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April 3rd, 2017
Third Year In The Hittite Land
International Hittite Run is scheduled to 14 May this year. The event includes a 10km race and a 3km public run.
Çorum Municipality, the organiser of the event, generously offers 5,000 Turkish Lira for the winner of the 10km as well as prize money for the master athletes in a total of 15 age categories. There is also prize money in 13 age groups in the public run.
Hittite Run, first staged in 2015, swiftly became popular not only in the region but also nationwide. The 10km attracts national and foreign athletes while the 3km receives large participation from the locals. It is possible to register with the race until 13 May via the website www.hititkosulari.org.
3rd International Hittite Run will start from the city centre at 10:00 on 14 May. Depar Timing is the official timer of the event.
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April 1st, 2017
World Record In Half Marathon
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the world half marathon record with a time of 1:04:52 at the Prague Half Marathon. The 23-year-old also smashed the world records for 10km, 15km and 20km en route to her victory.
Having covered the opening five kilometres in 14:53, Jepkosgei passed through 10km in 30:05, well inside the previous 10km world record of 30:21 set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003. The Kenyan reached at the 15km mark at 45:37, and the 20km mark at 1:01:25, both better than the world records. Running just the fifth half marathon of her career, Joyciline Jepkosgei crossed the finish line in 1:04:52, taking 14 seconds off the world record set earlier this year by Peres Jepchirchir.
On the men's side, Olympic 10000m bronze medallist Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia won the race in 59:37. -
March 23th, 2017
Historical City Awaits 23 April
International Bursa Osmangazi Historical City Run will be held on 23 April. The race course is now officially measured.
The major road running event of Bursa includes a 15km race and a public run at a distance of 4km. The 15km, which attracts national and foreign elite athletes as well, is measured by the French IAAF/AIMS A Grade Road Race Measurer Jean-Marie Grall, who had been entrusted with measuring the marathon and race walking courses in several Olympic Games and World Championships. During the measurement, Grall was assisted by the local measurers Rıdvan Doğan and Rıfat Arabacı. The race will be granted an IAAF/AIMS Road Race Course Certificate in its 12th edition this year.
To register with the 12th International Bursa Osmangazi Historical City Run, a form must be filled out at www.osmangazimarathon.net. The race offers USD 2,000 to the winner of the 15km, and the master athletes making the podium will pocket cash prizes in each age category.
The timing services at the International Bursa Osmangazi Historical City are provided by Depar Timing.
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March 11th, 2017
Swimming With Carettas on 30 April
Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race will be held on Sunday, 30 April. The event, that the timing services will be provided by Depar Timing, will close the entries on 20 April.
The 3km long race, organized in 12 age categories, women and men each, starts at the İztuzu Beach, an area where the Caretta Caretta sea turtles go ashore to lay their eggs. The participants make a turn around Delikada, the island across the beach, and swim back to where they started.
The race attracts many swimmers with its theme and its distance. The registration is possible until 20 April by filling out a form at dalyantanitim.com/yuzmeyarisi, the official website of the event, prepared by the organizer Dalyan İztuzu Tourism and Introduction Foundation. -
February 20th, 2017
“World’s Fastest” Indeed
Top-10 average time in RAK Half Marathon’s history is 59:03 in men, 1:05:56 in women. The race, promoted as the “World’s Fastest Half Marathon”, is now the only half marathon in the world to have a women's Top-10 average under 66 minutes.
The last edition staged on 10 February was won by Bedan Karoki in 59:10 while Peres Jepchirchir finished the women’s race in a world record time of 1:05:56. In the 11th year of the event, men’s Top-10 average became 59:03, two seconds faster than the previous average. Besides Jepchirchir’s world record, Mary Keitany’s second place finishing time 1:05:13 brought the Top-10 average down to 1:05:56.
Top ten performances in the history of RAK Half Marathon is as follows;
Men:
1. Patrick Makau (KEN) 58:52 / 2009
2. Sammy Wanjiru (KEN) 58:53 / 2007
3. Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 58:54 / 2013
4. Stanley Biwott (KEN) 58:56 / 2013
5. Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 58:58 / 2013
6. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 58:59 / 2009
7. Bedan Karaoki (KEN) 59:10 / 2017
8. Patrick Makau (KEN) 59:13 / 2007
9. Deriba Merga (ETH) 59:18 / 2009
10. Yigrem Demelash (ETH) 59:19 / 2017Women:
1. Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 1:05:06 / 2017
2. Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:05:13 / 2017
3. Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:05:50 / 2011
4. Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:06:02 / 2015
5. Cynthia Limo (KEN) 1:06:04 / 2016
6. Gladys Cherono (KEN) 1:06:07 / 2016
7. Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:06:08 / 2017
8. Lucy Kabuu (KEN) 1:06:09 / 2013
9. Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 1:06:11 / 2013
10. Genet Yalew (ETH) 1:06:26 / 2016
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