18 2:58:41

Women

1 3 4 5 6

Peninah ARUSEI Fasika METAFERYA Shewaye DEBELU Daniela CIRLAN Sylvie DUBRAS

marathondelarochelle.com Next date: 29 November 2015

6 December 2014 Reggae Marathon, Half & 10K

7 December 2014 Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon Cayman Islands Marathon 1 2 3 4 5

Justin GRUNEWALD Steve SPIERS Tobias MEWS John WICHERS Wesley BANKS

1 2 3 4 5

Beth FLOREK Lizzy HAINES Heiki WEBER Pam ABBOTT Jalene CRUZ

JAM LAT JAM SWE FRA

2:34:35 2:40:22 2:45:16 2:50:02 2:51:08

Women

Karlene BLAGROVE Dana MARTIN-KELLY Roberta FONTANA Del THORNTON Elaine BORGES

JAM 3:37:51 JAM 3:50:34 3:59:52 4:04:20 4:05:36

Half marathon Men

1 Kirk BROWN

CAY AUS CAY CAY CAY

3:16:50 3:31:21 3:50:07 3:56:53 4:02:46

Men

CAY 1:19:15 Women

1 Joanna MANSI

CAY 1:35:20

www.caymanislandsmarathon.com Next date: 6 December 2015

7 December 2014 Discoveries Half Marathon Portugal

JAM 1:11:32

1 2 3 4 5

Luis PINTO Helio FUMO Joao PEREIRA Tiago SILVA Nuno CARRACA

1 2 3 4 5

Vera NUNES Anabela GOMES Lisa DA SILVA Melanie SANTOS Raquel Cristina FRADE CABACO

POR POR POR POR POR

1:05:28 1:06:05 1:07:17 1:09:07 1:09:30

POR POR POR POR POR

1:16:05 1:20:46 1:21:37 1:26:29 1:26:40

Women

www.discoverieshalfmarathon.com Next date: tbc

7 December 2014 Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon Championship Japan

Women

1 Melina FREI

92

1 2 3 4 5

Patrick MAKAU Raji ASSEFA Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR Masakazu FUJIWARA Tomoya ADACHI

KEN ETH MGL JPN JPN

2:08:22 2:08:48 2:08:50 2:09:06 2:09:59

www.fukuokamarathon.com/en/index.html Next date: tbc

7 December 2014 Macau Galaxy Entertainment Int’l Marathon Macau, China

1:31:06

Distance Running | 2015 Edition 1

Patrick Makau shrugged off almost two years of injury woes and racing disappointments to win the 68th

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

John KIPKORIR Abdelhadi EL MOUAZZIZ Francis Kimutai KOSGEI Alvaro DE CASTRO Ciaran DOUGHERTY

1 2 3 4 5

Gemma ALCAZAR Maria Jose PUEYO Beatriz JIMENEZ Ninfa QUEVEDO Jaana JOBE

KEN MAR KEN ESP GBR

2:13:06 2:15:24 2:18:41 2:40:55 2:42:23

ESP ESP ESP ESP SWE

2:45:54 2:46:55 3:04:24 3:14:44 3:15:32

www.maratonmalaga.info Next date: 6 December 2015

7 December 2014 XXXVIII Panama Int’l Marathon 2014 Panama Runners from 30 countries participated.

Marathon Men

1 Philemon KERCHILAT 2 Mesfin HAILU 3 Jorge CASTELBLANCO

KEN 2:24:29 ETH 2:26:47 PAN 2:41:56

Women

1 Nancy OSORIO 2 Willana ROJAS 3 Viviana VILLADA

ECU 3:09:38 VEN 3:11:48 COL 3:15:12

www.corredoresdelistmo.com Next date: tbc

7 December 2014 Pune Int’l Marathon India Marathon 1 2 3 4 5

Amos Maiyo MAINDI Regassa Mndaye BEJIGA Terefe YADETATIEMESEGEN Gudeta Gemechu BIRATU Wendwesen Tilahum DAMTE

KEN ETH ETH ETH ETH

2:18:31 2:18:37 2:18:38 2:18:49 2:19:03

Half marathon Men

1 Daniel MUTETI

KEN 1:02:28 Women

1 Nancy WAMBUA

KEN 1:11:51

www.marathonpune.com Next date: 1 November 2015

7 December 2014 San José Costa Rica Half & Marathon Costa Rica

Marathon [Results unobtainable]

Men

1 Julius KIPLIMO 2 Dominic KANGOR 3 Duncan Cheruiyot KOECH

KEN 2:14:45 KEN 2:14:47 KEN 2:14:48

Women

1 Flomen CHEPCHIRCHIR 2 Hellen Wanjiku MUGO 3 Hua Gong LI

KEN 2:33:24 KEN 2:33:35 CHN 2:33:41

Half marathon Men

1 Daniel Vieira PINHEIRO

POR 1:07:43

Women

www.reggaemarathon.com Next date: 5 December 2015

Spain

Men

Marathon

Men

1 Marius ACKER

7 December 2014 Maratón Cabberty Málaga

Women

In excellent conditions, with the temperature at 8C, 30 runners passed through 5km in 15:16 before the pace picked up to average 3mins/km up to halfway (1:03:37). Pacemakers then dropped out and the remaining runners slowed before local runner Masakazu Fujiwara pushed on at 23km. The leading group was still 20-strong and it was only after 30km (1:31:10) that they broke apart as Bat-Ochir kicked ahead.

Makau and Raji Assefa had pulled back to him as all three passed 35km in 1:46:23. The persistent BatOchir tried again at 37km, but although momentarily ahead Makau chased and passed him before reaching 40km. Assefa finished strongly to also come past Bat-Ochir who nonetheless posted a personal best and new national record, improving his own mark by 10 seconds. Fujiwara finished fourth and as first Japanese home staked a claim for a place in the Beijing World Championships next summer.

Half marathon

Men

Men

1 2 3 4 5

2:47:12 2:56:54 3:08:51 3:17:16 3:27:15

Half marathon

Marathon Rupert GREEN Arturs BAREIKIS Gregory M KENZIE Patrik EKLUND Gregoire SCHNEIDER

USA USA GBR USA CAN

Women

Jamaica

1 2 3 4 5

43:02

Men

France

1 2 3 4 5

FIN

www.angkormarathon.org Next date: 6 December 2015

Women

edition writes Ken Nakamura. His time was two minutes slower than he had predicted but he professed himself happy with his performance.

Breaking away from Mongolia’s SerOd Bat-Ochir at 38km Makau became the fourth successive Kenyan to win the race and recorded his 5th victory in 11 marathon attempts.

1 Edinah Jeruto KOECH

KEN 1:20:50

www.macaumarathon.com Next date: 6 December 2015

www.marathoncostarica.com Next date: tbc

7 December 2014 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore Singapore Kenneth Mungara, 42 years old, used his experience to show a clean pair of heels to runners 20 years younger. He stayed with the lead group only until 10km before taking off to eventually finish two and a half minutes clear. Singapore’s hot

Results

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and humid conditions kept times slow — over five minutes slower than the course record of 2:11:25 set by Luke Kibet in 2008. Mungara also won in 2010, and has won nine of the 15 marathons he has run since 2007 following his late competitive debut in his mid-thirties.

Waganesh Amare was only entered at the last moment, as a replacement. She turned up the night before, barely slept due to the 05.00 start, but coped with everything her rivals could throw at her, and then took a minute off them in the final 3km.

Haile Gebrselassie had done the rounds as the race ambassador in the previous few days, and found conditions in the 10km too hot and humid - to handle. As the temperature topped 30C he lost out in the final stages to the Kenyan pair of Solomon Keter and Thomas Maritim.

“We are proud of the success the marathon has achieved in organization, participation and media coverage. The Marathon will continue to spread the message of a healthy lifestyle and the art of volunteering,” confirmed HRH Princess Dana Feras, who deputized for HRH Prince Feras Bin Raed, the chair of the Run Jordan Board.

Over the past four years the event has initiated an awareness and participation in road running. Most growth has been in the 10km, with the first 7km run through the idyllic new Ayla Golf and Residential resort.

Waganesh AMARE Elizabeth CHEMWENO Pauline WANGUI Albina MAYOROVA Ayelu LEMMA

1 Rafat ZBOUN

JOR 1:09:30

2 Ayman SURADI

JOR 1:12:33

3 Bashar RAHEEL

JOR 1:12:02

JPN 2:24:14

2 Yeoung-Uk LEE

KOR 2:24:36

3 Osamu HIRATA

JPN 2:26:13 Women

1 Haruka YAMAGUCHI

JPN 2:44:55

2 Eriko OTSUKA

JPN 2:49:38

3 Ikue TABATA

JPN 2:52:17

10km

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN

2:16:42 2:19:07 2:19:18 2:19:58 2:20:38

SUD 1:16:24

2 Razam MUQBEL

JOR 1:36:48

3 Samah NAJJAR

JOR 1:38:06

ETH KEN KEN RUS ETH

2:46:54 2:47:50 2:48:59 2:49:26 2:49:52

Men

KEN

29:47

www.marathonsingapore.com Next date: 6 December 2015

12 December 2014 Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon Jordan Over 2000 runners converged on the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba for the Half Marathon and associated 10km and 4.2km kids race. The event is attracting an everincreasing number of foreign touristrunners keen to experience the many nearby attractions that include the ancient city of Petra, the tranquil wind-carved beauty of Wadi Rum with its connections to Lawrence of Arabia, Red Sea diving and more within the highly stable and secure borders of Jordan.

Defending champion, Ra’fat Zboun used cool running conditions to best effect on the flat fast course, opening up a lead of 500m over Ayman Suradi. Bashar Raheel ensured a domestic clean sweep.

Sudan’s Hanouya Hasballah completely dominated the women’s race, leaving her nearest contender 20 minutes behind.

JPN

30:55

JPN

38:16

1 Mizumi INAGAKI

14 December 2014 Maratón Powerade Monterrey Marathon Men

MEX 2:34:06

10km

2 Ramon PAREDES

MEX 2:38:46

Men

3 Jaime ARGUELLES

MEX 2:43:33

4 Rogelio JULIAN

MEX 2:44:42

JOR

32:31

Women

1 Sojoud ALI

5 Arturo REYNA JOR

MEX 2:47:49

39:50

www.runjordan.com Next date: 4 December 2015

13 December 2014 Milo Marathon Manila Finals Race Philippines

Women

1 Marisdol FRANCO

MEX 3:11:17

2 Maria Luisa SANCHEZ

MEX 3:13:57

3 Yabeth ROCHA

MEX 3:15:38

4 Rocio PULUIDO

MEX 3:18:32

5 Lidiana SALAZAR

MEX 3:21:36

www.maratonmonterrey.com Next date: tbc

[Originally scheduled for 7 December but postponed due to the typhoon that swept the country that weekend.]

14 December 2014 Sfax Int’l Olive Trees Marathon

Marathon

Marathon

Tunisia

Men

Men

1 James TALLAM

KEN 2:21:09

1 Bakari KHAMIS

TUN 2:21:56

2 Josphat KIPTANUI

KEN 2:21:32

2 Lyuazid IMGHARENE

TUN 2:23:15

3 Joel Kiplimo KEMBOI

KEN 2:21:32

3 Khalid LABLAQ

TUN 2:24:24

4 Rafael POLIQUIT

PHI 2:32:29

4 Azeze Sema AMOGNE

TUN 2:36:09

5 Eduardo BUENAVISTA

PHI 2:33:56

5 Mohamed BEN AMOR

TUN 2:37:37

Women

Women

1 Myla JAMON

PHI 2:47:25

1 Tesema KETENA

ETH 2:53:46

2 Rose NYANGACHA

KEN 2:47:33

2 Daniela CIRLAN

ROU 3:03:23

3 Mary Joy TABAL

PHI 2:51:55

3 Elina JUNNILA

FIN 3:04:12

4 Immaculate CHEMUTAI

KEN 2:52:49

4 Faustina RAMOS

ESP 3:04:15

5 Christabel MARTES

PHI 3:03:49

5 Hanana EL BAJJAOU

TUN 3:18:05

Half marathon 1 Atef SAAD

PHI 1:29:51

1 Etsegenet MOLA

Women

1 Susan CHEPKWONY

www.runrio.com Next date: tbc

On this tough course, in hot and humid conditions, 62-year old twotime Olympic marathon runner Calvin Dallas showed how it’s done.

Early on three runners were stridefor-stride over one of the most scenic and historic pieces of geography one will find anywhere. After reaching to the easternmost point of the course with St. Thomas, St. John and British Virgin Islands as a backdrop to the north, Dallas and Ben Appleyard still together, but Dallas then forged ahead to defend his title. Bridget Klein also successfully defended in the women’s race, finishing fourth overall.

Last year a few from the “50 States Club” ran the race; this year it was representatives of “Marathon Globetrotters”: 62 year old Robert Bishton and 65-year old Rich Holmes did private battle, with Bishton prevailing.

The 40th Virgin Islands HalfMarathon attracted the fastest road runners in the Virgin Islands, with Juan Robles successfully defending his title. and Ruth Ann David running second-placed Shane Degannis close in winning the women’s race.

