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Elite Championchip results
General Championchip results
Coming down to Bangalore after a great win at the Boston marathon, and a 27:24 10K at Ottawa a week earlier, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia won the 2nd edition of the Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore on May 31st. Merga won in 28:13. Kenyan Mark Kiptoo was second in 28:15 while fellow Kenyan Bernard Kipyego was third in 28:24. The event saw a total of 23,000 runners taking part in the various runs on the day. The weather was reported to be better than last year, and the early start this year also helped, though last year’s course record was not broken.
(Photo courtesy: potogeek @ flickr)
In the womens elite run it was a close contest where just a second separated winner Ethiopian Mergia Asslefech (32:08) and first runner Mary Keitany of Kenya (32:09) while Ethiopia’s Aberu Kebede was third in 32:11.
Overall results (courtesy IAAF):
MEN
1. Deriba Merga (Ethiopia) 28:13
2. Mark Kiptoo (Kenya) 28:15
3. Bernard Kipyego (Kenya) 28:24
4. Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 28:30
5. Dino Sefir (Ethiopia) 28:39
6. Fabiano Joseph (Tanzania) 28:49
7. Dejere Tadessa (Ethiopia) 28:55
8. Dechase Chala (Ethiopia) 29:00
9. John Wambua (Kenya) 29:08
10. Ezekiel Cherop (Kenya) 29:24
WOMEN
1. Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) 32:08
2. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 32:09
3. Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) 32:11
4. Hilda Kibet (Holland) 32:22
5. Meseret Mengistu (Ethiopia) 32:26
6. Peninah Arusei (Kenya) 32:27
7. Workitu Ayanu (Ethiopia) 32:36
8. Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 33:07
9. Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) 33:14
10. Zakia Mrishko (Tanzania) 33:47
Indian Performance at World 10K: None of the Indian runners, men and women, finished in the top 10, mostly occupying the 15-20 slots, and were about 2 minutes off the timing of race winners. Thats a big deal for a 10K.
Mens 10K:
- Sandeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 30:02
- Kashinath Aswale 30:08
- Santosh Kumar (Railways) 30:13
- Kavita Raut (Maharashtra) 34:32
- Preeja Sreedharan 34:40
- Preethi L Rao 35:21
Some of my fellow runner/bloggers ran too, and below are their race reports.
- Dharmendra runs his best 10K in two years (47:52)
- Rohit does a PB (50:36)
- Kiran shaves off about 20 minutes from his previous PB (51:50)
- Anbusivam shocks himself with a great finish (68:00)
- Vikram takes the running challenge (74:00)
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@Swapnil: Congrats! Thats a good start for your "mArAtHoN dreams", 21K to be precise
i finished in 79mins…this being my first 10k or any run for that matter!!
@Rishi: Your plan looks good. Drop me a mail when in Delhi, you will be able to find many running groups at http://delhirunners.com (Discussion Forum section), see what works out best to where you will be staying.
@Anbusivam: Thanks. I really love doing all this stuff.
Thank you so much Tanvir for linking me in your post. Your’s is an excellent blog, one stop reference on marathons in India. Nice to know you though this wonderful medium.
Thanks Tanvir,
Now I plan to do a half marathon in September and a 25K or 50K (depends upon my training build up) forest trail run in October.
Going through your blog is like reading a good running magazine- keep up the excellent work.
I will be in Delhi for the weekend of 13th and 27th June. I’ll like to do a long run there- would you mind if I join you guys? What is your usual run schedule on Sundays?
Best wishes
Rishi
@Srini: Thanks for the visit, and congrats on a great run! Wait for the championchip timing results to be available on the website (which may take long, even upto a week going by past experiences). I will try to find out from other sources in the meanwhile…
Dear Tanvir,
Have been going thru ur blog for the past 10 days. I ran the 10K yesterday and felt great!! Should have done it in less than an hour but don’t know how to get the time before they send me the chip results. I forgot to wear a watch
Any clue ?
Srini
Aw man .. Merga was there?!! I didn’t even see him.