June 13, Bangalore – Bharath won the premier 5K-20K-5K event at the 2nd edition of the BSA Hercules Duathlon, a running-cycling event from Runners for Life, Bangalore with a time of 1 hour 17 mins 51 secs. Filippo Colucci was second in 1:18:19 and Matt Barrett third with 1:18:54. It was a repeat win for Bharath, who as a 17 year old won the 2009 race as well. In the process, he chopped of about 6 mins from the time he set last year, 1:24:37.

In the women’s 5K-20K-5K race, it was Neera Katwal taking the honors with the win in 1:47:46. Jeevitha V was second in 1:49:22 while Joshine was third in1:50:55.  There were about 400 participants in the various races on the day.

Open Men 2.5K – 10K – 2.5K

1. Mohammed Shariq 116 00:44:05
2. Nicola Fogola 297 00:47:52
3. Jean Marc Dalle 248 00:48:30

Senior Men 2.5K – 10K – 2.5K

1. Sean Dexter 304 00:56:15
2. Ramesh Santham 297 00:58:52
3. Ramesh Somayaji 303 01:06:32

Open Women 2.5K – 10K – 2.5K

1. Rekha Goel 250 01:04:03
2. Deepika R 288 01:11:28
3. Priya Radhakrishnan 265 01:15:17

Senior Women 2.5K – 10K – 2.5K

• No runners

Open Men 5K – 20K – 5K

1. Bharath 646 01:17:51
2. Filippo Colucci 521 01:18:19
3. Matt Barrett 579 01:18:54

Senior Men 5K – 20K – 5K

1. Ashok Nath 802 01:30:44
2. Kobayashi Toshinazu 803 01:34:00
3. Ajit Thandur 801 01:42:01

Open Women 5K – 20K – 5K

1. Neera Katwal 757 01:47:46
2. Jeevitha V 767 01:49:22
3. Joshine 761 01:50:55

Senior Women 5K – 20K – 5K

1. Juju Harunsyah Grieve 851 02:20:04
2. Gurmeet Kaur 853 02:39:41
3. Chandra Gopalan 852 02:39:59

Results for all participants available on the official results page.

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Linet Masai of Kenya won the NYRR New York Mini 10K on Saturday, June 12. Emily Chebet of Kenya finished second, and Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopia finished third. More than 7,000 runners register for the race.

The NRRR New York Mini 10K is an exclusive Women’s only race. This year saw 5,189 finishers, the second highest since 1997.

The race had a collection of one of the best talents in the world of road running, including four-time Mini 10K champion Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands, 36, Kenya’s Emily Chebet, 24, who had defeated Masai by one second to win this year’s World Cross race in Poland; 2010 Boston Marathon champion Teyba Erkesso, 27, of Ethiopia; and Werknesh Kidane, 28, also of Ethiopia, a former World Cross champion and a World Championships silver medalist on the track (source: NYRR).

Results Summary

1. MASAI LINET (Kenya) 30:48
2. CHEBET EMILY (Kenya) 31:13
3. KIDANE WORKNESH (Ethiopia) 31:18
4. KIPLAGAT LORNAH (Netherlands) 31:40
5. SMITH KIM (New Zealand) 32:15
6. ERKESSO TEYBA (Ethiopia) 32:24
7. ALENE AMARE SHEWARGE (NY, USA) 32:27
8. KALMER RENE (South Africa 32:32
9. DEBA BUZUNESH (Ethiopia) 32:37
10. ROTICH CAROLINE (Kenya) 32:43

Results for all participants are available on the official results page.

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Richard Limo of Kenya won the Rock and Roll Marathon at San Diego, with a time of 2:09:56. This was Limo’s first marathon and it was a moment to savor for him at the finish line. William Chebor of Kenya finished second in 2:10:13. Nicholas Arciniaga from Fountain Valley finished third in 2:11:47.

The women’s race was won by Yulia Gromova from Russia in 2:27:38. In all, about 30,000 runners took part in the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. It was also the first time that the half marathon was included in the race day program.

Results Summary

Marathon (Men):

1. Richard Limo 2:09:56
2. William Chebor 2:10:13
3. Nicholas Arciniaga 2:11:47
4. Leonard Mucheru 2:12:40
5. Simon Wangai 2:13:00
6. William Biama 2:13:23
7. Hendrick Ramaala 2:14:41
8. Tarefe Yae 2:14:54
9. Kenei Kiprotich 2:17:51
10. Regassa Nigusse 2:20:17

Marathon (Women):

1. Yulia Gromova 2:27:38
2. Shuru Diriba 2:29:09
3. Serkalem Abrah 2:32:06
4. Tiki Gelana 2:32:19
5. Jemima Jelegat 2:32:31
6. Luliia Arkhipova 2:32:47
7. Anne Kosgei 2:33:36
8. Adanech Zekiros 2:36:10
9. Olena Shurkno 2:38:35
10. Svetlana Pretot 2:41:49

Results for all participants are available on the official results page.