Marathon Men

1 2 3 4 5

Calvin DALLAS Billy BOHLKE Ben APPLEYARD Mike KLEIN Jay GLEASON

ISV ISV ISV ISV ISV

3:19:33 3:33:13 3:41:04 3:44:21 3:57:14

Women

1 Bridget KLEIN

ISV 3:44:21

Men

Men

KEN 1:09:40

U.S. Virgin Islands

Half marathon

Half marathon

Men

1 John SAMOEI

14 December 2014 St Croix Int’l Marathon

Women

1 Jesus Primo CAPULA

1 Daif Allah HAMAD

Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune Morocco

Men

1 Yukihiro MATSUO

Mexico

1 Hanouya HASBALLAH

10km 1 Solomon KETER

Men

1 Yoshinori SUGIMOTO

Men

Women

1 2 3 4 5

Marathon

Women

Men

Kenneth MUNGARA David TARUS Charles KANYAO Henry CHIRCHIR Paul MATHEKA

Japan

www.nara-marathon.jp Next date: tbc

Half marathon

Marathon 1 2 3 4 5

14 December 2014 Nara Marathon

TUN 1:04:49 Women

1 Juan ROBLES 1 Ruth Ann DAVID

ETH 1:20:44

www.marathon-des-oliviers-sfax.com Next date: tbc

ISV 1:21:58 Women

VGI 1:31:31

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11 Oct. 2015 MARATHON · HALF MARATHON 10 KM RUN · MARATHON RELAY

NEW: Marathon start at the Coubertinplatz directly in the Olympic Park.

Running expo in the big Olympia Hall.

www.muenchenmarathon.de

City of Munich

Race contact details

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Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aimsworldrunning.org ALGERIA Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville de Béjaia MAY Haddad Fatsah Stade OPOW, Béjaia T: 213 660 570 795 E: fatsahmarathon@hotmail.fr W: www.semi-marathondebejaia.com Sahara Marathon FEB James E. B. Carney PO Box 455, Marshall, VA 20116, USA T: 1 703 969 0049 E: saharamarathon@aol.com W: www.saharamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/saharamarathonorg Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ANGOLA Luanda Half Marathon SEP Bernardo Manuel Rua Bernardo Santareno 34, 3º Ezqdo, 2795-034 Linda à Velha, Portugal T: 351 91 305 3824 E: bmanuel@arquiber.com W: www.luandahalfmarathon.com São Silvestre de Luanda 10km DEC Carlos Rosa de Souza Complexo Cidadela Desportiva, Senado da Camara, BP 2521, Luanda T: 244 923 39 5804 E: crabreluz@gmail.com W: www.saosilvestreangola.com ANTARCTICA Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k NOV Richard Donovan Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas, Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland T: 353 91 51 6644 E: rd@npmarathon.com W: www.icemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/AntarcticIceMarathon Antarctica Marathon & Half MAR Thom Gilligan 100 Everett Ave., Suite 2, Chelsea, MA 02150 T: 1 617 242 7845 E: info@marathontours.com W: www.antarcticamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/AntarcticaMarathon ?ref=hl Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon OCT Mario Petrucci Av. Mitre 383, (1603) Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires T: 54 11 2072 9190 E: info@maratondebuenosaires.org W: www.maratondebuenosaires.org fb: facebook.com/maratonbuenosaires AUSTRALIA Adelaide Running Festival AUG SA Road Runners Club 105 King William Street, Kent Town, South Australia, 5067 T: 61 8 8363 7377 E: office@sarrc.asn.au W: www.adelaidemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/AdelaideRunningFestival Australian Outback Marathon JUL Michael Walton PO Box 583, Terrigal, NSW 2260 T: 61 2 4385 2455 E: michael.walton@travellingfit.com W: www.australianoutbackmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/outbackmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Australian Running Festival APR Rebecca Wilmer Fairfax Media One Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009 T: 61 2 9282 2241 E: rebeccawilmer@fairfaxmedia.com.au W: www.runningfestival.com.au fb: facebook.com/ausrunningfestival

Jacob’s Creek Barossa Marathon MAY SA Road Runners Club 105 King William Street, Kent Town, South Australia, 5067 T: 61 8 8363 7377 E: office@sarrc.asn.au W: www.barossamarathon.com.au fb: on.fb.me/1lb7Y1t Brisbane Marathon Festival Steve Manning 10/33 Park Road, Milton, QLD, 4064 T: 61 7 336 98938 E: info@brisbanemarathon.com W: www.brisbanemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/brisbanemarathon

AUG

Gold Coast Airport Marathon JUL Cameron Hart PO Box 4920, Gold Coast Mail Centre, QLD, 9726 T: 61 07 5668 9888 E: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au W: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/gcmarathon Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival OCT Greg Hooton c/o level 3, 480 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 T: 61 3 9864 1138 E: enquiries@melbournemarathon.com.au W: www.melbournemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/melbournemarathon festival *7 Sunshine Coast Marathon AUG Jason Crowther Atlas Multisports 7 Hummingbird Terrace, Coolum, QLD, 4573 T: 61 410 313 551 E: jason@atlasmultisports.com.au W: www.sunshinecoastmarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/SunshineCoastMarathon Blackmores Sydney Running Festival (incl. Sydney Marathon) SEP Wayne Larden Pont3, Level 3/50 Carrington Street, Sydney NSW 2000 T: 61 2 9282 0400 E: info@sydneyrunningfestival.org W: www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au fb: facebook.com/officialbsrf McDonald’s Townsville Running Festival AUG Brian Armit PO Box 1702, Aitkenville, QLD 4814 T: 61 7 4751 6607 E: admin@townsvillerunningfestival.com W: www.townsvillerunningfestival.com fb: facebook.com/townsvillerunningfest Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Westlink M7 Blacktown Running Festival JUL Mark Gibson Blacktown City Council PO Box 63, Blacktown, NSW, 2148 T: 61 29 839 6075 E: mark.gibson@blacktown.nsw.gov.au W: www.wm7citiesmarathon.com.au AUSTRIA 3 Country Sparkasse Marathon OCT Günter Ernst Sparkassenplatz 1, 6900 Bregenz T: 43 66 41 00 82 78 E: info@sparkasse-marathon.at W: www.sparkasse-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/SparkasseMarathon Austrian Women’s Run Ilse Dippmann, Andreas Schnabl Postfach 17, 1006 Wien T: 43 1 713 87 86 E: office@oesterreichischerfrauenlauf.at W: www.austrianwomensrun.com

MAY

Salzburg Marathon Johannes Langer Ginzkeyplatz 10/III/1, 5020 Salzburg T: 43 662 62 68 58 E: office@salzburg-marathon.at W: www.salzburg-marathon.at fb: facebook.com/salzburg.marathon

*Associate member MAY

Vienna City Marathon APR Wolfgang Konrad Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH, Gußhausstraße 21/19, 1040 Wien T: 43 1 606 95 10 E: office@vienna-marathon.com W: www.vienna-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/vienna.city.marathon Int’l WACHAUmarathon SEP Mag. Michael Buchleitner Babenbergerstrasse 22, A-2345 Brunn am Gebirge T: 43 22 3637 9095 0 E: office@wachaumarathon.com W: www.wachaumarathon.com fb: facebook.com/wachaumarathon BAHAMAS

Rio de Janeiro City Marathon JUL Joao Traven Av. Passos, 101, Sala 701, Centro Rio de Janeiro T: 55 21 222 33 073 E: maratonadorio@maratonadorio.com.br W: www.maratonadorio.com.br fb: facebook.com/maratonadoriodejaneiro São Paulo Int’l Half Marathon Corpore APR Octavio Jose Aronis Rua Cristiano Viana, 441 10º andar, cj.

101, Cerqueira César, CEP 05411000, Sao Paulo - SP T: 55 11 3884 4188 E: corpore@corpore.org.br W: www.corpore.org.br fb: facebook.com/CorporeBrasil Corrida de Sao Sebastiao 10km JAN Joao Traven Av Passos 101 / 701 - Centro - RJ T: 55 21 2223 2773 E: spiridon@spiridon.com.br W: www.corridadesaosebastiao.com.br CAMBODIA

Marathon Bahamas, Half & Relay JAN Pamela Richardson 9313 Chelsea Drive South, Plantation, FL 33324, USA T: 1 242 394 0012 / 502 6538 E: info@marathonbahamas.com W: www.marathonbahamas.com fb: facebook.com/marathon242

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon DEC Muy Lath No 79CEo, St. 155 corner St. 476, Sangkat Toul Tompung I, Chamkarmorn Dist., Phnom Penh T: 855 23 213 525 E: coop@angkormarathon.org W: www.angkormarathon.org fb: facebook.com/angkorwat.marathon

BELGIUM DVV Antwerp Marathon Greg Broekmans Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 PaalBeringen T: 32 11 45 99 99 E: info@golazo.com W: www.dvvantwerpmarathon.be fb: facebook.com/antwerp10miles Belfius Brussels Marathon & Half Marathon Greg Broekmans Schoebroekstraat 8, 3583 PaalBeringen T: 32 11 45 99 99 E: info@golazo.com W: www.belfiusbrusselsmarathon.be fb: facebook.com/brusselsmarathon Linker Oevert 1/2 Marathon Kid Van Thienen Grote Markt 50, 2000 Antwerpen T: 32 477 853 822 E: kvth@telenet.be W: www.kidvanthienmusic.com fb: on.fb.me/ZPKj2k

APR

OCT

JUN

BOTSWANA

BRAZIL

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

MAY

Ottawa Marathon and 10K John Halvorsen 5450 Canotek Road, Unit 45, Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 9G2 T: 1 613 234 2221 E: halvorsen@runottawa.ca W: www.runottawa.ca fb: facebook.com/OttawaMarathon SSQ Quebec City Marathon Denis Therrien 711, rue des Rocailles, Québec, QC G2J 1A9 T: 1 418 694 4442 E: info@marathonquebec.com W: quebecmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/marathonquebec

Sihanoukville Int’l Half Marathon MAR Sem Phalla No 79CEo, St. 155 corner St. 476, Sangkat Toul Tompung I, Chamkarmorn Dist., Phnom Penh T: 885 23 213 525 E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.sihanoukville-marathon.org fb: facebook.com/sihanoukvillerun

Scotiabank Calgary Marathon Cheryl Lowery PO Box 296, Stn M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H9 T: 1 403 264 2996 E: info@calgarymarathon.com W: www.calgarymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyk7c

MAY

MAY

AUG

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon & Half Marathon & 5k OCT Alan Brookes 264 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON, M5A 4J6 T: 1 416 944 2765 x508 E: alan@canadarunningseries.com W: www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/TorontoWaterfront42k GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon Jay Glassman 1 Yorkdale Rd, Suite 202, Toronto, ON, M6A 3A1 T: 1 416 920 3466 E: info@torontomarathon.com W: www.torontomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/torontomarathon

MAY

The Vancouver Sun Run 10K Presented By BlueShore Financial APR Tim Hopkins 1-200 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 3N3 T: 1 604 689 9441 E: info@vancouversunrun.com W: www.vancouversunrun.com fb: facebook.com/#!/vancouversunrun BMO Vancouver Marathon Andrea Eby 1288 Vernon Drive, Vancouver BC, V6A 4C9 T: 1 604 872 2928 E: andrea@runvan.org W: www.bmovanmarathon.ca fb: facebook.com/BMOVanMarathon

CANADA

MAR Diacore Gaborone Marathon Thola Magang PO Box 1983, Gaborone T: 267 718 99977 E: tmagang@phakalane.co.bw W: www.diacoregaboronemarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyifP

Jungle Marathon Shirley Thompson La petite maison, 110 Av Jean XXIII, 06130 Grasse, France T: 33 6 74 62 71 35 E: shirley@eventrate.com W: www.junglemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/JungleMarathon

Phnom Penh Half Marathon Sem Phalla No 79CEo, St. 155 corner St. 476, Sangkat Toul Tompung I, Chamkarmorn Dist., Phnom Penh T: 885 23 213 525 E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.phnompenhmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1nfsVir

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BOSNIA Vidovdan 10km Road Race Borislav Djurdjevic Brace Ribnikar 17, 76100 Brcko T: 387 49 217 781 E: vidovdanskatrka@gmail.com W: www.vidovdanskatrka.org fb: on.fb.me/1bWyifL

*The Angkor Empire Marathon Sem Phalla No 79CEo, St. 155 corner St. 476, Sangkat Toul Tompung I, Chamkarmorn Dist., Phnom Penh T: 855 23 213 525 E: coop@angkormarathon.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.angkorempiremarathon.org

BMO Okanagan Marathon OCT Tom Keogh 9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3 T: 1 780 504 0005 E: info@okanaganmarathon.ca W: www.okanaganmarathon.ca fb: facebook.com/okanaganmarathon.ca

Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k Clifton Cunningham 176-1917 W 4th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V6J 1M7 T: 1 778 786 3116 E: svhm@canadarunningseries.com W: www.vancouverhalf.com fb: facebook.com/vancouverhalf GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Rob Reid PO Box 675, 185–911 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 4Y9 T: 1 250 658 4520 E: info@runvictoriamarathon.com W: www.runvictoriamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/Victoria.Marathon

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Edmonton Marathon AUG Tom Keogh 9750 47 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3 T: 1 780 504 0005 E: info@edmontonmarathon.ca W: www.edmontonmarathon.ca fb: facebook.com/EdmMarathon

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Niagara Falls Int’l Marathon Joyce Harris 5300 Willmott Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 2A7 T: 1 905 356 9460 E: info@niagarafallsmarathon.com W: www.niagarafallsmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyiwk

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Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon DEC Rhonda Kelly PO Box 2712 GT, Grand Cayman T: 1 345 623 8822 E: info@caymanislandsmarathon.com W: www.caymanislandsmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/CaymanMarathon CHILE APR Maratón de Santiago Fernando Jamarne El Regidor 66, 10th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago T: 562 2787 6012 E: fjamarne@alessandri.cl W: www.maratondesantiago.com fb: facebook.com/maratondesantiago

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Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aimsworldrunning.org volcano Marathon Nov Richard Donovan 95 Rosan Glas, Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland T: 353 91 51 6644 E: npmarathon@gmail.com W: www.volcanomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/thevolcanomarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

CHINA Beijing Marathon Wang Dawei Chinese Athletic Association 2 Tiyuguan Road, 100763 Beijing T: 86 10 6716 7482 E: oc@beijing-marathon.com W: www.beijing-marathon.com/en

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dalian Int’l Marathon MAy Sun Xinsheng KDalian Sports Bureau, 66 Wusi Road, Xigang District, Dalian T: 86 411 8368 2293 E: mls@dl.cn W: www.dlmls.org the great Wall Marathon MAy Dave Cundy Room A-2-1201, Fenghua Square, No.6 Guanganmennei Street, Beijing, 100053 T: 86 10 635 52521 / 685 12395 E: grace.li@great-wallmarathon.com.cn, kent.wang@great-wallmarathon.com.cn W: www.great-wall-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/greatwallmarathon

taipei Marathon Queenie Juang PO Box 47-110 Taipei T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

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*taipei standard Chartered Charity Marathon FEB Queenie Juang Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street, Datong District T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw fb: facebook.com/scbmarathon?fref=ts taroko gorge Marathon Woon Kong Lee PO Box 47-110 Taipei T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: aspire@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw New taipei City Wan Jin shi Int’l Marathon Ching-Cheng Wang Room 602, No. 20, Chu-Lun Street, Taipei City, Taiwan T: 886 2 2778 2240 E: tpe@mf.iaaf.org W: www.wanjinshi-marathon.com.tw fb: on.fb.me/1bWyj3d

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Lanzhou Int’l Marathon JuN Long Fuguo Competitive Sports Department, 11th Floor of Zhongshan Mansion, 195# Qinggyang Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou T: 86 931 8473885 E: lzmarathon@126.com W: www.lanzhoumarathon.com shanghai Int’l Marathon Yong Yang Shanghai Eastbest Lansheng Event Management Co.,Ltd. No.888, Huashan Road, Shanghai 200050 T: 86 21 6212 9719 E: general@shmarathon.com W: www.shmarathon.com

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yangmingshan Cross Country Half Marathon JuL Queenie Juang PO Box 47-110 Taipei T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

Xiamen Int’l Marathon JAN Fu Xiaochun Organizing Committee 11F of Xiamen Bureau of Sports, No. 2 Tiyu Road, 361012 Xiamen T: 86 592 511 4853 E: xmmidc@163.com, xmmarathon@126.com W: www.xmim.org CHINEsE tAIpEI kaohsiung Int’l Marathon Ching-Cheng Wang Room 602, No. 20, Chu-Lun Street, Taipei City, Taiwan T: 886 2 2778 2240 E: tpe@mf.iaaf.org W: www.kaohsiungmarathon.com kinmen Marathon Queenie Juang PO Box 47-110 Taipei T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

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*yi Lan Chiang Wei shui Memorial Freeway Marathon Nov Queenie Juang Room 206/2F, No 55, Chang Ji Street, Datong District T: 886 2 2585 5659 E: queenie@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw CoLoMBIA Media Maratón Int’l de Bogotá JuL Martha Santos Calle 93B No.15–34 Oficina 207-208, 11001 Bogota T: 57 1 257 3107 E: msantos@correcaminoscolombia.com W: www.mediamaratonbogota.com fb: facebook.com/mmboficial Maratón de las Flores Medellín Gustavo Orozco Posada Calle 12 Nro 43D 72 Piso 2 Barrio Manila, Medellin T: 57 4 448 2283 E: direccion@maratonmedellin.com W: www.maratonmedellin.co fb: facebook.com/maratonmedellin

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10k san José – Costa Rica dEC Guillermo Sáenz Costa Rica marathon association 7-0230 - 1000 San José T: 506 2222 0804/ 506 8354 6000/ 506 8343 9868 E: marathoncostarica@gmail.com W: www.marathoncostarica.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEg

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*Hvar Half Marathon Boris Reinic Crnciceva 41, Zagreb T: 385 91 206 2256 E: info@hvarmarathon.com W: www.hvarmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/HvarHalfMarathon

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Zagreb Marathon & Half oCt Franjo Kordic Savska cesta 137, 10 000 Zagreb T: 385 1 6431 030, 385 1 6431 031 E: zagrebacki.atletski.savez@gmail.com W: www.zagreb-marathon.com fb: hr-hr.facebook.com/zagreb.marathon CuBA Marabana Marathon & Half Carlos R. Gattorno Correa Ciudad Deportiva, Apartado 5130 La Habana T: 53 7 6410911 / 53 7 6410953 E: marabana@inder.cu W: www.inder.cu/marabana

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CypRus Limassol Marathon gso Spyros Spyrou Omonoias 38, 3507, Limassol T: 357 25880102 E: info@limassolmarathon.com W: www.limassolmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/limassolmarathon

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Quantum Nicosia Marathon dEC George Killas 25 Philippou Str, 2363 Agios Dometios, Nicosia T: 357 227 92222 E: info@nicosiamarathon.com W: www.nicosiamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/nicosiamarathon

Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs *Mattoni karlovy vary Half Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs Mattoni olomouc Half Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs

pardubice Wine Half Marathon ApR Oldřich Bujnoch Topolská 739, 537 05 Chrudim T: 420 602 490 127 E: oldrichbujnoch@seznam.cz W: www.pardubickyvinarskypulmaraton.cz Birell prague grand prix Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs sportisimo prague Half Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs volkswagen prague Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs Mattoni Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon Václav Skřivánek Františka Křížka 461/11, 170 00 Prague 7 T: 420 224 919 209 E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEs

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H.C. Andersen Marathon Torben Simonsen Stadionvej 47, DK 5200 Odense V. T: 45 3059 2444 E: ts@hcamarathon.dk W: www.hcamarathon.dk fb: on.fb.me/1bWymfl

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Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon MAy Dorte Vibjerg Sparta Løbskontor, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen T: 45 35 26 69 00 E: vibjerg@sparta.dk W: www.copenhagenmarathon.dk fb: facebook.com/copenhagenmarathon Copenhagen Half Marathon sEp Niels Jorgen Holdt / Dorte Vibjerg Sparta Løbskontor, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen T: 45 35 26 69 00 E: vibjerg@sparta.dk W: copenhagenhalfmarathon.dk fb: on.fb.me/1bWymfr ECuAdoR

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La Ruta de las Iglesias Samia Solah, Nina Solah Juan de Ascaray 355 y Amazonas, Quito T: 593 2 244 8850 E: samia@tventas.net W: www.rutadelasiglesias.com fb: facebook.com/rutaiglesias

Aug

Egyptian Marathon Gasser Riad Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St. (Area No. 1), Nasr City, Cairo T: 202 2260 6930 E: info@egyptianmarathon.net W: www.egyptianmarathon.net fb: on.fb.me/1bWykUW pharaonic 100km Gasser Riad Event Sports, 1/4 Anwer El-Mofty St. (Area No. 1), Nasr City, Cairo T: 202 2260 6930 E: info@egyptianmarathon.net W: www.egyptianmarathon.net fb: facebook.com/egytpian.marathon

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Quito Últimas Noticias 15k JuN Pablo Gonzalez Peña Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado 11515, Quito T: 593 2 2677824 E: pgonzalez@elcomercio.com W: www.quitoultimasnoticias15k.ec fb: https://facebook.com/UN15K

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CZECH REpuBLIC

Carrera de la Mujer Colombia 10km sEp Maria Stella Granados Acosta CR. 13 No. 29–41 Manzana 1 Of. 226, Bogotá T: 57 1 288 7797 E: sgranados@carreradelamujer colombia.com W: www.carreradelamujercolombia.com fb: facebook.com/carreramujercol

Correcaminos Half Marathon & 10km Gustavo Alvarez Calle 3, Avenida 13, Barrio Amón, Thrifty Car Rental, San José T: 506 22 23 5193 E: info@correcaminoscr.com W: www.mediacorrecaminos.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEc

san José Costa Rica Half & Marathon dEC Guillermo Sáenz Costa Rica marathon association 70230-1000 San José T: 506 2222 0804 / 506 8354 6000 / 506 8343 9868 E: marathoncostarica@gmail.com W: www.marathoncostarica.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyj3p CRoAtIA

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Hangzhou Int’l Marathon Nov Mr. Long Jiang No. 212, Tiyuchang Road, Hanzhou City, Zhejiang Province T: 86 571 85062369 E: marathon@hzim.org W: www.hzim.org fb: facebook.com/hangzhou.marathon

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AsICs Maratón de san José MAR Victor López Jiménez Santa Ana, Rio Oro, Condominio Casa Sol Casa 10 T: 506 2296 1905 E: runners@racsa.co.cr W: www.gsxg.net

oCt guayaquil Marathon Diego Maruri Av. de las Americas, Centro de Convenciones de Guayaquil, Ofc. DM3, Guayaquil T: 593 4 228 1063 E: diegomaruri@dm3.com W: www.dm3.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWymvQ

Maratón de Quito JuL Hipatia Puente, Jorge A. Mera Gonzalez Suarez 869, Edif. Casabell, Dept 9W T: 593 999490598 / 593 2 2552414 E: hipatia.puente@hotmail.com W: www.maratondequito.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWymvV Quito 21k Mitad del Mundo oCt Marialuz Arellano Av. de los Shyris N34-108 y Republica del Salvador T: 593 9 980 3237 E: marialuzarellano@sportime.com.ec W: www.quito21k.com

sEB tallinn Marathon, Half & 10k sEp Mati Lilliallik Spordiurituste Korraldamise Klubi, Parnu Street 142a, 11317 Tallinn T: 372 654 8462 E: info@tallinnmarathon.ee W: www.tallinnmarathon.ee fb: on.fb.me/1vnYjZO tartu City Marathon Indrek Kelk Laulopeo pst 25, 51007 Tartu T: 372 74 216 44 E: indrek@tartumaraton.ee W: www.tartumaraton.ee fb: facebook.com/tartumaraton

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EtHIopIA Nov great Ethiopian Run 10km Ermias Ayele Bole Road, Alem Bld #2 Room 302, PO Box 26905 Code 1000, Addis Ababa T: 251 11 663 3646 E: ermias@ethiopianrun.org W: www.ethiopianrun.org fb: facebook.com/GreatEthiopianRun

FALkLANd IsLANds standard Chartered stanley Marathon MAR Stuart Horsewood Standard Chartered Bank, Ross Road, Stanley T: 500 2 2220 E: bank.info@sc.com W: www.standardchartered.com/fk/ marathon FARoE IsLANds JuN tórshavn Marathon Jóhan E. Simonsen Hvannasundsgøta 12, FO-100 Tórshavn T: 298 230 454 E: info@torshavnmarathon.com W: www.torshavnmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bBWlf2

FINLANd Aug Helsinki City Marathon Markku Haverinen Finnish Athletics Federation Radiokatu 20, 00240 Helsinki T: 358 9 3481 2405 E: maraton@sul.fi W: www.helsinkicitymarathon.fi fb: facebook.com/HelsinkiCityMarathon

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Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aimsworldrunning.org Paavo Nurmi Marathon JUN Kari Ahonen Turun Urheiluliitto Urheilupuisto, Paavo Nurmen Stadion, 20810 Turku T: 358 44 5678 256 E: info@paavonurmisports.com W: www.paavonurmisports.com Rovaniemi Marathon Olli Tiuraniemi Piisivalkeantie 15, 96100 Rovaniemi T: 358 400 69 5418 E: rovaniemimarathon@gmail.com W: www.rovaniemimarathon.com/en fb: on.fb.me/1bWymMp

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FRANCE French Riviera Marathon NOV Nice-Cannes Hugues Lelievre Nice Premium – Azur Sport Organisation 1, Bd Maître Maurice Slama, 06200 Nice T: 33 4 93 26 1912 E: mail@azur-sport.org W: www.marathonfrenchriviera.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWymMt Semi-Marathon Int’l de Nice APR Hugues Lelievre Nice Premium – Azur Sport Organisation 1, Bd Maître Maurice Slama, 06200 Nice T: 33 4 93 26 1912 E: mail@azur-sport.org W: www.nicesemimarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWylrU Schneider Electric Paris Marathon APR Joël Laine ASO, Immeuble Panorama, 253, rue de la Bataille de Stalingrad, 92137 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex T: 33 1 41 33 1568 E: infos@parismarathon.com W: www.parismarathon.com fb: facebook.com/parismarathon Paris St Germain en Laye – MAY La Course Bruno Boukobza 5 passage Renaudin, 92330 SCEAUX T: 33 6 88 84 73 98 E: info@parissaintgermainlacourse.com W: www.parissaintgermainlacourse.com fb: on.fb.me/1vnXjoB Semi Marathon de Paris MAR Joel Laine ASO, Immeuble Panorama, 253, rue de la Bataille de Stalingrad, 92137 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex T: 33 1 4133 1568 E: infos@parismarathon.com W: www.semideparis.com fb: facebook.com/#!/semimarathondeparis Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l NOV Marathon Mauny Nicolas BP 97, 17004 La Rochelle, Cedex 01 T: 33 5 46 44 4219 E: info@marathondelarochelle.com W: marathondelarochelle.com fb: facebook.com/marathonLR St Denis Half Marathon – OCT La Voie Royale Thierry Vernay / Antonio Agostinho 34 rue la Boulangerie, 93200, St Denis T: 33 1 48 20 5681 / 33 06 81 63 5382 E: info@wanago.com W: www.lavoieroyale.fr fb: facebook.com/semimarathon.saintdenis GERMANY BMW Berlin Marathon Mark Milde Hanns-Braun-Straße, Adlerplatz, 14053 Berlin T: 49 30 301 288 10 E: info@berlin-marathon.com W: www.scc-events.com fb: facebook.com/berlinmarathon

