October 13, 2009
In last Sundays Chicago marathon Irina Mikitenko took second place in her first marathon outside of Europe. The 37-year old German was beaten only by Russian Liliya Shobukhova (2:25:56 h), clocking a time of 2:26:31 h. The mens race was won by reigning Olympic Champion Sammy Wanjiru (KEN) with a new course record of 2:05:41 h.
With temperatures around the freezing point, the womens field went out rather slow. The first 5K were covered in 18:22min by the favourites. The race then got faster step-by-step but none of the pre-race favourites could build a gap on the opponents until very late in the race. Halfway was reached in 1:15:05 h – almost jogging tempo for some of the women. In the second half a quartet was build, that consisted of Irina Mikitenko, Lidiya Grigoryeva, Liliya Shobukhova (both Rus) and Teyba Erkesso (Eth). Only 3K before the finish a definitive increase in pace was established by the 31-year old Russian Liliya Shobukhova. A women with great track speed (5.000m PB 14:23,70), the Russian built a gap on her closest competitors pretty easy and finished her second marathon with an impressive negative split (1:15:05 + 1:10:51 h). After her third place finish in London 2009 behind Irina Mikitenko and Mara Yamauchi it was her first big victory. Irina Mikitenko had to settle with second place but nevertheless had a smile on her face and waved to the crowds on the last meters of the 42,195 kilometers. Defending Champion Lidiya Grigoryeva took 3rd place, 12 seconds behind Mikitenko.
In the mens race the pre-race favourite Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya took his 4th victory in his 5th marathon. Unlike the womens race, the men went out with a blistering pace, even being below world record splits for the first kilometers. After a 1:02:01 first half, the pace slowed down considerably but when Wanjiru threw in a surge just after 35K his opponents were left in the dust. With a time of 2:05:41, the 22-year old improved the Chicago marathon course record (Khalid Khannouchi, 2:05:41 h) by 1 second. Moroccan Abderrahim Goumri had a strong second half and collected runner-by-runner, eventually finishing second in 2:06:04 h. Third place went to Kenyan Vincent Kipruto (2:06:08 h).
October 12, 2009
The Ukrainian medical student Maksym Salii (2:28:11 h) and Swiss Luzia Schmid (2:53:07 h) were the winners in the marathon races of the 24th Münich Marathon 2009. More prominent winners were registered in the 10km-race: Sebastian Hallmann (31:30min) and Julia Viellehner (35:07min) are well known figures in the German distance scene and attracted more attention.
10.705 runners were registered for the marathon and 10K-race together. No elite field was engaged and therefore it was mostly a mass sport event without extraordinary fast times in the marathon.
Also European 10.000 Champ Jan Fitschen competed, but just ran with his cousin as he announced earlier.
Lead results were as follows:
marathon men:
1 Salii, Maksym (UKR) MH SC DHFK Leipzig 02:28:11
2 Mehlfeld, Dennis (GER) MH Lübecker SC 02:28:43
3 Pinamonti, Adriano (ITA) M40 ATLETICA VALLI DI NON E SOLE 02:28:56
4 Dr. Baggia, Riccardo (ITA) M35 ATLETICA VALLI DI NON E SOLE 02:30:19
5 Greger, Oliver (GER) MH RSC Marktredwitz 02:31:39
6 Dr. Francisco, Francisco Javier (ESP) M40 VINO DE TORO 02:33:33
7 Mukasa, Charles Felix (UGA) M30 Activate Uganda Ltd. 02:34:53
