Tag: Results

Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009 Results: Kenyans win

It was a familiar story at the Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009, with Kenyans dominating both the mens and womens divisions. John Wembusa, ranked 42nd in the world, won the mens event while Nelly Jepkurui (ranked 15th) won the womens event.

As per the organizers, about 60,000-70,000 runners took part in the various races on the day, but then, we can always take these statements with a pinch of salt. Rain played a bit of a spoil-sport when it came pouring in between. International marathon runners from Kenya, USA, Singapore and Malaysia also took part in the race.

Event website: www.givelife-chennaimarathon.com
For a change, the arrangements on the race day were reasonably okay as per the local running community members of the Chennai Runners group. Some photos of the event can be seen on picasaweb here. Complete timing results for the event awaited.

Results summary:

International Men:
1. John Wembusa,

2. Daniel Cherviyout,
3. Tewodros Shiferaw.

International Women:
1. Nelly Jepkurui,

2. Rose Kosgei,
3. Ayelu Lamma.

National Men:
1. Deepchand Saharan,

2. Arvind Kumar,
3.Ajay Kumar.

National Women:
1. Panpa Chanda,

2. Sukanya Mall,
3. Rameshwari.

Hyderabad Marathon 2009 Results

This was the 2nd edition of the Hyderabad Marathon and Half Marathon. And from whatever reviews I found about this event, a very well organized one too. The organizers are themselves very passionate runners, and this comes out in every aspect on how the run is organized, every small detail taken care of, the route, the traffic, water, finish line, medal and certificate distribution.

The complete results of the event are available at (though I see very few names, and some of the names of people I know seem to be missing):
http://www.hyderabad10k.com/marathon_results.php

Some reviews of the event from the BlogWorld:

Joshua – (half marathon)
Ram Medury – 2:27 (half marathon)
Malli – 2:41 (half marathon)
Daniel Vaz – 4:23 (marathon)
Lonesailer – 2:35 (half marathon)

BSA Hercules Duathlon 2009 Results: 17 year old Bharath wins

India’s first ever Duathlon (cycling + running) event happened on Sunday, June 14th, and saw a total of 322 participants battle it out. There were two events on the day:

  • 10k run + 20k cycling (5k run + 20k cycle + 5k run)
  • 5k run + 10k cycling (2.5k run + 10k cycle + 2.5k run)

The event was organized by Runners for Life, Bangalore (event website www.bsaherculesduathlon.com), and was unique in that it gave an opportunity for runners to try out their cycling skills, and for cyclists to test their mettle against the runners. Bangalore has a great community of runners and cyclists, and this was a perfect platform for both the communities to get together and have fun.

Complete results for all participants here.

The winners for the various events and categories are as follows:

Results: 10k run + 20k cycling:

  • Men’s Open – Bharath KA (1:24:37)
  • Women’s Open – Joshine Antony (1:48:44)
  • Men’s Senior – Ashok Nath (1:31:11)
  • Women’s Senior – Juju Grieve (2:18:35)

Results: 5k run + 10k cycling:

  • Men’s Open – Siddharth Kansal (48:20)
  • Women’s Open – Tiiu Vail (1:01:09)
  • Men’s Senior – Suresh Pathi (55:53)
  • Women’s Senior – Usha Mani (01:38:01))

Some reviews and updates on the event from blog world:
– Jayadeep does the 5K+10K in 1:10

– Dharmendra does the 10K + 20K in 1:44
– Sumil does the 10K + 20K in 1:54
– Sathish does the 10K + 20K in 1:58
– Krupakar does the 10K + 20K in 2:09 (and then cracks a good joke too!)
– Srinivas does the 10K + 20K in 2:10

To check out various news stories on the event, see below.
– SportzPower article
– Bangalore Mirror article
– MyBangalore article

Sunfeast World 10K 2009 Results: Merga, Mergia win

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:

  1. Sandeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 30:02
  2. Kashinath Aswale 30:08
  3. Santosh Kumar (Railways) 30:13
Womens 10K:

  1. Kavita Raut (Maharashtra) 34:32
  2. Preeja Sreedharan 34:40
  3. Preethi L Rao 35:21
IAAF report on the event can be read here.

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)

Comrades marathon 2009 results: Muzhingi wins

The race is still on for the thousands, as the winners are already through with theirs. More than 12,000 runners from 47 countries participated in the Comrades this year, a rise in participation count of 17% over the previous year.

Complete results: results.comrades.com
Track Your runner: Comrades track your runner service
Live finish line video: Comrades video streaming service

Last years 3rd place finisher, 33 year old Zimbabwean Stephen Muzhingi won the mens race in a time of 05:23:26, which is the second fastest time ever, behind Russian Leonid Shvetsov’s 2007 time of 05:20:49. Stephen was 3rd in Comrades 2008, 7th in 2007 and was 4th in this years Two Oceans. Defending champion Leonid Shvetsov (winner 2007, 2008) was second in 05:33:05 and Charles Tjiane (South African) was third in 05:34:18.

From twitter updates, I can see that out of the top 10 finishers, 9 are from Africa (including 8 from SA) and 1 Russian. Watching the live streaming video from the Comrades website, though a defective power adapter means I am out of sound.

Russian twin sisters Olesya (winner 2007) and Elena Nurgalieva (winner 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) lead from the front, and were separated by just 3 seconds at the finishing line, finishing 1st and 2nd respectively. Oleysya’s time was 6:12:08 and Elena (last year winner) finished in 6:12:11. The twins had earlier won at the Two Oceans 56 KM run this year, where they finished the run with their hands joined, and the judges had a tough time deciding who was first!

Russian Tatyana Zhirkova (winner 2005) was 3rd in 6:15:00, another 3 minutes behind. 36 year old  Farwa Mentoor was the first South African to finish, in 5th position in 6:45:03. Farwa has a number of top 10 places over the last several years.

Results (Mens):
  1. Stephen Muzhingi (ZIM) 5:23:27
  2. Leonid Shvetsov (RUS) 5:33:10
  3. Charles Tijane (SA) 5:34:21
  4. Fusi Nhlapo (SA) 5:36:17
  5. LucasNonyana (SA) 5:39:29
  6. Mncedisi Mkhize (SA) 5:41:14
  7. Bongmusa Mthembu (SA) 5:41:52
  8. Peter Molapo (SA) 5:42:25
  9. Bethuel Netshifthefhe (SA) 5:43:35
  10. Harmans Mokgadi (SA) 5:44.49 
Results (Womens):

  1. Olesya Nurgalieva (RUS) 06:12:12
  2. Elena Nurgalieva (RUS) 06:13:14
  3. Tatyana Zhirkova (RUS) 06:15:03
  4. Marina Myshlyanova (RUS) 06:30:42
  5. Farwa Mentoor (SA) 06:45:33
  6. Lesley Train 07:01:07
  7. Marina Bychkova 07:03:24
  8. Lindsay Van Aswegen 07:08:55
  9. BelindaWaghorn 07:09:36
  10. Kashmira Parbhoo 07:16:13

Some interesting stats from the event:

12,952 runners entered the race, 11,505 started the race, 10,006 finished the race. So, 86.9 % of the starters finished the race.

On the medical front, 671 runners required treatment, which is less than 2% of the field. 58 runners were hospitalized. 3 runners had seizures and were admitted to intensive care.