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Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon Mark Milde Hanns-Braun-Straße, Adlerplatz, 14053 Berlin T: 49 30 301 288 10 E: info@berlin-marathon.com W: www.scc-events.com fb: facebook.com/sccevents BIG 25 Berlin Gerhard Janetzky Berlin laeuft! GmbH Maxdorfer Steig 7, 10713 Berlin T: 49 30 243 199 77 E: info@berlin-laeuft.de W: www.berlin-runs.com fb: facebook.com/Berlinlaeuft RheinEnergieMarathon Cologne Markus Frisch Köln Marathon Veranstaltungs- und Werbe GmbH Sportpark Müngersdorf/Radstadion, Peter-Günther-Weg, 50933 Cologne (Köln) T: 49 221 33 77 73 11 E: info@koeln-marathon.de W: www.cologne-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/koelnmarathon METRO GROUP Marathon Düsseldorf Jan Winschermann Faunastrasse 3, 40239 Düsseldorf T: 49 211 61 0190 0 E: info@metrogroup-marathon.de W: www.metrogroup-marathon.de fb: on.fb.me/1bWyn31

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Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon MAY Claire O’Reilly The Marathon Office, Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT17 9LA T: 44 2890 605933 E: claire.oreilly@belfastcitymarathon.org W: www.belfastcitymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjv

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*Bournemouth Marathon Festival Neil Kilgour GSi Events Ltd Edinburgh EH28 8AA T: 44 131 208 0031 E: james@gsi-events.com W: www.run-bmf.com fb: on.fb.me/WWhtwp

OCT

Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon OCT Steve Brace Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff CF11 8AZ T: 44 2921 660 790 E: cardiffhalfmarathon@runwales.org.uk W: www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk fb: facebook.com/Cardiffhalf

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Edinburgh Marathon Festival MAY Neil Kilgour GSi Events Edinburgh Marathon Ltd, EICA, South Platt Hill, 1 Ratho Quarry, Newbridge, Midlothian T: 44 131 208 0031 E: james@gsi-events.com W: www.edinburgh-marathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWylYR

BMW Frankfurt Marathon OCT Jo Schindler Sonnemannstr 5, 60314 Frankfurt T: 49 69 37004680 E: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com W: www.bmw-frankfurt-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ffmmarathon

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running Malcolm Sutherland PO Box 26, Muir of Ord IV6 7WZ T: 44 844 875 1411 E: info@lochnessmarathon.com W: www.lochnessmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/lochnessmarathon

Haspa Marathon Hamburg APR Marathon Hamburg Veranstaltungs GmbH, Alsterdorfer Straße 262, 22297 Hamburg T: 49 1805 77 1760 E: office@marathonhamburg.de W: www.haspa-marathon-hamburg.de fb: facebook.com/haspamarathonhamburg

*Milton Keynes Marathon MAY Andrew Hully PB Running Ltd. Waterdene House, Water Lane, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 1AW E: run@miltonkeynesmarathon.co.uk W: www.mkmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MiltonKeynesMarathon

HAJ Hannover Marathon Stefanie Eichel Leinstr. 31, 30159 Hannover T: 49 511 81 20 14 E: kontakt@marathon-hannover.de W: www.marathon-hannover.de fb: facebook.com/MarathonHannover

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*Scottish Half Marathon Neil Kilgour GSi Events Ltd Edinburgh EH28 8AA T: 44 131 208 0031 E: neil@gsi-events.com W: www.scottishhalfmarathon.com

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Munich Marathon OCT Gernot Weigl Boschetsrieder Straße 69, 81379 München T: 49 89 170 9 5570 E: info@run-about.de W: www.muenchenmarathon.de fb: facebook.com/muenchenmarathon Volksbank-Münster-Marathon SEP Michael Brinkmann Windthorststraße 32, 48143 Münster T: 49 251 92 77 288 E: brinkmann@volksbank-muenstermarathon.de W: www.volksbank-muenstermarathon.de fb: on.fb.me/1bWylIv

Athens Marathon The Authentic NOV Evangelos Papapostolou 137, Syngrou Avenue, 17121 Nea Smirni, Athens T: 30 210 931 5886 / 0 210 933 1113 E: info@athensauthenticmarathon.gr W: www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr fb: facebook.com/athensclassicmarathon

iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg MAY Guenter Herrmann Lilienweg 5, 97084 Wuerzburg T: 49 931 903 3851 E: g.herrmann@wuerzburgmarathon.de W: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de fb: facebook.com/Wuerzburg.Marathon

Gammon China Coast Marathon & Half JAN David Smith AVOHK Flat 4B, Kenne Mansions, 20 Kennedy Road, Mid levels T: 852 6629 3866 E: chinacoastmarathon2015@gmail.com W: www.avohk.org Standard Chartered Hong Kong JAN Marathon William Ko Room 2015 Olympic House, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay T: 2577 0800 E: hkmarathon@hkaaa.com W: www.hkmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/hkmarathon Mizuno Hong Kong Half-Marathon DEC Championships Alan Wong Kim Lun Room 2015, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay T: 852 2504 8215 E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkaaa.com fb: facebook.com/ilovehkaaa

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Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great APR Ioannis Podiotis Kaftanzoglio National Stadium, Extension of Agiou Dimitriou Street, 54638, Thessaloniki T: 30 2310 200 360 E: info@atgm.gr, info@alexanderthegreatmarathon.org W: www.atgm.gr fb: on.fb.me/1bWylYY

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Guam Int’l Marathon APR Ben Ferguson 210 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon Bay, Guam 96931 T: 1 671 646 9171 E: info@guaminternationalmarathon.com W: www.guaminternationalmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ guaminternationalmarathon

Int’l Thessaloniki Night Half OCT Marathon Ioannis Podiotis Kaftanzoglio National Stadium, Extension of Agiou Dimitriou Street, 54638 Thessaloniki T: 30 23 1020 0360 E: info@thesshalfmarathon.org W: www.thesshalfmarathon.gr fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjE

UNICEF Charity Run Half Marathon NOV & 10km Ann Choy 3/F, 60 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley T: 852 2833 6139 E: ann.choy@unicef.org.hk W: run.unicef.org.hk fb: facebook.com/runforchildren HUNGARY Lake Balaton Supermarathon MAR Árpád Kocsis BSI Sportmarketing Kft Váci út 152, 1138 Budapest T: 361 273 0936 E: info@budapestmarathon.com W: www.budapestmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/budapestmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

30th Telekom Vivicittá Spring Half APR Marathon Árpád Kocsis BSI Sportmarketing Kft Váci út 152, 1138 Budapest T: 361 273 0936 E: info@budapestmarathon.com W: www.budapestmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/budapestmarathon Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon SEP Árpád Kocsis BSI Sportmarketing Kft Váci út 152, 1138 Budapest T: 361 273 0936 E: info@budapestmarathon.com W: www.budapestmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/budapestmarathon Spar Budapest Marathon Árpád Kocsis BSI Sportmarketing Kft Váci út 152, 1138 Budapest T: 361 273 0936 E: info@budapestmarathon.com W: www.budapestmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/budapestmarathon Coca Cola Body Awakening Women’s Running Gala Árpád Kocsis BSI Sportmarketing Kft Váci út 152, 1138 Budapest T: 361 273 0936 E: info@budapestmarathon.com W: www.budapestmarathon.com

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Íslandsbanka Reykjavík Marathon AUG Svava Oddný Ásgeirsdóttir Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavík T: 354 535 3700 E: marathon@marathon.is W: marathon.is/reykjavik-marathon fb: facebook.com/Reykjavikurmarathon Suzuki Midnight Sun Run Svava Oddný Ásgeirsdóttir Reykjavik Marathon Engjavegur 6, 104 Reykjavik T: 354 535 3700 E: marathon@marathon.is W: marathon.is/midnight-run fb: on.fb.me/1bWyoUI

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INDIA TCS World 10K Bangalore Hugh Jones Procam International 14, St. James Court, Marine Drive, Mumbai 400020 T: 91 22 2202 0284 E: tcsworld10K@procam.in W: www.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/tcsw10k?fref=ts

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Airtel Delhi Half Marathon NOV Hugh Jones Procam International, 14, St. James Court, Marine Drive, Mumbai 400020 T: 91 22 2202 0284 E: adhm@procam.in, arati@procam.in W: www.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/runadhm?fref=ts Hyderabad Int’l 15K OCT Uma Chigurupati Plot No. 512/M, Road No. 31, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500033 T: 91 40 6676 0000 E: hydintl15k@procam.in W: www.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/procamrunning *Tata Steel Kolkata 25k Hugh Jones c/o Procam International Ltd, 14 St James Court, Marine Drive, Mumbai 400 020 T: 9122 220 202 84 E: tsk25@procam.in, aimssec@aol.com W: www.tsk25.procamrunning.in

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Ladakh Marathon SEP Chewang Motup Goba Rimo Outdoor Centre, Khagshal, Gonpa Road, Leh, Ladakh – 194 101, Jammu & Kashmir T: 91 991 011 8739 E: info@ladakhmarathon.com W: www.ladakhmarathon.com Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon JAN Hugh Jones Procam International, 14, St. James Court, Marine Drive, Mumbai 400020 T: 91 22 2202 0284 E: scmm@procam.in, arati@procam.in W: www.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/scmumbaimarathon ?fref=ts Pune Int’l Marathon NOV Mr. Pralhad M. Savant Sharayu, Patrakar Nagar, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune - 411 016, Maharashtra T: 91 20 2442 8360/91 20 2442 8390 E: Marathonpune@yahoo.com W: www.marathonpune.com fb: facebook.com/marathonpune Satara Hill Half Marathon SEP Dr Sandeep Suryakant Kate Suryaprabha Hospital, Opposite Kadam Petrol pump, Radhika Road, Satara, Maharashtra State, Pin 415001 T: 919 822 690 955 E: drsandeep@suryaprabha.com, satarahillmarathon@gmail.com W: www.satarahillmarathon.com

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Tiberias Winner Marathon JAN Jack Cohen Israeli Athletic Association, 10 Shitrit St, Tel Aviv, 69482 T: 972 3 648 6256 E: iaa@zahav.net.il W: www.tiberias-marathon.co.il fb: facebook.com/TiberiasMarathonIL ITALY

INDONESIA AUG *BII MAYBANK Bali Marathon Satyo Haryo Wibisono Gedung Sentral Senayan 3, 26th floor, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 8, Senayan Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta 10270 T: 62 21 292 2 8888 E: info@balimarathon.com W: www.balimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BaliMarathon

IRAQ Erbil Marathon Abdulsattar Younus Hwlery new, Erbil T: 964 750 777 0578 E: erbilmarathon@yahoo.com W: www.erbilmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/JifjR5

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IRELAND Cork City Marathon Jim O’Donovan Cork City Hall, Cork T: 353 21 492 4170 E: info@corkcitymarathon.ie W: www.corkcitymarathon.ie fb: facebook.com/corkcitymarathon SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon Jim Aughney Donore Harriers Sports Complex, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 T: 353 1 623 2250 E: office@dublinmarathon.ie W: www.dublinmarathon.ie fb: facebook.com/dublinmarathon Longford Marathon Fr Ciaran McGovern Lower Main Street, Longford, Co. Longford T: 353 43 3349682 E: info@longfordmarathon.com W: www.longfordmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/longfordmarathon Portumna Forest Marathon Sebastien Locteau Unit 1, Castlecourt Business Park, Race Course Road, Roscommon T: 353 090 666 5411 E: info@sportsireland.ie W: www.forestmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/18Fhabi

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ISRAEL *Eilat Full Desert Marathon Ofer Padan Marathon Israel 6 Shitrit St., Tel Aviv T: 97 239 016 214 E: ofer@marathonisrael.co.il W: www.desertrun.co.il fb: facebook.com/desertrun?fref=ts

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Tel Aviv Marathon FEB Ofer Shytrit “Kapaim” Hahagana 1, Givataim, Israel 53449 T: 972 3 571 1575 E: tlvmarathon.international@gmail.com W: www.tlvmarathon.co.il fb: facebook.com/TelAvivMarathon

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Chia Laguna Half Marathon Marcello Magnani Corsa Porta Po 100, 44121 Ferrara T: 39 335 700 2407 E: marcello@magnanisport.it W: www.chialagunahalfmarathon.it Maratona d’Europa Fabio Carini via Donota 28/a, 34121 Trieste (TS) T: 39 040 410399 E: fabio.carini@bavisela.it W: www.bavisela.it fb: facebook.com/baviselatrieste

