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Hyderabad Half Marathon results (Nov 30)

Results of the Hyderabad Half Marathon and 10K on Nov 30, 2008.

Online timing results for the event here

Participants (Half Marathon) : 500 (timing chip usage: 197, 39%)
Participants (10KM) : 2000 (timing chip usage: 764, 38%)

Half-Marathon (Men)
1. Surender Raut (ONGC) 1:03:45
2. Sandeep Kumar (UP)
3. Bining Lyng Khoi (ASI, Pune)

Half-Marathon (Women)
1. Kavitha Prasad (ONGC)
2. Preethi L. Rao (Jharkhand)
3. Vaishali Chatare (Central Railway, Nagpur)

Veterans (50+)
1. Gret Bolt (Holland)
2. Kushal Chand (Hyd)
3. Tripura Sundar Rao (Vsp)

Source: The Hindu

Results of Bangalore Ultra 2008


Well, the results are not yet posted on the website, so while we wait, I have posted a few reviews of the event. For the record, Santhosh from “Team Asha” ran 156KM in 24 hours, Shumit did 100KM after deciding on Wednesday that he will do the 100K. Doctor Rajat did 87.5KM before going on to help other runners!

315 runners took part in the 2008 event. Some reviews for the event from fellow bloggers after the run:

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2008 results

The Mens winner, Deriba Merga, ran a 59:15, which was a meet record, and not too far from the world record in this event of 58:33 owned by Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya.

Results as per the timing chip: Championchip UAE

Marathon Photos : Marathon-Photos.com (search “delhi” in the search box)

MEN:
1. Deriba Merga (ETH) 59:15 (new event record)
2. Wilson Kipsang (Ken) 59:16
3. Wilson Chebet (KEN) 59:34
4. Regassa Tilahun (Jr/ETH) 1:00:28
5. Tadesse Tola (ETH) 1:00:45
6. Dieudonne Disi (RWA) 1:00:47
7. Kiplimo Kimutai (KEN) 1:00:58
8. Joseph Maregu (KEN) 1:01:03
9. Eshetu Wondimu (ETH) 1:01:04
10. William Chebon Chebor (KEN) 1:01:17

WOMEN:
1. Asefelech Mergia (ETH) 1:08:17
2. Genet Getanah (ETH) 1:08:18
3. Peninah Arusei (KEN) 1:08:20
4. Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 1:09:37
5. Ashim Kasim (ETH) 1:10:19
6. Tiki Gelana (ETH) 1:10:22
7. Pauline Njeri (KEN) 1:10:23
8. Mare Dibaba (ETH) 1:10:28
9. Pauline Wangui (KEN) 1:10:36
10. Tigist Tufa (ETH) 1:10:41

Best Indian runners:

MEN:
1. Sandeep Kumar 1:04:48
2. Kashinath Aswale 1:04:52
3. Deep Chand 1:04:56
4. Irrappa Akki 1:05:07
5. Surendra Singh 1:05:28
6. Lengoi Binning 1:05:28

WOMEN:
1. Kavita Raut 1:17: 12
2. Preethi L Rao 1:17:20
3. Sudha Singh 1:17:39
4. Vivek Suba 1:18:02
5. Kiran Tiwari 1:21:51
6. Manjusha C. A. 1:23:21

IAAF report on the event

Hyderabad Half Marathon 2007

I would have loved to run this race, which took place yesterday (Nov 25th), but for my commitment for the Singapore marathon. This was the first time that the Chip Timing was introduced in any race in India, other than the Mumbai and Delhi runs. It was reported that about 30,000 runners participated in the run, which included smaller distances like the 10K also.

Winner Mens 10K : Vipul Saharia
Winner Half Marathon: Henry Ho (Kenya)

News coverage: KeralaNext

Update [Dec 4, 2007]:
The complete results are now available on the ChampionchipUAE website at:
http://www.championchipuae.com/hyderabad/21.html

It shows 126 finishers (male+female) for the Half marathon, though I guess there would be more participants since this is just the number for runners using the timing chip. However, the results do not tally with the results published in the media after the run. The names of the winners seem different both for 10K and 21K.

VDHM 2007: Experience and Results


Net time: 2 hr 16 min
Overall rank: 719

Looks like I am turning a veteran of the Delhi half marathons, with the third straight event done and dusted. I am indeed lucky that I started running in the year of the first HDHM in 2005.

Complete results of the run available at: Sports Timing AG website

To print your timing certificate: Click here

To get your race day photos: Marathon-Photos.com (click on vodafone delhi run)

This years run was not the fastest that I have done, but given that I had not been fully fit, I am satisfied with the results. The route turned out to be as expected, lots of shaded areas. The flyover at Aurobindo came in twice, but as the running experience grows, these things seem to matter less and less. My father was there at the finishing line… I was as relieved to see him as he was to see me. My parents, probably like any other, are always very concerned by my running. A couple of my colleagues from work were there at the finishing line when I arrived. The rest (about 10 more) probably came later.

This years event was by far the biggest yet, with about 9000 half marathon registrations. It came as a surprise that the organizers recorded the timings of most of the participants, the last recorded participant came in at 4:01, rank 1292). As has always been the trend, about 15% of the runners got timing chips and finished (1292/9000).

What did not go that well was the post race management. I had to stand in line for hours to get the medal/certificate. The printer went bad and most of the people were not given the timing certificate, just a temporary copy of the timings. The entire management of the certificate distribution was poorly done, very few queues in a very small enclosed place. It never took me more than 15 minutes to get this done in the past HDHM events. Also, the organizers need to do more to provide refreshments to the runners (paid), with some proper stalls etc, I just don’t understand why they don’t do this, it can earn them some big bucks as well, and they can sub-contract this to a third party.

A look at all the Delhi Half marathons gone by:

VDHM 2007 Complete results 719/1292 (my rank / total chip finishers)
HDHM 2006 Complete results 422/730
HDHM 2005 Complete results 267/504

Whats next: Singapore marathon (Full, Dec 2)