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Source: Stockholm Marathon – A record number of 15,468 runners started the 32nd edition of the Stockholm Marathon. For the first time in four years the participants were welcomed by favourable conditions, 19 degrees and almost no wind.

The Kenyan duo of Hillary Chepchumba and Joseph Lagat pushed the pace after five kilometres and completed the following 10K in less than 30 minutes. By halfway (1:04:35) they had gained an advantage of almost two and a half minutes to a chase pack composed of fellow Kenyans Daniel Yego, James Bett and Jonas Kemboi together with South Africa’s Johannes Kekana and Ethiopia’s Getumeferia Feklu. On the steep descent of the Västerbro Bridge Lagat increased the pace and dropped Chepchumba who dwindled to fourth place. Lagat however also lost momentum and missed the 27 years old course record by roughly half a minute. Kekana prevailed over Kemboi in the battle for second place.

Isabellah Andersson secured her third consecutive victory by displaying her usual defensive tactics. She didn’t try to follow Gladys Chebet of Kenya who started in a furious pace (17:26 at 5k). But after less than to the halfway point Andersson had gained the lead and powered away to victory by almost six minutes in 2:31:35. Another record was reached by the number of finishers: 14,715.

Results Summary

Marathon (Men):

1. Lagat, Joseph (KEN) 02:12:48
2. Kekana, Johannes (RSA) 02:16:09
3. Kibiwott Kemboi, Jonah (KEN) 02:16:47
4. Kipchumba, Hillary (KEN) 02:16:56
5. Yego, Daniel (KEN) 02:19:35
6. Bouafif, Adil (SWE) 02:21:47
7. Bett, James (KEN) 02:22:09
8. Petersson, Erik (SWE) 02:23:46
9. Österlund, Kristoffer (SWE) 02:24:14
10. Kjäll-Ohlsson, Martin (SWE) 02:26:15

Marathon (Women):

1. Andersson, Isabellah (SWE) 02:31:35
2. Tesfaye, Aberash (ETH) 02:37:20
3. Kedir, Seada (ETH) 02:37:28
4. Mashkantseva, Irina (RUS) 02:43:43
5. Kozuboskaya, Irina (RUS) 02:44:47
6. Chebet, Gladys (KEN) 02:44:56
7. Samuelsson, Gabriella (SWE) 02:46:33
8. Puotiniemi, Leena (FIN) 02:47:39
9. Nordström, Therese (SWE) 02:48:19
10. Alemu, Zinash (ETH) 02:48:49

Results for all participants available on the official results page.

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Zimbabwe’s Stephen Muzhingi won the 85th edition of the Comrades Marathon, an 89KM down run, also called the Ultimate Human Race, between the cities of Peitermaritzburg and Durban in South Africa. It was a fantastic double for Muzhingi, who won the last years race too, as a novice runner. The rest of the 9 places in top-10 went to runners from South Africa.

The women’s race was won by Russia’s Elena Nurgalieva, in what was her 5th win at Comrades. Her twin sister, and winner from last year, Olesya was second. South African Farwa Mentoor was once again the top flag bearer for her country finishing fifth in 6:38. It was also interesting to see the American contingent at this years run, and Kami Semick kept their flag flying high with a 4th place finish in the womens run.

The organizers reported aboput 16,500 finishers from about 20,000 starters at this years run.

RESULTS SUMMARY

Men

1. Stephen Muzhingi (F1 Bluff Meats), Zim, 5:29:00
2. Ludwick Mamabolo (Mr Price) RSA, 5:35:28
3. Sergio Motsoeneng (Discovery) RSA, 5:35:57
4. Bongmusa Mthembu (Mr Price) RSA, 5:37:48
5. Fanie Matshipa (Toyota) RSA, 5:39:52
6. Fusi Nhlapo (Mr Price) RSA, 5:40:25
7. Claude Moshiywa (Mr Price) RSA, 5:43:03
8. Petros Sosibo (Mr Price) RSA, 5:45:57
9. Peter Molapo (Nedbank) RSA, 5:46:18
10. Leboka Noto (Mr Price) Les, 5:48:44

Women

1. Elena Nurgalieva (Mr Price) Rus, 6:13:03
2. Olesya Nurgalieva (Mr Price) Rus, 6:13:04
3. Marina Myshlyanova (Mr Price) Rus, 6:26:02
4. Kami Semick USA, 6:32:54
5. Farwa Mentoor (Bonitas) RSA, 6:38:40
6. Lizzy Hawker UK, 6:39:42
7. Irina Vishnevskaya (Nedbank) Rus, 6:44:26
8. Lindsay van Aswegan (Toyota) RSA, 6:46:51
9. Adinda Kruger (Nedbank) RSA 6:51:14
10. Anna Pichrtová (Mr Price), Cze, 6:51:33

Results for all participants are available on the official website.