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Firenze Marathon NOV Giancarlo Romiti Firenze Marathon S.c.d.p.A. Via di Peretola, 86, 50145 Firenze, sede operativa, Viale M.Fanti, 2, 50137 Firenze T: 39 055 5522957 E: staff@firenzemarathon.it W: www.firenzemarathon.it fb: on.fb.me/1lpsOz8 Giulietta & Romeo Half Marathon FEB Stefano Stanzial Via Sogare 9/c, 37138 – Verona T: 39 333 88 40 402 E: info@giuliettaeromeohalfmarathon.it W: www.giuliettaeromeohalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon Lake Maggiore Marathon OCT Paolo Ottone Sport Pro-Motion A.S.D. Via Maurizio Mulle, 37, Verbania Intra (VB) T: 39 0323 919 861 E: LMM@pro-motion.it W: www.lagomaggioremarathon.com fb: facebook.com/lagomaggiore.marathon Lake Maggiore Half Marathon APR Paolo Ottone Sport Pro-Motion A.S.D. Via Maurizio Muller, 37, Verbania Intra (VB) T: 39 0323 919 861 E: LMHM@pro-motion.it W: www.LMHM.it fb: facebook.com/lagomaggiore.marathon Milano Marathon Andrea Trabuio Rcs Sport via A. Rizzoli 8, 20132 Milano T: 39 02 6282 7562 E: info@milanomarathon.it W: www.milanomarathon.it fb: facebook.com/MilanoMarathon

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Moonlight Half Marathon MAY Piero Rosa Salva A.S.D. Venicemarathon Club via Linghindal 5/5, 30172 Mestre (VE) T: 39 041 532 1871 E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.moonlighthalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ASDVenicemarathon ?fref=ts *Mostra d’Oltremare Half Marathon FEB Benedetto Scarpellino via Luigia Sanfelice 89, 80127 Napoli T: 39 347 470 8797 E: bennyscarpellino@gmail.com W: www.runaples.it fb: on.fb.me/WCyj3j Ravenna City of Art Int’l Marathon Stefano Righini Ravenna Runners Club ASD Via Sila n. 9, 48125 Ravenna T: 39 345 442 0145 E: info@maratonadiravenna.com W: www.maratonadiravenna.com fb: on.fb.me/IReDAL

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Maratona di Roma Enrico Castrucci Viale Battista Bardanzellu 65, Rome T: 39 06 406 5064 E: info@maratonadiroma.it W: www.maratonadiroma.it fb: facebook.com/maratonadiroma Maratona S. Antonio Federico dè Stefani Via E. P. Masini 2, 35131 Padova T: 39 049 822 7114 E: info@maratonasantantonio.it W: www.maratonasantantonio.it fb: on.fb.me/1f9jmJp

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Telesia City Trophy 10 km JUN Viscusi Diego Viale Minieri 137, 82037 Telese Terme (Benevento) T: 39 338 6346317 E: info@trofeotelesia.it W: www.trofeotelesia.it fb: facebook.com/trofeotelese?ref=hl Garda Trentino Half Marathon NOV Poli Sandro Via Vittorio Veneto 20/A, 38062 Arco (TN) T: 39 046 458 3268 E: eventi@trentinoeventi.it W: www.trentinoeventi.it fb: facebook.com/gardatrentinohalfmarathon Treviso Marathon 1.1 Carlo Della Giustina Via Martiri delle Foibe 18/b, 31015 Conegliano (Tv) T: 39 043 841 3255 E: segreteria@trevisomarathon.com W: www.trevisomarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bGvNfY Turin Half Marathon Luigi Chiabrera Cascina Marchesa, C.so Regina Margherita 371, 10151 Torino T: 39 011 455 9959 E: info@turinmarathon.it W: www.turinmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/turinmarathon Turin Marathon Luigi Chiabrera Cascina Marchesa, C.so Regina Margherita 371, 10151 Torino T: 39 011 455 9959 E: info@turinmarathon.it W: www.turinmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/turinmarathon

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Maratonina Citta di Udine SEP Paolo Bordon Via Cotonificio 96, 33035 Torreano di Martignacco (UD) T: 39 043 250 1612 E: info@maratoninadiudine.it W: www.maratoninadiudine.it fb: facebook.com/asdmaratoninaudinese Maratona di San Valentino Marcello Vettese Via Garigliano 9, 05100 Terni T: 39 347 633 5647 E: info@maratonadisanvalentino.it W: www.maratonadisanvalentino.it

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Venice Marathon OCT Piero Rosa Salva A.S.D. Venicemarathon Club Via Linghindal 5/5, 30172 Mestre Venice T: 39 041 532 1871 E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.venicemarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ASDVenicemarathon ?fref=ts JAMAICA

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Reggae Marathon, Half & 10K DEC Alfred Francis 87-89 Tower Street, Kingston T: 1 876 967 4903 E: racedirector@reggaemarathon.com W: www.reggaemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ReggaeMarathon

JAPAN Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon FEB Mr Megumi Furuichi Mainichi-Shinbun, Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Office, 13-1, Konya-machi, Kokurakita-ku, Kita Kyushu-city (8028651), Fukuoka T: 81 93 511 1119 E: furuichi-m@mainichi.co.jp Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon MAR Mitsugi Ogata The Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Office, 3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8251 T: 81 663 46 8249 E: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp W: www.lakebiwa-marathon.com Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon Championship Mitsugi Ogata Asahi Shimbun Sports Promotion Department 5-3-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 T: 81 3 5540 7455 E: m.ogata@jaaf.or.jp W: www.fukuoka-marathon.com/ en/index.html Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon Kosuke Sakakibara 1-6-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-8511 T: 81 52 221 0737 E: sakkbr.k@chunichi.co.jp W: www.gifu-marathon.jp

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Hokkaido Marathon AUG Seiji Teramachi The Hokkaido Marathon Secretariat, The Hokkaido Shimubun Press, Nishi-3, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8711 T: 81 112 32 0840 E: t-seig@hokkaido-np.co.jp W: www.hokkaido-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/hokkaidomarathon Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half FEB Marathon Masaharu Kaji Marugame Shimin Gymnastics, 924-1, Kanakura-cho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-pref 763 0053 T: 81 877 24 6274 E: marugame-half@aroma.ocn.ne.jp W: www.km-half.com *Kitakyushu Marathon FEB Kenji Kitahashi 1-1 Jonai, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 803-8501 T: 81 93 582 2831 E: toiawase@kitakyushu-marathon.jp W: kitakyushu-marathon.jp fb: on.fb.me/VyPKjJ Kobe Marathon Masaaki Uetsuki 4-9-5, Kita-Nagasa-dori, Chuo-ko, Hyogo 650-0012 Kobe city T: 81 78 325 1430 E: kobemarathon1@pearl.ocn.ne.jp W: www.kobe-marathon.net fb: https://ja-jp.facebook.com/ Kobe.Marathon.Office

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Kyoto Marathon FEB Masayoshi Sakoda The R-bies, Inc. Osaka Branch Asenz Shin-Osaka Bld.1F 6-1-15 NishiNakajima Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0011 T: 81 6 6305 6330 E: isono@runners.co.jp W: www.kyoto-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/kyoto.marathon.2013 Mount Fuji Marathon NOV Nikkan Sports Press c/o Sports Information Centre Co., Ltd., 502 Bureau Shimbashi Bldg, 5-7-13, Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-004 T: 81 3 5733 2451 E: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp W: www.fujisan-marathon.com

Nagano Marathon Takehumi Oonishi 1-3-8 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, 380-0801 T: 81 26 252 7687 E: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp W: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp fb: facebook.com/naganomarathon Nagoya Women’s Marathon Mitsugi Ogata 1-6-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-8511 T: 81 52 201 1560 E: sakkbr.k@chunichi.co.jp W: womens.marathon-festival.com fb: facebook.com/gowomencity

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Nara Marathon DEC Syougo Arai 757 Houren, Nara City 630-8113, Nara Prefecture T: 81 742 81 8754 E: athletic@nara-marathon.jp W: www.nara-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/naramarathon.jp Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race FEB & 10km Daijiro Asahara The Hochi Shimbun, Sports & Culture Promotion Dept, 4-6-49 Kounan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8485 T: 81 3 5479 1294 E: info@ohme-marathon.sakura.ne.jp W: www.ohme-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/ohme.marathon Osaka Marathon Ms. Izumi Hirano 14–16 Nanko-kita1, Suminoe-Ward Osaka City T: 81 6 6210 9317 E: hirano@osaka-marathon.com W: www.osaka-marathon.com/ index_en.html fb: on.fb.me/IR9M2y Osaka Women’s Marathon Mitsugi Ogata KTV, 2-1-7, Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8408 T: 81 6 6314 8550 E: s-takeda@ktv.co.jp W: www.osaka-marathon.jp Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon Jiro Hashimoto 2-4-12 Jingumae, Sibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 T: 81 3 5771 7907 E: saroma@runners.co.jp W: saromanblue.jp/index.shtml fb: facebook.com/saroma100km Tokushima Marathon Kamon Iizumi 1-1 Bandai-cho, Tokushima City T: 81 88621 2309 E: hashiru_ahoo@circus.ocn.ne.jp W: www.tokushima-marathon.jp Tokyo Marathon Tad Hayano Ariake Frontier Building 8F, 3-7-26, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 T: 81 3 5500 6677 E: hayano@tokyo42195.org W: www.tokyo42195.com fb: facebook.com/tokyo42195.org

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Yokohama Women’s Marathon NOV Mitsugi Ogata Asahi Shimbun Sports Promotion Department 5-3-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 T: 81 3 5540 7455 E: m.ogata@jaaf.or.jp W: www.yokohamawomensmarathon.com/ en/

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Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon DEC Lina El Kurd 5 Hussain El Jesser Street, Shemesani, PO Box 941001, 11194 Amman T: 962 6566 2999 E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz Dead Sea Ultramarathon APR Lina El Kurd 5 Hussain El Jesser Street, Shemesani, PO Box 941001, 11194 Amman T: 962 566 2999 E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz KAZAKHSTAN Almaty Marathon APR Saltanat Kazybayeva World Class Almaty fitness club 89 Nauryzbay batyr St., 050012 Almaty T: 7 727 315 39 39 x702 E: saltanat.k@wclass.kz W: www.almaty-marathon.kz fb: facebook.com/MarathonAlmaty KENYA Standard Chartered Nairobi OCT Marathon and Half Regina M. Mukiri Corporate Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank Level 6, Standard Chartered@Chiromo Office, 48 Westlands Road, PO Box 30003–00100, Nairobi T: 254 2032 93806 E: Regina-Mweru.Mukiri@sc.com W: www.nairobimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/StandardCharteredKE KOREA Incheon Songdo Int’l Marathon SooHong Woo 388 Maesohol-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon, Korea Kyeongin iibo 7F T: 82 32 872 9000 E: cchasooh@hanmail.net W: www.songdorun.com Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Int’l Marathon The Chosunilbo Daily, Eunji Lee 61, 1-ga, Taepyeongno, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea T: 82 2 724 6314 E: marathon@chosun.com W: marathon.chosun.com fb: facebook.com/marathonchosun Daegu Int’l Marathon Rachel Lee 648 Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu T: 82 53 803 6186 E: rachel.soul.lee@gmail.com W: marathon.daegusports.or.kr fb: facebook.com/daegumarathon

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Incheon Int’l Half Marathon MAR Jaeyoung Kwak #222, Jungbongno, 4-ga, Hong-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon T: 82 32 452 0197 E: tingi@naver.com W: www.incheonmarathon.co.kr Seoul Int’l Marathon MAR Inchul Lee 3rd Floor, Dong-A Ilbo, 139 Chungjeongno 3-Ga, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-715 T: 82 2 361 1404 E: seoulmarathon@donga.com W: www.seoul-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/dongamarathon JoongAng Seoul Marathon JoongAng Culture Media 7 Soonhwa-dong, Chung-ku Seoul, 100-759 Korea T: 82 2 751 9685 E: marathon@joongang.co.kr W: marathon.joins.com fb: on.fb.me/IRdOYV

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LATVIA MAY Lattelecom Riga Marathon Aigars Nords Brivibas 40-24, Riga LV-1050 T: 371 6750 4931 E: marathon@necom.lv W: lattelecomrigamarathon.lv fb: facebook.com/LattelecomRigaMarathon

LEBANON NOV BDL Beirut Marathon Mr. Wissam Terro 4th floor, Makateb Building, Mar Takla, Hazmieh, Baabda T: 961 5 959 262 E: w.terro@gmail.com W: beirutmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/BeirutMarathon

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Tripoli Int’l 10km Essabai Muhsan Mohamed Association TAQADOM Tripoli T: 218 913 713 280 E: shop_201112@yahoo.com

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*Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon MAR We Jang Ryang #309 Pyungwon building, 62-3 Bangidong, Songpz-gu, Seoul T: 82 2 2202 1238 E: artwjr@empas.com W: www.ggimarathon.com

Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon Darius Mikulis Goštauto st. 40, 01112 Vilnius T: 370 687 555 92 E: info@vilniausmaratonas.lt W: www.vilniusmarathon.lt fb: facebook.com/vilniusmarathon

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LUXEMBOURG ING Route du Vin Half Marathon SEP Frédéric Kimmlingen Fédération Luxembourgeoise D’Athletisme, 3, route d’Arlon; L-8009 Strassen T: 352 48 06 70 E: routeduvin@fla.lu W: www.fla.lu MACAU, CHINA Macau Galaxy Entertainment Int’l Marathon DEC José Tavares Macau Sport Development Board Av. Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, s/n , Forum de Macau, Edif. Complementar, Bloco 1, 4 andar, Macau T: 853 2858 0762 E: sport@macau.ctm.net W: www.macaumarathon.com

