Mikitenko defeated in Rome Ostia Half Marathon

March 2, 2009

In her first race in 2009 Irina Mikitenko had to settle with a 3rd place and a time of 1:11:01h in the Rome Ostia Half Martathon (01.03.09). Last year’s world marathon majors champion Mikitenko was running heavy from the start and was dropped by eventual winner Anna Incerti (1:09:24h) after 3km already.
The course was not perfect for Mikitenko, as she stated that that she does not like it when “it is about running up and down the hills”. However, it was a good training run for her and 2 days after the race another 30km run was on the training program. Before the London marathon (24.04) Mikitenko wants to run another preparatory race and wants to perform an altitude camp: “We will have to see where the weather is good at the moment and have to book immediately.”