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Bangalore – Leaving behind much fancied opponents in the form of defending champion Deriba Merga, Paris Marathon winner Tadese Tola, and 3rd place finisher from 2009 Wilson Kipsang, 19 year old Titus Mbieshei of Kenya won the 3rd edition of the  Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore. Mbieshei finished in 27:54.

In the womens race, a new course record was created as Yimer Wude of Ethiopia won in 31:58, beating much fancied Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia, the defending champion from last year. Wude was 3rd placed in 2009 Delhi Half Marathon.

Sunfeast World 10K is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, and just one of three such 10K races accredited with the Gold Label worldwide by IAAF.

Results Summary

10K (Men)

1. TITUS MBIESHEI (KEN) 27:54
2. MOSES KIPSIRO (UGA) 28:08
3. FEYISA LELISA (KEN) 28:23
4. DERIBA MERGA (ETH) 28:32
5. EDWIN KIPKORIR (KEN) 28:35
6. TITUS MASAI 28:44
7. TADESE TOLA 28:49
8. ESHETU WENDIMU 28:50
9. GEOFFREY KUSURO 28:52
10. HENRY CHIRCHIR 28:56

10K (Women)

1. YIMER WUDE (ETH) 31:58
2. ASELEFECH MERGIA (ETH) 32:00
3. GRACE MOMANYI (KEN) 32:05
4. KOREN YAL (ETH) 32:17
5. ABERU KEBEDE (ETH) 32:21
6. HILDA KIBET 32:22
7. GENET GETENEH 32:23
8. DIRE TUNE 32:39
9. GLADYS CHEMWENO 32:49
10. TIGIST TUFA 32:58

10K (Elite Men, India)

1. Sunil Kumar 30:47 (overall 21st)
2. Arvind Kumar Yadav 30:47 (overall 22nd)
3. Santosh Kumar 30:50 (overall 23rd)

10K (Elite Women, India)

1. Preethi L Rao 37:47 (overall 21st)
2. M Sudha 39:25 (overall 22nd)
3. Kamalesh Baghel 39:43 (overall 24th)

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The 31th edition of the GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon was won by Kenyan Sammy Kiprono in a time of 1:01:10. Fellow countrymen Wilson Chebet and Joseph Kiptum secured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively. The women’s top place went to Ethiopian runner Amann Gobena who won in 1:11:40. Isabellah Andersson was 2nd while Kenyan Leah Malot was 3rd.

World’s Largest Half Marathon

58,122 runners had registered for the GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon 2010. In all, around 70,000 runners will be participating in one of the races during the GöteborgsVarvet weekend 20-23 of May 2010. The event is now positioned as the world’s largest Half Marathon and takes this honour from BUPA Great North Run in the UK. Last years race on May 16th had 53,848 entries of which 40,523 finished. The former largest Half Marathon race was BUPA Great North Run in Newcastle, which took place in September 2009 and had 37, 598 finishers.

Results Summary

Half Marathon (Men)

1. Sammy Kirui Kiprono (Kenya) 1:01:10
2. Wilson Kwambai Chebet (Kenya) 1:01:22
3. Joseph Kiprono Kiptum (Kenya) 1:01:40
4. Girma Assefa (Ethiopian) 1:02:25
5. Kipkosgei Evans Ruto (Kenya) 1:02:52
6. Nicholas Kamakya Manz (Kenya) 1:02:55
7. Josphat Boit (Kenya) 1:03:25
8. Iaroslav Musinschi (Moldova) 1:04:27
9. Charles Wanjohi Ndiritu (Kenya) 1:05:11
10. John Ndungu Kiarie (Kenya) 1:06:15

Half Marathon (Women)

1. Amann Gobena (Ethiopian) 1:11:40
2. Isabellah Andersson (Hässelby SK) 1:13:29
3. Leah Malot (Kenya) 1:13:48
4. Lena Gavelin (Narrow Bay IF) 1:16:36
5. Lydia Njeri Mathati (Kenya) 1:17:22
6. Lucia Kimani Mwihaki 1:17:49
7. Anna von Schenck (Hässelby SK) 1:18:58
8. Filomena Costa (Portugal 1:19:33
9. Jorunn Rekkedal (Ridge Idrettslag) 1:19:58
10. Therese Hagersjö 1:20:47

Results for all participants are available on the official results page.