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MACEDONIA (FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF) Wizz Air Skopje Marathon MAY Kire Sinadinovski J.H. Dzinot 12a, 1000 Skopje T: 389 7024 6935 / 389 2322 8624 E: kire@skopskimaraton.com.mk W: www.skopjemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/skopskimaraton MALAYSIA MAY Borneo Int’l Marathon Dr Heng Aik Cheng Borneo International Marathon Secretariat c/o Performance Sportz, Ground Floor, Likas Golf Driving, Range, Jalan Istiadat, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah T: 6019 8801670 E: 1234heng@gmail.com W: www.borneomarathon.com

Standard Chartered KL Marathon OCT Rainer Biemans Dirigo Events Sdn Bhd, A-G-20, Block A, Menara Prima, Jalan PJU 1/39, Dataran Prima, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 603 7887 4717 E: rainer.biemans@dirigo.com.my W: www.kl-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/SCKLmarathon Penang Bridge Int’l Marathon NOV Law Heng Kiang Penang State Tourism Development Level 53, KOMTAR, George Town, 10503 Penang T: 60 16 4110000 E: info@penangmarathon.gov.my W: www.penangmarathon.gov.my fb: facebook.com/penangbridgemarathon *Penang Bridge Half Marathon Law Heng Kiang Level 53, KOMTAR, 10503 Penang T: 604 650 5136 E: lawhengkiang@penang.gov.my W: www.penangmarathon.gov.my

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MALDIVES JUN Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race Mirshan Hassan Dhiraagu Head Office 403 Ameenee Magu, Maafannu, Male’ T: 960 7784468, 960 3311336 E: mirshan@dhiraagu.com.mv W: www.dmrr.mv

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Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l APR Marathon Kim Ok Sun Jeollabuk-do Gunsan-si Jochon-dong 888, Gunsan City T: 82 63 450 6127 E: sn1976@korea.kr, sn1976@hanmail.net W: www.smgmara.com

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Dong-A Ilbo Gyeongju Int’l Marathon OCT In-Cheol Lee 139 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-715 T: 82 2 2020 0311 E: marathon@donga.com W: marathon.donga.com/gyeongju.html

JUL Marathon de l’Ile Maurice Jean Marie Grall C/O Incentive Partners Ltd, Impasse de la Foret-Chamouny-Ile Maurice T: 230 622 2148 E: inscription@ilemauricemarathon.com W: www.mauritiusmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/pages/MauritiusMarathon

MEXICO OCT Maratón Aguascalientes Jose Luis Trujillo Alcala Circuito Aguascalientes Sur 201, Parque Industrial del Valle de Aguascalientes, Ags, Ags. Mexico CP 20140 T: 52 449 993 0941 E: maratonaguascalientes@hotmail.com W: www.maratonaguascalientes.com.mx fb: on.fb.me/1coBCev

Medio Maratón Atlas Colomos SEP Raúl Mendoza Paseo Atlas Colomos, 2000, Col. Lomas del Bosque, C.P. 45110, Zapopan, Jalisco T: 52 333 648 0120 Ext. 1145 E: raul.mendoza@atlascolomos.com.mx W: www.mediomaratonatlas.com fb: on.fb.me/IR59pk

Maratón Int’l de Culiacán JAN Juan Antonio Lopez Garibaldi Constitución 175 pte., Colonia Almada, C.P. 80200, Culiacán, Sinaloa T: 52 667 712 4710 E: boletinaa@hotmail.com W: www.maratonculiacan.org.mx Medio Maratón Día del Padre JUN Mario Romero Saínos Camino a Santa Teresa No. 187-C, 1er piso, Col. Parques del Pedregal, C.P. 14010 , Delegación Tlalpan, México Distrito Federal T: 52 555 335 3333 E: contacto@corredoresdelbosque detlalpan.com.mx W: www.corredoresdelbosque detlalpan.com.mx Gran Maraton Pacifico NOV Juan Francisco Ayla Barajas Javier Barros Sierra 555, 3 Piso Zedec Ed Plaza Santa Fe, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, Distrito Federal, CP 01210 T: 525 55 22660058 E: francisco.ayala@gmodelo.com.mx W: www.maraton.org fb: facebook.com/gran.maratonpacifico Maratón Int’l de Guadalajara OCT Marcos Luis Esquivel Tabares Nevado de Toluca, # 100 Col. Independencia, C.P. 44290, Guadalajara T: 52 333 883 4000 ext. 101/102 E: marcosesquivel@comudeguadalajara .gob.mx W: www.maratonguadalajara.org fb: facebook.com/MaratonGDL Medio Maratón Int’l Guadalajara FEB Marcos Luis Esquivel Tabares Nevado de Toluca # 100 Col. Independencia, 44290 Guadalajara T: 52 333 883 4000 E: marcosesquivel@comudeguadalajara .gob.mx W: medio.maratonguadalajara.org fb: https://facebook.com/MaratonGDL Maratón Int’l Lala MAR Luis Rey Delgado García Calzada Lázaro Cárdenas #185, Parque Industrial Lagunero, Gómez Palacio, Durango, C.P. 35077 T: 52 871 729 31 00 Ext. 3053 E: nydia.rocha@grupolala.com W: www.maratonlala.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9fPdX Maratón de la Ciudad de México AUG Mtro. Horacio de la Vega Flores División del Norte 2333 General Anaya, C.p. 03340 Benito Juárez, México D.F. T: 52 55 56048255 E: contacto@maratoncdmx.com W: www.maratoncdmx.com/index.php fb: facebook.com/MaratonCdMx Maratón Powerade Monterrey Edilberto González Serna Rio Pilon 2124, Fraccionamiento Bernardo Reyes, Monterrey (NL), CP 64280 T: 52 81 8863 1744 E: edilberto.gonzalez@correnl.com W: www.maratonmonterrey.com fb: facebook.com/Maratonmty 21km Nuevo Leon Luciano Ramirez Gallardo Francisco Murguia 4200, Col Guadalupe Victoria, Guadalupe NL T: 52 818 161 6725 E: atletismonuevoleon@gmail.com Queretaro Maraton Enrique Taracena Sanz Circuito Jardin 11-B, Col. Alamos 3a sección, Queretaro, QRO 76160 T: 52 442 2452773 E: etaracena57@gmail.com W: www.queretaromaraton.com fb: facebook.com/QueretaroMaraton

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Tangamanga Int’l Marathon JUN Jaime Eduardo Morales Reyes Fray Diego de la magdalena 1015, Colonia Jardín, San Luis Potosi, SLP, CP 78280 T: 52 44 48 15 4444 E: maratontangamanga@gmail.com W: www.maratontangamanga.com fb: facebook.com/maratontangamanga Tijuana Marathon JUL Komar Rivera Fernández Cañon Aviación S/N Zona Centro, C.P. 22000, Tijuana, Baja California T: 215 9000 E: komarimdet@gmail.com W: www.imdet.tijuana.gob.mx Medio Maraton Turistico Riviera NOV Nayarit Arturo García Ruiz Velasco Nelson # 48, Col. Vallarta Poniente, C.P. 44690 Guadalajara, Jalisco T: 52 33 3616 6428 E: arturo@conserviexpress.com W: www.mediomaratonrivieranayarit.com fb: on.fb.me/Jic0Js MONTENEGRO Podgorica Marathon Milan Madžgalj st. 19 December No. 21, 81000 Podgorica T: 382 67 61 2057 E: maraton@t-com.me W: www.maraton.co.me

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MOROCCO Grand Marathon Int’l de Casablanca OCT Said Ibrahimi Moulay Skali Complexe sportif Mohamed V - Porte 10 - Casablanca, BP 16145 Casablanca T: 212 522 94 7700 E: contact@casablanca-marathon.com, m.skali@casablanca-marathon.com W: www.casablanca-marathon.com RAHAL 10K Int’l de Casablanca JUN Abdelouahed Essoulami Rahal Rahal memorial 10 Km, Quartier CUBA, Ancienne medina, Casablanca, Morocco-aroc T: 212 660 167 242 E: arahal@grouperahal.ma W: www.running.ma *Tafilalet 10km d’Errachidia DEC Lamhamdi Alaoui My Cherif 38 Av. My Ali Cherif, 52000 Errachidia T: 212 666 398 042 E: alaoui802003@hotmail.com W: www.errachidia10km.com fb: on.fb.me/MyL1KW *OCP 10km Int’l de Khouribga APR Abdessalam Belkhouh 2-4 rue al Abtal Hay Erraha, Casablanca T: 212 661 046 736 E: a.belkhouh@ocpgroup.ma W: www.running.ma Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune NOV Mohamed Derhim 24 Av. de la Marine, Hay El Hebain Laayoune T: 212 661 38 7946 E: mohamedderhim@atlassahara.ma W: www.semi-marathon-laayoune.ma

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RAHAL 10km Int’l Marrakech OCT Rachid Ben Meziane Avenhil 14, 3274 CT Heinenoord, Nederland T: 31 626 148367 / 212 660 002562 E: info@2cras.com, info@running.ma W: www.running.ma

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Marathon Int’l de Marrakech JAN Mohamed Knidiri Boîte Postale 682, Marrakech T: 212 661 24 1402 E: marathonmarrakech@gmail.com W: www.marathon-marrakech.com fb: facebook.com/marathon2marrakech

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Midnight Sun Marathon & half Nils I. Haetta PO Box 821, N-9258 Tromsø T: 47 776 7 3363 E: post@msm.no W: www.msm.no fb: on.fb.me/18FhPtw

NEthErLaNDS tCS amsterdam Marathon oCt Cees Pronk PO Box 5029, 1802 TA, Alkmaar T: 31 725 324 849 E: info@tcsamsterdammarathon.nl W: www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl fb: facebook.com/TCSAmsterdamMarathon

Leiden Marathon May Tjeerd Scheffer JC de Rijpstraat 20, 2315 WE Leiden T: 31 71 514 4461 E: info@marathon.nl W: www.marathon.nl fb: facebook.com/Leidenmarathon Marathon rotterdam aPr Mario J Kadiks PO Box 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam T: 31 10 432 3210 E: info@marathonrotterdam.nl W: www.marathonrotterdam.org/home fb: facebook.com/MarathonRdam NEW ZEaLaND aSB auckland Marathon Nov P O Box 37047, Parnell, 1151 Auckland T: 64 9 303 0193 E: info@aucklandmarathon.co.nz W: www.aucklandmarathon.co.nz fb: facebook.com/aucklandmarathon North PoLE

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Danske Bank oslo Marathon SEP Tony Isaksen Oslo Marathon AS c/o Sportsklubben Vidar, Postboks 5897 Majorstua, 0308 Oslo T: 47 928 48 598 E: tony@skvidar.no W: www.oslomaraton.no/en fb: facebook.com/oslomaraton oMaN

Enschede Marathon aPr Sabine Boshuis - van der Snoek Postbus 555, 7500 AN Enschede T: 31 53 430 5486 E: info@enschedemarathon.nl W: www.enschedemarathon.nl fb: nl-nl.facebook.com/EnschedeMarathon

fEB *al amerat Challenge race Rashid Ibrahim Alkindi T: 968 980 999 03 E: rashid@excellencperformance.com, info@excellencperformance.com W: www.alameratchallenge.com fb: facebook.com/ameratchallenge

PaNaMa XXXIX Panama Int’l Marathon 2015 DEC Rodrigo Espinosa San Francisco Avenida 3B-SUR, entre calle 68 y 67 Casa # 1 T: 507 667 23909 E: rodriespinosa@gmail.com W: www.corredoresdelistmo.com fb: on.fb.me/19tYlKX gatorade Panama Int’l half Marathon JuN Elmer Ortiz Nunez Asociacion Panama Runners, PO Box 0819-01577, El Dorado T: 507 260 1918 E: panamarunners@gmail.com W: www.panamahalfmarathon.com Paraguay aug Maratón Int’l de asunción Myrta Doldan Roman Pai Perez, 1293, Asuncion, Paraguay T: 595 21 21 3613 E: pmc.paraguay@gmail.com W: www.paraguaymarathonclub.org fb: facebook.com/#!/ParaguayMarathonClub

Media Maratón Int’l Ciudad de asunción May Marcelo Ithurralde Pai Perez 1293, esquina Ana Diaz, Asuncion T: 59 521 213 613 E: pmc.paraguay@gmail.com W: www.paraguaymarathonclub.org fb: facebook.com/ParaguayMarathonClub PEru

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May Maratón movistar Lima42k Andreas Müller Calle Los Halcones 345, Lima, Surquillo T: 51 1 253 5278 E: info@zmpromociones.org W: www.lima42k.com fb: on.fb.me/18FfgaU

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PhILIPPINES JaN Cebu Marathon Rio de la Cruz 108 E. Aguinaldo St. Phase 1 AFPOVAI, Taguig City T: 632 8876194 E: Rio.delacruz316@gmail.com W: www.cebumarathon.com fb: facebook.com/cebumarathon

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De Lage Landen Marathon oCt Eindhoven Hans de Greef Postbus 196, 5600 AD Eindhoven T: 31 651 963 458 E: hansdegreef@marathoneindhoven.nl W: www.marathoneindhoven.nl fb: facebook.com/marathon.eindhoven