8 Loth, Lothar (GER) M40 WSV Viechtach 02:35:48
9 Josephs, Dirk (GER) MH PTSV Rosenheim 02:35:54
10 Stoll, Roland (SUI) M30 Run Fit Thurgau 02:37:16
11 Richter, Sacha (GER) M35 TV Immenstadt 02:37:53
12 Singer, Markus (GER) M35 TSV Marktoberdorf 02:39:26
13 Hegmann, Tobias (GER) M30 TSG Kleinostheim 02:39:30
14 Dr. Röhling, Michael (GER) M30 LG TELIS FINANZ Regensburg 02:39:39
15 Dutschak, Hauke (GER) M35 Lauftreff Winnenden 02:39:43
marathon women:
1 Schmid, Luzia (SUI) W35 Run Fit Thurgau 02:53:07
2 Meyer, Bianca (GER) W35 www.runningcompany.de 02:54:32
3 Schmid, Heike (GER) W40 02:57:59
4 Guthold, Regina (GER) W30 WHO Laufclub 02:59:01
5 Heining, Katharina (GER) WH 02:59:21
6 Iseler, Judith (GER) W30 FUNactiv-Team 03:00:53
7 Pivetta, Daniela (ITA) W45 s.g.eisacktal raiffeisen 03:05:17
8 Walder, Claudia (AUT) WH 03:06:11
9 Bradaschia, Sara (ITA) W40 Gruppo Marciatori Gorizia 03:06:51
10 Häuser, Kristina (GER) W40 Confidence 03:12:12
11 Karlsson, Charlotte (SWE) WH IFK Tumba 03:14:03
12 Mayr, Eva (ITA) W35 polisportiva sterzing 03:14:04
13 Ringhofer, Sabina (AUT) W40 Laufclub Dachstein Tauern 03:14:30
14 Schafnitzl, Christine (GER) W35 03:14:57
15 Thurner, Irmi (GER) W35 Sport Ruscher Team 03:15:32
10K men:
1 Hallmann, Sebastian (GER) M30 LG Stadtwerke München 00:31:30
2 Viellehner, Raphael (GER) MH LG Passau 00:32:17
3 Burdett, Francis (USA) M40 Greater Springfield Harriers 00:32:28
4 Köhler, Felix (GER) MH RSV Bad Säckingen 00:33:34
5 Bunz, Wolfgang (GER) M30 00:33:36
6 Mueller, Jan (GER) MH LG Stadtwerke München 00:34:03
7 Wilms, Michael (GER) MH LG Stadtwerke München 00:34:16
8 Sonneck, Juergen (GER) M45 00:34:28
9 Butler, Peter (GBR) MH 00:34:48
10 Kiak, Viktor (GER) MH 00:34:50
11 Fichtner, Jörg (GER) M45 LG Stadtwerke München 00:35:17
12 Gröschl, Anton (GER) M50 PTSV Rosenheim 00:35:28
13 Mair, Stefan (ITA) M30 Südtiroler Laufverein 00:35:36
14 Thimm, Volker (GER) M40 TSV Ratekau 00:35:38
15 Karl, Gerhard (AUT) MH 00:35:51
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796 Fitschen, Jan (GER) M30 00:53:55
10K women:
1 Viellehner, Julia (GER) WH LG Passau 00:35:07
2 Heuck, Ingalena (GER) WH LG Stadtwerke München 00:35:47
3 Räker, Mira (GER) WH LG Stadtwerke München 00:37:28
4 Weniger, Julia (GER) WH TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:37:34
5 Dollinger, Sabine (GER) W30 LG Passau 00:37:52
6 Von Opel, Sonja (GER) W30 00:39:10
7 Lettl, Julia (GER) WSB SC-Spiegelau 00:39:21
8 Stöckmann, Petra (GER) W35 TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:39:35
9 Riedl, Sabrina (GER) WH TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:40:24
10 Denk, Julia (GER) W30 00:41:03
11 Brandl, Kristina (GER) WH 00:41:06
12 Baunach, Eva (GER) W30 DJK Schweinfurt 00:41:15
13 Gruber, Barbara (GER) W40 Munich Airport Runners 00:41:41
14 Hofmann, Michaela (GER) W35 LG Stadtbergen 00:41:44
15 Maier, Michelle (GER) WJA PTSV Rosenheim 00:41:46
full results of the race mikatiming.de
October 12, 2009
Lead results were as follows:
10K men:
1 Kreisinger, Jan (CZE) MH 00:29:46
2 Mussa Starehe, Faustin (TAN) MH 00:29:59
3 Müller, Wolfram (GER) MH 00:30:26
4 Stefko, Robert (CZE) M40 00:30:39
5 Schulze, Marc (GER) MH JK running 00:30:51
6 Krebs, Robert (GER) MH LG Nike Berlin 00:31:13
7 Cierpinski, Falk (GER) M30 00:32:16
8 Flegel, Christian (GER) MH TSV Dresden 00:32:47
9 Baumann, Dieter (GER) M55 00:32:53
