January to June 2003 Marathon section - Time-to-Run

USA: Tsiamchyk wins Grandma's Marathon with late pass posted 21/06
DULUTH, Minn. USA -- Belarus' Vladzimir Tsiamchyk passed Luke Metto with about one mile remaining to win in 2:17:59. The Women's division was won by Fira Sultanova-Zhdanova, for the second straight year. Elzbieta Jarosz, of Poland, was second in 2:37:02, 14 seconds ahead of Svetlana Demidenko, of Russia. The wind was a major factor in this event.

Kenya's Joseph Riri wins marathon in Swedish capital posted 07 June
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Kenya's Joseph Riri broke away from his only challenger with about a mile remaining and won the Stockholm Marathon in 2:16:12 . Italy's Mostapha Errebah was 2nd for the second straight year, finishing 22 seconds back. Kenya's Rita Jeptoo Sitienei won the women's race in her first marathon start, finishing in 2:35.14. Russia's Svetlana Ponomarenko finished second in 2:42.05.

USA: Lakeshore Marathon Celebrates Memorial Day 07/06

USA: New Champions Crowned at Suzuki Rock 'n' Roll 42K 07/06

Marathon: Jack Foster dies as a result of accident posted 07 June
Medal-winning marathon runner Jack Foster died doing what he loved to do - riding his bike. . Foster held the Veteran's World Record for the marathon for many years | more | read more in Further report

USA: Twin Cities Marathon Opens Prize Purse posted 04 June

Kenya's Koech, Ethiopia's Aman win Prague marathon posted 24 May
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Barnabas Koech of Kenya won the Prague International Marathon on his debut, with 2:12:15. Leila Aman took the Women's title in 2:31:48

Ethiopian covets marathon record posted 12 May
LEGENDARY Ethiopian middle distance runner Haile Gebrselassie says setting a world marathon record means more to him than the Olympic Games. | more |

Ugandan win in Mombasa marathon posted 04 May
Mombasa, Kenya - Uganda’s Alex Malinga beat his Kenyan challengers on their own turf to win the Mombasa Marathon in offensively hot and humid conditions in a time of 2:22.01 .. | more |

Hanover: Masai wins in 2:12:38 posted 03 May

The Boston Marathon 2004 Report posted 20 Apr
The London Marathon 2004 Report posted 20 Apr

London: Rutto and Okayo capture titles posted 19 Apr
TURIN, Italy -- Kenya's Frederick Cherono, won the Turin marathon in 2:08:38, beating second-place Alberico Di Cecco of Italy by nearly one minute. Helena Javornik of Slovenia won the Women's section in a time of 2:31:13 .. | more |

Italy: Cherono wins in Turin posted 19 Apr
TURIN, Italy -- Kenya's Frederick Cherono, won the Turin marathon in 2:08:38, beating second-place Alberico Di Cecco of Italy by nearly one minute. Helena Javornik of Slovenia won the Women's section in a time of 2:31:13 .. | more |

Japan: Roba wins in Nagano posted 11 Apr
Nagano, Japan - Moges Taye and Fatuma Roba of Ethiopia easily won the sixth annual Nagano Marathon, today. Both ran the last part of the course alone, Taye having broken away from the men's leaders around 13.5Km, and Roba doing the same after 30Km in the women's race. | more |

Largest Swiss marathon with record winning times posted 06/04
The second Zurich marathon which drew 7476 registrations and 6038 running participants was the largest marathon event in Switzerland, and thanks to Viktor Röthlin's sensational Swiss record it produced the fastest marathon running time recorded in Switzerland. Röthlin, who came in 14th at the Marathon world championships in Paris, ran the Zurich marathon in 2:09.56 and broke the Swiss marathon record (previously 2:10.54) by almost a minute. | more |

Limo and Tolosa win Rotterdam and Paris Marathons posted 05 Apr
Kenyan Felix Limo set the fastest time in the world this year as he won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:06:14, with Zhor el Kamch of Morocco, on her debut, winning the women's race in 2:26:09.
In Paris, Ethiopia's Ambesa Tolosa won in 2:08:56sec to claim his first win over the distance. On the Women's front, Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the women's event in 2:24.32 ahead of Ethiopia's Asha Gigi (2:26.05) and France's Corinne Raux (2:29.19).

Japan: Takahashi to miss Athens 15/03
Naoko Takahashi will not defend her Olympic marathon title later this year after being left out of Japan's team for Athens. | more |

Japan: Tosa wins Nagoya Women’s Marathon in 2:23:57 14/03
Reiko Tosa, who had fallen behind Megumi Tanaka by nearly 10 seconds with less than 10Km to go, came back strongly to win today’s 2004 Nagoya Women’s Marathon in 2:23:57. Tanaka was second in a personal best of 2:24.47. | more |

Marathon : Gert Thys wins in 2:07:06 posted 14 Mar
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Gert Thys of South Africa won the men's race in the Seoul international marathon for the second consecutive year Sunday with the season's best time of 2:07:06 to capture the top prize of 50,000 US dollars ... William Kipsang of Kenya placed 2nd in 2:07:43 and Umbarek Hussein of Kenya came third at 2:08:10. ... Lee Eun-jeong of South Korea won the women's race by clocking a time of 2:26:17, five seconds shy of the national record.

Kenya name marathon squad for Athens posted 10 Mar
Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya named a star-studded Athens Olympics marathon team today spearheaded by World record holder Paul Tergat and women’s World champion Catherine Ndereba.. | more |

Marathon Results : Results of events aournd the World which have not been covered elsewhere | more |

LA Marathon: Pozdnyakova, 49-Years-Old, Wins LA Challenge 08 Mar

Ramaala wins Mumbai marathon posted 15 Feb
Hendrik Ramaala, a South African long distance runner, braved heat and humidity to lead an African sweep of the men's event in the Mumbai International Marathon today. The 32-year-old broke away in the last 10km of the route through the streets of Mumbai to win the race comfortably in two hours 15 minutes 47 seconds.. | more |

Hiroaki Takeda takes low key Beppu win posted 02/02
Hiroaki Takeda, who was tenth last year in this race, won today’s 2004 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2:12:02. It was his ninth marathon and the biggest win of his life.