North Pole Marathon Richard Donovan Polar Running Adventures, 95 Rosan Glas, Rahoon Road, Galway, Ireland T: 353 91 44 3408 E: rd@npmarathon.com W: www.npmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/npmarathon

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Dam tot Damloop Jan Willem Mijderwijk PO Box 5029, 1802 TA Alkmaar T: 31 725 338 136 E: info@lechampion.nl W: www.damloop.nl fb: facebook.com/damtotdamloop

fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon aPr Halfdan Haukeland TIF Viking Øvre Dreggsalm 7, 5003 Bergen T: 47 55 36 53 46, 47 47 41 30 03 E: post@bergencitymarathon.no W: www.bergencitymarathon.no fb: facebook.com/BergenCityMarathon Knarvikmila – the great fjord run Helge Brekke Boks 177, 5903 Isdalstø T: 47 971 4 5628 E: Info@knarvikmila.no W: www.knarvikmila.no fb: on.fb.me/IR5057

NaMIBIa 100km of the Namib Desert Adriano Zito Via Giardini 464/N, 41124 Modena, Italy T: 390 5935 9813 E: info@100kmofnamibdesert.com W: www.100kmofnamibdesert.com

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1/2 Maratón rPP Andreas Müller Calle Los Paujiles 285 of C, Lima – Surquillo T: 51 1 253 5278 E: info@zmpromociones.org W: www.maratonrpp.pe fb: facebook.com/maraton.RPP.peru

Milo Marathon Manila finals raceDEC Rio de la Cruz 108 E. Aguinaldo St. Phase 1 AFPOVAI, Taguig City T: 632 8876194 E: Rio.delacruz316@gmail.com W: www.runrio.com fb: on.fb.me/18FmfR5 National MILo Marathon JuL Rio de la Cruz 108 E. Aguinaldo St. Phase 1 AFPOVAI, Taguig City T: 632 8876194 E: Rio.delacruz316@gmail.com W: www.runrio.com fb: on.fb.me/18FmfR5 PoLaND Cracovia Marathon Krzysztof Kowal Sports Infrastructure Management Board of Krakow 10 Walerego Sławka Street, 30-633 Krakow T: 48 12 616 6300 E: strona@zis.krakow.pl W: www.cracoviamaraton.pl fb: https://pl-pl.facebook.com/ CracoviaMaraton Łódź Maraton Dbam o Zdrowie Michal Drelich Wernyhory 8a, 02-727 Warsaw T: 48 510 175 462 E: michal@sportevolution.pl W: www.lodzmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/lodzmaraton orLEN Warsaw Marathon Czeslaw Zapala ul. Wileńska 7, 45-316 Opole T: 48 602 452 629 E: zapala.czeslaw@gmail.com W: www.orlenmarathon.pl fb: facebook.com/ORLENMarathon Pila Int’l half Marathon Henryk Paskal Stowarzyszenie Biegow Ulicznych, Al. Powstancow Wlkp. 164, 64-920 Pila T: 48 67 212 0111 E: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl W: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl fb: facebook.com/polmaraton.pila

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running festival of the Economic forum Tomasz Lipiec Solec 85 str., 00-382 Warsaw T: 48 22 583 1100 E: festiwalbiegowy@isw.org.pl W: www.runningfestival.pl fb: facebook.com/festiwalbiegowy

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Porto Marathon EDP Nov Jorge Teixeira Loja do Corredor, Rua Santa Luzia, 808 4250-415, Porto T: 351 917 850 216 E: runporto@sapo.pt W: www.maratonadoporto.com fb: on.fb.me/19tXqKC

Silesia Marathon oCt Bohdan Witwicki Silesia Pro Active ul. Francuska 70, Apt. 1216, 40-028 Katowice T: 48 693 11 2411 E: info@silesiaproactive.pl W: www.silesiamarathon.pl fb: on.fb.me/18FdJS0

El Corte Inglés São Silvestre DEC de Lisboa Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa Rua Principal nº63, Bairro da Mina, São Domingos de Rana 2785-163 T: 351 966 826 012 E: hugo.miguel.sousa@hmssports.pt W: www.saosilvestredelisboa.com

PZu Warsaw Marathon SEP Marek Tronina Dąbrowskiego 14B, 05-077 WarszawaWesoła T: 48 510 175 461 E: info@warsawmarathon.com W: www.warsawmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/WarsawMarathon

World’s Best 10k road race Mar Rafael B. Acosta PO Box 29227, San Juan, PR 009290227 T: 1 787 767 2000 E: Lynn.santiago@wb10k.com W: www.wb10k.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9fJTB

Wroclaw Maraton SEP Wojciech Gestwa al. I. J. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw T: 48 71 733 40 60 E: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: www.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton.wroclawski PortugaL DEC Discoveries half Marathon António Campos Calçada da Tapada, 71A, 1349-012 Lisboa T: 351 21 361 6160 E: geral@xistarca.pt W: www.discoverieshalfmarathon.com fb: https://pt-br.facebook.com/Xistarca

grande Prémio fim da Europa Luis Sousa R S Francisco Xavier, 94, 1400-332 Lisboa T: 351 933 034 700 E: info@sportscience.pt W: www.fimdaeuropa.com

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EDP rock’n’roll Lisbon Marathon & rock’n’roll half Marathon vodafone rtP oCt Carlos Moya Maratona Clube de Portugal Bairro Franscisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas Branco 10, Laveiras, 2760-073 CAXIAS T: 351 21 441 6830 E: info@maratonaportugal.com W: www.rocknrollLisbon.com fb: facebook.com/RnRPortugal EDP Lisbon half Marathon Mar Carlos Moia Maratona Clube de Portugal Bairro Franscisco Sá Carneiro, Av. João Freitas Branco 10, Laveiras, 2760-073 CAXIAS T: 351 21 441 6830 E: info@maratonaportugal.com W: www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com fb: facebook.com/MeiaMaratonaLisboa

Poznan Marathon oCt Łukasz Miadziołko Poznań Sports and Recreation Centres Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznań T: 48 61 835 7917 E: info@marathon.poznan.pl W: www.marathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton

*Lisbon Eco Marathon JuN Luis Sousa R. S. Francisco Xavier 94, 1400-332 Lisboa T: 351 93 303 4700 E: ls@honoris.pt W: www.lisbonmarathon.pt fb: facebook.com/LisbonECOMarathon

Poznań half Marathon aPr Łukasz Miadziołko Poznań Sports and Recreation Centres Chwialkowskiego 34, 61-553 Poznan T: 48 61 835 7917 E: info@halfmarathon.poznan.pl W: www.halfmarathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton

oporto half Marathon SEP Jorge Teixeira Rua Godinho de Faria, 929 B, 4465156 Matosinhos T: 351 22 030 47 26 E: geral@runporto.com W: www.meiamaratonasportzone.com fb: on.fb.me/1bqbekL

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rEPuBLIC of South afrICa Cape Peninsula Marathon fEB Andrew Bell PO Box 44, Maitland, 7404, Cape Town T: 272 1511 7130 E: andrew@topevents.co.za W: www.topevents.co.za Sanlam Cape town Marathon SEP Janet Welham PO Box 783, Rondebosch, Western Cape T: 27 087 820 7223 E: running@capetownmarathon.com, janet@saige.co.za W: www.capetownmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/CTMarathon Comrades Marathon May Rowyn James 18 Connaught Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3201 T: 27 (0) 33 897 8650 E: rowyn@comrades.com W: www.comrades.com fb: facebook.com/ComradesMarathon Mandela Day Marathon aug Sbu Khuzwayo 242 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg T: 27 33 897 6763 E: mm@umdm.gov.za W: www.mandelamarathon.co.za fb: facebook.com/mandeladay.marathon Maritzburg City Marathon fEB John Hall PO Box 407, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, KwaZulu Natal T: 27 824 917 679 E: rd@pmb42.co.za W: www.pmb42.co.za fb: facebook.com/pmb42 old Mutual two oceans Marathon aPr Carol Vosloo Two Oceans Marathon NPC PO Box 2276, Clareinch, 7740, Cape Town T: 27 21 799 3040 E: stefanie@twooceansmarathon.org.za W: www.twooceansmarathon.org.za fb: facebook.com/TwoOceansMarathon roMaNIa Bucharest Marathon oCt Paolo Ottone Atena Street, 20, Sector 1 – Bucharest T: 40 212 303 249 E: office@bucharest-marathon.com W: www.bucharest-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/BucharestMarathon Bucharest half Marathon May Paolo Ottone Atena Street, 20, Sector 1 – Bucharest T: 40 734 153 797 E: office@bucharest-marathon.com W: www.bucharest21km.com fb: facebook.com/Bucuresti21km

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int’l Ergo White nights Marathon Jun Mikhail Kochetkov / Anton Uyk 191011 Russia, St.-Petersburg, street Millionnaya, 22 T: 7 812 335 6904 / 7 812 493 2120 E: info@wnmarathon.ru, whitenights1@mail.ru, uyk@startspb.ru W: www.wnmarathon.ru fb: facebook.com/groups/wnmarathon/ Moscow Marathon Dmitry Tarasov LLC NewAthletics 119270 Moscow, Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya, 2/4, bld. 12.

T: 7 495 780 0808 E: tarasov@newathletics.ru W: moscowmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/moscowmarathon Siberian int’l Marathon Konstantin Podbelskiy ul. Pevtzova 1, 644043 Omsk T: 7 381 224 2567 E: mail@runsim.ru W: www.runsim.ru fb: on.fb.me/1lttnsK Siberian ice half Marathon Konstantin Podbelskiy ul. Pevtzova 1, 644043 Omsk T: 7 381 224 2567 E: mail@runsim.ru W: www.runsim.ru fb: on.fb.me/1zzM9nj

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rWanda Kigali international Peace May Marathon Jean Pierre Ndacyayisenga B.P 2568, Kigali T: 250 788 353 479 E: coach2020a@gmail.com W: www.kigalimarathon.org fb: facebook.com/kigalimarathon2014 SErBia Suissegas Belgrade Marathon Dejan Nikolic Humska 4, 11000 Belgrade T: 381 11 3065 720 E: office@bgdmarathon.org W: www.bgdmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/Belgrade.Marathon novi Sad Marathon Milan Dolga Trg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad T: 381 21 527 214 E: marathon@sbb.rs W: www.marathon.org.rs fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon novi Sad half Marathon Dimitrije Dolga Trg Republike 13, 21000 Novi Sad T: 381 21 52 7214 E: marathon@sbb.rs W: www.marathon.org.rs fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon

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SEyChEllES Seychelles Eco-Friendly Marathon FEB Giovanna Rousseau National Sports Council PO Box 580, Victoria, Mahe T: 248 467 1208 / Mobile: 248 2722 333 E: highlevelsports@seychelles.sc W: www.seychelles-marathon.com

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SlovaKia ČSoB Bratislava Marathon Mar Jozef Pukalovič Nevädzova 6, 821 01 Bratislava T: 421 221 29 2050 E: info@becool.sk W: www.bratislavamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/bratislava.marathon Košice Peace Marathon Dr. Stefan Dano Marathon Club Košice Pri Jazdiarni 1, PO Box F-24, 04304 Košice T: 421 55 622 0010 E: info@kosicemarathon.com W: www.kosicemarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/IR7Nvl

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volgograd Marathon Dmitry Chirkov str Lenine 13, Volgograd 400131 T: 7 844 238 1253 E: info@volgamarathon.ru W: www.volgamarathon.ru

Standard Chartered Marathon dEC Singapore Chris Robb Spectrum Worldwide 221 Henderson Rd, #01-02 Henderson Bldg, Singapore 159557 T: 65 6377 5360 W: www.marathonsingapore.com fb: facebook.com/MarathonSG

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SlovEnia ljubljana Marathon oCT Gojko Zalokar Timing Ljubljana, Staniceva 41, 1000 Ljubljana T: 386 1 234 8000 E: info@timingljubljana.si W: www.vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si fb: facebook.com/ljmaraton Three hearts Marathon May Marko Pintaric Maraton treh src, p.p. 69, SI – 9252 Radenci T: 386 41 811 708 / 386 2 520 37 07 E: info@maraton-radenci.si W: www.maraton-radenci.si fb: facebook.com/MaratonTrehSrc SPain edreams Mitja Marató FEB de Barcelona Cristian Llorens Gran Via 8–10, 08902 Hospitaliet del Uobregat T: 34 615 57 3936 E: cllorens@rmpracing.es W: www.mitjabarcelona.com zurich Marato de Barcelona Mar Cristian Llorens Gran Via 8-10, 6ª pl., 08902 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona T: 34 93 431 5533 E: cllorens@rpmracing.es, cllorens@ghcsports.com W: www.zurichmaratobarcelona.es fb: facebook.com/ ZURICHMARATODEBARCELONA disa gran Canaria Maratón Jan Carlos Javier Arteaga Herrera Instituto Insular de Deportes de Gran Canaria Estadio de Gran Canaria, C/ Fondos de Segura s/n. Planta 0 T: 928 415 644 x10731 E: carteaga@grancanariadeportes.com W: www.grancanariamaraton.com fb: facebook.com/GCMaraton aSiCS Medio Maratón villa de Madrid Guillermo Ferrero Centeno Calle Villaamil 65, Madrid 28039 T: 34 91 402 6962 E: gferrero1944@yahoo.es W: www.mediomaratonmadrid.es fb: on.fb.me/1f9hRLh