10 Naumann, Daniel (GER) MH LTC Berlin 00:33:56
11 Schulz, Tobias (GER) M35 HSV Neubrandenburg 00:33:59
12 Goehring, Daniel (GER) M30 Deutsche Luft-/Raumfahrt 00:34:03
13 Berg, Ivo (GER) M30 LTC Berlin 00:34:46
14 Freudenau, Jens (GER) M40 LC Rapid Dortmund 00:35:04
15 Braun, Maximilian (GER) MH 00:35:04
16 Jäkel, Kersten (GER) MH Post SV Uelzen 00:35:04
17 Stegerer, Thomas (GER) M30 LG Baar 00:35:17
18 Deumann, Jörg (GER) M40 Post SV Uelzen 00:35:26
19 Meyer, Christoph (GER) M30 Post SV Uelzen 00:35:26
20 Laenger, Uwe (GER) M40 1.FC UNION BERLIN 00:35:28
10K women:
1 Aiyabei, Joan (KEN) W30 00:33:48
2 Domaschk, Dawn (USA) WH 00:38:31
3 Wyss, Kathrin (SUI) 00:38:52
4 Boenisz, Paulina (GER) W30 00:38:58
5 Thoma, Daniela (SUI) W35 Società Podistica Locarnese 00:39:47
5 Schoop, Franziska (GER) W40 scc berlin 00:39:47
7 Grießbach, Anne (GER) W30 OSC Berlin 00:40:40
8 Musiol, Edeltraud (GER) W45 LT Bernd Hübner 00:40:42
9 Becker, Juliane (GER) WH LAC Quelle Fürth/München 00:40:43
10 Krause, Petra (GER) WH HSG Uni Greifswald 00:40:45
11 Zenk, Ramona (GER) W45 SCC Berlin 00:41:12
12 Köhler, Meike (GER) W45 SV Rosche 00:41:21
13 Montag, Claudia (GER) W30 BDO Lauftreff 00:41:36
14 Rolle, Patricia (GER) W35 00:41:54
15 Bigolin, Leila (SUI) W35 SP Locarnese 00:42:16
16 Borgmann-Power, Linda (IRL) W30 00:42:19
17 Hehn, Antje (GER) W45 SCC 00:42:32
18 Reith, Stefan (GER) W30 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 00:42:47
19 Wagner, Yvonne (GER) W30 SFD´75 Düsseldorf 00:42:48
20 Steinke, Annette (GER) W40 00:42:59
full results of the race mikatiming.de
October 12, 2009
Lead results were as follows:
marathon men:
1 Pyka, Dennis (GER) M35 LG TELIS FINANZ Regensburg 02:20:53
2 Meyer, Manuel (GER) MHK TV Wattenscheid 02:22:26
3 Lafrenz, Fabian (GER) M40 LG Neckar-Enz 02:29:31
4 Giesen, Boris (GER) M30 VFR Unterbruch LG 02:30:10
5 Kwekkeboom, Thorsten (GER) M35 LG Alpen 02:32:30
6 Jäkel, Robert (GER) M45 TUS 08 Lintorf 02:33:32
7 Billig, Rainer (GER) M45 TV Roetgen 02:35:37
8 Rottler, Andreas (GER) M40 TuS Deuz 02:35:40
9 Borka, Jens (GER) M30 TUSEM Essen 02:35:58
10 Petersen, Kevin (GER) MHK Ayyo Team Essen 02:36:37
11 Freitag, Michael (GER) M45 TUS 08 Lintorf 02:37:53
12 Aymanns, Theo (GER) M40 VFB Alemannia Pfalzdorf 02:38:15
13 Karwinkel, Helmut (GER) M40 LV Oelde 02:39:36
14 Senner, Andreas (GER) M40 TuS Deuz 02:39:59
15 Friedrich, Uwe (GER) M35 Chemnitzer PSV 02:40:03
marathon women:
1 Krull, Silvia (GER) W30 LG Lage-Detmold 02:40:40
2 Optekamp, Silke (GER) W30 LG Mönchengladbach 02:48:27
3 Heckmann, Kirsten (GER) W30 SV Brackwede 02:50:37
4 Rösler, Vanessa (GER) W30 Lauftreff Bittermark Dortmund 03:00:31
5 Schadt, Stefanie (GER) WHK LC Solbad Ravensberg 03:02:32
6 Anja, Miedtank (GER) W35 Lauf Team Unna 03:07:46
7 Keil, Stephanie (GER) W35 03:12:16
8 Sokolowska, Agnieszka (POL) W30 RTC Frechen 80 e.V. 03:12:23
9 Kordel, Bernardina (GER) W50 Adler-Langlauf Bottrop 03:14:09
10 Hansch, Vera (GER) WHK Adler-Langlauf Bottrop 03:14:21
11 Schäben-Buscher, Inge (GER) W30 OSC Waldniel 03:15:40
12 Bathmaker, Gillian (GER) W50 LG Neckar-Enz 03:16:15
13 Guikema, Simone (NED) W35 03:17:08
14 Schneider, Bianca (GER) W30 CVJM Siegen 03:18:09
15 Siegrist, Judith (GER) W45 TV Waldstrasse Wiesbaden 03:18:23
full results of the race results.mikatiming.de
October 10, 2009
The 33th Bank of America Chicago marathon will be broadcasted by international and US media.