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It was a familiar story at the 2010 Great Manchester Run, with a lot promised, and little delivered. The last couple of years have seen a number of runs from legend Haile Gebrselassie where all the talk before the race is of breaking the world record, and after the run, well, things do not go exactly to the plans and there are always some explanations about the weather, etc. This time it was the wind.

That however takes nothing away from the fact that Gebrselassie won the 2010 edition of the Great Manchester Run with consummate ease, winning in a time of 28:02, never seriously challenging the world record time of 27:01 by Micah Kogo. This was Gebrselassie’s third consecutive win at the event.

With 36,000 participants, the Great Manchester Run is one of the biggest 10K runs in the world, and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race event.

Results Summary

10K (Men):

1. HAILE GEBRSELASSIE 00:28:02
2. AYAD LAMDASSEM 00:28:09
3. SERGIY LEBID 00:28:29
4. RUI SILVA 00:28:50
5. GUENTHER WEIDLINGER 00:28:53
6. MARK WARMBY 00:28:55
7. TIM DON 00:28:56
8. Luis Feiteira 00:28:57
9. PHIL NICHOLLS 00:29:07
10. Anthony Ford 00:29:09

10K (Women):

1. WERKENESH KIDANE 00:31:19
2. JESSICA AUGUSTO 00:31:47
3. INES MONTEIRO 00:32:02
4. ANIKO KALOVICS 00:32:20
5. Jo Pavey 00:32:42
6. DERARTU TULU 00:32:53
7. Susan Chepkemei 00:32:58
8. JUSTINA HESLOP 00:33:15
9. JELENA PROKOPCUKA 00:33:30
10. SONIA SAMUELS 00:33:30

Results for all participants are available on the official results page.

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A new 12K world record was made at the 99th ING Bay to Breakers 12K, which is one of the world’s largest runs. Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya won the race in a time of 38:07 to break her own world record which she had set just two weeks ago at the Lilac Bloomsday run.

In the men’s race, it was defending champion Kenyan Sammy Kitwara, who won the race in 34:15 to out duel countryman Peter Kirui, just pipping him at the finishing line.

Results Summary

12K (Men):

• Sammy Kitwara (KEN), 34:15
• Peter Kirui (KEN), 34:15
• Tilahun Regassa (ETH), 35:30
• Tesfaye Sendeku (ETH), 35:59
• Ridouane Harroufi (MAR), 35:55
• Scott Bauhs (USA / CA), 35:55
• Simon Ndirangu (KEN), 36:14
• Gilbert Okari (KEN), 36:14
• James Kipketer (KEN), 36:37
• Josh Moen (USA / MN), IA 36:47

12K (Women):

• Lineth Chepkurui (KEN), 38:07
• Emily Chebet (KEN), Kenya 38:41
• Mamitu Daska (ETH), 39:34
• Jelliah Tinega (KEN), 40:14
• Caroline Rotich (KEN), 40:37
• Jane Kibii (KEN), 41:05
• Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (USA / CA), 41:39
• Kate O’Neill (USA / CA), 41:52
• Annie Bersagel (USA / CA), 41:57
• Clara Horowitz-Peterson (USA / CA), 42:16

Results for all participants are available on the official results page.

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Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia set a new Central Park record of 27:42 to win the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 15. Among the women, Buzunesh Deba, representing the West Side Runners, won the race in 33:09. More than 7,800 people finished the race.

Total Finishers: Men – 4111 Women – 3726 Total – 7837

Results Summary

10K (Men):

1. GEBREMARIAM GEBRE Ethiopia 27:42
2. KAMAIS PETER M33 Kenya 27:49
3. KOGO JULIUS M24 Kenya 28:19
4. THOMPSON CHRIS Great Britain 28:25
5. CRAGG ALISTAIR Ireland 28:33
6. ABDIRAHMAN ABDI Tucson AZ 28:35
7. ST. LAWRENCE BEN Australia 28:36
8. TRAFEH MOHAMED M25 Duarte CA 28:37
9. MORAN ED M28 Williamsburg VA 28:39
10. BIWOTT SHADRACK Kenya 28:57

10K (Women):

1. DEBA BUZUNESH BRONX NY 33:09
2. KOONS FRANCES F24 BRYN MAWR PA 33:31
3. MISGANAW ALEMTSEHAY NEW YORK NY 33:44
4. KOSGEI SALOME WTC HIGH FALLS NY 33:47
5. ALIYU AZIZA BRONX NY 34:29
6. ABRHA SERKALEM BISET NEW YORK NY 35:17
7. ROBBIE CATHERINE RED BANK NJ 35:57
8. CHANG HANNAH 36:02
9. BECK CATHERINE HIGHLAND PARK NJ 36:11
10. UHLER LAUREN NEW YORK NY 36:23

Results for all participants available on the official results page.

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