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rock ’n’ roll Madrid Maratón & 1/2 aPr Pedro Rumbao C/ Donoso Cortés No 54 (28015 Madrid) T: 34 914 47 9631 / 34 914 47 9641 / 34 913 54 0389 E: drumbao@mapoma.es W: www.rocknrollmadrid.com fb: facebook.com/RnRMadrid Maratón Cabberty Málaga dEC Pepe Checa Fajardo C/ Miguel Merida Nicolich, 2 – 29004 – Málaga T: 34 952 176 392 E: jmcheca@malaga.eu, fjjurado@malaga.eu W: www.maratonmalaga.info fb: facebook.com/maratonciudaddemalaga Maratón donostia - San Sebastián nov Patxi Larrea Perurena Fly Group, Akarregi 12, Parcela 5, 20120 Hernani, San Sebastian T: 34 94 347 4341 E: info@maratondonostia.com (sport questions), maraton@flygroupnet.com (registrations) W: www.maratondonostia.com fb: facebook.com/maratonsansebastian Mitja Marato int’l Santa Pola Jan Roque M. Alemañ Bonet C/ Logroño, 10-BW 21, 03130 Santa Pola, Alicante T: 34 670 73 6040 E: chiplevante@gmail.com W: www.mitjasantapola.com fb: facebook.com/MitjaMaratoSantaPola zurich Maratón de Sevilla Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez C/Ancora, 40, 28045 Madrid T: 34 913 470 137 E: info@zurichmaratonsevilla.es W: www.zurichmaratonsevilla.es fb: facebook.com/MaratonDeSevilla

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Medio Maratón valencia Trinidad alfonso oCT Paco Borao Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia T: 34 96 346 0707 E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.mediomaratonvalencia.com fb: facebook.com/mediomaratonvalencia Maratón valencia Trinidad alfonso nov Paco Borao Arz. Fabian y Fuero, 14, 46009 Valencia T: 34 96 346 0707 E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.maratonvalencia.com fb: facebook.com/maratonvalencia *261 Women’s Marathon Mar José Luis Carrera 2C/ Aniceto Marinas, 2, 28008 Madrid T: 349 1758 2098 E: jlcarrera@smm.es W: www.261wm.com fb: facebook.com/261WM Sri lanKa oCT Colombo Marathon Mr P.T. Weerasinghe 29 B, S.De S. Jayasinghe Mawathe, Kalubowila, Dehiwela T: 94 11 282 4500 E: colombomarathon@LSRsrilanka.com, LSRtilak@sltnet.lk W: www.srilankamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/pages/LSR-ColomboMarathon/279336295533328

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göteborgsvarvet half Marathon Bo Edsberger PO Box 12174, S-402 42 Göteborg T: 46 31 772 7880 E: info@goteborgsvarvet.se W: www.goteborgsvarvet.se fb: facebook.com/goteborgsvarvet

Stockholm half Marathon SEP Ulf Saletti Stockholm Marathon Group Box 15124, 167 15 Bromma T: 46 8 545 664 40 E: info@stockholmhalfmarathon.se W: www.stockholmhalfmarathon.se fb: facebook.com/stockholmhalfmarathon aSiCS Stockholm Marathon May Ulf Saletti Box 15124, SE-167 15 Bromma T: 46 8 545 664 40 E: info@marathon.se W: www.stockholmmarathon.se fb: facebook.com/stockholmmarathon.se SWiTzErland harmony genève Marathon for unicef May Benjamin Chandelier Chez Hervé Favre, Rue des Sarments 4, 1222 Vésenaz E: info@genevemarathon.org W: www.genevemarathon.org fb: facebook.com/GeneveMarathon Jungfrau Marathon Richard Umberg Strandbadstr. 44, PO Box 243, CH3800 Interlaken T: 41 33 827 6290 E: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch W: www.jungfrau-marathon.ch fb: on.fb.me/19tWWnN

Swissalpine Andrea Tuffli PO Box 536, CH-7270 Davos Platz T: 41 81 401 1490 E: info@swissalpine.ch W: www.swissalpine.ch fb: on.fb.me/1bGsftU

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laguna Phuket int’l Marathon Raimund Wellenhofer Chip Timing Co. Ltd, 5th floor. CCT Building, 109 Surawong Road, Bangkok, 10500 T: 662 236 2921 E: info@goadventureasia.com W: www.phuketmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/phuketmarathon

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100 km del Sahara aPr Adriano Zito Via Giardini 464/n, 41124 Modena, Italy T: 39 059 359 813 E: info@zitoway.com W: www.100kmdelsahara.com fb: on.fb.me/1bGvC44 Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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*Sfax int’l olive Trees Marathon dEC Naamen Bouhamed B.P. 18 – Sfax El Jadida 3027 – Sfax T: 216 98 354 405 E: contact@marathon-des-olivierssfax.com W: www.marathon-des-oliviers-sfax.com fb: facebook.com/MarathondesoliviersSfax TurKEy

zurich Marathon aPr Bruno Lafranchi Spindelstrasse 2, 8041 Zürich E: info@zuerichmarathon.ch W: www.zuerichmarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/zurichmarathon?ref=hl

dushanbe international half Marathon Dilshod Kurbanov Prospekt Rudaki 48A, Dushanbe T: 992372216736 E: dilshod197779@mail.ru W: www.dushanbe-marathon.com

uWi-SPEC half Marathon oCT Dr. Iva Gloudon Sport & Physical Ed. Centre, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad T: 868 645 9239 E: info@spec.uwi.tt W: www.sta.uwi.edu/spec fb: facebook.com/UWISPEC TuniSia

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zermatt Marathon Andrea Schneider Postfach 52, CH-3924, St. Niklaus T: 41 27 946 0033 E: andrea@zermattmarathon.ch W: www.zermattmarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/zermattmarathon

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neujahrsmarathon zürich Jan Roger Kaufmann Verein Neujahrsmarathon, CH-8000 Zürich E: info@neujahrsmarathon.ch W: www.neujahrsmarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/neujahrsmarathon SwissCityMarathon – lucerne Reto Schorno Lidostrasse 5, CH-6006 Luzern T: 41 41 375 0330 E: info@swisscitymarathon.ch W: www.swisscitymarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/SwissCityMarathon

Thailand Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon Songkram Kraisonthi 20/1 Inthamara, 38 Suthisarn Road, Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 T: 66 22 77 6670 E: amazingfield@hotmail.com W: www.bkkmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/IRafC3

Khon Kaen int’l Marathon Jan Asst. Prof. Likhit Amarttyakong Khon Kaen University Alumni Association 123/101 Moo 16, Tumbol Nai Muang, Amphur Muang, Khon Kaen 40002 T: 66 81 9740784 E: khonkaenmarathon@gmail.com W: www.khonkaenmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/khonkaenmarathon

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lausanne Marathon Robert Bruchez 54, av. de Rhodanie, CH-1007 Lausanne T: 41 21 806 3016 E: info@lausanne-marathon.com W: www.lausanne-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/LausanneMarathon

Tanzania Kilimanjaro Marathon Mar John Addison Wild Frontiers Box 844, Halfway House 1685, Republic of South Africa T: 27 11 702 2035 E: john@wildfrontiers.com W: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com fb: facebook.com/Wild.Frontiers.Travel

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runatolia Marathon Mar Mr. Ali Dogan / Ms. Nergiz Gürler Holiday Plan Turizm Aspendos Bulvarı Aspendos İş Merkezi 65/A, 07200 Antalya T: 90 242 310 40 40 E: info@runatolia.com W: www.runatolia.com fb: facebook.com/runtalya.de vodafone İstanbul half Marathon aPr Ismail Ozbayraktar Karagumruk Mah. Kaleboyu Cad. No: 111, Spor A.S. Genel Mudurlugu Fatih/Istanbul T: 90 212 453 3000 E: istanbulyarimaratonu@sporas.com.tr W: www.istanbulyarimaratonu.org fb: facebook.com/ibbsporas

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Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aimsworldrunning.org Vodafone İstanbul Marathon nOV Ismail Ozbayraktar Karagumruk Mah. Kaleboyu Cad. No: 111, Fatih/Istanbul T: 90 212 453 3000 E: info@istanbulmarathon.org W: www.istanbulmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/IRa8pQ u.S. VirGin iSlanDS St Croix int’l Marathon Wallace Williams PO Box 222720, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00822 T: 1 340 643 2557 E: wallacewilliams@msn.com W: virginislandspace.org/ stxmarathon2013.htm

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Kharkiv int’l Marathon Dmitry Garmash 61166 Kharkiv, 15 Lenina avenue T: 38 050 343 15 63 E: info@kharkivmarathon.com W: www.kharkivmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/events/ 432939240160082

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big Sur int’l Marathon apr Doug Thurston PO Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922-2620 T: 1 831 625 6226 E: info@bsim.org W: www.bsim.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9jxV9

portland Marathon OCt Les Smith 200 SW Market, Suite 1900, Portland, OR 97201 T: 1 503 248 1134 E: info@portlandmarathon.org W: www.portlandmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/IR7VuL

Marine Corps Marathon OCt Rick Nealis PO Box 188, Quantico, VA 22134 T: 1 703 432 8022 E: marine.marathon@usmc.mil W: www.marinemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MarineCorpsMarathon

rock ’n’ roll DC Marathon & 1/2 presented by CareFirst blueCross Mar blueShield Erica Wood Competitor Group 9477 Waples Street, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92121 T: 1 (800) 311-1255 E: rnrdc@competitorgroup.com W: www.runrocknroll.competitor.com/usa fb: facebook.com/RocknRollDC

Maui Ocean Front Marathon & Half Jan Les Wright 2480 S. Kihei #28, Kihei, Maui, HI 96753 T: 1 530 559 2261 E: RunMaui@gmail.com W: www.mauioceanfrontmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bGrMbk

b.a.a. boston Marathon apr Tom Grilk Boston Athletic Association 185 Dartmouth St., 6th floor, Boston, MA 02116 T: 1 617 236 1652 E: info@baa.org W: www.baa.org fb: facebook.com/TheBostonMarathon

the Maui Marathon Sep Rudy Huber PO Box 330099, Kahului, HI 96733 T: 1 808 280 5801 E: info@mauimarathonhawaii.com W: www.mauimarathonhawaii.com fb: facebook.com/mauimarathonhawaii

bank of america Chicago Marathon OCt Carey Pinkowski 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1160, Chicago, IL60803 T: 1 312 904 9800 E: office@chicagomarathon.com W: www.chicagomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ChicagoMarathon

Gore-tex philadelphia Marathon nOV Desiree Peterkin-Bell PO Box 58130, Philadelphia PA19102 T: 215 683 2122 E: philadelphiamarathon@gmail.com W: www.philadelphiamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/PhiladelphiaMarathon

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raK Half Marathon Nathan Clayton PO Box 34878, Ras Al Khaimah T: 971 50 96 97 597 E: registration@rakmarathon.org W: www.rakmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/rakmarathon

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big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey nOV bay Doug Thurston PO Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922-2620 T: 1 831 625 6226 E: doug@bsim.org W: www.bigsurhalfmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/IRalcA

uKraine bila tserkva Marathon Sergey Bocharov 09100 Ukraine, Kyiv Region, Bila Tserkva, O. Gonchara Street 11 T: 38 0674 06 4806 E: org@bc-marathon.org.ua W: www.bc-marathon.org.ua fb: on.fb.me/1oWXmp8

uniteD StateS OF aMeriCa bass pro Shops Conservation Marathon Melissa Bondy 1935 S. Campbell, Springfield, MO 65807 T: 1 417 891 5333 E: mlbondy@basspro.com W: fitness.basspro.com fb: on.fb.me/IR9LMc

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Chevron Houston Marathon and aramco Houston Half Marathon Jan Brant Kotch 720 North Post Oak Road, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77024 T: 1 713 957 3453 E: bkotch@craincaton.com W: www.houstonmarathon.com

rock ’n’ roll las Vegas Marathon nOV & Half Alex Bennett 9477 Waples Street, STE 150, San Diego, CA 92121 T: 1 858 450 6510 E: RnRvegas@competitorgroup.com W: runrocknroll.com/las-vegas fb: facebook.com/RnRLasVegas lake tahoe triple Marathons & OCt trifecta Half Marathons Les Wright PO Box 20,000, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151 T: 1 530 559 2261 E: Leswright@sbcglobal.net W: www.laketahoemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/RunTahoe

Venezuela CaF-Marathon Caracas apr Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia Av. Luis Roche, Torre CAF, Altamira, Caracas T: 58 212 209 6661 E: maratoncaf@caf.com W: maraton.caf.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCafCaracas Gatorade Caracas rock 10K OCt Sonia Rosales Calle Suapure, Qta. Ros, ofc. 6 Colinas de Bello monte, 1050 Caracas T: 58 212 754 0073 E: srosales@hipereventos.com W: www.hipereventos.com fb: on.fb.me/IRe3mA VietnaM *Da nang int’l Marathon auG Mr. Khiem Ngo 4902 Riverstone Crossing Drive, Sugar Land, Texas 77479, USA E: info@rundanang.com W: www.rundanang.com fb: on.fb.me/1rKwXAg ziMbabwe econet Victoria Falls Marathon Jun John Addison Wild Frontiers Box 844, Halfway House 1685, Republic of South Africa T: 27 11 702 2035 E: john@wildfrontiers.com W: www.vicfallsmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/VictoriaFallsMarathon

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