The marathon race will start on Sunday at 7.30AM local time in Chicago (i.e.12.30 UTC). Short marathonscene.com preview here.
The free internet stream will be available worldwide at UniversalSports via this link. Furthermore NBC 5 Chicago will broadcast from 6.30AM to 11.00AM (local time) via the US television network.
October 9, 2009
The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that are going to be held on this Sunday (October, 12th) in Birmingham will be broadcasted live on the internet. Universal Sports will start the stream at 9.00 AM UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) via this link.
The online coverage will include both the womens (start 9.00AM) and mens race (start 9.30AM).
October 9, 2009
The last couple of months it was getting quiet around Jan Fitschen. Fitschen was mostly seen on PR instead of running events. Now the 32-year old European 10.000m Champion announced that he is not finished yet and that he has a plan for the upcoming weeks.
After getting married last weekend, Fitschen will pace his cousin in the 10K-race of the Munich Marathon. Following this event he will enjoy his honeymoon and then he wants to start serious training again.
Jan Fitschen was continuously disturbed by plantar tendon problems over the course of the last months but progress was also made since this summer. He did a lot of physiotherapy that included stabilisation and foot exercises. Now he is already able to do some jumps and hopefully the suffering will come to an end.
If the German can defend his European title in next years European Championships in Barcelona is still uncertain. Too often the injury problems crossed his plans, but he optimistically states that his athletic career is still ranked number 1 in his life. Nevertheless he will start some distance studies in the future.
October 9, 2009
Three weeks after the Berlin marathon, the German capital will host another international running event. The second edition of the Asics Grand 10 Berlin 2009 on this Sunday (October, 12th) is expected to produce some fine results as several top runners from around the world descend on the German capital for this 10K-race.
Marcin Chabowski (POL) and Jan Kreisinger (CZE) lead the pack of pre-race favourites for the men, with both capable of breaking the course record of 28:44 that was set by defending champion Simon Kasimili in 2008. Chabowski has a PB of 28.27 while Kreisinger’s best stands at 28.46. Also Czech record holder Robert Stefko (age: 41) who has a PB of 27.42 could be in contention for the men’s title. Tanzania’s Faustin Musa also goes in as one of the favourites to take top honours.
German hopes in the mens race are on marathon specialist Falk Cierpinski who will lead the national challenge. He will be joined by middle-distance runner Wolfram Müller and steeplechasers Filmon Ghirmai and Steffen Uliczka, the latter will be making his 10km road race debut. Also the 44-year old former Olympic 5.000m Champion Dieter “toothpaste” Baumann will compete in the race.
In the women’s race, Kenyan Joan Aiyabei is the overwhelming favourite with a personal best of 31.59. She might easily smash the current course record (34.53 min) that was set in 2008 by European Marathon champion and last year’s winner Ulrike Maisch of Germany.
Altogether some 6.500 participants are expected for the event.
October 8, 2009
Two names will headline this weekends 33th Chicago Marathon (October 11). On the mens side Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru might attack the marathon world record while on the womens side German marathon star Irina Mikitenko could be the first German ever to win the Marathon in the “windy city” Chicago.
With a victory in Chicago, Mikitenko would secure the second consecutive win of the World Marathon Majors Series. For Mikitenko it will be the first marathon outside of Europe and she will face a strong field. Defeating champion Lidiya Grigoryeva and this years London marathon 3rd place finisher Liliya Shobukhova (both from Russia) will provide an interesting race. The American hopes are on Deena Kastor, who holds the 2nd fastest marathon-PB (2:19:36, Chicago 2005) in the field. The african challengers will most probably be the two Ethiopians Elfenesh Alemu (2:24:29 h) and Teyba Erkesso (2:24:18 h).
The course record in Chicago was set by Paula Radcliffe in 2002 with the second fastest time in history (2:17:18). The race will start at 7.30AM (UTC – 7h) local time (i.e. 14.30 CEST).
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